I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Faced with the overwhelming public opinion in the audience's discussion area that "let him have the baby," Jin Bo, the host representing the official "If You Are the One" program, responded in the upper half of the middle section.

Jin Bo: I can understand how this student feels, but the show has its rules. Since you've participated in our show, you have to choose your preferred female guest.

As soon as Jin Bo said this, the audience discussion area below immediately erupted into chaos.

People no longer say "let him have the baby," but instead say all sorts of things.

Some said the production team was being too heartless; what's wrong with making an exception? Others said Jin Bo had a point; rules are rules. Still others threatened the show's producers, saying they would boycott the show if they forced the male guest to choose his preferred female guest. And so on.

There were all sorts of opinions, and the audience interaction area became chaotic once again, with the subtitles scrolling very quickly.

In the first half, Jin Bo seemed to have noticed the surging public opinion below, and spoke again.

Jin Bo: Besides, male guest number one, how do you know that the person you're looking for isn't among the twelve female guests opposite you?

Upon hearing this, the viewers watching the show were all taken aback, and Chen Ziyi was also stunned.

After that, everyone felt hopeful.

Meanwhile, in the 211 startup base, Jin Bo sat in front of his computer screen and saw that as soon as he uttered those words, the scrolling speed of the subtitles in the audience interaction area slowed down significantly.

But the next moment, the subtitles in the audience interaction area started scrolling at an even faster speed.

"Holy crap, no way?"

"My goodness, if that's really true, that would be so romantic!"

"If that girl is really among the 12 girls on the other side, I'll start to suspect that it's all part of a scripted story."

……

Jinbo looked at all of this and felt great.

This feeling of guiding and influencing everyone's emotions with his words and actions, and being in control of the situation, gave him a great sense of satisfaction, even more so than money.

I'll come even if you don't pay me!

Meanwhile, in the same room, the members of the Singles Association were also busy, stirring up the atmosphere in the audience interaction area. However, instead of suppressing the "script theory," they were actually encouraging its momentum.

Soon, many people in the audience discussion area expressed that if one of the 12 girls on the other side was indeed the person the male guest was looking for, then it really was scripted.

This concept was also conveyed and projected into the consciousness of all the audience members through the subtitles in the audience interaction area.

It was at this moment that Jinbo finally spoke up again.

Jin Bo: Okay, female guests, if any of you are the girl that male guest number one is looking for, please ring the bell for me backstage.

Jinbo: Please wait a moment.

Then Kim Bo-jin remained silent for the time being.

The process was temporarily suspended.

However, the number of people watching "If You Are the One" online simultaneously has not decreased; on the contrary, it is still slowly increasing.

Many viewers were eagerly awaiting the outcome, wondering if the girl was still there, reluctant to leave.

After a while, Kim finally spoke.

Jinbo: It's a pity she's not here.

Everyone was greatly disappointed, but at the same time, they felt that the show was truly real and not scripted. Otherwise, that girl should have been here.

Then, just as a new storm was about to break out in the audience interaction area, Jinbo started typing again.

Jin Bo: Male guest, how about this? You follow the program's format, choose your preferred female guest, and proceed to the next step.

Jin Bo: In return for our platform's goodwill, we will encourage everyone to mobilize the people around you to find that girl. If we can find her before the process ends, and if she is willing, we can temporarily arrange for her to join the 12 female guests in front of you.

Jinbo: What do you think?

……

Wu Chenhui sat in front of the computer, also watching "If You Are the One".

"It's that familiar taste again, just right..."

Wu Chenhui shook his head with a helpless smile.

The plot of this show has been full of ups and downs from the beginning to the present, which has caused his emotions to fluctuate accordingly. This reminded him of when he was selling trial vouchers, and his emotions were also constantly fluctuating.

Just now, he thought that girl was really among the 12 female guests opposite him, and his heart was in his throat.

When he found out that the person wasn't there, his heart sank again.

Finally, the host proposed a new solution, which made him anxious once again.

Because of his previous setback, Wu Chenhui was much more accepting of this proposal. As if grasping at a last straw, he typed with both hands and posted in the audience chat: "Acceptable!"

Wu Chenhui wasn't the only one feeling this way; many viewers were typing in the audience chat area.

The scrolling subtitles, each one designed to persuade the male guest, collectively formed a powerful public opinion.

Perhaps due to public opinion, or perhaps because Chen Ziyi himself felt that the exchange terms were acceptable, he finally typed out the message.

My heart longs for home: Yes.

