Chapter 21 Tropical Rainforest 21



The word "家" (home) was half burned off, which looked very unlucky.

Even though most people in the interstellar age believe in science rather than metaphysics, it is inevitable that they will feel unhappy when encountering such things.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a moment. In order to ease the atmosphere, Jiang Ran followed the custom of the bonfire party and led everyone to dance around the fire.

Dancing has always been the best way to liven up the mood, and before long, the camp became lively again.

The bonfire was burning brightly. After dancing a few times, everyone was sweating and sat down around the fire again.

It was already very late, even the moon in the sky had quietly shifted a lot to the west, and it was almost time to go to bed.

As the competition draws to a close, it’s inevitable to feel sad, but tomorrow is the day when the results of the competition will be announced, so everyone is looking forward to it even more.

No one is not curious about the outcome of the game.

Someone asked: "Where do you think you will rank?"

"How can you guess that?" someone immediately said, "Performance score and popularity score, I feel overwhelmed when I see the composition of the score!"

Everyone in the camp started discussing it.

Ji Fang said carelessly, "Although I don't know where I rank, there's one person whose ranking I know perfectly well!"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Guess first."

"Please, don't keep me in suspense!"

"Take a guess, and I'll tell you if you can't guess correctly."

“…”

Before Ji Fang gave the answer, Fu Bo had guessed the answer, but he didn't say it in front of everyone.

Fu Bo glanced at Jiang Ran secretly, then tried hard to signal Ji Fang with his eyes to stop talking.

Unfortunately, Ji Fang's brain waves were not on the same channel as his.

Seeing Fu Bo winking at him frantically, Ji Fang thought he was impatient to guess and wanted to hear the answer quickly, so he announced loudly and considerately, "If you can't even guess, it's useless. The answer is of course our little Sister Jiang!"

"It's hard to say how the others will rank, but based on Sister Jiang's performance, isn't first place a sure thing?"

Fu Bo: “…”

Something that holds you back :)

What’s even more terrifying is that there are quite a few people who agree with Ji Fang.

"That makes sense. Considering she built this base single-handedly, it would be unfair if Sister Jiang didn't take first place."

"Hahaha, if Sister Jiang doesn't take first place, who else would dare to touch that first place?"

“…”

Later in the conversation, Ji Fang simply approached Jiang Ran and asked, "Sister Jiang, when you win the championship tomorrow, do you want to hold a celebration party?"

Before the main person could say anything, someone nearby started to make a noise: "Let's do it! I miss Sister Xiao Jiang's cooking so much!"

Jiang Ran just felt a huge headache.

She knew that with her popularity score which was a negative number with many zeros, it would be difficult for her to even get into the top ten, let alone the first place.

Even the bet I made with my management company last time hasn't been settled yet. If I can't win the championship, do I really have to sell myself to that company?

At this time, many people in front of him were urging Jiang Ran to make a decision.

She could only respond vaguely, "Let's see tomorrow. I may not even get first place."

Ji Fang thought she was being modest: "No need to wait until tomorrow to see! You will definitely be first!"

Jiang Ran hesitated for a moment about what to say, but Ji Fang had already quickly taken the ball away.

"Come on! Let's see how popular you are!" He excitedly opened the live broadcast room.

Jiang Ran held his forehead helplessly.

Ji Fang was obviously unaware of her dark history and her online fame.

Ignorance is not a crime, and she did not mean to blame Ji Fang. She was just worried about how to explain her abnormal popularity.

However, before he could finish his thought, he heard a cry of surprise.

Ji Fang: "Why is your popularity value only 1,000!?"

Jiang Ran sat up straight. "What? My popularity is actually 1,000!?"

For a moment, both sides looked at each other in silence.

[Hahahaha… I’m sorry, but… hahahahahahahahaha]

[Jiang Ran is quite self-aware, but she didn't expect that we would be able to boost her popularity in just one day, right?]

[Of course I did! I brushed her all day long!]

[I am so awesome, put your hands on your hips for a moment]

[Although I'm still last, at least the symbol before the number is the same as everyone else's! ]

[Wow wow wow, this is so hard, daughter, go for it!!!]

[? When did Jiang Ran have mom fans?]

[The above person shouldn't be too judgmental, maybe he's a dad's fan? ]

Everyone was amused by Jiang Ran's previous situation, and the live broadcast room was filled with laughter.

