Abstract Art Award Winner

As the old saying goes, a generous reward will surely bring forth brave men.

Although the prizes here might not be enough to make one rich or brave enough, several college students quickly arrived after Deng Chao, Zhou Le, and Meng Ziyi announced the new rules. They had genuinely picked up bottles to play the ring toss game.

Although the number is small, participation is the key.

When the college student came up, he intended to put the first loop on the earphone behind him, and the landing points were accurate, but the loop was very bouncy.

After it fell to the ground, before they could even cheer, it bounced up and landed squarely on the basketball.

They all found it somewhat unbelievable.

"Hey buddy, you opened it?"

Zhou Le was dumbfounded. The rules had only been out for a short time, and yet someone had already taken over the entire operation.

"Brilliant!"

Zhou Le and the others gave a thumbs up.

Those college students were ecstatic, and there was no point in trying to take any more bait, since the business was now theirs.

"Brother is awesome!"

"Don't worry, once you've got it, it's yours. We won't fight you for it, but you have to treat us to this meal later."

"Yeah, I hate it so much, bro!"

"Brother, don't be like that. We picked up the bottles together. You gave me your bottles, so we should split what's caught in the loop. I definitely won't keep it all for myself, don't worry. But now we have two choices."

The college student who was good at ring toss hesitated, but just as he finished speaking, his companion next to him shook his head imperceptibly, indicating that they needed to see what the celebrities had to say first.

If the other party is willing to accept the loss, then it's not too late to think about the rest. If the other party cheats, there's definitely nothing you can do, but in that case, you'll have to find a way to get some compensation.

At this moment, Deng Chao and Zhou Le walked over.

"Congratulations on winning the grand prize of this event. This booth is now yours, meaning everything inside belongs to you."

Deng Chao can take a joke; at worst, he'll just lose the game on the show.

At least, this kind of program effect is something that Chen He and his team could never produce.

When recording variety shows, winning or losing is also part of the show's effect.

"They really gave it to us?"

"Of course we keep our word. We tried for ages to catch that basketball, but you were able to catch it right away, which shows that you guys are skilled. So, whatever happens, happens."

Hearing this, the three college students finally felt relieved; it was good that the other person was willing to follow the rules.

The leader thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Chao and Brother Le, are you guys still filming a variety show?"

"Yeah, I was planning to play for another hour or two, but now I have to think of other ways to make money. Luckily, I still managed to collect so many beverage bottles."

The other two college students also understood the leader's idea.

"Hey Chao Ge, Le Ge, and Meng Jie, how about you guys continue filming here? We can cut it out later or whatever, it's fine if we don't appear on camera. Anyway, I didn't expect to get the basketball caught in the shot, and I feel a little bad for causing you trouble."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Le turned to look at Deng Chao, and he saw surprise in Deng Chao's eyes.

That's a very well said statement.

If a more open-minded person were in charge, they would never allow these students to suffer any loss, no matter what.

"Then why don't we stay?"

Meng Ziyi suggested.

“I think it’s a good idea. We still need to find places to make money when we go out, but the flow of people here has already gathered.”

"Then let's just work for them. It's all about making money anyway, so there's no difference. In business, there are gains and losses. We've already cleared out the whole business, so it can't get any worse. We'll make money no matter what."

"That makes perfect sense." Deng Chao slapped his thigh.

In the end, they all decided to stay and work for the three college students.

"Brother Chao, how about we split the profits 50/50?"

Deng Chao glanced at Zhou Le, who smiled and said it was fine with anything.

"No need, just give us whatever you want. After all, the stall belongs to you, we're just employees."

"That's different. Everyone is here to play ring toss because of you guys. Without you, there definitely wouldn't be so many people here. So let's split it 50/50, or we can take 30% and you can take 70%, because either way we'll make a profit."

"Then let's split it in half."

Zhou Le finally made a decision.

