Truth be told, due to the rapid development of the Internet, many down-to-earth newspapers that focused only on digging out the truth would face the harsh reality of being eliminated from the market.

  Time Entertainment, which had been contacted by Sheng Hua, was the best example. It enjoyed a good reputation in the industry but had a poor sales performance.

  When Chen Ming, the editor-in-chief of Time Entertainment received this call from Sheng Hua, he was excited. After all, this was a great business opportunity to promote their company, as well as a good opportunity for him to launch a variety show with the title “Up Up You Go”.

  This was a win-win situation for both him and Sheng Hua.

  Therefore, after Sheng Hua ranked the five candidates of the competition, Fu Zhi, Jiang Zong, Gu Yan, Lu Yubai, and Xia Tian, according to their overall scores, Chen Ming immediately used their official account on Weibo to publicize the variety show and successfully created a commotion across the internet.

  There were a lot of comments under the topic “Teaser for the upcoming five-day variety show, Up Up You Go”.

  [This is so annoying. I don’t want to see Fu Zhi in a major international friendly match at all, okay?]

  [Think about it, guys. Fu Zhi’s name was placed in front of Gu Yan’s. It seems like the association has decided to make Fu Zhi the team leader!]

  [That Fu girl reminds me of the notorious Fu Corporation. I wonder how many evil strings she has pulled behind the scenes to become the team leader. I feel so bad for Gu Yan for having a leech like Fu Zhi around her.]

  [Oh! This is so exciting! I can’t wait to see that Fu girl get her face slapped by Gu Yan!]

  The crowd was divided on the matter of Fu Zhi occupying the leader’s role. What Chen Ming needed was the traffic brought by the teaser and the friendly match with Country R to get better ratings when he invited other celebrities or ordinary but talented people to the show.

  The idea was good, but what made Chen Ming worry the most was the venue. It was a low-rated hotel, and it was too late to apply for more funds to build a temporary set.

  Just as he did not know what to do, he received a loving phone call from the vice president of the FZ Research Institute.

  *

  Therefore, while all the people were looking forward to the exchange match with Country R, Chen Ming took his team to Yu City to start the live broadcast on the condition of the five participants the next morning.

  Before the plane took off and arrived in the capital, the atmosphere was still warming up, and there were not many people in the live-streaming room.

  Chen Ming would first give each participant 10 minutes to introduce themselves. After all five participants gathered, he would spend three more days shooting their daily life and one day filming the situation of the competition.

  Due to the hot topics on Weibo, Chen Ming personally took the reporters to the Lu Mansion.

  “Just act normal. There are not many people in the live-streaming room yet, so don’t feel too nervous.”

  Gu Yan nodded after she heard what he had said. Then, she hopped into a car and made a beeline for the airport.

  Lu Yumo took out his worn-out little pinkish bike and insisted that Fu Zhi sit on the backseat no matter how many people asked him to drop the thought of taking her to the airport on that bike.

  When she looked at Lu Yumo’s eyes, which were sparkling with excitement, there was nothing Fu Zhi could do. She let out a sigh and hopped onto the bike.

  It took one about 40 minutes to go from the Lu Mansion to the airport by car. Lu Yumo had forgotten when was the last time he had ridden a bicycle. No sooner had he gotten halfway through the journey than he began to regret his decision and cried out loud, “Both of us should be crying in the BMW!”

  Fu Zhi was speechless.

  ‘What a gold-digger!’

  However, on second thought, Fu Zhi found this normal. After all, if he did not like money, then he would not be her brother anymore.

  On the other hand, Chen Ming knew that Fu Zhi was the main focus, so he asked his staff to focus on Fu Zhi after the other four participants finished their introduction.

  Lu Yumo was pretty nervous, for this was the first time he was getting filmed while riding a bike. His movements stiffened, and all he thought about right now was how to make himself look good and handsome on camera. He’d immersed himself so deeply into his own thoughts that he had forgotten about his sister by the time they arrived at the airport.

  Fu Zhi was looking at her phone. Xu Wei had already sent her luggage to the airport, so she said, “Mom said that after we—”

  However, before she could finish her sentence, she felt a gust of wind whistle past her ear, followed closely by a long leg.

  There were a lot of people in the airport, and many of them slowed down their pace at that moment.

  Everyone in the live-streaming room had seen with their own eyes that while Lu Yumo had been getting off the bike, he’d swept his leg toward the back. Even though Fu Zhi had raised her arm to shield herself, she had still been kicked to the ground by Lu Yumo’s leg.

  Fu Zhi was speechless, the netizens were stunned, and Chen Ming was shocked. ……

  Was Lu Yumo cool?

  Well, without a doubt, the way he got off the bike was pretty cool, but that was only if there was no one sitting in the back.

  The live-streaming room fell silent, and after 30 seconds that felt like an eternity, a flurry of bullet comments filled the screen.

  [Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!]

  [Ha ha ha ha! What the f*ck is that! Oh my, I love this brother so much!]

  [Did this dude forget that his sister was sitting in the back? What if she got a concussion due to the impact? Are you going to be held responsible if she loses the competition?]

  [This is so d*mn hilarious! Her family members are really one of a kind!]

