Freelance Artist

Chapter 402: Profiteer!

The scene was quiet, with only Nightingale giggling. Director Huang Ting looked at Lin Zhibai in confusion.

 We charge five peach blossom coins and you charge four?

Are you trying to steal business from our program team?

 In Huang Ting’s plan, this wave is to reflect the personality differences of the guests.

There must be someone who has no money and would rather walk the remaining five kilometers with his legs. Wouldn’t the program be effective?

Who would have thought that Lin Zhibai would appear halfway and actually offer to help everyone drive the car there, as long as he gave him four peach blossom coins!

but…

Isn’t this another program effect?

Huang Ting didn't stop him, crossed his arms and said, "If you believe Lin Zhibai, you can give it a try, but again, you will have to pay for it."

 He didn’t believe that Lin Zhibai had this ability at all!

These celebrities, who usually go out, have special drivers to pick them up and drop them off.

 Some people even have more than one driver, so they never touch the steering wheel at all.

Even if someone really likes to drive a sports car and has good skills, the intersection ahead is a "roadblock" specially set up by the program team, and it is definitely not something ordinary people can drive into!

 “Don’t brag!”

Qi Tianwen didn’t believe it either. He looked at Lin Zhibai and said, “Can you drive through?”

  “You can try it.”

Lin Zhibai knew that the other party was Qi Tianwen, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Of course in this show, Lin Zhibai doesn’t recognize any kings or queens at all. Every one of these people is a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered!

 “Try?”

Qi Tianwen frowned and said, "Whose responsibility is it if you scratch it?"

"Of course it's mine." Lin Zhibai smiled and said, "But if it passes smoothly, I can't miss any of the four peach blossom coins."

 There was a pause.

Lin Zhibai said: "There are two people in each car, which means that each person only needs to pay two peach blossom coins to reach the destination smoothly. The price is reasonable and fair."

 “Young old men are not deceived!”

 The nightingale acts as a repeater.

Seeing that everyone still didn't believe it, Lin Zhibai decided to give them a reassurance and said without hesitation: "Nightingale, get in the car."

 “It’s Ying Ying!”

The nightingale laughed playfully: "I allow you to call me Ying Ying."

After saying that, Nightingale got directly into the passenger seat, while Lin Zhibai bypassed everyone's cars and drove all the way to the narrow intersection.

“You can really do it, right?”

Even though Nightingale knew that Lin Zhibai was very skilled, the intersection ahead was too narrow and she was a little unsure.

 “It’s not a big problem.”

Lin Zhibai said, slowing down slightly and driving into the narrow intersection little by little.

 The guests gathered around and watched nervously.

 “The front of the car is in!”

 “Didn’t meet it!”

 “Ah, this is too narrow!”

“There’s only a centimeter or two of space on both sides, right?”

 “Not yet!”

 “There is hope, there is hope!”

 “Passed!”

 “I’ll go, good guy, it really drove past!”

 “Lin Zhibai’s driving skills are great!”

Most people have read the program list in advance, and most people can remember Lin Zhibai's name.

When they saw Lin Zhibai actually driving the car, everyone was shocked. Zhou Hanjin and others opened their eyes in shock. Even these acquaintances did not expect that he could really do it!

 “It’s amazing!”

Nightingale’s little face turned red with excitement, as if she had driven the car over by herself!

 “It’s time to collect money.”

Lin Zhibai muttered.

"I'll collect it, I'll collect it!" Nightingale got out of the car happily and shouted loudly: "Robbery! Give me the money! Hand over all the money!"

 “Help my car drive over!”

Zhou Hanjin was very considerate and handed over four peach blossom coins directly.

When everyone else saw it, they decisively paid. The program team wanted to charge five peach blossom coins, but Lin Zhibai only accepted four. Although it was also very dark, everyone was saving money when they could!

 “Shall we give it?”

 Ye Junji looked at Eiichiro faintly.

Eiichiro turned his head and said nothing, as if he had eaten a fly. He acquiesced.

Ye Junji understood. He took out two peach blossom coins and stretched out his hand towards Eiichiro.

Eiichiro took out two coins and handed them to Ye Junji reluctantly.

that's all.

 Everyone paid.

Just looking at Lin Zhibai's eyes, he seemed to be looking at a profiteer.

 Lan Ye and Qi Jianjia haven't arrived yet, but all the other guests are here, except Lin Zhibai and Nightingale, a total of 12 people and six cars.

 That is to say.

Lin Zhibai directly earned 24 peach blossom coins this time!

 Lin Zhibai then drove all the cars over without any unexpected mistakes.

beside.

　　Director Huang Tingren was dumbfounded.

This situation completely exceeded his expectations. Lin Zhibai was actually able to drive everyone's car!

