The Xiaohe Town Residents Were Stunned

The next day, at noon.

Xiaohe Town Mobile Network updated its news at noon. Soon after, more than twenty thousand phones in Xiaohe Town that followed its official account chimed with a "ding-dong" notification at the same time.

Some people were busy working and did not look at it, while those with more free time tapped into the Xiaohe Town Mobile Network official account, wanting to see what new news there was today.

"He Turned Out to Be Xiaohe Town's Hidden Tycoon? A Tsinghua University Graduate's Journey of Returning Home to Start a Business"

The article first introduced Lin Feng's family garage workshop, showing footage of more than twenty workers at work.

Then the footage shifted to images of the Handwriting Robot on the three major sales platforms: Taobao, Tmall, and JD.com.

It introduced the hidden tycoon of Xiaohe Town's product, detailing the Handwriting Robot's monthly sales and revenue.

Every Xiaohe Town resident who saw this was left dumbfounded.

What?

That Handwriting Robot could sell more than two thousand units a month, and even the cheapest one cost 499 yuan? The most expensive one even cost 699 yuan!

That Handwriting Robot was that expensive, yet it could still sell so many units?

Based on the price and sales volume, wouldn't that mean earning hundreds of thousands a month? Several million a year?

At that thought, the people of Xiaohe Town were shocked, but also extremely jealous.

After all, that was hundreds of thousands earned every month. Who would not envy that?

As a result, they grew increasingly curious about the rest of the news.

They wanted to know who had opened such a Handwriting Robot factory and who was making so much money.

As people's curiosity rose, a photo of Lin Feng directing the workers appeared at just the right time beneath the article, followed by an introduction to Lin Feng.

The article described Lin Feng's educational and personal growth, mentioning how he returned to his hometown after graduating from Tsinghua University and developed the Handwriting Robot with his parents' full support.

But this had been misunderstood by the townsfolk, who believed Lin Feng had been living off his parents. Then came the story of how he finally developed the Handwriting Robot, founded a company, opened a factory, and cleared his name.

The entire introduction had its highs and lows, full of twists and turns, leaving people with a deeper impression of Lin Feng.

The topic then shifted to Lin Feng's character. The article said that he treated his employees exceptionally well and was not harsh toward them in the slightest. Not only did he spare no expense on meals, but the wages were also high.

According to one employee, they had never met such a good boss before. The food was good, the pay was high, and with attendance and performance bonuses, their salary could reach 4,000 yuan!

More importantly, Boss Lin Feng had promised that if overtime was ever required, overtime pay would be calculated!

If they had to work overtime every day, a monthly salary of 6,000 or even 7,000 yuan was possible.

Naturally, the Xiaohe Town residents reading the news were stunned, then began to look tempted.

After all, Xiaohe Town was just a small town, not a county seat or a city. Its income levels were naturally far below those of county seats and cities, and also lower than what people could earn working in Dongguan or Foshan.

Jobs in Xiaohe Town generally paid only around 2,500 to 3,500 yuan. Salaries reaching 4,000 yuan were exceedingly rare.

Seeing others earn 4,000 yuan every month with meals included, how could anyone not feel envious and jealous?

It could be said that after reading this article, countless Xiaohe Town residents envied and resented the more than twenty people working for Lin Feng.

One could imagine that before long, Lin Feng's father Lin Guohua and mother He Xueqing would have their WeChat and phones bombarded. Countless relatives and friends would surely ask whether they were still hiring.

Unfortunately, the factory was currently fully staffed and could not accommodate any newcomers.

After all, the factory was ultimately just an assembly plant, so they could only turn them down one by one.

Of course, the article did not merely introduce the workers' benefits and their praise for Boss Lin Feng. It also discussed the significance of the Handwriting Robot's invention.

At the end of the article, Reporter Huang, the author of the news report, highly praised Lin Feng's achievements, calling him the pride of Xiaohe Town and its best boss.

The comment section beneath the news immediately exploded. After reading the article, countless readers eagerly posted their opinions.

"I told you Lin Feng wasn't living off his parents. I watched him grow up, so how could I have judged him wrong? You people just wouldn't believe it. Now you believe it, don't you?"

This comment was posted by a Xiaohe Town resident named "Aunt Ba." It received more than 1,600 likes and ranked first.

