Chapter 222: Uncle With Buddhist Sutras And Grassroots Movie Emperor
Lu Lanxin was slightly taken aback, then a “sweet” smile spread across her face as she deliberately spoke in a coy tone: “Oh my, don’t say it, I’m starting to feel that way too.”
Chi Ye froze, and the people around him were equally stunned.
This tone of voice seemed to deliberately imitate Jin Xia’s, but it wasn’t as pleasant, cute, or natural as the Empress Dowager’s.
Found the “Wealth Code,” huh?
Chi Ye’s expression remained unchanged, and he bent down to pick up his slippers: “Isn’t this host Wu Dalang?”
“?!”
Everyone was confused.
Lu Lanxin was also confused for a second, clearly not expecting Chi Ye to be so “direct.”
Chi Ye deliberately took a few steps back and pointed at the silent Teacher Shi next to him, shouting: “Let me tell you, my second brother is here today. If you mess with me, my second brother will have to spill blood on the mandarin ducks today.”
Teacher Shi: “…”
Lu Lanxin glanced at Shi Daifu, remembering the various rumors about Teacher Shi, and subconsciously shivered in fear.
“…”
“Haha.”
The others around them laughed, helping Lu Lanxin out of her awkward situation, but she still looked a bit displeased.
Chi Ye changed the subject, uttering only two keywords: “No CP pairing, no bundling.”
Everyone immediately understood and burst into laughter again. Lu Lanxin was slightly embarrassed: “Ah… I… I didn’t mean that, Teacher Chi…”
“I know you didn’t mean that, but don’t get close to me.”
Lu Lanxin asked in confusion: “Why?”
Chi Ye explained: “Many people say I’ve gotten arrogant.”
Everyone looked puzzled. Lu Lanxin shook her head: “How could that be, Teacher Chi, you…”
Chi Ye stated bluntly: “They are right.”
Everyone: “…”
“I have indeed gotten arrogant. I like to act like a diva now, so don’t get close to me, or I might act like a diva at any moment.”
Chi Ye warned, while Teacher Zhang and Teacher Wu in the house exchanged glances and frowned inwardly.
They didn’t particularly like Lu Lanxin, but they were unhappy with Chi Ye’s “aggressive” demeanor as soon as he arrived.
Who was he talking to?
You’re acting like a diva? How could you be a bigger diva than us?
His words were laced with sarcasm, truly impolite and disrespectful to his seniors, just like the rumors said.
The two old men were displeased, and their expressions showed it. In reality, the above were all excuses because Zhang Guowen, between the two of them, had close cooperation with Yue Na. Although not an artist of Yue Na, he was a Movie Emperor within the Penguin System.
Wu Yibo was an artist from Taiyang Entertainment and was on good terms with Lu Lanxin’s boyfriend.
Their stances were naturally at odds.
“Teacher Xiao Chi…”
On the other side, Sister Shang grabbed Chi Ye during the break before the program recording started and lowered her voice: “Isn’t it a bit inappropriate for you to act like this?”
Chi Ye asked in surprise: “What’s inappropriate?”
“Say a bit more. This is too little, it won’t kick off.”
Chi Ye: “…I see now. You’re hoping I’ll get into trouble.”
Sister Shang felt guilty—she had come along this time after hearing that Chi Ye was coming… If Chi Ye was here, there would definitely be gossip!
It would be too regrettable not to witness it.
She said sheepishly: “Don’t say that, I’m just joking with you.”
“How many true words are spoken through jokes.”
“Why can’t you take a joke? I was really joking…”
The two of them bickered openly, and Sister Qianzi, seeing this, became even more annoyed and urged the program team: “Aren’t we starting yet?”
“Soon, soon.”
The program’s Director gave a few instructions to the Planner, then addressed everyone: “Due to the addition of a new guest, we need to reassign the barbecue tasks.”
Everyone was startled.
Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wu cast a look of admiration at the Director—it’s good that he understands. At our age, how can we do such dirty and tiring work?
Wouldn’t our decades of experience be wasted then!
It should be left to the young people.
“According to the previous rules, everyone will draw lots to decide their tasks, then cooperate and be self-sufficient, working together within the limited budget to prepare lunch.”
The Director said.
The Staff brought over a large box, and everyone began drawing lots again to assign barbecue preparation tasks.
“Shi Jinwei, draw skewers.”
“Teacher Shi, pick vegetables.”
“Lu Lanxin, prepare dipping sauce.”
Chi Ye, upon hearing this, was surprised: “Are your programs this professionally specialized now?”
Lu Lanxin: “…”
Everyone: “…”
Shi Jinwei’s chest started to ache.
Chi Ye saw this and explained: “I didn’t say you were Sister Qianzi.”
“…You should leave now, don’t upset me. I was almost over it.”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Am I spoiling you too much?”
“…”
The two immediately started “arguing” again.
