LIGHTNOVELONLINE chapter 3
Chapter 3: To Take or Not to Take the 500,000 Appearance Fee? (1 / 2)
The text message was real, not a scam.
While planning their breakup, Song Qinghuan had also casually signed him up for a dating show!
Fang Zhou stopped in his tracks, turning to speak, but Song Qinghuan beat him to it.
“Don’t be so quick to refuse.”
“That dating show will have many outstanding girls. Find one there, consider it my compensation to you.”
Song Qinghuan’s eyes were wide, her expression serious, as if she truly had Fang Zhou’s interests at heart.
Fang Zhou sneered, stepping forward to challenge her, “In your eyes, am I so cheap that I need charity from an ex-girlfriend?”
“I’ve had more girlfriends than I can count. Do I need to go on a dating show?”
His eyes seemed to be ablaze, as if at any moment they would materialize into flames.
Fang Zhou’s past girlfriends were either the pure school beauties or the icy corporate queens, and there were even minor celebrities. Which one of them wouldn’t outshine those on a love reality show?
Song Qinghuan lowered her eyelids, avoiding his astonishingly bright eyes, and slowly said, “I’m just afraid you’re too lonely by yourself.”
“Enough, Song Qinghuan!”
Fang Zhou glanced at the top of her head, her lustrous black hair resembling a clump of seaweed, but now he no longer felt the urge to tousle it.
“Let’s pretend we never knew each other.”
With that, he turned and walked away, catching sight of that chubby-faced man in the process.
Fang Zhou flipped him the middle finger, then drove off into the distance.
Feeling down, he didn’t even want to start his live stream.
Instead, he called up his best buddy, and the two of them carried a case of Tsingtao to the riverside to drink.
Fang Zhou popped open the can, took a big gulp, and then heard Li Siming ask.
“What? Song Qinghuan found a rich guy and is planning to marry him?”
The unique aroma of barley spread in his mouth, and with a swallow, Fang Zhou felt the knot in his heart loosen a bit.
He nodded, looking at the distant river surface and replied, “Yeah, some fat pig with a big head and big ears. I really admire her for being able to kiss that.”
Li Siming plopped down next to Fang Zhou, patting his shoulder in sympathy.
“This girlfriend lasted less than three months, huh? Even shorter than the previous ones.”
“But for you, the playboy, to have this day, I must say, it’s quite an eye-opener for me.”
“I’ve found it! It’s actually this show!”
“This romance variety show has been done twice before, and this year is the third season. It’s said that each guest’s appearance fee is quite high.”
“Bro, are you sure you won’t consider it?”
Chapter 3: To Take or Not to Take the 500,000 Appearance Fee? (2/2)
Li Siming’s eyes sparkled with excitement as he looked at Fang Zhou.
Fang Zhou felt a chill and shifted away, rubbing his goosebumps, and cursed, “Don’t look at me with those dead gay eyes.”
Li Siming chuckled, stepped forward, and whispered, “I have a friend who’s a director. She mentioned to me that for this love variety show, the starting appearance fee for guests is at least this much.”
He stretched out his palm and held it up in the air, grinning mischievously.
Fang Zhou glanced at it and said nonchalantly, “Isn’t it just 50,000? Haven’t seen the world.”
Can 50,000 buy his dignity?
Can 50,000 secure the position of his next girlfriend?
No!
However, Li Siming shook his head and whispered, “It’s 500,000.”
This number made Fang Zhou, who had just taken a sip of alcohol, choke, struggling to catch his breath, in utter discomfort.
Li Siming quickly patted his back, and under his powerful palm, Fang Zhou finally caught his breath.
Fang Zhou looked at him in surprise and asked, “For real?”
“A broken variety show, with an appearance fee of 500,000?”
It wasn’t that Fang Zhou underestimated the entertainment industry’s money-making power, but this ‘Love One Hundred Percent’ was supposed to be just an amateur love show, not worth such a high price to invite guests.
Besides, he was just a washed-up game streamer, how could he possibly be worth 500,000?
Li Siming assured him firmly, “I heard this season will have celebrities participating, and the invited guests are all somewhat famous in their fields.”
“The production team wants to create a breakout season, so they can openly make a fortune next season.”
He patted Fang Zhou’s shoulder and raised his eyebrows, “I kinda feel like Song Qinghuan is treating you pretty well, isn’t this like handing you 500,000 for free?”
“Pfft!”
“Do you want this stroke of luck or not?”
Fang Zhou brushed off Li Siming’s hand and rolled his eyes.
So he was expected to seamlessly connect with Song Qinghuan and be grateful?
“I’d actually like to go, but the chosen one is you.”
Li Siming was obviously joking, seeing Fang Zhou’s tone wasn’t too good, he quickly changed the subject.
“Cough, anyway, this is like a pie falling from the sky, why not take it if it’s free.”
He put away his smile and said earnestly.
“After all, your sister’s surgery can’t be delayed much longer, can it?”
“With this half a million, she can finally get a kidney transplant.”
Fang Zhou’s sister should have been a high school senior this year, at the bloom of her youth, but she was diagnosed with uremia.
The siblings had lost their parents at a young age and were raised by their grandparents.
In recent years, both grandparents fell ill and passed away one after another, leaving only his sister and Fang Zhou to rely on each other. Unexpectedly, his sister also fell ill.
Fang Zhou spent all his savings, yet he still couldn’t gather enough for his sister’s surgery. Due to a two-month hiatus, his popularity plummeted, and he quickly became yesterday’s news.
He was unable to turn the tide in the later stages.
That’s why Li Siming thought of letting him join the romance reality show, to alleviate the pressure.
Fang Zhou downed a bottle of liquor in one go, stood up, looked at the cargo ships sailing on the river, and laughed heartily.
“Go? Why not?”
A trip to the romance show in exchange for a chance at life for his sister.
Why not enjoy it?
At that moment, Fang Zhou had no idea who he would meet on the romance show in the future.
He only thought of catching this overwhelming fortune, even if it was a bit too hot to handle.
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