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

The hot spring inn owner was leisurely enjoying his tea in the office when the panicked receptionist hurried upstairs. “Boss, down in the public hot spring area, two people are arguing because they suspect each other of peeing in the pool!”
The owner of the hot springs took a slow sip of tea, then frowned slightly, “Find Manager Li for this sort of thing, why come to me?”
“Manager Li hasn’t returned since she left this morning.”
“Where did she go?”
The receptionist looked at the boss, trembling as she spoke, “She… she… she…”
The owner glanced at her impatiently, “What happened to her?”
“She seems to have gone to Taihua Hotel to become a manager…”
“!!!” The owner slammed his teacup onto the saucer, shouting angrily, “Who allowed her to go!”
“She said you did.”
“When did I ever tell her to go manage Taihua Hotel!”
“She mentioned that if Chen Xixi can’t be persuaded to return, then she shouldn’t come back either.”
The hot spring owner was so infuriated he felt like exploding.
He had asked her to go to Taihua Hotel to bring Chen Xixi back, but instead, she became the hotel manager!
No good! He needed to take some medicine!
His manager, his business, it’s all ruined!
…
After Manager Li left, Chen Xixi returned to her room, with nothing to do, she started browsing on her phone.
If Zheng He actually donated only five thousand yuan, that would be troublesome.
And there’s still an unexposed dangerous element.
Naturally, that dangerous element is Wan Chen. What he’s up to coming on the show, she can’t figure out.
He doesn’t seem to be here for the five million, nor to sign with Nanxing Entertainment, but rather like some fringe character just hanging around.
Such people need to be watched carefully. When people like this play unexpected tricks, they can catch you off-guard.
Now, she needed to start focusing on making money.
While her gaze was searching for business opportunities on various apps, suddenly she saw a trending search term notification appear at the top of her screen.
What caught her attention was that it included her name.
#ChenXixiNewGenerationEnvironmentalAmbassador#
#Shocking! Zhongjing Group’s CEO and Popular Male Singer Actually Did THIS After Concert Ends!#
Chen Xixi: ???
When did she get this title?
And what exactly did the Zhongjing Group’s CEO and the popular male singer do after the concert?
Chen Xixi clicked out of curiosity to take a look.
It turns out her bottle-picking incident from last night was unknowingly photographed and uploaded online.
There was also a photo of the CEO of Zhongjing Group and the popular male singer standing together and talking, each holding a woven bag.
Because it was rather late and the photo was a bit blurry, it was not difficult to recognize Zhou Jinyuan and Jiang Xingze’s faces.
The comments below were all drooling.
“Ah! These two handsome guys holding woven bags somehow make it look like they’re carrying high-end luxury limited edition bags.”
“Indeed, people who are attractive and exude good aura, even when holding a woven bag, still look handsome!”
“I can’t even imagine, if these two were my husbands, how cheerful a little girl I would be!”
Chen Xixi didn’t pay attention to how handsome those two were; she went back to her own news to see what was going on.
The results were shocking to her—good lord, netizens had mythologized her, dubbing her the new generation’s environmental youth leader, inspiring Zhongjing Group’s CEO and the popular male singer to join in on environmental work…
“…”
Folks were getting a bit ridiculous.
Did they completely ignore what she had said about selling things to make money?
She knew her fans loved her, but there was no need for such a heavy filter.
She just wanted to make some extra Money!
Chen Xixi scrolled through the hot searches and then took another round under the hashtag for “Money Saving Battle”.
Usually, fans would also share their own money-saving tips under this topic.
So Chen Xixi’s browse wasn’t in vain – she did learn quite a lot.
Many of her money-saving tricks were picked up through similar channels; otherwise, how could she possibly know about every deal out there? She’s not omniscient.
As Chen Xixi was scrolling, she saw a promotional poster issued by the show’s crew.
She thought to herself, boy oh boy, this is how they’re advertising us on the outside!
Before the show, everyone had exquisite makeup, and saying they looked like stars in an idol drama wasn’t an exaggeration.
After the show, well… apart from still looking human, there wasn’t much left to compliment…
Were they really doing that poorly?
Chen Xixi looked down at herself and felt it wasn’t too bad. She wasn’t in such a sorry state.
Just as she was about to leave and continue looking for business opportunities, Qian Yue knocked on the door.
Qian Yue, with a sly smile on his face, said, “Pack up, we’re about to change locations for the shooting.”
Chen Xixi: “…..”
Kudos to the show’s producers – she had just settled in for one day.
It seemed they didn’t want her to get too comfortable.
Luckily, she had washed all her dirty clothes using the hotel’s washing machine the night before.
Before leaving, Chen Xixi took all the hotel’s disposable slippers and toothbrushes with her.
[Hahaha, true to her name Chen Xiaokou, she even snatched away everything from the hotel!]
[I finally found a money-saving trick similar to Chen Xixi! I also take all the disposables from hotels when I check out, so I can use them next time I go out. It’s really convenient.]
[I can do the same trick, at least it’s not as embarrassing as taking eggs and such in public. I could do it if I have a little privacy.]
After gathering all the Guest participants, Qian Yue started to announce the next phase: “We’re heading to Hai City for the recording. The next nine days, including the announcement of the final winner, will all take place there. However, the production team still will not provide any transportation, and you all need to solve the travel expenses on your own!”
Travel expenses weren’t a big issue for the five Guests now because they all had quite a bit of Money, contributed by the audience.
Except for Chen Xixi’s Money, which she had earned through her own efforts.
Qian Yue: “As usual, the first Guest to arrive will receive a 20 yuan travel allowance!”
20 yuan!
The production team’s being generous!
After Qian Yue finished announcing the task, he left, leaving the five Guests looking at each other.
They indeed all had money, but none of them was willing to spend it.
There were more than two hundred kilometers to Hai City. It seemed impossible not to spend money on transport; they’d probably wreck their legs if they tried walking.
But spending too much on travel expenses for a 20 yuan subsidy just wasn’t worth it.
Chen Xixi took out her phone and started searching for the nearest train ticket when Zheng He suddenly leaned over with a smirk: “Trains are so slow, buy a high-speed rail ticket, high-speed rails are fast.”
Chen Xixi glanced at him without a word and booked the cheapest train ticket directly.
Seeing Chen Xixi buy a train ticket, the other Guests also followed suit and booked theirs.
If Chen Xixi had no better solutions, then that was the only option they had.
Chen Xixi had bought the cheapest slow train.
The journey by train was very quiet, no one spoke.
It wasn’t until they were about to reach the station that Zheng He suddenly left.
Han Qianyi asked curiously, “Where are you going?”
Zheng He smiled: “I’m off to the restroom.”
The exit was in the middle of the carriage; by moving to the middle in advance to alight, he would beat Chen Xixi and the others to the punch.
He calculated everything perfectly!
But as he curled his lip in pride and pushed open the door to the middle carriage, eager to cross through, what he saw made him freeze!