Chapter 290: Inhuman (98) (1st update + 2nd update + 8400 thunder 3rd update) [VIP]

Although all he could smell was the scent of shower gel, his psychological obsession with cleanliness still made him feel a little uncomfortable. Bai Jinshu thought about it and decided to take a shower and spray air freshener in the room.

Just when I had changed my clothes and was about to contact Old Wu to pick me up, I suddenly heard the sound of a door opening in the living room outside.

Someone is coming.

His home is equipped with a fingerprint smart lock, and not many people have entered their fingerprints. Apart from Old Wu, the only others are the assistants who occasionally come here to help him get things.

There is no reason for the assistant to come here at this time, the only person who could come is Old Wu.

Come and pick him up?

Bai Jinshu paused, took a few steps back from the bathroom, and was about to open the door when he heard a cautious voice coming from the living room.

"Teacher Er, you haven't woken up yet at this time, right? Which bedroom is this, Angkor?" It seemed to be a man's voice.

"The bedroom... that room, on your left, no, the door a little in front," Old Wu said. "But he's probably already gotten up to wash up. You guys can't take a picture of him getting up. You're a little late."

The people outside the door seemed to be the agent Lao Wu and a few unfamiliar people.

Old Wu's voice sounds a lot younger. It might be because he has taken a lot of vacations recently and has regained some of his youthful spirit.

The sound came from far away and continued.

"Ah?" The male voice was a little surprised. "It's only half past six. You're up so early? The other groups of guests haven't gotten up yet."

"He has the habit of doing morning exercises," Old Wu thought for a moment, "generally speaking, unless there are special circumstances, he gets up at six o'clock."

Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows subtly:?

When did he develop the habit of morning exercises?

Old Wu really doesn't think twice when he tells a lie.

"Then I..." The man hesitated, "I'm about to turn on the camera. The director said we need to capture every guest getting up..."

"Just take the photo," Old Wu said casually, as if he was arranging something. "You can take another photo later. If you push the door now, he will definitely wake up."

"Forget it then," the man thought for a moment, "I can record something else to make up for the time."

This is... the variety show recording crew mentioned in the schedule just now.

It's strange, he doesn't remember when he took over this variety show, a show that goes into the guests' homes without any prior notice to film the waking scenes.

It stands to reason that Lao Wu would not be invited by such a program team, and there is no need for him to participate in a program that uses this process as a gimmick to maintain popularity.

Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows subtly and looked at the mark on the phone again.

It is indeed Lao Wu's habit to make notes on the schedule. The schedule on his mobile phone is always imported into the schedule by Lao Wu sending a list. From today to the day after tomorrow, the three days are all painted with a light orange in the schedule to distinguish it from other schedules. The title is also very Lao Wu's style: [Cross-border variety show recording, don't change the alarm clock]

No wonder the alarm clock was set to six in the morning today.

Probably due to the need for recording, although Lao Wu knew that these people would come to film everyone getting up this morning, he couldn't tell him directly, so he simply set the alarm clock to six in the morning.

It's too early.

Bai Jinshu's mouth twitched. He didn't mind being photographed waking up, as he always slept peacefully anyway. But it was obvious that Old Wu minded it.

He is eager to create an image of a good actor in front of the public, who goes to bed early, gets up early, and exercises every day to stay healthy.

"Really? Then I pushed it, Brother Wu?" The man's voice was obviously a little bit unconvinced that there would be people who would get up at six o'clock every morning for morning exercises. He stood in front of the bedroom door and seemed to have turned on the camera.

"Push it forward, move back." Old Wu's voice sounded, and the bedroom door was opened cautiously.

The person who cautiously opened the door was only cautious for less than three seconds.

After the bedroom door was pushed open a crack, a faint warm white light and a gentle lemon scent shone from inside the room, which seemed to be the smell of air freshener or shower gel.

The fire in the room had been going on for at least some time.

The young man who opened the door laughed twice, holding the camera and said very politely: "We are from the cross-border co-renting program team, teacher, you are really good..."

Bai Jinshu looked over as he opened the door. Old Wu was frantically giving him looks behind the camera, signaling him to continue speaking as he said, while frantically mouthing: [Exercise! Exercise!]

Bai Jinshu: ...

"Yeah," he nodded slightly, pointing to the hairband that had fallen beside him when he was looking for clothes, and said, "I'm going out for morning exercise."

"Getting up so early to exercise," the guy carrying the camera exclaimed, "You are so self-disciplined..."

"I'm used to it." Bai Jinshu said casually.

Behind the camera, Lao Wu gave a very exaggerated thumbs-up expression and even made the gesture of "You are awesome" with his mouth.

