Chapter 665: From hit show to blockbuster!

Seeing Jin Li asked with interest, "Are the anti-fraud promotions all about the common types of scams?"

Common types of scams include friends peddling fund investments, claiming they can earn three or four times the return; middle-aged people are the ones who fall for these most often.

Then there are all sorts of investments where they set up a fake website, claiming that if you invest money, it will generate more money.

This is another type where middle-aged people are the most frequent victims.

But in reality, if you think about these scams carefully, you will find they are almost entirely full of loopholes.

For example, why would a billionaire with a net worth of hundreds of millions want to bring someone with a net worth of only a few thousand or tens of thousands along to play?

You think you are favored by heaven, having met someone willing to bring you into the circle, but in reality, you have encountered a "pig-butchering" scam specifically targeting you.

Besides this type of scam, there are many high-end scams that utilize AI technology.

This kind of scam is a bit formidable; they can generate avatars, photos, and videos of relatives to ask them for money.

But this type is also very easy to see through.

As long as you make a phone call—don't use WeChat video—or find the person in person to ask in detail, you will know it's a scam.

This type of scam often targets the international student population, because it is not easy for international students to meet with their parents, and their daily contact is not frequent.

Moreover, living abroad, there are many situations where they need money urgently, so asking parents for a little more money is very common.

Seeing Jin Li thought that the anti-fraud app was looking for her to film these because they were all common types of scams.

Because *Ordinary Road* had been a hit recently, her image as a female village official had been recognized by the vast rural population, and many middle-aged fans who came to check in and affectionately called her "Xiaoxiao" had appeared on her blog.

The female village official Seeing Jin Li played in this drama was named Yuan Xiaoxiao.

Besides her, the blogs of Xu Wenwen, Wang Hongdou, and Ma Mingqi were also visited by this group of special middle-aged fans for commemorative check-ins.

Netizens jokingly referred to this phenomenon as "middle-aged people getting online."

Seeing Jin Li and the others also used blogs and other social platforms to interact with fans, all based on the progress of the broadcast.

For example, when the drama aired the plot about "trade-ins" today, Seeing Jin Li and the others' blogs would cooperatively post promotional blog posts related to trade-ins.

In the past, few traffic stars would go to such lengths for a drama crew.

Seeing Jin Li had never promoted so frequently on social platforms before either.

This time, *Ordinary Road* instead created a novel way of promotion, letting the main cast members follow the public in watching the drama together, and then expressing their thoughts together.

This also caused the promotional heat of *Ordinary Road* to soar all the way, entering the ranks of blockbuster dramas by the sixth episode.

Everyone estimated that this drama could not become the "Drama King," but being able to transition from a hit drama to a blockbuster was already quite good.

After all, how many blockbuster dramas are there in a whole year?

And Seeing Jin Li also gained a large group of middle-aged and elderly fans thanks to her image as a village official.

She felt that the anti-fraud app had its eye on this point, which is why they wanted to find her to film an anti-fraud advertisement.

As it turned out, Sui Lingfang shook her head and said with an indescribable expression, "No, what they want you to film involves scams targeting young people."

Seeing Jin Li raised her eyebrows, "Online loans? Or being tricked into taking high-paying jobs, but actually being tricked into going to Southeast Asia to do telecommunications fraud?"

Regarding scams targeting young people, these two are the most common.

There is no need to mention online loans; many young people's consumption view is "eat, drink, and be merry today."

They have no awareness of saving money, spending as much as they have.

Coupled with the bombardment of all kinds of online information, they often overspend for the future to satisfy themselves.

As for the latter, that is aimed at young people's high expectations but low abilities.

Many young people only realized they were scammed after going abroad, and this type of scam doesn't target naive youths, but rather some skilled internet experts.

They originally thought the foreign company was sincerely trying to recruit people, but in the end, they encountered a "pig-butchering" scam again.

But for this kind of overseas scam, it shouldn't be necessary to film a dedicated advertisement to promote it, right? After all, the number of people scammed is relatively small.

Sui Lingfang sighed and handed Seeing Jin Li a script.

"When I first learned that this was a scam targeting young people, I also thought it was about these two types, but I didn't expect there to be an even simpler scam that has caused many fresh graduates to fall for it.

Some young people, in order to get a relatively good job opportunity, even maxed out their Huabei and Baitiao, ending up heavily in debt."

Seeing Jin Li lowered her head, quickly scanned the plot, and couldn't help but be stunned.

This... can also be scammed?

Alright, it seems this really is easy to get scammed!

Seeing Jin Li agreed immediately, wanting to finish filming on the weekend. After communicating with the anti-fraud department, they could start filming the next day.

This was just a short anti-fraud clip, and the entire filming process took less than three minutes.

Seeing Jin Li finished filming in half an hour because the director didn't film in landscape, but in portrait; many scenes were saved, and by focusing only on Seeing Jin Li as a character, it was actually filmed very quickly.

