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Chapter 1111: Assistant Director's Rage

Zhao Wuji slumped in the corner of Shed No. 2, holding the note in his hand, his mind blank.

After three minutes of garbled text, the electronic watch finally resumed displaying:

[Detected out-of-scope plot fragments]

[The host does not have sufficient permissions, and sensitive information has been automatically blocked]

[Compensation Reward: Price coefficient is rolled back to 1.5x]

"What's the point of rolling back!" Zhao Wuji stared at the convenience store's new price list - the price of Coke dropped from 100 yuan to 60 yuan, and still wanted to curse.

Xia Lu's agent suddenly appeared and snatched the pregnancy test stick away: "This thing shouldn't exist."

"Wait!" Zhao Wuji subconsciously tried to stop him, but he saw the agent skillfully took out a lighter and burned the note to ashes in front of him.

The electronic watch vibrates: [Warning: Further questioning will trigger the memory erasure procedure]

He could only watch his agent leave. When he turned around, he found Xia Lu standing in the shadows, her lips moving silently:
"Go find Lao Wang from the lighting group."

On the next day on the set, Zhao Wuji told Lao Liu, whom he met while cleaning the toilet, the news of "price rollback".

“Is this true?” Old Liu was so excited that he almost threw away the toilet brush. “The damn crew lunch boxes are finally going to be reduced in price?”

"But there is a condition," Zhao Wuji lowered his voice, "You have to exchange it for intelligence."

Three hours later, a WeChat group named "Hengdian Hedging Alliance" was quietly established. Zhao Wuji served as the "chief consultant" and his business included:

Tomorrow's announcement prediction (100% accuracy, after all, he knows the plot)

Director's Minefield Guide (e.g. "Don't stand to the left of camera number two, or you'll be accused of blocking the light")
The best route to get lunch boxes (avoid the starring team to grab more chicken legs)

Charging mode:
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Basic package: 20 yuan/day (text version) -
Premium package: 50 yuan/day (including voice reminder + emergency risk avoidance skills)
A week later, Zhao Wuji's WeChat balance exceeded 8000 yuan, but the electronic watch did not react at all - the system seemed to classify "mutual assistance among extras" as a legal behavior.

"The efficiency of the extras has been ridiculously high lately." The assistant director muttered as he flipped through the notice sheet. "When we were shooting the rain scene yesterday, everyone brought their own towels?"

The staff came over and said, "I heard that there is a guy named Zhao Wuji selling strategy guides..."

"Bullshit!" The assistant director suddenly exploded, "He must have been sent by the investor to spy on us!"

That afternoon, Zhao Wuji was "invited" into the office. The assistant director slapped a stack of A4 papers on the table and said, "Tell me, are you from Huaxian or Guangyi?"

"I'm just an ordinary extra..."

"Ordinary extras?" The assistant director sneered, "Can you know three days in advance that the director wants to change the night scene? Can you accurately predict which day Han Geng will be in a bad mood?"

Zhao Wuji broke out in a cold sweat - he had messed up.

The electronic watch suddenly pops up a prompt:
[Identity exposure risk detected]

[Implementation Plan A: Memory Interference (cost 3000 yuan)]

[Option B: Forced hosting (free but painful)]

Before he made his choice, the assistant director had already called him: "Boss Wang, we caught a corporate spy..."

click!
The world suddenly stopped. Zhao Wuji found that his hands were moving uncontrollably. He picked up the pen on the table and wrote on the A4 paper:

"Box office forecast for "Ex-Files": 1.2 million on the first day, 6.5 million in total - data source: Yisi Consulting"

The assistant director's expression changed from anger to shock, and finally to flattery: "So you are the boss of the data company!"

The electronic watch shows indifferently: [Trusteeship completed, pain compensation will begin soon]

Zhao Wuji suddenly felt a stomachache and knelt on the ground vomiting.

Late at night, Zhao Wuji dragged his exhausted body into the lighting group warehouse. Lao Wang was sorting out the equipment and immediately locked the door when he saw him: "Did Xia Lu ask you to come?"

A Blu-ray disc was stuffed into Zhao Wuji's hands.

"The original ending," Lao Wang's voice trembled, "the investors thought it was too dark and forced a reshoot."

Just as Zhao Wuji was about to ask, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the warehouse. Lao Wang suddenly pushed open the ventilation duct and said, "Let's go!"

When I climbed out of the wall of the film and television city, the electronic clock suddenly updated:

[Hidden mission completed]

[Reward: Unlock the "Pain Shield" function (costs 1000 yuan each time)]

[New warning: The host has been exposed to core secrets, and subsequent behavior will be strictly monitored]

In the rental house, Zhao Wuji used the CD-ROM drive he got from the Internet cafe to play the CD.

The picture shows the unreleased ending: Xia Lu is sitting in the hospital corridor, holding the abortion surgery form in her hand. Meng Yun is at the end of the corridor, hugging his ex-girlfriend Luo Xi.

"This is the fucking reality..." Zhao Wuji muttered to himself.

Suddenly, a string of garbled characters flashed across the screen and the CD spontaneously combusted.

The latest notification pops up on the electronic watch:

【Because the host obtains illegal content】

[Penalty: Price coefficient adjusted back to 2.2x]

[Current account balance: 18000 yuan (actual purchasing power is consistent with reality...)]

Zhao Wuji slammed the keyboard, but heard the convenience store downstairs playing a looped song on the loud speaker:

"Limited time discount for instant noodles for extras! Original price 88 yuan, now only 85 yuan!"

The next day, the "Hengdian Safe-haven Alliance" was purged.

Lao Liu was accused of stealing lunch boxes and was sentenced to clean toilets for three months
Three extras were fired for "bringing towels without permission"

Zhao Wuji’s WeChat account is permanently banned
To make matters worse, the spreadsheet was updated with a patch:
[Extras IQ enhancement program started]

[From now on, the information provided by the host will have a 30% error rate]

When he told the newcomers "there will be no rain scenes tomorrow", it started to rain heavily that afternoon and the entire crew was soaked.

"Swindler!" Former customers surrounded him to collect debts. When Zhao Wuji paid money to appease the crowd, the electronic watch insidiously prompted:
【Cash payment is not affected by the price coefficient】

[Current account: 9200 yuan (only 200 yuan left in cash)]

With nowhere else to go, Zhao Wuji returned to the lighting group warehouse.

"Lao Wang, I want to see Xia Lu."

"No," Lao Wang smiled bitterly, "She was sent to Hainan this morning to 'adjust her condition'."

Zhao Wuji stared at the little balance left on his electronic watch and suddenly laughed.

"Tell the crew," he tore off his extras card and threw it on the ground, "I want to apply for a special actor."

Lao Wang's eyes widened: "Are you crazy? You have to act opposite the leading actor! You will be beaten"

"That's right," Zhao Wuji clicked on the newly unlocked [Pain Shield] function of the electronic watch, "I'm just waiting for them to find out - "I'm not afraid of pain at all."