Bai Jinshu: ...

What is going on? This is like trying to coax a kindergarten kid into giving him a hug.

The photographer carrying the lens said that he originally wanted to take pictures and ask a few questions. Then he asked him to introduce his home with the camera, and then he turned off the camera contentedly.

Bai Jinshu saw the opportunity and pulled Old Wu, who was pretending to be fine, over to him and asked, "What's going on?"

"What's wrong with that?" Old Wu looked at his face and said with an unhappy tone, "How come everyone only slept for three hours last night, but you acted like you didn't stay up all night? I was worried about the makeup artist getting mad the whole way, but it turns out I was worrying too much. Look at the big dark circles under my eyes."

Bai Jinshu: "...Don't change the subject. What's going on with this production team?"

He said not to change the subject, but he subconsciously looked at Old Wu's face.

He did have two big dark circles under his eyes, he hadn't shaved, and his hair was messy. Compared to him, he looked more like a unlucky guy who had just been pulled out of bed.

However, although Old Wu looked haggard, at least his foundation was there. At the age of twenty-three or twenty-four, he could not look too haggard.

Wait a minute... twenty-three or twenty-four...

Bai Jinshu frowned strangely again.

Old Wu… is he 23 or 24? Why did he always feel that Old Wu was a lot younger now, younger than the agent he remembered? He shouldn’t look like this now, but should have a more blurred jawline next to his cheeks, a little swollen and puffy after years of drinking, a more haggard complexion, because he was a little nearsighted and wore glasses, and his body was not so thin, at least five or six pounds fatter.

Could it be that he went to lose weight?

"Hey, don't frown," Old Wu saw his expression and shrank his neck in a familiar way, quickly throwing the blame away, "This is a rare opportunity, I told you, you must not remember!"

Following his words, Bai Jinshu seemed to have really dug out some information from the depths of his memory.

It seemed that a few days ago, Old Wu really told him excitedly that he could be invited to participate in a popular variety show, which might start recording in a few days.

"Look, you really forgot!" Old Wu pressed the issue, "No, I mean who is the artist between the two of us? Do you know how much effort I put in to get you this opportunity? This is a resource I fought so hard to get for you! The actors who participated in this variety show in previous seasons have become phenomenal. If you can become an instant star, both of us..."

"Stop," Bai Jinshu interrupted him, "If I do it, will I become famous overnight?"

"Yes," Old Wu looked at him strangely and sighed, "Are you stupid because you got up too early? The guy in the group you joined before who was so arrogant..."

He looked at the photographer who was still far away and didn't call him out directly. Instead, he winked meaningfully and said, "He was a guest in the first season of this program. He acted cute and well-behaved, hung out with a bunch of bigwigs, and attracted a bunch of mom fans. But in the end, not only did he fight with everyone in private, but he also looked down on everyone equally. He didn't even mention us, and how much of a slap in the face he gave to the director? If this program hadn't happened to be a hit, who would have known who he was? Now that the program has been filmed for the fourth season, it's obvious whoever is on it will become famous. Do you know how busy I have been these past few days for this opportunity?"

He lowered his voice and gritted his teeth: "Ancestor, if you are so good at acting, just pretend for thirteen days and enjoy wealth and glory for decades! I beg you!"

Something is still not right.

Bai Jinshu looked a little confused.

The guy Old Wu was talking about was a young actor who was in the crew last time. He had a bad temper and the whole crew was complaining about him within three days of joining the crew. Not only did he have a bad temper, but his acting skills were also poor. The highest record was that he had to do NGs dozens of times.

Everyone in the group privately calls this guy the King of NG.

Although he didn't have a bad temper, he was still tired after so many NGs, not to mention the other staff members. Within a few days, even the director went from being furious to numb, and finally gave up all the shots related to him and went through with them all.

In his memory, this person seemed to have become famous after participating in a variety show, but the strange thing was...

Bai Jinshu frowned, looked at Old Wu, then looked at himself, and finally took out his cell phone to check the time.

For some reason, he always felt that he shouldn't be like this.

At least... this person doesn't dare to give him the cold shoulder, right?

But the information in his memory is very clear. He is indeed not as famous as the other person now.

He is just a small actor who played a few supporting villain roles and gained some fans who like his looks and villains, but in terms of popularity, he is definitely not as famous as the King of NG who appeared on a popular variety show.

"What are you thinking about?" Old Wu pulled him and said earnestly, "Ersi, don't let me down. Don't let me down. As long as you don't use cold violence all the time like you did to me during these thirteen days, you will definitely become popular with this face of yours."

"I don't use cold violence against you all the time..." Bai Jinshu was slightly speechless.

