The Washed-Up Movie Star Goes Viral on a Parenting Show

One-sentence pitch: What's it like to turn a reality show about raising kids into a dating show? (Movie star VS violinist) (A sweet post-marriage story about raising a child) - After retiring from show business and getting married, three-time award-winning actor Song Jiayan discovers that he's one of the “devoted” male supporting characters in a novel, destined to abandon his wife and daughter for the universally adored heroine. The plot has only just reached the heroine's appearance. She's about to invite him out of retirement to star in a TV series that will become a huge hit. Song Jiayan looks at his wife and daughter, curled up on the sofa watching cartoons and laughing together. He tosses the script straight into the trash and takes a job on a parenting reality show instead. After eight years away from the industry, three-time award-winning actor Song Jiayan had long since vanished from public view. Now he's made his comeback, and his first appearance is on a hugely popular variety show on Fruit TV: an outdoor parenting reality show called My Dad Can Save the World. Everyone thought Song Jiayan would be the least popular cast member, but after the show aired, he was the one trending the most. “Song Jiayan is really thirty? Why does he look younger than the fresh-faced star next door?” “Ah, that little one really is an angel! So sweet and soft, big sis wants to kiss you!” And also: “How do these two manage to turn a parenting show into a dating show, and make it so adorable?!” The once-forgotten actor Song Jiayan makes a full comeback through a single parenting show, while the drama that was supposed to make the universally adored heroine famous remains shelved because they can't find a suitable cast. Ye Zhenzhen, who knows she's the universally adored heroine, can't understand why everyone else is following the plot as expected, while Song Jiayan is the only one who refuses to play by the rules! - Parenting skit 1: Song Jiayan loses the talent show, so there's not enough food for dinner. Everyone assumes he'll let his little princess eat first, but instead... He shamelessly pats the little princess. “The handsome boy next door likes you. Go have dinner at his house tonight, kiddo.” - Parenting skit 2: Kiddo: “Dad, am I your little princess?” Song Jiayan: “You sure are.” Kiddo: “Then why did you give the flowers to Mom first?” Song Jiayan: “Because Mom is Dad's little fairy, and fairies like flowers. Princesses only need lollipops.” Kiddo: “That's right. Only princesses get lollipops!” - Reader's Guide: 1. No women fighting women. This is a parenting story where the male lead personally protects his family. 2. Family hierarchy: female lead > kiddo > male lead 3. The male lead has always been the one raising the kiddo. The female lead is beautiful, wealthy, and comes from a privileged background. She only needs to focus on her career and looking beautiful! 4. The male lead comes from humble roots and is seen by outsiders as a man who married into wealth. He's on an underdog comeback arc. 5. The kiddo has a beloved-by-all quality: everyone loves her, and flowers bloom wherever she goes. 6. The original novel's plot never happened. There are no past lives or parallel timelines. 7. After the story goes behind a paywall, negative comments in the livestream chat basically disappear. It's all praise and gushing over the couple. Negative comments only appear before it goes behind the paywall. 8. Every story element serves the romance and plot. Upcoming showbiz novel, Top-Tier Star's Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Little Aunt: Please add it to your favorites! Top-tier star Shi Yufan announces that he'll appear on a lifestyle variety show. All the other guests are joining with their older or younger siblings. Shi Yufan is the only one bringing his little aunt. It stands out among the other names on the announcement list. Viewers think Shi Yufan is just trying to grab attention, but when he shows up with his little aunt on the day the show airs, everyone is stunned. His little aunt is three and a half, and she walks in munching on a lollipop. Shi Yufan, you really know how to make good TV. - “Hel-lo, eve-ry-one. My name is Shi Le Yao. I'm Fan Fan's little aunt.” The little girl, with softly curled hair and pretty gray-green eyes, introduces herself to the camera in a sweet, gentle voice. She speaks very slowly, almost one syllable at a time. Her sweet voice, slightly clumsy pronunciation, and earnest little face... The other guests on the show and the viewers at home are all instantly charmed. On the very day it premieres, the phrase “cutest little aunt on the internet” starts trending. And the newly crowned top-tier star Shi Yufan earns a new title, too: viewers affectionately call him the internet's most well-behaved big nephew. “Fan Fan, I want candy!” “Fan Fan, carry me!” “Fan Fan, I'm sleepy!” As the little girl gives him one order after another, the usually ill-tempered young man silently unwraps her candy with a cold expression. And once he's finished, he even folds the shiny wrapper into the origami crane she wants. - Seventeen-year-old Shi Yufan becomes a huge star after appearing on a variety show with his three-and-a-half-year-old little aunt. Afterward, all kinds of media outlets want to