Daily life of outdated stars

The vehicle finally stopped in front of a villa in a valley. From the outside, it was much better than the farmhouse that Xu Jia had imagined.

The villa is brightly lit, the street lights in the courtyard are dim yellow, and a stone road winds along the main entrance of the villa courtyard to the main entrance of the house.

The fountain pool has long since dried up, and the sculpture in the center is Venus with Broken Arms. Some mottled traces can be seen with the naked eye. Xu Jia looked around the courtyard through the car window, and he saw a swing with a broken chain and decaying flowers. and hills of debris.

"Get out of the car." The host's tone returned to normal, urging in a low voice.

Bai Lu opened his eyes, grabbed Xu Jia's clothes, sat up slowly, and said, "Open the trunk, let's take the luggage down."

Xu Jia stepped out of the car first, then took Bai Lu's hand, and assisted him to get out of the car. The two stood in the somewhat gloomy courtyard, and found no staff or guests other than the people on the car.

- Are you all asleep?

?—It's just eight o'clock, so it's not too late.

The photographer professionally increased the exposure, and the host's face turned pale against the light. He smiled and said, "You go into the villa, and the suitcases will be sent in for you in a while."

Xu Jia and Bai Lu looked at each other, with a gentle but tough attitude: "Let's take the suitcase in directly, and you don't need to bother."

On the host's side are a driver, a host, and two photographers carrying equipment. There are only two people on Xu Jia and Bailu's side. In theory, the program team can directly tie up the two guests by force. into the villa.

But the recording is still going on now, and it is far from the time when coercive means can be used. Although the contract signed by the variety show gives the program group a lot of freedom and room for manipulation, it is still not possible to do excessively outrageous behavior.

Besides, everyone can see that Bailu himself is either rich or expensive, and he is not someone who can afford to offend too much.

The host prides himself on being big-hearted, and for the sake of the show, he can handle any pressure, so he simply opened his eyes and said nonsense: "You can only bring one piece of luggage in."

"There is no proof," Bailu retorted softly, "We should be the last to arrive, unless you show me evidence that other couples entered with only one luggage, otherwise I have reason to suspect that you are misleading us, which will make us at a disadvantage in the game."

Why are these two people so difficult to deal with? This idea popped up in the minds of the staff of the program team almost at the same time.

The host quickly went through the important items when the two of them packed their luggage in their minds, and heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "We just want to help. If you insist, of course you can push the suitcase in by yourself."

"Okay, let's open the trunk." Xu Jia's hand holding Bai Lu was sweating at some point. He has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and to be honest, it was the first time he encountered such a scene.

The trunk was finally opened, and Xu Jia turned four large suitcases and one small suitcase out of the car. Fortunately, the suitcases were very flexible, and the two of them could push them easily. The bag was strapped directly to a trolley of a suitcase.

"Are you going to enter the room now?" Xu Jia asked.

"Not yet." The host shook his head and handed over two folders, "Our variety show recording may be a little more exciting than expected, and we need to sign a supplementary agreement."

Xu Jia stared at the group of people in front of him, and he saw the words "Hongmen Banquet" shining brightly.

"Then it's..." Xu Jia was about to refuse.

"Let me look at the specific terms first." Bailu interrupted his words.

He quickly flipped through a few pages of documents, turned to look at Xu Jia, and asked him, "Are you willing to trust me?"

Xu Jia looked at him for a few seconds and said, "I am willing."

The two were discussing whether to continue recording the variety show, but in front of the camera, it seemed like they were proposing marriage.

Bai Lu signed his name, and Xu Jia also signed his name.

The host put away the documents, pointed to the direction of the villa, and said, "We won't go in. Only the two of you need to go in. There are other guests there, and they have arrived two days earlier."

"The procedures and rules of the show are on the LED screen in the lobby after entering the main entrance."

"As a rookie program group, I gave you an invisible clue of welfare, and put it in your bedroom. I look forward to you discovering it."

"The recording time is a total of seven days, and now there are five days left. The signal here is very poor, and the mobile phone should not be able to connect to the Internet. We will not confiscate the two mobile phones, but if you use the networking function through special means, it will increase the difficulty of the game. .”

