Chapter 80
[Charge! Win! Prove yourself as a mid-laner!]
WRC, stand up straight! You are the gods of operation from ancient Greece!
Watching the game made me sweat so much, I need an ice-cold soda to cool off.
[Upstairs, you're just craving it because you saw Leng Shen drinking it!]
Hehe, I want to drink Cold God's drink.
Who says being infamous isn't fame? Xixi only mentioned one sentence, and the live stream chat immediately became a chaotic mess. The chat, which was originally full of people admiring the cute little ones, was instantly flooded with people arguing.
The handsome uncle next to Xixi observed Leng Zhi. Seeing that he didn't react, he took the initiative to extend his hand: "My name is Lei Ling, I am Xixi's uncle. My brother broke his leg, and... I heard that he did some things that disappointed the audience. I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be like this."
Lei Ling leaned forward slightly from her reclining position and "friendly"ly shook Leng Zhi's hand, which was hanging outside the seat, without saying a word: "You must be Leng Zhi. I've heard Xi Xi mention you before. He mentioned Xiao Mingzhe to me several times this afternoon. The two little guys have a very good relationship."
To make up for standing Mario up during the day, Leng Zhi played with Mario until midnight after Jiang Mingzhe fell asleep. When he finally woke up, he couldn't help but let out a huge yawn.
At that moment, the four adults from the blue group also found the fluorescent flashlight.
Although Leng Zhi lost to Zou Shu's Gongsun Shangxiang in the first game, he was not matched with any outstanding viewers in the next two games, but only with casual players. He easily won first place in the overall guest ranking with Jiang Mingzhe.
Li Chi once again awarded Jiang Mingzhe a long string of stars as a reward.
The director, looking at the countless stars plastered all over Jiang Mingzhe's body, was starting to lose his composure.
Today's games weren't as difficult as the first and second days, and the guests were given a lot of extra bonus stars. This was because the production team hadn't expected that some guests would already be in debt by the second day, and today's rules were largely to make things look good for the guests.
Who knew that in the end, a large amount of the stars still flowed into Jiang Mingzhe's pocket.
The gap between the rich and the poor is widening further! This is seriously affecting the appeal of variety shows.
It seems that the content should not include too many games in the future, and should instead focus on the children. The guests taking the spotlight like this goes against the original intention of the children's variety show.
The person in charge watched as the LSG team members returned to the players' lounge backstage, finally able to catch their breath.
He patted Sun Wei on the shoulder and offered him a cigarette: "Referee, it's okay, let's just call it a day, don't worry about it. Here, have a cigarette."
Sun Wei winked: "You're quite knowledgeable!"
He still didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, fully believing that as long as the audience forgot about it after a while, and the small team didn't have any fans, it would just fade away.
"Haha, you've done some research, but you'd better not argue with Leng Zhi, it won't end well." The person in charge suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "He's a minor celebrity, and he has quite a temper."
Sun Wei exhaled a smooth smoke ring and readily agreed, "That kid is definitely not a good person. We'll have to stay away from him next time!"
Keep your distance... my ass.
Back at the team's base, Sun Wei spat on the ground, unable to swallow the anger of being questioned in front of so many viewers.
"Sun Wei, be careful about hygiene at the base," Gu Zuo said, frowning as he passed by.
Sun Wei: "..."
Damn it, what bad luck! He'll get a lecture from the official team members when he gets back.
He returned to his dormitory feeling depressed, immediately opened Weibo, and began editing the text.
When Leng Zhi got home, it was almost nine o'clock. Jiang Mingzhe had already washed up and was waiting in bed for his bad father to return.
The little one clutched the blanket, staring at the ceiling for a long time, finally hearing Leng Zhi's voice as he returned home.
"Dad! I missed you!" He threw off the covers, jumped out of bed, and pounced into Leng Zhi's arms like a little flying squirrel.
Leng Zhi was in a good mood after winning the game. He vigorously rubbed his son's little face and asked, "Did your day at kindergarten go well?"
"I'm so happy! I met so many people! Duoduo, Youyou, and Xixi were all there! They all missed you!"
