Chapter 44: Going into the mountains is a place that is unlucky for her!

The filming was postponed, and Gao Luo felt that the extra time should not be wasted, so she asked Gao Shule to intensify rehearsals in the next few days. After returning home, I video-chat with her every day to check on the results of her practice.

Gao Luo asked Gao Shule to perform an opera in this variety show. The two discussed it and finally decided on the "Shou Qing" act from "Leifeng Pagoda". The general content is the story of the White Snake and the Fairy Baiyun who practiced in the mountains and wanted to come down to the mortal world, where she met the Green Snake, subdued it to be her maid, and traveled around the West Lake together.

Gao Shule plays the White Snake, and another girl is needed to play the Green Snake.

Gao Shule didn't know any other girls who could sing opera, so she could only call on her college classmates.

She is not good at socializing. During her college years, there was only one girl who was good friends with her. That girl's name was Lu Lu. Before she graduated, Lu Lu entered the entertainment industry as an artist, but she didn't achieve much and was as unknown as Gao Shule.

Lu Lu and Gao Shule maintain occasional contact. Gao Shule initially wanted to ask her to act with him, but Gao Luo directly rejected her idea.

Because Gao Luo remembered that in the novel, Gao Shule was scolded by the whole Internet, and during her most difficult time, Lu Lu was the first person to jump out and draw a clear line with her.

In fact, no one knew about their relationship, but Lu Lu insisted on coming out and saying that she knew Gao Shule. I used to think she was simple and upright, but I didn't expect her to be such a person. It's true that you can't judge a person by his appearance.

I don't expect you to help me in my time of need, but I must stay away from people who take advantage of others' misfortunes. Gao Luo didn't want to see her.

Gao Luo found a girl who could sing this play through her friend's introduction. She was said to be a well-known singer in the industry who specialized in singing the role of a boudoir dan. Her name was Su E.

Su E is as her name suggests, with a beautiful face and charming eyes. Some time ago, Gao Luo lived with Gao Shule. Watching them rehearse every day was a double enjoyment both visually and auditorily.

That day, Gao Luo was lying at home, video chatting with Gao Shule as usual. Suddenly, a woman she didn't know appeared in the camera and greeted her. Gao Luo switched to the small screen and took a look: I didn’t click the wrong number, could it be that Lele’s phone was stolen?

The next moment Gao Shule appeared in the camera and whispered to her: "Because our filming was postponed, Teacher Su had a performance during this period and had no time to practice with me, so... I found my classmate, Lu Lu..."

The more Gao Shule spoke, the lower her voice became.

Because Lu Lu was right next to her, Gao Shule was embarrassed to tell the truth. In fact, it was Lu Lu who took the initiative to contact her, asked about her recent situation, asked about her next performance, and volunteered to help. Since the other person had taken the initiative to ask, it would be difficult for her to refuse. After all, they were old classmates and they had a good relationship.

When Gao Luo heard the name, her eyes went dark.

Who else can she find? She should find Lu Lu. Since Su E is busy, she can tell herself and she will help her find a partner.

But now that everyone is here, it’s too late to say this. It’s not good to tell them, “Go back, we’re going to find someone new.” So what would your college classmates and friends think? You came here with good intentions to help, but were rejected?

It would be fine if she had a good character, but if she has a bad character, wouldn't she say that you are a flatterer and ungrateful person just because you have a little fame?

By then, Gao Luo would not be able to explain for Gao Shule. After all, she couldn't say that it was because she had predicted that Gao Shule would break off ties with her when she lost power. That didn't happen.

Because things had already come to this, Gao Luo followed the principle of out of sight, out of mind, and since then she has not video chatted with Gao Shule again.

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Gao Luo knew that having a definite "resumption of work" time would make the work of the program crew much more convenient, so Gao Luo agreed with Ning Heng three weeks in advance.

Three weeks later, all the members of the production crew returned to the filming location.

In fact, Gao Luo's feet were not fully healed at that time, so Xie Yanzhi prepared an intelligent fully automatic wheelchair for her, which was said to be able to travel off-road and climb stairs. Gao Luo had never tried it, and did not dare to try it.

