Many people believed that the success of the "Newly Born Millionaire" was because of that one million.
That was true. It had played a major role, but it was not everything.
People liked watching because many people from the lower classes saw their own reflections in these contestants.
Perhaps, in some respects, these contestants had the potential to represent most people from the lower classes. People hoped they could win, just as if they were looking into a mirror and telling themselves, You can definitely succeed.
The only thing the lower classes had in abundance was empathy. They could even sigh when a millionaire went bankrupt! Naturally, they also felt a special, intense satisfaction when the contestants they supported succeeded!
Besides that, there was human nature.
The descent, struggle, and resistance of human nature were also major attractions.
When people began to "fight" for money, it became filled with everything that made people unable to stop watching! At the final conclusion, the cameras had not shown everyone's hidden cards, which also meant the audience was guessing.
At that moment, a subtitle advertisement suddenly appeared at the bottom of the screen.
"If you know the answer, please call xx-xxx-xxx-xx immediately to submit it. As long as your answer is correct, we will draw twenty lucky viewers from among those who answered correctly and reward each of them with one thousand dollars in vouchers..."
Perhaps people had not noticed, or perhaps they had noticed but did not care. Calling the number cost money, but it was not expensive—it only cost one dollar!
One dollar was not much. Betting one dollar to win a thousand seemed like a very worthwhile deal.
The next moment, the Television Station's call center became completely overwhelmed.
Capital had never been kind or merciful. It was always filthy