After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Ended Up with the Movie Queen - Chapter 32

Wasn’t it just digging up ginseng?

As long as they were careful, they could definitely do it!

Besides, there were six of them. Surely at least one person would have learned it. When the time came, the cameras could focus on that person, and everyone else could slack off.

Holding onto this belief, everyone chose one American ginseng plant with a withered stem aboveground and began digging—slacking.

Of course, Gu Nan chose one not far from Shen Zhibei. Then she crouched there and swung her little shovel down without hesitation.

Shen Zhibei watched Gu Nan dig several times, turning up quite a bit of soil, but still very far away from the place she was supposed to dig.

Seeing that Gu Nan seemed to be digging quite happily, she finally could not help saying, “Shouldn’t you dig a little farther in? And move a little slower? You look like you’re just digging soil. Is that how Village Chief Meng did it just now?”

“Absolutely not. Isn’t it because I didn’t learn it?” Gu Nan was not in the right, but she was still confident. “Zhibei, did you learn it?”

“No, but generally speaking, shouldn’t it be dug like this?” Although Shen Zhibei was no good at actually doing it, she had plenty of theories.

Gu Nan’s little brain turned, and an idea popped up. “Then what if I dig it up together with the soil around it, and then knock the soil off afterward? Wouldn’t that avoid damaging the root?”

“I don’t know. Why don’t you try first?” Shen Zhibei curiously encouraged Gu Nan to try the method she had suggested. If it really worked, she could use it too.

Meng Yuanshan had originally been walking around, helping and guiding whichever guest was doing it wrong. Just then, he happened to walk behind the two of them and heard Gu Nan’s method. He immediately said, “The soil in the ginseng bed also needs to be protected.”

“So that’s how it is.” Gu Nan laughed awkwardly twice. “Then I’ll try another method.”

After the strange ideas from the other guests, Meng Yuanshan’s heart trembled whenever he heard “try another method.” He immediately crouched beside the two of them and asked them to slowly follow his instructions.

[Village Chief Meng is going to get PTSD from these people.]

[Gu Nan: Afraid of digging into the ginseng root? Then just dig the soil. (doge)]

[One strange idea after another. Over at Tang Ling’s side, he even said he wanted to borrow Teacher Peng’s little shovel, use two shovels to dig in from the edges, and then pull the ginseng out all at once.]

[They’re really afraid the village chief’s blood pressure won’t rise high enough, hahaha.]

[Village chief: You wastrels, hurry and let go of our village’s ginseng!]

“First, loosen the soil around the ginseng.”

That was what he said, but Gu Nan kept digging empty soil. Village Chief Meng could only keep saying, “Farther in. A little farther in. You don’t need to stay that far away. Your shovel is still very far from the ginseng root.”

The chief director simply watched this scene with her hand over her forehead.

This group of guests was not only digging extremely slowly, their digging postures were bizarre, and they kept chatting with each other instead of doing any proper work.

Didn’t the script she gave them earlier clearly say they were supposed to help farmers?

If they did not talk and help introduce the product, what kind of farmer assistance was this?

It just so happened that Meng Yuanshan had walked over to Shen Zhibei and Gu Nan’s side and begun guiding them.

The chief director hurriedly wrote on a board outside the camera’s view and knocked on it, making Shen Zhibei notice the words on it. She wanted Shen Zhibei to talk more with Meng Yuanshan and say more good things about Yingpan Village’s American ginseng.

Shen Zhibei had filmed many advertisements, so she should understand how to guide things.

As for Gu Nan, she no longer expected this young lady to guide anything. As long as Gu Nan did not once again make the direction develop strangely, that would already be her greatest contribution.

Shen Zhibei immediately saw the little sign the chief director was holding up.

After seeing it, she began searching for an opportunity to naturally guide the conversation toward an introduction of Yingpan Village’s American ginseng.

“I dug out my first one!” Gu Nan held up the ginseng in her hand. Although it was only a small one, she had dug it out herself.

“You damaged this ginseng root a little.”

Gu Nan, who had originally been quite excited, immediately wilted. “Then I’ll be more careful with the next one.”

It just so happened that because Gu Nan had damaged the ginseng root, Meng Yuanshan began talking about American ginseng’s market value and how part of it depended on the completeness of the root and its appearance. Shen Zhibei naturally joined the conversation.

“Village Chief Meng, how do you tell whether American ginseng is good or bad? Actually, we usually buy it to eat, but we’ve never known how to distinguish quality. Could you explain it to us?”

When it came to this, Village Chief Meng no longer felt heartache over the damage the guests had done to the ginseng. He picked up the one he had dug earlier and used it as an example to explain.

First, he snapped the American ginseng in his hand and showed Shen Zhibei the cross-section.

