I've Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show-Chapter 194 - 188 Chen Xiaokou: What’s More Important Than Money, Senior?

Chapter 194: Chapter 188 Chen Xiaokou: What’s More Important Than Money, Senior?

Last time the sponsors were here, their living expenses were on themselves; not only did they cover themselves, but they also had to make sure the sponsors were well-fed.

This time they were invited to another show as guests. Chen Xixi had no objections, but if they had to spend money on other major celebrities as guests, it was totally unnecessary.

Qian Yue gave a smile: "Anyway, the production team’s rule is everyone must go!"

Their production team has received a huge amount of money from the challenge reality show; how could they allow Chen Xixi and the others to just say no?

The reason Challenge Reality invited them is that their current variety show is too popular, having the highest popularity among variety programs. Challenge Reality also wanted to bring in some new ideas and take advantage of the viewership from the cost-saving reality show.

Qian Yue’s eyes gleamed as he mixed a slight malice in his smile: "However, since they invited you, they naturally have to treat you well, but you can’t go empty-handed, right? You can’t just eat and drink for free, can you?"

Jin Cheng sat on the mattress, looked up at Qian Yue during a break from gaming, and said deeply: "Last time when the sponsor came to our program as a guest, they came empty-handed and just ate and drank for free; why can’t we go empty-handed?"

"..." Qian Yue clicked his tongue lightly, "What is the status of a sponsor, what is your status, and what is the status of the people in the program you are about to visit, do I still need to analyze this for you?"

They are all ordinary non-celebrities, it’s already a big honor for them that a gold sponsor shows up.

The Challenge Reality Show they are visiting is filled with high-status celebrities. If they want to survive in the entertainment industry or as internet celebrities, they need to flatter and bring gifts to please those seniors, because they are predecessors you cannot offend, need to respect, and they must not let netizens or the celebrities’ fans point out faults, otherwise these little cannon fodders could be torn apart by netizens.

To put it plainly, among the three groups, they are the least valuable. They have gained some fame through this cost-saving reality show, but there are still significant gaps compared to true sponsors and celebrity big shots.

"That’s right." Chen Xixi nodded, said earnestly and obediently, "But I think celebrity big shots will certainly take care of us juniors, not willing to let us juniors spend too much, so I decided to respect the seniors’ wishes, just bringing ourselves and our sincerity is enough!"

"???" It sounds reasonable.

But something seems off?

[Just bring yourselves and your sincerity, basically just not spending money, right? Haha, Chen Xiaokou, you’re really something!]

[A bit of respect, but not much, haha!]

[Chen Xiaokou: What’s more important than money to seniors!]

[Chen Xixi: Please don’t ask me about spending money, thank you.]

[Why do I feel like she’s going to mooch off the celebrities’ living expenses?]

[Then she might be miscalculating, because that Challenge Reality show is even more austere than their life haha!]

[Chen Xixi is really stingy, huh? She has so much money, what’s wrong with spending a little on gifts for the celebrities? Even if she’s reluctant to buy expensive things, she could at least buy something cheap!]

[The prerequisite is that Chen Xixi is going willingly, but now it’s quite clear that the production team is forcing them into a spending trap!]

Han Qianyi then softly spoke, "How can that work? If you really don’t buy a meeting gift, it will be very impolite."

Han Qianyi knew the Challenge Reality mentioned by Qian Yue, with top singer Jiang Xingze, popular young actress Guan Yingying, and a powerhouse male actor Fang Shihui who releases a hit drama every year... As long as she could latch onto their popularity, she could generate massive traffic!

Whether she can make it big, depends on if she can seize this opportunity!

A meeting gift equals the first impression, and it is definitely necessary to prepare one.

However, she said this not out of genuine concern to remind Chen Xixi; she just wanted the netizens to see the difference between her and Chen Xiaokou in their approach and actions.

Chen Xixi glanced at Han Qianyi, who was eager to show off, and chuckled, "Then just buy it."

There’s definitely not just one Guest in a show, so buying gifts should be equally distributed, otherwise you’ll be offending people unnecessarily.

If you had to buy gifts for every Guest, that would be no small expense.

Besides, she said she wouldn’t spend money, but she also said she’d show her intention, not that she wouldn’t prepare anything at all.

Basic courtesy still needs to be observed.

But some people just didn’t get Chen Xixi’s point.

For example, Zheng He.

Zheng He moved closer to Chen Xixi and whispered, "Don’t you want to become a popular star and sign with Nanxing Entertainment? Let me tell you, buy some expensive gifts for those celebrities, maybe one of them will help you sign a line and you’ll succeed!"

"Really?" Chen Xixi raised her eyebrows in surprise, then looked at Zheng He and said, "I’ll leave this great opportunity to you!"

Think she’ll be tempted to spend her money, using it all to buy gifts? Zheng He really underestimated her attachment and resolve to Money!

Zheng He tried to tempt Chen Xixi with a few more words, but seeing that she was impervious, he sighed and gave up on that tactic.

Qian Yue glanced at the time, "You have one hour to prepare the gifts. We’ll meet downstairs at one o’clock and head to the challenge variety show together!"

Han Qianyi rushed out first, she first checked on her phone how many Guests the challenge variety show had.

The challenge variety show also had five Guests, Han Qianyi thought to herself that it was fortunate there were not many, otherwise her money might not be enough to buy anything decent.

Then, she searched online for detailed information about these five people, fully understanding their works and preferences, thoroughly doing her homework.

The second person to go out and prepare gifts was Zheng He. After subtracting 399 yuan for the shirt he had to pay for, and the heart-wrenching charity contribution of 20,000 yuan, he now had 3301 yuan left.

The mere coins of Chen Xixi’s assets were twice, maybe even more, around his amount.

He’d have to spend wisely now.

Chen Xixi wasn’t buying greeting gifts, but he couldn’t afford not to. The dealings and favors in the society were necessary, and he couldn’t afford to mess up.

Moreover, all the other parties were big celebrities, and if he could casually make friends with one, how prestigious that would be!

Initially, he wanted to meet a philanthropy tycoon, but unfortunately, Chen Xixi spoiled it. Now, he couldn’t afford to miss this opportunity again!

But Zheng He really couldn’t think of what to buy, so he ended up going to a supermarket.

Tobacco, alcohol, and tea were too expensive, and other domestic items didn’t seem presentable. As he wandered, he found himself in the fruit section.

Some fine fruit baskets looked pretty good; great appearance, a variety of fruits, he could buy one for everyone to share, and he could also enjoy some himself, not bad.

He bent down and carefully considered which fine fruit basket was the most cost-effective, had a variety, and contained fruits he loved the most.

While looking, he suddenly noticed a tag on one of the fruit baskets placed at the front.

One tag read fine fruit basket for 299 yuan,

Another tag on the basket read scallions 2.99 yuan.