He always felt that what Old Wu said was strange.

Why...it sounded so strange when Old Wu called his name.

"Look, you're being cold and violent now. If it were any other actor, they would have been grateful to their agent a long time ago..." Old Wu spread his hands and slowly shut up under Bai Jinshu's speechless gaze. "Forget it, I won't joke with you anymore. I heard that the program group has changed the system this time, from editing to paid live broadcast, and some not-so-good scenes can't be edited out..."

He glanced at the makeup artist who had arrived with a makeup box not far away, and lowered his voice to quickly explain: "But the cross-border co-rental program has been recorded for so many seasons, and many people are interested in the traffic. Even if it is changed to live broadcast, many people will come. I heard that in addition to you, there is another intangible cultural heritage inheritor, one from the racing circle, and someone from the economic circle... In short, if you have a good relationship with them, you won't have to worry about resources in the future."

The makeup artist in front had already prepared the cosmetics. Old Wu looked at the time and it was getting late. Without waiting for Bai Jinshu's reply, he hurriedly dragged him to sit on the chair, stuffed a cigarette into the photographer's hand to get closer to him, and the two of them ran to the balcony to smoke.

Bai Jinshu felt that the current development was incomprehensible, Old Wu was incomprehensible, this program was incomprehensible, and it was incomprehensible when others called his name.

But at the same time, I felt that I might not have woken up yet.

The makeup artist seemed to be very familiar with him, and whispered to him, "Erge, if you feel sleepy, you can take a nap while doing your makeup, because when you arrive at the recording venue, there will be cameras everywhere."

Bai Jinshu politely agreed, closed his eyes and rested, while repeating the conversation he had with Old Wu in his mind.

He really doesn't have any pursuit for fame or not, but people still have to eat, and everyone hopes to make more money. It's not like he doesn't eat grains and breathe wind and drink dew.

So from any logical point of view, if it is possible to record this variety show and increase its popularity, neither he nor Lao Wu would miss this opportunity.

But it's just weird in any logical sense.

Bai Jinshu discovered that there seemed to be a conflict between his cognition and memory.

From a memory perspective, everything that's happening now makes sense.

But from a cognitive point of view, he always feels that he should have made it big, at least not to the point where he needs to participate in popular variety shows to increase his popularity.

And this dislocation seemed to have developed to a strange degree without his awareness.

He now finds it strange when people call him by his full name.

Maybe I had a dream last night about becoming a famous movie star...

Bai Jinshu twitched his lips, and while his hair was not yet done, he slowly smoothed his hair from front to back, trying to sober up a little.

It was a bad idea.

I shouldn’t have taken that delusional patient on the last play.

He may have become a little paranoid.

*

"Cross-border Co-living" was originally a low-budget online variety show, a project created by the son of the CEO of a certain video platform for fun. There was not even any advertising in the beginning. After the first batch of guests were all invited, only six of the original ten people showed up.

Although only six of us came, since we were already here and had signed the contract, we had no choice but to make do with the filming.

The program was originally intended to be a dating show, but the six people included were not even of equal gender. Two combinations could make one couple or two gay pairs, or it could directly develop into some popular scripts that the public loved but could not pass the review.

Therefore, with a big wave of the young master's hand, the theme of the program was directly set as "We are Family". All the ambiguous games and emotional scripts written by the workers overnight were forcibly turned into puzzle games between friends.

No one had high hopes for this kind of entertainment variety show, but sometimes the world is so wonderful that no one expected that this variety show would become so inexplicably popular.

The first group of guests who participated in the variety show, including the King of NG who had joined the group earlier, an unknown and down-and-out painter, a lawyer who had just resigned and had no income, and the other remaining guests, all became phenomenally popular.

This originally just a fun show has suddenly become the most popular variety show of the year, and the filming of the next season has been prepared in full swing.

After that, this magical program lived up to everyone's expectations and became one of the most popular variety shows.

All the above information was told to him by Lao Wu when he went to the recording studio.

"When we were filming the first season, the location was just a small villa that a rich second-generation man threw to the crew on a whim," Old Wu sat next to him and put a tablet in his hand. "Now the recording location is different for each season. This time you are on this island."

"Island?" Bai Jinshu roughly flipped through the information on the tablet.

"It's said to be a private beach, but it's actually a piece of land that the developer doesn't want," Old Wu said in a low voice, "I heard that this place was the result of a rich second-generation father's attempt to enter the real estate circle, but his investment failed. Later, not many people went there after it was converted into a resort. This time, I asked you to record the show here to increase the popularity of this resort."

Bai Jinshu sighed: "...It really makes the best use of everything."

