Top Chinese celebrity: Debuted from Running Man

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The light beams at the recording site were soft and focused, and the air was filled with an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement.

Gu Qing was placed in that slightly lofty chair, with cold heart rate monitoring patches attached to her wrists and chest.
A thin wire connects to the display screen at the back. The numbers tick quietly: 55, 58, 60… steady to the point of arrogance.

With a warm smile, Teacher He held the microphone to Gu Qing's lips: "Little brother, let me interview you. Do you think you're easily moved?"

"I remain completely still."

Gu Qing leaned back slightly, his slender fingers casually resting on the armrest. His handsome face was indifferent and aloof, and his words were concise and to the point, as if he had already entered the mode of Tang Sanzang (a monk in Journey to the West).

He debuted through variety shows and became a top star; the show's ratings weren't boosted solely by his good looks.

When it comes to variety show skills, there are few artists in the entire Chinese entertainment industry who can compare to him.

"oh--!!!"

Sure enough, his almost "provocative" declaration instantly ignited the entire audience. Gasps, cheers, and applause mingled together, and the "fireworks" of the game exploded.

Install and test the heart rate monitoring device.
Gu Qing's heart rate is between 55 and 60 beats per minute, a result of years of exercise, maintaining a very healthy heart rate.

"Breaking 100 should be easy, right?"

Teacher He also became interested, his eyes sweeping over the female guests who were either shy or eager to try, "Come on, who wants to be the first warrior? To challenge the younger brother's steely heart?"

"Teacher He! Me! I'll do it!"

A clear voice sounded.

Zhou Ye practically jumped as she raised her hand, her beautiful oval face brimming with the youthful vigor of a newborn calf unafraid of tigers.

Going on variety shows is all about having a desire to perform.
And now that she has a legitimate opportunity to "flirt with the senior," a scenario she has fantasized about countless times, how could she miss it?

"Alright! Commendable courage, Ono, it's up to you now!"

Teacher He smiled and stepped aside, joining the other hosts and guests, instantly transforming into the most engaged audience member, his eyes shining brightly.

Only Jing Tian's usual bright smile seemed to freeze for a moment, and the curve of her lips became somewhat subtle.

The keen cameras in the audience immediately captured this detail: slightly pursed lips, eyelashes drooping and then quickly lifting, and a taciturn demeanor.

These subtle, jealous moments are undoubtedly a favorite subject for post-production editing, acting as a catalyst for creating a sense of chemistry between the main characters.

The production team played some soothing and ambiguous background music at the right time, and dimmed the stage lights, leaving only a beam of warm light to envelop Gu Qing in the chair and Zhou Ye approaching step by step.

Zhou Ye took a deep breath, straightened her slender back, and tried to appear more "assertive" as she walked deliberately with steady steps towards Gu Qing.

The distance closed to less than a meter. She stopped, lowered her head, and met Gu Qing's raised gaze.

Eyes facing each other.

"Uh……"

All of Zhou Ye's prepared lines vanished instantly, leaving his mind blank.

"What's wrong, Xiao Ye?" Teacher He asked, puzzled.

"I...I forgot my lines."

Zhou Ye stammered, his earlier imposing manner completely gone.

"Hahaha--"

Good-natured laughter erupted from the audience, easing the tense atmosphere.

"It's okay, let's try again. Production team, start the background music again." Teacher He said with a smile, trying to control the situation.

The music flowed again.

Zhou Ye patted his cheeks and got back into the zone.

This time, she adjusted her strategy, abandoning her forceful "offensive" and instead revealing the unique charm of a young girl.

She tilted her head slightly, her long, clear almond-shaped eyes wide open, filled with tenderness. With her hands behind her back, she lightly touched the ground with her toes and took another half step forward.

"Senior," she said softly, her voice sweet and girlish.

The number on the screen behind me fluctuated slightly, jumping from 60 to 68.

Zhou Ye caught a quick glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and his heart leaped with joy. He also grew bolder: "You... what's your zodiac sign?"

"Leo".

Gu Qing picked up the microphone beside her.

"No,"

Zhou Ye shook his head and said slowly and deliberately, "You were tailor-made for me."

In an instant——

Gu Qing's heart rate was like a roller coaster ride. It had just climbed to 68 when it plummeted to 50 without hesitation, even lower than the initial value.

"what--?!"

"what's the situation?!"

