Chapter Ch72.2 - Wheel of Fortune
translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Wu Jin dug in and chomped on the vegetables as he chatted casually with their team captain. At some point, he suddenly noticed that Zoe had kept one of the team communication devices.
“I listened to the recordings.” Zoe smiled and patted him on the shoulder, “Little Witch’s command was pretty good.”
Wu Jin was just about to open his mouth when Zoe shook his index finger, “Don’t be modest. n.o.body could’ve done better than you. I’ll report back to the battle team later and set you up as a deputy commander. I’ll talk to Caesar alone too.”
Wu Jin quickly shook his head, “The problem isn’t Brother Caesar, it’s me. I still have to keep practicing. The teams will be randomized for the next round, and I want to get some training before then.”
Zoe was stunned, then nodded slightly.
The command position was the core of the team and had the absolute right to mobilize the team. Wu Jin’s overall view and judgement of situations was sufficient, but what was lacking was the pivot point that would make others obey. Caesar’s brain was simple, and he’d been won over completely after this match and would no longer do anything out of the ordinary, but for people outside of the White Moonlight team––
If Little Witch wanted to become a qualified commander, he would need to have absolute strength over the other players.
For Wu Jin, who had only entered this profession three months ago, it would be incredibly difficult.
“Are you sure?” Zoe asked.
Wu Jin smiled and nodded.
Zoe stuffed a bunch of roasted pork at him, “Don’t push yourself too hard. For better or worse, your Brother Zoe has been watching over you for the past three months.” He looked up, “However, a randomized team can also be an opportunity. If you want to rush forward, then do so bravely. Don’t worry too much, your Brother Zoe and the company are all behind you.”
Wu Jin raised up his small round face and blushed beneath the light from the fire.
On the lawn, the evening revelry finally began in earnest.
On the stage, the program producer was still explaining the new rules for the team activity, “The group activity will start at 8 o’clock tomorrow evening. It’s the same old rules, enter ten minutes in advance, and the top 20 players as well as the top 5 teams will come to the broadcast hall to get their make-up and styling in the morning…”
“Your publicity photos will be displayed on the screen. After the system is updated tonight, there will be an additional ‘audience’s favorite on-screen trainee partner’ voting channel…”
Zoe had just poured himself a mouthful of beer and barely kept himself from spraying it back out, “It’s fine if they want to form CPs, but why package it up with such a long name?”
In the next second, Zoe’s eyes contracted abruptly. The publicity photos for the top five teams had just been released.
Jingyi’s showed their double c snipers, with their a.s.sault and support providing protection; Dolma’s had Qin Jinbao using a sharp blade to push ahead and three teammates sticking close behind; R-Code’s Wei Yan looked cold and solemn on his horse––Wei Yan had the four people climbing over the chariot from top to bottom, like monkeys hanging off a tree, and Zoe’s foot was kicking Caesar’s a.s.s.
“……” Zoe tossed down his barbecue and didn’t hesitate to kick up a protest.
The program producer still had the same old att.i.tude, “The publicity photos were voted on by the audience. Our jobs are also provided to us by the audience, and we should respect the choices of the audience. Oh, your variety show partner should as well.”
The trainees whose rankings were near the top were all at risk. Qin Jinbao of Dolma Entertainment looked like he couldn’t believe it, “In the last survival show, they agreed that they wouldn’t sell our bodies…”
The program producer banged against the microphone and caused it to squeak, “It’s just forming teams, how is it selling your bodies? Would we be losing money if we organized such a thing?”
Beneath the stage, Wu Jin clearly hadn’t figured it out yet, “The audience’s favorite on-screen trainee partner…”
Zoe explained it patiently, “Forming teams of two for the variety show and playing those old-fashioned minigames. Games like k2018;you draw, I guess’, k2018;familiarity interviews’, k2018;guess the brand’, k2018;find the spy’, and so on. Last year’s Crosson Show did it once, arranging life enemies to be teamed up together, and popular CPs were forced to cuddle and hug. It gave the audience bad ideas.”
Zoe added, “It’s harmful to society’s morals!”
Wu Jin was stunned.
Forced together, cuddling and hugging––he panicked and opened up his terminal.
