Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 146 Easter Egg

Chapter 146: Chapter 146 Easter Egg

"Mom’s Companion" caused quite a stir during its first live broadcast, and naturally, the fervor wasn’t going to die down now that it was time for the edited episode to be aired.

Not a single advertisement was shown during the live stream, yet within the first minute of the edited broadcast, four ads flashed across the screen.

So that’s one ad every fifteen seconds.

Some netizens started making jokes in the barrage comments: the production team must have had too many ads to choose from, so they decided to just cram them all in at once.

And that wasn’t the end of it; every half hour of the program ran the same routine, bombarding viewers with four ads in one minute, with no pause in between.

The key was that none of the ads were repeated.

Netizens exclaimed:

"Production team, how badly do you need the money!"

"The volume of ads really shows how popular this program has gotten!"

"Honestly, this is the fastest I’ve ever seen a variety show blow up."

The edited video of "Mom’s Companion" was, of course, not as detailed or content-rich as the live broadcast.

But Director Fei knew exactly where the hotspots of his variety show were, and he focused the editing primarily on Ye Zhenzhen and Song Yuchen’s side.

The other adorable kids were all cute too; he didn’t miss a shot where the children were concerned, but when it came to the adults, he cut every scene he could that included Wu Yuerou.

There was nothing he could do about the parts that couldn’t be cut.

Wu Yuerou was now effectively shelved by Lemon Channel.

They stopped short of outright banning her, considering she hadn’t actually done anything wrong, and Lemon Channel didn’t want to blow things out of proportion since it could affect other projects.

As for An Hao, it was confirmed he was going to jail, and the results of the investigation were likely much worse than imagined.

They say netizens’ eyes are sharp, and the fact that Wu Yuerou’s screen time was minimal didn’t escape their notice:

"Did anyone else feel like Wu Yuerou was practically invisible in this variety show?"

"Throw flowers, throw flowers! Did the production team hear my prayers? I didn’t want to see Wu Yuerou at all, I really can’t stand her!"

"Insider info, apparently Wu Yuerou will be absent from variety shows from now on!"

"Holy crap! Seriously, this is the best news ever. Watching her in a previous kids’ variety show live stream just makes me angry now!"

"Actually, it’s okay. I don’t know why, but I just find Han Jiangxue weird."

Whenever Han Jiangxue’s name popped up in the comments, her fans would immediately jump out to defend their idol, saying how great and gentle she was.

But to Ye Zhenzhen’s true fans, all of those comments seemed like empty words.

However, they couldn’t be bothered to retaliate; they focused all their energy on Ye Zhenzhen, promoting her on Weibo and trying to recruit more casual fans to join their ranks of true fans.

Regarding Han Jiangxue’s fans overzealous praise, some casual fans who hadn’t watched the live stream started speaking up on Weibo because they couldn’t bear it anymore and simply posted video clips:

"Honestly, I really can’t see any shining points in Han Jiangxue as a stepmother. Compared to Ye Zhenzhen, she really falls short."

[I won’t talk about other stuff for now, but just by how she was preparing the medicine for Little Yibo, I could tell she wasn’t putting her heart into it.]

[What irks me the most is that, with the dumpling snatching incident, she even asked Little Yibo to apologize to An Ruilin, that little tyrant. Does Han Jiangxue have a brain issue or what?]

[Exactly, exactly! That really pissed me off. If it weren’t for Ye Zhenzhen’s actions later on, I couldn’t have kept watching. Thank goodness for such a good mom like Ye Zhenzhen!]

Ye Zhenzhen, who had been the most criticized before, managed to win over the public’s favor once again and received more praise from fans through the live broadcast and the edited video that was aired.

From standing up for her child, to cooking in the kitchen, to kindly helping the old granny sell oranges, to digging bamboo shoots to earn travel funds, and even encountering Italian tourists, Ye Zhenzhen spoke fluent Italian to help the child easily find his parents.

These were accomplishments the other moms couldn’t match.

Because she didn’t attend the dinner party with Shen Zhaonan, Han Jiangxue was at home watching this reality TV show she participated in.

When she saw the part where they encountered the Italian in Anshan, followed by the Italian man offering his room to Ye Zhenzhen...

Han Jiangxue’s face turned green with anger when she saw that!

It was so infuriating; she had met the Italian couple first, but in the end, it was Ye Zhenzhen who benefited from her misfortune.

Han Jiangxue couldn’t help but wonder if the guests were deliberately arranged by the show’s producers to test the moms’ reactions.

At that thought, she felt a mix of anger and regret in her heart!

Meanwhile, she also made a summary in her mind. In the next episode, she was determined to put on a good performance and not let such an opportunity slip through her fingers again.

But that wasn’t all. After all, it was a reality TV show that was broadcast live and then edited for airing, so Director Fei naturally left an "Easter egg" at the end of the program.

At the end of the show, a phone call recording appeared.

Those who had watched the live broadcast recognized the voice; it belonged to the old granny who sold the oranges.

Over the phone, Granny Liu said, "I want to thank all you kind-hearted people for helping me sell the oranges. You’re truly good people. And that girl named Ye Zhenzhen, I just called to give her my thanks and offer her money, but she wouldn’t take a cent and even promised to help me sell oranges again next year..."

As the voice on the phone continued, it started to choke up.

Then Director Fei’s voice followed: "Granny Liu, please don’t worry, we will definitely help you sell oranges again next year. Ye Zhenzhen is indeed a very good person, so are you. Good people will always be rewarded..."

Director Fei released this audio clip because he noticed that some trolls were still using the incident of Ye Zhenzhen selling oranges to malign her on Weibo.

They claimed everything was set up by the production crew, deliberately whitewashing Ye Zhenzhen’s image or something like that.

After all, it’s impossible for so many oranges to be sold out in an instant, and the feedback from netizens who actually bought the oranges online wasn’t overwhelmingly positive.

So, that gave those stubborn trolls an opening to continue making trouble on Weibo.

However, now that this episode has aired, young people from Yishan Village have also started to speak up online:

[I’m from Yishan Village, and my dad told me that Granny Liu’s oranges were indeed sold by the stars!]

[There’s no doubt about Ye Zhenzhen selling oranges, so could you trolls stop the awkward slander? Don’t you get tired of this?]

[Regarding the orange incident, it’s really time to put it to rest. Trolls, give it a break. The more you understand about a star like Ye Zhenzhen, the more you’ll like her!]