Chapter 77p2
Such a precious opportunity to be by the side of an internationally renowned director!
And he was using it to showcase how he got scolded…
Jin Youliang was scrolling through the agreement records on his phone so furiously that sparks almost flew out.
And at this moment, the person Jin Youliang was desperately searching for had already loaded all the vegetables into his trunk, tossed the baskets aside, and got into his car.
“Sister Lei, did you see it? I bought everything! What, oh, oh, you’re eating, you didn’t watch? Hahaha, it’s okay, you eat. I’m just telling you, I bought Rongrong’s vegetables, I gave her the money and the note.” The young man leaned back in his driver’s seat, chuckling triumphantly. “They’re truly incompetent, the village is like a fortress, I couldn’t get in, but coming out is like a sieve, I just found a local and sneaked into the market through a small path. You can trust me with this!”
Bai Lei put down her fork, continued talking on the phone, and opened the live broadcast on her screen.
But the comments in Cheng Rongrong’s live stream weren’t what she had expected.
“You said you gave her the money and the note?” Bai Lei, frowning, repeated what the man had just said.
“Yes, I gave her everything. Sister Lei, don’t worry, I slipped the note into Rongrong’s pocket secretly, with my skills, it’s impossible for them to have captured it, you can watch the live broadcast, oh, I mean, you can watch the replay online.” The man said confidently.
Bai Lei looked at the comments on the screen, but she didn’t have the energy to focus on the note, she went straight to the point. “I’m asking, did you give her the money for the vegetables, and the hundred yuan reward for being cute and capable? Did she accept it?”
“I gave it to her, seventy-three yuan and sixty cents for the vegetables, one hundred yuan reward, a total of one hundred and seventy-three yuan and sixty cents, I gave her everything, and Rongrong accepted it all. Oh, right, there was a little boy next to Rongrong, seems to be her good friend? Rongrong said she hoped I could buy his too, so I bought his too. And Rongrong asked if I wanted more vegetables, but I was afraid it would look bad to buy too much at once, so I said no. If you think I should buy more, Sister Lei, I can go back.” The man explained.
Bai Lei didn’t listen to the rest of what the man said, her gaze was fixed on the comments in the live broadcast.
[Cheng Rongrong’s basket of vegetables only sold for seventy-three yuan, the hundred yuan tip was even more than her vegetables, how could she accept it?]
Right… Rongrong, why did she accept it?
“Hello? Sister Lei? Are you still there, Sister Lei?”
The man’s chattering voice pulled Bai Lei back to reality.
“Alright, you…” Just as Bai Lei started speaking, she heard banging sounds from the other end of the line.
Then it was the man talking to someone.
“Who are you? What are you doing? No… What are you doing here? Hey…”
The call was disconnected.
Bai Lei frowned and called back, but after a long time, no one answered.
What bad luck! Nothing good ever happens!
Bai Lei angrily threw her phone on the table, making a loud bang.
Right, why was there never any good news?
Outside the market, Wu Qiao was also troubled by this question.
As an ordinary staff member, why couldn’t he be with the adorable babies, why did he have to be out here, like a thief, eavesdropping by someone’s car?
Oh… And filming secretly.
Wu Qiao glanced at Li Mu, who was holding his phone, truly dedicated.
Li Mu was Wang Zhizhi’s cameraman, it was one thing for him to sacrifice himself for the truth, but he, Wu Qiao, was just a random staff member!
It was all Su Li’s fault, she was supposed to be following Cheng Rongrong, but she suddenly came and begged him to switch.
Otherwise, he would be the one standing behind Yan Yan, weighing and collecting money, while guarding CEO Mao!
Sigh…
Just as Wu Qiao was sighing while listening, Li Mu suddenly stood up and started knocking on the car door?
Wu Qiao: ???
In the next second, the bewildered Wu Qiao was pulled up by Li Mu and pushed in front of the strange customer’s car.
Not long after, Shi Dingshan, the fuming pufferfish, received a message from Zeng Huanian, he chuckled twice and transformed back into his usual self.
“What? Got your confirmation?” Qin Sichao, who had been watching the monitors with great interest, turned his head and asked.
“Mmm, Bai Lei, oh, Cheng Rongrong’s mom, hired someone.” Shi Dingshan put down his phone. “To boost her child’s image. She’s not afraid of raising the sedan chair too high and causing it to topple over.”
Jin Youliang, standing in the corner, looked up in surprise, but quickly lowered his head again.
“You found out so quickly?” Qin Sichao was also a bit surprised. “The person she hired is incompetent.”
“It was Wu Qiao… The staff member who was weighing the vegetables behind Cheng Rongrong when she was selling them, do you remember him?” Shi Dingshan explained. “He’s the one who went to ask.”
“Oh, oh, the one I said it was a pity he wasn’t a sumo wrestler, right?” Qin Sichao suddenly understood. “Indeed, he does look quite intimidating.”
“He just looks fierce, the young man is actually quite honest and kind. But he came in handy today.” Shi Dingshan played with his phone. “The person she hired is truly incompetent, he couldn’t handle the intimidation.”
Whether the strange customer could handle the intimidation or not, Wu Qiao didn’t know, he only knew that he was scared.
Wu Qiao watched as the strange customer went from acting arrogant and playing dumb to becoming silent, then finally confessing.
