Chapter 37: Teacher Yang Zi is truly, genuinely popular

"Chi Ye!!"

Yang Zi was furious: "Young man, don't be too young!"

Chi Ye: "?"

"Look, you've already started babbling nonsense."

Chi Ye shook his head, gesturing: "Teacher Yang Zi, I really don't want to do the microphone, don't force me."

"Besides, I watched movies starring Sister Huang when I was a kid. With the way you're setting this up, are you going to call me Dad later, and I call you Brother? Brother, what do you want to do? Dad will help you do it?"

Yang Zi: "..."

Hearing his ex-wife's name, he didn't continue his "unreasonable trouble," but just turned around like a hollow-nested old man and returned to the front of his shivering team members.

He suddenly glanced at them and scolded: "What are you looking at? Keep analyzing!"

Everyone: "..."

Bah! I shouldn't have sympathized with you!

"Fine, you guys keep thinking. If there really is a good idea, it's not like I can't be a parent."

Chi Ye turned back, and while going upstairs, he said to Shi Daifu: "I'll just eat some noodles, I'm not very hungry."

Shi Daifu nodded slightly but didn't leave.

Chi Ye: "?"

He had seen from the moment they met that the Boxing Champion seemed to want to say something, but she hadn't spoken, so he couldn't help but be curious: "Do you have something on your mind? Need help?"

If it were the Boxing Champion, he wouldn't mind sharing a bit of the negative traffic!

Who knew, Shi Daifu remained silent for a long time before mumbling: "That... do you want to... learn a few self-defense moves from me?"

Chi Ye: "Ah?"

He didn't react for a moment, and only after seeing the Boxing Champion's "concerned" gaze did he suddenly realize.

——What does that mean? After attending one Scream Night, do I have to "defend myself" every time I go out from now on?

"... It's fine, Sheng Ning and those few from Rise can't beat me. Of course, if they really want to hit me, you have to help me!"

Shi Daifu: "..."

Glancing at him gloomily, the Boxing Champion turned around and left silently.

Chi Ye: "..."

See, she can't even take a joke!

Chi Ye felt happy inside. He didn't know why, but as soon as he returned to the "See You" cabin, his mood suddenly improved, and the various emotions from Scream Night vanished.

Strange, it had only been a day or two of recording.

Thinking of this, Chi Ye sighed.

——He didn't even know how many more episodes of "See You" he could record now.

Perhaps in a few days, Yue Na and he would be "passionately tearing each other apart."

The cabin was on break tonight, and the livestream wouldn't start until tomorrow morning.

Chi Ye returned to his room and checked his system Favorability points.

After a full day of growth, the system's Favorability had successfully broken through to over one million.

Looking at this long string of numbers, Chi Ye was filled with emotion.

He hadn't expected that the first time his Favorability would break one million would be accomplished at Scream Night.

"Pity, this kind of traffic is all one-off; it's not as sweet as sustained growth."

Chi Ye was still a bit unsatisfied.

However, he had already formulated a "whitewashing marketing plan" with Ke Ke in the afternoon.

Using existing resources as much as possible, he would leverage the heat from Scream Night to shallowly market and "whitewash" himself.

Facts proved that under the contrast and "cooperation" of the other monsters and freaks in Rise, the effect was quite good.

At least tonight, some of his black spots and public favor had improved to a certain extent.

The lip-reading when the camera panned over at the end of Scream Night and his flamboyant smile in the first shot had gone viral.

#Chi Ye Scream Night look-back photo# TikTok 12 million heat.

#Chi Ye was obscure but never ugly# Little Red Book 5 million heat.

It could be considered as stabilizing the public favor and status that were about to collapse, which was also his biggest "harvest" in this period.

Of course, he had also offended quite a few people.

Kiwi, Sheng Ning, Shen Qingyu... Peng Chen.

Especially the fans of Shen Qingyu and Peng Chen, who had already cursed him into a sieve.

But, they were already "mortal enemies," so how could there be any offending?

Chi Ye thought very clearly about this point.

By comparison, he was more concerned about how to use the one million Favorability points at hand.

"One million Favorability... who should I draw from?"

One million Favorability could draw one high-level skill talent, or ten mid-level skill talents.

Both would be of great help to him.

But having gone through a few previous probing experiments, Chi Ye already had some experience.

——Either draw from a "Master-Skill Brother" who has very few high-level skills, or use a sacrificial draw.

Master-Skill Brother...

His eyes suddenly lit up, and he remembered the female lead mentioned by Director Zhang of "Cycle."

Chi Ye had been set as the male lead for "Cycle," and the contract would be signed in two days. The female lead was a newcomer signed to Hanxing Entertainment.

