Chapter 88

The matter was quickly put on the right track.

Desertification control is a matter of official concern.

Before Hu Zhenzhen even noticed this issue, Province B had already been troubled by it for three years.

Those working on the front lines of desertification control are constantly engaged in their work, but with so much work comes so many problems.

This matter initially received little attention and received little funding.

The successful implementation of desertification control work is all thanks to the local people's perseverance year after year, who clearly understand the seriousness of the matter.

Last year, however, the drought was severe, and water could not be diverted to irrigate the trees, causing thousands of acres of windbreak forests to wither and die.

This allowed sandstorms to return to provinces B and A, resulting in several days of sandstorms within a year.

When the sandstorms submerged the area, the authorities finally paid attention to the situation of desertification control in Northwest China.

Because of this, starting this year, funds have begun to flow in this direction.

But as I said before, desertification control is a huge undertaking.

Money, influence, and advocacy alone are not enough to make this happen quickly.

Even though the province attaches great importance to it, they can only hire people to plant trees and lay out straw mats in a step-by-step manner.

At this moment, Hu Zhenzhen stepped forward.

Not only did they provide financial assistance to alleviate the shortage of grass, but they also submitted a variety show program to promote the importance of desertification control.

This hit the bullseye perfectly, hitting exactly the point that the authorities have been focusing on recently.

The leaders of Province B originally wanted to contact Hu Zhenzhen directly to have her variety show broadcast on Xigua TV, which had higher ratings.

Before they could even begin to make contact about this, they discovered that Hu Zhenzhen's variety show project had already been selected by CCTV.

Over the years, CCTV has mostly preferred to seek direct investment from investors in its own variety shows.

This is the first time in recent years that a variety show proposal from another company has been adopted and decided to be broadcast on CCTV.

"Mr. Hu, please come in."

Hu Zhenzhen was invited to a meeting at the television station.

"OK, thanks."

Upon entering the conference room, I saw the station director sitting in the main seat.

This is a very important leader; I never expected him to arrive at the conference room early to wait for her.

Hu Zhenzhen glanced at her watch subconsciously.

It's true that it's not the agreed time yet; she's not late.

"Please have a seat, Miss Hu."

Seeing the nervous Hu Zhenzhen, the station director smiled kindly and invited her to sit down.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you to come all this way today, because I wanted to talk about the variety show you mentioned before."

"We've been paying attention to desertification control for a long time, but I'd like to know how this issue will be specifically portrayed on variety shows."

Hu Zhenzhen prepared herself and explained her original plan.

After discussions, the official launch date for the variety show was quickly finalized.

The step of attracting investment was omitted, and the matter was handled very quickly.

The work on preventing wind erosion and fixing sand dunes started earlier this year than environmental organizations had predicted.

Hu Zhenzhen's name once again became a trending topic.

[Oh my god, Sister Hu is trending again, what happened?]

Unlike in the past, this time the trending topic only featured Hu Zhenzhen's name, and clicking on it didn't reveal any specific details.

This is a very rare occurrence.

After all, Hu Zhenzhen is different from celebrities; she doesn't need to promote herself or gain fame.

Buying trending topics wouldn't do her any good.

After criticizing a few more people who were spouting nonsense to save data, Zhou Jiaojiao curiously clicked into Hu Zhenzhen's WeChat Moments, hoping to find some clues.

After seeing her in person at the teppanyaki shop, Zhou Jiaojiao had Hu Jie's contact information.

She believed in maintaining a distance between idols and fans, and always exercised great restraint, not bothering Hu Zhenzhen, and only secretly glancing at her WeChat Moments.

Under this restraint, Zhou Jiaojiao only clicked on Hu Zhenzhen's WeChat Moments a handful of times.

A new event is about to begin.

Hu Zhenzhen's latest post on WeChat Moments only contained a vague sentence.

Zhou Jiaojiao, however, gleaned a lot from those words.

Her family is wealthy, and her father is a well-known businessman. Lately, she's been in a good mood every day when she comes home, as if something good has happened at the company.

Zhou Jiaojiao usually doesn't like to get involved in these things.

But in an instant, all the clues came together, leading her to a bold guess.

She rushed out of the room and ran to her father's study.

"Dad, have there been any new projects at the company lately?"

Old Zhou looked up in surprise when his daughter, who usually didn't care about these things, suddenly asked about it.

"What? Did you hear something outside?"

Aside from this possibility, Lao Zhou couldn't think of any other reason why Jiao Jiao would ask this question.

"No, I haven't heard anything about it. I'm just asking. Please tell me quickly, Dad."

She kindly poured Old Zhou a cup of tea.

Mr. Zhou rarely saw her like this, and he chuckled, "Then you've heard good news. That's right, your dad has invested in variety shows."

" ha?"

Although this had nothing to do with Hu Zhenzhen, it was enough to surprise Zhou Jiaojiao.

After all, her father runs a shipping company and has absolutely no connection to the entertainment industry. His sudden announcement of investing in variety shows startled Zhou Jiaojiao.

The entertainment industry is a very complex place.

Old Zhou won't stumble in the entertainment industry now that he's over fifty, will he?