The positive voices were too powerful, and the haters, seeing that they could not find any loopholes, could only leave angrily.

[Aren't you just taking advantage of the fact that this show is so obscure that not many people know about Jiang Ran's past?]

[I want to see how long Jiang Ran can remain so proud after this crappy show!]

So is "Back to Earth" really a flop?

Data shows that after the competition officially ended, when many contestants gathered outside the rainforest waiting for the results to be announced, the number of real-time viewers of the program reached 170 million.

In the interstellar era where there is no data falsification, this real-time popularity is enough to rival the third-tier hit variety shows broadcast on the core platform of Capital Star, and is only one step away from the evergreen programs of Fruit Channel.

You know, whether it is a variety show or a film and television drama, it will be affected by the broadcast platform and schedule, and "Back to Earth" is just an online variety show, and it is an unedited full live broadcast. Its total data even incorporates late-night ghost time.

So if you think about it carefully, the potential of "Back to Earth" can at least reach A-level, and it even has a tendency to approach S-level.

Of course, these data are currently not visible to the contestants, who are anxiously waiting for the results of the competition.

I came to the meeting place as soon as I woke up in the morning. Two hours have passed, but there is still no news about the result of the game.

The waiting period was unexpectedly long, and the contestants became increasingly impatient.

"How long do we have to wait?"

"I don't know. Even the host has disappeared..."

"Help! Let me go back quickly! I want to take a shower!"

“…”

Although the results have not been announced yet, the competition has finally ended. Seeing that the contestants were getting impatient, the production team discussed it and finally decided to return the light computers to everyone.

In this way, even though the waiting time was still very uncomfortable, there was finally something to do, and the voices of everyone wanting to rebel were much smaller.

But once the contestants come into contact with the outside world, there are of course other risks.

For example, Fu Bo got a piece of gossip from somewhere and excitedly started talking to everyone: "Hey, have you noticed? Several staff members, including the host, are missing."

"So what? I'm not allowed to have something to do?"

"Superficial!" Fu Bo glanced at him. "At this juncture, even if something happens, it must be related to the final result of the game!"

"From what you said...what do you know?"

"I heard that the production team invited a team of experts to rate our performance! Those missing staff members were accompanying the experts!"

Ji Fang: "Really? Is the information reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable!" Fu Bo guaranteed, "My brother's information can't be wrong."

"Then can you find out what their score is?" Ren Xiayang said, "It's been several hours, they should be almost done, right?"

"Hey! You've asked the right person!" Fu Bo shook his head. "I actually know a secret about performance scores."

"Tell me about it?"

"Such important news, can I tell you casually?"

"Tsk—then you said it in vain..."

Fu Bo kept the secret for quite a while before he finally calmed down.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you," Fu Bo said. "I heard that Jiang Ran ranked first in the performance scores given by the experts!"

"Well... actually, I'm not that surprised." Someone said, "Apart from Sister Xiao Jiang, I can't think of anyone else who deserves to take first place."

"Oh, what a pity... performance points only account for half of the total score."

"Who says it isn't?"

"Shh! Keep your voice down!"

The person who spoke quietly pointed at Jiang Ran.

If the person who is responsible hears such words, he will be sad.

Everyone soon fell silent again.

Of course, they were chatting quite loudly before, and Jiang Ran was not unaware of it.

She didn't want so many people to worry about her or feel sorry for her. It happened to be almost noon and there was no movement from the production crew, so she simply stood up and went to cook for everyone.

The program crew has quite a good supply, so at least I don’t have to prepare the ingredients myself.

As soon as Jiang Ran started working, many people came to help, so it was not difficult to cook the meal.

When the sun is high in the sky, the fragrance of the food wafts out from the gaps in the pot, making people salivate.

Even the contestants who were originally immersed in their brains raised their heads to look over here, and when they couldn't help it, they came over to ask when the meal would be served.

"Right away, maybe ten minutes or so."

"Okay!"

However, ten minutes later, the first people to come over were not the contestants, but the host Meng Shaoyuan.

Meng Shaoyuan's expression was very strange: "Did you cook enough food? Is there any extra?"

Ren Xiayang was very protective of his food, so he politely declined: "Staff members should have their own meals, right? You're trying to snatch it from us...isn't that a bit unkind?"

"I didn't..."

"If you don't want it yourself, then it belongs to someone else?" Bai Zhiyong said casually.