"After we get off the bus, we'll probably have to transfer to another boat. The live broadcast won't start until we get to the island. We've marked out a live broadcast area for you on the island. The other guest rooms and areas are occupied by holidaymakers," Old Wu gestured to the guy carrying a camera in front of him. "I'll give you a rough idea in the bus. The boat is too shaky to film. We'll have to make up the content of the program's task card before we get on the boat."

He quickly explained, "I don't know who will be coming with you this time, but you will all stay on the island for the next thirteen days, and there will be live cameras all over the island. But I think there's nothing to watch without editing, it's just a live broadcast to create a sensation."

He still couldn't help but make a personal complaint.

"Who specifically will be participating?" Bai Jinshu flipped through the tablet. The information didn't look like it was provided by the official. The content was too detailed. It was like giving popular science information to someone who knew nothing about the program. It was probably done by Old Wu.

"I don't know." Old Wu put the tablet away after he saw him finish flipping through the information. "They said it was to maintain the mystery. Maybe they want to see you two fight after you meet."

After all, there was once an episode where the program team very constructively invited two guests who had a mortal feud. Within thirteen days, the two people couldn't stand each other and tripped each other up. The excitement of the program increased exponentially, and that season has become one of the top three most watched variety shows in the series.

"You don't have any enemies, do you?" he asked worriedly.

"No," Bai Jinshu glanced outside casually, "I don't socialize much."

"That's true..." Old Wu twitched his lips, "After so many years, let alone socializing, I haven't even met your parents. I once doubted whether you came out of a stone..."

He was halfway through his complaints when the photographer in front of him said, "Teacher Er, Brother Wu, we are almost there, we need to make up the video."

"Oh, okay. Let's record it. I'll sit in the back row so you don't film me." Old Wu quickly bent down and went to the back.

As an agent with a family background in brokerage, although he abides by the law, he looks like his brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles.

It’s better not to be photographed if you can avoid it…

Old Wu patted Bai Jinshu's shoulder and went to the back alone.

As the re-recording was completed, Old Wu began to give instructions again. It was not until Bai Jinshu stepped onto the small island where the live broadcast was said to be taking place that the nagging agent finally left with tears and snot on the returning boat, like a parent sending his child to college.

Bai Jinshu felt that in the eyes of the other party, he might be like a PUA master who would use cold violence against everyone around him all the time. Along the way, the most common thing Lao Wu said was that he should be friendly to other guests, don't always give them the cold shoulder and ask rhetorical questions, but should take the initiative to take on housework, socialize enthusiastically, and exude his own personal charm.

Knowing that he can only interpret the role well with his personality, Lao Wu even prepared for him a set of "Twenty-four Examples of the Most Popular Personalities" that he summarized himself, hoping that he could not only listen to his nagging in just ten minutes, but also quickly develop these twenty-four excellent personalities, and with the blessing of his lucky number twenty-four, become the next popular actor after this episode is broadcast.

Bai Jinshu’s comment on this is don’t think too much.

Before Old Wu left, he finally managed to get the "Twenty-Four Examples of Personality" into his hands, and even cleverly inserted it into the script of his next play, telling him that if he was not sure about which character to use, he could just find the most suitable one from the list.

Bai Jinshu flipped through them expressionlessly, thinking that if he really couldn't decide what method to use to deal with the problem, he would just pick one from the list, and he would definitely become very famous when the show was aired.

His code name on the Internet from now on will be: the guy who plays a schizophrenic actor in variety shows.

However, this thing of Old Wu was still somewhat useful. He flipped through it casually, selected the one labeled [Gentle White Cut Black] and closed the notebook.

The photographer behind him was also preparing to leave. Before leaving, maybe because of their friendship with Old Wu, he kindly reminded Bai Jinshu to put away the script and start the live broadcast as soon as he stepped onto the island.

The boat that brought him here also left. Bai Jinshu silently closed the script, looked around, and walked in the direction of the sign.

Although the recording area is only a small piece of the resort, this small piece is actually not small.

He walked for a long time before he saw the shadow of a villa in front of him.

There is a big check mark on the roadside sign, indicating that this is the end of the journey.

I don’t know if it was because Bai Jinshu woke up early, so he was also the first to arrive. After waiting for a while, the other guests arrived one after another.

The program production team went with the flow and the ten guests originally scheduled were reduced to six due to an accident in the first episode. After that, the guests were fixed at six in each episode.

It is indeed a cross-border co-habitation. In addition to the actor Ersi, one of the other guests is said to be a rising star in the motorcycle racing world. He is said to be mixed-race, but it is difficult to tell from his face. All you can see is that he inherited the eye-catching yellow hair from the gene from the other side of the ocean.