Jiang Mingzhe started talking non-stop, recounting all the fun things that happened at kindergarten that day: "We played so many games! We even met Mengde! We've already been assigned roles: I'm the Golden Horned Squirrel King, and he's the Silver Horned Squirrel King. That means we're both squirrel kings now, and we don't have to fight anymore! Hehe, isn't that clever! And also..."
As he talked, he successfully made himself sleepy.
"Oh dear, let's talk about it tomorrow. Daddy was so busy today, he didn't spend any time with me this afternoon. Goodnight, Daddy!"
"good evening."
Leng Zhi tucked Jiang Mingzhe back into bed before getting up to wash up.
While brushing his teeth, he casually glanced at the messages in the group chat.
The special task force established by the alliance quickly investigated a series of erroneous rulings by referee Sun Wei.
Not only Sun Wei, but also related cases in other city competition areas have been brought up for re-examination recently.
The lightning-fast action silenced the dissenting voices in the comments section;
"So you really were just asking about the competition format, haha, I was overthinking it. Let me tell you about one of the charms of esports competitions!"
"The Chinese region has two slots for the World Invitational Tournament each year. One is determined by the regular season points ranking, and the other is determined by the playoffs to determine the annual champion of the region."
"To give all players a chance, the city tournament was created. As long as you win all the way, you can directly get a ticket to the playoffs and compete on the same stage with the top professional teams. Isn't that exciting? This is one of the segments that the audience loves to watch every year!"
"Winning every round?" Jiang Yijing repeated. "Then for the small team, they can't afford to lose a single round along the way."
Thinking about the content of the next two days' program, the director's expression softened slightly.
The next two days were spent at a nearby zoo, with no games or activities; instead, zoo staff voted on the children's performance.
This arrangement eliminates concerns about the guests' performances being too outstanding, and also avoids concerns about inflated vote counts due to previous popularity during the live chat voting.
At the same time, the camera cuts to Li Chi, who is announcing the rules for the next day to the guests and audience:
"Tomorrow's event will be completely different from today's. The production team will take everyone to the S City Zoo, where children can visit the animal world and play the role of a little zookeeper."
After concluding the last segment of the evening, Li Chi reminded everyone, "Remember to get up half an hour earlier tomorrow. Tomorrow is a trip out for fun, and we'll be staying overnight. Please pack your bags in advance."
The scene that the viewers wanted to see didn't appear because Jiang Mingzhe didn't understand anything about shareholders; he was looking at Leng Zhi with admiration.
Wow, Dad is so awesome! He chased away the naughty kid!
He nodded in agreement: "Exactly!"
A row of children followed his example, nodding in agreement, like Leng Zhi's little atmosphere group.
Leng Zhi: "..."
He could only awkwardly toss two words at the kids: "Don't learn this."
The old man, who had initially thought he had found an easy target, was suddenly bombarded with criticism and rendered speechless: "You...you!"
Old Qi raised his eyebrows, his opinion of the guest had changed.
"I'm the zookeeper here. What's going on with bullying the giraffes?"
The arrival of the zookeeper quickly calmed everyone present.
The children all chattered and recounted what had just happened.
Finally, Jiang Mingzhe's amber eyes welled up with tears: "Mingming seems to be in a lot of pain, Uncle, please go and take a look."
When he heard that the stone had hit Mingming's eye, the wrinkles between Lao Qi's brows deepened.
"Bastard!" He cursed, disregarding his professional image, and immediately picked up the walkie-talkie at his waist: "Security team, there's trouble at the giraffe enclosure, come and clear them out."
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Luo Hongshuo rested his arms on the boss's desk, somewhat helplessly saying, "You kid, don't pretend."
He sighed and decided to try to appease his silly winger.
“Yu Fu, I’m of course very happy to see you again. But now that you’ve assembled the team, and there are so many peers sitting outside for interviews, this matter needs to be addressed.”
He's right. Since the current recruitment strategy is to bring back old teammates, then these candidates who traveled a long way to interview without knowing the truth should be given an explanation.
