Chapter 22 The secret is that they are father and son, but because they are afraid of affecting their jobs...
The group came to find the "flower thief" to argue, but they never expected that the argument would end up with Cao Li.
The villagers of Sishui Township haven't seen Cao Li for some time because he seldom went out since he had a second heart bypass surgery.
Everyone was a little confused when they saw him here unexpectedly.
The leader stepped forward, bent his back, and asked cautiously, "Uncle, why are you here?"
Cao Li glanced at him and said, "Am I getting in the way of you bullying outsiders?"
"This... this is not bullying, they are stealing flowers. Look at the beautiful pomegranate flowers growing on the tree, they were cut off and ruined by them." The man tried to explain.
"Stealing flowers? Which eye of yours saw someone stealing flowers? Besides, why did you gather so many people to steal two flowers from you? What do you want to do?"
Cao Li was furious, and he slammed the ground with his cane. The man was frightened by the sound of "thump". He quickly grabbed Cao Li's hand holding the cane and said, "Uncle, stop banging. I'm very nervous. If you have anything to say, just tell me directly."
The man who had the bypass surgery was not panicking at all. It was others who were panicking, fearing that something might happen to him.
Cao Li didn't look at the man, he just said to Gao Luo: "A Luo, come here."
Gao Luo immediately ran over, took the palm-leaf fan from his hand, and fanned him.
The cool breeze from the palm-leaf fan effectively blew away Cao Li's irritability. He pointed at the man in front of him and said to Gao Luo, "Sun Dawei."
Gao Luo smiled and called the man respectfully, "Uncle Sun."
Cao Li pointed at the people below and said one by one: "Wang Chuanqing, Zheng Lei, Wu Jin, Huang Xiaoshan..."
He spoke in front, and Gao Luo followed behind and called out one by one: "Uncle Wang, Uncle Zheng, Uncle Wu, Uncle Huang..."
After shouting for a while, those people's faces turned pale.
If you can't see this clearly, then this thing on your neck is growing in vain.
The leader, Sun Dawei, showed an expression that was uglier than crying: "Uncle, look at what happened. I didn't know this was your relative. I've never seen him before."
"We are not relatives." Gao Luo explained: "I am here to film a variety show. I am staying at Grandpa Cao's house for the past few days."
Cao Li pointed at Gao Luo and Gao Shule next to her and said, "You two are my guests. I allowed you to cut the pomegranate flowers. Is there a problem?"
"No, no, you should have told me earlier. Of course it's no problem! Just treat it as your own home, Ah...A Luo, right? You can just cut the pomegranate flowers as you like!"
Sun Dawei was about to lead everyone away when he was stopped by Cao Li. "What happened to you today? Who told you that they were stealing flowers?"
Cao Li wanted to find out the cause and effect, so Sun Dawei told him what happened in Xiangdong just now. At the end, he said: "This is all a misunderstanding. I didn't know the little girl's situation. Now that it's clear, there's nothing to worry about. Luo, uncle apologizes to you. Did I scare you just now?"
A'Luo immediately shook her head: "No, no."
"That's good. I'm leaving now."
Sun Dawei had just taken two steps when Cao Li called him back.
Cao Li said expressionlessly: "Just leave like this?"
Sun Dawei could tell that the old man had something else to say, but he couldn't figure out what it was. His eyes rolled around for a few times, and when they turned to the flower basket in Gao Shule's hand, he slapped his thigh and said, "Look at my brain!"
"Little girl, how much are these flowers? Let's buy one each."
"five……"
"twenty!"
As soon as Gao Shule said "five", it was blocked by Cao Li's "twenty".
Cao Li: "Two for each person."
The group of people didn't dare to say a word and just lined up obediently to pay for the flowers.
Because Gao Shule felt that the price Cao Li quoted was ridiculously high, her hands were shaking when she took the money.
[Although Grandpa Cao is a local celebrity, this approach is really a local tyrant...]
