Chapter 40: What is the difference between a "pig butchering scam" and a "blind date
Chapter 40: What is the difference between a "pig butchering scam" and a "blind date
Meanwhile, in the building next door.
The camera focuses on five female celebrities dressed in flamboyant attire, yet appearing almost artificial as they perform standby dance moves. The on-site PD, speaking into the recording equipment, inputs a voice-over for the first time: "Now, our Fanlai Group has arrived in a mysterious paradise. The icy landscape has nurtured the most warm and simple people. This place is rich in resources and blessed with outstanding individuals. Your task is to conceal your identities, disguise yourselves as local residents, and form two teams to work during the pig-slaughtering feast, each earning money to recharge your meal cards. Fanlai Group has already installed hidden 'eyes' throughout this paradise; your every action will be recorded. During the game, members whose identities are discovered and recognized by the locals, as well as those attempting to cheat, will face extremely severe punishment!"
The background shown is wisps of smoke rising from the plastic greenhouses downstairs outside the window, busy NPC villagers, and people being poured out of a tractor trailer.
However...
The five artists didn't even seem fully awake yet; the confusion and sleepiness on their faces gradually turned into surprise and helplessness.
"Hey, what do you mean? You make it sound nice, but it's just about freeloading... You think you can fool me... I'm incredibly clever!" Bu Xiao's eyes widened. "Wait, wait, is this it? No time to prepare myself? Oh no, these people are all so young, they don't seem so easy to fool!"
"College students are the easiest to fool!" Liu Fen said calmly. These kinds of banquets are perfect for slacking off, she said with practiced ease: "The guests have just arrived, we still have time. A good disguise shouldn't be a problem!"
Zhou Zhou said lazily, "I'm exhausted. You want to work without even having breakfast?"
"I knew the production team had no good intentions in tricking us into coming to this desolate place..." Weng Jing punched the cameraman's lens menacingly. "So, there are no other rules, right? You behind the camera, and you, hand over your snacks, hurry up, don't tell me you didn't hide any. This is the middle of nowhere, it's robbery time!"
So, the camera actually shakily handed over a small bag of snacks.
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"So, where's the pig?" After drinking a few cups of hot tea and warming himself by the fire, Zhou Zijin had recovered and felt full of boundless energy. He rolled up his sleeves and declared with boundless enthusiasm, "How do we catch it?"
The girls started shouting, and before they knew it, they were about to rush outside: "Yeah, yeah, where's the pig?"
"Ah, I'm so excited, so scared, and so hungry!"
"Me! Me! Me! I can press the pig!"
"Well... let's wash the vegetables then..."
"You're all dressed so beautifully and flamboyantly, how come you have no self-awareness at all? We brought you here to slaughter pigs, not to go on blind dates with them!" Lu Chi began distributing work clothes to the men: "The pigs are kept in the pen over there in the woods. We don't need so many people. We'll catch them and drag them back to the shed to slaughter them in a bit; it'll be warmer there!"
"So, is there really a difference between a 'pig butchering scam' and a 'blind date scam'?"
"genius!"
"Why is there writing on your gloves? 'Green Growth Seedling Agent'..." Zhou Zijin quickly put on her apron, then looked again and saw it was Yuanda Pig Feed: "Damn! It's the name of a pig feed company!"
Shule unfolded her apron, her face contorted in a grimace: "It's better than mine!"
Urea.
His writing contained only these two words, which were concise and to the point.
"Alright, alright, stop nagging, or we won't be able to eat any pork before dark!" Lu Chi started calling out names: "Girls who can't walk in the snow with their shoes on, go to the greenhouse and wait for someone to assign you tasks. Urea and pig feed, come with me. Weed killer, turn right and go to the open warehouse to find tools, move tables, and wash dishes. Cattle and sheep, follow along. Find hooks to hook chickens. Take sacks and put two geese in them. Hurry up, everyone get moving!"
"What the hell do you mean by 'buying a phone'? Where do you put the chicken and the goose?"
"The first stone house at the entrance of the old village on the left is a chicken coop! There are geese there too!"
"Is using oxytetracycline on a goose like throwing a meat bun at a dog?"
"What else is there to say? You didn't complain about using the weed killer to wash the dishes!"
A dozen or so boys and girls excitedly ventured into the woods, following Lu Chi to a pigpen surrounded by logs and large trees. Inside were two large spotted pigs: one white with black spots and the other black with white spots.
The pigsty was lined with pine needles and birch leaves, and the blankets were piled up to form neat little nests. It had several rooms and a living room, and there was no manure. In fact, it was cleaner than the desks of some high school students.
In fact, pigs are very clean creatures when given the right conditions. They have their own lifestyle and habits, clean themselves regularly, have relatively fixed defecation areas and times, and even their emotions are quite stable.
"Wow, what huge pigs! They must weigh several hundred pounds!" Yuan Ziqing, from a family whose ancestors hadn't even reached the level of commoners for six generations, stood on tiptoe, hesitant to approach. "They look a bit fierce. Why do they look so different from the pigs I usually see?"
The initial excitement subsided like a receding tide, and Ran Qingfeng was now somewhat numb, hiding behind Lu Chi: "Don't ask me, don't ask me! I've never seen a live pig in my life... In my mind, pigs are synonymous with meat on a chopping board... I have no idea what this monster that could rush up and bite me at any moment is! Senior Danyangzi, you are knowledgeable, do such things exist in the Upper Realm?"
Danyangzi stroked his chin and pondered seriously for a while, then set the tone for the whole incident: "It doesn't matter if you don't know each other now, you'll know each other after the refining is complete!"
Sports committee member Liu Yang hissed, the tall and burly man standing there with Zhang Wei and Shu Le, gesturing wildly: "No way, Lu Chi, how can you still see muscle outlines on your pig body? Is that right?"
"These are free-range mountain pigs, they get a lot of exercise." Lu Chi rubbed his hands and said, "If I invited you here to eat meat, would I eat pork? Even dogs wouldn't eat it. These things are usually just let to roam freely in the mountains. Even if we feed them, it's just leftover grains and vegetables. They've never seen feed since they were born. They're only two years old and they've already grown this big. I estimate that each one weighs over 200 pounds, and each one should be around 300 pounds at most."
"Holy crap... slaughtering both... that's too much of a gluttonous feast..." Zhou Zijin snatched Ding Cheng's DSLR camera and started taking high-intensity photos of the pig from every angle: "Your equipment isn't very good either? Speaking of which, last time my dad got a few pigs that were about the same quality from Lao Bian. They were 17 yuan a pound live, but to be honest, the meat was really delicious!"
Ding Cheng, who had a little bit of life experience, but not much, looked at the pigs, then at Zhou Zijin and his unfortunate camera: "The market price for spare ribs seems to be only 16 to 18 yuan a pound lately, so 17 yuan a pound for pork is really a bit expensive..."
Zhou Zijin stared at her as if she were an idiot: "A live pig is weighed as a whole, while what you're talking about is already butchered meat!"
"Let's buy this machine! At that rate, even a pig could buy my life!"
"So you're offering a pretty cheap price?"
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