Chapter 36: Travel on a Budget

Chapter 36

Breakfast was just a small interlude, and other people's private affairs were not good to ask too much about, no matter how curious one was. After the meal, they received the task cards given by the director's team.

Gu Minghua opened the card and read carefully:

"Please check in at the following attractions in five days' time, and complete the related tasks..."

As he spoke, he showed the card to everyone, on which was written—

London Bridge, Westminster Palace, Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Notting Hill, Buckingham Palace, London Eye, Hyde Park, British Museum.

Sheng Lin thought for a moment, and said,

"Five days for eight attractions, that's not too much pressure. I just don't know if there will be much financial pressure, after all our budget is limited."

Gu Minghua was very familiar with London, and agreed with Sheng Lin's words:

"And many of the attractions are near the River Thames, we can take the bus, there are many affordable restaurants nearby, we can save money and do some other things."

Chen Chen said, "There is a Burberry flagship store in Regent Street, we can go there for afternoon tea, I also want to buy two coats..."

Qin Kaili also said where she wanted to go:

"I want to go to that Shakespeare theater, it should also be near the River Thames."

Everyone cheered, and began to look forward to the upcoming trip.

But the director's side laughed, they really didn't understand the situation. Doing a variety show wasn't like shooting a travel documentary, if everything went so smoothly, what would be interesting to watch?

The director signaled to his assistant, who walked over holding the task card.

"Task one, first stop London Bridge, please take photos with one hundred British people respectively."

The six of them were stunned, this first task was difficult to say the least, but certainly not easy.

Qin Kaili asked the program staff without thinking:

"Then how do I know who is British and who is not?"

Staff member: "You can ask them, we can lower the requirement a little, native English speakers also count."

Qin Kaili was a little frustrated, this meant she would have to speak a foreign language, which was what she was worst at.

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They couldn't afford taxi fares, so under Gu Minghua's lead, they walked to the station and took the bus to arrive smoothly at the first attraction today.

It was now 10:30 in the morning. In order to complete the task as soon as possible, no one was in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the River Thames. They decided to complete the task in groups and then go for lunch.

She didn't know what Gu Minghua and Liu Xin were thinking, confident to let Qin Wei complete the task alone.

Anyway, she was not confident...

Thinking of Liu Xin again, she was indeed someone Chen Chen disliked, but her English was relatively good. After all she had handled renting the car and returning to the hotel entirely by herself, so while overbearing she was also responsible. It would be better to team up with her...

The two were merely incompatible personally, but could still get along for the show.

After weighing it up, Chen Chen made up her mind.

"Then I'll go with Liu Xin."

But Qin Kaili was faster to speak out:

"I also want to go with Liu Xin!"

Chen Chen was a little anxious now:

"I want to go with Liu Xin too!"

Liu Xin didn't say anything, just had a difficult expression, though she was actually a little happy inside - both of them chose her rather than Qin Wei, it felt like recognition for her!

"Or... Teacher Chen, come with me..."

Qin Wei tentatively asked, feeling like slacking off was one thing, but being completely uninvolved wasn't good either.

At this point Chen Chen was also impatient, so she spoke without thinking, directly saying to Qin Wei:

"My English isn't good and your English isn't good either, what's the point of me going with you? Neither of us can complete the task, I don't want to drag the team down!"

Qin Wei was silent, actually because she was too lazy to explain, but in their eyes, it seemed she was a little angry.

After Chen Chen finished speaking, she reacted that she shouldn't have said this in front of the camera, and hurried to make up for it:

"Weiwei, I didn't mean it that way, I'm not good with words... Actually it's just...neither of us are capable, we need someone capable to lead us, right? It was all just thinking about the team..."

It was the same as not explaining. Qin Wei just replied:

"Mm, you guys decide."

Seeing the stalemate, Sheng Lin silently raised his hand:

"Um...how about...I switch with Teacher Qin Wei...actually my English is pretty decent..."

Liu Xin glared at him:

"No!"