Chapter 118: Super Large Slide

  "In fact, this whole plan was also thought up by Zhou Xiao." Okamura said to Zhou Xiao as he called everyone back into the classroom and had the staff install a foam door.

  "Is he thinking too?" The crowd was shocked.

  "That's right, it was what he thought, but originally in his script, this gag was used on the last appearance of Bumpo Taniguchi, which is also why when Bumpo appeared at the end, the program team's setting was relatively dull. If not for him suddenly becoming a variety god and hitting two wrong answers in a row, I think it would have been a bit cold there. Because our program team rejected Zhou Xiao's segment on the grounds of high cost, but in fact, we were not stingy with investment, but wanted to put this segment on himself!" said Okamura Takashi.

  "Great! Too good!" Makoto Higuchi was the first to applaud.

  After taking the elevator up two floors and walking down a corridor with two turns, Zhou Xiao was finally brought to a room.

  "It's here, come in," AD said.

  After Zhou Xiao walked in, what she saw was a backdrop and a photographer who had been waiting here. On this backdrop was a poster of 1 liter of tears, the people on the poster included Zhou Xiao, Miyazaki Aoi and Yakushimaru Hiroko.

  "Please stand at this position." The photographer said, holding onto his camera and pointing to a spot that had already been arranged.

  Zhou Xiao walked over and sat down. At this time, the staff also opened a big-character poster in front of the camera, which was written with propaganda content.

  "So we're starting now?" the photographer asked.

  "No problem, let's get started!" Zhou Xiao nodded.

  "Camera, 5, 4, 3, 2!" The AD finished, and Zhou Xiao also faced the camera, saying according to the content on the big-character poster: "Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Xiao. I took on a challenge to film a movie, which is based on the famous diary 'A Liter of Tears' from the 80s. This is a very heartwarming and tear-jerking movie that's full of love for life. It's also suitable for family viewing. Although I'm not the director, I was in charge of the script and investment for this film adaptation of 'A Liter of Tears'. Additionally, I played a role in the movie too. Please be sure to come watch it in theaters, thank you everyone!"

  But what Zhou Xiao didn't expect was that after he finished saying this sentence, a mechanical sound suddenly came from under his feet.

  Bang! A switch was turned on, and before she could react, whoosh! Zhou Xiao suddenly felt that the ground under her feet had disappeared!

  "What's going on!?" A person who has never experienced such a thing before suddenly felt an unusual feeling of emptiness under their feet. In that instant, Zhou Xiao felt an extraordinary fear. He let out a miserable cry as he plummeted downwards!

  "Ah~~~~~~!" Dragging out the long tone, Zhou Xiao only felt a blackness in front of his eyes, and then it brightened up again!

  "What's going on?!" He hadn't reacted yet, but the slide wasn't going to wait for him. Along the slide, Zhou Xiao slid down entirely and was soon drenched from head to toe in lubricant!

  "Ah! I remember!" Zhou Xiao suddenly reacted. Of course he could remember, this was his own plan after all.

  "Ahhhhh!" Zhou Xiao screamed as he was drenched in lubricant, making his slide on the whiteboard even smoother. As a result, he had no way to stop himself from moving forward, and even if he could, he wouldn't have stopped anyway. The moment of falling was still quite terrifying, but now that he knew it was just a variety show segment, Zhou Xiao felt more at ease. However, on his face, he didn't show any signs of relief, instead, he continued to scream in terror while raising his hand, as if trying to slow down and block the wall that was getting closer and closer.

  But the rapid sliding wouldn't stop due to this action, in the camera's pursuit, Zhou Xiao slid for over ten meters and suddenly crashed into the foam classroom door that all participants of the final exam had crashed into before the program started!

  "Bang!" The crowd in the classroom, who had been eagerly waiting with bated breath, first burst out laughing while listening to Zhou Xiao's miserable cries getting closer and closer, then came the huge sound of flesh hitting the foam board, a boy covered entirely in transparent lubricant crashed in!

  The huge inertia made the boy roll forward for several meters before finally stopping. Of course, nothing happened to him because the classroom had long been cleared of soft cushions to make way for his sliding deceleration.

  Zhou Xia stopped and finally heard the huge, joyful laughter from the entire studio beside his ears.

  "Huh? What's going on?!?" Zhou Xiao, still looking confused, raised his head to look at the laughing crowd around him. After thinking for several seconds, Zhou Xiao finally reacted: "Ah! This isn't my design! Didn't you say it was too expensive and wouldn't do it?!?" He loudly questioned Okamura on the stage.

  But in fact, he had already been very clear about the specific situation.

  "For over two hours of the whole program, you were with all the members of the production team, coming and going without any courtesy, how could you possibly not be pranked at all?!" said Okamura.

  "Good... good pitiful haha." In front of the TV, Ogawa Yoko couldn't help but laugh: "It's clear that it was her own plan, yet she ended up harming herself haha." The girl laughed happily, while Zhou Xiao, who was sitting next to her, could only shake his head in dismay.

  "They're really bold, aren't they? You're only 18 years old, is this really okay?" Ogura Yūko asked with a smile.

  "After this prank, the director of the program group and Uncle Inoue specially found me to talk about this matter." said Zhou Xiao.

  "Oh? What did they say?" Ogura Yuko asked.

  "They say that my current performance is a bit too sharp and strong, which will make people admire me, but at the same time, it will also make me seem more difficult to approach. Only with such programs and pranks can your image not be so high and mighty, giving people an impression that you are also very playful and fun-loving. Isn't this exactly why you said come and prank me casually?"

  Also, this program was planned by me. The better the show is done, the more it will give people an impression that I am too high-end and intelligent. This kind of impression is suitable for people over 30 years old, but at my age, I still need some recklessness and youthful vitality.

  Moreover, all the members of the program team and the performers are my seniors. There are too many seniors, so they wouldn't think it's strange because this is just a part of work. I can produce such things, and they will only envy me. But the audience may subconsciously feel that I am too strong and somewhat disrespectful to others. That's why they designed such a prank segment."

  "There's some truth to that, when the program ended, I did have a bit of 'you've really played all the seniors, is that okay?' feeling, but now I don't think that way at all...but...don't you care about these things?" Ogura Yuko asked.

  "It doesn't matter, it's actually quite fun. I originally messed with them, now they're getting back at me, which is normal. And I'm already very lucky, many young people who just started out have to be messed with for over a decade before they can become the ones doing the messing around. But I got such a great opportunity right from the start, it's hard not to feel grateful." Zhou Xiao said.

  After being teased for a while, the plan for this semester's final exam finally came to an end. Zhou Xiao and Ogura Yuuko also had a deeper relationship during the broadcast of the show. It was just that on this day, Ogura Yuuko still didn't stay at Zhou Xiao's house.

  Time flies quickly, and finally it's the end of the year. However, for Zhou Xiao, this end of the year is really... unbearable.

  By Christmas Eve on December 24, Ogura Yuko couldn't spend it with Zhou Xiao together. The company started giving girls a holiday from this day until next year, so the girl had to get on the car back home before Christmas Eve arrived. Next year, the girl will also officially start her career.

  Zhou Xiao spent a lonely Christmas Eve and Christmas alone, accompanied only by the occasional text messages from the girl. Zhou Xiao wasn't actually feeling too bad, after all, his past self had long gotten used to being alone. It was just that the fact he still couldn't be with anyone in Japan made him feel somewhat sentimental. After Christmas, there were only two more jobs left for him - the Record Awards and the Red and White Song Festival.