Chapter 373: Taking on commercial work

Shen Ci was woken up early in the morning.

Pili was packing her things and accidentally lost her grip, scattering them on the floor.

"Sorry, did I wake you?"

Shen Ci poked her head out from the bed and saw Pili carrying a bag stuffed with various live-streaming equipment. She immediately glanced at the time.

Seven-fifty in the morning!

"Big sister, no need to be this desperate, right? Don't you usually start streaming in the afternoon?"

Pili explained while organizing her things, "Zheng Xun said the streaming location today is a wetland park on the edge of the West Sixth Ring Road. He found a bamboo forest for me, saying it fits my streaming content very well."

Shen Ci nodded in understanding upon hearing this.

Having a professional team really is different; they even choose the streaming location so carefully. But this is good, it shows the team is working seriously.

"Do you need me to accompany you?"

Shen Ci couldn't sleep anymore either, and as she spoke, she had already climbed down from the upper bunk.

"No need, I won't be able to look after you while streaming. There are several people on the team; no need to accompany me. If you miss me, just come into the stream to watch for a bit."

Shen Ci smiled upon hearing this. "I was just joking. Tang Song is finally off today; I'm going on a date."

"You've been guarding this 'living widowhood' for quite some days. Wish you a prosperous opening, I'm off!"

After finishing, Pili shouldered her big and small bags and went out.

Shen Ci turned back to look at Lianxing's bed and sighed silently. With such a big commotion, this big sister hadn't been affected in the slightest and was sleeping soundly!

This sleep quality is truly enviable!

Pili left the school and directly got into a ride-hailing car to head to today's shooting location.

On the way, the driver occasionally looked at her in the rearview mirror, and in the end, couldn't help but ask, "Beauty, you're Pili, right?"

Pili was replying to messages in the work group and was startled to look up upon hearing this. "Ah?"

"Right?"

"Yes!" Pili came to her senses and nodded. "It's me!"

The driver smiled upon hearing this. "Oh my, it's my first time driving a celebrity! Can we take a photo together later?"

"Master, I'm not a celebrity."

"Why not? I've watched that news about you several times. You're much more amazing than those celebrities!"

Just as they were talking, Pili's phone rang again—still a strange number.

Since the matter fermented, her phone could receive hundreds of calls from strange numbers every day. At first, she didn't know what was going on and answered a few, then found out they were all media wanting to interview her, so later she stopped answering.

Interviews and such, she had no time to deal with; she had to make money!

After driving for nearly forty minutes, the car slowly stopped. The master happily took a photo with Pili. "Can I post this on Moments?"

Pili nodded somewhat awkwardly. "Sure."

"Alright then. I originally wanted to waive the fare for you, but this is on the platform..."

"I know, thank you for your hard work, Master, goodbye."

If it were in the past, Pili wouldn't have paid attention to these unrelated people, and her attitude wouldn't have been this patient. But now it was different. That day at the meeting, Zheng Xun had specifically mentioned to her the self-cultivation of a public figure.

In today's internet society, one can be made in a second, and one can also be destroyed in a second.

A collapse of reputation is just a matter of minutes, so one must pay attention to one's words and deeds, because once you are popular, all your behaviors will be infinitely magnified by the internet.

So Pili was now also adapting to this brand-new identity, trying hard to adjust her previous personality habits.

But for her, she didn't feel it was hard to accept, because when she saw her backend earnings, she felt she could accept the whole world!

According to the navigation, she quickly found the bamboo forest in the wetland park. In early April, the green of the bamboo forest wasn't lush, and only a hint of green sprouted in the light yellow leaves, but the in-frame effect was surprisingly good.

This made Pili think of the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

The team members had all arrived a step earlier, and the preparation work was mostly done. When Pili arrived, she happened to run into Zheng Xun scolding someone.

"Are you pig-brained? Didn't you count before leaving? Such a big thing as a reflector, you were told to bring six in total, and you managed to bring five less? Is this a mistake a human can make?"

"Sorry, Xun-ge, my bag couldn't fit them, so I folded the rest and put them in another bag. As a result, I was in such a rush to leave this morning that I left that bag at home!"

"Why didn't you leave yourself at home?"

The one being scolded was the live-streaming assistant. The live-streaming assistant needed to be responsible for the preparation of props for the live-streaming room, live-streaming materials, and assisting with interaction. And her team only had one live-streaming assistant, one person holding multiple positions.

The assistant hung his head, not daring to say anything more, because it was indeed a very low-level mistake. And they all knew Zheng Xun's temper; they had been mentally prepared to be scolded long ago.

"Pili is here!"

At this moment, someone finally noticed that Pili had arrived.

Zheng Xun looked over upon hearing the sound. The moment he saw Pili, the anger on his face dissipated completely, and he turned to greet her with a smile. "Pili, you're here!"

Pili frowned and looked at him. "Why are you losing such a big temper early in the morning?"

Zheng Xun looked at the little assistant with annoyance and sighed. "I confirmed with him yesterday that we needed to bring six reflectors for today's stream. This kid, he's something else—forgot five at home. You tell me, can I not be angry?"

Saying this, he didn't forget to urge the other party. "Hurry up and call a runner to send them over, or roll back and get them yourself. What are you still standing there for?"

"Oh, I'll go now."

Seeing this, Pili intervened. "Forget it, I never use beauty filters when streaming. Natural is quite good. I've never used reflectors before."

"Pili, reflectors aren't for beauty filters." Zheng Xun explained with a helpless smile. "They are used to adjust the lighting in your streaming room. You used to stream on the school playground, where there were no obstructions, so the lighting was naturally sufficient."

"Today is different. Today, there is a bamboo forest all around. Without reflectors, the lighting in your streaming room will be very dim. The audience will get tired after watching for a long time. This thing cannot be missing!"

Pili blinked. So she was the amateur one.

"It was his own work mistake, so he has to make up for it himself. You don't need to feel bad for him." Zheng Xun said, pulling Pili to the side, where a car was parked.

Zheng Xun opened the car door, took out a set of clothes from inside, and handed them to her. "Come, get in the car and change into these. We'll stream wearing this set today."

Pili picked them up and saw they were clothes from a well-known domestic sports brand.

Seeing her dazed, Zheng Xun hurriedly explained, "This is commercial work. The brand offered this price..."

Zheng Xun said, spreading his five fingers wide in front of Pili.

"Five, five hundred? 'Five million'?" Pili was slightly surprised.

Zheng Xun raised his eyebrows triumphantly. "A day, after tax!"

"So much?"

Pili was stunned. Five hundred yuan for a day of commercial work?

Zheng Xun hummed and laughed. "It's not much at all. Now, the advertising quote for internet celebrities is already 'hundreds of thousands' for over sixty seconds. You're wearing them for a day, and now your daily streaming traffic peak is number one on the whole internet. Five hundred a day is already a friendship price!"

?? Last day of the month, monthly tickets please!

?? (End of chapter)