The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 229 Variety Show Arranged a Love Story Line

Chapter 229: Chapter 229 Variety Show Arranged a Love Story Line

"What could possibly go wrong? It’s just a variety show."

On the phone, JOJO hurried her, "It’s your first day joining the crew, Jiang Man, are you free now? Anyway, you can come over anytime today; I’ll send you the address."

Without waiting for Jiang Man to respond, the phone call abruptly ended with a beep.

Seconds later, Jiang Man’s phone rang.

A text message arrived, indeed from JOJO with the address.

——Century Origin Wedding Venue

"Huh?" Jiang Man looked at the address repeatedly. A variety show here?

"JO is getting more and more outrageous. Today she lets you replace her in a variety show, next time she’ll dare have you perform at her concert. Thankfully she’s not an actress, otherwise she would have you replace the leading lady too!"

Jiang Man sighed deeply, "What can I do? She’s my sister; I just pamper her."

Having said that, she opened the navigation and placed her phone on the central console, "Let’s go and check out the situation first."

...

An hour and a half later, Jiang Man arrived at the destination.

When Jiang Man took her phone from the central console, she found several text messages from Lu Xingzhou.

[Are you mad?]

[Did you go to school?]

[Right after you left, I did too. That social gathering was meaningless.]

[I’m in a meeting now.]

Lu Xingzhou was sharing his day and even sent a photo of the meeting room where he was meeting.

Jiang Man glanced at it and quickly typed a reply: Not mad, work well. It was just a game, I’m not serious, and neither should you be.

She really wasn’t taking it seriously, that 16-language confession was merely part of the game.

"Yingfan, did you bring a power bank?"

She looked at her phone which only had 18% battery left. She had forgotten to charge it in the car while using the navigation, causing her phone battery to now be in critical condition.

"Didn’t bring one. The production team should have some."

Jiang Man nodded, "Let’s go in and see."

The wedding venue was huge. As they stepped through the gate, they immediately saw a line of vehicles.

The vehicles bore the logo of a certain TV station.

What a coincidence, Lu Zhan and Wen Rui were sharing a business van and had just arrived.

They had just gotten out of the van when they saw Jiang Man, disbelief written all over their faces.

Jiang Man was not surprised because JOJO had mentioned over the phone that Wen Rui would be coming, casting her and Wen Rui as commercially tied.

"Cousin?"

"Auntie... junior?"

Wen Rui and Lu Zhan called out in unison.

Hearing this, Jiang Man raised an eyebrow in surprise and strode over, her lips curling into a playful smile, "Daring to call me auntie junior now?"

"After uncle junior spilled the beans in the trailer that night, wouldn’t it be disgraceful if I didn’t change how I address you?"

"And you and Ruirui?" Jiang Man asked in a whisper.

Hearing this, Wen Rui’s face instantly turned red.

Glancing at the TV station staff not far off, his cheeks reddened even more.

But after a moment of shyness, Wen Rui remembered the main topic.

"Sis, how come you’re here?"

They had signed a confidentiality agreement with the production team, so they were completely unaware of the guests and the content format of the show this time.

They would only find out when the shooting of the show started.

"I’m filling in for JOJO," Jiang Man said casually.

JOJO’s pregnancy and quick marriage with Song Xiao were not known to Lu Zhan and Wen Rui.

"The production team actually invited the great JOJO?" Wen Rui was incredulous.

She quickly responded, "The great JOJO couldn’t make it, so cousin, you’re filling her spot, right?"

The young girl was extremely excited, almost bouncing.

She was now managed by the same agent as Lu Zhan. When her agent secured this variety show for her, she was actually very nervous.

She was as new as could be to the industry and wasn’t familiar with the stars within it.

Yet she was to participate in a reality show, and she truly feared she might not perform well in front of the cameras, possibly facing cyberbullying afterwards.

But now with her cousin by her side, she felt like she had a backer, and suddenly her anxious heart stabilized.

Happy, excited, and even thrilled.

"So the two of you are participating in this show together?" Jiang Man looked at the two, who were standing closely together.

Even though they hadn’t declared anything, Jiang Man, with her sharp eyes, could tell their relationship had undergone a profound change.

The changing point was likely that night of the V blog event.

But considering their identities, and with Wen Rui being a newcomer on the rise, they must be in a secret relationship, right? Unable to disclose it publicly?

Participating in a variety show together is good, we can interact more and give the audience a heads-up.

If the two of them perform well on the variety show and the audience likes their CP, we might be able to take the opportunity to announce it officially.

