79 Chapter 79
◎It’s not just Dou Xiaorui who has low emotional intelligence.◎
The news that the investor's daughter came to Qianyang's live broadcast room and gave out gifts spread like wildfire on the Internet.
"Hahaha, this is really unfair to the child."
"Fortunately, Master Qianyang exposed Han Zhi, otherwise he would not only be bullied but also scolded online."
"This little girl has a good personality. She was bullied by Han Zhi and ended up in the hospital."
"Hehehe Master Qianyang's death warrior +1."
Qianyang was somewhat helpless, as the viewers in her live broadcast room liked to give her tips all the time, and the amount of tips for each live broadcast was no less than one million.
Although Qianyang would randomly select viewers to provide free help every day, the money was too much and their family could not spend it all in two lifetimes. So they simply asked Yang Mao to register an account and donate to domestic charities on a regular basis every day.
On Saturday, Qianyang received a notice that the second episode of "Entering Metaphysics" will start at 2 pm on Sunday.
It just so happened that Yang Wei was on vacation, so she went along.
"I wonder if Dou Xiaorui is pretty in real life." Yang Wei sighed.
In the past two days, she has watched almost all the TV series and variety shows starring Dou Xiaorui. In her words, Dou Xiaorui's acting skills are indeed not as exaggerated as people say on the Internet. The overall presentation effect is not bad and will not make people feel distracted.
However, I am indeed lacking in emotional intelligence.
"You'll know when you get there."
The second time he went to the recording location of "Entering Metaphysics", Qianyang was already familiar with it and took the elevator upstairs by himself.
"Master Qianyang, you're here?" The staff at the elevator entrance greeted him.
"Yeah." Qianyang nodded to the other party, then entered a separate dressing room.
After putting on makeup and changing clothes, the staff brought me lunch boxes.
"Different from last time?" Qian Yang asked doubtfully.
The box delivered last time was just an ordinary plastic lunch box, but this time it was a wooden lunch box with several layers. Each layer contained different food, with a wide variety, like the dishes from a big restaurant.
The staff member explained: "It's different, this is takeaway from Yellow Crane Tower."
"Yellow Crane Tower? That five-star hotel? Don't they have takeout?" Yang Wei asked in surprise.
Qian Yang asked, "The one you took me to before?"
Yang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, the one that's very expensive. Big brother, is our chief director so willing to spend so much?"
"Where is it?" The staff member pointed outside. "Miss Dou is here. She said she only eats at Yellow Crane Tower when she's out. We'll have to go and order it for her!"
"Thank you. You also ordered one for us." Yang Wei said.
"No, we will all eat this for lunch today." The staff said happily.
Yang Wei: “?”
"Is the director crazy? How much is this?"
The staff member slapped his head and said, "Look at my brain! I almost made you misunderstand. These are all paid by Miss Dou. She will also have some hand-ground coffee made by her family later. I will bring it to you."
"Huh?" Yang Wei was stunned. "Ms. Dou treated the entire production team to a meal?"
"That's not the case. I'm leaving now and will be back later."
"Okay, thank you."
After the staff left, Yang Wei exclaimed, "Sister, is she trying to leave a good impression on you?"
Qianyang shook his head, "I don't know."
She took a bite of the food, which melted in her mouth, and nodded, "Delicious."
After the meal, the staff indeed brought us some pure hand-ground coffee, which even a country bumpkin like Qianyang, who didn’t know how to drink coffee at all, found particularly mellow.
At about one o'clock, they left the dressing room and went backstage to wait.
When Qian Yang and Yang Wei, who was holding Shun Yi's hand, came to the backstage together, the place was very lively.
There was a lounge chair in the middle, and a woman in a black fishtail skirt was lying on it. Two people were sitting on her left and right, massaging her legs. A makeup artist was carefully touching up her makeup. There was also a girl next to her holding cut fruit, feeding her piece by piece.
She just closed her eyes and didn't have to worry about anything.
"Oh my god..." Yang Wei sighed softly, "It's just like what the marketing account said."
The girl standing next to Dou Xiaorui saw Qian Yang and the other person, and leaned over to say something in her ear.
Dou Xiaorui's eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she opened her eyes. The assistant immediately wiped her mouth gently with a tissue.
