As soon as Director Liu finished speaking, the audience burst into laughter, especially the girls who laughed the loudest. Xu Lichu even laughed so hard that he coughed.
Cheng Xi was originally feeling humiliated because he was unlucky enough to get the number 0. When he heard the laughter, he smelled something was wrong. He turned his head and asked the following assistant behind him: "What does 0 mean?"
The girl who followed the photoshoot wiped away her tears: "Teacher Cheng, if you don't know now, it's better never to know."
Cheng Xi is not a very curious person, but it is too strange to be laughed at for no reason. "It's okay, just tell me."
"Do you know about Danmei novels? In the novel, attack and reception are divided, and 1 and 0 are the opposite of attack and reception..."
Under the popularization of the filming, Cheng Xi got into the minibus of the program crew with a dark face. The seats on the bus had been divided according to the groups, the first row of group A, the second row of group B, and the third row of group C.
Cheng Xi sat down by the window. When he saw Tao Shiyan walking over, he strung a few centimeters inward to draw an obvious "38th line."
The "deskmate" who was marked out laughed and did not want to comment on this childish behavior.
Adhering to the concept that guests who spend money to invite must make the best use of it, not long after the car drove out, Director Liu took out his loudspeaker and said, "While everyone is resting, I will announce the first task of the first stop."
Shen Yi was shocked: "It's late at night in China now, why don't we find a place to take a shower and sleep first?"
"It's afternoon here, and the mission is related to your resting place," Director Liu raised his hand, "Please watch the in-car TV."
Everyone raised their heads in response, the TV screen flashed, and a video accompanied by pure English dubbing slowly flowed into the ears of the guests:
"In the distant ancient town of Castle Combe, there lived a pair of lovers - Alice and Baron Karl."
"However, things are not going as planned. Alice's father promised her to the squire without Alice's consent, and the wedding is scheduled for tomorrow."
"Today, Alice wants to see Karl for the last time and express her heartfelt feelings that she has not had time to express."
"Guests from afar, please find Alice and take her to your lover's castle as soon as possible!"
Although the dubbing is in English, the pictures have Chinese subtitles, are well-produced, and the music is well rendered. Xu Lichu and Meng Bai burst into tears listening to it.
Meng Bai rubbed his red nose: "Why does God have to beat the mandarin ducks with a stick?"
Cheng Xi said: "The first task is to find an NPC?"
Tao Shiyan: "Are there any clues?"
"..." Xu Lichu glared at them, "Can you stop being so businesslike!"
It is impossible to do things unfairly, even in this life. Xu Lichu stared at the faces of the two handsome men, and tears of disappointment flowed from the corners of his mouth.
"Group C's analysis is good. Our mission is indeed to find Alice. The first team to find Alice will each receive 10 points and additional rewards, the second 7 points, and the third 3 points," Dao Liu
, "We will place the three groups of guests in different locations in order, and at the same time provide everyone with the first clue."
The car TV screen changed to "—"
Yes, it's a horizontal line.
The six people looked at it in confusion. Before they could figure out what was going on, they were strapped into communicators by the program team and thrown out of the car mercilessly.
The place where Cheng Xi and Tao Shiyan got off the bus was an abandoned farm. The sky was dyed a bit green by the green grass. Except for insects, there was no breathing creature around, which was very consistent with the positioning of Group C.
The camera was in front of the two of them. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of his teammate who was holding his neck and didn't seem to want to speak. Tao Shiyan said quietly: "Let's analyze the clues."
Cheng Xi was still "reflecting" on the science popularization with the shooting assistant. He was so stuck that he had no interest in completing the task.
But it has to be done.
First, the program team paid him to come, not to show off his bad looks, and fans came to see him not to look bad.
Second, he doesn't want to lose.
It's not for endorsement, I just don't like the feeling of losing.
Cheng Xi took a deep breath, like a soulless robot: "The clue is a straight line, which may be related to some kind of linear object."
Tao Shiyan looked around: "The only straight line is the fence in front."
"Would the next clue be left on the fence?"
The fence is about thirty meters long. Tao Shiyan said: "We will check separately. I will start from the left and you from the right."
...The arrangements are quite clear.
Cheng Xi put his hands in his pockets and nodded to the left with his chin: "No, the left is my lucky direction, I want to start from the left."
After saying that, regardless of whether Tao Shiyan agreed or not, he walked to the left.
Tao Shiyan raised his eyebrows and turned to the right.
Unfortunately, after searching carefully, I couldn't find any useful clues either on the left or the right.
The filming assistant interrupted at the right time: "If the guests have no clue, they can spend points to ask the program team for help, and the program team will provide you with new guidance."
Cheng Xi was surprised: "Do we have points now?"
