Chapter 3 Winning the Grand Prize

"How serious?"

"…If you don't follow my arrangements and can't continue to bring value to the company, then the Banana Platform will have to terminate the contract with you."

"Oh." Jin Luo hung up the phone again, unfazed.

The person in charge saw that she had hung up on him again without hesitation and felt even more frustrated.

"Fine, Jin Luo, play tough. When you wanted to stay on the Banana Platform, you begged me without pride. Now you've grown wings and temper, huh? A person who's been blacklisted across the whole internet, let's see how you'll take off without the Banana Platform's control."

After Jin Luo hung up the phone, it wasn't long before she received the official termination notice from the Banana Platform.

Meanwhile, the person in charge was waiting for her to regret her decision and come back to him. After not receiving a call from her for a few days, he knew she was determined to terminate the contract with Banana Platform.

His fury from a few days ago had now turned into calmness, yet deep down he felt a sense of inexplicable heaviness.

She agreed so promptly that day, and for some reason, he always felt that terminating her contract was a major loss for his future career.

It was as if he had lost a hundred million.

Jin Luo was already familiar with this place, and with Gu Jinshen, the man living in the dilapidated house.

He was the male number three in this book, who recently went bankrupt. No wonder he was so poor, Jin Luo sighed.

But with her around, making money wasn't an issue.

However, after eating instant noodles for several days, she was now a bit miserable. If she didn't do something soon, she'd starve to death from eating noodles.

She turned on her mobile phone; her original account had been canceled. She registered a new account with the nickname Fortune Cat.

Just then, a game live-streaming link popped up at the top of the live-streaming app.

She casually clicked on it and saw the text on the live-streaming screen.

A prize draw event?

The bullet chat kept flashing messages about winning big prizes, like fifty thousand in cash.

"Audience friends below the screen, the most exciting moment has arrived. Which lucky audience member will draw our top prize right now?"

Jin Luo sent a bullet chat asking the live streamer how to participate in the draw.

The live streamer replied to her.

[Let's not even think about winning big prizes; it's all a trap set by the businesses.]

[Just watch and enjoy.]

They seemed to be mocking this person called "Fortune Cat," naively pitiful, even asking how to participate in the draw.

"Now we will start the countdown, five, four, three, two, one!" The live streamer's face was abnormally excited.

The prize wheel began to spin.

After about a dozen seconds, the draw came to a halt.

"Congratulations to a customer with the account name Fortune Cat for drawing the top prize of fifty thousand cash!"

At this moment, the news that the "Fortune Cat" account had drawn the top prize was broadcasted across the whole platform.

[Ahhh! I'm so envious of her! She actually drew the prize!]

[Full of luck! I want to rub some off too!]

[Miss really lives up to her name, even her nickname luck is good. I'm also going to choose a lucky nickname!]

[Feels like Fortune Cat is really bringing wealth!]

Still, many people were guessing who this self-proclaimed Fortune Cat was.

Because she drew the prize, the live streamer asked her to turn on the voice chat and say few words to everyone, revealing a very pleasant-sounding miss.

However, some viewers felt the voice was oddly familiar, but soon the bullet chat area was overwhelmed with cries of sharing luck.

After Jin Luo drew fifty thousand cash, she was extremely excited, woo… finally she could improve her diet.

When Gu Jinshen returned and heard that she had drawn the grand prize of fifty thousand, he was somewhat astonished.

Jin Luo thought he didn't believe her and said, "Just wait, the money from that side will be transferred over soon."

Then she looked at the dilapidated house in front of her, "Let's replace this old house in a few days."

Gu Jinshen, however, said, "There is a grand opening event at a shopping mall tomorrow, you go."

"Sure." Jin Luo immediately agreed.

Asked why she agreed so quickly, it was because wherever she was, treasures would appear.

And she hadn't formally stepped out since she had arrived.

She was already looking forward to it; in the original host's memories, the outside world was a dazzling one, it was just too bad the original host had been such a homebody.

Close to noon the next day, Jin Luo hurried to the mall Gu Jinshen had mentioned.

She had signed with his studio and was now officially an artist.

This was her first appearance, and she had changed into a gown at Gu Jinshen's request.

The guests invited were mostly third and fourth-tier celebrities.

Since there were many people, the event was grand, and it caused a buzz in the mall with fans and passersby crowding all eight floors.

One of the celebrities, a woman named Chu Wei, had an impressive following, with most fans there for her.

Following her was a male celebrity named Chen Yousheng.

Before long, the celebrities began arriving one after another, including two internet influencers.

Jin Luo was one of them, invited to make up the numbers.

An enthusiastic male host was already on stage with a microphone, warming up the atmosphere.

As invited guests, the celebrities maintained their smiles and stood on stage with proper demeanor.

Meanwhile, on the online platform, fans were waiting in live streaming rooms to see their idols.

The number of people watching online was about one million at this time.

When the camera shifted to Jin Luo, some trolls immediately recognized her.

[She hasn't flopped yet? And she's appearing here.]

[She's just here to pad out the numbers, as a decorative foil. Internet celebs gotta eat; they always have to leave some opportunities for others.]

[Wasn't she red-hot recently, about to go on a variety show?]

[Where did you hear that from? Her variety show appearance is ancient history by now, she had a good thing going and played it all wrong, unprecedented and unrivaled in history.]

Everyone knew she was an internet celebrity whose popularity was no less than that of those third and fourth-tier celebrities.

With her good looks and a talent for singing, she attracted countless fans.

But in her quest to become famous, she ventured into the showbiz industry, constantly clinging to the coattails of major stars, tarnishing her reputation with scandals to the point that variety show producers outright refused her entry.

[Aaaaah! That damned Jin Luo, stay away from my precious Weiwei baby!]

Suddenly, a fan saw Jin Luo inching towards her idol and was instantly infuriated.

[She couldn't possibly be trying to mooch off fame again, could she?]

There was almost no camera footage of Jin Luo, and everyone thought she was only moving closer to Chu Wei to hog the camera.

Despite looking pitiful, such behavior was quite detestable.

However, in reality, Jin Luo's eyes were fixed on the snacks on the table in front of her.

On the plates filled with seeds and peanuts, there were many bags of spicy dried fish.

Even without opening them, Jin Luo was already drooling at the sight; as a cat, she couldn't go without dried fish.

So her feet involuntarily shifted little by little in that direction.

She hadn't absorbed a single word of what the host was saying at the front.