: Xu Gui was deep in thought, and had been thinking for an hour.
Her expression was extremely serious.
For as long as she pondered, her viewers in the live stream watched her. Finally, under the excited gazes of everyone, Xu Gui moved.
She… changed her posture, and then stopped moving again.
Xu Gui: Hmm, my legs are numb from holding that position for too long.
Viewers in the live stream: ? ? !!!
The viewers were furious for a moment, then even more furious.
[What is this person doing? Just sitting there spacing out? Does she know she can't get first place, so she's just giving up?]
[Try to understand, after all, washing dishes doesn't earn much money. If she gets first place like this, I'll eat shit on live stream.]
[The production team doesn't allow artists to be passive in the competition. Isn't she afraid of being punished by the production team for doing this?] [
I really didn't expect that Xu Gui, instead of becoming a celebrity, could only find a job washing dishes behind a restaurant. It just goes to show, she truly deserves to be called a "ninth-class loser"
(a derogatory term for someone who fails in their career).] [I've wanted to say this for a long time. How can someone like Xu Gui, a "ninth-class loser," become a celebrity? The threshold for becoming a celebrity is too low! Aren't they afraid of setting a bad example for children? @State Administration of Radio, Film and Television]
[This shameless woman is not only a "ninth-class loser," but she's also a mistress. Our Xuxu and Nai Ge have been together for a year, and she still goes to knock on Nai Ge's door in the middle of the night. She
's utterly shameless.
] ... [360 Professions]—This is a new large-scale reality live broadcast program on Hunan TV. The production team invited fifty people, including celebrities and ordinary people.
According to the program rules, the guests are not allowed to bring a single penny. During the month-long filming period, the guests must find ways to earn money, and all their daily expenses must be earned by themselves. In other words, if the guests don't earn money, they won't even be able to afford food or accommodation.
A month later, the guest who earns the most money will win the show. They will not only receive an endorsement deal with the top luxury jewelry brand [BU], but also a cover feature in the fashion magazine [Ariel], and even a two million yuan prize. It's clear that Hunan TV invested heavily in this show, making it highly anticipated even in its early stages. After its official announcement, it sparked widespread discussion among netizens, achieving phenomenal popularity.
Once it premiered, the show far surpassed other programs, completely absorbing the traffic of other platforms. The guests participating in the show also garnered significant attention. Of course, not all guests had the same level of popularity.
The fifty guests were divided into ordinary people and celebrities.
The ordinary people selected were mostly those with outstanding looks or good family backgrounds, possessing inherent popularity, as these were the types of people viewers were willing to watch. The celebrities included award-winning actors and actresses, popular idols, and minor celebrities with some buzz and media attention. Xu Gui, for example, belonged to the latter category—a minor celebrity with inherent media attention.
Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding her wasn't positive; she was accused of being a homewreckerinterfering in someone else's relationship, specifically the famous golden couple, Tang Xu and Qiu Nai—the two were a couple in a fantasy drama, and as the drama became a hit, their on-screen romance blossomed. They later started dating and amassed a large and loyal fanbase.
It's easy to imagine the backlash Xu Gui would face if she participated in the show, which was exactly what Hunan TV wanted. She's a relatively unknown actress, and Hunan TV invited her precisely because of this controversy. After all, even negative publicity is still publicity; criticism translates to buzz and traffic. In their industry, the worst thing is to be completely unknown, with no one to criticize you.
Xu Gui herself is just an unknown actress with only about 200,000 followers on Weibo, less than some internet celebrities. However, because of this incident, her live streams actually gained some attention after the show aired, mostly from Tang Xu and Qiu Nai's fans, all of whom were there to criticize her.
"360 Trades" is a large-scale live-streaming show. After its premiere, viewers saw the various guests actively searching for jobs and earning money on camera.
They couldn't afford not to be, as they would be homeless and starving on their very first day.
Xu Gui, a dropout, lacked education and had limited job opportunities. On the advice of a "helpful" person, she chose a job no one expected:
"dishwasher."
After learning of her choice, she was met with ridicule online, and her livestream audience dwindled significantly. Now, aside from fans of the Tang Xu and Qiu Nai couple, her livestream has virtually no viewers.
This is Xu Gui's third day as a dishwasher. She earns 120 yuan a day, paid daily, meaning she's earned 240 yuan so far—and hasn't been paid yet.
After an hour of reflection, having sorted out her situation, Xu Gui sighed,
her face full of worry.
No one knew that the current Xu Gui was no longer the same Xu Gui. Just an hour ago, the core within this body had been replaced, transforming from Xu Gui into "Xu Gui"—a "gui" in the sense of a turtle.
