After Li Linlin returned to their house, she remembered that Tao Ye had called her earlier and told her that the trailer would be going online that night. She quickly opened her phone and took a look. The trailer was already on the trending search. They must have bought it, however, what was weird was that they also bought a trending search called #DirectorOf《CrescentMoonBlade》ThanksLiLinlin#.

Li Linlin: “……”

She’s been really used to attract traffic to the web drama.

She clicked in and took a look. Inside was a short interview posted on the platform. The interviewee was naturally director Tao Ye. The host asked him a few questions and requested him to briefly introduce the work and the cast. When talking about the creative process, Director Tao said emotionally, “We owe it all to Teacher Li Linlin that our drama has the chance to be seen by the audience. In the middle of the filming process, some of the investors withdrew their funding and we were unable to continue. It was Teacher Li’s generous support that allowed us to carry on.”

Li Linlin looked at Tao Ye’s perilous hairline and hair volume and felt that her youthful self couldn’t afford to be addressed by him as teacher.

She exited the link and clicked on the hot search for the trailer to take a look. The official Weibo account of 《Crescent Moon Blade》 had been established for a long time, but few people knew about it before today. After dragging Li Linlin on two hot searches, it now had hundreds of thousands of followers and it was looking promising.

Li Linlin pressed play. The video quality was very good, the actors’ fighting scenes were smooth, and even the soundtrack was quite attractive. It’s obvious that this wasn’t some shoddy web drama. Tao Ye’s camerawork was beautiful and managed to capture a certain martial arts sense.

Nowadays, even if the current martial arts dramas were remakes of previous masterpieces, many of them simply couldn’t give the same feeling. Tao Ye’s drama was an original script, but he managed to outline the world in just over a minute and allow the audience to understand its structure. Most importantly, it had that heroic spirit.

The performance of several actors also surprised Li Linlin. He heard Tao Ye say that his two leading actors were still both students and had never filmed before. However, they performed with a lot of spirit and their fight scenes were vigorous.

Netizens also spoke highly of the trailer, but there were too many shows nowadays that weren’t as good as their trailers, so most people were still on the fence and plan to wait for the drama to come out before making a judgment.

Li Linlin was already on the hot search, so she casually forwarded the trailer. Unexpectedly, another marketing account wrote a short essay for her overnight, praising her for always bringing him surprises.

Li Linlin: “……”

You guys always surprise me as well. 🙂

Li Linlin stayed on trending list all night. The next morning, she was pulled up by Wu Hui to record a show. This time, they weren’t heading to Youxian Mountain for 《A Meal in the Woods》, but for the dating show Wu Hui had mentioned to her before.

This show was called 《Let’s Fall in Love》 and it had been running for three seasons now. The first two seasons were quite popular and made many unknown artists famous. Li Linlin had asked Wu Hui for the list of male guests. Those who came to participate in this dating show would definitely not be top-notch ones, but judging from the photos, they all looked pretty good.

“You must be the most popular artist in this show right now.” Wu Hui told Li Linlin on the nanny van, “Actually, I don’t think we need to be on a dating show.”

Li Linlin glanced at her. “Isn’t it because you said they’re offering a lot?”

“……” That’s correct.

“But I didn’t expect the recording to start so soon.” Li Linlin asked Wu Hui, “What if it doesn’t work out in the end?”

“……You must seal the deal with someone. You have to finish your performance.”

“Then I prefer this one. He looks the most handsome.” She showed a photo to Wu Hui, who glanced at it and responded, “Oh, Du Yanwei is quite handsome and also the most popular one among the guys. Speaking of which, he also graduated from A City’s Conservatory of Music and is an alumnus with your father.”

“I see.”

“However, the pairings are decided by the program group.” Wu Hui continued, “You only need to be a good actress.”

“……” Li Linlin put the photo back. “It’s no fun.”

After arriving at the recording location, Li Linlin finished her makeup and a staff first invited her into a small room, saying that they wanted to conduct a pre-interview. Li Linlin sat down in front of the camera. The staff opposite briefly greeted her and then began by asking, “Why did Little Sister Linlin come to participate in our show?”

Li Linlin thought to herself, ‘Because you guys offered a lot’.

But of course she couldn’t say that. She looked at the staff and asked back, “Actually, I’m more curious about as to why you guys run this kind of show?”

“Err…… Do you think a show with this kind of theme is strange?”

“It’s not strange. I guess I feel that human beings’ enthusiasm for watching other people’s romance has reached an unimaginable level.” Li Linlin indeed seemed like she found it unimaginable when she said this. “Just reading novels and TV dramas can no longer satisfy them. A show dedicated to dating was made and it even continued until the third season.”

“Uh, hahahaha, alright, let’s move on to the next question. What type of guy does Little Sister Linlin like?”

“Hmm…… A proper guy of the same age as me.”

“What do you mean by a proper guy?”

“I don’t know either. What do you think?”

