Jiang Hexi had no choice but to exchange 2,000 points for a fascia gun.
The remaining three thousand four hundred was completely divided up by the remaining four people.
Yan Jie took his drone, Chu Yang exchanged for a speaker, Yu Xiangwan took the beauty device, and even Shen Yingyu, who had the fewest points, took a cheap coffee machine.
Director Chen got his wish and kept the solar-powered flashlight.
Jiang Hexi sacrificed her personal interests to ensure everyone's happiness.
She did try to fight back, but she was no match for the overwhelming force.
With Yan Jie's suggestion of a collective vote, she was silenced by four raised arms.
[King Yama: Xi Mei, give it to me!]
Poor Ximei, the doormat. The way Yama led this group is blatant robbery.
When individual interests conflict with collective interests, individual interests should yield to collective interests. Didn't your middle school politics teacher teach you that, netizen upstairs?
Has anyone noticed that Yama (the King of Hell) loves to bully Xi Mei...?
[I noticed it too. Because of his fans' good looks, I only dared to tell you this quietly: when he was being mean to her, his eyes were full of malice.]
[Hey you two upstairs, want megaphone handy? You can officially announce they're together!]
After entering the wooden building, the five members of the chaebol group took their luggage to their respective rooms and then gathered in the living room for a meeting.
Director Chen, holding a thick stack of bills, listed them off one by one:
"Distinguished guests, we will now proceed with the month-end reconciliation. Let's start by discussing the outstanding items."
"Rent and utilities totaled 2452, nanny expenses were 1100, staff costs for the orchard and free-range chicken farm were 1800, tractor rental fees were 9300, and road toll reimbursement for the dryer rental was 1000, totaling outstanding debts."
"Next is the revenue report. The free-range eggs in Canglang Village generated 9,810 in revenue, and the peaches brought in profits. In total, after deducting the liabilities from last month, the net profit is 6,958."
Shen Yingyu extended his hand to Director Chen and said, "Excuse me, could I borrow the bill to take a look? I need to double-check the amount."
Director Chen handed over the bill, thinking to himself: Do they think I embezzled money from their account? How ridiculous!
Then he saw five people gathered together, discussing professional issues such as gross profit margin, net growth, and total asset turnover. Director Chen suddenly realized that his perspective was too narrow.
The assistant director came over and asked Director Chen to leave.
"Several big-name advertisers just called and said they want to sponsor our program for free."
"How exactly does 'free of charge' mean?"
The assistant director knew that his pursuit of cinematic artistry was almost obsessive, and he couldn't tolerate even the slightest imperfection, so he cautiously probed:
"The seven-figure compensation was offered by the merchants who did not want product placement during the broadcast of the show on satellite TV, but only wanted Xi Mei to mention their products when she made jokes."
"What meme?"
"Director Chen, that solar-powered flashlight that Xi Mei was wearing was only shown briefly in the live stream, and sharp-eyed netizens found it on Taobao. Now all the same flashlights on the internet are sold out."
The assistant director handed over the phone.
Director Chen looked at the screen filled with advertisements for "Xi Mei's recommended solar-powered flashlight" and refused without hesitation:
"I don't allow guests to insert advertisements into the show, and I certainly don't allow myself to lead the way in violating the rules. Besides, Xi Mei's witty remarks are not planned; they are all her subconscious reactions. That's why the audience loves this show."
Unable to resist the lure of profit, the assistant director presented the live streaming data from the backstage to Director Chen for review.
The live stream had hundreds of thousands of viewers online at any given time, and the actual number of viewers displayed in the backend was 160,000. As long as they put on the shopping cart and listed one or two products, they could easily make a fortune.
Director Chen looked at the assistant director with a somber expression.
His fiery temper subsided at this moment; instead of yelling, he simply patted the assistant director on the shoulder, encouraging him as he had whenever he felt like giving up:
"We hold the exclusive broadcasting rights to the show. Trust me, if we do a good job with this show, the returns in the future will be far greater than these advertising fees. What I want to do is not just create variety shows for people's amusement."
The assistant director watched his retreating figure as he turned and went inside, his eyes welling up with tears of shame.
Director Chen stood back behind the main camera and asked in a raised voice, "So, is the calculation clear?"
Chu Yang said proudly, "The asset accounting is correct, and we have also developed a detailed revenue plan."
Tell me about it.
"Trade secret, no comment."
Director Chen stopped pressing the issue. Seeing that the time was right, he announced the new rules for the program to everyone:
"The production team conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the guests' farming performance and identified several major issues:"
Each of you owns an acre of vegetable plot. The fruits and vegetables left by the previous owner were harvested but not replanted. Now the entire plot is bare and empty. The program team strongly condemns your behavior of harvesting crops without planting them.
In addition, the three ponds contracted by the guests were left unattended for half a month, resulting in a serious waste of resources.
After discussion, the creative team decided to implement a point deduction system. If negative points cannot be repaid, redeemed items will be used to offset the deduction until a positive score is achieved.
Yu Xiangwan said with dissatisfaction, "This approach is a classic case of slapping someone and then giving them a piece of candy."
"So all the guests who have tasted the sweetness must work hard to get rich, and not be slapped in the face by the program team."
Director Chen, abandoning his previous seriousness, suddenly spoke enthusiastically:
"Faced with the heavy task of farming, what if there aren't enough people? The production team has specially invited two heavyweight guest stars to help everyone with the farming. They are—"
As the poster behind them unfurled, the five chaebol members turned around in unison:
"Nan Xi, a female pop singer and actress from Shenzhen and Hong Kong, won the Best Newcomer Award at the Star Awards for her role in the period drama 'The Legend of Chaohua'."
Nan Xi walked in front of the camera with a smile and greeted the guests present, "Hello everyone, I am Nan Xi."
Jiang Hexi opened her mouth slightly in surprise, but ultimately said nothing and nodded in greeting along with the others.
"Xie Wanyi, a mainland Chinese actor, won the Best Newcomer Award at the Art Film Festival for his role in the film 'Financial Street,' and won the Golden Dragon Award for Best Actor for his role in the 2022 film 'The Hunt.'"
Yu Xiangwan stared blankly at the person who appeared, frozen in place.
The arrival of the Best Actor was unexpected by everyone. Not only the guests, but even many staff members were excited and their eyes lit up with excitement.
Yan Jie stood up and greeted him, "I sent you a message last night, why didn't you reply?"
Xie Wanyi smiled faintly and said, "My standing here is the best response to you."
Shen Yingyu suddenly patted him on the shoulder and asked, "When was the last time we got together?"
Xie Wanyi stated frankly, "That happened at least half a year ago."
Chu Yang bowed respectfully to him and introduced himself. Jiang Hexi also stood up and introduced herself as "Xi Mei".
Xie Wanyi politely shook hands with them, and finally stood in front of Yu Xiangwan, speaking softly:
"Long time no see, Wanwan."
The viewers in the live stream went crazy.
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