Feature Shows Extravaganza - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Help Our Toys!

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Pan Qiliang had been laid off.

Because it had been half a month since a silly netizen called to ask about their robots, the company dismissed him to save costs.

Had it not been for the three properties he owned in Zhonghai, Pan Qiliang would have been doomed.

Most of the major companies were closed during Chinese New Year, making it almost impossible for him to find a job. Hence, Pan Qiliang, who was sitting idly at home, was assigned a task by his wife: keep an eye on their son, so that he wouldn’t run away causing trouble!

Their son was very well-behaved.

Probably because he knew that his dad had lost his job and was in a bad mood, the boy did everything he was told by Pan Qiliang.

After Chinese New Year, school would start in a few days.

It frustrated Pan Qiliang to discover that Pan Da still had a lot of winter vacation homework left.

Since he knew how to put together a computer, he knew how to take one apart. To make sure that the computer wouldn’t stop his kid from finishing his homework, Pan Qiliang did an unspeakable thing — he removed the CPU from the computer.

“Finish your winter vacation homework and I’ll put it back for you!”

He thought that would make Pan Da do his homework.

However, the day before the Lantern Festival, he caught his son playing minesweeper online at Du Bishu’s place. At the time, his silly son was even playing the simple mode.

This wouldn’t do!

Pang Qiliang decided that Du Bishu was like some silly succubus living in the mountains, doing everything in his power to seduce his son to play games with him.

Having learned his lesson the hard way, Pan Qiliang stopped sending out resumes, but put all his attention into supervising his son.

With his dad’s surveillance, Pan Da was finishing his winter vacation homework at an unbelievable speed. Of course, Pan Qiliang wasn’t the type who would deprive his son of all fun. Pan Da was given two hours a day for his own free time, and he was allowed to watch TV in the evening.

Speaking of watching TV, that really frustrated Pan Qiliang, for his son wouldn’t let him switch channels. The boy demanded to watch some fairy show.

Fine, the boy could watch it. It wasn’t like he could reject his son’s request. However, the silly boy would actually argue with him over the show, and that was unforgivable.

It all started when he watched the show with his son one day and said in passing that “Yan Lili is quite pretty.”

“Meiqi and Meixue are prettier!”

Pan Qiliang found an argument like this pointless, so he patted his son’s shoulder, saying, “You only dislike her because she’s a dark fairy. Believe me, when you’re my age, you’ll know who’s prettier.”

“Dad, you’re a bad man!”

Pan Da pouted. “My teacher taught me that ‘he who loves the tree loves the branch’. You’re a bad man. That’s why you like a bad fairy.”

Pan Qiliang didn’t know what to say.

How was he supposed to explain this to his son?

Could he tell the boy that in the adult’s standard, Yan Lili was the most attractive woman on the show? However, attractiveness was a very subjective concept. He could have found a woman attractive while his son might have thought she was hideous.

“You’ll see when you grow up,” said Pan Qiliang in resignation.

If only he could live in a world of black and white…

Yan Lili was a character who had two sides. Children would identify themselves with Meiqi and Meixue, who represented the good. Hence, they abhorred the villains.

But from Pan Qiliang’s point of view, Yan Lili wasn’t all that evil.

The only real villain was the Moon Fairy, while Yan Lili was just a misled regular girl who still had a heart. She was only jealous of Meiqi and Meixue because she wanted a loving family.

Even after Yan Lili had learned dark magic, she seldom did anything evil. The handful of times she had done bad things, she only did so because Moon Fairy had forced her…

The girl had no one to depend on or to turn to. One couldn’t begin to pity her enough. Why would anyone want to hurt her?

The father and son quarrelled over who was prettier, but when the mysterious prince showed up and helped Blue Fairy, who had fainted from catching a cold, they were able to reconcile.

“Dad, is he speaking with an accent?”

“Probably…” The corner of Pan Qiliang’s mouth twitched when he awkwardly answered his son.

He wondered where the show had found such an actor. That accent was really distracting!

The credits rolled up the screen at the end of the episode, and Pan Qiliang saw a very familiar name next to Prince Fun.

It was Meng Lang!

Sh*t!

Wasn’t that the boss of the company he had just sent his resume to?

Taking out his phone to google Meng Lang’s name, Pan Qiliang discovered more “disturbing” information about the guy.

This actor with the strange accent was a log more than he appeared to be. As it turned out, he was the director of Balala the Fairies and Blazing Teens, as well as the boss of Pengda Pictures.

…

“Director Meng, congratulations!”

Wang Kui congratulated Meng Lang as soon as the latter set foot in the office the following morning, and that baffled Meng Lang.

What was that for?

“Look! Director Meng, you’re famous! You have almost as many fans as those young idols…” Wang Kui explained to Meng Lang while pointing at his phone.

Meng Lang only saw what this was about after hearing Wang Kui’s explanation.

“So, I’ve become a popular meme, just like this.”

Opening up the company’s chat group, the 99+ new messages made Meng Lang suspect that he had been betrayed by all his employees.

“Hahaha! Director Meng’s accent was hilarious. I can’t get it out of my mind…”

“The user has been banned by administrator [Du Fang] for 1 hour!”

“This is our company’s official group chat. Please watch your language!”

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Ma Teng: “Director Du, make a list of the names and let Director Meng decide what to do.”

Du Fang: “Director Meng is here in this group, isn’t he? [@Director Meng]”

Meng Minghui (I’m Director Meng): “[Red Packet] Bring it on!”

Du Fang: “Bring it on! +0.1¥”

Ma Teng: “Bring it on! + 1.41¥”

Wang Kui: “Bring it on! + 0.58¥”

Wang Kui: “You people are doomed. Director Meng has just arrived at the office and he’s reading your messages!”

“The user has been removed from administrators by the group manager [Meng Lang (I’m the real Director Meng)], and has been banned for 1 hour.”

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What the hell was all that?! thought Meng Lang.

It’s only been one night, but why have I become everyone’s emoji?

And why is Mr. Tao in my company’s group chat? He’s an outsider!

After leaving Wechat, Meng Lang logged into his Weibo account, which he had abandoned for so long that he almost couldn’t remember the password to.

He used to have less than 10 fans, but now, he had over 2 million.

The post he previously created to promote Balala the Fairies had received numerous comments, each funnier than the next.

Meng Lang was used to being a director who stayed behind the scenes and had never received such attention. He had thought that something like this might happen when he played the role, but he only knew what it felt like now…

He had become a meme and he loved it!

As the saying went, ‘one should avail oneself of every opportunity’, Meng Lang decided to make good use of his five-minute fame. He found a screenshot of their products sent by Pengda Toy Factory, then posted it.

“Pengda has opened its official flagship stores on all major online shopping platforms. All items are genuine licensed pieces! To celebrate me reaching 2 million fans, anyone posting the screenshot of their order in the comment section is eligible for a lucky draw! The grand prize is worth 10,000 yuan! Don’t miss the great opportunity! [Link ∞]”

In a phrase, “help the toys!”

The netizens were utterly baffled.