Chapter 32: CP

The day after the Kimiko incident.

Kevin and Annie's lives returned to normal.

The only difference was that Annie, who met Kevin the next day, rarely greeted Kevin and seemed a little absent-minded.

Kevin didn't care. He knew that Annie was making a difficult decision in her heart and it was understandable that she was in a bad mood.

And the difference was not just here.

Lokomotiv, who had a game today, greeted Kevin after seeing Kevin and was a little respectful.

This was probably because the lesson Kevin taught him yesterday made him start to be afraid of Kevin.

Lokomotiv's different attitude towards Kevin made his brother feel very strange.

In the past, the relationship between Lokomotiv and Shenhai was not that bad, but it was definitely not good. Logically, Lokomotiv should not be so respectful to Kevin.

But because Lokomotiv's game today was more important, his brother did not ask more.

Lokomotiv's game was a big deal for the seven-man team. Basically, all the members of the seven-man team came to support Lokomotiv.

In the original plot, except for the deep sea who went out to look for the invisible man and the invisible man who had disappeared, almost all the players were present for this game.

And now, Kevin, who had already looked for the invisible man and found nothing, would naturally come to watch the game as a guest.

But before he appeared, Kevin was called over by Madeline.

Madeline assigned Kevin a new task:

"When you watch the game later, try to be with Starlight."

"Ah?"

Kevin expressed doubts about the new task given by Madeline.

But Madeline smiled and said:

"Do you know? When you and Starlight appeared together to fight criminals these days, the ratings increased by one percentage point. Some people have already regarded you and Starlight as a combination on the Internet, just like... the former Homelander and Maeve."

"Uh... there is such a thing...?"

In addition to filming and accepting advertisements, the main "duty" of superheroes is to fight criminals.

Therefore, each superhero has his own daily patrol area.

And occasionally there will be a joint strike, just like Kevin and Annie's strike against the "drug dealer" that day.

Although Kevin is slacking off, he still does his job well, and it is not difficult to understand that he occasionally appears on the screen with Starlight.

But... just because of this, the busybodies on the Internet made them a hero team?

"Yeah, and Starlight will appear in your movie, so why not take this opportunity to have a relationship with her?"

Madeline made a suggestion.

Kevin hesitated: "Boss, Starlight and I are just colleagues..."

"What's wrong with colleagues? We are just lovers in public. It doesn't matter what you want to do in private. You should understand this."

Pairing up and hyping up CPs are also common in the Vought Group.

In the distance, Soldier Boy and Scarlet Witch are recognized as a pair, and in the near future, Homelander and Queen Maeve are a pair.

But in fact, what everyone will do in private is well known within the Vought Group.

The couple that the public thinks of may not be a couple, but just a decoration launched by the company to increase the popularity of superheroes and the ratings of the channel.

Based on this, it is understandable that Madeline asked Kevin to hype up a couple with Xingguang.

This can make money, a lot of money.

"I don't care, but Xingguang..."

It's just a screen couple, Kevin doesn't object to it, although Kevin said that Xingguang is not his type, he likes bigger and rounder ones... but this doesn't mean that he doesn't think Xingguang is beautiful.

Kevin, who is essentially a LSP, naturally has no objection to hyping up a couple with Xingguang.

But what does Xingguang think?

"As long as you agree, I will arrange it for Xingguang."

Madeline made a decision.

She didn't seem to plan to ask Xingguang's opinion.

That's right, on the surface, Xingguang is a member of the seven-member group, glamorous, but in fact she is just a newcomer.

Before she is trained, what the boss wants Xingguang to do is just a matter of words.

After Madeline finished talking to Kevin, she went to arrange other things.

Kevin followed the staff of the Water Group to the stadium for the competition and made preparations before the appearance.

According to the different positions, everyone's appearance actually has an order.

First, there is the dark color with little presence, followed by Xingguang who has just joined the company for a short time, and Shenhai who is in partnership with Xingguang.

Then it is Maeve, and finally Homelander.

It is roughly this order.

Of course, they don't do nothing after the appearance. As a member of the seven-member group, they also have to accept interviews from reporters.

Basically, they are some more pointed questions such as "Do you have confidence in the locomotive?" or "Do you think the locomotive can win or the shock wave can win?"

Some of them may be mixed with some private work, but most of them are not much different.

So in order not to answer questions that should not be answered in front of the camera, the Water Group has prepared unified answers for some preset questions.

Kevin and Starlight are now in the waiting area carrying these things.

Because he had experience in this area before, Kevin finished memorizing these things in a short time, and now he is playing with his mobile phone to check his bank account balance.

After looking at the eight-digit number in it with satisfaction, Kevin put away his mobile phone, looked through the window at the sports venue outside, and complained:

"I really don't know what's so good about this kind of game that ends in an instant, and the tickets are so expensive. These fools' money is really easy to make."

Both Lokomotiv and Shockwave are speedsters. For ordinary people, the game between the two is something that can be over in one second.

Such a game is meaningless in Kevin's eyes, but Lokomotiv's fans are very happy to spend a lot of money to buy a shoddy ticket, and come here excitedly to shout Lokomotiv's name and cheer him on.

Such money-making business made Kevin want to have a special competition to make a lot of money.

As for the content of the competition...

How about finding a guy who can breathe in water and competing with him in swimming?

If not, just have an "environmental protection competition". Anyway, there are as many reasons as you want.

Kevin's complaints were heard clearly by Xingguang.

She threw the manuscript aside in annoyance and responded to Kevin's complaints very tiredly.

"... and there is also an autograph session."

"Oh, by the way, there is also an autograph session for the Seven-Man Group. Isn't it better to say that this is the big deal?"

Signing for fans, selling clothes and peripherals co-branded by the Seven-Man Group, and taking intimate photos with fans.

These are the main things that the other members of the Seven-Man Group are doing in this competition.

Therefore, the fans watching this competition are not only fans of the locomotive, but also fans of other members of the Seven-Man Group.

It is better to say that in terms of overall number, the fans of the locomotive are in the minority.

But everyone is a fan of the Seven, so before the Seven splits, there is no need to distinguish between them.

Since all the members of the Seven are here, they are no longer fans of a single person, but fans of the Seven as a whole.

Thinking that this autograph session should also make a lot of money, Kevin suddenly didn't feel so tired.

He turned to look at Xingguang, and saw Xingguang rubbing both sides of his nose tiredly, and asked with a smile:

"Are you willing to talk to me?"

Since going to work in the morning until now, Xingguang has not had many exchanges with Kevin.

Kevin certainly knows what Xingguang is thinking, but this doesn't stop him from joking with Xingguang about this.

"I'm not... I..."

Xingguang put down the script in her hand, turned to look at Kevin, organized her words, and said:

"I'm not avoiding you on purpose, I... just... haven't figured it out yet."

"Well, this matter is indeed very difficult to decide, but I suggest that you should act a little happier in front of the camera later, after all, fans are very sensitive, and so are the people of the motherland."

Kevin gave Xingguang advice and told her to try not to reveal flaws in front of the people of the motherland.

And Xingguang, after a long silence, suddenly asked:

"Do you really think it's okay now?"

"Xingguang, I don't want to talk about such a profound topic here now."

"But..."

Xingguang was a little unwilling to say something else.

But at this time, the broadcast sounded outside:

"Now welcome our new member of the seven-member team, Xingguang! And the lord from the seven oceans! Deep Sea!!"

Listening to the broadcast, Xingguang immediately closed her mouth and stopped talking.

Because it was time for them to appear.