Maybe he had heard too many such words when he was a child, so he was very casual and asked everyone to just call him Huangmao, as all his friends called him that.

A video was flashing across the live broadcast screen at the front of the screen: [Brother Huangmao! Brother Huangmao! ]

【The God of Bayinbuluke Track.jpg】

[When will motorcycles be available at the Bayinbuluke Raceway? ]

[Do you understand why I’m playing with memes? I’m playing with memes. 】

It seems that this guy is quite popular in the racing circle.

One is an entomologist. I heard that she opened a popular science account on the Internet with a lot of fans, but she is said to be a hearing-impaired person who is born unable to speak or hear. She is a very weak and bookish girl, which fits the public's stereotype of scholars very well. Her name is Nianyu.

Many fans also popped up in the barrage and posted a message [Director Nian is also participating in the variety show. ]

[If Director Nian comes to participate in the variety show, who will restore the Weibo account? ]

[Assistant lady, right? ]

Nian Yu typed a few words on her phone and shook it towards the camera: [Weibo assistant replied.]

The other three, one is said to be the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, her ancestors have been doing shadow puppetry for generations, and she came here to promote intangible cultural heritage. She also gave everyone a small shadow puppet photo frame as a gift, and her name has a shadow in it, so everyone can just call her Xiaoying.

One is a cartoonist named Hong Conghua, who is serializing a popular comic. She is wearing a T-shirt of the comic she is serializing, because the serialization cannot be interrupted, and she also brought a heavy laptop and drawing board with her to record the show.

The barrage was swiping wildly [My wife is hungry for updates. 】

[Three months! Three months! Madam, how long are you going to delay the update? I want to see the next chapter now!]

[Hehe live variety show, can we watch my wife draw the next episode live? Hehe...]

The last one seems to be of great importance.

After everyone had introduced themselves and gotten to know each other, the door to the apartment was slowly pushed open and a man in a suit walked in.

Bai Jinshu heard Hong Conghua beside him complaining quietly: "Oh my god, is this guy here to shoot a magazine?"

Everyone was here to record the show, and they knew that the place where the show was recorded was on a holiday island, so everyone tried to dress in a holiday and casual style. Bai Jinshu wore a beach shirt that the makeup artist had specially matched for him, and the girls next to him were mostly wearing dresses or short-sleeved shirts and shorts.

Even though the air conditioner was on, it wasn't cold enough to require a coat, and the girls just grabbed a pillow from the side and hugged it while introducing themselves.

But this person walked in.

Even Bai Jinshu couldn't help but feel a little urge to complain in his heart.

Isn’t it hot?

The man was wearing a suit, a three-piece suit even, with a vest underneath the jacket.

Maybe it was a bit hot outside, so he was holding his coat in his hand and only wearing his suit.

But even so, it's hot enough.

Bai Jinshu heard the yellow-haired man beside him sigh silently: "Damn, rich guy, this suit is so expensive."

The rich guy who walked in was the big boss in the economic circle that Old Wu mentioned.

The big boss in the economic circle is a tycoon whose specific name is unknown and he is extremely mysterious. Even when he came to participate in the show, he refused to reveal his real name. Instead, he gave an English name that was obviously a pseudonym in a very cold and arrogant manner.

The cross-border co-renting crew is really powerful, and they can even invite such people.

Everyone looked at each other and silently looked away.

"Come to think of it," Xiaoying spoke first, her tone gentle, "after everyone introduced themselves to each other, I felt like I had known everyone for a long time."

"Yes," Hong Conghua leaned back, "I feel like I've seen you guys somewhere."

"Of course I have seen him before," Huang Mao complained silently, "I just won the Grand Slam a while ago. Isn't Ersi next to you the perverted and delusional villain in the summer movie? Director Nian is a very famous disabled role model and his photo has been everywhere in the publicity."

"I was on CCTV's intangible cultural heritage promotion program some time ago," Xiaoying took the initiative to say.

"Oh, that's true," Hong Conghua looked around and said in a strange tone, "Although I have only seen you on the screen, I feel like everyone knows each other very well. What a coincidence."

"Yeah, everyone has seen it on TV." Bai Jinshu nodded in agreement. This group of people always gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Although it could be explained according to Huangmao's words, but...

His eyes subconsciously fell on the face of the big boss in the economic circle.

But they probably haven't seen this person before, right?

I don’t know why…

The same thought flashed through everyone's mind.

Have you seen this person before? He looks familiar.

The author has something to say:

Mirage is probably a mystery book (eyes moved)

The cover has been changed to Jiamuge, and it will be changed back after a while~

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