TRMP Chapter 3
by VolareJiang Yifeng admitted that he had no principles whatsoever.
But he had already fallen this far.
Although he lost the acting job, his contract with the film and television company was still in effect.
His calf hurt terribly, and the corner of his delivery uniform was even stained with a few drops of soup… Looking as wretched as he did, if it weren’t for the company’s breach of contract penalties holding him back, Jiang Yifeng would have really considered becoming a live streamer.
But he wasn’t good at video games, nor could he dance. The only thing he could do was an emotional live stream, commonly known as a “wiping-the-ball” stream (implying suggestive content).
If he changed the streaming target from a group of people to a bonded person from another world, and it didn’t violate the company’s contract…
Jiang Yifeng immediately became interested.
But he still cared about his privacy to some extent.
Twenty-four-hour streaming meant a midnight show!
Jiang Yifeng’s self-awareness was still quite accurate – with his looks, doing a midnight show would definitely earn him more than the meager amounts he was currently making.
Unfortunately, he could barely make a living by delivering food, so Jiang Yifeng was still trying very hard to righteously refuse the other party’s proposal.
“We are a healthy system, none of the things you are imagining will happen.”
Jiang Yifeng felt that the system was mocking him, but also felt relieved.
Thinking of his growing savings, Jiang Yifeng decided to relax for an afternoon, a rare occurrence.
He returned home, first applied medicine to his calf, and then leaned against the headboard, holding a pen, intending to write down the specific requirements of the system.
Slightly long hair fell on his profile, playful ends hooking and scattering messily between Jiang Yifeng’s eyelashes, tickling him.
He had one foot on the edge of the bed, the other dangling off the side, the hem of his white shirt still stained with dark watermarks. He communicated with the system while lowering his head to record the system’s requirements.
And on a phone screen in a strange world, a man holding his phone looked in surprise at everything before him.
The icon of the [Paper Lover APP] flickered, and a friend’s teasing voice came from the earphones, “How’s the dating game I downloaded for you yesterday? Is your paper-lover wife good-looking?”
The man was silent for a moment.
Perhaps it was because the boy in the frame, bathed in sunlight, was so beautiful that the man felt his heart skip a beat.
He silently watched the person on the screen. His friend was still chattering in the earphones, so the man simply took them off, letting the noisy sounds be thrown aside.
His fingers swiped across the screen, but he found that there was only one option to choose from.
— Didn’t his friend just say that there were five target partners to choose from?
The man looked at the person on the screen uncertainly.
A binding option popped up from the bottom of the screen. The man hooked his finger, and the binding option turned into a rope, tied to the little finger of the little person on the other side of the screen.
Jiang Yifeng felt a chill on his little finger, and then he felt nothing at all.
He raised his head, his round eyes wide, across the screen, falling on the man.
The man felt a little uncomfortable, perhaps because the boy’s eyes on the screen were too bright, giving the man a strange feeling of being seen through.
— Even if it’s a game setting, the character’s modeling and design are too realistic.
The man frowned slightly. He had a feeling of being manipulated.
Just as he was about to exit, the text on the phone screen changed.
[Your lover has just experienced something terrible. If you leave him, he may never forgive you.]
The man’s heart skipped a beat.
His lips pursed into a straight line, his eyes hesitant.
“He’s watching you.”
The system’s prompt sounded in his ear.
Jiang Yifeng subconsciously wanted to look up, but the system then said very dejectedly, “Your bonded partner has closed the live streaming window.”
Jiang Yifeng: “…”
Jiang Yifeng pointed to his face, his whole person in a daze: “He’s not satisfied?”
The system didn’t know either.
It had clearly chosen the two people with the highest compatibility, and the probability of a successful match was almost 100%, but unfortunately, there were always accidents.
The system was already prepared for the mission to fail. It very difficultly told Jiang Yifeng that if the other party didn’t open the live stream window within two months, then the binding would be directly Release and the system would go to find the next host.
“That means I won’t get any rewards?” A look of disappointment appeared on Jiang Yifeng’s face.
The system always felt that its host’s disappointment seemed a little too perfunctory.
However, Jiang Yifeng had long accepted the fact that he was as unlucky as ever.
Sure enough, wanting to get something for nothing and make money off his face wouldn’t work. An unlucky person had to rely on his skills to make money.
Jiang Yifeng had already prepared to continue delivering food, but that night he received an unexpected phone call.
“Tomorrow morning at eight o’clock, Mu Yu Ge studio, come and sign a new contract.”
Jiang Yifeng hurriedly arrived at the studio, covered in dust.
Because there was no public transportation for the section of road between the bus station and the studio, he could only grit his teeth and take a taxi.
Hengdian’s taxis were always expensive. Jiang Yifeng’s heart was trembling when he paid the fare. As soon as he got out of the car, he trotted all the way to the studio.
When Director Zhao Jinming saw Jiang Yifeng, the disgust and dissatisfaction in his eyes almost overflowed, but he still endured his annoyance and led him to a small room, slamming a contract in front of Jiang Yifeng.
In Jiang Yifeng’s surprised expression, Zhao Jinming sat upright, slightly raising his chin, looking arrogant.
“Take a look, sign it if there are no problems.”
Jiang Yifeng originally thought that Zhao Jinming was planning to have him continue as an extra or stunt double – after all, Su Xiaoyu was a popular actress from Strawberry Entertainment, and any bumps or bruises would affect her subsequent filming and money-making, so the crew would find a stunt double to replace Su Xiaoyu in dangerous actions.
