After the Teleprompter Gained a Mind of Its Own

[Ongoing: Two Souls in One Body, The Overworked Office Drone Possessed by a Top-Tier Star; a world-weary, sharp-tongued office drone bottom x a sunny puppy-like celebrity top]

Ji Ci, a sentient teleprompter, has two unusual abilities.

His first ability: He can identify the cause of equipment malfunctions at a glance and fix them.

This helped him find a job and survive in human society.

His second ability: Whenever he smiles gently at someone who has forgotten their lines, they overcome their nerves and suddenly become eloquent.

But this ability has a drawback: It comes with a lovestruck-stare buff. The worse someone’s memory lapse, the more passionately they gaze at him.

And so...

A haughty, carefree hit singer who changed lovers as often as a revolving door took to him at first sight and added him as a friend the very first time they met;

A top-tier star who had once publicly confessed his love for an award-winning actor changed targets, saying Ji Ci made him feel completely at ease and was his spiritual home;

Even a famous host renowned for being devoted to his wife looked at him with tender affection, his face blooming with romantic charm.

All of this seemed perfectly normal to Ji Ci. There was just one problem:

That top award-winning actor, who had swept the major film awards ever since his debut and risen to the pinnacle of the film industry, was friends with the hit singer, idolized by the top-tier star, and brother-in-law to the famous host. Yet he seemed to have it in for Ji Ci.

It felt awkward to tell his real-life friends about this suspicion, so Ji Ci confided in an online friend he’d met, an old-fashioned, no-nonsense guy.

The old-fashioned online friend angrily slapped the table: “What nonsense! You’re so warm, cheerful, lively, and helpful. Isn’t it only natural that everyone likes you? He’s definitely jealous of you!”

Ji Ci: “I see. So what should I do?”

The online friend replied: “I didn’t think there was anyone in the industry with more clout than me. Don’t be afraid. Tell me his name, loud and clear, and I’ll put him in his place!”

Bu Shu Qian thought it was strange. For some reason, everyone around him had recently started orbiting a certain young man.

He admitted the guy was rather handsome and had a sunny, warm smile, but... surely that wasn’t enough to make everyone look at him as if they’d been redeemed and fallen deeply in love at first sight!

And that guy accepted everyone’s attention, smiling at them all, which only made things worse for the people around him.

This over-the-top Mary Sue playboy persona was simply too absurd, so Bu Shu Qian decided to confide in a kind online friend he’d met.

Online friend: “You’re right. I just have one question: Why don’t you ever forget your lines?”

Bu Shu Qian: “????”

Wasn’t that simply a matter of professional discipline for an award-winning actor?

Ji Ci, bottom x Bu Shu Qian, top

[New Novel: Why Haven’t I Gone Bankrupt Yet?]

After Zhong Yuanshi transmigrated into a book, he became bound to a tycoon System.

The System encouraged him: “Although you’re just a nameless passerby in the original story, don’t worry. We’ll give you plenty of care and support, and tailor a set of growth missions just for you. Work hard to make a name for yourself in the book! Grow from a spoiled, spendthrift rich kid into a motivated young man!”

Every time Zhong Yuanshi used the System’s funds to earn a hundred yuan from an investment, the System would reward him with one yuan. If he lost money, it would comfort him with fifty yuan.

Zhong Yuanshi: “What are we waiting for? I’m all ready to go bankrupt at any moment!”

In the original story, the Zhong family owned a small, obscure company. Later, they backed the wrong side in the struggle between the protagonist and the antagonist and became nameless cannon fodder.

Although he didn’t know who the protagonist was, Zhong Yuanshi was confident that, drawing on his years of experience reading overpowered-protagonist novels, he could reach his modest goal of losing a hundred million yuan simply by doing the opposite of whatever the protagonist did.

His first candidate for the protagonist was a CEO launching his company’s hugely popular idol boy band and raking in countless fans.

Zhong Yuanshi promptly disbanded his own fledgling idol boy band, letting the members each go solo.

Apart, the band members shone like stars across the sky, becoming wildly popular in their respective fields.

His second candidate for the protagonist was a director investing in an urban workplace drama starring handsome, beautiful, high-traffic celebrities.

Zhong Yuanshi picked up the rural drama proposal the director had abandoned and started filming it with a few extras he found on the street.

After the shows aired, viewers criticized the urban workplace drama as shallow and stupid, while the rural drama swept up awards and earned rave reviews.

Since he wasn’t sure who the protagonist was, Zhong Yuanshi decided to follow his third candidate, an actor, into investing in and starring in a fantasy romance drama, setting himself up as his rival.

But while the other show had an ethereal celestial palace filled with floating white robes, his was a ragtag human world full of people draped in colorful burlap sacks.

The two shows aired at the same time. Viewers complained that they were sick of gloomy, funeral-themed immortals obsessed with romance and just wanted to see good immortals who loved all living things. They gave Zhong Yuanshi’s show a glowing recommendation.

Zhong Yuanshi was utterly baffled. “Why hasn’t the protagonist shown up yet? What’s wrong with this lousy System? It even tells me the protagonist is falling in love, but I haven’t even seen the guy!”

System: “Could it be that the book you transmigrated into is on Jinjiang?”

Zhong Yuanshi, cuddling his freshly minted boyfriend: “???”

Theme: Kindness, sincerity, and friendliness are beautiful virtues.