Chapter 66:
On April 23rd, Sisters’ Tearing Trip officially aired.
The previous season did not have the popularity of this season. The main reason was that any one of the five groups of guests could support the entire program’s topic discussion, let alone when they were together.
But the program’s director himself had no confidence. Even if the contracts were signed, the program team was not sure if the officially announced guests would come until the last moment. Because the people were not invited by the program team, except for Shu Ran, the remaining four big shots, including Meng Jiang, were all hand-picked by the investor, Qi Sijia.
The strange thing was that those big shots, whom you couldn’t even dream of inviting, had almost no hesitation. The contracts were handed over, and they signed them without hesitation the next day.
This development was overly strange. Not only did the netizens think the program team was amazing, but even the program team themselves felt that recording this variety show was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
At six in the morning, the program team came to pick up the people.
Because the program was in a live broadcast format, at this time, whether it was out of curiosity or to join in the fun, netizens all got up early to watch the program.
First, the camera appeared at the famous actor Liang Kun’s house.
He had a Samoyed dog as tall as a person in his house. When the follow-up assistant went in, the dog greeted the assistant, and the camera almost fell to the ground and was scrapped.
The screen went black for three seconds.
Liang Kun appeared in the camera. He was the tough guy type, 1.85 meters tall, with handsome features, and his long legs were wrapped in a black suit. His body proportions were perfect, giving people a very masculine feeling.
The follow-up assistant’s voice was excited. “Wow, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Brother, good morning. I’m your little assistant for this trip.”
“Hello.”
“Has your friend arrived?” The little assistant looked inside.
“She’s in Beicheng,” Liang Kun put down his crossed long legs and stood up with the help of the sofa. “You might be able to see her in Qi Sijia’s camera.”
[Hahahaha, fuck, what a magical blockbuster. Liang Kun’s partner is making a guest appearance. Could it be that the partner is the fish in Teacher Qi’s fishpond?]
[The name Ye Qianqian is so familiar. The second young lady of the Ye family in Ningcheng?]
[I remember, I remember. She was Fu Chuchu’s ex-girlfriend who was exposed six months ago. The circle is really messy.]
[Could it be that the famous actor came to participate in Sisters to act as a matchmaker for a friend?]
The live variety show was broadcast in real time, and the bullet screen was scrolling very fast.
The guests were recording, so of course, they didn’t know what the bullet screen was saying. The program team was also stunned for a moment.
It seemed that there was no plot of a guest’s partner making a guest appearance in the script. The little assistant who was picking up the person stood there in a daze for a moment.
After a long while, she finally raised the corners of her lips and briefly cued the program’s process.
“Welcome everyone to the second season of Sisters’ Tearing Trip. This program is sponsored by… Now it’s six in the morning, at the famous actor Liang’s house. We didn’t find his partner in the famous actor’s house. Let’s connect with my colleague, Xiao Ya.”
“Xiao Ya, Xiao Ya, this is Xiao Shi.”
“Xiao Shi, hello. I’m Xiao Ya. I’m on my way to pick up Teacher Qi now.”
“Wow, I’m so envious of the audience friends who are watching the live broadcast in front of the TV.”
Halfway through Xiao Shi’s words, she found Liang Kun stand up from the sofa and walk to a position not far from her, just close enough to hear the sound of the phone connection.
Xiao Shi was stunned again. She thought to herself, The famous actor is gossiping.
With this thought, Xiao Shi tentatively turned on the speakerphone.
When she looked at Liang Kun’s expression again, it was much softer.
[Fuck, fuck.]
[Liang Kun smiled. That unsmiling man, the famous actor Liang, actually took the initiative to smile.]
[Ahhh, I told you so, sisters. Do you think a lesbian only attracts women? A vixen attracts people regardless of their sexual orientation.]
[Meng Jiang’s fan upstairs, get out. Who’s the vixen? Your sister is more like it, right? What a big grudge, to pin it on our cold and beautiful woman.]
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When Xiao Ya arrived at Qi Sijia’s door, Qi Sijia happened to be coming home with her car keys.
The camera was on Qi Sijia. The sunset outside had just peeked out, and the daylight was not bright. She was bathed in the reddish half of the sunlight, wearing a hooded gray-blue sweatshirt, with pants of the same color, and white sneakers. Her hair was tied back, a youthful and casual outfit.
