He moved with lightning speed, swinging his hammer several times in succession. Some swings missed, but others hit their target.
The person on the other side was clever too, starting to attack Fang Yinnian from behind.
Thump!
Fang Yinnian was hit, and unwilling to concede, he also went around to attack from behind.
Thump!
The two moved in snake-like patterns while hitting each other, chasing and attacking all the way to the edge of the field.
Livestream viewers: “Hahahaha!”
The director was also nearly dying of laughter and quickly switched the main screen camera to that corner.
[Yinnian, who are you hitting?]
[Hahaha Fang Yinnian, do you know you’re hitting your own team captain?]
[Mo Xun, let go of Yinnian, you two stop fighting!]
[After all that fighting, what’s the score? Negative 50, hahaha]
[Red Team just lie down, Fang Yinnian and Mo Xun will hand you the win~]
At this time, the CP-shipping thread on the forum had unconsciously been marked with a red “HOT” tag, with reply count already exceeding a thousand.
“This rookie CP from the small unknown group is so cute~”
“Scene of domestic violence!”
“Mo Xun hit Yinnian once first, then Yinnian quickly chased after him to hit back”
“The two chased each other all the way, you hit me, I hit you, bringing their team score to -50, hahaha”
“Come on, hurt each other, whoever begs for mercy first loses!”
“They’re literally having a violent duel, but why can’t I stop smiling? What’s going on?”
“I can’t control my smile either, this is the first time I’ve shipped such a fun CP”
“Too funny, which one will stop first?”
“Neither one will stop!”
Fang Yinnian and Mo Xun seemed to have triggered each other’s competitive spirit.
The two chased each other with inflatable hammers, displaying a “fight to the death” attitude, endlessly pursuing and attacking each other around the entire game area.
Finally, after 10 minutes, the buzzer signaling the end of the game sounded.
The host, holding back laughter, said: “Game over, please everyone remove your blindfolds!”
Fang Yinnian and Mo Xun took off their blindfolds simultaneously.
Both wanted to see who had been chasing and hitting them all this time, and as a result, they unexpectedly found themselves staring at each other.
Fang Yinnian: “…”
Mo Xun: “…?”
Their mutual look of bewilderment was captured by the camera and magnified in the livestream, sending the bullet comment section into hysterics once again.
[Why is it you?!]
[Hahahaha hitting the wrong teammate the whole time, so awkward]
[Is this group here for comedy?]
[Makeshift comedy boy band confirmed!]
Nearby, Fu Fei shouted: “What’s going on? How is our Blue Team at negative 60 points? I remember scoring quite a few points!”
Tan Junwen asked: “Did someone hit teammates?”
Tang Che looked at the two in the corner: “Those two did it, right?”
Fang Yinnian’s ears turned red as he embarrassedly said: “I thought I had caught someone from the other team… I didn’t expect it was Mo Xun.”
Mo Xun rubbed his nose: “I also thought it was someone from the other side, and I hit many times.”
Fang Yinnian said: “I also hit many times.”
Fu Fei loudly concluded: “You two are the real undercover agents sent by the Red Team!”
Red Team: “…”
Today’s victory was truly too easy. The other side kept giving them points—they couldn’t lose even if they wanted to!
The host announced loudly: “For the third round of Blindfolded Battle, the Red Team’s final score is… 38 points, while the Blue Team’s final score is… negative 60 points!”
The Red Team guests collectively burst into laughter.
Two guests were even laughing so hard they ran off-camera.
Cheng Kangle excitedly stood up and said: “So, this has nothing to do with my jinxing, right? The Blue Team kept giving away points, hahaha, lost all three rounds. Sorry, I need to laugh a bit more.”
Female guest Xu Jia also laughed until tears came out: “I was watching Yinnian and Mo Xun the whole time. They were so funny, chasing each other, fighting around the outer edge of the field for a full circle, driving their team score into the negative.”
Fang Yinnian and Mo Xun: “…”
Zhang Yu wiped away tears of laughter and said: “I’d like to ask the FTM newcomers, do you rarely play games in your private time?”
Mo Xun cleared his throat: “We indeed play quite little normally.”
Zhang Yu: “No wonder—a group of game black holes, hahaha.”
The five: “…”
This variety show appearance was truly a major embarrassment, sob.
Would their manager scold them to death?
The host: “Well, the Red Team wins the third round too! Today is a rare 3-0 outcome, so the Blue Team has to accept punishment yet again.”
The five stood in the punishment area, looking completely hopeless.
The host said: “The two guests who bet on Blue must also come over.”
Mo Xun had wanted to let the senior guests draw the lot, but this time the two guests proactively said: “You draw it, don’t be polite.” “That’s right, you’ve been punished three rounds already, draw it yourself this time.”
Mo Xun looked at his teammates: “Who wants to draw the punishment task?”
Fu Fei said: “Brother Nian, you do it.”
Tang Che and Tan Junwen had no objections.
Fang Yinnian reached into the box and quickly drew out a punishment slip.