[Hahahahahahaha the main focus is on forced buying and selling.] 】
[Is this okay?] 】
[What's wrong with that? There's no intimidation or threat. If you ask them if it's voluntary, they will definitely say it is voluntary. 】
[Don't worry, the program team will definitely return the money to the villagers in the end. Now it is just handed over to Gao Shule and others for safekeeping. 】
[It’s great to have Grandpa Cao, he protects our little bun! 】
[It won’t be the case that in the end, our group A’Luo will be first, right? Then I will start laughing. 】
[Let those people bully our A-Luo!] I hope they will be pissed off when the income rankings are announced! 】
When Sun Dawei left, Cao Li asked him to call more people over.
After this group of people left, Gao Luo asked Cao Li anxiously, "Grandpa Cao, is this a bad thing?"
"What's wrong with that? Look, it's selling very quickly." Cao Li glanced at the flower basket, which had a small empty space. "If I had come in the morning, I wouldn't have to sit here with you in the sun. You had to keep me from coming."
The scorching sun made him dizzy.
When Gao Luo heard this, she immediately turned her wrist and increased the wind force of the palm-leaf fan, while leaning her head against his arms: "Thank you, Grandpa Cao, you are so kind to me!"
"So disgusting." Cao Li snorted, but did not push her away.
[Grandpa Cao said that our little dumpling was annoying, but he must be very happy in his heart, hahahaha. 】
[Who can not like our sweet baby A-Luo? No one! (Very loud)]
After a while, Sun Dawei really called a group of people over, and the flowers in the two baskets were quickly sold out.
Gao Luo squatted on the ground and counted the money, grinning as she counted.
Grandpa Cao looked at her and said, "Look at how little you have achieved. It's just a few dollars. Do you want to cut some more flowers for me? I think there are still people in the village who haven't bought any."
He had been counting just now, and there were still many people who had not arrived.
Gao Luo waved her hands hurriedly: "That's enough! We already have a lot, no need to buy from every household."
If everyone had one, she would be ridiculed to death by the whole village.
[Grandpa Cao is going to catch them all in one fell swoop, covering the entire township. 】
[The strong uncle and his powerful salesmanship helped our A Luo win first place! 】
Many industries are reluctant to "open the champagne halfway through", but netizens in A Luo and Gao Shule's live broadcast room have already begun to imagine their first place and even celebrated in advance.
Fans of other guests were half worried that they would actually get first place, while the other half sneered, thinking that it was still unknown who would have the last laugh.
It was five o'clock in the afternoon. All the guests gathered and handed the money to Ning Heng.
The staff counted for half an hour and finally announced the results.
The rankings of the other five groups of guests remained basically unchanged, namely Wen Cheng, Chen Siyan, Xue Chen, Bian Yuan, and Feng Daiyue. Only the results of Gao Shule's group changed, from last place to first place.
When Ning Heng finally announced that the first place was Gao Shule's group, the other five groups of guests thought that the director had omitted the word "countdown".
The five of them looked at each other, and finally Wen Cheng asked hesitantly, "Is it the first positive number?"
"Yes." Ning Heng said clearly: "Gao Shule's group has the highest income, the highest positive number."
"They have the highest income?" Feng Daiyue almost suspected that there was something wrong with her hearing. "Did I calculate correctly?"
She went to see other artists, and they were also full of doubts and did not believe this ranking.
Ning Heng said: "I calculated correctly, the total income is 2,955."
This amount is 2,199 higher than the highest amount among the five people, namely Wen Cheng's group.
[This gap is already overwhelming, there is nothing to question. 】
[When compared together, it seems that Gao Shule's group is bullying. 】
[Are you dumbfounded?] I told you to play tricks to bully others, but you didn't expect that you could get first place with the worst supplies, hehe~]
The five artists at the scene were still unwilling to believe it, and Feng Daiyue did not hide it and directly raised her doubts.
"How is that possible? She sells pomegranate flowers in the village, whether she can sell them or not is another matter. Her flowers are five yuan a stem, and she sold them for nearly three thousand yuan. So she must have prepared at least five or six hundred stems, and those two baskets obviously can't hold so many!"
It was well-reasoned and logical, and the other artists nodded in agreement.
And Jun loudly supported her: "Aunt Feng is right, there must be something wrong!"