Xie Yanzhi didn't want her to participate in the first place. It was just a crappy variety show, tiring and exhausting. The food, accommodation and transportation were all terrible. There was no need for her to participate at all. But Gao Luo insisted on going and was very persistent. Xie Yanzhi had no choice but to agree temporarily, but said that if she got hurt again, she would really not be allowed to go.

On the first day back, other guests entered the mountains according to the procedure. Taking Gao Luo's situation into consideration, they let her stay in the ancient city for one night. After she got enough rest, they took her into the mountains alone the next day and let her walk on another flat mountain road.

The sun was almost setting when we entered the mountain on the first day. The guests in the car felt dizzy just looking at the winding mountain roads.

Shen Siyan was in a bad mood because Xue Chen didn't come this time - the program team temporarily postponed the filming time, and the re-filming time coincided with the fashion week event abroad.

Xue Chen is currently attending a fashion week abroad.

Excluding the half-day shoot in the ancient city last time, this shoot lasted a total of six days. Xue Chen asked the program crew for three days off so that he could come back in time to participate in the last three days of filming.

Xue Chen took the initiative to tell Shen Siyan about this matter, and Shen Siyan replied that it was okay and there was nothing they could do about the conflict in time.

They aren't even that familiar with each other yet they're still using him to hype up a couple relationship. Of course that's all I can say.

As the bus drove along the winding mountain road into the depths of the mountains, Shen Siyan finally couldn't suppress her inner irritability and anger, and questioned Ning Heng: "Everyone is going into the mountains today, why can Gao Shule's group stay in the ancient city for one night."

Ning Heng's voice was neither too light nor too heavy: "Because Luo's foot injury has not healed, we need to ensure that she gets enough rest."

"Since her foot injury hasn't healed, she should stay at home. Teacher Xue can take a leave, and she can take a leave too. Director, didn't you tell her?"

I have to follow you! Must participate in the photo shoot! If she had gone home earlier, none of this would have happened.

If everything went as planned and Gao Luo went home alone to recuperate after breaking her ankle, Gao Shule should have been forced to withdraw from the variety show filming. Everything will be as she expected, movies, popularity, reputation, and even awards will all arrive as expected.

Not only did the plan fail, but Xue Chen also had to take three days off because his schedule was disrupted. You know, they were going to perform a show together in this episode, and he asked for leave. What should I do? A one-man show?

"A'Luo doesn't want to take a leave, she wants to participate in the filming. Since her desire is so strong, it is not easy for us to refuse a young guest who loves her work so much, don't you think, Mr. Shen?" Ning Heng said seriously.

Shen Siyan: "But because of her, all of our time has been delayed."

Ning Heng pretended not to understand: "No, they will meet up with us tomorrow morning and won't delay anyone's time."

"What I'm saying is... forget it, I won't say any more." I wanted to complain all at once, but I was afraid that saying too much would ruin my image.

Since she didn't say anything, Ning Heng was happy to be free and didn't mention the matter again. The car became quiet again.

But after a few minutes, another "Teacher Shen" spoke.

Shen Cong: "A Luo's injury was an accident, she didn't want to, and I heard that she hasn't recovered yet, I think she is very reluctant to waste everyone's time, Teacher Shen, don't blame her."

Shen Cong spoke for Gao Luo, and Shen Siyan chuckled after listening, as if she had heard a joke.

"A Luo is not here, these words... are useless for you to say." Shen Siyan's tone was gentle, but there was a deeper meaning in her words.

Ever since Chen Cong got the chance to film, he has been praising A'Luo nonstop since the first day of the show, which even made Paipai angry. Shen Siyan guessed what he was thinking, because A'Luo had traffic and popularity on the show, and could bring Wen Cheng down on her own, so he wanted to curry favor with her and get some effective shots and popularity.

These were all small actions that were not presentable enough, Shen Siyan complained in her heart.

She looked down on Chen Cong. Even though he had helped her before, it was all out of purpose and not sincere, so she was not grateful.

Chen Cong heard that she was teasing him, so he smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

The next morning, Gao Luo and Gao Shule set off.

Ning Heng followed the main force into the mountains that night, and Xu Man stayed in the ancient city to look after Gao Luo and the others.

Xu Man usually travels with Ning Heng, but this time because of Gao Luo's identity, he felt that one of them must stay behind.

