Monday 27 November 2023

TISHW 16




Chapter 16 Take interest

After Jiang Yu separated from Qin Shiyu, she started looking for the entrance of the building. In order to avoid awkwardness, she got out of the car as soon as it passed the door of the building. Now she had to walk to Building B.

As the "top in variety shows", Orange Film and Television took the lead in satellite TV alone in the early years. In recent years, it had spawned video and live broadcast platforms and had developed very well. The Orange Building was built in a grand style. There were three buildings in total and twelve entrances. Jiang Yu searched for more than ten minutes to find the place. After entering through the revolving door, she found that there were many celebrities and idols coming and going inside. She was in a very good mood. Handsome men and beautiful women were one of her wide-ranging hobbies.

Just as she was admiring a girl with a hot figure, Jiang Yu heard a small noise. When Jiang Yu turned around, she saw a group of five or six people coming in from the small door on the opposite side. It seemed to be a passage specially reserved for celebrities and idols.

Even among a group of handsome guys and beauties, Qin Shiyu still stood out. Zhao Shunong followed him, as well as the director and two staff members of the "All Rounder" program team.

Jiang Yu:……

Was this a pregnant woman effect? Why was he everywhere?

They should go to the eleventh floor like her.

Realizing this, Jiang Yu habitually turned 90 degrees and headed to the next aisle. It was really torture to walk with someone who was unfamiliar but had to talk to him.

However, as soon as she took two steps, she saw the group of people queuing up. It turned out that by chance, she was walking in the direction of the elevator. After turning a corner, she entered the elevator room. Qin Shiyu and the others were already behind her.

Jiang Yu walked directly to the edge and squatted down to start tying her shoes.

Sure enough, they didn't see her. But the things they discussed were related to her.

"This girl is so beautiful. Why is she dressed so plainly today and wearing a hat? Can't see her face clearly the whole time. Otherwise, based on her appearance, today's topic would be more lively." A cheerful female voice was probably praising the photo. It seemed to be Director Zhang from the program team, "Got to doll her up next time. With her good looks and IQ, she will definitely become popular."

Zhao Shunong glanced at the photo, "If she really puts on makeup, netizens will probably doubt her even more." 

Looking enchanting like a green tea. However, her bare face today was more pleasing to the eye. At least, vanity and impetuousness wasn’t obvious.

"You'd better check the IQ aspect carefully. I guess she is most likely cheating."

Director Zhang's assistant on the side quickly echoed, "I think Miss Zhao is right. I have seen this kind of woman too many times. No IQ in her brain, just men."

"Yesterday when we were discussing changing the questions in the hotel, she was in the opposite room." He showed a meaningful expression, as if everyone tacitly understood it. He continued with a double entendre, "While she slept, it had kept us occupied for half a day.”

Director Zhang couldn't help but frown. As a woman, she was very disgusted with this kind of "humiliation" speculation. However, the other party was someone pushed over by investors. She could only say, "We changed the questions suddenly. There is absolutely no such possibility of leak. Everyone had seen the god tape just now. Her body is clean and there are no micro devices. So the possibility of cheating is zero."

"We just need to focus on the program. As long as it does not affect the program, there is no need to pay attention to the personal affairs of the contestants..."

Jiang Yu listened to their voices fading away, slowly stood up, and waited for another minute or so before walking toward the elevator.

However, when she turned the corner, she saw seven or eight people standing at the elevator and Qin Shiyu's bored eyes happened to glance over.

Jiang Yu:……

Fortunately, the elevator door opened in time. Seeing them entering one after another, Jiang Yu pretended to look down at her phone and wanted to wait for them to go up first. However, she heard someone calling her, "Miss, hurry up!"

Jiang Yu looked up and saw a short-haired woman about thirty years old sticking her head out to smile at her, "Come on."

Jiang Yu said quickly, "You go ahead. don't wait for me."

However, Director Zhang smilingly said, "It's okay. The other elevator is broken. If you wait any longer, it will probably take a long time. Hurry up."

Jiang Yu couldn't resist the warm welcome, so she could only quickly get on the elevator and consciously hide in the corner.

"It turns out to be Jiang Yu. What a coincidence." Director Zhang recognized her and smiled.

"Hello." Jiang Yu greeted back at once.

Then she felt a sticky gaze resting on her body. Jiang Yu frowned and looked up. She saw a young man of average height looking at her with a pair of triangular eyes. He said with a sense of superiority, "This is Director Zhang from "All Rounder 3". You recognize her, right? I’m her assistant Liu Keyi. You can just call me Assistant Liu.”

"Why are you here now? The contract signing is at four o'clock in the afternoon." At this point, he seemed to have thought of something, "Oh, is it because of the online matter? You can find me."

