mtl008 Chapter 78: The entire crew is rich, and I'm the poorest.
Chapter 78: The entire crew is rich, and I'm the poorest.
Having said all that, what else is there for everyone to understand?
Yang Bao and Liu Hang stood up abruptly, staring at Chu Ling in shock: "What are you thinking?"
Chu Ling knew she couldn't hide it, but she didn't want to take the blame: "I was just making a suggestion, not forcing Aunt Xu to do it."
Yang Bao trembled with anger: "That's a human life!"
Yes, that's a human life!
Everyone present stared at Chu Ling in disbelief.
She spoke of a human life so lightly.
Would Chu Ling feel that she was wrong?
of course not!
“Isn’t he still alive? Besides, it was Aunt Xu who lit the stove for him, and it was Aunt Xu who asked me to carry the stove in. Even if there was a mistake, it was Aunt Xu’s fault.”
"Besides, Xu Daquan is already sixty years old. I'm just a young girl and I didn't know I could get carbon monoxide poisoning, but he, a sixty-year-old man, didn't know? And yet he even locked the door from the inside..."
The more she spoke, the more self-righteous she became. In her view, all the mistakes were the fault of Aunt Xu and Xu Daquan.
She comes from a big city and doesn't usually use a coal-fired stove, so it's perfectly normal that she doesn't know that you can't close the windows and doors tightly when using such a stove.
But Aunt Xu and Xu Daquan are just local residents of this small county town. They use this kind of stove frequently, so they should know better than anyone else what precautions to take when using it.
But Xu Daquan was poisoned by carbon monoxide, and that family was definitely planning to extort money from her.
Chu Ling's thoughts grew increasingly dark.
Yan Qingfeng approached Chu Ling, his eyes sharp: "You pretend to know what you don't, and make others pay for your mistakes. You're really shameless."
All the mistakes are someone else's; you are never wrong.
Yan Qingfeng finally understood why Chu Ling had a bad reputation in the industry.
Chu Ling's face turned pale and then black, and she said angrily, "What do you mean by making others pay for my mistakes? I explained it to her clearly. I read about a method in a book. Her whole family has lived in this small county town. What taboos could they possibly have about their own stove? Don't they have any self-awareness?"
"It just so happens that Xu Daquan was poisoned right after I made the suggestion. I think they were just trying to extort money from me! That must be it. If they weren't trying to extort money from me, why would Xu Daquan have deliberately locked the doors and windows? It's just that they messed things up without realizing it."
Her words became increasingly outrageous, and the expressions on the faces of those present grew more and more unpleasant.
Liu Tianqing narrowed his eyes and exclaimed, "Good heavens! Why would they try to extort you? Given your poverty?"
"This outfit I'm wearing alone costs 300,000 yuan. What does poverty have to do with me?"
Chu Ling couldn't stand anyone saying she was poor. If it weren't for her mother's lack of ambition, she would have been a well-bred second-generation rich kid!
Meanwhile, a young man in Xichi County who was watching the live stream of "Let's Go Traveling" was furious.
"So this is the truth about what happened in Grandma Xu's family!"
His father raised his hand and slapped him: "Your Uncle Xu went to the hospital, and there's no one at home. When you have time, go and help your Grandma Xu with some things. She's eighty years old, and her memory isn't good anymore. You have to coax her."
The young man's face contorted: "This woman is slandering Grandma Xu. Dad, we can't let an outsider bully the people of Xichi County."
His father leaned over to watch the live stream and happened to hear Chu Ling say that Grandma Xu's family was planning to extort money from her. His face immediately darkened.
"Hehe! This isn't over! People from Xichi County won't bear such unfounded accusations. I'll contact the street office to handle this immediately. You go to the Xu family and keep your grandmother company. Even if she's a celebrity, I want her to apologize to the Xu family!"
This matter, in its smallest sense, concerns the Xu family; in its larger sense, it concerns the entire Xichi County.
In a tourist city, if even one person is labeled as a fraudster, the entire county will be labeled as a fraudster.
This kind of thing has happened in more than one city, so Xichi County has made a special rule that, for the sake of local tourism, for the sake of Xichi County's economy, and for the happy future of all families in Xichi County, no one in Xichi County is allowed to do anything against their conscience.
Once someone is found to be cheating tourists, they will not only be punished by law, but the matter will also be reported throughout the county, and tourists will be proactively informed.
This is why Xichi County, despite not having the most beautiful scenery or the most glorious history, still attracts a large number of tourists.
In other places, a bowl of wolf tooth potatoes starts at 15 yuan, but in Xichi County it's only 8 yuan.
