Taking the Entertainment Industry to Task on a Wilderness Survival Show

My next novel, The Villain's Gossip-Loving Beauty. The blurb is after this one~ Little angels, please add it to your favorites on my author page~~

Su Yang survived for five years in the apocalypse before transmigrating into the body of someone with the same name.

The good news: This is a peaceful, safe era, with no extreme environments or dangerous mutated creatures.

The bad news: The original owner is a scandal-ridden actress, the kind who gets pelted with rotten eggs just walking down the street.

Su Yang pinched her smooth, fair cheek and thought happily: Who cares if the whole internet hates me? As long as I eat well, drink well, and sleep well, I'll be happy as can be!

*

Her contract has three months left, and her awful agency forces Su Yang to join a wilderness survival variety show with round-the-clock livestreaming. They're trying to squeeze every last bit of value out of her and blacklist her from the entertainment industry for good.

Su Yang looks at the contract's astronomical penalty fee. She knows she can't skip the show, but she still has to maintain her remarkably good state of mind.

So...

Guest A, eyes full of hope: Su Yang, you're so amazing. Could you help me?

Su Yang swings her machete with a fierce whoosh: No, I'm so delicate.

Guest A, who watched her chop down trees and build a shelter with unbelievable strength: ...Do you think I'd believe that?

Guest B rubs their hands together: Su Yang, whatever you're roasting smells amazing. Can I have some?

Su Yang takes a huge bite of her beggar's chicken and refuses with a blissful smile: No, I have a big appetite.

Guest B watches helplessly as Su Yang finishes all the food in one go: ...Okay, I believe you.

Guest C crosses their arms: Seriously, do you have to be so stingy?

Su Yang blinks, completely honest: Yep, I do.

Guest C, knocked speechless by her blunt, unpretentious reply: ...What can I say to make it look like I didn't get mad at all? Asking for help, urgently!

The fake heiress who joins halfway through the show tears up: Sis, are you still mad at me? It's all my fault. I shouldn't have hoped that Dad and Mom

Su Yang frowns and promptly steps away: Who are you? Why are you so dramatic?

The younger sister, so choked up she hiccups: This isn't how I thought she'd react...

Director: Su Yang, our show needs a little more teamwork. Could you be a bit more tactful?

Su Yang: Sure. That'll cost extra.

The director blinks. Maybe things are fine the way they are...

At first, the livestream viewers had only two goals: gaze adoringly at their favorite stars, and watch Su Yang make a fool of herself so they could bash her without mercy.

But seeing Su Yang take on an entire team by herself, thrive in the wilderness, and occasionally put the spoiled white-lotus types in their place, the viewers couldn't help but reconsider:

Everything about Su Yang screams "awesome." How come I'm starting to like her?

*

Just days before Su Yang joined the show, the internet was busy lambasting her for planting rumors that she was involved with Yu He, CEO of Shenghe Group. They mocked her for clinging to him and shamelessly riding his coattails to get attention.

After returning from the first episode, Su Yang responded defiantly online: This big boss you're talking about might be all show and no substance, not good enough for someone as gorgeous as me~

A string of question marks appeared across the internet: This woman really says whatever she wants...

Soon, people noticed that an account bearing President Yu's name had reposted her reply and tagged her without hesitation: Really? @Su Yang

That night, someone proved the rumor false through hands-on action while Su Yang was still in a daze. The next day, she posted a furious new message: It's false! He's not all show and no substance!

Viewer A: Those four characters mean different things before and after, but I think I get it, hehe.

Viewer B: Oh my, she only posted the clarification now because she went to test the goods overnight, right?

Viewer C: Oh, so President Yu really is impressive. Got it, got it.

Viewer D: It's all fake! This is just a publicity stunt!

Shenghe Group's official account decided to stir the pot. Out of nowhere, it posted a photo of the two of them standing side by side with their backs to the camera, along with the caption: Our boss and our lady boss @Yu He @Su Yang

The entire internet erupted. What? They're really a couple?

Su Yang had something to say about it too: She hadn't expected that, after being here for quite a while, she'd discover she had a legal husband she barely knew...

And when was that photo taken? How come she didn't know about it?

Planned wilderness survival locations include:

Vast forests, boundless deserted islands, tropical jungles, and more.

Note:

1. In real life, please do not capture, harm, eat, or trade in wild animals.

2. Information about wilderness survival in this story may come from search engines, survival shows and documentaries, or from the author's own unprofessional imagination.

My next novel, The Villain's Gossip-Loving Beauty. Little angels, please add it to your favorites~~

Xiang Yao had only been reading a period novel before bed. She closed her eyes and opened them again to find that she'd not only transmigrated to the 1970s, but had also brought along a pocket dimension filled with melons.

The only problem was, she couldn't just enter this melon patch whenever she wanted.

To fill her stomach, Xiang Yao had no choice but to roam all over the place, eagerly enjoying the gossip while harvesting melons in the fields.

What? The team leader's wife is about to drink pesticide in the fields to protest that her husband is having an affair with a young widow from the production team?

Xiang Yao's eyes light up. She rushes to the scene, only to find there's more to it than meets the eye.

What now? The youngest daughter of the Zhou family isn't their biological child, and her birth parents from the city have come to claim her, but she refuses to leave?

Xiang Yao pulls out some peanuts and watches intently. Well, would you look at that, the truth is more unusual than you'd expect!

Huh? Wu, the educated youth at the brigade's settlement, has been caught dating several people at once. Now they're all confronting Wu beside the latrine?

Xiang Yao rushes over. She has to see Wu bathing in the latrine today!

After gobbling up gossip from one household after another, Xiang Yao has learned a thing or two:

When there's gossip, eat it up. When there's none, find a way to make some. If things get dull, add fuel to the fire, and turn a little gossip into a big, happy spectacle!

II

Everyone in the brigade says Nie Yunchuan is not only handsome, but kindhearted too. He's always willing to lend a hand to anyone who needs it.

It's a shame his class background is bad. No family is willing to marry their daughter off to him.

Only Xiang Yao knows that all that kindness and helpfulness is just an act.

He's the ultimate villain in the book. Slice open that fair face and you'll find black sesame filling inside!

But when the Xiang family shows no decency and forces her to marry a bad-tempered man with a limp, she has no choice but to set her sights on the big villain.

The notorious troublemaker paired with the famously good young man: Everyone shakes their heads and predicts disaster. Someone like Xiang Yao isn't fit for married life. They'll never last!

But as time passes, the young couple's life grows sweeter and sweeter. They both leave the little mountain village and stand side by side at the pinnacle of success!

Theme: Live earnestly, with health and optimism