Chapter 5: Bottom of the Ranking
The guests were divided into twelve groups, mostly in pairs. Since Wei Xi had a cold personality and was not familiar with the other guests, no one wanted to be in the same group with her, so she formed a group on her own.
Due to limited funds, in order to save money, the only free thing they can get is to live in the house arranged by the program team. All other expenses must be borne by the guests themselves.
But the program team set a competition rule. After the program ends, the group that earns the most and the group with the highest popularity will become the spokesperson for VK's luxury jeweler.
At the beginning, Wei Xi was ranked last. The other guests had more or less some life skills, but Wei Xi was probably used to having everything provided for him.
She couldn't even wash dishes properly in a restaurant. Not only did she not make any money, she also broke several of the boss's plates. In the end, it was the program crew who paid off her debt.
Because her ranking was always at the bottom, there was no one to even mock her, and she could not produce any effect on the show, so the program team originally planned to fire her.
It wasn't until the day before yesterday when her identity as a fake rich girl was exposed that things took a turn for the better. The audience finally increased, and her sudden transformation into a charlatan attracted a lot of curiosity seekers.
It was obvious to the naked eye that the audience did not look favorably upon her profession as a charlatan, and most of them mocked her.
The program crew also let her go. In their opinion, as long as it can bring popularity to the program, it doesn't matter what means you use to retain the audience. After all, being black and red is also red.
Unexpectedly, Wei Xi, who usually didn't speak for several days on the show, actually started spreading rumors and slandering those big stars as soon as she opened her mouth.
Oh my goodness, the director team is sweating. This ignorant rich girl is so bold to say that. Isn’t she afraid of being sprayed to death by the fans’ spit?
Fortunately, despite their scolding, Wei Xi still did her own fortune-telling.
As Wei Xi stopped fortune-telling, the popularity of the live broadcast room also subsided.
From the initial ranking of eighth, it fell back to twelfth, but this time the bottom ranking is obviously different from the previous ones.
She finally has a few more regular fans in her barrage area, especially after today, she has accumulated a few long-term viewers, and the program crew is happy for her.
Wei Xi sat on the sofa and looked at her phone. It was time for dinner and she was hungry.
So she went to the program crew to get the 100 yuan reward, but the director only gave her 50 yuan.
Wei Xi looked at Director Chen and blinked: "?"
What does it mean???
Director Chen smiled and said, "You broke a plate at the owner of Niu Za Ji's shop a few days ago. The other fifty yuan is compensation."
Wei Xi: "Hasn't your production team already repaid the money?"
Director Chen: "Ms. Wei Xi, that was paid for you. It doesn't mean your share has been paid. Because you didn't have money before, our production team didn't ask you for it."
Wei Xi: “…”
Before she left, she muttered, "...How deceptive."
Director Chen: “…”
[Hahahaha, this show is really stingy, even asking for fifty yuan.]
Wei Xi took the fifty yuan and went to the fast food platform to order a takeaway.
This money can be used to buy her a lunch and a dinner, and the remaining few dollars is just enough to buy a few buns tomorrow morning.
Wei Xi is truly used to a life of ease and comfort, unwilling to do any work at all. She's become so lazy.
[…Actually, it’s not that she’s unwilling to do it, it’s just that she can’t do everything well.]
[No wonder they were forced to resort to scamming the audience out of their money.]
Half an hour later, the takeaway arrived.
Wei Xi sat on the sofa, eating and sighing, saying that if she had a hundred yuan, she could have a good meal at noon today.
Before coming to this show, she had never imagined that it would be so stingy. Not only did she have to pay for food and drink, but she also had to rely on working on the show to earn money to buy daily necessities for bathing and brushing her teeth.
If she hadn't wanted to get the salary she deserved after the show ended, she would have left long ago.
After a few days of miserable life, she couldn't stand it anymore and started a live broadcast to tell people's fortunes.
Fortunately, today’s food allowance is enough, and I’ll figure out the rest tomorrow.
After a hearty meal, Wei Xi lay down on the sofa and began to rest.
【???】
"I'm new here. Is she usually like this? She eats and sleeps, not working like the other guests?"
[Yes, this is her daily life. She is a real stay-at-home girl. As long as she has some money in her pocket, she is unwilling to step out of the house.]
This is also the reason why Wei Xi ranked at the bottom for several days in a row and her popularity was almost zero after coming to this show.
Who would like to watch her eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep every day?
After Wei Xi finished her nap, she started to eat dinner soon after. It was not until she finished her shower and after nine o'clock in the evening that some guests came back one after another.
The guests who got off work were so tired that they lay down on the bed, motionless, not even caring about their image.
One of the female guests lived in the same room with Wei Xi. As soon as she entered the room, she saw Wei Xi, a beautiful girl wearing pajamas and lying leisurely on the sofa watching TV.
“…You didn’t go out to work today?”
After a few days, Li Jiajia finally had something to talk about with Wei Xi. After getting to know her, she found that Wei Xi was not as cold as she seemed on the surface, and was actually quite easy to get along with.
Wei Xi said "hmm" lightly.
Li Jiajia: "Then how do you get your food expenses?"
Wei Xi: "Fortune telling."
Li Jiajia: “?”
She was outside all day today and had no time to watch other people's live broadcast rooms, so she didn't know what happened in Wei Xi's live broadcast room today.
Wei Xi briefly explained it to her.
Li Jiajia was surprised: "You can also tell fortunes?"
"Um."
Li Jiajia laughed and said, "I really can't tell. Can you calculate it for me?"
"Sure, fifty dollars a time."
Li Jiajia's voice suddenly stopped: "Then... forget it."
Fifty dollars is not much at all under normal circumstances, but who told her to participate in a money-making program?
She had to earn all her money by herself, and in order to get first place, she was very careful with her earnings.
"I'll settle it with you after I finish recording this show." Li Jiajia said again.
Wei Xi: "Okay."
Li Jiajia continued, "Don't you want to get the reward given by the program team at all? That's to become the spokesperson for a luxury jeweler. It will help you debut."
Wei Xi: "No."
Li Jiajia sighed.
She went into the bathroom with her pajamas and said, "Will you come to work with me tomorrow? My store is short of staff, and my boss asked me today if I know anyone who could be introduced to her for a job."
Wei Xi looked up: "Then I'll try."
Then Li Jiajia went in to take a shower.
In the first two days of participating in the show, Li Jiajia worked with Wei Xi.
Their first job was working in Niu Za Ji restaurant. Later, Wei Xi was fired by the boss because she frequently broke plates.
Afterwards, she and Wei Xi went their separate ways to find things to do.
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