[Each person must imitate an animal’s call and perform that animal’s actions. Note: The animals cannot be repeated among guests]
This punishment wasn’t actually difficult, but since they couldn’t repeat what previous guests had done, they needed to think creatively and come up with some less common animals.
The two guests went first.
The female guest cleverly imitated a cat’s meow and performed a cat stretching lazily; the male guest imitated a dog’s bark and acted like a puppy sniffing objects.
Then it was the five members’ turn.
Fu Fei went first, spreading his arms to mimic a bird flying while making “chirp chirp chirp” sparrow sounds.
Audience: “Hahahaha.”
“Adding another embarrassing FTM photo +1”
“This would make a great meme”
After finishing his performance, Fu Fei became embarrassed, quickly hiding behind his teammates, squatting down to cover his face in shame.
Tang Che imitated a penguin, making strange calls while keeping his arms tightly pressed against his sides like a penguin walking. His stiff penguin walk made the other guests laugh until they cried.
Tan Junwen made oinking pig noises while imitating a piglet rooting for food, causing the guests to burst into laughter once again.
Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian exchanged a glance. Mo Xun imitated a frog’s “ribbit ribbit” and crouched down in a frog-jumping pose.
Fang Yinnian imitated a sheep, earnestly bleating “baa baa” while pretending to be a lamb eating grass.
“Hahahaha”
“These idols have absolutely no idol pretenses”
“They’re so playful, too cute”
“There are too many embarrassing FTM photos from this episode to save them all”
“This variety show will definitely become dark history that future fans will reference hahaha!”
The bullet comment section was now so densely packed it was almost impossible to see anything.
Behind the scenes, the director saw a message from the data team and was so excited his hands were trembling—my goodness, the live stream comments for this episode had broken the 500,000 barrier!
Even Taohe platform’s hit summer dramas only received about a million comments per episode. Their obscure variety show normally would get only a few tens of thousands of comments per episode, which would already be considered great.
This episode of the variety show seemed like it might become a hit?
The female host smiled and said: “Today’s three rounds of games are all over. Thank you very much to our 10 guest participants for bringing us such a joyful time!”
The 10 guests stood facing each other in formation, all applauding together.The host looked at the Blue Team and joked: “We also thank the FTM boy band for dedicating their first variety show appearance after debut to our ‘Red-Blue Competition’ program!”
The five smiled and joined in the applause.
Their first variety show appearance had truly been full of unexpected situations.
Tan Junwen’s abstract drawings cost them the first round; Fu Fei’s fall, taking the whole team down with him, lost them the second round; Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian swinging inflatable hammers and chasing each other around the entire venue caused their team to score negative points and lose the third round.
Tang Che, who performed normally, felt that: There were too many troublemakers to carry.
How could FTM, as a boy band group, lose 0-3 to a team of five strangers put together as guest participants?
How were they going to explain this to their manager when they got back? Would the fans who had just started following them be so disappointed they’d unfollow?
While the five maintained smiles on their faces, they were all panicking inside.
The host said: “For today’s three rounds of predictions, the list of friends who correctly guessed the winning team has been published by the system. The prizes are a snack gift package provided by our sponsor Mileage Foods, and a randomly selected autographed photo from one of our guest participants!”
Staff members brought over a stack of freshly printed photos.
The host said: “May I trouble all guests to sign these now.”
These photos were candid shots taken during the show’s opening greeting segment, and the photographers had captured them very well. All five took their signing pens and signed the bottom right corner of their own photos.
Five photos each, quickly signed.
The host collected the signed photos and smiled: “Thank you again to all our guest participants, and thank you to our livestream audience for your support. We’ll see you next time!”
Everyone waved goodbye to the camera in unison.
The bullet comments in the livestream continued non-stop.
[This boy band is so interesting, will they be back next time?]
[Guest participants usually only appear once, right?]
[Can’t we tie this comedy group to the show as regulars?]
[This group is so funny, my stomach hurts from laughing today]
As the show recording ended, the cameras and lights were turned off.
Mo Xun led his teammates to the work area and they bowed politely: “Director Zhou, thank you for your hard work!” “Thank you for your hard work, teachers.”
After bowing, they planned to go backstage to face their manager’s scolding.
However, Director Zhou stepped forward with a smile and said: “Thank you all. The effect of this episode was truly excellent. The live viewership broke the highest record since our show began!”
All five of them widened their eyes simultaneously.
Really? How could that be?
Director Zhou excitedly said: “The number of comments has already exceeded 500,000. The head of Taohe’s variety show department, Director Luo, just called us to say this episode was extremely successful. It will be featured on the homepage with a big screen recommendation. During the weekend tomorrow and the day after, many people will definitely come to watch the replay!”
A big screen recommendation even after the livestream ended?
All five were pleasantly surprised.
They had lost all three rounds, yet the show’s ratings had increased instead of dropping? So a bunch of people had come to watch them make fools of themselves?
Director Zhou walked over with a smile and extended his hand: “Let’s work together again when we have the chance!”
