Chapter 70
The moment Sun Xinping said that, he instantly drew everyone’s attention again.
“Not completely public?” He Erwang was the first to frown and question him.
Aside from Qin Ye, he had the highest status in the industry, and he was also the most familiar with What Kind of Person Are You.
When the production team invited him, his manager had brought a lawyer and gone through the contract in meticulous detail. They had also looked through the production team’s undisclosed materials from the previous seasons, including the persona settings. They had indeed been no different from what was revealed to the public.
Those guests who had crashed and burned in the previous seasons really had mostly brought it upon themselves.
Therefore, although for the sake of the show’s effect, his manager had not told him in advance what persona had been arranged for him after discussing it with the production team, his manager had clearly told him that everything assigned to him was positive.
And based on his understanding of He Erwang, his manager believed he would not overturn.
In fact, He Erwang still had not thought of what persona he had been given.
Because he felt that his performance on the show was not much different from his usual personality. Big fog.
However, his manager had also told him that Sun Xinping was not simple, that he needed to maintain a good relationship with him, and that he should be careful of the other party secretly making things difficult for him in unnoticeable places on the show.
His manager had said this to remind him, but when it reached He Erwang’s ears, he only focused on half of it.
That was: Sun Xinping was not simple, and he might make things difficult for guests.
Therefore, he spoke without any fear of offending anyone. “Why is this different from what I understood? My manager told me your production team is completely transparent and public with the audience. Now you’re actually pulling some shady hidden-deal routine?”
“You’re not allowed to take my boss away. Who knows if you want to bully or threaten my boss while we’re not around?”
Sun Xinping: “???”
Which eye of yours saw that I want to bully Shen Jinfeng?
I’ve already praised him into a flower, and my attitude is so humble, alright!
Pfft.
The staff in the room could not help laughing.
This scene was simply too funny.
He Erwang was like an old hen protecting her chicks, standing in front of Shen Jinfeng with his head held high and his chest puffed out.
Their director was not stupid either. How could he still dare threaten Big Boss Shen now?
He was already acting almost ingratiatingly, yet Little Purple Hair still could not see it!
Besides, who was protecting whom here?
Big Boss Shen was about to lose his composure from holding in laughter, alright, hahaha.
Shen Jinfeng’s expression did indeed turn strange for an instant. He could not help reaching out and ruffling the purple-haired young man in front of him.
He Erwang’s momentum was interrupted, and he turned around blankly. “What is it, Boss?”
The corners of Shen Jinfeng’s lips could not help curving up. “Nothing.”
He looked at Sun Xinping. A dark light flashed through his eyes, and he directly refused. “Director Sun, if you have something to say, please say it here.”
Sun Xinping’s expression stiffened.
Qin Ye glanced at him coldly. “If Director Sun has concerns, you can ask the production team’s staff to step out.”
As for the six of them, of course they would all stay here.
The two sides remained deadlocked for about a minute before Sun Xinping finally compromised. “There’s nothing shameful about it. Since everyone wants to watch together, then let’s watch together.”
He gestured toward the staff member in front of the display screen. “Old Zhou, play it for everyone.”
Old Zhou worked on the nutrition chamber side, and what he knew was no different from an ordinary viewer.
“Got it, Director.”
He adjusted the data and displayed it for the guests.
Sun Xinping straightened his expression. His tone suddenly turned serious, returning to his usual reasonable and well-founded manner during negotiations.
“There is one thing I’d like to warn everyone about in advance. Personas can be good or bad. Some guests’ personality influence is positive, while some will lean a little more negative.”
“You’ve all seen the first two seasons of our show. Before signing the contract to participate, you should already have known this.”
Shen Jinfeng lowered his eyes slightly and said nothing.
He had not seen it.
Every sentence from Sun Xinping revealed a large amount of information, but there were still doubts, so he still could not connect the full sequence of events.