When Xu Man and Ning Heng learned about Gao Luo's relationship that day, they both spoke in disbelief: "I didn't realize that Xiao Luo had such a strong background. Why didn't she tell us? People with strong backgrounds would tell others early so that others would not mess with them, but she didn't say a word."

Xu Man said: "If I had known that she was the daughter of Cefeng's CEO, I would have hired two bodyguards to escort her when she first appeared on the show. No! I will escort her personally!"

So this time Xu Man took the initiative to apply to stay and take care of Gao Luo.

Xu Man had always been nice to Gao Luo, and he was even more exaggerated after they met this time. He personally brought dinner to her room and even brought it to her bedside, and even asked her if she wanted to be fed.

Gao Luo saw through his little trick at once, and she said helplessly: "Assistant Xu, please be normal. People who don't know me would think that I have caught you with some kind of handle and forced you to be my maid."

Xu Man's mouth twitched, "What you said is really rude."

What kind of maid is this? At the very least she should be a servant.

"What I mean is, I'm not a royal relative, so you don't have to treat me specially."

Xu Man shook his head. "Of course I want it. It's fine for you to keep a low profile, but we can't pretend we don't know. Otherwise, there will be no point in your father coming all the way here."

He came all the way here, his primary mission was to visit his daughter, but his underlying purpose was to tell them that Luo was very important to him.

This is a silent blow.

After following Ning Heng in the circle for so many years, if Xu Man cannot figure out Gao Chengsheng's intention, then all his efforts over the years will be in vain.

After realizing this, they knew that they must take good care of Gao Luo during the subsequent filming process.

The next day we went into the mountains. Although we chose another relatively flat road, we still had to walk dozens of winding mountain roads. First go up the mountain, then go down the mountain. Fortunately, the road is paved all the way, and only the last few hundred meters require you to take the mountain road to enter the village.

The mountain road was rugged and all were stone steps. Xu Man carried A Luo on his back for half of the way when he unexpectedly met Xia Shi who came to pick someone up. So Xia Shi carried Gao Luo on his back for the second half of the way.

It seemed like it had rained the day before, and some rain water had accumulated on the steps and the grass leaves on both sides of the road. Gao Luo reminded Xia Shi to walk slowly and watch his feet.

Accompanying Xia Shi were his PD, the cameraman, and three other staff members.

Xu Man asked PD Xia Shi about the situation when the large group entered the mountains last night.

The PD immediately showed an indescribable expression.

"There are more than 2,300 steps, and it's raining. People and luggage have to enter the village at the same time. Just imagine."

Guests have to walk into the village and carry their luggage by hand. The younger guests were unable to walk and had to be carried in the arms or on the backs of the older guests. Their luggage was carried by the staff. Each of them carried three or four large suitcases, which were as heavy as shot put. The staff also had their own luggage and filming equipment.

The journey can be described as extremely embarrassing.

PD Xia Shi woke up this morning and felt like his arms were not his own. "This is killing me. But I'm not the most tired one. It's..." PD whispered to Xu Man, "Xiao Wei."

Xiao Wei is the new PD assigned to Chen Siyan and Ze Yin by the program team after Zhang Jing was fired. Because Shen Siyan is a female artist, she is thin and has never done any weight loss, so she really can't carry Zeyin on her back. So this task was handed over to the staff. In addition, she had four large boxes, which were also carried by the staff.

The staff took turns carrying her child and luggage. Shen Siyan had nothing in her hands, but she had to stop and rest after walking a short distance.

There was a light drizzle in the sky at the time, and a storm was about to come. The staff were in a hurry to get on with their journey, but they did not dare to rush them, so they could only accompany them as they walked and stopped from time to time.

Fortunately, the heavy rain started after they finished walking this distance, and they were only drenched for a few minutes, although it soaked them like drowned rats in just a few minutes.

"You guys have it easy today," PD said enviously.

Xu Man was also secretly glad that he decided to stay and take care of A'Luo, otherwise he would have been soaked too.

On the way, Xu Man briefly introduced the shooting location to Gao Luo.

This place is called Longtai Ancient Village. It is built along the mountain and located deep in the mountains. The village has a history of more than 600 years, which is twice as long as that of Sishu Township.

