Chapter 14
Sun Xinping, who was in front of the screen, froze when he heard Shen Jinfeng ask this question. The bullet comments also collectively froze for a moment.
[Holy crap, if Shen Jinfeng hadn’t said it, I really wouldn’t have remembered. HuaZi’s latest phone models can all connect to satellites when there’s no signal!]
[Exactly. That was one of the highlights when the new model was launched. It’s just that most people don’t go places without signal, so very few people use it.]
[How is Old Dog Sun going to explain this now? It’s normal for there to be no phone signal in an uninhabited area on a deserted island, but if there’s no satellite signal, that’s too fake!]
[This is the first time I’ve seen a virtual world set up by a production team at risk of being exposed less than two days in. Amazing.]
[So why not just let all the phones fall into the sea? Isn’t this unnecessary? They actually left someone a phone. (eating melon.jpg)]
[The production team probably didn’t expect Shen Jinfeng to know how to fix phones either.]
[The only blessing in misfortune is that Shen Jinfeng doesn’t know what the emergency rescue number is, right? I’m guessing the others don’t know either.]
Sun Xinping’s eyes lit up.
Exactly. The guests participating in the show probably did not know either!
But before he could relax with that bit of luck, he saw Qin Ye reach out and take the phone. “I’ll try. I should remember the emergency numbers for most countries and regions.”
!!!
Sun Xinping’s eyelid twitched.
He did not have time to think and directly shouted at the equipment team, “Hurry and make this phone black-screen! Break this phone!”
The equipment team leader had long been waiting for these words. As soon as the director gave the order, he acted swiftly and blacked out the phone.
And so, the instant Shen Jinfeng had just handed the phone over and Qin Ye reached out to take it, the phone screen, which had just lit up with hope, instantly went black.
Qin Ye’s hand stiffened in place, and he could not help complaining, “No way. Is it trying to scam compensation from me?”
He Erwang pressed his palms together. “No, my dear little phone, be stronger! At least hold on for a few more minutes!”
Gu Shengsheng leaned his whole body toward the phone screen, his face full of dejection. “How can it be so cruel? It gave us hope and then cut it off right away!”
Mo Fan turned and asked Shen Jinfeng, “Can this still be repaired?”
Shen Jinfeng moved the fingertips Qin Ye was holding, coldly withdrew the phone, and took it back.
After taking the body apart and inspecting it, he said, “It can’t be fixed for now. The water damage is too serious. The battery is broken.”
[Tsk tsk tsk, the production team can’t afford to play fair.]
[Holy crap, Old Dog Sun, do you dare make it any more obvious? In one instant, the repaired phone broke again!]
[Careful HuaZi’s manufacturer comes to sue you.]
[I’m dying. If he didn’t do this, this crappy show would be exposed on the second day of filming.]
[If he didn’t do this, and HuaZi couldn’t make a satellite call or send out an emergency signal, then HuaZi really would come sue him hahahahaha.]
Sun Xinping wiped the sweat from his forehead as he watched the screen full of mocking bullet comments.
Only, before he could let out a breath of relief, he saw Shen Jinfeng comforting the teammates around him, whose moods had once again sunk.
“It’s not a big problem. I’ll try, and it should still be fixable. Worst case, over the next few days, we’ll collect materials and make a new battery.”
[Ah?]
[What niche language is Shen Jinfeng speaking? Why can’t I understand?]
[They’re in this deserted place with no people, and they’re going to make a battery themselves?]
[How should I put it? From a scientific perspective, it’s not impossible, as long as he can find the materials.]
In the center of the screen, Shen Jinfeng was still speaking some very niche words.
“Don’t worry. There are many ways to get out. First, we’ll make a rescue display signal device and start using it over the next few days.”
“If the phone can’t be fixed, or if the satellite rescue function can’t be used, we can make a simple telegraph. It’ll just take more effort to find materials. In that case, we’ll also need to make a theodolite and gather our current exact location…”
He clearly listed out specific methods to leave the deserted island.
He did not doubt whether they could leave this island. It was only a question of whether it would go smoothly and how long it would take.
