Xia Zhiyi's banner was eventually hung on the left wall of the main room. Coincidentally, there were nails left by the original owner on this wall, which seemed to have been used to hang calendars or similar items when they lived here before, saving everyone the trouble of finding another place.
After all that work, it was already 9:30 when everyone was finally able to sit down and listen to Director Gong speak again.
Director Gong sighed helplessly, " Xia Zhiyi, you're too amazing, you're a bit out of control."
Xia Zhiyi blinked, her expression innocent.
Xue Ranran stood up for Xia Zhiyi: " Director Gong, you're wrong about that! Our Teacher Xia was just doing a good deed!"
Director Gong: "Yes, yes, I'm not blaming you. Sigh, I'm experiencing both pain and pleasure."
"Alright, let's get down to business."
Director Gong straightened his expression, even his posture improved, and said with a smile, "It's like this, after discussion within the production team, we will be issuing a major task over the next five days, requiring the guests to work together to prepare an online auction."
Apart from Xia Zhiyi, the others were all stunned for a moment.
Fu Yunyi: "An online auction? What will be auctioned? Agricultural products?"
Isn't that unnecessary?
Qin Yue and Xue Ranran looked at each other, both bewildered, wondering why such a task had been suddenly issued.
Wang Chengran went off-topic. "Does a large-scale mission mean a lot of points or a lot of funds?"
Everyone turned to look at him.
Wang Chengran: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Fu Yunyi quickly spoke up, "No, you're absolutely right. Director Gong, when we do missions, we either get funds or points, but you also said we need to prepare an auction. So when the mission is settled, will the rewards be calculated based on the large-scale mission rewards you mentioned, or based on the proceeds from that auction?"
"Also, if you want us to prepare for the auction, shouldn't you give us back our phones? You said it's going online, you can't just not let us contact the outside world, can you?"
As he spoke, Fu Yunyi paused, as if remembering something, and glanced at Xia Zhiyi.
Xia Zhiyi blinked, met his gaze, and asked, " Brother Fu?"
Fu Yunyi smiled and gently shook his head, "It's nothing."
He just remembered that Xia Zhiyi had just made something yesterday, and today the program team said they were going to hold an auction. Fu Yunyi thought it was unlikely that the two were completely unrelated.
As for whether the production team intends to make money through this method, Fu Yunyi is not worried.
Anyone with common sense wouldn't try to make money this way in a blatant and unethical manner. Even if the auction does make money, the production team will likely use it for charity rather than giving it directly to the guests or keeping it for themselves.
Fu Yunyi asked the question, but he already had a pretty good idea of what was going on and didn't think it was a way for the production team to make money for them.
And that is indeed the case.
Director Gong: "The proceeds from the auction will be used to help children in mountainous areas go to school; it definitely won't go to you."
No one was surprised to hear this.
Director Gong added, "As for cell phones... the production team can provide the guests with tablets so they can easily search for information online. The preparation task I mentioned is for the guests to prepare at least ten auction items within these five days. We will invite special guests to host the auction, so you also need to be prepared to entertain them; they may order food in advance."
Everyone: "..."
Oh, so this small-time production team can invite other guests now?
Director Gong pretended not to see the surprised expressions on their faces, coughed lightly, and continued, "As for the task rewards... the production team will score the guests based on their level of participation, and the points will be distributed according to a certain ratio. For example, the stool Xia Zhiyi made yesterday will be considered an item for auction. If he made the stool on his own, then his participation in that item will be 100%."
"In other words, if this stool sells for 100 yuan, Xia Zhiyi will receive 10 points from it when the task is settled, which is a 1:10 ratio."
"However, if Xia Zhiyi provides guidance while Wang Chengran makes the stool alone, their levels of involvement will be adjusted based on the actual situation, and the points earned from the item will be shared between them."
Director Gong raised an eyebrow. "Got it?"
Wang Chengran raised his hand. " Director Gong, if it was Teacher Xia who drew the diagram, and I made something based on Teacher Xia's diagram without any additional guidance from her, was Teacher Xia Teacher Xia involved?"
Director Gong: "Yes."
Wang Chengran relaxed, nodded, and muttered, "That's good. Otherwise, according to Director Gong's logic, how could Teacher Xia possibly manage all the work?"
Fu Yunyi said thoughtfully, "That sounds quite fair."
Qin Yue: "... Distribution according to work is fine, but I feel it's a bit unnecessary. Aren't we all working together like this now?"
Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances and nodded in unison.
yes.
Although their points are calculated separately, they actually use them together when they want to buy something.
Director Gong smiled and said, "So what I'm about to say is also very important."
Everyone turned to look at him.
Director Gong: "After the auction, the production team will rank the guests' scores and announce the rankings at 9:00 AM every day. The guest ranked first will receive a half-day off, during which they can choose to go out or contact the outside world. The production team will provide a free meal, and it will not consume any points or funds."
Xue Ranran: "It doesn't sound very important."
Director Gong smiled and said, "The last person needs to do three things for the nearby villagers free of charge during this half-day."
Everyone: "..."
So that's where they were waiting.
Their task list also includes tasks like helping a few villagers clean their vegetable gardens, and tasks like feeding pigs and horses are also helping the villagers, all of which come with rewards.
The task itself wasn't very difficult, but after getting used to receiving rewards for completing tasks, suddenly having to do unpaid work feels different.
Director Gong said with a smile, "This is a lifestyle variety show, so the production team won't force the guests to compete fiercely, but we can't really let you all slack off without any competitiveness, right? So we'll have a little bit of competition, I believe everyone will accept that, right?"
Everyone: "..."
Xia Zhiyi smiled and suddenly said, " Director Gong, the number of participants is still a bit small if we compare them like this. How about this, your production team also selects a few people to participate, and we can compete together. That would be more interesting."
Upon hearing this, Director Gong seemed to be deep in thought.
The group of staff members who were watching the commotion around Director Gong suddenly had a bad feeling. Some even quietly took a few steps back, not really wanting to participate in this competition.
Just kidding, it's summer now!
In the sweltering summer heat, if it weren't for making money, they wouldn't have bothered coming to this mountainous area without air conditioning, let alone endure the hardships with the guests!
However...
Director Gong: "You're right!"
Staff:!!!