Sishu Township has actually been integrated into the modern society, but Longkouzhai has not. It still retains its original buildings and ancient cultural customs.

The name of Longkou Village comes from a river that runs through the middle of the village. Because it passes through the valleys, winding forward, and its shape resembles a dragon, it is called Longkouzhai.

On the way into the village, Gao Luo took the lead and looked around.

It was summer, and the mountains were covered with green trees. It had just rained, so the air was filled with the smell of damp green leaves, and the freshness of the soil could be smelled in the mountain breeze. The further you go down, the louder the sound of flowing water becomes.

It's a good place with mountains, valleys and abundant water vapor. Gao Luo didn’t see the village yet, but she thought the scenery at the shooting location was really beautiful and she liked it here.

Xu Man was halfway through his speech when he unscrewed the bottle of mineral water in his bag and took a sip to moisten his throat. Then he continued, "The village is divided into the east and west of the river. The meeting place for the guests is in the west of the river, so those who live in the east of the river need to cross the river. Ah Luo, you live in the west of the river, so you don't need to cross the river."

After entering the village, Gao Luo finally saw the local buildings - stilt houses lined up along both sides of the river.

Xu Man only knew that Gao Luo lived in Hexi, but he didn't know which house exactly. This was decided by Ning Heng yesterday without telling him.

Xia Shi's PD knew about this, so he led the way. "It was like this yesterday. The six houses were first ranked according to the average daily weight of fish caught by the guests on the island. Teacher Xia was ranked first and was assigned the best house, which was the residence of an elder in the village. Teacher Xia said she wanted to exchange houses with Teacher Gao, so now it has become the place where our little A'Luo and Teacher Gao stay."

The stilt house has three floors. The bottom floor is supported by pillars and is not inhabited. The top two floors are where people live. Except for the roof tiles, the entire house is made of wood.

Go up the stairs from the first floor to the curved corridor on the second floor, also known as the Beauty Backrest. The curved corridor goes around the building, similar to a balcony, where you can sit and enjoy the scenery.

After Gao Luo entered, her most immediate feeling was that the room was spacious, bright and well ventilated.

Xia Shi and Gao Shule exchanged rooms, and now this is where Gao Luo lives. Gao Luo asked him, "Where do you live then?"

Xia Shi took her to the curved corridor and pointed, "Right there."

It’s right next to this stilt house.

His house only had two floors, and there was a flat floor built with wood in front of the main house on the second floor. Gao Luo felt that she could jump over directly from here.

In fact, when the houses were being distributed, Shen Siyan was not happy about it, because Ning Heng said that the distribution of houses and materials in this period would be determined based on the voting results of the talent show, and she didn't understand why it had to be linked to the fishing results of the previous period. Because he didn't tell her in advance, no one knew fishing was so important.

Ning Heng replied to her: "You can stay like this for the first three days, and we will reallocate the rooms for the next three days."

Ning Heng was still polite, but Chen Cong was venomous, and then he said, "It's as if you can catch more fish if you tell me in advance."

In response to Shen Siyan's previous squeeze, she was choked and speechless.

After sending Gao Luo off, Xia Shi prepared to go back.

Gao Shule went downstairs to see him off, and said a little embarrassedly: "Thank you, it's just to exchange houses with us..."

She knew that he did it because of A'Luo and wanted her to live more comfortably. Ning Heng should have considered the same thing, so he agreed with Xia Shi's approach.

"It's okay." Xia Shi reminded her: "Tell Luo to move less these two days."

"Yes, I know."

A week ago, Xie Yanzhi took Gao Luo to do a reduction therapy, and then removed the plaster and used a small splint to fix it, so now her calf is not as exaggerated as before.

In addition to the wheelchair, Gao Luo also brought a pair of crutches. I always feel that crutches are more useful than wheelchairs here.

Not long after Gao Shule and Gao Luo arrived, the guests had to gather for a meeting, and the address was set at the elders' home where Gao Luo lived.

This was already decided because the elder's house is the largest and can accommodate many people. It just happened to accommodate Gao Luo's mobility problems.

But Shen Siyan felt that he was just trying to appease Gao Luo, so during the entire process of Ning Heng announcing the task process, she lowered her head and pursed her lips, fearing that she would curse as soon as she opened her mouth.