"It's still those old guys..." Meng Shaoyuan didn't seem very happy either. He muttered a few words under his breath, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, if you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me."

After saying that, he left with his hands behind his back.

Ren Xiayang looked at his back and complained, "How funny! He wants our lunch but he's so rude."

Bai Zhiyong rolled his eyes at him and said, "Maybe this isn't what he wants."

"Hey, wait." Fu Bo suddenly remembered something, "Where did he come from?"

Ji Fang didn't understand what was going on, so he pointed casually: "Over there."

"No!" Fu Bo waved his hands repeatedly. "I mean, could he be coming from the expert group?"

"Hey, I didn't expect it, maybe it's true!"

"So, the experts were able to smell the aroma of Sister Jiang's cooking from such a distance!?"

"Oh my god, this is too strong!"

“…”

The most unexpected thing was that less than ten minutes later, just when everyone started eating, Meng Shaoyuan came again.

This time his attitude was even worse, and his demands were even more firm. He insisted on taking some food with him.

Ren Xiayang was much more talkative than last time: "Which dish do you want? I'll pick it for you."

The contrast between the two times was so great that Meng Shaoyuan had no idea what he was up to and didn't dare to respond for a while.

Fu Bo was more proactive than Ren Xiayang and even packed up the food for him: "If it's not enough, come back to us for more!"

"……Thanks."

It's really strange.

It's only been a few minutes, how come these people have changed their personalities?

Only after Meng Shaoyuan left did Jiang Ran put down his bowl and chopsticks with a smile.

"What's wrong with you guys?" She stood up and said, "Ren Xiayang, you've actually learned to share food too?"

"Hey! How can you talk like that!" Ren Xiayang yelled in dissatisfaction, "Isn't it just to help you gain some impression points with the expert group? Do we have it easy? I only ate half a bowl of rice this meal!"

"you……"

Ren Xiayang chuckled: "Didn't expect that?"

Fu Bo crossed his legs and asked, "How are you going to thank us?"

"Of course we should thank you," Jiang Ran said, "Why don't we reward you by cleaning up all these pots and pans?"

Ren Xiayang: “…”

Fu Bo: "You're crossing the river and then destroying the bridge?"

Jiang Ran smiled and said, "Of course not. It's just a small warning. If you want to help me, at least tell me first. I don't like surprises like this."

"Tsk, got it."

The two looked at each other and responded angrily.

However, when Ren Xiayang and Fu Bo finished packing their things, Jiang Ran gave each of them two bags of sweet potatoes.

One small bag contained freshly baked sweet potatoes, which were fragrant and crispy, with the skin roasted until soft and orange juice flowing down the broken openings; the other large bag contained freshly picked raw sweet potatoes, and there was a note written by Jiang Ran himself in the bag, which recorded the method of baking the sweet potatoes.

Ren Xiayang held the note in both hands and read it very seriously.

Fu Bo was holding a sweet potato and looking at Jiang Ran with a complicated expression, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

"I know what you're going to say." Jiang Ran waved his hand and spoke first: "Punish where necessary and thank you where necessary. In short, no matter what the final result is, thank you for what you have done for me."

"Well..." Fu Bo hesitated, "But that's not what I want to say."

Jiang Ran raised his eyebrows: "Then what do you want to say?"

Fu Bo blurted out: "Why is your handwriting so ugly?"

Jiang Ran: “…”

The initial stage of being illiterate is really difficult :)

When Fu Bo and Ren Xiayang saw her like this, they both burst into laughter.

Jiang Ran knew that they did it on purpose, so he waved his hand in annoyance and tried to drive them away.

Before leaving, seeing Ren Xiayang walking away, Fu Bo suddenly turned around.

He lowered his voice and said to Jiang Ran, "I know you have a bet with your agency. Don't worry, I haven't told anyone else."

"Your performance score will definitely be first. I asked this specifically for you. As long as the popularity conversion rules aren't too strict, you have a good chance of getting first place."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Bo ran away without a trace, and Jiang Ran didn't even have the chance to say a word.

She looked at the familiar backs of several companions from afar, their shadows stretched particularly long under the bright summer sun.

Maybe, she can really get first place?

It seems the chances are not as low as imagined.

The author has something to say:

【Small Theater】

Question: Are those who call Xiao Jiang "daughter" mom fans or dad fans?

A: What does it matter? As long as you’re not a husband fan, that’s fine.

Question: Then is it okay to be a wife fan?

answer:……

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