Tiao Jiangji doubts the authenticity of the apartment's occupancy rules.
But the most urgent task is to find their new home first.
Today is the first day they move into their new home. The program crew will not sympathize with them for their long journey and assign them fewer tasks. They may even set traps for them in the tasks while they are mentally exhausted.
But...what time is it now?
Jiang Ji looked up. There were three intercom phones next to him. They were not universal! Each covered a part of the residents in the apartment.
These three intercom phones looked quite old, and the times displayed on the black and white screens were 17:20, 15:20, and 13:20.
There is a difference of two hours.
These times are not far apart, both are in the afternoon, which makes it difficult to judge even when the weather is better, not to mention that the weather in the weird world is foggy and the sun cannot be seen, making it difficult to distinguish.
There is no clock in the apartment lobby, and besides the internal telephone and bulletin board, there is only a fire prevention and theft notice board on the wall.
Jiang Ji couldn't find the time on the bus just now. She looked down at the time on her mobile phone, 03:20.
But she uses the 24-hour system.
She turned her head and asked Chu Xiuning: "What time is it now?"
Chu Xiuning showed his pale wrist. The time on his watch was 1:20 in the morning. He apologized: "The watch is broken."
Jiang Ji smiled and turned her head, her eyes lingering on the three phones for a while, and the camera followed her gaze.
The discussion in the live broadcast comments finally shifted away from the killing and began to study the time above. There was no shortage of mystery lovers everywhere.
[Did the production crew tamper with the phone call time? ]
[The time is wrong. It should be 15:20. ]
【Why is it 15:21? 】
[You are one minute faster... I am also at 15:21 now. ]
[Maybe it was the neighbors who did this. There are so many people staring at me. It’s really a special welcome ceremony~]
Jiang Ji found the correct answer from the barrage.
15:20.
It seems that the middle phone is the right one.
She adjusted the time on her cell phone to 15:20, and asked Chu Xiuning to adjust his watch to the corresponding time.
[How does the wife know the correct time? ]
[Guess what, she can't see us talking. ]
Facing Chu Xiuning's same question, Jiang Ji blinked his eyes ignorantly, "Three times, cut off the beginning and the end and take the truncated average."
Chu Xiuning smiled and didn't delve into it, "You're right."
[Do you also think this is right? ]
[The amazing thing is that my wife actually guessed it right!!!]
[Is my wife a koi fish? Ahhh! I hate koi fish the most! One foot has already stepped into the trap but she can't die!]
Before Jiang Ji arrived at the apartment, Chu Xiuning had already obtained the key from the director team. A string of numbers was printed on the brass key.
2208.
22 is the floor and 08 is the room number.
Not bad, at least it’s not a 404 or something like that.
The suitcases made rolling sounds on the floor tiles, and the two walked side by side to the elevator entrance. There were only two elevators in this pigeon-cage-like building.
Chu Xiuning's face darkened. Jiang Ji was right.
There was a new notice on the elevator door.
Elevator Usage Rules
[1. There are only two elevators in this apartment, both of which are passenger elevators. If you see a freight elevator, please do not attempt to enter.
2. The elevator is a public area. Please do not smoke, litter, or run or jump around in the elevator.
3. The elevators in this apartment are regularly inspected and maintained. If you see a yellow plastic sign saying "Under Maintenance" at the elevator door, please choose to take another elevator or take the stairs instead.
4. No matter how many people you see in the elevator, if the overload alarm sounds in the elevator, there is a malfunction of the elevator.
Please leave the elevator immediately and call the property management. The property management will arrange for elevator maintenance personnel to complete the repair as soon as possible.
5. After pressing the floor button, while the elevator is ascending or descending, please confirm in time whether the floor button is still the floor you selected.
If you find that the elevator is open on a floor other than your selected floor, no matter what you hear or see, please do not leave the elevator until you reach your destination.
6. The property management has received many complaints recently. For the safety of apartment residents, please do not help outsiders press the elevator button.
7. There will be no strange noises in the elevator.
If you hear any strange noises, such as a baby crying when there is no baby, or a dog barking when there is no dog, please close your eyes immediately, retreat to the corner of the elevator, and wait for the sound to disappear. 】
Here come seven more rules.
Both the [Apartment Check-in Rules] and the [Elevator Usage Rules] mention the property management, but do not provide the property management's contact information.
Maybe I should ask the neighbors?
The space inside the elevator was narrow, and the two of them plus a suitcase took up half of the space. However, this building, like Lihua Apartment, was a pigeon cage building with a dense population. Relying on only these two elevators to go up and down, the carrying capacity was amazing. No wonder the elevators often needed maintenance.
There was no one else in the elevator. After pressing the floor button, Jiang Ji discovered that there were B1 and B2 buttons among the densely packed buttons. The round buttons were wrapped with black and red rubber rings, which were not found on the other floor buttons.
There is no underground parking lot, but there are underground first and second floors?
This apartment is really weird in every way.
The elevator went up very slowly, making the occasional creaking sound of its aging form, and there was a loud bang when it stopped at the ground floor, but it finally reached the 22nd floor smoothly without running into any other residents along the way.
The door of 2208 is a retro liver red.
Jiang Ji looked around and saw that the other entrance doors were the same color.
There were obvious traces of glue on the door and the wall. It looked like a seal had been put on here not long ago and it had been there for a long time.
There is no peephole installed on the door. If a delivery guy or a neighbor knocks on the door late at night, the only way to see what is happening outside is to open the door.
The new house is not big, only about 40 to 50 square meters, with one bedroom. The furniture shows some signs of use, and the rest is the living room and bathroom.
The walls looked like they had just been painted, and were a very harsh, cold white, like the cold skin of a dead person. It was obvious that Chu Xiuning was very satisfied.
There was a blood-red task card on the table.
Above are the three tasks they have to complete today.
[1. The new house is empty, find all the materials hidden in the apartment by the program team, and make a DIY wind chime to hang on the bedside! ]
[2. On the first day of moving into your new home, please go to the public kitchen and make some cookies for your neighbors~]
【3. After cleaning up your new home, remember to take out the trash! 】
Reality shows have a high degree of freedom and not too many restrictions. The production team is afraid that the guests will hide in the safe zone and be unwilling to go out, which will affect the popularity and traffic, so they give them three tasks that must be completed every day.
Jiang Ji once again felt the malicious intent of the program crew. Whether it was finding materials to make wind chimes or making cookies, it was not an easy task.
Fortunately, she had negotiated the terms with the program team beforehand.
She took out a human bone wind chime, hung it on her fingertips and shook it playfully.
The joints collided with each other, making a clicking sound. The screen in Jiang Ji's mind flashed, and an advertisement suddenly jumped out.
[Scientific research shows that uninspected meat will induce various strange diseases... Two-legged Sheep Restaurant, farmed meat, safe meat, fully automated production workshop, no preservatives, promises never to use pre-prepared dishes, refuse to eat wild people, start with me...]
Jiang Ji: “…”
Very awkward product placement.
The audience who were expecting them to encounter strange events were also disappointed.
[You’re inserting ads during live broadcast? ? Cut it back!!!]
[Don’t watch ads, don’t watch ads, don’t watch ads, don’t watch ads!!]
[60-second ad, it’s okay, it’s okay… No, why is the time so weird? 60s, 59s, 58s, 60s? ]