Both Yang Ruoqian and Chang Zhiqing have received awards on international stages, and their images are not mysterious...but even though it is an international stage, many people who are not big movie fans will not pay attention to the award ceremony.
At most, you will see related reports in some news information.
Since they are not stars, they naturally receive much less attention.
At this moment, message reminders popped up on WeChat on both of their phones.
"A group of college classmates..." Yang Ruoqian glanced at Chang Zhiqing, "Your group too?"
"Yes." Chang Zhiqing nodded, "Let me see what they are talking about."
While waiting in line, the two opened the university classmates group.
Several familiar names came into view.
Wu Zizheng: "@All staff, I'm in Jinhai City again, is there anyone to greet me?"
Gu Jiwen: "@Yang Ruoqian, @Shao Yiqi, @Chang Zhiqing. I will be there tomorrow too. Big boss, rich second generation, beautiful lady, do you have any plans for this long holiday?"
Shao Yiqi: "There are too many people. I don't want to move. You can ask them."
Yang Ruoqian looked at the message on his phone and asked curiously, "Why do people suddenly want to come to Jinhai City to play? Is there any good news about tourism here? Or are there any new projects?"
Yu Lanyun: "Ah? Aren't they just the various new projects you launched? You're asking us? Do you want to watch the promotional video? Who wouldn't be confused after watching it?"
Shao Yiqi: "The boss is like this, just get used to it."
"By the way, are there any vacancies that can benefit old classmates?"
"Don't dream..."
At this moment, Yang Ruoqian and Chang Zhiqing had just gotten on the elevator, their minds in a mess.
What promotional video? Where did it come from?
He didn't remember who he had asked to make a promotional video, nor did he remember Qi Mu reporting anything related to him! "Do you know what promotional video it is?" Yang Ruoqian turned around and looked at Chang Zhiqing in confusion, "Did you ask someone to do it?"
Chang Zhiqing shook her head: "I will definitely tell you about the company's decision-making."
"What is that?" Yang Ruoqian quit the classmates group and opened the group for employees who were taking leave.
In order to maximize costs, Yang Ruoqian sent a notice to the company before the holiday, stating that if any employee was willing to adjust their holiday time on a voluntary basis, they would receive a large amount of compensation.
First of all, the 7-day long holiday can be exchanged for 14 days of paid vacation of any period, which is equivalent to doubling the vacation time while adjusting the holiday, and the arrangement is more flexible.
Moreover, for employees who work during the long holidays, their salary will be doubled during these seven days.
Then, only half an hour after the announcement was sent out, the secretary received leave applications from almost all employees.
The competition was so fierce that it was beyond Yang Ruoqian's imagination. Even Qi Mu asked Yang Ruoqian for permission to take a day off.
Finally, with many people dissatisfied, the "compensation quota" was allocated - employees with strong working abilities like Qi Mu naturally had no chance of getting a quota.
Fortunately, someone is at work. Now that something has gone wrong, at least I can ask in the group...
Yang Ruoqian @ed all the staff in the group of employees who were on leave and asked, "I heard that there was a promotional video recently. Does anyone know about it? Send me the link."
Soon an employee responded: "Mr. Yang, the promotional video was not made by our company, but many scenes were shot at our location."
"In order to attract customers, the travel company edited together many things about Jinhai City, including our company's projects."
“[Video link], you can take a look.”
"By the way, Mr. Yang, I've received a lot of calls. Should I handle them myself or let you handle them?"
Yang Ruoqian, who was about to click on the video link, was aware that something was wrong and asked immediately, "What call? What's it about?"
The employee replied: "Many travel agencies contacted us, hoping to get tickets for some projects at low prices through group purchases, such as 'private customization'."
"Some high-end travel agencies want to pay a high price for a batch of tickets for the game 'Escape Room Survival'. The price they offer is much higher than the market price... They hope to use the gimmick of 100% probability of playing in the escape room to bring some publicity to their travel agencies. Do you have any suggestions?"
Yang Ruoqian didn't even think about it and gave a direct rejection: "Don't pay attention to them. All projects of our group emphasize fair competition. Whether you can buy a ticket depends entirely on luck. The ticket price is the official guide price that cannot be changed."
