Chapter 36 : Patron, Please Keep Me 16 (2/2)

They hadn’t encountered Shi Sheng too often before. All they knew about her was that she was the person Director Tang was managing personally and her status in the company was very high.

The rumours in the company said that she wasn’t easy to get along with but once they got to know her, they felt like she was much easier to get along with than other artists- Once you put aside her acidic remarks and bluntness, that is.

In this snack sharing session, the four felt much closer to Shi Sheng than before.

Director Lin came over for a bit. Seeing them eating snacks while playing Landlord[5], they didn’t seem to mind the delay that much. Director Lin left feeling rather pleased. ‘Quite a few people in the back have already kicked up a fuss. These five are much more agreeable!’

By the time Xia Xuan had reached, it was already nearing noon. She even brought over a group of reporters with her. With this delay, it was already 1pm by the time they set out.

#Queen Of Acting Xia Xuan Joins Extreme World#

This Weibo post was immediately circulated around.

The entire programme’s crew seemed to be revolving around Xia Xuan now. When Shi Sheng brought the four debuting artists down with her, Xia Xuan’s surroundings were surrounded by people while her area was nearly completely empty.

Han Ling looked over before crying out in injustice, “Wan-jie, Xia Xuan not only made us late, she even made the programme’s crew attend to her, isn’t that too much?!”

Fang Yinyu nodded as well. Jiang Ming and Yan Ze exchanged a glance and didn’t express any opinion on the matter.

“You have to be lowkey.” Shi Sheng drank the milk offered up by Jiang Ming before speaking in an unclear voice, “Later when you guys are following the programme crew, pay a bit more attention.”

???

‘What do we have to pay attention to?’

Shi Sheng smiled mysteriously before beginning to walk towards the foot of the mountain.

As compensation for having to wait for Xia Xuan, Director Lin had told Shi Sheng the itinerary for today. Today, they were going to be filming the celebrities here climbing the mountain. Whoever reached the peak first would get first dibs on their lodging as well as an extravagant dinner.

So, while the other artists were still waiting with Xia Xuan, Shi Sheng had already started climbing the mountain. The cameraman, seeing that someone was beginning, immediately started working.

Director Lin hadn’t broken the rules because all these had been written in the handbooks handed out to everyone. As long as they paid attention, they would know that filming could commence as soon as they reached their destination. And the people who grabbed the opportunities earliest would get the best resources.

Though, hardly anyone ever looked through it seriously.

“Xiao-ge[6], are you tired?” Shi Sheng was walking backwards as she looked at the camera while she asked the cameraman with a smile. The cameraman wasn’t allowed to speak so he could only shake his head.

“That’s good.”

The cameraman cast a confused stare at Shi Sheng.

“Then I’ll start to run now. If you can’t catch up, it’s not my fault.”

The cameraman “…” ‘Don’t be like this! Do you see how big this camera is? How do you expect me to run after you ON A MOUNTAIN with this?!’

The cameraman didn’t have time to raise his objections when Shi Sheng started running towards the mountain. Her speed was very quick, she managed to cover quite a bit of distance in a short amount of time.

‘*sobbing* So those colleagues of mine weren’t lying…

This celebrity is the most work…

Can I request a re-do?’

[1] This means she gave him exactly what he needed.

[2] Common place name in China. It means South Mountain. Here’s the Wikipedia page for the list:

[3] This is a manhwa reference I think? Where people who are exasperated have black lines on their heads.

[4] This last bit was added by me because the raws didn’t go into much explanation on it and it would sound awkward if I left it. Since Xiaoming or ‘小明’ is used by textbooks everywhere, and said textbooks are usually used to educate children, these Xiaomings aren’t usually very smart.

[5] It’s a board game. I’ve never actually played it or know what it’s about but I’m inferring from the title it’s like Monopoly?

[6] It says ‘小哥’ here which literally means little big brother. But that sounds awkward so I’m leaving it in pinyin.