Sun Xinping’s plump face smiled wide, making him look like Maitreya Buddha. “But everyone can relax. Every guest performed extremely well.”
“When viewers see a bad persona, they may initially form a poor impression. But over the course of watching the livestream, because of your performance, that impression was completely reversed. Such a polar reversal isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”
Mo Fan and Gu Shengsheng had actually already sensed something.
Being implanted with relatively bad personas was something they had somewhat expected.
Since it was something they had known early on, even if the production team went too far, they could not resent them.
In truth, as Qi Xiu had said, it was nothing more than mutual use.
Old Zhou had already called up the first persona.
It was He Erwang’s.
Identity: A wealthy young master who yearns for wilderness survival and wants to prove his independence to his parents.
Skills: Body coordination; can climb trees and raid bird nests.
Personality: Polite, sensible, knows when to advance or retreat, willing to cooperate with the team and help others.
When He Erwang saw his persona, he did not react much for the moment.
Because it matched him pretty well.
But Qi Xiu, who was beside him, could not help complaining, “No wonder you were so obsessed with climbing trees. Turns out you were influenced by the persona.”
Shen Jinfeng also remembered how on the deserted island, He Erwang’s obsession with climbing trees had almost reached the level of fanaticism. So that was actually due to the influence of implanted subconsciousness?
Everything made sense now.
He Erwang blinked under everyone’s suddenly enlightened gazes. “But climbing trees really is fun. I loved climbing trees when I was a kid.”
He smiled sheepishly in embarrassment. “It’s just that after entering the entertainment industry, in order to maintain my idol image, my manager wouldn’t let me climb.”
As soon as he said that, he suddenly thought of something.
“Damn it, my image! My fans won’t have unfollowed me, right?”
The production staff quickly explained, “No, no, your fans like you even more now! And there are even more people who like you!”
He opened his phone and showed He Erwang his follower count.
The phone screen clearly displayed: 83.14 million followers.
He Erwang’s eyes instantly widened. “I’m that awesome!”
He carefully looked over the persona the production team had given him, and for the first time, he gave Sun Xinping a pleasant expression. “Not bad. This will be my persona in the entertainment industry from now on.”
“Polite, sensible, knows when to advance or retreat, willing to cooperate with the team and help others…” He repeated the words to himself, as if trying to memorize them.
Sun Xinping: “…”
He echoed with a fake smile, “Alright.”
The production staff had an extremely hard time holding in their laughter.
Too funny.
Little Purple Hair, looking at those adjectives, truly believed he had perfectly matched the persona on the deserted island?
Indeed, not many fans unfollowed him.
But after this season of wilderness survival, a large wave of his girlfriend fans had mutated.
Among the nearly thirty million new followers, who knew how many were his comedy fans, mom fans, “politeness” fans, and self-proclaimed fans of rich young masters who looked easy to deceive.
He Erwang’s teammates beside and behind him had strange looks in their eyes for a moment too.
But since the audience liked it, and He Erwang wanted to act it out, then let him act it out.
Anyway, he could say “damn” every other sentence and still think he was polite.
It did not affect him being himself.
The next one was Qi Xiu’s persona.
His persona of accompanying Gu Shengsheng on an adventure in order to earn tuition was fake. Earlier, during the confrontation with Sun Xinping, everyone had already learned the whole story.
But the personality—weak, cowardly, afraid of trouble?
When Qi Xiu saw those descriptors, he curled his lips.
He asked Shen Jinfeng, “Boss, was I like that?”
Shen Jinfeng shook his head and said honestly, “No.”
Qi Xiu looked at Sun Xinping. “Director, the first time I met you, I went to borrow money from you. And you actually thought I was cowardly and afraid of trouble.”
Sun Xinping laughed awkwardly. “Although this description leans negative, it doesn’t really cause the audience to dislike you.”
It could be said that toward this young man who had suddenly come to him for no reason, he had already been fairly considerate.
Of course, he now knew the reason.
