Variety shows are crazy but don't cause internal conflict; I'm proud to drive others crazy

Chapter 17 Meeting me? You're out of luck!
The staff member repeated, "Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu put black stockings over their heads and robbed the village's convenience store!"

Bang.

The director dropped the cup in his hand and jumped to his feet. "Holy crap, is this for real? Who uses props like that?!"

The director quickly had someone bring over an iPad, and he glanced at the live stream on Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu's end.

All you can see in the picture is...

Jiang Nanxi pulled the black stockings over her head, the intact parts of the stockings perfectly covering her face. She was also carrying a wood-chopping knife in her hand, and swaggered into the convenience store.

Li Chu also put black stockings on her head, but her walking posture was not as arrogant as Jiang Nanxi's.

Li Chu clutched a small knife in her hand, timidly following behind Jiang Nanxi, glancing left and right as if afraid someone would discover who she was.

"Robbery!"

As soon as Jiang Nanxi entered, she smashed her wood-chopping knife onto the cashier's counter, cracking the table and nearly scaring the owner to the point of fainting.

"Don't... don't kill me!"

The boss trembled as he raised his hands in surrender.

Jiang Nanxi pointed to a corner with her wood-chopping knife, "Go squat there and don't move. If you dare to move even a little, I'll chop you to death."

The boss, pale-faced, crouched in a corner, clutching his head, looking as if he was about to cry.

The viewers watching the live stream were also surprised.

[Jiang Nanxi is too crazy. Does she even know what she's doing? Most importantly, why do I feel like her robbery was so professional?]

[Hahahaha, I feel like this lousy show is about to be banned. Public figures doing this kind of thing during filming, the director deserves it!]

[Quickly ban this lousy show, and also ban Jiang Nanxi, that lunatic! There are hardly any normal people on this show!]

When the director saw this scene, he broke out in a cold sweat, his hair stood on end, and he grabbed his iPad and rushed toward the convenience store.

He yelled at the people around him, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and stop Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu! Do you want the show to be banned?!"

"I'm coming!"

All the staff rushed to the convenience store.

Inside the convenience store.

Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu each carried a burlap sack and frantically stuffed things into it.

"Wangzai milk, AD calcium milk, potato chips, Shanghaojia... Haha, these are all my favorites, I want to get a few more popsicles!"

Just as Li Chu finished packing, Jiang Nanxi slapped her on the head, saying, "Don't you have any backbone? Do you know you're a robber now? Why are you stealing this junk? Go get something more expensive!"

"Huh? What's more expensive?"

Li Chu's eyes suddenly lit up. "I'll take fifty Zhong Xue Gao ice creams! This ice cream is too expensive; I usually can't afford to buy it!"

"..."

Seeing Li Chu's clear yet foolish eyes, Jiang Nanxi could only say to her, "You take the cigarettes and alcohol, and then we'll exchange them for money later. We'll definitely have several thousand or even tens of thousands!"

"It makes sense."

The two continued to fill the sack with things.

Since you're going to exchange it for money anyway, why don't you two just rob each other?

[You might say these two robbers are stupid, right? They even thought of using black stockings to rob people, and Jiang Nanxi carrying a wood-chopping knife also has the air of a robber. But you might also say they're clever, right? They don't rob money, they just rob valuables.]

Soon, Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu filled the two sacks and carried them away.

As soon as they stepped out of the convenience store, the director and a group of people stopped them. The director's angry shout rang out, "Jiang Nanxi, what are you doing? You've broken the law, do you know that! Put those things back right now!"

"Li Chu, run!"

Jiang Nanxi rushed forward and bumped into the director, sending him spinning 360 degrees. Then she disappeared into the crowd as a blur.

"Hehe, I'm the fastest dog in the mountains, you'll never catch me."

"Jiang Nanxi!"

The director was supported by staff members; he was on the verge of collapse. "Stop right there! Come back here! Come back and return the things!"

The director and his men were about to give chase when the convenience store owner rushed out of the store and blocked the director's way.

Are you the director?

The convenience store owner said, "Those two girls said they were celebrities, acting here, and asked me to be an extra."

They said I get two thousand yuan for each play I perform. I've finished my performances, shouldn't I get paid now?

director:?
Before the director could react, the convenience store owner added, "Oh, by the way, that girl also said that everything in my store is a prop, and the crew will pay for it after they take it. Are you going to pay for it?"

director:?
The director remained expressionless for a while before saying, "That was their personal behavior, it has nothing to do with our production team. We're filming a variety show, not acting."

"what?!"

The convenience store owner immediately became furious, "You're carrying cameras, so you're a film crew, aren't you? Your cameras were filming those two girls when they were performing, how can it not be your business?"

How could you be such a director? You hired people as extras without even paying them! And you used things from my shop as free props! Do you think I'm a sucker?!

The convenience store owner took out his phone to make a call.

The boss angrily told the director, "You city folks are really shameless, you actually tricked me! You just wait. My cousin is the village chief, I'll have him bring the police over and arrest you all. You can forget about filming in our village again!"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute."

The director quickly stopped him from making the call, saying, "Brother, let's talk this out. There's no need to call the police."

In the end, the director compensated the shop owner with more than 20,000 yuan and also paid 2,000 yuan for the extras.

The convenience store owner was overjoyed and happily saw them off, adding that they could contact him if they wanted to hire extras again.

When the director returned to the guesthouse, his face turned green, and he almost strangled Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu.

"Jiang Nanxi, look what you've done! Do you know how much money I lost? That shop owner just squatted in the shop for a while and still had the nerve to ask me for two thousand yuan in performance fees!"

The director was furious.

He yelled and shouted inappropriately at the guesthouse.

"For this episode of the variety show, in order to invite some gimmicky guests, most of the money was spent on your salaries, and even you received a lot of salary!"

Now look what's happened! I haven't even broken even on filming a variety show, and you've robbed me, causing me to lose over 20,000 yuan in just one day! Plus, I've offended Mr. Li!
"I've prepared for so long, put so much effort into filming this variety show, and you keep causing trouble for me every day? Are you trying to revive the show?! What about all my hard work these past few days?!"

Jiang Nanxi made a heart shape with her hands towards him, saying, "You're just unlucky."

director:?
Seeing the director slump to the ground, almost bursting into tears, Jiang Nanxi went to comfort him.

"Director, it's just a little money loss, don't be sad. I guarantee the variety show won't flop, it's that old man Li Zhengtao who will flop."

The director's heart was already dead; he would never believe her again. "What good are your promises? Who do you think you are? You're not even worthy to carry Li Zhengtao's shoes!"

As soon as the director finished speaking, a staff member ran over and said, "Director, breaking news! Li Zhengtao was taken in for questioning by the police as soon as he returned to the capital!"

(End of this chapter)