He had a concerned tone, but his eyes and expressions revealed other meanings, which made people very uncomfortable. However, he didn't seem to say anything excessive or make any inappropriate movements, leaving Jiang Yu to suffer the disadvantage in silence.

"Assistant Liu." Zhao Shunong said coldly, "I remember there is a rule that program staff are not allowed to have contact with guests during non-recording periods."

When Liu Keyi took his gaze away from Jiang Yu and looked at Zhao Shunong. His tone was flattering, "Miss Zhao, you don't know. That rule is mainly out of worry that the staff will leak questions to the contestants." 

He shook the transparent folder in his hand , "These are all questions made by University Q’s professor. I'm afraid she won't be able to understand them even if I show them to her, right?" 

As he said this, he turned around and tried to find approval from Jiang Yu, but his sight was blocked by a tall figure.

Liu Keyi looked at Qin Shiyu who was looking down at his mobile phone. When did he stand here?

Qin Shiyu seemed to notice his gaze and looked down at him, "Is something the matter?"

Liu Keyi nonchalantly responded, "Nothing" 

For some unknown reason, he always felt inexplicably oppressed when facing Qin Shiyu, even though he always appeared idle and completely harmless.

But unexpectedly, a head poked out from behind Qin Shiyu and looked straight at him.

Zhao Shunong frowned. Qin Shiyu glanced at Jiang Yu before taking a step back to his original position.

They had helped as much as they could, but since the other party had their own intention, they wouldn’t intervene.

Liu Keyi immediately became proud. Since the other party was playing tricks and liked hidden rules, there was no reason she wouldn't flatter him.

But soon the other person's scrutinizing and judgmental gaze made him very uncomfortable. He subconsciously crossed his hands under his navel to block the situation. However, the other person's gaze followed him like a shadow. He couldn't help but become annoyed and said, "What are you looking at?"

Jiang Yu seemed startled and whispered, "It's a bit too small to fit in my brain."

The word "small" was always a sensitive spot for men. Coupled with Jiang Yu's words, everyone invariably remembered Liu Keyi's comment just now: ...women like this have no IQ in their brain and just men.

He couldn't fit into Jiang Yu's brain, so he wasn’t a man.

Everyone else had thought of it, so how Liu Keyi not. However, her words sounded normal. If he responded to it, wouldn't it be clumsy denial resulting in self-exposure?

Liu Keyi's face darkened. Then Jiang Yu continued, "The answers to questions 100-105 are B, C, A, B, D." 

As soon as she finished speaking, the elevator door happened to open. She nodded politely at him as she walked out. "It seems me taking an elevator has you occupied again."

Everyone thought in unison that she heard what they just said.

Liu Keyi was so infuriated that he wanted to chase after her. But then he remembered that Zhao Shunong was still present. So he could only hold back his anger and help hold the elevator open.

When Zhao Shunong got out of the elevator, she suddenly glanced at the three inches below his navel and remarked with a half-smile, "The characters are quite small."

Liu Keyi's face turned red and he quickly moved the hand holding the folder to his chest. Director Zhang sighed and said gently, "The question has been leaked. Must trouble Assistant Liu to request Professor Zhang for some questions. You don't have to worry about things here." 

Liu Keyi was unwilling. Professor Zhang’s questions were weird and tricky and he really liked to get people to study together. He even loved to teach you if you didn’t know how to do it. His one time trip was so hellish that he wanted to die. With the time taken, he would be able to get familiar with Zhao Shu Nong.

He quickly responded, "She must be talking nonsense."

Qin Shiyu lazily said, "The answer is correct. Must trouble Assistant Liu." 

After saying that, he took a long step out of the elevator.

In one breath, Liu Keyi felt suffocated and wanted to curse.

When the group of people here got out of the elevator and turned to the door of the conference room, they saw Jiang Yu waiting there. She was leaning against the wall, covering her eyes and silently collapsing. It was as if her eyes had been subjected to inhuman abuse.

Director Zhang couldn't help but laugh. This girl was quite cute.

And... looking well-behaved, but very lethal. Thinking of the effect of today's program, Director Zhang suddenly had a new idea. She glanced at Qin Shiyu and waited until the verification was completed.

Jiang Yu was indeed in a state of collapse. She wished she could go back and wash her eyes with pure alcohol. Moreover, facing such a malicious stranger, her nerves were always tense and uncomfortable. She should have waited a few more minutes. What bad luck!

She had better settle the matter here quickly and go back to live her stable and comfortable life as a shut-in girl.

