Abstract Art Award Winner

Zhou Le's ring toss plan was quickly approved by Deng Chao and Meng Ziyi.

They calculated that they would spend several thousand yuan to purchase the goods, and then price the rings at 50 cents or one yuan each, making it easy to make money that way.

After all, they don't have much money on hand right now, and the quantity of goods they can purchase is limited.

"Okay, then we can set off now, but we should try to buy things that everyone is interested in, not things that are too rigid and nobody wants."

Deng Chao said.

"Yes, ring toss games are usually played by young people and children, so we need to target this group."

After making up their minds, they prepared to go out to purchase goods. However, none of the three of them expected that, just as they were discussing their plans, Lu Han, sent by Chen He's team, would eavesdrop at the door.

Because he was afraid of being discovered, Lu Han only listened to the first part and told Chen He about it when he got back.

"As expected, Old Deng and Le'er are both good at business. This idea of ​​selling jewelry is really good. The things we bought for a few dozen yuan can be sold for hundreds of yuan."

Chen He knew these things all too well; he knew that these items would be priced the same if they were sold elsewhere.

But the team is full of celebrities, including myself and Lu Han. Let alone 500 yuan, if Lu Han could personally take them along, or offer a free photo or autograph, they would be worth thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan.

But since it's a TV show recording, they can't sell it for such an outrageous price. Besides, they're not really short of money; their main goal is to record the show.

"But it seems they had some other ideas, but I didn't hear them. I was afraid they would find out, so I came back first. How about we send someone else to gather more information?"

Chen He thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, no need. I think the jewelry business alone is enough for us to do for a while. After we finish here, we can always go back to them and see how well they're doing. If it's good, we can copy their work."

In short, our motto is: if we can copy someone else's homework, we'll never use our own brain; we'll only succeed by standing on the shoulders of giants!

This tactic is definitely not a problem.

After they went outside, the two groups bumped into each other and started laughing.

Deng Chao's team believed they had come up with an exceptionally brilliant plan that would allow them to leave everyone else in the dust.

Chen He, on the other hand, laughed at the fact that he had already copied Deng Chao and the others' business acumen without them even realizing it.

"Going to buy goods?"

"Yes, I'm going to get some stock. What about you guys?"

"So are we."

"Shall we go together?"

"No, let's go our separate ways."

And so the two teams headed off in their respective prepared directions, while the photography team split into two groups to follow each other.

"Since we're going to do ring toss, we need to start with a grand prize, which means we need something valuable to attract people as a gimmick."

"Something attractive... how about just giving them a cell phone?" Meng Ziyi thought for a moment and then said.

“A cell phone…that’s a good idea, but I think an autographed photo would be nice too.” Deng Chao nodded. “The three of us autographs should still be worth something, but we don’t encourage people to sell our autographs. If you like them, you can use them for fun, or if you don’t like them, you can use them on other things.”

"Indeed."

Next, they decided on a night light, cute plush toys, and drinks.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Le bought a few more sets of test papers and mixed them in.

During the shopping trip, they bargained whenever they could. With Zhou Le and Meng Ziyi on the side, they could charm the shopkeeper into buying whatever they wanted, and in the end, they were able to sell it to them at an extremely low price without losing money.

Finally, they went to the mall and bought a mobile phone and three earphones.

"Brother Chao, your endorsements here don't conflict, right? Don't let it become unsuitable for your endorsement later."

"It's okay, we don't have any endorsements in this area."

Zhou Le nodded, and then said to the camera that had been following them: "Business owners or marketing directors, if you need a suitable mobile phone brand or technology brand endorsement, you can contact Brother Chao, or directly sponsor the program."

If it works out, just remember to give me a small referral fee.

Zhou Le took the opportunity to advertise, since the phone and headphones he bought were both Xiaomi products. Since he was still a brand ambassador, he figured he might as well help promote them.

Meng Ziyi doesn't have any competing endorsements, so there's no conflict.

After finally buying everything, they started looking for a suitable location. The location was relatively easy to find; they could easily find out where they could set up a stall and where there were squares in the area by asking around.

