The Heiress Boss is Wild and Sassy Again
"Love Variety Show Has Harem!"
"In the face of cuteness, male charm and sexiness are not worth mentioning!"
These two trending topics immediately sparked widespread discussion.
Excerpts from the live broadcast of the voting that day were also released by the officials while the iron was hot.
"No way! Xia Qingtian actually rejected Young Master Tong! Holy crap! Young Master Tong!"
"Since it's all about female charm, where did Lin Yirou lose? Just that one flick of her hair, and I was gone!"
"Holy crap! Ji Meina is too good at this! Who can resist such a cute, legal loli?"
"Okay! I think it's okay! Things are getting more and more interesting!"
"Ji Meina is so cute! Forget Xia Qingtian, I can't resist either!"
"Holy crap, it's "First Step to Love"! Is this veteran dating show going to be popular again? They're playing this big right from the start! Awesome! I'm a fan!"
"If you had said earlier that you were playing this big, I would have been squatting in the live broadcast room long ago! Who doesn't want to see sweet girls playing and teasing each other!"
"Xia Qingtian! Look at our Young Master Tong! He's dumbfounded!"
"Feel sorry for Young Master Tong. As the number one in the boy group last year, the 'walking hormone,' he absolutely never expected to lose out to two women in a competition, right?"
"Xia Qingtian doesn't know what's good for her. Miss Rou, please come into my arms and cry!"
"This is unscientific, Xia Qingtian actually didn't choose Ling Fenghan! What, the friendship of ten pairs of socks ends here?"
"The one above also said it was friendship~ Ling Fenghan, Ji Jun, and Xia Qingtian all abstained, it's just that Xia Qingtian was chosen by three votes and lost her right to abstain. But I also didn't expect her to reject Young Master Tong and choose Meina. I was laughing so hard, the production team was silent for a long time, hahaha!"
"Production team: I was just joking, why are you taking it seriously?"
"Production team: The lilies in my hometown have bloomed again?"
"Production team: Very urgent, don't know if the show can still be broadcast, waiting online..."
"Hahaha, too funny. Production team, keep it up! You're playing on the edge of censorship, a deathly swing!"
"Production team, don't be afraid! Keep it up, we love watching this!"
That night, with these two trending topics and the enthusiastic response from netizens, the fifth season of the veteran dating show "First Step to Love" successfully broke into public view.
That night, the production team urgently convened a temporary meeting.
The chief director, looking at the soaring popularity, finally spoke: "I admit there was an element of gambling, but it's indeed the foundation for us to make a comeback."
"That's right," the producer agreed. "Although the situation took an unexpected turn for us, the results seem good so far. However, we still need to be mindful that we are a serious and formal dating show. We can't just chase popularity. Getting approval later is the most important thing."
Otherwise, no matter how high the popularity is now, if it can't get approved in the end, it will all be for nothing.
"Yes, I'll have people keep a close eye on the post-production," the chief director nodded. "The heart-to-heart choices next week must be mutual selections between male and female guests, with new rules added, so that this kind of situation doesn't happen again."
Someone hesitantly asked, "Then how will tomorrow's heart-to-heart dates be filmed?"
"Let's focus on Qiu Xinxue and Lü Songtao first. If that doesn't work, we'll find a way to cut down the filming of Xia Qingtian and Ji Meina, or frame it as a friendship segment."
Everyone nodded, hoping that everything would go smoothly afterwards.
That night, just before going to bed, the production team called the two pairs of guests who were dating tomorrow to the living room to choose their date locations.
"Let's choose the amusement park," Qiu Xinxue said first.
Amusement parks are usually a top choice for couples' dates. They have various facilities and cute props, making them ideal for filming.
Lü Songtao expressed no objections and agreed with Qiu Xinxue's decision.
"Then we'll choose the old street," Xia Qingtian said after discussing with Ji Meina.
The old street is relatively quiet, and on a weekday, there would be even fewer people. The streets are lined with interesting handicraft shops, dessert shops, and bookstores, making it a great option for leisure.
After both sides had made their choices, the production team notified them that cars would pick them up to the designated date areas after breakfast the next morning.
The production team would provide a dating fund of 2,000 yuan per group, wishing both groups of guests a happy time.
After the announcement, the production team turned off the on-site filming and live broadcast and called Xia Qingtian and Ji Meina aside.
Qiu Xinxue glanced at Xia Qingtian and Ji Meina's retreating figures and secretly rolled her eyes.
Really, this is a dating show, what are they doing?
It's really reckless.
"Get some rest early," Lü Songtao said softly. "Don't overthink it, you have a whole day of filming tomorrow."
"Mhm," Qiu Xinxue withdrew her gaze from Xia Qingtian and nodded.
She knew what she had to do.
The director of the production team explained tomorrow's situation to Xia Qingtian and Ji Meina.
"Look, we're a legitimate dating show after all. Today's situation was an accident, but we hope you can film normally tomorrow and not cause trouble," the director clasped his hands together and said in the most helpless tone: "You don't want your footage to be cut out in the end, do you?"
"I just want to go out and play with Qingtian..." Ji Meina pursed her lips and said softly, feeling wronged. "You said we could choose if we felt a connection..."
Seeing Ji Meina like this, the director inexplicably felt a sense of guilt for bullying a child.
"Since that's the case, let's just avoid suspicion," Xia Qingtian's beautiful eyes flickered as if she remembered something. "Tomorrow, it'll be the three of us girls – me, you, and Lin Yirou. We'll go out like a group of girlfriends, just don't stop us."
"There are so many dating shows now. Although they primarily focus on male-female pairings, friendship is also a topic that can be explored in depth. If, in the end, we can't pair up but make good friends, and give the fans and viewers a chance to imagine pairings, it would also be a great selling point for 'First Step to Love'," Xia Qingtian said with a serious expression, talking nonsense. She also pulled Ji Meina to her side: "Three girls playing together is much more discreet than two female guests being together, right?"
"Mhm, mhm, mhm, I think what Qingtian said makes a lot of sense," Ji Meina nodded vigorously.
"This..." the director was also persuaded.
"Don't worry, we'll act realistically tomorrow. We won't let the audience think the production team is being lenient, and the three of us will only use the 2,000 yuan dating fund, so you won't have to spend extra money," Xia Qingtian guaranteed.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm, I think what Qingtian said is feasible," Ji Meina continued to nod vigorously.
"Then... alright," the director sighed helplessly, realizing that this was the only way for now.
Ji Meina and Xia Qingtian immediately clapped their hands and ran to Lin Yirou's room together to share the good news.