ARML CH97

After everyone chose their favorite computers and peripherals, Xu Qiman, the project manager from the Silver Dragon Group, led them to the dressing room and arranged for makeup artists and stylists to tidy up their appearance.

There wasn’t a makeup segment for previous matches. During the group stage of the regular season, most players appeared on camera bare-faced. After all, they only showed their faces for 2 seconds at the beginning, so everyone couldn’t be bothered to waste time on these things.

Shooting a commercial was different. High-definition cameras in the photography studio, combined with glaring lights, could capture every pimple and pore on a person’s face clearly. If it looked too ugly, the broadcasted commercial would become an “anti-persuasion commercial.”

Fortunately, the appearance values of Tianhuan’s players were all above the passing mark, so a little makeup and tidying up were sufficient.

Chi Shuo was a bit impatient. He hated close contact with people. Moreover, during makeup, the makeup artist had to brush his face back and forth…

Chi Shuo suppressed the displeasure in his heart, closed his eyes, and tried his best to cooperate.

Just then, he heard the Beta girl makeup artist next to him, who was responsible for Ye Shaoyang’s makeup, whisper: “Looking closely, Yangyang is really so handsome, and his skin is so good!”

Ye Shaoyang smiled and said: “Thank you.”

The makeup artist said: “Your eyelashes are very long, no need for false eyelashes. Let me curl them for you, don’t move.”

Ye Shaoyang hummed in agreement and obediently sat still.

Chi Shuo opened his eyes and glanced sideways from the corner of his eye.

He sat close to Ye Shaoyang and could clearly see his thick eyelashes.

The makeup was reaching its final stages. With the makeup finished, the contours of Ye Shaoyang’s face looked even more delicate. His lips were coated with a layer of lip balm that enhanced his complexion—a moist, light pink that looked very natural.

Full lips, with the corners slightly upturned, carrying a hint of a smile.

He wondered what it would feel like to kiss them?

Chi Shuo’s throat felt a bit dry. He quickly looked away and closed his eyes.

He always thought he was a very aloof person who wouldn’t be interested in Omegas. But why was it that when he saw Ye Shaoyang, he couldn’t help but want to get closer?

He only had a temporary mark with Ye Shaoyang, not a complete mark.

Logically speaking, a temporary mark shouldn’t have such a huge impact on an Alpha. Furthermore, over a month had passed, and the scent of each other’s pheromones left on their bodies had long since dissipated.

Yet he still occasionally had some strange thoughts. Could it be that he…

Was his heart moved by Shaoyang?

Chi Shuo couldn’t help but frown slightly.

The makeup artist was drawing his eyebrows. Because Chi Shuo frowned, the eyebrow pencil directly flew up to his forehead.

The makeup artist: “…Captain Chi, please don’t frown!”

Ye Shaoyang had already finished his makeup. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but look over curiously.

Then he saw that Chi Shuo’s right eyebrow had been drawn with a fork.

It had turned into a Y-shape.

Ye Shaoyang couldn’t help but laugh out loud: “Captain Chi, you look too funny right now, hahaha.” Not only did he heartlessly laugh at Chi Shuo, but he also took out his phone and took a picture of him as a souvenir.

Seeing the photo, Chi Shuo: “…………”

The tips of the Alpha’s ears turned slightly red.

Making a fool of himself in front of Shaoyang made him feel very embarrassed.

The makeup artist consoled: “It’s okay, Captain Chi. I’ll wipe it off with a cotton pad and redraw it. Please don’t frown, relax.”

Chi Shuo tensed his body expressionlessly: “Mhm, please make it quick.”

He closed his eyes and let the makeup artist fuss over him.

The makeup artist wiped off the crooked eyebrow and redrew it for him. She then followed up by fixing his hairstyle. Ye Shaoyang stood by, clicking his tongue in praise: “Captain Chi is handsome. The captain’s appearance value is indeed the face of our Tianhuan.”

Boys’ lips didn’t need to be painted in bright colors; it was mainly to enhance their complexion. The makeup artist chose a very light lip balm and applied it to Chi Shuo, smiling as she said: “All done.”

Chi Shuo: “Thank you.” Saying so, he was about to stand up.

However, before he could rise, Ye Shaoyang suddenly walked over and said: “Wait, don’t move yet.” Ye Shaoyang reached out and helped him tidy up two stray hairs on his forehead, then smiled: “Alright, let’s go to the photography studio.”

When the Omega helped him fix his hair, his fingers gently brushed past Chi Shuo’s temples. The gentle touch made Chi Shuo’s heart skip a beat. He looked up and met Ye Shaoyang’s clear, smiling eyes.

Ye Shaoyang still had a candid “helping a brother out, no need to thank me” expression.

But Chi Shuo’s heartbeat was growing faster and faster.

He stood up, feigning calmness, and walked shoulder-to-shoulder with Ye Shaoyang into the adjacent photography studio.