But while searching, Zhou Le suddenly thought of something very important.

"Brother Chao, I have a great idea. Although our goal is to make money, we also need to guide everyone to do some meaningful and correct things."

So Zhou Le shared his idea, and Deng Chao's eyes lit up after hearing it.

"That's great! This is so meaningful! Let's do it your way!"

After they finished discussing it, they looked at the photographer and the assistant director who had been following them.

"Don't worry, we'll leave you in suspense here. The content we just covered will be cut out, and we'll release it when we officially start doing business."

Even so, after they arrived, they first went to the management office of the square to ask if they could set up a stall.

The other party was taken aback when they saw the large production crew arrive, thinking that something had happened and the local residents had exposed it and called reporters. But when they heard that they were going to film a program there, they thought about it and finally agreed.

However, the production team did not intend to broadcast the conversation, so after the other party agreed, they filmed a new segment.

Just state your purpose directly. Don't say you want to film a TV show; just say you want to set up a street stall and play a ring toss game.

Once you've finished speaking, the other party should simply agree.

Both Zhou Le and his group, as well as the management office staff, had experienced this before. So after they went through it again, the management office sent someone to mark out the business area.

Meanwhile, the staff will also help maintain order on site.

"Thank you for your hard work."

After thanking the other party, Zhou Le began to set out the items.

Valuable items are naturally placed at the back, while cheaper items are placed at the front.

"What about the autographed photo?"

Meng Ziyi asked the final question.

"Put it in the first row."

The three of them spoke at the same time.

In fact, in terms of market value, it wouldn't be unreasonable to put the autographed photos of the three in the last row.

The items are common, but once you sign your name on them, they become rare.

Autographed photos may not be of much use to some people, but for fans, spending thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan to buy an autographed photo of their favorite artist is not a bad deal.

After all, money can't buy what you like.

However, as I said before, they can't make that kind of guidance on the show now. Therefore, placing them in the first row is the most appropriate.

It's nothing more than getting a lucky draw and creating a buzz.

With their current status, they don't need to make money by selling autographed photos.

Of course, if it really comes to that, their autographed photos won't be worth much.

Ultimately, they priced it at 50 cents per ring.

For every fifty rings you fail to toss, you can receive a small gift as a reward. Three empty soda cans or five empty plastic beverage bottles can replace five yuan and you will receive five rings.

This is the minimum guarantee that Zhou Le prepared.

After all, while ring toss is a game, some people may still consider it gambling. However, if you add a charitable element to it, it changes.

At least it can be considered a contribution to the environment.

Once they were ready, they were quickly recognized; after all, the celebrity effect is still quite powerful.

The people who found them immediately came up to ask what they were doing. After learning that it was a ring toss game, they immediately realized that they must be recording a variety show.

Some people simply enjoy ring toss games, while others follow celebrities and feel that if their favorite artist is doing a small ring toss business on the street, they can support them by spending money and having some fun.

Since you can buy happiness for just a few dozen yuan, why not?

Others simply want to leave the country.

They only prepared one hundred rings in total, and could only sell one hundred at a time.

Soon, people started lining up to play the ring toss game.

Because there are many people and the number of rings is limited, each person can only buy a maximum of one hundred rings at a time. If you want to continue playing, you have to go to the back of the queue again and buy more.

This can also largely prevent people from spending money recklessly and causing negative consequences.

The first person to spend money was a man with his daughter.

He immediately spent fifty yuan to buy one hundred plastic rings.

The older brother was pretty good; he quickly won a few drinks with the rings, but after trying to win a few phones, he gave up and gave the rest to his daughter to play with.

The little girl took a fancy to a nightlight, but after trying to throw it several times, she couldn't catch it.

Seeing that this wasn't working, Zhou Le moved the lamp forward a bit. The little girl still couldn't catch it, so Zhou Le simply placed the lamp at the little girl's feet.

