AITFYMIBP Chapter 34.2

TL: Hua

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“Where is this?”

Gao Zitai looked at the road signs and the surrounding instructions, but he didn’t recognize them.

Lin Yanran pointed to the building in front. “A training institution.”

“Aren’t all the training institutions struggling now?”

“The foreign ones haven’t gone cold yet.”

Gao Zitai suddenly understood.

That was true.

And there are a lot of kids at training institutions!!

Thinking of this, Gao Zitai looked at Lin Yanran with a complicated expression.

Well, this person… actually had a little bit of smarts.

As he was thinking, he saw Lin Yanran take out the small stool and small table from the cart and set them up, then take out the art supplies prepared by the production team one by one.

Gao Zitai stood in place like a useless person.

Realizing that he hadn’t done anything and had been slacking off, he walked over to Lin Yanran’s side, deliberately turning his gaze away so he wouldn’t look at Lin Yanran’s face.

“Um… I’ll, I’ll do it.”

Since they were partners, Lin Yanran didn’t decline. “Okay.”

After handing the items over to Gao Zitai to arrange, he sat on the small stool, took out a few sketchbooks and crayons, and began to draw on them.

Gao Zitai deliberately kept a distance from Lin Yanran. He didn’t look at what the other person was doing while setting up the items.

When he finished arranging the goods, he saw Lin Yanran just sitting there and suddenly became angry.

Goodness, he was being polite, and this guy really wasn’t polite back!!

Gao Zitai angrily walked behind Lin Yanran, just about to make a sarcastic remark, when he was drawn to the chibi drawing in the center of the small table.

It was a cute little orange cat, lazily lying on its back with its belly exposed, basking in the sun and pawing a small ball.

Although Gao Zitai had the appearance of a second-generation rich kid, he particularly liked these fluffy small animals.

He was instantly charmed by the painting the moment he saw the little cat.

Even though it was a simple chibi sketch, it was drawn so vividly!

He quickly glanced at Lin Yanran. “Y-you drew that?”

Though he saw it with his own eyes, there was still some doubt in his tone.

Isn’t Yanran supposed to be useless?? How could he… also know how to draw!!

Lin Yanran filled in the last bit of color before answering Gao Zitai, “Yes.”

Then, he stood up and pulled a piece of rope and a handful of clips from a pocket on his clothes.

The director in front of the monitor immediately tensed up: ?????????

Where did Yanran get all these weird things from again!!!!!

[Yanran is starting again hahahahaha]

[The treasure chest is online]

[Oh my god, how does he have everything in his pocket]

[Hahaha this jacket can hold so much! I’m totally tempted. Is it still in stock?]

[Sisters, the official flagship store just restocked, hurry up and buy it!]

On camera, Lin Yanran skillfully tied the string between two trees and then used the clips to hang up the chibi drawings one by one.

Gao Zitai, who was completely bewildered, snapped back to reality and realized that Lin Yanran had already drawn about ten chibi pictures in the ten or so minutes it took him to set up the art supplies.

“You drew so many!!”

While surprised, Gao Zitai’s mind finally worked smartly for once, and he understood what Lin Yanran was trying to do.

He wanted to show the children that these painting brushes are great!! If you use them, you can draw this well!!!

“Will that work?”

Lin Yanran smiled. “Let’s try it.”

Gao Zitai frowned tightly, clearly doubting Lin Yanran a million times over.

Just as the two were talking, the phone the production team gave them rang.

In the WeChat group, Sun Yuetong posted a picture.

They had already opened for business and made three sales!

After Sun Yuetong posted, Cao Zhengpeng also shared a photo of Ye An selling colored markers.

Cao Zhengpeng: We’ve opened for business too [smiley face]

After saying that, Cao Zhengpeng even mentioned Lin Yanran.

Cao Zhengpeng: @Yanran How’s your group doing?

Yanran: Just finished setting up the stall, haven’t opened yet.

Seeing this, Gao Zitai quickly posted several crying emojis in the group.

Seriously, the other groups had opened for business, but their group didn’t even have a soul nearby…

So he asked Lin Yanran, “Could it be that they don’t have weekend classes today?”

Lin Yanran looked down at the time on his phone, “The first batch of students should be released in another minute or two.”

Gao Zitai nodded, then looked at Lin Yanran again, “Huh? How do you know?”

No sooner had he finished speaking than a commotion was heard from inside the training institution building.

It was the cheerful laughter of students leaving school!

Gao Zitai turned his head in shock.

Yanran, could you really be a prophet…

Lin Yanran wasn’t a prophet; he just had a classmate who used to teach here. That person had once sent him a class schedule, and he had even compared it with the schedule of a large domestic training institution, so he still had a faint impression.

