Chapter 828: At Best, It Can Only Be Considered a Performance
At this time, several other people also came over, and Ling Xiuzhi waved at us with three men I had never seen before.
When he saw Xiao Shiqiu, he went up to him affectionately and put his arm around his shoulders, "Brother Qiu, you can go back now. Don't worry, leave your sister-in-law to me."
Xiao Shiqiu brushed his hand away and said, "I'll take her to the boarding gate. Your little Mongolian princess is here. How can I expect you to remember your sister-in-law?"
Su Rina grinned, "Don't worry, Brother Xiao, I will take good care of Mengmeng. She is the youngest among us and enjoys special treatment."
I started school at the age of five and a half, which happened to be the last year of the five-year system of T City's key primary school. Therefore, I was generally one or two years younger than other students in the same class. Relying on this slight age advantage, I was always considered the youngest and smallest in the dormitory, and enjoyed their care for four years.
"That's enough," Ling Xiuzhi patted Xiao Shiqiu's shoulder, "Don't worry so much, I'm here, your sister-in-law won't get lost."
"Well, thank you for your trouble." Xiao Shiqiu's expression eased a little.
Ling Xiuzhi said seriously, "Is everyone here? If anyone hasn't come yet, please raise your hands. If no one raises their hands, then everyone is here."
It was a rare occasion today that he kept his hair and beard neat and tidy. Even his thick eyebrows looked trimmed, giving him a refreshed look.
"Let's have a small meeting before checking in." Ling Xiuzhi was wearing a polo shirt with the TV station's logo printed on it and a work badge hanging on his chest. He looked very different from before.
We all consciously formed a circle, and Song Ci and another middle-aged man stood quietly on the periphery.
Ling Ling Xiuzhi cleared his throat: "Let's get to know each other first. First, let me introduce the staff. This is our team leader..." He pointed at Song Ci and glanced at the work badge on his chest, "...Team Leader Zhang Ming."
He looked at the middle-aged man next to Song Ci and said, "This is the tour guide... Zhao Hu." The corners of his mouth twitched. The two names sounded equally perfunctory.
Ling Xiuzhi turned sideways again and pointed at two men behind him who were smiling and waving at us, "They are cameraman Shen Long and sound engineer He Bin. And..." He began to look around for someone, at this time a man wearing black-framed glasses ran towards us with a stack of materials in his hands.
"Why did you come here just now? You didn't even raise your hand before the people arrived~" Ling Xiuzhi complained in a low voice. The man looked confused and we laughed to ourselves.
"This is production assistant Tao Keyu. He's in charge of all the logistics."
He then looked at Xiaoyan and Azhi, "There's no need for me to introduce them. They're the life teacher and safety teacher assigned by your school. You know them better than I do."
Because of our last trip to Yunnan, everyone is very familiar with Xiaoyan and Azhi.
Ling Xiuzhi cleared his throat and continued, "Next, let me briefly talk about some precautions for this trip."
He took the document from Tao Keyu and said, “We will film the entire trip, and all the footage will be used to produce the program.
Therefore, there are three things you need to pay special attention to. First, you are prohibited from posting any information related to your itinerary without permission. Second, you must return to the hotel before 10 PM every day. Third…” He glanced at Song Ci, “You must obey the arrangements made by Team Leader Zhang Ming.”
Huang Tianyi suddenly raised her hand: "Director, are we staying in a room for two people in the hotel?"
"Yes, you can form your own groups." Ling Xiuzhi gave a mysterious smile. "If you want a single room, you can pay the difference yourself."
I glanced at Song Ci secretly. He was sending messages on his mobile phone. The blue light of the encryption interface was on the screen.
Xiao Shiqiu suddenly squeezed my palm and whispered, "The six of you are in first class, and the others are in economy. But I guess Xiuzhi asked for an upgrade himself, and he definitely didn't want to go to economy. There are eight first-class seats on this flight, and you're taking up seven."
The so-called short meeting ended in just a few words. Song Ci held up a small flag in a serious manner and said, "Everyone, please pay attention. Let's go check in our boarding passes now and then check in our luggage."
He held a small flag in front and kept chattering as he walked, "Students, please take your passports. If your checked luggage exceeds 23 kilograms, you will need to pay the excess fee yourself."
He spoke so fluently that I even doubted whether he had ever been a tour guide.
Pang Xiaomin looked at him with twinkles in her eyes, and whispered to us with a hint of pride, "He told me that during his summer vacation, he went to Mount Tai to work and study. I guess he got the hang of it during that time."
Qin Shi was a little curious, "Becoming a tour guide? Without a license, a guide is an illegal one, right?"
"No, he was accompanying someone hiking and learned it from other tour guides along the way."
Huang Tianyi laughed and said, "This guy has also worked as a handsome male escort?"
"Look at what you said," Pang Xiaomin glared at her with some dissatisfaction, "At best, I can only be considered a street performer."
Tan Shi corrected her, "That's called selling coolie labor."
The luggage check-in went smoothly, except for the cameraman and sound engineer's luggage which was overweight. There was nothing we could do as the two poor kids still had equipment in their suitcases.
Ling Xiuzhi waved his hand and said, "I'll reimburse you when I get back."
There was a small incident during the security check. Su Rina's cosmetic bag was asked to be opened for inspection, and a silver hairpin inside was suspected to be a sharp weapon with lethality.
Song Ci immediately stepped forward to help: "This is a traditional Maori handicraft, a prop for our show." As he spoke, he quietly showed a certain document, and the security officer understood and let him pass immediately.
"Team Leader Zhang is quite impressive," Ren Qiongying muttered softly. "He even managed to get away with such nonsense. It's clearly a traditional hairpin, how did it become a traditional Maori handicraft? We haven't even reached Maori territory yet."
The six of us entered the first-class lounge, and Ling Xiuzhi and Xiao Shiqiu followed us in.
"This is for you." He handed me a velvet box containing a pair of pearl earrings. "Pressing the left one three times signals for help, and continuously pressing the right one records a sound."
I shook my wrist and said, "I'm still wearing this bracelet."
After using it last time in Yunnan, Xiao Shiqiu took it back and had someone reset it. Before coming out this time, he specially replaced the battery.
He gave me another pair of earrings, which made me feel that he was a little too anxious.
"Better prepared." He stuffed it into my hand.
Huang Tianyi came over and whispered, "Mengmeng, when we entered the first-class cabin just now, someone seemed to be taking pictures of us."
After the incident in Yunnan, Huang Tianyi became much more vigilant when going out.
Ling Xiuzhi heard this and laughed, "Are you sure you were secretly filming us? Not you? But then again, you really have the potential to be a star. Look at the six of you, you're the only one who can put on full makeup before going out, while the others probably just washed their faces.
I'm afraid Xiao Ren hasn't had time to comb his hair." As he said this, he turned around and saw Ren Qiongying combing her hair with a small comb.
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