My agency went bankrupt before I even got on stage.

On the SuperBlog, Morning Star also cheekily opened a guessing and voting channel, allowing fans to guess who would successfully bid for the spot!

Fans happily rallied their friends and family, encouraging everyone to vote for their idols! While a high number of votes doesn't guarantee a spot, it gives fans a strong sense of participation! And it's free! This is much easier than following a set format for posting in supertopics or engaging in voting!

Anyone with a SuperBlog account can vote! Share! You MUST share!

The official SuperBlog account was happy to see this happen, as launching polls and generating buzz is something they love to do! After all, buzz equals traffic!

As a result, the hashtag "Morning Star, Auction Voting" also climbed to the top of the trending searches!

As a result, the passersby who were unaware of what had happened were completely bewildered by the show's bizarre actions!

Talent shows can be done like this? It seems like a whole new world has been opened up! Have people's tastes become this strange? Resources being auctioned off? That's just too bizarre!

Come and see!

In just ten minutes, a large number of viewers flooded into the live stream of the "Morning Star" program, almost crashing the room! The program team had to negotiate with the live streaming platform to urgently divert the traffic, which prevented the live stream from crashing.

Before the auction even officially started, everyone seemed to have a different feeling—this auction seemed to have been ruined!

……

At this moment, Lin Fan's auction officially began!

"In my original plan, this auction was no different from a regular auction. There was no reserve price or limit on the increment. During the auction, bidders could raise their paddles to indicate that they were bidding higher. The auctioneer would then call out the bids. If no one responded after three consecutive inquiries, the last bidder would be the buyer. Once the auction was concluded, the bid could not be retracted. Any new bids made after the auction was concluded would be invalid."

Lin Fan copied all the auction rules from TV dramas in his previous life, and he used all the professional terms he learned on the spot. It was simple and crude, but it sounded quite impressive.

其实林泛还想整一个「258式」竞价阶梯的，这个模式举个例子：竞拍区间在1万元～5万元内的，是10000、12000、15000、18000、20000元依次递增；竞拍区间在5万元～10万元内的，每次加5000元；到了10万元～50万元，是10万、12万、15万、18万、20万元；50万元～100万元，每次加5万元，以此类推……

Huh? Why do I feel like my strange knowledge has increased again? Lin Fan was puzzled for a moment, completely unaware that the [Photographic Memory] divine skill had been quietly activated!

"But after careful consideration, what's the difference between doing this and directly auctioning off the spot to Li Xiaodong? I'll be criticized by everyone, especially by everyone's fans!" Lin Fan said with a wicked smile to Li Xiaodong in the audience.

"Ha ha ha ha--!"

Both the students at the scene and the fans in the live stream burst into laughter. Li Xiaodong, however, stood up excitedly and shouted, "Brother Fan, you're my own brother, I'm your super VIP, you should auction it off like this!"

"Whoa—"

The trainees started making a fuss, and everyone suddenly realized that after Lin Fan and Li Xiaodong stirred things up, the tense atmosphere immediately relaxed.

Lin Fan smiled again and said, "So, this auction is going to be different from the others!"

Everyone was slightly taken aback, and they all pricked up their ears.

Lin Fan didn't keep them in suspense and explained, "The starting price for this auction is 10 yuan, and each person can only bid 10 yuan at a time. However, the maximum bid is 1000 RMB!"

"What? There's an auction cap?"

"1000 yuan? How can it be so cheap?"

"I've already prepared 20 yuan, so was Brother Fan just joking with us when he asked us to make those calls?"

……

The trainees were dumbfounded. Just moments ago, they had been asking their agencies and families for money, starting at 10 yuan, with a million yuan not being considered a lot. Now, they heard that the highest amount was only 1000 yuan, and they were all stunned.

The live stream chat exploded again.

[I've got the urge to be capricious, but I'm short on cash: What's going on? Are you kidding me? I've already prepared the watermelon, and you're telling me it only went up to 1000 yuan at auction? What's the point of even auctioning it?]

[I'm Just Cute: Huh—1000 yuan? So, Brother Fan never intended to make a lot of money in the first place? Were all his previous emotional appeals, apologies, and explanations just a joke?]

[1. Laugh at me: I'm sure of it, he's played us all!]

[Great minds think alike: What do you mean, "playing games"? Brother Fan is indeed auctioning off his dream, but it seems he's selling it off cheaply!]

[Buffering: That's a recording spot for "Ace vs Ace," and it's only 1000 yuan! What's Lin Fan thinking? Won't the "Ace vs Ace" production team scold him?]

[High Heels Crushed Whose Heart: Come on, this is trending now. For the "Ace vs Ace" production team, not responding is the best option, because it's unexpected buzz. Even top-tier variety shows need continuous attention! It's a win-win situation; "Ace vs Ace" should be grateful, why would they target Lin Fan?]

[Your education must be prenatal education: This auction rule seems interesting; you really need some intelligence to play, haha. I can already imagine the hilarious scene when the price reaches 900 yuan.]

……

PD Liu Jia, looking completely bewildered, asked the director, "Director, was this something you all agreed upon?"

The director's face twitched, and he shook his head: "That little bastard, he built up so much emotion just now, and he only auctioned it off for 1000 yuan. That's not even enough money for the online trolls I just paid!"

The assistant director standing nearby laughed, "Director, didn't you notice? The way this kid is doing it, our buzz is even higher!"

The director was slightly taken aback and quickly looked backstage, only to find that the number of real-time online viewers for "Morning Star" had exceeded ten million. Keep in mind, this was not the final night of the group's formation, but just a small auction.

This kid...

The director, a marketing master, immediately understood the reasoning. The recording rights for "Ace vs Ace" couldn't actually be sold for a very high price, since the screen time was limited, totaling less than a minute. Even among the trainees who were most eager for popularity, very few would be willing to spend 1 yuan to buy such a deal.

There are quite a few wealthy trainees, but not many can afford to spend this much money. This is because those trainees with abundant funds or those from privileged backgrounds have already secured their debut spots. The remaining trainees are either not well-funded or have weak management companies.

These trainees would absolutely not dare to use the donations from their fans in the live stream to buy this resource, or they would be criticized.

Therefore, Lin Fan's approach is very clever. Rather than selling at a high price that makes it difficult for everyone, it is better to sell at a low price that everyone can accept. The amount of money is not much, but it is enough to attract people and make them feel more grateful to him.

Children who are born orphans are indeed very emotionally intelligent!

Soon, the trainees and fans understood the reasoning behind it, and their gazes toward Lin Fan became increasingly friendly.

Lin Fan, seemingly oblivious to everyone's gaze, continued explaining the auction rules: "As many of you have probably guessed, the key to this auction isn't the first 900 yuan, but rather the ten bidding opportunities after that, especially the last one—first come, first served!"

Lin Fan waved his hand, his gesture carrying an air of commanding authority and wielding power.

"Let me see the hand speed of you single people who've been single for 20 years!"