Chapter 1: Sharp-Tongued Top-Tier Celebrity + Letting Go of Myself

Entertainment Gossip Brother: "Today's Collection of Big Melons"

"1. A certain Z-surname top-tier celebrity and an L-surname traffic starlet were photographed traveling together in Sanya. Currently, both PR teams are trying to find ways to suppress the trending topic; it is estimated to cost at least a high seven-figure sum."

"2. A new variety show project from a certain hit variety show team at Mango TV has been filed and is currently in the investment attraction stage. Many people in the industry are interested in this piece of the pie."

"3. A former boy band member and one of the Seven Sons of Yuenan, a popular C-surname traffic star, relies entirely on latching onto an S-surname top-tier female celebrity for heat. Insiders joke that the female top-tier celebrity has had a layer of skin scraped off by him. It is said that the top management of the female celebrity's company is already furious and has issued a stern warning to the C-surname traffic star that if he continues to latch on, they will make him pay."

Slender, fair fingers slid across this marketing account's Weibo post. Chi Ye raised his head, revealing a pair of clear, handsome eyes, and whispered to himself: "It's not that exaggerated, though."

"It's just a warning that they'll sue me."

The makeup artist behind him lowered his head slightly, helping Chi Ye with his styling, and chuckled: "You even eat your own melons?"

Chi Ye muttered: "They're all bitter melons."

The makeup artist pursed his lips and smiled, his gossiping heart stirred: "Are you and Sheng Ning... really together?"

"Really."

The makeup artist was stunned, his mouth forming an "O" shape.

Chi Ye curled his lip: "Really scraped off a layer of skin."

The makeup artist smiled, not continuing the topic further.

In the warm makeup room, a faint scent of coffee permeated the air.

The makeup artist unconsciously lightened his movements. Outside the window, the snow was deep, making one feel drowsy.

Chi Ye's gaze was dazed as he looked out the window.

No one knew that the Chi Ye who woke up here two hours ago was no longer the Chi Ye the public was familiar with.

Not long ago, he was still a Bilibili entertainment UP host on Earth, who had just become a top 100 UP host and had passed out drunk while celebrating with friends.

In a daze, he saw a line of text: [In the entertainment industry, if you were given a chance to speak your mind freely, what would you do?]

'Are you crazy? I'm not a celebrity, and I don't need language management. What's the point of this sentence?'

As a result, when he "woke up," he had arrived in a parallel world and become Chi Ye.

Brain blank, zero-memory start.

Fortunately, after a short two hours of surfing the web, he had gained a certain understanding of this other world and the traffic star who shared his name.

Chi Ye, former member of the Rise boy band, was the visual center of the group and had the highest popularity when the group first formed.

But after the group formed, he slacked off and was lazy during the recording of a reality show, ruining much of his public favor.

On top of that, he was later exposed for fawning over superiors, being a snob, bullying teammates, and being the company's "royal" favorite, among other scandals.

Even the final disbandment of Rise had a direct connection to him, leading Chi Ye to become a cancer in the eyes of the group's fans and being mocked by the entire internet for a period of time.

If it were just that, it would be fine.

The main thing is that Chi Ye's face is indeed very handsome.

After Rise disbanded, Yuenan continued to push Chi Ye hard.

By a stroke of luck, he managed to get involved with the first-tier top-tier starlet Sheng Ning.

The so-called "getting involved" is just a nicer way of saying it; to put it bluntly, he latched onto a popular female top-tier celebrity.

And not just once, but continuously and indiscriminately.

The company actively bought internet trolls to set up a CP (couple) super-topic for the two.

They released a large number of #LateNightCP# derivative videos on streaming platforms like Bilibili and Douyin, creating a massive momentum.

Sheng Ning's team and fans have clarified the rumors several times, but Chi Ye's side was too shameless. It has continued to this day, and Chi Ye's side has already earned enough exposure and heat.

Conversely, in terms of public favor and reputation, Chi Ye has inevitably fallen into a state of "black-red" (infamous but popular).

As a top-tier celebrity among the post-95 starlets and one of the Four Little Dan actresses, being shamelessly leeched off like this has even caused dissatisfaction and resentment among many passersby.

Before his rebirth, as a famous sharp-tongued entertainment UP host, Chi Ye had often severely criticized similar events and spewed venom.

And now...

He had actually become the "party involved" being spewed at?

Did the dragon slayer eventually become the evil dragon?

……

'I don't care about becoming an evil dragon or not; with this face, he's destined to earn this money...'

'But... what's up with this system name?!'

Chi Ye appeared to be closing his eyes in thought, but in his mind, a progress bar had appeared.

[System binding progress: 80%... 90%... 100%]

[Favorability System successfully bound.]

[You can collect favorability points from audience fans and exchange them for rewards in the system mall.]

[Current favorability: 10032 (brought by the original owner)]

Favorability?

When Chi Ye saw the name of this system, he felt like the sky had fallen.

After confirming that the system's "favorability" was indeed meant in the literal sense, the ozone layer collapsed too.

This system that traveled with him turned out to be a Favorability System!

Then what is the point of this system for him?

—He, a well-known roasting UP host, famous for his sharp tongue across the internet, a natural master of sarcasm, with a mouth dipped in poison!

Even before he quit his job, he was just a corporate slave doing entertainment marketing. Not only was his mouth poisonous, but with the company backing him, he was even more unrestrained, writing press releases without any scruples!

High EQ: Humorous and witty.

Low EQ: A tongue dipped in five pounds of arsenic!

