When the workshop foreman heard that the five-member chaebol group had agreed to film the advertisement, fearing they might back out, he immediately brought out the advertising contract for them to sign.
Yan Jie and Shen Yingyu sat at their desks, scrutinizing the contract word by word, and began to nitpick over the terms, pushing the workshop director and the head of the personnel department to the brink of collapse.
"Director, given the current popularity of farming variety shows, do you think it's excessive for the five of us regular guests to ask for a print ad at the highest price of 50,000 yuan?"
Seeing that the other party remained silent, Shen Yingyu further negotiated the terms, saying, "These terms need to be revised. We will only grant the right to use one platform poster for a period of one year, and it can only be used on eight billboards at highway intersections in five cities within this province."
The workshop director never expected to encounter these two "ruthless bandits." The promised 30,000 yuan had been reduced to 50,000, five years to one, and all eighteen highway exits in the province's prefecture-level cities had been reduced to eight exits in five cities. How could he possibly agree to this?
"The terms I agreed upon with Ximei and the village chief have changed so easily. How can we continue this cooperation?"
"Director, since the contract hasn't been signed and the matter hasn't been settled, there's still room for negotiation."
Jiang Hexi firmly stood on their side and said, "The village chief and I have no say in this matter; we have to hear what Yan Jie and Shen Yingyu have to say."
Yan Jie didn't want to waste any more words with the other party; the director had no choice but to agree to this matter, whether he wanted to or not.
"Director, there are some things that are inconvenient to say in detail. Just keep them to yourselves. We can't possibly gain any advantage over your factory."
"Actually, it's fine not to cooperate. We won't suffer much loss. It's just that your factory's new compound fertilizer might be rumored by netizens to be a fertilizer that even the five chaebols wouldn't want."
Only the person involved truly knows how harsh those words were.
Facing the live broadcast camera, the workshop director dared not delay any longer and immediately nodded in agreement.
"Let's change it according to your terms. I hope we can work together smoothly."
The moment these two big shots appeared, they utterly annihilated the client.
[Yan Wang's harsh words immediately jolted the workshop foreman awake, warning him not to miss out on this incredible windfall for such a small gain.]
[Xi Mei standing next to Yan Wang is such a naive and innocent girl; she's being taken advantage of without even realizing it. Now I finally understand why she lost a small fortune.]
The workshop director hired the city's best advertising planning team to shoot this print advertisement.
The five people put on the fertilizer factory's work clothes and sat in front of the mirror to put on makeup.
Seeing that there was nothing interesting to watch on the live stream, Director Chen went behind the advertising team to see how they set up the background and how they set up the DSLR camera parameters to take pictures.
The photographer's series of bizarre actions were absolutely terrible.
He stood to the side with his elbows crossed, and finally, unable to contain himself any longer, spoke up to give instructions:
"How did you guys create this hard lighting? The shadows are so obvious, how are we supposed to fix it in post-production?"
"The lighting angle, the subject, and the camera position should all be in a straight line. See where you've all strayed off course?"
The photographer retorted defiantly, "Who are you? What gives you the right to point fingers here?"
"Based on ability."
Director Chen, ever the busybody, said, "If you adjust it the way I say, and the final product is better than yours, then you can shut up."
After all, the five chaebols were his regular guests, and this compound fertilizer advertisement was already beneath him. If it was filmed to be even uglier, he would feel ashamed every time he passed by the highway exit.
The photographer made the adjustments according to Director Chen's instructions. At first, he was full of resentment, but after the final adjustments, he didn't dare to say a word.
Five people took turns standing on the advertising space.
Director Chen seized control of the conversation and arranged their positions:
"Chu Yang stood in the center, Jiang Hexi and Yu Xiangwan stood on the left and right sides respectively, and Yan Jie and Shen Yingyu stood on the outermost side. They all picked up the advertising plaques and stood up straight."
The words "Zhu Dali New Compound Fertilizer" on the signboard are extremely glaring.
Yu Xiangwan instructed, "Get it right the first time, and no one is allowed to hold us back."
Jiang Hexi reminded the two bigwigs next to her, "Since you've taken their money, your smile has to be proper. It has to be a standard toothy smile. Don't give us a Mona Lisa look and waste everyone's expressions."
Seeing that Director Chen had finished adjusting the lights, Chu Yang called out to everyone:
"Brothers and sisters, get ready, get ready, three, two, one, cheese!"
After a series of "click-click" camera shots, the image froze on the very standard professional smiles of the five chaebol members.
[The five people who were all poised just a second ago suddenly broke into professional smiles the moment the flash went off. It was hilarious.]
[The kids actually filmed this compound fertilizer commercial. Next time I pass a highway exit, I absolutely have to take a picture in front of this poster.]
[I'm genuinely envious of Zhu Dali. Director Chen is the cinematographer, and a five-member chaebol group is endorsing him. This fertilizer factory has really hit the jackpot.]
After the advertisement shoot was completed, the final payment was settled on the spot.
After receiving the 50,000 yuan electronic transfer, Shen Yingyu exchanged it for twenty 100-yuan bills and distributed two to each person.
"Two hundred each. Take this money and go to the market."
Yan Jie was driving, and Jiang Hexi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, took the two large bills and naturally kept them for him for the time being.
Shen Yingyu roughly calculated the costs:
“I just asked the village chief. It costs 2,500 to raise 100 chickens and 500 to raise 1,500 fish fry. If we hire someone to make 200 beehives, it will cost at most 10,000. So, we have at least 30,000 left over.”
Someone started clapping, and the others followed suit.
Jiang Hexi turned her head and asked from inside the car:
"I'm going to the market soon, and I need to buy herbs and a foot bath tub. Anyone want to come with me?"
Chai Fei raised his hand and said, "I'm a newbie, Xi Mei will mentor me."
Yan Jie looked at the road ahead and said expressionlessly, "Me too."
Jiang Hexi looked at him in surprise, "Why are you, a grown man, following me shopping?"
Yan Jie reminded her, "You have my allowance."
Jiang Hexi reluctantly accepted him, considering he was free labor.
"Follow me after you get off the bus, and don't get separated."
Yan Jie didn't take these words to heart.
It wasn't until he drove to the market and saw the endless sea of people, listening to the clamor of vendors all around, that he realized what it meant to go to a big market.
Jiang Hexi took the snakeskin bag and got off the bus.
She only had two hundred yuan in her wallet, but she felt like she could buy the whole market. Full of shopping desire, she dragged Chai Fei into the various stalls.
Yan Jie followed behind her, assuming that she would turn back after buying the herbs and foot bath tub.
As she wandered around, she still hadn't bought any herbs or foot bath tubs, but she filled a snakeskin bag with all sorts of wild goods, food, and trinkets. She stopped at every stall, compared prices, and lingered in front of each one repeatedly.
Yan Jie regretted coming out with her.
If he had known this would happen, he should have just stayed in the car and been a proper driver instead of wandering around aimlessly with her.
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