But although she was called a newcomer, she was actually a child star, not very old, but her acting talent was recognized as good.

Not being old meant she definitely didn't have many high-level skills, and her acting talent was good... the hit rate would definitely be higher than others!

Chi Ye pondered for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

He immediately decided to save the Favorability points and, when he reached the "Cycle" crew, go for a big one to raise his acting to the "genius" level!

Who said I can't act? I'm too good at it!

"Teacher Chi, time to eat."

Ten minutes later, Shi Daifu's soft, weak voice came from outside the door.

"Okay."

Chi Ye got out of bed, washed his hands simply, and walked out to eat.

The "See You" cabin was still on break tonight, and there were no activities in the evening.

Chi Ye finished his meal simply and returned to his room alone to rest.

It wasn't until the next morning, when he got up, washed, and walked downstairs, that the living room became lively.

Xia Xia was sitting on the sofa, looking dejected, her hands supporting her chin. Her pair of beautiful peach-blossom eyes seemed to hold some distress, and her listless appearance made people's hearts ache.

"What's wrong?"

Chi Ye walked over with a water glass and sat down, glancing at her: "It's fine, just go out again when there's a chance next time."

Lao Foye saw him walk over, her eyes lit up, then she remembered something, and nodded dejectedly, saying "Oh."

Chi Ye didn't notice Lao Foye's abnormality; he scanned the living room.

The Boxing Champion had gotten up very early and was busy in the respawn-point kitchen.

Teacher Huang, Teacher Lu, and Lin Jingyi were chatting outside in the courtyard. In the living room, besides Lao Foye who had clearly just arrived, there was only Yang Zi, who was sitting in the distance, raising his hand to wipe away tears and "crying" at his phone camera.

Chi Ye was surprised: "Is this a livestream? Has the show not started recording yet?"

"It started recording, but his Hate value changed, he's ranked first, so he demanded the production team not to worry about him for now and let him livestream and cry for a while!"

Lao Foye was listless.

Chi Ye was thoughtful: "How long has he been crying?"

"I heard people say it's been half an hour."

Chi Ye was astonished: "Not a single tear in half an hour?! Just dry howling?!"

From his angle, he could see clearly that Yang Zi was covering his face with his hands, peeking at his phone screen from time to time, and he hadn't shed a single tear!

This veteran actor wasn't even good at this!

"Hmm?!"

Over there, Yang Zi vaguely heard Chi Ye's words, turned to look at him, cursed his bad luck, then moved a bit further away and continued crying: "Family members, I don't know why you hate me so much. I'm already divorced, my home is gone, I'm so sad..."

"Don't be sad."

Chi Ye walked over at some point and comforted him: "Teacher Yang Zi, the home is gone, but aren't the "family members" still here?"

Yang Zi: "?"

He was furious, remembered he was playing the victim, and continued crying: "Chi Ye, you don't understand. So what if the family members are here? I've already lost my wife, Xiao Huang is gone, what meaning does even higher heat have for me?"

Chi Ye disagreed: "You say it like that, Xiao Huang is gone, but the Xiao Huang car hasn't gone, what are you crying about?"

Yang Zi: "..."

Chi Ye, F*** you!

He gritted his teeth secretly, deciding not to pay attention to Chi Ye anymore, and wanted to continue crying, but after being "interrupted" by Chi Ye, he blinked his eyes, and they were so dry he couldn't cry at all.

He hurriedly moved the camera away and waved at his team's filming staff: "My essential oil is gone, don't give me a close-up yet!"

Then he whispered to his assistant: "Assistant, where's the assistant! Hurry and get me some, I can't cry!"

The assistant who hadn't left yet: "..."

Panicked, he took something out of his bag and smeared it on Yang Zi's hand.

Yang Zi felt relieved, turned his head, and smeared it on his eyes as soon as he reached out. Just as he was about to cry, he suddenly shouted "Ah."

"F***! Who replaced my essential oil with horseradish?!"

Everyone around: "?!"

"Teacher Yang Zi, are you okay?!"

"What happened, what happened?"

Everyone was in a mess.

Yang Zi's eyes were completely "red," and he couldn't open them. This time he was really crying: "It stings my eyes, sob sob sob, water, water!"

"Oh oh, right, water, hurry and get water!"

"President Yang, don't worry, I just turned off the livestream!"

Hearing this, Yang Zi felt relieved, but tears were still streaming down, and he looked heartbroken.

Lao Foye was finally attracted and surprised: "Teacher Yang Zi, you're finally popular!"

Yang Zi: You two dog-man-and-woman, die!

The living room was in chaos. Teacher Yang Zi had contributed an epic scene for everyone early in the morning, while Chi Ye took the "revitalized" Lao Foye and walked outside to breathe the fresh air.

