Chapter 54: Sister is the sky, sister is the earth, don’t follow sister...
[Boss: I've finally found someone who knows what I'm doing. I can't cheat anyone anymore. Ji Jingchuan: Not at all.]
After Ji Jingchuan called out 49, the boss's face was almost blooming with smiles.
[I seriously suspect he was imitating Shang Que's bargaining skills, but he didn't grasp the essence of it and only learned the trick of being quick.]
[Shang Que bargains: Will you sell it for one dollar? Ji Jingchuan bargains: Will you sell it for one dollar less?]
[Don't worry about how much you bargained for, just say whether you succeeded in bargaining.]
Ji Jingchuan was very satisfied with his performance. After he finished speaking, he looked at Shang Que with a sharp gaze, and his inner thoughts were all revealed on his face - "I am worthy of being a genius. Shang Que must praise me."
"Wow, that's amazing." Shang Que said in agreement, "You bargained really fast."
【Hahahaha, can this be considered an advantage? 】
Why not? Two seconds costs 90 cents, two minutes costs 9 dollars, two days costs 900, two months costs 90,000, and two years costs 9 million!
[Putting aside Ji Jingchuan's bargaining, who taught you this arithmetic?]
[Shang Que felt like my advisor had read through my academic garbage and had nothing good to praise, so he thought for a long time and finally said the printing paper was of good quality.]
[Shang Que: I can't say anything against my will.]
Ji Jingchuan always felt something was wrong. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye and asked doubtfully, "Shang Que, are you praising me?"
"Of course." Shang Que said seriously, "Haven't you heard the saying, 'The only martial art in the world that can't be defeated is speed?' You've already mastered two of the key points of bargaining: speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness."
Cut off 90 cents in two seconds and help the merchants make a lot of money.
Ji Jingchuan only picked out the words he liked. After extracting the key word "self-taught", he concluded that Shang Que was just praising him and immediately became cocky: "It's just a mere bargaining, a piece of cake for this genius. Next time you travel, take me with you and I'll help you bargain."
Shang Que looked embarrassed: "I praised you, why are you repaying kindness with hatred?"
Um? ? ?
What is repaying kindness with enmity?
It took Ji Jingchuan a few seconds to react. His eyes widened in disbelief, and he said, "Shang Que, you're playing tricks on me again!"
[Ahhhhhhhh I can't stand it anymore, I'm dying of laughter. Shang Que set a trap with his first sentence, Ji Jingchuan, why did you just realize it?]
[The siblings have 800 clever ideas combined, and Shang Que has 801 of them.]
[I wish my brother could be as innocent and gullible as Ji Jingchuan someday.]
[Some people actually believe you when you put on a show in front of the camera. There are no innocent people in the entertainment industry. You can only fool your fans.]
[Wow, you figured this out! No one would have known about it if you hadn't mentioned it. Hurry up and apply for a patent before someone else takes advantage of it.]
[Yeah, yeah, it's all acting. He acted so well, I suggest giving Ji Jingchuan a Best Actor award.]
[You mean—Ji Jingchuan's character changed from being irritable and impolite before, but after having a sister, he became an obedient puppy who said, "Sister is the sky, sister is the earth. I can't really get angry with her, and when I'm angry, I can comfort myself."]
The ancient street is closest to the B&B, so Shang Que and his group were the first to come back. At this moment, Ji Jingchuan had already forgotten about being tricked and was playing with the puppy with Shang Que in the yard.
About ten minutes later, there was a noise at the door, and four other people came in from outside. Seeing them, Lin Jinyi asked casually, "What are you doing? Have you been back for a long time?"
"Not long," Shang Que picked up the puppy and said seriously, "We're playing a game of guessing who is Ji Jingchuan and who is the puppy."
"What's there to guess? A man and a dog." Lin Jinyi turned around in confusion and saw two orange-gold shadows. He paused and blurted out, "Oh my god, Ji Jingchuan is a dog."
【Ahhhhhh, I'm dying of laughter. What a brilliant description.】
Seeing Ji Jingchuan's eyes narrowed, Lin Jinyi immediately changed the subject: "By the way, what did your group buy as souvenirs?"
Ning Sheng and Lu Zhixu bought amulets from a stall outside the temple for twenty yuan. They specifically picked out a fortune charm and took it to the God of Wealth Temple to worship.
The souvenir for Lin Jinyi and Jiang Yize is a refrigerator magnet with a pattern of an ancient house. "There were a lot of stalls outside the house. We compared prices and finally bought the cheapest one, which was only five dollars!" Jiang Yize laughed.
In comparison, the tie-dyed skirts bought by Shang Que and Ji Jingchuan were the most expensive.
"Didn't we say we'd try to pick the cheapest when we set out?" Ning Sheng shared a piece of information. "Oh, and I heard from the staff that there's competition among each group for this mission. It seems to be related to travel funds."
Jiang Yize suddenly had an idea: "Isn't it about who spends less?"
Ji Jingchuan was unhappy when he heard this: "Who said that? Souvenirs are usually given as gifts, so it must depend on which group bought the most expensive one."
"How is that possible?" Lin Jinyi rolled her eyes and retorted, "The director is so stingy that he only thinks the cheaper the better."
Ning Sheng thought for a moment and said, "It seems that no matter whether it's the most expensive or the cheapest, our group won't get it."
"It doesn't matter. The value of a gift doesn't lie in money." Lu Zhixu smiled slightly and joined the competition: "We took our amulet to the God of Wealth Temple to be blessed."
【!!! A decisive blow, Lu Zhixu, you killed the game with just one sentence.】
[I unilaterally declare your team the winner! ]
While several people were having a childish but fierce argument, the director came out and put an end to their speculation.
