Around 9 PM New York time, the plane finally arrived in New York. Mu Wan had slept for more than ten hours and felt completely lazy. After stretching, she immediately sent a message to Kuang Ye to let him know she had arrived.

Mu Wan: “I’ve landed in New York.”

Kuang Ye, who was on the other side of the world in the morning at 10 AM, quickly replied.

Kuang Ye: “I saw it on the live stream. Looks fun. I’m at home waiting for you.”*

Mu Wan’s eyes sparkled with a smile.

Mu Wan: “Great!”

The comments were filled with reactions:
“Who’s Mu Wan chatting with? She’s smiling so sweetly, even my new fan is getting jealous.”
“Her boyfriend.”
“Her boyfriend +1.”
“What??? Boyfriend? I just became a boyfriend fan.”

Fang Li saw Mu Wan smiling so tenderly and teased her, “Sister Wan, you’re smiling so sweetly. Are you chatting with your boyfriend?” She wanted to remind the audience once again that Mu Wan had a boyfriend. This way, if any management company took notice of her face and wanted to sign her, they would be cautious.

Mu Wan, however, responded confidently: “Yes, my fiancé!”

Fang Li: “…”
Live stream comment:
“Earlier, we were boyfriend fans, but now she has a fiancé, We don’t stand a chance.”
“Crying in the bathroom.”

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While Mu Wan was sleeping, the group had already decided on the accommodation. It was a guesthouse in the Manhattan area. To save costs, they booked a two-bedroom suite. One standard room with two 1.5-meter beds for the two boys to sleep in, and one family room with a 2-meter big bed and a 1.2-meter small bed for the three girls.

The director spoke up: “Since it’s already quite late, there will be no task for today. Here is the task list for tomorrow. Please take a look.”

Zhou Yang: “Let’s talk about tomorrow’s task tomorrow. Director, you be the person!”

The director joked: “Then how about I give you an extra task for today?”

Mu Wan quickly took the task card and put on a smile, pretending to be excited.

Mu Wan: “Wow, are we getting the task already? Director, you’ve worked hard. Everyone, let’s take a look at tomorrow’s task.”

She gave Zhou Yang a subtle glance, and he immediately understood.

[Ah, right, right, right, let’s look at the task, let’s look at the task.]
[Hahaha, I can tell, Wan wan doesn’t want to do the task today.]
[She snatched the task card so quickly and even gave Zhou Yang a wink.]
[So cute!]

The group gathered to look at the task. The places to visit tomorrow were mainly Manhattan attractions, like Times Square and Fifth Avenue. The task was—to get at least five foreign friends to recognize them.

Everyone: “??”
Zhong Yi: “What does ‘recognize oneself’ mean? Are we looking for foreign fans?”
That would be disadvantageous for him, as most of the roles he played were serious dramas, rarely internationally recognized. Even if some of his works did make it abroad, he wasn’t the lead, so few people would know him.

Director: “Nonono, tomorrow, during your sightseeing, you need to make friends, and at least five people must correctly call out your Chinese names.”

Zhou Yang: “Is it that simple? Should I just charge them a dollar each to call my name?”

Director: “…”
[Zhou Yang, king of exploiting loopholes.]
[Zhou Yang: There’s no game bug I can’t find.]

Director: “Of course not, that would be cheating! If discovered, the punishment will double!”
[That’s 2,000 USD! The director’s really ruthless.]
[This task is extremely unfriendly to people with social anxiety.]
[We’ll probably break down on the spot.]

Li Shu Qin and Mu Wan exchanged glances. Li Shu Qin whispered to Mu Wan.

Li Shu Qin: “Do you think foreigners have seen xxx or xxxx?”
Those were her two most famous works.

Mu Wan: “…Probably, it seems like a lot of foreigners enjoy watching our historical dramas.”
She glanced at Zhou Yang and quietly added, “If it doesn’t work, let Zhou Yang go busk, stick our names on him, and if the audience calls it out right once, they can request a song.”

Li Shu Qin: “!!!”

Zhong Yi suddenly appeared behind the two of them.

Zhong Yi: “Good idea.”

The two turned around, and all three pairs of eyes simultaneously looked at Zhou Yang, who was still battling with the director.

Rock culture is more popular abroad than domestically. Zhou Yang would definitely have an advantage if he performed.
[Zhou Yang’s being secretly sold out.]
[And he doesn’t even know it.]
[Hehe!]
[Wan wan is so bad.]

Fang Li, seeing the three whispering together and feeling excluded, immediately came over and said loudly, “Qin-jie, what are you talking about?”

The three quickly covered her mouth and made a shushing gesture. Zhou Yang, hearing the sound, turned around and saw the three looking at him with affectionate eyes.

Zhou Yang: “??”
[Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter. They’re so funny.]
[The meme’s out, “Secret scheming.jpeg.”]

It was an animated GIF. The screenshot was of Mu Wan covering Fang Li’s mouth, and the three of them turning around with guilty expressions while looking at Zhou Yang.

The producer, watching the viewer count steadily rise in the live stream, had a glint of greed in his eyes. He thought to himself, Thank goodness I didn’t give up on Mu Wan because she was hard to deal with. This show’s effect is amazing. Plus, the initial wave of traffic came from trending topics.