 “Awesome!”

 Qi Tianwen gave a thumbs up, then drove away decisively.

Lin Zhibai was about to leave, but Nightingale suddenly said: "Wait a minute, there is another car."

 While speaking.

 Another car has arrived.

 Surprisingly, it was the car belonging to Lan Ye and Qi Jianjia.

"You stay in the car, I'll go negotiate and collect the money for you!" Nightingale was very motivated and jumped out of the car directly to communicate with Lan Ye.

But it seems that the communication is not going very smoothly?

Lin Zhibai saw that after Lan Ye and Nightingale finished chatting, they actually tried to cross the narrow intersection.

Then…

There's no after that.

Although the car passed successfully, the rear door of the car was obviously scratched.

Lin Zhibai suddenly felt heartbroken. What happened to Nightingale? He didn’t even close the deal. Now everyone will lose money!

 I lost four coins!

  Lan Ye and Qi Jianjia directly lost twenty coins, which was so embarrassing!

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Nightingale was so happy that she took off on the spot and shared her joy with Lin Zhibai as soon as she got in the car:

"Lan Ye is still not convinced and insists that he can drive through. Hey, what do you think? If you don't listen to your words, you will suffer the consequences."

 Sigh on the lips.

 In fact, they take pleasure in others’ misfortunes.

Lin Zhibai didn't express any opinions and drove away directly. He really couldn't bear to see this.

Nightingale looked at Lin Zhibai with a smile. Although she had been cheated a little by this guy along the way, others had also been cheated. Didn't she feel a lot more mentally balanced in an instant?

the other side.

  Lan Ye was extremely upset.

“I’m in a hurry! I’m just close! I’ll take the blame, and Teacher Qi doesn’t have to pay for it.”

"No, just follow the rules and accept the punishment." Qi Jianjia still didn't have much expression on her face. She has always been known for her cold temperament in the entertainment industry.

 “It’s hurting you...”

 Lan Ye smiled bitterly, his driving skills were really beaten by Lin Zhibai in all aspects.

 This is not the point yet.

 The point is that he seems to have made Qi Jianjia lose face in front of Nightingale.

 …

finally.

 All sixteen guests arrived at the foot of Lishan Mountain.

Lin Zhibai looked around silently. There was a river here. There were two houses on each side of the river. They were both very beautiful small single-family houses. The exteriors were painted very brightly, in red, yellow, blue and white. They happened to be in the middle of the river. Four directions: east, west, north and south.

 And near the blue house.

 There is also a flat floor that occupies the largest area.

The host Huang Ting said with a smile: "Welcome to our beautiful Lishan. From today on, everyone is a villager in Lishan. This house will be a gathering place for everyone from now on. Let's go in and visit first, and then divide into groups." , different groups live in different single-family houses.”

 While speaking.

　　Everybody comes in. Everyone sat down around a table, familiar with each other, and whispered to each other.

Nightingale deliberately sat next to Lin Zhibai and said with a smile: "Hey, profiteer, how about we be teammates?"

"not so good."

Lin Zhibai felt that Nightingale was not very smart.

Nightingale is dissatisfied. Apart from Qi Jianjia, who else in the world would refuse to be her teammate?

very good.

man.

 You successfully caught my attention.

 Gu Xing, one of the four heavenly kings, suddenly said: "How to group them?"

 Everyone raised their heads.

 This is the issue that everyone is most concerned about.

 Many people want to be in a group with familiar friends.

The director smiled and said: "Everyone should have a note in their hand, red, yellow, blue and white. Write down what color house you like on the paper. If you are friends who have a good rapport, they will probably choose the same color."

 Those who are familiar with each other begin to communicate through lip language.

The director pretended not to see it, mainly because he was afraid that the grouping would be too outrageous.

For example, if Qi Jianjia and Nightingale were to be grouped together, what would happen?

Lin Zhibai did not communicate with anyone and directly wrote "blue". He felt that the blue house was in the best location.

 Because it is the closest to this gathering place.

 In the future, when everyone gathers, we can save a lot of walking.

However, Lin Zhibai believes that few people notice this detail.

that's all.

 Everyone has written a note.

 Six people chose white, four chose blue, three chose red, and three chose yellow.

 Like Lin Zhibai, those who chose blue are:

 Chu Chu, Nightingale, Han Yueshuang.

The director adjusted: "There is too much white, so two people need to take the initiative to quit, one to remove the red, and the other to remove the yellow."

 “I’m going red.”

 “I’m going to yellow.”

 It was adjusted in this way.

 The grouping and room assignment were successfully completed.

Lin Zhibai’s mouth twitched. He didn’t expect to be grouped with Nightingale. He seriously suspected that the other party had peeked at his little note.

