Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius - Chapter 241 - 222: Can I Pack Up and Go Home Early?
Chapter 241: Chapter 222: Can I Pack Up and Go Home Early?
In the main live broadcast room, viewers saw three celebrity guests make their appearance.
Almost all the viewers’ attention was focused on Bai Zhe, because he was just so handsome, they couldn’t help but shift their eyes to look at him.
Bai Zhe was also very confident. To win over Ji Xizhi, he had to start with his looks. Today, he specially got up early and spent three to four hours on his styling, determined to make Ji Xizhi fall for him at first sight and climb the trending lists.
Things happened just as Bai Zhe anticipated.
Not long after Bai Zhe appeared in the “Life Experience” live broadcast room, his name was already on the trending topic list.
[So handsome! Bai Bai looks especially handsome today~]
[Oh my god, is this Bai Zhe? So handsome! Made me yell hubby!]
[Stop calling out randomly, this is my hubby, Bai Zhe, oh… wait! My hubby has changed, sorry, wrong room!!!]
Among the plethora of praising comments on Weibo, one comment stood out.
Netizens who were just passing by and planning to check out the handsome guys: ? How could someone go to the wrong stage?
[New hubby directions: Life Experience main live room! If you don’t want to swap, I’m a dog!]
Passerby netizens: ??? Suddenly interested!
Countless curious passersby opened the live broadcast room.
They were greeted by a hundred-meter-long luxury yacht, with a silver-white hull and seven decks.
As the program crew’s aerial shot captured it, they could even clearly see the helipad on the yacht.
As the aerial shot moved, it quickly focused on the person standing at the highest point of the deck.
When the camera zoomed in on the face, everyone recognized her.
It was Le Qiqi.
Le Qiqi was wearing a pair of loose white pants, with a crop top above, casually taking off her sunglasses and waving towards the shore and the aerial camera.
At that moment in the live room, chaos erupted.
[Miss… Missy? Oh my god, so the special guest is Missy???]
[Pfft, what missy, sob sob sob this is my long-lost hubby!]
[Pfft, what hubby, it’s the old servant here, I’m your long-lost old servant, I’ve come to greet you ah ah ah!]
[Le Qiqi my god, is Le Qiqi’s family this rich? Just hopping on shows as she pleases?]
[Let me explain a bit upstairs, our Qiqi does stand out a bit, but she never snatches resources. Generally, she uses cash to secure a special guest spot. Gotta clarify this! Now that I’ve said it, Missy’s hubby let’s snuggle~]
[Ugh, who needs men, who wants handsome guys, a rich woman is the real deal~~~~]
Le Qiqi’s grand entry made the live room audience and the whole Weibo atmosphere shift instantly.
The group of viewers whose attention was on Bai Zhe instantly switched their focus to Le Qiqi.
Bai Zhe’s trending was almost completely overshadowed by Le Qiqi.
The third episode’s top trending topic #SpecialGuestLeQiqi# rocketed to the top.
Before the third episode started, the program team kept the special guest’s identity very secret, not a hint leaked online.
Many people guessed it was Ji Fengyuan, who had been officially announced, or Fang Yuliang, who had previously appeared as a special guest, as well as some other popular guests within the circle.
But no one guessed it would be Le Qiqi.
Le Qiqi had been with “The Great Escape” for a long time, and even when she said she wanted to come on “Life Experience” before, no one expected it to happen so soon.
Negotiating collaboration, signing contracts, making arrangements, all of those need time to coordinate.
But Le Qiqi handled it all in one episode.
Even the staff responsible for welcoming guests of the program team were dumbfounded.
They knew Le Qiqi was a special guest beforehand. The day the guest was coming into the village, she specifically mentioned to the program group not to send anyone to pick her up, just provide a location, and she’d come by herself.
At the time, the program team didn’t think much of it, just assumed it was inconvenient for Le Qiqi.
Now————
No one imagined she’d arrive like this!!!
The on-site staff were mechanically reciting: “Uh… arriving next is, from our program group, the special guest, welcome Le Qiqi!”
Watching the yacht dock, Le Qiqi descended from it with a smile, glanced around, only to find no trace of Ji Xizhi.
Le Qiqi: “Whether I’m welcome or not doesn’t matter, where’s Zhi Zhi? I still want to take her on the yacht for a spin to experience it!”
[Knocked over is real! Everlasting Happiness CP reporting in!]
The medicine that Director Wang was holding in his mouth suddenly lost its appeal. This life, he wanted to experience it too!
The staff responsible on the shore were even more stunned.
Wasn’t it said that Sheng Yaoyao was Le Qiqi’s sister-in-law, and they were the actual relatives, so why was Ji Xizhi the first person she wanted to find?
The staff was puzzled.
Bai Zhe had already stepped forward, smiling as he picked up the conversation, “I heard the regular guests have already gone to do their tasks. We’re just guest stars, so we probably have to do tasks together first.”