"No, everyone's initial points are 0. But you can get a point loan, and the interest rate is very low."
"...Loan help?" Cheng Xi laughed angrily at the unscrupulous program crew, "Be quiet and don't interrupt the guests' thoughts."
Wow, the handsome guy is so fierce.
The follow-up girl took out her mobile phone and typed in the internal group: [I'm sorry, Director Liu, I didn't complete the task you gave me]
In fact, the reason why the clues are so vague is to set up obstacles for the guests to ask for help with their loan points. Starting from 0 is not fun, but starting from negative is more interesting.
Director Liu smiled evilly: [It doesn't matter, they will give in after a while]
As if to confirm his words, the communicator dinged, and a cold electronic voice came out: "Shen Yi, Meng Bai from Group B chooses to ask for help."
The filming assistant and cameraman looked at each other and smiled.
Only if one line can find clues can there be a ghost. Let's see how long Team C can be tough, huh!
The next second, they heard Tao Shiyan say: "Change your thinking and start from the perspective of the program team's question."
Cheng Xi answered subconsciously: "For the sake of visibility, the program crew will definitely set off smoke bombs, and the horizontal lines are the smoke bombs they set off."
Tao Shiyan: "We understand the meaning of the clues. In addition to the horizontal lines, there may be——"
"Chinese character one!" Cheng Xi said.
That's right, because the car TV screen is large and a straight line appears on the screen, it is easy to mistakenly think it is a horizontal line from the visual effect, and ignore that the Chinese character "一" is actually written in the same way.
So what does "one" mean... Cheng Xi pondered, "Now in the UK, the English word for "one" is one, and there are stories related to one..."
The communicator beeped again: "Team B Shen Yi and Meng Bai have moved towards the second clue."
If they get the second clue, Team B will be close to finding Alice. Just as Tao Shiyan was about to tell Cheng Xi not to worry, he lowered his eyes and saw the boy stretching out his slender index finger, as if he thought the communicator was noisy.
"Dong dong" knocked twice.
"Ding~ Guests please don't try to damage communication equipment!"
Although he is young, he has quite a temper.
Tao Shiyan said: "Don't think too complicated. There are two confusions between American English and British English in the video just played in the car. Judging from the copywriting skills of the program team, it doesn't go that far to find the story."
Hearing this sentence from the monitoring equipment, Director Liu covered his heart and pressed the communicator: "Ding~ Guests please do not verbally attack the program team."
After pressing the button, he waited for Tao Shiyan to line up with him.
After waiting for a while, no sound was heard. When I opened the case, I saw that among the green lights, only the communication light No. 2 was black.
Tao Shiyan directly unplugged the communicator.
Director Liu: "..."
Group c is too much qaq.
Tao Shiyan looked at Cheng Xi, and Cheng Xi's eyes flashed, "If that's really the case, one after another..."
He suddenly turned toward the woods to the right.
Following his line of sight, there were five sparse small bushes on the edge of the woods. The bushes were separated by a gap, which happened to be two trees on one side and three trees on the other side.
"Ding~ Prince Han of Group A, Xu Lichu chose to ask for help."
At this time, Group A was impatient and had no choice but to choose loan points. Cheng Xi did not bother to knock on the communicator and headed towards the guessed destination with Tao Shiyan.
As the saying goes, Wangshan is a dead horse. Looking not far away, the two of them walked for half an hour before arriving. During this period, they got another news - Group A princes Han and Xu Lichu had found the second clue.
The last to ask for help and the first to reach the clues, Group A indeed has a strong natural advantage.
But Cheng Xi's guess was right. There was a box lying on the ground in front of him. The box had been opened, and the content inside was very simple. It was a piece of paper.
As Cheng Xitao arrived late, the program team broadcast their real-time updates. Xu Lichu pressed the call button in shock: "Little Chengzi, can you hear me?"
Cheng Xi: "Say."
"You guys are so awesome. You can find me without asking for help. Do handsome guys have special buffs?"
...If he is handsome, why bring Tao Shiyan with him? The 5a scenic spot is very dissatisfied.
"By the way..." Xu Lichu didn't realize it at all and tried to find out the news, "What clues did you get?"
"A line of English words."
"We are the same, how to translate this thing, a dry, dead, empty..."
"Li Chu," Meng Bai interrupted, "don't embarrass Xiao Cheng, he may not do it."
Cheng Xi entered the company for training at the age of 18 and debuted at the age of 21. He has never disclosed his family information. In the eyes of many people, this is a sign of being from a poor and uneducated family, and how can serious parents allow their children to come out to find financial sponsors.
However, as soon as they finished speaking, they heard Cheng Xi say: "A shrunken, dead, and empty body, resting on my neglected mind."