The program team was still announcing other people’s tasks.
“Teacher Zhang Guowen, chop wood, transport raw fuel.”
“Shang Youshu, hike to buy ingredients…”
“Chi Ye, accompanying translator.”
“Huh?”
Upon hearing this, others didn’t react much, and Wu Yibo successfully avoided heavy work, but Zhang Guowen was hit hard. Although he didn’t have to hike to buy ingredients this time, chopping wood and transporting it was a more tiring and dirtier job than hiking to buy ingredients.
The old man immediately became displeased.
Sister Shang was also stunned for a second, her previously excited face changed, and she confirmed: “Hiking? How far?”
“About six to seven kilometers round trip, and you need to carry the ingredients the whole way.”
“What?!” Sister Shang was struck by lightning: “Six to seven kilometers?! And carrying ingredients?!”
The Director nodded: “Yes, your partner is Chi Ye, but he’s the translator and is only responsible for communication. You can communicate, and he can also voluntarily help you carry the ingredients.”
Sister Shang subconsciously turned her gaze to Chi Ye.
Chi Ye met her gaze, paused, then said: “Why are you looking at me? Want to take on the translator’s job too?”
Sister Shang: “…”
“Ha.”
Sister Qianzi chuckled, and Teacher Shi lowered her head.
“Teacher Xiao Chi, I… I know some English too.”
Chi Ye glanced at her, thought for a moment, and asked the Director: “Can we switch?”
The Director was stunned and became interested: “Yes, do you want to switch?”
“No.”
Everyone: “…”
“Then why did you ask?”
“I was just asking.”
Sister Shang opened her mouth, pointed at Chi Ye, and said: “You… you… okay, okay.”
“Don’t point at me. Listen to the program team’s arrangements and consider it a way to lose weight.”
Sister Shang gritted her teeth: “I’ll lose weight, okay, I’ll lose weight.”
“…Sister Youshu.”
At this moment, Lu Lanxin, who was assigned the easiest task of preparing the dipping sauce, suddenly said: “Are you feeling unwell? Why don’t I switch with you?”
Sister Shang was stunned, and everyone else looked at her in surprise.
Lu Lanxin’s heart pounded, thinking, six to seven kilometers!
How long can she be “alone” with Chi Ye?!
It’s enough time to shoot an MV!
Since you, Shang Youshu, “don’t know what’s good for you,” then give way, let me do it, I can!
“Um… Little Lu, are you sure you want to switch with me? I’m fine physically, but if you want to switch…”
Sister Shang was already beaming, showing no hesitation, impatient but having to pretend: “Oh dear, fine, then let’s switch.”
Lu Lanxin was also excited: “Okay, I’ll go buy ingredients with Teacher Chi!”
Chi Ye: “…”
Shang Youshu, you really are a dog.
He muttered this to himself. Shi Daifu, who had been silent but observing him, looked at him, then after a long silence, suddenly raised her hand and timidly said: “Um… well… let’s switch, Chi Ye and I. I… I have a lot of physical activity, so I’ll consider it exercise.”
Everyone was stunned again.
Shi Jinwei stared at Shi Daifu with wide eyes, then a thoughtful glint flashed in her sapphire-blue eyes. She couldn’t help but say sarcastically: “Oh dear, our Chi Teacher has become popular.”
Chi Ye glanced at her: “I want to switch with you, do you want to?”
“…No.”
“If you don’t want to, then shut up.”
Shi Jinwei felt a bit embarrassed, but thinking that Chi Ye had come here, she could only deceive herself, he came for me, he came for me…
Well, she won’t speak anymore.
As a result, when she stopped talking, everyone was even more confused.
Teacher Zhang, Teacher Wu, and Teacher Fang and Lu Lanxin looked at each other…
Wait, Shi Jinwei, where’s your temper?
How come you shut up just because Chi Ye told you to? Aren’t you quite feisty?
Damn, you treat people differently, don’t you?!
Meanwhile, Chi Ye didn’t accept Teacher Shi’s kind offer and waved his hand, saying: “It’s fine, I’m just a translator, walking is enough, it’s okay.”
Lu Lanxin: “…Teacher Chi, aren’t you going to help me?”
Chi Ye was even more surprised: “Help? Help, I’ll translate for you.”
Lu Lanxin also smiled with relief—as long as they were together, who cared if he helped or not. She wasn’t trying to be with him, she wanted his traffic… she wanted his popularity…
The third self-hypnotizer was born.
After everyone had discussed and made arrangements, 《 Unexpected Journey 》, highlighting the keywords “budget travel” and “unexpected,” meant that in addition to normal travel daily routines, there were also artistic performance segments.
For example, while eating, someone would be responsible for cooking, someone for buying ingredients, and someone for playing the guitar and singing to liven things up.
Teacher Fang and Ding Zhen were assigned the artistic performance work, which was actually the easiest task for both of them.
