Chapter 37 World 2 [7]
The tasks and rewards issued by the program team are distributed on a per-person basis. The program team will not interfere with the guests' process of collecting supplies; they only look at the results.
From another perspective, the program team encourages guests to trick each other and compete for resources, which can bring a lot of useful materials to the program.
After giving the guests half an hour to think and discuss, the live broadcast started on time at nine o'clock in the morning.
If you want to successfully spend the remaining six days on the island, sufficient food and water are the most basic supplies.
Liu Chang probably wanted to make up for the mistake he made in the early morning, so he showed off his muscles at the beginning, panting as he climbed up another coconut tree, and picked eleven coconuts.
In front of the camera, Liu Chang definitely kept his word and gave eight of the coconuts to Shao Qing on the spot. He also considerately helped place the coconuts near Shao Qing's tent.
"Teacher Shao, I shamelessly gave you both an apology and a thank you gift." Liu Chang said, without deliberately avoiding anything during the live broadcast.
Liu Chang rubbed the back of his head with a simple expression. "Yesterday, I didn't heed Teacher Shao's warning, which led to our tent being submerged by the waves. If you find anything wrong today, please let me know. My experience isn't comprehensive enough."
"It's not really a reminder. If I encounter something I don't understand, I will still ask you, Teacher Liu." Shao Qing smiled and interacted with Liu Chang in front of the camera.
Many viewers are asking about the early morning high tide. Do you need me to act like an insider and reveal the truth?
"Not for now. The director of the live broadcast room can also see it. He won't miss this popularity." Shao Qing said, and at the same time squatted down and used a knife to open a coconut that was picked yesterday, and poured the coconut water inside into the water bottle left yesterday, so that it could be carried with him.
A large number of online trolls have flooded in, seemingly trying to influence the situation.
"Shao Qing clearly knew the tide would rise that night, so why didn't she warn Liu Chang and the others in time? If something really happened, wouldn't she feel guilty?" "This is just a blind cat catching a dead mouse. I think Shao Qing simply doesn't want to be around too many people, so she's making up an excuse to leave."
"It must have been a coincidence. Didn't you see how Shao Qing stuck to Yu Hongjun right after they separated? It's obvious he was just trying to get the camera." "I hate people like that. They don't care about their companions' safety just to establish a persona."
[The above comments were all sent from the same IP address. Do you need me to refute them and provide evidence?]
"Let's collect some evidence. There's no rush to refute it. Let public opinion ferment first." Shao Qing couldn't help but look at another place. Xu Yin was chopping trees with an engineering shovel. He probably wanted to exchange the wood for clues to the supply point.
Although the people in his circle were not particularly good, there were not many who were his real enemies. If they started to criticize him as soon as the show started, it would seem to be most beneficial to Xu Yin.
After all, it is easy to spread rumors but difficult to clarify them. If the program team does not release the complete video, the current strength of the water army is enough to mislead the audience in the live broadcast room.
"Xiao Shao, I've checked. There are three sets of tools at the fishing spot. Do you want to come with me to try your luck?" Yu Hongjun took the initiative to talk to Shao Qing.
"Okay, but my fishing skills are very average. I will need your guidance when the time comes." Shao Qing said with a smile, put away his scattered thoughts, and walked towards the fishing spot on the beach with Yu Hongjun.
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More than ten minutes after the live broadcast started, the six guests each chose how to obtain supplies.
Shao Qing and Yu Hongjun chose to go fishing. They could take the smallest of every five fish they caught.
This method seems easy, but the trap set by the program team is obvious. If you want to get enough fish to fill your stomach, you have to make sure that the five fish left in the fish box are big fish.
Moreover, the fishing process is a bit boring. The live broadcast camera will only cut in when the fish is caught or the guests talk about interesting things. There will be fewer useful shots than when the guests choose other tasks.
Xu Yin and Li Liming both chose to cut down trees for wood, and the production team didn't provide any large basic equipment. So both used engineer shovels, but the former used his own, while the latter borrowed one from Shao Qing.
It's easy to guess what Xu Yin is thinking. He made it clear in front of the camera that Shao Qing could order him around, but now Shao Qing doesn't seem to have any intention of taking advantage of this opportunity.
In order to avoid falling into a passive situation later on, Xu Yin planned to use a piece of wood that met the standards to offset the favor.
There are many trees like this on the island, which are more than two meters long and more than eight centimeters wide. They are not big trees, and cutting down dozens of them will not affect the local ecological environment.
Xu Yin moved quickly, chopping down a tree in less than three minutes. After spending five or six minutes cutting off the extra branches, he carried the tree to the designated place to exchange for clues to the supply point.