Jun would go crazy if Gao Luo got first place.
After all, I finally found a way to make her miss the exam, just to surpass her. If she still gets first place, then all the scolding I received before would be in vain.
It was a rare occasion for Feng Daiyue to receive unanimous approval from everyone. When she confronted Ning Heng, she held her head high and her posture was more confident.
Ning Heng explained the price: "The first three are indeed five yuan, and the rest are twenty-one yuan."
When this price was announced, the other five artists were shocked.
The little guests had no idea about the price of flowers, but the adults did.
The average price of roses in the city is about ten yuan, but they priced the pomegranate flowers that can be found everywhere in the village at twenty yuan, and not only did they sell them, they sold out.
No one would believe this if you told them otherwise.
Feng Daiyue felt that she was tricked by the production team. She lost all her rationality and pointed her finger at Ning Heng and yelled, "Do you think I will believe your lies? Either they cheated or you helped them cheat! Did your production team pay her for it?!"
The moment she pointed at Ning Heng, the air pressure in the room suddenly changed.
Ning Heng's expression remained indifferent, but his eyes had visibly turned colder.
[It’s over. The director seems to be getting angry. 】
[This sister is so fierce. She pointed at the director and cursed him. This is the gold medal director of Xi Que TV. She is crazy! Isn’t she afraid of offending the TV station? 】
[She is not a tiger, she just feels that she has grasped the truth and has caught the program crew's handle. And you can see that the other four guests also supported her, and they all thought that Gao Shule's group cheated. 】
[But no one from other guest groups spoke up, and this girl was so stupid that she had to be the first to speak up. 】
[Is she stupid?] At noon, she misled the villagers into thinking that Gao Shule's group stole the flowers. If Grandpa Cao hadn't been there at the time, who knows what would have happened to Gao Shule's group. She is not stupid, she is dumb and bad! 】
[I used to like the role she played, but now I see that the actor and the role are indeed separate. . 】
Feng Daiyue went crazy on the spot, and the filter of passers-by in her live broadcast room was completely shattered.
Because everyone has watched the live broadcast, they know how Gao Shule's group earns their income.
Seeing that they got first place, they indiscriminately accused them of cheating, but when they missed the exam, they united to not let them retake it.
This led many netizens to a conclusion:
[Among these artists, she is not the only one who is stupid and bad. 】
[Yes, but Feng Daiyue is the stupid one and can’t hold it in. 】
[Do you think those who don’t speak are good people?] In fact, they all hid behind Feng Daiyue and kept silent, but they all came out when someone fanned the flames. 】
Several artists had their own ulterior motives. Although they all questioned the ranking of Gao Shule's group, none of them were willing to speak out. So the unlucky Feng Daiyue was the one who attracted the criticism once again.
Ning Heng was unhappy to deal with this group of cunning people, so he asked Xu Man to send the phone to them.
"The last task is completed, and our filming for this episode is over. Everyone can leave on their own tonight, or follow the production team's vehicle back tomorrow morning."
"You can watch the replay on your phone. You will know for yourself whether Gao Shule's group cheated or not."
It would have been a very happy thing to hear that the filming was over and they could leave now, but several artists now don't care about it at all.
They just wanted to know whether Gao Shule's group cheated, so several of them sat down in the village committee's office to watch the live broadcast replay.
Bian Yuan and Xue Chen left first. Bian Yuan adheres to the doctrine of the mean and does not want to offend any of the artists. Xue Chen had to leave tonight because he had an announcement tomorrow morning, so he had to go back quickly to pack his luggage.
However, they are stuck in the middle, one ranked third and the other fourth. Whether Gao Shule takes the first place or the last place, it actually has little impact on them.
After they left, Gao Shule was not sure if she could leave, so Gao Luo simply dragged her hand and left. Before leaving, he glared at the three artists and Jun in the room.
Jun was also staring at Gao Luo. Seeing her glaring at him, he couldn't believe it: "You glared at me? You're a cheater, and you dare to glare at me!"
"I didn't cheat, but you are doomed to fail!" Gao Luo made a thumbs-down gesture and said four words: "Defeated!"