  [I’m really speechless. Why does this director only focus on Fu Zhi? How about the other participants? I’m not here just to watch Fu Zhi! I’m going to exit this live-streaming room if he doesn’t stop featuring only Fu Zhi!]

  Lu Yumo did not know what was going on in the live-streaming room. He only knew that he was going to die soon. He hastily went over to help his sister up from the ground and apologized. “Zhizhi! I’m so sorry about that! I didn’t mean it! I…… I…… I……”

  Fortunately, Fu Zhi had been able to grab the back seat in the nick of time, so she had not fallen too hard on the ground. She looked her brother in the eye and, with a faint grin tugging at the corner of her lips, she said simply, “You’re done.”

  “.……”

  Feeling aggrieved and sad at the same time, Lu Yumo did not dare say anything else and went to help Fu Zhi get her luggage.

  The atmosphere in the live-streaming room had changed. It had been very tense, and everybody’s nerves had been tightly wound since the beginning, as they were worried about the condition of the participants. However, after the interaction between Fu Zhi and Lu Yumo, the atmosphere slowly lightened up, and all of them began to tease Fu Zhi. That said, the lively atmosphere did not last long, and they all went back to throwing shade at Fu Zhi once again.

  Sheng Hua gathered all the participants and started a roll call.

  “Zhi…… Fu Zhi, why did you bring so many suitcases with you?” Sheng Hua’s expression changed when he saw the four big suitcases and the bag beside Fu Zhi.

  Then, he looked at the other three participants, especially Lu Yubai, and suddenly thought of something. The corner of his mouth twitched.

  As if she knew the things going on in his mind, Fu Zhi said, “I promised to become the team leader, but you guys didn’t pay me a cent. I don’t have money to buy new clothes, so I had to bring all my belongings with me.”

  Truth be told, the government had previously promised to give her half a million yuan, but she still had not received a single cent. She just did not feel compelled to urge the government to fulfill its promise due to their relationship, but the Physics Association was a different case. She had no relationship with them whatsoever.

  Lu Yubai laughed until he nearly passed out. The corner of Sheng Hua’s mouth continued to twitch, and suddenly, he gnashed his teeth, pulled a bank card out of his wallet, and said exasperatedly, “I will pay you a deposit first, and the final payment and interest will be given to you after the competition.”

  The atmosphere in the live-streaming room became tense once more.

  [How dare you ask for money? You should feel privileged for being chosen to honor your country. Please, I beg you to learn some good virtues from our country’s researchers. Nearly all of them are indifferent to fame and fortune!]

  [She’s a good-for-nothing. All she’s ever good at is taking money from others, so how could you compare her to the likes of researchers? She disgusts me so much!]

  [But…… Master Sheng Hua seems to hold her in high esteem. Also, do you guys still remember the Han Wei incident not long ago? All news of the incident has been deleted, so maybe most people have already forgotten about it…… Could I be the only one who thinks Fu Zhi is more capable than Gu Yan?]

  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise  

  Chapter 303: The Princess’ Villa In The FZ Research Institute

  Two hours later, the plane landed in the capital.

  All the staff got into position. When the hour hand hit 10 and the minute hand hit 12, all of them pointed their cameras in unison at the villa behind the FZ Research Institute.

  After Chen Ming keyed in the password, the black iron door with the simplistic yet elegant design slowly opened. It was autumn right now, and the scene of the wind picking up fallen leaves from the ground looked extra aesthetically pleasing on camera.

  When they were in the courtyard, they were immediately welcomed by an intrinsically arranged parterre. There was also a river and a bridge. A few fat koi fish were swimming in the river, and the sound of a duck quacking could be heard from time to time. Then, as they went deeper into the courtyard, they bumped into a Tibetan Mastiff that was locked in a cage and was growling at them.

  Chen Ming’s voice rang out in the live-streaming room. “We want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the FZ Research institute for providing us with such a beautiful villa.”

  ?????!!

  Holy cow!

  The villa had been provided by the FZ Research Institute? The mysterious organization that was sponsored by the government and the Fu Corporation and was several times more powerful than the Physics Association?!

  The netizens were shocked. [I never knew that a research institute like FZ, which only focuses on scientific research, would provide a villa for a variety show!]

  [The staff of this program is so awesome! They are the first to receive help from the FZ Research Institute! It must be because they are filming the team that is going to glorify our country!]

  It seemed to the netizens that the FZ Research Institute was also very concerned about the competition, and they wanted the participants to have a better place to rest.

  Just before they could snap out of their thoughts, the next second—

  The camera zeroed in on the inner view of the villa, and several intelligent robots sweeping the floor and doing housework entered their line of vision.

  [Holy…… This is so high-tech. There’s no way an ordinary family can have so many robots in their house……]

  [Sob, sob, sob. I’ve been dreaming of visiting the villa of the FZ Research Institute every day. I never thought my wish would come true today.]

