1185 The Fraud Show (1/2)

Morning. Zhang Zian was not woken up by the whistle of the Nile River ferry, but instead by the roaring tides at Alexandria's main port.

Yesterday, he and the elfins had returned from the Port of Mersa Matruh. It was already nightfall when they arrived at Alexandria. When they entered the city, they heard the bells ringing to indicate breakfast. The locals, much like river tides, came rushing out of their houses and started looking for a place to eat. Unluckily for Zhang Zian, this led him to be stuck in a traffic jam that lasted for an eternity. It was a very long time before he eventually found a hotel for everyone.

The elfins had also lost their patience with the noise and exhaust from the traffic jam. They went back into the phone and slept. This saved Zhang Zian the trouble of having to explain to the hotel why he had dogs and cats with him. He completed the hotel check-in by himself.

The sky was still radiating some light. Zhang Zian gave a huge yawn and got up. It was not that he wanted to. However, Sihwa might have slept more than enough while in the phone. Sensing any sort of light, she immediately took the opportunity to whine for a phone. Zhang Zian suspected that she had a serious case of phone addiction and thought that perhaps he should send her to Professor Yang for shock therapy to cure it.

The Egyptians had a wide variety of mobile phones, and the latest models of high-end mobile phones could be seen while roaming the streets. However, many people still used the old-fashioned phones that were merely functional. Smartphones were, after all, too expensive for the general population. One could also find domestically-produced Egyptian phones. The rationale was that as long as you had money, you could buy any type of phone.

Zhang Zian thought to himself, ”In any case, I was going to get up early today. I will have to drive to the Port of Mersa Matruh to meet with Salem, then go to the Bedouin tribe near Siwa Oasis with him. Then, I will have to return to Cairo and report to Professor Wei Kang. It is a packed day, and I'll probably only return to Cairo at night.”

Zhang Zian woke up the elfins, but he did not expect them to get up immediately. While waiting, he went out alone to buy some breakfast as well as buy Sihwa a mobile phone from a nearby mobile phone shop.

Alas, it was too early. After buying his breakfast, he found that the phone shop had not opened yet, and the staff were still setting things up. Ramadan had probably caused the shop to push back its opening hours.

He estimated that it was not long until opening time and that it wouldn't be worthwhile to come out after. Zhang Zian decided to wait at the store front. In any case, given Egypt's temperature, his food would take a long time to cool.

It was already noon in China. He first checked the work report from his clerks. Everything was normal, and the clerks were looking forward to the gift he was bringing back.

Judging from the photos Wang Qian and Li Kun had shared with their friends online, they'd taken advantage of his absence to head down to the beach to play. They looked highly burnt from too much sun exposure.

China had already entered summer, although the heat there was nothing compared with Egypt's.

Casually browsing, he launched the live app and enter Sihwa's live broadcast room. Of course, Sihwa, who'd lost her mobile phone, was not broadcasting. In her room, one could see her previous videos. The video of her rescuing a person had a massive amount of views, and the numbers were still increasing.

When Sihwa had rescued the surfer yesterday, Zhang Zian saw that the live broadcast was interrupted and thus left the broadcast room. He waited for Sihwa at the beach for her to drag Salem back. Later, he was talking to Salem and had no chance to turn the app on.

He remembered that platform executives had mentioned to him that many viewers questioned the morality of the show. He decided he wanted to check what netizens were saying.

Each anchor on the live broadcast platform had a corresponding community, similar to Post-It notes. Even if the anchor was not online, fans would continue talking to one another on the channel.

He clicked on Sihwa's small mermaid community, and when he entered, he saw a tall building with the words ”Talk about yesterday's live broadcast of the rescue.”