This is the true spirit of Xichi County.
But now some people are trying to smear the spirit of Xichi County. At this moment, all the people of Xichi County who watched the live broadcast are contacting their respective sub-district offices.
To outsiders it may seem like just a sentence, but to the people of Xichi County, it is undoubtedly as serious as digging up their ancestral graves.
The viewers in the live stream were in an uproar.
What does she mean? She not only denies the trouble she caused, but now she's accusing others of trying to extort her?
[How could she be so confident as to say that someone was trying to extort her?]
[I don't think Aunt Xu said anything. When the police asked, she took all the blame herself and they didn't even mention her. How can she say that they're extorting her?]
[Is this paranoia? They don't even know her, how could they be extorting her?]
[You think wearing 300,000 yuan worth of clothes is impressive? Others can easily buy a few spaceships, which are more expensive than her outfit.]
[Damn it, I hate people like this who think they're so great just because they have a few coins to chip in, and then they look down on poor people.]
[We've all seen it all; 300,000 is nothing to us. The owner of Villa No. 8 casually spent more than 300,000 on a spaceship.]
[From now on, I will hate Chu Ling for life. Has anyone found out which Chu family Chu Ling actually belongs to?]
[A daughter born out of wedlock, she's never even been part of our circle, what's the point of investigating her!]
……
Chu Ling stared at the scrolling comments, her eyes bloodshot and her face filled with malice: "What do you know! A bunch of poor losers! All you do is spew filth online. If you're so capable, why don't you wear some clothes worth 300,000 yuan?"
This statement directly offended many people.
In this world, the poor are the majority, and the rich are just a small minority.
The more netizens cursed, the dirtier it got, resulting in a string of censored comments appearing on the screen.
The first person to stand up and ridicule Chu Ling was a staff member of the production team.
She was a round-faced girl with freckles: "You're so proud of yourself just because you have 300,000 yuan? You want to enjoy the feeling of being superior to others just because you have 300,000 yuan? It seems that there are no rich people in your circle."
Chu Ling locked her gaze on her, sizing her up and down, quickly estimating the value of her clothes, then said with a look of disdain, "Your whole outfit is only worth a few hundred yuan, what are you pretending for here?"
The freckled girl said sarcastically, "You're wrong. Excluding jewelry, it's no more than a hundred yuan."
Chu Ling had an "I knew it" look on her face and was about to retort sarcastically, but the freckled woman spoke first.
"Even if I only wear 9.9 yuan sweatpants with free shipping, a 39 yuan inner layer and jacket, and 49 yuan sneakers, my earrings are only worth 65 yuan."
As the freckled woman spoke, she raised her hand and touched her earrings.
Chu Ling's face turned ashen. Because the freckled girl's hair wasn't tied up, her earrings were completely hidden by her hair, so Chu Ling didn't see them at first.
However, even if she saw it, she would only assume that the other person had just bought the jewelry randomly.
The freckled woman pointed down and pulled her necklace from her neck, saying in an affected manner, "Oh dear, this necklace is cheap, only about 12."
Chu Ling felt like vomiting blood. She was smug about getting a complete set for 300,000 yuan, but in the other person's eyes, 120,000 yuan was considered cheap...
However, the matter was far from over. The freckled woman rolled up her sleeves and said, "This bracelet is only worth 139 million. My family doesn't have much money. We're just doing small things. We can't compare to Miss Chu Ling's wealth."
After the freckled girl started, other people who disliked Chu Ling also began to make sarcastic remarks.
"Oh dear, my watch is only worth 888 million, I'm not exactly a super-rich person."
"These shoes of mine are only 1200 million yuan, custom-made by a certain brand. I'm so poor lately that I'm practically eating dirt."
“My hair clip isn’t expensive, only 105 million.”
"What a coincidence! My bracelet is also worth 105 million. We're all poor, we can't compete with them. Their outfit alone is worth 300,000!"
"Sigh! We're all so poor we're eating dirt, and we still have to serve this ancestor every day. It's exhausting. The only comfort I get is this new bag that just arrived. It's only worth 568 million."
……
Yang Bao and Liu Hang didn't want to get involved, but their colleagues behind them were staring intently at them.
In the end, a group of crazy old men and women joined them.
"Oh dear! I, Yang Bao, don't have much money. I just bought a 500 million yuan villa next door."
Liu Hang: "Why are you looking at me? I'm really broke. I just bought 600 million yuan worth of stocks this morning, and now they've dropped 5%. I'm still heartbroken."
The other guests present were also seeing so many wealthy people together for the first time, and they joined this eccentric family in a daze.
