This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 262 I'm not going to Shenzhen. This isn't a place to check off my list of places; it's a place to work.

In fact, Lu Ran could have easily avoided asking Shen Qingyi and had the employees of Burning Studio do it.

But yesterday, Shen Qingyi sent him a message, wanting to feel more involved.

Lu Ran went out to fight on the battlefield and conquered all, while Shen Qingyi sat alone in the company office, feeling lonely and isolated.

Now that the Lingnan cultural tour has progressed to this point, everyone is already proficient in their work, and there is absolutely no need to use Shen Qingyi.

Aside from helping prepare for "Soldiers Sortie" and "Day and Night," Shen Qingyi only had a few things left to do at the company.

The Lingnan Culture Tour is so popular now, but Shen Qingyi didn't contribute much to it.

In fact, it wasn't just Shen Qingyi who felt this way.

Even the employees at Burning Studio think so.

What kind of support?

The entire company has been dragged down by Director Lu!
Everyone just needs to do their job well; the boss, Lu Ran, has to worry about a lot more.

Shen Qingyi was quite happy after receiving the news.

She is quite accomplished at a young age, having managed a company to this day and even discovered an outstanding artist like Lu Ran.

But her achievements are nothing compared to Lu Ran's.

We have to do something!

Otherwise, she, as the boss, would almost be sidelined.

"How to investigate?"

"Let's go eat out and check out the restaurant's hygiene and service..."

Lu Ran mentioned several aspects.

These are all based on quantifiable standards.

After finishing speaking, Lu Ran sent the information about Qincheng Xiaochu to Shen Qingyi.

There's only one individual business owner, and it happens to be in Qincheng, so we can conduct an on-site inspection.

Of the remaining brands, we will only select from domestic brands, focusing on quality and reputation, regardless of brand size.

Even small brands can be selected as long as they are worth promoting.

After the first round of screening, Lu Ran handed over the list of sponsors he had selected to Li Quan, who was then responsible for the subsequent review.

Shen Qingyi showed no surprise when she saw that the information indicated it was a restaurant, and a small one at that.

"As expected of Lu Ran's idea, it's really unique. Let's go there for a meal today."

At noon, Shen Qingyi and her assistant Chang Na traveled together to Qincheng Xiaochu.

This restaurant is located on a street.

It was lunchtime, and there were only three or four people in the restaurant.

Compared to the overall size of the store, there are relatively few customers.

After Shen Qingyi and Chang Na entered, Hao Chun came up to greet them, showing great enthusiasm.

"Here's the menu, see what you'd like to eat."

Shen Qingyi took the menu and glanced at the prices.

The prices here are very cheap, so it's not a problem for office workers to have a simple lunch like a rice bowl here.

Chang Na observed the hotel environment, memorizing everything she saw.

When the two wanted to order more after ordering three dishes, Hao Chun said, "These three dishes are enough. We definitely can't finish any more."

"Then we won't order."

Afterwards, Shen Qingyi and Chang Na took another opportunity to chat with Hao Chun and check on the kitchen.

Shen Qingyi was quite satisfied with the restaurant's performance.

It meets all of Land Rover's requirements for sponsors.

After returning to the company, Shen Qingyi told Lu Ran what she had seen and heard.

"Well, we're pretty lucky, so let's choose this restaurant."

Lu Ran's move was originally just a gamble, but he didn't expect to actually find a small restaurant that met his criteria.

In fact, there are many, many more small restaurants like this across the country.

Just like his journey through Lingnan culture, he was mainly there for the food. He rarely went to the larger restaurants, but mostly visited small ones.

This has inadvertently brought a lot of traffic to these small shops.

Lu Ran's abilities are limited and he can't help much, but he'll help in whatever way he can.

In the afternoon, the staff of Burning Studio contacted Xiong Jie.

The store was still mostly empty, and Xiong Jie was watching Lu Ran's live stream on his phone.

When the phone rang, Xiong Jie answered it.

"Yes, I am."

Hao Chun, who was standing to the side, looked over in confusion.

"Okay, okay, um, okay."

Xiong Jie's expression went from initial confusion to shock, and then his face was filled with uncontrollable joy.

This left Hao Chun completely bewildered.

After Xiong Jie hung up the phone, Hao Chun asked, "What's got you so happy?"

Xiong Jie chuckled: "We got selected! We're one of the four advertising slots for Lu Ran's grand finale. Guess how much the sponsorship fee is?"

"How many?"

"Only five thousand yuan!" Xiong Jie was very excited.

This level of exposure, which can be obtained for five thousand yuan, is no different from winning the lottery.

"I'll sign the contract now and then transfer the money."

Hao Chun immediately became alert and stopped Xiong Jie.

"Have you been scammed? Lu Ran isn't stupid, why would he choose you? Is he after your five thousand yuan sponsorship fee?"

As a member of the public who has received extensive anti-fraud education, Hao Chun is very vigilant in this regard.

Why exactly five thousand yuan? This is like a windfall.

Common tricks used by scammers!
Xiong Jie also felt that something was wrong.

"Yes, it could very well be a scam."

It all came so easily that he couldn't believe it.

He was just overwhelmed with joy after receiving a call from Burning Studio.

"Don't even think about it, how could such a thing possibly happen to you?"

