You Are My Carefully Planned Pursuit [Esports] [Entertainment Industry]

[The entertainment-industry rom-com "Trending Topics Guaranteed" is open for preorders. If you like it, please add it to your favorites!]

Female Lead's Story:

Qu Manxin, hailed as the entertainment industry's rising star, became famous the moment she debuted, and has been at the top of her field at every step.

After becoming a Grand Slam Best Actress at a young age, Qu Manxin found herself facing questions about her love life much sooner than expected.

Qu Manxin: "Actually, ever since university, there's only been one person for me. Every achievement I've made since my debut has been closely tied to him."

Overnight, every major platform was swept up in a massive manhunt.

The entertainment industry, the business world, even the sports world were all caught up in the speculation...

...Meanwhile, at the CDA base, champion AD Chu He woke up and sneezed. Something's not right. This feels weird...

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Male Lead's Story:

Chu He burst onto the scene as a prodigy AD at sixteen. In just two years, he nearly became the first Grand Slam champion, but a contract kept him locked in the LCK.

Two years later, Chu He returned to the LPL and made a comeback by founding the CDA team, causing an uproar.

Yet CDA won both the spring and summer championships in its first year, and successfully made it to the World Championship.

Everyone: Not bad. It just hurts our pride.

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After the World Championship, Chu He finally confirmed his relationship with Qu Manxin in a Weibo post.

The industry went wild, Weibo crashed, but the CDA team and the two stars' fans were all far too calm.

Everyone at the CDA base:

I already had the wedding gift money ready. I didn't think you were only just making it official!

Oh... so what you had before didn't count as dating?

I thought you'd even picked where to go for your honeymoon.

Damn... I even had a fortune-teller work out what names your kids should have...

Fans: Wake up! Everyone except the two of you knows you're madly in love!

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Bonus Scene:

World Championship interview.

Host: C, your play has been really aggressive lately. Is it really to show up the people who looked down on CDA?

Chu He: No. CDA doesn't need to show off.

Host: Well... a lot of fans have also been asking about your love life lately. Let me take this opportunity to ask on their behalf: are the rumors that Qu Manxin is pursuing you true or false?

Chu He: ...Also false.

The host thinks: Just as I expected...

Chu He: I'm the one who pursued her.

· A gentle, scheming, multitalented actress x a sharp-tongued, aloof younger champion AD

· One-on-one, sweet romance, happy ending

Reader's Guide:

1. Set in a fictional world. The characters are not based on real people, though some competition formats and entertainment-industry rules are inspired by reality.

2. The entertainment-industry and esports storylines are split evenly. Some chapters will feature lots of livestream chat comments.

3. Thank you for all kind suggestions and discussions about the plot.

4. If you enjoy the story, please visit my profile and add it to your favorites. Weibo: @NingNingNingLemonAh. Thank you for supporting the officially published original on Jinjiang.

[Synopsis of "Trending Topics Guaranteed"]

[Looks unruly but is actually soft-hearted and sensitive, stubbornly devoted x Looks smooth and polished but is actually sharp-tongued, clever, and self-serving]

Cheng Ye, a top-tier star, is surrounded by scandals.

Ji Chen, a crisis publicist, has saved countless entertainers.

So the scandal-plagued star confesses to a top publicist...

Ji Chen: Six figures for paid online support, seven figures to push down the trending topic, eight figures for the breach-of-contract fee. Other PR expenses will be calculated separately.

Cheng Ye: ...

Ji Chen: Dear, be careful when it comes to dating. Best not to get involved, okay? (Smiles)

Female Lead's Story:

When Ji Chen joined Cheng Ye's team, she told a lie.

She claimed to have been a fan of Cheng Ye for seven years.

But the kind of fan she'd been for seven years was a "hater."

Ji Chen went from an anti-fan to the head of the anti-fan club, and built up years of seniority among the haters. Some people even followed her around every day, trying to curry favor with her.

Especially the little hater named [@NoobYe].

Everything seemed fine. That little hater was pretty cute, too, until...

Until she was urgently assigned to look after a sick Cheng Ye and saw a message notification pop up on his phone.

[From a Weibo DM:

@HasChengYeRetired: Does Cheng Ye eat CEO romance novels with his meals every day? How can he be so confident and full of himself?]

Ji Chen:

-Wait...

-Why is a DM I sent to that little hater popping up on his phone...?

Male Lead's Story:

Cheng Ye is one of the most troublesome entertainers in the industry, a problem child who can beat anyone at their own game.

Every time he uses his handsome face and acting skills to climb back to top-tier stardom, he manages to punch his way right back out of the competition.

Until Ji Chen told him:

-You were the first project I completed independently after entering the industry, Cheng Ye.

-I want you standing as close to the top as possible, so they can see every mark I've carved into you.

So Cheng Ye chose to pull back his fist, take out his phone, and casually send a juicy scoop to his little artist.

Cheng Ye:

-Six figures to buy it out, seven figures to cover it up. We can discuss a trade for other resources.

-But don't even think about going after my PR team. They're my private property.

Reader's Guide:

1. Entertainment industry + two secret identities (the female lead has one for her career and one for her love life) + sweet romance + mutual salvation.

2. The male lead has no romantic developments while working as an idol. He has excellent idol ethics, so read with confidence.

3. One-on-one throughout, no melodrama, both leads are inexperienced.

Theme: Persevere in what you do, and never give up lightly, even in adversity.