Mo Xun politely stepped forward to shake hands: “Thank you, Director Zhou.”
The five left the work area and returned backstage.
Their manager Xu Baichuan was sitting in the break room, looking down at his phone.
The five of them hung their heads like students who had failed a competition facing their teacher, prepared to receive criticism.
Fu Fei said weakly: “Brother Xu, I’m sorry, I don’t know how my foot suddenly slipped.”
Xu Baichuan looked up at Fu Fei.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly laughed: “Sorry for what? That fall of yours has made it to the trending topics!”
Fu Fei: “Huh?”
Xu Baichuan showed him his phone: “On the Entertainment Rankings, the topic #TakingTeammatesDown# has been trending since the moment you fell, right up until now.”
“Not only has it not dropped, it’s actually risen to third place!”
The five: “…”
Fang Yinnian asked curiously: “Did the production team pay for this trending topic?”
Xu Baichuan said: “This variety show is quite poor—they don’t have any promotional budget to buy trending spots. The netizens are discussing it on their own.”
The Entertainment Rankings trending topics changed every day, and those that could rise to the top three and stay there for a long time were rare—maybe a few per week.
Their small unknown group’s first variety show appearance, without any marketing team buying a high-ranking trending spot, had actually been pushed to third place on the Entertainment Rankings through spontaneous discussion by netizens?!
Fu Fei took the phone with a shocked expression.
Under the trending topic #TakingTeammatesDown#, the highest-liked post was a GIF made by an internet celebrity.
The scene of Fu Fei falling and taking down his teammates had been made into a meme with the caption “Taking Teammates Down.”
It was followed by other memes like “Four Bewildered Faces” and “Cracking Up.”
This Weibo post had a large number of comments from netizens.
“Let me laugh first!”
“Hahaha what is this? I’m dying of laughter”
“Collective face-plant?”
“One falls and triggers a chain reaction—reminds me of some of my gaming friends”
“This is just like us in dungeons—one person triggers a trap mechanism and the whole team gets wiped out, hilarious!”
“May I ask where the original image is from?”
“A variety show airing today, an idol boy band playing games, all getting knocked down by their teammate hahaha”
Many casual viewers clicked into the topic and found it had been completely taken over by various memes.
“I’m saving memes like crazy from this topic”
“This idol group is quite interesting, all of them are meme material”
“Comedy group confirmed!”
“The bearded memes are so cute too”
“There are also animal imitation memes—the penguin walk is killing me”
“Fang Yinnian eating grass like a lamb, adorable to death”
Besides the large number of netizens who came to share memes, some investment fans were also promoting them under the topic.
“Babies who clicked into this topic, welcome to follow our small unknown group, called FTM. They’re a bunch of rookies who lost 0-3 due to lack of gaming experience. Check out this variety show episode [Red-Blue Competition Episode 30 replay link], super funny, guaranteed to make your meal more enjoyable!”
“Our small unknown group actually has a trending topic? Quickly securing a spot to promote. If you’re interested, check out FTM’s debut official HD live recording [FTM piano performance of ‘Never Forget’ video link], a group with great potential, welcome to follow!”
“The one who fell is @FTM-Fu Fei, the youngest in the small unknown group, 17 years old this year. Feel free to laugh at him hahaha~”
Fu Fei: “…”
Why did he feel like crying?
Although most casual viewers were laughing at them, there were also some investment fans earnestly promoting them.
The download count for their chain-reaction fall meme was astonishing!
The memes of the five imitating animals were also spreading wildly everywhere.
Even Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian blindfoldedly hitting each other had been made into dynamic memes with the caption “Domestic Violence Scene.”
Xu Baichuan laughed: “I didn’t expect your first variety show appearance would create viral memes that break through to the mainstream. Do you know how difficult it is to achieve that kind of breakthrough?”
Most trending topics in the entertainment industry were only followed by fans within certain circles and gossip enthusiasts, limited to a small bubble.
Their chain-reaction fall seemed to have attracted “mainstream” viewers, with many discussions under the topic related to gaming, team wipeouts, and similar memes.
These people might not be interested in boy bands, but they now knew of the existence of an idol boy band called FTM.
This kind of viral meme was much more effective than paid marketing!
Xu Baichuan walked over and ruffled Fu Fei’s hair, smiling: “Your fall achieved the kind of effect that would normally cost tens of millions in marketing fees.”
The five had prepared to be scolded, but instead of being criticized, they were praised, leaving them somewhat bewildered.
Xu Baichuan continued: “Also, Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian, you two chasing each other and fighting all the way through the third round—do you know what happened as a result?”
Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian looked at each other.
Fang Yinnian asked: “Are people mocking us for having no teamwork chemistry at all?”
Xu Baichuan shook his head with a smile: “Your CP has blown up! These CP-shipping people are incredibly fast—they’ve already created a CP super topic.”
Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian: “???”
What was going on?!
How did they suddenly get so many CP fans?
What about them… was worth shipping?
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