Tao Shiyan glanced at the person next to him.
"I can't tell you more. You guys are in competition with Group C, so I can't give away points."
After speaking, Cheng Xi turned off the microphone and raised his chin towards Tao Shiyan: "This is a line from Shelley's "A Withered Violet". According to the title of the poem, Alice is most likely hiding where the violets are planted. Let's go."
"
Half an hour later:
"Ding~ Tao Shiyan from group C, Cheng Xi took the lead to find Alice and won first place, with 10 bonus points. Please collect additional rewards from Carl~"
Twenty minutes later, Group A and Group B arrived at Alice one after another.
Shen Yi had a straight face and looked unhappy. Xu Lichu covered his chest and shouted: "You are in Group C, please maintain the settings of Group C, okay! We in Group A are going to be embarrassed!"
"By the way, how did you solve the last clue?" She was very curious. "We have taken out another loan, and Group B seems to have also taken out a loan."
Cheng Xi went to international schools since he was a child, and his primary school textbooks included Shelley's poems. He thought for a moment: "I happened to read it some time ago."
"You are very lucky, Xiao Cheng'er."
Cheng Xi: "..."
Are you lucky enough to draw number 0??
After resting for a while, Alice took on the role of an NPC and guided everyone to take her to the castle.
The castle is not far away, about twenty minutes' walk. On the way, Prince Han deliberately fell a few steps behind and came to Meng Bai's side: "Xiao Bai, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy that you didn't get first place?"
Meng Bai was silent.
"Don't feel bad. This is your first mission. There will be plenty of opportunities to make a comeback in the future. Moreover, the program team is so screwed up. Even the clues bought with loans are not the last clues. I don't blame you."
"We shouldn't have taken out a loan at all," Shen Yi frowned upon hearing this, "I don't know what you're in a hurry about."
As Meng Bai analyzed before, Shen Yi has a strong personality and can't stand the tail end of cranes in particular. If he gets a negative score, he is on the verge of explosion every minute.
Wang Zihan couldn't help but defend his good brother: "Sister Yi, Xiaobai has good intentions and wants to take first place."
"Winning the first place depends not only on grabbing, but also on..." Shen Yi was about to think about it, but when he remembered that Meng Bai was from Tao Shiyan's studio, he endured it.
It has to be said that although the program team was a dog, they were absolutely unambiguous in the shooting scenes. It was dusk when the group arrived at Karl Castle, and large swathes of violets danced with the sunset, making it dreamlike.
In the sea of flowers, Baron Karl is standing in front of the door, waiting for his lover.
Alice ran into Carl's arms, and Carl looked very happy: "Thank you for helping me escort Alice. I have a small gift for the first friend who finds Alice."
"Is this the additional reward that Director Liu mentioned?"
"What could it be, a real thing? Woohoo, I want it so much!"
"Hey, he said first place, not the first group. Could it be that the additional reward is only given to one guest?"
"That's right," Karl smiled after hearing what Wang Zihan said, "only one guest can receive the additional reward."
After speaking, Karl waved, and the guard behind handed him a round object.
If you look closely, you will see that it is a turntable - the kind you can see everywhere in KTV bars. There are sixteen grids in total, with rewards such as extra points, doubling points, delicious meals, etc.
There is also a column that is different and says "Mysterious Grand Prize."
Tao Shiyan whispered: "Go and draw a lottery."
Cheng Xi opened his eyes slightly: "Give it to me?"
"Um."
Cheng Xi didn't believe Tao Shiyan was so generous, but he didn't like pushing around, so he walked up to Karl without saying anything.
Rub your hands in a very ritualistic manner, hold the edge of the turntable, and pull it down hard!
"Treble it, triple it!"
"Ten plus ten plus ten!"
"It's better to have a big meal. A big meal is more affordable. Let me try it by the way!"
Xu Lichu and Shen Yi prayed loudly for Cheng Xi, while Cheng Xi stared at the turntable without blinking.
The turntable spun slower and slower, then spun slower and slower, and finally stopped.
The pointer finally points to the "mysterious jackpot".
"Oh my god, you're so awesome!" There was a scream from behind.
It seemed that the poisonous oath he made with Zhao Xiaotao had no effect. He was just unlucky enough to draw number 0. Cheng Xi was heartbroken and finally showed his first smile of the day.
However, three seconds later, the communicator, which had been silent for a while, spoke again:
"Ding~ Congratulations to Group C for winning the mysterious grand prize and triggering the hidden mission - the Runaway Bride."
"After careful consideration, Alice decided to elope with Carl. Please ask Tao Shiyan and Cheng Xi from Team C to pretend to be Carl and Alice, and hide the truth from Alice's brother who came to buy them time to escape."