After that, there were no more grand prizes, but the players were very enthusiastic. In the next two hours, they had already recovered their investment with just the 50% commission and their previous earnings, and even made a lot of money afterwards.

After they had covered most of the remaining items, they prepared to pack up and leave.

At this time, Chen He and others came over to find out what was going on. They learned that the big prize they had prepared had been won shortly after it was brought up, so they prepared a new prize with an extremely high difficulty level. However, within five minutes, the stall was taken by someone else.

Chen He, Lu Han, and the others burst into laughter.

"Please wait a moment, we still need to divide the accounts."

By this time, the college students had already calculated their earnings. They had just earned eight thousand yuan, two-thirds of which came from ring toss, but the remaining one-third came from someone directly scanning a QR code and transferring money.

They don't play games or show their faces; they scan the QR code and leave, or they buy a 50-yuan ring and scan a 100 or 200-yuan one directly.

They're just rich and can do whatever they want.

“We’ve already calculated it. Although it’s a total of 8,000 yuan, a lot of it was transferred directly by them. We’ve also calculated that this part is about 2,000 yuan.”

So, if we include this part, Brother Le, I'll transfer you five thousand yuan later, and I'll keep the rest.

"No need, just give us 4,000 each, and you can keep the rest."

"No, that money was given to you by everyone, we can't accept it."

Zhou Le couldn't help but admire how capable these college students were.

"Okay, let's add each other on WeChat."

As soon as they finished speaking, Zhou Le added the other party on WeChat, and the other party immediately transferred five thousand yuan to him.

Zhou Le then immediately divided the profits equally among himself, the three of them, after deducting costs from the money and their previous earnings.

"Thank you all for tonight. I'll treat you to dinner sometime."

The group was secretly pleased to hear this. Although Zhou Le had a reputation for being a freeloader, he generally kept his word.

"Okay, thanks, Brother Le!"

Zhou Le accepted the 5,000 yuan, but then immediately transferred another 5,000 yuan back to the other party via WeChat.

"It's just a TV show, and they've been so considerate. I can't just accept it like that. No need, Brother Le."

"It's alright, just accept it. We were recording a show just now, so there were some things I couldn't say or do. But let's keep things separate. You're all still in school, so you can use this money as living expenses, buy your girlfriends gifts, or go out for meals. Just accept it."

"Thank you so much, Brother Le. We'll treat you to a meal when you have time."

"It's easy to talk about."

That evening, after seeing the college students off, the group went to sell the scrap they had collected.

Finally, during their meal, they discussed donating the money they earned that day, since appearing on TV shows and doing charity work could indeed set a good example.

"Yes, you are completely free to use this money as you please. The production team will not interfere."

Zhou Le waved his hand: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that if we donate this money, we won't have any money for the next meal. Shouldn't the production team do something to help us out? After all, we're doing a good deed."

The director thought for a moment and said, "Then whatever amount you donate, the production team will donate the same amount."

"Hmm, not bad, I admire you guys, but that's only one aspect. The main thing is our food. We earned this money today, so the production team should give us a reward, right?"

Zhou Le's original intention was to have the production team reimburse him, but of course, it would be even better if he were willing to donate as well.

The director, sitting across from him, thought for a moment and said, "A one-to-one reimbursement is definitely not feasible. How about this: we'll compensate you 10% of the amount you donated."

"Only 10%? Isn't that a bit stingy?"

"It's alright. After all, isn't that the point of making money? To help those who need help, without expecting anything in return. The 10% from the production team is just to encourage and reward your actions. How about this: the production team will reimburse you 10% of the amount you donated this time, but you will donate ten times that amount."

That one sentence shut them all up.

Since the show's director has already said so, what's there to haggle over? To say anything more would just make me seem ignorant.

"Okay, it's a deal!"

So they calculated the money, finally pooled all the money together, and donated it.

They donated a total of over 20,000 yuan.

