The First Career Line (Seeking Investment, Happy New Year!)

Chapter 40: The First Career Path (Seeking Investment, New Year's Investment Request)

Before leaving, Li Xian made a phone gesture to Zhang Cheng, reminding him to stay in touch, and then left the company.

Zhang Cheng, apart from other skills, loved to hang out on forums and major websites. While the organization of internet trolls was mysterious to most people, to him it was like visiting neighbors.

This kind of useless skill was usually embarrassing to talk about, but unexpectedly, it came in handy today.

After Li Xian left, Zhang Cheng took out his phone and carefully reconfirmed the amount in his VX wallet.

Five followed by four zeros, exactly fifty thousand RMB.

Seeing this number, Zhang Cheng's heart started pounding, his breathing quickened, and sweat beaded on his palms.

Fifty thousand RMB!

When had his card balance ever exceeded four digits!

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath to calm himself down, telling himself: Calm down... be composed... This money isn't mine, it's the funds Brother Xian gave me to handle a task... Brother Xian wants to hire internet trolls... Yes, yes... trolls.

With that thought, Zhang Cheng immediately logged into QQ and found a group called Jin Yong Heroes Biography.

"Click-clack..."

His fingers flew across the keyboard, and a message was sent to the group.

"I have a big job here, anyone interested?"

"PM..."

"PM..."

"PM..."

"..."

As soon as the message was sent, seven or eight people replied. Zhang Cheng filtered through them and clicked on "East Heretic's" chat window.

There were five top internet troll leaders in this group. "East Heretic" was one of them. Do you want to guess what the other four are called?

"Old Evil Huang..."

"Boss, what kind of service do you need? I'll send you a price list for you to look at."

An image was sent over. Zhang Cheng opened it and saw a very comprehensive list of services, covering everything from forums, blogs, Weibo, to major music and video sites.

The prices were also meticulously detailed. For example, there were four options for buying followers, including basic followers (for show, won't drop), advanced followers (with avatars), top-tier real followers (permanent quality), and premium active followers (real and active).

Prices ranged from 100 RMB for 10,000 followers to 350 RMB for 10,000 followers, with higher quality costing more. Further down, there were various packages including likes, reposts, comments, and more.

"Do you have a service for sending private messages?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"Sending private messages?"

"Yes, sending private messages to Bilibili Uploaders."

"Uh... no problem. Machine brushing is 30 cents, manual brushing is 50 cents. If you order more, there are packages. Referencing the comment package, machine brushing is 240 RMB for a thousand messages, and manual brushing is 420 RMB for a thousand messages."

"I want the manual brushing package. It must be real people brushing, and the number of people must be over one hundred."

"Over one hundred people? Boss, if you need that many people, you'll have to pay extra."

Zhang Cheng considered it, then sent a message to Li Xian explaining the situation. Li Xian quickly replied, telling him to handle it as he saw fit, and that money was not an issue.

Seeing the reply, he immediately decided, "No problem, let's start with two thousand messages."

"OK. For over a hundred people doing manual brushing, the price is 700 RMB per thousand messages. Boss, since it's my first time taking your order, I'll give you a discount of 10%. Two thousand messages will be 1260 RMB. Pay half first, and the remaining balance after the work is done."

"Okay, I'll transfer it to you via VX."

"{OK}... Boss, what are your requirements?"

"Bilibili, send them a private message saying: Your account is gone."

"Received!"

With everything settled, Zhang Cheng leaned back relaxedly: Damn it, I'll have over a hundred people flood your private messages, I don't believe you won't see it.

Meanwhile, after returning to his hotel, Li Xian immediately opened his computer to check his videos.

He checked several video websites and found his original videos on all of them, but the popularity and traffic were not as good as on Bilibili.

The main culprit was Bilibili's Kusotori videos. Besides the original Uploader, many other Uploaders had already started remixing them. This explosive trend was unstoppable.

Damn it, another rich guy with no friends.

Principal Wang is the internet's disciplinary committee, and I'm the internet's Kusotori Bro?

The difference is too huge.

Li Xian felt like crying and laughing. He could already imagine himself appearing on Bilibili's Kusotori Spring Festival Gala, being on par with Lord Führer and Zhuge Liang.

Li Xian dejectedly closed the webpage, lit a lonely 1916, took two deep puffs, and sighed, "Sigh, do I have to go the populist route from now on? No way... I need to change my image."

After much thought, the cigarette had burned down to the filter. He crushed the butt in the ashtray and logged into Weibo.

Li Xian had a Weibo account, but it wasn't verified. He mainly used it to search for adult films.

He didn't plan to use this account as his main one. Instead, he registered a new account and verified it directly with his real name. This new account was his new beginning.

You need to keep the alt account, everyone has a few aliases.

After registering a new Weibo account, he immediately posted two updates. One featured a sea view from the Grand Hyatt Hotel along with a simple yet regal beef burger, and the other showcased his beloved Mercedes-Benz G65, presented as a nine-image collage.

With these two posts, his image immediately gained a certain prestige. It was a shame he only had one car; if he had two or three more, he'd have more content to share.

Buying a car was put on the agenda. He then searched for "Kidney Bro" on Weibo and refreshed the page. Just as the System had warned, people were already impersonating him to gain followers.

Harbin Kidney Bro, Chuncheng Kidney Bro, Shengjing Kidney Bro... all sorts of Kidney Bros, plus Bincheng Kidney Bro. Each account had followers ranging from a few hundred to over a thousand, and they were almost all newly registered accounts.

These Kidney Bros had one thing in common: they all sold barbecue.

After scanning their Weibo profiles, Li Xian couldn't help but laugh.

I haven't even made a move yet, and you're already trying to steal my brand?

Imitations are so powerful.

Fortunately, these people weren't scamming others in his name; they were just using the buzz to promote their barbecue restaurants. Li Xian couldn't really do much about that for now.

However, in a while, as the popularity of the meme videos grew, someone might try to register his trademark.

Thinking of this, Li Xian immediately sent a message to Zhang Cheng, asking him to prepare for a big influencer push, soft articles, and paid commenters. If he was going to do this, he might as well go big.

Afterward, he looked into registering a trademark.

The trademark "Kidney Bro" might lower his prestige a bit, but even if it did, he wouldn't let others benefit from it.

It's my child; I have to raise it, even if it means shedding tears.

These meme videos had essentially made his decision for him. The barbecue restaurant venture was now a must.

Around six or seven in the evening, Li Xian drove his G-Wagon out.

In the car, he opened his VX group and sent a voice message.

"Mengzi, I'm heading out. I'll pick you up first, then Jiji, and then we'll go find Wei Shao together."

Wang Meng: "Got it!"

Jiji: "I'll drive over. You guys decide on the place."

Master Jin: "I despise all of you."

Fatty Ye: "Don't send any more disgusting pictures in the group, you jerks. If you make me crave it, I'll get you drunk when you get back!"

Wei Shao: "Brother Xian, pick me up first. I've run away from home."

Li Xian: "You run away from home eight times a month, you're more punctual than Aunt Flow."

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