Chapter 360 - 361: Effect

Chapter 360: Chapter 361: Effect

The villagers were all looking on with curiosity. Besides them, some tourists from the youth hostel had also come over to see what was happening. There were even some independent travelers—who knows how they heard the news—who had shown up in over twenty cars.

"Alright, let’s go over the rules..." Li Li, not one for idle chatter, immediately dove into the explanation.

"That’s right. Simply put, this is an obstacle course challenge. If you can make it through all eight of our stages, you’ll have a chance to win the grand prize!"

"Oh, and we have to give a special shout-out to our prize sponsor, Xue Chu Medicine Cuisine! They’ve provided a first-place prize of ten thousand in cash, two LCD TVs for second place, and three robot vacuums for third place. And... one encouragement prize: a Xue Chu Medicine Cuisine voucher worth a thousand yuan. You can redeem this voucher at any Xue Chu Medicine Cuisine location for a complimentary medicinal meal."

"And most importantly, this program is exclusively sponsored by our very own local brand, Cold Lake Ice Spring!"

"Cold Lake Ice Spring—more than just a little sweet!"

"And now, let’s officially begin the challenge! Come on, let’s welcome our very first contestant!"

A young man in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt quickly emerged.

"Hello, everyone!" the young man said, stepping forward to greet the crowd.

"Hello! Why don’t you introduce yourself to everyone?"

"My name is Zhang Jian. I’m a courier from the city."

"Oh? And what are you hoping to win by coming here today?"

"I want to win that ten-thousand-yuan prize!" Zhang Jian declared boldly. "So I can sign my son up for an art class!"

"Okay, you sound confident. You can start now!"

Then, Zhang Jian began the course.

Meanwhile, the youth hostel had finally decided who would get their spot.

The winner was a young man who had come with his girlfriend. He jumped for joy after winning and headed over to get ready.

"Alright, we see Zhang Jian has cleared the first obstacle! A very steady performance!"

"Okay, he’s on to the third obstacle!"

"Oh, what a shame! He’s in the water! Looks like he lost his footing on that spinning platform!"

...

After Zhang Jian fell in the water, the second contestant quickly took his place.

Li Yang, Director Wen, and Director Song watched from the sidelines.

They had to admit, it was quite engrossing.

Li Yang, however, was scanning the surroundings.

’So many people came!’

After watching for a while, Li Yang quietly slipped away and headed to the resort.

Seeing Li Yang walk in, Gao Xin Xue came forward with a smile. "Do you know how many people checked in today? And I’m not counting the film crew!"

"How many?"

"Two busloads from the travel agency—that’s a hundred people. The remaining eighty or so are all walk-ins."

Li Yang clapped his hands. "Holy crap, that’s incredible! Can we even fit everyone?"

"Some of them are staying with the villagers!" Gao Xin Xue said with a faint smile. "And they’re eating there, too. It’s working out quite well."

Li Yang broke into a wide grin. ’Looks like I made the right move after all.’

"You can say that again!" Gao Xin Xue said, her face full of admiration. "You really have a knack for this. This one move of yours killed several birds with one stone."

Li Yang chuckled slyly. "You know it."

"Don’t get too smug!" Although Gao Xin Xue was happy, she shot Li Yang a look. "We might be generating some buzz now, but we still have a long way to go. We have to keep working hard, so don’t you dare go and mess things up."

"Relax, Sister Gao. Would I really do something reckless? But you need to be ready. The show hasn’t even aired yet. Once it does, we’re going to get even more people."

"You’re right," Gao Xin Xue said. "We need to come up with some itineraries. We can’t just get people here and have nothing for them to do. Our current attractions are a bit lacking."

This was something Li Yang was concerned about as well.

’Just bring people here to hang out by the lake?’

’That doesn’t seem like enough. The most important thing is to develop some proper tour routes for people to experience.’

"Okay, I get it. I’ll give it some thought."

The first day of filming was over. In the end, only three people completed the course, so only three prizes were given away.

After the next day’s filming was complete, everyone except the resident crew had left.

A few tourists, however, still lingered.

Before she left, Yun Yun came over to Li Yang with a smile. "According to our tourists’ feedback, they’re very satisfied with this place. The reviews are great, and I bet your rate of return visitors will be high. But you still haven’t developed any mature tour routes yet. You should give that some more thought."

"We’re working on it, Manager Yun."

"Alright, I’ll be going then. From now on, we’ll be sending at least one busload of people here every day. If the show is a hit, I suspect it will be even more than that. You’d better be ready."

"Don’t you worry!"

...

On Monday, with the film crew having departed, the area was much quieter, although some tourists still lingered.