She raised her eyes and looked at Qianyang, nodding slightly as a greeting.
"Thank you for the coffee and lunch, Ms. Dou," Yang said with a smile.
Dou Xiaorui nodded, "Yeah."
She looked lazy and lay back down, closing her eyes to continue resting. Several assistants around her were serving her tirelessly, without any embarrassment or impatience on their faces.
"Miss Dou, Miss Dou! The sweet-scented osmanthus cake you wanted is here!"
At this time, the staff member who had just delivered coffee to Qianyang and the others hurried in carrying a box.
"Hmm." Dou Xiaorui responded lazily. Someone immediately took the box, took out a clean knife and fork from the bag, cut the osmanthus cake, which was less than the size of a palm, into twelve pieces, picked up one of the pieces with a fork, and caught it in mid-air with a white handkerchief to prevent the cake crumbs from falling on Dou Xiaorui.
Dou Xiaorui opened her mouth slightly and ate the cake.
The assistant immediately picked up the water cup and placed the straw to her lips, "Ms. Dou, please drink some water."
Yang Wei took a look at the food box and found only a piece of osmanthus cake inside!
After the staff nodded and bowed for a while, Meimei left.
When passing by Qian Yang and the other person, Yang Wei called out to him curiously.
"Brother, this pastry shop is not close by. Are you going back and forth just to buy one piece?" Yang Wei asked.
The staff member said: "Ms. Dou said she only wanted to eat one piece, so I..."
"Aren't you a staff member of the production team? Why are you running errands for her?" Yang Wei looked puzzled. "If I don't do this, won't she cooperate and be on the show properly?"
The staff member laughed. "What are you talking about? Have you read too much news from those marketing accounts online?"
Yang Wei nodded honestly, "Yes, that's what it says on the Internet."
The staff member glanced over there and said in a low voice, "It's different."
"What's different?" Yang Wei asked puzzled.
"Guess how much the three assistants and makeup artists serving her make per month?" the staff member asked mysteriously.
"How much is it? I heard online that most artist assistants don't get paid that much."
The staff member stretched out his finger and made a "1" gesture.
"Ten thousand?" Yang Wei said.
The staff member shook his head. "As far as I know, the lowest-paid among them is over 100,000."
"?"
"Mr. Duo?!"
The staff member said, "One hundred thousand. Guess how much it cost me to run an errand for her to buy a piece of osmanthus cake?"
Yang Wei swallowed, "How much?"
The staff member immediately raised five fingers and said, "Five thousand. One piece of osmanthus cake is six hundred and eighty, and the rest is my errand fee. This is an opportunity I snatched away."
Yang Wei: “…”
"Oh my god! This is a living Bodhisattva."
The staff member laughed and said, "Don't listen to the nonsense those marketing accounts spread online. The hardworking people in the industry are particularly fond of her and are vying for her services. Sometimes she charges several months' salary in a single move! Have you seen her female assistants? They have no education or personal qualifications. It's impossible for them to easily earn hundreds of thousands of yuan a month in any industry. They all want to worship Miss Dou, fearing that something might go wrong."
Yang Wei exclaimed, "I see. I was wondering why those staff members were so willing to serve her! If that's the case, why don't you clarify it?"
"Tsk! Let me tell you quietly, he has an extraordinary background. To put it bluntly, he just loves acting and doesn't care about these rumors at all."
"Oh...I see." Yang Wei nodded, not quite understanding. "Brother, what do you think? If I ask her for her autograph after we're done, will she agree?"
"I think you can agree. She just doesn't like to talk to people anymore."
"Okay, okay, thank you."
"You're welcome."
After the staff left, Yang Wei looked at Qian Yang who was drowsy in the chair.
She usually takes a nap, and even though she drank a cup of coffee at noon, she is now feeling more and more sleepy.
"Sister, are you okay?"
Qianyang waved his hand, "It's okay."
"I think I misunderstood. Miss Dou didn't invite us to lunch and coffee just to make a good impression. I guess she's always like this wherever she goes."
Qian Yang said: "It's okay, I'm fine."
After a while, the director came backstage and asked them to get ready as the show was about to begin.
Only then did Dou Xiaorui sit up from the recliner and put on her makeup one last time.
