Chapter 320: Urban Card Drawing System (26)

Xie Yang selected the artists, and the university classmates had also finalized their choices.

Actually, many people wanted to go.

It's recording a variety show! A once-in-a-lifetime series! Not to mention those who hadn't found jobs yet, even those who had secured jobs wanted to go.

But there were more monks than gruel, so Xie Yang indicated there would be opportunities for cooperation next time.

Six people on each side, they formed pairs through games to become teammates and embarked on a nine-episode variety show centered around treasure hunting, appraisal, and restoration—"I Am Treasure Hunting in Variety Shows."

The location for the first episode was an isolated ancient village, where the items in the village were older than the grandparents of the guests. The six pairs of guests competed to find the oldest treasure, appraise and estimate its true age, and then have the most authoritative elder in the village announce the result to determine the winner; the outcome affected the accommodation conditions and meal quality for the next episode.

The location for the second episode was the Urban Time Gallery. The paintings exhibited in the gallery were all more or less damaged. The six pairs of guests determined their rankings through games, entered the Time Gallery in order to select paintings, provided the age of the paintings, and restored the damaged ones. An accurate age estimate earned 10 points, and a restoration so realistic that other guest groups couldn't identify the repaired part also earned 10 points. Finally, the scores determined the accommodation conditions and meal quality for the next episode.

The location for the third episode was the Dunhuang Mogao Caves...

The fourth episode went abroad, and the location was one of the most famous cathedrals in France...

In short, every episode had different content and significance.

But the main theme was clear: to let the audience follow this variety show to travel across the country and abroad, and through the guests' interactions, learn about various cultural relics and ancient books, how to distinguish the true from the false, how to determine their age, and how to preserve and restore them...

Interspersed throughout were various funny games that were absolutely novel at the time, truly achieving a combination of popular science and entertainment, allowing people to understand knowledge about cultural relics and grasp the importance of heritage while having fun.

Before the show officially aired, just by releasing a trailer and a few behind-the-scenes clips, it was praised by the judges and experts of the Appraising Treasures program, who complimented the show for being meaningful and truly promoting cultural relic protection and restoration, rather than just fooling around.

As soon as the first episode aired, CCTV, the National Museum of China, and local museums forwarded and promoted it one after another, thanking the show for helping the country recover several pieces of pottery dating back to the Spring and Autumn period.

In addition, Song Yin stepped in to forward it, Uncle Song pulled Song Xi to use his main account to support it, the official WeChat account of Xie Family Home Furnishings forwarded and supported the eldest young lady, and Xie Father's business partners also helped promote it one after another.

Consequently, netizens saw many wealthy bosses and rich second-generation heirs helping to forward and promote a new variety show one by one, and they curiously searched for it to watch.

"I Am Treasure Hunting in Variety Shows" became a hit as soon as it started airing!

Along with it, the exclusive investor, Galaxy Entertainment, also became a hit, earning a fortune.

Chen Mu was so excited that he rubbed his hands: "Oh my! It was my small-mindedness that doubted the gentleman's heart; it turns out the new boss is so visionary, simply with eyes like torches! Han Yu, your good days are coming!"

Not just Han Yu, the other five artists who had already faded into obscurity also rose with the tide, and scripts and advertisements started coming their way.

Peers were incredibly jealous and called one after another to ask when the second season would start, saying they were very willing to invest, and the condition, of course, was to squeeze a few of their artists in.

Xie Yang did not refuse outright; in this industry, hogging all the profits easily leads to being ostracized, and letting everyone make money is the true path to harmony.

Feng Xuanxuan truly did not expect that Xie Yang, a poor student who often ranked at the bottom of exams, could actually revitalize Galaxy Entertainment. Looking at the artists from the same company who had doubled their market value after participating in one season, she couldn't help but feel tempted. Relying on her familiarity with Xie Yang, she took the initiative to approach her, expressing her desire to participate in the second season.

It would be a surprise if Xie Yang agreed.

"Are you complaining that you don't have enough gigs? It's fine, let your agent keep digging for work for you. Running more gigs is good; the more you earn, the more I earn!"

Feng Xuanxuan: "..."

Damn it, who wants to run those worthless little gigs? Not to mention being tired, running a hundred of them wouldn't compare to this one show, "I Am Treasure Hunting in Variety Shows."

Xie Yang didn't care about her; wanting to pick and choose jobs while working? Dream on!

By the time the show started airing, it was already the end of October.

Remembering that in the original world, the incident where an apartment tenant was dissatisfied with the property management and accidentally stabbed a property staff member to death happened at the end of this month, Xie Yang couldn't sit still. After finishing a meeting at the company, she took Wu Jie straight to the apartment building.

She didn't believe that if she sat in charge personally, a human life could still be lost.

For the last two days of October, she ate and lived in the apartment, and sat in the lobby during the day to keep watch.

While sitting idly and feeling bored, the electronic sound of the Card Drawing System suddenly rang out:

【Congratulations to the Host for checking in for 100 consecutive days. Reward: one chance to draw from the rare card pool.】

Xie Yang drew it casually.

【Congratulations to the Host, you have drawn a rare card—Popeye's Spinach.】

"..."

Xie Yang twitched the corner of her mouth. It wouldn't be something that makes people become strongmen after eating it, right?

Upon checking the description, it really was...

But it wasn't a permanent strength boost; it had a time limit, meaning it was effective for two hours after using the card.

But she was someone who had taken the S-Grade Physical Fitness Potion; why would she need this?

A card drawing chance wasted for nothing.

After complaining, Xie Yang put the card into her card pack, placing it together with that useless 【Seven-Day Inedia Card】 from last time.

She glanced at her points; after today's check-in, she had exactly 800 points, enough for her to draw eight rare cards. But she wanted to save up a bit more and wait until she reached 1000 points before drawing.

It wasn't that she didn't want to draw epic cards, but epic cards were too expensive! 1000 points could only draw one.

After surviving the unlucky year the original owner experienced and no longer having an urgent need for cards, she would save points to draw epic and legendary cards to see what was so special about those two types.

For now, it was more cost-effective to draw rare cards, but she wanted to save up 1000 points to do a ten-draw at once.

Generally, in games, consecutive draws are more likely to yield gold than single draws. She hoped the ten-draw would trigger a Good Luck Bonus and get her a Good Luck Card or Fortune Card to use for Uncle Song, to bless his family's mines with safety.

"Yang Yang, if you're sleepy, why don't you go to the lounge and lie down for a while?"

Seeing her staring blankly at her hands with dull eyes, Wu Jie thought she was sleepy.

Xie Yang came back to her senses: "I'm fine, I'll just have a cup of coffee."

"Then I'll go get you one."

The lobby bar had recently added a self-service coffee machine; not just a coffee machine, but also a beverage carbonator. It could be used by inserting coins, which was convenient and affordable.

The property staff liked this bar very much; they didn't even go to the pantry as often as they went here.

Even if apartment tenants didn't have time to go to the Canteen to eat, they would come to the lobby to get a cup of coffee or sparkling water to take away.

Coffee that cost at least six yuan a cup outside could be bought here for two yuan, and it smelled very fragrant, not at all inferior to what was sold in coffee shops.

Xie Yang took the coffee and took a sip; it was indeed very fragrant! It was worth her comparing for a long time before purchasing this batch of coffee beans.

Two yuan a cup was truly the cost price, not even including electricity and water fees or the expenditure for the coffee machine. However, this little bit of money didn't matter to her; as long as this apartment building was peaceful, she would never run out of rent money.