……

In the conference room, Director Zhang pointed to a little miss next to her who didn't talk much and explained, "I told Xiao Su to contact you. Assistant Liu is responsible for some logistics matters and has little to do with the contestants."

Jiang Yu accepted her kind reminder, "Understood. Thank you."

Seeing that she understood, Director Zhang nodded and got to the point, "The purpose of getting you to come is certainly about the hot search."

Jiang Yu said, "I understand. I won't participate in any future shows."

Director Zhang smiled and said, "That's not what I meant."

Jiang Yu was stunned. Director Zhang smilingly said, "We have no evidence to prove that you cheated, so naturally we won't charge you with such an unfounded charge."

"But I still need to confirm with you," Director Zhang said, "Can you guarantee that you didn't cheat?"

Jiang Yu nodded without hesitation, but she didn't know what she meant by this.

Director Zhang wouldn’t have believed it before, but what happened in the elevator just now made her know that this girl was quite capable and no longer doubted it.

She said, "However, the entertainment industry has always relied on the Internet to convict. Even if you prove yourself, it may already be distorted. Right now, you have indeed been linked to the program team, which has caused a certain negative impact on the program."

On the side, Zhao Shunong suddenly sneered, "There should be a penalty fee in the contract for this kind of situation. If personal behavior causes losses to the program team, how much will the penalty fee be?"

Jiang Yu:……

She was always getting into trouble with the penalty fee?

Director Zhang looked at the corners of her mouth that turned down in grievance and couldn't help but want to laugh, "Miss Zhao is teasing you."

"This is what we are thinking. Your penalty fee can't cover anything. Why don't we slap them in the face together? What do you think?"

Jiang Yu thought to herself that it wasn’t good. The original owner wasn’t famous in the first place. Even if she was seen twice today, she was just a flash in the pan. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the entertainment industry. It will probably not take half a year for netizens to completely forget about her. It will not affect her normal life at all.

The same was true for the program team. Looking at their relaxed expressions, one could tell that they were used to these so-called hot searches and public opinions. They didn't think it was a big deal at all. Giving up on her and treating her coldly was the safest way.

Zhao Shunong said disapprovingly, "If you ask me, let her pay the penalty fee and never cooperate again in the future."

Director Zhang laughed. This Miss Zhao clearly agreed to verification before making a decision. But now she wanted to scare people. Director Zhang looked at Qin Shiyu, "How about God YuI give her a test?"

Only then did Jiang Yu understand why Qin Shiyu appeared here. It turned out that they needed to confirm whether she really didn't cheat. 

If she cheated, she will be charged a penalty fee. If the results were real, she will be included in the next recording.

She couldn't help but look at Zhao Shunong. Zhao Shunong seemed to be sure that she was cheating and was not worried at all.

It can only be said as expected of her unluckiness. Even the golden finger only worked now and then.

Knowing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, Jiang Yu stopped making meaningless struggles.

Qin Shiyu, who was sitting across from her, took out a book called "Thinking Training That Top Students Do All Over the World" and casually flipped it to a page and pushed it in front of Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu lowered her head and started to read the questions. Zhao Shunong poked her head over. Don't know whether it was out of curiosity or wanted to invigilate the exam, as she raised her head and signaled to the assistant to quickly find paper and pen. It turned out just as Zhao Shunong received the paper and pen to copy the question and do it, Jiang Yu spoke, "Question 54, password 1610."

Zhao Shunong:? ? ?

She looked down at the pile of letters she had copied, suspecting that Jiang Yu was talking nonsense.

Jiang Yu seemed to know what she was thinking and explained, "A=Q, B=W, C=E, D=R, meaning, ABCD=QWER. QWER is the sequence on the keyboard, so ABCD refers to the sequence 1234.” 

She lowered her eyes slightly. It was as if under the eyes were a piece of draft paper, "It can be inferred from this that IYC=ONE LHV=SIX ECY=TEN. The translation yield the password 1610."

Zhao Shunong:......

Not to mention grasping it, she didn’t even understand it.

However, Qin Shiyu became interested. He raised his hand to prop up his chin and stared at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu didn't pay attention. Judging from the book and the personal contact with her, Qin Shiyu's emotions were unordinary faint. Although he liked to tease people, he didn't really take anyone to heart. She could feel free to be herself.

After all, the outstanding protagonists in the book only truly connected with him when the Qin Family was destroyed at the end of the plot. And if he was really curious and there was Zhao Shunong standing in front of her, her character would be much worse than collapsing.

She discovered a new use for the golden finger.

Even when it was of little use.

Jiang Yu spent almost half an hour solving 5 questions in a row. No one could doubt her anymore.