This thing only costs one or two yuan to buy. He thought it was okay to cheat adults, but there was no need to cheat children. The little girl threw it at her feet again. The plastic ring bounced up after landing. Zhou Le was quick-witted and kicked it, which made the plastic ring stick to the lamp.

"Wow, that's amazing! You actually managed to get this."

Several people immediately started praising him.

After that, they bought some other random trinkets, but all in all, although they lost some things, the total value of what they lost was only about ten yuan.

On the contrary, they earned more than thirty yuan from just those one hundred circles.

Among the people in line afterward, some were quite skilled, while others were less so, but none of them let them leave empty-handed.

Some people went out to collect water bottles after seeing the rules. Some collected them to use as coupons, while others collected a whole bagful, and it's unclear how many streets they went through.

Soon, they came across a couple. Although they were in line, they were also arguing. Zhou Le listened and realized that they had accidentally dropped their phone outside. The girl felt guilty, and the boy was trying to comfort her. However, the girl was already in a bad mood and wouldn't listen to his words of comfort. They quickly started arguing about it.

"So you have no idea what I'm thinking."

"Hello, how many laps do you plan to have?"

"Tell me what you're thinking. Of course I don't know if you don't tell me, and I don't dare to guess. I'm afraid you'll get even angrier if I guess. Okay, we want a hundred."

"Well, I'm not that kind of girl. I didn't say anything because I was worried you'd be upset... I've already paid the fifty yuan."

Zhou Le: "..."

"Okay, here are a hundred rings and a bucket. You can put any of them on the bucket."

He didn't know whether the two were really arguing or just having fun.

“I told you that staying home and watching TV and ordering takeout would be fine. Our salaries aren’t high to begin with, and my phone broke after just one trip. And this phone was a gift from you. I’ve never even touched it before, and it broke after just one drop today.”

The girl became more and more aggrieved as she spoke.

Finally, they simply poured the entire bucket of rings out.

With a whooshing sound, a hundred plastic rings flew out all at once, landing on the ground and beginning to bounce and roll in all directions.

Even though they were arguing and in a bad mood, they still had to take a look at the rings they threw out. The girl also felt a little regretful at that moment. It was a rare opportunity to meet a celebrity in real life. If she had thrown them out one by one, she could have stayed a little longer and talked to the artist. But now she had thrown them all out at once.

Her eyes searched the ground, while Zhou Le gasped.

"You...we've only been setting up for half an hour, and you've already taken our grand prize?"

On the phone placed at the farthest point, there was a green circle clearly visible.

"Oh, really? I got a phone?"

"Really, wow, you're so lucky, no, I should say you're so talented, sister."

Mencius praised it.

Deng Chao had already taken the phone.

“Since we’re setting up a stall, we can afford to play around. This phone is one of the biggest prizes here; we just bought it this afternoon for four thousand yuan.”

Zhou Le nodded: "Yes, this phone costs four thousand yuan, which is not bad, but compared to the one you broke, it's still much worse. After all, the meaning is different."

That broken phone probably holds many precious memories for you, and it's priceless to you. Now that you have this new phone, we hope it will cheer you up. After all, bad luck doesn't last forever; after bad luck comes good luck.

Cheer up! Take your phone to the shop later; they might be able to fix it, as long as the data is there and all the memories you shared are preserved.

Zhou Le's words dispelled their dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

"Thank you, thank you. We'll go find a shop in a bit and see if they can fix it."

The two thanked him repeatedly, but besides the cell phone, they also managed to get quite a few other trinkets, including a signed photo of Zhou Le.

"We'll cherish this when we get back."

"Haha, it's okay. Compared to everyone's happiness, autographed photos are the least valuable thing. We just didn't know what else to display, so we just got a few."

After watching the two leave, the crowd behind noticed the phone was missing and asked about it.

"Now that the grand prize is gone, aren't we who are next in line at a huge disadvantage?"

Zhou Le thought for a moment, then looked at a stall not far away that was selling soccer balls and basketballs.

"I'll buy a basketball and put it in that spot. If anyone manages to loop the basketball, I'll give you the whole stall." (End of Chapter)