What Xie Changyu received was a model cruise ship, custom-made after the Rose, the cruise ship he had used to show off on the island last time.
It seemed Director Zhang had prepared this wrap-up gift long ago.
He just had to make the guests go through a few tasks first, then use the opportunity to present the gift.
What a difficult man!
Xie Changyu excitedly picked Director Zhang up and spun him around once. Director Zhang nearly got dizzy from being swung about by that brat.
It was only thanks to the assistant director that Director Zhang was rescued from Xie Changyu’s grasp. The moment his feet touched the ground, stars were dancing before his eyes.
Once he had recovered, he angrily smacked Xie Changyu on the back of the head.
“You little brat, watch your strength! I put so much thought into preparing that gift for you, and you’re completely ungrateful!”
Xie Changyu didn’t feel guilty in the slightest. He just stood there grinning foolishly at his model cruise ship.
Director Zhang had chosen each gift according to the recipient’s preferences, making sure every single one hit them right in the heart.
Su Xiaoye received a thick Civil Code and a notebook filled with messages from her fans.
Xie Wanwan received a thick photo album and a USB drive. More than half of the photos in the album were pictures of her and Xie Shen together on the previous episode, while the USB drive contained all sorts of heartwarming moments between the siblings.
Liang Zhou received a figurine of an anime character, while Wu Dacheng received an exquisite mother-of-pearl inlay artwork.
Wu Weixiang received a pair of chibi figurines modeled after his family of three. Beneath the bases of his and Hu Miaoqi’s figurines was engraved a line:
“The Most Successful Experts in Education!”
He was extremely pleased with it. After Xie Tangning and Xie Changyu saw it, they immediately declared that they wanted to commission a set for their own big brother as well.
Those words—“The Most Successful Experts in Education”—were every bit as irresistible to Lu Huaiyu as a vacation was to a student.
Shen Hao received a set of stamps. As an art major, he loved the gift to pieces and immediately tried to imitate Xie Changyu by giving Director Zhang a loving hug.
But after learning his lesson, Director Zhang had already wised up. He instantly ducked behind the assistant director and kicked the assistant director straight into Shen Hao’s open arms.
The furious assistant director chased him around the banquet venue three times.
Liang Jiaqing and Shen Lin received a set of exquisite Tang-style hanfu. The designs were even made as matching couple outfits.
Shen Lin was so delighted that he got carried away and added another round of investment to Director Zhang’s show.
Liang Jiaqing also loved the outfits and made plans with Shen Lin to find somewhere scenic to take photos in them after the show ended.
That hopeless romantic Shen Lin was so thrilled by Liang Jiaqing’s invitation that he just kept grinning like an idiot.
Anyone who didn’t know better might have thought he was the foolish son of a landlord from the old days.
Because Director Zhang’s gifts were so full of thought and sincerity, the guests all declared that they would send him gifts in return once the show ended.
They told him to wait for his surprises! And naturally, they hadn’t forgotten the assistant director either.
The two directors were thoroughly won over by the guests. They spent the entire time grinning from ear to ear like a pair of idiots.
Amid all the laughter and merriment, the show soon reached its final five minutes. There wasn’t even the slightest trace of reluctance on Director Zhang and the assistant director’s faces.
All they showed was the excitement of finally sending the chaos-gremlin guests home so they could enjoy some peace and quiet!
The happiness in Director Zhang’s voice was impossible to hide.
“There are only five minutes left before our show comes to an end!”
“I’m especially reluctant to see it finish, hahaha… Every single one of you… hahaha…”
“And of course, I’m also very reluctant to part with all our dear viewers~ I’ll miss you~ hahaha—wahaha—hahaha~”
He couldn’t suppress his happiness for even a second!
The guests and the viewers: “…”
Director Zhang, that’s too much!
Xie Tangning looked at him resentfully. “Director, couldn’t you at least pretend a little? Fine, you don’t care about us, but how dare you treat the viewers like this too!”
“If you can’t do this job, move aside and let me handle it!”
Director Zhang let out two mocking chuckles. “You think you’re the only chaos gremlins here? The viewers aren’t?”
“They laugh at me in the comments every single day. Now that they’re about to be free of me, can’t I at least laugh a couple of times?”
His attitude was outrageously arrogant, and the director’s aura was in full force.
However, that aura lasted less than three seconds before he immediately began apologizing to the viewers. His specialty was changing faces at lightning speed.
“Dearest viewers, I’m sorry~ I was only saying it for fun~ Please forgive me just this once, okay~”
His voice was so cloyingly affected that the comment section was instantly flooded with “yue” messages.
Seeing this, the assistant director poked him. “Stop putting on an act! You’re not the viewers’ favorite comfort content. They’re not going to indulge you!”
“Quit using that disgusting tone. There are only a few minutes left, so at least give our viewers a few moments of peace and quiet!”
Director Zhang was unhappy about it, but he also knew very well that the stars of these final few minutes were the guests behind him.
So, together with the assistant director, he briskly stepped out of the frame and left the remaining time to the guests.
“I know our viewers still haven’t had their fill of the show, but unfortunately, it really is time for us to say goodbye~”
“Everyone, say goodbye to our guests and viewers~”
The guests all gave an OK sign and began saying goodbye to the audience through their respective cameras.
As veterans of the entertainment industry, Wu Weixiang and Liang Jiaqing gave fairly official closing remarks, mostly expressing their gratitude and offering similar sentiments.
Shen Lin was also relatively proper. After all, he still had an image to maintain and couldn’t bring himself to be as outrageous as the younger ones.
Especially with the person he was pursuing right beside him—he had to preserve some dignity.
Shen Hao, on the other hand, completely let loose. He gave the viewers a rap performance as his farewell.
Monkey Bro and Wu Dacheng slung their arms around each other’s shoulders and smilingly reminded their fans not to forget them.
Though they were ordinary people rather than celebrities, viewers could still ask them for autographs!
They were committed to creating autograph opportunities even when nobody had asked for one.
Xie Wanwan and Su Xiaoye showered the camera with sweet talk, calling each other “pretty big sis” over and over with great enthusiasm.
Under the gaze of countless viewers, the two radiant young women brought their variety-show journey to an end and opened a new chapter in their lives.
Xie Tangning and Xie Changyu, those two idiots, blew kisses and made heart signs at the camera, launching into a fan-service routine with eight gestures a second.
“Big sis,” “baby,” “darling”—they used every term of endearment imaginable without repeating themselves, coaxing the fans in front of their screens into wild screams.
During those two minutes, the little sister was sweet, adorable, and full of youthful charm.
The older brother was gentle, doting, and incredibly smooth.
The personas they had established at the very beginning of the show finally came true in this moment—even if they had been fake and hadn’t lasted very long.
But their manager, Lin Xinghai, was already moved to tears off-screen.
Those two bastards had finally remembered their personas for once. They hadn’t pulled them off very successfully, but it was still better than having no persona at all!
After comforting himself with that thought, Lin Xinghai switched off the livestream and began his wonderful night off.
Barbecue and cold beer—I’m coming!
During the final thirty seconds, the two shameless siblings watched the audience’s reluctant comments on the cameraman’s phone while cheekily counting down the clock.
“Ten, nine, eight, seven…”
When the countdown reached seven, everyone shouted at the same time:
“Goodbye, our dear viewers!”
