GBP Chapter 146 Preliminary Rounds (1)
Chapter 146 Preliminary Rounds (1)
"Teacher Gu, Teacher Shi, good luck! I won't be joining the team with you later."
But I'll always be cheering you on from the sidelines.
San San has a baby face that looks very friendly.
Come to think of it, Gu Shijiu and the others have never met him in real life.
Because the place I live is too far away.
The fairy tale kingdom is in the northwest corner of the ethereal fairy realm, while San San's home is in the northeast corner.
They are all located in remote areas.
It is said that the Central Plate, the Kyushu Plate, and the Zichen Plate are the truly interesting places.
Gu Shijiu then realized that he was actually a country bumpkin.
At this moment, she noticed that San San had an icon that read "Agent" above her head, while Shi Qi had an icon that read "Contestant," which piqued her curiosity.
What's that on my head?
Shi Qi told her she was a "player (captain)".
Just as Gu Shijiu was about to show off, a sound came from the docking room.
"Welcome to the Northwest Division Preliminary Round of the 300th Misty Immortal Realm Acting Competition."
This competition attracted 500,000 participants; it was truly a gathering of distinguished guests.
During the preliminary rounds, contestants need to enter a virtual world, which is a world generated by the script.
You will perform roles that are randomly assigned, and you are free to adapt the plot.
The data collected during the contestants' live streams includes the number of viewers, the number of comments, and the amount of virtual gifts received.
Based on this, the top three players will advance.
Next, please click "Enter Competition" on the right to begin an exciting journey—
Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi exchanged a glance, waved to San San, and then entered the competition hall together.
The hall was packed with people, stretching as far as the eye could see, and Gu Shijiu couldn't find Shi Qi at all.
Yes, there are 500,000 people here.
Because the competition does not have any class restrictions, non-actors monks can also participate.
Some monks would try their luck here in order to increase their exposure.
After all, no matter what industry you're in, having traffic can be a great help to your career.
A mechanical voice kept explaining the competition rules over and over again in the hall.
"Now, team leaders, please draw the script for this round of the competition."
A virtual box suddenly appeared in front of Gu Shijiu, with a red draw button on top of it.
After clicking, a script without a name appeared in front of her.
It contains only a few sentences that explain the background of the story.
After browsing through it, Gu Shijiu only knew that it was a school set in modern society, with both rural and urban students.
As for the plot and title, those need to be written by the contestants.
Whoever performs best in the competition will become the protagonist of the final script for the play.
Gu Shijiu only knows the name of the character she plays now—Song Xiaojun.
Fortunately, the script is drawn in the name of the team, which means that Shi Qi will also appear in the script.
I just don't know if I'll be able to recognize who he's playing.
Under San San's guidance, Gu Shijiu crammed on past competitions.
Previously, when entering the small world, the appearance was not much different from the real person, but in the competition script, the appearance is completely unrelated to the real person.
In other words, fans couldn't recognize which of the actors in the photos were their favorites.
If a player intentionally reveals their identity, they will be disqualified from the competition for cheating and banned for three consecutive seasons.
This punishment is undeniably severe.
Fans and viewers can only speculate based on the players' performances.
The players' identities will not be announced until after the competition has ended.
This is not only for the sake of fairness, but also to add a gimmick.
In previous competitions, many people participated in discussions to guess the identities of the contestants, generating a lot of buzz.
Gu Shijiu's thoughts were scattered, wandering between different ideas, when a flash of light appeared in the hall.
She and several other figures vanished at the same time.
At the same time, the live broadcast officially began.
Gu Shijiu's live stream room has a number displayed:
Throughout the entire competition, all people knew about her was her name.
Even San San didn't know her number.
His main job was to spread the news that Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi were participating in the competition.
It would be best to get the fans involved to guess who these two are.
If you guess correctly, you can get more votes for them.
This really tests San San's eyesight; if she guesses wrong, she will vote for the competitor.
Since the entire decision is made by AI, Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi cannot provide any hints.
Otherwise, rigorous scrutiny will teach them a lesson.
"Wow, the acting competition has started! Will there be a dark horse this year? I can't wait!"
"My favorite celebrity is also participating. I wonder if I'll be able to recognize him."
"Hehe, I found a pretty girl."
......
Countless viewers eagerly entered the live stream.
Players who are randomly assigned a beautiful character usually receive more attention in the early stages of the game.
That all depends on luck.
Clearly, Gu Shijiu wasn't so lucky.
She looked in the mirror, at the girl's withered yellow hair, malnourished body, and haggard face, and began to process the information about the character setting in her mind.
Song Xiaojun is from the countryside. Her father works as a migrant worker on a construction site in the city, and her mother, Zhang Guihua, is in poor health but is quite good-looking.
When I was ten years old, my father died in a traffic accident, but because I was primarily responsible, the insurance company only paid me about 100,000 yuan.
To be honest, he should have been fully responsible, but the traffic police took pity on him and only found the poor driver secondarily responsible.
This way, you can get some compensation.
Because the accident didn't happen on the way to or from get off work, the construction site only provided some funeral expenses out of humanitarian considerations.
Zhang Guihua held all the money, and the mother and daughter depended on each other for survival.
Before Gu Shijiu could even figure out who the contestants were, she was stunned by the scene before her.
Inside the old mud house, a dirty and smelly man was tearing at a woman's clothes.
The woman's struggle was weak and powerless; all she could do was sob and cry.
Gu Shijiu grabbed a chair from the corner and smashed it over the man's head.
"Ouch—" The man was pushed against the wall by an excessive force.
A nail on the chair cut a deep, bone-revealing gash across his face, from which blood gushed.
"You little bastard, how dare you hit me!" The man did not run away after being injured, but instead walked towards Gu Shijiu with a ferocious tone.
Gu Shijiu was startled and ran to the kitchen, taking a cleaver from the hanging cutlery rack.
She was mainly afraid of hitting the man too hard and killing him; a knife was easier to control.
Seeing this, Zhang Guihua just lay on the ground and sobbed, without making any other move.
As the man lunged at her, Gu Shijiu flipped him to the ground with one hand and then accurately slashed his neck with a knife.
Of course, it avoided the major arteries.
The sudden spurt of blood and pain from his neck brought the man to a halt.
He touched his neck in disbelief, looking at the little boy he had completely disregarded.
Gu Shijiu is very thin now, and her eyes are frighteningly large. Although she looks scary, she seems very eerie.
Was he being haunted? The man felt terrified and bewildered, and he opened the door and fled.
Blood flowed along the path he had taken to escape, staining the ground.