Xu Gui was originally a Xuan Turtle capable of communicating with heaven and earth. Turtles, by nature, are lazy and slow in everything they do, and Xu Gui was the laziest of all, the laziest turtle in the Xuan Turtle clan.
Not long ago, she was sunbathing on the beach when, halfway through her day, a strange phenomenon occurred: lightning and thunder. Because of her laziness, Xu Gui didn't dodge in time and was struck directly by the lightning. This strike transformed her from the Xuan Turtle Xu Gui into the human "Xu Gui," her soul instantly transported to her body in another world. In other words
, she had now become a human from a turtle.
Xu Gui, who absolutely didn't want to become human: ...This all happened so suddenly.
It took Xu Gui half an hour to finally accept that she had transformed from Xu Gui into "Xu Gui," and another half hour to accept her original "Xu Gui" memories and sort out her current situation.
So, she was currently participating in a program, doing a live broadcast?
Thinking of this, Xu Gui glanced at the camera following her, then looked down at the large basin full of bowls and chopsticks in front of her.
"...Why haven't you washed the dishes yet?" Just then, a shrill voice came from behind Xu Gui.
As a dishwasher, Xu Gui naturally didn't wash dishes inside the restaurant, but was assigned to work outside the kitchen. A stool, a large basin, and a water pipe made up her workstation.
The kitchen was behind her, and people inside could see her as soon as theyopened the door.
Xu Gui heard footsteps, and a plump middle-aged woman walked up to her, first glancing at the large basin with only a few bowls washed, then glaring at her with her eyes.
"What's wrong with you? Do you still want to work here? If not, get out! There are plenty of other people who can do this job!" The woman spoke rapidly, her voice loud and clear, like firecrackers exploding. She yelled,
"Look at how you work! You've been washing dishes for so long, and you've only washed a few! There are more dishes waiting to be used. Let me tell you, if you maintain this work attitude, you can forget about getting paid today!"
Xu Gui listened, silently stood up, and reached out to untie her apron.
The middle-aged woman looked at her in surprise and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xu Gui looked at her innocently and said, "I'll listen to you, and if I can't do it, I'll get out?"
The middle-aged woman frowned: "You'd better think it through. If you quit, I won't give you your wages for today!"
Xu Gui didn't care, politely placed the apron in her hand, and then slowly walked out, counting in her mind as she walked: "One step, two steps, three steps..."
Just as she took the third step, she suddenly heard a somewhat exasperated voice behind her.
"Wait!" The middle-aged woman strode over and said, "I've already transferred your wages for today! Humph, our restaurant isn't the kind of shady place that doesn't pay its employees... But you only worked half a day today, so I won't give you 120 yuan. I've only transferred 80 yuan to you. You don't have any objections, do you?"
As she said this, she glared fiercely at Xu Gui, as if she would make Xu Gui return the 80 yuan if he dared to object.
Upon hearing her words, a glimmer of light gradually appeared in Xu Gui's dark eyes. She grabbed the middle-aged woman's hand, shaking it excitedly, and said, "Boss lady, I knew you were a good person!"
The middle-aged woman, the restaurant owner, snorted and said coldly, "If it weren't for how well you've been working these past two days, I wouldn't have given you eighty yuan!"
After saying that, the owner looked at Xu Gui with some suspicion and asked her, "Why do you seem so much more alert than you were a couple of days ago? Hmm, you seem much smarter now."
The owner looked at Xu Gui with some surprise. Just this morning, she had thought that this girl named Xu Gui had lifeless eyes, like a wooden doll without any emotions, but now... she felt that she was much more lively.
Lively? That's right, lively!
The owner finally thought of a suitable adjective. She had always felt that Xu Gui lacked human warmth, was dull and wooden, but now, looking at her bright eyes... hmm, this liveliness was too strong.
Xu Gui patted her phone in her pocket with satisfaction. This phone wasn't just a phone; it was the phone that had just brought in eighty yuan.
Before leaving, Xu Gui said to the proprietress, who had suddenly started daydreaming for some reason, "Proprietress, you should call an electrician to check your wiring later... otherwise, your restaurant will have a fire tonight."
Proprietress: ? ?
"You little brat, can't you talk properly? Your restaurant is the one about to have a fire!" The proprietress, snapping out of her daze, cursed at Xu Gui's retreating back. "You brat, I even paid you eighty yuan!"
Her voice drifted back from behind. Xu Gui wrinkled her nose, thinking to herself, "I'm telling the truth. If you don't get an electrician to check your wiring, your restaurant will have a fire tonight."
After all, Xu Gui was a member of the Xuan Turtle Group. The Xuan Turtle Group was said to be able to communicate with heaven and earth, know the future and the past; in human terms, every Xuan Turtle was born a diviner.
Their fortune-telling was incredibly accurate.