Five thousand year old monk in the entertainment industry (5): Who are you saying is cheating?

When Si Qi said this, the people around him all showed an expression of “as expected”. They looked at Si Qi with great disgust, as if Si Qi was the foul-smelling existence in his words.

The photographer who was filming Si Qi even had a regretful expression, thinking that it would be better if Si Qi could pretend a little longer. Even though he knew that the beautiful side was fake, at least it was pleasing to the eye!

The audience, however, had no such scruples. They immediately went wild and scolded Si Qi for being uneducated. It was fine that he did things dirty, but he had the nerve to mock others for speaking the truth!

Only the female star panicked a little when she heard Si Qi say this.

However, she carefully observed Si Qihun and found that he did not have any spiritual power at all. He was clearly just an ordinary mortal. It was impossible for him to see through her extraordinary power. She calmed down and said sarcastically: “I smell bad? Why don’t you ask these people here who looks the stinkiest!”

The audience applauded when they heard the words, praising the actress for being as straightforward as ever and for being open and daring, unlike someone who was so pretentious, looking like a decent person but actually being a beast in human clothing.

Several guests around also spoke to the actress. A tall, long-legged, elegant-looking girl said coldly, “I originally thought that rumors on the Internet were untrustworthy and that you had to see things with your own eyes to believe them. Now I see that what is said on the Internet is not necessarily false. You are more annoying than I thought.”

Si Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, “Didn’t she provoke me first? I don’t have the bad taste to let others slander me without fighting back.”

The petite girl next to him said crisply, “Isn’t what Sister Ya said true?”

Si Qi looked at the other party and said calmly: “I didn’t even know that was true, how did you know?”

Girl: “…………” This guy was so shameless!

Si Qi smiled in a neutral tone: “I don’t care what you think of me, but if you make me uncomfortable in person, I won’t save face for anyone. Please keep this in mind.”

Everyone was speechless after hearing Si Qi’s impolite remarks. Seeing the online insults against Si Qi getting more and more intense, except for the female star who snorted coldly to express her disdain, everyone else remembered Si Qi’s fearless demeanor that day and didn’t want to provoke him again.

After everyone arrived, the plane was about to take off. The captain came out and greeted everyone. Everyone sat back in their seats and waited. The elegant girl said, “Didn’t you say there were eight people in total?”

Director: “There is another person who will join us directly on the spot.”

The girl nodded to show that she understood.

During the flight, the guests spontaneously avoided Si Qi, who was watching from behind, and gathered together to chat and laugh.

No one thought Si Qi was really resting. They knew that he just couldn’t join in the conversation and was just pretending to sleep to avoid embarrassment.

Looking at the young man with picturesque features in the camera, netizens expressed regretfully that if Si Qi was dumb, he would definitely be more popular than he was now.

After all, his looks and temperament were simply too innate. His every frown and smile could conquer a country. It was as if God was chasing him and feeding him.

Unfortunately, he didn’t appreciate it. He overturned the bowl and stomped on it twice, turning the Manchu-Han banquet¹ into leftovers in the garbage dump.

It was a pity.

An hour later, the plane landed at the private airport of a coastal resort. It was the first time for netizens to hear that there was such a place in China. Looking at the luxury sports cars that were limited to the world outside the airport, they all felt that the program crew had really spent a lot of money this time, and they could even rent such a place as a filming location.

A black car that had been parked outside the airport and had been waiting for a long time opened its door to welcome them. This meticulous and attentive treatment made the guests, most of whom had never enjoyed such a life, feel flattered.

They thought the private jet was dramatic enough, but that was just the beginning.

The promised leisurely life in the wild turned out to be more like a life of extravagance and decadence.

The car drove smoothly along the wide road into a hidden private path, passing through a deep and quiet forest, and the scenery in front of us gradually became elegant.

The gurgling spring flows slowly down from the mountains, the green bamboo forest rustled with the cool summer breeze, and the people with the car windows open could clearly feel that the temperature around them had dropped a lot. After passing this section of the mountain, the quaint and charming buildings appeared quietly in front of everyone, without competing or grabbing, and they were generous and elegant, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.

Even viewers who had been watching TV dramas about ancient times would definitely be amazed by this kind of scene. It turns out that classical architecture in modern society could be so exquisite and elegant.

Seeing this, Si Qi smiled slightly and whispered, “It turned out to be him.”