The bright lights of the photography studio shone on Ye Shaoyang’s face. Looking at Ye Shaoyang’s smiling appearance, Chi Shuo couldn’t help but think: Shaoyang’s smile is truly beautiful. His Omega is indeed the most handsome.

Dating right now would affect training and matches, and it wouldn’t sound good if it got out. When the season is almost over, he would tell Shaoyang and start dating seriously.

Then he would take Shaoyang to meet his parents, and they could slowly discuss the engagement later.

Chi Shuo silently planned out their future in his heart.

Ye Shaoyang went over to joke with Qu Jiang, who had also finished his makeup: “Your aesthetic taste is quite aligned with Xiao Xing’s. The computer and keyboard you guys chose makes the bot lane red and fiery!”

Cheng Xing said: “Red is more auspicious, right Brother Qu?”

Qu Jiang smiled and said: “Yes indeed. With this, the computers and keyboards endorsed by our Tianhuan will become—the melancholic blue top lane orphan, the black and white mid-jungle couple combo, and the red RGB bot lane.”

Cheng Xing added: “Water and fire are incompatible, sun, moon, and stars?”

Qin Yizhu applauded in admiration: “Good poem, good poem.”

Ye Shaoyang: “…………”

Where did you bunch of comedians come from?

Qu Jiang was just joking, just like the “Cheng Xing’s 100 Ways to Die” video compilation was also made in jest. But Chi Shuo focused heavily on the phrase “black and white mid-jungle couple combo.”

He and Shaoyang already had many matching couple items now.

For example, the black and white wolf and fox figurines gifted by the Team 2 kids were a pair. The computer and peripherals chosen for this endorsement, black and white, also happened to be matching couple items. Sure enough, Shaoyang and he shared a telepathic connection.

Just then, Xu Qiman walked over and said: “Everyone get ready, we’re starting the group shoots!”

The computers endorsed by the 5 members of Tianhuan’s main team were the Silver Dragon Group’s newly launched “Future TY Series” high-end gaming laptops, which happened to come in black, white, red, and blue.

The commercial script design for this shoot… The first segment was a scene of Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang sitting together playing games. An indoor set was built in the studio, simulating the atmosphere of Tianhuan’s training room.

Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang sat shoulder-to-shoulder, opened their laptops, plugged in the keyboards and mice, and started playing games.

Director: “You guys just go into the training camp and do some actions. Your hand speed must be fast; the camera will take close-ups of your fingers hitting the keyboard. As for the game screen, we’ll ask for some of your regular training footage later, preferably highlight moments like pentakills or quadra kills, and replace it in post-production.”

After all, waiting for them to finish a ranked match to shoot wasn’t realistic.

Shooting first and replacing the game content in post-production was the best method.

The director continued instructing: “After you finish playing, look at each other and smile to celebrate your duo-queue victory, then recite your lines according to the script.”

Ye Shaoyang looked down at the script: “Alright, understood.”

This segment of the shoot was practically playing themselves for esports players; the difficulty wasn’t high. They only needed to stare at the computer and play games. The cameraman would take close-ups of the computer, keyboard, and their fingers.

Ye Shaoyang casually picked Abyssal Lord and went to the training camp to abuse AI with a flurry of clacking sounds. The boy’s pale fingers seemed to dance on the keyboard, vividly demonstrating the mechanical keyboard’s characteristics of crisp sound and excellent rebound.

Chi Shuo also picked a jungle hero that required fast hand speed and joined Ye Shaoyang in abusing AI. The two high-appearance-value players didn’t say a word. Just sitting there playing games, the scene was already pleasing enough to the eye.

Moreover, the black and white computers and keyboards created a highly harmonious visual effect on camera.

Director: “Cut! That segment was shot very well. You two, get ready to recite your lines.”

Ye Shaoyang exited the training camp, and a golden “VICTORY” prompt box popped up on the computer screen. Ye Shaoyang turned to look at Chi Shuo, just in time to meet Chi Shuo’s gaze.

The two smiled at each other in tacit understanding.

Chi Shuo asked: “Is this the Silver Dragon mechanical keyboard?”

Ye Shaoyang earnestly recited his lines: “Yes! Every keystroke provides a crisp tactile feedback and excellent rebound. After playing a high-intensity ranked match, my fingers don’t feel tired at all.”

The corners of Chi Shuo’s lips lifted slightly: “From now on, we’ll use this when we duo-queue for ranked.”

Ye Shaoyang gently caressed the white mechanical keyboard with his right hand, smiled, turned back, and continued reciting his lines: “Silver Dragon mechanical keyboard, the undisputed choice for ranked duo-queues, helping you reach King tier sooner.”

It was a simple dialogue, and the commercial lines were written a bit awkwardly.

But in his past life, Ye Shaoyang had cooperated with the league’s big-spending sponsors and shot even more awkward commercials; his skin was already very thick. He recited these lines very smoothly, without any instances of forgetting lines or stuttering.

