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"What kind of advertisement?" Xu Qingsong asked Du Yunkai.

Du Yunkai explained to him: "Of course it's to advertise our game! Let me tell you, the recording time for this variety show is not long, it will be recorded from early April to mid-May, and then broadcast from early June to the end of August. It just so happens that we are planning to launch the public beta in September..."

"Wait a minute," Xu Qingsong interrupted him, "With the current reputation of our studio, it seems that we don't need to advertise the game, right? I think holding a game press conference will have a good publicity effect."

"It's not like we're asking you and Xuxu to work for nothing. We're not paying you for the notice." Du Yunkai advised again, "The main reason is that it's hard to make a show now. There are all kinds of dating shows on the market, big and small, and all the tricks have been used up. The revenue of my sister's company's show is also going downhill, and the company wants to save it one last time. If it works, they'll continue next year. If not, this will be the last season."

After saying that, he looked at Xu Qingsong sincerely and expectantly: "If a friend's family is in trouble, you won't stand by and watch them die, right?"

Xu Qingsong thought, I'm going to your "home trouble", so he asked: "Tell me, what's your selfish motive?"

Let me start from last night.

Just after dinner at home last night, Du Yunxiang’s assistant Anding brought him a program plan, which was the dating variety show "The Longest Confession".

Du Yunkai saw his sister frowning and asked. Du Yunkai also had a headache, so he simply talked to him and his parents.

What is the "longest confession"? To answer this question, a popular saying on the Internet at that time is "companionship." "Companionship is the longest confession" has always been the theme of this romance variety show.

Unlike other dating shows, "The Longest Love Confession" does not have a director to issue tasks, nor does it have process control. The filming content is mainly based on the daily interactions of real couples. The program team gave the guests enough freedom during the recording period, and it was entirely up to the guests to decide what to do or not to do.

This actually tests the chemistry between the guests and the camera (or professional ethics). Some guests are very good at it and will actively create program effects, while some may not have participated in similar reality shows before, and the tension brought by so many cameras will make them even more at a loss.

The homecoming of the first and second seasons of "The Longest Confession" were very good. Whether the guests were acting or in real daily life, they all let the audience see the ideal appearance of happiness. There were both poetry and the romance of distant places, as well as the friction of daily life. But in the end, they all turned into a firmer belief in walking hand in hand through mutual understanding, tolerance and support.

The five couples from the first season and the second season all had happy news after the show ended, and some of the guests even brought their children to participate in the baby show last year. While people were moved to witness their happiness along the way, they also cursed "The Longest Love Confession" by saying that the production team had made enough money, and they were no longer serious about the show and started to mess it up.

Actually, that's not the case. The program crew doesn't want to do that either, but for some reason, starting from the third season, the guests they invited always have some problems, and till now they have been taking the blame for a certain big-name singer couple.

The couple got married a year after the show was recorded. When the publicity for the wedding of the century was everywhere, the people who felt the most incredible were the staff of the show.

The production team spent a lot of time and money to invite these two people. Maybe the production team really gave them too much freedom. The two of them had no sense of working for money. Not only did they seriously mess up during the recording of the program, but what was even more unexpected was that their affection on social media was all acting, probably because they were too deeply tied up in their work...

At that time, the two had a conflict over work. According to insiders, they had already planned to break up, but the contract with "The Longest Love Confession" had already been signed. They did not want to lose the sky-high notice fee, and did not want to pay the penalty for breach of contract, so they held their noses to record the show. During the recording, the show was so bad that even the million-dollar editing of the program crew could not save it.

The two have a large number of fans, especially CP fans, who immediately started a dispute with the program crew after the variety show was broadcast. There were even rumors that the program crew received money from their opponents and deliberately used shady editing to discredit them.

Given Du Yunxiang's personality, he would definitely not give up after the incident had reached this point, but the problem was that the woman was from Taiwan. At that time, the situation across the Taiwan Strait was serious. Du Yunxiang thought about it again and again, and told the director team to forget it and swallow this loss. Then he sent someone to negotiate with the man, and asked them to re-record the next few episodes, and the matter was finally resolved.