The worst plan would be to build a boat. In ancient times, Zheng He had still sailed to the Western Seas. This deserted island was rich in resources; it was not impossible for him to build another ship capable of long-distance sailing.
The others were already somewhat dazed from listening.
Gu Shengsheng asked Qi Xiu, “Didn’t you get full marks in physics on the college entrance exam? Can the things Boss said actually be done? Why does it sound like a fantasy to me?”
Qi Xiu reviewed his physics knowledge and inexplicably felt a little weak.
But his trust in Shen Jinfeng was probably the highest among everyone present.
Therefore, he nodded with great certainty. “If Boss says it can be done, then it can be done!”
Shen Jinfeng looked at the group of teammates gazing eagerly at him, as if treating him as their lifesaving straw.
He paused, and his tone softened slightly. “Don’t be afraid. I’ll definitely be able to bring you all out.”
Qin Ye fixed his eyes on the young man sitting opposite him, speaking confidently, his expression cool and detached yet displaying strength in every way.
For the first time, he somewhat doubted his own understanding.
He had always thought that among his peers, he was an outstanding existence.
Only now did he understand that there were people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens.
Qin Ye looked at Shen Jinfeng with admiration. “Little Captain, I believe you.”
“You’re truly impressive.”
Shen Jinfeng withdrew his gaze and “calmly” nodded.
After all, the original persona of this body was that of a big shot.
It was very normal for him to know a little more, right?
If the netizens watching the livestream knew what he was thinking, they would definitely ask with twisted expressions: Normal my ass?
[Damn, he really is awesome. This persona is amazing.]
[I can’t imagine what Shen Jinfeng’s expression will be later when he discovers he doesn’t know how to do any of it. Right now, he really looks so confident and reliable.]
[Exactly. I’m even getting the illusion that he really knows how.]
[Even Qin Ye was fooled, so it’s not embarrassing if we were fooled too~]
Even Sun Xinping looked suspiciously at the equipment team leader. “Mountain Goat, just what persona did you implant in Shen Jinfeng? Why does he now feel like he thinks he’s a scientist?”
Even more fatal was that Shen Jinfeng’s expression was too calm, and his tone was too certain.
Because there had been too many accidents earlier, he was now actually a little afraid that Shen Jinfeng really was certain.
But listen to this. How outrageous were these words?
Knowing how to fix phones was one thing, but making a battery himself?
And making a telegraph?
Making a theodolite?
Building an ocean-going ship?
The equipment team leader was also completely bewildered. “No, I didn’t. I never even thought that participating in our show would require knowing skills like these.”
Sun Xinping: “…”
Xiao Li’s expression was a little nervous. “Director, what should we do? We can’t let them continue like this! Our estimate was to film for two months!”
When Sun Xinping heard “two months,” his first reaction was actually that two months happened to be the summer vacation period.
Qi Xiu and Gu Shengsheng’s personas were set so that, right when the time came, they would have to go to university. Any later would be a bit too much.
Ahem. But the most urgent matter was that, if things continued like this, it seemed they would not be able to film for two months.
He hardened his heart and instructed the equipment team leader, “Since they’re this idle, raise the difficulty for them.”
He looked at Shen Jinfeng on the screen, calm and composed, and gritted his teeth.
Love and hate, joy and worry—all at once.
Shen Jinfeng’s move had directly caused the show’s popularity to soar again, but it had also brought him an enormous problem.
Sun Xinping looked at Shen Jinfeng’s large bed, alone in the dense forest and looking leisurely and comfortable, then gave a sinister smile. “Mountain Goat, pay attention to the guests’ physical strength. Tonight, let them experience the baptism of a heavy rainstorm!”
If I don’t make you miserable for once, my surname isn’t Sun!
“Ah?” The equipment team leader froze. “It’s only the second day. Aren’t they supposed to still be in the familiarizing-themselves-with-the-environment stage?”
Sun Xinping’s expression twisted.
According to his setting, these guests should still be weakly looking for food on the second day, not repairing a phone and almost escaping the deserted island!
Seeing his expression, the equipment team leader did not dare say anything more and very diligently began adjusting things at the control panel.
