Chapter 18 Bet Our A-Luo Has Great Powers
After Feng Daiyue came out of the village committee, her agent called her aside to talk - the program team allowed the agent or assistant to follow the program team after the first day, but they were not allowed to follow the program team afterwards.
Lin Huiyu found a secret place, away from all cameras.
She was a little angry and asked, "Can you tell me what your purpose was in doing this tonight? Do you want to mess with Gao Shule?"
Feng Daiyue said nothing.
"Was this your idea alone?"
Feng Daiyue finally responded: "How is that possible? There were three people who wrote the apology letter!"
You can take all the credit, but you can’t take all the blame.
"Is it Shen Siyan? It should not be just today. Have you and Shen Siyan reached some kind of cooperation before?"
Feng Daiyue's eyes widened in disbelief, "How did you know that?"
She hadn’t told anyone that she was working with Shen Siyan, so how did Lin Huiyu know?
Lin Huiyu snorted coldly. If she couldn't see it, all of her years as an agent would have been in vain.
"Have you forgotten that you met with her privately a few days ago, took a photo together, and Shen Siyan posted it on Weibo?"
"Oh... you can tell from just one photo?"
"She even spoke up for you at the time, saying that you were a very nice person and that you had a good relationship."
“Then I am indeed a very nice person.”
"..." Lin Huiyu was so angry at her that she had nothing to say.
With Feng Daiyue's personality, she is full of hostility towards any of the same sex around her who is better than her. Shen Siyan will only be her rival, not her friend.
They were able to meet privately and take photos together, pretending that they had a good relationship. It was obvious that they had reached some kind of cooperative interest. After that, the dark trending searches about Gao Shule’s “relatives” broke out, and some people in the square were trying to lead the trend, wanting the official of “Wonderful Holiday” to replace Gao Shule.
"Did you buy the trending search for Gao Shule's 'connected person'?" Lin Huiyu wanted to confirm one last thing with Feng Daiyue, "Did Shen Siyan ask you to buy it?"
Feng Daiyue admitted: "I bought it, what's wrong? Shen Siyan gave the information, I paid, and the distribution is fair."
"Fuck fairness!" Lin Hui said in such a tone that she almost vomited blood: "You don't even know that you are being used as a gun!"
Feng Daiyue couldn't understand why she was being used as a gun, but she could hear Lin Huiyu calling her stupid.
She didn't admit that she was stupid, so she couldn't ask Lin Huiyu about it. She just said to her, "I know what's going on."
Seeing her like this, Lin Huiyu knew that her stubborn temper was coming out. She couldn't say anything at this time. The more she said, the more rebellious she would become.
She changed her tone and warned her earnestly, "Today is only the first day of the show. I can't follow you anymore. You have to always remember the purpose of filming this variety show. Don't always stare at Gao Shule. Whether she's good or not has nothing to do with you."
"Also, you must be wary of Shen Siyan. Her level..."
Lin Huiyu wanted to say "her rank is higher than yours", but halfway through she realized that Feng Daiyue couldn't stand hearing such talk, so she changed her words: "her rank is higher, you should think more when you get along with her, and if you encounter something like this tonight in the future, don't get involved."
Shen Siyan posted a group photo on Weibo to help Feng Daiyue out, seemingly doing it for her own good, but after she did that, she also took advantage of Feng Daiyue's popularity at the time and gained a good reputation for being "kind to others", and her voting ranking rose to first place.
If it is still a win-win situation at this time, then there is no need to share information with Feng Daiyue later.
No one in the entertainment industry is willing to do such a stupid thing as "leading others". Friends can turn against each other for the sake of interests, not to mention that Feng Daiyue is a competitor in the same field.
So her goal was to let Feng Daiyue buy the hot searches and be the first to take action. When Gao Shule realizes the situation and wants to hold her accountable, Feng Daiyue will be the first to be held accountable.
"If she can accomplish something on her own, but still 'kindly' shares it with you, then you must be careful." Lin Huiyu reminded her: "Chen Siyan is not a kind person."
The real factor that led Lin Huiyu to this conclusion was not the things mentioned above, but the video she sent to Feng Daiyue, a video that could whitewash Feng Daiyue but made Feng Ximi a shield.