The actions and lines are so childish, and kids can't stand it.
The thumbs-down gesture and the four words "defeated general" acted as a fire starter, which immediately ignited Jun's firecracker.
He rushed out to strangle Gao Luo, but fortunately Jin Qi acted quickly and stood in front of Gao Luo.
Jun bumped into Jin Qi's firm stomach and immediately saw stars.
Jin Qi was carrying a camera and his center of gravity was unstable, so he was knocked to the ground and staggered. The picture in the live broadcast room also shook.
Then the netizens in the live broadcast room heard A Luo’s words: "Hurry up! The little calf is showing off!" and Jun’s out-of-control shouting followed closely.
[Hahahahahahaha, Luo is really mean.] 】
[A Luo's mouth can be included in the list of controlled knives. 】
[She made Zhang Tianen cry and scream on the first day, but she didn't expect to see the classic scene reappear on the last day. 】
[Let me see what the powerful little calf looks like now! 】
The camera behind was not shooting Zhang Tianen, but was aimed at Wen Cheng's face.
Wen Cheng's face was filled with dark clouds, as if a bolt of lightning was about to strike at any moment.
Although he often fails to control his facial expressions on this show, this time was the most obvious time when his face turned black.
Wencheng fans are gloating:
[Fans of Gao Shule, don’t be too happy too soon. It’s just a small ranking task. Be careful not to be too happy and end up in tragedy. 】
[Gao Luo is happy, but I think Gao Shule is almost done. She wants to continue to stay in the entertainment industry. Now that she has offended Wen Cheng, she can forget about getting any acting jobs in the future. 】
[You take yourself too seriously. Do you think that just because we can film a variety show together, we are people of the same class? 】
After Wen Cheng won three gold medals, he came into contact with different circles. The environment prompted a change in his mentality, making him consider himself superior to others. His fans are the same, always talking about class circles, just like they are living in a feudal society, dividing people into different classes.
It is no wonder that they think so. From the outside, the entertainment industry is seen as a small feudal society, divided into several factions according to regions. Each faction has a group of bigwigs who control almost 90% of the resources in their circle. If you offend them, the result will be being banned.
Gao Shule and Wen Cheng are both native to Lincheng, and the roles they take are all in this circle.
Wen Cheng is not capital, but he has won three Golden Horse Awards and has been favored by capital. In the future, he will be given a steady stream of resources. Under such circumstances, it would be quite easy for him to bring down an unknown artist. So his fans are not exaggerating.
When Wen Cheng saw Jun screaming and crying because of being bullied by Gao Luo, he really hated Gao Luo and Gao Shule.
After watching the live broadcast replay, he asked Ning Heng: "Isn't their pricing disrupting the market order? And it's already forced buying and selling, right?"
Now only Wen Cheng, Feng Daiyue and Shen Siyan are left in the room.
Shen Siyan didn't say anything, only Feng Daiyue agreed with him: "Yes! They are breaking the rules!"
Ning Heng frowned when he heard this. "First of all, the premise of market order is a formal market. You are just competing, not really doing business. If you really do business, you don't even have a business license, and you can't even set up a stall. How can you talk about market order?"
"Secondly, the rules do not set any restrictions on prices. You are talking about forced buying and selling. Why not ask the villagers whether they are doing it voluntarily or under duress?"
"Finally..." Ning Heng's eyes wandered from the three people's faces one by one: "Is it true that in your eyes, the rules only take effect when they are beneficial to you, otherwise the other party is cheating?"
If Wen Cheng can bring down an unknown person like Gao Shule, then he will definitely not be able to deal with Ning Heng.
Ning Heng's status is as tough as his temper. He is a veritable hit variety show maker. At a young age, he has become the mainstay of Xi Que TV. Even the station director can't do anything about him, not to mention that Wen Cheng is just an actor.
So even though he felt very uncomfortable after hearing what Ning Heng said, Wen Cheng could only grit his teeth and endure it.
Like Xue Chen, Wen Cheng left Sishu Township that night.
