I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 418: The First Round of the Game Begins
Mu Qiu nodded approvingly, looking at Qiu Shuang with admiration in his eyes: "Very good. You are the motivational fuel of our group. If later on, Li Yang and I show a bit of negative attitude, you just say that to us."
Qiu Shuang: "A rocket booster, huh? Absolutely doable."
Li Yang looked at the two of them, finally saying: "Mu Qiu and I are temporarily safe; we can push ourselves a bit more."
If we fail, we can just try harder next time.
"Come on, let’s power up!"
The three of them stacked their hands together, counting one, two, three, then enthusiastically pushing down.
"Go! Go! Go!"
They acted as if they were entering a battlefield, only to find, when the director announced the rules of the first game, that their cheering was pointless. This game required brainpower.
The staff brought up three room-divider-like props set in the center, replicating it two more times, transforming the small space from three to nine compartments.
The director looked refreshed: "Everyone can take a look at the complete game equipment."
Wei Yi seemed a bit dumbfounded: "So the earlier setup wasn’t even complete?"
Why did they spend so much time analyzing it?
Compared to his cautiousness upon arrival, Li Yang was much more relaxed, bursting out: "No way, director?! You didn’t even setup the game props completely to keep us from cheating?!"
No wonder they weren’t stopped for flipping through phones to cheat earlier.
The director, with an orchid finger raised, lifted the small speaker, saying: "To prevent you from cheating, the show team has spent a lot of effort. Life is tough, let’s understand each other."
"..."
Qiu Shuang sighed from behind: "As expected, people say the production team is always one step ahead, not easy to fool. I’m still too young."
Shi Yuhuai, who had been watching him speak, asked after he finished: "How old are you?"
"Stop," Mu Qiu blocked Qiu Shuang, making a no gesture towards Shi Yuhuai, "Brother Huai, when he says he’s too young, he means he’s not clever enough to outsmart the directors, not that he’s eternally eighteen."
Eternally eighteen Qiu Shuang: "......"
Shi Yuhuai claimed he still didn’t understand: "I just really wanted to ask how old he is."
Mu Qiu suspected: "Do you really understand? Did you join a class too?"
"Go away."
Mu Qiu shrugged and left. Then the two started discussing age.
The director knocked on the speaker, signaling everyone to pay attention to him, and began announcing the rules of the game.
"Welcome to the first game: ’Word and Performance.’ Nine people will sit by groups in staggered positions, ensuring the three members of the playing team sit in the first, fifth, and last positions.
Then, the first person makes movements according to a passage on an electronic device to recreate it, the second person writes down what they believe the first person’s actions represent, and the third person then acts out this passage. The first person cannot verbally communicate the information.
The process continues in this manner until the last person recreates what they believe are the correct actions and scene. Besides the fixed positions, the roles of performer and writer among participants can be suitably changed. Success is achieved if the performance highly correlates with the initial passage, otherwise it fails.
During the game, your performance modes will be restricted by the use of body parts. The card will specify which part you’re ’injured’ in and can’t use, e.g., blindness means you can’t use your eyes to see the performance or the writing.
If a controlled part is used in violation, the electronic wristband will detect it and deduct a point from the base of three points per round. Once points are deducted, the guest must stop the game immediately and become a roaming NPC.
The remaining score value and task completion are tallied together. The best team gets first pick at performance keywords and can switch. Any questions?"
"Yes."
Benming Muqiu, blindfolded, raised his hand: "A blind person can’t see, how do they play this game? Rely on spiritual perception?"
They didn’t prepare a Braille version either.
Guan Yu popped in to help answer: "Being blind doesn’t mean being deaf too, can’t you have someone who can talk in front of you to tell you?"
"...That makes sense. Director, is the team playing arranging everyone’s positions?"
Shu Ran turned her head with an "Eh": "Aren’t the other two groups’ seating free? Why follow the arrangement?"
"Free seating? If you put a writer in front of me, we’d all be doomed, wouldn’t we? Don’t even think about it. Besides, Sister Shu Ran, you’re a roaming NPC, it’s most likely your team goes first."
Shu Ran paused, then turned to the director: "Director, who goes first?"
The director smiled broadly: "You do."
Mu Qiu laughed triumphantly: "I told you, Sister Shu Ran, consider the possibility of a reversal even when throwing stones at someone."
"......It’s my fault, Brother Cheng, Teacher Jiang Lu, I apologize."
Jiang Lu responded: "It’s okay. But do we only have one shot per group?"
Director: "Yes, only one shot per group."
"Then we have to plan everyone’s order," Cheng Zhirang quietly discussed, "Our three people’s order needs planning to increase the chance of success."
Jiang Lu shook his head, a smile tugging at his thin lips: "I think this game depends on who gets closest to the answer; with so many people in between, accurate depiction is impossible, guaranteed someone will mix things up."
Cheng Zhirang nodded: "So just do our best, mainly ensuring we don’t break any rules leading to point deduction."
Shu Ran also nodded in agreement.
Now they began strategizing, while the other two groups also contemplated their plans in advance.
Mu Qiu, Li Yang, and Qiu Shuang found a spot far from the others to talk.
Li Yang: "I think we should closely watch Brother Cheng’s group’s seating arrangement; when Brother Cheng acts, they won’t go easy."
Qiu Shuang nodded: "How about we draft a seating chart first, then adjust it after seeing theirs?"
Mu Qiu feigned calmness: "Alright. I’m blind, can’t go first, and the person in front of me can’t be mute either."
Li Yang: "Can you write?"
"I should be able to, just can’t guarantee visibility."
"......"
Qiu Shuang looked over at where Cheng Zhirang and his team were discussing their strategy and said: "I’m really curious, which position will Brother Cheng put us in?"
Li Yang didn’t even think before answering: "Definitely the order most advantageous to them, allowing us to contribute effectively with minimal disruption. They wouldn’t have a blind person recreating scenes or a deaf person listening to instructions, would they? That’d be self-destruction."
"This position is really difficult to decide," Mu Qiu flipped his hair, saying: "Since it’s about the most advantageous order for themselves, we’ll just wait to see their arrangement, then replace their people with ours in the same sequence."
"That could work. Looks like they finished their discussion, let’s see their arrangement."
The team playing the game had the authority to decide where others sat, while the six individuals from the other two teams stood before Cheng Zhirang, waiting for seating arrangements.
"Eighth position," Cheng Zhirang looked over and said: "Mu Qiu."
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The eighth position is for writing hahahahahahahahahahaha
