Chapter 177: Preparing Gifts and Unboxing

Chapter 177

When Qin Wei returned to her dormitory in the evening, she was greeted by a living room filled with numerous gifts. These were the branded products that Li Yao had mentioned earlier, and they were directly sent here for her to unbox during her livestream later at night.

As she opened the door, all four of them were taken aback. The living room was stacked with gift boxes, and the barrage of comments on the livestream screen was overflowing:

"I feel like my sister's career is really taking off. She received so many PR gifts."

"I'm so envious!"

Seeing Qin Wei's return, they urged her to start unboxing quickly.

With so many gifts, it was unrealistic for one person to open them all. At Qin Wei's request, the other three agreed to stay and accompany her.

"A set of expensive skincare products."

Sun Tiantian was the first to open a box.

"A jewelry set."

Shen Qingqing also opened the box in her hands and showed it to Qin Wei.

Qin Wei turned around and said:

"Tiantian, the skincare products are for you!"

"Great!"

Sun Tiantian accepted them without hesitation.

Qin Wei then asked:

"Qingqing, do you like the jewelry set?"

Shen Qingqing smiled and replied:

"Well, then I won't be polite!"

Qin Wei herself took out a silk camisole backless sleepwear.

She gestured with it, knowing well that she wouldn't wear it herself.

Qin Wei pondered:

"Should I do a lottery and give this away to a fan?"

Barrage comments:

"It's too small, I can't fit into it."

"Male fans don't need this."

"Give it to Xiaoqiao." Th.ê most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n(.)co/m

Qin Wei readily agreed, folded it and put it back in the box:

"OK, it's for Teacher Qiao."

Youyou opened a small box and took out a watch, inspecting it:

"It's a watch from Tian Shi."

Qin Wei spoke to the live camera and said, "We're not sure about the voting process yet. Let me confirm with the production team first. But for now, let's proceed with the lucky draw. Alright, everyone in the live stream, please click the follow button. I'll give you some benefits!"

Barrage comments:

【Where did you learn all these words from?】

【Folks, today I will tearfully earn one million for you!】

...

The next morning, Qin Wei went to the production team to verify the voting process. However, everyone remained silent and looked at the director.

The director didn't say much, only one sentence:

"Get ready, let's have a meeting!"

...

"Thanks to everyone's efforts, our competition has gained increasing popularity since it reached the halfway mark. In terms of both the level of discussion and participation, it ranks highest among variety shows in the first half of the year. We have invested a significant amount of manpower and resources in the early stages, and we need to earn that money back. Everyone understands that doing a show is for the sake of generating traffic, and eventually, traffic needs to be monetized. This is unavoidable."

During the meeting, after everyone had gathered, the director got straight to the point and said, "Other talent shows also start monetizing their traffic after a certain period of time. I believe everyone understands this."

Qin Wei said, "As far as I know, our show has already started monetizing its traffic. After all, the higher the popularity, the more advertisements we receive. So far, we've been getting advertisements from various fields. Isn't that monetizing enough? Do we really need to introduce paid voting?"

The director didn't plan to explain too much, but considering Qin Wei's status as one of the show's traffic drivers, he patiently explained, "Qin Wei, please don't worry. Let me clarify the logic for you. The paid voting costs only five yuan per ticket, which is not expensive. We don't force anyone to participate; it's entirely up to the audience's willingness. Nowadays, the audience is not naive. They will act within their means. Besides, a hundred or so tickets are just a few cups of milk tea to them. They are willing to spend this money to express their love for you.

The purpose of doing all this is to make money. Who would complain about earning more money?

Furthermore, we will share the revenue from the voting proportionally with you. Of course, this cannot be disclosed to the public."

Youyou looked at Qin Wei and then asked the director:

"What do fans get when they pay for tickets? Like some physical gifts?"

The director shook his head.

"They can gain the idol's debut opportunity and a gratitude video from the idol. Your statement actually reminded me, we should establish an incentive policy, unlocking new benefits for every thousand yuan spent, and also rewarding individuals who exceed ten thousand yuan in voting."

Youyou frowned, trying not to get angry.

"Director, that's not what I meant. It's not fair to the fans this way..."

The director sighed.

"You're still a newcomer, and you don't understand the importance of money. Do you know how difficult it is to produce a show nowadays?

Most of them fail, and it's rare to have one that doesn't. We have to make up for the investment as soon as possible. Have you seen any talent shows that rely solely on advertisements for profit?

If the audience doesn't object to paid voting, why would the production team refuse?

Look at reality shows, if they succeed, don't they release several paid spin-off dramas or movies at the end of the year? Can that be considered the artistic pursuit of a film director?

Both the production team and the fans understand this. It's a mutual agreement, and there's no talk of fairness or unfairness."

Youyou didn't say anything further and secretly glanced at Qin Wei.

At this moment, her displeasure was written all over her face, with no attempt to hide it.

The twisted reasoning and fallacies may sound reasonable, but Qin Wei just couldn't accept it.