interview the two relatives. At first, Shi Yufan is happy to show off the little girl. But then he realizes that every question in the interview script is asking Shi Le Yao what secret dog-training manual she has, since she's managed to “train” him so well. Shi Yufan's face immediately darkens. He tosses the script aside. “We're not filming!” He says it with absolute conviction, but when he turns to see the little girl blinking at him, he manages to ask, “...Yao Yao, do you still want to film?” - Ever since the show made them famous, all sorts of strange strangers have been approaching little Shi Le Yao: a world-famous three-time award-winning actress, a renowned director rumored to have powerful connections and talent, and even her kindergarten substitute teacher. And no matter who they are, they all ask her the same question: “You're here because the System recruited you for a mission, too, right?” Little Le Yao, who is only three and a half, is baffled. “What System? What mission?” When the other person sees that she doesn't understand, they're baffled, too. “Didn't you transmigrate into a book to save the villain?” Still unable to understand, little Le Yao blinks a few times. You grown-ups are so strange. - Shi Le Yao's parents died in a plane crash when she was three. She was sent back to China to be cared for by her only living relative, Shi Jingshen. Her older cousin Shi Jingshen is a business tycoon, and her nephew Shi Yufan is a top-tier star. Everyone says Shi Le Yao was born lucky, but only the Shi family father and son know that they're the truly lucky ones. It was Shi Le Yao's arrival that brought them back together and filled the once-cold Shi household with laughter. Reader's Guide: 1. Le Yao gets the beloved-by-all treatment. She's a little angel, and everyone loves her. 2. There will be a couple: childhood sweethearts. 3. The transmigration-into-a-book plotline belongs to a supporting character. 4. When Le Yao first returns to China, her Chinese isn't good, so she has trouble speaking fluently. Upcoming historical novel, The Beautiful Educated Youth of the Seventies: Please add it to your favorites! A pampered city girl VS the bad-tempered village chief's only son - Sheng Zhiyan, a pampered rich girl who can't do housework or tell crops apart, transmigrates into a book. She becomes the contrasting female supporting character in a novel set in the past. In the original, she is a disposable young educated woman whose parents abandon her and send her to the countryside in place of her older sister. The female lead, an educated youth like her, is independent, hardworking, and ambitious. She gets into university, returns to the city, and later marries a division commander's son, living a wonderful life. The original Sheng Zhiyan, however, slacks off to avoid work and hopes to marry the village chief's favored only son on the strength of her looks. Unfortunately, the village chief's son is an unfeeling blockhead who isn't interested in her pretty face, so she settles for marrying the local head of the educated youth, who is ten years older than her. Later, when the policy allowing people to return to the city is introduced, the female lead happily goes home. The original Sheng Zhiyan, with her short-sighted choices, is left behind to spend her life as an ordinary farmwife in the small village. When Sheng Zhiyan arrives, the young educated women have only just been sent to the countryside, and she hasn't married or registered her household yet. Everything around her is just like the original described. Except... She watches the village chief's son earnestly hoeing weeds for her. Sheng Zhiyan sits on the field ridge and rests her chin in her hand. So much for him not caring about a pretty face! * As the only son of the village chief, Qin Beinan's father most wants him to marry a city girl. But Qin Beinan himself can't stand city girls who are affected, spoiled, and always throwing their weight around. Then he sees the young educated woman from the city, her eyes red as she blows on the blisters the hoe has rubbed onto her hand, and his mind seems to go blank. Maybe city girls aren't so bad after all? * The beautiful educated youth Sheng Zhiyan marries the village chief's son, Qin Beinan. She's a pampered city girl, while he's a violent local thug who'll throw punches at the drop of a hat. Everyone in Qinghe Village waits to see them make a fool of themselves. They expect the two to be unable to get along and split up. But then... In the first year, the policy allowing people to return to the city is introduced, but Sheng Zhiyan doesn't demand to go back. In the second year, Sheng Zhiyan takes the college entrance exam and becomes the first university student from Qinghe Village. Meanwhile, Qin Beinan, the village bully, earns his first fortune amid the wave of people going into business. By the third year, their lives are flourishing, and they're well-known figures throughout the city. Everyone who hoped they wouldn't last gets a brutal face-slapping. * Later, Sheng Zhiyan's parents, who favored their capable elder daughter and sent their younger daughter to the countryside before abandoning her, see Sheng Zhiyan on TV. Their faces fill with astonishment. Could they still go find her and bring her home? Theme: A warm family is what gives children the best love.