The Peninsula's richest man, starting from the game coming true

Chapter 116: Heart-beating Challenge

Han Zhe has made a decision.

Assuming that telling the truth means parting ways with Liu Zhimin, he would rather be a real bad guy and continue the story with lies. Although he doesn't know how long it can last, hasn't he already offered the option of marriage?

What does it feel like to become a real scumbag?
Han Zhe felt very awkward at first, and then felt guilty, but in the end, he felt relieved.

After losing the burden of having to confess, he began to feel more at ease.

When chatting with Yoo Ji Min, he was determined to restrain himself, and was a "good man" who had to be pulled between her and Kang Soo Yeon because of feelings and responsibilities. With idols like Shin Yu Na, they were just ordinary friends, and he made sure not to cross the line.

And when chatting with Shin Yuna, he was the scumbag who was very frank and almost perfect except for his emotional problems.

And between Zhao Haiyuan and Jiang Xiuyan, Han Zhe also found a new balance - Zhao Haiyuan got promoted.

Although she was somewhat unhappy at first, after becoming Han Zhe's assistant secretary, she realized that there were not so many rumors.

Because Han Zhe's company has been fully integrated into the group, only a small number of elite employees from various departments of the company were transferred to the establishment of the parent company. Most of the newcomers have no idea about Han Zhe and Zhao Haiyuan's past, and even if they make groundless accusations, they dare not discuss it at will and form public opinion.

But more importantly than all these, after becoming an assistant secretary, Zhao Haiyuan suddenly found that she suddenly had a lot of time to spend with Han Zhe.

Although he has to endure harassment from time to time from Han Zhe, who is nominally his boss. Well, it can't be considered harassment at all.

Because she was actually quite happy with this - Han Zhe's office had a large bedroom that was no less than that of an ordinary person's, as well as a separate dressing room and bathroom. When the two of them stayed in the office, it was just like working from home. She loved the feeling of being able to be alone with Han Zhe.

And
She also enjoyed the exciting feeling of playing around with him in the company's office.

The filming on YouTube also went very smoothly.

Han Zhe's fan dream-fulfilling series of content was a huge success. After the first episode in which he helped a disabled fan fulfill his dream of racing, the video of him buying a house for a fan once again became a hot topic. The number of search terms about him on INS and Naver is increasing day by day.

This kind of thing, which is almost like the Lotto but seems to have a much higher chance of winning than the Lotto, has completely activated the enthusiasm of the people on the peninsula who are obsessed with getting rich overnight.

What's more, there is no cost at all to participate in the lottery. You just need to follow Han Zhe and leave messages in his videos and comment sections. This has brought great popularity and traffic to Han Zhe's account, as well as amazing user stickiness. Even if many people just follow him for the lottery, there will definitely be a considerable number of them who will watch his videos.

Every fan dream-fulfilling video is undoubtedly as exciting as a lottery presentation for those fans who want to get rich overnight. They will immerse themselves in it and imagine that they are the lucky fan, and then follow Han Zhe's account more firmly and actively.

The dating show with idols also progressed very smoothly - just after his YouTube subscribers exceeded 7 million followers, Han Zhe first released a video of him hiring a helicopter to support Aespa in early June.

This video once again sparked heated discussions, and even attracted a group of black fans for Han Zhe and Aespa, because Han Zhe repeatedly stated in the video that he was a fan of Liu Zhimin, and even some black fans from other groups gave Liu Zhimin the derogatory title of "five-in-one".

'Five to One' means the first person to be kept in the fifth generation girl group. Its meaning is self-evident.

Poor Shin Yuna was mentioned by Han Zhe, but because ITZY is a little obscure, she was not taken seriously by other haters. Only her own haters would happily use this incident to make up some stories and rumors about her.
How should I put it, Shin Yuna was not actually satisfied with this - why am I the only one not included in the 'five-in-one package'?
But it is precisely because of the participation of fans, and the fact that in today's era, the Internet celebrity circle itself has gradually begun to intersect with the entertainment circle, that Han Zhe's popularity has increased again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Han Zhe pretended to have received an unboxing video and a fan question-and-answer video of the million-fan gold button from YouTube, and started a new series of challenges by making a bet with the PD.

'Idol Heartbeat Challenge'!
In the video, Han Zhe started out chatting and laughing with the PD and thanking the fans. After that, the PD picked out a bunch of comments for Han Zhe to answer.

The previous answers are all normal questions.

For example, "Some fans are curious about your net worth, can I tell them about it?"

Han Zhe just smiled and said to the PD: You say a number, and I will only give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down. The former means that my worth is above that, and the latter means that my worth is below that.

The PD then seemed to boldly shout out a figure of 500 billion won, and Han Zhe just lightly gave him a thumbs up and said nothing more, which caused the staff to exclaim - but in fact, everyone had gone through the script, and everyone's performance was excellent in line with the script.

But later on, one of the questions sparked a discussion between Han Zhe and the PD in charge, and it eventually turned into a bet.