After the public security department approved it, not long after Seeing Jin Li returned to school, she saw related trending searches on many social platforms.

#Multiple college students scammed while job hunting for high salaries! #

At first, netizens thought this trending search referred to those pure and innocent college students who were tricked into going abroad by various high-salary advertisements, only to be imprisoned and forced to do telecommunications fraud.

As it turned out, after clicking in, everyone couldn't help but be speechless.

No, brothers and sisters, what are you thinking?

A job with a monthly salary of four or five thousand actually requires spending thirty or forty thousand to buy a guaranteed position!!

As it turned out, after spending the money, they only discovered that what they bought was just an interview opportunity, with no guarantee of passing.

This anti-fraud advertisement featured a special appearance by Seeing Jin Li.

It told the story of a college student who, after graduation, because of the cruel job market, wanted to buy a job like a civil servant or a public institution position that would never be laid off.

The scammers provided these students with temporary and permanent positions at state-owned enterprises and state units; some even sold outsourced third-party positions.

The scammers swore that they could become third-party labor dispatch employees for state units.

In the end, the bubble burst, the protagonist played by Seeing Jin Li was laid off, and when she angrily went to them for a refund, she found that this group of people had all vanished.

As for the company?

There was no such company at all; from the very beginning, it was a scam.

【Didn't an announcement come out this year prohibiting state units and enterprises, including private ones, from signing labor dispatch third-party agreements?】

【My friend was a cashier at a hospital a few years ago and was transferred to a third-party labor dispatch employee. This year, when the new regulations came out, I specifically asked her if there was a chance to transfer to a contract employee, and she said no. The hospital is not a public hospital; it's privately run and doesn't care about this news at all, so what do you think?】

【Let's not mention the third-party issue for now; spending twenty or thirty thousand to buy a job with a monthly income of four or five thousand, what are they thinking?】

【They will never be laid off, eh? Isn't this equivalent to an iron rice bowl? I can understand their thinking.】

【No wonder they got scammed... How important is a job with a monthly salary of four or five thousand? There are plenty of people who can replace you!】

【Refuse ineffective involution, cherish yourself more (covering face)】

【I don't want to cherish myself anymore. I have already refused many jobs and chose to be a white-collar worker in the city, only to find that the income of a white-collar worker cannot cover my consumption at all!!】

【To be honest, if paying twenty thousand can buy a job that will never be laid off, even if it's four thousand a month, I'm okay with it. Isn't it just working for free for five months...

Now some jobs require you to pay for training in advance just to get hired, spending thousands and thousands, and when you calculate it carefully, it's more than twenty thousand!】

The short clip filmed by Seeing Jin Li relied on her powerful appeal to hit the trending searches, triggering a lot of social discussion.

This kind of heat, in turn, drove the heat of *Ordinary Road*.

It just so happened that in the episodes of *Ordinary Road* aired recently, there was an episode where Seeing Jin Li, as a village official, went to ask the villagers if they had thought about going out.

This village had many strong laborers; if they went out and made money, they could come back and build their hometown.

As it turned out, a strong laborer said: "No, I don't want to go to the city at all. I just ran out of the city."

Yuan Xiaoxiao, played by Seeing Jin Li, asked: "What's wrong? Is the competition in the city too fierce?"

The strong laborer said: "Fierce, why wouldn't it be fierce? A job with a monthly salary of three or four thousand is fought over by several people. The expenses in the city are high. I can't understand what's good about this kind of job; every month is a 'moonlight' month."

He changed the subject, "But the wages for cleaners in the city are not bad, reaching four or five thousand a month.

One year I wanted to apply for a cleaner job, only to find that several young people younger than me also went to apply for cleaner jobs.

They had done domestic work before, had cleaning experience, and even took the initiative to lower the price, lowering it by 500 yuan compared to the wages offered by the company. I couldn't stand it, so I just returned to the countryside.

I feel that if I honestly farm at home and do some small business, I can be better than them."

Yuan Xiaoxiao was choked up by his words, speechless.

It was a coincidence, because the probability of passing the civil service exam in the city was too low, so she took the village official channel, wanting to become a civil servant through the recommendation method.

This conversation, combined with Seeing Jin Li's recent anti-fraud short clip, successfully broke out of the circle, bringing another small climax to the ratings of *Ordinary Road*.

A month and a half later, *Ordinary Road* officially concluded. The ratings on the local satellite TV broke 2.2% at the finale, the total online views broke 3 billion, the platform heat was >15,000, it hit the trending searches 15 times, and the views of Dou-Dou video clips were >1.5 billion.

With the posture of a blockbuster, it concluded perfectly!

This drama also sparked a lot of assistance related to rural areas, among which was "live streaming to help farmers."