The Jingyi double c stood at the top of the voting channel, and scarf was second… The third one was also called scarf, and the fourth was Zuolin debut, the fifth was Caesar x Thin Fire, sixth was Wei Yan x Thin Fire, seventh was Caesar x Red, eight was White Moonlight double a.s.sault…
Wu Jin breathed out a sigh of relief, “It’s okay, it’s not so bad, I’m eighth!”
“……” Zoe casually opened up the two ‘scarf’ CPs and pulled the little fool over to look, “Read it, what’s written here?”
Wu Jin stretched his head over.
No.3 Scarf––Wei Yan x Wu Jin, enemies for life, bramble and flames, perishing together. (Remember to add the little sentence at the end when using the tag!! Don’t let the cult next door take advantage of our traffic!!)
The photo representing the CP was of the two people looking at each other in the final instance. The caption said, ‘Exchanging gazes across the flames, ambiguous feelings grow’.
Wu Jin jumped straight up. “…!!!”
This camera angle was ingenious. If it was a few frames later––it would be Wei Yan shooting Wu Jin out of sheer rage. There had been no communication between the two of them, and even when they met each other during the interview, the human-shaped weapon had just nodded at him expressionlessly.
Zoe wasn’t surprised that Wu Jin had been given a scare. After all, Little Witch appeared straight no matter what. White Moonlight’s captain sighed emotionally, “It’ll be fine once you’re used to it. Isn’t it just building a fantasy out of nothing?”
Zoe poked open the second link.
No.2 Scarf––Wei Shi x Wu Jin, contractual lovers, predestined for three lifetimes, tacit understanding (Cult reflect! Next door is the real evil cult hmph!!)
This photo was of Wu Jin holding the gun that Wei Shi had given him and killing in all directions while the man covered the youth’s back and stood behind him silently.
Zoe continued to comment, “This one is even more extreme. You guys only just met in the instance, and hasn’t it only been a few hours since then? The traffic flow is reproducing faster than a rabbit. I just searched the tag, this f*cking forum already has little strips about having children. And they even say there’s a CP feel!”
Wu Jin trembled, “Having chi-chi-chi-chi…”
Zoe hummed and said, “Stop looking. It’ll burn your eyes. It’s a good thing to have traffic though, it’ll help you with your votes later on.”
Wu Jin took a deep breath. His eyes couldn’t help but sweep around.
The big bonfire party after the match––it wasn’t surprising for the big boss to continue playing truant. Only Red and Caesar were off in the distance eating heartily from the grill.
The big boss wasn’t here.
It was likely the big boss had already opened up the forum.
It was very likely that the big boss had already seen… ahhhhh!!! The tips of Wu Jin’s ears turned red instantly.
When he’d been a trainee in the boy group, Wu Jin had already been popular amongst the brokers and had formed CPs before. It was alright when it was between male and female artists, but it was incredibly awkward when it was done between two straight men.
Thinking of how, after he’d transmigrated over, he’d started from the audition, working hard to train with guns and raising the rabbit very seriously in order to promote himself from a little bronze follower to a silver medal follower, if the big boss became disgusted with him now because of the team CP issue––
Wu Jin’s heart pounded.
He didn’t want to be rejected by big brother at all!
The rabbit ball at the bottom of his heart yingyingying cried out and curled into a clump, shivering as though it was about to be abandoned. Countless fluffy claws scrambled and caught at the corner of Wu Jin’s clothes.
Zoe made a final conclusion, “This spicy chicken Crosson Show is done for. Hey, Little Witch, where are you going?”
Wu Jin stumbled and said, “Brother Zoe, I, I’m going to go back and rest first…”
Zoe was relieved when he learned this, “You must be tired after fighting all day. Go back, wash up, and sleep well. See you tomorrow morning!”
Wu Jin, who’d been about to head straight to the North Tower dormitories, heard these words and forced himself to turn around.
He’d almost rushed over without taking a bath!
Big boss always only liked a washed and dried rabbit. Big boss never touched Brother Rabbit when he was dirty…
Wu Jin immediately went back to his bedroom; he swiftly stripped himself bare and took a quick post-battle shower.
The Crosson base lawn.
Red finished all the kebabs and immediately called Floating City, “…This is called antic.i.p.ating a superior’s wishes! Understand? Hey, Brother Wei’s affairs are a big deal for our entire Floating City! Six million votes? Oh, that should be enough! It must be a high-quality voting block, okay? I can rest a.s.sured if you’re the one doing it! Let’s take our time… forget it, just get it done for me first…”
Caesar, who was to one side, had a deeply secretive look on his face, “Heheh, you bought it.”
Red scratched his head.
Caesar: “Heheh, I bought some too.”
Red was instantly excited and considered him as a confidant, “Good brother! We both think alike! Hehehehehe!”
Caesar looked at his terminal interface. The owner of this Star Net online shop was messaging him, “Dear, let me speak clearly beforehand. What you’ve bought is the cheapest package, and the accounts that will vote are all free votes from alt accounts. We do not provide any after-sales service if it’s discovered.”
Caesar didn’t care, “That’s fine! You’re just brushing votes, why do you need to worry about so much?! Remember, it’s ‘White Moonlight double a.s.sault’, throw all the votes at this CP!”
Shopkeeper, “Dear, the Scarf CP’s vote count is already very high.”
Caesar was disdainful, “What kind of garbage CP is that, one CP even took up two entries. When brother finishes brushing these six million tickets, they will never have a chance to make a comeback!”
On the Star Net Crosson home page.
A large crowd of fans were in high spirits on the voting night that came before the team activity.
The a.s.sistant director stared at it for a long time and finally couldn’t help but report, “They’re currently still mutually swiping at each other. The system detected that someone is flooding votes, and as for the CP naming thing…”
The program producer: “What are you so fl.u.s.tered about? Let’s deal with things one by one. Fans are always swiping at one another today, then switching allegiance tomorrow. Remember, all CP fans will eventually become fans of a single person. After the trainees graduate, not only will they drift apart, the fans themselves will also take the initiative and ask them to break the pairing. Something so small, this is no big deal at all!”
“Oh, as for those flooding votes––how can those rich tyrants enjoy spending money if there isn’t any vote flooding?! Oh, right, clear out all those votes from those small accounts that have no bound ID. As for the CP names…”
The a.s.sistant director immediately presented him with the information.
Beneath the Scarf CP name, Wei Yan x Wu Jin and Wei Shi x Wu Jin were immersed in an atmosphere charged with the scent of gunpowder, and in the middle there were also people clamoring for ALL Witch; 499 trainees surrounding Little Witch was also called Scarf.
“……” The program producer said, “499 isn’t acceptable. We’ll get investigated if that goes up. Let the fans decide on the exact CP names. They want to fight over ‘scarf’? Fine, then let them either canvas votes or toss money at it.”
The program producer waved, “It’s decided! Have the programmers put in some overtime and add a CP name voting channel. Disperse, disperse, it’s time to wash up and sleep!”
Eight o’clock.
The maintenance of the voting system for the variety show was finished and launched on time.
The audience that had been waiting for a long time swarmed in, and soon discovered the new CP crowdfunding naming feature.
In addition to the Jingyi double c and Zuolin that had two seasons of Crosson Show history, the number of votes for other CPs had also increased sharply. There were those who were pushing for their preferred name, and those who were mutually suppressing each other…
In the South Tower dormitory, Caesar, who had stuffed himself full with kebabs happily picked up the six million votes he’d purchased and smashed them all at the double a.s.sault CP until it reached second place. He was in a great mood before going to bed and didn’t discover that he’d fallen back to fourth place soon after.
In the North Tower, Red was currently delighted as he reported to Wei Shi, “Six million IDs that will go fight wherever they’re told to go! There definitely won’t be any problem with it, they’re all accounts that have spent money. How is spending money called cheating? Brother Wei, I’m going to brush votes for you––”
Wei Shi took off his earphones, “No need.”
Red paused, “Really? Ah, Brother Wei, then what should I do with these votes?”
Wei Shi: “Play with them yourself.”
Just then, there was a sudden knock at the door to the dormitory.
Red was just about to rush over to open the door, but Wei Shi swept him a glance, and he went to lean against the wall with a swoosh, his eyes flickering over the room.
Wei Shi opened the door.
Wu Jin immediately raised his head.
The freshly washed and soft rabbit gave off a light fragrance of bath gel. He was nervous and embarra.s.sed to speak in front of Red, standing at the door as he talked about a jumble of things. The collar of his pajamas were loose, revealing his white and tender neck.
Wei Shi’s eyes darkened slightly.
The man deftly drove Red out and casually signed his name.
For the rabbit that had been delivered to his door in the middle of the night.
Juurensha: Scarf OTP for life
xiin: midnight rabbit delivery~ check!