There's no way, she lives in Hedong.

Originally there was a stone bridge on the river, which was made of square stones processed from large stones and buried in the riverbed. Normally people can cross the river via a stone step bridge, but it has rained these days and the river water has risen above the stone step bridge, so we have to row a boat across.

Only Shen Siyan and Shen Cong lived in the east of the river. The program team hired two rowing masters, but one of them had something urgent to do today, so they could only go one first and wait for the boatman to come back to pick up the other person.

According to previous situations, Shen Cong would definitely let Shen Siyan go first, but this time he didn't.

Shen Cong brought Paipai onto the boat before her, and then he followed her on board, followed by the staff. The small shuttle boat was soon full.

Shen Siyan watched so many people get on the boat, but no one asked her to get on first, or asked about it with concern. She could only watch the boat go away while she had to stand there and wait for it to return.

Shen Siyan felt that this place was a curse on her, otherwise how could she encounter so many bad things one after another.

All these bad things piled up in her heart, and she had no way to vent them because she was in front of the camera and there was no one around her to talk to. This made her feel uncomfortable and depressed, and she wanted to get angry.

After finally reaching Hexi, we discovered that the meeting place was actually the house where Gao Luo lived.

Breaking a leg is like becoming an emperor, and everyone has to revolve around her. Shen Siyan lowered her head, secretly complaining.

Yao Cancan is her bestie, and the two of them are in tune with each other. She immediately helped her type that sentence on the barrage:

[Are you trying to accommodate Gao Luo in everything now?] All meetings were held in her room. It turns out that breaking a leg is equivalent to ascending the throne...】

She wanted to take the lead and ask her fans to curse together, but she didn't expect that someone typed faster than the fans:

[We all stayed here last night, and we hadn’t yet been assigned rooms. So is it possible that we gather here just because it is bigger? 】

After this person finished speaking, few fans came out to agree with Yao Cancan.

The process announced by Ning Heng is related to the talent show of the guests in this episode, which means that the guests not only need to canvass for votes, but also need to find those who want to vote themselves.

In the first three days, the guests are asked to go to the village to find people to watch their performances, with a maximum of 100 people.

"Can a resident of Longkou Village watch the performances of several guests?" asked Bian Yuan.

"Okay, but it's not recommended." Ning Heng said.

Bian Yuan: “Why?”

Ning Heng: "What if your performance times conflict?"

If the performance times of two guests overlap, the residents of the ancient village will definitely have to choose only one of them. It would be fine to clearly express that you have already agreed to the other guest. What if the other person doesn't say it and agrees at the same time, but only goes to one guest, then the other guest will have fewer viewers than others.

Everyone immediately understood what Ning Heng meant.

Once the basic rules are mastered, some people are already eager to "call people". But Shen Siyan asked another question at the end: "I am performing this performance with Teacher Xue, so how does this count?"

"Together, the audience cap for other solo performances is 100 people, so yours is 200 people. Mr. Xue didn't come, but his PD is here, and he will accompany you to complete the task of attracting people."

Shen Siyan: "How can the effects of PD teacher and Xue teacher be the same?"

Xue Chen is so handsome, he can definitely attract a lot of local young girls with his looks. What's the matter with asking his PD to accompany him?

"If you are not satisfied, then you can perform separately and you only need to complete your task of one hundred people." Ning Heng proposed an alternative plan.

Of course, Shen Siyan was not satisfied with this alternative plan either.

The prepared program is arranged for two people, so how can we make temporary changes?

"Of course not!" Shen Siyan said, "This is not fair to us!"

"I have already told Mr. Xue about these two methods in advance, and he said it's up to you to decide. Or maybe Mr. Shen can think of a better way, can you tell me about it?"

As long as Xue Chen is not around, Shen Siyan will not be satisfied no matter what she does. She had been looking forward to performing with Xue Chen, but now it has become a burden for her.

This place really unlucky her!

Ning Heng asked Shen Siyan to think of a solution, but she couldn't think of a better solution, so she had to take the PD to get people first.

It’s said to be a task for 100 people, but it’s not a hard and fast rule. In the end, it all depends on the people who voted for you. However, if you can find all of them, the final winning rate will be higher.