Chapter 14

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Chapter 14: Title

Qin Yuanzhuo seemed completely unaware of Su Moying’s resistance and nodded, "Yes."

Su Moying remained very hesitant. "I just feel like this… isn’t quite right. I can’t really explain it…"

In this situation, the bullet comments started to get loud.

[Why do we keep making Yoyo dance? Why doesn’t he dance?]

[As a member of a girl group, isn’t dancing her job? Why is she so shy?]

[Isn’t street performing very normal? Don’t stars often have road shows?]

[Isn’t this different from a road show? One is performing in front of an audience, and the other is trying to please a paying person.]

In the heated debate, a bullet comment suddenly appeared.

[Coming from the palace guards, it seems like Qin Yuanzhuo and Gong Yu’s strategies are quite similar.]

Among all the words on the screen, this one stood out and immediately resonated widely.

[It’s not just similar, it’s almost exactly the same.]

[They both want the girls to use their looks to please the tourists.]

[Both of them think of ways to make the girls make sacrifices.]

As the comments began to attack the two boys, Qin Yuanzhuo’s fans got anxious and started defending their idol.

[Do you really have to say it so harshly? He’s clearly encouraging the girls to use their abilities to help the team win.]

[The program team created this topic to let everyone use their popularity to attract customers. If you say something bad about Qin Yuanzhuo, wouldn’t you do the same if you were on the show?]

[What else can we do without using popularity? This is the best method we have right now.]

At this moment, a bystander who had jumped over from Song Yutian and Gu Feng’s perspective silently sent a bullet comment—

[It seems that there really is a better method coming from another group.]

Song Yutian and Gu Feng’s group had successfully contacted a milk tea brand willing to advertise on a rickshaw.

Although both of them only had the special mobile phones provided by the program group and their contacts only included the program group and other contestants, Gu Feng was still able to easily find an interested brand by contacting his company’s assistant.

After a brief discussion with Song Yutian, Gu Feng made a reasonable opening offer that was significantly lower than advertising on television and video platforms but much higher than the income from running a rickshaw for a day. The other party happily agreed.

Once everything was settled, the two of them used their phones to locate a nearby printing shop, where they made simple cuts to the customer’s provided advertisement images and logos and turned them into banners and posters. Although they spent nearly three hundred yuan for the rush job, it was still worth it compared to the revenue from the advertising fee.

Song Yutian and Gu Feng then placed the finished promotional banners and posters on both sides of the rickshaw and behind the rain cover. This way, not only could tourists see the advertisement when they came close, but the viewers in the live stream could see it at a glance too.

After finishing all of this, it took almost an hour. By then, other teams had already started their rides, but the effort was clearly worth it.

The program group, considering that payments were now made online, provided each team with a special account to make it easier for tourists to pay for rickshaw rides with their phones.

This actually made things easier for Song Yutian and Gu Feng. Since Gu Feng’s identity was involved and the transaction amount was not large, the brand quickly sent the advertising fee directly to the account.

To keep all the viewers updated on the competition situation, the program group displayed each team’s earnings in real time at the top right corner of each live stream sub-room.

So, besides the viewers who were already watching from Song Yutian and Gu Feng’s perspective, all the viewers watching the live stream noticed that the number in the top right corner jumped, and Song Yutian’s team’s earnings soared to a five-digit figure.

Suddenly, many confused viewers jumped to watch Song Yutian and Gu Feng’s perspective.

[What’s happening? Did the numbers glitch?]

[Can someone explain what happened? Who has been here the whole time?]

[What happened? Did the president get angry?]

The audience, who knew what was happening, began to explain excitedly. Although everyone had different opinions, most people could piece together the truth through these comments.

[Really? Was it Song Yutian’s idea? It can’t be in the script, right?]

[I don’t think it’s in the script; Gu Feng’s reaction clearly isn’t acting.]

[From a different point of view, I actually feel that Sister Song is the smartest one in this show so far.]

[Don’t praise Song too much! If it weren’t for Gu Feng, would she have found someone to advertise?]

[Song Yutian is really amazing; this strategy definitely outperformed some teams!]

After learning the truth, most fans of other people returned to watch their favorite perspectives. But many viewers decided to stay and watch this group’s next actions.

Initially, aside from switching between different main rooms, Qin Yuanzhuo and Su Moying, the most popular man and woman, always had the highest viewer count in their sub-room. With this change, the viewership in Song Yutian and Gu Feng’s live room skyrocketed, and they gradually took the lead.

Even the Chief Director, who was always monitoring the data, couldn’t help but be surprised. He was initially very unwilling to include Song Yutian, but now he was glad he had agreed. If it weren’t for Song Yutian, the final editing of this episode would have been much worse.

Over here, after the two arranged the advertisement space, Song Yutian took a bottle of mineral water, opened it, and handed it to Gu Feng. "Would you like some water?"

She was still grateful. Although the idea came from her, it wouldn’t have succeeded without Gu Feng’s efforts.

Gu Feng turned his head, looked at Song Yutian, and then at the water bottle in her hand. He seemed a bit hesitant about whether to take it.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Gu Feng finally took the water bottle and started to drink.

Seeing him take it, Song Yutian said, "You worked hard on finding the advertisers. You were the one making calls while I just arranged the rickshaw. If I get tired, will you help me later?"

Gu Feng was indeed thirsty. He was drinking water when he heard her and swallowed a mouthful while staring wide-eyed at Song Yutian, "You’ll come?"

Song Yutian asked, "What’s wrong?"

Gu Feng’s expression looked as if Song Yutian had told a bad joke. "No need. I just made a few calls; I still have plenty of energy. How could I let you do something like pulling the rickshaw?"

Song Yutian laughed at his expression. "What’s wrong with me?"

Song Yutian knew that Gu Feng did not mean any harm when he said this, but seeing his shocked expression, she couldn’t help but ask back.

Gu Feng said firmly, "Not really, but let me handle it."

After saying this, Gu Feng handed the nearly empty water bottle back to Song Yutian and walked between the two poles of the rickshaw.

"Step back, so you don’t get hit," Gu Feng said to Song Yutian, then, with all his strength, he lifted the rickshaw.

Seeing this scene, the audience who had just switched from Gong Yu and Wei Yao’s perspective all thought of something.

A bullet comment voiced everyone’s thoughts —

[Why do I feel like Gu Feng accidentally pulled Gong Yu down?]