The question was actually very simple, asking whether Han Zhe really had a lot of girls chasing after him in private - of course Han Zhe answered confidently that there were too many. If you drive out for a circle and stand in crowded places like Gangnam or Itaewon, you can probably receive contact information from three or five beautiful girls in one minute.

The PD teases him that he is a goldfish rod, but Han Chul smiles and says that he can still fascinate people even without money.

The PD didn't believe it, so the two of them started arguing about this topic. In the end, Han Zhe pretended to be annoyed and said: Even if it's a top idol like Liu Zhimin, I can make her fall in love with me in just one day. This made the staff members let out a long-pitched "oh" in unison, teasing.

In the end, it turned into a bet. Han Zhe said that he would start a challenge program and invite popular idols to complete a date. If at the end of the date, the other party was moved for even a moment, he would win, and the PD would have to complete the ice bucket challenge - which is to pour a large bucket of ice water on himself.

If he loses, the PD can punish him in any way, even by sending him to the North Pole to find polar bears.

As soon as these words came out, PD agreed immediately.

Therefore, at the end of the video, the production team left a subtitle - Recruiting confident female idols to participate in the challenge! We must let Han Zhe go to the North Pole to find polar bears!

Any idol can send a date invitation to the program team, and the program team will unconditionally fulfill the idol's wishes, bring a perfect ideal date to the other party, and provide her with a perfect rest trip in the program. As long as the other party can successfully complete the challenge, they will also donate 10 million won to charity in their name!

As soon as this video came out, the popularity exploded again.

Everyone knew that Han Zhe would definitely not do anything without a purpose, which meant that a female idol was bound to suffer.

The extreme fans of the girl group went crazy and patrolled Han Zhe's comment section intensively. When they saw someone who dared to recommend a member of their own girl group, they would go up and criticize him harshly, first criticizing Han Zhe and then the black fan who posted the comment. They would then change their account and recommend the competitors of their idol group in the comment section again.

This is really lively, with haters and haters gathered together, small haters, fanatics, cross-dressing fans, and some people who just want to have fun joined in. Many people want to see how those idols who usually seem glamorous and high up will perform when facing a rich and handsome "chaebol" like Han Zhe.

Will idols’ reputations fall apart if they appear on dating shows? That’s not something that people should consider.

However, what made many Aespa fans' hearts stop was that on July 12, Han Zhe suddenly commented on the official dance version of the new song released by Aespa using his own account: "Go Aespa! Why is SM so slow?"

This sentence was undoubtedly analyzed and interpreted by fans, and finally came to a pessimistic conclusion: It's broken! Han Zhe went directly to the company to steal the house!

Everyone knows that Han Zhe is an open fan of Aespa and Itzy on YouTube. Strictly speaking, he is a fan of the two groups' respective front pages. As soon as this comment came out, fans in the comment section immediately wailed. Some begged Han Zhe not to harm their idols, some broke down and scolded Han Zhe to get out of here and not to be a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Some fans also cursed the company, saying that they would send a truck to the company if they dared to let Yoo Ji Min appear on Han Zhe's dating variety show!
Of course it’s not a suicide truck, but the kind of truck that plays some messages in a loop 24 hours a day.

However, just when everyone was talking about it and felt that Han Zhe's new program might target Liu Zhimin in the first episode.

On July 17th, after Itzy finished her performance on stage, Han Zhe suddenly posted a dance challenge short video on TIKTOK which went viral!
ITZY's comeback album's title song "SNEAKERS" dance challenge video!

In the video, the background is the stunning JYP dance studio, and the person filming the dance video with him is Shin Yu-na, who is wearing everyday sportswear and has a sweet smile.

The two danced to the hook of the song together, and Han Zhe unexpectedly danced quite well - the two smiled at each other at the end of the video.
This scene caused Itzy’s fans, especially Shin Yuna’s fans, to have a cardiac arrest.

For a time, mourning was everywhere.

"I wish ITZY a great comeback with 'SNEAKERS'~"

'ITZY's Shin Yu-na will be the guest of the first episode of YouTube's Heartbeat Challenge, so stay tuned~! Thanks to Jyp's help, don't worry, this is definitely a fan-friendly video! I've succeeded in chasing my idol!'

Han Zhe posted two messages on Instagram after the short video, completely killing the competition.

Success in chasing stars?

Are you chasing stars? The name of the program is "Heart-beating Challenge", and you tell me it's for fans?
Go ahead and cheat!

Countless fans were overwhelmed at once.

[YunaLove1: JYP should go bankrupt! All they do is let the kids run around for schedules all year round. Not to mention the fact that there is no sign of a solo release, the first time they give YUNA a personal resource is a dating variety show? Explosion-proof, right? JYP, you bastard.]