“……” Why was she asking him again?! “Maybe it’s someone earnest and has a good attitude?”

“Sure.”

“……Okay, next one.”

After the small interview, Li Linlin had a camera attached on her body and was taken to another room by one of the staffs. The layout of the place was very much like an escape room and the staff member who brought her there also told her, “Starting from now, you can look for clues in the room. If you find the right ones, you can open the secret passage and go to other places.”

Li Linlin asked her, “Where?”

“Where the male guests are. The three of them are also in an escape room. It depends on which one you find.”

“Oh……” Li Linlin nodded. “What about the other female guests?”

“They’re the same.”

“Then if I open the place where a female guest is, how do you plan to end it?”

“……” They’d never plan for such a situation. The staff member scratched her head and said with a smile, “You see, your room only led to the rooms where the male guests are, not the female guests.”

“Oh, okay.” Li Linlin thought for a while, and then asked again, “Does that mean that if I didn’t move, a male guest will come over sooner or later?”

“……Theoretically.” But are you planning to eat melon seeds in the escape room?! “This walkie-talkie will allow you to contact us. If you encounter any difficulties, you can ask us for help.”

“Got it.” Li Linlin accepted the walkie-talkie. This show was set up to seem like the guests found each other randomly, but in fact, the program group had already arranged everything. The person they end up finding would definitely be the person the program group paired them with.

Li Linlin waited for the staff to go out before searching the room. This escape room was of medium difficulty at best and she quickly cracked all the clues. The program group originally wanted to position her as a top student, so the fact that she was the first to crack the escape room was also in line with the script.

After Li Linlin opened the door, she walked along the corridor for a while and saw another closed door. There was a combination lock on the door, but there were no clues around it to indicate the password. It was likely that she had to work with the person inside to open it.

She knocked on the door and the person inside seemed startled.

“Who’s there?” Came a magnetic male voice. Li Linlin eyebrows went up slightly, quite satisfied with the voice.

There were footsteps walking in slowly and the voice spoke again, “Is there actually a door here?”

“Yes.” Li Linlin responded from outside.

The other person seemed to be startled again.

Li Linlin could already imagine what the post-production editing would do to this clip.

“Hello, I’m the door spirit.” Li Linlin felt that she had a great sense of variety show. Once she stopped being a salted fish, she could be a variety show queen!

A man’s pleasant laughter came from inside. “I thought people said one can’t become a spirit anymore after the founding of the country?”

“I rushed to cultivate before it happened.”

Another low laugh could be heard. “You’re a female guest, right? You’ve already escape from your room?”

“Yes.”

“You’re too fast.” The other person seemed surprised. “It’s only been less than ten minutes.”

“These escape rooms are pretty simple.”

The man was still laughing. “I’m probably not very bright.”

“These rooms are a no-brainer.”

“……” The man coughed. “Then can you open the door now?”

“No, the clues to open this door are on your side.” Li Linlin said and knocked on the door two more times. “But I don’t think this door is very sturdy. How about you stand further away while I kick it open?”

The staffs in front of the monitor: “???”

“The prop team kindly reminds you that violent demolition of props is prohibited as well as non-standard decryption of clues. Director Liu is shedding tears.” The speaker in the corridor suddenly interjected.

“Hahahaha.” The person inside also heard the announcement and laughed heartily. “I guess we’d better look for clues.”

He worked well with Li Linlin, and under the cooperation of the two, Li Linlin successfully deduced that password for the door. After it opened, the speaker in the corridor suddenly started playing a romantic BGM and even the lighting was different from earlier.

Li Linlin leaned in half her body to take a look inside and found that the other person was also looking at her curiously.

Although the program group paired them up right from the beginning, they weren’t told who they would be with.

The door that stood between the two slowly opened and Li Linlin got a good look at the other person standing inside. It was Du Yanwei whom she had her eye on.

Du Yanwei’s appearance also showed some surprise. He wasn’t sure whether the other person was truly who he thought she was but he now looked happy. “I guessed it was you when I heard your voice.”

“Ah, really?” Li Linlin looked at him. “Don’t say you grew up watching me.”

Li Linlin became famous on the Internet at the age of 15. From a middle school student to when she’s about to graduate from university, many people had indeed grown up watching her.

“Pretty much.” Du Yanwei seemed a little embarrassed, but the corners of his mouth had been slightly raised the whole time.

“Congratulations to both of you for successfully getting out of the escape room. We have prepared a sumptuous dinner for you. Please move to the next room.”

After the person on the speaker said so, another door opened at the end of the corridor. Du Yanwei and Li Linlin walked in together. This room was larger than the previous ones and the lights were also much brighter. Most importantly, there’s a big table in the middle of the room where hot pot was being cooked.

“Wow, great. It’s hot pot.” Li Linlin now felt that the show was fantastic. Not only could she eat hot pot openly, she also gets a handsome guy to accompany her for free.