Seeing Sishui Township getting farther and farther away until it was completely hidden in the darkness, Jun finally smiled and said happily: "Dad, we are going back!"
"Well, you take a nap first. When you wake up, we will be home." Wen Cheng touched his head lovingly.
"That's great! I miss my mom so much. Can I see her when I go back today?"
"Today, it's a bit late. We'll see you tomorrow."
"yeah!"
Jun fell asleep soon after they finished chatting. Looking at his son's sleeping face, the smile on Wen Cheng's face gradually disappeared.
He took out his cell phone and sent a text message to his agent, asking him to collect some information about Gao Shule.
If it was an offense to himself, that would be fine, but Wen Cheng really couldn't tolerate bullying Jun.
Wen Cheng treasures his son very much, probably because he feels he owes him something. They are obviously father and son, but they cannot make their relationship public for fear of affecting their career development. Every time he appears on camera, he has to call her "uncle".
It is also for this reason that he dotes on Jun extremely. Basically, he will satisfy Jun's wishes and he cannot bear to see others hurt him.
Although most of the time, it was Jun who bullied others.
*
Originally, Feng Daiyue wanted to leave the next morning, but when she heard that Xue Chen was leaving, she quickly contacted him, saying that she was leaving too, and asked if he could give her a ride.
Xue Chen was easy-going, so he agreed.
After getting in his car, while Xue Chen closed his eyes to rest, Feng Daiyue took out her mobile phone to take a few photos and recorded a short video.
She thought that if this were to be released, she and Xue Chen would definitely become a popular couple.
As she looked at the photos, she began to imagine the scene where CP fans were crazy about them.
The remaining two groups of guests left with the program crew the next morning.
When leaving in the morning, Gao Luo took out the gift she had prepared for two nights and gave it to Sang Lanze. It was a painting of a bright crimson pomegranate forest. Grandma Sang and Grandpa Cao were standing in the forest holding hands, and the outer wall of the school was visible among the branches and leaves of the pomegranate forest.
"I haven't finished that graffiti yet. When I have time, I will come over and finish it." Gao Luo said.
Sang Lanze held her hands tightly and nodded: "Okay, then grandma is waiting for you, you must come back early."
"Then I'm leaving. Goodbye, Grandma Sang!" Gao Luo said goodbye to Grandma Sang and shouted to Cao Li in the room, "I'm leaving, Grandpa Cao."
Cao Li lay in the room, closed the door, and said he didn't want to see her off.
But when he heard that she was really going to leave, he quickly came out with his crutches. Then he saw Gao Luo still standing in the living room, looking at him with Sang Lanze, snickering.
"Hey, who said you didn't want to send it? You're in such a hurry." Sang Lanze teased him.
Cao Li couldn't hold back his anger, so he coughed and put on a stern face: "I just came out to see if she had left. She has been annoying me these past few days."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Luo threw herself into his arms, hugged him and said, "Grandpa Cao, I will miss you! Don't worry, I will come back to see you soon!"
Her enthusiasm made Cao Li feel a little embarrassed.
After saying goodbye to the two old people, Gao Luo got into the car first - Sang Lanze said he had something to say to Gao Shule.
While A'Luo was away, Sang Lanze showed a worried look.
She warned Gao Shule: "I've been watching your live broadcast for a few days. I know your industry is not easy. Everyone is trying their best to squeeze forward. But you have to be careful. Not everyone who wants to get ahead will use fair competition methods. You have to protect yourself and also protect Luo."
After what happened yesterday, Gao Shule was not so stupid anymore. She roughly knew who had ill intentions towards her.
She nodded and said, "I understand. I will be careful."
"Well, let's go. Remember to bring Luo back to see us after the show."
"Okay, sure!"
*
The filming of the first episode was finally completed, and Gao Luo was able to return to her parents' home for a short time.
As soon as she came back, she started complaining about how she met some annoying kids on the show and they really deserved a beating.
Xie Yanzhi watched some of the live broadcast, but because she was busy with work, she didn't watch much, but she roughly understood her situation.
