The Secret Realm of Time, His and Her Life Through the Changes

As they were talking, Shang Yibo finished his costume and came out of the actors' dressing room.

He wore a white, single-breasted Givenchy over-season suit, paired with a silver-threaded, slightly shimmering crew-neck t-shirt from the same brand, black straight-leg casual trousers, and black sneakers with white soles. This outfit highlighted his youthful energy, while also perfectly showcasing Shang Yibo's unique cool and aloof temperament and dapper charm.

At the same time, Xu Nuo also walked over. His choice of attire coincided perfectly with Shang Yibo's outfit today, making people wonder whether it was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement, revealing an unspeakable ambiguity between the two. He wore a black shawl collar suit with white silk trim on the collar, over a white V-neck t-shirt with silver thread embellishments on the V-neck, white suit trousers, and white sneakers.

The platform also invited director Zhao Kai and two other actors from the drama to participate in the live broadcast event: Yu Shanshan, who plays the female lead, and Kuang Yanhai, who plays the master in the drama.

After everyone arrived, the platform host went over the process with everyone and also went over the script for the interactive segment.

With all preparations complete, the live stream started precisely at 7:30.

This time, five members of the crew were invited to participate in the live broadcast. Everyone is very familiar with the rules of the industry and had prepared a script in advance.

The entire live stream was filled with CUE's promise to come and meet Shang Yibo.

During an interview with the director, Zhao Kai recounted how Xu Nuolai took care of Shang Yibo on set, highlighting Shang Yibo's dependence on his "older brother" both on and off screen, as a newcomer actor.

During the interactive game segment, Yu Shanshan, who plays the female lead in the drama, was clearly Xu Nuolai's official on-screen partner, but she took the initiative to ship the male lead and his female partner on the spot.

This drew fierce criticism from book fans in the live chat:

[This drastically altered version of a TV series is shameless.]

[This utter lack of moral boundaries has ruined my ideal woman.]

Get out of here, get out of here, get as far away as possible.

During the 'pitch-pot' game, Xu Nuolai deliberately stood next to Shang Yibo and taught him the techniques step by step. When explaining how to focus his gaze on the target in front of him, his nose was almost touching Shang Yibo's face.

Shang Yibo's performance also surprised everyone. His usually aloof and serious personality was surprisingly cooperative tonight. He would look at the camera from time to time and show a bright smile. His young face looked even more playful and cute in front of the camera.

Standing behind the camera, watching Shang Yibo's performance, Zhou Yanruo had a feeling that he was deliberately putting on a show for 'others,' and that 'others' seemed to be herself.

Shang Yibo's lips curled into a smile, and his usually taciturn mouth started chattering non-stop.

But his eyes seemed to be vengefully directed at Zhou Yanruo behind the camera, saying, "Are you satisfied now? This is what you wanted, right? Then I'll show you."

This caused the CP fans in the live chat to go crazy.

Ahhh, a promise is a promise, a promise is a promise, a promise is a promise.

My on-screen couple is real.

[The cabinet door can't be blocked anymore, solo fans can go cry.]

Shang Yibo, you're so good at this.

[I'm about to cry because of this younger man/woman relationship.]

I've switched sides.

[I'm totally hooked, totally hooked! God, have mercy! My life is worthless.]

Come on, take good care of my Yibo. I'm entrusting Yibo to you.

Zhou Yanruo watched the situation in the live stream while also observing the reactions to the video stream.

She discovered that although the entire live broadcast process was no different from the script, the overall public opinion direction had deviated significantly.

The purpose of the live stream was to promote the drama, highlight the atmosphere of chivalry and brotherhood, and extend the story beyond the drama itself to the mainstream themes of national sentiment. This is how the performances of the two main characters truly deliver a positive message.

And now what is this? This is a farce that not only ruins the theme of the drama and will cause a lot of people to feel disgusted, but will also damage Shang Yibo's image.

Zhou Yanruo gave Qi Qingnan a wink, and then she walked out of the live broadcast room.

Qi Qingnan understood and followed him out of the live broadcast room.

Zhou Yanruo: "Qingnan, this isn't the kind of hype I imagined; this is downright shameless. We shouldn't be cooperating with their outrageous tactics like this."

"This is a standard practice for CP (couple) hype. It's just an extension of the characters' personalities in the drama. They just need to cooperate and it will end when the drama finishes airing."

“This isn’t good, isn’t it? Won’t it affect Shang Yibo’s image?” Zhou Yanruo said with great concern. “Why don’t we talk to the production team again and see if we can stop production for now?”

“Once it starts, no one can control how things escalate, and the production team doesn’t have the power to stop it either,” Qi Qingnan said.

"What should we do? You have experience, is there any way to remedy this?"

Qi Qingnan looked at the innocent Zhou Yanruo and laughed, saying, "What's there to remedy? This hype was pretty good. I think Yibo will reap even more benefits. Now there's no need to negotiate with the production team about the promise of equal billing. The production team will take the initiative to arrange it. Haha."

"Even after all this, it's still not a problem?"

"Don't be nervous. You don't even need to wait for the live stream to end before Yibo's fan count skyrockets. Let's bet on that."

"We can't afford to bet with anyone who wants to," Zhou Yanruo said, clearly expressing her displeasure.

She looked puzzled. Was it really as good as Qi Qingnan said? Why did she have this feeling that something was going to happen?

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, she has no way of knowing.

Now that things have come to this, all we can do is watch and watch; there's nothing we can do but worry.

The live stream has ended, with over three million viewers online. Combined with the collaboration across various platforms such as Weibo and Douyin, the topic's popularity and video views have both exceeded 100 million.

The publicity and distribution effect far exceeded the expectations of the production team and the streaming platform, and everyone was very satisfied.

Shang Yibo's Weibo account gained over a million followers instantly, bringing his total follower count to over ten million.

Qi Qingnan smiled and said to Zhou Yanruo, "Not bad, right? Based on the current data, it can be included in the successful publicity case."

"Yes, it's really good."

Zhou Yanruo was quite happy to see that the data was so good after only one night. Although it wasn't what she had expected, the result was still pretty good.

"I drove here myself, I'm leaving now." Qi Qingnan said goodbye and left first.

Ding Jiajia told Shang Yibo and Zhou Yanruo to leave first in the van, while she waited at the event for the brand to come and pick up the borrowed clothing and accessories.

As soon as he got in the car, Shang Yibo said to the driver, "Brother Zhao, take Zhou Yanruo first."

"Okay, Yibo. Mr. Zhou, tell me the address, I'll enter it into the navigation."

"Qingjiayuan A3 on North Third Ring Road East, thank you."

Zhou Yanruo gave her home address to driver Zhao, while in the darkness she saw Shang Yibo also operating something on his phone.

"Shang Yibo, I saw your Weibo post. You've gained over ten million followers. I didn't expect live streaming to have such a huge impact. The results are quite impressive," Zhou Yanruo said to Shang Yibo, stretching her stiff shoulders and neck.

"Zhou Yanruo, do you really like me going to create CP (couple pairing) rumors with other people? Just to gain more fans?"

Shang Yibo looked out the car window; the neon lights on the street were flashing incessantly. At this moment, people like him, who had been busy all day, should usually be the most relaxed, but he could not shake off the constraints in his heart.

"When I saw you laughing so happily during the live stream just now, I realized that all my previous worries were unnecessary." Zhou Yanruo also looked out the car window, turning the back of her head towards Shang Yibo.

"Are you worried about me?" Shang Yibo asked softly, turning his gaze back to Zhou Yanruo's head, a complex expression in his eyes.