Chapter 864: Respective Identities
The director, feeling satisfied with his successful display of arrogance and having satisfied his overflowing vanity, finally got down to business.
"Ahem, alright, alright, you all know now. The production team spent a fortune renting this house, and you can all stay here for the next two days, but..."
Upon hearing the word "but," the guests present all instinctively felt their eyelids twitch, anticipating that the director was about to stir up trouble.
Sure enough, the director said the next second: "In order to be able to stay in this place, the production team has assigned identities to all the guests. The guests need to use their identities to stay in the courtyard of this house, and at the same time use their identities to complete the tasks assigned by the production team."
As soon as the director finished speaking, there was a chorus of groans on set: "And then there's the issue of identity. I knew the production team wasn't that kind-hearted; they definitely wouldn't let us finish filming the show comfortably."
Having long been accustomed to the director's unpredictable actions and the guests' eagerness to torment them, the group quickly accepted the changes to the show's rules and became curious about their assigned roles.
"What roles did the production team assign us? Maid, young lady, master, young master, butler, waiter?"
Zhao Yun'er listed all the identities she could think of, and the director just smiled mysteriously and had the name cards that had been prepared in advance distributed to everyone.
Once everyone opened the package, they quickly learned their own identities and those of each other.
Nie Yuyang is the eldest son of the Yang family, Gu Shaoling is his wife, the first wife, Feng Tianyu is the second son, and Ye Wanxi is his wife, the second wife.
Li Guangjun is the third master, but there is an additional note after his name (adopted son), which means that compared to the first and second masters who are the real bloodline of the Yang family, this third master Yang is just an adopted son of the Yang family and has no blood relation with them.
Zhao Yun'er's identity is that of a distant cousin who is temporarily staying at the Yang family's house.
In addition, the Yang family has a younger sister, Lin Yuxiu, who is the fourth young lady of the Yang family.
Lian Lifan was very unhappy when he saw Lin Yuxiu's identity, because his own identity was just that of an actress.
Feng Tianyu and Nie Yuyang go without saying, but let's talk about Li Guangjun, this Third Master. Although he is an adopted son, he is still a master. How come he has become an actor?
You have to understand the social context of a hundred years ago; actors were considered the lowest of the low!
Lian Lifan's first reaction was that he was being targeted by the production team, and his face immediately darkened, his tone becoming somewhat aggressive.
"How was this identity assigned? What is the basis for it?"
The director could easily detect the dissatisfaction in Lian Lifan's words. His smile faded considerably, and he said coldly, "It was written by the director and decided after discussions among all the staff in the production team. Do you have a problem with that?"
Lian Lifan shivered at the director's cold question, only then realizing that he had said the wrong thing.
Although he was unwilling, neither Feng Tianyu nor Li Guangjun were people he could afford to offend. Even Nie Yuyang was a senior figure.
If he were to actually express his dissatisfaction now and ask someone else to switch identities with him, his haters would probably slap a label on him and tear him apart.
Lian Lifan, whose IQ rarely kicked in, stiffened and awkwardly replied, "...No."
The director scoffed, remaining noncommittal.
Lian Lifan became even more certain that he was being targeted, but he had actually wronged the director.
A director who only thinks about creating trouble and generating buzz must be incredibly bored to inexplicably target a guest he doesn't care about at all.
The reason for this arrangement is simply because, apart from Gu Shaoling and her partner who are both celebrities in the industry, the other couples are all celebrity + non-celebrity combinations.
Out of consideration for ordinary people, the main roles were assigned to several ordinary people.
In addition, their script was adapted from a true story, which is why they became a couple.
The person Lian Lifan was based on was a very prominent figure back then. They felt it was beneath Lian Lifan to play the role, yet he dared to complain.
This one thing alone made the director and screenwriter increasingly dislike Lian Lifan.
Lian Lifan was unaware of the director's and screenwriter's thoughts, but she keenly sensed that the staff and guests didn't seem to like her, which made her even more certain that she was being targeted.
The reason for this was, of course, that a certain patron secretly instructed them to do so.
Fortunately, Feng Tianyu didn't pay any attention to him at all, otherwise he would probably have burst out laughing when he knew what he was thinking.
To think that someone whose name he barely remembers is worth such a huge effort and targeting is an overestimation of his own abilities.
Regardless of what everyone present was thinking, Lian Lifan felt that he had been isolated by the whole world and suffered a great loss. He was unhappy, and his face naturally darkened.
His fans are drawn to him because they share some similarities with him in terms of personality.
Almost instantly, they were hooked on his brainwaves, and they all felt sorry for their idol in the live stream.
[Fanfan is so wronged! He feels targeted. Everyone else is treated like royalty, but he's been given the identity of an actor. Does this mean he'll have to be subservient to the others once he's in the manor?]
[The production team is disgusting. It's clearly intentional. Even arranging for him to be a young master or a butler would be better than arranging for him to be an actor. In those days, that was a lowly profession. Isn't that insulting?]
[I don't think it's necessarily the production team. Maybe someone is just jealous that Kris Wu is more popular and famous than him, so they're deliberately doing these underhanded things. What can we do? Our Kris Wu is young and doesn't have any connections yet. He can only be bullied. I feel so sorry for him.]
The result of his sarcastic remarks was, of course, that he was attacked by the other three fan groups.
He keeps saying he feels sorry for them, as if he himself suffered some great injustice on the show. Who is he talking about who wronged him? Isn't he just implying something about the other guests?
She's young and has no connections. Knowing she's young and has no connections, she still dares to jump around and court death. In just a few words, she offended everyone. Her ability to attract negative attention is probably even greater than that of her haters who hope their idol will be ruined sooner.
The fierce battle that was unfolding in the live broadcast room was completely unknown to the guests present.
The newly revised rules seemed quite novel to the other guests. Zhao Yun'er and the others, of course, were all actors. They could play any role the production team needed, whether it was a maid or a madam, so they naturally wouldn't care too much about these so-called identities.
Feng Tianyu and his friends treated this as just a murder mystery game, something to play with their girlfriends (boyfriends). Wasn't it more fun than watching a movie?
Therefore, apart from Lian Lifan, no one had any objections to this arrangement. On the contrary, some were eager to try it out and couldn't wait to enter the house to see what secrets it held.
Lin Yuxiu did notice Lian Lifan's dissatisfaction, but at this moment she was tightly clutching her identity card, her head slightly lowered, seemingly lost in thought.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com