"The main purpose of the contract fee is not to give it to the program team." As soon as these words were spoken, Fang Xiuzhu felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, Zhang Bosong’s subsequent words further proved this point.
Zhang Bosong looked at Lu Beichuan and the others with a rare serious expression. "You only have five days and three nights to record the show, but the crops in the flower fields, bamboo forests, and vineyards have a longer growth cycle than that."
"When you're not recording the show, they need someone to take care of them. Otherwise, the flower fields and bamboo forests will go to waste. Not to mention the grapes in the vineyards, which are all greenhouse crops. If they're not picked when they're ripe, that would be the biggest waste of them. You don't want that, do you?"
"That's true, but I still feel like something is not right." He Xuebin looked at Zhang Bosong with some distrust.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Bosong continued, "Is it that the flower fields and vineyards don't need to be tended to, or are there still bamboo shoots growing and going to waste?"
"What you said seems to make sense." Zhang Bosong fooled the simple-minded He Xuebin with just a few words.
"Also, the contract fee you paid is not given to us, but is specifically used to subsidize the villagers who came to help when you were not in the village."
"Xiao Lu, what do you think?" Fang Xiuzhu looked at Lu Chuanbei.
Lu Chuanbei nodded: "The reason here is acceptable."
Zhang Bosong showed a hint of joy, and then took the opportunity to finalize the contract fee: "Since you all agree, then we will pay the contract fee. It's a good opportunity to not disturb your picnic."
Hearing this, Lu Chuanbei finally couldn't help but complain: "Village Chief, you don't think you've disturbed us from having a picnic, do you?"
"When I think about the huge contract fee I have to pay, even picnics don't seem to be that appealing anymore."
"Hey, didn't we all agree on this?" Zhang Songbai, having already completed his mission, said, "Besides, this whole scene was captured on camera. You can't go back on your word."
"You!" He Xuebin's gums began to itch again: "Okay, you're so cruel!"
I knew the production team wouldn't just sit there and watch Lu Chuanbei and his team get so much money. Look, they've already been charged a contract fee before they've even started enjoying the benefits.
[Although I know it's a gimmick, I think it's okay that the contracting fee is used to subsidize the villagers who come to help.]
[But why do I always feel like something is not right? ]
What's wrong with that? Lu Chuanbei and the others can't always be in the village recording their show. The flower fields and vineyards need someone to take care of them while they're gone. It's worth the money.
[But... don't these fields originally belong to the village? Why do we need subsidies?]
As soon as this comment came out, the entire live broadcast room fell silent.
[Damn it, I found a Huadian upstairs! ]
[Oh my god, how could I have forgotten about this! ]
If the above person hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought anything was wrong. I thought the production team's routines were routine, but they were still very considerate of the villagers. But now it seems that I was indeed too naive!
[Innocent +1. What kind of production team is this? They're using things from the village to trick the guests into paying. This is such a rip-off!]
[Who came up with this stupid idea? How could it be played like this?]
[This routine is simply unbearable! ]
[So, Xiao Lu and the others were deceived again? ]
[Hey, don't be so confident, the fun is just about to begin!]
[What's going on? Is there a reversal?]
[Here we go, the high energy is about to begin! 】
In Beiyang Village, in the main hall of the grape courtyard, Zhang Bosong, who had successfully tricked Lu Chuanbei and his friends, was smugly spreading his hands towards them. "Alright, the contract fee is three thousand. Thank you for your patronage."
"Three thousand?" Fang Xiuzhu raised an eyebrow. "Are you counting our money as the contract fee?"
"No, it's not too much." He Xuebin flatly refused, "I might as well just use the roses from the flower field to pay the contract fee."
"Teacher He is right. We may not be able to sell the grapes and roses we picked for this much money even if we take them to the supply and marketing cooperative. It would be better for us to just return the fields." Lu Chuanbei was even more ruthless.
"Three thousand yuan should be enough for us for a long time, right?" Fang Xiuzhu's words were the last straw that broke the camel's back for Zhang Bosong.