Ten minutes later, two people and a dog entered the studio.
The second episode of "Entering Metaphysics" officially begins.
The big screen in front of him lit up, and the figures of Qianyang and Dou Xiaorui were reflected on it.
"Hello everyone, I'm Qianyang."
"I'm Dou Xiaorui."
"Welcome to this episode."
【Here it comes! 】
[Oh my god! Did Dou Xiaorui really do it?]
【Awesome, not afraid of failure. 】
[It's not going to be a disaster, is it? She has a bad temper, and low emotional intelligence isn't a moral issue.]
[Emm, isn't exploiting assistants and staff morally problematic?]
[If it's a marketing account, you guys can do it too? She just has too many haters.]
[The question is, is it true that she exploits the staff around her? I remember her saying that once, while away from home for Chinese New Year, she craved seafood wontons late at night. Her assistant prepared them herself until three or four in the morning, but she fell asleep and didn't eat a single one. Isn't that pure torture?]
Didn't she pay me? Didn't she pay me my salary?
[How much money do you make a month that you dare to order people around like this? ]
I don't know what the netizens at Todai are arguing about, but I really like this episode. There are two very beautiful girls.
[Ms. Dou Xiaorui, standing next to him, seems to have some moral issues and is torturing and exploiting the staff.]
"Ah, no, you can't do this to the poor working class!"
As soon as the show started, the barrage of comments started arguing about Dou Xiaorui.
Although some of Dou Xiaorui's fans are speaking for her, she is not popular among the public, and more viewers are blaming her.
Qian Yang and the other person were sitting in the studio, and they could clearly see the barrage of comments scrolling on the big screen.
She glanced at Dou Xiaorui, who didn't care about it. Her attention wasn't even on the big screen. Instead, she lowered her eyes to look at Shunyi who was lying at Qianyang's feet.
Shunyi seemed to notice her gaze, perhaps thinking of Xiaoshui from the previous episode, and thought that Dou Xiaorui was also afraid of those supernatural things.
It raised its head, wagged its tail proudly, and walked slowly to Dou Xiaorui with a compassionate look.
Just as I was about to lie down, a voice came from above my head.
"Don't get your skirt dirty."
Shunyi: “?”
【？ 】
[This is the first time I've seen shock and disbelief on a dog's face.]
[Ahhh Dou Xiaorui! What's dirty about it?]
[Can you speak? I give up.]
[Shunyi must have thought you were as scared as Xiaoshui, so he wanted to stay by your side!]
【What did you say to my cute Tamagotchi? 】
[How rude! Apologize!]
Shunyi is intelligent, but after all, it is just a dog.
Hearing Dou Xiaorui's words that sounded like driving it away, its dark eyes became moist, its eyes and ears drooped, and a whimper came from its throat. It probably remembered when it was a stray cat and a stray dog, and it was dirty and everyone passing by disliked it.
But it’s different now. It already has an owner. It’s not a stray dog and it’s very clean.
【Ahhh my Shunyi baby, don’t be sad, don’t be sad. 】
【You are not dirty! Baby, you are not dirty at all! 】
[Yes, you are much cleaner in heart and mouth than some people.]
I hate this lady. If I were afraid of dogs I would understand her, but she shouldn't say that.
【Yes, Shunyi did not touch her.】
[Dogs are humans' most loyal companions. They can understand what we say. Please don't treat them like this.]
I think Ms. Dou Xiaorui is the first beautiful woman whom I dislike.
Qian Yang said, "It takes a bath every night. If it doesn't like it, I'll let it come back."
Hearing Qianyang's words, Shunyi stood up from the ground and wanted to return to her dejectedly.
Shunyi would never show this side of him when facing other fierce people. Dou Xiaorui's words were not offensive, but they happened to bring back his sad memories.
"It doesn't matter if it gets dirty. It's not worth much." Dou Xiaorui said.
Shunyi paused and looked back at Dou Xiaorui.
After coming to Qianyang, almost everyone liked it except the lunatic it met in the previous episode. It was always majestic when it was outside. It was a little unwilling that this person actually despised it!
She actually despised it!
It’s not fear, it’s not liking, it’s actually disgust!
No, it is impossible for anyone to dislike it now, it doesn’t believe it!