Shen Siyan is a professional director and has made films herself. She understands that different video angles will lead the audience to think differently. When she filmed Feng Ximi at the scene, she must have known the consequences of this video, but she still filmed it and sent it to Feng Daiyue.
Neither Feng Daiyue nor Shen Siyan are kind. Feng Daiyue doesn't think she is wrong, and Shen Siyan knows what she is doing, but she doesn't care.
But in the final analysis, Feng Daiyue is her own artist, so Lin Huiyu must still help her.
In addition to reminding her to be alert to Shen Siyan, Lin Huiyu finally told her: "Take good care of Feng Ximi, she is your biological sister, you must not hurt her again! This is very important!!"
Lin Huiyu has been in the industry for twelve years and has seen too many unscrupulous operations in the circle. What others do is none of her business, but she has to maintain her own bottom line and her bottom line as an artist.
Feng Daiyue said, "I understand."
Lin Huiyu didn’t know whether she really knew it or just pretended to know it, because she was leaving tonight.
Feng Daiyue didn't actually give her a perfunctory response, she did listen to it, but only half of it. The first half - Shen Siyan was not kind.
She began to reflect on whether she had fallen into her trap during this period of time.
In addition to Feng Daiyue's self-reflection, Wen Cheng also conducted some self-reflection after a long absence.
However, what he reflected on was not whether his behavior towards Gao Luo and other guests today was correct or not, but whether he should not be on this variety show again - his popularity did not improve, but his image was ruined.
On the way back from the village committee, Shen Siyan ran into Xue Chen, who was leading Yu Jiayu to room number four. He took the initiative to greet: "Teacher Shen, have you finished your meal with Ze Yin?"
Xue Chen didn't know that they had just been dragged away by Ning Heng for criticism, and thought that they had just come out of a villager's house after dinner.
"Which family did you have dinner at? Not the one at the villa, right?"
Xue Chen was talking about something else, and Shen Siyan forced a smile: "No, that family didn't let us in. I would have listened to you if I had known."
"Yeah! You just listen to me next time."
"Um."
[Our little Xue is really stupid...]
[The child has no tact at all. Didn’t he see that the other person’s smile was forced? 】
[So many things happened on the first day of the show. This show is really interesting. 】
[Those three people probably couldn’t sleep at night.] 】
[I don’t know whether they could sleep or not, but I saw that Bian Yuan’s group slept quite soundly. 】
That night, some people tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, while others fell into deep sleep. This was the group led by Bian Yuan.
Although Zhang Tianen is rude and unreasonable, he has one advantage: he is not picky about food. Bian Yuan randomly found a farmer's house and ate the steamed buns with cabbage with great relish. After eating, he felt sleepy and wanted to go to bed.
At nine o'clock in the evening, when the other three groups were still writing apology letters in the village committee, netizens saw that the live broadcast room of Bian Yuan's group had gone dark, and the two, one adult and one child, had fallen asleep.
At seven o'clock the next morning, the staff delivered task cards and asked adults and children to go to the Qingyun School in the village for breakfast.
The adults gathered at the village committee first, and Ning Heng announced the rules: "You go there by yourselves, breakfast is ready, everyone can choose three items for their group, a total of twelve items, first come first served."
[Twelve in total?] In other words, if the first four groups all choose three items, then the last two groups will have no food to eat? 】
[An artist with a little emotional intelligence would not do this. 】
[In fact, on average, there are two foods in each group, and everyone should be able to distribute them consciously. 】
[We already said first come first served, but you are using the equal system. Isn't this moral kidnapping? 】
[The artists haven't made their choice yet and netizens are already divided. The program crew is really good at stirring up trouble. 】
The task rules are easy to understand, but the problem is that the guests don’t know where Qingyun Academy is.
Bian Yuan wanted to wait for other artists to bring it up, but no one spoke up, so he had to take the initiative to ask: "Is there anyone to take us there?"
"No, but I have a map I can provide you." Ning Heng took out a hand-drawn map.
"Only one?"
"Yes, just one. You can go alone or together. If you go together, all the food will be shared."