However, when he opened the contract, he found that it was a normal filming contract.
And in the contract, the role he needed to play was a character that had never appeared in the script before—
A small villain.
And a small villain who liked the male lead, seduced the male lead, was jealous of the female lead, and secretly made trouble.
Jiang Yifeng carefully flipped through the script.
He focused on the scene that caused him to fall and fracture his calf.
Originally it was a girl riding a horse, young and full of youth.
Now it had become “Ellie wearing a nightgown, you’re so slutty.” (referencing a famous scene from the show “The Temptation of Going Home”)
“If you’re willing to sign, the hidden ban that Donghai Entertainment and Strawberry Entertainment placed on you will be lifted, and they will also promise to take you on two interviews and one variety show.” Zhao Jinming’s conditions sounded tempting, but Jiang Yifeng wasn’t stupid.
Originally, the internet was hyping up Su Xiaoyu’s use of a stunt double, praising Jiang Yifeng quite a bit. Once Zhao Jinming used the new script to “clarify” the stunt double situation, Jiang Yifeng would face the anger of the entire internet.
Not only netizens, but even Su Xiaoyu’s fans would turn their guns on him.
Jiang Yifeng lowered his eyes and flipped through the contract.
Zhao Jinming on the other side wasn’t in a hurry, and quietly waited for Jiang Yifeng to carefully read the contract like he was reading a book.
“Pay, 500,000?” Jiang Yifeng looked up at Zhao Jinming.
“You’re a newcomer, it’s normal for the pay to be a little less.”
“I agree.” Jiang Yifeng signed his name at the bottom of the contract.
500,000!
Even after the company took its cut, he could still get around 200,000 in his hands.
Jiang Yifeng’s eyes were bright, almost fainted by the sudden surprise.
Zhao Jinming, however, thought Jiang Yifeng was stupid – with such a good-looking face, he would always have a chance to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry, but to bear such a big black mark at the beginning of his career, it would be difficult to make a comeback.
500,000.
Ridiculous. An important villain only got 500,000 in pay, and a star with a bright future had his future bought out for 500,000…
It was too ridiculous.
He coldly urged Jiang Yifeng to change clothes, and told him to memorize his lines as soon as possible.
Jiang Yifeng thanked Zhao Jinming profusely, then opened his phone and brought up the notepad.
He selected one of the accounts, transferred some money to it, and then relaxed and put down the phone.
His first scene was scheduled for the next day, and on the first day, Jiang Yifeng squatted by the side of the crew with the script in his arms, memorizing his lines.
It was the first time he had received a role with so many lines, and Jiang Yifeng was particularly excited. He lowered his head and memorized them with vigor, not noticing the disdainful gazes of the people around him.
And when it was time for lunch, everyone received a box lunch. When Jiang Yifeng went to join them, the assistant who was handing out the box lunches spread his hands: “Sorry, there’s only white rice left, no vegetables.”
Jiang Yifeng looked at the few remaining box lunches in the bag, and then looked at the assistant’s disgusted eyes, belatedly realizing that he seemed to be ostracized.
Was this the price of acting!
Jiang Yifeng thought sweetly and troubledly.
This emotion lasted until he opened the food delivery app, and when he saw the 15 yuan delivery fee for a rice bowl dish, Jiang Yifeng’s heart twitched.
The most expensive delivery order he had ever done as a delivery driver was only 6 yuan!
Did making food deliveries in Hengdian make so much money!
Jiang Yifeng didn’t even know if he had discovered a way to get rich or if he should mourn for his wallet.
The bright red ten yuan bill was dancing before Jiang Yifeng’s eyes. He painfully closed the food delivery app, asked the assistant for a bowl of rice, and ate it with his head down.
Dry white rice wasn’t delicious.
Jiang Yifeng swallowed a mouthful of rice with difficulty. Before he could lament his miserable future, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear: [Please accept the food delivery ordered by your lover—]
“Huh?” Jiang Yifeng put down his box lunch in surprise.
A small, transparent white frame floated in the air, and a blurry-faced, ghostly-figured man was standing inside the white frame, seemingly watching him.
Jiang Yifeng immediately understood the other party’s identity.
He raised his head, smiled at the person in the white frame with his eyes curved, and mouthed silently, “Thank you.”
Following the system’s instructions, he found the hot box lunch in his backpack – it was a full box lunch of shredded pork with garlic sauce, the most common version in restaurants, but it was hot and fragrant, causing Jiang Yifeng to finish two bowls of rice.
The person on the other side didn’t notice his abnormality, and Jiang Yifeng, after eating his fill, had time to ask the system, “Didn’t you say I could get rewards? Can I also do cross-space delivery?”
“It requires a certain amount of private space, and it cannot be an object that will cause major changes in order to carry out long-distance delivery.”
“And it’s not every time that delivery will be made. Cross-space delivery requires an additional delivery fee, which is higher than the delivery fee you saw on the food delivery app.”
When Jiang Yifeng heard the words “higher delivery fee”, he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He rubbed his arms hard, feeling that he had to thank the bonded person next time.
“What’s that person’s name?”
“His name is Xie Jingshen.”
The author has something to say:
CEO Xie: There’s no way I’d play such a childish game.
A few months later:
CEO Xie: My wife is so good-looking.