Xu Chun turned to look at Xie Jianyuan, and before he could speak, Xie Jianyuan respectfully extended his hand and looked at him calmly.
Xu Chun sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. How could he possibly make the show interesting if he was so obedient? You can't just do whatever the production team tells you to do. He's usually such a smart kid, why is he so stubborn all the time?
"Why are you two sleeping in the same room?" the production crew suddenly asked.
Xu Chun had anticipated this question from the production team and was prepared. She calmly replied, "We were planning to watch a movie together last night, but we ended up falling asleep without realizing it."
Xie Jianyuan glanced at Xu Chun, smiled, and said, "Then you appeared the moment I opened my eyes."
The crew chuckled along. The director pulled out the script and, looking at Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun, read it aloud word by word, "The production team is giving you two a task: to wake up the other people, but you can't talk while you're waking them up."
"If they can't speak, how do we wake them up?"
"You can choose to use other tools by drawing lots, such as covering your face with an ice towel, splashing cold water on you to wake you up, or playing the loudest music in your ears."
Xu Chun knew this was a carefully designed segment by the production team; this method of waking up was indeed much more interesting and would attract more viewers' interest.
Originally, the production team only chose Xu Chun as the wake-up person, but they miscalculated and didn't expect Xie Jianyuan to be sleeping with him, so they had to let the two of them complete the task.
The first room they went to was Shen Zhu's room. The method they were given to wake up was to splash cold water on her. Xu Chun held a bowl of cold water in her hand, glanced at the camera, and showed a reluctant expression on her face.
"Everyone, I really can't bear it, I really can't bear it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he swiftly and decisively poured all the water in the bowl onto Shen Zhu's face, leaving not a single drop.
The moment the water was splashed, Shen Zhu suddenly opened his eyes and struggled to sit up. His head was soaking wet, and he looked quite disheveled.
Xu Chun smiled innocently at him. Shen Zhu instinctively wanted to get angry when he saw this, but he was always good at pretending and quickly realized his failure to control his emotions. He was good at putting on an act even in front of the camera, let alone in front of it.
"Who came up with this idea? That's quite something," he said with a good-natured smile, seemingly unaffected.
Xie Jianyuan said, "The production team."
Regardless, Shen Zhu's task of waking him up was completed. After getting dressed, he went to wash up, and Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun then set off for the next room.
The next person to be woken up was Xu Huaizhou. The method he drew was to apply an ice towel to his face. This time, Xie Jianyuan was very proactive and offered to do it. Xu Chun couldn't bear to do it to Xu Huaizhou, so she handed it over to Xie Jianyuan and watched from the side.
He frowned and looked at Xie Jianyuan several times before hesitantly asking, "Did you soak for too long?"
Xie Jianyuan took the towel out of the basin, smiled at Xu Chun, and said nothing.
"Wait a minute, aren't you going to twist it a bit?" Xu Chun thought to herself Xie Jianyuan was about to touch her. "That's too cruel."
Xie Jianyuan shook his head. "There's no point in twisting it."
Before Xu Chun could even process the meaning behind those words, she saw Xie Jianyuan shove a towel soaked in cold water all over Xu Huaizhou's face.
With a "click," the room fell silent.
Xu Chun looked away, unable to bear the sight, while the photographer practically wanted to shove the lens right in Xu Huaizhou's face, waiting for his reaction.
After about four or five seconds, Xu Huaizhou slowly removed the towel from his face and coldly uttered a few words.
Who did it?
Xie Jianyuan smiled without changing his expression, "Me."
Xu Huaizhou tossed the towel onto the table with a look of disgust. "Next time, bring a hot one."
Xie Jianyuan gave a lukewarm smile, "We'll talk about it when we have the option of hot towels."
The last person to be woken up was naturally the only female guest, Chu Xi. Because it was a bit inconvenient for her to be a woman, a female staff member went in first to make sure there wouldn't be any unexpected situations before she went in herself.
The option I drew was very unfortunate - cold water splashed on my face.
Xu Chun talked to the production team to see if they could make an exception. After all, he's a girl, and he's always been a gentleman to girls. After much persuasion, the production team reluctantly agreed to change the cold water on his face to warm water.
Anyway, my face is definitely going to be splattered.
Chu Xi heard from the staff last night that the production team might wake up the artists early tomorrow morning and that this would be included in the final cut.
So she went to bed early that night and put on a full face of makeup, though it was the kind of light makeup that a straight man wouldn't notice.
At first glance, it looks like she's not wearing makeup, but she's actually wearing foundation, eyeliner, lipstick, highlighter, and eyebrows—she's got it all.
Make sure you look your best the next day with a fresh-faced, just-woke-up "bare-faced" look.
And now it's all been wiped out by a splash of water.
"Ah-!" Chu Xi screamed in a piercing dolphin-like voice, covering her face to block the camera.
Seeing her like this, Xu Chun thought to herself that the production team was going too far, but she also knew that pranking celebrities was indeed very effective for creating a good show effect.
Xu Chun quickly comforted her gently, "It's alright, it's alright, you still look beautiful. Go to the bathroom and tidy yourself up first."
He wasn't entirely lying. As an actress, Chu Xi's appearance was naturally outstanding, and those brand-name cosmetics weren't cheap; they were waterproof, though some makeup still smudged. It wasn't noticeable unless you looked closely; only Xu Chun, who was closest to her, saw it.
So he shielded Chu Xi from the camera and told her to go to the bathroom to tidy up.
By 8:30, Xu Chun and his team had finally completed their wake-up mission.
After having breakfast in the hotel lobby, the group took a car and headed to the first location required by the production team.