"To thank Teacher Shao for getting up in the middle of the night to remind us, I have to do something. I don't know how to climb coconut trees, so I can only give the first resource point I exchanged to Teacher Shao."
Xu Yin said to the camera, completely putting this favor on the bright side, while also trying to distribute more credit to other people and reduce Shao Qing's highlight in this matter.
"Luckily the staff arrived in time, otherwise I would have realized something was wrong only after the waves came up, and I might have been wearing wet clothes in the early morning."
The supply exchange point was not far from Xu Yin, but carrying the wood and interacting with the camera at the same time still made him feel a little overwhelmed.
As soon as he put the wood down, Xu Yin couldn't help but support his knees with his hands and breathe heavily, recovering most of his physical strength.
The staff member took out a measuring tape and briefly inspected the wood. Then, he looked at Xu Yin with a smile and said, "The wood provided by Teacher Xu is qualified. However, only five pieces of such wood can be exchanged for information about a supply point. Teacher Xu, please keep up the good work."
"Five?" Xu Yin was stunned for a moment. "When did you say five? Didn't you just ask for the size at the beginning?"
"That might have been something I let slip when I first announced the rules, but we have a fixed price here. You need ten pieces of wood that meet the requirements to exchange for a clue."
The staff member explained, "Taking into consideration that the wood you brought this time, Teacher Xu, is quite thick, it has been automatically converted into two pieces."
The conditions given by the program team are actually very low. The width is eight centimeters and the length is two centimeters. One piece of such wood weighs only more than ten pounds. It is actually not difficult to collect ten such pieces of wood.
"Do I need ten pieces to exchange for clues to a supply point?" Li Liming, who was also carrying wood, also arrived at the supply point smoothly.
But there is no harm without comparison. Li Liming, who often plays tough guys, carries a piece of wood on his shoulder and has two pieces of wood tied to his waist with a rope behind him.
"Yes, but if the wood brought by several teachers exceeds the standard, we will also convert it according to the proportion." said the staff.
"Then please help me see how many standard pieces of wood these three pieces of wood can replace." Li Liming did not complain, but just stacked the wood together while breathing slightly.
The staff member briefly checked the dimensions and took out a notebook to write down the data. "Teacher Li, the wood you brought is of very good quality. This is enough for five pieces. Three more like this will give us a clue."
"By the way, we have a daily limit on the recycling of materials. The same type of materials will only be collected three times at most. Once the limit is used up, there will be no more exchanges." The staff reminded in time.
After hearing what the staff said, the expression on Xu Yin's face became even uglier. If time could go back, he would very much like to retract what he said on the road.
One piece of wood and ten pieces of wood are not the same thing. If he wants to repay the favor while still having food to eat, he will have to chop twenty pieces of wood.
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"I originally thought Xu Yin had good stamina, but she's still a little lacking in comparison to a tough guy." "Xu Yin is truly grateful. Shao Qing only gave her a heads-up, and yet she's already sent a supply point to her. What a kind person!"
"I guess I read the sign correctly. Three fish for one supply point. Doesn't that mean Teacher Yu and the others have to catch fifteen fish?" "Teacher Yu's side is so quiet. Director, why don't you open a separate livestream room for them? Fishing is perfect for watching while you're at work."
While Shao Qing was fishing seriously, Jing Ke diligently relayed the situation in the live broadcast room.
[The above is a summary of the key content from the livestream comments. The production team didn't reveal much, only revealing that you accidentally discovered the high tide in the middle of the night and subsequently asked the staff, thus indirectly helping Liu Chang and the others.]
After the program released the news, the online trolls quieted down a bit and began praising Xu Yin instead. However, Xu Yin's performance earlier was quite poor, and the audience was not fooled by it.
Zheng Xingxing and Liu Chang chose to pick up marine debris in woven bags, each weighing ten kilograms. They were about a third of the way there and estimated they could complete their goal within two hours. However, carrying such heavy trash to the exchange point presented a challenge.
"Okay, I got it. Please continue to help me keep an eye on the situation in the live broadcast room." Shao Qing said. After seeing the float being pulled down, he pulled it hard and started a tug-of-war with the unknown fish that had taken the hook.
[The live broadcast room's camera cuts over, and the screen is facing you.]
Shao Qing gripped the fishing rod a little tighter, remembering the technique of reeling in and releasing the line to prevent the fish from getting off the hook and the line from breaking.
The fish's struggles have subsided, so I can reel it in now. Jing Ke was assisting from the side.
Shao Qing paused in his action of loosening the line, and quickly turned to reeling it in. He followed Jing Ke's instructions and reeled in all the fishing line in one breath. With one last effort, he pulled the fish out of the water.