Qi Xiu had found him because he had calculated it accurately.
Seeing that Qi Xiu had calmed down, he smiled and asked, “Little Qi, you were so capable on the show. When you have time, can you help Uncle do a divination too?”
Qi Xiu glanced at him and nodded indifferently.
The next one was Gu Shengsheng’s.
Almost as soon as Gu Shengsheng’s persona was shown, everyone’s expressions turned ugly.
Clearly, compared with Qi Xiu’s persona just now, Gu Shengsheng’s persona was far more exaggerated. It was almost entirely negative.
And the background of the variety show was a deserted island.
Their opening situation had even included only enough food and drink for five people.
If someone truly selfish, self-serving, arrogant, and domineering were there, it was obvious what choices they would make.
From the very beginning, the production team had treated Gu Shengsheng as a sacrifice.
Qin Ye was the first to ask, “Was this persona candidate chosen by your production team, or was someone behind it instructing you?”
After all, there had not been such a blatantly malicious persona in the previous seasons.
Gu Shengsheng tightly bit his lip, his eyes red, but he stopped He Erwang, who was about to explode again.
He said, “Brother Ye, this is how I’ve usually been seen in the entertainment industry. Actually, it also fits the public’s perception.”
Shen Jinfeng’s eyes ignited with anger, but also a bit of confusion.
He turned his head and asked Gu Shengsheng, “This is your usual image?”
No wonder Qin Ye had asked that question.
After spending so many days together on the deserted island, plus his behavior just now, there was no doubt that Gu Shengsheng’s true nature was even a little timid and self-abased, yet very considerate of others.
But Gu Shengsheng misunderstood and thought Shen Jinfeng also believed that.
He hurriedly raised his eyes and shook his head desperately. “No, Boss, I’m not that kind of person.”
“The production team’s persona is all fake.”
He could not control his reputation in the entertainment industry.
He had no power to explain against the internet’s abuse.
But he did not want the others he had met on the deserted island—the people he truly wanted to be lifelong friends with—to see him that way.
He Erwang suppressed his anger and boldly wrapped an arm around his shoulder. “Brother believes you!”
“When I go back, I’ll have my manager help you investigate who’s targeting you from behind. I’ll help you get revenge!”
Shen Jinfeng also nodded. “Everything will get better.”
At that moment, Sun Xinping hesitated for a long while before deciding to surrender all the way.
This time, he really waved his hand to signal the other staff members to leave.
Only then did he speak. “I know who the person targeting Shengsheng is.”
Everyone looked toward him.
Sun Xinping sighed. “Before the show officially began filming, I received a call. Someone asked me to arrange a negative persona for Shengsheng.”
“Li Hao.” He said a name.
Shen Jinfeng’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he memorized the name.
Unexpectedly, He Erwang, who was beside him, nodded directly. “That little wastrel from the Li family. I know him. Gu Shengsheng, I’ll help you get revenge on him.”
Gu Shengsheng froze for a moment. In his eyes, Li Hao’s background was sky-high, yet He Erwang spoke as if dealing with him was simple?
“No, no need. He’s very powerful.” He hurriedly stopped him, afraid of dragging He Erwang into it.
Qi Xiu interjected from the side, “Did you forget the fortune I told He Erwang? His family is definitely more powerful than this Li Hao you’re talking about.”
Looking at Gu Shengsheng’s stunned expression, he said faintly, “Now you know the benefits of hugging the right thigh, right?”
Gu Shengsheng covered his face in embarrassment. The phrase “hugging a thigh” was too naked.
However, He Erwang not only was not embarrassed, he even took pride in it. “Right, right, right. Qi Xiu, you too. Do you want to hug my thigh? Follow brother, and you’ll eat and drink well.”
Everyone else: “…”
However, Sun Xinping had not finished speaking.
“But the reason I assigned Shengsheng this persona was because Shengsheng’s parents strongly requested it.” He deliberately emphasized the word “strongly.”