“Look. This kind with a flat cross-section and plum-blossom patterns is good ginseng. Also, good ginseng is slightly bitter when held in the mouth. When chewed, it will have a slight spicy-bitter taste. After swallowing, the aftertaste slowly comes back little by little, and the ginseng fragrance becomes stronger and stronger.”

“These two methods are the simplest.”

“Come, girl. Try it and see whether it’s good.”

There was still mud on it.

Shen Zhibei only hesitated slightly, mentally preparing herself, before reaching out to take it. In the end, she grabbed nothing.

A hand reached out from the side, appearing and withdrawing extremely quickly.

Then, the broken American ginseng appeared in Gu Nan’s hand.

“I’ll taste it for you.”

Gu Nan wiped the surface with her hand again, then directly took a small bite, chewed a few times, and swallowed.

After quietly sensing it for a while, Gu Nan looked pleasantly surprised and said to Shen Zhibei, “The taste really is exactly like Village Chief Meng said.”

“Do you still want to try it?” Gu Nan first made as if to hand the ginseng to Shen Zhibei, then took it back before she could speak. “I already took a bite, so forget it. Village Chief, how much is this ginseng? I’ll transfer the money to you.”

“No need, no need. It’s just one piece of ginseng. Of course we can give it to you.”

“That won’t do. We can’t take even a needle or a thread from you for free.” Gu Nan sternly refused.

“Aiya, it’s just one ginseng root.”

“Then how about this? This one can count as a gift, and I’ll buy more. I want to give some to my Mother and Mom, and also Zhibei’s dad. Anyway, I’ll send some to both mine and Zhibei’s relatives and friends. Village Chief Meng, you have to pack me some good ginseng.” Gu Nan discussed it with Meng Yuanshan. “When the time comes, you can advertise it as American ginseng that even Gu Tiansheng ate and praised.”

Meng Yuanshan did not really recognize the name Gu Tiansheng and only thought she was some very famous celebrity.

“Don’t worry.” At this point, Meng Yuanshan’s face showed pride. “Our Yingpan Village’s ginseng is all harvested only after being planted for a full five years, when its medicinal effect reaches its peak. No matter how you choose, it’s all good ginseng.”

“Then all right, Village Chief. Could you pack me ten catties?”

Gu Nan’s side was so lively that it naturally attracted the other guests over. Now that they heard it had already reached the stage of buying ginseng, the other guests also began adding orders.

Meng Yuanshan no longer had time to care about the American ginseng harvesting activity. He was now busy writing down how many catties each person wanted, preparing to send them over to the guests later.

Gu Nan hid her merit and fame and returned to Shen Zhibei’s side.

The chief director covered her face, not knowing what to say.

It was this strange development again.

Why was it that as long as Gu Nan participated, the direction became strange? Did she have some mysterious metaphysical power on her?

Shen Zhibei looked at Gu Nan, who had returned to her side, and suddenly saw her frown with a bitter expression. She could not help asking, “What’s wrong with you?”

“I think I still ate some mud.”

After Gu Nan said this, she hurriedly ran to the production team to ask for water to rinse her mouth. Shen Zhibei quickly followed her.

[You insisted on helping your wife test the poison. Isn’t this exactly testing the “poison”? This move is called getting what you asked for.]

[Although the village chief meant well, Village Chief, wash it before letting them chew on it.]

[I got my sugar. I really got my sugar. Nanbei CP is truly worth it. Every day, the main couple grabs us by the throat and pours sugar down our necks, and the sweetness level gets higher every day. I feel like I’m about to get diabetes.]

[I recommend everyone go watch the edits made by all the Nanbei girls on Bilibili. They’ll show you the real Nanbei CP!]

[Although I’m Sister’s fan and previously kept criticizing Gu Nan because of their marriage, after watching two days of livestreams, I actually feel Gu Nan is pretty decent. At least her performance in front of the cameras is pretty good. I won’t casually criticize her anymore, but I hope the facts prove that she really will always treat Sister well.]

At this point, the American ginseng harvesting activity could no longer continue.

The chief director had no choice. After all, the village chief had already begun writing down orders, and the guests had gone from digging American ginseng to asking how many catties of ginseng Yingpan Village could harvest in a year and how many could be sold.

But seeing that many viewers in the bullet comments were asking how they could buy Yingpan Village’s ginseng, the chief director finally felt a little more at ease.

Although the direction of this activity was a little strange, the farmer-assistance effect achieved was still fairly good. She would just turn a blind eye.

She gestured to the staff who had been watching the livestream room the whole time to put Yingpan Village’s village committee phone number in the most conspicuous spot in the livestream room.

After giving Yingpan Village a thorough hard promotion, the chief director directly let the guests move around freely.

However, this free-activity time began much earlier than the chief director had expected. She could only hurry and call a small meeting to discuss whether to add a temporary mini-task for the guests, create a plot point, or truly let them move freely.

