Chapter 147 - 147: Hidden Rules

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The comments kept rolling:

Hahahahahahahahahahaha1

[I can’t laugh anymore. Taking advantage of CEO Lin is one thing, but this request is just ridiculous.] [Is it just ridiculous? I feel that it’s a little perverted. Hahahaha.]

[The talent show is so exciting

[Hehe…Lin Shanchu…Hehe…Lin Shanchu…Hehe…]

Lin Shanchu fell silent.

After two seconds, she said softly, “Sister, don’t you think your request is a little perverted?”

The student covered her face in embarrassment and admitted, . A little.” Lin Shanchu was speechless.

Holding back his laughter, the staff member beside Lin Shanchu spoke up to break up the situation.

“All cameras are working normally. Students, please take your positions.”

The students reluctantly returned to their seats.

Lin Shanchu also returned to her position.

As soon as she sat down, she heard a familiar mechanical voice echoing in her head.

[0.1 relationship points received.]

Lin Shanchu was caught by surprise.

The system explained: [Same-sex attraction is under the relationship sub-group.]

This can’t be a legitimate system.

It was even more ridiculous than those girls!

The system even reminded Lin Shanchu:

[The host has not interacted with the opposite sex for 13 days. Prolonged lack of interaction or any romantic involvement will affect the health level.] “Speak human,” Lin Shanchu demanded.

The system replied: [If you don’t kiss or hug Huo Xunzhou soon, there’s a possibility of falling ill.]

“You didn’t mention this before.”

[This is a hidden rule that needs to be triggered by human action.] Lin Shanchu let out a deep sigh and said, “I understand.”

The system was playing games with her, making rules up as they go.

If it had a physical form, she would definitely grab it and give it a beating as soon as she saw it.

Sensing Lin Shanchu’s anger, the system dared not make another sound.

It disappeared to hide in fear.

Once Lin Shanchu made a comeback to the program, the real-time viewership visibly surged.

Even before she was set to go on stage, she had already been trending because of her makeup looks.

The video of her being surrounded by female contestants backstage was also edited and posted online.

This assembled loyal fans of the show to take their positions in the comments: [I dare anyone to deny Lin Shanchu’s extraordinary beauty!]

[With those legs, that waist, and that face, Lu Shiyuan seems to have lost his senses.]

[Is it just a matter of losing his senses?]

[Let’s be frank, Lu Shiyuan must be blind if he thinks Tang Qidai is anywhere near as good as Lin Shanchu.]

Wherever Lin Shanchu was, Lu Shiyuan would inevitably be mentioned.

After mentioning Lu Shiyuan, Tang Qidai will be brought up again.

During these past ten days. Tang Oidai had been consecutively announcing

several endorsements and advertisements.

All of it was compensation from Lu Shiyuan, who felt bad that she had been unfairly treated and had her work stopped because of Lin Shanchu.

Which was why Tang Qidai has had a particularly high level of exposure.

Her name was trending on the search list almost every day.

Today was no exception.

However, just as Tang Qidai started going viral, she was quickly overshadowed by Lin Shanchu.

Upon the return of Kong Suyi, Tang Qidai’s agent, to the company, she started to develop feelings of resentment towards Lin Shanchu as she had to work harder for Tang Qidai.

Once Kong Suyi found out that Tang Qidai’s fame had been suppressed by Lin Shanchu, she immediately sought the help of internet trolls and marketing accounts to boost Tang Qidai’s popularity.

When Tang Qidai finally surpassed Lin Shanchu on the trending search list, Kong Suyi informed Tang Qidai about it.

“You’re quite capable of doing things.” Tang Qidai expressed her satisfaction.

She decided to take a break midway and took out her phone to check the search list.

She scrolled through the list from top to bottom. The first thing she saw was Lin Shanchu’s hashtag.

#LinShanchuSeductiveDanceMakeup# Hers followed after.

#TangQidaiSummerPhotoshoot#

F * ck!

Tang Qidai got so angry that she cursed on the spot.

She tossed the phone to Kong Suyi.

“Is this what you call ‘taking care of things’?”

Kong Suyi picked up the phone and looked at it, her expression changed slightly. “Lin Shanchu must have bought the popularity.”

Kong Suyi clicked on it and checked the level of discussion. She was surprised to find that it was genuine data, there was no buying involved at all.

Lin Shanchu was surpassing Tang Qidai because she was the topic of conversation. The general public’s interest in her is much larger, which was why she climbed the trending search list so quickly.

Tang Qidai simply can’t compete with Lin Shanchu.

However, Kong Suyi can only keep this thought to herself and not say it out loud.

“Daidai, don’t be angry. Lin Shanchu’s popularity is all artificial. I’ll help you boost your popularity.”

As Kong Suyi spoke, she immediately made a call to contact someone to buy her some fame.

Tang Qidai picked up her phone again and tapped on Lin Shanchu’s hashtag.

The video was very short, but Lin Shanchu stood out too much in it.

The comments were all praising Lin Shanchu.

There were also many netizens who compared her to Lin Shanchu.

But a few of Tang Qidai’s fans spoke up for her.

[Focus on boosting your fame on your own. Don’t drag other people down because of it.]

[Stop stealing my beloved Daidai’s spotlight.]

[You can’t hold your own if you don’t ride on my Daidai’s popularity, right?]

However, these fans who were on Tang Qidai’s side were quickly chased away by the netizens.

[As soon as any defamatory news article of Lin Shanchu was released, you’ve been desperately searching the internet for them to get yourself to the top.

Now you’re trying to act like the victim? It’s too late!]

[Seriously, I advise you to open your eyes and look at the rankings yourself. Is Lin Shanchu the one riding on your popularity?]

[Who’s the one who can’t hold their own? Lin Shanchu gained her current popularity all by herself.]

[Your idol relies on men to climb the ranks, wastes a lot of resources, and still has to buy fame to maintain her popularity. Aren’t you embarrassed?] Tang Qidai was so angry that she almost crushed her phone.

However, she quickly suppressed the anger in her heart.

She pulled up the statistics on both sides to compare and realized that Lin Shanchu’s comments were all real.

On the other hand, most of hers were from internet trolls and marketing accounts.

Tang Qidai panicked.

Since when did Lin Shanchu become more popular than her?

She took a moment to recollect the events.

She realized that it all started when Lin Shanchu entered ‘My Stage’.

Before participating in ‘My Stage’, that b * tch Lin Shanchu not only lacked popularity but was also looked down upon every day.

She benefited a lot from ‘My Stage’ since then.

Because of her, the influence and popularity of ‘My Stage’ increased on a daily basis. It could be foreseen that the group would definitely become popular in the future.

Therefore, Lin Shanchu must not be allowed to successfully debut.

Tang Qidai had a premonition that once Lin Shanchu managed to form a team, it would be difficult for her to suppress her.

She had to act quickly and deal with Lin Shanchu before the recording of “My Stage” ended.

When Kong Suyi finished her call and came back, she saw Tang Qidai staring at her phone with a serious expression.

“Daidai, what’s wrong?”

Tang Qidai looked up.

Kong Suyi was startled by her and asked, “Daidai, what happened?”

Tang Qidai gently set the phone aside and remained silent for a moment.

Kong Suyi glanced at the phone screen and immediately understood that Tang Qidai realized that Lin Shanchu’s data was genuine.

Kong Suyi furrowed her brows and said, “Don’t worry, as long as President Lu-” Tang Qidai interrupted her and continued, “We can’t let Lin Shanchu stay..”