"You can't do this," Zhang Bosong said quickly. "These fields and lands were allocated to you by the production team. There's no reason to give them back."
"The production team already pays the village rent, right? Why do they still want us to pay the contract fee? Or do you just hate to see us with money?"
Lu Chuanbei's pointed words made Zhang Bosong's expression freeze.
He Xuebin looked at his expression and smiled knowingly, "Old Fang guessed it right!"
"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Bosong said with a bad feeling, "You guys just agreed to pay the contract fee, you can't go back on your word now."
"Okay, you can ask for the contract fee, but it has to be according to ours."
【Wonderful! 】
[So, He Xuebin was just pretending?]
[I knew there would be a twist! ! ]
[Exactly. Just now at the supply and marketing cooperative, Fang Xiuzhu guessed that Zhang Bosong must have come for their money. How could he possibly give him the money so easily? It turns out this is all a counter-tactic.]
[The program team has so many tricks up their sleeves, I didn't expect Fang Xiuzhu and the others to have quite a few too!]
[I was just saying that when they came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, they were whispering to each other. Now I know that these guys are old foxes.]
[Just now I was laughing at Dabin for being stupid, but now it seems that I am the stupid one!]
In the end, under the leadership of the old fox Fang, Zhang Bosong only received a package price of 2,100 yuan for the contract fee.
Why is it only 2,100? That’s because Fang Xiuzhu and He Xuebin worked hard to spend.
If the supply and marketing cooperative didn't have enough things for them to buy, these two would probably have spent all their money.
After knowing that this money was the only remaining expenses for Fang Xiuzhu and his team, Zhang Bosong nodded and agreed.
Not only that, Fang Xiuzhu also allowed, with the consent of Lu Chuanbei and others, the villagers to process the crops in the bamboo forest, vineyards and flower fields and sell them to supplement their family income when they were away.
In this way, the program team's plan to trick Fang Xiuzhu and others into spending all their money succeeded.
But there was also indirect loss of grapes, roses and bamboo shoots that the staff could have picked themselves.
After watching this live broadcast, the attention of Fang Xiuzhu and He Xuebin's live broadcast room directly increased to tens of millions, and even Lu Chuanbei increased to one million, not to mention his Weibo with only zombie fans, which directly increased from 100,000 fans given during the audition to one million.
For a time, the news that Lemon TV’s live broadcast had attracted tens of millions of viewers directly topped the hot search list.
Director Liu, who was initially a bit disappointed that his trick didn't work, was now excited about the rising attention in the live broadcast room. His phone kept ringing after the trending search came out, and he couldn't help laughing and said, "It's a hit, our show is a hit!"
As soon as Zhang Bosong left, Lu Beichuan and the others couldn't help but smile at each other.
He Xuebin was so thankful that he brought in the food he had just bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. "Luckily, Lao Fang reminded me to buy out the supply and marketing cooperative. Otherwise, when that idiot Lao Zhang takes all our money, we're going to have a tough time again."
"That's insightful!" Lu Chuanbei gave them a thumbs-up. "But how did you know the village chief was coming?"
Fang Xiuzhu glanced at the little guy who was being played with by Song Tiantian in the yard and said, "Nannan and Tiantian went to the supply and marketing cooperative to find us."
"What?" Lu Chuanbei looked outside in surprise: "When did these two little guys go and tip off?"
"As soon as Zhang Bosong arrived at Grape Courtyard, they came looking for us. Otherwise, how could we have spent most of the money in advance?"
He Xuebin said, looking at He Jingnian who was playing around a little bit, and said: "It's just that stupid son of mine who knows nothing but eating."
“Being able to eat is a blessing.”
"Yes, all he has left is good fortune." This is definitely my biological father.
Look, the lucky boy, as soon as he saw He Xuebin looking at him, he immediately ran over with a silly smile: "Dad, aren't we going to have a picnic, are you guys ready?"
"Well, this guy is still playing stupid tricks." He Xuebin complained and looked at the sky outside: "Is it too late to go up the mountain now?"