After this incident, the reputation of the program team dropped significantly. The fourth season did not do much to save it, and the guests invited in the fifth season did not make much of a splash. Therefore, Du Yunxiang is considering whether there is still a need for the sixth season.

Du Yunxiang wanted to cancel the show, but director Zheng Qingchuan didn't want to. After all, he had been working on the show for five years and it was the result of five years of hard work. He still wanted to save it.

Zheng Qingchuan led the program team to rack their brains to come up with a new plan, and the one they asked Anding to deliver to the Du family last night was the one.

Du Yunkai listened to Du Yunxiang and took the plan and flipped through it, then threw it away in disgust: "What the hell? Sister, I think we should cancel this show. If this plan appeared in my hands, I would definitely suspect that I hired the wrong person."

Du Yunxiang had a headache: "I wanted to cut it off, but Zheng Qingchuan is too difficult to deal with. He would find a way to block me whenever I was in the company some time ago, and he would start crying as soon as he saw me. I was fed up with his crying, so I agreed to let him make a new plan for me to see."

Du Shaohua and Yin Donglei took the plan that Du Yunkai had left on the coffee table and took a look at it. Cha Cha squeezed between her grandparents and wanted to take a look too.

Du Shaohua said: "Although I don't understand program production, I think this plan cannot be saved."

Yin Donglei also said: "I have watched this program, and I think it was done quite well before. If this season's program is made according to this plan, wouldn't it go against the original intention of the program?"

Du Yunkai joked, "Sister, I remember there was a marriage show that invited a couple from a wealthy family in Hong Kong. It was quite popular. How about I ask Mingyuan and the others to see who is willing to participate?"

Yin Donglei smiled when she heard that: "Why bother looking for them? I think you are good enough." Then she turned to Du Shaohua and said: "Right, our son has good looks and ability, and he has you as his father, and a girlfriend who is beautiful, talented and can make money. What do you think, is he a good match?"

Du Shaohua suppressed his laughter and nodded. Cha Cha didn't understand but actively agreed: "Uncle is suitable!"

Seeing his sister's serious consideration, Du Yunkai couldn't help but move away: "Are you kidding me? I owe you this little announcement fee?"

Du Shaohua disagreed: "Can you please stop talking about money? Your sister is in trouble now. As a family member, shouldn't you help her from the bottom of your heart?"

Du Yunkai thought, it’s not that difficult!
Yin Donglei also felt that, and suddenly remembered another thing, and asked Du Yunkai: "Qingsong and Xuxu are already engaged, when will you and Xixi put the wedding on the agenda?"

Du Yunkai felt that his dear mother was really asking for trouble. Was it because he didn't want to? It was Wenxi who didn't want to!
The next second, Yin Donglei continued, "Xiangxiang, how about this? We can continue to shoot the show the same way as before. If you need money, I'll invest in it for you and let your brother and Xixi go to record it. What kind of relationship have they been in for the past two years? It's like an online romance. It's perfect. Give them a chance to get along well with each other."

Then he looked at Du Yunkai and said, "Success or failure may depend on this one move."

Du Yunkai thought about it and immediately understood: "Sister, please be patient, I will call Xixi right away."

Wenxi thought, this is a good thing! Being on the show is like advertising her brand, and she can also eat, drink and have fun for free. Why not go? Go! She agreed immediately.

Du Yunkai was smiling from ear to ear.

Wenxi then asked him, "Can you invite Xuxu and Laoxu as well? Let's set up a party with people we know so we can have fun together."

She hasn't watched "The Longest Confession", but she has watched some other dating variety shows, which seem to bring several couples together to travel or something, and she thinks this show is probably the same.

When Du Yunkai heard this, he thought it was a good idea, so he came back and threw the contract in front of Xu Qingsong.

Xu Qingsong was speechless: "So, you just want to have a relationship at public expense."

Du Yunkai had already thought of an excuse to control him: "Xixi had already talked to your Xuxu last night, maybe she has agreed. Besides, what's wrong with dating at public expense? Think about your past two years-"

Xu Qingsong was unmoved. He worked overtime last night and Liu Wangxue was already asleep when he got home. He also didn't hear Liu Wangxue mention this matter early this morning. He probably didn't want to participate.