Yu Fu nodded, stood up, and made an inviting gesture with his right hand, making a large 360° circle towards the boss's chair: "Brother Luo, I understand what you mean. Now you are the acting boss, and I will hand over all the command to you from now on!"
He quickly brought over a chair and sat down next to the boss's chair.
Luo Hongshuo: "..."
He resignedly sat down. What could he do? This was his own team now; if he didn't handle it, who would?
Despite the host's prior reminder, Leng Zhi almost fell asleep.
Jiang Mingzhe fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow last night, because he still had to help Mario finish the remaining playmate orders.
After a night of fierce fighting, it's finally over.
Leng Zhi made up his mind to stop there.
He could never earn enough money this way in his lifetime, and it would only take him further and further away from his original passion for esports.
Mario expressed his regret, as he wanted to continue hiring Leng Zhi next season, but unfortunately, this affordable and high-quality playmate had "retired."
Le Xinzhou opened the cabinet door for the flashlights, looking quite pleased with himself: "I told you, we're the gods of escape rooms from ancient Greece, finding these little gadgets is a piece of cake."
Lei Ling reacted quickly, picking up the fluorescent flashlight and pressing the switch: "Oh, it's a fluorescent flashlight. Let's find where we can see the words."
Le Xinzhou frowned.
Yun Jingcheng also felt this was somewhat inappropriate: "Lei Ling, this was found by Brother Xin Zhou..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lei Ling had already made a gesture to return it to Le Xinzhou: "Oh, sorry, I was too fast, Brother Xinzhou, you can do it."
Yun Jingcheng realized he had said the wrong thing: "No, no, that's not what I meant."
Having said that, Le Xinzhou could only smooth things over: "Hey, Yun Jingcheng was just joking, why did you take it seriously? It's okay, take the photo, let's look at other clues."
Lei Ling successfully captured the spotlight. He pointed at the ceiling and said confidently, "I'm also a regular at escape rooms. These things are usually printed on the ceiling. Let me take a look."
However, five minutes passed, and Lei Ling still hadn't found anything. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "Is this flashlight a useless prop? It shouldn't be this hard to find..."
Jiang Mingzhe had just finished washing up and imitated Leng Zhi by yawning. Leng Zhi pinched his cheek and said, "What are you copying? You slept better than anyone else."
Jiang Mingzhe made a face at him, then ran out of the room first.
Today's meeting point was the restaurant, and as always, Li Chi read out the rules of the day's games after all the guests had breakfast.
Just as Li Chi and the comments predicted, the adults next door had already started discussing things.
After all, she was her own daughter, so Shaoqi was very good at giving instructions: "Youyou, come and see how to untie it."
The other guests were also turning their heads, studying the surrounding displays.
"Is there anything that can cut the rope?" Le Xinzhou began to think.
Lei Ling's gaze fell on the instrument table next to the operating table. He couldn't see the items on it from his angle, but he guessed that there must be surgical scissors and scalpels there.
He said gently, "Youyou, look at the table, are there any scissors and knives? Can you get them for your uncle?"
Upon hearing this, Youyou put down the knot in her hand, moved over a small box, stood on it, and reached for the scissors.
In the wind and rain, the campfire left by his predecessors became a beacon of hope in Lei Ling's eyes, and he felt even more joyful as he approached it.
A metal pot was suspended above the fire by a rope. In the wind and rain, the rickety support collapsed with a crash, and the pot rolled on the ground, hitting the tip of Lei Ling's shoe, revealing the program team's logo on the bottom of the pot.
This confirmed Lei Ling's guess. He excitedly shouted, "I was right! This is a campfire left by the other guests. The director must know where this is. Tell him to send someone over right away!"
The photographer could only tremble as he contacted the front desk through his headset, urging them to hurry up again.
The rain obscured their vision, and they didn't notice that next to the ashes of the firewood pile, a camera lens was flashing a red light as it recorded a video.
The director is currently extremely busy and overwhelmed.
He never expected that a low-probability rainfall would turn into such a sudden downpour.