"Lin Feng really is the pride of our Xiaohe Town. I really want to work at his place. A normal salary of 4,000 yuan, rising to more than 7,000 with overtime, is truly enviable. I just wonder whether they're still hiring."

This was posted by someone named "Huang Guoyi." It received more than 1,200 likes. It seemed that quite a lot of people truly wanted to work at Lin Feng's factory.

"I wonder how much Lin Feng earns every month? He should expand production capacity in the future, right? If so, we might have a chance to join his factory."

This was posted by someone named "Sister Fang." It also received more than 900 likes, ranking third.

Besides that, there were another two thousand comments in the comment section. Clearly, this news had truly drawn out quite a few lurkers.

After all, previous news articles had at most a few hundred comments. Normally, several dozen was already a lot, and most of the time there were only a dozen or so comments.

For this article to attract more than two thousand comments, it was simply too explosive. Countless townsfolk who had always silently lurked and read the news could not help but speak up.

Of course, this was not the only report. Over the next two days, with one report released each day, Xiaohe Town Mobile Network continued covering news related to Lin Feng.

The second day's report covered the dispute between Lin Feng's Xingtu Technology and Zhisu Technology, explaining why the dispute had arisen and what Lin Feng had done afterward.

It could be said that once this article was published, countless Xiaohe Town residents cursed Zhisu Technology whenever it was mentioned, calling it shameless and worse.

Of course, many of them also heard of Bilibili for the first time. Following the link, they entered Bilibili to see how Lin Feng had berated Zhisu Technology's boss.

This provided Lin Feng's video with tens of thousands of views, while his follower count surged by more than ten thousand that day. Those new followers were definitely all people from Xiaohe Town.

One amusing thing was that many young people from Xiaohe Town were quickly captivated by Bilibili after entering it.

Bilibili's anime videos, remix videos, technology videos, film and television videos, and music videos showed them a whole new world, and they could no longer leave.

Unfortunately, Bilibili still had a very strong anime-oriented atmosphere in those days, which kept many young people who disliked anime, as well as middle-aged and elderly people, from joining.

This situation did not begin to change until November 2014, when He Rui, Bilibili's first angel investor and its future leader, was invited to take charge of Bilibili.

It was also after He Rui joined Bilibili and took the helm that he increased support for categories such as film and television, technology, and remix videos.

This led to a massive increase in those types of videos, gradually reducing Bilibili's anime-oriented atmosphere and creating an opportunity to attract more young people and middle-aged and elderly users in the future.

After that came steady development as it searched for profitable directions. By 2024, Bilibili had officially become Great Xia's YouTube and was widely loved by Great Xia's internet users.

But at this time, without a capable leader, Bilibili was struggling forward. It had been unable to turn a profit for a long time, and as more videos accumulated on the platform, server operating costs continued to rise, leaving it unable to make ends meet.

It could be said that if He Rui had not entered the picture next November in his previous life, whether Bilibili could become Great Xia's YouTube, become profitable, or even survive that long would have been unknown.

Of course, this was precisely Bilibili's most difficult period. Investing some money in it would be a good investment, since Bilibili would go public on Nasdaq in the future and would definitely bring a profit.

But the topic returned to Xiaohe Town Mobile Network.

On the third day, Xiaohe Town Mobile Network's news focused on how Lin Feng's Handwriting Robot invention had caught the attention of CCTV's I Love Invention!

The article said that everyone should keep an eye on CCTV's I Love Invention program in the coming days, since they might even see themselves on television.

This naturally sent Xiaohe Town into an uproar. For a time, neighbors and townsfolk were all discussing the matter, delighted that their Xiaohe Town could become famous.

After all, this was CCTV's I Love Invention, a program with tens of millions of viewers. Being able to let so many people learn the name Xiaohe Town naturally made everyone happy and proud.

It could be said that if the previous two news reports had made people envy, resent, and hate Lin Feng—

Then now, with Lin Feng appearing on I Love Invention thanks to the Handwriting Robot, people no longer felt much jealousy or resentment toward him.

As the saying went, when you were only one small step ahead of others, people would envy you and believe you had succeeded only by taking shortcuts.

But when you surpassed them to a point they could never hope to reach, they would only admire and envy you.

And Lin Feng had vaguely reached that level now. At the very least, they themselves could never get onto I Love Invention!