"Hello, hello, can you still hear me?"
Lin Yi held up the communication device and shouted for a long time.
After confirming that the connection was truly lost, I had no choice but to accept the fact that I was out of contact once again.
However, the company's request has been conveyed: the program will continue, but the live broadcast will be changed to a pre-recorded broadcast.
Although this is Lin Yi's first time directing, this dating reality show has been running for many years, so all the necessary equipment will be prepared, and she has the ability to handle unexpected situations.
He went back to his room, took the camera out of the box, and started testing it.
23rd-century cameras are small and exquisite, rectangular in shape, about the size of a banana, yet they can achieve professional film and television recording standards.
It's not as intelligent as a satellite, it won't automatically lock onto guests, and it can't broadcast multiple types of content at the same time.
After the debugging was completed, he sent a message to everyone, asking them to gather in the living room downstairs.
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After everyone had arrived, Lin Yi explained the upcoming arrangements: "Starting tomorrow, we will begin the main mission of this episode, but since the signal is still not connected, all live broadcasts will be changed to pre-recorded broadcasts. Everyone understands the main mission, right?"
Everyone nodded.
After arriving in this time and space, the guests initially only performed some routine tasks to get to know each other better.
For example, cooking together, playing games together, exercising together, etc.
The main quest will begin tomorrow, which involves generating revenue in this timeline.
The guests need to find jobs where they can receive their wages on the same day.
The guest with the highest salary that day has the power to assign any guest to a room and to assign any guest to do housework.
Everyone was told these things when they came to participate in the program.
Seeing that no one had any questions, Lin Yi continued, "Let me remind everyone that this spacetime is much more terrifying than ours. We generally work an eight-hour day, but here there is almost no concept of rest. Many people work except for eating and sleeping."
After he finished speaking, someone next to him chimed in: "I've also learned a bit over the past few days. To sum it up, this timeline is all about intense involution."
The man speaking wore frameless glasses and a neatly pressed cotton-linen shirt; he was refined and scholarly.
He is one of the male guests: Zhou Sui, a young bestselling author and a leading figure in "rebellious literature". His representative works include "I Don't", "I Won't", and "I Just Won't". It is evident that there is a rebellious heart beneath his refined appearance.
In the preview for his new book, he said that his purpose in participating in this program was simply to gather material.
Another male guest, wearing a baseball cap and a trendy baseball jersey, said dismissively, "They're so arrogant, but their infrastructure and technology don't seem to be more advanced than ours. They're probably not even as advanced as we were two hundred years ago."
He is Li Ze, a singer-songwriter rapper. Although his fan base isn't as large as that of top idol Li Nanyan, it's incredibly loyal. He's had his share of negative press, but his fans still manage to buy his albums despite criticizing him, demonstrating their undeniable talent.
Lin Yi nodded: "Because most of them are grassroots laborers, doing repetitive work day after day, there are very few creative jobs. It is precisely because there are few creative positions that these kinds of jobs can earn good incomes. Everyone can follow this approach tomorrow."
After Lin Yi finished speaking, he sent everyone their identity/identification documents in this time and space.
These were all prepared in advance by Apple for the guests.
The base they are currently staying at was purchased in this time and space by Apple through the transfer of funds from the Time Bank. They have also prepared some supplies, enough to deal with minor risks.
In addition to the identification documents, Lin Yi also gave everyone a small dial-like device with numbers written on it; currently, everyone's number was "0".
Jian Zhizhen asked curiously, "What is this?"
Lin Yi said, "This is a production value counter. Your production value and salary are all determined by it, which also avoids the unfairness of human judgment. Each person in this spacetime will be bound to a piece of it, and it will start counting when they are put into social production."
Jian Zhizhen nodded, indicating that he understood.
It is indeed fairer for machines to make judgments, as it can prevent some people from obtaining high-paying jobs through opportunistic means despite lacking the necessary skills.
Zhai Qinghe, sitting on the sofa, picked up a cushion and hugged it to her chest, looking distressed: "Ugh, another task to do. I'm sure I'll be at the bottom again."
Upon hearing this, Jian Zhizhen glanced in her direction.
It has to be said that Zhai Qinghe is far superior to her in maintaining her public persona.
She has a very good sense of proportion; when she doesn't have tasks, she doesn't rush around.
But when working together, she doesn't shirk her responsibilities and does her best, but she doesn't insist on winning or losing.
Therefore, her labels are the endearing "Buddhist-like" and "lazy," rather than "irresponsible" and "lazy."
Jian Zhizhen silently gave her a thumbs up in his heart.
The girl next to Zhai Qinghe also sighed and stretched out her hand to show off her beautiful manicure.
"Yeah, I just got my nails done before coming to this show. Sigh, I hope I can find an easy office job tomorrow, preferably one where I can just sit there and drink tea and get paid daily."
Xie Anxia debuted in a girl group and followed a pretentious and affected path.
At first, many fans criticized her, but later many people got used to it and found her little attitude quite amusing, and many people liked her spirit.
Zhai Qinghe continued, "I'm also afraid I won't do a good job in clerical work..."
After saying that, she put her hands together and looked at all the guests with a pitiful expression: "Dear brothers and sisters, please go easy on me tomorrow, don't make me lose too badly."
Li Nanyan was the first to look at her, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
Zhai Qinghe's pure and lovely demeanor truly melted his heart.
Just as he was about to reply, a woman's voice drifted from the corner: "You're not even livestreaming anymore, but your desire to perform is still so strong?"
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