Shunyi nodded towards Qianyang and resolutely returned to Dou Xiaorui.
Qianyang was helpless, but Shunyi had a very sensitive sense of smell and should know that Dou Xiaorui had no ill intentions towards it.
【My dear baby! 】
[Shunyi is so cute, even though people dislike it, they still protect it.]
Why do you make a dress sound so precious? It's like you've sacrificed something.
Even if you rent a high-end brand, you can just wash it and return it later. It needs to be cleaned anyway.
[Emm, not everyone likes dogs, so there's no need to blame her for this, right? ]
[Sorry, to be honest, Shunyi is a regular guest, and she is just a flying guest.]
Did she only find out that Soon-yi would be participating after the show? If she doesn't like dogs, why didn't she communicate in advance?
Dou Xiaorui's existence is indeed very controversial. In just a few minutes, the barrage of comments broke out.
Qianyang kind of misses Xiaoshui from the first episode of the show. Why don’t he go back and suggest to the director to invite Xiaoshui back?
The length of each episode is not fixed. If it were just her and Dou Xiaorui, the atmosphere would be very awkward.
"Before we get into the main topic of our program today, we have added a segment for audience questions," said a staff member off-camera.
This is probably the program crew's new method to seduce the audience, and they discussed it with Qian Yang backstage in advance.
"The rules of this segment are that the program team will draw some lucky viewers from the audience who participated in the lottery. They can then connect with the microphone live and choose a guest to ask questions. Of course, these questions cannot involve the guest's personal privacy."
“Guests can also choose whether to answer.”
【I report the program team for plagiarism! 】
[Hahaha, isn't this just the audience lottery from Qianyang's live broadcast room being brought here?]
[This is interesting! I like this!]
[So exciting! ]
[Brothers and sisters who are selected must ask key questions! ]
Qian Yang is a human lie detector. She can tell if Dou Xiaorui is lying.
【If that’s the case, I hope artists from our country can also have the opportunity to participate in this program. 】
[That makes sense. I'm applying to select artists from outside China for the next round.]
Since this is a global variety show, I hope the guests can also be foreigners.
[Yes, I am really looking forward to seeing those Hollywood people on the show!]
"If the two guests have no objection, we can start the lottery." said the staff.
Qianyang nodded, "No."
Dou Xiaorui nodded, "Yeah."
She really didn't care and didn't even glance at the big screen. Instead, she spent most of her time looking at Shunyi at her feet, not sure whether she liked it or not.
The two had no objection, and the lottery officially began.
"To protect the selected audience, your ID and voice will be processed by AI, please rest assured."
A turntable appeared on the big screen, and the coded ID below was constantly refreshing.
"Three, two, one!"
"Congratulations to the audience whose ID nickname ends with the last two characters 'Jiujiu'!"
After a moment, a black head appeared in the lower right corner with a flashing green microphone.
"Hello, Master Qianyang!" The girl's excited voice echoed in the studio.
"Hello." Qianyang said.
"I didn't expect that I would be chosen. I'm so nervous!" said Jiujiu.
"Jiujiu, do you have any questions for the two guests?"
"Ah! Yes, I want to ask something about Dou Xiaorui."
Dou Xiaorui finally raised her head and looked at the big screen.
"Ask."
Jiujiu said, "I'd like to ask why you entered the entertainment industry? I remember you're a returnee and have been developing your career abroad. I'm curious why you chose to become a Chinese actor."
Dou Xiaorui said: "I'm bored, I just think it's fun."
"Then... I want to ask again, the internet says you often treat your staff like servants. Is that true?"
"Well, I paid their wages." Dou Xiaorui said lightly.
[What the hell?! You admit it already?]
[Awesome, she's not afraid at all? ]
[How speechless! Even if you pay them wages, you can't treat them as servants.]
[…I really misjudged you. I was arguing with your haters online about this yesterday, and you just admitted it today?]
Are the staff not human beings? Do you really think you are the masters after being given a few lousy coins?
I once had the good fortune to be an assistant to a third-tier artist. I can only say that to work in this industry, you have to treat yourself like a nobody. Artists have many demands, and the basic salary is not high. It's much more tiring than ordinary cattle and horses.
