They said it was to let people have fun at the market, but it wasn’t really about letting people roam the market freely. Besides, after joining the production team, all the celebrity guests were given a complete makeover.

The clothes from top to bottom were prepared by the show, and all personal belongings were confiscated. Everyone was penniless, and at the market, they could only look around, unable to afford anything.

Of course, the production team wouldn’t pass on such great filming material from today’s market visit, nor would they allow celebrities to simply wander around aimlessly, as that would be a total waste of time without any shots.

This time, the production team required participating celebrities to perform in groups at the market to earn money. Naturally, the props needed for the performances, whether instruments or costumes, could be provided by the program.

The money earned by celebrity guests from their performances at the market would be their budget for purchasing supplies. To avoid an embarrassing scenario where no one is interested, the production team had arranged some extras in advance.

If any celebrity group was sure to attract no viewers, these extras would act as the audience and provide a bit of money. Of course, since this is cheating, the money given wouldn’t be much and would be minimal.

Even though it was just filming a show, no one wanted to end up at the bottom; that would look too pathetic. So, as soon as everyone got on the bus, the three groups kept discussing what they should actually do for their performances.

Su Jinjiang and Wang Hanshao were discussing whether to try something different, perhaps a duo crosstalk. Su Jie and Xie WenAn decided that Xie WenAn would play the piano while Su Jie sang.

The two groups were absorbed and serious in their discussions, while Shuangshuang and Xi Shuang were just staring at each other. Shuangshuang, rubbing her forehead, asked Xi Shuang, "What skills do you have?"

Xi Shuang: "..."

From childhood to adulthood, he excelled at playing around. Later, he suddenly became interested in becoming a celebrity, and felt that his looks alone were enough to pave his way through. So, he simply threw money into the entertainment industry.

He had neither learned acting nor any other skills, so Xi Shuang furrowed his brow, thinking for a long time until he finally recalled one of his talents.

"I sing quite well. Whenever I hang out with friends, they always say my singing is nice. In fact, I’m quite a karaoke star."

"Singing, that’s a skill. At that time, I’ll play the piano while you sing. We could even do a duet or something like that. How about you sing a few lines first, and I’ll see if our voices match."

Shuangshuang thought that since Xi Shuang dared to say he sang well, even if singing wasn’t his specialty, his talent couldn’t be too bad. But after Xi Shuang started singing, Shuangshuang once again rubbed her forehead.

She was wrong. She shouldn’t have believed Xi Shuang. How did he manage to send every tune off to Timbuktu, leaving them unrecoverable? And he calls this singing skill?

It seems Xi Shuang’s friends either didn’t dare to say his singing was terrible, or they were his followers, flattering him based on his moods.

Anyway, when the song ended, everyone in the vehicle was astounded, and Shuangshuang had no clue what to say. Wiping her face, Shuangshuang decided to give up on Xi Shuang. At that point, he could just be a beautiful vase. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

While Shuangshuang was deeply frustrated, comments and bullet messages erupted online once again.

"Is this Xi Shuang surely getting in through the backdoor? Besides his face, what else is worth seeing? No talent at all, how can he be a star?"

"With Shuang’s stunning looks, don’t you know looks are justice? Besides, Xi Shuang isn’t without acting skills. How could he debut as a protagonist without any talent?"

"Are you kidding me above? In the entertainment circle, having money makes getting a lead role easy. However, I haven’t seen any talent from Xi Shuang; it’s just his face."

"I pity my sister, feeling headache, tending to a giant baby. This time, she has to rely on herself again."

"Who are you calling a giant baby? My Shuang is a star, not a farmer. How could she know these things? I think Wenren Shuangshuang perhaps came from a village, that’s why she understands these.

Think twenty years ago, which rural kid didn’t do chores, and didn’t know these, huh? What’s so stunning about it, just a bunch of country bumpkins."

"Talking about rural people huh, without them farming, you’d starve. What age is it, and you still look down on rural folk? People like you from the city, we rural folks look down on you."

"Agree, talking about rural folk like that, you’re all noble city people now, do you ride horses? Do you know grass weaving? Cooking? Not needing to be as good as my sister, but can you make a simple homecooked meal?"

"I don’t need to know. I can buy it with money. You people are just jealous and envious of Xi Shuang being wealthy."

"I’m baffled how some people are so delusional; looks like that one above is of Xi Shuang’s kind huh, buy with money, haha, hilarious.

You think having money means others have none? I’m first-generation rich myself, and one design plan pays for your dad’s expenses for a year, without being a waste needed to be served around."

Zhang Huijuan and the producer watched the online comments, feeling a bit of a headache. This was the first time the comment section started infighting.

It mainly boils down to how Xi Shuang is too useless, causing many who couldn’t bear it earlier to finally start some decent arguing.

Actually, Zhang Huijuan herself wasn’t fond of Xi Shuang, but there’s nothing to do. His dad has money, and you take money, you share worries. She couldn’t do a thing.

This is how this circle works. Even when sticking to principles, some compromises are inevitable, as long as the baseline isn’t crossed.

However, can’t let comments keep fighting like this, so Zhang Huijuan quickly had the production team release the internet influencers.

These influencers’ main job isn’t to pull traffic but to make light banter when there’s bickering in the comment section. Although some programs only care about being popular, and don’t mind participating stars being hated.

But Zhang Huijuan was different. As long as they’re filming her show, they’re under her protection. She’s not keen on invoking fights to gain popularity, so her influencers job was to quell and suppress abnormal hype.

"Everyone, don’t let that guy mislead us. He’s just trying to incite fights as a troll. Quality, let’s not lower ourselves following him. We’ll discuss our own."

"Everyone, chase stars rationally. See, those we pursue each have their advantages. Wenren Shuangshuang is multifaceted and rationally straightforward, while Miss Xi is a beauty.

There’s also the gentle and thoughtful Emperor Wang, and the playful and cute Su Jie. The world is so wonderful, how can we be so agitated? This isn’t good, not good. Stay calm."

The entry of influencers clearly worked, and the fighting comments swiftly cooled down, leaving the bullet messages and comments harmonious again.

Completely oblivious to the storm in the comment section, the celebrity guests continued discussing the details of their upcoming performances, while Shuangshuang felt troubled by what talent she should showcase.

Singing was immediately ruled out by Shuangshuang, not because she couldn’t, but because Su Jie had chosen singing. If she also sang, it would become a competition with Su Jie.

If Xi Shuang sang, it wouldn’t matter— one man, one woman— as long as it’s not a competition, even together, they wouldn’t compare who sang better.

After all, men and women have different singing styles, but if two women sang, people would naturally compare who sang better.

Besides, Su Jie was the Empress of love songs. Even if Shuangshuang really wanted to sing, she couldn’t out-sing Su Jie.