But when she wore it, it did not diminish her frosty and cold aura at all.
Her crystal-clear voice, as soon as she opened her mouth, could make the audience in the bullet screen shut up in unison.
She stood a meter away from the follow-up assistant, stopped, and greeted her politely.
Xiao Ya had not seen Qi Sijia before and asked tentatively, “Teacher Qi?”
“It’s me,” Qi Sijia half-closed her eyes. Her attitude was not very enthusiastic, but it was not impolite either.
She opened the door with facial recognition and gestured for the filming crew to come in.
“I didn’t expect you to be up so early.”
“A family member had an early flight, so I went to see her off. I’m sorry to have kept you waiting,” Qi Sijia said.
This sentence of concern made Xiao Ya feel flattered. She shook her head excitedly and said, “No, no, we just arrived too.”
“You don’t have to be nervous. Just talk normally,” Qi Sijia said. “I’m also an investor in this program. In essence, you and I are colleagues.”
When she said this, there was still not much emotion on her face. Her voice was a standard female low voice, and her clear and cold gaze came over. She was comforting people in a very cold way, which was a bit of a bewitching contrast.
The bullet screen started to scroll again.
[Ahhh, wife, if you can talk, say a little more.]
[Her side profile is stunning, and her voice is also beautiful. I like her so much. Why isn’t she an idol? She should debut right now.]
[I dare say that besides Meng Jiang, no one in the entertainment industry is as beautiful as her.]
[Is the person upstairs trying to get Meng Teacher into trouble? Our Teacher Qi doesn’t rely on her looks to eat.]
At six in the morning, several guests appeared in the live broadcast one after another.
The little assistant was responsible for cueing the process, similar to the previous home follow-up filming of Liang Kun.
Qi Sijia took out her prepared luggage, and the first pit of the program came.
Before the recording, the little assistant had sent a guest convention, requiring the guests’ luggage to be in accordance with the rules.
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The luggage needs to be weighed.
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No food, drinks, cash, or other items unrelated to the program’s experience are allowed.
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Electronic devices such as mobile phones will be uniformly distributed by the program team, and private carrying is not allowed.
The previous few guests had already experienced this part, and the audience in front of the bullet screen had already enjoyed a series of hilarious events.
For example, the cooked beef that Liang Kun had prepared for bodybuilding was directly thrown back into the fridge by the program team.
Shu Ran’s snacks and the money sewn in her pocket were found and confiscated by the program team, and the fixed basic living expenses given to the guests by the program team were also deducted.
When Professor Yu and her student’s mobile phones and tablets were confiscated, the two of them even argued with the program team. Of course, the program team couldn’t win against a postdoctoral fellow, but the program team was shameless. They took out the contract, and the two of them finally compromised.
Qin Huanhuan was the most cunning. She prided herself on being a woman at the forefront of fashion. She had brought a whole box of cosmetics with her, preparing to resell them to other guests to earn money for food.
But she was discovered by the program team. In short, the personalities of all the guests were fully displayed in the luggage inspection part, and the comedic effect was maxed out.
The assistant asked, “Can I open it?”
“As you wish,” Qi Sijia replied.
Just as the audience was curious about what Qi Sijia had brought, the suitcase opened.
“Wow!”
“So neat.”
“These clothes are even labeled with dates!”
The little assistant’s eyes were sparkling as she exclaimed.
A minute later, after checking Qi Sijia’s luggage inside and out, no prohibited items were found.
The clothes and socks were sorted and stored in storage bags, folded and placed in the suitcase.
Each packaging bag was labeled, for example, what to wear on the first day, and which to wear on the second day.
Precautions: If it’s cold or hot, open which packaging bag.
Xiao Ya finished her inspection with a look of admiration, looking at the neatly stored and sorted luggage.
She sincerely praised, “You are the most meticulous person I’ve ever seen when it comes to storing things. You even marked the dates for wearing clothes.”
A smile appeared on Qi Sijia’s lips. “A family member helped me pack. I’m not that particular.”
[“A family member”]
[When she said “a family member,” she smiled. She’s so beautiful when she smiles.]
Because it was a live recording, each episode had a time limit. For the five guests’ check-in part, the program team only gave twenty minutes.
They required everyone to be filmed as much as possible, so the amount of screen time for each person was not much.
