don't mess with me

Chapter 56 Magic and Magic

As soon as I heard it, I became anxious: "Why do you think that when one comes out, one comes out?"

Tianjie Doll said: "There is nothing more suitable for you than this one - grassroots art, no need for fame, and it's in this city."

I said depressedly: "I am grassroots, but I don't have art, let alone art, I don't even have technology."

Tianjie Doll said: "Then it's good for you to go up and show your face."

"Do you think it's so easy to show your face? You didn't realize that even the ones who are eliminated have solid foundations. The ones that change two hands of poker will definitely be cut off by you!"

Lu Dongbin said, "What are you talking about?"

I said, "Just the show I watched in the barbershop during the day, it's all magic tricks and acrobatics."

Lu Dongbin put down his wine glass and said, "Acrobatics? Then I am the ancestor!"

"Eh? Brother Bin, aren't you the founder of the Quanzhen sect?"

Lu Dongbin said: "Why am I lying to you? Folk acrobats are offering my tablets."

"Really?"

Lu Dongbin smiled and said, "That is."

"Bingo, can you do magic?"

Lu Dongbin said: "I can't do magic, but can I do magic?"

"It's done!" I clapped my hands and said, "It seems reliable. As long as Brother Bin is willing to help, not to mention the champion, the top three will definitely have something to do."

Lu Dongbin said: "Look at what you said, I won't win the championship after all my shots?"

The Heavenly Doll said: "Let's sign up tomorrow!"

I raised my glass and said, "Come on, let's drink to the champion!"

Lu Dongbin said: "Originally, I planned to travel around the world tomorrow. Since Xiaoqiang needs help, then I will help you with this matter." It turned out that Lu Dongbin's drink was meant to be a farewell drink.

After dinner, Tianjie Doll and I started to study the previous videos of "Assortment of Miscellaneous Demons". This program has two episodes a week, and each episode will determine a winner, which means that 8 people have already qualified for the finals.We then analyzed these eight people, and the unanimous conclusion was that two of them were strong. One was a hot female magician, whose stage name was Spice Girl. The magic design is also very distinctive. There is also a team called "Perfect Combination". There are 4 people in total. They should be from a very powerful acrobatic troupe. Whether it is a show of strength or high-altitude stunts, they are all of international standards.

To sum up, I am not as good-looking as the hot girls, and my skills are not as good as the "perfect combination". Of course, this is still with the help of Lu Zu. worse than...

……

Just after eight o'clock the next day, I called the registration number on the website, and I said proudly, "I want to register for your program, what process do I need to go through?"

As a result, people put us in the freezer with one sentence: "We have already ended!"

Putting down the phone, I smiled wryly and said, "Well, it's completely over now."

The Tianjie doll was also annoyed: "Why did we go long ago?"

At this time the doorbell rang, and I opened the door dejectedly. Outside the door stood a sturdy old man in his fifties, looking at me with a smile.

"You are?" I didn't know this person at all.

Another person flashed beside the old man and said loudly, "Don't you know me?" It was Lin Hai, the captain of the criminal police team.

I looked at the old man and reacted abruptly: "Director Hu?"

Director Hu said happily, "Even you were taken aback, right?"

"Please come in quickly." Liu Xiaoliu said at the beginning that he could recover in two days, but he didn't expect that it was not bad at all. The blame on Director Hu's face faded away, and he was almost unrecognizable at all.

Director Hu asked me as soon as he entered the door: "Where is my benefactor?"

Liu Xiaoliu came out lazily from the room and asked, "Who's here?"

Director Hu stepped forward to grab her and said, "Benefactor, I'm here to thank you."

Liu Xiaoliu was also stunned for a moment before reacting, and said calmly, "How are you?"

"Your medicine is amazing!" Director Hu was still excited after many days.

I leaned up to look at the skin on his face, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "Smooth and supple, you can now advertise skin care products."

Director Hu smiled and said, "That's right, the age spots are gone, and my wife is envious and jealous of me now!"

We all laughed.

I found that Director Hu's skin is extremely firm and supple, but the skin around his mouth is obviously not the same color as the surrounding skin. It is dark, just like Xiong Er in "Bear Infested"...

"Where is your circle?"

Director Hu said: "I don't know what's going on, it's just like this after the scar fell off."

Liu Xiaoliu blushed suddenly and said, "I was careless. I forgot this circle when I started applying the medicine, and I added it later."

I also remembered that when Director Hu was wearing an oxygen mask, the circle around his mouth was processed later, and the time difference was only ten minutes. I did not expect such a result.

