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Song Yan also calmly looked at her, not at all worried that she would reveal his eccentric hobbies.

"Stri--"

After blurting it out instinctively, she only realized that there were still many people in the car. Human reactions can be both fast and slow. At this moment, her brain and nerves were not in sync, causing Wen Li to bite her own tongue hard.

She covered her mouth in pain, her facial features wrinkling as she whimpered a few times.

Song Yan tilted his head and looked at her, a confused yet amused expression on his face. "Can you still speak?"

After a few seconds, the pain on the tip of her tongue subsided, and there was no bleeding either. Wen Li closed her mouth, shook her head, and signaled that she was fine.

The staff members continued to look at her inquisitively.

Wen Li calmly made up a story, "It was a slip of the tongue, I meant a mop dance."

All the staff members once again looked at her with a "Do you think you're clever?" expression.

Due to her lame excuse, the atmosphere became awkward, and unconsciously, Wen Li scratched her hair, her gaze wandering. She leaned back, tilting her head against the seat.

"I'm a bit tired. I'll take a nap."

The staff members shifted their intriguing gaze onto Song Yan.

Song Yan remained composed, even the posture of him lowering his head to play with his phone appeared dignified and elegant.

If there were someone with low emotional intelligence in the car, perhaps they would have asked the question. But no one did. Sometimes, people are contradictory. They clearly want to know but, due to workplace survival rules and personal decency, the staff members in the car were filled with curiosity but dared not ask.

"..."

Feeling suffocated.

The director was not in the car. He had flown to Rong City a few days earlier and was currently preparing for the recording at the scene.

No one dared to make a decision rashly, so they sent the unintentionally recorded footage to the workgroup, seeking the final decision from the director.

Director:「A mop dance? No one will believe that, right?」

Everyone expressed their opinions tactfully.

Staff member 1:「My wife is already pregnant with our second child.」

Staff member 2:「I don't have a wife or girlfriend, but I'm a mentally normal adult.」

Staff member 3:「Mentally normal adult +1」

Director:「Forget it, let's give Wen Li some face and not expose her. Keep this segment as the trailer. Keep the slip of the tongue, but make sure to remove it cleanly later. Let the audience guess the rest.」

Staff member 1:「Should we really mute it? I think it's not necessary at this level.」

Director:「What's the point of telling the audience directly? We want them to guess, to make them clearly know but still not have the exact answer, to make their hearts itch and their minds scratch.」

The trailer for [In This World with You] had always been the essence of the whole episode. Each time, the most attractive and entertaining segments were selected for the trailer. Coupled with the post-production team, a group of media graduates who had just graduated a few years ago and loved surfing the internet, they understood the mentality of today's young people and knew how to create memes. Therefore, the trailers and post-production discussions had become hot topics multiple times, even trending.

Editing and post-production played an indispensable role, but the biggest contributor was the chief director, who came up with those particularly clever ideas.

One of the young assistant directors sent an emoji of kneeling, along with the comment "Is this the difference between a big boss and an ordinary media person? Love it, love it", which caused it to go viral. Everyone followed suit, and the chief director immersed himself in the flattery and humor of his subordinates while remaining modest, saying, "It's nothing special, just the third-rate entertainment news."

——

It turns out that the director truly understands the psychology of the audience.

During the three-day-two-night recording period in Rong City, the guests arrived in Rong City on the first night. On the morning of the first day of recording, the production team was highly efficient, and a full 30-second trailer centered around the Salt Grain couple was released.

In This World with You:「#InThisWorldWithYou##SaltGrainCouple's30SecondTrailer# Episode 4 Spoilers - Journey to Rong City! This time, there's an intriguing little surprise! I, the host, will reveal 'Beauty's' unknown little hobby. 」

「#InThisWorldWithYou'sWeiboVideo」

「Still short and powerful, only 30 seconds.」

「30 seconds of the Salt Grain Couple!」

「I suspect there's a hidden meaning behind the last scene.」

The first fifteen seconds consisted of daily snippets before they went to Rong City. Among them, there was a scene of the Salt Grain couple packing their luggage at home before departing for Rong City. However, they packed their own things while an assistant helped on the side.

「Beauty's clothes are all pre-matched sets. So convenient, hahaha.」

「Oh my, three large suitcases. Is this the daily routine of female celebrities on business trips?」

「Damn, what I want to see is them helping each other choose clothes and teasing each other!」

The barrage of comments was still harmonious at this point, filled with jokes and laughter until the screen switched to Wen Li returning home after recording another program and hiding on the balcony without even changing her shoes.

The barrage was filled with comments like "Wen Sali, are you afraid of only rabbits?" and "Ordinary couple's intimacy: hugs and kisses, Salt Grain couple's intimacy: playing hide and seek in primary school". Later, someone answered in the barrage.

「As part of the crossover with the other program, there was a teaser trailer where Sanli danced to a girl group song, but it was too embarrassing, so she hid from her husband.」

「So, what's the meaning of censoring the teaser trailer for Beauty? Hahaha.」

Then, it showed Song Yan opening the balcony door. Now, the two of them were on the balcony, but the camera couldn't capture them.

The subtitles later helplessly explained, "Due to the careless stage assistant forgetting to install a camera on the balcony, we weren't able to capture it. But what we can say is that they were on the balcony for more than ten minutes, emmmm."

「?」

「Give us the stage assistant's Weibo account so he can experience the suffering of mortals, thanks.」

「I missed more than ten minutes of Salt Grain together! Stage assistant, you owe me an explanation!」

Because those ten minutes were not captured, it sparked endless imagination.

