Chen He flew into a rage again, "Huang Xiaoping, doesn't your conscience hurt? How could you bear to cheat such a good child?"
Huang Xiaoping's voice came from the backstage, "Teacher Chen, how can this be called a scam? You know the production team is poor. We spent a lot of effort to find such a beautiful place. The advertising budget was completely used up. If it weren't for the sponsorship of advertisers, we don't know how long your food would last!"
"Where's the food? I don't see any. All you've done is get angry here. It's almost noon and you haven't prepared anything."
"We've kept it all in the fridge for you. If you want more food, you'll have to work to get it. You know the production team is poor; we don't have money to feed you."
Chen He felt an urge to throw his slippers at Huang Xiaoping's face again. He had never been so angry in his entire life. It was just too infuriating!
The house was empty, and apart from the frame, everything else was rotten. Only a second-hand refrigerator stood alone in the corner. Fortunately, the water and electricity were newly installed, which was a slight relief.
When I opened the refrigerator, besides a few pounds of noodles, there was half a refrigerator of milk, twenty eggs, and two bags of flour next to the refrigerator. That was it!
"That's it? Where's the meat? Where's the rice? Are you just going to make us eat noodles all day long without giving us a single piece of meat? Even if I don't eat it, how can the young men and women stand it?"
"That's easy. You're all able-bodied young people. Didn't our great-grandfather say, 'Self-reliance leads to abundance'? A few months ago, we started contracting some land here and planting some crops. Your task is to harvest these crops and sell them to the production team, and then plant some new crops. As long as you work hard, you definitely won't starve!"
Chen He was so angry he wanted to jump up and down. "What about those celebrity guests? You're making them eat this stuff with us too? Aren't you afraid they'll take your money, see the prices, and run away? Don't blame me if you end up losing everything!"
Huang Xiaoping chuckled and said, "Look at my poor production crew, how can I afford to invite celebrity guests? They all came voluntarily. I didn't spend a penny. If you guys are good enough to make the show a success, then next time those celebrity guests will bring money to the production crew. I can be a little more relaxed and occasionally give you a toothpick won't be a problem!"
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Viewers watching the live stream were stunned as these people engaged in a verbal battle. Seriously, is the production team really that poor? With so little food, they probably couldn't even survive a day! And big stars like Zhang Ze are arriving soon, and the production team doesn't even have a stove—how are they going to cook? Even those survival show streamers aren't this poor! Just as the director said, this is truly the poorest production team in history!
Everyone was intrigued. "This production team is interesting. Other production teams spend hundreds of thousands or even millions to invite big stars to their shows. Will anyone come with this kind of approach? Are they just trying to scam one person at a time, and no one will come back for the next episode?"
"With such a terrible production team, no one will fall for it anymore. And this is live! I bet a bag of spicy strips that any celebrity who sees this will back down. They'd be too ashamed to come. Hahaha..."
"In that case, won't we miss seeing Chen, Huang Guang, Xu Peng, and Mu Yu looking so down on their luck next time? For some reason, I want to keep watching, don't I?"
"Yes, yes, it would be such a shame if we couldn't watch the next episode. We should promote them: the poorest production crew is seeking sponsors online, just to survive until the next episode!"
"Oh ho ho, how could I miss out on something this fun? Let's go together!"
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Quietly, a strange thing happened online: a variety show that had just been online for less than half a day was suddenly being promoted by netizens. Topics such as "the poorest production team in history", "Zhang Ze appears in the poorest production team", "Chen He, Huang Guang, Xu Peng, and Mu Yu were scammed by the poorest production team", "the production team that won't survive to the second episode", and "netizens urge advertisers to come and save the production team" suddenly appeared in the top twenty and were gaining momentum, attracting a large number of curious viewers to flock to the live broadcast room.
Zhuge Jianming, who had been overseeing things backstage, was initially a little worried. The million viewers at the start of the show made him uneasy, fearing that he might not be able to retain them. However, to his surprise, Zhang Ze's appearance increased the number of viewers by more than one million, and the argument between Chen He and Huang Xiaoping actually increased the number of viewers by more than ten million. This was more than two million more than the number of registered users a few days ago. Could it be that this argument had an unexpected result?
"Go check it out! Where did those ten million viewers come from? How did so many viewers suddenly flood in?"
Zhuge Jianming is going crazy! The show has over ten million viewers right from the start! This variety show is going to be a sensation! Back then, Fang Yang only approved one million yuan, saying he wanted to create the poorest production team. Zhuge Jianming and Huang Xiaoping were worried that they weren't being valued and that Fang Yang was unwilling to approve any funding for them to film the variety show.
But this situation is driving Zhuge Jianming almost crazy! It's a blockbuster! An absolute blockbuster! He's so anxious. How come Xiao Zhang, who's usually quite diligent, hasn't found out yet? Isn't this driving him crazy?
Zhuge Jianming was pacing anxiously when he heard Xiao Zhang, whose fingers were flying across the keyboard, shouting, "It's out! The results are out! Producer, look! It was caused by Chen He and Director Huang arguing just now. Now everyone online is talking about it, saying that we are the poorest production team in history, and we probably won't make it past the second episode. They are appealing to advertisers to invest in us!"
Zhuge Jianming rushed to Xiao Zhang's computer with unprecedented speed, startling Xiao Zhang. How could he be so fast? Is this some kind of teleportation? Does Zhuge Jianming know martial arts?
Zhuge Jianming pushed aside Xiao Zhang, who was still sitting in his seat with a blank expression, and saw today's trending topics. After a period of fermentation, "My Own Swordsman" has now completely occupied the top five of the trending topics. After each episode, the dialogue in the show will be picked out and pondered repeatedly by the audience. It has truly become the focus of attention across the entire network. Many content creators on Bilibili have also made a lot of parody videos, which have truly become hits!
Two topics from "Back to Field" have made it into the top ten, one at number eight and the other at number ten, and the momentum is quite strong. It's believed that they will rank even higher, which is really surprising. The idea that poverty is the original sin has been taken to a new level. This year's audience really can't stand to see others doing well!
Upon discovering a business opportunity, Zhuge Jianming shouted to a staff member next to him, "Quickly inform Director Huang that we must take full advantage of this strength. We must maintain our stingy style towards our guests. Precisely because we are poor, our guests must earn everything they need through their labor. We must adhere to this principle and vigorously promote the spirit of exploitation. If we don't exploit these guests to the end, we won't have anything to eat!"
Zhuge Jianming waved his hands wildly, as if he had discovered the secret to wealth. In a flash, he opened up all the meridians in his body and felt extremely comfortable!
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