  [By the way, don’t you guys feel that the furniture in the villa is a bit too pinkish? Even though there is a lot of black technology that I’ve never seen before, even the robots are pink in color. It looks just like a little princess’ boudoir……]

  [True, true, true! Now that you mentioned it, I’ve started to imagine that! It also looks like the golden abode that a rich man uses to house his mistress!] ……

  Most of the netizens did not take the teaser seriously. They had just come here to enjoy themselves and have some fun. Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined that the FZ Research Institute would play a part in the variety show, so they were marveled beyond measure now.

  After all, the FZ Research Institute was known as the gathering hub of the best talent in the country, as well as the birthplace of high technology. It was not every day they got a chance to take a glimpse into the inner side of the research institute.

  Hence, topics such as “Teaser for Up Up You Go” and “FZ Research Institute Villa” became the hottest topics on Weibo.

  For a moment, there was a massive influx of netizens in the live-streaming room. Everyone, including those who had initially not been interested in the variety show and bigwigs of the industry, wanted to take a glimpse at the most mysterious scientific research organization in the country.

  When the clock hit 10:20 in the morning, there were nearly 400,000 viewers in the live-streaming room. Then, the camera once again zoomed in on the five participants.

  Three of the five participants were male, while the remaining two were female.

  All of them were handsome and pretty, especially Jiang Zong. He was already very popular and had more than a million followers on Weibo thanks to his identity as the young master of the Jiang Family. Therefore, no matter what he did, even if he coughed or heaved, he could cause a commotion in the crowd.

  [Ahh! My husband is so handsome!]

  [Don’t stop me, guys! I want to throw myself at him!]

  [You guys can take President Li or President Fu. Jiang Zong is mine.]

  [I know President Li is a man, but do any of you know the gender of President Fu?]

  Due to Jiang Zong’s popularity, the screen of the live-streaming room was filled with bullet comments.

  Of course, it went without saying that some comments were praising other participants as well. For example, Gu Yan.

  Ever since she had stepped into the villa, many people had been looking at her. She was wearing a white dress today, and she had a natural grace and elegance about her. It was easy to see that she was a girl with a genteel upbringing.

  Some of the viewers were curious about her dress, so they looked it up on the internet. When they realized that her dress cost a few hundred thousand yuan, they admired her even more.

  [Her suave aura, her waist, her background, her achievements…… She’s really such a keeper!]

  [Yeah, right. A certain Fu girl is just out of her league. Anyway, make sure you learn as much as you can and get to know as many people as possible while you’re there.]

  [Gu Yan is truly the most talented out of them, and I’m really proud that I chose her to be my idol.]

  Then, the camera filmed a close-up shot of both Lu Yubai and Xia Tian. However, the two of them were not as popular as the other three people, so they did not receive as much attention as them, and the bullet comments were obviously fewer.

  After some of the netizens had had enough of praising them for their good looks, they shifted their attention to Fu Zhi, the team leader.

  However, despite looking for her everywhere, they did not find her.

  Where was she?

  Then, the screen froze for five seconds straight, and the camera shook.

  The netizens clearly felt that the cameraman’s hand had trembled for a moment before he zoomed in on the couch.

  Nobody knew when Fu Zhi had sat on the couch. Not only was she hugging the teddy bear on the couch, but she was also sitting in a lazy, casual position. Then, she gave an order to the robot next to her. “Bring us five glasses of juice. Don’t forget to toss in some honey for me. Put my bag in the study on the third floor and remember to recharge yourself when you run out of battery, got it?”

  All the pinkish robots were cleaning the house. When they heard Fu Zhi’s orders, they stopped everything they were doing, went up to her, and answered in a mechanical voice, “Aye, milady!”

  The group of robots seemed very delighted. Then the shortest one picked Fu Zhi’s bag up from the floor, tugged at her sleeve, and said, “I’m leaving then, milady.”

  Fu Zhi wanted to say something else and count her money on the couch like she used to do. However, she dropped that thought in the end and snuggled up on the couch with her mouth pouted when she realized she was in front of a camera right now.

  The villa belonged to Fu Zhi. Even though Du Min had invited Chen Ming and Jiang Zong, he had not arranged any rooms for them.

  Other than Fu Zhi, Jiang Zong was the only one who had the guts to throw himself on the couch. He even put his legs on the table as if he was in his own house.

  Fu Zhi then said, “There are some guest rooms on the second floor. You guys can go pick your own rooms later.”

  Chen Ming was stunned. Then, he nodded. “Oh? I didn’t realize there were guest rooms here. Remember to pick your own rooms later.”

  Lu Yubai and Xia Tian nodded in return. Gu Yan looked at Fu Zhi and sneered inwardly.

  The interaction between Fu Zhi and the robots was lovely, but the netizens in the live-streaming room exploded.

  [These robots are not yours! How can you order them as if they’re yours? Do you have no shame?]

  [Both of you are girls, so why is Gu Yan standing obediently at the door and waiting for orders before taking a seat? People from the countryside are so rude!]

  [This is not the Physics Association! It’s the research institute that has glorified the name of our country multiple times! Jiang Zong is a young master from an elite family, so he can sit wherever and whenever he wants, but how could you have no sense of propriety? Did your parents not teach you how to behave in other people’s houses?]

  [You’re indeed very pretty, but you’re brainless. How can you treat another person’s house as your own?]

  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise