The longed-for village system

Chapter 9 What's the use of money?
"Xiao Chen, you're amazing! You're the fastest I've ever seen someone find the pattern in this game. How did you discover it?"

Teacher He was equally surprised that Chen Qing discovered the pattern so quickly. He believed that he had met many smart people and many people with amazing observation skills, but few were like Chen Qing.

"Actually, it's not hard to guess. In the first round, Peng Peng's loud applause obviously ruled out the possibility that the applause represented the quantity. Since the action wasn't the first thing to do, in the second round, we naturally started listening to the language. I was lucky enough to notice it."

Everyone knew that Chen Qing's humble expression was anything but a coincidence! Why did it take them a few reminders for so many people to realize it?

As expected, this landlord is no ordinary guy; he has an extremely high IQ.

"Xiao Chen is amazing. You're the best I've ever seen among all the guests playing this game," Huang Shi praised sincerely. Then he replied to his silly son, "Peng Peng, take it easy. Some people are born with a bug. You can't beat them."

Peng Peng felt hurt by Teacher Huang's words of comfort. He said that when he played the game, he had to wait until the very end and received many hints before he could guess the answer. He never expected that the landlord was so clever.

He understood the rules of the game after just two rounds, which made him feel very unfulfilled and his enjoyment of the game was zero.

After the game ended, Chen Qing checked the time and said goodbye. Teacher He and the others, having received instructions from the director team, also finished filming for the day and called out to Chen Qing, who was about to leave.

"Xiao Chen, wait a moment."

"Hmm? Is there anything else, Teacher He?" Chen Qing turned around and asked curiously.

"Mr. Chen, we need to speak with you." Old Wang came out of the shed and spoke to Chen Qing, who was looking puzzled. "It's like this, we were wondering if Mr. Chen is interested in selling those two songs from earlier today?"

Now Chen Qing knew what it was all about, but he wasn't surprised. In his previous life, "An Ordinary Day" was the theme song for their program, so it wasn't strange that they chose this song again, since it really fit their theme.

"Use the song if you want! As for the copyright, I have no intention of selling it."

According to the system's prompts, the copyrights of these two songs have already been registered in his name. However, modifying the copyright requires him to personally go to the registration office to make the changes. Given his current situation, it is clearly impossible for him to leave the village, so selling the copyrights is not an option.

“Mr. Chen, we can discuss the price. We will buy the song for 50.”

Old Wang thought Chen Qing was going to raise the price, so he also offered an extremely high price to show his sincerity. This price was the price that top-tier producers would pay.

Chen Qing naturally understood what Lao Wang meant. He waved his hand and smiled, saying, "It's not about the price. Even if you gave me 100 million for a song, I wouldn't sell it. However, you can use the song if you think it's suitable."

Seeing this, Lao Wang understood Chen Qing's attitude: they could use the songs as they pleased, but the copyright would absolutely not be sold. Although it was a bit of a pity, it was still acceptable, at least they had secured the rights to play the theme song and perform it.

"What about this money?"

"No need for the money. The people in this village are nice. If you can help them, please do so." Watching Chen Qing's departing figure, Teacher He and the others were filled with emotion. This young Chen truly has a spirit of great love and gratitude. If it were anyone else, they would definitely choose the million instead of the million. Even they were slightly tempted.

Moreover, given the circumstances of Xiao Chen's family, he refused without hesitation and gave the opportunity to the villagers.

These people had no idea how much pain Chen Qing was in. One million RMB had just flown away like that—that was ten thousand Mao Zedong bills gone just like that! His words were so damn expensive!

"Damn system! When will I finally be able to leave this village?! My money?!"

Of course, no one answered Chen Qing's question; only the evening breeze caressed his aching cheeks.

The next morning, Chen Qing got up and started his handicraft work. Although he had hundreds of thousands of yuan in rent in his account, he found that he couldn't spend the money.

There's no bank in the village where you can withdraw money, and as for his phone? It's a second-generation phone that doesn't even have WeChat, let alone payment functionality, so even if he has hundreds of thousands of yuan, it's useless since he can't leave the village.

"What's the point of this damn system if it can't even leave the village?"

Chen Qing found himself starting to curse the system regularly, though he only cursed and didn't want the system to leave.

"Is there anyone?"

Hearing the fence gate open, Chen Qing looked up and was slightly taken aback when he saw the small head. He was familiar with the owner of this head.

Zhao Xiaogu, Zhao Xiaodao, was a favorite of Ouyang Chenqing in his previous life. He also admired her spirit, as she spent 350 out of 365 days a year filming.

"Hello, Miss Zhao, the Mushroom House is a little further ahead." Chen Qing stood up and replied.

"Really? I'm sorry, I went to the wrong place."

Zhao Xiaogu was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, if she went to the wrong place, the accompanying VJ and PD should have reminded her. Why didn't they react at all just now?

The accompanying PD naturally noticed Zhao Xiaogu's question, but he couldn't answer it right now. It was all Lao Wang's decision last night: if a guest enters the wrong landlord's yard, there's no need to remind them. This was also to boost Chen Qing's popularity and increase his fame.

Having a certain level of fame would make it much easier for Chen Qing to buy and sell things later on. This can be seen as compensation from their program for Chen Qing, and of course, it was also a convenient thing for them.

Giving the driver a modified route map would suffice, which is the main reason why Zhao Xiaogu went to the wrong Mushroom House.

(End of this chapter)