They Wanted to Use Their Bag of Tricks Against This Upright, Brave Director Who Feared No Power!

There was no wake-up mission this morning.

Perhaps everyone had been traumatized by the "deafening gongs and drums," and, afraid of being assaulted by noise again, they had gathered in the yard early, staring at one another.

Rubbing his arms, Wei Mingqi asked curiously, "Jingfei, what did you drink last night? How did you get drunk so easily..."

As he spoke, he glanced toward Luo Mingyu and Li Sifan, every inch the gossip-show host.

Unable to bear being pointed at and discussed to his face, Luo Mingyu instantly blew up. "Who the hell suggested Truth or Dare?! You love watching drama that much?! Do you have to disgust the two of us to death before you're satisfied?!"

"Yeah, who suggested it again?" Li Jingfei rested her chin on one hand and sank into deep thought.

The edgy rapper had both hands in his pockets, lips pressed together as he remained silent, as though it had nothing to do with him.

Of course.

If one ignored the flash of panic that crossed his face.

One might actually believe he was uninvolved.

Xie Chen was unusually quiet, constantly rubbing his stomach as though he were digesting something.

Was that really hangover medicine and not poison?!

What the hell was this guy trying to do?!

Was he after my corneas?

Or my kidneys?!

Some viewers pried open their eyes and rushed into the livestream, taking a careful look around before sighing.

[I seriously love this atmosphere where everyone's plotting something! They look harmonious standing together, but who knows what they're all thinking!]

[No offense, but without the two Xie brothers, the screen would be a lot cleaner. Director Li, any thoughts on kicking out the guest participants?!]

[There are only two days left of filming, and then the first season ends. I don't think the suggestion and wish above have much chance of happening.]

[Look, look, the two Xie brothers are out! Oh my god, my eyes—they're standing so close together, like conjoined twins!]

Xie Jinran had just finished soothing Xie Ran, promising that he would leak the photos to the media before filming ended.

Only then did the latter stop crying and nod with a smile.

The two walked into the yard side by side, only to discover that no one had shifted their attention toward them.

It was as though the two of them were transparent and utterly irrelevant.

Xie Jinran, who had never suffered such humiliation before, felt that ever since joining the show, he had been angered to the point of vomiting blood countless times.

But there was nothing he could do. Aside from a washed-up nobody like Xie Chen, who had no background at all,

the others all had more or less some connections, resources, and backing.

His eldest brother had said that he should try to win them over whenever possible.

Filming was ending anyway, so there was no need to keep things at a stalemate.

With that in mind, he deliberately cleared his throat. "Good morning, everyone."

His words fell.

Li Jingfei and Wei Mingqi were still whispering to each other.

Luo Mingyu was angrily explaining himself.

Li Sifan's mind had wandered off somewhere.

Xie Chen was still absentmindedly rubbing his stomach.

Xie Jinran seemed to be talking to thin air, and the cameraman captured the awkward scene.

[lmao, the villain variety show accusation has been confirmed once again!]

[No one cares about their personas or image here. It's all about genuine emotion—hey, I'm just not going to acknowledge you!]

[Congratulations! A world where only Xie Jinran got hurt has been achieved.]

[He's a pianist, a young and promising talent! You're humiliating and hurting him like this?! Please! If you're going to hurt him, do it even harder!]

Meanwhile, Director Li sat before the monitor, reviewing the filming data from the past few days.

Just as he had expected, the show's buzz was through the roof, directly claiming the top spot in traffic.

The livestream's peak viewership had reached the tens of millions.

The links for Bright Village's agricultural products had nearly been clicked to death.

Preorders had already been booked through the latter half of the year.

Holy shit!

Even major influencers didn't dare move products like this, okay?!

How much money was this going to make?!

Director Li grinned from ear to ear as his assistant reminded him, "Director, it's time to assign the mission. Are we making things difficult for the guests again today?"

"What do you mean, making things difficult?!" Director Li turned back in displeasure. "I'm clearly helping them transform!"

Remembering the kick to his butt last night, the assistant hurriedly agreed. "Right, right, it's transformation. The results are especially remarkable. If you don't believe me, look at the screen..."

Director Li followed his words and glanced over.

The next second, he hurriedly looked away.

What fucking results?!

Every last one of them acted more like an old man than he did!

Especially Xie Chen.

He was still rubbing his stomach!

He was probably planning to use that belly full of bad intentions against a director as upright, brave, and fearless of power as him!

"Brother Ye is here! Morning, Brother Ye!"

Hearing the assistant, Director Li immediately stood up and put on a fawning smile. "Wenye, I forgot to ask earlier—did you sleep well last night?! What do you want for breakfast?! Chinese or Western, pick whatever you like!"

The assistant was speechless. Was the sucking up really that obvious?!

Because they would be doing farm work all day, breakfast focused on nutrition, and carbs were indispensable as well.

With a cornmeal flatbread in one hand and a spoonful of wontons in the other, Xie Chen ate with great relish.

Having finally escaped life at the bottom, Xie Ran was extremely resistant to this kind of food. After forcing down a few bites, he said to Xie Jinran, "Third Brother, I'm full."

"You've eaten too little." Xie Jinran's eyes were filled with pity.

"I don't have much of an appetite." Xie Ran gave what seemed like a forced smile.

At that, Xie Jinran shot Xie Chen a hostile glare.

If it weren't for him targeting and excluding his younger brother at every turn, stirring up the other guests to isolate him, would he have lost his appetite?!

This was absolutely infuriating!

Once the photos were exposed, he would have his eldest brother use his connections to blacklist Xie Chen!

After breakfast, the guests were led to their assigned fields.

From far away, they could already smell the stench.

Luo Mingyu covered his nose. "What the hell are those buckets up ahead?!"

"Farmyard manure. It's already fermented, so you only need to apply it." Director Li's voice carried the delight of a scheme about to succeed. "Don't say I don't take care of you! I didn't even make you mix chemical fertilizer, because I was afraid you'd throw up your breakfast."

"So I'm supposed to thank you?! I'm about to throw up right now!"

Luo Mingyu angrily turned around, only to see Director Li already running back while putting on a mask.

To be honest, the smell of farm manure really was overwhelming. If someone had never lived in the countryside, they might not be able to stand it.

But since the theme was farming, there was no escaping fertilization.

Complaining was completely useless.

Having developed farmland in the apocalypse, Xie Chen calmly walked over to the manure, casually picked up a stick to stir it, then looked up at the director's assistant.

"This bucket hasn't fermented properly. It can't be used as fertilizer."

"Really?!" The assistant froze, pinched his nose, and stepped closer, but he could not tell what was wrong at all.

The green tea opportunist beside them seized the moment to speak. "Brother Xie Chen, if you don't want to work, just say so. I can help you, but it's not good to stir up trouble."

"It isn't easy for the farmers either. Fermenting farm manure takes a lot of effort."

Xie Chen looked up at him, a wild curve appearing at the corner of his mouth. "You mean you're questioning me?"

"I'm not." Xie Ran once again looked timid and submissive. "I just feel bad for the villagers. It's already fermented, and redoing it would waste so much time!"

Seeing that conflict was about to break out, the assistant hurriedly said, "How about I call the village chief?"

"Xie Ran grew up in the countryside. Could he really not recognize something this simple?!" Xie Jinran chimed in. "Hurry up and get to work. Didn't you say we needed to start early?!"