Director Niu's explanation was reasonable enough to quell everyone's dissatisfaction.
"Next, we'll start our little team-selection game. It's called the number scramble."
"Everyone will choose a name for themselves. Once the game starts, race to call out the numbers from one to eight in order."
"When two people call out the same number at the same time, they have to say each other's names as quickly as possible. Whoever gets the name wrong or reacts too slowly is eliminated."
It was a very common little game, one that plenty of people had played before.
But Director Niu wanted to spice things up today.
"Since we're in R Country, why don't we all give ourselves names from R Country?"
That stumped them a little.
Director Niu had come prepared. He took out a booklet. "If you don't have any ideas, take a look at this. These are some common surnames in R Country, like Sato, Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka..."
"For example, Teacher Xu could call herself Sato Shuangzi, and Best Actor Xiao could call himself Suzuki Jing... something along those lines."
"Of course, you don't have to incorporate your own name. Feel free to get creative."
"Got it." Xie Mi nodded. "Then I'll be Open-the-Door Yingzi."
[Pfft!]
[Genius. This is pure genius.]
She wasn't the only genius present.
Shen Yeqing smiled faintly. "Then I'll be Sizzling Chili Oil."
[? Old Shen, you...]
[In that case, I'm going to be Chive Pocket.]
[I'm Savory Crepe!]
[I'm Soup Dumpling.]
"Your names are pretty good. Xie Mi, I can't think of anything. Come up with one for me too," Lai Bingxuan said.
Xie Mi answered without hesitation. "Rickshaw Boy Xiangzi."
"That's the one!" Lai Bingxuan was very pleased.
Just as Xie Mi was about to look away, she felt several more burning gazes on her.