This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends
Chapter 190: There’s a New Show to Watch from Wu Again

Chapter 190: Chapter 190: There’s a New Show to Watch from Wu Again

"Wu Mu?"

This choice is actually quite fitting. He’s got the popularity and the appeal, and since his house collapsed, his daily life has indeed been less exposed, so the audience should be quite curious.

But does he have the time?

Director Pan Mingxuan asked suspiciously, "Didn’t he take on that composing project for Wang Ren? Does he have time for our show?"

Although the news about Li Hu being arrested made big headlines, many people really didn’t know that Li Hu was the investor for Wang Ren’s project, let alone the fact that Wang Ren’s project was on the verge of disbanding.

It wasn’t until the producer and the platform manager were dining together that they heard Yang Rongfa’s project was about to flop, and they were desperately seeking investment.

Not only seeking investment everywhere, but rumors also had it that Wu Mu planned to invest and was intent on replacing Zhou Yu with himself for the role of the second male lead.

The producer thought that inviting Wu Mu to their show at this time would be a good opportunity to ride the wave of this hot topic.

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Wu Mu soon received a contact from "Idol Daily."

A new show is inviting him?

That’s actually perfect. The issue with Yang Rongfa’s project won’t be decided so soon, and even if it is, re-preparation, script revision, and other matters will also take some time.

Even if "Idol Daily" didn’t approach him, he’d have to find a show to appear on himself.

Wu Mu immediately agreed, and then it was time to talk about appearance fees and signing the contract.

Hmm, his fee has gone up again. The previous contract for a regular guest at the Star Agency was 2.6 million per episode, but now he’s quoting 2.8 million, giving himself a raise of 200,000 as a response to the increase in followers after his trip to Paris.

Speaking of which, his rate is quite high among top-tier stars and super-popular idols.

Despite the house collapse, the fact that he could maintain such a high fee and still be in high demand is entirely due to the popularity and effectiveness of his shows.

For example, the "Idol Daily" team didn’t really bargain at all; they agreed to the quoted rate right away.

After settling on the fee and signing the contract, the "Idol Daily" crew quickly prepared for filming. The program didn’t have a set script and didn’t fuss over arrangements. Its main focus was on live, unscripted content, so in reality, there wasn’t much to prepare.

After the teaser that Wu Mu would be on the show was posted, the crew only had to wait for the day of the program to arrive and shoot on location.

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The teaser for the "Idol Daily" crew’s show undoubtedly attracted a lot of attention quickly.

"Wu is going on ’Idol Daily’?"

"Speaking of which, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Wu’s new shows. I’m kind of not used to it since the end of his tenure at Star Agency."

"I’m curious about what Wu does in his daily life."

"Same here, curious. I wonder how far he’s gotten with his game development. Can’t wait for his game to launch!"

Online, people were fervently discussing in the comment section beneath the show’s teaser.

Offline, Han Yan, who was idly flipping through a magazine, also came across the teaser.

Wu is going on a live broadcast?

She looked at her phone screen, and her eyes immediately lit up.

Honestly, even though she was a consistent detractor of Wu, she felt just like those discussing online – a bit unaccustomed to not seeing Wu’s shows for a while.

It was like feeling a bit less joy in her life.

Han Yan glanced around, stood up with a folder in hand, and pretended to discuss work as she approached her close friend Zhang Li.

Her bestie Zhang Li was focused on work, and when she showed the phone screen tucked in the folder, Zhang Li instinctively rolled her eyes at her, trying to push away the folder.

But Zhang Li’s hand stopped in mid-air as soon as she saw the content on the phone screen.

Humph, you little rascal, I’ve got you right where I want you.

Han Yan thought smugly to herself, watching her bestie’s reaction.

Zhang Li was indeed a bit intrigued. As a "loyal anti-fan" of Wu Mu, she always kept an eye on his activities.

