Not long after he finished washing up, the production team came looking for him and took him to a room for a pre-interview.
Fortunately, some people hadn't woken up yet, so asking a question wouldn't delay the upcoming recording.
"After yesterday's events, what do you think of the atmosphere of the entire team?" Director Liao asked, holding his cue card.
"I think it's great! Everyone gets along very well, and I'm really looking forward to the rest of our time together."
Yi Xing was very satisfied with his companions; even with unreasonable arrangements, no one complained.
They all aimed to turn the unreasonable into reasonable, and no one was picky about this or that.
Just this point alone was enough.
"What do you think of our tour guide, Zhang Han?"
"Brother Han is great, very responsible, but he has one flaw: he likes to shoulder everything by himself.
Every time, I have to proactively go to him, and only then will he tell me, and I'm not very happy about that."
Director Liao was greatly disappointed by this answer.
He had hoped to dig out some explosive content, which, after some skillful editing, would surely attract more viewers.
He didn't expect the person opposite him to refuse to take the bait, only offering polite remarks.
It seemed he had to ask some other questions: "If you were the tour guide tomorrow, how would you arrange things?"
"What do you mean? Can the tour guide be rotated?"
"That's definitely going to change."
Yi Xing was a bit confused by the question.
He had understood that Zhang Han would be the tour guide for the entire trip, but now it seemed the production team meant otherwise, that the tour guide would change midway.
This was a bit unexpected for him.
Wouldn't all the planning he had done to help Zhang Han be for nothing?
If he became the tour guide, would the other person help him in the same way?
He didn't know what would happen later, so for now, he would answer the question properly.
He pretended to ponder for a moment and then said, "I'd look at what good attractions or delicious restaurants there are locally, and then circle all the places we need to visit with one route.
At the very least, we need to ensure we sleep well and eat our fill."
"Are you implying that you haven't been sleeping well under Zhang Han's guidance?"
"By the way, the pre-interview should be over, right? I need to go meet up with the sisters." Yi Xing's expression didn't change at all, but in his heart, he had already cursed the entire production team.
He actually didn't object to the production team deliberately misinterpreting his words; it was all for the show's popularity, and there was no shame in that.
But at least they should do it behind his back.
Doing it in front of him meant they didn't respect him at all.
"Alright, you can go."
After leaving the pre-interview room, he showed his signature smile again, as if the little incident just now hadn't happened.
He dashed downstairs and saw a few of the sisters chatting and laughing.
Xu Qing, who was facing the stairs, spotted him immediately and waved, "Xiao Xing, over here, over here."
"Sisters, how did you rest last night? We're going to several places today, are you ready?"
"I slept pretty well, Tao. Did I snore last night?" Xu Qing asked Liu Tao, who was next to her.
They had slept in the same bed last night, and the person sharing the bed would know best if she snored.
"Just for a moment, then it stopped."
"Really?"
"It should be due to your sleeping posture." Liu Tao quickly provided an excuse, allowing Xu Qing to gracefully avoid embarrassment, especially with Yi Xing present.
Ten minutes later, the seven members of the Hua Shao Group officially gathered in the hotel lobby.
Led by their tour guide, Zhang Han, they set off for today's destination, grabbing a quick breakfast at a roadside restaurant beforehand.
They also held a small meeting, reducing meals from three a day to two, mainly because the budget was simply insufficient.
At 120 euros per person per day, eight people only amounted to 960 euros.
Just the hotel alone cost 300 euros a day, plus transportation, attraction tickets, and some souvenirs they might want to buy, leaving even less money for food.
It was impossible to achieve the luxurious condition of three meals a day; indeed, three meals a day had become a luxury on this tour group.
After breakfast, their money had been cut by almost half, and none of them were full.
It was difficult to eat your fill in a foreign restaurant, so the group, feeling half-fed, trailed behind the tour guide.
But an even greater difficulty arose: Zhang Han's English level was insufficient for him to understand the surrounding signs.
He mostly relied on guessing and, as expected, ended up in an unknown place.
However, this couldn't be blamed on him; if anything, it could only be blamed on the production team for providing a problematic map.
They didn't provide a local map, but rather a map of the entire city, which was too vast, and some roads weren't even on it.
"I have good news and bad news now, which one do you want to hear first?" He turned to look at the people behind him, using a joking tone to lighten the mood.
"Tell us the bad news first."
"The bad news is we're lost; the good news is there's still some time before the Colosseum officially opens."
"Brother Han, let me use the map." Yi Xing walked forward, took the map from Zhang Han's hand, and went to the roadside, watching the passing crowd.
With his three years of experience studying abroad, he knew his appearance was quite popular overseas; at least, when he looked for someone to chat with, he wouldn't be ignored.
Just then, a girl passing directly in front of him looked at him a few more times.
He immediately understood that there might be a chance, so he quickened his pace, caught up to her, and asked, "Excuse me, beautiful lady ahead!"
"Handsome, are you calling me?"
"Yes, I want to go to the Colosseum, which way should I go?"
"Follow me, I'll take you there." The girl looked Yi Xing up and down, subconsciously licking her lips.
"Great, I'll go call my family."
"Forget it then, I have to go to work.
You go straight down this road, turn right at the first intersection, then go straight, turn right at the second intersection you encounter, and finally go straight all the way until you arrive.
Oh, by the way, do you want to exchange contact information?" She gestured on the map with her hand.
"Sure." Without hesitation, Yi Xing rattled off the number of his current button phone.
Anyway, it was a phone number arranged by the production team, not his own, so he felt no guilt.
If it were his private contact information, he definitely wouldn't have given it out.
"I wish you a pleasant time in Rome.
I'll contact you after work, handsome!" The girl even threw him a flirtatious glance before she left.
As the other party turned around, Yi Xing quickly returned to the team and told Zhang Han the information he had just obtained.
The task of leading the way still had to be given to the current tour guide; he wouldn't try to usurp his role.
Everyone resumed their journey to the Colosseum, and Li Feier seized the opportunity to walk up to a certain Yi and asked curiously.
"Xiao Xing, what were you just chatting about with that girl?"
"I asked her for directions, and then she wanted to exchange contact information with me, so I gave her the production team's phone number."
"You're really quite mischievous!"
"Sister Feier, if you can't compliment someone, you don't have to.
This is called wisdom, OK?"
"Alright, alright, wisdom, wisdom."
Yi Xing's true intention was to get back at the production team for asking those kinds of questions during the pre-interview.
Those who knew him knew that he held grudges.
Generally, any grievance formed on a given day, he would find an opportunity to get revenge on the same day, and he would only operate within an acceptable range.
Once the day passed, he wouldn't care about the matter anymore.