Many young people turned from live streaming for goods to the "live streaming to help farmers" channel, placing orders directly with farmers, refusing middlemen to earn the price difference.

Besides this, because of the hit drama, it also drove the local tourism industry.

Originally, this film was rumored before, and many tourists were very hesitant, but under the director's clarification, everyone felt relieved about this place instead.

Traveling during this period, on the contrary, could be safe.

Besides, this is domestic; no matter how domestic tourism is, it is much safer than abroad.

Even if everyone complains, they just grumble, and it is limited to the extent of grumbling.

They won't use various personal attacks on you; at most, it's just ear attacks.

Oh, tell a joke.

Because of various "avoiding thunder" posts, a wave of order cancellations appeared in that place recently, with comprehensive losses exceeding five million, and they also indicated that they would sue the platform that posted the "avoiding thunder" posts, saying that they did not fulfill their supervisory responsibilities.

Regarding this, the eyes of netizens are discerning.

Who exactly has the problem is clear at a glance.

As everyone knows, the local tourism industry being ruined is a long-term process, and it is definitely not something that can be ruined overnight.

Chitang Village became an overnight sensation because of the original ecological filming of the program crew, and it has received a flow of over 30,000 people every day during this period to visit.

Before, the village chief had prepared many cultural and creative products in anticipation, and they were all sold out.

Even more because the products sold were exquisite, many netizens were willing to repurchase, and they believed that Chitang Village's production was attentive and that they were properly engaged in tourism.

The popularity of Chitang Village was also brought up, and young people returned to the village one after another to start businesses.

Making money outside is difficult; they want to return to their happy hometown.

Under the drive of the huge flow of people, the business opportunities in their hometown are already more than those outside.

"The magazine sales of *Fashion Trends* are quite good. Although it can't reach the sales volume of the double cover of you and Gu Cheng in *Jin Se*, the sales volume can definitely enter the top three this year, so they have been asking if you have any extra schedule slots recently."

Fang Jie came to the campus, and while leading Seeing Jin Li to stroll around the campus, she chatted about work.

During the hit broadcast of *Ordinary Road*, Seeing Jin Li had no other actions. Besides posting some promotions on her blog, she turned down other announcements, cultivated her character, and studied earnestly.

*Ordinary Road* had already finished airing, and Seeing Jin Li had been slow to join a new crew. Fang Jie couldn't sit still anymore and flew to the Imperial Capital in person to talk to her about the next drama.

Seeing Jin Li said: "I won't participate in the *Fashion Trends* event. Their events are too troublesome. I am the global spokesperson for Fang Fei, and I have never participated in such troublesome announcements."

Sui Lingfang: "I also think you won't participate, but their family offered very good conditions, so I just asked you."

As it turned out, Seeing Jin Li didn't even listen.

It seems that the last undisciplined event scared her.

Sui Lingfang: "Then what about your new play?"

Seeing Jin Li pondered for a while and shook her head: "I have been reading scripts recently, but I feel they are not very good. These scripts are not what I want. I hope to film a good story, not a gimmick."

Those scripts were all too routine.

Although it is said that routines have won people's hearts since ancient times, routines that cannot come up with new tricks will also make netizens feel tired.

She didn't want to be scolded because of the plot.

They passed through a long corridor and unknowingly arrived at the floor of the Philosophy Department.

Sui Lingfang was about to speak when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the photo hanging on the honor roll.

"Is this your photo?" she asked in surprise, "You won the Best Debater?"

Seeing Jin Li smiled: "Yes, and it's for two consecutive months."

She explained: "The debate competition in our Philosophy Department is different from those held by the school. It mainly uses the ideas of doctrines to clarify the debate topic, finds one's own propositions from the doctrines, and uses doctrines to debate other people's doctrines.

I was lucky. The first time I drew Daoist doctrine, and the second time I drew Buddhist doctrine. Both are popular doctrines, the materials are easy to find, and the concepts are easy to substitute.

I plan to participate in next month's debate. It is said that the doctrines I have won will not be put into the lottery pool. Perhaps I will get a niche doctrine."

Sui Lingfang listened for a long time, looked at the expression on Seeing Jin Li's face, and said: "You are very happy in school."

A tone of certainty, not a rhetorical question.

Seeing Jin Li smiled lightly, "The interpersonal relationships in school are simple and not complicated; there is no need to rack my brains so much."

Sui Lingfang hesitated for a moment and said: "I came here this time to talk to you about the next play. One of the plays is quite suitable for you. It is a campus play, but it might collide with the inspiration of netizens, so I am wondering whether to bring it to you.

If you like other plays, I won't take it out, but since you like campus so much, why not try it? If you think it's not suitable, we will push it away."

Seeing Jin Li asked curiously: "What drama is it?"

Sui Lingfang: "A movie adapted from your own learning experience, tentatively titled *Poor Student Charging Forward*."