Xu Jia responded quickly. He asked, "How do you judge that we have used the networking function? It is a 24-hour live broadcast?"

The host smiled silently, as if he didn't want to answer the question.

"Is there any reward for winning?" Bai Lu touched the armrest of the small suitcase he packed.

"There is a display on the LED screen inside, the rewards are very generous, and you can also do charity." The host Wen Sheng replied

"Okay, I'll make a phone call first, and try not to use my phone afterwards."

Bai Lu directly dialed Assistant Zhang's phone number, telling him not to contact him unless it was necessary, and briefly mentioned "you can deal with those matters" by the way, and after hanging up the phone, he held Xu Jia's hand again.

The two pushed the suitcase all the way forward, and every step seemed to be going to a more "dangerous" situation. The photographer couldn't help but took another shot, and took a lot of photos besides the video.

He feels that these two people are like comrades-in-arms who went to the battlefield together. Compared with other guests in the group, there is less "pity" of being dependent on each other, but more tacit understanding of mutual dependence and mutual trust.

They are such a good match...

The two pushed their suitcases to the porch. Just as Xu Jia was about to raise his hand to ring the doorbell, the door opened automatically. The main hall was brightly lit, and there was indeed an LED screen facing the door, on which was written "Welcome!" Come, please come in."

The two walked in, and the door slowly closed behind them. With a "bang", the bright lights were instantly extinguished, and the blue and white colors on the LED screen fluctuated violently, turning into images of blood characters on a black background.

Xu Jia was not afraid, he hugged Bai Lu subconsciously, worried that the other party would be afraid, but he did not expect the slightest panic on Bai Lu's face, he smiled lightly and said, "They did it very carefully."

The feeling of terror disappeared in an instant, and Xu Jia put his eyes on the screen again.

"Mr. Xu Jia and Bailu, hello, welcome to the couple's villa."

"You will spend a wonderful five-day holiday here, and you will be accompanied by four teams of loving couples who have already checked in two days in advance."

"The only room left now is Room 202 upstairs, please go there by yourself."

"All the materials in the villa need to be exchanged for the points obtained by doing tasks. Currently, your points are zero."

"We care about the physical needs of every tourist, and we have prepared drinkable mineral water, compressed biscuits and salted vegetable juice for you, and the supply is unlimited."

"There are many interesting games in the villa, everyone is welcome to participate."

"If you want to end your journey early, just leave the main entrance of the villa courtyard."

"After the five-day journey, the team ranked first in points and the most popular team will have generous gifts. The list of gifts is constantly being added. For details, please see the screen update tomorrow."

"Advice: Don't trust anyone in the villa."

"Good night."

The lights were turned on again, but there was a slight difference in the villa, the most obvious being that mineral water, compressed biscuits and vegetable juice appeared on the coffee table.

And neither of them noticed how these things appeared.

— Machine delivery?Or, are there other staff members hidden here?

"There are a lot of cameras here," Bailu looked around, pointing in several directions at random, "If I were a program group, I would broadcast live 24 hours a day."

"It always feels like falling into a trap that has been planned for a long time."

Xu Jia picked up a bag of compressed biscuits, broke off a small piece and tasted it. It really tasted terrible.

"It's also very interesting." Bailu picked up the transparent bottle containing the juice and shook it a few times. "It's much more interesting than a mere travel show."

"The basic food provided by the program group doesn't taste very good. Grandpa Ken can barely cope with it for a day. We have to find a way to earn points." Xu Jia said.

"I guess apart from completing tasks, popularity should also be a big factor," Bailu put the juice back in place, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, and took a few sips, "But pure performances and basics The task is not eye-catching, I guess a competition mechanism will be introduced, and there is a high probability that there will be an elimination mechanism.”

"Elimination? It's a bit big."

"It's a bit big, maybe some couples will have conflicts."

"We won't." Xu Jia directly gave a negative answer.

Bailu smiled and said: "It's very late, and there should be no guests to greet us, let's go back to the room first."

"it is good."

There is only a rather long spiral staircase connecting the first floor and the second floor, and the two of them were sweating a little as they carried the suitcase up.

