Possessed No More: The True Star Returns to Claim Her Throne-Chapter 117: Roast
Director Warren glared at her. "Are you a parrot?"
Victoria Koenig quickly hid behind Riley Perry. "Ria, the director is glaring at me."
Director Warren: ’...Seriously? Tattling on me right to my face?’
The bullet comments were full of "HAHAHA." ["Still collapsed on the ground"—who collapses on the ground and still has the energy to argue with someone this loudly?]
[Victoria Koenig: When Ria says she’s tired, she really means she’s ready to be a pain. We have to mess with Director Warren some more, or he’ll just get even worse!]
[So that’s what she meant by ’tired’!]
[The cameraman is so sharp. He actually dares to do a close-up on Director Warren’s face!]
[Right, right, the cameraman is great. Every time Victoria Koenig has had that completely dead-inside look these past few days, he’s managed to capture it perfectly. Seriously, I laugh every time I see it. I almost laughed my head off.]
Director Warren patted his chest fearfully. "Fine, compensation. I’ll treat you to hot pot after the show ends!"
"You think you can get rid of us with just one hot pot meal?"
Victoria Koenig chimed in, "Exactly! That’s absolutely not happening. Two meals, minimum!" After speaking, she even wagged her two outstretched fingers.
Riley Perry turned and rapped her on the head. "Not even for two!"
Director Warren wore an expression of physical pain. "Three meals, tops. Any more is impossible! I’ve still got a wife and kids to support! I have to be frugal with my salary!"
"Then I’ll just go to sleep after I finish cooking. I won’t do anything else. I’ll sleep all day tomorrow, too. Jenson and Claire Lee can both have the day off."
Director Warren grew anxious. If Riley Perry wasn’t on screen, he knew without a doubt that the show’s popularity would plummet!
"Then what do you want?"
"First, I want the presidential suite! This isn’t me being greedy for luxury, you know. Didn’t you ask me to cook dinner?
"I can’t just go and cause a scene in the hotel’s main kitchen. The presidential suite comes with its own kitchen. That’s not an unreasonable request, is it?"
Their current rooms were all standard king rooms, none of which had kitchens.
Director Warren: ’A presidential suite costs five figures a night. Just thinking about it hurts!’
However, he still agreed. It was just a matter of swapping their two rooms for a suite. He had just received a huge investment yesterday, so he could afford it. "Alright. What’s the second condition?"
"Tomorrow, I want free time. We’ll do whatever we want. You can’t give us any more tasks."
’He had originally planned to create an even harder task to watch Riley Perry and her partner run around in a chaotic mess,’ Director Warren gritted his teeth. ’But now... Forget it. Let her have her way. It’s better than them just sleeping in their room.’
"Fine, I agree to that too. What’s the third condition?"
"Tomorrow, the production team has to reimburse all our expenses for our outing!"
Director Warren didn’t want to agree, but Riley Perry’s expression clearly showed she was ready to throw in the towel at the slightest disagreement. He had no choice but to concede. "Only for visiting attractions and for food and drinks. We won’t cover anything else."
Riley Perry was satisfied. "Okay, it’s a deal."
With that, she pulled Victoria Koenig away.
Jenson fell back a couple of steps, keeping the camera aimed at Director Warren, and thus captured his enraged expression perfectly. "Okay? She’s okay with it, but my money! My money!"
He then frantically scratched his head. "I hear women are the biggest spenders. She’s not going to deliberately pick some ridiculously expensive activities tomorrow, is she? Lane, do you think ten thousand yuan will be enough for her?"
He turned and saw Jenson, who was supposed to be following Riley Perry, secretly filming him. He immediately raised his hand as if to strike, and with a yelp, a terrified Jenson scrambled away.
The bullet comments were filled with "HAHAHA."
[What’s so funny about this? Isn’t Riley Perry being too disrespectful of the rules?]
[Someone’s salty again! She negotiated those terms with her own skills. If you don’t like it, suck it up!]
