I’ve Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show

Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Chen Xixi’s First Step in Saving Money: Scamming Freebies Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Chen Xixi’s First Step in Saving Money: Scamming Freebies “#Survive for a month with just five hundred yuan, and the person who saves the most money by the end wins five million prize money. Would you be willing to participate in such a show?#”
[(Looking up to the sky and howling) Count! Me! In!!]
[Is there such a good thing really? I feel like I could give it a try too!]
[I can give the production team five hundred yuan, can you give me a chance to participate in the show?]
[Surviving a month on five hundred yuan doesn’t sound hard, but the key is to see who can save the most money after a month, which is kind of difficult.]
[What’s so difficult about that? One can start a business, or work in a factory that provides food and accommodation for a month, doesn’t that perfectly solve the problem?]
On Weibo, this bizarre topic quickly soared to the top of the trend list, sparking excessive attention and discussion among netizens.
Inside the rental house.
Chen Xixi clicked into the relevant topic and, being the smart girl that she is, immediately found an official account of a show called “Money Saving Battle” displaying the rules, which were indeed just as the topic described.
Survive a month with just five hundred yuan, and the guest who saves the most money by the end wins a grand prize of five million yuan provided by the sponsors.
Isn’t this just a competition of who can be the stingiest?
Without any hesitation, Chen Xixi clicked the signup button and soon, she received a private message from the official account.
『Money Saving Battle Official: May I ask about your current financial situation?』
『Chen Xixi: What requirements does your program have?』
『Money Saving Battle Official: We are currently looking for someone with a slightly poorer economic condition, the poorer the better.』
『Chen Xixi: Listen carefully.』
『Money Saving Battle Official: ?』
『Chen Xixi: Can you hear the jingling sound of poverty from my last eight generations of ancestors? [Pitiful.jpg]』
『Money Saving Battle Official: [Pat on the head] A staff member from the show will come to verify your family situation in the next few days, please stay in contact.』
『Chen Xixi: Okay, thank you.』
『Money Saving Battle Official: No problem dear～』
She just so happened to be free next, so why not sign up and give it a try, what if Lady Luck was smiling on her and let her succeed? What if the wealth from the skies suddenly rained down on her, a quiet and honest little girl like her?
It’s all uncertain.
Besides, we’re talking about five million here—it’s the closest she’s ever been to five million in her life. How many chances does one get in a lifetime to get such a large amount of money? It’d be false to say she’s not tempted.
So this time, she must try her hardest to succeed, to successfully scrimp and save five million!
…
One month later.
After sufficient topic warm-up, a brand new live-streaming variety show “Money Saving Battle” aired.
“Hello everyone, I am the host of “Money Saving Battle,” Qian Yue.”
A man wearing a white shirt, looking refined and well-mannered, smiled and walked in front of the camera to introduce himself.
“Let me introduce the game rules for our variety show.”
“This program has invited five guests. The production team will provide each of the five guests with five hundred yuan as a living allowance for the month. After a month, the person who has the most money remaining will win the five million prize money provided by our sponsors!”
“But during this one month, the guests cannot take on any jobs, borrow money, or accept any help from their own relatives, friends, or any acquaintances.
For example, receiving private transfers from relatives and friends or being treated to meals and any other actions that could help the guests win are all considered cheating. Once discovered, the player will be immediately disqualified from the game!”
“Welcome net citizens to supervise and report at any moment. Successful informers will be rewarded with five thousand yuan cash by the show!”
[Damn! I thought it was a joke, didn’t expect you to actually be serious!]
[Could this be scripted? Did they hire a bunch of actors to perform for us?]
[Not allowing them to work, they really have to live on five hundred yuan for a month, and the key is to save money from that, your show crew really knows how to play.]
[Five hundred yuan, that means only around ten yuan a day for living expenses, what can you do with ten yuan these days? Not even enough to buy groceries, and they still have to save money. Are they forcing the guests to beg with a broken bowl at the train station?]
[Depends on where they live. If it’s a county town, ten yuan might be enough to buy groceries, homegrown vegetables in a big market can be quite cheap, but in the city, that might be a bit difficult.]
[Isn’t it easy? Buy two boxes of instant noodles wholesale, stay home and don’t go out for a month.]
[The person above, you are thinking too simply. Eating instant noodles for a month, that would make you vomit!]
[I’m already looking forward to their month of begging life ahead.]
Qian Yue formally finished introducing the game show rules, then immediately switched to an excited expression: “Besides the five million prize money, there is also a popularity award. Starting from now, netizens can begin voting for their favorite guest.
Each person has only one voting opportunity per day. At the end of the show, the guest with the highest number of popularity votes will win a contract with Nanxing Entertainment!”
[Oh my! Nanxing Entertainment! Isn’t that the company with lots of top celebrities? If they manage to sign a contract, won’t they be guaranteed to become famous?]
[Even if you don’t win the five million, it’s still a great job, totally worth it!]
[It would be interesting if the same person gets both the five million and the great job.]
Qian Yue: “Without further ado, let’s move the camera to our guests’ dormitory and take a look at what preparations the five guests are making for their upcoming Money Saving plan!”
The dormitory is a three-story building provided by the show crew. The night before the guests moved in, all valuable and cashable belongings were confiscated by the show crew.
Their mobile phones were also replaced with ones provided by the show, which contained nothing but the contact details of the show staff.
As dawn was just breaking, some movement began in a room at the far end of the third floor.
[I thought they would just sleep all day to reduce consumption and eat less, didn’t expect someone to be up this early?]
[She’s out, and she looks like a beauty?]
[It’s not even bright yet, where is she heading? Can’t be going for a morning run, right? Isn’t this behavior foolish? Shouldn’t they conserve their energy and spend less money by eating less?]
[Oh no, I can’t stand this, too dumb! Better let me participate! I could lie down for 48 hours without eating or spending a dime!]
[What’s with the self-discipline at this time? You’re not a celebrity, why keep up the idol pretense? This girl should go to a talent show. It’s a waste for her to be on this show!]
[I’m so angry I’m getting mastitis, not watching anymore!]
Chen Xixi moved lightly downstairs, relying on memory to exit the dorm building, and then started jogging slowly on the empty street.
The guests recording the show cannot see the bullet chats, so Chen Xixi is unaware that the netizens are currently worrying for her, calling her foolish in the live chat.
After she ran for about ten minutes, the netizens also scolded her for about the same duration.
Finally, she stopped in front of a pharmacy.
As she pulled out a list from her pocket, the netizens became restless!