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Please Be More Serious - Chapter 65

Published at 1st of July 2018 09:45:01 PM


Chapter 65

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Chapter 66 Sputtering start to your dream engines

Finding your dream journey.Yin Ting read the paper seriously till the last full stop. She sniffed and tried to hold back her tears. She looked up at the three men watching her, and smiled at her father and brother, ‘You all know about it, don’t you?’ This gift.Guohao and Yin Shi nodded.She turned to Zhengqing, and her tears could not help but fall. (Zuben: I reiterate, this girl is rich why does she need a giveaway to go where she wants?)She leapt at Yin Shi and hugged him, ‘You’re all so kind to me.’Yin Shi was flustered and tried to shake her off. First of all it was embarrassing, secondly, because she didn’t want either her boyfriend or her father to be jealous, she chose him. Did she want to put him into trouble?She let him go and tried to calm down. She turned to Zhengqing and announced, ‘I want to participate!’‘Good!’ Zhengqing smiled. He knew she would be eager.‘On May the first, the media promotions will begin. The main platforms are mobile and internet. The activity platform is under development. But it will be fast. On that day, sign up begins; go to the page submit your plan. It can be combined with Weibo or other blog accounts. Use any form of expression; text, pictures, video. Voting will be done in July, and the finals in August to coincide with the summer vacation. The finalists will be followed by film crews so that we can use some video material for publicity.Though, she had read it in the document he gave her, it was still exciting to hear Zhengqing talk about it.‘After I win,’ she said happily, ‘I don’t want the prize money; I want to donate it to my friends in the mountains and the orphanage.’Guohao smiled, ‘That is if you win.’She lifted her chin, ‘Of course.’ She turned to Zhengqing and said, ‘You don’t have to help me. I’m sure there will be no problem.’ (Zuben: You call him Please Be Serious and you think assume he’s going to help you. This is already ridiculous as it is!)‘How can I help you? It’s impossible to go through the back door. The whole process is notarized. The data management is being done by a platform partner. This is an activity being sponsored by a subsidiary company. The main office only provides resources. All implementation is done on their end. I just read reports and sign contracts. It isn’t good to interfere.’ (Zuben: You don’t know the right kinda people, dude)‘That’s good.’ Ying Ting said, ‘I don’t want you to help. But your prize money is not much, 1st prize is only 100,000yuan.’Zhengqing rubbed her tyrannical head, ‘Well, we also have to pay all the participants and the film crews’ travel expenses, as well as accompanying staff, there are other expenses that have to be factored in. This is a very expensive activity.’ (Zuben: Again, you’re a rich girl with houses!)Yin Ting wrinkled her nose at him, ‘You must be looking for hotels to sponsor you.’‘Is it so easy to look for?’ he asked raising his eyebrows. Yin Ting scowled at him.‘Even if is was, the brand effect of Yongkai, the years of credibility and commercial accumulation, the publicity, all these translate into higher costs.’ The Vice President of Yong Kai was in front of his girlfriend, there was no shame is saying is company is not rich.It was a pleasure to have a pleasant tiff.‘In any case, it is not much.’ Yin Ting said,‘You haven’t got it yet?’ Zhengqing laughed, he liked her naughty side.‘Of course, I can get it.’ Yin Ting replied confidently.‘My colleagues have been contacting several online travel experts, such as “Kōng qìqiú”, “Huā er bù lǜ”, and invited them to participate.Yin Ting began to scream, ‘I know them, I’m a fan of their blogs!’ she said her voice filled with excitement.‘Well I hear their fans number in the millions.’‘Yeah…’ Yin Ting suddenly seeing that there was a hurdle to overcome. ‘Well…that…winning or losing is not important. Participation is!’Guohao and Yin Shi laughed at her. Yin Ting wrinkled her nose at Zhengqing. He raised his hands in mock surrender, ‘I didn’t laugh.’ He said.‘I blame you anyway,’ she said with a grin.He gave her and indulgent smile and said, ‘Pick where you want to go. Feel free to write all the chicken dumpling thoughts you have about it. Take pictures. Make a video. We can post it on the biggest video platform so you can get more views. There is a lot of interest in this event. And the production company want to make it into a reality show type documentary. Your dream trip with be recorded and spread to everyone.’Yin Ting wanted to cry again.