Bai Zhe had a smile in his eyes, seeming composed and calm.
Le Qiqi, however, did not respond. She put on her sunglasses and said, “Oh, sorry, I’m not a guest star, I’m a special guest. We’re not the same.”
[Hahaha, Qiqi has completely learned to slack off and take advantage since the last episode of the escape room! Total grasp!]
[Isn’t Le Qiqi a bit rude?]
[What’s rude about it? First, Le Qiqi came for Ji Xi, so she doesn’t need to please the other guests. Second, guest stars and special guests are indeed different, even the strokes of the characters are different!]
Bai Zhe was half dampened by Le Qiqi’s rebuttal.
He knew that young ladies like Le Qiqi looked down on people like him who come from internet fame, huh, but when he becomes a true top star in the entertainment industry, he will make these rich girls come to him!
Thinking of this, Bai Zhe couldn’t help but feel anxious. Rather than wasting time with these people, it was better to meet Ji Xizhi sooner!
Bai Zhe’s mind was racing.
Standing several steps behind him, Fang Zhuyue also felt uncomfortable. When she saw Le Qiqi arrive, her smile faded a little, especially seeing the luxury yacht behind Le Qiqi.
Fang Zhuyue instinctively lowered her head.
Since the show “Life Experience” became a hit, everyone’s status has risen significantly. Ji Xizhi exploded in popularity, while she remained the same, having no standout works to her name and carrying the label of an online celebrity.
After Ji Xizhi’s rise to fame, many people shipped her with Ji Xizhi, but more people thought she was riding on Ji Xizhi’s coattails, so she didn’t dare post anything about Ji Xizhi for a while until she was encouraged by Zhu Xiu’an to visit Ji Xizhi’s house. Only when they got along as they did before did she regain the old feeling.
Fang Zhuyue knew that with her current status, she was not really qualified to participate in the third season of “Life Experience.” It was only because Director Wang, considering her as an old guest, agreed to invite her. Initially, she didn’t care and just wanted to happily record another episode with Ji Xizhi.
But seeing Le Qiqi arriving on a luxury yacht as a special guest did make her feel a bit inferior.
With Ji Xizhi’s skyrocketing fame now, she has many powerful friends around, but Fang Zhuyue seems to be mostly labeled as the one who rides on Zhi Zhi’s fame.
She hopes Ji Xizhi gets better and better, but it seems like she can no longer keep up.
Fang Zhuyue knew clearly that being in the entertainment circle, it was mostly like this, but she couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable.
Standing next to Fang Zhuyue, You Yingmeng noticed the change in Fang Zhuyue’s mood, but since she wasn’t very familiar with Fang Zhuyue, she did not speak up abruptly.
Both the show’s guest stars and special guests have successfully arrived.
Next, the program team took out a brand-new one hundred yuan note and handed it to each of the four people.
“Welcome to Xianyu Village, located in H Province, where the most famous specialty is various salted fish dried through special techniques. The program team has prepared a start-up fund of one hundred yuan per person for purchasing salted fish!”
After the initial funds were distributed, the program announced the subsequent rules.
Four guests, each holding one hundred yuan, can choose from the five salted fish stalls of regular guests to blindly buy, and whoever of the fixed guests sells more fish earns more money.
The rules are simple and mainly rely on blind selection.
Anyway, villagers of Xianyu Village won’t buy 30-yuan salted fish, as almost every family has them, and lots of them.
Ji Xizhi and their team could only rely on the flowing funds distributed by the program team.
Many in the main live stream came over from the live stream of Ji Xizhi and the others, and they didn’t expect to hear this rule right after arriving.
[Oh my God, with this rule, the dumb dog is going to win! Looking at that sign, it’s totally Ji Xizhi herself! I bet Le Qiqi and Fang Zhuyue will definitely put all their money in!]
[Out of four hundred, if Zhu Xiu’an takes over two hundred, even splitting the remaining two hundred equally just leaves fifty per person. What about Zhi Zhi’s debt? It’s infuriating!]
[Well, no need to have such a small perspective. Actually, anything can happen! Everyone should switch over to Ji Xizhi’s camera for a bit~]
Many fans were worried about Zhi Zhi. Someone left such a comment in the barrage, instantly sparking everyone’s curiosity, and they quickly switched to Ji Xizhi’s live stream.
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In Ji Xizhi’s live stream, while the guest stars had not brought over the money yet, a basket of salted fish at Ji Xizhi’s exclusive stall was already sold out.
Only a stack of change was left on the whole stand.
Looking roughly, there was at least a couple of hundred yuan.
Ji Xizhi, holding a book in hand, poked her head out from a small enclosed room and asked the nearby staff, “Hi, if my salted fish is all sold out, can I call it a day and head home early?”
Staff: “…”
Fans who switched over: ??? What happened?!
