The moment Xu Gui announced her asking price of 500 yuan, the entire scene fell silent.
In contrast, her livestream chat room became lively.
["I'm speechless. Xu Gui's attitude... I thought she was going to ask for 50,000 yuan, but it turns out she only wants 500 yuan? What's going on? I feel like she's asking for very little. Am I doing something wrong?"] [
"You're not doing anything wrong. Compared to ten kilograms of gold, 500 yuan is indeed not much. If you don't have a concrete idea, let me convert the gold price, and you'll see clearly. Ten kilograms of gold is five kilograms. One gram of gold can sell for 680-600 kilograms, meaning these ten kilograms of gold are worth over three million yuan! Xu Gui found something worth over three million yuan and only asked for 500 yuan as a reward. Do you think that's a lot?"]
[Over three million, and only a five hundred yuan reward... Ah, I'd praise Xu Gui as a modern-day Lei Feng!] [
I was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but silently swallowed the words that were about to come out .]
[Don't be so ridiculous. They're just talking about ten pounds of gold. Whether there actually is ten pounds of gold is still unknown! Besides, don't you think this plot is too scripted? If you're so capable, show me that ten pounds of gold! Hiding things like that, huh? I've heard that Xu Gui has powerful connections, and this is the real proof!]
[Xu Gui is honest and upright? Ha, a mistress like her who interferes in other people's relationships, how could she have such good character? If this isn't scripted, I'll eat my words on live stream!]
...
The topic of finding ten pounds of gold was obviously too sensational. Seeing that Xu Gui's live stream was attracting a lot of viewers because of this, many comments like "She has powerful connections" and "This is scripted" suddenly appeared in the live stream.
It was obvious that someone was deliberately trying to suppress Xu Gui's popularity. If Xu Gui had fans, they could organize a counterattack, but unfortunately, she was just a nobody, the kind of nobody whose name no one even knew. She didn't have many fans to begin with, so looking around the live stream, you couldn't see a single person speaking up for her.
However, the live stream's live stream activity was temporarily irrelevant to Xu Gui.
Seeing the woman remain silent, Xu Gui's expression changed from initial confidence to uncertainty.
"Five hundred yuan, am I asking for too much?" She turned her head and whispered to the person following her, "It shouldn't be like this. According to my calculations, the other party should be a very generous person, right?" Why is she now unwilling to even give five hundred yuan as payment?
Just then, the silent woman suddenly asked, "Are you sure you only want five hundred yuan?"
Xu Gui nodded firmly, "I only want five hundred yuan!"
The woman then said, "I don't have any cash on me, can I transfer it?"
"Of course." Xu Gui enthusiastically handed over her payment QR code, and when she heard the sound of the five hundred yuan arriving in her account through the payment app, her eyes couldn't help but crinkle with joy.
"Okay, here's your bag. I haven't opened it since I got it, so I don't know if anything's missing. Open it and check it yourself."
She handed the bag back to the woman, who took it, placed it on the bench, and, without waiting for anything else, eagerly opened it to begin checking.
Xu Gui's cameraman hurriedly carried over with his camera, saying, "What you said earlier, that you didn't mind if we did a live stream, still stands, right?"
The woman: "...I don't mind."
Upon receiving this answer, the cameraman quickly focused the camera on the bag; it seemed he would have loved to stick the camera inside if he could.
On camera, the viewers in the live stream saw the tattered bag being opened, and then, as the zipper was pulled open, a glittering expanse of gold immediately came into view.
"Hiss..." At that moment, countless people unconsciously gasped.
Gold, this was real gold, and ten pounds of gold at that!! Good heavens, they had truly learned something new.
The woman checked the bag and, after confirming that the gold inside hadn't been touched, finally felt relieved.
"Thank you so much!" she said gratefully to Xu Gui. "If you hadn't found it, I don't know what I would have done."
The paparazzi looked puzzled: "How could such valuable things be thrown in the trash?"
The woman smiled bitterly and said, "My child was being silly and thought it was unwanted, so he took it out and threw it away..."
When she discovered the item was missing, she felt like the sky had fallen, and her vision blurred. If she hadn't been so determined to find it quickly, she probably would have collapsed.
"Thank you, thank you so much!" the woman repeatedly thanked Xu Gui, bowing repeatedly, her eyes filled with gratitude.
...
After the woman left with the bag and her child, it was already dark.
Xu Gui looked at her "580" balance, feeling very pleased. She waved the balance screen in front of the paparazzi and said, "Look, I have enough for lodging and food!"
The paparazzi: "..." Unbelievable! She slept all afternoon and made money on everything.
With a balance of 580 yuan, Xu Gui obviously didn't need to worry about food and lodging for the day. She found a restaurant, ate, and then returned to her accommodation.