"It's declining instead of rising?!"

"What kind of reverse operation is this?!"

"Are you allergic to sweet talk, little brother?!"

Just moments ago, Teacher He and the others were holding their breath, clenching their fists, and afraid of disturbing this "romantic" moment, but their composure instantly crumbled.

"how so……"

Zhou Ye was completely dumbfounded and pouted in grievance. She had stayed up all night looking through many "love quotes" and thought she had found the most novel and unconventional one!

Only Jing Tian, ​​upon seeing the numbers plummet, finally couldn't help but burst out laughing. A bright smile returned to her face, and her phoenix eyes curved into crescents.

What will happen?

Gu Qing felt helpless.

Try flirting with him using sweet words from 2017.

For Gu Qing, this was roughly equivalent to being forced to watch an old-fashioned online video that was so embarrassing it made her want to dig her toes into the ground.

He felt extremely uncomfortable, like sitting on pins and needles.

"See? I told you, I can't seduce him."

Gu Qing shrugged.

His fans in the audience erupted in triumphant cheers and applause, proud of their idol's "impregnable fortress".

“I don’t believe it!!”

Na Jie's competitive spirit was completely ignited. She rolled up her non-existent sleeves and stood up aggressively, "I'm next! I don't believe it!"

Upon seeing Sister Na approaching aggressively,

Gu Qing closed her eyes and looked up with a look of utter despair.

at the same time,

The heart rate reading on his back seemed to be under some kind of fatal threat, suddenly dropping below 40.

"Hahaha--"

"Help! Cardiac arrest?!"

"Little brother, have you seen a ghost?"

"Sister Na hasn't said anything yet!!"

The scene completely spiraled out of control, with laughter nearly overturning the recording studio.

"Gu Qing! What do you mean?!"

Na-jie was both amused and annoyed, hands on her hips, "I haven't even said anything yet!"

"Ouch, I can't take it anymore!"

Despite his advanced age, Teacher He clutched his stomach, laughing with a mixture of joy and pain.

"The two episodes of our Happy Camp with the highest ratings in the last three years both featured Teacher Gu. His sense of variety is absolutely amazing. He knows exactly how to time the jokes."

"No doubt, the ratings will explode after this episode airs!"

"Remember to record all of Ms. Jing Tian's expressions; her changes in expression are one of the most exciting parts of the game."

The directors of Happy Camp were grinning from ear to ear, wishing Gu Qing could appear on the show every week, otherwise the ratings would explode!
"Little brother, do you know I went to buy oil today? Guess what kind of oil it was?"

Sister Na was sincere and earnest.

"Could it be 'I love oil'?"

Gu Qing was terrified.

"I'm not playing anymore!!"

Sister Na flung her arms and stormed off in a fit of anger.

After the joyful interlude, "Heartbeat Test" returned to its "normal" state.

The third challenger was Zhang Jingyi.

"Jingyi, I feel like your brother's heart isn't beating, but yours is about to explode!"

Looking at Zhang Jingyi, who walked up to Gu Qing like an adorable silly goose, her delicate face turned bright red, Teacher He joked.

Zhang Jingyi's face turned even redder. She glanced quickly at Teacher He, and then, as if she had used up all her courage, she fixed her gaze firmly on Gu Qing's face, who was so close to her.

She didn't speak, but just stared at him with her naturally innocent, clear and lively doe eyes, so straight, stubborn, and unblinking.

There were no lines, no actions, only a silent and focused gaze.

Gu Qing's expression remained unchanged, but his clear black and white eyes subtly shifted to the lower right for a fleeting moment, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.

"It moved! It broke 80!"

"It's still rising! It's at 85 now!"

"There's potential! There's potential! Oh, oh, oh!"

The jeers and cheers rose again.

Encouraged by the voice, or perhaps urged on by her own pounding heart, Zhang Jingyi parted her lips slightly, took a gentle breath, and her girlish excitement condensed into a short sentence:

"Senior Xiao Nai... I like you."

She borrowed the character's identity from the drama, veiling her confession with a safe yet alluring veil.

"Aaaaaah—98! 99!!"

"Huh? Why did it drop again?" "95...90...85...It stopped?"

"Oh dear, so close! Couldn't even hold onto 100?"

The entire audience plummeted from the peak of screams to the bottom of regretful sighs.

"Oh dear, this is so difficult..."

