Under the camera's lens, the production team cannot frequently allow staff to appear on camera or have too much contact with the guests.
So when Director Gong wanted to say something to Fu Chi, the quickest way was... to have someone bring a whiteboard, write a sentence on it, and hold it up from outside the camera's view closest to Fu Chi, trying to get his attention.
Fu Chi: "..."
How silly.
Fu Chi glanced at Xia Zhiyi, who was washing bamboo with Wang Chengran not far away, stood up, said something, and walked out of the camera's view.
"What's wrong?" Fu Chi asked in a low voice.
Director Gong sighed slightly and spoke directly, "I've noticed some people stirring up trouble in the comments, trying to dig up information about Xia Zhiyi. Since you're here, I'd like to ask what your opinion is on this."
Upon hearing this, Fu Chi's eyes flickered, and after a moment he said, "Contact Xu Chen directly about this matter; she will handle it."
Director Gong breathed a sigh of relief, " Xiao Xia signed with Xu Chen?"
Fu Chi hummed in agreement.
Director Gong: "That's great."
Xu Chen is a capable person. Before joining Tianhuan, he encountered some bad things and made enemies.
Director Gong had some connection with her, but there was little he could do to help at the time. Xu Chen had just left her old company and was being suppressed to the point of being forced to leave the industry. Just then, Tianhuan was established, and Xu Chen, who was avoided by countless companies, signed with Tianhuan.
She was just too capable, so after her former employer became her enemy, they wanted nothing more than to force her to her death, fearing that she might rise again one day and turn around to suppress them.
As it turned out, Xu Chen was lucky; when he hit rock bottom, he met his new employer, Fu Chi, and his career took off immediately.
Few people remember Xu Chen's former employer now. Fu Yunyi, whom Xu Chen mentored, has become incredibly popular, and now Xu Chen has signed Xia Zhiyi, who is clearly valued by Fu Chi. With Fu Chi as a powerful backer, Xu Chen should not suffer too much hardship in the future.
For Xia Zhiyi, having Xu Chen as his manager is also a good choice.
Xu Chen is a conscientious and principled person, a rare upright person in the industry. He is capable and skillful, and he does not overly exploit his artists. He is a good agent.
Director Gong: "If it's Xu Chen, then I don't need to worry about it."
Fu Chi looked at Director Gong and calmly said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Director Gong was somewhat surprised, not expecting Fu Chi to say such a thing to him. After a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "Oh, it's for Xia Zhiyi, isn't it? It's nothing. Xiao Xia has a good personality and is capable; I quite like him."
After exchanging a few words, Fu Chi prepared to return to his work.
Director Gong and his crew were not in the small room at this time; that was the main area for the guests' activities.
Right now, Director Gong and Fu Chi are in the awning set up in front of the gate. There is a three or four-meter stretch of unobstructed view on the way back to the small house, which means that Fu Chi has to use an umbrella both ways.
As Fu Chi stepped out of the awning, he could faintly hear voices through the rain.
Without pausing, he returned to the hut and, while folding up his umbrella, said to the two people still washing bamboo in the main hall, "Someone's coming."
Xia Zhiyi also heard the commotion and stood up, saying, " Brother Fu is back, along with two strangers; they must be guests."
Wang Chengran looked at Fu Chi, then at Xia Zhiyi, and felt as if he were deaf.
But Wang Chengran didn't doubt Xia Zhiyi at all, and stood up, saying, "Then I'll pour them two cups of hot water first."
As he spoke, he ran to the back kitchen to get a kettle.
Xia Zhiyi walked to the eaves in front of the gate and looked in the direction of the sound for a while. A few minutes later, she saw Fu Yunyi returning with a group of people.
Fu Chi stood behind him and saw Fu Yunyi approaching with an umbrella in one hand and luggage in the other. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Xia Zhiyi walk over in the rain, seemingly to help.
Seeing this, he swallowed back the words he was about to say, but Fu Chi moved quickly, turned to the side, picked up the umbrella he had just put down, opened it, and chased after Xia Zhiyi.
The drizzle that had been lightening quickly disappeared. Xia Zhiyi turned and saw Fu Chi, somewhat surprised, and smiled, "The rain has lessened a lot. I thought it would be fine to get a little wet for a while, but I didn't expect to make you worry."
Thank you, Fu Chi.
Fu Chi gave a soft "hmm," but didn't move the umbrella.
Xia Zhiyi but to say, "Alright, then be careful not to get wet."
When Fu Yunyi saw Xia Zhiyi coming over, he was about to greet her with delight, but then he saw Fu Chi holding an umbrella next to Xia Zhiyi and froze.
Fu Yunyi: "...?"
Xia Zhiyi smiled at Fu Yunyi Fu Yunyi, took the suitcase from his hand, and then naturally took the suitcase from the girl behind him as well.
After the group returned to the cabin, Fu Yunyi was still somewhat confused.
He saw the microphone in Fu Chi's collar.
Fu Yunyi wasn't really stupid; if he still couldn't figure out what the problem was, he might as well go back to school.
Fu Yunyi pointed at Fu Chi, then hesitated before asking Xia Zhiyi, "Is he... is he a guest?"
Xia Zhiyi smiled and nodded, "Yes, Fu Chi is a guest I invited."
Fu Yunyi: "..."
Fu Yunyi didn't understand.
Fu Yunyi was completely baffled.
Fu Yunyi stared at Fu Chi.
Fu Chi originally didn't intend to pay attention to him, but Fu Yunyi's gaze was too strong, so after a while, Fu Chi raised his eyes and gave him a cold and indifferent look.
Fu Yunyi: "..."
That's definitely my uncle.
The person is still the same, but... why?
Fu Yunyi didn't dare to meet Fu Chi's gaze. After avoiding his eyes, he couldn't help but take another look at what Fu Chi was doing.
Fu Yunyi: I don't understand why my uncle is sitting here at this time, in this place, and in this posture, deftly picking vegetables?
Xia Zhiyi was still introducing herself to the two new female guests.
The two new female guests include Xu Zixu, a singer with long burgundy hair. She was a champion contestant who rose to fame through a talent show and was once a household name across China. However, she suddenly disappeared from the public eye two years ago, reportedly moving behind the scenes.
Another female guest, Wang Kaiqi, Wang Chengran's cousin, had short, wolf-tail hair. She was a very cool and confident girl, both in her clothing and her demeanor...
Seeing that she might Wang Chengran's bloodline, Wang Chengran felt as if he had transformed from a lively and energetic puppy into a docile little rabbit, which was quite strange.
Needless to say, Wang Kaiqi was Wang Chengran's guest, but she was making this trip on behalf of Wang Chengran's cousin.
Xu Zixu was Qin Yue's guest.
Wang Chengran asked hesitantly from the side, "Why isn't my cousin coming?"
Wang Kaiqi rolled her eyes. "Do you think I wanted to come? It's just that the kid got so excited when he heard he could be on the show that he didn't watch where he was going and got hit by a car."
Wang Chengran: "What?!"
Wang Kaiqi added, "I was hit by a child's tricycle."
Everyone: "...?"