He said proudly, "You know, I'm getting married, and I've been busy preparing for the wedding these past few months."

Du Yunkai said: "As you know, the game will soon enter the internal testing phase, and the months before and after the public testing will be even busier, so you only have wedding leave, not honeymoon leave."

Xu Qingsong: "Are you threatening me?"

He thought, what honeymoon? He didn't even have one. Liu Wangxue would join the crew soon after the wedding. Wait, what if we took this opportunity to have a honeymoon before the wedding? Du Yunkai saw that he was wavering and pushed the contract in front of him again: "Anyway, there is still a long time before the recording. You can think about it slowly. At least go back and ask Xuxu for her opinion, right?"

After work, Xu Qingsong talked about this with Liu Wangxue and asked for her opinion.

Liu Wangxue had just sent off Youyou, Xiaotao, Haohao and a few other kids, and was resting on the sofa with the three kids. Upon hearing this, he replied, "I don't want to go."

Wenxi talked to her about it last night, but she said she didn't want to go. She wanted to wait for Xu Qingsong to come back to discuss it, but he came back too late and she had already fallen asleep. She forgot about it as soon as she got up this morning.

She gave the same reason she gave to Wenxi last night, saying that recording the show was tiring: "Dear, I moved to Taojia Village to live in peace with my parents in their old age. At that time, my plan was to write scripts and sell them for money. Who would have thought that once the work mode started, I couldn't help myself. I have been working non-stop for two years. Let me take a good rest. Now I just want to lie down at home. Besides, your game is going to be tested internally. Won't recording the show affect my work?"

Xu Qingsong pushed aside Peng Peng, picked up Liu Wangxue, sat her on the sofa and let her lean on his arms, then opened the contract and showed it to her: "Look, the program has a lot of freedom, it doesn't prevent you from lying down, it's no different than usual."

Liu Wangxue raised her hand and touched his face: "Do you really want to participate?"

Xu Qingsong nodded, and used his killer trick of playing the victim, saying sadly: "You've been away for the past two years, and we've been together less and less. Now we're finally getting married, but after the wedding you're going to the crew again, and we don't even have time for a honeymoon. Can you feel how sad I am?"

Liu Wangxue was aroused by his sincere performance and felt guilty. She held his hand and kissed it, then reflected: "You are right. It's all my fault. I didn't consider your feelings."

Xu Qingsong continued: "Then let's go to this love show, okay? Just think of it as an early honeymoon. Besides, Du Yunkai, the unscrupulous boss, has gone. It doesn't make sense for him to be so carefree outside while I'm still working like a slave in the office."

Liu Wangxue couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Without Xu Qingsong's reminder, Liu Wangxue knew that she had spent very little time with Xu Qingsong in the past two years. She had originally planned not to go anywhere before the crew started filming, and just stay at home to accompany him. But she overlooked one thing, which was the honeymoon after marriage! It must be said that Xu Qingsong's proposal made her very excited.

After the two of them discussed it, they told Du Yunkai first, and then contacted the director team and signed the contract.

After knowing this, Wenxi asked Liu Wangxue: [Tell me, what made you change your mind? ]

Liu Wangxue: [Of course it’s Mr. Xu from my family.]

Wenxi: [There are really no friends of the opposite sex]

Liu Wangxue: [You speak as if you don’t have any opposite sex]

In the blink of an eye, it was early March and the game officially started its internal testing. Xu Qingsong started working overtime every day. Liu Wangxue went to the studio to accompany him and also asked for an internal testing number to experience it in advance.

A few days later, I suddenly received messages from Ni Jia and Lou Rui. The content of their messages was similar, and both said that they also wanted to participate in "The Longest Confession".

This surprised Liu Wangxue, and she said to Xu Qingsong, "They are actually together?!" and then typed quickly.

Xu Qingsong thought for a while and said, "This should be a possibility..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Wangxue looked up and smiled, "We both overthought. They are not together. It was Director Meng who asked them to go. They were supposed to be on the show with a mission."

Xu Qingsong also laughed and asked, "Is it for the role?"

