Chapter 4 Someone Else Is Deserving of Death
Inside the car, two guests, a director, and two staff members holding cameras sat on opposite sides.
Director Qi Yang, who was nearly forty and had a round figure, glanced at the camera opposite him and frantically waved his eyes to the side.
Unfortunately, neither of the two people on the other side made a sound.
What's going on here?! This is a live broadcast; the equipment has been running ever since they got on the bus.
With viewers coming in wave after wave to the live stream, what's going on with the guests remaining silent?
The show "Rural Food" is lukewarm at best, and the guests it invites are also relatively unknown celebrities.
Jiang Ye is a relatively unknown singer whose songs are popular but he himself is not. He has been in the industry for two years and has only had one hit OST. He has a quiet personality and has remained largely unknown to this day.
He had a rugged appearance, and was wearing a baggy denim outfit, huddled in a corner, staring blankly at the guitar in his arms.
Sitting next to Jiang Ye was a short-haired girl named Wen Yu, who had played seven or eight lukewarm roles in the two years since her debut.
Seeing that she couldn't make it in acting, her agent decided to take a different approach and brought her to this variety show.
Wen Yu is usually cheerful, but right now she's like a silent gourd, completely still except for her eyes rolling around.
She wasn't unaware of the director's hints.
But……
At that moment, she heard her agent's earnest warning through her Bluetooth earpiece.
"Don't say a word! Remember, don't say a word! Tu Chaoxi's haters have already surrounded the live stream!"
"Be careful not to get burned!"
The Tu Chaoxi bullying incident has been brewing for a month and has not subsided. Righteous netizens and haters are clamoring for him to leave the entertainment industry every day.
Then, a variety show dared to openly take him in, and "Rural Food" naturally became the latest target of netizens' attacks.
Coincidentally, this was a live broadcast.
Even without thinking, it's obvious that the live stream chat is no longer viewable.
[What kind of terrible variety show is this? Who are these guests? I don't recognize any of them.]
No way, I know someone here!
[Exactly, doesn't anyone know her? Where is Tu Chaoxi? Is she too ashamed to show her face?]
[Tu Chaoxi, get out of the entertainment industry! Did you hear me? Get out of the entertainment industry! If he doesn't leave, then this variety show is off too. They're all going to get out together!!!]
[Please don't criticize the production team; from what I've seen, it's just a small variety show without any backing from major investors.]
[Tch, what kind of good people would a production team have to invite Tu Chaoxi, that bully? What kind of good people would the director have? Neither of them are good!]
The director stared at the phrase "not a good thing," his face turning pale and then red.
When he wanted to hire Tu Chaoxi, a month ago, Tu Chaoxi's agent casually made a phone call and handed the person over to him.
They said they'd send someone over first to lay low for a couple of days, and once the public relations were back in order, they could even promote his show.
He made it sound so nice, but he only realized he'd been tricked when the recording was about to start!
The agent immediately started promoting a newcomer, and Tu Chaoxi had long since become a discarded pawn.
There was no other way; the contract had already been signed. If they were to kick the person out, they would have to pay an exorbitant compensation fee.
Can he afford to pay for it?
Director Qi held his breath and turned off his phone. After scanning the screen, he felt something was missing.
I scanned the area again and got it.
He immediately yelled with a dark face, "Where's Lin Jing! Aren't there five guests?!"
Although his place is small, it has everything you need, and compared to other variety shows of the same type, he invited a total of five guests.
Now, Tu Chaoxi and Ma Zhiyuan have already arrived, Jiang Ye and Wen Yu are with him, but who's the last one?
Wen Yu then cautiously raised her hand, looking embarrassed: "...Director, Lin Jing asked me to tell you that he has requested two weeks of leave."
director:……
This show only has a one-month filming period at most, and he took two weeks off?!
He's an ordinary guy who trades in mountain products. He only entered the industry last month because he's good-looking. If something important happens that requires him to take two weeks off!
Upon seeing this, a few scattered complaints emerged amidst the barrage of criticism.
This show is like a junkhouse...
This is the first time I've seen such a poorly made variety show; they couldn't even get all the cast members together...
Tu Chaoxi is truly down on her luck.
Seeing that his expression was off, Wen Yu quickly explained, "Director, don't be angry. He said his childhood friend broke his leg while collecting herbs in the mountains. His friend is an orphan and has no one to take care of him."
The director really wanted to lose his temper, but he was afraid that if he yelled at someone too hard, they might not come back.
He rubbed his face hard, took a deep breath, and muttered as he got out of the car, "...Unreliable, all of them are unreliable!"
"Fortunately, there's still Teacher Ma."
