Chapter 324 - Forcing an advertisement (1/2)

Translator: Sparrow Translations  Editor: Sparrow Translations

Shanghai Entertainment TV.

A group of employees had come to Cloud Street to investigate the surrounding environment.

“This place is not bad. A newly-constructed commercial street. The environment is good. For this week’s show’s location, we can choose here,” said an employee.

The person-in-charge of the programme, Hu Xing, nodded in agreement. “It’s not bad indeed. Is the person in charge of this place here yet?”

“Leader Hu, we’ve already called the person beforehand. He should be here soon,” said an employee.

Hu Xing nodded and said, “Mmm, ‘Celebrity Family’ has pretty good viewer ratings and this place is newly constructed. The outcome of the filming should be good. When the person-in-charge reaches, we’ll negotiate with him to temporarily rent these shops.”

The show, ‘Celebrity Family’ involved a group of celebrities being given a fixed sum of money and then completing various tasks with it. This kind of show was a rather new and trendy form of variety show. It received high ratings. This season, they decided to film it here.

“Leader Hu, the person-in-charge who we contacted is here,” said one of the employees.

Hu Xing looked afar, then walked up with a smile. “Chief Huang…”

When Huang Bin saw the visitor, he smiled and said, “You must be Leader Hu.”

“Right,” replied Hu Xing with a nod.

Huang Bin had never crossed paths with someone involved in variety shows before. When he received the call, he had been startled and started laughing. To have a variety show come to his place was not bad at all, especially when it was ‘Celebrity Family’. Then, he came down to Cloud Street personally to discuss this matter.

Huang Bin said, “I wonder what Leader Hu is looking for me for.”

Leader Hu smiled. “Chief Huang, we are prepared to shoot a season of our show in this place. Since we want to use this place and you’re the boss here, I want to invite you and the business owners to discuss whether or not you could let us use it for a day.”

Huang Bin said, “That’s not a problem at all. Our shop owners here are all very friendly. If you have any requests, you can discuss it with them. They will surely be willing to compromise. After all, having celebrities come here is a good thing to them as well.”

Leader Hu waved his hand and said, “Chief Huang, that’s not what I meant. What I meant is for them to rent the shops to us for a day for our people to come here and act as the shop owners. After all, this is a show. Without professional actors, I’m afraid they won’t be competent enough.”

“Oh, so that’s how it is…” Huang Bin was a little uncertain. Then, he looked at Leader Hu and said, “It absolutely has to be this place?”

Leader Hu nodded. “Yep, we’ve already decided. We will film it here. We’ve already seen all the other commercial districts in Shanghai and not one of them is more suitable than here.”

Huang Bin thought for a moment, then said, “Alright, I’ll refer you to a person. If he agrees, then there won’t be any problems.”

Leader Hu was taken aback. “His words mean more than yours?”

Huang Bin laughed, “Of course. Don’t underestimate him. His words are more powerful than mine. As long as he agrees, I can guarantee you that all the other shop owners will agree. They’ll even cooperate with you obediently.”

Leader Hu was surprised. “He’s so good?”

“Of course he’s good. Let me bring you all there. But you have to remember to watch your tone. Even if the discussion doesn’t go smoothly, don’t say any rude things and don’t cause any conflict,” said Huang Bin.

Leader Hu laughed and said, “Chief Huang is a good man indeed. Don’t worry, we are all professionals. Even if the discussion doesn’t go smoothly, we won’t quarrel.”

Huang Bin chuckled and didn’t say much. He wasn’t afraid for Master Lin, he was afraid for the production crew. All the shop owners here were very courteous towards Master Lin and they were all very united. If something were to happen and each of the shop owners spat once at the production crew, it would be enough to drown them in spit.

After sending off Leader Song, Lin Fan just lay there leisurely. These days were hard to pass. There were too leisurely. When someone doesn’t lack anything in life, he or she suddenly loses all motivation.

After much thought, Lin Fan decided that Arena of Valor was more fun after all. It was not only a good way to pass time but also to strengthen or make new friendships.

With Lin Fan as the leader, the four of them formed a team. Wu Tian He didn’t know how to play, so he passed.

Fraud Tian said, “I’m going in, you guys follow up. Ah f*ck, where are you guys? Why are you still jungling?”