Chapter 211: Chapter 209: The Broken Boat Looked Down Upon by Everyone

[Brother Xie is total leadership material! I thought so back when he was on the show before!]

[Brother Xie is the best! Brother Xie is the best!]

[I only watch this variety show for our Brother Xie!]

Xie Fu Yao’s fans started a new round of flooding the chat.

But just as he was eloquently elaborating on his experience and plans, in the other group...

Song Jiayan followed by Wen Ying’s side, and together they ignored Jiang Beibei, who had appointed herself team leader.

"Doctor Wen, are we going to take that boat across now?"

Song Jiayan was, of course, referring to the dilapidated boat they had rowed yesterday.

Jiang Beibei heard this and immediately started mocking him. "Song Jiayan, you don’t actually think we can cross in that boat, do you? Aren’t you afraid it’ll fall apart halfway and we’ll all end up in the water? Do you think filming a variety show is that simple? To get popular, the production team has to set up all sorts of obstacles for us, understand?

Based on my deduction, that boat is just a prop. The production team wants to see us build our own boat! We have to rely on ourselves to cross the lake! Look at Brother Fu Yao’s group, haven’t they figured that out too?

Do you think you’re smarter than everyone else? Since I’m the team leader, let’s assign the upcoming tasks."

Jiang Beibei savored this feeling, the feeling of being the center of attention, with all eyes on her.

Jiang Beibei wasn’t wrong. All eyes were indeed on her.

[This Jiang Beibei seems like she has a brain, not just a pretty face, but isn’t appointing herself leader a bit disrespectful to the others? At least Xie Fu Yao knew to put on a show. She just went and decided it herself?]

[Don’t take it so seriously, person above! This is a variety show, they do whatever creates the most buzz, you get it? This is all scripted! Don’t get too invested, everyone!]

Xiao Liu stared at the data and the live comments, thinking to himself, ’Director Wen really is cut out to be a director.’

It was his first time directing a variety show, yet he already knew how to stir up everyone’s emotions and get them talking.

’Look, just look at how lively the discussion is.’

Just as the self-important Jiang Beibei was about to assign tasks, Wen Ying and Song Jiayan had already started walking toward the dilapidated boat.

Director Wen sat to the side, chuckling as he watched the scene unfold.

He watched Wen Ying step onto the dilapidated boat, and Song Jiayan followed without a moment’s hesitation.

Jiang Beibei was speechless.

’Are those two out of their minds?’

’Did everything I just said go in one ear and out the other?’

’This team is so hard to lead!’

’But the more difficult the situation, the more the viewers will see my dedication and effort.’

"Doctor Wen, that boat really isn’t usable. You should listen to me."

Zhang Jingxing, who had been silent until now, also spoke up. "I agree, I don’t think we can use that boat. I’m afraid we won’t even make it halfway before we end up at the bottom of the lake!"

"Doctor Wen, trust me on this! We’re a team, you can’t just do whatever you want! We’re a group now, we have to advance and retreat together!" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Wen Ying slowly raised her head. "Then I think you should get on the boat with me. We’ll definitely get first place."

Song Jiayan nodded.

Doctor Wen wasn’t lying. He had experienced it firsthand; they really could get first place.

But in the eyes of Jiang Beibei and Zhang Jingxing, they only saw Wen Ying as difficult to handle—a troublemaker!

"Sigh, Doctor Wen, why won’t you listen to reason? And Song Jiayan, you’re going along with her nonsense? You can’t just let her drag our team down because you two are close, can you? Look, the second team is already starting to move!"

"Beibei is right," said Zhang Jingxing. "Although I don’t want to compete over anything, we should act as one this time. We can’t just ignore you two. In the end, the final score is calculated based on all four of us."

Jiang Beibei saw how Wen Ying and Song Jiayan refused to listen to advice, while she and Zhang Jingxing were clearly working hard for the team.

’The tide of online opinion must be turning against Wen Ying!’

[Doctor Wen has her reasons for doing things. If Doctor Wen says it’s possible, then it’s possible! I believe in Doctor Wen!]

[I think so too, but those two obviously don’t agree. I think they’re definitely going to drag the team down!]

[This show is great! The backstabbing started right away, they’re even fighting this hard over being team leader. Followed!]

[Does anyone else think Doctor Wen is going a bit too far? I also think that boat is no good. If something happens halfway, who’s responsible? Obviously, the production team wouldn’t leave such a huge BUG here, right?]

[Same as above. Knowing this production team’s usual tricks, they definitely want the two teams to make their own tools to cross the river. That’s the essence of a variety show!]

[If Doctor Wen says they can cross, they can cross. Doctor Wen never makes empty promises!]

[I don’t know how they’ll do it, but I only trust Doctor Wen!]

Jiang Beibei was inwardly gloating, but her expression was one of deep concern. "Zhang Jingxing, since they won’t listen to our advice, we’ll just have to figure something out on our own. If we end up in second place, there’s nothing we can do about it. After all..."

Jiang Beibei suddenly trailed off.

But everyone in the livestream chat knew she was blaming Wen Ying and Song Jiayan.

"Beibei, I understand your concerns," Zhang Jingxing said. "It’s just the two of us now, so we have to find something to cross the river. I don’t know how to build a boat, but I’ve seen rafts before, and they’re relatively simpler."

It wasn’t just Zhang Jingxing who thought this way; everyone in Xie Fu Yao’s group, except for Xu Jiali, thought the same thing.

As for Xu Jiali, her thought was simple: ’Could I maybe hitch a ride on Sister Yingying’s boat?’

Of course not. She was just thinking about it.

Xie Fu Yao had already arranged for his team to start looking for tools to build a raft.

Jiang Beibei and Zhang Jingxing were doing the same.

Only Wen Ying and Song Jiayan sat calmly on the wooden boat that looked like it would fall apart with the slightest movement.

A member of the production team watched this scene and asked, "Director, will something happen if Doctor Wen does this?"

Director Wen shook his head with a relaxed expression. "If it were anyone else, maybe something would happen. But that’s Doctor Wen. Nothing will happen."

The staff member didn’t understand what the director meant. Then he heard the director say, "Even if something happens to the boat, nothing will happen to Doctor Wen."

The staff member was utterly confused.

’Has the director’s blind faith in this Doctor Wen reached such a level?’

The staff member remembered that when they came here to set up the task, the director and the production team had all found this dilapidated boat. They had all tested it and unanimously agreed it was just a prop, that absolutely no one could row it.

But now, the director’s attitude...

The staff member shook his head. ’I should just focus on my work.’

The director had said that after this episode was finished, he would give everyone a big red envelope!

Over on his side, Xie Fu Yao saw Wen Ying and Song Jiayan sitting on the dilapidated boat and sneered. ’I thought she had some brains, but it turns out she’s just an idiot.’

’If the boat falls apart and they both fall into the lake, even if the staff rescues them, all that exquisite makeup will be ruined.’

’Appearing on camera with a bare face then... wouldn’t that be social suicide?!’

’Female celebrities are the most terrified of appearing on screen without makeup!’