Ma Zhiyuan is a veteran in the industry. Apart from being a bit cynical due to his age, he's still a good person.
Follow the rules and don't cause trouble.
Then, when he looked up, he bumped right into Ma Zhiyuan, who was limping and looking furious!
"Ouch!"
The two of them bumped into each other and stumbled!
As soon as he steadied himself, he saw Ma Zhiyuan, his face flushed, rubbing his knee with one hand and trembling as he grabbed the hem of his clothes with the other, saying bitterly:
"Director, I demand a change of location! It must be changed! Right now!"
director:……
...
Ugh... what a mess this is.
This show is quite interesting.
[Isn't Ma Zhiyuan one of Tu Chaoxi's many mortal enemies?]
Judging from this situation, are they going to start fighting?
The dozen or so people on the production team looked at each other, and to be honest, they thought the same thing.
The director quickly helped the person up and was about to ask what happened when two deafening cries came from the first house at the entrance of the village, one after the other!
From a distance, the two children, one big and one small, were hugging each other and crying their hearts out.
The director recognized the two people at a glance.
Last month, when we came to Xianhe Village to sign the lease agreement, the two children started arguing and making a scene at the village entrance.
I asked the village chief, and he said one of them was his son, and the other girl was an orphan with mental disabilities.
He frowned: "Teacher Ma, what's going on?"
Ma Zhiyuan's eyelids twitched, and he immediately distanced himself from the matter.
"I had no idea! I was perfectly fine when I came out!"
His eyes flashed: "Isn't Teacher Tu here? Ask Teacher Tu."
The camera panned over, and sure enough, Tu Chaoxi was staring at them with an unfriendly expression, looking ready to raise his arm and punch them at any moment.
In comparison, Tu Yao and Ding Dapang appear weak, helpless, and pitiful.
The viewers in the live stream got excited.
[Isn't it obvious? Tu Chaoxi's temper flared up again, and she made the child cry.]
[It was one thing to criticize celebrities and netizens before, but now they're even targeting young girls and children. This is utterly immoral.]
Hmm... I'm guilty, but I find their crying rather comical.
[Me too, that chubby boy was crying really hard, but the other little girl just wailed without shedding a tear, it was kind of funny.]
Who cares how much she cries? It's definitely Tu Chaoxi's fault again!
In an instant, the comments section was filled with people cursing Tu Chaoxi again.
Tu Yao was putting on a great show of crying when suddenly her forehead started glowing again, like a faulty light bulb.
She was so frightened that her crying stopped abruptly, and well, the next second...
[Progress Bar Announcement: 14]
[Progress bar announcement: 13]
...
[Progress bar announcement: 10]
Tu Yao: ? ? ?
Turning my head, I saw a large group of more than twenty people walking towards me from outside the courtyard.
The director looked exhausted and said to Tu Chaoxi with a hint of helplessness, "Teacher Tu, it's getting late. Why don't you go back and rest?"
Like everyone else, he was convinced that Tu Chaoxi was the one who made the two of them cry.
But since the live stream was still going on, he couldn't really bring the matter up in the open; he just wanted to get rid of the people and be done with it.
Tu Chaoxi scoffed and glanced at the camera lens.
His agent deliberately threw him into this desperate situation, where he was completely helpless, and it was a live broadcast where every action and expression could be interpreted in countless ways.
Although he paid most of his attention to his mentally challenged sister, he did not ignore the group of people in the yard.
It's obvious that "bullying the weak" will likely be added to his already long list of crimes.
Forget it, he couldn't be bothered to explain.
Not only was he too lazy to explain, he also added fuel to the fire.
"No, they look quite beautiful crying. I'll watch them for a while longer."
As soon as he said that, the live stream chat exploded with comments, as if they were free.
[Is he even speaking human language? He's not even pretending anymore, is he? He's bullying such a pretty girl!]
However, he's always been a smart aleck, so please don't pin every single accusation on him.
[Oh my god, Tu Chaoxi actually has fans!]
[That was fast! #TuChaoxiMakesKidCry# is trending!]
What kind of trouble has Tu Chaoxi caused? Look at that little sister, she's almost cried herself silly.
In the footage, Ding Dapang was still crying, but Tu Yao had stopped crying.
He was tilting his head back, his face serious and blank.
...
It must be autumn; the wind felt chilly and gloomy on me late at night.
Tu Yao, her face expressionless, slowly rubbed off the goosebumps on her body, staring at the progress bar that had dropped back to single digits.
I want to die, but I always feel that someone else should die.
She slowly turned her head and looked at Tu Chaoxi with a deep gaze.
You're asking for trouble, bro!
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