She stayed in a small hotel for 120 yuan a night; at that price, the accommodations weren't great, but fortunately, Xu Gui wasn't picky.
Once back at the hotel, she turned off her livestream, washed up, and went to sleep. She
slept soundly through the night.
That night, news of Xu Gui finding ten kilograms of gold and returning it all went viral online. Although it didn't trend, it still brought a significant increase in viewers to her livestream the next day.
[I heard that this streamer found ten kilograms of gold yesterday, and only asked the owner for 500 yuan before returning it. She's truly a role model!]
Meanwhile, everyone's "role model" slept until noon, then slowly got up, washed up, and slowly ate lunch.
Seeing that she seemed poised to waste the day, the cameraman, who had been instructed by the production team to follow her, asked, "Xu Gui, aren't you going to find a job to earn money?"
Xu Gui replied slowly, "No rush, I still have over four hundred yuan. I can earn more after I spend it all."
The cameraman continued, "Don't you want to win first place on the show? First place means a million-yuan prize and a top luxury brand endorsement. Aren't you tempted?"
"No," Xu Gui replied. Even a slight hesitation in her answer was a disservice to her "laziness." She stated, "My dream is to live a carefree life, wasting my time. I won't tire myself out if I don't have to."
"...Xu Gui, do you not remember the name of our show?" The cameraman had no choice but to resort to his trump card.
Xu Gui: "Isn't it called '360 Trades'?"
The cameraman smiled: "Yes, but in '360 Trades,' 'trades' refers to professions or jobs... In other words, from the moment filming begins, the guests participating in the show have to go out and find work, and rely on the money earned from that work to support their food, clothing, and lodging for the rest of the day!"
Xu Gui: "..."
The cameraman: "Simply put, you can't just stay in the hotel and relax, because that violates the show's rules. You have to go out and find work to earn money every day..."
"Of course, the job doesn't have to be anything specific. You can work as a dishwasher in a restaurant like before, or you can start your own business and do whatever you want. In short, you have to go out and earn money!"
So, their show actually has a common name: "Let's Work Hard to Make Money," or simply "Making Money."
After finishing speaking, the cameraman added, "--The above are all the director's exact words!"
Xu Gui asked persistently, "What if I just want to stay in the hotel and sleep?"
The cameraman replied, "That would violate the show's rules, and you would have to pay a penalty... Oh, the director said, Xu Gui, your penalty is fifty million."
Fifty million? Xu
Gui, who already knew how much savings she had: ...The sky has fallen.
Fifty million, even selling her tortoise wouldn't be enough to pay that.
Xu Gui's expression turned grave: It seems that she absolutely has to earn this money.
After thinking about what kind of job she could do to earn money, considering her professional skills... Xu Gui's heart skipped a beat.
"You just said you don't care what kind of work it is, as long as it makes money?" She confirmed with the cameraman, "Anything is fine?"
The cameraman nodded, "Anything is fine."
Xu Gui seemed thoughtful, "I understand... I know how I need to make money."
Seeing this, the director showed a satisfied expression: Hmph, this program isn't a retirement show; they think it's impossible to play the "letting go" card on the show.
Then that day, Xu Gui once again earned 500 yuan for returning lost money.
Director: ???
So, how did Xu Gui manage to earn 1,000 yuan in two days by finding money? Are there so many people in the world who drop valuables? And what a coincidence that Xu Gui kept running into them?
He didn't believe that this kind of thing could happen a third time.
With such conviction, the director was met with Xu Gui's "third time" on the third day.
Director: "..." This is weird, is this really not a script? Could it be that Xu Gui and someone else conspired to put on a show?
"...I have to think of a way." The director gritted his teeth.
*
This is the fourth day since Xu Gui became human.
After getting up and having breakfast, she was planning to make money by "collecting gold" as she had done the previous two days when she received some bad news from the paparazzi.
"...You mean, I can't make money by collecting things anymore?" Xu Gui asked.
The paparazzi nodded guiltily and relayed the director's message: "The director said there's no such profession, so you can't make money this way anymore."
Xu Gui: "...Oh."
Seeing that she looked surprisingly calm, the paparazzi couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you angry?"
Xu Gui replied, "No, I'm not angry, because I knew the director was going to cause trouble, and this job wouldn't last long."
She smiled confidently and said, "It's okay, I've already thought about what my next job will be, and it'll definitely be a proper job!"
The paparazzi and the viewers in the live stream: So, what is this proper job?
The production team and netizens imagined countless jobs for Xu Gui, but when Xu Gui took out what she had prepared for this job, both sides fell silent.
"...So, what is this thing you're holding?"
The paparazzi directly asked the question on everyone's mind.