「The balcony is big and soft.」

「I don't care, it must be something indescribable. @StageAssistant, come out and get punished!」

「Everyone, calm down. What can you do in just over ten minutes?」

「But what if Beauty is very fast!」

「? Who are the sisters mentioned earlier?」

「Song Yan: Filing a personal insult report.」

「Fun fact: The average duration for men is usually 5-15 minutes.」

「Is he an average man? In the industry, it's widely accepted that models with broad faces and narrow waists and a height of 186 cm can last for at least half an hour in adult fan fiction.」

Finally, a relatively straightforward and less lewd fan wrote a long analysis in the comment section of Weibo.

「My guess is they didn't do anything. These two stingy people wouldn't even give each other a kiss in front of the camera, so how could they do anything without knowing that there was no camera on the balcony?」

With solid reasoning, the old lewd fans had nothing to retort.

Within just 30 seconds of the video, the barrage filled the entire screen halfway through, continuing until the last ten seconds when the subtitles showed a [Mini Theater] prompt.

"I felt a little sad because later I asked Teacher Wen to dance again for me, but she adamantly refused."

"Hey! Don't turn the tables! You asked to do a stri--"

The last few words were mercilessly muted. The Mini Theater ended.

The 30-second video abruptly stopped and turned into a black screen.

「? I suddenly feel frustrated.」

「What do they mean by muting it?」

「Am I thinking of something indecent?」

「Please say more! We single dogs love to hear this.」

Since they couldn't hear the dialogue at the end of the video, all the dissatisfied comments were concentrated in the comment section.

「Do you have to mute it? Are you underestimating the self-control of adults?」

「In just 30 seconds, I was disappointed twice.」

「Damn, I feel like a desperate woman who has been teased with intense foreplay and then suddenly left in the cold by a scumbag who put his pants back on.」

This trailer had a better effect than anticipated by the production team. One hour after the release of the trailer, [In This World with You] immediately surged onto the top three trending topics.

#WhatAreTheyStrippingFor# and #DreamyCollaborationWithHumanityGroup# are both trending topics bought by the production team, but the real boiling topic is the trending hashtag that fans spontaneously pushed up.

#ProductionStaffComeOutAndGetBeatenUp#.

When you click on the popular topic, it's the furious roar of a major fan of the Salt Grain CP's super topic.

Meirencao Sanli:「#ProductionStaffComeOutAndGetBeatenUp# The most disappointing entertainment program group in the history of entertainment has appeared! Post-production team, come out! Editing team, come out! Production crew, come out! Assistant directors, come out! Camera crew, come out! Director, come out! You're all scumbags! You give me suspense with just a 30-second trailer?!!!」

No one expected this to become the hottest topic on the trending list.

The production team's group chat for Team A became lively once again.

Staff member 1:「Boss, help! @Yan San, the director of the entertainment department.」

Staff member 2:「Oh my, my Weibo got discovered. They said, 'Wishing you have 3456 without 7 in the card game. 」

Staff member 3:「I posted a picture of my cat on Weibo, and they said they want to come to my house in a group and steal my cat. 」

Yan San, the director of the entertainment department: "..."

The director didn't speak in the group chat because, compared to others, he was even more likely to have his account exposed. His Weibo bio clearly stated his personal verification.

"Chief Director of [In This World With You]."

Under his latest Weibo post, it had already been occupied by the fans of the Salt Grain CP.

「So, you're the chief director?」

「Hello, we're not devils. As long as you promise to include more kisses and hugs in the next episode script, we'll withdraw our troops.」

「Director, hello. I think there are some issues with your program's script. I suggest tying them up in bed for the next episode.」

"..."

「Then the program probably won't pass the censors. 」

The original poster replied:「Just tell us the amount you need. We'll crowdfund it and share it on a cloud storage platform.」

"..."

——

Although the entire staff of the production team was trending, the show still had to continue recording.

This time, the director set a different outdoor shooting script for the location shooting, different from the previous season. In the previous season of [In This World With You], they mainly focused on documenting the daily lives of the guests at home. As long as the second season continued the shooting style of the first season, it would be considered successful for the most part.

However, the super successful start of the second season made the director not only want to do well in the second season but also to maintain the reputation of [In This World With You] and make it a golden prime-time program for the TV station. It wasn't just about the second season; there would be a third season and a fourth season in the future. So, while ensuring the continuation of the program's unique features, they also wanted to make innovations.

The live broadcast and outdoor shooting segments of the second season were part of the innovative content.

The production team cordoned off an area near a landmark building in the city. Outside the caution tape were onlookers and fans holding their phones. The news that the fourth episode would be recorded in Rong City had been leaked more than half a month ago, so they chose an outdoor location for this episode, knowing that there would be a large number of people watching. They had arranged dozens of security guards early on to maintain order outside the caution tape.

The four pairs of guests' cars slowly drove up; the screams from the crowd grew louder.

When the car carrying Song Yan and Wen Li just arrived, as soon as the doors were opened, Moonstone1 and Litchi2, holding silver-blue and grapefruit-colored support banners respectively, immediately excitedly shouted their names.

The screams of the fans were continuous as Song Yan and Wen Li got out of the car and waved briefly in the direction of the fans.

At this moment, amidst the screams of a group of young girls, a loud male voice emerged.

"Song Yan, what kind of strip dance do you really want Wen Li to perform?!!!"

The other three celebrity guest couples didn't know what this meant and looked over in shock.

Song Yan: "..."

Wen Li: "..."

One wonders what these CP fans have on their minds every day. Can't they shout some proper words of support in public?