Gu Shengsheng’s face turned deathly pale.
“No, are your parents insane?” He Erwang blurted out.
Sun Xinping also said with pointed implication, “Shengsheng, in this life, one must first live for oneself. There is a truth that is cruel, but very reasonable: not all parents in this world love their children.”
In an instant, everyone understood what he meant.
Shen Jinfeng coldly glanced at the persona on the screen.
So the personality was fake, and the identity was also fake.
Connecting it with Gu Shengsheng’s pulse, Shen Jinfeng suddenly realized.
Stagnation of emotion in the heart, damaging the heart and lungs.
It was easy to imagine that Gu Shengsheng’s parents were not good people.
But family affection was a lesson.
Some people could not see through it their entire lives.
He Erwang also could not help cursing, but he still had basic emotional intelligence. Other people’s parents were not for him to scold, especially since he did not know the full situation yet.
Under everyone’s concerned gazes, Gu Shengsheng moved his lips.
After a long time, he said, “I’ll handle it properly.”
“I won’t be hurt by them again.” Although he said this, there was still uncertainty in his eyes.
A trace of heartache flashed through Shen Jinfeng’s eyes. He rubbed Gu Shengsheng’s head.
Then another pair of arms appeared around his waist.
Gu Shengsheng hugged his waist and briefly sank into his emo feelings.
Qin Ye, beside them: “…”
Why were his deserted-island teammates all so miserable, one after another?
By coincidence, the next persona Sun Xinping announced was Qin Ye’s.
Name: Qin Ye
Identity: President of the Qin Group, stranded on a deserted island after an accident while taking a ship.
Skills: Retains the character’s original related skills. The production team only removed Mr. Qin Ye’s memories related to the entertainment industry.
Personality: In addition to retaining the character’s original personality, an added subconscious persona: wants to find a partner.
It could be seen that the production team had taken very good care of Qin Ye.
After coming out of the show, everyone remembered their real memories, so it was not surprising that the production team had given Qin Ye special treatment.
After all, they could not understand at all why Qin Ye would condescend to participate in this lousy variety show.
But the last point looked strange no matter how one read it.
Shen Jinfeng stared at the final added line.
He kept feeling that something was wrong.
Could it be that he and this secret admirer had known each other before participating in the show?
Had Qin Ye joined this variety show because of him?
He looked toward Qin Ye beside him, only to find that Qin Ye’s body had stiffened ever so slightly without anyone noticing.
Mo Fan asked in confusion, “That’s not right, Little Qin. I remember you just said in an interview last month that you didn’t want to date?”
Actually, he felt embarrassed continuing to use this form of address.
But Qin Ye had already grown used to hearing it on the deserted island, and he did not want to become distant from Mo Fan.
So he let Mo Fan call him that directly.
He Erwang, Gu Shengsheng, and Qi Xiu all looked at Qin Ye with shining eyes. “So in reality, Brother Ye, deep down, you want to find a partner?”
“That’s not right either. If you wanted to find a partner, why come on this variety show?”
The roots of Qin Ye’s ears surged with heat again.
Could he say he had been tricked by Yun-nüshi?
Shen Jinfeng was still watching him from the side!
He avoided answering directly, lowered his eyes slightly, and only said after choosing his words, “I want to find one now.”
Here it came again. He was secretly expressing his feelings in broad daylight again.
Shen Jinfeng felt his own face heat up a little too.
He calmly shifted his gaze away, but the strange feeling in his heart still did not disappear.
Only Sun Xinping had an expression of wanting to say something but holding himself back.
Actually, once everyone went online later and watched the highlight cuts, they would know the answer to this question.
He really wanted to know Qi Xiu and the others’ expressions after they learned everything!
But Qin Ye was present now, so he did not dare say it.
“Mo Fan’s persona was also relatively negative, but Mo Fan’s performance on the deserted island was especially good. He turned a disadvantageous persona into an advantage.”