When she saw that Wu Mu had taken on the composing role for director Wang Ren’s drama series and that everyone online was analyzing how Wu Mu might reduce his variety show work in the future, she felt understandably a bit disappointed.

She was excited about the prospect of Wu Mu being a singer, an actor, and taking on other sorts of work.

But in her heart, she actually preferred watching Wu Mu on various reality shows, because that revealed a relatively real side of him, more so than his various works. Zhang Li liked the real person behind the name "Wu Mu" better.

However, she hadn’t expected that just when she was starting to feel disappointed, Wu Mu’s new show had already come out.

And it was an even more realistic live broadcast.

Naturally, Zhang Li was very interested.

In fact, not just her, others were also very interested in Wu Mu appearing on this kind of live show.

Online passersby who followed Wu Mu, gamers attracted by Wu Mu, Wu Mu’s fans, and even Wu Mu’s anti-fans...

Han Yan opened the Wu Mu anti-fan group that she had joined, and the latest message in the group was a forwarded preview of Wu Mu’s program.

Although after this preview was posted, nobody spoke as if they weren’t concerned at all about Wu Mu’s new show, Han Yan could tell from the rapidly increasing views on the announcement that they were also paying attention to it.

Without a doubt, everyone was very interested in what the real Wu Mu would be like in the live broadcast.

And amidst everyone’s anticipation, the day for recording Wu Mu’s new show arrived quickly.

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July 21st, 7 AM.

The crew of "Idol Daily" had already arrived at Wu Mu’s doorstep, and the live broadcast of the program had begun.

Comments were streaming rapidly across the live broadcast.

"Wu, Wu!"

"Here to watch Wu’s new show!"

"Yay, another program with Wu to watch!"

"Heh, I really don’t get what’s so interesting about this crap, watching a scumbag like him scissor his fans?"

"Seriously, you’re still doing shows? What about your game, can’t you just go and do that?"

"Quitting gaming to become a celebrity? I’mma roast you now."

The barrage had all sorts of comments, it was a very mixed bag.

But Director Yang Chen’s focus was entirely on the number of viewers in the live broadcast room.

Over two hundred thousand people?

He was amazed.

Although it was well-known within the industry that Wu Mu was popular, they had previously only done TV variety shows with multiple guests, so it was impossible to determine just how many viewers a single celebrity could attract and how popular they truly were.

Now, with Wu Mu being the only guest on this program, and given it was in a live broadcast format which made it easier to calculate viewers, he was getting a clear picture of just how high Wu Mu’s popularity was.

It was just early morning, and the broadcast had just started, yet there were so many people. This was definitely top-tier by industry standards.

Only those high-profile stars who rarely appeared on shows or those top idols who had called on their fans in advance could possibly have higher numbers.

But as far as he knew, Wu Mu hadn’t done any pre-broadcast hype, nor had he even mentioned it on his Weibo.

It was just their crew that had released a program preview, and based on such minimal promotion, they could achieve such high viewership?

Was this the same celebrity whose career had nearly collapsed before?

In just over half a year, had Wu Mu already restored his popularity to this extent?

Surprised, Yang Chen didn’t stop there; he quickly gestured to the planning director, Pan Mingxuan, to step forward to host.

Their program’s style was rugged, without a fixed host; it was usually the on-site planning director who acted as a temporary host.

This style was initially due to a lack of funds, as a cost-saving measure. Once the program became popular and funds were not an issue,

they did try hiring professional hosts, choosing from the popular and well-received new generation actresses.

But the audience didn’t seem to warm up to this change; instead, there were widespread negative reviews, with demands to remove the hosts.

They liked the original style with celebrities organizing their own content.

So afterward, the crew simply dropped the role of the host.

Planning director Pan Mingxuan received the instructions, stepped forward, and introduced to the camera, "That’s Wu Mu’s house in front."

As he spoke, the camera gave a panoramic shot of Wu Mu’s house—a luxury villa with a modern style was presented to everyone.