[That’s boring. I thought there was competition.] In this case, the guests will definitely choose to go together. 】
[Yeah, who would make themselves look out of place in a public place? 】
[It’s not that simple. If everyone chooses to go together, then a team must have a manager. Who will be this manager? 】
A manager can demonstrate his abilities, and he must have the most effective shots.
Ning Heng sent out the map, but no artist came to take it. Ning Heng put the map on the table and went to the next location.
[Now it’s time for the familiar humility phase…]
[Based on their status, Wen Cheng is more suitable to be the captain. 】
[Who says he has the highest status?] Our Xiao Xue is no worse than him, right? 】
[That’s right, we can’t just give in to him just because he’s old. 】
[Let me make it clear, Wen Cheng is a triple-Award winner, and Xue Chen is just an idol, okay? 】
[Please know the contempt chain in the entertainment industry: idols are at the bottom, actors are in the middle, and filmmakers have the highest status. 】
[Xue Chen only has fans, Wen Cheng has awards, are they comparable? 】
Wen Cheng's fans and Xue Chen's fans were arguing in the live broadcast room, but the scene was quite harmonious. After several shoves and refusals, the map finally fell into Wen Cheng's hands.
*
The children gathered at the place where they got off the bus yesterday. The rules were the same, and they were only given a map, and were allowed to go to the school on their own or together.
[Give it to Jun, he has natural leadership qualities! 】
[Our handsome boy is very independent and he was very good at leading a small team last season. 】
[Yes, other children would ask him for help when they got into trouble. He is a mature team leader. 】
Jun was not hesitant to receive all kinds of compliments in the live broadcast room, and took the initiative to ask to be the captain.
He studied the map carefully, and two minutes later pointed west, "Go this way."
Before he put his hand down, the map was taken away.
He turned around blankly and saw that it was Gao Luo who took his map.
Gao Luo pointed at a location on the map and said, "That's not right. We are here. Where are you going west? To seek scriptures?"
Because he missed A-Luo's wonderful footage the afternoon before, Jin Qi chose to follow A-Luo this time.
[Hahahahahahaha, how come our little A-Luo is so funny. 】
[Although, you're going against the captain before we even set off? 】
[This is not called going against him, this is correcting him.] Would you eat shit if your leader told you to? 】
[We don’t even know who’s right or wrong yet, how can you guarantee that Gao Luo is right? 】
[Anyway, up to now, the little bun hasn't made any mistakes. 】
[Not having made a mistake doesn’t mean you will never make a mistake. 】
How about a bet? If you are wrong, you can call me dad. If I am wrong, I will call you dad. 】
[Let’s gamble.] 】
Jun and Gao Luo’s fans made bets in the live broadcast room, and more and more people came to watch the show, so that the popularity of the young guests’ live broadcast room exceeded that of the adults’ group.
Jun was refuted in public and was very unconvinced: "I could read a world map when I was three years old, so of course I am right and you are wrong!"
“You can read a map, but can you read a tree?”
Gao Luo's question confused Jun, "What tree?"
Gao Luo pointed to the big tree in front of her that two people could hug together and asked, "What kind of tree is this?"
Jun opened his mouth, unable to speak.
"This is a banyan tree. The place you are looking at is here. This is a Metasequoia." Gao Luo told him: "You have seen the wrong starting point." This is a hand-drawn map of the countryside, and the marked points include buildings, rivers, green plants, farmland, etc.
There were no buildings where they were, only a tree. The landmark that Jun chose was also an open space with trees planted there, but the two trees were different.
The banyan tree has an umbrella-like crown and its leaves are narrowly elliptical with entire edges. The crown of Metasequoia is like a tower and its leaves are feather-shaped. This hand-drawn map is very detailed, and the basic characteristics of the trees are drawn, so it is easy to find the way as long as you know how to read.
[Trust A-Luo, you won’t go wrong!] 】
[Call me daddy, hurry up!] ! 】
[Where is the person who made the bet just now?] 】
[You don’t dare to come out.] 】
Netizens wanted to watch the fun and called out the fan who had made the bet, but that fan's account never spoke again.
