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At that time, Gu Yuzhou was so tired that he couldn’t keep his eyes open.
Usually, he would go to bed before 11 o’clock at the latest. Even when watching the live broadcast of ‘19 Days of Cohabitation,’ he could only stay awake until Ruan Song called Ren Qinming a “dog.”
But now, when Ruan Song’s message came through, Gu Yuzhou instantly felt wide awake. He laid in bed, repeatedly confirming the sender’s identity.
Indeed, it was Ruan Song, no mistake about it.
Even though this was Ruan Song’s first response in the chat box, his attitude suddenly did a complete 180-degree turn.
Gu Yuzhou was dumbfounded for a while.
His first reaction was to get up and open the live broadcast again to see in what state Ruan Song sent him the message.
Ruan Song’s sudden change of heart had nothing to do with all the persuasion he had done before.
But in the live broadcast, everyone was gathered in Jiang Qiqi and Liang Yi’s room, just as they had agreed, discussing the ingredients and items they would need for the next day.
Ruan Song held his phone, his face showing no signs of anything unusual.
Gu Yuzhou tried to reply to him with a message.
[Gu: Is it that I have to wait until you finish the 19 days of filming for this variety show?]
On the live screen, Ruan Song was blatantly slacking off, typing a reply on the spot.
[Even if you have money, I won’t marry you, Song: Mm, wait until I contact you.]
[Gu: Okay]
Gu Yuzhou, puzzled, couldn’t figure out what was going on. But his curiosity got the better of him, so he reached out to the ever-reliable Assistant Li, who had supposedly finished work.
[Gu: Just now, Ruan Song didn’t give any reason but he suddenly changed his decision and agreed to be the screenwriter, I want to find the reason.]
Before Gu Yuzhou could even send the second message asking Assistant Li to check, a reply had already popped up in the chat box.
[Assistant Li: I guess that it might be because Ruan Song heard which big screenwriter the producers recommended signing.]
[Assistant Li: I just found out after conducting a background check, but I thought you were sleeping, so I intended to collect the information and submit it to you tomorrow. This IP signed a scriptwriter named Fang Wei, who was Ruan Song’s student in the Drama, Movies, and Literature degree. The same person was also their graduate academic advisor.]
Gu Yuzhou felt like he seemed to have figured something out.
[Gu: Do the two have some kind of drama?]
[Assistant Li: Currently, it is still unclear and we should wait until the thorough report tomorrow. But there can only be two possibilities as to why Ruan Song suddenly agreed. Either he has a very good relationship with Fang Wei and the two want to collaborate, or he has a very poor relationship with Fang Wei and he doesn’t want this project to be given to Fang Wei.]
But if they had a good relationship, they would have known from the beginning.
Gu Yuzhou already had a rough idea in his mind.
[Gu: Thanks, please look into it more carefully tomorrow.]
[Assistant Li: Understood]
………..
Qin Sijia and the others finished showering well past midnight, but the number of viewers in the livestream room remained high.
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Meanwhile, the oblivious guests on the screen continued to enthusiastically discuss what to eat tomorrow, still in their pajamas.
Ren Qinming, who usually spoke the least among the group, suddenly became “in demand” in this segment.
After all, cooking wouldn’t only require knowledge of the main dishes but also a series of side dishes and sauces like onions, ginger, and garlic.
The six of them took turns naming dishes, and each dish had to pass the review of Ren Qinming, the newly appointed chef in the cabin.
Ruan Song didn’t have any particular dietary restrictions when it came to food, so he didn’t participate in the discussion.
[Teacher Ruan is now going on a mental journey through outer space, he looks exactly like me when I’m in class, doge]
[I feel like Teacher Ruan is tired 2333]
[It is late, even when I’m tired. Is everyone not planning on sleeping and trying to cultivate immortality towards the end?]
[I just want to say that Jiang Qiqi’s pajamas are so cute, but I looked up the price, and it isn’t something that I deserve to have, cups fist.jpg]
[All the other pairs have couple’s pajamas, only my ge foolishly and naively wore a bathrobe, but not only was he not able to charm the other party, he was even scolded xs]
[The most important point is that before in the room, Ren Qinming energetically opened up his collar, but now that he’s in front of others, he covered himself up tightly and his belt is tightly bound, doge]
[He’s a man of virtue with full marks, hahahahaha]
[I didn’t realize it before, but now looking through his pajamas, it feels as if Zheng Qing’s body seems pretty good?]
[Of course, it’s good, or else will our goddess Sijia be with him? Hehe, little yellow face.jpg]
[The pajamas Qin Sijia and Zheng Qing are wearing also aren’t cheap. Compared to them, our Teacher Ruan is not frivolous and down-to-earth.]
[Sigh It gives off that mysterious and hidden boss vibe. I’m getting more and more excited. starry eyes.jpg]
After just a few bullet comments, the topic shifted back to Ruan Song again.