On the first day, Gao Luo had a fight with the little boy and had her hair pulled. Xie Yanzhi's blood pressure went up. She wanted to ask Gao Chengsheng to notify the program crew on the spot and ask them to send her A Luo back.
Fortunately, reason took over my mind later, and I believe that Luo will handle these problems. Because I knew that if she really couldn't handle it, she would call me and ask for help.
Xie Yanzhi hadn't seen her daughter for many days, and she wanted to take her with her wherever she went.
A few days ago, he even asked her to go to work with him, but because the show is really popular and he wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble, he asked her to wear a mask when they are outside.
At noon, A Luo was eating in her office. Halfway through her meal, her colleague Xie Yanzhi suddenly came in. Gao Luo slid off the chair and hid under the desk.
The colleague held the lunch box in one hand and the mobile phone in the other, and then sat down next to Xie Yanzhi.
This made Gao Luo extremely nervous, and she tried her best to shrink her small body.
Xie Yanzhi was also very nervous and tried to block Gao Luo with her body.
My colleague was focused and only thought about the purpose of his visit.
She showed her phone to Xie Yanzhi and said excitedly, "Look at this child. Does he look like your Ranran? I think his facial features are very similar."
She was watching an edited version of "Wonderful Holiday" and the video screen cut to Gao Luo's face.
Xie Ran had been to this hospital before, so her colleagues all knew what Xie Ran looked like.
Gao Luo looks like a smaller, round-faced version of Xie Ran with baby fat.
They didn't know that Xie Ran had become smaller, nor did they know that Xie Yanzhi and his wife had a "second child". Xie Yanzhi didn't want to cause trouble, so she said vaguely: "They are a little similar."
"Yeah. This show is very popular. Have you watched it?" she asked Xie Yanzhi.
Xie Yanzhi continued to laugh: "I saw a little bit."
Her colleague suddenly came close to Xie Yanzhi, made a mysterious expression, and said, "There is a poor kid in here."
Xie Yanzhi asked: "Who is it?"
"It's this little boy, I think his name is Jun."
Gao Luo was squatting downstairs, feeling extremely nervous, fearing that her mother's colleagues would discover her presence. But when she heard her say that Jun was pitiful, she simply wanted to crawl out and argue with her.
How can that little bastard be pitiful? He is arrogant and rude, and bullies others by taking advantage of his power. He is obviously the most despicable kid among them, even more despicable than Zhang Tianen!
Then she continued listening and understood the meaning behind "pitiful".
"This kid calls his own dad uncle, don't you think he's pitiful?"
Xie Yanzhi didn't care about this topic at first and just asked it casually, but now he is really curious. "You said this guy named Wen Cheng is the father of this little boy?"
"Yes, at the beginning of last year, the child came to see a doctor. Coincidentally, he got my number. A man brought him here. I heard him call me dad. Although the man was wearing a mask, I can guarantee that it was Wen Cheng! The eyebrows, eyes, and nose bridge are exactly the same!"
Xie Yanzhi was surprised at the relationship between Wen Cheng and Jun, and shocked at her colleague's memory. "You remember last year's events so clearly? Could you have remembered them wrongly?"
The colleague thought about it carefully and said, "I think it was him, but if I tell anyone, no one will believe it."
After my colleague finished speaking, he suddenly heard a strange sound, "da da da", like someone typing on a mobile phone.
"What's that sound?" The colleague looked around.
Hearing the sound coming from under the table, she bent over to take a look, and Xie Yanzhi couldn't stop her.
When her colleague saw a head suddenly pop out from under the table, she was almost scared to death.
After the first impact passed, my colleague's mind gradually returned to normal.
She looked at the pretty girl who came out from under the table and said in surprise, "Of course! I heard from your mother that you were on vacation abroad. When did you come back? Why were you hiding under the table? You scared me!"
"I...just came back." Xie Ran said guiltily.
After the filming of the first episode, Gao Luo unexpectedly discovered that the mark on her ankle had changed from 00:00:00 to 01:00:00.
This means she has one hour to restore her "original form".
She hadn't had time to tell her parents about it.
The colleague turned to look at Xie Yanzhi and found that she was even more surprised than himself.
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