After Zhang Jingyi finished speaking, she immediately covered her face in distress and lowered her head, her ears turning bright red.

Gu Qing lowered her head slightly to calm her racing heart, and when she quickly raised her head, she regained her composure.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! The grand finale is here! Tian Tian!"

All eyes instantly focused on Jing Tian, ​​who had been standing quietly to the side.

She glanced at Zhang Jingyi, who was walking back into the crowd with her head down, and then thought of Gu Qing's heartbeat, which had spiked and then dropped just moments before.

A strange, indescribable feeling welled up inside me, mixed with a hint of defiance.

Jing Tian stepped forward with a composed gait, exuding the aura of a young lady from a wealthy family.

She stopped beside Gu Qing, but did not move immediately. Instead, she turned her head to look at Teacher He, a glint of light flashing in her phoenix eyes: "Teacher He, is it okay to speak?"

Teacher He, always eager for drama, immediately chimed in, "If you choose to take action, we have no objection."

"understood."

Jing Tian smiled sweetly.

She turned her head and looked at Gu Qing sitting in the chair.

She bent down.

Her soft, long hair slid down her shoulders with her movements, and the elegant and unique fragrance of the high-end perfume was no longer faint, but clearly pervasive.

Jing Tian's delicate face drew closer, her gaze fixed firmly on Gu Qing's eyes.

"What...does this young lady want?"

Gu Qing had a strange sense of unease. Although he maintained his composure on the surface, his heartbeat betrayed him, and the reading began to rise uncontrollably.

"My God! He's 90 already!"

"Don't make a sound! Don't make a sound!"

"Shh-"

The audience members covered their mouths tightly, their eyes wide with disbelief.
Wei Jia's eyes widened, and he clenched his fists.

Teacher He's arm was still being held tightly by Sister Na.

The entire venue fell into an extremely oppressive yet extremely exciting silence, with only the background music and the increasingly clear sound of the heartbeat monitor remaining.

Jing Tian did not stop.

She continued to move closer until the distance between them was so short that they could hear each other's breaths.

She froze, tilting her head until the tip of her delicate, upturned nose almost brushed against Gu Qing's straight nose.

Their eyes met closely, clear as autumn water and bright as stars.

心跳数值像被重锤敲击，从90一路狂飙——100！110！115！120！！
"I surrender!"

Gu Qing's gaze shifted downwards, and she seemed to see a slight curve at the corner of Jing Tian's lips. Her pupils contracted, her neck arched back decisively, and she stood up abruptly, taking two steps back in a flustered manner before removing the heart rate monitor.

“Aa ...

The screams that had been suppressed to the limit erupted like a long-accumulated volcano, sweeping through the entire recording studio like a tsunami.

I bumped into something! I'm really knocked unconscious!
Teacher He and others were running back and forth in the recording studio, and Sister Na was so excited that she kept stomping her feet while holding her face.

This scene is destined to become an unforgettable classic moment in the history of promoting a romantic couple in Chinese entertainment dramas, enough to make countless viewers repeatedly fast-forward and relive it.

"Great God,"

Jing Tian gently bit her lower lip with her pearly white rabbit teeth, her eyes glistening with innocent tears. "I haven't said my lines yet."

The slight bitterness that had just arisen because of Zhang Jingyi had long since been washed away by my heart pounding at over 120 beats per minute.

She saw Gu Qing's heart pounding wildly.
I saw the panic in his eyes, and I saw his almost uncontrollable retreat.

This is more powerful than any verbal expression.

"..."

Gu Qing said nothing, but simply raised his hands to indicate his surrender.

The fans of the drama and the couple in the audience screamed even more wildly when they saw his reaction, almost lifting the roof off.

This "Heartbeat Test" game ultimately came to a perfect end in such a dramatic and ambiguous way.

The subsequent recording process, including classic games like "Who's the Spy," while not particularly innovative in format,

However, thanks to the subtle chemistry that had been fully developed between Gu Qing, Jing Tian, ​​and the other guests, the show was still full of laughs and had a remarkable effect.

The recording continued until eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

According to the tradition of "Happy Camp", a dinner party after the recording is a must.

Inside a private room at a restaurant in Changsha, the lights were on, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than during the recording, but it also carried a stronger sense of social interaction.

Gu Qing sat at the main table, with a salad in front of him that met his dietary control requirements.

