[What a shame, Zhi Zhi loves studying too much, otherwise with her mountain climbing skills from yesterday, she would definitely be the champion!]
[Get competitive, get competitive, yesterday Ji Xizhi already set an example for everyone, today it’s time to start a fire with wood, chop wood bare-handed, tame chickens and pigs, come on, the rest of the guests!]
[Is the person above poisoned? I actually imagined Zhi Zhi doing these things, boohoo, give me back my Zhi Zhi!]
The livestream room was in an uproar because of Director Wang’s sudden change of rules.
But the on-site guests were having a tough time.
When they were choosing their cards just now, nobody mentioned competing for viewership!
When exchanging breakfast people all surely went for the easier options, but now when it’s about livestream traffic.
Like starting a fire, picking and chopping wood, what’s so interesting about that?!
At least Qin Yutian, the top idol group leader cleaning pigsties, is somewhat better, although it’s embarrassing, at least it’s full of contrasting conflict!
Among the five guests, only Zhong Yulu looked a bit relieved; last night she watched Ji Xizhi’s tricks for drawing fans and purposely chose the mountain hill experience card to attract fans by digging for wild fruits and vegetables today!
Director Wang’s arrangement was exactly what she wanted, and today’s heat score must be hers!
Next to her, Ji Fengyuan looked at Zhong Yulu and felt a subtle stir in his heart.
Today is the last day, and tomorrow they’ll be leaving the show if Zhong Yulu doesn’t make a comeback, his move to lower his celebrity status will have been in vain this time!
Ji Fengyuan thought about it and decided to take action.
Originally, he didn’t plan to act against this fading star, but he blamed Ji Xizhi for being too out of line!
No matter what, tonight’s luxurious dinner must go to Zhong Yulu!
The guests each went to their task destinations.
Ji Xizhi quietly stayed upstairs doing her practice exams, and when the village chief heard she was studying in her room every day, he felt so bad for her, he found a new thermos somewhere, made her some goji berry water, and brought her some washed wild fruits.
Director Wang watched from the side, completely unable to stop it.
The villagers’ hearts were already with Ji Xizhi; if not for the contract in Director Wang’s hand, the village chief might have brought her three meals a day to her room.
Director Wang was furious, but seeing the traffic in Ji Xizhi’s livestream, he had to relent.
Originally, according to today’s plan, the live competition would have severe flow diversion, making the guest’s own fan base crucial.
Like Ji Fengyuan, Qin Yutian, with tens of millions of Weibo fans, they didn’t even need to worry about it; their livestream traffic would definitely be high.
Yet, Ji Xizhi, with only 3 million Weibo fans, a minor star, had live traffic surprisingly not far behind Ji Fengyuan and Qin Yutian, and her livestream viewer count was still steadily rising.
Director Wang: It’s ridiculous!
But even he didn’t realize he was spending more time in front of the monitor watching Ji Xizhi’s livestream.
After finishing two sets of practice exams in her room, Ji Xizhi just drank the last of the water in her thermos.
She took her thermos downstairs, where it was quiet; the village chief’s family went out to farm work, and Director Wang was in the staff resting room.
Ji Xizhi went to the kitchen skillfully, poured herself a cup of hot water, then went to the front door to stretch her muscles.
But as soon as she stepped out, she saw Fang Yuliang, who had appeared once last night, squatting in the yard in a black shirt with sleeves meticulously rolled up above his elbows, revealing muscular arms that seemed well-exercised over long periods.
Fang Yuliang was facing away from the door, holding a piece of corn, seemingly examining it.
Ji Xizhi came out just in time for the following PD camera to capture the scene.
The viewers in the livestream room, already influenced by Ji Xizhi, came out to relax and rest their eyes, glanced at their phone livestreams, only to find a more pleasing sight!
[Ah, ah, ah, handsome brother has appeared! He hasn’t come out since last night, darn you, Director Wang, can’t you give the brother more screen time? Must you wait til the show ends to do a special feature!]
[Director Wang yells: When those experts in previous episodes came out, why didn’t you complain about the short appearance time then?]
[Hahaha, Director Wang: It’s bad enough I’m always angered by Ji Xizhi, now even the bullet comments are against me!]