When everyone saw the line “will fight if he dislikes someone” and “somewhat irritable,” they fell silent.
Gu Shengsheng stammered, “Actually, Brother Mo was kind of irritable. Before, when he saw that I wanted to drink more water and eat more food, he fiercely scolded me. But it was also because he scolded me that I didn’t act selfishly. I feel like Brother Mo was most irritable toward the wolves. He only wanted to fight the wolves.”
Sun Xinping said, “Yes. Precisely because Mo Fan worked hard to restrain his irritability on the show, and his only moments of irritability toward the wolves were for the sake of saving people and protecting his teammates, viewers saw everything clearly. That’s why Mo Fan’s reputation turned around so quickly.”
“I also believe that the previous rumors about Mo Fan’s ‘domestic violence’ are all fake.”
When Mo Fan heard this, he did not show much emotion.
It seemed that after coming out of the show, aside from being anxious and emotional when worried about Shen Jinfeng, his emotions had always been faint.
He seemed to be the person most deeply affected by the production team’s persona.
However, Shen Jinfeng only glanced at Mo Fan and easily read from his body language that something was wrong.
This veteran actor was currently fully acting.
The other party’s emotions were definitely not as calm as he appeared.
Sigh. Why were his teammates all so disaster-ridden?
Mo Fan met his gaze and smiled slightly at him. “Boss, I’m fine.”
He looked at Sun Xinping. “I want to see Boss’s persona!”
When Shen Jinfeng heard this, he no longer fixated on figuring out the others’ situations right now.
He turned back to look at Sun Xinping.
Finally, it was time for the most nerve-racking moment.
Sun Xinping forced a smile and did not say any long speech in advance. He directly displayed it.
Name: Shen Jinfeng
Identity: Graduate of a top-tier university; organizer of the expedition.
Skills: Skills related to wilderness survival; speaks three foreign languages; sharp financial insight; outstanding martial ability.
Personality: Leaderly responsibility, including uniting teammates and protecting teammates; courageous and strategic; selfless.
Shen Jinfeng was actually stunned for a moment at first and did not see any problem.
There was nothing wrong with it!
Wasn’t this exactly the original body’s memory?
Everyone else also froze for a moment. They actually felt that this persona matched Shen Jinfeng completely.
Aside from the fact that there had been no way to display financial insight on the deserted island.
“So you arranged the organizer persona for Boss.”
He Erwang suddenly understood. “Amazing! You really saw people accurately! Boss is the strongest!”
Because Gu Shengsheng knew Shen Jinfeng had usually been heavily criticized online just like himself, he paid attention to that. “It seems that aside from the top-tier university graduate part not matching, there’s nothing else wrong. And Boss is even more powerful than the persona!”
Sun Xinping’s eyes lit up, as if he had found someone who resonated with him. “Yes, Big Boss Shen is even more amazing than the persona!”
“Big Boss Shen’s persona was also carefully designed by our production team. We never expected Big Boss Shen to complete it so outstandingly!”
He tried to gloss over it while avoiding the important parts.
This time, Shen Jinfeng finally realized what was wrong.
His memories perfectly matched the persona description.
And the objective, verifiable “graduate of a top-tier university” had just been debunked by Gu Shengsheng.
For a moment, his breathing quickened slightly.
He finally realized the truth.
His memories were all fake!!!
“Not a single line matches.” He looked coldly at Sun Xinping. “Every single thing was made up by you.”
Sun Xinping’s heart instantly jumped heavily, and he felt his whole body break into sweat.
“How could it not match?” He laughed awkwardly. “Big Boss, your performance on the show far surpassed such an almost perfect persona we designed!”
“Almost perfect?”
Shen Jinfeng toyed with the term. “But you didn’t know I had these skills before, did you? You made up a persona like this for me because you wanted to watch me embarrass myself?”
He immediately grasped the key point.