The room closest to the stairs is Room 201. There is a photo of a couple pasted on it, but it is in black and white. Walking a few meters forward is Room 202. There is a photo of Xu Jia and Bai Lu pasted on it, also in black and white.

Xu Jia and Bai Lu looked at each other, and they tacitly took out a pen and paper, and recorded the occupants of each room.

Deng Yunchun and Xie Yunyan live in 201. The two have been married for many years and are familiar faces in film and television dramas.

202 lived with Xu Jia and Bailu.

In 203 lived Liu Meng and Zhao Le, childhood sweethearts and gymnastics champions.

Wei Weifeng and Li Wanwan live in 204, they love each other because of drama, and there are many newcomers.

Lin Zhi and Shui Linglong lived in 205, livestreamers and Internet celebrities.

Xu Jia looked at the ranking from 1 to 5, and she felt a little better—the program groups seemed to be sorted according to the size of the coffee spots. Overwhelmed Wei Weifeng and Li Wanwan.

The two pushed open the room, the door was unlocked, the layout inside was quite satisfactory, what caught the eye was an empty shelf and an empty plate on the table, according to Xu Jia's many years of travel experience, there should be desserts and fruits on it.

— There are also two cards on the table.

The content on the first card is probably to welcome them to check in, which is a gift for them.

The content on the second card is sorry, their gifts have been taken away, and if they can find out who took them within 24 hours, they will be given some compensation.

"..." Both Xu Jia and Bai Lu were speechless.

They locked the door, made sure that there was no camera in the bathroom, took a quick shower, and took out the necessary items from the suitcase to clean up the room.

Neither of them mentioned their past visits to neighbors, and lay on the bed with the lights turned off.

As soon as the lights went out, Bailu said directly: "There is also an infrared night vision lens."

"Can you fall asleep?" Xu Jia reached out and hugged him into his arms.

"It's okay to fall asleep, but I can't do some indescribable things."

"I guess there should be radio equipment here."

"What are you afraid of, serious couple, the one who should blush is the eavesdropper."

"...It seems to make sense."

"I guess there should be an emergency tonight."

"for example?"

"I can't guess, anyway, sleep first, and soldiers will come to cover everything up."

"You seem to be very comfortable with this kind of program."

"I have participated in intensive training."

"Concentrated training?" Xu Jia had never heard of this before.

"Some safe extreme stress training," Bai Lu rested his head on Xu Jia's chest, "The process will be troublesome, but the ending will be very interesting."

"interesting?"

"The temptation of human nature is always a taboo topic, but because the ending is unknown, it always arouses praise from countless people."

"You are not afraid……"

"I believe you," Bailu rubbed Xu Jia's back in the dark, "Besides, I will protect you."

"The arrangement of this program group seems to be very suitable for you."

"I didn't arrange it, but it did excite me."

"excited?"

"We will leave a lot of fascinating video records, enough for us to continue to relive the aftertaste decades later."

"That's not bad, it seems worthwhile trip."

Xu Jia's voice was full of tiredness, he hugged Bai Lu tightly, and soon fell into sleep.

Bailu waited for a while, and after confirming that Xu Jia was asleep, he quietly got out of his arms. At first he wanted to walk barefoot, but remembering Xu Jia's constant instructions, he put on his slippers again, and quietly pushed them away. door.

He closed the door and walked from the second floor to the first floor. There were already four face-down cards on the coffee table.

Bailu picked up the only card with the face up, and he quickly checked the contents on it.

"Please vote for the dormitory you think is the most loving."

Bailu ticked a check mark on 202 and flipped the card back.

He yawned a little, and explained to the invisible camera: "The card on the car of the program team is a prop, and there is a raised part on the back of my card, which says, go downstairs to vote at night, keep it secret. "

"I guess there will be other arrangements on Xu Jia's card, but I'm not sure if he has discovered the secret."

"We are now in a very unfavorable position. The other four couples have moved in two days in advance. They should have accumulated some points, and it is very likely that they have formed a small-scale alliance."

"But it doesn't matter, it's just a game, just have fun."

"I hope you enjoy it too."

When he said the last sentence, Bailu suddenly approached a hidden camera, smiled lightly and stood up straight.

"If there are votes, please vote for my love all the votes."

"He deserves it."