Xu Qiman had initially been worried that Tianhuan’s rookie would frequently NG, causing today’s task to be unfinishable and requiring them to continue shooting tomorrow… She didn’t expect Ye Shaoyang to be so calm. Even with the camera right in his face, he wasn’t nervous at all.

The director excitedly rubbed his hands: “Very good, pass!”

Ye Shaoyang’s sense of the camera was excellent. When he turned his head to recite the promotional lines, his gaze was right on the camera, unswerving, and his smile was also very natural.

The camera captured the action of him gently stroking the keyboard with his fingers.

Long, pale fingers gently caressing the keyboard with tender movements, as if stroking precious jewelry. The close-up shot produced was breathtakingly beautiful. Ye Shaoyang’s hands could be hand models; shooting a keyboard commercial with them was simply too much of a bonus!

Looking at the footage in the camera, Xu Qiman thought excitedly: This keyboard is definitely going to sell like crazy, right?!

For Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo, the shoot went very smoothly.

Besides the keyboard, the two also shot a commercial for the laptop next.

Because it was a gaming laptop, the customer base would definitely prioritize gaming performance the most. The two played a segment of a large-scale 3D online game separately. They didn’t even know how to play this game, but it would be handled in post-production anyway. They only needed to showcase the game’s exquisite graphics to highlight the laptop’s performance, and that was enough.

After finishing the game, the two picked up the laptops to shoot the second segment.

Following the director’s instructions, they stood back-to-back under the camera. Chi Shuo was 10cm taller than Ye Shaoyang; standing together with this height difference created a very nice visual effect. Chi Shuo held a black laptop in his hand. The closed laptop showed the thinness and lightness of its body. The white laptop in Ye Shaoyang’s hand, however, was open.

After the camera focused on their faces, Ye Shaoyang recited fluently: “The Future T-73 series laptop, equipped with an NT8090 dedicated graphics card and i73 processor, can smoothly run various large-scale games.”

Chi Shuo smoothly and nimbly rotated the laptop in his hand slightly: “Future technology, infinite possibilities.”

The director excitedly rubbed his hands: “Good, good! Excellent! This scene passes!”

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and put the laptops aside.

Ye Shaoyang was experienced, after all. Today’s commercial script was relatively simple, requiring no jumping around, only actions completed while standing still. It was a piece of cake for him.

The next group was different.

Cheng Xing was a true rookie. He was so nervous his cheeks turned red, frequently NGing and reading the wrong lines: “Silver Dragon mechanical keyboard, the… the… for ranked duo-queues…”

Qu Jiang reminded him from the side: “The undisputed choice.”

The director couldn’t take it anymore: “Ahem, you guys swap! Qu Jiang will read the long lines, and Cheng Xing will read the short ones!”

Cheng Xing immediately let out a breath: “That’s great, I couldn’t memorize them!”

After swapping, things went much smoother indeed.

Qu Jiang was also experienced. He turned on the keyboard’s RGB backlight and clacked on the keyboard while reciting his lines: “The mechanical keyboard’s 13 zones can be customized with over 1000 RGB lighting effects, and ambient lighting can also be set at the bottom of the keyboard.” Cheng Xing: “A cool keyboard makes gaming even more hot-blooded!”

Ye Shaoyang: “…”

Not to mention, looking at it this way, the colorful lighting keyboards chosen by Qu Jiang and Cheng Xing, with various lighting effects, truly maximized the atmosphere when playing games. They would probably be very popular with young people.

As for Old Qin, the top laner shot his commercial alone. The blue backlit keyboard and computer had a strong sense of technology, suitable for the ostensibly profound Old Qin to use.

Today’s commercial shoot went very smoothly.

On the way back, everyone hugged the unopened computers and keyboards issued to them by the company, feeling thoroughly satisfied.

Cheng Xing couldn’t help but say: “Can our Tianhuan endorse smartphones? It would be great if they issued us smartphones too.”

Qin Yizhu: “Can we endorse snacks? The kind with monthly deliveries.”

Qu Jiang: “We can also consider clothes and stuff.”

Tang Can didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Issuing you guys everything, your thoughts are way too beautiful!”

Cheng Xing chuckled, leaned over to Tang Can, and whispered: “Sister Can, I checked the files. Brother Yang’s birthday is coming up. For his first year joining Tianhuan, we have to celebrate his birthday properly, right?”

Tang Can glanced at the back of Ye Shaoyang’s head sitting in the front row and lowered her voice: “Of course. We’ll prepare privately and give him a surprise!”

Ye Shaoyang’s birthday was March 25th, an Aries.

Aries was the first zodiac sign after the start of spring, loving freedom and enjoying challenges. His personality also quite matched the characteristics of an Aries.

After Ye Shaoyang joined Tianhuan, the atmosphere of Team Tianhuan indeed became much more relaxed and lively, unlike the oppressive atmosphere of last season. Everyone liked him a lot and wanted to properly celebrate his birthday for him.

And Ye Shaoyang was still completely unaware of all this.