After Gao Luo explained it clearly, Jun knew that he had seen it wrong, but the little boy had never been denied in public, so he was very angry.
"You're so good at seeing, then go by yourself!"
What he meant was to let Gao Luo go by herself instead of letting her be the captain. He thought that she would definitely give in and say nice things to him.
He heard Gao Luo say, "I'll go by myself, just give me the map."
He was happy and proud: "The map belongs to everyone. You are only one person, and there are five of us. Of course you have to stay with us."
He classified the other four children as his alliance, the minority gave in to the majority, and the map could not be given to her.
In fact, Feng Ximi and Yu Jiayu had no idea what they were arguing about, nor did they know why they were arguing.
Zhang Tianen had just fought with Gao Luo yesterday, and the four stripes on the back of his neck still hurt, so of course he couldn't stand with her. Ze Yin was taught by Shen Siyan to get along well with everyone and not to create conflicts, and he wanted to follow the main group.
[Why does it feel like a small group is isolating themselves? 】
[He didn’t admit he was wrong, but told others to leave and didn’t even give them a map…]
Was he like this last season? 】
[Almost...but last season everyone gave in to him, so it looked quite harmonious. 】
[It's not a big deal in the first place. Gao Luo is just too serious about it. 】
[What do you mean by being too serious? It’s obviously the other party’s fault, but you have to be a spineless person, right? 】
[I hope everyone knows that defending one's own interests is a legitimate behavior, which is called self-respect. 】
[But the map is in Jun's hands now, we can't steal it, right? 】
[I support Luo to grab it!] 】
Gao Luo did not grab the map. She said to Jun, "You let me go by myself and you didn't give me the map. This is unfair to me. You are playing an unfair game with me. Even if you win, it's shameless."
This sentence made Jun's face turn red with anger.
Before he could think of a counterattack, he heard Gao Luo continue, "Well, if I get to the school first, you give me your breakfast."
"Okay, if we get there first, you have to give me your breakfast, lunch, and dinner!"
[Anyway, you won’t suffer any loss.] 】
[It's not that they don't want to suffer any loss, it's that they want to get more. How did they teach them to be so unreasonable? 】
[What is his relationship with Wen Cheng?] 】
[I don’t think he introduced himself, but I heard him call Wen Cheng “Uncle” last night. He must be a friend’s child. 】
The bet between Jun and Gao Luo was seriously unequal. He said this because he wanted Gao Luo to change her mind and bow to him, but Gao Luo agreed.
When she was walking alone on the road, Jin Qi asked her, "Why did you promise him? You don't have a map. If you are slower than him, you won't have any food today."
"If I have no food to eat, then I have no food to eat. I'd rather starve to death!"
Jin Qi: “…” This kid is so stubborn.
[The production crew should secretly leave some food for us little ones, right? 】
[The program team won’t give it, and there’s Gao Shule. The bet is only about the children’s food, not the adults’. 】
[It’s impossible...A Luo arrived first? 】
[I admit that Luo is very smart, but this is her first time here. Could it be that she can tell fortunes? After some calculations, should I go in this direction? 】
Netizens in the live broadcast room knew that Luo was smart, but most of them still didn't believe that she could find the right path by herself.
The school is closest to the starting point of the little guests, but it is still two kilometers away. It requires bypassing farmers, passing through several farmlands, and crossing a pomegranate plantation.
The journey is long and there are many turns, and it is impossible to find the place without following the map.
After Ning Heng learned about the situation through Xu Man, he told Jin Qi on the intercom to keep a close eye on Gao Luo and remind her when appropriate so as not to let her go too far.
After Ning Heng announced the task rules to the guests, he and the staff went to the academy from another remote path. The purpose was to avoid the guests group, otherwise they could just follow the staff.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the school ahead of the two guest groups.
Qingyun Academy is located behind a pomegranate grove. It has a wall with graffiti painted on it, but after so many years of rain and sun exposure, the wall has peeled and faded, and the original images can no longer be seen.
There is a small vegetable garden when you enter the gate. The village chief said that the conditions were difficult in the past and the teachers had no canteen, so they grew their own vegetables here and took turns cooking at noon.
