A Variety Show Where I Trade Barbs with My Top-Tier Star Brother

Novel Blurb: [The heroine has a love interest; her brother does not.] There are two Jiang siblings in showbiz: Jiang Songmian, a gorgeous, high-maintenance troublemaker, and top-tier star Jiang Xuai. Their mutual dislike is common knowledge across the internet. That is, until the variety show At Odds announced it would be filmed, with netizens voting for celebrities known to have especially bad relationships in the industry. The malicious netizens worked around the clock and pushed the two Jiangs to the top of the list. When the cast was announced, everyone cried, “This is going to be wild!” Former colleagues who had faked a relationship for publicity, rivals both on the rise, a popular young actress and her former manager... Good heavens, if they start fighting, remember to call an ambulance. A few days before the show aired, someone caught the two Jiangs glaring at each other at the airport. Sure enough, on the first day of filming, the two of them started arguing. “Jiang Songmian, is that any way to talk to me? I’m your brother!” Jiang Xuai ground out through clenched teeth. Jiang Songmian gave as good as she got. “Don’t make me laugh. I don’t have a brother that stupid. You’re dragging down my IQ.” The viewers in the livestream: ? You two are actually twin siblings? You have to be joking. This just got even more exciting. * The viewers had expected these mortal-enemy siblings to tear into each other on the show, and were looking forward to a good laugh. But instead, things gradually took a different turn. During the gift-giving segment, the heiress said Jiang Xuai didn’t deserve a gift from her, but then went and bought out a luxury boutique for him. Viewers: ? So you’re just all talk, Heiress? Jiang Xuai had originally insisted, “We’re not close,” but then carried the injured Jiang Songmian on his back for ten kilometers. Afterwards, his legs were so weak he couldn’t stand. Even sitting in a wheelchair, he kept insisting, “I’m not close to Jiang Songmian.” Viewers: Ah, you siblings really know how to keep up the act. Their affectionate concern for each other, mixed with constant snark and teasing, drove the livestream audience wild with their sibling dynamic. [Ahhh, this heartwarming sibling bond is real.] [Damn, why are they fighting again?] [Does anyone remember when they were rolling their eyes at each other?] ++++++ Jiang Xuai was completely disappointed in his willful, cold-hearted younger sister. So on the first day of the show, he made his position clear: “Whoever wants to be her brother can do it.” Later on... The award-winning actor who had won the gold award several years running gently called her “little sister.” A handsome, blond, mixed-race young man called her “little sister” in stiff Mandarin. Even his rival, a newly popular top-tier star, raised an eyebrow and casually called her “little sister.” Jiang Xuai: 43%￥#5... You bunch of fakes, get lost! I’m her brother! You animals, stay away from my little sister! After the variety show ended, his CEO friend messaged him: [Where’s Mianmian? She’s not picking up my calls.] Jiang Xuai: ? Even you want to hit on my little sister? [Important Reminder] +++++++ At the beginning, the younger sister has nothing, but she’ll get the career, love, family, and shares that belong to her. Please be patient, everyone who starts reading. Fufu absolutely loves his little sister. +++++++ ++++++ To reiterate, this is a funny, feel-good wish-fulfillment story. Nobody is perfect, and everyone has their own position and point of view. No real-life parallels or models. This is my take on the entertainment industry, with family ties at its heart. There is a male lead, both are each other’s first, and an old flame is rekindled. -- Coming Soon 2 -- I’ll Raise Top-Tier Stars with a Dream System Li Jiahe is a top talent agent. After transmigrating, she becomes an intern agent for a top-tier male star. Not only is her pay low, she also has to put up with fans hounding her: [You’re so bad at your job. How do you have the nerve to take a salary?] Li Jiahe earns just 3,000 yuan a month and even has to buy coffee for people: ...Come on, you can take over this lousy job. Even more absurdly, the top-tier star looks like a decent person, but tries to take advantage of her in exchange for a 1,000-yuan raise... Li Jiahe smiles, splashes coffee in his face in front of a crowd, and becomes the number one trending topic that very night. Just like that, she makes her debut. His fans make a scene, saying that any company daring to hire her will get daily complaints and demands for receipts. What they don’t know is that Li Jiahe has bound herself to the “Showbiz Godhood System,” and that very night inherits the nearly bankrupt XX Entertainment. Mission objective: Reform the 2.08 million troublemakers in showbiz. Golden finger: Build virtual dreams and pull people in to team up for a dream run. Targets: A. A has-been boy band that has taken the art of being boy-band members to the extreme. B. A little-known actress who only wants to fall in love. C. An idol with an inflated sense of self-importance. D. A former movie emperor who is full of patriarchal bluster but whose star has long since faded. Choose your hero!! Faced with these “classic character types” and “difficult personalities,” Li Jiahe chooses without hesitation: all in. She raises an eyebrow and smiles. “If we’re doing this, let’s go big.” System: Host, you’re awesome!!! * She pulls the has-been boy band, famous for their boy-band antics, into dreams to train together. They experience all kinds of scenarios, from surviving on a deserted island to the apocalypse, and finally develop a brotherly bond so deep they’d share a pair of pants. The little-known actress, who has no ambition for her career, is sent into dreams as well. She goes through several lifetimes of romance, all the way to post-marriage conflicts with her mother-in-law... Her youthful naivety about love is completely shattered, and she cries that she never wants to fall in love again. The arrogant female idol is also pulled into a dream, where she spends three whole months doing backbreaking farm work and learns the meaning of respect the hard way. At first, when Li Jiahe joined XX Entertainment and became the number one trending topic, top-tier star fans mocked her mercilessly: [Someone like Jiahe and the useless people at XX Entertainment are a perfect match. We support it.] [Hahahaha, XX Entertainment was already about to go bankrupt. Now it’ll go under even faster.] But under Li Jiahe’s leadership, XX Entertainment’s artists seem to have been reborn. The has-been boy band, who were bad at their jobs and constantly scheming against one another, suddenly pull together and take the internet by storm with their impressive skills. New fans: This is what group spirit looks like!! I’ll stan them for life. Old fans: ??? Is this really our fake-brotherhood boy band!! The little-known actress, who had no career ambitions and was constantly criticized, suddenly seems to have seen the light. She takes role after role, and her acting is so outstanding that she wins Best Actress at the annual TV awards. The female idol who used to act like an entitled diva and put people off also undergoes a sudden change in personality, showing off her talent for farm work on a farming variety show. The viewers watching for fun: ??? Who knew you were such an earnest girl! At first, everyone just wanted to watch the spectacle. But the more they watched, the more excited they got. It was getting them fired up! These talented artists all came from the same company. Every one of the artists also thanks Li Jiahe, saying she gave their acting careers a new lease on life. Netizens: ??? Wait, Sister He, can you be the agent for my fave? * The entire entertainment industry wants to become Li Jiahe’s disciple, including the top-tier star who previously tried to take advantage of her. On set, the top-tier star, who looks like a decent person but treats people according to their status, is now extremely respectful and ingratiatingly asks her for advice. She just raises an eyebrow and smiles, still as brazen as ever, and splashes coffee in his face again. The top-tier star puts out countless more smear campaigns. But this time, the whole internet says: [Hahaha, you’re so mad you’re crying.] [Reading Guide] There is a couple, but they have little page time; an ensemble cast; Mary Sue; pure wish fulfillment; many people adore the heroine. I just want to tell my own story. If you don’t like it, please click X. No unsolicited writing advice! Theme: Live diligently and stay positive