After the class was over, Gao Zitai also became nervous. He quickly picked up his guitar and started playing children’s songs, trying to attract the children’s attention.

With new things suddenly appearing at the school entrance, the children were all curious.

A few children gathered in small groups and walked towards Lin Yanran and Gao Zitai.

Seeing the children approach, Gao Zitai played with even more enthusiasm.

Just as he showed what he thought was a cute and benevolent smile, he realized that all the children had walked over to Lin Yanran’s side.

No one wanted to pay attention to him at all…

“Wow, so cute!”

A little girl with pigtails was immediately attracted by the little cat that Gao Zitai had previously admired.

She pointed at the little cat and asked Lin Yanran, who was holding a paintbrush and drawing, “Excuse me, how much is this drawing?”

Gao Zitai, who was seriously playing his guitar nearby, actually had his ears perked up.

Lin Yanran stopped what he was doing, slowed his speech, and smiled as he replied to the little girl, “This drawing is not for sale.”

The little girl’s big eyes blinked, and she immediately pouted.

Lin Yanran chuckled, “But I can give it to you.”

The little girl said “Wow” and instantly became happy.

Lin Yanran took the drawing down, handed it to the little girl, and then picked up a plain little drawing book.

“Do you want to buy a drawing book? I can draw any little animal you like on it for you here.”

The little girl glanced at the little cat in her hand and hesitated, “Can it be as cute as this one?”

“Of course.”

The little girl was half-believing and half-doubting, but remembering what her mother had told her—not to easily trust strangers—she held back.

“But my mom told me never to buy anything if a stranger asks me to,” the little girl added, “especially handsome ones.”

Lin Yanran couldn’t help but laugh. He touched her hair and gently said, “Alright then, no problem.”

Because the two were speaking French, Gao Zitai realized he hadn’t understood a single word.

However, seeing that Lin Yanran hadn’t made a sale, he felt a little better.

What’s the point of doing all these flashy things if you can’t sell anything?

So Gao Zitai wanted to take the opportunity to drum up some business for himself.

“Come, come, kids, check out this colored markers. Good quality and cheap. Do you want to buy a box and try it?”

After Gao Zitai spoke, he noticed that the children looked at him with expressions like they were watching a gorilla.

One of the children complained to their friend, “This brother looks kind of silly…”

[Hahahaha, son, what Chinese are you speaking? The kids don’t understand what you mean at all]

[Gao Zitai, you’re quite skilled at hawking goods, aren’t you?]

[Why do I feel like the kid opposite is complaining about him hahahaha]

[Am I the only one who cares about what the kid said to Yanran?]

[Is there anyone majoring in French who can translate it?]

[Is Yanran’s French accurate?]

[I’m here, I’m here. It’s accurate, very accurate, and his spoken French is great. I’ll try to translate it for everyone]

So, the French major expert translated the conversation between Lin Yanran and the little girl for everyone, and the bullet comments were instantly filled with laughter.

[So handsome people are also treated with caution these days]

[I want to ask, didn’t he not even finish high school… how does he know French?]

[It’s amazing]

[Are people not allowed to learn and improve? Don’t be so narrow-minded]

[I suddenly feel that Yanran is very inspiring. He managed to learn French]

Just as the audience understood the content of the conversation between Lin Yanran and the child and were arguing over how he learned French, on camera, another little girl had already walked up to Lin Yanran.

She pointed directly at the drawing book in Yanran’s hand, didn’t even ask for the price, and said domineeringly, “I want one, and I want the same little cat drawing.”

After speaking, she took out twenty euros and placed it in front of Lin Yanran.

Lin Yanran shook his head. “You don’t need that much; three euros is enough.”

He then began to draw a cat for the little girl in the drawing book.

Lin Yanran drew very quickly, sketching out an identical cat in just a few strokes.

“As the first customer, you get a special privilege.”

After finishing the little cat, Lin Yanran looked at her, “Do you like other small animals? Or what year were you born? I can customize a Chinese Zodiac package for you based on your birth year.”

The little girl was curious. “What is a Chinese Zodiac package?”

“It’s a traditional culture from our country. Every baby born in a certain year corresponds to a cute little animal. They are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.”

The little girl’s eyes widened as she listened, “Does it look cool?”

She then gave her birth date.

“It’s a cute little goat.”

“Shaun the Sheep!!” The little girl was ecstatic. “So I’m Shaun the Sheep’s friend? I love him! Draw that, draw that!!”

Lin Yanran nodded. “Then Shaun the Sheep it is.”

