CSGM - Chapter 13
Chapter 13: Live Stream Overtime
How could someone like that still be making money in the entertainment industry? The netizens couldn't stand for it.
The haters might be late, but they never miss a show!
Originally, this was the live stream for a male artist under Hu Lan, but now, the fans' supportive comments for him were almost completely drowned out by the flood of gossip-mongers attacking Chu Xi.
【Can CX take that brain of hers and go home to farm? Is the entertainment industry really this undiscriminating? I'm speechless.】
【CX has no acting skills, no brains, no singing ability, no brains...】
【So that's why she can only hang around on variety shows now.】
Hu Lan was secretly delighted. If you're going to curse, curse some more.
【I watched a bit of that show she's on the other day. She was acting all high and mighty!】
【She's clearly the most irrelevant one, yet she acts like she's a big shot. Now I know why she can't land any acting roles.】
【No fame, but a huge ego. Disgusting!】
【The point is, she has no professional skills either. She should take that brain of hers and go back to school for a few more years!】
【Like this comment if you support CX leaving the entertainment industry.】
Yes, yes, just like that! The more they trashed Chu Xi's reputation, the better!
Heh, Chu Xi, don't think you can just leave me and soar to new heights!
Trying to attract fans with a fake persona?
I can expose your true colors with just one live stream!
Seeing that she had successfully stirred up the netizens' emotions, a triumphant smile flashed in Hu Lan's eyes.
At that very moment, in the Our Restaurant live stream-
Chu Xi smiled faintly. "No need for a replay. Xiao Tian, take out your phone and take notes."
Although Luo Yangtian didn't understand, he immediately did as he was told and took out his phone.
He blinked and asked, "Notes on what?"
Chu Xi: "Today's menu for every single table."
Xiao Han's eyes widened as he looked over, a strange, mocking sneer on his face. "Hey, Chu Xi, you're not trying to say you remember what every single table ordered today, are you?"
Chu Xi's voice was cool and clear. "I remember."
With a "pfft," Xiao Han laughed, speechless. "What kind of joke is that?"
Li Xiling also chimed in, "Chu Xi, you can't just say things like that. Even if you make it up, it won't match the total amount."
Only Ren Zhi asked, "Do you really remember?"
Chu Xi's gaze swept over Ren Zhi for a moment, her tone unwavering.
"What, is it that difficult?"
Her calm tone didn't sound like a question, but more like a statement, tinged with a hint of ridicule.
Xiao Han said, "Chu Xi, stop joking. A whole day has passed. How could you possibly remember all the dishes ordered by forty-three tables?"
It was impossible. Even if Chu Xi had just watched the replay, she couldn't possibly recite it all from memory.
Besides, they hadn't seen any replay at all, and so much time had passed.
"I've already forgotten what the first table ordered!" Xiao Han even used himself as an example, as if his memory was usually excellent.
Chu Xi thought of the saying- you can't talk about ice with a summer insect.
She didn't want to waste another second talking to this self-righteous Xiao Han, whose IQ was a mere 102.
She looked at Luo Yangtian, saw the young man was ready with his phone, and began to recite the menus from the first to the forty-third table.
Sometimes she would close her eyes, searching for the order slips that had been posted on the kitchen wall within her Memory Palace.
During the day, she had seen every single order.
The kitchen space was her Memory Palace.
So, as long as she used the unique coordinates formed by the elements of space, time, people, and scenery, she could locate where each order existed within her Memory Palace and see the scene again.
In other words, she could see the order slips that had once appeared before her eyes.
Chu Xi's voice flowed like water, almost without pause. "Table twelve, stir-fried pork liver, stir-fried crispy pork stomach, a three-item snack platter, stir-fried water spinach, six bottles of beer. This table added dishes midway... Table thirteen..."
Seeing this, the Director quickly signaled for the other staff members to remain quiet, so as not to create any noise that would affect the quality of Chu Xi's voice.
He stared straight at Chu Xi as if he were hearing some earth-shattering secret, so stunned he couldn't look away!
Even the way he looked at Chu Xi now held an unprecedented, indescribable expression, like a mountaineer who had just discovered a towering, majestic peak rising from the ground!
Because from the moment Chu Xi started reciting the first menu, he had been wearing a single earphone, secretly replaying the scene where Ren Zhi took that order.
Comparing the past with the present, every dish was perfectly accurate, and not even the order of the dishes was wrong!
When she got to the twelfth table, he was shocked that Chu Xi even remembered so clearly that they had added dishes midway!
At this moment, Chu Xi's eyes were lightly closed as she scanned the images in her mind.
All the menus were listed clearly before her, with nowhere to hide.
The Director's hand gripped his pants, trembling with excitement. What kind of monster had he invited onto his show?!
Could- could it be that Chu Xi had some form of hyperthymesia?
How had he never known about an artist with such a special ability before?
If he had known, he would have invited Chu Xi onto his show long ago!
Just then, an assistant quietly reminded him, "Director, the live stream is almost over..."
He snapped back to reality, frowned for a moment, then made a swift decision and gave an order into his headset.
"We're extending the live stream today. Don't stop broadcasting without my notice! All departments, continue your work!"
The notice for the live stream extension also appeared in large red letters, posted on the public screen by the stream's moderator.
The audience, who had been wailing and begging for overtime just a second ago, was now ecstatic!
