Given that she had achieved good results in squandering money in the past two days, Wu Pengpeng decided to strike while the iron was hot and squander another large sum.
However, opportunities to squander money were rare and hard to come by. She racked her brains in her office for three days but still couldn't find a good way to do so.
Just as she was slumping listlessly in her chair and sighing for the fifty - second time because of the difficulty of squandering money, there came a knock on the door.
Wu Pengpeng replied weakly, "Come in!"
Shen Qianqian pushed the door open and came in, holding a folder in her hand with a beaming face. "Sister Peng, weren't you always worried about how to promote Teacher He and Sister Minmin? Here's a great project."
She opened the folder and placed it in front of Wu Pengpeng. "The third season of *Made for Each Other* is about to start. How about we let Teacher He and Sister Minmin give it a try?"
Wu Pengpeng sat up straight and skimmed through the project plan in one go. The first two seasons of this celebrity dating reality show had been extremely successful, and it had invited only top - tier influencers and A - list celebrities.
With He Qianshan and Ye Minmin's status in the industry, they wouldn't even have a chance at such a show.
However, Wu Pengpeng liked challenging things. Although the celebrities' status was not high enough, her money was!
She made a prompt decision. "This is the show. Yan Shen and Minmin must be on it!"
Seeing her confident look, Shen Qianqian suddenly felt a bit nervous. "Sister Peng, don't get your hopes up too high!"
Wu Pengpeng bent her finger and tapped the project plan absent - mindedly. She lifted her eyelids and looked at Shen Qianqian. "What's wrong? Have the guests already been confirmed?"
"Not yet." Shen Qianqian told the truth. "The director of this show is Su Xiangting, the god of domestic variety shows. It might not be easy to get on his show."
Wu Pengpeng closed the folder, stood up, handed her car keys to Shen Qianqian, picked up her coat and walked out. "Let's go."
Shen Qianqian scurried after her. "Where are we going?"
"To find the producer of this show!" Wu Pengpeng put on her coat as she walked, wrapped her scarf around her neck, looking like a big clumsy bear.
Shen Qianqian was a bit confused. "What for?"
Wu Pengpeng turned her head and looked at her, smiling slyly. "Of course, to get our celebrities on the show!"
Shen Qianqian looked troubled. "But Director Su always only uses the celebrities he likes. The producer can't do anything about it."
Wu Pengpeng gave a charming smile. "You never know until you try."
In the end, Wu Pengpeng managed to get He Qianshan and Ye Minmin on *Made for Each Other*. The condition was that she sponsored the program group 50 million yuan in her personal name without asking for a credit. As for how this money would be used, it was entirely up to the producer, Fan Cheng.
It was implied that she wouldn't care even if Fan Cheng pocketed all the money.
Naturally, Fan Cheng readily agreed to let her people on the show, but he wasn't sure if he could persuade Su Xiangting.
Wu Pengpeng didn't expect him to persuade Su Xiangting either. She checked Su Xiangting's hobbies and learned that he liked collecting paintings by Wu Fei. So she spent a high price to buy several paintings on the market and gave them to him. She also promised to ask Wu Fei to paint a special one for him.
Soon, the *Made for Each Other* program group officially announced the first pair of guests: He Qianshan from "Rich Film and Television" and Ye Minmin from "Extraordinary Entertainment".
After this news broke, there was an uproar online. No one expected that *Made for Each Other*, which had always focused on top - tier influencers, would use such obscure celebrities.
Although Ye Minmin had some popularity before, she had retired from the circle. Her professional skills were abysmal. Now that she was back trying to regain popularity, she probably wouldn't make much of a splash.
As for He Qianshan, he was unknown in the entertainment circle. Many netizens were completely confused. Who was this guy?
After seeing this first lineup, netizens started to predict the failure of the show. *Made for Each Other* was going to flop. They were even recruiting such nobodies.
Soon, the program group announced the second pair of guests: Zhou Hong, the dance lead of Class - 3, and the international movie queen, Chao Zhifei.
The combination of the super - cool queen and the sweet - and - sassy young wolf - dog made netizens scream that they were back on board.
After that, the other three pairs of guests were announced one after another. Without exception, they were all big - name celebrities with works and fame.