"Sure, I've almost prepared all the side dishes here, and there's still time to make the rest after we get up the mountain."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go." He Xuebin, who had just been disdainful of his son for just playing around, immediately became excited.
Fang Xiuzhu couldn't bear to watch: "You are like this, and you still have the nerve to look down on Nian Nian."
"What's the matter? He's my own son. How can I dislike someone else's child?"
“…That makes sense.”
"That's right!" He Xuebin said as if it was a matter of course.
Soon, Lu Chuanbei and his friends carried the ingredients for a picnic in the mountains and led three children who were already eager to try, and walked towards the mountain road of Beiyang Village.
Beiyang Village is located in a valley and is surrounded by mountains on all sides, so people living here can hear the sounds of birds singing and frogs croaking at all times.
He Xuebin looked at the birds flying out of the woods and couldn't help but sigh: "The environment here is really nice."
"Yes." Fang Xiuzhu looked into the distance and said, "I've lived in City B for so long, and it's rare to see such a vast expanse of green and such a clear and vast sky."
He Xuebin looked up at the sky: "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have realized the sky here is really blue."
"Not only that, the air here is also very fresh." Lu Chuanbei took a deep breath: "A natural oxygen bar is so comfortable."
"Dad, why are you walking so slowly?" Song Tiantian, who had already run to the front, looked at the others who were still walking slowly behind her and couldn't help but turn around and shout, "Niannian has reached the creek!"
"What?" He Xuebin suddenly became nervous: "This naughty kid, doesn't he know that he can't play in the water casually?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard He Jingnian's excited voice from the front: "Dad, come here quickly, there are little fish here!"
"Don't move." He Xuebin quickly ran towards the stream: "Don't play in the water when adults are not around. I've told you this many times."
"I haven't played yet."
"You can't go to the stream or river without the adults' permission!"
"I know, I'm calling you!" He Jingnian said disdainfully, "Besides, who told you to be so slow? You can't even catch up with a child."
"You stinky boy!"
When He Xuebin was about to beat the child again, Lu Chuanbei and others also came to the stream.
This is a small mountain stream that is only one meter wide. The clear water flows slowly down from the top of the mountain and continues to flow downwards.
Guide Yang Bai stood by the stream, watching the children as he explained to Lu Chuanbei and the others, "This mountain stream flows down from a spring in a grotto on the top of the mountain. That's why we locals call it Stone Creek."
"In the past, when there was no running water, people in our village carried water here to wash clothes. Even now, my mother and her family sometimes carry some sheets and clothes and find a creek with plenty of water to wash them. They say that this way the clothes are washed the cleanest."
[Yes, my grandma and her family are like that too. They all say that clothes washed in a washing machine are not clean and they insist on carrying them to a stream or river to wash.]
[Hearing this, I really miss the time when I followed my parents to the river to wash clothes as a child.]
Seeing the stream here reminds me of the stream next to my house. The water was really clear back then, and there were water celery growing there. But now it's not so good. The industrial park discharges sewage into the stream, and I don't dare let my children play there.
The streams used to be real streams, the kind you could drink from. Now they've become sewage canals.
I really miss the old streams and rivers. They were clean and I could fish there. Now, even if I caught something, I wouldn't dare eat it.
After walking up along the stream for a while, you will come to a flat rocky mountain.
Yang Bai pointed to the mountain range behind the rock cluster and said, "The source of this stream is right in front of us, close to the mountain wall."
"A cave?" Lu Chuanbei looked in the direction Yang Bai pointed and saw a steep rock.
"Yes, that's it. There's a cave at the bottom of the rock. The spring water flows out from there."
"Grotto?" He Xuebin suddenly became interested: "What's in there?"
"It's just an ordinary cave." Yang Bai said with a smile, "However, when we were young, we all thought there was a treasure in that cave, so we would go there from time to time to take a look."
"Did you find anything?"
“If there were, our village would have opened a tourist attraction to promote it long ago.”
"That's true."
While Lu Chuanbei and the others were talking, the system was frantically reminding Song Tiantian: Tiantian, Tiantian, the wild ginseng is behind the cave, let's go and dig it out!
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