Chapter 37: Teacher Yang Zi Is Truly Red Now
“Chi Ye!!”
Yang Zi said angrily: “Young man, don’t be too young!!”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Look, he’s already starting to talk nonsense.”
Chi Ye shook his head, signaling: “Teacher Yang Zi, I really don’t want to mic up, don’t force me.”
“Besides, I watched movies starring Sister Huang when I was a kid. What you’re doing—does that mean from now on you’ll call me dad and I’ll call you bro? Bro, what do you want to do, dad will help you do it?”
Yang Zi: “…”
Hearing his ex-wife’s name, he stopped “making a fuss” and turned around like an empty-nester old man, returning to the side of his trembling team members.
He suddenly glanced at them and scolded: “What are you looking at? Keep analyzing!”
Everyone: “…”
Pfft! Shouldn’t have sympathized with you!
“Alright, you guys keep thinking. If you really have a good idea, I wouldn’t mind ‘being a parent’.”
Chi Ye turned back, going upstairs while saying to Shi Daifu: “Some noodles for me is fine, I’m not too hungry.”
Shi Daifu nodded lightly and didn’t leave.
Chi Ye: “?”
He had noticed at their meeting earlier that the Boxing King seemed to want to say something but hadn’t spoken, so he curiously asked: “Do you have something? Need help?”
If it was the Boxing King, he wouldn’t mind sharing some black traffic!
Who knew, Shi Daifu was silent for a long time before hesitantly saying: “Um… do you want to learn a few self-defense moves from me?”
Chi Ye: “Ah?”
He didn’t react for a moment, but after seeing the “concerned” look in the Boxing King’s eyes, he suddenly understood.
—What does this mean? After one Screaming Night, do I need to “self-defend” every time I go out from now on?
“…It’s fine, Sheng Ning and those Rise guys can’t beat me. Of course, if they really try to hit me, you have to help me!”
Shi Daifu: “…”
She gave him a wistful glance, and the Boxing King turned and silently left.
Chi Ye: “…”
See, can’t take a joke!
Chi Ye was secretly delighted inside. For some reason, as soon as he returned to the Jian Ni small dwelling, his mood suddenly improved, free of all the emotions from Screaming Night.
Strange, it’s only been a day or two of recording.
Thinking of this, Chi Ye sighed.
—He didn’t even know now how many more episodes of Jian Ni he could record.
Perhaps in just a few days, he and Yue Na would be in a “fierce mutual tearing.”
…
Tonight the small dwelling is on break, live broadcast won’t start until tomorrow morning.
Chi Ye returned to his room and checked his system favorability.
After a full day’s growth, the system’s favorability had successfully broken through one million.
Looking at this long string of numbers, Chi Ye was full of emotion.
He hadn’t expected the first time favorability broke one million would be at Screaming Night.
“Unfortunately, this traffic is all one-time, not as good as sustained growth.”
Chi Ye was still a bit unsatisfied.
But that afternoon he had already made a “whitewashing marketing plan” with Keke.
Use existing resources as much as possible, borrow the heat from Screaming Night, and lightly market to “whitewash” himself.
Facts proved that under the foil and “cooperation” of Rise’s other demons and monsters, the effect was pretty good.
At least tonight, some of his black points and public favor had improved to a certain extent.
The lip shape from the final Screaming Night shot and the flamboyant smile from the first shot had both gone viral.
#Chi Ye Screaming Night Back Glance# 12 million popularity on Douyin.
#Chi Ye Has Flopped But Never Been Ugly# 5 million popularity on Xiaohongshu.
It stabilized his originally collapsing public favor and star power, the biggest “gain” in this time.
Of course, he had offended quite a few people.
Kiwifruit, Sheng Ning, Shen Qing Yu… Peng Chen.
Especially Shen Qing Yu and Peng Chen’s fans, who had cursed him into a sieve.
But they were “arch-enemies” to begin with, so what offense?
Chi Ye was very clear on this point.
Compared to that, he cared more about how to use this one million favorability right now.
“One million favorability… who to draw?”
One million favorability could draw one advanced skill talent or ten intermediate skill talents.
Both would help him a lot.
But after several previous scouting experiments, Chi Ye had some experience.
—Either draw an “one-trick pony” with few advanced skills, or use it as fodder.
One-trick pony…
As he pondered carefully, his eyes suddenly lit up, remembering what Director Zhang from Circulation said about the female lead.
Circulation’s male lead is set as Chi Ye, contract in a couple days; female lead is a newcomer signed to Han Xing Entertainment.
But though called a newcomer, she debuted as a child star, young age but publicly acknowledged good acting talent.
Young age means she definitely doesn’t have many advanced skills, good acting talent… hit rate must be higher than others!
