Chapter 768: Only ¥998
I angrily snatched the microphone away at a lighting quick speed from Zhao Yao.
The former prettiest girl of 28 Middle was very concerned about her image among the boys. In addition to dressing up fashionably, she would also actively participate in debate competitions, recitation competitions, singing competitions, and act as the host of flag-raising ceremonies, basically she didn’t miss any opportunities to be in the limelight.
It’s possible she would participate in the stop the cars to save the dogs events to appear on TV. She might even smile at the camera and recite a statement she scripted in advance to show off her inner beauty, but the class leader would not! The class leader sincerely loves dogs and she’s not afraid of getting tired of getting dirty. If it wasn’t for the fact her hunter aura would scare those caged dogs, she would be out there taking care of the dogs with Xiao Ding instead of sitting at the negotiation table.
“Who cares about appearing on your show!” I yelled into the camera as I held Zhao Yao’s microphone in my hand, “The prettiest girl in our school has plenty of chances to appear on TV, so we don’t need you to show off her inner or outer beauty. She… ouch.”
The class leader secretly pinched my waist, probably because she doesn’t want me to call her the prettiest girl in school anymore. It really hurts, it was probably a technique from Loud Mouth.
She chose to punch me from an angle no one could see while she had a serious expression on her face. Neither the reporter, the police, or the dog dealers saw her tiny movements.
The rich woman sat to my right. Although she didn’t see the class leader pinch, she could approximately guess what happened based on my reaction. She didn’t really say anything other than smiling at us with a look like she wanted to say ‘it’s nice to be young’.
Everyone says older woman like to introduce potential partners to people. I suspect the rich woman has watched too much of 101 Dalmatians and believes in marriage because of dogs. She thinks because both me and the class leader likes dogs, then we should be together. Also, she thinks Ma HuiYu and Niu Zong should be together since they both like dogs too.
I no longer called the class leader the prettiest girl after she pinched me, but I thought to myself she would eventually get the title once school starts even if she doesn’t want it.
“Anyway, our class leader doesn’t care about appearing on your show. You could interview me if you want to do an interview.” I was confident no one would recognize me because I was wearing sunglasses.
Since Zhao Yao had his microphone taken from him, he could only ask me a few random questions even if he didn’t want to interview me.
“Do you think stopping cars to save dogs is ‘cool’?”
“I think it’s funny.” Officer Ma said.
“That’s right, it’s hilarious.” Zeng Lao Liu added, “It’s completely silly.”
“Your silly.” The rich woman retorted, “Your whole family is silly.”
“Stop fighting.” Xiao Zhang couldn’t help but say, “We’re a peaceful society, so we should solve problems peacefully.”
Once everyone stopped bickering, I said loudly: “Stopping cars to save dogs is neither cool or funny, but is worth thinking about more. I’ve already began thinking more deeply about it, so I hope everyone could think about it with me.”
That was a trick I learned from an online forums. Whenever you don’t want to give away any information, you would say something vague to convey your opinions. I make it seem like it’s a profound answer, but I didn’t actually say anything. I don’t think Zhao Yao would be able to ask any tricky questions with my vague answers.
Zhao Yao replied with disappointment, “Um, were you able to reach any results with your thoughts?”
“I have.”
Zhao Yao was overjoyed, “Then quickly tell the audience what you were able to realize about this incident.”
He wanted me to make my standpoint clear. It doesn’t matter if I said it was cool or if it was funny, he would still be able to use it to provoke conflicting view points and create more topics to talk about.
I won’t fall for it since it wasn’t the first time I saw his ability to bullshit.
So I smiled sincerely and then replied: “Although I was able to reach a result, I can’t say it. My language teacher said it well: it’s not good to always take others thoughts without doing your own thinking. That’s why I hope the audience in front of the TV can think independently without having my opinion affecting their thoughts, thank you.”
I was able to get Zhao Yao’s interests up, then send it tumbling back down. He began to nervously scratch himself and said: “You don’t need to think about it that much, the audience doesn’t have time to think. You should express your own opinions and say anything.”
“I could really say anything?”
“You could say anything.” Zhao Yao nodded, “Dong Shan News always empathizes freedom of the press, so don’t worry.”
Basically he’s implying: it’s better if I have extreme and shocking opinions. He would love for me to swear at the dog dealers and cause the Zeng brothers to get into a fight, then he would film it all and play it on the news.