 What makes Lin Zhibai even more depressed is...

 In the Blue House, everyone except myself is a lesbian.

 According to the nature of the program groups, there will definitely be groups and confrontations later.

Then if you have three girls with you, especially if this weirdo is here, wouldn’t you have to carry a heavy burden?

 “What a coincidence, isn’t it!”

Nightingale winked at Lin Zhibai, "Let me count on my fingers, you are very lucky!"

Lin Zhibai: “…”

Chu Chu smiled and said: "Teacher Lin Zhibai, please give me your advice!"

Han Yueshuang also smiled and said: "Teacher Baidi, please take good care of me when we live under the same roof from now on!"

 Can be paired with Bai Di.

Han Yueshuang is very satisfied.

Lin Zhibai silently took stock of the grouping situation.

 Red group: Qi Jianjia, Zhou Hanjin, Li Xiao, Ye Zhen

Yellow group: Ye Junji, Eiichiro, Ning Ling, Lan Ye

Blue group: Lin Zhibai, Han Yueshuang, Nightingale, Chu Chu

White group: Zhang Xiyang, Qi Tianwen, Qin Lian, Gu Xing

All right.

 As expected, my group has the most girls.

Director Huang Tingdao: "Since everyone has no objections, the grouping is over. Then everyone can go to the supermarket to buy food for tonight."

 “Is there a supermarket?”

 “Just next door.”

 Huang Ting took everyone directly to the supermarket.

 The supermarket is not big, but the shelves are filled with all kinds of products. It feels quite complete. Zhang Xiyang picked up a bottle of yogurt and saw a label on it that said "1 Peach Blossom Coin".

"I knew it."

 “It’s all for a fee.”

 “Why does this basketball cost 10 peach blossom coins? It’s too dark!”

 “This frost steak is even more exaggerated, it costs 11 peach coins!”

“Vegetables are pretty cheap.”

 “Then you can’t just eat grass.”

 “Wait! Is this the time for us to cook our own food!?”

 “I can’t do it!”

“Then you can eat instant noodles from now on.”

 Everyone is busy talking, spending hesitantly, and always making plans for dinner.

However, the next moment, everyone's eyes widened. They saw Lin Zhibai pushing a shopping cart at this moment, strolling leisurely in the supermarket, constantly buying various things, highlighting his inhumanity!

fruit.

drinks.

snack.

 Having it all!

 After finishing the purchase, Lin Zhibai paid the bill. The waiter smiled and said, "A total of thirty peach blossom coins."

Lin Zhibai decisively took the money and delivered it. For a moment, everyone's eyes turned green, with all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred!

 “Thirty peach coins!”

 “Just spend it like this?”

Nightingale was speechless and said, "Lin Zhibai, you will not be able to live your life at the first sight."

Director Huang Ting reminded: "Teacher Lin Zhibai earned a total of twenty-four peach blossom coins from everyone today, plus Yingying's five, the net income is twenty-nine peach blossom coins..."

 “Good guy! How about showing off your wealth?”

“Everything Lin Zhibai uses for co-writing is all our money, so you don’t feel bad about spending it, right?”

 Everyone is so upset!

Let’s put it this way, Lin Zhibai bought so many things lavishly, not a penny was spent on himself, it was all money taken from everyone’s pockets!

Ye Junji said quietly: "Even so, Lin Zhibai still holds the highest number of 99 peach blossom coins among us."

 Everyone: “…”

Everyone suddenly understood how to play this program!

You have to earn peach coins, otherwise your life will be too miserable, and you won’t even have enough money to go to the supermarket to buy something!

"etc."

Nightingale suddenly asked: "Lin Zhibai, why did you only buy fruit snacks and drinks? We can't just have these for dinner, right?"

 “What us?”

Lin Zhibai was shocked, "I bought this for myself. As for the ingredients for dinner, of course you paid for it."

"ah?"

Nightingale was also shocked, "You can just buy your own food. Why don't you want to pay for the ingredients for dinner?"

  “That’s right.”

Lin Zhibai asked seriously: "Can you cook?"

"Won't."

Nightingale said: "But instant noodles are fine."

"And you?"

Lin Zhibai asked Chu Chu.

Chu Chu shook his head: "But I can fry eggs."

"how about you?"

Lin Zhibai asked Han Yueshuang again.

Han Yueshuang thought for a while and said, "I can eat it."

 “That’s enough.”

Lin Zhibai said: "You are responsible for the ingredients, and I am responsible for cooking. As a chef, there is no reason to pay for the ingredients yourself, right?"

　　　…”

 The three of them were immediately convinced.

When the other three groups heard these words, they looked at each other, and then said in unison:

 “Profiteer!”

 (End of this chapter)