Only, no one expected that another unexpected event would suddenly arise.
At this moment, in the livestream shot, after hearing Shen Jinfeng say he still needed to find materials, He Erwang volunteered himself. “Boss, I’ll go look for materials with you!”
“While we’re at it, we can pick a few more coconuts.”
[Tsk, do you want to look for materials? Picking coconuts is your real goal, right?]
[Tsk, does he want to pick coconuts? Climbing the tree and then riding the slide again is the real goal, right?]
[Tsk, does he only want to ride the slide? Wanting to become a martial arts master and learn how to pluck flowers and flying leaves is the real goal, right?]
[Pfft, seriously, you people are enough. Don’t be too mean!]
Clearly, Shen Jinfeng also saw through He Erwang’s purpose.
He was silent for a moment, then agreed. “Fine. We’ll set off in a bit.”
Qi Xiu hurriedly followed. “Then I want to go too!”
This time, it was not only him. Gu Shengsheng and Mo Fan, who had not gone yesterday, also came to compete.
“Boss, I want to go too!”
Shen Jinfeng’s head hurt a little. “Fine, everyone can go.”
He looked toward Qin Ye, the only one who had not spoken. “Then you stay behind?”
Qin Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in disbelief, “Little Captain, you’re leaving me here alone?”
Shen Jinfeng suddenly felt a little guilty.
“Then… don’t stay behind either. Come with us?”
Qin Ye nodded in satisfaction.
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
Tsk, he understood.
The little thoughts of a secret admirer.
It was exactly through such little schemes that Qin Ye proved he was different from everyone else in his crush’s heart.
For example, the other teammates had all actively requested to follow Shen Jinfeng.
Now Qin Ye was the only one Shen Jinfeng had personally asked to come along.
As for why Shen Jinfeng understood so much, that was because, in past missions, he had once served as a military adviser for the protagonist gong and shou many times.
Numb. He had fallen into a trap!
Sure enough, Qin Ye was smiling so happily now!
But just now, Qin Ye had probably been worrying about gains and losses the entire time.
Shen Jinfeng turned his face back and clicked his tongue inwardly.
“Let’s go.”
The group headed into the dense forest.
Suddenly, He Erwang remembered Qi Xiu’s confident lucky direction from yesterday.
With this kind of thing, one would rather believe it existed than not. Hadn’t they found coconuts yesterday?
That meant Qi Xiu’s luck was pretty good.
“Qi Xiu, do a divination. Which way should we go?”
The netizens watching the livestream: “…”
[Good grief. Director, control this. Livestream rooms can’t spread feudal superstition!]
[This silly kid He Erwang really believes it now. Speaking of which, would he really not get scammed going out alone?]
Xiao Li also immediately looked toward Sun Xinping. “Director, what should we do about this?”
Sun Xinping waved his hand. “It’s fine. They’re joking. How can a lucky direction have anything to do with feudal superstition?”
As soon as his words fell, he saw Qi Xiu pretentiously move his fingers.
There was none of the masterly style seen in films and dramas. It was very casual and natural, like he was coaxing a child, as he bent his fingers a little.
Qi Xiu smiled. “Let me take a look at my lucky direction today.”
Gu Shengsheng covered his mouth and asked He Erwang, “What are you two talking about? Since when does Qi Xiu know fortune-telling?”
They were classmates.
He looked toward Qi Xiu and planned to ask.
But then he saw Qi Xiu’s expression suddenly become grave, and Qi Xiu looked directly at Shen Jinfeng to report, “Boss, it seems like there’ll be heavy rain tonight.”
[Ah?]
[I’m dying. You were asked to find a lucky direction! How did you go and calculate the weather?]
[Hey, you’re about to expose yourself! Yesterday it was divination, today it has become reading celestial signs?]
[The production team wouldn’t really make it rain tonight just to cooperate with him, right? Hahahahaha.]
But Sun Xinping, watching the laughing bullet comments, could not laugh at all.
He only felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet as he looked at the equipment team leader.
What the hell—there really was going to be heavy rain on the deserted island tonight!