【No way?? Chu Xi isn't just making this up, is she??】
【My god! Is she really that incredible?】
【Holy crap! I also remember one table added dishes midway. Zhizhi even misspoke once when she went to the kitchen!!! I remember!! It's true!!!】
【???????????】
【Could it be that Chu Xi really remembers everything???】
【Ahhhhhhh, I want to know if what she's saying is right or wrong!】
【It's over, we won't get to see. Everyone, look at the time in the top right corner.】
【It's 8:59????】
【Progress bar warning, end of live stream warning!】
【No no no no no! Can't we have an extension today!!!】
【Production team! If you stop the stream now, I'll hate you for the rest of my life!】
【I'll sign a blood petition for overtime!】
【Two blood petitions!】
【Ten thousand blood petitions for overtime!】
【Wow wow wow wow, they really extended it!!! Look at the notice!】
【I love the host, I love the director, I love the assistant host, I love you all~】
【This is the most considerate production team I've ever seen!】
【The director knows what the audience wants to see!】
What the audience wanted to see was whether the long list Chu Xi was spouting was actually true.
【Although I think it's highly likely Chu Xi is just making it up, but... I just want to see her get exposed, hahaha! Sorry, I'm so mean!】
If this whole spiel was just Chu Xi fabricating things and talking nonsense, then they would get to see her make a fool of herself soon, which would also be an exciting highlight for the show.
Chu Xi had recapped up to the thirtieth table. Luo Yangtian was under immense pressure, his fingers flying across the keyboard as he typed furiously, afraid of missing a single dish she mentioned.
Luo Yangtian's eyebrows were raised high, his eyes wide and round, too shocked to speak the entire time! - Of course, he didn't have time to speak either. Chu Xi was reciting the dishes way too fast!
So fast it was as if she was making it up on the spot.
But the combination of dishes for each table was so reasonable...
Luo Yangtian couldn't even process whether what Chu Xi was saying was true or not.
By now, the Director had stopped watching the replay, not only because he couldn't keep up with Chu Xi's pace, but also because she would soon finish reciting all forty-three tables.
Once the results were out and the final tally was calculated, they would know if her recap was right or wrong.
The Our Restaurant program had reached its scheduled end time, but the number of viewers was not decreasing. Instead, it was increasing, with new viewers continuously pouring into the live stream!
According to the law of conservation of energy... ah no, the law of conservation of traffic, if one live stream is gaining viewers, another must be losing them-
And that was Hu Lan's live stream. The number of viewers was rapidly dropping!
Just a moment ago, the netizens' comments were all denouncing Chu Xi, but at some point, the topic had shifted-
【CX has a bad memory? Is that true? My friend said she's on a live show right now, recapping the restaurant's entire menu for the day...】
【Is anyone watching Our Restaurant at the same time? CX is having a highlight moment over there...】
【Host, is Chu Xi's memory really that bad?】
【But the other show is live too. It seems like Chu Xi has that... what's it called, hyperthymesia. Her memory is too good.】
【Thank you, Mongolian hero. If it weren't for you, I'd still be in the dark. I thought this was called being awesome!】
【With a memory like that, CX can't remember her scripts????】
【What are you all talking about?】
【Ahhhhh, can someone please explain what CX did? I'm dying to know!】
【Go to Our Restaurant. It was supposed to end at 9, but they extended the live stream just for Chu Xi.】
【Let me explain. It seems Chu Xi can single-handedly remember every dish ordered by every customer in a restaurant for an entire day. Okay, that's all, I'm going to the other stream to watch. Waiting for the result to see if it's real or fake!】
【Bye, host. I'm gonna go take a look over there too! I'll come back and ask you later...】
What's that saying?
Seeing is believing.
Since they had the chance to watch Chu Xi prove herself live, it was naturally more compelling than listening to her former agent here!
Watching the number of viewers in her live stream drop by a quarter in just a few minutes, all saying they were going to watch Chu Xi, how could Hu Lan not be furious?
She was losing traffic to Chu Xi, and it was driving her crazy!
Damn you, Chu Xi! Creating hype for yourself again, are you?
She saw what the netizens were talking about, and it sounded fake from the get-go.
Chu Xi was a complete and utter airhead! A good memory? Hyperthymesia? She had no idea how those three words could possibly be related to Chu Xi!
【Why does it feel like Chu Xi is different from what the host is saying?】
Hu Lan latched onto this comment and replied, "Don't think that reality shows don't have scripts. Reality shows have the most scripts... That artist you're talking about can't even remember her lines in private, so how could she remember... a restaurant's entire day of orders? This industry of ours now has this trend of creating fake personas!"
"Everyone, keep your eyes open. Don't think that what you see on camera is Artist C's true self. After all, I managed her for several years. I know best what's in her head... Yes, I just can't stand the act of creating a fake persona to deceive the audience, so I have to warn you..."
"Hmm? It hasn't been confirmed if she's right or not? Hahaha... Let me just tell you, based on my understanding of her, this is impossible! Artist C has a bad habit of bragging. You can watch it for a laugh, that's fine. Her IQ isn't high to begin with, so this genius persona she's trying to create is a bit laughable to me, ha... It's fake! I started this live stream specifically to expose fakes!"
After Hu Lan's lengthy explanation, some of the remaining viewers were finally convinced that Chu Xi's whole menu-recalling act was just a show, all fake.
They joined Hu Lan in criticizing Chu Xi's disgusting behavior of creating a fake persona.
As a former agent, Hu Lan felt nothing wrong with backstabbing her former artist on a live stream.
She was determined to make sure Chu Xi would never be able to make it in the entertainment industry!
Hu Lan even declared disdainfully, "I managed her for years. How could I not know what she's capable of? If she's really that amazing, then I must be blind!"
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