He then quickly drew Shaun the Sheep.

The little girl was extremely pleased after seeing it and showed it off to her friends around her.

Children love to follow trends. Seeing that the little girl got a customized Shaun the Sheep, several others immediately raised their hands.

“Me, me, me, I want a little goat too.”

“I want to unlock the privilege too!!”

“Brother, brother, please draw one for me.”

“Brother, I want to buy a drawing book too.”

The children who were initially hesitant, seeing the first little girl receive such a great privilege, were all moved. They pulled out the money from their little pockets and clamored to buy.

However, under everyone’s expectant gaze, Lin Yanran shook his head with some difficulty, “But the privilege is only for the first child who bought a drawing book.”

“Ah… QWQ”

A few children regretted missing out on being first.

Even the little girl who was first given the cat drawing by Lin Yanran regretted it now.

She could have gotten it!

She still wanted a little puppy.

A few children clasped their hands together and looked at Lin Yanran with starry eyes, “Brother, please, I want one too…”

Lin Yanran hesitated for a moment. “How about this: if you also buy the colored markers and crayons, I can unlock different privileges for you separately.”

Hearing that there was still a chance, one child immediately grabbed the colored markers and crayons. “My colored pencils just ran out. I’m buying two!!”

He then quickly paid, acting swiftly for fear of someone stealing his spot.

[Hahahaha Yanran, you truly are a business genius!]

[He’s absolutely mastered the children’s psychology]

The little boy on camera immediately gave Lin Yanran his birthday. “Brother, what little animal am I?”

Lin Yanran answered without thinking, “A smart little monkey.”

“Ah! I like monkeys!”

The child then asked, “Brother, do I have two privileges? Can you also look up what little animal my sister is? She’s over two years old.”

Lin Yanran smiled. “Peppa Pig, of course~”

“So, it’s Peppa Pig! Hahahaha.” The little boy seemed very happy. He poked his own nose and made a cute pig sound.

Later, many more children came one after another.

In addition to educating them about the Chinese Zodiac, Lin Yanran would also draw corresponding solar term pictures for the children whose birthdates coincided with some of the 24 solar terms[mfn]The old Chinese calendar is divided into 24 solar terms—the 24 seasons which indicate the changes in the climate, plant and animal life. It is based on the position of the earth in the earth’s orbit around the sun.[/mfn].

“June 5th, that’s the same time as the ‘Grain in Ear’ solar term this year. ‘Grain in Ear’ is the ninth of the 24 solar terms I just mentioned. When this solar term arrives, people in our country start planting grain crops…”

Lin Yanran used simple language to popularize the knowledge to the children while drawing a picture of a little girl in a field.

“Your birthday is September 10th? That day is our country’s Mid-Autumn Festival… I’ll draw you a mooncake; they are very delicious.”

With that, Lin Yanran added a mooncake to the little rabbit’s hand and drew a full moon above its head.

[His drawings are really great, I’m completely tempted, I want to buy a piece too]

[He’s promoting our country’s traditional culture, how amazing]

[To be honest, my knowledge of the 24 solar terms was just popularized by Yanran…]

[Me too… I usually don’t pay much attention, and now listening to Yanran mention it, I realize I’ve forgotten so much]

Lin Yanran’s moves deeply impressed the audience in the live stream. Many netizens, hearing that he was promoting Chinese traditional culture abroad, also flocked to watch.

Among the six single-person live streams, Yanran’s live stream, which originally had the lowest popularity, saw its viewership surge, surpassing both Cao Zhengpeng and Sun Yuetong.

However, where there are many people, trolls inevitably appear.

[Yanran is just making things up as he goes. Is he not even bothering to check the calendar since he’s just fooling foreign kids? Little goats, little pigs, he’s just saying whatever, right?]

[I think you’re the one making things up. Why don’t you use your sophisticated arrogance to check the calendar yourself? Everything he said about the Zodiac and solar terms is correct, okay?]

[Correct +1. I’ve had my phone in my hand the whole time. The kids report a date, and I go look it up. Everything Yanran said is correct.]

The audience was dumbfounded after reading these bullet screen comments’ descriptions.

[Mom asked me why I’m kneeling while watching the live stream]

[Are this memory and reaction speed even real?]

The children’s enthusiasm was high. After one batch left, another batch finished their class. Seeing how lively it was, they came over to join in.

Even some passersby and the children’s parents couldn’t help but stand by and watch.

As they watched, several adults were also tempted and bought several sets of colored pencils and drawing books, asking Lin Yanran to draw custom pictures for them to take back to their own children.

Lin Yanran drew quickly, and naturally, he sold quickly. Business came one after another.

