(CNN) They just wanted fries and to see some diversity on the posters at McDonald's, but their prank made them $50,000 richer.

Jevh Maravilla, the college student who faked a promotional poster and hung it up at the fast-food restaurant in Pearland, Texas, along with his friend, Christian Toledo, were invited earlier this week to "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

And of course, Ellen being Ellen, she surprised them with a check for $25,000 each -- courtesy of McDonald's.

Inspired by the amount of Asian diversity in the film "Crazy Rich Asians," the two friends spent a month and about $100 to create the poster.

"We wanted to be Crazy Middle Class (Asians)," Toledo told DeGeneres.

Read More