The subtext that everyone could understand was:
Could this asshole with a terrible personality who’s destined to be alone really have a wife?! And he looks like he might be abusive!!
Director Wang said, “Never mind that. If Qi Zhuoyu is coming to participate in this show, it means he has one.”
The assistant hesitated. “Could it be a hired wife?”
Director Wang: “…”
Director Wang: “If you have such a vivid imagination, why don’t you go edit the remaining footage!”
Then he gave the assistant a smack on the head.
The assistant chuckled, not taking it to heart, and just shared this conversation with his friend as a joke while slacking off at work.
Unexpectedly, his friend posted a screenshot of this conversation on a certain forum.
It wasn’t until the afternoon that Big V on Weibo leaked that Qi Zhuoyu was going to participate in a marriage reality show. While the buzz hadn’t died down yet, this post directly sparked a new round of discussions.
[I heard some big industry gossip, qzy is really joining a marriage show, and his wife is hired (covering mouth and laughing)]
Clicking into the post, there were several screenshots.
It was the chat records between a small assistant and their friend.
Although the title used abbreviations, Qi Zhuoyu’s name was decoded in a second.
Instantly, there were dozens of replies, making the post immediately trend.
“???”
“????”
“I’ve already convinced myself that Qi Zhuoyu’s resource-hogging means he wants all resources, so he’s also taking variety show resources, but what’s this about hiring a wife???”
“Brothers, an even more outrageous rumor than Qi Zhuoyu participating in a marriage show has appeared, Qi Zhuoyu’s wife is hired by him.jpg”
“Although you look pathetic making baseless rumors, once it’s linked to Qi Zhuoyu, it suddenly doesn’t seem so far-fetched (lighting a cigarette.jpg”
“After all, he’s the miraculous man who hits people at the Spring Festival Gala, the victim goes to jail; hits people on set, the victim goes to jail; hits people backstage, the victim still goes to jail (lighting a cigarette.jpg”
“Wait, doesn’t anyone find it strange? Why would he hire a wife to go on a marriage show for no reason? To hype a CP??”
“They probably saw the previous male-male pair filming a show and hyping their CP to gain traffic benefits, but that pair was really disgusting, hyping up some devoted husband persona, but the ‘gong’ turned out to be just a straight man with cancer (vomiting bean)”
“Uh, let me say first that I’m not a fan, but am I the only one who thinks Qi Zhuoyu’s fame doesn’t need CP hype?”
“Brother above, no need to clarify… Qi Zhuoyu… has no fans… only haters… thanks…”
“Qi Zhuoyu’s shitty personality… um… how to put it… feels like he’d go brush his teeth vigorously after selling BL with a guy…”
“It doesn’t have to be a guy? What if it’s a woman?”
This post finally ended among the anti-fans who had been entangled with Qi Zhuoyu for three years:
“Laughable. Does this unfilial son want to learn how to hype a CP? Who doesn’t know about his homophobic persona?”
[Bonus video link: Top 10 moments of those years when people wanted to sell BL with Qi Zhuoyu but were brutally backstabbed by the straight man]
The anti-fans weren’t lying about this. Qi Zhuoyu indeed had a homophobic persona in the entertainment industry that others had established for him.
The video showed male actors who had worked with him over the years. After all, he had reached a career peak at his debut that others couldn’t achieve in a lifetime in the entertainment industry. Therefore, many male actors had secretly thought about riding on Qi Zhuoyu’s popularity, since nowadays, selling one BL work could make you rise faster than filming ten good works.
But Qi Zhuoyu ignored all the male actors who tried to get close to him.
He either ignored them or gave them the cold shoulder. When reading scripts together, the distance between them could even fit another person.
At this point in the comments, a passerby spoke up.
“Although, brothers in the comments, it seems like I’m the only one who’s curious, doesn’t anyone wonder? With Qi Zhuoyu’s arrogant attitude of looking down on everything, what kind of person would he hire as a wife to sell BL?”
The post fermented with quite high heat, with over two thousand comments.
Recently, various marketing accounts had been teasing the news about Qi Zhuoyu joining a marriage show. Plus, the movie star’s public recognition was too high. Even without fans, many passersby were paying attention.
This post was soon reposted by marketing accounts.
It happened to be the last workday, with the weekend starting tomorrow.
Both working people and students had time to scroll through their phones. For a moment, Qi Zhuoyu’s name once again rushed to the top of Weibo’s hot search.
Since his hot searches were usually about hitting people or filming, it was the first time people saw such an outrageous hot search like #QiZhuoyuHiresWifeForMarriageShow#.
Melon-eating masses found it funny while not really taking it seriously, just watching the show and moving on.
After all, nothing outrageous appearing on Qi Zhuoyu’s hot search was outrageous anymore.jpg
As for Director Wang, after seeing the hot search, he still scolded the small assistant a bit.
But he wasn’t really angry, after all, being on hot search meant traffic, and in this era, traffic meant money. Even before Qi Zhuoyu had officially announced the marriage show, “The One At My Home” had already ridden on the movie star’s popularity!