Gao Zitai watched in astonishment.

Damn, is this how Yanran sells things? It’s completely different from what he imagined!

Seeing Lin Yanran’s booming business, Gao Zitai was both envious and jealous.

Lin Yanran was swamped with collecting money, giving change, handling art supplies, and drawing, so he looked at Gao Zitai next to him. “Zitai, can I trouble you to help me collect the money?”

Gao Zitai was stunned for two seconds. Then, he stopped playing the guitar and immediately ran excitedly behind Lin Yanran to help him.

While the two were busy and having fun, a new round of communication began in the group chat of six.

Fu Anqi, being a girl group member, used the gimmick of teaching children to dance in the plaza to sell art supplies.

Ye An was also lucky. He borrowed a mascot costume, put it on, and used various cute antics to promote the products to the children.

Both groups vaguely reported their sales figures, trying to probe the results of the other teams, but they found that Lin Yanran’s group was not responding.

Cao Zhengpeng: What’s wrong????

Fu Anqi: ???

The production team estimated that each group definitely wouldn’t sell everything, so they only provided them with one hundred sets of each item.

But Lin Yanran’s team was selling exceptionally fast, selling out all their goods in less than three hours.

Some children who missed out on buying still didn’t want to leave. Lin Yanran saw them watching eagerly, so he took some paper and drew a few pictures for them, finally satisfying their wishes.

After the crowd dispersed, looking at the empty cart and the bulging money in his bag, Gao Zitai grinned widely.

Is this the legendary feeling of being carried to victory by a pro while lying down…

It was simply too joyful~

After selling the art supplies, Gao Zitai, now a huge fan, didn’t say anything but took the initiative to cleanly pack up all the things for Lin Yanran and took over the job of pushing the cart himself.

On the way back, Lin Yanran saw that he was cold and asked again if he wanted a heat patch.

This time, Gao Zitai wasn’t aloof. He nodded immediately and happily stuck it on his inner clothing.

Feeling the warmth from the heat patch, Gao Zitai suddenly felt that there might have been something wrong with his head before.

Why not enjoy it sooner? Why did he refuse Yanran? It resulted in him freezing in the cold wind for so long!

At 7 p.m., everyone returned to the villa at the stipulated time.

Because the production team had regulated that the three groups would compete today and the team with the highest sales would receive a special privilege, no one disclosed their exact final sales figures upon returning.

Since Lin Yanran’s group hadn’t seen or replied to the final round of sales updates in the group, and because they were the only ones who hadn’t opened for business in the first round after everyone else had, and Gao Zitai had occasionally wailed in the group that no one was buying…

The other two groups thought they had sold so little that they were embarrassed to reply.

Ye An, the good little brother, even went to comfort Gao Zitai, “It’s alright, Bro.”

Gao Zitai looked utterly confused.

After everyone had arrived, the director called the six people together and began to announce the total sales for the day.

“Sun Yuetong and Fu Anqi’s group, congratulations! You earned a total of 257 yuan!”

In a foreign country, to sell this much money in one afternoon without relying on fans or celebrity status was truly remarkable.

Sun Yuetong happily hugged Fu Anqi, who was so tired from dancing that her hands were cramping. “You worked hard, darling.”

They were clearly very satisfied with this result.

Next, the director announced the sales for the other group.

“Cao Zhengpeng and Ye An’s group, you earned a total of 197 yuan; congratulations!”

Cao Zhengpeng and Ye An also hugged each other, comforting each other, “That’s already very good.”

After the two groups were announced, everyone looked expectantly at the last group.

“So… how much did the last group sell…”

The director did not announce it immediately but deliberately waited a moment to build suspense.

At this moment, the live streaming screens for all domestic live streams were completely cut off after the director’s words.

[?????????]

[Did my internet disconnect?]

[Did the production team’s internet disconnect??]

While the screen was filled with question marks, a line of text popped up on the live stream screen.

[This live stream has ended here. For more excitement, please stay tuned for the full episode of Incredible Journey~]

Afterward, the live stream completely ended.

The audience, who had been watching the live stream all day, were cut off just as the suspense reached its peak, and they were so angry they wanted to smash their computers.

[Production team, do you want a beating!!!]

[Tell me how much they sold, damn it!!!]

[F***, I just want to hit someone now!!]

But there was no way around it. The subsequent content and tomorrow’s content could only be viewed after the full episode went online.

So the audience anxiously counted down, wanting to see when the episode would air.

However, the next day, before they could wait for the episode to go online, they heard an unbelievable piece of news.

Yanran had actually gone viral on the international internet!!! ?????

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