As for the guests, the moment free activity began, they were already prepared to steal the production team’s home base.

Seeing the production team’s leaders go off to hold a meeting, they felt even more strongly that the opportunity had come.

“Go, go, go!” Peng Yushu took the lead, bringing along the others—who were all young people to him—and ran toward where the RVs were parked.

The production team members currently in the meeting had no idea what they were about to face.

At this moment, at the place where the RVs were parked, there were only a few staff members preparing dinner. Seeing the guests arrive, all of them froze.

“Teachers, why… why have you come over?”

The six of them had no time to care about the staff members’ question. Looking at all kinds of meat, meat, meat, and more meat that had been taken out, all the guests’ eyes turned red.

“No one move. This is a robbery. Now, these ingredients, plus this RV, are all ours!” Peng Yushu pointed at the RV behind the staff members as he said this.

“That’s right. They’re all ours now!” Gu Nan slapped the chopping board they had taken outside and said “ferociously.”

The staff members left here to cook were greatly alarmed.

They also knew about the guests’ “secret plan,” but they had not expected the guests to move up the time. And they had not expected their appetite to be this big either. They actually wanted to take both the ingredients and the RV.

Seeing their bandit-like behavior, the staff hurried forward to stop them, wanting to protect the ingredients and the RV. “Teachers, this won’t do!”

“It can. It can.” As Gu Nan spoke, she blocked several staff members, preventing them from getting past.

Lu Xuehai and Tang Ling quickly stepped forward to help.

Seeing Gu Nan and the others already beginning a pulling-and-blocking mode with the staff, Shen Zhibei could not help saying, “Go see whether the RV key is in the driver’s seat. If not, get the key first, then move the ingredients inside. Whether or not we can find a road to drive the RV up, we can first rest and tidy up inside the RV. But if you keep dawdling with the staff like this for a while longer, the chief director might bring people over.”

“Oh, right.” Gu Nan and the others suddenly understood.

“I’m good at driving. I’ll go see whether there’s a key. If there is, I’ll sit there and not move. Don’t even think the production team can separate me from the seat.” Lu Xuehai ran to the driver’s seat, and Peng Yushu immediately took his place.

“Gu Nan, go move the ingredients into the vehicle. I’ll take your place,” Shen Zhibei said.

Bai Rui also followed and called out, “I’ll help too. Tang Ling, hurry and move things.”

The three of them blocked the way in a posture that said, “If you touch me, I’ll fall down on the spot.” Which staff member would dare touch them? They could only hurriedly urge the chief director and the others to come back quickly.

News quickly came from Lu Xuehai’s side.

“The key is in the ignition. Everyone, hurry and move the ingredients and utensils into the vehicle!”

“Okay!”

Gu Nan moved even faster. At first, she had been picking and choosing ingredients, but now she simply picked everything up in one go and carried it into the vehicle. Tang Ling also made trip after trip moving tableware and kitchenware.

Accompanied by the staff members being “fake-fall” blocked by Shen Zhibei and the others wailing “Nooo,” it did not take long before they had swept away all the ingredients outside.

“Camera operators, are you coming or not? If not, we’ll leave without cameras,” Shen Zhibei stood at the RV door, holding the door as she said. “But the RV is too small. The six of us are already squeezed enough, so only two of you can come up. Decide quickly. You get one minute. Sixty, fifty-nine…”

The camera operators looked at one another, then pushed two people forward and quickly got into the RV.

As soon as the two camera operators got on, Shen Zhibei waved. “Goodbye!”

Then, with a bang, she pulled the RV door shut.

The vehicle drove away directly. Amid the rolling dust it kicked up, the chief director and her group finally arrived, but they could only see in the livestream the smug smiles of the six guests leaving triumphantly after shaking off the production team.

“I…”

In the end, the chief director still choked that curse back down.

[66666, this season’s guests are too good. Their various wild operations are dazzling.]

[This show, seriously, this scene can be considered the ceiling. It’s forever god-tier to me!]

[A group of people are truly smiling smugly. And Tang Ling even happened to find a bottle of red wine in the RV’s little fridge. They’ve already started opening red wine to celebrate. The chief director watching the livestream outside is going to be furious again, right?]

[This scene deserves to go down in history. In variety-show history, it shall be called the Yingpan Village Surprise Attack.]

[When the chief director arrived, she could only eat exhaust. Her face turned red with anger on the spot. You can tell it’s not scripted, hahahaha.]

Everyone raised glass cups full of wine and happily toasted, celebrating the complete success of this operation.

Because of the principle of not drinking while driving, and not driving after drinking, this time, Lu Xuehai, who was driving, was not included.

Once the celebration came to an end, the group began paying attention to whether they could drive the RV to the small building.

As long as they could drive it there, before this episode ended, they could all live very comfortably.