"Ruirui is new here, and I was worried she might not be able to handle it alone, so I came with her," Lu Zhan explained lightly.

"Mmhmm, got it," Jiang Man said, hands in her pockets and raising her eyebrows.

She wasn’t the type to probe and pry.

Everyone was an adult, knew what they wanted, and knew how to go after it.

After some small talk, Jiang Man changed the subject, "Let’s go meet the director and find out what type of variety show this is."

The group of four, including Wu Yingfan, arrived at the meeting room temporarily set up by the production team.

In the meeting room, there were already two artists seated—one dressed sexily and the other had a mature, cool vibe with long black hair and a leather outfit.

The sexy female celebrity looked up at the newcomers, and upon seeing Jiang Man, she reacted as if she’d seen a ghost.

On the night of the V-blog event, she spoke carelessly, offending Jiang Man. First, the LV brand announced they would never work with her again, followed by dozens of other brands who found various reasons not to lend their clothes to her anymore.

After that night, she had no more connections with high-fashion brands and could only wear lesser-known labels.

So, seeing the person who caused all her misfortune, she was so scared she nearly jumped out of her chair.

She was restless, even thinking about hiding under the meeting table right away.

Why such bad luck? Why run into her enemy on such a narrow road?

Jiang Man had long forgotten about this minor character and did not recognize her.

The mature, cool woman kept her aloof demeanor, not intending to stand up, leisurely admiring her manicure and sizing up the newcomers with a sidelong glance.

Wen Rui felt awkward, she looked at the two people opposite her, hoping Lu Zhan would introduce her.

Although Lu Zhan was a top celebrity, he didn’t act superior.

He immediately introduced them, "Mi Duo, a senior in the entertainment industry."

"Zhou Ying, a rising star, has acted in many hit ancient romance dramas."

"No need for introductions, she became famous after one night at the V-blog event, ’Wen’ for gentle, ’Rui’ for wisdom, hello Ruirui," Zhou Ying waved her hand, not daring to look at Jiang Man, only greeting Lu Zhan and Wen Rui.

Wen Rui quickly bowed, "Hello Senior Mi, Senior Zhou."

"I don’t dare to claim as much, I’m just a bit older than you, you can call me Yingying, or Sister Zhou if you prefer."

"Then Sister Zhou it is?"

"That works."

"Psh," Mi Duo, who had been admiring her own nails, snorted coldly, "Such fake niceties and pretentiousness."

The reality show hasn’t even started yet, and they’re already putting on a show? How superficial?

Jiang Man didn’t bother greeting anyone and directly sat down on one of the chairs.

Since she wasn’t part of the entertainment industry and was only participating in two episodes, she didn’t need to deal with these superficial courtesies and couldn’t be bothered to interact at all.

"Everyone has finally arrived," a deep voice suddenly broke the awkward silence of the room.

A slightly overweight middle-aged man with glasses walked in.

"A batch of artists joined this morning; we are the second group and also the last," he said.

As he finished speaking, an assistant handed thick files to everyone present.

Jiang Man glanced at the file’s cover:

——Reality variety show "Food and Distant Places."

Opening the file to see the details, she finally understood why JOJO insisted that she participate.

The entire show was made up of seven people, heading to foreign lands where they were unfamiliar and even faced language barriers, completing a backpacking journey in distant places.

Traveling to a foreign land and trekking long distances, how could a pregnant woman handle this?

Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, her eyes landing on the first destination of the journey—Thailand.

She had studied in Europe and also traveled around Africa previously.

Asia, especially Southeast Asia, was unfamiliar to her, and therefore she was quite interested.

Jiang Man and the others seriously read the script.

The director’s gaze roamed around, evaluating each person’s appearance.

This program was not just about dining and tourism; if they wanted to generate buzz nowadays, they had to stir up some romance.

He had planned to create a buzz around Lu Zhan and JOJO originally.

Now that JOJO was not participating, he could replace her with Wen Rui.

As for Zhou Ying, she was set up with Xu Chengzhou, as they had just completed a blockbuster ancient romance drama and their ship’s fans were enthusiastic.

As for Mi Duo and Jiang Man.

The director frowned, Jiang Man was not from the industry, but she had gained some popularity after the night of the V-blog party.

As for Mi Duo, she was long past her prime.

How about setting them up in a love triangle with Bei Ling?

Of course, these details definitely couldn’t be explicitly written in the script; it would all depend on the editing later.

The more the director thought about it, the more excited he became. This variety show, spiced up with some romance, would be extremely exciting and definitely a hit!