44: Chapter 44 The Most Handsome Kid in the Whole Village
The group hung out in Tian Jiu's dilapidated house for a while before leaving.
As for Cao Mo sleeping over, that was obviously impossible; it was just a joke for the sake of the show's effect.
Even if Cao Mo agreed, the three women agreed, and Old Liu agreed, the production team wouldn't agree.
This group Livestreaming was actually coordinated by HY, and a team from HY had also come along, including not only a director but also camera operators, operations staff, and planners.
This mountain village was a place that HY had secured after coordinating with the local government.
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Next, the group went to visit the convenience store. There was a bed on the second floor of the convenience store, which would be occupied by Xiao Er.
As for the pink-haired girl who would be running the convenience store with Xiao Er, she would be staying with the two girls from Tong Jingchen's team.
After visiting the four houses and the convenience store, Tong Jingchen told everyone to move their luggage in and added a reminder for the team leaders to gather once they were done.
Next up was the house for Tong Jingchen's team.
Tong Jingchen's team's house was a homestay located above the open ground. It not only had a wide view, but the house was also new, and it was also the place where they would be eating.
In other words, this place would definitely be the main hub for the coming days.
After all, Tong Jingchen and Cao Mo, the two people with the most traffic, were both staying here.
The homestay's courtyard was enclosed by thick wooden fences, and facing it were the mountains; the environment was, of course, impeccable.
Tong Jingchen's team's rooms were on the second floor in the middle of the homestay.
Walking up the stairs, there were two rooms on the left and right.
Each room had two beds, and whether it was the room's decoration, facilities, or bedding, there was no difference from a hotel room.
Furthermore, both rooms had en-suite bathrooms.
Regarding the two rooms, naturally, Cao Mo and Tong Jingchen would share one, while the other two women would share the other, and the pink-haired girl from the convenience store, Ah Xue, would also sleep with Cao Mo's two female teammates.
"Xiao Ding and Ah Min, you two go help me and Cao Mo move our luggage into our room," Tong Jingchen said to Xiao Ding and Ah Min.
"Alright, Brother!" Xiao Ding replied.
Cao Mo accompanied Tong Jingchen as they came out and arrived at the hillside courtyard in front of the homestay.
At this moment, Tong Jingchen looked at the comments in the Livestream Room and read aloud: "Why do Cao Mo and I get to stay in such a nice place? Are we getting special treatment?"
"Cao Mo and I aren't doing PKs to hustle for money, and I still need to operate the camera, so what's wrong with staying somewhere a bit nicer?"
Speaking of this, Tong Jingchen added: "This Livestream Room now has 100k+ viewers, and half of the traffic was brought by my Brother Mo. Ask them who disagrees. They should be secretly happy that my Brother Mo was able to come participate in the group livestream and give them screen time!"
What Tong Jingchen said was blunt, but it was also the truth.
To put it bluntly, Brother Tong's audience was already fixed; they knew these people, so even if they wanted to gain more followers, they wouldn't really be able to.
But Cao Mo was different. Most of Cao Mo's followers were new, and the majority of them were female fans. If they performed well, they would definitely be able to attract the attention of some of Cao Mo's followers.
Tong Jingchen and Cao Mo walked out of the courtyard and sat down on the stairs leading down.
Then, Tong Jingchen aimed the camera at Cao Mo.
After all, since half of the audience were Cao Mo's fans, he still had to give Cao Mo plenty of screen time.
Sure enough, when Cao Mo entered the frame, the comments in the Livestream Room immediately flooded with the word "husband."
With Cao Mo and Tong Jingchen in the same frame, the bare-faced Tong Jingchen was immediately overshadowed, which made Tong Jingchen unable to help but complain: "I really can't be in the same frame as you; you've made me look ugly."
As he said this, Tong Jingchen said to the audience in the Livestream Room: "Cao Mo has always appeared on camera without makeup; he has never worn any because Lulu doesn't even know how to apply makeup for him. He doesn't need it at all; his looks are just that striking."
At this time, Er Chen came over, squatted behind the two of them, and poked his head out from the middle.
Cao Mo, Tong Jingchen, and Er Chen—three handsome guys in the same frame—the difference became apparent once again, and the comments in the Livestream Room also increased:
"Three handsome guys in the same frame, hurry up and take a screenshot!"
"Master Mo is still the most handsome!"
"My Master Mo is on a completely different level of handsome."
"666, they are all handsome, but my Mo Bao is still the most handsome."
"I didn't realize it until I compared them; my Master Mo is ridiculously handsome."
"Handsome, handsome, handsome!"
"There's a reason why my Master Mo is so popular."
...
Er Chen looked at the screen, immediately realized something was wrong, and stood up at once, saying: "Damn it! I shouldn't have been in the same frame as my Brother Mo."
"No, no, you've overshadowed me," Tong Jingchen laughed.
"That's because you didn't wear makeup," Er Chen said.
Although Er Chen had over nine million followers on Douyin, when it came to traffic, popularity, and fan engagement, he was absolutely crushed by Cao Mo.
Not to mention Livestreaming, just looking at the popularity of their short video works, there was simply no comparison.
So what if he had ten million followers? That was just a number and didn't represent true strength at all; most of them were fake followers.
At this time, the three team leaders—Zhilong, Zisheng, and Tian Jiu—came over.
"Where's Brother Jie?" Tong Jingchen asked.
"I don't know! Who knows what he's up to," Zhilong replied.
"He's probably conspiring with Wang Ziyan to hide things," Tian Jiu said.
"You really don't need to hide anything. I don't do room checks. If you want to smoke, smoke; if you want to eat, eat. Why would I do a room check! There are so many girls here, how could I just rummage through their privacy!" Tong Jingchen said.
"You should have said so earlier! If you weren't going to check rooms, you should have said so! Damn it, I even prepared for it."
As Er Chen spoke, he lifted his shirt and took out two packs of Xuanhemen cigarettes that he had hidden behind his waistband and on his waist.
Seeing this, Zhilong immediately said: "What if he decides to check the rooms! You believe everything he says; you're too honest!"
"If he didn't check the rooms, who would he sell the cigarettes and goods in the convenience store to?" Tian Jiu said with a smile.
"Huh?" Er Chen's movements paused upon hearing this.
"Oh well! Since you've already taken them out, pass them around, pass them around."
Zhilong snatched the cigarettes from Er Chen's hand, tore open the packaging, and passed them around to everyone present.
The audience in the Livestream Room was also amused when they saw this scene:
"Hahahaha! Er Chen is still too young."
"He's too honest! He just took them out like that."
"You dare to believe Liu Zi's words?"
"Er Chen is an honest kid, haha..."
"Newbie Er Chen."
"I can only say he has some wit, but not much."
"Believing Old Liu's words is like believing a sow can climb a tree."
"He has to check the bags, otherwise how would he sell the things in the convenience store, and what would the duck coins be used for?"
...
Er Chen looked at the three packs of cigarettes he had voluntarily taken out and smiled sheepishly: "Damn, then I hid them for nothing."
"Still too young; you'll get used to it after a few more times," Zisheng said, patting Er Chen on the shoulder.
At this time, Ying Xiaojie came over. It was obvious he had been watching the livestream, so after walking over, he said directly to Er Chen: "It's fine, no need to hide them; we aren't confiscating cigarettes this time."
Tong Jingchen immediately chimed in cooperatively: "That's right, no confiscating cigarettes, feel free to smoke. You really don't need to hide them, I'm serious. I swear!"
"Alright! Let's go check out the place where we'll be playing for the next few days," Tong Jingchen said as he stood up.