Qian Yue took out a stack of cards: "Challenge tasks will be decided by drawing cards. Whatever task you draw, you must attempt. Each person only has one chance! Fail the challenge, and you’ll have to continue living in your original room."
At this moment, Zheng He had already forgotten the sensation of hunger, his body filled with excitement and strength!
He must win Chen Xixi’s room!
As for offending President Zhou... anyway, their family’s business doesn’t deal with President Zhou’s, and besides, he’s about to go abroad to do big business, even less connected to the Zhou Family.
Who knows, if his big business succeeds, he might be on the same level as Zhou Jinyuan when he comes back!
So why would he be afraid of Zhou Jinyuan!
But he couldn’t make the offense too obvious...
Zheng He went to Qian Yue to draw a card, and after a glance at the task written on it, he sauntered up to Zhou Jinyuan with a grin, his tone somewhat ingratiating:
"President Zhou, your family is in the best condition, if we don’t challenge you, netizens will definitely think President Zhou is too proud to play. Right? So, no offense."
To top it off, Zheng He didn’t forget to add: "If you’re to blame anyone, blame the production team, it’s all their rotten idea!"
Production team: "!!"
The chief director of the production team, who was backstage, nearly choked on a mouthful of boxed lunch upon hearing what Zheng He said!
The chief director turned pale and then purple with rage, "Who brought this guy in?"
An assistant commented, "I originally suggested to the associate director to scout Chen Xixi. But the associate director said to recruit all the guests from the budget variety show for the spectacle, so this guy got brought along."
Another crew member squatting on the ground eating boxed lunch suddenly spoke up, "Director, just have your secret laugh. This guy’s behavior is already a lot more restrained, you haven’t seen his antics on the budget variety show, only that director with a strong heart can handle it, otherwise this kid would have driven them away long ago!"
The chief director chuckled sardonically, "So I should thank him for just tossing a dark pot my way, huh?"
He paused, then thought back and added, "How much was his appearance fee? Surely it wasn’t five million?"
The assistant put down his boxed lunch, pulled out his phone to check the information, "Correct, it’s five million."
The chief director felt the food he’d just eaten choke him even more, "Five million for this clown?"
Assistant: "But he’s popular, nowadays anyone with a bit of fame starts with seven figures, and top stars, if you don’t offer eight figures, you can’t even get them!"
"Fame? More like infamous! Next time, remember, if it’s a guest like him, don’t let them on without squeezing some money from them."
"You know what the folks in the industry have been saying about me lately? They say you’re really capable for daring to take on such a big headache!"
Chief Director: "..." It sounded like a compliment, but on closer reflection, it didn’t quite seem so.
"Oh right, they also say you discipline well, ever since he joined our production team, he hasn’t done anything illegal anymore, easing the workload of our police uncles, you’re now this in the industry!" The assistant gave the chief director a thumbs up.
The chief director scratched his head, "Enough said."
The more it was discussed, the more uneasy he felt.
The chief director fell silent for a moment, "Let’s see if there’s an opportunity to make Zheng He cough up some of his appearance fee, paying him so much is inappropriate."
Back at the show location.
Zhou Jinyuan glanced up at Zheng He, the corner of his lips curling playfully as he teased, "I’m the most game for anything, I’m just worried you can’t handle it."
If it wasn’t for being guests on the same variety show.
Someone like Zheng He wouldn’t even qualify to be his opponent.
What does Zhou Jinyuan mean? Looking down on him?
Zheng He felt his fighting spirit ignite!
He must win over Chen Xixi and Zhou Jinyuan’s houses and show Zhou Jinyuan and the netizens whether he can handle the game or not... No, that’s wrong! He will definitely play Chen Xixi and Zhou Jinyuan like pawns!
Zheng He forced a smile through gritted teeth: "That’s great."
Not only did Zheng He draw a task card, but the other groups of guests did as well.
[How dare Zheng He be so bold in front of President Zhou, who gave him the courage?]
[Zheng He: Tell my mother, I’m no wimp!]
[I feel like Chen Xixi and President Zhou are in danger, all the other four groups have drawn task cards, meaning Chen Xixi and President Zhou will be up against four. This is too difficult!]
[Han Qianyi is also taking a task card to challenge Chen Xixi? Weren’t they on good terms before? Turns out it was just a superficial relationship?]
Han Qianyi held a task card, walked over to Chen Xixi, and whispered, "I won’t use this task card against you, but if Zheng He is lucky enough to win the challenge, then I’ll use this card against him to drive him out of your place! Of course, I believe in your capabilities, you definitely won’t lose to Zheng He’s brains, I’m just keeping it as a precaution!"
Chen Xixi patted Han Qianyi on the shoulder, moved, "Sis, you rock! I’ll call you for any good gigs next time!"
Chen Xixi thought what Han Qianyi said made sense, so she also went to draw a task card, just to be on the safe side.
Who knows what weird tasks there might be, and if she’s unlucky enough to fail, she could still have a chance to win back the house!
As for Xu Mu and the others, they didn’t quite dare to directly challenge Chen Xixi and Zhou Jinyuan— one is too formidable in games within the show, and the other too high-status outside of it. Challenging them would be like voluntarily delivering their intelligence to be trampled on the ground.
However, they could wait for Zheng He, the idiot, to make his move first. What if he gets incredibly lucky and wins?
Then they could use their task cards to challenge Zheng He, wouldn’t it be like switching from hell mode straight to Newbie Village?
Zheng He couldn’t wait to show off his task card, "I want to challenge Chen Xixi and President Zhou. My challenge is sewing machine stepping!"
The other guests wanted to laugh, they were holding it in.
[Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter! This task is a little too targeted!]
[Very fitting for Zheng He, who likes to tread dangerously close to the law, he might as well get used to it for work.]
Chen Xixi suppressed the smile tugging at her lips and said, "I’ll take the challenge."
Zhou Jinyuan probably hadn’t even touched a sewing machine, so she would be more appropriate for the challenge.
Zheng He didn’t know how to operate a sewing machine. He turned his head and asked Hu Yun, "Do you know how?"
Hu Yun frowned, "What era are we living in? Who even knows how to do that? I’ve never even seen one of those things."
"I’ve never seen one either." Zheng He started to feel a bit annoyed but then he had another thought, "We haven’t seen one, and Chen Xixi is around our age; she definitely hasn’t seen one either. As for President Zhou, he’s even less likely to know. So, we’re all starting from the same point, don’t worry, we’ll definitely win this!"