CH 44

The Entertainment Industry Waits For Our Divorce Chapter 44

The Twenty-third Day of Separation (1)

In order to ensure the confidentiality of variety shows like “On Screen,” fans weren’t allowed to film or take pictures during the show. But this rule didn’t deter some of the fans, and they took pictures and videos secretly before the security managed to stop them. Someone took one or two photos.

That night, a long-distance shot resulting in a blurred photo from the audience’s perspective was released to the public that night.

Because of the distance, all that could be seen on the  photo was two people in ancient costumes. One was tall and elegant, and the other was petite and beautiful. The man wore a crown on his head, holding the long-haired woman in his arms tightly as he spun in circles in place.

Sometimes, the most unplanned moments were the most captivating. With a golden ratio of 0.618 between the figures and the stage with the spotlight from above their heads, even without the help of post-production filters, there was a touch of mystery and ambiguity in the atmosphere.

If you zoomed in on the photo, you could see the petite woman’s face buried on the chest of the person holding her. As for the person wearing the crown, only a small part of the side face was shown, and because it was a long-distance shot, it was pixelated and the facial feature couldn’t be seen clearly. It can only be construed in a slightly hypocritical word — as white as jade.

The photo was uploaded by a Weibo user under the “On Screen” thread, but the person who released it didn’t post a caption with it. “On Screen” continued to enjoy high ratings and good word-of-mouth circulating over the past episode, building the shows’ fanbase. The fans had been anticipating the release of the preview, and when they saw this photo, they couldn’t sit still.

[Amazing, this is sensational!]

[I can produce a movie just by looking at this photo!]

[Yes, yes, yes! So, can those idol dramas come and learn?  Don’t keep using filters, this is a real artistic conception!]

[So, the theme this time was historical couples? I think it’s a bit cheesy if it’s this topic, the previous issues were quite interesting.]

[Oh my, the princess carry!]

[Who are the actors? I think these two people match well.]

[The woman must be Zhou Yuqi with that body and hair. She was promoted to the second round from the last contest.]

[The  woman looks like Zhou Yuqi, but who is the man?]

[Xu Jiafan? He doesn’t look like this. This person is as thin as Xu Jiafan, but he’s not this white.]

[Who is that? The show is still in the second round, right? There are new guests? No way.]

[Just looking at the back, I can see that this person’s temperament is top-notch. Where did the crew find so many male gods?]

[So good… so good…]

[Ohhh, poooh… do you have a spoiler for Liang Yan? What is she playing this time? I want to know!]

[The same, I want to see Liang Yan.]

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After the show was over, Liang Yan proceeded backstage. With a smile, she looked at the photo on Weibo and the comments below. Then, she looked at herself in the mirror over and over.

Was she so hard to recognize? Zhou Yuqi recognized her easily, so it wasn’t that hard, right?

Liang Yan found out that the person who released the photos online didn’t say anything after she posted them. The fans asked questions about the show, but didn’t receive any answer, so she was confused and asked, “Why did you post the photos if you didn’t want to talk about it?”

Jiang Mu made a face with an expression: you don’t understand. He said, “The program team deliberately leaked the photo to whet the appetite of the public. “Wouldn’t it make you want to watch it on Monday during the broadcast?”

“So it’s like that.” Liang Yan nodded.

The media were simply too scheming!

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A week later, the second episode of “On Screen” aired simultaneously on the TV networks and the internet.

Liang Yan wanted to read the live comments to know the feedback from fans, so like usual, she moved a chair in front of the iPad to watch the live broadcast. The show just started and most of the fans had seen the leaked photo before, so they started to comment:

[Sitting and waiting for the circle group.]

In the photo, Liang Yan spun on a circle after catching Zhou Yuqi, so they became a “circle group” by the fans.

After one hour, the host announced the fourth group of contestants to bring everyone a beautiful show — Liang Yan and Zhou Yuqi.

The fans were a bit surprised when they heard that Zhou Yuqi’s partner was Liang Yan.

[Liang Yan? No! Isn’t the person holding Zhou Yuqi a handsome little brother?]

[Yes, yes! I’ve been thinking about that little brother in the photo for over a week now!]

[Ohh, that back figure is my white moonlight.]

[Is the person a supporting actor?]

[Wow, it turns out that it’s not a historical couple, but a martial arts theme! I want to watch Yan Yan fight.]

[Looking forward to watching Liang Yan.]

The first shot was a close-up of Zhou Yuqi.

Zhou Yuqi looked sweet and petite, and she dressed in a unisex martial arts costume. She gave off the feeling that she was a young lady from a rich family who escaped from them after a quarrel.

Fans started a barrage of comments:

[Yuqi is so cute!]

The second shot immediately appeared.

The camera switched from far to near, and the audience only saw a person in white at first. The person stood tall and elegantly but with a slightly thin figure. There was a sense of loneliness and coldness emitted by the character’s temperament like a pine tree in the deep mountains amongst the cold fog.