While brushing her teeth, Xu Lan stared at the screen filled with fancy compliments floating by. The more she looked, the more uneasy she felt. Finally, when her electric toothbrush stopped, she messaged Ruan Song with a mouthful of foam.
[Sister Lan: Now everyone on Weibo is going a bit overboard with their praise for you. Maybe you should tone it down a bit. I’m worried that it might become excessive and cause problems.]
Xu Lan pondered with a face mask on.
[Sister Lan: Fit in with everyone?]
[Sister Lan: Although right now, it looks like Ren Qinming is less talkative, from everyone’s point of view, you appear more independent than Ren Qinming. Try to look a bit more active when they’re discussing things. Just try to participate a bit more.]
Active, participate……
Ruan Song was focused on pondering the keywords when he heard Jiang Qiqi’s exclamation, “We only have 500 yuan in total. Just buying onions, ginger, garlic, and Sichuan peppercorns will cost us tens of yuan. A piece of chicken breast costs 15 yuan, and a bag of seasoning for sour soup beef costs 85 yuan! It’s too expensive!”
When Ruan Song heard them list the ingredients earlier, he already anticipated the situation of exceeding the budget.
He thought it would be more appropriate to keep his mouth shut and not raise any objections, but now Xu Lan said that his silence would make him seem unsociable.
Ruan Song had no choice but to speak up, saying, “The prices are too high. The production team said they’re based on market prices, but they’ve increased them by about five or six yuan overall. Normally, a bag of 500g chicken breast would only cost around ten yuan, and the ready-made seasoning for sour soup beef definitely wouldn’t be as high as 85 yuan.”
Everyone was stunned when Ruan Song brought this up. They all looked at him in disbelief, as if they found it remarkable that he had such a thorough understanding of ingredient prices.
Although Ren Qinming knew how to cook, he had been in the industry for a long time, and his savings were still relatively abundant, so he never paid much attention to the prices of these things.
They didn’t pay attention to different qualities and quantities and certainly didn’t switch between different stores to collect coupons for discounts like Ruan Song did to save a few cents. Naturally, they wouldn’t know.
To uphold the principle of “fitting in,” Ruan Song couldn’t honestly say that he has more life experience than all five of them combined because he would help Chen Yan with grocery shopping every day.
So, to lighten the mood, he made up an excuse while playing with his phone, saying, “I just checked, these prices are all available on delivery apps. The production team probably thinks we don’t know and wants to rip us off.”
It would’ve been fine if he kept quiet, but as a result, once he spoke up, the bullet screen became even more crazy about him.
[I’ve already said this, but Ruan Song has been smart since he was a child, thumbs up.jpg]
[Wise people don’t say stupid things. I didn’t know anything about these prices before I needed to cook by myself at work, corporate slave sheds tears.jpg]
[Deserving to be a brain that was recommended into A University. If it were me, I wouldn’t even doubt it and just honestly get ripped off, collapse.jpg]
[Do you know A University’s school motto? “If you believe everything you read, might as well not read.” which is to say that you shouldn’t blindly believe in everything. Teacher Ruan can be classified as having learned it thoroughly well, doge]
Once the public wanted to praise someone, every word and action of that person could be interpreted positively.
Although it was just a casual remark from Ruan Song to increase his sense of participation, he didn’t expect them to interpret it in so many ways.
Jiang Qiqi grew very angry upon hearing they were being cheated, took a screenshot of the real market prices on the delivery app and prepared to find the buyer to fight it out.
But Ruan Song said, “They probably intentionally raised the prices to make us spend our 500 yuan faster.”
Jiang Qiqi is even more confused. “What benefit do they get from us not having money to eat?”
Ruan Song sits with his legs crossed on the chair, maintaining the same head-supporting posture as before. “The guests not having money adds excitement to the variety show. Otherwise, if everything goes smoothly without any drama or conflicts, it won’t generate enough buzz.”
After saying that, Ruan Song thought that since they were already talking about it, he might as well say a few more things. “According to the show’s script logic, they probably want us to quickly spend all the money, encounter the first dilemma, create a motivating event where we have to find a way to earn money, and then give us a challenging task as a goal, telling us that we can only earn living expenses by achieving the goal, pushing the characters to move forward and such.”
Ruan Song blabbered on and spilled the beans, but his original intention was to achieve Xu Lan’s expectation of increasing his ‘participation’ and ‘fitting in’ more.
But as a result, when he finished speaking, he instead found that everyone was looking at him with a strange gaze.
Ruan Song was completely puzzled and didn’t understand what everyone was getting at. He thought maybe his analysis was way off. “I rarely watch domestic variety shows, so I just made a random guess. Is it not usually like this?”
When everyone heard that he didn’t watch domestic variety shows, their expressions became even stranger.
Ren Qinming was the first to respond, “I don’t watch either, but it’s common for variety shows to have guests do tasks.”