I told Director Hu: "You will not be able to see it if you wear a round face in the future."

"We policemen can't grow beards."

Lin Hai said with a smile: "This is because the flaws do not conceal the advantages. No one can dismiss the chief of the Public Security Bureau just because he has a heavy beard."

We laughed again.

Director Hu took Liu Xiaoliu's hand and said, "Miss Liu, how do you want me to thank you?"

Lin Hai kept winking at Liu Xiaoliu and said, "Our bureau chief has already spoken, so you can just open your mouth. Aren't you still unemployed? Do you want to be a clerk in our bureau or something?" This is Xu Yi Heavy bribery, the average person wants to enter the Public Security Bureau, even if he finds someone to do activities, he can't afford hundreds of thousands?

Liu Xiaoliu said indifferently: "Not interested." She said to Director Hu, "You, remember what you do in the future, first protect your face, otherwise there will be more troubles."

"Hey..." Tang Tang, the chief of the Public Security Bureau, had to quickly nod in agreement.

Liu Xiaoliu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to thank me, I just accept your wishes."

Director Hu didn't expect his benefactor to be so indifferent to fame and fortune, so he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. If you want to say that he owes a lot of favors, he didn't make a fool of himself. .

Director Hu mumbled, "Girl, I have an unfeeling request, so I don't know if you can agree to it?"

"What's the matter?"

Director Hu said: "I want to recognize you as my goddaughter, I wonder if you want to?"

Liu Xiaoliu squinted his eyes and said, "You? Want to be my godfather?"

Director Hu said embarrassingly: "I know that the word being a daughter is not very clean now, but I have absolutely no other ideas. I have a daughter who works out of town and rarely comes back once a year. You come to be my daughter." My second daughter, we come and go as often as a family, I hope you don't dislike her."

"I don't have any other ideas" I can be sure of that, just like Liu Xiaoliu, who could have any other ideas?But Liu Xiaoliu is the sixth princess of the Jade Emperor, and if an ordinary girl can recognize a godfather like the Chief of Public Security, she will be full of joy, but Director Hu is probably not as good as the Four Heavenly Kings in Liu Xiaoliu's eyes, right?Director Hu is too presumptuous!

Sure enough, Liu Xiaoliu said with a half-smile, "If you want to be my godfather, you have to ask my real father first."

Lin Hai also heard that the meaning of the words was not quite right, so he asked me in a low voice: "Xiao Liu's father is not some kind of chief executive, is he?"

I also whispered: "It's hard to say..."

Director Hu also asked Liu Xiaoliu, "Where does your father work?"

Liu Xiaoliu said: "My dad is collecting trash next to the mental hospital."

"Uh... If that's the case, I'll discuss it with him when we old brothers meet."

Director Hu sat for a while and said goodbye: "Then let's go first. If you have anything to do in the future, feel free to contact me. This is not a polite word."

Lin Hai joked: "Long Aotian is a famous writer, so he probably can't ask us for anything. At most, he won't have to wait in line when applying for a visa in the future." It seems that my background has also been exposed...

Tianjie Doll suddenly said: "Xiaoqiang, tell Lao Hu about your participation in "The Assortment of Miscellaneous Demons", maybe he has a way."

"Is this...appropriate?" I whispered.

"We just want a chance to sign up, not let him cheat for you!"

I thought about it, too, and hurriedly said, "Have Director Hu watched "Assortment of Miscellaneous Demons"?"

"I've seen one and a half episodes, what's the matter?"

I smiled and said, "I need your help right now. Their program has closed for registration. Can you tell me to add me?"

Director Hu asked suspiciously, "What kind of program do you want to participate in? Can you do magic tricks?"

"It will be...a little bit."

Director Hu said: "Then can't you participate in the next season?"

"Can't wait!"

Lin Hai also asked: "Aren't you a writer? Why do you still have a part-time job?"

"I...you just say whether you can help me or not?"

Director Hu said: "Since you have already spoken, I can only try, but you have to tell me what you want to do. This is a secret operation, right?"

I vowed, "You just sign up for me, and you don't need to worry about the rest. If I don't have good skills, someone will eliminate me, and I will never let you abuse your power."

Director Hu laughed and said, "I don't have the power to use this kind of thing—" he told Lin Hai, "Who can say something about this?"

Lin Haidao: "This belongs to the director of the Cultural Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee. We have dealt with them before, but we have no direct business dealings with them."

Director Hu said: "Then you go back and help me find their phone number, I will try my best." The old man reiterated to me, "I will help you sign up when we agree."

"Cheng Cheng, thank you very much."