[I thought you were just a bit grumpy and had low emotional intelligence, but I didn't expect you to be so unscrupulous.]
Jiujiu's tone also turned angry. "Don't you think you're going too far? Don't you think your demands are excessive? You said you usually have a high standard of living. No matter where you go, you only eat food in five-star hotels. Whenever you want to eat, you ask your assistant to prepare it. I also heard that you once wanted to eat fresh grapes, so you asked your assistant to search around for vineyards and pick three for you. What do you think of them?"
Dou Xiaorui said, "Assistant."
Unlike the audience who were indignant, Dou Xiaorui didn't care about it. The "excessive" things that Jiujiu mentioned were commonplace to her, and she didn't think there was any problem.
Jiujiu almost couldn't catch his breath when he heard her casual answer, "You..."
A curse word almost popped out of his mouth, Jiujiu took a deep breath, "I don't have any other questions."
"OK."
The program crew immediately cut off Jiujiu's connection, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little awkward.
Qianyang felt that there was nothing wrong with Dou Xiaorui's answer. She paid a lot of money and the assistant was willing to serve her. Qianyang didn't even feel any negative emotions from her assistant.
The second round of lottery began, and it was a male audience member.
"Dou Xiaorui, I want to ask, you haven't produced any hit works, so why do you never run out of resources and high-end endorsements?"
Dou Xiaorui said: "Because they recognize my ability."
【Awesome.】
[Does this woman really have no emotional intelligence at all? ]
I used to think those variety shows were maliciously edited to create controversy and generate discussion, but I never expected you to be exactly like what you said after the marketing: squeamish, demanding, and not treating the staff as human beings.
So disappointed!
Dou Xiaorui doesn't care about the outside world's evaluation at all and has no intention of defending herself.
"I don't think I did anything wrong. I paid their wages and didn't force them to do anything they didn't want to do."
【???】
[How much is it? You are so arrogant.]
[I'm speechless. Just for a few bucks, you really think you're a god?]
[Dou Xiaorui, get out of the entertainment industry!]
The director noticed the heated discussion among the audience and asked, "Ms. Dou, since everyone is so curious, please tell us how much your assistants earn per month."
The director naturally knew what even the program crew knew. He said this just to help Dou Xiaorui out.
Dou Xiaorui didn't know if she understood what the director meant. She frowned and said, "Employees' salaries are private matters. I have an obligation to keep them confidential and cannot disclose them to others."
Chief Director: “…”
I'm afraid this person has more than just low emotional intelligence.
Qianyang looked helpless. No wonder Shunyi didn't reject her.
Dou Xiaorui's family background must be very wealthy. She is used to being taken care of by others. She never needs to care about the thoughts of other people around her, and she doesn't need to please or win over anyone, so she can say whatever she wants and do whatever she wants.
Qianyang doesn't hate this kind of person. On the contrary, Dou Xiaorui's nature is relatively pure and she doesn't have any extra thoughts. It should be more comfortable to work around her.
"By the way, Miss Dou, thank you for the lunch and coffee. I heard they are quite expensive." Qian Yang said.
Dou Xiaorui glanced at her and said, "Yeah."
Qian Yang continued, "Ms. Dou, how about this? You can't tell everyone the assistants' salaries. How about I calculate it after getting their consent?"
Dou Xiaorui asked suspiciously, "Can you figure it out?"
"Can."
Dou Xiaorui said: "Then ask them."
It just so happened that several assistants and makeup artists were in the studio.
"sure!"
"That's fine with me."
"Miss Dou, it's okay if you just say it directly."
"Hehe, but I'm really looking forward to whether Master Qianyang can figure it out. I swear, only I know my salary!"
The assistant and makeup artist both agreed.
【Wait, I've found a clue.】
【Master Qianyang doesn't seem to dislike her.】
[Yeah, I feel like I'm helping her out.]
【(Put your ears aside.】
"The assistant who has been with you the longest has been here for about three years. His salary last month was 186,000."
【???】
【Duo Shao? ! ! 】
"The next best is makeup artist, two years, monthly salary 190,000."
"The remaining two assistants' salaries last month were 150,000 and 120,000 respectively."
"Free food and accommodation, six insurances and one housing fund, and a year-end bonus of three months' salary."
【Author’s words】
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