After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 99-100

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 09/05/2023

Chapter 99: Online Support After Variety Show Preview & Recording Begins

《Athletics Idol Training Camp》

The announcement of  this variety show left many people momentarily puzzled.

Many people's initial reaction was to have question marks all over their heads.

Huh?

Athletics idols?

Training camp?

How does this absurd name look like the most popular talent show in recent years? And what's this about being the first national real athletics athlete variety show...

Is this some kind of joke?

Whether you're an athletics enthusiast or someone who spends a lot of time online, you probably felt a bit dizzy at first.

But, if you open the official website and take a look at the introduction of this variety show, you might feel like the absurd name actually makes sense.

Athletics idols?

The show's guests are athletes and coaches from the national athletics team. With these credentials, in our country, they could indeed be considered idols in the athletics world, right?

Training camp?

The main content of the show is the training journey of those national team members inside the athletics training center... Isn't this a training camp, then? What else could it be?

So, a group of athletics enthusiasts and internet spectators watched the official announcement preview of this variety show with complex expressions, feeling that there were a bunch of crazy talking points they didn't know how to comment on in their hearts.

Alright, if you can say that the name of this goofy variety show is still acceptable, the production team also released a set of silhouette images! The images feature a prominent row of English words — "pick me."

Thank you, but please be mindful of your identities. Aren't you a sports reality show?

Countless spectators, or "瓜猹" (melon eaters) as you put it, looking at these words felt like they were reliving their past obsession with numerous talent shows, unable to stop themselves.

For a moment, both athletics enthusiasts and the melon eaters  were a bit unsure of the direction this variety show was taking. Should they follow or not follow this show?

Before they could fully grasp their inner conflict, the content of this variety show's official Weibo announcement was rapidly retweeted by sports news channels, the Athletics Administration Center, the national athletics team's official Weibo, and various other seemingly serious official blue-checked accounts. At that moment, the melon eaters discovered a new piece of information: the production team of this show is backed by a sports channel. It's the first time a long-established professional sports channel like this has ventured into producing a variety show.

After waiting for a while, the official Weibo account of a well-known sports brand, Hook (Gouzi), also retweeted the post, stating that they would be the title sponsor of 《Athletics Idol Training Camp》 and promising that there would be surprises in store for those who follow both the variety show and Hook.

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This truly is a surprising turn of events. Besides the odd identity of the retweeting public accounts, this peculiar "Athletics Idol Training Camp" seems to be following all the standard procedures of a regular variety show.