‘But, it will be hard to do this. It will need lots of preparation, and time. If you get to travel, it may take a month or two. You have to be prepared.’She smiled and turned to her father who said, ‘There’s nothing to worry about at home, maybe except your brother.’Yin Shi was aghast. Why was it him? He wasn’t an ailing old man. He wasn’t the one who was sick and secretly wanting to go to heaven to see his wife, but then forgot no one died of a fever anymore.‘I will help look after everyone.’ Zhengqing announced.Guohao and Yin Shi shot him glares.‘I must think of it deeply and choose a good place. With only five candidates in the semi-finals and two in the finals, getting chosen is not a sure thing.Yin Ting smiled, ‘I must think about it deeply. Choose a good place and think of a good story. With only five semi finalists and two finalists, I don’t necessarily have the chance to enter. I want to catch a chance to enter in the primary contest, where I can gather more fans. Then the competition can be more even, and I have a chance to get to the finals. Everyone can eat chicken soup. It would be good to have a large platform.’ She said.When Zhengqing was leaving, Yin Ting saw him off. They took a stroll around the neighbourhood.Zhengqing told Yin Ting that he had met with Guohao and told him of his plan. He knew her dreams and understood her concerns. He and Guohao were in accord in this regard. He hoped that Yin Ting will let dgo and do what she wanted to do.‘This event is a start. You know that eveyone’s career has a chance to start. There are many things you want to do, but it seems that there is no time or drive to start. But once you do, it is a new and open world. I hope this will give you the momentum you need to become a traveller.’ Zhengqing said to Yin Ting.Yin Ting put her arms around him and hugged him tightly.‘Xiaoting, you’re a clever person. Your intelligence would not fit in a cubicle with office workers.’‘If I start running aroud, who will feed you?’ she asked softly.‘Arent you coming back? Don’t you get food from a restaurant? He asked her, and then he said, ‘This week’s food hasn’t been as nice. Have you changed the restaurant?’Yin Ting was still, and then she said, ‘I cooked it.’Zhengqing he held her from him and smiled in delight, ‘You cooked it?’‘I’m not terrible. The restaurants use heavy seasonings. I want to make lighter and healther meals.’ (Zuben: *snort)‘Yes you’re right.’ Zhengqing said pulling her into his arms again.‘I mean it; don’t worry about home. If you have to go far, I will call your daddy and your brother everyday, and come to see them often. Maybe take your dad out on weekeneds. Although he is being a hard nut, I will persevere.’Yin Ting laughed, ‘Who will come to see you?’‘Your dad…maybe your brother.’ Zhengqing said patting her head, ‘I have to work hard to delegate some of the work, so I can adjust the way I work. What you have said, I have listened.’‘You’re fine as you are.’ She said, she was touched, ‘When I remember asking you to leave work at six on time, I realise I was very naïve.’‘You’re not’ (Zuben: Stop indulging her)‘I shouldn’t have forced someone to do what I wanted. People can be happy doing their own thing. You like to work hard, have a good meal and rest well. You can’t sing, don’t enjoy watching moves, but I have friends I can do that with. Everyone has their own space and when they are free they are together. It should be good like that. But we haven’t had a change to get tired together. May dad is too stubborn.’‘He is not too stubborn.’ Zhengqing replied.They were near a park bench, so she pulled him over to sit.‘That’s true,’ she said, ‘I think my dad has softened a bit. He let you come to my house for my birthday. He’s just a bit embarrassed. (Zuben: By what?) It’s going to be alright. If I am away, I will ask my Aunty Jiajian to cook for you, and send it to you. When you have free time, come to my house and eat with my Dad. If you have to travel, let my brother know and he will take care of Miao dada (Zuben: I can’t tell you how happy I am not to be typing that name 200 times). You see, family members are good things too.’Zhengqing laughed, he leaned back against the park bench to look up at the sky. Yin Ting was describing a life he’s never imagined he could have. Right now, he didn’t want to think about working overtime, and then going home to an empty home.