The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 22 - 21. Dont panic they are resting

Chapter 22: 21. Don’t panic, they are resting.

Chapter 22: 21. Don’t panic, they are resting.

Director Lin didn’t even lift his eyelids and replied:

“That’s her problem; if she falls too far behind, let her drop out of the team.”

Yin Dong understood.

The person must have offended the director, probably not having had a pleasant conversation just now.

At the end of the day, as long as the crew follows the rules, there’s no need to pay too much attention to this delicate little artist.”

“But… what if she refuses to continue recording?”

“If she had the guts, she would’ve left the crew just now.”

“…”

It seemed he understood something.

Yin Dong touched his nose and caught up with the main force ahead.

The forests in Yun Province belong to the most primitive ones, and the area chosen by the Program Team is even more so, with tall trees everywhere, and hardly any flat ground along the way.

We were either climbing slopes or on our way to climb more slopes.

“Our mission for these three days is to cross this forest and reach a primitive ancient village on the other side, to understand the daily life of the villagers.”

“Journey Together” is an outdoor adventure show, but it also falls into the travel category, although everyone has their own interpretation.

Like Zeng Xiumin, who was lagging behind the group.

In her understanding, variety shows were nothing more than attracting viewers under the guise of some sort of thrilling adventure, thus subjectively categorizing it as a travel show.

Tang Shu walked at a steady pace among the crowd and pondered upon hearing this.

Were they really just there to understand the local’s daily life?

Although she hadn’t interacted with the Program Team for long, a brief meeting with Director Lin told her he was no ordinary person; there was certainly some hidden mission waiting.

As expected, Geng Qiuqiu next to her spoke up.

“Captain, can’t you just tell us all at once? Keep playing these breathe-hard games and be careful someone might beat you up.”

Shen Xianglin also shook his head with a smile, teasingly looking toward the person in front.

Yin Dong, helpless, raised both hands in surrender, “Alright, then I’ll spill some beans. Since the nearby woods are protected by the state, there are no roads built, and certainly no rest areas or any other superfluous facilities.”

“So?”

“So, it’s not easy for the primitive villagers in those villages to come out, and their lives can only be considered subsistence level, and our hidden mission is to appropriately improve their living standards.”

“Ah—why are you only saying this now! That’s so tough!”

If it were easy, those people would have improved their livelihoods long ago!

Geng Qiuqiu was getting a bit frantic, and even Shen Xianglin had a contemplative look, but in the end, it was Lin Yi, the soul of the team, who spoke up.

“Let’s first make it through this forest, and the ultimate task might not be that hard. Since it’s about improving living standards, it must involve money. When we reach the village, we can see what the villagers do for a living every day.”

With the pillar of the group speaking up, everyone had some assurance in their hearts and focused on the task at hand.

The six-person team hadn’t walked for two hours before their strength was gradually depleted.

And lagging at the very back of the team was Zeng Xiumin, dressed in a one-piece dress.

Thanks to her agent preparing a fashionable pink backpack for her, with two bottles of mineral water inside, she had managed to hold on until now.

“Can we take a break? This forest is too difficult to navigate, and I’m starting to get cramps in my calves.”

Two hours was already her absolute limit.

Zeng Xiumin cursed the director in her heart—if it weren’t for the threat that breaking the contract would mean paying ten times the penalty fee, she would’ve left already.

She was only a third-tier artist who was neither here nor there in terms of popularity, and the appearance fee for coming to this recording was 300,000 yuan. Ten times the penalty fee would be 3 million yuan!

Under the pressure of her agency, she had no choice but to endure.

Yin Dong glanced at his watch; it was only 10 o’clock. If they were to rest now, it would surely delay the subsequent schedule.

But then… both of this time’s guests were women, who might be weaker in terms of physical strength.

With that in mind, he looked over to Tang Shu in the crowd, surprised to find that though the girl seemed slender, there was not the slightest sign of fatigue on her face.

Her stamina was impressive!

Geng Qiuqiu nodded silently to him from the side, indicating in essence that she agreed with the proposal.

“Let’s all take a break, and then depart again in fifteen minutes.”

“Finally, a rest!”

Zeng Xiumin cheered, promptly sitting on a dry twig nearby, not even minding the rotting leaves anymore.

Lin Yi and the others sat down in succession, looking at the two female guests with distinctly different expressions in their eyes.

Tang Shu’s cool gaze swept the surroundings, picking up a few dead branches from the ground and casually breaking them with her hands before holding them.

Everyone thought she was just bored, so they paid it no attention.

Only ten minutes later did they realize what she was doing, as the branches in her hands suddenly flew toward the cameraman behind Shen Xianglin.

As quick as lightning!

“Ah—”

Zeng Xiumin, who had been watching her, was startled by the cold light in Tang Shu’s eyes and screamed out loud.

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Before the rest of the teammates could even understand what had happened, they heard a “smack” sound behind them, as if something had fallen.

“What’s going on?”

Shen Xianglin was the first to stand up, looking behind him to find the cameraman, who had filmed several episodes of the program with them, pale-faced and trembling, unable to speak.

“There, there’s… a snake!”

Following his gaze, everyone looked down to see a small snake about twenty or thirty centimeters long, entirely emerald green, lying on the ground, having been pierced in its vital spot by a sharp stick.

Dead as can be.

Geng Qiuqiu let out a sigh of relief, “It was just a small snake, but it scared me to death!”

Yin Dong, who was at the forefront, however, had a sinking expression, extending his arm to stop everyone, looking very serious.

“This isn’t an ordinary snake, it’s Murdock’s Bamboo Leaf Green, highly venomous.”

“What?!”

The rest of the group was suddenly alarmed, reflexively stepping back half a step, while the cameraman who was closest to the snake turned even paler.

If he was scared just now by the unexpected appearance of the snake, now he was petrified by those two words “highly venomous.”

“Are you sure you saw it clearly, captain?”

“It’s definitely it, this kind of Murdock’s Bamboo Leaf Green will not grow very large in its lifetime, and since it stays on the trees in Yun Province where its entirely green body makes it hard to discover.”

Everyone fell silent for a moment, then, belatedly, all eyes turned to Tang Shu, who had remained quiet.

Their looks were complicated.

The protagonist still held several un-used sharp-ended branches in her hand, with the broken tips very sharp.

“So… you knew there was a snake nearby all along?”

Tang Shu nodded.

“These broken branches, were they for just in case?”

Tang Shu nodded again.

“…”

“!!!”

There were so many problems that the teammates didn’t even know where to begin.

At this moment, Lin Yi, as the soul of the team, vaguely guessed something and couldn’t maintain his usual composure.

“You broke three branches to prepare, does that mean there are more snakes around besides the one on the ground?”

Tang Shu nodded for the third time.

Now, both teammates and cameramen were shocked, their hearts beating irregularly from the sudden alarm.

Tang Shu spoke up, her tone very calm.

“Don’t panic, they’re resting.”