Such a perfect persona seemed at first glance to be covered in blooming flowers.
In reality, it was far more dangerous than Qi Xiu, Gu Shengsheng, and Mo Fan’s personas just now.
Shen Jinfeng’s fingers slowly clenched at his side.
888!
If he could see 888 again, he absolutely had to drag 888 out, beat it up, and file a ruthless complaint against it!!!
The memories transmitted to him were actually all the persona arranged by the production team!
It made him think the original body was a big boss, and he had diligently played the role. Whenever he acted a little too much, he even comforted himself not to panic.
He had said it before: the original body’s maxed-out skill set was truly a bit exaggerated!
He simply did not dare imagine what kind of image he had now, with everything he had done since transmigrating being livestreamed across the entire internet.
Nor how many troublesome matters would come looking for him next.
Sun Xinping was rendered speechless by his questioning.
He did not dare say that anyone participating in their show should bear the risk of a negative persona.
Shen Jinfeng calmed down and noticed the key point.
Judging from the pattern just now, those with negative personas must have poor images in the entertainment industry.
His was the most exaggerated. One could imagine what reality was like for him.
He stared at Sun Xinping and asked, “So before the broadcast, someone also contacted you, Director Sun, wanting to deal with me?”
Sun Xinping was horrified.
Damn, this intuition for catching the key point was too incredible!
He stiffly sold out the Shen family directly. “Yes, it was Young Master Shen Qianxi who contacted me. But your family likely supported it from behind too.”
Shen Jinfeng’s vision went black.
He still had family?
He suddenly remembered one more thing.
In his memories, aside from these personas, there was another understanding he had previously never doubted.
He thought Qin Ye had a crush on him. Was that also fake?
Shen Jinfeng abruptly looked at Qin Ye.
Deep in Qin Ye’s eyes, anger was burning too. But when he met his gaze, his brows and eyes softened slightly.
“Little Captain, no matter what you want to do, I’ll stand on your side.”
The Shen family’s mob of useless people.
It was only that he still did not know whether Shen Jinfeng still cared about family affection.
Shen Jinfeng fell silent for two seconds, then nodded.
But he turned back and asked Sun Xinping, “Director Sun, you said earlier that there were persona details that weren’t disclosed to the audience?”
He pointed at Qin Ye and asked directly, “Then Qin Ye, he…”
Sun Xinping felt his heart rise into his throat. He instantly knew what Shen Jinfeng wanted to ask.
He hurriedly interrupted, “Big Boss Shen, what we didn’t disclose are just some persona details, specific implanted memories.”
He explained rapidly, “For example, Qi Xiu thought he and Gu Shengsheng were classmates, so we implanted relevant memories, including his…”
Shen Jinfeng did not interrupt him.
But the emotion in his eyes grew colder and colder.
Sun Xinping’s reaction had already explained everything.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of the nutrition room.
A staff member knocked from outside.
Sun Xinping rushed over in one stride and opened the door. “What is it?”
Old Qian smiled embarrassedly and greeted the guests inside before saying, “Director, the guests’ managers have arrived. They want to see their artists.”
“Oh, Gu Shengsheng’s parents are here.”
Sun Xinping breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to ask everyone, “Then shall we go upstairs first?”
The corners of Shen Jinfeng’s lips curved slightly.
In the entertainment industry, he was a negative celebrity in a miserable situation. Then could his manager be a good person?
He spoke directly. “Director Sun, return my phone to me.”
“Please arrange someone to send me to the hotel to rest. Thank you.”
Earlier, Sun Xinping had already discussed with them that tonight they should first stay nearby for a night, then continue discussing the details tomorrow.
He stood up and noticed there was still someone hanging from him. It was Gu Shengsheng.
Gu Shengsheng’s expression was somewhat lost and fearful.
Shen Jinfeng said, “Shengsheng, come with me to the hotel to rest too. You can see your parents tomorrow.”