Xiu Xiu: [Master, what are you talking about? ]

Si Qi: [You will know in a moment]

The car slowly stopped by the roadside. People stood outside the house carrying their own suitcases of various sizes, observing the surrounding scenery with amazement on their faces. The more they looked, the more they felt that this place was not simple.

From the layout to the architecture to the decoration, even a tree planted by the roadside could be felt to have been carefully crafted.

After getting out of the car, the director looked around and soon fixed his eyes in one direction. His tone became unconsciously respectful, and he said with a big smile: “You are here? Everyone, come and introduce yourself. This is our eighth guest, named——”

“I’m Chu Feng.”

The visitor stood in the courtyard. The courtyard behind him was majestic and magnificent, but it was not even one-tenth as awe-inspiring as this man.

He was tall and slender, with a haughty demeanor, dark sword-like brows, deep eyes, and a cold and even sharp look from his facial features. With just a glance from him, the world seemed to become much quieter.

The guests were so overwhelmed by the momentum that they forgot to talk for a moment. The audience, separated by a screen, was no less shocked. They all marveled at the fact that there were such high-quality amateurs, and it was a pity that he didn’t enter the entertainment industry with this look.

Si Qi looked at the familiar face from a distance and chuckled: [Now you know, right?]

Xiu Xiu cheered: [It’s the Lord God!!]

Several guests came over with smiles to greet Chu Feng. Chu Feng responded calmly and said to Si Qi, who seemed indifferent standing in the distance, “Long time no see.”

People around were shocked:??

Si Qi smiled: “Long time no see?”

Yesterday afternoon, he just mentioned Chu Feng’s name to the crew, and thought that this person would have to wait until the TV series was broadcast before he would react. As a result, the other party contacted the program team to prepare the resort, and invited Si Qi to meet him here the next day. Was this still “long time no see”?

Chu Feng coughed lightly, and said in a low, magnetic voice with a hint of embarrassment: “If you are not happy, I will leave now.”

Si Qi said indifferently: “Now that I’m here, how can I pretend you don’t exist?”

Looking at Chu Feng’s deep eyes, Si Qi said, “Keep it.”

Chu Feng’s expression relaxed slightly, and his tone became more relaxed: “Okay.”

Seeing this, the people around looked a little strange.

Looking at Chu Feng like this, it seemed that he and Si Qi had known each other for a long time, and there was a complicated past between them.

Several insiders from the director’s team showed a look of surprise, thinking that no wonder this gentleman went to such great lengths to find them, promising so many benefits, providing the venue and services, and even airlifting all the equipment from the small mountain village to here overnight. It turned out that it was all for Si Qi.

Rich people were really generous when it came to chasing stars.

The guests arrived and the show officially began.

The director said loudly: “Next, the team will be divided into four groups, two people in each group.”

Si Qi raised his eyebrows, and glanced at the serious young man beside him with amusement. He thought that in the original world line, there were clearly four people in a group, but now it had become two people. He would not believe that there was no Chu Feng behind this.

The elegant woman asked, “How do we divide into groups?”

The cute and obedient girl at the side said, “Isn’t this a forced arrangement by the director team? What if they assign someone you hate?”

When everyone heard this, they subconsciously looked at Si Qi, the meaning was self-evident.

The director didn’t know that Chu Feng’s plan had already been exposed to Si Qi, and said seriously: “It’s not a forced arrangement, but you can’t choose it on your own. Everything must be fair.

The content of the competition is very simple. You will choose an event to compete in and then be divided into groups according to your ranking.”

When Si Qi heard this, he was slightly stunned, then he reacted instantly and subconsciously looked at Chu Feng, his brows gradually softening.

Xiu Xiu’s reaction was slow, he didn’t expect so much, he looked at the people gathered together and whispered, his eyes occasionally looked at the guests here, he said angrily: [This group of people is so hateful, they must be recalling the worst shortcomings of the original owner, and then use this as the content of the competition!]

Si Qi chuckled: [Little fool]

Xiu Xiu looked silly and cute: [Huh? What did Xiu Xiu do wrong again? ]

Several guests stood aside and exchanged glances secretly. A slim and elegant man cleared his throat and suggested, “Why don’t we have a memory contest?”

The good girl chuckled and said, “Brother Zhou is a lawyer, so he must have a good memory. Sister Ya is an actress, so memorizing lines is a common thing for her. Brother, you are not saying this just to be in the same group with sister, are you? Hehe…”

Lawyer Zhou laughed and said, “Sister Ya is not the only actor present.”