"There is a bonfire party tonight. According to local customs, everyone who participates in the bonfire party will bring a colorful flower. They will give the flower to the one who dances the best." The director paused and began to assign tasks: "All guests need to wear local style clothes and go to the bonfire party, sing and dance with everyone, and receive a colorful flower at the end of the party.
The guest who spends the most money will receive a mysterious gift."
Jiang Yizhe: "Bonfire Party!"
Ji Jingchuan: "Dancing the best?"
Lin Jinyi: "A mysterious gift."
[It's really funny. Everyone only hears the part they care about.]
Jiang Yizhe: Bonfire party! Wow, so much fun! Ji Jingchuan: The best dancer? That's obvious, she must be a genius. Lin Jinyi: A mysterious gift? What's the director up to?
"Local-style clothing?" Shang Que noticed the key point. "Do you want us to go out and buy it ourselves?"
"Don't worry about that, the program team has already prepared it for everyone in advance." The director waved his hand, and immediately a staff member pushed up two clothes hangers.
In addition to dresses and shawls with obvious ethnic characteristics, there are also traditional accessories such as beaded necklaces, tassel earrings, and enamel bracelets.
The director lived up to expectations: "Of course, these things are not completely free."
[So you were waiting here. I was wondering why you became so generous and your aesthetic taste is also online today.]
[Director: I'll say it again, I haven't changed. I'm still the stingy director who loves to cheat guests.]
Everyone had an "I knew it" expression on their face. The director cleared his throat and said, "We'll be selling them by auction. Clothes start at five dollars, accessories at three dollars, and we'll bid upwards in round numbers. Each group can only bid with the money left after buying souvenirs."
"No wonder Sister Ning Sheng said that competition is related to travel funds." Jiang Yize suddenly realized.
"It's just like what I guessed." Lin Jinyi said proudly: "The group that spent less money before will be able to shoot more."
Ji Jingchuan: "That's not necessarily true."
"Why not? Your group should only have ten left, and we still have forty-five. That's a full seven more pieces of clothing than you."
"Miss, you still overestimate them. Their team doesn't even have ten."
[Lin Jinyi's calculation is wrong, right? This is an auction, not a five-yuan sale.]
[Wait, you mean...!]
Soon, Lin Jinyi understood the ambiguous meaning of Ji Jingchuan's words.
"This Tibetan robe has a starting price of five yuan."
Lin Jinyi: "I want it."
Ji Jingchuan: "Six pieces."
Perhaps not expecting anyone to bid, Lin Jinyi froze for a moment and then shouted unconvincedly, "Seven dollars."
Ji Jingchuan: “Eight.”
“?” Lin Jinyi gritted her teeth and said, “Nine.”
"Ten dollars."
"Fifteen!" Lin Jinyi waved away Jiang Yize's hand that was pulling her sleeve, and turned to look at Ji Jingchuan: "You can't keep shouting this, can you?"
Ji Jingchuan remained silent. Lin Jinyi raised the corners of her lips in triumph, as if she had won a battle. Only then did she notice Jiang Yize, who was hesitant to speak. "What were you about to say?"
"I want to say..." Jiang Yize reminded, "Their group only has ten yuan, we just need to bid 11 yuan."
Lin Jinyi:!
【Hahahahaha.】
Maximize losses.
Ji Jingchuan was really brave enough to shout, not afraid that Lin Jinyi would suddenly stop following him.
Guess why he stopped bidding at ten yuan.
Lin Jinyi reacted: "Wait a minute, Director——"
"Fifteen once, fifteen twice, fifteen three times, and there's no further increase. Let's congratulate Lin Jinyi and Jiang Yize's team!"
The director seemed to be afraid that she would change her mind, so he quickly hammered the final word. Everyone else applauded, and Ji Jingchuan even said "Wow" in a seemingly insincere way: "Congratulations."
[Ji Jingchuan, you really want to kill people and destroy their hearts.]
【Isn’t this a bit bad?】
What's wrong with that? We've already said it's a competitive relationship, and even vicious competition is still competition.
[Hahahahaha, if our team can't win, no one else can either, right?]
After that, no matter what they filmed, Ji Jingchuan raised the price to ten yuan, and Lu Zhixu also joined in. The scene was so chaotic that it seemed like a fight was about to break out.
"Ahhhh, what are you doing!" Lin Jinyi, who had spent over thirty minutes photographing just two pieces of clothing, finally couldn't take it anymore. "Cease, stop, we're arguing here, and how can we let the director take advantage of us?"
Lu Zhixu's group wasn't much better off. They only had thirty yuan left, and they had already spent twenty yuan on buying a piece of clothing and a headdress.
The only ones who didn't suffer any loss were Shang Que and Ji Jingchuan. Although they shouted every time, they didn't buy anything.
So the two groups turned their attention to him and said, "Tell me, how can you stop bidding higher?"
Ji Jingchuan was lying on the rocking chair with his legs crossed like a grandfather. Hearing this, he showed a reluctant expression: "Well... take a picture of that shawl for us to make."
A shawl was only five dollars, and in order to prevent him from making trouble again, Lin Jinyi gritted her teeth and bought it.
After Ji Jingchuan got it, he handed it directly to Shang Que.
This is a knitted shawl in blue and white with a few tassel pendants underneath, which goes well with the tie-dyed halter dress they bought in the ancient street.
but--
Because they were "penniless", they had just made a plan. Shang Que would wear the suspender skirt to the bonfire party, and Ji Jingchuan would find a way to get the other two groups to get him a set of clothes.
Therefore, Shang Que was stunned and a little confused: "Why buy this?"
Ji Jingchuan said as a matter of course: "It will be cold to wear a skirt at night."
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