Now all the children in the village go to school in the town, and the school is vacant, but the small vegetable garden is still preserved, but the vegetables in it are not grown by the teachers, but by the nearby villagers.
At first, we only planted leeks, cabbages and other easy-to-grow vegetables. Later, we built a rack to plant cucumbers and tomatoes, and the small vegetable garden is almost expanded into a vegetable field.
Ning Heng's gaze swept from the green cucumber to the half-green and half-red tomato, and then unexpectedly fell on a fair and pink little face.
Gao Luo was seen sitting on a small stool next to the tomato rack, holding a tomato leaf in her hand and bending over to wipe her shoe uppers.
As she wiped the shoes, she said to herself, "This road is too hard to walk on. This is the first day I wear these new shoes."
Only the first few hundred meters were concrete roads, and the rest were all dirt roads. There was a section in the middle that went through farmland, and the soil was newly loosened, so you would sink into it as soon as you stepped on it, and your shoe uppers would be covered in dirt.
【Little A'Luo feels sorry for her new shoes. 】
[On the first day of wearing them, the white shoes turned into black shoes. I was so sad. 】
[Don’t be afraid!] Our A-Luo is so smart and capable, auntie will buy you a new one! 】
[Is Luo's brain bigger than ours? How can it hold so many things? ! 】
[It’s already been said that he is a child prodigy, gifted with extraordinary talent.] 】
The people in the live broadcast room watched the whole process and knew how Gao Luo managed to be the first to arrive at the school. Not only was he ahead of the children's group and the adult group, he was even ahead of the director.
Gao Luo was so focused on polishing shoes that she didn't notice someone coming. When she looked up, she saw someone standing in front of her. She was so scared that she almost fell off the bench.
"Why don't you walk quietly?" Gao Luo cursed.
"It was a sound, but you didn't hear it."
"Then you can't call me?"
"I saw you were concentrating on polishing your shoes, and I was afraid to disturb you."
Gao Luo really wanted to ask him if he was sick.
Ning Heng wanted to ask her how she got there, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Xu Man walking towards him with his teeth bared, holding a cup of soy milk in his hand. There is steam coming out of the cup, and you can tell it is freshly squeezed.
"Here I am, little A'Luo, your bean...Brother, why are you here just now? Even little A'Luo is faster than you."
Xu Man greeted Ning Heng and handed the soy milk to Gao Luo, saying carefully, "Blow on it before you drink it, it's hot."
"What for?" Ning Heng asked.
"He was the first one to arrive and chose breakfast, so what?" said Xu Man.
The rule is that the first guest to arrive can choose three foods, but this rule is for the adult group. Ning Heng never thought that the children would arrive first, so he didn't tell them.
"Did you take the initiative to propose it, or did she choose it herself?"
Ning Heng asked Xu Man, but it was Gao Luo who answered.
"I chose it."
Ning Heng: "You consider this as taking advantage of a loophole?"
Xu Man said, "Tsk, bro, what are you talking about? It's obviously your fault that the rules are incomplete."
[That’s right!] It's your own problem, don't blame us kids. 】
[Little A'Luo arrived first due to her own strength, so what's wrong with letting her eat a few bites first! 】
Netizens defended A Luo, and Xu Man also defended her.
Ning Heng raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Man. This guy actually dared to "tsk" him. He must be itching for trouble.
Xu Man smiled playfully: "Brother, don't you want to know how Xiao Luo got here?"
He really wanted to know, so he immediately forgot about Xu Man's "tsk" comment.
Ning Heng: "How did you get here?"
Xu Man: "He said she memorized it after taking one look at the map."
Ning Heng: "Really?"
Xu Man: “Really!”
Ning Heng: "Really?"
The "really" was asked to Jin Qi.
Xu Man only heard from A'Luo, but Jin Qi saw it with his own eyes.
Jin Qi shook his head: "It's fake."
Xu Man: “…”
Ning Heng laughed at him: "You are such a grown-up, but you are fooled by a five-and-a-half-year-old child."