On the left is Jing Tian, ​​and on the right is Teacher He, who helps with the social interactions.

Sometimes you just can't avoid it.

Gu Qing picked up her juice and exchanged a few pleasantries with several senior executives from Huangguotai, maintaining a proper distance while being polite.

At a table a little further away, Zhou Ye and Zhang Jingyi sat together.

Their table was relatively quiet, mostly occupied by young artists and staff, but it wasn't completely isolated from disturbances.

During this time, a few slightly greasy middle-aged men came over with wine glasses, smiling broadly as they handed over their business cards and said things like, "There's an opportunity to cooperate."

"It's disgusting,"

After dealing with one of them, Zhou Ye secretly stuck out his tongue and complained to Zhang Jingyi in a low voice, "I feel like the oil on his face could be used to fry a dish."

After she finished speaking, she didn't receive Zhang Jingyi's usual agreement.

Turning around and looking,
Zhang Jingyi was eating her vegetable salad in small bites, her lips unconsciously curving upwards, her eyes glazed over, clearly lost in thought, looking like she was in an incredibly good mood.

"Jingyi?"

Zhou Ye waved his hand in front of her eyes, "Snap out of it! What are you doing? Why are you grinning like an idiot?"

She leaned closer, suspiciously examining Zhang Jingyi's cheeks, which were still faintly flushed.
"You started acting strange after that heart rate test."

"You weren't... stunned by Senior Sister Jing Tian's attack, were you? Do you have psychological trauma?"

"Huh? No!"

Zhang Jingyi suddenly came to her senses and quickly swallowed the food in her mouth.

Not yet?

Zhou Ye rolled her eyes, lowered her voice, and advised her in a tone of "I've been there, so let's try to think more positively."

Even if you can't have your senior now, if you work hard and become a top actress soon, you might have the chance to co-star with him as the male and female leads in the future.

"Then...hehe, you should learn from Senior Sister Jing Tian, ​​do a few takes during kissing scenes, who knows, you might even get your senior into character, then you'll be rolling in it!"

"What...what nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhang Jingyi suddenly imagined the scene where she had witnessed the kissing scene, and her face instantly turned bright red. She frantically piled food into Zhou Ye's bowl.

"Let's eat, let's stop talking."

She wasn't upset at all.

She was simply immersed in the secret joy that Gu Qing felt when his heart raced after hearing her "confession."

Just like that classic saying: "He has me in his heart!"

For Zhang Jingyi, this was more than enough to satisfy her.

"Look at you, so pathetic!"

Zhou Ye was exasperated, saying, "Your face is as red as a bubble. Even if I gave you a chance, I doubt you could seize it."

If I were like you, sitting next to that senior for so long, I would have won him over long ago…

"Blow you."

"What are you bragging about? Can't you even hold hands secretly to build up your relationship?"

"I won't listen! You're just spouting nonsense!"

"Okay, okay, let's eat, let's eat."

……

After the meal, we returned to the hotel.

Gu Qing had someone pack their things and booked a flight back to Shanghai that very night.

Faced with the reluctant and puzzled Da Tiantian, he simply said that there was a problem with the crew and he needed to hurry back that night.

Actually,
Gu Qing was scared, and her mind was in turmoil.

The scene of our noses touching is still vivid in my mind.
In particular, the slight curve of Da Tian Tian's lips made Gu Qing believe from the bottom of his heart that if he hadn't dodged at that time, there would definitely have been a bigger problem.

He... dared not gamble.

They flew back to the film set at the speed of light.
After landing, find a hotel and get a quick night's sleep.
When Gu Qing returned the next day, she learned that Li Ying's scenes had been completed and she had left the production team.

As a drama with two male leads, "Duckweed" doesn't have many scenes for the female lead.

In the following days,
Gu Qing calmed down and focused on filming on set. In his daily life, he joked and played around with Chao Ge, gradually regaining the feeling of Xu Zhengtai.

It's almost next Saturday,
After Gu Qing finished filming her scenes in Shanghai, the entire crew went to Hengdian to film on location.

at the same time,

As the popularity of "Love O2O" continues to rise, this episode of "Happy Camp" has garnered widespread attention.

This includes many celebrities who follow the drama.

some people,
He still has some connection with Gu Qing.

If I happen to have some free time, I'll stay at home or in a hotel and just turn on the TV to watch it.

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...(End of chapter)