When the director finally came to his senses, he hurried over and leaned in front of the screen. By then, the dedicated livestream for Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan already had well over a hundred thousand viewers online.
Squatting with his arms and upper body draped over the desk, the director sighed in admiration. "No wonder they're boss material. They're even keener to get to work than us wage slaves."
The assistant director hesitated beside him, then thought better of speaking. Forget it. He had better not say anything that might shatter his boss's composure first thing in the morning.
At eight in the morning, the guests gathered in the village chief's courtyard again. They had encountered very few villagers on their way there. With so many orders to ship over the past few days, many villagers had gone up the mountain behind the village early that morning to pick fruit, leaving only some elderly grandparents at home with their grandchildren. The old village chief could have stayed home at his age, but he simply couldn't help himself and had his son carry him up the mountain on his back.
"Good morning, everyone." The director appeared before them, all smiles.
"Morning..." a voice that sounded barely alive answered him.
"Holy crap!" The sight of Yun Xi made the director jump backward on the spot.
The camera turned to reveal Yun Xi staring blankly ahead with two enormous panda eyes.
[Whoa, those dark circles are so bad. Did Yun Xi stay up all night?]
[I went to bed at two last night and woke up at seven, and even I don't look like that. (terrified)]
[Look how scared the director was. He practically performed a backward takeoff on the spot. (snickering behind my hand)]
[I already felt like something was a