Wu Yibo drew “friction to make fire,” and Zhang Guowen was responsible for chopping wood and transportation…
Neither of their tasks was particularly pleasant, and when Chi Ye arrived, almost everyone gravitated towards him.
The two uncles, who had been acting like magnates on the show before, were already very unhappy. Seeing that Chi Ye had no intention of coming over to “greet” them, their hidden displeasure became even harder to suppress.
Zhang Guowen, watching Chi Ye and Lu Lanxin preparing to leave, couldn’t help but call out to them and lecture: “Buying meat and ingredients also has its subtleties, which you young people might not understand.”
“You need to buy pork chops with marbling, with a snowflake pattern. When I was filming 《 The Grand Mansion of the Wang Family 》, I followed a master craftsman from a state-run meat processing plant for three months. You have to buy whole sides of meat to ensure freshness, that’s the rule…”
Lu Lanxin listened dumbfounded, thinking, it’s just going out to buy ingredients, and there are so many details?
Chi Ye eyed Zhang Guowen—he had actually met him “once before.” At a New Year’s Eve Gala, he had drawn Zhang Guowen’s “Eye Acting” skill, which took him a long time to master and he was still using it.
Hmm… the second skill he drew was Mom Wen’s “Show Off” skill.
However, Zhang Guowen’s status was higher than Mom Wen’s. He was not only known for being playful but also for being preachy.
And his lecturing was different from Teacher Huang and Yang Zi. He was known for his “gentle as jade” “knowledgeable uncle” persona, constantly marketing the fact that he couldn’t get roles for years before becoming famous, lived a simple life, and was down-to-earth.
Therefore, he would often mention how things were back in his day to establish his image as a “grassroots Movie Emperor.”
After listening to him, Chi Ye said: “Then you go buy it.”
Zhang Guowen was stunned: “???”
Everyone else also looked at Chi Ye in surprise.
Bro, just say it directly?
Well… it doesn’t seem to be a problem.
It was only then that everyone remembered—Chi Ye was different from others.
Others might defer to Zhang Guowen due to his status and position, but Chi Ye, with his current status and popularity, could either defer or not—moreover, everyone in the internal entertainment circle knew about Chi Ye’s sharp tongue, and his fans knew it too.
“Teacher Zhang? You go, how about it?”
“…”
Zhang Guowen realized what had happened, his expression turned unpleasant, but he had indeed shown off earlier.
After a pause, he forced a smile: “Chi Ye, you’re so smart, just buy according to what I just said.”
Chi Ye glanced at him, smiled, and said no more, then turned and left with Lu Lanxin, who was too nervous to even breathe.
“…”
Zhang Guowen stared at their retreating backs, his expressionless face turned away from the camera, losing its composure, looking displeased.
“Hey, hey, hey, we’re still recording, be mindful.”
Wu Yibo walked over and reminded him.
Zhang Guowen smiled, then looked at Shang Youshu and Shi Jinwei, who were working and whispering not far away, especially the latter, whose eyes were sinister.
“I told you long ago, he’s very popular, why are you yelling at him.”
Wu Yibo comforted her, his personality being a bit “gentler” than Zhang Guowen’s, because he usually believed in Buddhism.
Legend has it that his young wives were also forced to study Buddhist scriptures, and late at night, after they were done, they would often fall asleep holding Buddhist scriptures, which had entered their souls, minds, and hearts.
Furthermore, Wu Yibo had a nickname in the industry—
Wu Yibo, courtesy name Bùhuān.
The meaning is that “Yibo”‘s name reversed—Wu Bo bù huān.
From this, it can be seen that the two uncles are indeed old lechers who have been through many battles.
“Just watch, arrogance will eventually be punished.”
Zhang Guowen said mysteriously, then turned to busy himself with his old partner.
……
At the same time.
Shang Youshu happily mixed dipping sauce while quietly asking Shi Jinwei, “Who hurt you?”
Shi Jinwei’s expression was not good: “I don’t know, probably several people.”
“…Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone.”
Sister Shang promised.
Sister Qianzi glanced at her and spoke frankly: “I don’t trust you.”
Sister Shang: “…”
“Why did you come too?”
Sister Shang paused, then muttered, “I wanted to see the excitement… and then… Teacher Chi has a Sci-Fi Film.”
“Are you acting in it?”
Sister Qianzi felt a little uncomfortable.
“NO.”
Unexpectedly, Sister Shang shook her head earnestly, beaming with pride: “I’m going to watch! I like watching movies and TV shows, but I’ve never seen a Sci-Fi Film live. I’ll go see how it’s filmed if I get the chance.”
Sister Qianzi opened her mouth: “Huh??”
“What’s wrong?”
“…It’s nothing, I just feel like you’re really carefree, I envy you.”
“Weiwei,” Sister Shang paused, then said sincerely, “Don’t envy me. I’m really living too comfortably. It’s no use envying me.”
