NOVEL WEB Chapter 48: Is the Program Team Deliberately Targeting Gu Zhi?
[Hahahahahaha! Jiang Xiangwan was such a clever little trickster!]
[Laughing hard, Jiang Xiangwan: Anyway, I ate it, I don't care if others live or die.]
[The director team was extremely frightened at the time.]
A few people heard this and thought it could work. Fortunately, the pot that the Gu Family had just failed wasn't thrown away yet. Han Liheng immediately clapped his hands and said, "You're right, I'm going to cook that pot right now and let the directors eat it."
Sun Chaohua got excited too, chiming in enthusiastically, "I'll go start the fire for you."
They were so caught up in their fun that they ignored the judges and went straight to cooking dates.
Gu Zhi didn't move, he just quietly watched their antics.
Everyone else was laughing heartily, except Mr. Gu and Gu Mu, whose faces looked a bit displeased; but considering they were pranking the directors, they didn't say anything.
The director team really didn't want to say anything at all.
Having such guests was their respect!
As a result, the judging was not conducted properly; after tasting each family's candied dates, the village judges unanimously scored a perfect ten.
When the director team got halfway through reading the scores of each family, their voice abruptly stopped, "Qin Family 50 points, Jiang Family 50... You all coordinated this, didn't you!"
A group of parents burst into laughter, Father Qin waved his hand, "Scoring doesn't matter; the most important thing is the joy, and everyone's dishes tasted equally good."
Mrs. Qin added, "That's right, the candied dates from our hometown taste delicious no matter how they're made; there are no bad ones."
Director team: "..." It'd be best if you didn't say that later.
[Hhhh this outcome was unexpected! The judges coordinated well, friendship first, competition second!]
[That's right, Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin's words elevated the theme. I really want to taste their candied dates!]
[Mrs. Qin: There's no such thing as bad candied dates because the bad ones were eaten by the director team, hahaha!]
Soon, Han Liheng and the others brought out their cooked dates. At the start, they smelled burnt; the burnt smell mixed with the sugary smell was even more overwhelming now.
Han Liheng stuffed bowls into their hands, coldly remarking, "Eat up!"
A payback for them messing with him!
The director team, catching a whiff of the scent, couldn't help but gag; they glared at him furiously, "Are you sure you want to offend us? There are several more episodes to go!"
Hearing this, Han Liheng hesitated, and next to him, Sun Chaohua quickly said, "You've already offended them, just let them eat first!"
Han Liheng thought about it, and it made sense, he glared back fiercely, "That's right, you eat first!"
Director team: "..."
In the end, they could only hold back tears and eat the burnt dates, which tasted nothing like sweet, just an overwhelming burnt and bitter flavor!
The key was, when they took a bite, it was hard to bite into, the director froze, and looked up at the two of them, "Raw?"
Han Liheng coughed lightly and took a step back.
Of course it was raw; was he supposed to cook them properly before serving them!?]
[Hahaha Jiumin, I really want to see the director team's reaction, can the camera guy focus on them please!]
[Brother Burger, wake up, you got played by Brother Sun, hahaha!]
[No joke, didn't anyone find the director's recent "Raw?" reminiscent of the blessing words newlywed brides say when eating raw dumplings for luck?]
[Don't say it, really don't say it, pass it on, Dear Family director is destined for an early childbearing, haha!]
Gu Zhi stood aside, unable to help but laugh.
Ultimately, since there was no outright winner from the scoring, all families dined together for dinner.
It was still at the village head's house, using ingredients provided by the program team.
After dinner, Gu Zhi prepared to go back to the Qin Family for a rest, but was stopped by the program team.
They called everyone to gather at the square.
Going over, they found a makeshift stage set up, complete with sound systems, microphones, a piano, and other musical equipment.
Seeing this, they instantly understood what was happening.
Turning around, they noticed the program team had almost gathered all the village people; a group of villagers excitedly brought over chairs to sit below the stage.
The comment section looked puzzled:
[? I almost prepared to leave, are they starting a show now?]
[Village evening party? Since you pranked the director team this afternoon, the retribution is here, hahaha!]
The director team said, "To express appreciation for the warm hospitality of Shui Town's villagers, our director team added a spontaneous segment, inviting six talented guests, along with your parents, to present your performances to the villagers.
Once the performance is over, the villagers on scene will score your acts. The highest score will be awarded the 'Dear Family' Shui Town Best Performance, and the program team will gift high-level trending topic exposure, reaching millions."
As soon as the directors said this, the comment section erupted.
[Again with the scoring hahaha, the directors can't let this go.]
[Really going to perform, huh! Excited, my Yibao is talented in everything! She'll definitely win.]
["Talented" hahaha, the program team must be aiming at Gu Zhi, everyone knows she debuted as an idol but is useless otherwise. I'm curious to see how a useless person performs.]
[+1, what will Gu Zhi and Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin perform.]
In no time, Gu Zhi's haters became active in the live comment section.
Gu Zhi naturally did not know what the comments said and was indifferent to performing.
The others, hearing the news, were moaning; after the last time, Han Liheng already had a shadow over performing, and couldn't help but gripe, "Can you guys be decent? We've been exhausted today, and now you want us to perform!"
The director team really wanted to say "No," but appeared rather solemn, "The villagers cared for you all day and just want to see your performance, surely you won't be heartless, right?"
Han Liheng: "..."
[Hahahaha Han Liheng: they're driving me nuts.]
[The director team really understands cpus!]
The remaining few didn't want to speak anymore.
Only Gu Yiyi looked slightly better, finally reaching a field where she excelled.
Earlier she hadn't managed to get any trending topics, even Han Liheng et al. pranking the program team went viral.
She therefore had Mr. Gu approach the program team to include this segment.
With her years of training as a socialite, these performances were no challenge to her.
The program team prepared plenty of props, besides microphones and pianos; there were also erhu, Northeast yangko drums, handkerchiefs, fans, and various cosplay costumes.
The theme was all about improvisation.
Without hesitation, Gu Yiyi chose to play the piano.
She wasn't going to perform with Mr. Gu and Gu Mu, and they'd never perform for others in such situations.
Her fans saw her choosing the piano and were excited.
[Wow, Yiyi's going to play piano, a twelve-level player, National Theater performer, she's got this!]
[Playing piano is great, people here probably never heard live piano music; Yiyi's performance will definitely amaze them.]
Han Liheng didn't know what to choose, hesitated for a long time, and then looked at the others.
"What are you performing?"
Jiang Xiangwan also didn't know, staring at the props, hesitating for a while, then suddenly grabbed three microphones.
"I'm going to sing duets with my parents!"
Sun Chaohua quickly made his decision; he picked up a drum belt, a colorful ribbon, and two handkerchiefs and said, "I'll perform yangko dance with my parents; it's great for livening the mood."
"..." Han Liheng wavered for a long time, finally picking up a microphone too.
[Hahahaha performing singing and dancing again, huh? Planning to shake up the place?!]
[Can't be, hahaha, gonna owe a few thousand bucks for broken equipment again? Brother Burger must have trauma from that!]
Sure enough, in the end, Han Liheng didn't choose singing and dancing.
Dancing wasn't possible for him, he decided to sing duets with Father Han!
That left only Gu Zhi and Qi Yunlin without a choice.
Qi Yunlin hated this kind of segment the most; as a director, he preferred working behind the scenes, getting on stage to perform was not only unskilled for him, but undesirable.
Hesitating for a long time, he thought about Gu Zhi's acting attempt a while back and focused on her.