Chapter Fifteen: Earning 4000 Yuan from the Production Team at the Start
The bus stopped before it even reached the village entrance.
Everyone got off the bus looking completely bewildered.
"What's going on? Are we going to have to walk the rest of the way by ourselves?" Xia Yu was already on the verge of a breakdown just thinking about this outcome. As a severe case of laziness, asking him to exercise was like asking him to die!
"Probably not." Hou Yunqi's voice carried a hint of uncertainty.
Leng Yifan was pulled down by Zhong Ran.
After getting out of the car, Leng Yifan looked at the desolate surroundings and felt a little regretful for accepting the role in this variety show.
Qin Huai pulled the big, clumsy guy behind him out of the car: "Perfect timing, since you didn't meet your exercise target today."
Gu Yunlan clung to the car door with both hands, her face full of reluctance.
Seeing that the front door was blocked, Xu Wang and Pei Yan silently got out of the car through the back door.
"Dear teachers, please open your suitcases and hand over your food and cash." The director walked over with a smile, holding up a sign.
"Director, there's no need for that." Yunxi's expression was forced. In order to show off his superb cooking skills on the variety show, he bought a lot of auxiliary supplies.
"Don't worry, teachers, the production team won't accept this for nothing. The food in your suitcases will be weighed, and 100 grams will be worth 100 yuan. This money can serve as your starting capital, and you can exchange it with the production team for any supplies or food you need during the later stages of the travel filming." The director took out an envelope from his pocket, which contained thirty bills in cash. It seemed that he himself thought the guests wouldn't bring much.
[The director is so wicked, I love it.]
[Is Yunxi baby the one you bring the most? Why is the first person disagreeing? (covers mouth and giggles)]
[I predict that Gu Yingdi will lead the most.]
[Then I'll guess it's Xia Yu's group.]
[I wanted to guess that this would be President Pei's group, but then I thought that with so much money, President Pei wouldn't carry cash. Wouldn't cards and checks be a bit too light?]
[Your words upstairs struck me like a heavy blow.]
[Hahahaha!]
Xu Wang's eyes lit up when he heard the director's words!
Pei Yanchuan felt his arm tighten, and thinking of the contents of the suitcase, he could guess that Xu Wang must be very happy right now.
Urged by the director, everyone began to open their suitcases and take out the items that the production team needed to confiscate.
Besides Hou Yunqi, Xia Yu has two other favorite things in his life: reading novels and eating snacks. Now that one of them is suddenly being taken away, it really makes him very sad.
Xia Yu held a potato chip in her left hand, a cookie in her right hand, and a large jelly in her mouth, refusing to let go.
Hou Yunqi, as Xia Yu's alpha, could only helplessly coax her from the sidelines.
The final weight of their food was 390 grams, and the director generously rounded it up to 400 grams.
Leng Yifan and Zhong Ran were a bit more normal, since they were following the route of a loving couple from a wealthy family. Their suitcases were filled with tools that reflected this, such as foot bath packs, massage guns, books, and so on.
The boxes and bags on top even had sticky notes attached, with the time written on them and a few hearts drawn on them.
Wow! Ranran is so meticulous!
There wasn't even a single snack.
[Now I'm starting to believe they're truly in love.]
[Young Master Leng, Ranran 999!]
[Doesn't that mean Ranran's group has no starting capital?]
The director was also surprised to find that the two of them had no food in their suitcases.
The director could only give the two of them 100 yuan as a token gesture.
Gu Yunlan lived up to Qin Huai's reputation as a foodie. Qin Huai was initially worried about their starting capital, but when he opened the suitcase, he realized that he had underestimated the man beside him.
Qin Huai numbly pulled out a huge bag of spicy strips, a can of lemon soda, a braised egg, a cup of instant noodles, and a sausage from his suitcase.
Every time Qin Huai took out one, Gu Yunlan's heart ached.
"Wife, wife, please save one for me." Gu Yunlan lunged forward and hugged his wife's waist, trying to elicit the last bit of affection from her.
Qin Huai stared at the alpha at his waist with a forced smile: "Don't make me whip you!"
Gu Yunlan shuddered at the sight of his wife's expression and immediately stood up straight.
Qin Huai placed the items in his hands onto the scales set up by the production team without any hesitation.
It weighs a full pound.
One jin is 500 grams, and the director gave the two of them 500 yuan.
Qin Huai turned to Gu Yunlan with the 500 yuan in his hand, revealing a devilish smile: "Alright, now that you have so much money, I'll buy you as many cucumbers as you want to eat in the future."
Gu Yunlan wanted to cry but had no tears; those were things he had painstakingly hidden away.
There are many more things here in Yunxi.
Garlic sauce, chili sauce, hot pot base, peanut sauce...
A pile of bottles and jars is particularly heavy.
When the director saw it, he almost couldn't keep up his smile.
When the total weight reached nearly three pounds, his mask finally shattered.
The director gritted his teeth and pulled out 13 tickets, handing them to Yunxi.
Yunxi was still feeling down when he suddenly noticed that the assistant standing behind the production crew gave him two thumbs-up.
This was their secret code: if there were good comments about him online, his assistant would give him a thumbs up.
The fact that he has two thumbs up means that the things he is wearing are not objectionable.
Yunxi felt much better and smiled as she accepted the 1,300 yuan from the director.
The director walked up to Xu Wang with the envelope that had suddenly become thinner.
Xu Wang revealed a mysterious smile.
Pei Yanchuan immediately understood Xu Wang's meaning, and directly opened the suitcase. A tightly wrapped object resembling a tennis racket was taken out by Pei Yanchuan from the suitcase.
The director looked bewildered: "Our production team doesn't accept sporting goods."
"Director, this isn't sports equipment, it's a leg of lamb," Xu Wang enthusiastically introduced to the director.
"Lamb leg?" The director's eyes widened, but his expression still showed disbelief.
Other guests nearby also gathered around out of curiosity.
Seeing that the director didn't believe him, Pei Yanchuan put the thing he was holding into the director's arms.
Caught off guard, the director bent over, took a deep breath, and stood up.
Pei Yanchuan continued to rummage through his suitcase, and then a tightly wrapped item was taken out.
"What is this again?" The director suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Big pork knuckle!" Xu Wang said with a big smile.
Upon hearing Xu Wang's words, the director looked utterly bewildered...
[Oh my god, is this for real?]
[Wife is awesome! Husband is awesome!]
[Look everyone, the director's face has darkened.]
[Of course! After all, the director's wallet is in danger, haha.]
The director held his breath and put the things in his hands on the scale. As soon as the things were put on the scale, the scale was lower.
It weighed a full eight pounds.
The director looked at the number on the scale in front of him and silently raised his finger: 8 jin (4 catties), that's 4,000 yuan.
"Director, here's the money." Xu Wang smiled as he looked at the director, who was on the verge of tears.
The director forcefully pulled out the last of the money from the envelope; there was only 700 yuan. This meant he needed to pay an additional 3,300 yuan. What to do? He was already feeling a bit reluctant to continue the show as soon as it started recording.
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