Jin Bo: Do ​​the 12 female guests agree? If you disagree, you can ring the bell for me backstage.

In a girls' dormitory, a beautiful girl is sitting in front of a computer. She is one of the 12 female guests, the yoga goddess with the online name "Little Bear Sauce," whose real name is Liu Wenjing.

She didn't receive the script and never expected so many twists and turns to happen with the first male guest.

However, she still found it quite romantic.

Therefore, she did not ring the bell.

Apart from Liu Wenjing, none of the other 11 female guests pressed the buzzer.

After a short wait, Jinbo spoke again.

Jin Bo: All 12 female guests agreed.

Jin Bo: Then male guests, please choose your preferred female guest.

Jin Bo: Also, I would like to ask the viewers watching the program on their computers to help ask their friends and family if they know that girl.

Jinbo: If we can find that girl before all the stages are finished, and if she is willing, we will arrange for her to join temporarily as quickly as possible.

Jinbo: Whether she can come or not depends on everyone.

Jinbo: Please.

……

"Damn, I thought we were just watching the show, I never imagined we could actually participate!"

An excited shout erupted from a male dormitory at Yangko University of Science and Technology.

Upon closer inspection, in this boys' dormitory, four boys are sitting around a laptop watching the dating show "If You Are the One," while the one shouting is an excited boy who stands up.

Another boy asked, "Do you guys know that girl?"

Everyone started to think about it.

In the first male guest's narration, he described the girl's general appearance and also mentioned that she went to the library every day at a specific time.

After thinking for a while, they couldn't remember the girl in question, so they all picked up their phones.

Some called directly: "Hey, Lao Wen, you're the closest to the girls in our class, you know..."

Some would text a few girls they knew, asking if they had any friends who matched the description.

Everyone was very enthusiastic.

On the one hand, they wanted to help others achieve their goals, and on the other hand, they wanted to watch the show and enjoy the excitement, which made them feel very involved.

Not just this boys' dormitory

Under the cover of night at Yangko University of Science and Technology, an exciting search operation began in each of the male and female dormitories.

"You know...you're watching too?... "

"...Yes, she goes to the library every day...Qingqing? In which month did she go every day?...The timing doesn't match up..."

"...You don't know anyone who fits the criteria? Then why are you rambling on like this... It's nothing, I'm just watching a program... called Beiming Community. You can still watch it now, it's still airing..."

……

At the same time, in the audience interaction area, more and more people were sharing their search for missing persons.

This gradually made everyone feel that they were working together to accomplish the same thing.

Some people even gave this operation a code name in the audience interaction area: "Searching for Pretty Girls".

Working together with thousands of people to accomplish something meaningful... When this concept came to mind for the audience, the mission even evoked a simple sense of sacredness.

This also motivated everyone to mobilize more people to search for the virus.

As everyone contacted and searched around, it was inevitable that some uninformed people would ask what was going on, so they naturally mentioned the Beiming Community and the "If You Are the One" incident.

These people became a natural online army, spreading the message of "If You Are the One" virally.

According to the official backend data monitoring of the Beiming Community, the number of users online at the same time also began to rise suddenly and rapidly at this moment.

4721

4814

4988

5103

……

The record for the number of concurrent online users on the Beiming Community was being refreshed non-stop.

……

Under the same night sky, the Qinyuan Commercial Center near the North Lu University City is now ablaze with lights and bustling with people. There are office workers from the surrounding area out shopping in the evening, as well as some college students from the surrounding area who have come here specifically to have fun.

Inside a hot pot restaurant, there were still many customers. The restaurant was almost full, and steam rose from pots of hot pot, bubbling and dissipating inside.

Two men and two women sat at a four-person table by the window on the east side.

All four of them looked like college students.

Two men sat on one side, and two women sat on the other side.

At that moment, a boy was enthusiastically recommending to the pretty girl across from him: "...The pork belly at this restaurant is especially delicious. It's specially marinated, and you only need to cook it briefly before eating. It's so good..."

The pretty girl's name is Mao Cancan.

She politely returned the boy's kindness with a smile and thanked him, and even tried the pork belly he recommended. She also chatted with him occasionally.

Sitting next to Mao Cancan was a round-faced girl named Ding Helin, who was Mao Cancan's best friend.

The four of them were all students at Yangko University of Science and Technology, and they met in study room 302.

To be precise, Ding Helin became a customer of the 302 study room first, where she met the boy across the hall. Then, the two of them each brought their friends over to play, and that's how they got to know each other.

Today, everyone is here for a get-together.