[ItzyWeOne: No? Why did they ask this guy to promote it? Is this kind of show Itzy can be on? Has Jyp run out of connections? Or did that Han Zhe sell his child because he wanted to buy stocks? Yu Na just came of age not long ago, right? To send her to such a show, the people in JYP are stupid*]

[YEZ121: Han Zhe is also very popular, right? His fan increase speed has broken the record of Peninsula. Recently, any post on Instagram will be popular. Isn’t it a good thing to let YUNA be on his show? It’s said that it’s for fans, but we still have to wait and see the show to find out the specific content, right? ]

[Katelinna: That’s great! It’s great that it’s not Jimin. Even though we are competitors who returned at the same time, congratulations anyway~]

【Itzyyy020: Congratulations, you bastard. Go back and look at your master's 'beautiful photos' from high school and go crazy, you crazy kid, the next episode will be your Zhimin. 】

[WeAEEE: I made you so confused on the last show. You don’t really think that rich people like idols? Hehe, I guess it’s just for fun]

For a moment, public opinion exploded again. Itzy's return this time was already very strong, and this time the popularity took off even more. Even the name Yuna saw a surge in popularity for the first time.

Also because Han Zhe deliberately thanked JYP on INS, fans all pointed the finger at JYP, believing that it was the company that accepted the invitation to this show for Shin Yuna, making Shin Yuna an innocent victim. For a time, ITZY's sales were not only not affected by the scandal, but also skyrocketed, heading for sales of 500,000 albums in the first week.

JYP even sent a message to Han Zhe to express their gratitude - their company's internal forecast was that the album would sell around 400,000 copies in the first week, and Han Zhe's assistance this time undoubtedly helped the album sell more.

Anyway, Shin Yu-na herself was clamoring to go, so JYP was just going with the flow, doing a favor and doing some marketing at the same time. As a result, the marketing was unexpectedly successful. According to the calculations of the employees, the sales of the new album may increase by another 10-20%, and the only price is that JYP will be scolded.
Are you kidding? From the Wonder Girls to the Tuwas era, has there been any year in which JYP didn’t get scolded by fans?
He would not care about such a small matter. On the contrary, he would like to sell more money. Han Zhe's free publicity, no, he even has to pay for Shin Yuna's recording. For JYP, Han Zhe is a kind person! How can he not thank him?
And just when ITZY's sales continued to rise and the first week's pre-sale data was announced, SM, which had been confused and unable to give an answer, suddenly seemed to have recovered from a serious illness and quickly passed a resolution to allow Liu Zhimin to appear on Han Zhe's show. However, they very stupidly required Han Zhe to pick another SM idol to appear on the show. It was Han Zhe's freedom to choose whoever he wanted, but it had to be SM's.

I can only say that SM is really good at this kind of operation. They let you appear on the show for free and also bundle it with the sales.

But Han Zhe still didn't care and agreed.

So, after the female guests were in place, Han Zhe's first YouTube romance variety show finally officially began filming.

The PD in charge of organizing the filming of this program is the female PD who was previously poached from the dating variety show. This PD is also very enthusiastic about Han Zhe's new dating variety show. Not only is she personally responsible for the formulation of the entire process, she has even come up with a lot of very interesting settings.

For example - let the members of the girl group sit in the studio in person, personally watch the video of their members dating Han Zhe, and then make evaluations and predictions.

The studio setting of a love show like "Heart Signal" also makes the original program setting with too strong a love atmosphere more entertaining. Han Zhe even wants to invite JYP to come - it's interesting to think about it. He hooks up with JYP's artists in the show and lets JYP's boss comment in the studio. Isn't this a kind of NTR?
Of course, this is just a thought. Han Zhe is a 100% pure love warrior.

The first episode was recorded on July 20th, but in fact, the second episode, which will be broadcast a week later, and which is the episode with a date with Liu Zhimin, will be recorded on July 22nd. For this reason, Liu Zhimin also postponed Aespa's original autograph session schedule by one day.

Liu Zhimin naturally also got the news that Han Zhe was going to have a new dating variety show, but Han Zhe had already contacted her in advance, and he also said that it was for Liu Zhimin's own good, because the idols who appeared in the first episode were under the most pressure, and they would be less likely to be targeted in the second episode. Once there were enough idols on the show, naturally no one would say it was a scandal or anything like that.

Although Liu Zhimin was a little skeptical about this, she couldn't be too serious with Han Zhe. Was she really telling him not to contact any other woman?
He was just recording a show - Liu Zhimin comforted herself in this way, it was just for the show effect.

On July 24, the members of Itzy got into the nanny car with sad faces and went to the second floor of Han Zhe's tavern in Cheongdam-dong.

The purpose of this trip is, of course, to complete the studio recording of "Heartbeat Challenge" - in other words, they will personally witness the dating video that has been preliminarily edited by the production team, and react and judge it.
When I think of the date that day, Shin Yu-na came home humming a little song and looking so happy.
Is this a challenge?
Isn't this a date on public funds?

And is there anything more annoying than knowing that your sister is dating a scumbag under the guise of filming a show?
Of course, I still had to sit in the studio to do 'predictions' and 'comments', and grit my teeth to watch almost three hours of rough cuts of dating content!

Oh my god.
And what could be worse than this feeling?
Of course, the members of Itzy actually felt the same sweet feeling as watching a dating variety show from the edited program - no, Han Zhe, are you serious?

(End of this chapter)