Lu Xuehai drove the RV around the small slope twice. Along the way, they truly did not see any small road that could take the vehicle up.

“No wonder the production team didn’t drive the RV to the top of the slope and instead parked it at the foot. There’s simply no road here for cars to go up,” Bai Rui could not help sighing.

“The production team’s car is following really closely.” Gu Nan looked at the rearview mirror. “Since we can’t find a road up the slope, should we just stop somewhere and do what we need to do?”

“For example?” Tang Ling asked.

“For example, take a shower, charge our devices, and eat?” Gu Nan took the power bank and charger from her bag and started looking for a place to charge them. Because of the battery issue these past two days, she had barely used her phone.

“To do all that, we need to park first, right?” Lu Xuehai asked. “Where should we stop?”

“Just stop anywhere. The main thing is to lock all the doors and windows from the inside so they can’t open them from outside.” As Peng Yushu spoke, he also took out his phone to charge.

Gu Nan, whose phone and power bank were already charging, began checking the kitchenware she would use later. “We can finally use electrical appliances. It really wasn’t easy. I’ll cook first. I’ll make more and take out tomorrow morning’s and noon’s portions too. You all hurry and shower. By the time everyone finishes, you can eat.”

“Then you’ll be working too hard.”

They said it was hard work, but everyone was very much looking forward to showering.

When Gu Nan gave examples of what they could do, Shen Zhibei had already gone to observe the shower room. At this moment, she had come back out. “I checked. The shower can indeed be used.”

“I really want to shower, but what if I didn’t bring a towel?” Bai Rui had only simply removed her makeup, washed, and brushed her hair before sleeping last night because there had only been a little hot water and a few bottles of mineral water. Now, hearing that they could shower, she was naturally very proactive.

“I did bring mine and Zhibei’s.” Gu Nan dug out two towels from the very bottom of her backpack. “Here, Zhibei.”

Shen Zhibei accepted the towel Gu Nan handed over and glanced at it, confirming that this should be a new one, not the one she had left in the room.

She really was surprisingly considerate.

Shen Zhibei thought this in her heart, then added a time-limited qualifier: when she wasn’t being mouthy.

“Then Sister Zhibei can go first. I’ll keep looking. The production team’s RV should have brought a lot of spare towels,” Tang Ling said.

“Are you Doraemon? Why did you bring so many things? Not only chargers and power banks, you even brought towels?” Peng Yushu asked in great disbelief.

“Didn’t we agree that after going down the slope, we would go to other villagers’ homes and do things the production team absolutely wouldn’t let us do?” Gu Nan was also very surprised. “So all of you forgot, and I was the only one who remembered?”

“Now that you mention it, there was such a thing.”

Peng Yushu was momentarily speechless. Only then did he remember that while eating instant noodles last night, they had indeed planned this.

[Did I lose my memory? When did they talk about this? Why don’t I know? I watched the livestream all day yesterday, even holding my phone when going to the bathroom, yet there are things I don’t know about. Gu Nan must be making it up, right?]

[Teacher Peng said there was such a thing, so it must have happened after the cameras were turned off. But that makes sense. If they were discussing making trouble, of course they’d wait until the cameras were off.]

[So excited. Sister is about to shower. Although the bathroom door is shut very tightly, the sound of water might not be picked up, and the camera won’t film that side. But rounding it up, I’m about to become someone who has watched Sister shower.]

[Think about it: if Tang Ling finds spare towels later, everyone will go. Fans of each house, are your pants still properly on?]

[Pants? What are those? They disappeared long ago.]

At this time, Lu Xuehai also parked the vehicle back at the foot of the mountain. After all, getting off there put them closest to the stairs leading back to the small building.

“Then I’ll go first?” Shen Zhibei gently tugged the towel in her hand.

Although the shower room door closed tightly, thinking that the sound of running water could still be heard by others made her a little embarrassed.

While the others were not paying attention, she secretly poked Gu Nan’s waist with her finger.

“What’s wrong?” Gu Nan tilted her head over and asked quietly.

“The water sounds…” Shen Zhibei said in an even smaller voice.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Nan understood what Shen Zhibei wanted to say.

She arranged the pots, bowls, ladles, and basins properly, then gave Shen Zhibei a look that meant: leave it to me. “Go, go. Pretend we don’t exist.”

Although Shen Zhibei did not know exactly what Gu Nan was going to do, she inexplicably felt that leaving it to her would be fine.

Watching Shen Zhibei walk into the shower room, Gu Nan directly picked up her charging phone. “Everyone, please enjoy a song.”

She casually tapped open the songs she had kept on her phone ever since returning to this world.

Turning the volume to maximum was not enough. She also switched on the new function of this phone: MAX volume.

“Namo Amitabha~ Namo Amitabha~ Namo Amitabha~”

The other four guests, along with Shen Zhibei in the bathroom: …

The audience watching the livestream: …