Although some netizens on the bullet screen were asking the program team to give Qi Sijia more screen time, a multi-person variety show could not satisfy everyone. After the luggage part, Xiao Ya handed a lie detector bracelet to Qi Sijia and said, “Sisters is a program that tells the truth. Next, we will go to Fushou Mountain in Yunshi. On this trip, the program team will distribute living materials and give priority to choosing a place to live based on the answers to the questions asked to each guest on the first day.”
Qi Sijia put on the bracelet and gestured for her to ask whatever she wanted.
Xiao Ya said that after everyone gathered in Yunshi, they would ask questions in a game format.
This was causing trouble.
After briefly cueing the last part of the process, the follow-up director gave Xiao Ya a look, reminding her of Xiao Shi’s phone call.
Xiao Ya nodded, hesitated for a moment, and looked around Qi Sijia’s house, but did not find Ye Qianqian.
Xiao Ya asked, “The famous actor Liang said that his partner might be with you.”
Qi Sijia raised an eyebrow, not knowing what she was thinking.
She suddenly said, “I live with a family member. It’s not good to have Ye Qianqian stay overnight. If you’re not at ease, you can go and look for her.”
When they signed the contract, the program team had signed a contract with the guests that they would not expose the guests’ privacy. A private residence was a part of many public figures’ privacy.
Qi Sijia was so easy to talk to. For a moment, Xiao Ya was not sure what Qi Sijia meant. After all, the woman in front of her was their gold master, the program team’s sponsor mother. If it involved this screenwriter’s privacy, Xiao Ya’s own job would be in jeopardy. She looked at the follow-up director behind her.
The director was also stunned and turned off the camera.
He asked Qi Sijia privately, “Teacher Qi, is it appropriate for us to film your house?”
Qi Sijia replied very nicely, “Of course. There’s nothing to hide.”
So a few seconds later, the audience saw the camera turn to Qi Sijia’s “home.”
It was not a detached villa, but a top-floor duplex in a high-end residential area.
The upper and lower floors were connected, with a spiral staircase in the middle. The top floor had an exposed terrace, with an aluminum alloy glass roof. Two tatami mats were placed face to face, and a tea table.
At night, with the heat-insulating curtains open, you could see the stars and moon while lying inside.
But in the daytime, facing the light, staying in the sunroom would easily hurt your eyes.
“Wow!”
“Wow!”
“It’s so beautiful!”
The little assistant’s exclamations were endless.
Wherever Qi Sijia went, the camera followed her.
She casually told the director to film whatever he wanted, but the program team couldn’t possibly film everything. They only gave the camera to the gym, the study, and the living room.
“Teacher, how many bedrooms does your house have?”
Qi Sijia rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment. “I’m not sure. A family member bought it, and I’m just crashing here.”
It’s “a family member” again.
The follow-up director had known in advance that Qi Sijia’s “family member” was Meng Jiang, but for the sake of the program’s effect, the follow-up assistant and the rest of the crew had not been told in advance.
At this time, Xiao Ya’s expression truly reflected the feelings of the melon-eating crowd. She was hesitant to speak, and several times she wanted to ask, but because the other person was her investor mother, she closed her mouth.
The dining room was in a European style. A painting of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers was hanging on the snow-white wall. Qi Sijia, whether intentionally or not, walked past the painting, and the camera happened to capture a close-up.
The bullet screen exploded again.
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A stream of [666666] filled the screen.
A clueless melon-eating person finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and asked, [Has something happened? Why isn’t everyone cursing anymore, sisters?]
[I’m speechless.]
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[Where’s the king of understanding? This is when we need the class representative to appear. It’s so dramatic. Why is everyone reacting like this when they see Van Gogh’s Sunflowers?]
[The question is not a Jiang fan, right? You don’t understand our feelings. How can that be an ordinary sunflower? It’s exactly the same as the one Meng Jiang bought at the Christie’s auction in London, England, for 280 million two years ago.]
[Shocked.jpg, could it be a replica…]
[A fake painting!]
[Does Teacher Qi look like the kind of person who would hang a fake painting at home?]
[Everyone, stop arguing. It’s just a routine. The program team is so cheap, with all these little tricks. None of the other guests had their mansions filmed, but they had to film Qi Sijia’s house. And then they happened to film a fake painting that Goddess Meng had once bought, deliberately creating a gimmick. This operation is particularly disgusting. 6666666]
[Let me ask weakly, what if this painting is real?]
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