She felt uneasy and didn't know how to offer advice.

"Dad, why did you suddenly think of investing in this? The entertainment industry is so complicated, I know it best as a fan."

She phrased it tactfully, but it also carried a hint of persuasion.

However, President Zhou didn't listen at all.

He waved his hand to reassure his daughter, "Don't worry, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

After saying that, he smiled and drank the cup of tea beside him.

"Dad, many variety shows lose money. You need to think this through. If you're sure it won't work, run away before you sign the contract. Even if you have to donate the money, don't lose it all."

Zhou Jiaojiao offered her heartfelt advice.

Old Zhou's smile grew wider and wider.

“You must have heard something,” he said, pouring himself another cup of tea.

"How did you know Dad was doing charity work recently? You can't even imagine how big it is. Let me put it this way, you know Hu Zhenzhen, right? She's the leader."

Zhou Jiaojiao had completely forgotten her original purpose for coming here.

Hearing Lao Zhou say that suddenly made me feel a little dazed.

"Dad, do you know Sister Hu?"

"Hey? You little brat," Old Zhou said with a smile, "How can you be so rude? You should call me General Manager Hu. If you call me Sister Hu, then General Manager Hu and Dad are from different generations."

Zhou Jiaojiao was too embarrassed to say it.

When she called him Sister Hu, her father probably didn't even know that Hu Zhenzhen existed.

"Okay, Mr. Hu."

She gave a perfunctory agreement, sat down next to her father, and pestered him to tell her the details.

"Dad, tell me quickly, what kind of charity event is it?"

Old Zhou had done a lot of charity work before, but he had never seen his daughter care about him like this before.

"Why are you so interested today? You never listened to me before when I tried to talk to you about this."

Feeling guilty, Jiaojiao poured her dad another cup.

"I'm just curious. Ms. Hu is a well-known philanthropist and tycoon. I just want to know how you met her, Dad."

Hu Zhenzhen is currently the most sought-after person.

This applies not only to the entertainment industry but also to the business world.

Speaking of her, Old Zhou shook his head smugly.

"It's because your dad has done so many good deeds that he was able to seize the opportunity."

"You have no idea that on that day, I went to the Environmental Protection Association's charity gala, and President Hu was there too. There was a large group of people there, and they just lingered there for quite a while because of her."

"Then, as soon as Mr. Hu left, he immediately turned hostile and even made the young female staff member cry."

Zhou Jiaojiao exclaimed in surprise, "Really? There's such a thing!"

"That's right," Old Zhou thought to himself, looking down on people who only bully their staff.

It's one thing to be a sycophant, but to bully the weak and fear the strong is another.

“Many people left with them that day, but only those of us who really wanted to do charity stayed behind.”

Old Zhou chuckled, teasing his daughter on purpose, and asked, "Guess what happened next?"

Zhou Jiaojiao had no time to guess.

"What's wrong, Dad? Tell me quickly!"

Old Zhou had built up his curiosity, and when his daughter was eager to see what was going on, he slowly began, "The next day, all of us who really wanted to make charitable donations were invited to Jianghu Film and Television."

"It was President Hu who invited us that day, and it was for the purpose of donating money for the Northwest windbreak and sand fixation project."

Zhou Jiaojiao's eyes were bright.

"That's great, Dad, this is really good news!"

"Don't be in such a hurry!"

Seeing that his daughter was about to leave, Old Zhou called out to stop her, "I haven't finished speaking yet."

"You don't need to worry about the variety show. This is Mr. Hu's decision. We'll just contribute some money to supervise and get a share of the profits."

Zhou Jiaojiao then realized why her father, who had no connection to the entertainment industry, would suddenly invest in variety shows.

It turned out that Sister Hu had brought them along.

"Dad, don't worry, Sister Hu's variety show will definitely be good."

She wanted to share the news with everyone in the group, so she excitedly walked towards the door.

This time, Lao Zhou didn't stop her; he just smiled and shook his head.

"This girl."

When Zhou Jiaojiao ran back to her room and turned on her phone, the trending topics had changed.

I don't know who first spread the word.

The discussion above is all about variety shows being broadcast on CCTV.

Zhou Jiaojiao only found out about this later.

The variety show is actually going to be broadcast on CCTV!

She regretted not listening to her father talk more, and quickly scrolled down, wanting to see how the variety show was scheduled in the trending topics.

This slip revealed the desertification control reward money posted by Hu Zhenzhen.

Soil protection in Northwest China is urgently needed. We are seeking dedicated partners for desertification control. A bonus of 200,000 yuan will be awarded to those who can commit to their posts for a year.

The amount is the same as the previous acts of kindness.

Although it may not seem like much, upon closer inspection, for many people whose monthly salary is only two or three thousand, it is an amount that would take them ten years to save.

Zhou Jiaojiao doesn't really have a concept of how much an average person earns in a year.

The people she comes into contact with are almost all earning over ten thousand yuan a month.

She was a little worried when she first saw the message.

Isn't the prize money a bit too small? Will it be enough to attract people to fight desertification?

But when she opened the comments section, her thoughts completely changed.