‘I am very happy, Xiaoting,’ he said, ‘I hope you’re happy too.’She smiled and replied, ‘I am ah.’‘I think you can win this event. I think you will win. You are a good person and a gifted traveller. You will not be buried under.’ (Zuben: Y’all haven’t thought of the implications of one of the contestants dating the VP of the promotional company)‘Okay! You send me to the gas station!’ she said pumping her clenched fist. ‘But I still think your prize money is meagre.’‘Hey!’  He protested.She laughed.❀Yin Ting began to prepare in earnest for the competetition. She flipped through photos and record she had made in the past, collated information, and tried to find the best idea that would gain her entry. (Zuben: Minutae…minutae)Show was a women’s shoe brand, therefore the protagonist is female. So she was looking for a story with a female protagonist. (Zuben: No shit)Yin Ting has travelled to Greece, while she worked there her boss Chinese, who told her a lot of touching stories. There was a young college girl that went to Egypt. She loved the culture there and hoped to stay as a guide and write a book. Maybe she could contact her and see how she was doing. In Huashan, she met a woman who has lots of stories.She spent two weeks collecting the information. Talking with the people she had met while travelling and writing a lot of proposals. Yet, she didn’t know which one to choose.She took her plans to her family to know their opinions.Guohao thought the stories were too plain and not sensational enough.‘That is the taste of your old man.’ Yin Shi said mockingly, ‘He watches too much drama. So annoying, everything is always over the top.’‘What do you think is better?’‘Why all these “been there done that” locations? Why not Antarctica? For your travel photos, I think the Antarctic is new and interesting. It would be fresh, people would be interested.’‘It’s only you that it is rare for.’ Guohao mocked him in return, ‘Everyday on TV or the internet, there is always one documentary or the other about Antarctica. Since all you do everyday is watch girl group music videos all day long, Antarctica would be new to you.’Zhengqing looked at Yin Ting’s prepared mission and said, ‘There is no point, and it lacks commercial value. Follow up will be difficult.’Yin Ting sneered. What is business value? Is it not to find a dream journey? (Zuben: A commercially viable dream journey)She decided to ask others first. The registration date was still far ahead.❀On May the first, the event adverts were launched on schedule.The next day, the online travel blogger, “Kōng qìqiú” announced on Weibo that she was entering the ‘Show’ competition. And she wanted to go and find a person who had helped her – in Greece. “Kōng qìqiú” had photographed the man’s side view but not clearly. She had had to leave the hospital in Greece for financial reasons. But the story captured the internet denizen’s imaginations. (Zuben: What a bollocks of a time waste. Well, be wearing Show shoes while doing it!)Okay, Yin Ting was now clear on what constituted to lyrical, novel and commercial value. She silently drew a line across Greece on her list.On the fourth, another travel blogger announced her participation. She wanted to do to Dubai. Two years ago, her friend wanted to start a business and the friend wrote on pieces of paper the places she wanted to go. “Huā er bù lǜ” secretly added Dubai to the pile to tease her friend. But it was the place her friend picked. She went to Dubai and started her business without hesitation. Opened a restaurant, (Zuben: met a Sheikh) and succeeded. “Huā er bù lǜ” would like to use this even to go and see her.‘She is my idol, and she is very sucessful’ “Huā er bù lǜ” wrote on her blog. She also added a link to her friend’s restaurant blog and website.Okay, a crowd pleasing story and an exciting location.On May seventh, another blogger announced she was participating in the event and her location was Antarctica. “Ai zǒulù de nǚrén” wasnted to go an see the Aurora Australis. Simple.Yin Ting was worried, ah. Picking Antractica when it would be mid-winter! She looked at the event page and many people had signed up. Regardless of whether they were popular bloggers or not, big boss or small, everyone’s location and story seemed so interesting.‘Your marketing team is working too hard.’ She muttered to herself. ‘Your shoes don’t go to Antarctica. Isn’t it a hard pass?’But…where was she going choose to go?   




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