Chapter 109: Love Variety Show Strategy System (27)

At this moment, Zhou Hanqing suddenly stood up, pulled back his chair, and walked toward the dormitory: "I'm going to sleep."

"It's about time to sleep." Fu Yichen also stood up, "We still have to record for half a day tomorrow, let's not have anyone unable to get up by then."

"Will we continue recording tomorrow? How can we record with one less female guest?" Chen Anqi seemed somewhat worried.

As Lu Ming stood up, he added: "It was a team-building event to begin with, so one person missing shouldn't affect anything, right?"

Chen Anqi smiled at him: "That's true, thank you for the clarification, Teacher Lu. I'm going to sleep too, goodnight Teacher Lu! Goodnight everyone!"

"Goodnight."

Xie Danni's face turned a mix of green and red.

These stinking men really didn't take her seriously; did they not know she was the protagonist of this Love Variety Show and the financier behind the scenes?

"Don't get cocky!"

As she passed by Xie Yang, Xie Danni squeezed a few words through her teeth.

Xie Yang raised an eyebrow: "Instead of staring at me, you'd better keep a tight grip on the food you've already scooped into your bowl; don't end up with nothing."

"You!"

Xie Danni threw her hand in a fit of rage and chased after Chen Anqi.

She had to warn that woman surnamed Chen—she even dared to covet what was in her bowl!

Xie Yang was amused.

She had said it before: as long as you swing the hoe well, there is no corner you cannot dig.

This Love Variety Show was truly a massive Shura field!

She dried her hair, stretched, and prepared to return to her room to sleep, but turned around and nearly bumped into someone.

"Zhou Hanqing?"

"Mm, this is for you."

Zhou Hanqing had returned, and in his hand was a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao spray.

Xie Yang looked at her own hands; she had hit people too hard, and her knuckles were still red and swollen at this point. It was fine if she didn't touch them, but they did hurt a bit when touched.

But it didn't matter; with her S-Grade Physique, which had been transformed by the Physical Fitness Potion, she would recover after a night's sleep, so she hadn't paid it any mind.

She hadn't expected this man...

She looked up; the man's jade-like face was cold and handsome. Whether in appearance or temperament, he was truly hard to fault. No wonder he had been listed by Xie Danni as the number one target for her strategy.

Thinking this to herself, she inadvertently met his deep eyes, which held a hint of concern amidst their coldness. The words of refusal suddenly stalled, and she smiled: "Thank you, I happen to need this."

It was already three in the morning when she lay down.

Having walked quite a bit during the day to complete the Task and with so many things happening at night, Xie Yang was truly tired and fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow.

The others didn't have her quality of sleep; they were all more or less suffering from insomnia, which led to everyone oversleeping the next day.

Fortunately, the production crew's staff hadn't slept all night either, holding emergency meetings until the east turned white.

The director waved his hand with a weary expression: "Alright, go get some rest after breakfast. Today's recording is postponed, and we'll give the guests half a day off."

He was not only physically exhausted but mentally drained as well.

You could say last night's incident wasn't all bad; it counted as saving a person, and it even got the show on the social news. The related topics were still trending, which saved them quite a bit on publicity costs.

But you could also say it wasn't good, as Lin Xiaoning's sudden withdrawal from the recording had caused the production team no small amount of trouble.

The other party's agency would naturally pay the breach-of-contract penalty, but the show had been recording for seven or eight days. With so much content needing to be edited, they had to cut out Lin Xiaoning's presence without affecting the male guests she was paired with. The post-production team was truly tearing their hair out.

The director sighed heavily and announced the end of the meeting, preparing to go rest.

Between staying up late and the anxiety, the hair on his head, which was already developing into a Mediterranean style, was nearly falling out.

"Director, I've received several calls here looking for Xie Yang." Xiao Cao, who was in charge of liaising with sponsors, returned.

The director asked in confusion: "Why are calls for Xie Yang coming to you?"

"Xie Yang doesn't have an agent, nor is she signed to an agency. People outside can't reach her, so they called me."

As soon as he finished speaking, another call came in. Xiao Cao answered, listened for a moment, and gestured to the director: it was another one looking for Xie Yang.

The director took the phone, listened for a few sentences, and was stunned: "What did you say? Director Ming has taken a liking to Xie Yang's skills and wants to hire her as a stunt double for the female lead in Tyrant?"

"That's right. Director Ming saw the video of Xie Yang beating people up last night. Actually, if it weren't for the fact that the roles were already cast and filming was about to start, with fears that a last-minute change would affect the entire shooting schedule, Director Ming even wanted to let Xie Yang try out for that part of the fourth female lead."

"......"

After hanging up the phone, the director was completely disheveled.

"Director Ming Junhui actually took a liking to Xie Yang......"

To be precise, he had taken a liking to the aura Xie Yang had when she beat people up.

"Cough, the previous calls looking for her were also about these things," Xiao Cao said. "Chamber of Secrets Murder 4 invited her to record as a guest star; the Qingning Channel's self-produced variety show Martial Arts Cute Master Assembly invited her to be a guest challenger; the outdoor reality show Roses and Youth is planning its second season, and they're likely interested in Xie Yang and want to discuss her schedule..."

"......"

So much so that when they ate lunch, the director's gaze toward Xie Yang was filled with an indescribable complexity.

"Director, is this part in the Ancient Town over? We aren't continuing to record?"

Seeing that the production team not only gave them half a day off but also took them to the only restaurant in the center of the Ancient Town with a private room to treat them to lunch—which felt a bit like a farewell meal—the guests couldn't help but ask.

The director coughed lightly: "After eating, I'll need everyone to record one more segment. The team-building activity in Chunhe Ancient Town will be considered successfully concluded at that point."

Successfully concluded, my foot!

He sighed in his heart.

The team-building activity that had been planned so well had ended with a whimper, and the food in his mouth tasted like nothing.

After the meal, he had his assistant invite Xie Yang to his temporary office to relay the content of the calls received last night and this morning.

Xie Yang was extremely surprised after hearing it: "Inviting me to record shows?"

"Not just several popular domestic variety shows, but one is a movie directed by Director Ming Junhui, who wants to invite you to be the stunt double for the female lead."

"A body double?" Xie Yang clicked her tongue, "What? Is my face not fit for the stage?"

"..."

The director thought to himself: It's not that it's not fit for the stage, but it's obvious it's not fit for the big screen.

These days, there are too many excellent actors who are both good-looking and professionally trained; with better choices available, who would choose a non-professional actor with an ordinary appearance?

But then again...

He sized Xie Yang up a few times, feeling that she was much more pleasing to the eye than she had been during those first few days.

It was clearly the same face, yet for no reason, it made one's eyes light up.

"You're actually quite pleasant to look at," the director praised her sincerely.

Xie Yang: "..."

Pleasant to look at = not good-looking.

She knew that much.

That was why she had never thought about breaking into the entertainment industry.

A martial arts double sounded exhausting.

A guest star with a "smart" persona is hard to keep from being attacked by anti-fans.

It's physically and mentally exhausting.

She was already exhausted enough from being dragged here by the Main System for no reason to perform these Tasks; why would she want to be foolish and add exhaustion to exhaustion?

Main System: 【...】

Forget it, better not pop up, lest the Host shift her fire and open cannon fire on it.

Xie Yang rejected those invitations on the spot, leaving Director Cen utterly astonished:

"You're really refusing all of them? Won't you reconsider?"

"There's nothing to reconsider; this show of ours is the first and last one I'll ever take on in my life."

"..."

Should he be thanking her?