Everyone laughed knowingly when this was said.

Everyone knew that when Si Qi participated in a variety show before, other guests could remember hundreds of words of dialogue after listening to it a few times, but he couldn’t even remember a few words of a supporting role. Since he couldn’t remember the content, he just remembered the number of words and read 1234 in front of everyone, which made the audience and judges want to dig out three rooms and one hall with their feet, and made the actor opposite him look terrified, and the effect of the show was simply explosive.

Several people were talking and laughing, and everyone agreed to the proposal.

The director saw that more than half of the people said so, so he downloaded a professional book from the Internet. The content of the book was related to the financial field. There was no one working in this industry, and the content of the book was obscure and difficult to understand, with a lot of professional vocabulary, which was a great test of memory.

The good girl smiled and said to ChuFeng: “Brother Chu seems to know Brother Si Qi? Are you planning to memorize everything with Brother Si Qi later? If so, that would be great. I’ve never been good at memorizing.”

Chu Feng looked indifferently at the girl with a shy smile and sweet dimples, and said coldly: “Is your last name Bai?”

The good girl said aggrievedly: “No, my name is Li Siran, I just told you that… Why do you think my last name is Bai? Because I look like a little white rabbit?”

After saying that, he raised his hand and made a rabbit ears gesture, “Hehe, does it look like a rabbit~”

Chu Feng had no expression on his face.

Xiu Xiu rants: [You are the only one who is still a little white rabbit? You really want to be like that! The Lord God is saying that you are like a white lotus!]

“Haha.” Perhaps someone understood Chu Feng’s meaning and felt that Li Siran’s affected look was awkward. A low laugh came from somewhere, making Li Siran’s expression stiff and he almost lost face.

Xiu Xiu understood the Lord God’s intention to arrange this link belatedly, and explained to Si Qi who “hadn’t reacted yet”: [Master, Master! The Lord God deliberately let these people choose things that you are “not good at” to do, in order to clear your name! ]

Moreover, in order to prevent Si Qi from realizing that this matter was arranged by him, the “traitor”, and fearing that Si Qi would resist this, Chu Feng also deliberately made it seem as if all this had nothing to do with him. It could be said that he took great pains.

Si Qi raised his lips: [I know]

So when he heard the director explain the content of the competition, he glanced at Chu Feng.

The program team downloaded the book onto several tablets, distributed them to several guests, and gave each guest one minute to recite it.

When they recite the book next time, the content in the book will be displayed on the screen in the form of photos, so that the audience could clearly see whether the guests had recited it correctly.

After the guests took the tablet, each of them read the contents of the book in a low voice seriously, and from time to time they would show either crazy or confident expressions.

Only Si Qi took the tablet, lowered his eyes, flipped through a few pages, and threw it back as if he had given up.

Netizens immediately mocked and criticized him: “If you know you are incompetent, just give up your rights to avoid embarrassment.”

“If he had tried a little harder, I would have thought he had some merits, but it turns out he is still just a guy who relies on his looks to make a living.”

Seeing this, Chu Feng, who was standing by, also flipped through several pages, but he flipped faster and with a serious expression.

But no matter how serious his expression was, reading a page of hundreds of words in six or seven seconds was still too easy. It was obvious that he was going to give up and be the last one like Si Qi.

The audience said unhappily, “Birds of a feather flock together, and they become black as the pot fits the lid. When I saw this guy come out and talk to Si Qi, I felt something was wrong. He is indeed a fellow of Si Qi’s descent.”

“How come the gods these days are all on scumbags? When Nuwa² made them, she probably gave all the points to their appearance, leaving them completely empty inside.”

One minute was up, and Li Siran raised her hand and said coquettishly, “Can I go first?”

Seeing that she had spoken first, several people felt embarrassed to refuse and nodded in agreement.

Li Siran smiled sweetly and said in a clear and crisp voice: “Finance is a general term for the behavior and mechanism of capital financing. It is an industry equal to other industrial sectors of the national economy…”

The audience was completely overwhelmed by the complicated and difficult content on the screen. They listened to the girl’s recitation while watching the text progress. Unconsciously, they showed a look of surprise. After more than a minute, the girl slowly stopped, stuck out her tongue and said, “I forgot the rest~”

Several guests nearby were extremely surprised and asked: “You have almost memorized a page? You still call it a bad memory?”