"Yeah!" Liu Wangxue nodded.

She told Xu Qingsong that she had jokingly recommended to Du Yunxiang before that Ni Jia and Lou Rui play the "princess and her male lover" in the play. Unexpectedly, these two roles really fell to them in the end.

There is real love between the princess and her male lover, but there is only "brotherhood" between Ni Jia and Lou Rui. These two characters will appear at the end of the first part. They were shot by Meng Huadong, who shot countless takes before they were passed.

Liu Wangxue said: "It's so funny. They have quite a lot of roles in the second season. Director Meng was afraid that they wouldn't be able to create sparks and would delay the crew's filming progress. So he heard about this variety show and sent them in. Their mission is to hone their acting skills, hahaha..."

"That's great. We have two more acquaintances. We can really form a group to play together then." Xu Qingsong also thought it was very funny and asked, "Then there are only two pairs of guests left. Do you have any news about who they are?"

Liu Wangxue shook her head: "I don't know. I asked Anding about it and he said they are still inviting people."

Then just wait.

In late March, two days before Xu Qingsong’s birthday, the family took the three little ones to Beijing.

Xu Qingsong's cousin's friends came up with several wedding planning proposals. Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong discussed and chose the relatively simplest one.

After that, they tried on wedding dresses, chose jewelry, and selected the wedding venue. There were five alternative venues. After Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong discussed it, they chose Liang Xi'an's hot spring resort, and they also wanted to advertise this place.

Because, when the program director Zheng Qingzhou heard that they were going to hold their wedding in May, his eyes immediately changed. The left eye said "traffic" and the right eye said "fame and fortune", which added up to "money". So he actively discussed with them whether they could slightly change the shooting plan to help them record this happy wedding.

Xu Qingsong and Liu Wangxue thought about it and decided that since they were making a show, they would definitely be more professional than the wedding videographers outside, so they agreed.

So when choosing a wedding venue, Liu Wangxue suggested holding it at Liang Xi'an's hot spring resort without hesitation. She said, "Since we are already participating in the show, let's make the most of each other."

The next step was taking wedding photos. Xu Qingsong's mother and aunt had prepared all the alternative plans and had communicated with Gu Xuelan online to select fifteen sets, allowing the two children to make the final choice.

When Liu Wangxue saw the number, her eyes almost went dark.

Xu Qingsong said: "My mom, your mom, and my aunt's idea is to shoot at least ten sets. They have already circled the suggestions and said they would give us a reference."

Liu Wangxue discussed with Xu Qingsong: "How about five sets? That's enough! And we plan to take pictures while recording the show. Too many will take more than three days to finish." If she hadn't considered the feelings of the three mothers, she really wanted to say three sets. Really, it's tiring to think about taking wedding photos. Three sets are completely enough!
Xu Qingsong naturally understood her very well, but he couldn't reduce the order from fifteen to three all of a sudden, as that would be too hurtful. So the two of them each did some ideological work on their own family members and finally ordered five sets.

In early April, one week before the variety show began recording, the other two pairs of guests were finally confirmed.

Liu Wangxue took a look and found that it was another acquaintance.

One pair is Han Zhenhao, who played Lou Rui's brother in "Halo Effect", and his amateur girlfriend, and the other pair is Shen Xun and his agent girlfriend.

This group was thought up by Zheng Qingzhou on the spur of the moment. He wanted to save the show and invite some big names to support it, but he didn't get any response from many of the invitations he sent out, or the response was a rejection. He was very sad after being rejected so many times, and felt that the show might really be hopeless.

The assistant director reminded him: "We have Lou Rui! Think about it, Lou Rui's traffic is top-notch in the industry, what else do you want?"

“But he and Ni Jia are playing a couple—” Zheng Qingzhou realized that he was being too picky before he finished speaking, so he suddenly had an idea and said to the assistant director, “Why don’t we just make it a complete acquaintance? Call the planner over to me, and the recording plan for the later stages of the show needs to be changed…”

After the new plan was completed, invitations were sent out again. Han Zhenhao and Shen Xun happened to have time, so they came to participate. (End of this chapter)