[An adventure show is still a variety show. The whole point is to entertain the audience, and the rules never said you can’t negotiate with the director.]
[I’m just happy seeing the director get owned!]
[Riley Perry barely had any presence in the variety shows she was in before. This time, it’s getting more and more interesting to watch.]
Many of the bullet comments were praising Riley Perry.
Director Warren’s face was dark, but his eyes held a hint of a smile as he read the comments on the screen. ’Ah, it wasn’t for nothing that I played along with that brat. After such a huge sacrifice, this show had better blow up, or it’ll be a total waste of my performance.’
After leaving, Riley Perry wrote down a list of ingredients she needed and had the staff deliver them. Their room had also been upgraded, so the two of them grabbed their luggage and moved to the presidential suite. Victoria Koenig followed her to help out as her assistant.
But they hadn’t even had five minutes of peace before Director Warren’s next order came through, telling Riley Perry to talk.
Riley Perry was so annoyed she started complaining about Director Warren directly on the livestream. "Director Warren told me to keep chattering, so I won’t hold back!
"You guys have no idea, Director Warren is the stingiest director I’ve ever met. Of course, back when we were filming *Youth*, all we heard him drone on about every day was money, money, money!
"Spending an extra cent of his money is like carving off a piece of his flesh. Believe it or not, if he had seen the list of ingredients I wrote down beforehand, he definitely wouldn’t have agreed."
She had barely gotten a few complaints out when Director Warren burst in. "Riley Perry, what are you nitpicking about now? I agreed to all your conditions, so why are you still bad-mouthing me behind my back? 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"Tell me, are you looking for a fight? Are you? I’m telling you, I’m not afraid of you! If you start any more trouble, I... I’ll go all out!"
Director Warren was in his forties, with slightly thinning hair and a bit of a potbelly from sitting around so much. When he declared he was "going all out," he had absolutely zero imposing presence!
In fact, he looked incredibly pathetic!
’And how could he not be?’ Riley Perry was holding him by the collar. With a gentle tug, she lifted him right up. The last syllable of his threat hadn’t even left his mouth before she’d hauled him out of the kitchen without even breaking a sweat. ’I can’t beat her. I really can’t beat her!’
"I haven’t even said much, and you’ve already lost your cool? What did I say that was wrong? Filming this show is exhausting enough. We finally finished a task early and could get some rest, but then you made me cook, and now you want me to be a chatterbox. What’s wrong with me saying a few things about you?"
Director Warren was so thoroughly rebutted he was speechless. A few staff members who had followed him over, afraid he might actually faint from anger, rushed forward to support him. "Director, calm down, calm down! Does anyone have any heart medication? Quick, get him a couple of pills! We can’t let our director get worked up to death!"
Bullet Comments: [Riley Perry is so strong! She lifted Director Warren with just one hand!]
[Didn’t she lift Victoria Koenig before? It’s still a trending topic. This isn’t anything new.]
[Hahaha, this show shouldn’t be called *Go on an adventure together*. It should be called *The Frazzled Director Warren*!]
[As long as they don’t call it *The Frazzled Guy Next Door*.]
[I don’t really care about watching them trek through mountains and sleep in the wild.
I just love watching the drama. I’ll even cheer them on: Fight! Fight!]
[Whoa! There really are people who just love to stir the pot!]
"You’re just sitting around idle anyway, so what’s wrong with talking a bit more? But don’t talk about me anymore. Just... just explain your cooking process. The audience in the livestream is waiting to hear it."
Riley Perry walked up to the camera. "See? Director Warren just loves to exploit people. On this show, not only do I have to climb mountains, cross rivers, catch chickens, and trap rabbits, but I can’t even let my mouth rest.
"Now Director Warren is making me explain my cooking process. I only know how to make simple home-style dishes, so if you’re not interested, you can switch to another stream.
"Alright, next up is my home-cooking time. The lobster is prepped and ready. We’ll be making salt and pepper lobster. Victoria Koenig, can you eat spicy boiled fish?"