In comparison, the combination of He Qianshan and Ye Minmin was so unremarkable that it was almost out of place.
But anyway, riding on the popularity of these big names, *Made for Each Other* became a hot topic even before filming started. Even He Qianshan and Ye Minmin benefited from it and became the center of attention.
When Wu Pengpeng saw that He Qianshan had been on the hot search, her first reaction was to find someone to remove it. She mustn't let He Qianshan become too popular.
Before she could finish removing the hot search, He Qianshan came to see her.
Seeing his gloomy face, Wu Pengpeng knew that he had already found out about the tricks she had played behind his back.
He Qianshan had always been dedicated to acting and didn't want to appear on any variety shows.
However, this variety show was a good opportunity to squander a lot of money, so Wu Pengpeng didn't want to miss it. She secretly signed the contract behind his back, planning to tell him after everything was settled.
She peeked at He Qianshan's face and felt a bit guilty. "Yan Shen, why are you here? Aren't you busy today?"
He Qianshan stood with his hands behind his back. His tone was unreadable. "Did you sign me up for *Made for Each Other*?"
Wu Pengpeng licked her lips and forced a smile. "Yes, but I did it because I thought there weren't any good film or TV projects for you recently. I wanted you to gain some popularity on the variety show first so that you could get good drama roles in the future."
Looking at her "I'm doing this for your own good" expression, He Qianshan suddenly couldn't bring himself to scold her.
He knew how eager she was to make money, and he was just her money - making tool.
As a tool, he didn't seem to have the right to blame her.
He didn't really care about being her money - making tool. It was just...
"Look at that Ye Minmin. She's been posting press releases online every day to tie me up with her. Now everyone thinks we've been dating for a long time."
"Ah?" This was beyond Wu Pengpeng's expectation. She quickly tried to console him. "Don't be angry. It's just because you're so charming!"
She opened the hot search and saw that the topic #He Qianshan Ye Minmin# had somehow made it onto the hot search list.
She clicked on the topic. All the marketing accounts were digging into the details of He Qianshan and Ye Minmin's supposed relationship. They talked about matching clothes, matching jewelry, matching food, and the two of them being in the same place...
Although the marketing accounts sounded very confident, all the photos were edited.
It was both sad and funny. Wu Pengpeng waved her phone at He Qianshan and suggested with a smile, "How about you take a few photos with her when you're free? It's so pitiful that people have to imagine your relationship..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw He Qianshan's face turn cold. She quickly shut up and continued to bury her head in reading the gossip.
However, she didn't read the gossip about He Qianshan and Ye Minmin anymore. Instead, she went to the official website of *Made for Each Other* to read the comments.
As she had expected, netizens were still very反感 to the sudden addition of He Qianshan and Ye Minmin. The top - rated comments were all negative.
Huojingting Eloped with Me: Where did these nobodies come from? They're just trying to ride on the popularity of Director Su's show.
Class - 3 Forever the Best: [Sigh] What's wrong with our Director Su? He's finally been defeated by the capital.
I Want to Get Rich Overnight: Open your eyes and look at the background of these two. They're being supported by the world's richest man. How can our Director Su not support them?
Wu Pengpeng scrolled down and made a mental note of the ID "I Want to Get Rich Overnight", thinking that she would talk to this person about getting rich later.
However, the tone of the comments suddenly changed. People no longer focused on the status of He Qianshan and Ye Minmin.
I Can't Live Without Shipping CP: Don't you guys think these two are really good - looking? They're the ceiling of beauty in the domestic entertainment industry!
At Least I'm Not a Loser: Exactly! How good - looking would their children be!
...
Next came a series of romantic fantasies about the two falling in love during the show and getting married. Soon, netizens even came up with a name for their child: "Ye He Meiren".
As for why the child would have the surname Ye, it was simply because it sounded more fluent.
Seeing Wu Pengpeng's face getting darker and darker, He Qianshan leaned over and happened to see the discussion about which kindergarten their child should go to.
Looking at Wu Pengpeng's reaction, he suddenly felt that his bad mood from the whole morning had vanished. There was a smile hidden in his eyes and voice. "Are you jealous?"