"Look at this chicken, the way it lays eggs is wrong."

Chi Ye was surprised, turned his head, and saw Teacher Huang and the others pointing at the two chickens laying eggs in the coop in the small courtyard.

Teacher Huang had his hands behind his back, knowing everything: "When a chicken lays an egg, it should use force in its abdomen, just a slight push, and it comes out. Do you understand? Look at this chicken's posture, it's wrong."

Chicken: "?"

Why don't you try it?

"Wow, Teacher Chi, Teacher Huang knows so much!" Xia Xia listened in astonishment, then opened her big eyes, full of doubt: "But... how does he know the feeling of a chicken laying an egg?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Chi Ye saw Teacher Huang and the others looking over and "scolded": "Teacher Huang is an authority in this area, don't question it."

Lao Foye was unconvinced: "How is he an authority? Why can't I question it?"

Chi Ye explained: "Teacher Huang laid eggs when he was young."

"?!!"

Xia Xia looked at Teacher Huang in shock.

Teacher Huang: "?!"

"Hmph!"

Teacher Huang snorted coldly, looking unhappy, and walked into the house with his hands behind his back.

"You, you!" Teacher Lu walked over, shaking his head, pointed at Chi Ye, then chased after Teacher Huang, "arguing for his case": "But I still think the posture and method of a chicken laying an egg aren't important. What's important is that it must listen to commands! It can't lay them randomly, and it can't stop laying them forever..."

Chicken: F*** you, you try laying one too!

"Haha, you're done for."

Lin Jingyi followed the two of them happily, gloating as she passed Chi Ye: "For this matter, 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 get close to me, I'm scared."

Lin Jingyi: "?!"

"Haha... Teacher Chi! How can you be like this!"

Lao Foye was amused to laughter, but realizing that Teacher Chi had offended someone again, she deliberately straightened her face: "This isn't good!"

"Let's go, let's go, let's go for a stroll."

Chi Ye didn't look at the ugly-faced "Eat-History" girl, led Lao Foye for a stroll around, looking at the flowers that had been brought by the Living Yama Xia Xia and were gradually withering.

It wasn't until twenty minutes later that the two received a notification from the production team and returned to the cabin.

The general director of "See You" looked at this group of monsters and freaks and gave them a full-view close-up: "Welcome back to the 'See You' cabin."

"Given that you are all not very familiar with each other yet, the production team has decided that you will have a group meal this noon."

"A group meal?!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Xia Xia even glanced at Chi Ye, her eyes sparkling.

——The opportunity has arrived!

"Hmph."

Teacher Huang couldn't help but snort softly.

Everyone: "?"

The general director coughed lightly: "This was suggested by Teacher Huang."

"Wow!"

Everyone applauded immediately.

"Xiao Huang is capable, capable since he was small."

"Uncle Teacher Huang fought for it!"

"I didn't expect Teacher Huang to have such a 'conscience'!"

No need to look at the name, everyone knew who said the last sentence.

Teacher Huang's soft snort turned into a cold snort.

"Of course."

The production team poured cold water: "The premise of the group meal is that you need to divide into groups to complete tasks."

"This is also the theme of our 'See You' family today — Ice and Snow Festival cargo bringing."

"Ice and Snow Festival cargo bringing?!"

Everyone looked at each other.

Yang Zi's face was happy, just about to say he knew the most about selling goods.

Teacher Huang had already coughed lightly: "Livestream cargo bringing, I've studied this, shall we livestream together?"

Yang Zi: F*** you, you big fat boy, you think you know everything, right?!

"It's not livestream cargo bringing."

The general director shook his head and said: "Right now is the most beautiful season of winter, and every winter, 'villagers' give candied haws to every household."

"This morning, you will divide into two groups and go to the downtown area designated by the production team to cooperate in making and selling candied haws. The deadline is 11:30. The money earned during this period will be the cost of your group meal at noon."

Everyone: "..."

"Making candied haws? I know this, it's easy to do."

Teacher Huang understood.

"Indeed, the candied haw person is a good guy, he's buddies with Teacher Huang, it's indeed easy to do."

Yang Zi nodded, understanding +1.

Teacher Lu smacked his lips: "Doing it is fine, but we must divide the work clearly, be orderly..."

Xia Xia pulled Chi Ye's sleeve: "Candied haws?! Teacher Chi, I want... I want to make them!"

Chi Ye sighed: "The villagers have such a great life!"

Shi Daifu turned around silently, already starting to record which ingredients for making candied haws she would need to ask the production team for later.

Production team director: "..."

Looking at this group of indifferent monsters and freaks.

He suddenly smiled sinisterly.

Good, good, good, as long as it's easy to do! ===== CHAPTER 38 =====