After Director Hu and the others left, I answered a phone call just before get off work at noon. The other party said that he was from the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee and asked me to go to the Municipal Party Committee after work to discuss the details of registration.

I hung up the phone and clapped my hands: "There are people in the court who are easy to handle."

Tianjie Doll said: "Just in case, call Lu Dongbin."

I nodded.

In the afternoon, I drove to the Municipal Party Committee, went to the Propaganda Department and told me my name. A young man in the middle who received me rushed into the office and shouted: "Sister Zhu, Sister Zhu—that person is here."

Zhu Meifang came out in response: "Here it comes—ah, is it you?"

I was also surprised: "You are from the Propaganda Department?"

Zhu Meifang was surprised and wondered: "I heard in the morning that someone went to the Public Security Bureau to participate in the program. So it was you?"

"Hey, it's me."

Zhu Meifang smiled and said, "You can come to me directly for this matter."

"I didn't know you were in the Propaganda Department."

Zhu Meifang glanced at me and said, "The real person doesn't show his face, the chief of the Public Security Bureau can be contacted."

"We also met by chance." I said, "As far as our relationship is concerned, is it okay for me to sign up?"

Zhu Meifang said seriously: "No, our director wants to see you first."

"Isn't it enough to find you?"

"If you want to find me, you have to see our director first."

"What are you seeing me for?"

"You will know when you go."

Zhu Meifang led me to the director's office, and said, "I said, what on earth do you do, writing novels and performing magic tricks?"

"Hey, you still don't allow me to be versatile?"

Zhu Meifang stopped and said, "You really know how to do magic tricks, right? This show is not as simple as you think. If you just want to coax me, I advise you not to meet our director."

Lu Dongbin said on the side: "He will definitely!"

When we arrived at the door of the director's office, Zhu Meifang knocked on the door and went in. The director was a bald middle-aged man in his forties, wearing glasses, a little calm and pretentious.

"Director Liu, this is the person introduced by the Public Security Bureau this morning."

Director Liu nodded: "Okay, you go out, I'll talk to him."

Zhu Meifang gave me a self-seeking expression and went out.

Director Liu motioned me to sit down and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Yan Tingqiang."

"Oh, do you want to participate in "Assortment of Miscellaneous Demons?"

"Yes, it was too late by the time I wanted to sign up."

Director Liu tapped the table with his pen and said: "I have to explain to you first, our program has already decided the top 10, and we are waiting for the finals. What you watch is delayed. We can't do it this week. The show will air next week, understand?"

"Oh... so it is like this." My heart kept falling to the bottom, it was almost a dead end!
Director Liu said: "However, there will be a resurrection match before the finals, which is to gather the most popular eliminated contestants in the past to compete for the final spot in the finals. Director Hu and I are old acquaintances. I still want to save his face." looked after."

Hey, is there still hope?
Director Liu said: "If you insist on stuffing you in, it can only be a rematch."

I hurriedly said, "The resurrection match is also fine!"

Director Liu waved his hand and said: "The question is whether you have the ability to participate in the resurrection competition. You have not participated in previous competitions. We have to take risks when you go directly to this stage. You must know that our provincial-level satellite TV programs directly The Ministry of Culture is in charge, and this show has a high ratings, if you don’t have something real to cause public outrage, we can’t afford it.”

"Then what should I do?" The words were twists and turns, which made me very confused.

Director Liu said: "How about this, you put on a little show for me first, and if it's really good, I'll find a way for you."

"I..." How can I know little shows?

Lu Dongbin said, "I'll show you one for him."

"Who are you?"

I hurriedly said, "This is my assistant."

Director Liu didn't ask too many questions, leaned back in the chair and said, "Let's start—acrobatics or magic? Do I need to go back and get the props?"

Lu Dongbin said: "No need, just look at—" He shook his hand on the table, then asked Director Liu, "See what's missing?"

Director Liu looked down and immediately said, "The ashtray is gone!"

The glass ashtray in front of Director Liu, which was as big as a 12-inch notebook, had disappeared.

Director Liu was interested and said, "This is interesting." Lu Dongbin waved his hand, which is a common trick used by magicians, but it was unexpected that such a big ashtray could not be hidden or tucked away.

Lu Dongbin said, "Then can we do it?"

Director Liu finally showed a smile on his face and said, "You can change back for me first."

Lu Dongbin pointed to the inner part of the office and said, "It's over there."

Director Liu walked in with a disbelieving expression on his face, and came out holding an ashtray in disbelief after a while.

"God! How did you change?"

(End of this chapter)