Zheng He initially signed up through a friend who contacted Vice Director Li, and Vice Director Li said the registration fee was one hundred thousand yuan, guaranteeing to get him on the show.
But he was cautious right from the beginning, after all, he had to pay one hundred thousand yuan upfront; he wanted to be on TV but didn't want the money to be swindled away, so he went online to check, and the registration for this variety show was clearly free.
Annoyed, he went to his friend to discuss this issue, who then communicated with Vice Director Li.
In the end, Vice Director Li said: "Our program adopts an open audition process, and with the one hundred thousand yuan registration fee you pay me, I can ensure you won't be filtered out by the audition, and you'll directly be on the show."
Upon hearing this, Zheng He felt it was more reasonable—if that was the case, spending one hundred thousand yuan was somewhat worthwhile.