After seeing Shao Qing catch a big fish, Yu Hongjun, who had just caught a fish, fixed his fishing rod on the rack and stood up to watch.
"It's so big! This sea bass must weigh three kilograms. Xiao Shao, you are really good at fishing. It's been less than half an hour and you've already caught three fish." Yu Hongjun praised.
"Maybe I'm still in the novice protection period. Many people have good luck when they just start fishing." Shao Qing smiled, quickly took off the fishhook, and put the largest fish he had caught so far into the water tank.
"What a pity, the program team only gave us the smallest of the five." After seeing the lively sea bass, Yu Hongjun couldn't help but sigh.
"Sister Hong, the program team doesn't seem to have a rule that says we can't exchange items, right?" Shao Qing suddenly asked.
Yu Hongjun thought about it and said, "I don't think so. When the rules were announced, the director specifically emphasized that he only looked at the final result."
After finishing speaking, Yu Hongjun also quickly reacted and raised an eyebrow to look at Shao Qing, "Xiao Shao, what do you mean?"
"Anyway, the director said he only cares about the final result. When the time comes, I'll give away the four largest fish in the tank. Isn't the remaining one the fruit of our labor?"
A hint of cunning flashed in Shao Qing's eyes. The program crew was playing tricks on the number of wood and fish. It would not be excessive for them to retaliate a little. They were just making full use of the rules!
"That's right, Xiao Shao, you're not mistaken." Yu Hongjun also laughed, "Then let's work hard and try to catch more fish, and then bring back a big one!"
The logic behind exploiting the loophole is also very simple, that is, through gifts and exchanges, the original selection of the smallest of the five from the single tank becomes the selection of the fifth largest fish in the double tank.
Of course, it’s okay if you catch a few more small fish. After all, the clue at the supply point says three fish for one supply point, and there is no requirement for big fish or small fish.
After catching a nice-sized sea bass, Shao Qing's fishing skills seemed to get better and better. He would catch a fish almost every five or six minutes, and they were all big fish weighing more than two kilograms.
This allowed Shao Qing to fill up the water tank at an extremely fast speed. When he saw that the water tank was almost full, Yu Hongjun even contributed his own water tank.
"No, Shao Qing, is this really the novice protection period? This is too outrageous! This is sea fishing, not fishing in a fish farm!" "Give me a location, the fisherman is here!"
"Did the production team get bribed? First they gave Shao Qing the credit for saving the man, and then they gave her special bait. Did they add attractants to it?" "Please, everyone's bait is the same. The production team gave us pre-mixed bait."
"Did you do something?" After seeing the fish almost overflowing from the tank, Shao Qing couldn't help but feel a little confused.
I've fished before, but my luck wasn't that good.
If a school of fish happened to pass by, the distance between Teacher Yu and her fishing would not exceed ten meters, so the frequency of catching fish should have increased.
"No, it's just that part of your luck has returned." Jing Ke quickly answered and explained the whole process.
Xu Yin is currently chopping down a tree, attempting to repay your earlier warning of the incoming tide with a clue to a supply point. He originally thought that chopping down a tree would be enough, and that the audience would stop paying too much attention to you after he'd repaid the favor.
However, the production team has a trick up their sleeve. Xu Yin's progress is only eight pieces of wood. So every time the camera switches to Xu Yin, the audience will remember how you helped Liu Chang and the other two in the early morning. This has changed many passersby's opinion of you.
Shao Qing's eyes darkened. It was just a part of her luck that had returned, yet she was able to catch fish so quickly. If her luck had never been lost, wouldn't she be standing on a higher and farther stage now? Instead of wasting three years like this?
Reason told Shao Qing that Jing Ke was now in the same group with her and she still had a lot to use her for, so it would be best to maintain a good relationship with her, which would be in her best interest.
But the same thing goes, Shao Qing is a human being with emotions and desires. She can't help but take her anger out on Jing Ke, and just forgive her behavior lightly and pretend nothing happened.
"Why, why did you choose Xu Yin in the first place, and even helped him steal my luck." Shao Qing lost her temper and asked the question that had been weighing on her mind and made her feel uncomfortable.
I'm sorry, but that's out of my control.
"It's not something you can control? You don't want to tell me that you were controlled by Xu Yin at that time?" Shao Qing asked, with a guess in his mind.
If Jing Ke is really the ghost raised by Xu Yin, then it is not impossible that he has leverage over her and is under his control.
The logic behind this is complex, but to put it simply, collaborating with him or stealing your luck was not my intention. If I had the choice from the beginning, I wouldn't have chosen someone like him. I would have chosen someone with more principles and a clear bottom line.