Li Siran chuckled and said, “It’s a little worse than my classmates.”

The elegant woman asked, “Your classmate?”

Li Siran: “I am a student of the University of the Philippines~”

The elegant girl said in a hoarse voice, “Isn’t that a prestigious university ranked among the top 100 in the world?”

The people around her immediately looked at the girl with new eyes and said admiringly, “It turns out that you are a top student.”

Li Siran’s fans were so proud that they shared with other netizens: “Siran is not only beautiful but also talented. She has a gentle and kind personality, unlike some vain fools!”

Lawyer Zhou smiled bitterly: “You are too modest. I really thought you had a bad memory.”

Because of the girl, everyone was forced to wait for more than a minute, which made them almost forget what they had originally remembered.

Seeing this, Lawyer Zhou said, “It may take me a longer time to recite, so you guys go first.”

The few people who felt they could hardly remember gave him a grateful smile.

Because they were afraid of being assigned to the same group as Si Qi, several people racked their brains and stammered as they recited in front of the camera. Some of them recited a dozen words and then made mistakes, while others recited several paragraphs smoothly and were extremely happy after finishing.

The one who recited the most and the fastest was the actress named Sister Ya. Her voice was crisp and clear, without any sense of recalling. She recited the contents of a whole page easily, and Lawyer Zhou and others beside her could not help but applaud, saying in admiration: “She is indeed a professional actress, so amazing!”

Sister Ya smiled proudly and accepted everyone’s admiration gracefully.

Finally it was Si Qi and Chu Feng’s turn. Chu Feng said to Si Qi, “You go first.”

Si Qi: “Why, are you afraid that I don’t want to be in a team with you?”

Was this because he wanted to be ranked behind Si Qi so that he could take the initiative in the same group with him?

Chu Feng lowered his eyes slightly, and his expression seemed a little lost: “…”

Si Qi: “Go and do it.”

Chu Feng was silent for a moment, then said to Si Qi: “Give me a chance.”

After he turned his eyes away from Si Qi, he returned to his usual indifference in front of the camera, and quickly recited in an emotionless voice: “Fund fixed investment is the abbreviation of regular fixed amount investment funds, which means investing a fixed amount in a designated open-end fund at a fixed time…”

Everyone listened to Chu Feng’s recitation in amazement. They couldn’t help but take out Chu Feng’s manuscript from the table. Their reading speed could hardly keep up with the recitation speed. They watched Chu Feng recite more content than the actress just now in the blink of an eye, and then got stuck, stopping in the middle of a word, which made it obvious that he could continue reciting but was too lazy to do so.

Lawyer Zhou hesitated and said, “How much have you memorized?”

Chu Feng: “I have memorized all of it.”

If not, how could he be sure that he would be in the same group with Si Qi?

Although he would not use shameful means to force Si Qi to be in the same group with himself, he would at least try his best to stay with Si Qi.

Everyone: “…………”

Audience: “…………”

Some netizens subconsciously refuted: “Impossible! He is lying! How can anyone have such an exaggerated memory! If he is really that amazing, why have I never heard of his name before!!”

Someone else left an excited comment: “Let him continue reciting it! See if it’s real!!”

Lawyer Zhou said shyly, “Can I try it? I’m not doubting you, I’m just too curious.”

Chu Feng nodded indifferently, and Lawyer Zhou randomly turned to a page: “The characteristics of the theory of financial original sin are…?”

Chu Feng: “Based on the qualitative analysis of the times, we deconstruct the new economic civilization and conduct a holographic and dimensional study of various variables in a state of chaos.”

Everyone almost fainted just by hearing these complicated and confusing words, but Chu Feng spoke the whole sentence word for word without any stutter, which made everyone look at him with amazement and wonder in their eyes.

The female star next to him frowned slightly and looked at Chu Feng carefully, as if she was observing something. After a moment, she curled her lips and looked away with disdain.

Chu Feng didn’t care what others thought of him, and said to Si Qi: “So…what is your choice?”

Would he deliberately choose to be in a group with others, or with him?

Everyone then remembered that Si Qi had not participated in the competition. They looked at Si Qi with interest, with sly smiles on their faces.

Almost five or six minutes had passed since everyone started reciting. Even a great lawyer like Lawyer Zhou began to feel that his memory was becoming a little fuzzy, let alone Si Qi who couldn’t even remember a few words of the lines?