These questions have different methods of solving. Once one grasped the pattern, it wasn’t difficult to solve them. But like the first question, the conversion from ABCD to QWER was definitely not that fast to solve for ordinary people. This was definitely not something that can be answered through memorization. 

At the side, it dawned on Zhao Shunong, "The power of friction is equal to..."

Jiang Yu subconsciously responded, "Multiply the friction factor times the positive pressure."

Zhao Shunong:......

Director Zhang felt that Miss Zhao was a bit cute, "No wonder I saw you flipping through your high school physics book at noon. It turned out that you had prepared questions."

Exposed by Director Zhang, Zhao Shunong was a little embarrassed and asked Jiang Yu, "Do you still remember all the knowledge in high school?" 

After she finished college, these formulas were all blurred.

Jiang Yu said, "Remember the commonly used one."

Zhao Shunong suddenly doubted life. Was this formula commonly used in daily life?

Jiang Yu seemed to know what she was thinking, and gave an example, "For example, when cleaning the table."

Zhao Shunong:? ? ?

You’re kidding, right? What does wiping the table have to do with the formula of friction?

She heard Jiang Yu continued, "If it's not wiped clean, it means the pressure isn't enough. Just use a little more force."

Zhao Shunong:......

As expected, she was mocking her. Zhao Shunong sneered, "I don't really use this often. The aunties clean the tables at home."

Jiang Yu:……

It was so heart stabbing.

Seeing the two hurting each other, Director Zhang couldn't help laughing. She asked Jiang Yu, "You are so excellent. You must be well known in your school."

She asked tactfully, but Jiang Yu understood what she meant. Why did she go to acting school if she was so smart?

Of course, it didn’t mean that acting schools were not good. It was just that if most people have the best academic performance, they will definitely choose top schools. Even if one changes careers after graduating from a top school, it will be easy to change careers. Just like Qin Shiyu, the top university Q student unexpectedly entered the entertainment industry. His academic qualifications were his most unreplicable aura.

While her current academic qualifications have become the main reason why netizens doubt her.

Of course, Jiang Yu couldn't fool the director the same way she fooled Xiang Chen and the others. Qin Shiyu seemed to be curious about how she would answer, staring at her with interest.

Jiang Yu thought for a while and whispered, "My parents passed away when I was very young. They always hoped that I could become a big star, so..."

Qin Shiyu raised his eyebrows.

Zhao Shunong frowned. Wasn't this nonsense? Jiang Yu was only three or four years old when Father Jiang and Mother Jiang passed away. How could she remember any last words?

However, her excuse was really good. When it came to people who have passed away, even if others were suspicious, it was hard to say anything.

Director Zhang, who did not have a God's perspective, believed it and said softly, "I'm sorry."

Jiang Yu shook her head, "It's okay. It's been a long time. I wasn’t sensible before and thought many things wrong. In fact, I am not suitable to be a star at all. I plan to study hard and do the postgraduate entrance examination and do what I like to do." 

When she said this, she looked at Qin Shiyu and Zhao Shunong.

——I plan to change my mind and won’t bother you anymore. Please don’t worry. From now on, we will be separate and at peace.

Zhao Shunong looked at her coldly. Don’t know whether she believed it or not. Qin Shiyu's expression and posture did not change. However, it seemed he felt more interested.

Director Zhang said warmly, "Every stage of life has different ideas. You can take the postgraduate entrance examination, but if you have the spare time to become a big star, you can still work hard. I think you have quite a lot of potential." 

She smilingly spoke, "Your performance today is amazing. And you look so beautiful." 

Her eyes were full of admiration. She became more and more satisfied as she looked.

At this moment, Jiang Yu had taken off her baseball cap, revealing a palm-sized oval face with exquisite and beautiful facial features. Different from the bright and charming one seen in her photo just now, she looked non-aggressive and clear without makeup. She was pure and had the appearance of a good girl that teachers and adults like very much. It can arouse people's desire for protection.

——But she happened to be very strong. En, and a little genuine-looking but actually devious.

In a high-spec variety show like "All Rounder", this contrast will definitely produce a great reaction...

Director Zhang glanced at Qin Shiyu and smiled and said, "So far, everyone in "All Rounder" has CP. Only Qin Shiyu's fans have always felt that no one is worthy of him. I think you are a good match."

Jiang Yu's eyes widened: How could you have such a dangerous idea! ! ! !

Is it too late for me to say that I am cheating?

At first, Qin Shiyu didn't want to talk. Although he liked to watch the drama and always ignored those who were involved with him, the look of her wide-open almond eyes made him find it particularly interesting for some reason. So he said with a smile, "Okay."

Jiang Yu finally couldn't help but stare at him. Are you listening to what you're saying?

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