Lin Xiaodong was a Java software engineer who had only graduated not long ago. Every day, he worked from nine in the morning to nine at night, putting in an 8+4-hour frontline software development schedule. As a single guy, finding a girlfriend was impossible. All he could do in his spare time was scroll through Douyin and watch one beautiful young lady after another sing, dance, and fool around.
A little after ten in the morning, while his supervisor was in a meeting, he slipped into the hallway, lit a cigarette, and pulled out his phone to scroll through Douyin.
The moment the interface opened, a young lady with looks easily above a nine out of ten was playing a battle royale game.
In the final circle, the young lady was holding her breath and lying prone in the grass when a notification suddenly popped up on her phone: battery below 20%.
Seeing this, the young lady hurriedly said, "Xiaoxiao, quick, bring me my charger! It's the final circle, and my phone's about to die!"
Soon, another young lady with looks above a nine out of ten appeared on screen and handed her a small white plug.
The gaming young lady hurriedly plugged the white device into her phone and slid open the switch on it. Her phone began charging, and she went on to win the match. The camera finally settled on that little white plug.
After watching, Lin Xiaodong swiped to the next video, but something felt off. He swiped back to the young lady's video and checked the likes: 2.89 million likes and 330,000 comments! It was terrifying!
He opened the comments, and the top-liked one read: No need to thank me. The young lady's battle royale account ID is Wanyue Little Fish. I'll add her first!
Which big-shot Douyin user can explain what brand of power bank that white plug is?
A black-tech wireless charger! Check out the young lady's other videos—it's insane!
Black-tech wireless charging discovered!
Where can I buy this wireless charger?
Lin Xiaodong hurriedly tapped the young lady's profile picture. There were several more videos there, and he opened one of them.
"Hello, Douyin friends! Let me recommend some black-tech phone charging gear to everyone. Ta-da! This is it. It's small and compact—plug one end into the power source and the other into your phone, and that's all you need. Look, it's charging now. Let's run forward. We're already ten meters away from the power cable, and look, it's still charging. The manual says it supports up to seventeen meters. Hehe, want to know where to buy it? I'm not telling. Bye-bye~"
At the end of the video, the young lady blew an incredibly adorable kiss at the screen.
Lin Xiaodong looked at the likes and sucked in a breath. 5.88 million likes and 590,000 comments!
He hurriedly opened the comments.
Stop blowing kisses! We just want to know where to buy this black tech!
The young lady is beautiful, but I still want to know where to buy this black tech more.
Young lady, it's too much to keep something this good all to yourself.
After watching this video, I threw my charging cable into the trash, then picked it back up.
I make wireless chargers. This video is fake. Case closed!
Is this video real or fake?
Is this charger real or fake?
Lin Xiaodong desperately scrolled through the comments for a long while. The comments were sharply divided: one group was amazed and begging for a purchase link, while the other was arguing, mocking, and flaming each other.
He opened the young lady's other videos. Every single one had millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of comments.
The other videos all showed the young lady testing different usage scenarios for the wireless charger in her hand: through wooden boards, stone walls, massive iron gates, and even an entire building. The final conclusion was that this wireless charger basically ignored obstacles, and its maximum charging range was seventeen meters.
Lin Xiaodong was instantly interested. Carrying his phone, he returned to the office and began discussing whether the wireless charger was real or fake with his coworkers.
The same scene was playing out across China. Everywhere, people were discussing whether the wireless charger on Douyin was real or fake.
On Weibo, the top three trending searches were all occupied by #BlackTechCharger#, #DouyinYoungLadyCharger#, and #WirelessChargingArtifact#.
Besides that, opening the news quickly brought up all kinds of self-media articles related to the black-tech charger.
Baijiahao, UC Browser, Toutiao, Penguin Kandian, Zhihu—everywhere was filled with explainers and exposés...
A single wireless charger had set all of China ablaze.
Over the entire day, people always asked the same question in conversation: "Any news about that charger yet?"
By evening, the young lady's Douyin followers had soared past 23 million! Her linked Weibo account had also gained more than 12 million followers!
At exactly eight that night, the young lady's Douyin finally posted a new video amid countless people's anticipation!
"Mwah! I never expected so many people to follow me and message me privately. If I don't say it soon, I'll probably get doxxed. It's time for the reveal~ First of all, this really is a wireless charger! It's called Dawn 1.0, a new product from a Chinese company. It's super awesome. Super awesome! Mwah, love you all~" At the end of the video, the young lady gave another adorable goodbye kiss.
One video instantly blew up all of Douyin.
Baidu search: Dawn 1.0. It's the first result on the homepage. iOS version 499, Android version 399. No need to thank me!
Real black tech. I kneel before it.
Could it actually be real?
A lousy charger costs several hundred yuan? Have they gone broke?
Is nobody paying attention to the young lady's looks? I'm claiming her.
Weibo has a repost giveaway for wireless chargers—1,000 of them! No need to thank me, just give me a like!
Inside Su City Industrial Park.
"Wanyu, you've taken all of China by storm this time. You're almost at thirty million followers! How are we supposed not to be jealous? No, you have to treat us to dinner—a feast! A super luxurious feast!" Gu Xiaoxiao huffed.
"Hehehe, no problem." Zhao Wanyu smiled happily. With Achen's help behind the scenes, her video had exploded across China, unleashing unimaginable advertising power.
"Achen, how's the website traffic now?" Zhao Wanyu asked Achen.
"The traffic is still rising. We already have more than three million verified registrations, and all 30,000 Dawn 1.0 units listed on the site have sold out." Achen's screen displayed the website's ordering page, with the inventory showing 0/30000. Next inventory refresh time: 24:00.
The ordering instructions clearly stated: "We sincerely apologize that Dawn 1.0 production is currently limited, and we can only offer a limited number of preorders. Orders placed successfully are expected to ship within three business days. Please wait patiently."
"Wanyu, your Weibo has exploded." Gu Xiaoxiao said.
Zhao Wanyu smiled and picked up her phone. Her pinned repost giveaway for 1,000 wireless chargers had already been reposted more than six million times!
There were over two million comments—every kind of bizarre comment imaginable!
"Oh, right, have you seen my brother? I've called him several times, but his line's always busy," Gu Xiaoxiao asked.
"Brother Sun's phone has probably exploded too. He's preparing to hold a press conference right now," Zhao Wanyu said with a smile.
"A press conference?" Gu Xiaoxiao froze.
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