"Okay, Mr. Yang."
After forcing himself to work overtime and arranging his work, Yang Ruoqian breathed a sigh of relief and opened the video link sent by his employee.
As soon as I entered the interface, I saw more than 3 million views, which was very eye-catching.
At this time, the elevator just arrived at the third floor. Yang Ruoqian and Chang Zhiqing hurriedly ran out of the elevator, left the noisy crowd, and came to the restaurant's private room.
After the door of the private room was closed, the two finally felt a little more quiet.
"Come, let's take a look together." Chang Zhiqing leaned her head closer, "I'm also curious about that promotional video."
Yang Ruoqian gave one of the headphones to Chang Zhiqing and clicked the play button at the same time.
In the picture, you can clearly see the aerial view of Gimhae City... There is Gimhae University, historical sites, theme parks, and of course, the very conspicuous high-end office building in the city center, now the Kuiguang Building.
After the video briefly introduced the attractions that almost everyone has heard of, the reciter suddenly changed the subject with a hint of mystery in his tone.
"The following... is Jinhai City's special entertainment. It is unique in the country and even the world. If you don't come and experience it, you may regret it for the rest of your life!"
As the first tantalizing introduction ended, the screen went black, and then Yang Ruoqian saw many familiar scenes.
Chang Zhiqing was stunned and pointed at the screen: "Isn't this the scene from our variety show?"
A face suddenly grew out of the wall, a wall of flesh with a head and arms chased after you, and an elevator that required you to press buttons in a certain order to get to the corresponding floor...
Various mechanical special effects, highly immersive graphics, and a level of sophistication far exceeding the layout of any commercial escape room...
The reciter continued to introduce: "This is the most distinctive secret room in Jinhai City. It is the largest, most expensive, and most realistic secret room in the world... Here, you can experience all the plots that you can only experience in horror novels. This secret room is only open for one year and you will never see it again next year. The faint-hearted should be careful~"
At this time, countless comments were floating across the screen of the promotional video.
Although "Survival Room" is very popular, its audience is still limited to celebrity fans, variety show enthusiasts and escape room enthusiasts.
In fact, many people neither like nor hate things like escape rooms, so they may not come to watch the variety show and may not know about this super escape room that is limited to one year.
Consumers may not know what their needs are.
The long holiday will cause many people who want to travel to start searching the Internet for travel guides. As long as they see this promotional video, they will immediately know what they need.
"Fuck!!! I can't even imagine how much fun this secret room is!!!"
"Stop talking and book the tickets."
“I can’t find a place to buy tickets…”
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, I want to play, I want to play!"
After introducing the secret room, the video screen changed again and came to the "Private Customization" shooting scene.
Several movie scenes turned,
The reciter continued, "Here, you can freely customize the plot and various characters. All the stories are for you alone, and you can indulge in the movie protagonist's addiction to doing whatever he wants... If you want, the movie can even be released on major platforms!"
"At least for this day, the whole world revolves around you!"
“…”
"After a fulfilling day, the food in Gimhae is just as delicious. Take a look at this food street..."
"If you want to experience a different dining environment, we also recommend this restaurant, which is affectionately called the 'uncommon characters restaurant' by locals."
"Not only is the dining environment here good, the dishes are cheap and affordable, but there are also many hidden stories waiting for you to discover..."
"If you're lucky, you might even see the Dragon and Phoenix Legend performing here~"
“…”
Yang Ruoqian was a little stunned when he looked at the travel agency's introduction.
Chang Zhiqing burst out laughing: "How can this be a Jinhai City tourism promotional video? This is a promotional video for the Kuiguang Group's industry, right?"
Other introductions, including amusement parks and various classic attractions, together account for less than 10% of the total video playback time.
"No, I didn't give them any money!" Yang Ruoqian turned off the video and angrily clicked on the menu. While ordering food, he complained, "Why do you have to add so many elements of Kuiguang Group in the promotional video?"
Chang Zhiqing also used her mobile phone to scan the ordering code on the table and said with a smile: "Whether you pay or not has little to do with their announcement of you."