This personality was formed by the environment he grew up in.

He had been lectured by his parents many times and beaten down by the workplace many times, but after all these years, he still hadn't changed.

Let him get favorability?

Isn't that just purely being beautiful and thinking beautifully?

Oh my, this Favorability System!

Never mind favorability, with this mouth of his, lasting one day in the entertainment industry would be a success!

This isn't Chi Ye bragging; he really has confidence in this regard!

The original owner's reputation inside and outside the industry was already extremely poor.

Acting like a diva, obsessed with billing order, bullying teammates, being the company's royal favorite, stingy, snobbish... he was truly "five poisons" complete, and his "black-red" status was already purple-black.

Now that he's here, that already impoverished family doesn't need to add frost to snow; it can just go straight to an avalanche!

System: Great! The host is Chi Ye, we're doomed!

"Sigh, why isn't it a Hatred System."

The more Chi Ye thought about it, the more depressed he became. Finally, he sighed, seemingly having lost all means and strength, and closed his eyes to pretend to sleep.

Time passed slowly, and he didn't know how long it had been.

"Creak."

The door was suddenly pushed open, and slightly cool, fresh air blew into the room.

The little assistant walked to Chi Ye's side with small steps, first thoughtfully handing Chi Ye a hand warmer, then carefully observing Chi Ye's expression to judge his current mood: "Brother Chi... the ratings and heat for 'Jinxiu Hua'an' today are out. Do you want to see them?"

Chi Ye opened his eyes, integrated the various information he had checked online, paused, and decisively shook his head: "No."

Just kidding, who likes to read their own bad reviews?

"Jinxiu Hua'an" was a historical idol drama he recently starred in with a newcomer starlet.

The broadcast results were indescribable.

The original owner had no acting skills, his facial expressions flying everywhere throughout the show. Since the broadcast started, the ratings and heat had repeatedly hit new lows for the platform. It was a total flop, making the investors who expected him to carry the newcomer starlet want to vomit blood.

If he were on Earth, facing such a rich library of material, he would have at least exercised his professional skills and analyzed the sharpness of the original owner's jawline frame by frame.

Don't look! It's easy to cut yourself!

"Then, then Brother Chi, this is the script given by the director. Do you want to familiarize yourself with it first?"

The little assistant also knew that Chi Ye had been mocked by rivals and haters for his "bad luck" because of this drama during this time. Trembling, he quickly changed the subject.

Chi Ye asked with a dejected look: "How many more lines cursing me were added?"

The little assistant stammered: "Just, just a little bit."

"Fine, let me see..." Chi Ye had already flipped to the first page of the script and was furious: "What do you mean 'this is the first time I've hoped so much for a star to collapse, if you have a conscience, don't go into the crew again, spare the audience's eyes'... don't look!"

"I've been trying my best to avoid bad reviews, I didn't expect these people to be so vicious! Is this a script that a human can write?!"

"Sure enough, I shouldn't have looked, I've already been cut!"

Little assistant: "..."

……

—"How to Evaluate XXX" Season 5, Episode 3.

This was the announcement Chi Ye was about to take; it was a variety show with high national popularity that commented on the entertainment industry.

The predecessor of the variety show was the very famous "Talk Show Roast," but only the first two seasons dared to say anything.

By the third season, for various reasons, the "Talk Show Roast," which was once loved by everyone and highly praised, and the only one in the industry that dared to tell the truth, had become a whitewashing conference.

By the fifth season, even the name and the team were completely changed, becoming "How to Evaluate XXX."

The overall content of the program was just guests praising each other throughout, so the reputation and public opinion after the broadcast plummeted.

But because of the reputation and connections accumulated in the previous seasons, the attention and heat were still explosive. It was a must-attend variety show for many crews to shift blame, bar none.

Yes.

Because of the "excellent" results achieved by *Splendid Peace*, the *Splendid* production crew and investors inevitably fast-forwarded to the blame-shifting session.

As everyone knows, if a drama flops, there must be a reason!

The male lead is jinxed, the female lead is box-office poison, the platform suppressed it, there was no promotion, the investors ran off, the director was incompetent, the screenwriter was an idiot, rivals used black magic, and so on.

In short, it couldn't possibly be that the drama was actually trash, and even less could it be because of "me."

Everyone showed off their unique skills, and whoever did a better job with off-site smear marketing could claim to be Teflon, act as if nothing happened, continue to join crews and film beautifully, and then repeat the blame-shifting process.

Unfortunately, the scapegoat ultimately "selected" by the *Splendid Peace* production crew was Chi Ye.

Actually, there was no need for the crew to select anyone, because *Splendid* was Chi Ye's top-billed work, and combined with his already explosive reputation, this blame was impossible to shake off even if he wanted to.

Now, the rookie female lead had gone into hiding, the investors couldn't be offended, and the director and screenwriter were industry bigwigs, so Chi Ye just like that appeared in the backstage dressing room.

Next, he would have to face the frantic sharp critiques of all the guests on this episode.

Everyone else was busy complimenting each other, and he also had to follow the script to praise others, but when it came to his part, that would be the climax of the episode—firing cannons at him!

The production team loved guests like this, especially Chi Ye, who was disliked by almost every passerby.

Because this was an excellent opportunity for the show to win back its reputation and audience favor.

Half an hour later.

Chi Ye finished his makeup, stood up to stretch his body, and his beautiful eyes had returned to calmness.

—Don't speak, I am thinking.

Next, how much of my true power should I unleash to be worthy of the level of this show's first season?