Chi Ye thought for a bit, finding it more and more feasible.
He immediately decided to hold onto the favorability, and when Circulation’s film crew starts, go big and raise his acting to “genius” level!
Who says I can’t act? I can act too well!
“Teacher Chi, time to eat.”
Ten minutes later, Shi Daifu’s soft and weak voice came from outside the door.
“Okay.”
Chi Ye got out of bed, simply washed his hands, and went out to eat.
…
Jian Ni small dwelling is still on break tonight, no activities in the evening.
Chi Ye simply finished eating and returned to his room alone to rest.
It wasn’t until the next morning when he got up, washed up, and went downstairs that the living room livened up.
Jin Xia was listlessly sitting on the sofa, hand propping her chin, her beautiful peach blossom eyes seeming troubled, looking listless and heartbreaking.
“What’s wrong?”
Chi Ye carried his water cup over and sat down, glancing at her: “It’s fine, next time there’s a chance to go out again.”
The Empress Dowager’s eyes lit up seeing him approach, then thought of something and nodded dispiritedly, saying “oh.”
Chi Ye didn’t notice the Empress Dowager’s abnormality; he scanned the living room.
The Boxing King got up early and was busy in the kitchen at the respawn point again.
Teacher Huang, Teacher Lu, and Lin Jingyi were chatting outside the courtyard. In the living room, besides the Empress Dowager who had clearly just arrived, there was only Yang Zi sitting in the distance, raising a hand to wipe tears, “crying” to his mobile phone camera.
Chi Ye was surprised: “Is this live? Recording hasn’t started yet?”
“Recording has started, but hate value changed, he’s first, asked the program team to leave him alone first so he can broadcast crying for a bit!”
The Empress Dowager was listless.
Chi Ye thought thoughtfully: “How long has he been crying?”
“Heard it’s been half an hour.”
Chi Ye was astonished: “Half an hour and not a single tear? Dry howling?!”
From his angle he could see clearly: Yang Zi hand covering his face, eyes sneaking peeks at the phone screen, not a single tear!
This veteran actor isn’t up to it either!
“Hm?!”
Over here, Yang Zi vaguely heard Chi Ye’s words, turned to look at him, inwardly cursed bad luck, then moved a bit farther away and continued crying: “Family, I don’t know why you all hate me so much. I’ve divorced, lost my home, I’m so heartbroken…”
“Don’t be heartbroken.”
Chi Ye had walked over at some point, comforting: “Teacher Yang Zi, home’s gone, but your ‘family’ is still here, right?”
Yang Zi: “?”
He was furious but thought of continuing to play pitiful, so kept crying: “Chi Ye, you don’t understand. Even if family is here, so what? I’ve lost my wife, little Huang left. No matter how high the popularity, what’s the point to me?”
Chi Ye disagreed: “What you said—little Huang left, but little Huang cart didn’t leave, why cry?”
Yang Zi: “…”
Chi Ye, WCNM!
He gritted his teeth inwardly, decided not to pay Chi Ye any mind, wanted to continue crying, but after Chi Ye’s “mood interruption,” he blinked his eyes, dry and unable to cry.
Hurriedly moved the camera away, waved to his team’s filming personnel: “I’m out of eye drops, no close-ups yet!”
Then whispered to his assistant: “Assistant, assistant! Quick, give me some, eyes won’t cry!”
The assistant who hadn’t left: “…”
Panicked, rummaged from the bag and put something on Yang Zi’s hand.
Yang Zi relaxed inwardly, turned his head and smeared it on his eyes, just about to cry when he suddenly “ah”-ed.
“Fuck! Who swapped my eye drops for wasabi?!”
Everyone around: ” ?!”
“Teacher Yang Zi, you okay?!”
“What happened?”
Everyone was in chaos.
Yang Zi’s eyes were thoroughly “red,” couldn’t open them, this time really crying: “Stings the eyes, wuu wuu, water, water!”
“Oh oh, right, water, quick get water!”
“Yang Zong don’t worry, I turned off the live just now!”
Yang Zi relaxed upon hearing this, but tears still flowed, looking utterly heartbroken.
The Empress Dowager was finally drawn over, surprised: “Teacher Chi, what’s wrong with him?”
Chi Ye: “He finally ‘red’.”
Yang Zi: You two dog man and woman, piss off!
The living room was a chicken-flying-dog-jumping mess. Teacher Yang Zi contributed an epic famous scene to everyone first thing in the morning. Chi Ye then took the “recovering energy” Empress Dowager outside the courtyard to breathe fresh air.
“Look at this chicken, its egg-laying method is wrong.”
Chi Ye was surprised, looked sideways, saw Teacher Huang and others by the small courtyard’s chicken coop, pointing at two chickens laying eggs inside.