"As long as such promotional videos can attract tourists to Gimhae, they can make money...Whether they make money with you is actually not a very important thing."
"And this is a good thing. It costs a lot of money to build that escape room. It's good to have more tourists come to replenish the money."
"Escape rooms are expensive, and tourists who are willing to pay for them will definitely try other surrounding projects."
"Many of our restaurants serve both high- and low-cost items. When these customers come here, they will definitely try out our high-paying items... That's a good thing."
"Look at these comments. They are basically the kind of people who have prepared tens of thousands of dollars and are determined not to stop until they spend their money."
"Nowadays, many things will be bought by countless people as long as they are labeled as limited edition. This secret room is not only limited edition, but also of very high quality. It is normal that so many people come here."
“The only pity is that the tourist reception capacity is relatively low… But as long as there are other businesses, it’s not bad.”
As Chang Zhiqing spoke, she ordered what she wanted to eat.
After looking at the menu, she asked curiously, "Why don't you order?"
Yang Ruoqian didn't care about ordering food at this time. He directly opened the group chat and sent a message to the employees: "Hurry up and make an announcement to tell the relevant passengers to calm down and not to make impulse purchases!"
…
At an airport somewhere, Gu Jiwenhe glanced at his phone and messaged Yang Ruoqian in the classmates group: "Boss, do you have any extra tickets for the escape room? They look quite interesting."
Yu Lanyun patted his hands and said, "Okay, don't influence other people's company decisions. Just go and see if you can. The reception capacity of the secret room is not enough. Your old classmate wants a ticket, and my old relative wants a ticket. There is no need to do business."
"Oh, it was just a joke." Gu Jiwen checked his boarding pass. "We guessed the specific ranking of the variety show, and the results will be announced soon. Maybe we can get the tickets if we're lucky."
"Don't think too much. We're just going there for fun anyway." Yu Lanyun said, and then sighed, "Alas, it's only been less than two years, right? I feel like things have changed a lot."
The class reunion over a year ago was still very impressive - the cheerful atmosphere, singing nursery rhymes, were much purer than the stereotype of class reunions that most people had.
At that time, Yang Ruoqian was still the boss of a small company, Shao Yiqi was still a rich second-generation whose family was in trouble, and Chang Zhiqing was an alien evil god who had sneaked in from another class.
Now, Yang Ruoqian's small company has become a local giant enterprise.
Even local tourism-related policies have to revolve around his company! "Hey, how great would it be if we had joined Kuiguang Group at that time?" Gu Jiwen found a chair in the terminal and sat down, "Wouldn't we have been able to become a middle-level manager?"
"There's no point in caring about this. Just keep the relationship good." Yu Lanyun shook her head. "Why not think about what to do this time? We have enough money this time, so we should relax."
Just as the two were chatting, a message came from the official background of the Leopard App.
"Congratulations! You have guessed the final ranking in the "Escape the Room" prize quiz. You are now awarded a free ticket. If you don't have time to experience it, you can also exchange it for other rewards."
"In order to facilitate the arrangement of tickets for other time periods, please fill in the ticket time you wish to book as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your cooperation."
"Notice: It's not easy to make money, so please think twice before traveling and spend rationally!"
Gu Jiwen was pleasantly surprised and turned to look at Yu Lanyun: "I received the notification. Did you receive it?"
"received!"
As for the announcement, the two of them simply ignored it.
"Sure, I'm lucky." Gu Jiwen laughed, "Not only can I experience the secret room, but I can also save the ticket money... I wonder if Boss Yang can take care of us, like he does with his artists, and secretly give us 10 yuan when we enter the venue."
"It's said not to trouble others because of this kind of thing..."
Before I could finish my words, a new message suddenly came from the class group.
Yang Ruoqian: "I just had someone check, and you won the prize contest, so you don't need an extra ticket."
"Ouch! What a trouble! It was just a joke."
Yang Ruoqian: "By the way, have you booked the hotel? Have you made the plan? I'm telling you, don't spend money on revenge at my place..." (End of this chapter)
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