Hao Chun didn't even bother to verify the situation. There was absolutely no need; this was a scam!

"I don't care anymore."

Xiong Jie decided to ignore it, neither signing a contract nor sending money, and continued watching Lu Ran's live stream on Douyin.

At this moment, the employees of the Burning Studio were waiting for Xiong Jie to sign the electronic contract.

After waiting for a while, there was still no sign of the contract being signed.

The employee called Xiong Jie again.

As soon as the call connected, Xiong Jie said, "Don't call me anymore. You're not going to fool me."

Now it was the employees of the Combustion Studio who were worried.

"We are not scammers, we really are Burning Studio."

"That's what scammers always say. Don't call me anymore. I won't fall for it unless you get Lu Ran to tell me himself."

Xiong Jie hung up the phone immediately.

"Information leaks are rampant these days. I just sent an email to Burning Studio yesterday, and the information was leaked today. Could it be that an employee of Burning Studio sold the information?"

Hao Chun nodded: "That's hard to say."

At that moment, in the Burning Studio office, the employee who had just put down his phone was caught off guard.

I was mistaken for a fraudster!

After remaining silent for a while, he reported it to Li Quan.

Li Quan quickly informed Lu Ran of the situation.

Lu Ran didn't know what to say for a moment.

Being vigilant is a good thing, but you're being overly vigilant.

"What should we do?" Li Quan asked.

"It's okay, let Xiong Jie watch the live stream."

Lu Ran made some arrangements.

Soon, Xiong Jie received another call from an employee of the Burning Studio.

"Why are you still hitting me?"

"Mr. Xiong, I'm sorry, could you please go to Lu Ran's live stream on Douyin right now? Our boss said he'll talk to you personally."

"I'm in the live stream right now, so what?"

Xiong Jie switched his phone screen to Lu Ran's Douyin live stream.

Lu Ran and the others are currently at the beach.

Hao Chun also looked over curiously.

A few seconds later, in the live stream, Lu Ran said to the camera, "Mr. Xiong Jie, the person who contacted you is indeed an employee of our Burning Studio, not a scammer."

Upon hearing this, Xiong Jie's eyes widened in surprise.

Wow, scammers are so clever these days!
Even live streams on Douyin (TikTok) can be faked!
But then I thought, wait a minute.

This is Lu Ran's live stream room; he's been watching it the whole time.

Lu Ran repeated, "Mr. Xiong, you really are not a liar."

On the live chat, netizens were already asking who Mr. Bear was.

Xiong Jie silently left the live stream and said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Are you really Burning Studio?"

"Yes."

Upon receiving this reply, Xiong Jie felt as if he were dreaming.

He really got selected!
After the contract was signed and the payment was made, the employee of Burning Studio reminded him, "Mr. Xiong, you can prepare for the next few days. Business will definitely be better than before in the short term."

Xiong Jie then snapped out of his blissful reverie.

broken!

If the store gets too full of customers, he and his wife won't be able to handle it all by themselves.

We need to find more people.

Meanwhile, Li Quan quickly reported the situation to Lu Ran.

By the next day, the candidates for the remaining three advertising slots had all been finalized.

Lu Ran's pace of travel in Lingnan accelerated further.

In just a few days, the number of tourists visiting Guangdong Province has increased significantly, thanks to Lu Ran's efforts.

During the live stream alone, clips of Lu Ran's live stream were widely circulated by marketing accounts and went viral across the internet.

"The roast goose here is quite delicious, but I think you are being disrespectful to the goose when you roast it. I have a suggestion: before roasting the goose, you can take it to the condiments and let it choose its own condiments. Use whatever condiments it chooses to roast it."

"Kidney Bro was in a lot of pain. All along the way, everyone kept calling me handsome and calling him a jerk."

"I'm not going to Shenzhen. This isn't a place for taking photos; it's a place for working."

Netizens couldn't hold back their reactions after seeing these messages.

"The people in the Lu Hall are quite nice; they really respect geese."

"Kidney Bro's biggest loss in life is his looks!"

"Who says you can't check in in Shenzhen? Shenzhen is really strict about checking in; they even deduct money if you don't!"

As the live streams continued day by day, the time quickly came to the last day.

After the morning live stream ended, Lu Ran and the other three started preparing their performance pieces for the evening.

All four of them will be performing tonight.

At the hotel in Hong Kong, Lu Ran also met the children of the Sunshine Choir.

The group of children arrived in Hong Kong under the escort of Principal Sun Shengqiang and three teachers.

After initially deciding to undertake the Lingnan cultural tour, Lu Ran also informed the children of the Sunshine Choir.

There was a song that he couldn't sing properly, so the children had to sing it in their own voices.

In just the last few days at school, the children in the choir have practiced this song until they know it by heart.

The time soon arrived in the afternoon.

A large number of bloggers online are already posting about tonight's performance.

"I've arrived in Hong Kong. As you can see, this is the stage where Lu Ran and his team will be performing tonight. The environment is quite nice. I'll share my impressions of the performance with you tonight."

"This final performance is on a larger scale than the previous ones. The hand-shaking technique has already been implemented, so there's no need to worry about the effect on stage. I'm looking forward to Lu Ran's performance tonight."

Besides these bloggers coming to Hong Kong on their own initiative, "The Voice" also began its final promotional activities.

(End of this chapter)