My agency went bankrupt before I even got on stage.

Om-!

The ringing in his ears made Lin Fan uncomfortable, so he reached up and pressed his ears.

Holy crap, no way? You're already weak just because you played games for 36 hours straight?

To avoid staying up all night, I even stayed up all night!

My grand plan for a peaceful retirement hasn't even begun, and this body is already holding me back?

Sigh, I never imagined that at such a young age, I would be arranging this ultimate Chinese health regimen: a thermos filled with goji berries.

The tinnitus gradually subsided. Lin Fan rubbed his ears and opened his eyes.

—Hmm, where is this?

What catches the eye is a huge poster on the snow-white wall, with a giant star as the background and the words "Morning Star" prominently displayed. Below the words are nine silhouettes of people in different poses.

Lin Fan wondered to himself, who designed such a low-quality poster?

In the blink of an eye, I saw a soundproof door, and I could faintly hear music and cheers coming from behind it.

Turning my head, I saw two boys with stage makeup on their faces, wearing performance costumes, and holding microphones. They were taking deep breaths and clenching their fists to cheer themselves up, looking very nervous.

Seeing Lin Fan looking over, she returned a gaze filled with sympathy? And a hint of schadenfreude?

Wait, a microphone?

Is this the microphone I'm holding?

Lin Fan glanced at the microphones in the hands of the two people, then looked at his own. They seemed to be the same brand and model of microphone.

hiss--!

He'd seen this episode before!

That's the kind of camera shot you see in the waiting room—it's from that "youth" group, that "camp" group, that "idol" group!

Back when these talent shows were all the rage, Lin Fan even picked the "lucky koi" and "drama queen" girls, voting for them every day, helping them climb the charts, and campaigning for votes...

Ah, those wonderful days ٩(๑>◡<๑)۶

"Hey you, get ready, it's almost your turn!"

Who is that?

Lin Fan looked up and saw a head peeking out from behind the soundproof door, wearing a baseball cap with two words embroidered on it.

Stagehand!

Seeing that Lin Fan was still confused, the stagehand impatiently pointed at him and said, "You, come over here and walk into the entrance camera."

No!

Lin Fan was a little flustered.

What's going on? I was just staying home playing games, why did I have to walk into the scene?

And what about computers?

My computer is so big!

What happened to the top-of-the-line computer I just built at a high price?!

Where is my girl with hundreds of gigabytes of data on my CDEFG drive?

Where are my 200 newly bought comic books?

Is it a hallucination?

Om-!

again!

As the ringing in his ears rang, fragments of memories flashed rapidly through Lin Fan's mind.

It is the memory of this body, and another person named Lin Fan, just like Lin Fan.

This planet is called Blue Star, a world completely different from Earth. The original Lin Fan was 20 years old and an orphan. After turning eighteen, he left the orphanage and worked in a milk tea shop to make a living.

The original owner worked diligently every day, and her biggest dream was to make lots and lots of money. Later, because she had an incredibly handsome face, she was discovered (or tricked) by a talent agency and signed a ten-year contract.

So, naturally, the original owner's dream evolved into: becoming a big star and earning more and more money!

In order to build up the original owner's popularity, the agency hurriedly trained the original owner, who had no special skills, for a month before sending him to the stage of "Morning Star", which is known as a "star-making factory".

Before Lin Fan transmigrated, the original owner was waiting in the waiting room for the first stage of "Morning Star". There were four trainees in his group. The third one was performing on stage, and the original owner was the last one.

It's almost time for the original character to enter the game.

While the original owner was waiting in the waiting room, the production crew suddenly took his phone and said it was a call from his agent, Lian Xiaoyu.

The original owner was puzzled! This program was broadcast live the entire time, and each contestant had their own private live stream room. The live stream would remain open throughout the competition, and their phones were taken away when they entered the factory. Usually, everyone tried every means to get their phones back from the production team, but they were always refused. Why were they giving him their phones now?

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Sure enough, as soon as the original owner took the phone and said "feed," she heard her manager, Lian Xiaoyu, rattle off a string of words.

"Little Fanfan, I'm so sorry."

"I originally wanted to take you on a journey, but then the company ran into trouble first..."

"I didn't want this to happen either, the funding suddenly dried up..."

"But this isn't all bad news for you. Your contract, that 10/90 split contract, is now void. You're a free agent now, and you don't have to complain about me making you sign such a harsh contract anymore, even though it did have some elements of deception..."

"However, there's one thing you absolutely need to understand: you still have to stay on the 'Morning Star' stage. After all, you signed a performance contract with 'Morning Star,' and although the appearance fee isn't much, you know what the penalty for breach of contract is!..."

"At the very least, you have to make it to the first ranking announcement..."

"Okay, that's all. You're waiting backstage, right? Best of luck... sigh, that's all..."

"……beep!"

After receiving the call, the original owner of this body completely broke down!

Then Lin Fan arrived.

So the original owner of this body was scared to death by this news!

The reason why the other two people in the waiting area looked at him with a mixture of pity and schadenfreude was because of this!

This is so ridiculous, Lin Fan is speechless.

So, I've traveled through time? Is this some kind of trendy thing?

However, it seems that I have a special connection with the original owner of this body. We are both orphans, but this orphan is clearly not as successful as I am.

Lin Fan remained silent for a while, but eventually had to accept this reality. After all, time travel seems to have become a pretty fashionable profession now. As a seasoned otaku, being able to time travel once seems not bad.

But oh well, so be it. I've just transmigrated, and now I'm expected to perform on stage? I'm just a shut-in, what am I supposed to perform? Two tigers?

Lin Fan was a little flustered.

So be it, the company went bankrupt before I even got to take the position!

Lin Fan suddenly felt a strong sense of malice emanating from this other world. Everyone else gets to live like royalty after transmigrating, but he found his powerful backer had gone bankrupt! Was this the start of a hellish ordeal? Where's my forty-meter-long sword? Where's my Italian cannon? I'm going to kill that woman named Lian Xiaoyu!

forget it!

I can't do it.

Let whoever wants to do it do it!

I'm not doing it!

I want to go home.

Isn't staying at home more enjoyable?

Is the game no longer fun?

Are the hundreds of girls on those CDEFG discs not smiling beautifully?

Or are the short videos of girls on Douyin no longer attractive?

What kind of stage are we going to be on! What kind of performance are we going to put on! What kind of talent show are we going to be on! What kind of career are we going to have!

After debuting, I can still date? I haven't held a girl's hand in my past life for thirty years. Am I destined to be a single dog for the rest of my life?

Lin Fan was still wallowing in self-pity when the stagehand at the door grew impatient: "Hurry up! It's being streamed live across the entire internet! Nobody's watching your personal stream, so it's fine if you dawdle. But the entrance shot is the official live stream from the production team! So many people are watching! If it goes blank..."

The stagehand's face clearly screamed: Compensation!

It's just compensation! How can he not afford it... he really can't afford it!

The original owner of this body used all the money she earned from selling herself and the appearance fee from the show to bribe people everywhere she went for this stage.

Truly penniless!

Lin Fan was somewhat embarrassed. The company might go bankrupt, but the show still had to be filmed! If they didn't film, they'd have to pay an exorbitant penalty for breach of contract!

As Lin Fan stood up and walked towards the stage aisle, he sincerely stated that it wasn't because of the breach of contract penalty.

It comes from the heart.

……

New book being updated:

After my divorce, I was targeted by the queen of bad movies.

I was rebellious by nature, but I ended up becoming a top influencer.

The old book is now complete.

I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to showcase my talents.

My agency went bankrupt before I even took the stage.

Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.