Si Qi looked at Chu Feng with mischievous interest. He seemed calm on the surface, but his eyes were actually nervous with a slight gleam in them. They had been married for a lifetime, but now it suddenly felt like they were starting over from scratch and falling in love all over again. It was really fresh.

After teasing Chu Feng for a while with a half-smile, Si Qi made a helpless expression and sighed, “Okay, I’ll give you a chance.”

Chu Feng’s shoulders relaxed immediately, and the people around him all looked at Si Qi with contempt. Si Qi’s clear voice was as pleasant as a spring in the mountains: “Finance is the right to claim wealth in human society, and it is the monetized social capital; it connects the present with the past, and also the present with the future financial stock investment, consumption process and corresponding institutional changes…”

The moment the voice rang out, almost everyone present was stunned, looking at the young man standing tall in the field in disbelief, as if they had seen some incredible scene.

The audience watching all this on the screen were silent for a few seconds, and then someone immediately shouted: “This is impossible!”

“The director must have cheated!!”

“You guys have already given this content to Si Qi in advance, right?!”

“Do you think we are fools? This guy just glanced at the book and threw it back. How could he remember anything with just one glance? Does he really think he can use quantum wave speed reading?”

The clear voice that sounded like a mountain breeze did not calm people down, but made everyone even more excited.

Si Qi stopped reciting when he had recited the same number of words as Chu Feng. Seeing Chu Feng so happy that he couldn’t help pursing his lips, Si Qi said with a half-smile, “Satisfied?”

Chu Feng looked at the person in front of him in a daze and couldn’t help but say, “Satisfied.”

The actress next to him frowned unhappily and said coldly, “Is it interesting to act in this kind of drama?”

Everyone subconsciously looked at the actress. The actress looked at Si Qi and the others with annoyance and laughed, “You’re using me as a stepping stone? Have you asked for my opinion?”

The audience cheered for the actress: “You’re right! Sister Ya is so domineering! Kill these two shameless guys!”

“If I could get into the screen, I would really like to slap the two guys hard. Are they really treating the audience like monkeys? They are bullying us because we can’t say anything, right?”

“The directors should not pretend not to see this!! We strongly demand that the audience have the right to interact!!”

Chu Feng’s good mood was interrupted. He looked at the actress coldly and felt an invisible pressure on her, wanting to teach this evil cultivator a lesson.

Si Qi interrupted Chu Feng and said calmly: “You are not as skilled as others but you still want to argue. Can’t you afford to lose?”

The spiritual power flew past the actress’ neck, like a gust of cold wind, blowing away a few strands of her hair, but the actress didn’t notice it at all.

Chu Feng looked at Si Qi in confusion, not understanding why Si Qi was stopping him. The actress said disdainfully, “If you really have that ability, just recite our manuscript as well. I don’t believe you can recite an entire book just for this.”

Si Qi nodded slightly and said to her, “What will you do if I can recite it?”

The actress sneered: “What do you want me to do?” You are an ignorant mortal.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, a few people nearby said quickly, “Si Qi, we’re still going to be together for a few days, don’t make things too awkward.”

“That’s right. If you two want to be in the same group, then be in the same group. We didn’t say anything.”

The actress chuckled: “Director, you are with them, right? They are doing tricks behind my back, but they still say they want to be fair. It’s really hilarious.”

This made the program crew standing behind the camera look a little embarrassed. They looked at each other awkwardly, thinking that the director’s show was too fake. No wonder the guests and audience didn’t buy it.

The director said unhappily, “Sister Ya, what you said is really unfair.”

He glanced at Chu Feng, who looked unhappy, and thought that even if he offended this prestigious and experienced actress, he must not offend the sponsor, so he said directly: “How about this, I saw a few books in Siran’s suitcase, let Chu Feng and Si Qi recite them one by one like they did just now, then you will believe that we didn’t cheat, right?”

Notes

1. The Manchu-Han banquet is a giant and very luxurious banquet that combines the dietary characteristics of the Manchus and Han people. It was intended to resolve the discord between the Manchus and Han people and promote the Manchu-Han family. ↩︎
2. Nüwa is a mother goddess, culture hero, and/or member of the Three Sovereigns of Chinese mythology. She is credited with creating humanity and repairing the Pillar of Heaven. ↩︎