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Chapter 33 Breathtaking

After some polite introductions, the room was a bit warm, but the atmosphere was a bit awkward. The group sat there drinking tea, looking at each other blankly, because they realized that Lu Chi didn't seem to recognize any of the artists.

Oh my, this young man.

The director took on the task of breaking the ice, having Lu Chi find a room. He brought his assistant, Bo Caiyan, and Bo Chunyu, and got straight to the point, producing a thick stack of contracts: "Teacher Caiyan has already discussed this with you, right? I won't go into too much detail. Teacher Caiyan and her team have already reviewed the contracts. Actually, we've done several variety shows like this, so there shouldn't be any major oversights. You can take a look. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, Mr. Lu, please feel free to speak up. This part of your contract, I just glanced at it briefly, and I can only say it's unique, exceptionally suitable, and absolutely perfect. I really love it!"

Lu Chi's lips twitched. How could they have already communicated? Why didn't they go into more detail? I knew nothing about it until she called me: "Well, let's put it aside for now, so your program—"

Talking about this, about the program's components, Director Shen is no longer sleepy.

He's not an expert on contracts and such; this shouldn't have been his responsibility for communication in the first place. It was more about showing respect to Teacher Caiyan.

Director Shen then took out another notebook and handed it to Lu Chi: "It's like this...blah blah blah..."

"Look..."

"us..."

He gave a very thorough and detailed explanation of the pros and cons.

In short, this thing is essentially just another variety show that Zhu Huiqing calls a "fan show." It involves bringing in a few celebrities, taking them to a certain place, setting some conditions, playing some games, eating and drinking, and arranging some conflicts. It's a very mature process. However, their original location was a private winter resort in Yakutsk, and then it collapsed at the very first step.

"Teacher Lu, we don't need you to appear on camera as the owner of this secluded paradise very often, so it won't disturb your normal life much. If it's inconvenient for you, we can blur your face or physically blur it out. You see, this is a kind of NPC effect similar to a variety show, wearing an animal headgear, or we can blur your face with text like this, such as 'reclusive master,' which I think would be quite good. We can discuss the details separately. But to put it simply, the selling point of our 'Food Comes and Goes' is actually free food and lodging, and we only occasionally have to fend for ourselves..."

Lu Chi put down the few pages of paper: "Yes, I've finished reading them."

Director Shen was taken aback: "You're... done? So fast? Young people really do have sharp minds!"

"No problem," Lu Chi said. "The accommodations are ready. You should have seen them when you came in. The other two buildings are only connected by the attic and basement. The east building has fewer rooms but is in better condition, while the middle building has more rooms, so your staff might need to tidy it up for a while..."

Yes.

Once upon a time, Master Lu also had a vision of opening a farmhouse inn.

and...

He is a licensed professional, for various reasons, so he is considered a semi-regular employee, and even has the qualifications to serve customers of foreign companies. He is not a complete amateur.

"Isn't this going too smoothly?" Director Shen was overjoyed. "Well, we did our homework before coming here. We know a bit about the situation in these mountains, and we also found safety personnel and wildlife experts. However, the advice they gave was still that it would be best to have someone familiar with the terrain, wildlife, and other aspects present throughout the entire process. What do you think, Mr. Lu?"

"I can call people from down the mountain to lend a hand. They're familiar with dozens of mountains nearby. They might be a bit older, but they frequently guide tourists in and out of the mountains and have experience in search and rescue operations. Several of them are also official members of the disaster relief and emergency rescue team. Their prices are reasonable, and they're physically fit!"

"That's great! We might need some manual laborers..."

"The people in the village down the mountain are all hibernating and have a lot of free time. I'll give you the village committee's phone number. There are so many of you, you need to communicate and make arrangements."

"Okay, okay."

Director Shen felt that things were going much more smoothly than he expected. Compared to his previous experiences leading teams, where he had to carefully scout locations, communicate with bated breath, and deal with frequent unexpected situations, this was simply a stroke of good fortune and a perfect start. The old saying was true; as the saying goes, great calamities do not... well... good fortune comes to those with a clear conscience!

"Great, let's leave it at that for now. We'll keep in touch. Mr. Lu, could you show our team our living environment before we get dark? It'll be good to be prepared."

"OK."

Lu Chi didn't waste any words, put on a coat, and led them to the left.

Bo Chunyu wrapped her clothes tightly around herself: "You're not the only one living up here, so why are there so many... uh, not that many... such big houses?"

"That's my grandfather's house, the first one built, then my father's house, then the land was cleared out, and finally my house." Lu Chi pushed open the door and turned on the light: "Wait a moment, I'll turn on the heating. There are a lot of wooden components here, and if no one lives here, the heating isn't usually turned up that high, otherwise it'll attract insects and such, although there's basically nothing left inside."

"Is this electric heating?" Bo Chunyu asked. "These are several large buildings, many floors, they must be very expensive, right?"

After turning on the water valve, Lu Chi closed the cabinet door: "Free plumbing, using hot spring water from over there. It was renovated once before, with structural reinforcement and pipework. The main temperature control is in the pump room. If it feels hot, you can open the window. If it's too hot, come to me to adjust the pump. There are six large rooms downstairs and six large and six small rooms on the second floor, which are mostly empty. There are also some mattresses in the storage room. The plumbing here has wall and floor pipes, so it's very hot. You can put the mattress directly on the wooden floor without any problem; it's not damp. The WiFi has no password, and there's also a fiber optic interface."

A group of people stared wide-eyed: "Huh?"

"Internet? And fiber optic?" Director Shen was even more excited than them, practically ecstatic. He counted the heads: "Eighteen rooms, that's enough, enough for all our staff. Um, move over here first, then we'll gather over there to shoot some footage!"

As for the easternmost building—

Bo Chunyu stared at the three tiger skins hanging in the main hall, the two deer head hunting rifles with prominent horns and wild boar skulls hanging on the wall, and the bear skin carpet. There seemed to be several long strips of gray marks on the plaques above, but nothing was hung there; they had already been removed.

"Brother Lu Chi! Is this what you meant by 'slightly better'?"

"It's the kind of government-funded job, okay? It feels like just moving in would get you sentenced to three to five years!"

"Is this okay? Is this permitted?"

Lu Chi nodded: "They have certificates. There's a label on the back. They come for inspection and maintenance every year. Those two were passed down from my great-great-grandfather's generation. This building has few rooms. Downstairs there's only a kitchen, main hall, study, and tea room. There are six rooms on the second floor and five on the third floor. They all face the sun. There's not much of a layout, just slight differences in size."

The crew was amazed, feeling as if they had discovered a whole new world.

emmmmm...

As expected of one of the fragments that emerged from the collapse of the ideal state, it is a treasure trove of natural resources.

I wonder if he still has any real wild ginseng here? What if wild boars come and gnaw at us? I heard this is an active area for Siberian golden shaded ginseng!