【For example, you are the person I would choose after I become self-aware. 】
Jing Ke didn't know how to explain to Shao Qing, so she could only make it short.
When Shao Qing heard this, it only further proved that her guess might be true.
Jing Ke was used by Xu Yin to do so many things that were detrimental to him because Xu Yin had a hold over her.
"Are you still under his control now?" This result made Shao Qing feel a little better.
[No, I left him as soon as I gained full control of my body. He can't do anything to me now, and I won't do anything for him.]
"Okay, I believe what you said for now. I hope you are not deceiving me and will not stab me in the back in the future." Shao Qing said.
[No, there are specific clauses in the contract we signed. I cannot harm my partners.]
[Even if there is no contract between us, I will not hurt you.] Jing Ke added.
Shao Qing nodded, but he didn't comment on it in his heart.
The time he had spent with the ghost was only two days at most. If Jing Ke had not been able to help him, Shao Qing might not even have had the urge to sign the contract.
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Being able to fill up the water tank while sea fishing is outrageous even for a professional angler, let alone Shao Qing, a star who has never established a corresponding personality.
After seeing that Shao Qing was catching fish faster and faster, the director stopped switching to the live broadcast room and asked the photographer to keep filming Shao Qing. After an hour, the live broadcast footage of Shao Qing and Yu Hongjun exceeded 40 minutes.
It turned out that the regular residents in the live broadcast room were fans of the six guests and passers-by who wanted to kill time by fishing. But after Shao Qing started to fish like crazy, a hot search for tap water slowly climbed up.
Shao Qing’s fans naturally think that their idol has good skills and luck, so he can catch so many fish.
But the navy and the black guys insisted that there was something wrong with Shao Qing's bait. There must have been a lot of technology added to it, which is why he was catching so many fish.
After the two sides started arguing, the popularity soared, and it jumped from the forties to the top ten, attracting more passers-by and anglers to watch.
Anyone who frequently surfs the Internet knows very well how deep the fishermen's obsession with never coming up empty-handed is.
Occasionally, when they see videos of large schools of fish in a certain sea area, they will persistently ask for the specific address, and then rush over with a full set of equipment to experience it.
Even if the address is overseas, the fisherman will still arrive late and catch a fish to satisfy his desire.
[This has reached the eighth most searched topic, and many fishing enthusiasts are asking for the exact coordinates. They want to be your fishing buddy and share some fishing tips with you.]
The production crew provided a rough address and explained that they had rented the island to allow filming to continue. They urged people not to approach without permission, as the pier would not accept unfamiliar vessels.
"They... quite like fishing." Shao Qing said in a complicated tone, but after seeing the three tanks full of fish, she couldn't help but smile.
Shao Qing started fishing at around nine-thirty in the morning and continued fishing until nearly twelve o'clock. In two and a half hours, she managed to catch more than twenty fish.
Including the seven fish caught by Yu Hongjun, the two of them caught a total of three big fish and three small fish.
It is obvious that the big fish Shao Qing and Yu Hongjun selected by taking advantage of the loophole are intended to be used as today's ingredients, and the remaining three small fish are used to exchange for clues about a supply point with the program team.
To be honest, no one expected Shao Qing to catch so many fish. The director could only watch helplessly as Shao Qing exchanged three small fish for a clue to a supply point.
It is not easy to obtain clues, so the program team did not set traps for the guests based on the clues. Not only are there specific latitude and longitude, but also corresponding photos to facilitate the guests' search.
"Sister Hong, we caught the fish together. After we find the supply point, how about we divide the stuff in it equally?" Shao Qing asked, holding the clue.
"Okay, but I won't take those three fish. I only caught seven fish in total." Yu Hongjun said, not wanting to use his status as a senior to take advantage of Shao Qing.
"That won't work. I'm still waiting to taste Sister Hong's cooking skills." Shao Qing frowned and quickly came up with a win-win solution. "How about this? I use a fish to hire Sister Hong to cook it for me."
Yu Hongjun smiled after hearing this. Seeing that Shao Qing was sincere in wanting to share supplies with her, she nodded in agreement. "Okay, then I'll show you my skills and let you taste what delicious grilled fish tastes like. I learned it specifically from the master chef."
"Okay, then I'll look forward to tasting Sister Hong's delicious grilled fish." The smile on Shao Qing's face deepened, leaving the photographers and the audience in the live broadcast room stunned once again.
Especially the beauty lovers in the live broadcast room, after seeing Shao Qingming’s bright smile, they immediately put aside the negative information about her on the Internet and started calling her wife one by one.
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