Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius
Chapter 236 - 217: Dock Their Pay, Dock All Their Pay!
CHAPTER 236: CHAPTER 217: DOCK THEIR PAY, DOCK ALL THEIR PAY!
Director Wang suddenly got up and turned to look at the monitor next to him.
The monitor was displaying the scenes from Ji Xizhi’s live broadcast room.
None of the imagined struggles of rowing or the desperate calls for help were there.
Instead, it was a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.
Director Wang was enjoying himself on a beach chair here;
In Ji Xizhi’s live broadcast room, she was also enjoying herself on a beach chair.
Director Wang had a sunshade umbrella;
Ji Xizhi had one too.
Director Wang had fresh coconut juice;
Ji Xizhi... she actually had that too!
Director Wang even felt like he was looking at a mirror, not a monitor.
Except that Ji Xizhi was wearing sunglasses on her face.
Director Wang: ??? This is too much. He didn’t even wear sunglasses!
He really came to record "Life Experience," but he didn’t intend for Ji Xizhi to experience his production team director vacation lifestyle!!!
[Hahaha, Uncle Wang was caught off guard so quickly!]
[Zhi Zhi: Directly say hi to Director Wang~ What you have, I also have, and what you don’t have, I still have!]
[Got it, "Life Experience" Episode 3, experiencing the director’s life, Uncle Wang went to great lengths, Zhi Zhi can finally make it in the director field~]
Fans in the comments were dissing Director Wang seconds ago.
Less than half an hour after the diss, Director Wang’s plan fell apart gloriously.
Seeing the shift in the live broadcast atmosphere, Director Wang jumped up from the chair, angrily pointed at the monitor, and said, "Ji Xizhi... where did she get the coconut juice? We agreed not to let anyone talk to her, right? Who talked to her?! Deduct their pay, deduct everyone’s pay!"
The assistant timidly raised his head, "Um... a parent brought a little kid just now, and the kid gave it to her. Can’t deduct the pay; it wasn’t a villager, but rather a tourist nearby."
Director Wang: "..."
A million points of damage!
[As we all know, the halo of being adored is unstoppable!]
[So can anyone explain where the coconut came from? I was too busy criticizing Uncle Wang to notice it, sob sob sob~]
[It was an ultra-sweet little girl, probably around five or six years old, who ran over and said she wants to go to college with Zhi Zhi in the future and asked her to wait, and even gave her own coconut to Zhi Zhi. So adorable~]
[Yes, yes, yes, Zhi Zhi even seriously hooked pinkies with her, promising to wait for her at school and telling her to work hard! Sob sob sob, the cutest five-year-old fan~]
Director Wang was sad and unhappy, while the live broadcast room had already attracted a wave of fans, drawn in by the five-year-old fan who gifted the coconut juice.
Many people rushed to Weibo hoping to find photos of the little fan.
Unfortunately, there was only a video with a shot of the fan’s back, completely blocked by Ji Xizhi, not revealing anything else.
Fans could only see the little one with two pigtails hooked pinkies with Ji Xizhi and hear her adorable voice.
Even without a frontal view, it didn’t stop everyone from being utterly charmed.
Ji Xizhi’s live room traffic surged again.
Meanwhile, on the coast, Ji Xizhi peacefully enjoyed the sea breeze as she lay on the beach chair.
Qi Zheng had given her some materials recently, just as Episode 3 of "Life Experience" was going to be recorded. She got carried away and read a bit extra.
Today, she finally had time to mentally sort them out.
As for the matter of taking a boat to Xianyu Village.
Since the production team deliberately didn’t want her to take the boat, she wasn’t planning to waste time on that.
After all, guests arrived one by one.
Ji Xizhi leisurely looked up at the time.
Almost time for people to arrive.
Ji Xizhi got up from the beach chair just in time to hear Zhu Xiu’an shouting from not far away.
"Zhi Zhi, the master has come! I’m here from the sky to save you!!!"
Ji Xizhi rose, picked up her suitcase, grabbed the unfinished coconut juice beside her, and turned toward Zhu Xiu’an.
Zhu Xiu’an stumbled, quickly changing what he said, "... I’m coming from the sky to save you."
Ji Xizhi: "Let’s go!"
[Haha, where did this foolish dog learn the face-changing trick from!]
[Turns out Ji Xizhi was waiting for reinforcements, hahaha~]
[Laughed to death, these reinforcements seem not very clever!]
Fans from both live broadcast rooms simultaneously laughed.
Zhu Xiu’an already knew about taking a boat across the river, but he couldn’t imagine Ji Xizhi being neglected by people.
With Aunt Ji Xizhi leading the way in Ping’an Village and the aunt from Lishui County providing some explosive interference in those two episodes, the halo around adored Ji Xizhi was blinding.
This episode shouldn’t end up like that under any circumstances.
Zhu Xiu’an restrained his curiosity, strutted over with the suitcase toward those few boats.
Acting like an old friend, Zhu Xiu’an waved at the boatmen, "Guys, heading to Xianyu Village? I’ll pay a high price! Charter the whole boat!"
The boatmen: "......"
Several of them simultaneously turned their heads, not wanting to see him.
Finally, one kinder boatman, looking down at the phone photo to ensure there weren’t restrictions on talking to guest Zhu Xiu’an, replied.
"Our boats can only take one person at a time."
[Pff! Failed in being impressive, making my future week’s masks crack with laughter!]
[Good news: I’ve chartered the whole boat for you! Bad news: The boat has only a single seat, hahaha]
[High emotional intelligence: I booked the venue! Low emotional intelligence: I booked a seat~ Epilogue: Why foolish dog doesn’t have a girlfriend!]
Zhu Xiu’an was also stumped by the boatman’s words.
Without looking aside, Zhu Xiu’an pressed on, determined to maintain the act to the end, "Okay, then I’ll charter your boat for her! Just headed to Xianyu village!"
The chosen boatman froze for a moment seeing it was Ji Xizhi.
Zhu Xiu’an: "I’ll pay two hundred!"
Boatman instantly replied, "Deal!"
After agreeing, he hesitated slightly, pointing towards Ji Xizhi not far away, and reminded:
"But on this journey, that little girl over there can’t talk to me!"
The boatman was committed to following the production team’s rules.
Zhu Xiu’an found the rule about not talking to Ji Xizhi rather curious, "There’s actually someone Ji Xizhi can’t talk to?"
He initially wanted to probe further for details but the boatman urged him to board, so he didn’t say more.
Zhu Xiu’an booked a boat for Ji Xizhi, while he himself took another boat next to hers.
The two small boats set off simultaneously, heading towards Xianyu Village.
Their boats were close enough to chat across.
Zhu Xiu’an gazed at the blue sea, leisurely chatting with Ji Xizhi.