Teacher Huang hands behind back, knowing everything: “For a chicken to lay an egg, it should use abdominal force, just a little push, and out it comes. You get it? Look at this chicken’s posture, it’s wrong.”
Chicken: “?”
Why don’t you try?
“Wow, Teacher Chi, Teacher Huang knows so much!” Jin Xia listened in surprise, then widened her big eyes full of doubt: “But… how does he know the feeling of a chicken laying an egg?”
“Life experience.” Chi Ye saw Teacher Huang and others looking over, nodded: “Teacher Huang is authoritative on this, don’t question it.”
The Empress Dowager puzzled: “How is he authoritative? Why can’t we question?”
Chi Ye: “Teacher Huang laid eggs when he was young.”
Jin Xia: “?”
Teacher Huang: ” ?!”
“Hmph!”
Teacher Huang snorted coldly, face unhappy, hands behind back as he walked into the house.
“You ah you!” Teacher Lu walked over shaking his head, pointed at Chi Ye, then chased after Teacher Huang to “argue reason”: “But I still think chicken egg-laying posture and method aren’t important. The key is it must follow commands! Can’t lay randomly, or not lay at all…”
Chicken: CNM, you try laying too!
“Haha, you’re done for.”
Lin Jingyi happily followed behind them, passing Chi Ye with schadenfreude: “This one, if you don’t eat three big bowls tonight, you won’t get past it!”
Chi Ye looked at Lin Jingyi: “I have a cold, don’t come near me, I’m scared.”
Lin Jingyi: ” ?!”
“Haha… Teacher Chi! How can you say that!”
The Empress Dowager laughed heartily but realized Teacher Chi offended someone again, so deliberately put on a stern little face: “That’s not good!”
“Let’s go, let’s go for a stroll around.”
Chi Ye ignored the ugly expression on the food history girl’s face, led the Empress Dowager for a stroll around, looking at the flowers that Jin Xia the living hell king had messed with, now gradually wilting.
Until twenty minutes later, the two received program team notice and returned to the small dwelling.
Jian Ni chief director looked at this group of demons and monsters, gave them a panoramic close-up: “Welcome everyone back to Jian Ni small dwelling.”
“Since you all aren’t too familiar with each other yet, the program team has decided: today at noon, you’ll have a group meal.”
“Group meal?!”
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
Jin Xia even glanced at Chi Ye, eyes sparkling.
—Opportunity came!
“Hmph.”
Teacher Huang couldn’t help but snort lightly.
Everyone: “?”
Chief director lightly coughed: “This was Teacher Huang’s suggestion.”
“Wow!”
Everyone immediately applauded.
“Little Huang rocks, always has.”
“Uncle Teacher Huang fought for it!”
“Didn’t expect Teacher Huang to have such a ‘conscience’!”
No need to look at the name to know who said the last one.
Teacher Huang’s light snort turned cold snort.
“Of course.”
Program team deliberately poured cold water: “Premise for group meal: you need to group up and complete tasks.”
“This is also our Jian Ni family’s theme today—Ice Snow Festival sales promotion.”
“Ice Snow Festival sales promotion?!”
Everyone looked at each other.
Yang Zi’s face lit up, just about to say he knew sales best.
But Teacher Huang had already lightly coughed: “Live commerce, huh? I’ve studied this. Shall we all live stream together?”
Yang Zi: CNM big fat boy, you know everything?!
“Not live commerce.”
Chief director shook his head, said: “Right now is winter’s most beautiful season, and every winter, ‘villagers’ households all eat tanghulu.”
“This morning, you’ll split into two groups, go to the program team designated busy downtown area to cooperate on making and selling candied hawthorn. Deadline 11:30, money sold is your noon group meal funds.”
Everyone: “…”
They understood, but… who knows how to make it?
Answer—no one does!
“Making candied hawthorn? I know this, easy to make.”
Teacher Huang got it.
“Indeed, I saw Teacher Huang do it while sleepwalking, really easy.”
Yang Zi nodded, got it +1.
Teacher Lu smacked his lips: “Can make, but we need clear division of labor, orderly…”
Lin Jingyi pouted: “My nose hasn’t recovered yet, wait for me to apply some ‘anti-freeze cream’…”
Jin Xia pulled Chi Ye’s sleeve: “Candied hawthorn?! Teacher Chi, I want… I want to make it!”
Chi Ye sighed: “Villagers are so full of life!”
Shi Daifu silently turned, already starting to note which ingredients to ask program team for to make tanghulu.
Program team director: “…”
Looking at this group of demons and monsters who didn’t care at all.
Suddenly gave a sinister laugh.
Good good good, if you can make it, fine!
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