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

Chapter 108: Chapter 105: It’s great to be young, fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow! Chapter 108: Chapter 105: It’s great to be young, fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow! Wan Chen turned on his phone that had just been charged and entered Chen Xixi’s livestream. Through the barrage of comments in the livestream, Wan Chen found out Chen Xixi’s exact location.
He unplugged the charger and stuffed it into his pocket, “I’m off first, you guys charge slowly.”
Charging opportunities come and go, but activity waits for no one.
Moreover, as far as he knew, there were plenty of burger shops at the center of the commercial street, and he could go there to charge his phone after the event.
Seeing Wan Chen dragging his suitcase away, Han Qianyi also hurriedly dragged her suitcase to follow.
Two hundred yuan in shopping vouchers, that’s a pretty hefty sum!
“Hey you guys!!!” Zheng He called after them, but they acted as if they heard nothing at all, not even turning their heads back once.
Zheng He felt a sharp chill in his heart!
He only brought them out to charge their phones for nothing!
Zheng He also quickly packed up the charger and dragged his suitcase to follow.
The bustling central square of the commercial street.
In front of a Trade Building, a stage was set up, and the host invited by the brand was explaining the products under the scorching midday sun, while a row of people lay underneath the stage.
Chen Xixi and Jin Cheng were among the people lying there.
This bizarre ‘playing dead’ activity attracted many passersby to stop and wonder what kind of crazy ritual they were performing.
[Young people are great, they can fall asleep anywhere!]
[It’s only Chen Xixi and Jin Cheng who are young, right? The other participants seem to be quite old. Did they fall asleep while listening to the host explain the products?]
[Holy crap! What are they doing lying there so still?]
[A brand is holding an event, and as long as contestants can lie on the ground for three hours without significant movements, the brand will gift them a shopping voucher worth two hundred yuan.]
[Damn! There’s such a good deal? Isn’t it just lying down motionless for three hours? I can do that too! Send me the location, I’ll be right there!]
[Let me tell you, this event may seem simple but it’s not easy at all. It’s really hard to stay immobile for three hours. If you accidentally fall asleep and turn over, then it’s all over for you.]
[What’s the point of the mall organizing such an event? It doesn’t seem to help promote the product, right?]
[How can you say it doesn’t help? It’s a marketing trick. Do you see the host standing on the stage talking about the products? They hold this bizarre event just to draw the attention of passersby. It seems like they’re holding an event, but in fact, they’re attracting people to listen to their product pitches.]
[That’s right, absolutely! The rule of this event is to not move for three hours. If curious passersby decide to stand by and observe to see who breaks the rules or who wins, it means they’ll have to listen to three hours of product presentation, and in the process, they might become interested in the product.]
[The brand is really good at marketing! But the key thing I want to know is whether Chen Xixi can last until the end or not.]
[I definitely can’t do it myself; if I lie down and don’t sleep, and can’t play with my phone, I’ll get restless and want to scratch an itch in no time. If I fall asleep, then I’m sure to turn over!]
While netizens were engaged in a heated discussion, two passersby who were standing by and supervising shouted, “Host, someone just scratched their head!”
A woman in her forties was eliminated and left the stage regretfully.
[Eliminated so quickly, though to be fair, the events that Chen Xixi participates in are always full of old men and ladies! Hahaha!]
[I really admire Chen Xixi; if it were me, I would be too embarrassed to participate in such an event, for fear of running into someone I know!]
[I would feel the same. Even though I’d like the two hundred yuan shopping voucher, I always feel that lying on the ground for it would lead to mockery and disdain from others.]
[Me too! I guess it’s only the older folks who dare to participate in these kinds of events. Young people really can’t do it, of course, Chen Xixi is an exception. But I’m quite surprised that Jin Cheng is willing to lie here.]
[What’s so surprising about that? When he was begging before, he already lay down in the night market on the main road, so what’s the big deal with lying here!]
And indeed, Jin Cheng thought so too; he really had no bottom line anymore.
They’ve worn low-grade character boots and eaten leftovers; they’ve even asked for rice—what is there left to fear?
All they feel now is an incredible strength coming from within!
Wait till the show’s over, then they’ll let their family see just how strong they’ve become!
When Zheng He and his group arrived at the plaza of the Trade Building where the event was happening, the original eleven people lying on the ground were now down to five who were still holding on.
Chen Xixi and Jin Cheng were among them.
Zheng He looked up at the host on stage and asked: “Can we still join in?”
Holding an electric rice cooker he was about to present, the host heard Zheng He’s question and, smiling, replied: “Of course, go over there to register first, someone will time you.”
Zheng He and the others followed the direction indicated by the host and went over. They filled in their personal information as arranged by the staff, and then handed over their suitcases to the staff for safekeeping.
The staff placed their luggage to one side, “Just find a spot under the stage and lie down.”
Zheng He didn’t leave right away. He stared at his suitcase and said with worry: “You aren’t going to run off with our things, are you?”
The staff member laughed speechlessly: “Of course not, rest assured!”
Han Qianyi wanted a two hundred yuan shopping card but didn’t want to lie on the ground and be gawked at by passers-by.
More importantly, lying on the ground was really humiliating, and as a future Oscar-winning actress, how could she do such a disgraceful thing!
As for that last time when she lay on the roadside begging, it was purely because she was really out of money, that’s why she did such an embarrassing thing.
But now, she wasn’t at her wit’s end yet, so did she really have to throw away her face today?
She hesitated, waging a mental struggle within herself.
At the same time, she walked slowly to where Chen Xixi was lying.
She looked down several times at Xixi, who was lying down with a peaceful expression, so peaceful as if she wasn’t breathing…
If Xixi can do it, what’s stopping her!
If her hesitation continues, and Xixi takes away the title of being the most popular, then her only chance of signing with Nanxing Entertainment will slip away.
Without signing, how could she become an Oscar-winning actress!
Han Qianyi gritted her teeth, steeled her heart, and lay down next to Chen Xixi.
[Ha ha ha, Zheng He has been scared by the traps, so he’s grown more cautious, hasn’t he?]
[Definitely! After being tricked so many times, of course, he would become more vigilant!]
[Chen Xixi and Jin Cheng can actually lie still for so long, they made it until now, impressive!]
[Ha ha ha! Those two have already outlasted several groups of old men and women!]
Lying down is easy, but staying utterly still is really hard.
However, it seems that Zheng He and his group haven’t realized the difficulty of this issue yet.
From the moment Zheng He lay down, he thought this task was way too easy!
But after five minutes, Zheng He finally realized how hard it was.
No cushions, just lying directly on the hard, rumbly marble, both hard and uncomfortable.
Occasionally, a fly would land on them, making them unbearably itchy.
Want to turn over, want to scratch an itch, want to yawn, want to sneeze, what to do, what to do?
No, he must endure!