This means the production team will donate over 200,000 yuan and then reimburse them over 2,000 yuan.

"Okay, we've finally achieved our goal. I don't care how much money we make, as long as we can eat our fill. But seeing the production team spend money makes me feel great."

Although this wasn't their initial intention, and this part of the dialogue wasn't in the script, they had no choice but to say it this way now that things had come to this.

That evening, after dinner, everyone else went to bed early, while Zhou Le chatted with the production team and asked the college students if they were willing to come out.

The college students naturally said no problem.

"Then I'll go have a late-night snack with them tonight, and then play around for a bit before coming back later. Anyway, after today, these two episodes of the variety show will be over, which will last for half a month. I'll come back to film when the crew has a break next time."

The director had no objection, but he still arranged a car for Zhou Le.

After having a late-night snack with the three college students, we went to a karaoke bar nearby and sang for a while.

Of course, Zhou Le paid for the meal, while the three college students paid for the karaoke.

They originally wanted to find a more expensive one, but Zhou Le stopped them.

"We're all on the same side, why spend that money? It doesn't matter where we sing, as long as we have a microphone."

Finally, they found a group-buying deal online: 39.9 yuan for six bottles of beer and three hours of karaoke.

Zhou Le never drank in these places, so he just brought his thermos and watched the college students drink.

Finally, they took another photo with Zhou Le.

"Brothers, although we met by chance this time, let's not talk about the variety show. After all, the show hasn't aired yet. You can talk about it after it airs, otherwise I might be in a bit of a predicament."

"Don't worry, Brother Le, the three of us will keep it a secret. We won't even tell them if our own mothers ask."

So Zhou Le had the driver take the three college students back to their accommodations before he went back to pack his things.

After the recording ended that day, Zhou Le had to leave.

Next, they need to go to Guangzhou.

The reason is that Honor of Kings wants to create a couple skin based on Zhou Le and Nazha, and they need to shoot a set of commercials.

This business deal was initially taken over by Naza's team. During the conversation, Naza mentioned that one of the girls in the promotion and publicity department was the girlfriend of a guy from the illustration team.

Both of them are fans of the Zhou Le and Gulnazar couple, so after communicating privately, they suggested that they release a couple skin.

After submitting my feedback, the director was very impressed.

Then, after talking to Nazha, she immediately agreed, which led to the two of them coming to film the commercial.

"This is considered publicly funded celebrity worship."

"Yes, but that's quite normal. Many people do that. When other companies look for endorsements, they often choose their favorite artists."

And that's not all. I remember once the artist asked for eight million or ten million, and the fan immediately said that he could add more.

They simply raised their own prices.

"That's pretty impressive. Luckily, we're in this field. But I'll have to talk to them later. Even if we're looking for endorsements, the higher-ups should handle the negotiations themselves. We can't let the lower-ups abuse their power for personal gain."

This kind of news might sound funny, but it would be really unpleasant if it happened to you.

After picking Zhou Le up at the airport, Nazha and Zhou Le chatted all the way.

"By the way, have you eaten?"

"I did have some breakfast on the plane."

"Do you get enough to eat on the plane?"

"I can, but I specifically saved some room in my stomach."

Naza glared at Zhou Le: "Well, at least you know how to give me some space, huh? Come on, let's go have some morning tea. Guangzhou's morning tea is quite famous."

"Just leave."

However, since they were going to meet with the company and start filming today, they didn't have morning tea like the locals do, which lasts until noon.

Zhou Le ate about seven or eight rounds and was quite full.

Although I need to recover my physical condition now, I still can't eat too much, otherwise this number will at least double.

“I’ve already made all the arrangements. We’ll go to their place to prepare for filming the commercial, and then we’ll film it all in one go. After that, we’ll go back and rest.”

Zhou Le nodded as he listened to Nazha's arrangements.

"Then what?"

"And then? Then it was just a period of rest." (End of Chapter)