Chapter 17 Only One Person Left

The voices of the director came through everyone's earpieces.

The moment that would decide the fate of each individual had arrived.

The director briefly described the plot to everyone.

Guo Zhipeng's sports car was just around the corner in a nearby alley.

The distance between that alley and the pedestrian crossing that everyone was about to traverse was only fifty meters. The director was about to start calling out, and those called upon would have to immediately rise and cross the pedestrian crossing in front of them to get to the other side of the street.

A distance of fifty meters also meant that the moment Guo Zhipeng drove out of the alley at high speed, the extras walking on the pedestrian crossing would not have enough time to dodge.

They could only watch in horror as they were about to be hit by the car!

After the plot was explained, an old lady stood up first.

Clearly, she had received instructions through her earpiece -- it was her turn in the plot.

The old lady was the first among the six extras who was going to cross the pedestrian crossing.

She stood up and walked to the curb, crossing the road to the other side with forced calm.

The old lady wanted to speed up and run across the street, but she quickly received a warning in her earpiece telling her to slow down and walk. The director had said that if she didn't follow the instructions in her earpiece, she would be fired from the set, and a thousand points would be deducted from her score at once!

Being docked a thousand points was no different from being hit by the car and becoming a wax figure.

So, although the old lady was scared, she dared not disobey the director's instructions in her earpiece, and she slowed down her pace, stepping steadily towards the other side of the street.

A few extras watched the old lady crossing the road with trembling hearts, worried about seeing the scene of her being hit, but inside they prayed for it to happen... As long as one person got hit, the scene would be successfully filmed, and the rest would be safe.

If the old lady was hit, it meant that they wouldn't be, and they could safely earn ten points!

Li Teng and the others had a slightly different idea.

In his view, the other five extras were all safe. If the scene was considered successful as long as one person was hit, then Guo Zhipeng's target could only be him, not anyone else.

So, he might as well drink a few more cups of free coffee while he still could.

Who knew if there would be thirst or hunger to endure in the next world?

The old lady had only taken a few steps when a female office worker also stood up, looking fearfully at the street in front of her.

It seemed she too had received the director's instructions -- it was her turn to cross the street.

After the female office worker reached the curb, a new instruction from the director came through the earpiece, telling her to run a few steps, catch up with the old lady in front, and help her across the road.

The female office worker silently rejoiced and quickly caught up with the old lady, assisting her as they walked across the street.

In her view, as long as she could make it to the other side of the road, she would be safe.

Crossing the street with the old lady meant at least she wouldn't have to worry about crossing with Li Teng.

When they reached the center of the road, a card fell from the female office worker onto the ground, but the noon sun was too bright, and no one noticed the extra detail the director had arranged.

The four extras still seated, however, could see that under the midday sun, both the legs of the female office worker and the old lady were trembling as they walked, both casting occasional glances toward the mouth of the alley, fearful of the sports car that might suddenly rush out.

Facing a potential car accident, and one involving being struck by a high-speed sports car at that, it was difficult for any normal person to remain calm.

When the old lady and the female office worker got to the middle of the street, Glasses Man stood up. He too had received instructions through his earpiece -- it was his turn to cross the road.

Following Glasses Man was Gao Fei.

By the time Gao Fei stepped onto the road, the female office worker and the old lady had already safely crossed over to the other side!

After both were certain they had safely crossed the street, they collapsed on the curb immediately, with the female white-collar worker unable to contain herself, covering her face and starting to sob quietly.

An accident is just a moment's affair, yet the brief half-minute they took to cross the street felt as long as an entire day to them.

Relief came for two on the opposite side of the street, but on this side, at the round table and high stool, another two were still enduring agony.

Li Teng and the young girl.

They had not yet received the signal to start.

"I want to be the female lead, I want to play a complete role in a big production; I don't want to become an immobile wax figure." The girl's face turned pale as she murmured to herself.

"Don't be afraid, he's not targeting you, you'll walk across safely." Li Teng offered a few words of comfort to the girl.

"Thank you." No sooner had the girl spoken than her face drastically changed, and she jumped off the high stool in a nervous fit.

Clearly, she too had received the signal to start.

"Relax, it'll be over in a moment." Li Teng comforted the girl once again.

"Right, relax!" The girl bit her lip, her body stiff as she walked towards the curbside.

By the time the girl reached the curb, Glasses Man had already successfully crossed the street and arrived on the other side, where he seemed very composed.

After arriving at Film and Television City, Glasses Man was welcomed by Guo Zhipeng as a newcomer.

Although Guo Zhipeng had played a prank on Glasses Man, scaring him to the point of wetting himself, they had become somewhat acquainted, and since Glasses Man hadn't done anything to offend Guo Zhipeng, he didn't believe Guo would choose to hit him.

The reality now proved that Guo Zhipeng hadn't chosen to hit him.

Gao Fei followed right behind Glasses Man, slowly crossing the street, and after he had crossed, his expression showed immense relief. He turned to glance at the girl walking on the street and then, with sympathy, looked towards the other side, where Li Teng was still sitting at the coffee table on the high stool.

"Looks like one of them is definitely going to turn into a wax figure." Glasses Man said with schadenfreude.

Gao Fei gave him a look but said nothing.

The two other extras who had come earlier, the female white-collar worker and the elderly woman, had also calmed their emotions and came to the curbside, looking at the girl who had walked to the middle of the street.

"Do you hope it's the girl who turns into a wax figure, or the handsome guy?" Glasses Man asked everyone a question, his mood seeming quite good.

"Have some sympathy, will you?" the white-collar woman scolded Glasses Man.

"Sympathy? Someone has to bite the dust anyway, would sympathy prevent this from happening? We're just luckier, that's all." Glasses Man argued back.

"The odds for this scene were one in six, even if it's just one in eight in the future scenes, if we survive this one, we won't last many more, eventually we'll go down according to the odds," the elderly woman said with clear insight.

"Are you an intellectual?" the female white-collar asked the elderly woman.

"No, I should be regarded as a businesswoman." the elderly woman smiled.

As several extras were talking, the girl also slowly crossed the street and joined everyone.

The only one left who hadn't crossed was a single person.

Everyone collectively looked with sympathy towards Li Teng on the opposite side of the street.

Earlier, at the round table, Guo Zhipeng had made his animosity towards Li Teng quite clear. Now it seemed that there was no acting between them; their antagonism was real, and Guo Zhipeng wanted to hit Li Teng.

At this moment, the only thing people could do was to feel deep sympathy for Li Teng.

Meanwhile, Li Teng received the director's instruction in his earphones to begin.

Li Teng sighed again, closed his eyes for a moment, and drained the last drop of coffee from his cup before he got off the high stool, looking towards the street.