81: Loss of popularity

After listening to Lü Tao's description, Gao Xiaofan smiled indifferently.

"It's fine. We'll just sell them to the Program Production Crew then. If the price is too low, we won't sell. Anyway, we already have enough money. Isn't it wonderful to fish a little every day and cook for ourselves~"

He picked up the bait spoon, scooped up a few corn kernels, and tossed them out forcefully, causing ripples on the water surface.

He and Reba now have over 1,000 yuan, which they have absolutely no need to spend. At first, they had to cook the fish themselves, but now someone even cooks the rice. All he needs to do is fish comfortably. It's awesome.

Gao Xiaofan also realized that the Program Production Crew had a huge flaw: they distributed too much money. Now the money is practically worthless, as they can't buy much, and everyone has gotten used to the environment and doesn't need anything anymore.

They can't exactly let the guests earn money to buy a house or renovate a house on the show, right? That would be ridiculous.

"Also, the Program Production Crew has opened up broader Exchange Permissions. This means you can exchange for anything, as long as you have money. They also told me that if you plan to sell fish to the Program Production Crew in the future, you can directly liaise with Qiu Gu."

As Lü Tao spoke, she glanced at Qiu Gu, who was standing beside her in a daze.

Qiu Gu opened his mouth but said nothing.

In all his years in the industry, he had never encountered anyone who could stir up trouble as much as Gao Xiaofan. He was used to it, he had given up. Anything involving Gao Xiaofan was possible.

Isn't he just acting as a messenger? What 'liaison'? Bah!

After Lü Tao finished speaking, she found a place to put the steamed buns she had brought in her pocket, then consciously picked up the pad and started interacting with the audience.

While fishing, chatting, and bragging, time passed quickly. When noon arrived, Gao Xiaofan stood up and stretched, then kicked the fish container.

"What price is the Program Production Crew buying at~"

Qiu Gu turned the camera toward the fish box, where seven or eight small Blunt-snouted bream, forty centimeters long, quietly awaited the reply from the backstage staff.

Half a minute later, Qiu Gu listened to the voice coming through his headset and looked up, saying.

"They'll count it as 100."

Gao Xiaofan stroked his chin. Only 100? No sale.

He bent down, scooped out a few fish, and handed them to Lü Tao beside him for cleaning. Yan Feng, understanding the hint, ran over to the Small Earthen Stove and started a fire.

"Today we're having Blunt-snouted bream on a metal jig~" Gao Xiaofan washed his hands and grinned at the camera.

He placed the entrenching tool onto the Small Earthen Stove, poured oil, and then slowly placed the cleaned Blunt-snouted bream inside.

With a sizzling sound, the aroma of frying oil spread out.

The few people gathered around, swallowing their saliva as they watched the action on the entrenching tool.

When one side was fried golden brown, Gao Xiaofan carefully flipped the Blunt-snouted bream by hand, then sprinkled the newly exchanged pepper powder on top. Instantly, the aroma became even stronger~

In ten minutes, a Blunt-snouted bream, crispy outside and tender inside, cooked on the metal jig, was ready. It was covered in seasoning. Yan Feng, quick as a flash, grabbed a piece with his chopsticks and put it into his bowl, beaming with joy.

"What's the rush? Everyone gets some~" Gao Xiaofan looked speechless, then prepared another fish and put it back into the shovel.

Gao Xiaofan made one for everyone, including Qiu Gu, as he felt genuinely bad seeing how pitiful he looked.

After he finished his busy work, Gao Xiaofan ate the steamed buns Lü Tao had brought that morning while chewing the fish. The tiny fish bones were fried crispy enough to bite right through~

Sitting on the Small Dirt Mound, looking at the pad resting on his knees, Gao Xiaofan was stunned.

The popularity of the livestream room was only 40 million people. What happened today? He was wearing his 'Creating Hype' title!

He looked at the bullet screen comments and realized that the other guests had started Creating Hype.

Gao Xiaofan exited his own livestream room on the pad and clicked into the livestream rooms of the others.

He saw that in the village clearing, several tables were pushed together, covered with a large pile of prepared food and beer. Huahua was performing a ritual and singing, Cheng Seventeen was dancing, and the rest of the guests were drinking and bragging at the tables.

Gao Xiaofan ????

...Xiushui Village.

Han Han took a bite of a chicken leg, drank a gulp of beer, and let out a satisfied burp.

"This is the most satisfying meal I've had these past few days~"

Exploding Watermelon was frantically scarfing down braised beef.

"Gao Xiaofan's fish wasn't bad to eat either~"

Han Han curled his lip: "The fish was certainly fresh, but there wasn't much variety~ Unlike now, we have over a dozen kinds of prepared food~"

Exploding Watermelon nodded after hearing that.

"This update by the Program Production Crew is truly great. This whole table plus the beer only cost us about 200 yuan~"

Han Han's mouth curved up: "I won't be going to Gao Xiaofan to be exploited again~"

After Huahua finished singing and performing the ritual, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, plopped down at the table, and drank a mouthful of ice-cold coke.

Then he leaned close to Han Han and whispered~

"Did you guys know? When I was doing the laundry task, I found Lobsters in the small ditch nearby~"

"With this program update, we don't have to worry about food and drink anymore. We must create some content, otherwise, who will watch the livestream?"

Han Han's eyes lit up. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the camera lens nearby move closer, so he quickly shut up and nodded softly.

Mi Mi and Reba huddled together nearby, also chatting softly.

"With this version update, your teammate Xiaofan won't be able to be so carefree anymore~"

For Mi Mi, it's best to have high popularity, but as long as it's not too bad, it's okay. She didn't have high expectations for this variety show; after all, it's country life, and it's already good enough if she doesn't mess up or ruin her image.

Reba smiled.

"I'm very satisfied. If it weren't for Xiaofan, I wouldn't have such high popularity. And since new Exchange Materials were updated this time, I feel a bit more relaxed, saving me from having to gut fish every day~"

"That's true. You had the popularity Xiaofan brought you before, and even if this update greatly affects Xiaofan, you can maintain your popularity by following us. We certainly didn't lose anything by participating this time~"

Everyone else was chatting, but only Liu Yunning was silently stuffing his face.

Delicious, it's so damn delicious~

After eating cafeteria food for a week, seeing this table full of meat dishes, he almost fainted from excitement~

...Gao Xiaofan sat on the Small Dirt Mound, watching the group of people walking toward him from afar, feeling a bit confused.

People are coming to this place? They don't look familiar~

It wasn't until they got closer that he noticed Cheng Yan was also in the group.

Are these people from the Program Production Crew? What are they doing here?

Gao Xiaofan was still confused when Qiu Gu seemed to receive a prompt, pointed the camera at the float, and then leaned toward Gao Xiaofan's ear.

"The Program Production Crew said they want to talk to you about something. Just say you're going to the bathroom~"

Gao Xiaofan nodded vaguely after hearing that.

Then, under Qiu Gu's camera, he shouted with an exaggerated expression.

"I need to take a dump~ Bye!"

Then he suddenly darted out of the frame, stood beside the exasperated Qiu Gu, and squinted at the approaching group.

Qiu Gu secured the camera using the tripod and aimed it at the water surface.

Damn it, that shout almost scared him into dropping the camera.