Jiang Yun: "In our Jiang family, we're really poor because I'm the only one who can make some money. The most expensive thing I own is my shoes, which cost 11 yuan."
Pang Jin: "Everyone knows my situation, cough cough, the watch is worth 138 million."
Shui Xueyao: "I'm really poor. My entire outfit is only worth 12 yuan. But my bag is expensive, worth around 72 yuan. But I don't carry a bag now."
Chu Yuze looked at everyone and remained silent for a moment: "Do I still need an introduction???"
"Cough cough..."
The richest man in Huaiqi City...
The crowd wisely turned their attention to the next person.
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely strange.
With the revelations from the program's staff and fellow celebrities, Liu Tianqing was completely dumbfounded.
She looked at everyone present in shock; each one was more outrageous than the last.
So the entire production crew is rich, and she's the only poor one, right?
She initially thought Yang Bao and Liu Hang were her good teammates for being poor, but later, after learning that Yang Bao was a descendant of the Yang family, she guessed that Liu Hang probably wasn't on her team for being poor either.
Now, only...
Liu Tianqing looked at Yan Qingfeng, who was also a Muggle beside him...
At the scene, only Liu Tianqing and Yan Qingfeng hadn't yet subtly shown off.
Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, the two looked at each other in bewilderment.
Yan Qingfeng coughed lightly, unable to withstand the pressure: "I'm really poor. I bought my clothes online, my shoes at the farmers' market, and my pants on Pinduoduo..."
The more he spoke, the softer his voice became; he was truly poor...
Liu Tianqing gazed at the sky speechlessly:
"My situation... your Director Yang knows best. First, Director Zhang from the last variety show hasn't paid me yet, and I'm having trouble even eating. Second, I'm only participating in this variety show that provides food, lodging, and a salary because I'm poor. Don't expect anything I own to be valuable."
Just then, one of the staff members stared at the safety amulet around Liu Tianqing's neck for a long time before saying:
“If I’m not mistaken, the safety pendant around your neck was auctioned off for 1700 million sixteen years ago…it was auctioned off through my family’s auction house.”
The scene was completely silent, everyone's eyes fixed on the safety buckle around Liu Tianqing's neck.
The 1700 million sixteen years ago is not the same as the 1700 million today; they are completely different concepts.
In other words, if this safety buckle were auctioned now, it would definitely fetch over 1700 million.
"Holy crap! Idol, you're the real deal! You always have 1700 million on you."
Yang Bao spoke in shock.
Liu Tianqing touched the safety buckle around her neck. This thing had always been around the original owner's neck. She didn't know where it came from, but it had always been there in the original owner's memory.
Yan Qingfeng also locked his gaze on Liu Tianqing, his face showing a betrayed expression. They agreed to be poor together, but now he was the only one who was poor.
Chu Ling was no longer the arrogant person she had been. She looked at everyone present with a frustrated expression. She had only wanted to subtly flaunt her wealth, but she never expected that even the cleaning staff would be rich.
Is the problem with the world, or with her?
Yan Qingfeng had already done background research on the entire production team, so he wasn't surprised at all by their wealth.
Liu Tianqing, on the other hand, looked surprised: "Is this how rich people play nowadays?"
In TV shows, novels, and comics, aren't rich people always depicted as living a life of luxury, surrounded by beautiful women and handsome men, sports cars, cruise ships, shooting, and so on?
Why are they all different?
Yang Bao turned around and glared at the crowd behind him, then explained, "They all heard that I was going to switch careers and become a director, and since they had nothing else to do, they kept calling one after another, and then... the crew was full!"
Liu Tianqing's lips twitched, and he looked at Yang Bao with disdain: "See if I believe you or not."
No wonder the whole production team exudes a sense of giving up; it turns out they're not short of money, they're all just here to have fun.
Studio.
So... this is a film crew made up of wealthy people?
[This is the first time I've seen so many rich people...]
Suddenly I feel so sorry for Chu Ling...
[Lingling, don't cry. We won't compare ourselves to a bunch of spoiled brats. You are a strong Lingling...]
[Lingling, stand up! We rely on our talent!!]
Sisters, as a member of the Ling family army, I can't hold on any longer. I just can't stand Chu Ling's contemptuous look towards her enemies. I'm just a poor person; I can't afford clothes worth 300,000 yuan...
[I can't keep going anymore. I can't afford clothes that cost 300,000 yuan. I can't be a fan anymore. I'm leaving the fandom now.]
[Chu Ling's fans are still jumping around.]
It seems those who attacked them didn't go far enough.
Just as everyone was going crazy, the gate to the production crew's courtyard was being pounded on loudly.