Ruan Song thought since he was just making random guesses, he might as well make another one. “In this remote mountain area, they probably won’t have too complicated tasks. I think they might have tasks like hosting guests, maybe inviting some flying guests. Is that how it goes in variety shows, hosting temporary artists to complete tasks?”
After Ruan Song finished speaking, the scene fell into complete silence.
Except for Ren Qinming, who had unconditional trust in Ruan Song, everyone else was dumbfounded. After all, it was not uncommon to guess the plot, but analyzing it from the perspective of these impressive-sounding specialized terms was quite magical!
“I remember the production team mentioned that we can ask any questions through the WeChat ID on that QR code. Qiqi, why don’t you ask and find out?” Ruan Song leaned forward, then leisurely extended his index finger to tap the phone in her hand.
Jiang Qiqi, upon hearing her name being called, reacted as if she were a student facing a teacher. She hesitated for a moment before quickly lowering her head to comply.
The bullet screen in the live chat room was blown away by Ruan Song’s charm.
[What the fuck…… I feel like his analysis is quite reasonable!!]
[For real, when Teacher Ruan just said a whole slew of words like incentive, predicament, target, and pushing characters to move forward, I got goosebumps on my skin, what kind of immortal is this……]
[Who understands and is willing to come out and explain what kind of field would use these terms, kneeling.jpg]
[He has the effortlessness of a school tyrant, as if he didn’t use his brain and just casually completed the last big question in the math exam, wuwuwu]
Jiang Qiqi quickly received a response from the production team.
Excitedly, she showed her screen and said, “Does the reply with a series of ellipses mean that I guessed correctly?”
Ruan Song wasn’t surprised at all and replied, “Following the general creative rules, it’s likely to be like that. Once the six people have a stable situation, it’s difficult to create conflicts. The only way to increase conflicts is by adding new locations and characters.”
They nailed down the location at the cabin, so there was no escaping. By process of elimination, they could only add more people.
Jiang Qiqi threw another question out there.
This time, the production team replied with twelve dots and two sets of ellipses.
The comment section collectively burst into laughter.
[Director: I’ve never been this speechless in my life. We didn’t even start yet when the entire script had been worked out, doge]
[So could it be that Teacher Ruan is a teacher? Like some kind of college professor, I feel that when he’s lecturing, he looks too handsome, oh my god!!]
[He’s too handsome I can’t handle it, I just feel that it was a very amazing theory, and you can see he’s a cultured person at a glance 15551]
But Ruan Song genuinely hasn’t watched many variety shows and has no idea that he unintentionally sped up the progress of the production team. He told Jiang Qiqi, “Why not just directly ask the production team who the first flying guest they plan to invite is? Then see if any of you have their contact information, give them a call, and ask what they like to eat. We can buy it together today and save money.”
Program team, “………………”
[Hahahahahahahaha, save some f*cking money!]
[What the Teacher Ruan is too funny, an expert analysis was simply to save a few yuan.]
[This time, I am firmly on Teacher Ruan’s side and can’t be moved! He’s too A!!]
What was even more incredible was that Jiang Qiqi managed to ask for the guest’s name.
However, when Jiang Qiqi saw the response from the other side, she hesitated for a moment. She looked into everyone’s expectant eyes, but she didn’t dare to speak up right away.
Qin Sijia curiously asked, “Is it some kind of superstar?”
Otherwise, why would there be such a reaction?
But Jiang Qiqi looked at Ren Qinming and then at Ruan Song, sitting on the chair.
With a subtle and profound expression, she uttered three words, “Wan Qingyue.”
“!!!”
The bullet screen immediately exploded.
[This person had previously directly published a confession to Ren Qinming!!!]
[Fuck, fuck, this program team is creating drama! Isn’t this a dating variety show? They would even unexpectedly invite a rival in love!]
[Shock, I got goosebumps again. A show with three men—am I about to see a three-man crematorium! Rubbing my hands together.jpg]
[Ahhhhhh, also, I remember Wan Qingyue didn’t just confess once! It seems he has evil intentions even now! Oh my god, oh my god, there’s something wrong with me. I am unexpectedly a bit excited???]
They didn’t know if it was because Ruan Song had always appeared so confident and at ease, but everyone was expecting to see a different reaction from him.
The guests in the room fell silent after hearing the name.
It was well-known in the industry that Wan Qingyue openly expressed his love for the King of Hell, a “heroic” act that caused quite a sensation. Everyone in the circle knew about it.
The production team was targeting Ruan Song.
Everyone cautiously turned their gaze towards Ruan Song, thinking that with his temperament, he wouldn’t let this slide and would start criticizing the production team.
But the truth was, Ruan Song looked confused and had never heard of this name. He asked, “Who is it? You guys all know him?”
“…………?”
I am one with everyone watching the live stream and am in love with Ruan Song, he is just too hilarious.
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LOL ruan song you ruthless man 😂
The dangers of inviting a scriptwriter
Haha.. his nonchalant question might send electric shock to the soon-to-be guest lmao