“If that’s the case…” I scratched my head, “Then I won’t hold back. There’s something I wanted to say for a while now, but I’ve been holding it back…”
The class leader didn’t know what I was going to say, so she secretly tugged on my shirt to tell me to be cautious.
Zhao Yao was exceptionally happy as he had a big smile on his face and urged: “There’s nothing to worry about, just say what you want to say. Young people should be brave enough to voice their own opinions.”
I stared into Zhao Yao’s eyes that were filled with expectation and nodded in approval, then I pulled out the Swiss Army knife that I had kept for a while in my pockets.
“Hello everyone, please pay attention to the knife in my hand. It isn’t a regular knife…”
I smiled at the camera. My teeth were completely clean since I had just picked it and I looked like those people from the toothpaste commercials.
Except they were holding toothpaste while I was holding a Swiss Army knife.
“That’s right, you’ve guessed correctly, this is a Swiss Army knife. But it’s not a regular Swiss Army knife, look.”
I pointed to cross on the black handle of the knife.
“Do you see the Swiss flag? The length is 111mm, the largest Swiss Army knife available and its known as a Centurion.”
“However, my knife shouldn’t be compared to a regular Centurion. Since it’s a diplomatic gift, it’s made of high-quality steel and all the parts have been specially reinforced, so it’s definitely stronger and more durable than an ordinary ‘Centurion’, so it can be called a ‘Chiliarch’.”
Next, I first opened the main knife, which was about 111 mm long, and let the camera take a picture of the shiny word “VICTORINOX” that was on the blade.
“I don’t know how to read the word, but it represents the Victorinox knives and is also one of the authentic suppliers of Swiss Army knives.”
Without waiting for Zhao Yao and the cameraman to recover from their shock, I continued to unfold the various components of the knife one by one. The tone I used was exaggerated and corny.
“Wow~~~ it even has a bottle opener, a can opener, a corkscrew, a screwdriver, pliers, a hacksaw, a wire stripper, scissors, a light, a ball point pen, a magnifying glass, a toothpick… look here, look here.”
I was so excited I was almost going to say ‘you can take it home today for only ¥998, only ¥998!’.
Ah, I was holding back since I wasn’t able to show it off earlier, but now I let it all loose.
Zhao Yao was pissed and snatched back his microphone while I was showing off my knife and he whispered to his cameraman, “Xiao Wang, we’ll cut this part out when we get back.”
Officer Ma and Xiao Zhang, sent me looks of admiration. Don’t I deserve to be admired since I was brave enough to voice my opinions? However, it may have been because they were under a lot of pressure at work, so they weren’t good at expressing their feelings and there was a bit of contempt mixed with admiration.
As for the class leader, she turned her face towards the window, and completely pretended to not recognize me.
It was the rich woman who covered her mouth and said: “Ye Lin, you’re so funny.”
Zeng Lao Liu said: “That’s why I called you guys silly.”
Zeng Lao Liu began to bicker with the rich woman again. Officer Ma’s eyes twitched as he waved his hand towards Zhao Yao and said: “Go outside and interview the other volunteers. They’re currently taking care of the dogs, so they must have a lot to say. Stop interfering with our negotiation.”
Zhao Yao looked outside at the ten or so volunteers that surrounded the large truck and was a bit hesitant. I once again held up the Swiss Army knife to the camera, and said in a loud and clear voice:
“Whether you’re staying at home, or trying to survive in the wilderness, this would be a great helper! How can you not have one if you’re a man? Can you even call yourself a man if you don’t have one?”
I was someone who had at least acted before, so I had some experience following the camera. The cameraman tried several times to make sure I wasn’t in the shot, but ultimately failed.
Zhao Yao had no choice but to say: “We’ll go and interview the volunteers outside first, then we’ll be back.”
“Don’t go.” I yelled at Zhao Yao’s back, “My knife still a lot of functions I haven’t shown yet. Look at this nail file, I just used it and it’s great.”
I only sat down with satisfaction once I chased Zhao Yao out of the restaurant with my commercial. Before I could put away my knife, Xiao Zhang suddenly asked:
“Um, where can I buy one?”
No way, I randomly made up a commercial to piss off Zhao Yao, but I was actually able to convince the police. It can’t be bought since it was a gift from depressed bro. Xiao Qin just also returned it to me a couple days ago.
I subconsciously shielded the knife and made it seem like no one should try to snatch my baby.
Then Ma HuiYu returned after making her phone call. It seems like her phone call with Niu Zong had some results.