Li Mu, usually small and inconspicuous among the staff, was like a judge possessed, his voice stern and powerful, his words logical and emotional, truly impressive!
He just didn’t understand why, while talking, Li Mu kept pulling him along, occasionally pushing him against the car… It was like he was the gavel in the judge’s hand, he was a bit scared.
After Li Mu reported the situation to Director Zeng and sent the video, on their way back, Wu Qiao couldn’t help but ask timidly if Li Mu had studied law before…
But it wasn’t law, it wasn’t psychology, it wasn’t even Chinese language and literature.
It was.
“Special animal husbandry.” Li Mu said calmly.
Wu Qiao: “… “
It was… incomprehensible, and yet… it also seemed… reasonable.
Thanks to a certain professional, some secrets were no longer secrets.
But it was a pity that the revelation happened behind the scenes, it couldn’t be shown to the public.
Wei Maomao knew that in the current situation, even if she questioned Cheng Rongrong about accepting the extra hundred yuan, she could easily justify it as… doing it for her family.
In other words, she was earning money, wasn’t it for the other family members who couldn’t earn money? She could even play the victim, saying she sacrificed everything for her family.
Cheng Rongrong’s foot was already raised, ready to step on Cheng Tingyan, Wei Maomao knew that if she didn’t want Cheng Tingyan to be trampled on, she had to… earn money, even more money.
But where would the money come from?
This morning, the program team only gave them half an hour to harvest vegetables, Wei Maomao had been picking tomatoes for the entire half hour.
Among the three vegetables, although the tomatoes were easier to pick because they grew lower, they still had to be checked for ripeness, she had to pick and choose. Plus, Wei Maomao was small and couldn’t carry much at once, she had to transport them every now and then, which also took time.
Anyway, after half an hour, when it was time for weighing, Wei Maomao had only picked a little over sixty-two kilograms.
Based on the program team’s pricing, tomatoes were 2.5 yuan per kilogram, which meant… even if she was lucky and sold everything, she would only earn a little over one hundred and fifty yuan.
Cheng Tingyan followed Wei Maomao and also picked only tomatoes, she harvested a bit more, almost eighty kilograms, which could sell for around 200 yuan.
If Cheng Tingyan sold all her tomatoes at the set price, she could surpass Cheng Rongrong’s earnings and wouldn’t have to take the blame for that hundred yuan she shouldn’t have accepted.
Of course, that was only if they could sell them.
Putting aside the questionable customer, Wei Maomao truly didn’t understand what the program team was doing now.
Did they want to film them successfully selling the vegetables and buying lunch?
Or did they want to film them failing to sell the vegetables, trapped in a predicament with nothing?
The cameras were in the hands of others, but Wei Maomao didn’t want to be controlled by them.
At least…
She didn’t want them to control Cheng Tingyan’s fate.
Who would be the customers willing to spend money…
Wei Maomao sat silently, observing the people strolling between the stalls.
They didn’t even seem interested in buying anything from the other stalls, like NPCs in a video game, with no interaction, no dialogue boxes when approached, just walking from one end of the street to the other, non-stop…
Oh, not all of them.
Wei Maomao’s wandering gaze focused on something in a child’s hand.
Ah, this could be considered consumption, right? Spending money, right?
Speaking of which…
Wei Maomao stood up and looked around.
Weren’t there a bit too many elderly people and children in this market?
Extras.
At this time, the extras who were free were mostly from these two age groups.
Then…
As Wei Maomao thought, she left her stall and started walking along the rows of stalls.
“Maomao?”
Cheng Tingyan followed her.
Wei Maomao grabbed Cheng Tingyan’s hand, perfect, they could look together.
Although she was worried about the tomatoes they couldn’t sell, Cheng Tingyan wouldn’t refuse the little chubby bunny’s request.
Wei Maomao didn’t browse for long, she just quickly scanned the market with Cheng Tingyan, then stopped in front of a stall.
“Maomao, do you want to eat this?” Cheng Tingyan reached into her bag.
Wei Maomao turned her head and immediately saw the golden coin in Cheng Tingyan’s hand.
“No, no, no…” Wei Maomao stretched out her chubby paw, pushing Cheng Tingyan’s hand back into her bag. She then turned to the stall and said softly, “Yan Yan, look at this grandpa, he’s almost sold out.”
The stall owner: “… “
“Grandpa, are you having good business?” Wei Maomao asked sweetly.
“Pretty good…” The stall owner glanced at the camera and forced a smile.
“Grandpa, your hawthorns are almost sold out, there are still so many people here, do you want to sell more?” Wei Maomao said kindly. “We have fresh tomatoes, we can sell them to you, you can continue selling candied tomatoes, okay?”
The stall owner glanced at the camera again, his legs trembling slightly. “No, no, there aren’t many people left, I’m not selling anymore after these are gone.”
“You can sell one if someone wants one. We can move our stall here, after you finish selling your hawthorns, if someone wants to buy a candied tomato, you can buy one tomato from us. Our tomatoes are very cheap, 2.5 yuan per kilogram, and one kilogram has three!” Wei Maomao tried to promote their tomatoes.
“No… No, thanks…” The stall owner glanced at the camera again, his legs trembling even more.
A socially anxious grandpa… Wei Maomao’s heart sank, she sighed inwardly.
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