Unfortunately, today's program content is unusual, making it impossible to move indoors. The entire production team had not prepared any contingency plans for this.
She held up a white, retractable carrot toy knife: "This?"
Lei Ling: "?"
Isn't this an operating room scene? Who would use a radish scalpel to perform surgery?
Shaoqi felt a slight dissatisfaction with this new guest. He had only just arrived, yet he was already bossing her daughter around without any politeness.
"Youyou, come over and see how to untie the rope."
Lei Ling refused to give up: "How about we check if there are any other sharp objects in the room? Cutting the rope is the fastest way."
"Untie the knot!"
"Scissors are faster."
"Or perhaps you could leisurely check if there's anything else in the room..."
"Enough!"
Youyou was so annoyed by the noise that she finally couldn't help but yell out.
"Today's game segment took a lot of effort from the production team. I wonder if you've noticed that there are a few new prefab houses on the open space north of the village?"
The guests nodded in agreement. When they arrived last night, some people had already noticed that the production team had built two identical prefab houses overnight, with colorful curtains hanging on the exterior walls and a large number of decorations. However, because there were still staff members going in and out to set things up, the guests did not approach them.
"Two identical prefabricated house complexes mean that today's game will be divided into two groups, each playing an escape room challenge! Each group's escape room has five levels, and the level designs are identical on both sides. Let's see which group can escape the fastest. The fastest group will receive a reward of two stars for each member, and the best player from each group will receive an additional two stars!" The host's voice blared through the loudspeakers in the escape room at the opportune moment:
"Now, kids, you can take off your blindfolds! Remember to help the adults take them off too!"
The four cubs took off their blindfolds, and the red room was immediately filled with surprised "wow"s from the cubs.
"Where am I? Dad, why are you tied up?!"
"Let's remove Uncle Leng's blindfold first."
"Uncle Leng, don't be afraid, we're here."
Xiao Yu reached out and took off the blindfold. Leng Zhi squinted to adjust to the light and gradually saw the whole room clearly.
This is a small room; judging from its layout and furnishings, it should be a hospital operating room.
However, because there were baby guests, all the edges and corners were rounded off, and the surgical equipment that was scattered around was also in a cute Q version shape, making the whole scene look very childish.
Completely different from the red group, the blue group next door only had Youyou, who quietly helped the four people remove their blindfolds and waited for the next instructions.
"Okay, now everyone can see the whole room! The first step is for the kids to rescue the trapped adults! Because of the draw, the kids in the red group need to work together and do their best!"
Jiang Mingzhe stomped his foot: "There are four of us! It's a piece of cake! Why do you only let us cheer, but not Youyou!"
Duoduo agreed: "That's right! Uncle Li doesn't believe us."
Leng Zhi gently withdrew his hand and looked directly at the person who had come in.
Unlike Lei Shen, Lei Ling has beautiful features and speaks tactfully. On the surface, her words are an apology for Lei Shen, but she keeps mentioning Xi Xi, subtly emphasizing to the audience that Lei Shen is not important and hoping that everyone will not hate Xi Xi—thus erasing some of the negative impressions left by Lei Shen for her joining the cast.
Leng Zhi lowered his eyes. He had no recollection of the character Lei Ling.
This means that the new character is introduced because of his arrival.
"Are you Lei Shen's brother? You don't look alike," he said with a smile.
[Speaking of this promise from the league, they'll be releasing audio and video recordings from the players' rooms after the game. I'm so excited!]
[Hahahaha, didn't they let this happen before? Was it between the QL team and who was it again? I only remember Jiang Shang, he left a deep impression on me.]
Indeed, that kid looked quite respectable offstage, but in the contestants' room, he was worth ten vegetable markets...
[What do you know? That's called commanding! I wonder what the commanding style of this new team is like, is it the jungler or the support?]
[It's definitely Ghost! His jungle strategy has been so clear throughout the entire match!]
[Not necessarily. The opposing WRC team also released some behind-the-scenes footage, showing that Zuo Zi was the commander and Bian Shen was the deputy commander.]
[The Art of Summoning Spears!]
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