It must be said.
Some people’s constitution for bloody storms really made them born for this job!
However, with the heat fermenting so much, it made Director Wang a bit skeptical too.
After all, in the entertainment industry, there were many couples married by contract. It wasn’t entirely impossible for Qi Zhuoyu to hire a wife to hype a CP, right?
After all, everyone knew.
All CPs in the entertainment industry were fake, only the money spent by fans was real!
With so much money, it’s hard to guarantee that even a movie star wouldn’t be tempted!
With this attitude, they welcomed the recording of the preview short film for “The One At My Home”.
Unlike other variety shows, “The One At My Home”, in order to maintain mystery and hype, would first record a preview short film, make a few ambiguous shots without showing people’s full faces, then hype up the heat, and finally officially announce the guests.
Although everyone knew which guests were coming, the show still needed to be made for new passersby to watch.
So “The One At My Home” Season 2 continued the style of Season 1. To show respect for Qi Zhuoyu’s status, the show’s chief director and executive producer came to record the short preview for Qi Zhuoyu.
Everyone nervously arrived at the villa in the city center.
Seeing this ridiculously large villa with a garden and swimming pool, everyone couldn’t help but shed envious tears inside.
Li Chaofeng, the movie star’s manager, opened the door.
Director Wang hurriedly bowed and exchanged pleasantries, glancing around to see that there was even a doghouse in the movie star’s large courtyard!
Wait, why was there a doghouse but no dog to be seen???
Today’s filming process was a short clip without showing faces.
Although other couples wouldn’t show their faces, they would both appear on camera.
But Qi Zhuoyu’s situation was different. They knew the movie star was married, but in three years they had never seen his wife.
So in terms of mystery, Director Wang had the audience firmly in his grasp, deciding that in the short preview, Feng Xuan wouldn’t even show a silhouette.
After filming the preview short,
There was a short individual interview, where both parties generally had to appear on camera.
To restore the authenticity of a post-marriage reality show,
The directing team decided after discussion to place cameras in the room, with the couples turning on the cameras themselves to record. This would create a relaxed, homey couple’s vlog feeling, showing the artists’ approachability and real side.
Since the early stage of “The One At My Home” also included live recording,
The production team also installed about forty cameras throughout the villa, with no less than five in the master bedroom, not counting the hidden ones. It could be said that they truly achieved an all-angle live broadcast, fully displaying married life.
After completing all this, Director Wang and the production team returned to their car and opened the computer.
They were just waiting for Qi Zhuoyu’s side to turn on the camera.
Meanwhile, seven or eight pairs of eyes stared at the computer screen, their hearts also tensing up involuntarily.
After all, they had also seen that Douban post, and were really curious about what the wife hired by the movie star looked like!!
Then, there was movement in the picture.
First came a clean boyish voice. “Senior brother, how do you turn on the camera?”
Fuck?!
Is it a man?!
Wait, isn’t Qi Zhuoyu homophobic?!
Before this thought could disappear from everyone’s minds,
The scene inside the villa suddenly appeared, showing a young man’s enlarged face. Even under such terrifying pixels of the HD camera, not a single flaw could be seen on his face.
Feng Xuan seemed to still not understand how to turn it on, doubting if he had opened the camera at all.
So he tapped the top of the camera and leaned in closer to look.
A beauty attack hit everyone on the other side of the camera.
Holy! Shit!
It’s! Such! A! Good-looking! Guy?!
Director Wang was closest to the camera and was hit hardest by the beauty attack.
Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, he could say he had seen all sorts of beauties. Despite this, the moment he saw Feng Xuan, he was still dazzled by this astonishing beauty.
In the picture, Feng Xuan’s curiosity was finally satisfied. After turning on the camera, he sat down beside Qi Zhuoyu.
Actually, when walking over, Feng Xuan instinctively wanted to sit in Qi Zhuoyu’s lap, but then he thought about how he heard this mortal thing called a live broadcast would be seen by many mortals. If they knew that the Crown Prince of the White Jade Capital, an ancient divine race, was such a clingy little bird baby.
Even birds need face!
So he hesitated for a moment and sat on the sofa next to Qi Zhuoyu.
The first individual short interview, according to the script, was given to Qi Zhuoyu.
Director Wang seemed to have not yet recovered his senses and was shaken by his small assistant. “Director Wang, Director Wang, can we start asking questions?”
The questions to be asked were also prepared long ago.
They were basically some questions like why did you come to participate in this show, what are your views on marriage, and other basic questions.
As an old director who had been running variety shows for many years, he should theoretically be very familiar with this process.
He could finish asking the questions with his eyes closed, but when he was shaken back to his senses by the small assistant.
He looked at Feng Xuan, then at Qi Zhuoyu.
Director Wang almost subconsciously asked. “Mr. Qi.”
Qi Zhuoyu nodded.
He was already prepared to answer why he came to participate in this show.
But Director Wang, utterly perplexed and with a bit of sincere envy, asked in a bewildered voice. “Such a beautiful wife, where did you hire him from?”
Qi Zhuoyu’s expression: …?