[Hahahaha this is so funny.] 】
[How much does this staff member trust Luo! 】
[Perhaps it was because A-Luo’s previous highlights left such a deep impression on him that he felt that our A-Luo was extremely powerful. 】
Xu Man asked A Luo: "I trust you so much, how could you lie to me?"
"I didn't lie to you. I just didn't tell you the whole story. Don't be angry."
Aluo pulled the hem of his clothes and shook it twice, and Xu Man was immediately no longer angry.
The actual situation at that time was that Gao Luo memorized the approximate direction on the map, and relied on asking villagers for most of the routes. Anyway, the rules did not say that you were not allowed to ask people, and your mouth was meant to be used to ask questions. The villagers showed her a shortcut, and one of them even gave her a ride on his bike.
The last section of the pomegranate forest road is along Sanglanze.
Ning Heng was puzzled: "What does it have to do with Grandma Sang? Did you ask her to lead the way for you?"
That's impossible. It's too cruel to ask an 80-year-old man to walk two kilometers.
Gao Luo explained: "I talked to her last night and she told me the location of the school."
"Do you know today's assignment?" Ning Heng's first reaction was that someone leaked the question to Gao Luo, otherwise how could they have talked about the school.
Gao Luo shook her head. "No, we were just chatting casually."
[The old man likes to talk about his past. 】
[Yes, every time I go to my grandparents’ house during the summer vacation, they will tell me about the past over and over again. 】
[Grandma Sang should have a deep memory of running the school. 】
[Of course, in that era, a lot of effort must have been put into it. 】
[The village chief said that the school was established more than 40 years ago. In terms of time, the school occupied most of Grandma Sang’s life. 】
Last night, Gao Luo and Gao Shule had dinner at the village head's house and returned. Seeing that Sang Lanze hadn't gone to bed yet, Gao Luo said she wanted to chat with her.
Sang Lanze likes to stay with A'luo. Seeing her is like seeing his own granddaughter. But the granddaughter has grown up and works in the city. She rarely comes back to be with them. There was usually no one to talk to - the two housekeepers had heard enough of those old stories.
Now that he had met someone who was willing to listen to him, Sang Lanze told him everything he could about how he ran the school, what the school was like, where it was located in the village, the obstacles he had encountered in the past, and the students he had taught.
If her husband had not forced her to go back to bed, she would have talked for half the night.
She told A'Luo that she would continue the story when she got home tonight.
Ning Heng actually didn't expect that there would be a guest chatting with the host of the house he was staying at. Firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, he didn't have the patience. They were all strangers who met because of work. There was a huge gap between their work and experience, so they had nothing to talk about at all.
Gao Luo is five and a half years old and Grandma Sang is eighty-four. The generation gap is as wide as the Mariana Trench. How can they ever talk to each other?
Ning Heng thought so and asked, "Can you two go and chat together?"
Gao Luo: "Actually, I don't need to say much, just listen to her."
Yesterday, only when Gao Luo went back to her room to sleep, the camera was covered and there was no live broadcast. The rest of the time, including the conversation between Gao Luo and Sang Lanze, was recorded, so netizens know that she did not lie.
[Yes, the old woman talks a lot, and it is enough to just listen to her quietly. 】
[Most people don’t have that kind of patience, and think it’s fine to just spend more time on their phones if they have the time. 】
[To be honest, I don’t have the patience either. I fell asleep during that part of the live broadcast yesterday. . 】
[It's too long and boring, just random chat, and it's a stranger. It would be fine if it was my grandmother. 】
[A Luo was not only patient, she also listened carefully throughout the whole process and remembered everything Grandma Sang said. 】
[Our little Baozi is a good baby who treats others with sincerity! 】
The saying “Good deeds will be rewarded” was too magical for Ning Heng who was in the entertainment industry. He never expected that one day he would see the concrete manifestation of this saying.
He patted Gao Luo's head and said, "You are pretty good."
I am praising her sincerely.
Gao Luo curled her lips: "You tell me!"
Ning Heng: “…”
*
Thirty minutes after the adult group arrived at the school, the five children finally arrived.
From a distance, Jun saw Gao Luo standing at the entrance of the school, looking straight at him, with her arms folded across her chest, looking like she wanted him to pay.
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