Poll: Survival Strategies and Revenue Streams (drama)

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Poll #33289 Temperature and revenue

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What else could Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng and Ye Huo have tried to keep warm in the zero-degree lab?

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cover the vent
6 (50.0%)

jam the giant fan
4 (33.3%)

check the shelves for materials to make a tent
5 (41.7%)

ransack the room for materials to burn
1 (8.3%)

put their hoodies' hoods up
9 (75.0%)

closer huddling (all three)...
8 (66.7%)

...on one of the bed things instead of the floor
3 (25.0%)

take selfies with the camera (won't keep them warm, but will pass the time)
0 (0.0%)

Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to rip the control panel off the wall
5 (41.7%)

Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to pull the door off its hinges or the linings off the walls (like he broke into the Hanga caves)
8 (66.7%)

like, NOT close the cover on the OFF switch (Changcheng, ILU)
6 (50.0%)

other
4 (33.3%)

What are Shen Wei's revenue streams?

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stipend from Dixing
10 (83.3%)

pay from the university
12 (100.0%)

investments from when he first came to Haixing
2 (16.7%)

investments in a lollipop factory, specifically
4 (33.3%)

an alchemical/Midas power
2 (16.7%)

a trust set up by his fellow soldiers from the ancient war that has been held in his name for ten thousand years in the belief that he will return one day
1 (8.3%)

moonlighting as a fashion model
1 (8.3%)

moonlighting as a restaurant chef
0 (0.0%)

secretly a best-selling author of epic historical novels
0 (0.0%)

he's actually a man of fairly modest means
6 (50.0%)

other (please specify in comments)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[facethestrange]

"And since he's already the Envoy and a respected academic, he will no doubt take being a celebrated author in stride, too. :D"

Hee. :D :D It's not a secret anymore because his students conducted an investigation and found out? xD (I'm always a fan of his students doing stuff like that. :D :D)

"Yeah, but he would know. And would he want random people out there having ~opinions~ about things he holds dear?"

Now I'm wondering if he would even realize that there are any opinions he could see. :D Since the internet is probably not something he gives much thought to. I definitely don't think he would actively like the concept of people having opinions on it, but also maybe privacy goes both ways - it's their private thoughts (or so he thinks, lol) and he has more interesting things to think about? But in the end that's still an AU Shen Wei - I don't think the canon one would have much interest in writing fiction at all, let alone getting it published. :D

[china_shop]

It's not a secret anymore because his students conducted an investigation and found out? xD

Haha, they would, too. Jiajia would find a handwritten page of manuscript jammed in the photocopier or something and be unable to let it go. :D :D :D

[facethestrange]

Yesssss. :D :D Jiajia discovering something about Shen Wei is one of my absolute favorite genre of fic, lol, it doesn't even matter what she discovers - Envoy stuff, Dixingren stuff, dating/being married to the hot detective guy, fanon/headcanon/crack things, everything is awesome. :D :D

[china_shop]

I don't think the canon one would have much interest in writing fiction at all, let alone getting it published. :D

This made me want to see if I could write it while sticking close to my personal characterisation. Here's what I managed: Pages for You. :D :D :D

[facethestrange]

OMGGGGGG this was DELIGHTFUL. :D :D :D ♡♡♡ I'll leave my long-ass comment for when it's on ao3, but DAMN, they're the softest, and just, so much YOHE-adjacent goodness with implications to read first thing in the morning?? :D YES PLS, thank you for sharing!! :D :D

(Also yay for this comm inspiring new fanworks! :D :D)

[china_shop]

Ahh, so glad you liked it, yayay!! :DDD

(Yesss, I love it when that happens!! <3 <3 <3(