Published at 24th of July 2026 9:56 am

Chapter 3875: Got Played

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Seeing Sui Zhao Hai come over, Wang Minji’s expression lit up with delight.

"Sui Tai, you came at just the right time. They’ve agreed to come back and continue recording. I think this show, Strongest Resonance..."

Wang Minji didn’t finish his sentence; he felt Sui Zhao Hai should be able to understand what he meant.

"This..."

If Xu Qingqing could come back and continue recording, he would definitely lean toward having Wang Minji return as producer.

But Zhao Jing was still here; how exactly to decide this still needed more thought.

"Sui Tai, if it’s still Wang Minji as producer, we won’t record. If it’s Director Zhao as producer, we’ll keep recording, and we don’t want any money." Li Wei said.

"Huh?!"

Sui Zhao Hai’s expression was one of surprise. Li Wei’s meaning was already very clear—he just didn’t want to record Wang Minji’s show. There must be quite a serious conflict between the two of them.

"Li Wei, what do you mean by this? I wasn’t bad to you before, and you actually target me like this!"

Wang Minji was furious, feeling deeply humiliated.

"You still have the nerve to say that? Don’t think I don’t know what’s in that little mind of yours—you were just using me, that’s all!"

Li Wei gave a cold snort, then turned to look at Zhao Jing.

"Director Zhao, if you come to oversee Strongest Resonance, we really do want to go on the show, and we don’t want a share of the money. I hope you can think about it."

"If that’s the case, then of course we’d be happy to have you."

Zhao Jing smiled and extended her hand, giving Li Wei a handshake.

This scene fell squarely into Wang Minji’s eyes; he was clenching his back molars hard enough to shatter them.

Standing off to the side, Sui Zhao Hai couldn’t really say anything more. You could only say that Wang Minji had brought this on himself.

"Sui Tai..."

With no other options, Wang Minji cast a pleading look at Sui Zhao Hai, hoping he would step in and help him out.

But Sui Zhao Hai didn’t even look at him, and walked straight toward the door.

"Let’s go too. We’ll head to my office and talk through the details."

"Okay, okay, okay, let’s go now."

"You guys go talk. I’ll go look around elsewhere."

With a quick word, Lin Yi walked off.

Xu Qingqing’s eyes stayed on him the whole time.

What had happened that night still left her shaken; she felt she’d never forget it for the rest of her life.

After leaving the TV station, Lin Yi drove over to see Li Chuhan.

But on the way, he got a call from Sun Guofu, telling her to report in the next day.

Then he got another call from Zhao Yuhuan, saying she had passed the interview and wanted to have dinner with Lin Yi that evening, but he didn’t have time that night, so they’d do it another day.

Li Chuhan wasn’t on night duty. After Lin Yi arrived at the hospital, he picked her up.

The two of them first went shopping, then grabbed a meal, watched a movie, and had a simple but sweet date.

The next morning, Lin Yi went to work as usual.

"Lin Bro, how are things arranged on your end? Have they told you when you’re supposed to report in?"

"Ten o’clock this morning. What about you guys?"

"Same time for the two of us. I just don’t know where they’re going to assign me." Zhao Yuhuan pouted. "I still want to work with you."

"Let’s see how things look first. If we can fight for a chance to work together, that’d be the best."

"Mm-hmm."

Lin Yi checked the time and saw it was almost ten o’clock.

"Let’s head over now. I need to go to Director Sun’s office."

"Mm-hmm."

The two of them straightened up their things, stood up from their workstations, and walked out.

At the same time, 18 also stood up. Zhao Yuhuan glanced back at him.

"Don’t tell me he passed the interview too?"

"Very likely. After all, he’s got relatives working here. It’s pretty normal for him to get through."

"Just thinking about it kills the mood. I thought changing workplaces would finally get me away from him—didn’t expect he’d trail along again."

Lin Yi smiled and patted Zhao Yuhuan on the shoulder.

"Don’t let him get to you. We just need to do our own jobs well."

"Mm-hmm."

Once they got to the news center, the two split up, and Lin Yi went to Sun Guofu’s office.

When he got there, he saw that it wasn’t just him; there was another middle-aged man, and that man was Qin Yuejin.

Besides him, there was also the long-legged woman he had seen yesterday. Lin Yi still had a faint impression of her—seemed her name was Chen Hui.

Originally, Lin Yi thought this was going to be a private meeting between him and Sun Guofu, but he hadn’t expected two outsiders to be there as well.

"Lin Yi’s here."

Sun Guofu waved him in with a hand.

"Let me introduce you. This is our news center’s director, Qin Yuejin. Just call him Director Qin."

Lin Yi nodded. "Director Qin."

Qin Yuejin responded with a smile.

"And this is Chen Hui. You two interviewed together yesterday, so you should still remember her. She came in second."

Lin Yi gave her a nod as a greeting.

But he still didn’t understand what the point of calling him in was.

"Here’s the situation—we called you both over mainly to talk about your follow-up work arrangements. You’re both very good; your overall scores are very high, and you’re going to be cultivated as key talents going forward."

Qin Yuejin said:

"Lin Yi, you’re an internal person here at the station. I’ve watched the shows you did before; the content was very good, and you helped resolve the Chuangrong default incident. The industry has given very high marks to what you did. I think you’ve got a certain talent in this area."

Lin Yi didn’t say anything. He had a sense that Qin Yuejin’s intentions weren’t so simple—very likely, he had some other goal.

"I’ve decided to make use of your strengths and have you front a livelihood program here at the station, simultaneously broadcast on TV and short video platforms. What do you think?"

"No problem. That’s basically going back to what I used to do. But what exactly is the content? Still helping people resolve disputes?"

"That’s just one part of it. It will also involve publicizing some good deeds. It’s a program similar to a news account, but all about things happening in ordinary people’s daily lives. You’ll understand more slowly over time."

"Can I make a request?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"One of my former colleagues also passed this recruitment. She does post-production. Can you transfer her over? That way we’ll work together more smoothly."

"You mean that girl named Zhao Yuhuan, right? No problem, we can meet that request."

"Then I don’t have any other demands."

Smiling, Qin Yuejin nodded and turned his gaze to Chen Hui.

"Lin Yi’s work arrangement is settled. As for you, since you came in second, you don’t get to choose. You’ll go be a host journalist on Entertainment Frontline."

"Got it, Director Qin."

Only then did Lin Yi realize he’d been played.

Yesterday, Zhao Jing had said that Entertainment Frontline had very high ratings and happened to be short a host journalist, and she wanted him to give it a try.

His overall score was first, and his on-screen look wasn’t bad either, yet now this show was being handed to this Chen Hui. Looking at it this way, the relationship between the two of them didn’t seem all that simple.

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