[Hasn’t anyone figured out the brother’s identity yet? What’s wrong with you netizens! Incompetent!]
[I think last night someone posted, but it seemed to have been deleted instantly!]
[Yes, I think I saw it too, this brother doesn’t seem to be in the entertainment circle, he seems to be in the academic research circle!]
[From the front row eating melon, let me tell you, I saw someone dig it up last night, Fang Yuliang looks a lot like Qing University’s campus prince, he’s apparently a Ph.D. from Qing University!]
[Whoa! Turns out academic prodigies have a magnetic field, two genius scholars together; I feel like I could finish two hundred more exams and get into Qing University!]
[Isn’t it suspicious? Ji Xizhi was doing her practice exams nicely, but suddenly goes downstairs and just so happens to pass by, if you say there’s nothing going on, even a ghost wouldn’t believe it!]
[? Who’s the idiot saying that, are you saying you won’t move for two hours sitting? I understand your desire to get hemorrhoids, may you succeed soon!]
The more discussion in the livestream room, the more small unidentified accounts joined in to stir things up.
Ji Xizhi’s livestream fans, after finishing studying and gazing at the handsome guy, were full of vigor, and retaliated without a single dirty word.
The black fans in the livestream had no chance to fight back, and the most key thing was, he had been sitting in a chair all day working, now feeling really uncomfortable, could it really be hemorrhoids!!!
The black fan anxiously turned to send messages to his employer.
Black fan: Bro, Ji Xizhi’s livestream is full of cultured people, I can’t handle it, won’t take the order, contact me after retreat and study!
Next door, Ji Fengyuan had just contacted a black fan team to stir up Ji Xizhi’s livestream and divert traffic to Zhong Yulu’s, but unexpectedly, the other party canceled less than an hour after taking the order!
Moreover, when he wanted his assistant to buy another black fan team, they all refused.
The reason was without exception, they couldn’t take the job!
Ji Fengyuan was so angry he nearly lashed out in front of his livestream fans.
In the end, afraid of Ji Fengyuan’s reprimand, his assistant secretly contacted Ji Fengyuan’s manager, who gave him a hint, telling him to find Zhong Yulu to hype up a cp and attract attention, only then did he gradually regain his composure.
Ji Xizhi holding her thermos, saw Fang Yuliang looking at the corn and straw, her eyes flickered slightly.
She had already learned from Director Wang that Fang Yuliang was a plant expert, very familiar with plants, so had Fang Yuliang discovered something?
Recalling the villager discussions from last night, a conjecture suddenly surfaced in Ji Xizhi’s mind.
Her expression slightly firmed, but without recklessly going forward to disturb, she turned back upstairs.
In the instant Ji Xizhi went upstairs, Fang Yuliang suddenly turned to glance, just in time to see the fleeting shadow of Ji Xizhi.
His gaze paused for a moment, the serious and cold look in his eyes softening a little, and then silently, waiting, he raised his eyes towards the top of the courtyard wall, through the transparent glass window appeared a shadow, he suddenly smiled.
He placed the corn back into the burlap sack, picked up his backpack from the courtyard wall and went out the door.
The morning passed quickly, Ji Xizhi finished her half-day’s tasks and began to rest her eyes.
The audience in the livestream room also studied along for a morning, quickly catching up on homework, after finishing their exercises, they relaxed their focus.
The more discussions in the livestream bullet comments, with live updates on the state of other guests’ streams, like Zhu Xiu’an lighting the villagers’ earth stove, Zhong Yulu picking wild vegetables and mushrooms beautifully on the mountain, Ji Fengyuan specifically going up to find Zhong Yulu, etc.
Many viewers got excited seeing these tabloid-like titles.
Though viewership was high in Ji Xizhi’s livestream room, the fan support groups were newly established, and fan stickiness was low; to be accurate, most were passerby fans, and soon switched out when more interesting content appeared.
The livestream traffic dropped sharply.
But just as viewers were rushing out, Director Wang suddenly burst into Ji Xizhi’s camera frame.
Director Wang ran in a rush, puffing as he shouted to Ji Xizhi, "Ji... Ji Xizhi!!! It’s over, Qin Yutian let the villagers’ pigs out!"