Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 3 Advancing as a Form of Retreat
Yuan Dahua is 32 years old this year and has been married to his wife for six years.

He works at a fish feed shop and occasionally goes out to provide technical assistance to aquaculture farmers. In this small county town, he earns a little over four thousand yuan a month.

This is a very stable job; you could work until you're fifty without any problem.

He knew his income was low and his wife was beautiful, so he always handed over all his income. Every month, if he wanted to smoke, he had to beg his wife.

Since my wife started posting videos on Douyin in the first half of this year, she has been inundated with a flood of praise in her private messages.

Even worse, some people would proactively add her as a WeChat friend and immediately send her red envelopes or transfer money.

My 32-year-old wife hasn't done any heavy work in recent years. She hands over her entire monthly salary to her husband. Although it's not much, it's enough to make her and our child live a relaxed and leisurely life. Plus, her parents occasionally give her some financial support, so there isn't much pressure in the county town.

As a result, her clothing, appearance, and skincare are all quite good.

With the addition of one of Asia's three great sorceries, the beauty enhancement technique further amplified his wife's well-proportioned features, pushing her beauty to its peak.

After using beauty filters, she looks like she's in her early twenties, with a mature charm, and naturally gained over five thousand followers.

He added hundreds of new WeChat friends, and in one month, the amount of money he received in red envelopes and transfers was more than his monthly salary.

He gradually started to connect with some local online celebrities who had tens of thousands of followers...

His situation is easy to imagine.

At first, I would just curse at him occasionally, but this year I've developed a new skill: cursing while hitting him...

Until a few days ago, he came home late from fishing and was chased and scolded by his wife, who said a lot of things about him not being good enough for her. In the end, she even rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife, and tried to kill him...

"Brother Yuan, what's the purpose of you posting these fishing videos for the past few months...?"

Yuan Dahua said awkwardly, "Don't laugh at me, I just wanted to become an internet celebrity so my wife would think more highly of me."

Lin Lang nodded and said, "Brother Yuan, your situation is very suitable for our company's operating direction. Our company has tailored an operating plan for you free of charge, but the first task is... you must get a divorce."

"What?" Yuan Dahua was clearly unable to accept this.

Lin Lang quickly explained, "Brother Yuan, divorce is just a way to find a topic. As long as you have traffic and fans, you can always remarry after the divorce, right? Don't blame me for being blunt, but the videos you made yourself really weren't very interesting. You're not some national-level master, you can't teach many fishing techniques. We understand that you're reluctant to let go of this relationship, but the best way to maintain a relationship is to take the initiative in it. How do you think you can take the initiative?"

Yuan Dahua: "..."

I have to admit, this young guy is right.

It's not that he doesn't understand, it's that he can't do it.

He just can't earn as much money as others, and he's not as handsome or romantic as them.

"How exactly should we cooperate?"

Lin Lang quickly stood up, took out a contract, and said, "Brother Yuan, please take a look at the contract first. I can explain the specific contents to you... First of all, the account ownership belongs to us. After deducting operating costs, all profits will be split 60/40 between you and us. Then there's the penalty for breach of contract... We're a local company, so we definitely won't put any traps in the contract..."

Finally, there's our company's responsibility... As long as you fully cooperate with our arrangements, we guarantee that your account will grow to over 100,000 followers within a year. Our company also has a strong matrix of accounts that will push over 10 million views to your account throughout the year. As long as you can handle it, reaching a million followers is not a problem!

Regarding your personal business, although it's too early to discuss these matters now, our company will handle everything on your behalf. The profit-sharing ratio will remain the same as before: after deducting operating expenses, you will receive 60% and our company will receive 40%.

Regarding operating costs, our company will provide a detailed breakdown, which you can request at any time. If any item is unreasonable, you can communicate with us and even sue us for breach of contract…

Our company's core values ​​are fairness and transparency..."

……

"Brother Yuan, it's a pleasure doing business with you!"

...Lin Lang signed his first partner, marking the first official step forward.

Although the so-called matrix accounts are still empty, the only operating cost at present is to help with filming, editing, and content creation.

In the past two weeks, I've contacted forty or fifty people, but only seven or eight have responded.

Fortunately, just as Lin Lang was about to leave work and go home, he received another reply, from a kindergarten teacher he had just chatted with privately that afternoon.

"I won't sign with the company!"

When the other party replied with that sentence, Lin Lang knew that there was an opportunity.

Those who have absolutely no chance will not even get a reply.

Since you've replied, it means you have some thoughts on it, but you're still wary of unfamiliar things.

Lin Lang knew very well that what he said next would affect the final outcome. He had to gain the other party's trust, otherwise the difficulty of closing the deal would increase exponentially.

You can't bring up any technical stuff; they might not even understand it.

You can't just make empty promises. She's very beautiful, and she's probably had plenty of empty promises growing up, so she's developed a tolerance for them.

"You're right not to sign with the company. Nowadays, most companies just make verbal promises and then tamper with the contracts. It seems you've experienced this before."

After Lin Lang replied, the other party asked, "Aren't you from a media company?"

The other party has already started initiating the conversation.

"No, we offer personalized services. We create a persona and content tailored to each online influencer based on their strengths and talents. It's like buying and renovating a house. We're the renovation company, but we offer renovation advice based on our professional expertise. Ultimately, you're the homeowner. We can't take ownership of the house just because we've participated in the renovation. Our company only earns renovation fees."

"How do you customize it?"

"In my opinion, you haven't played to your strengths. You're very beautiful and have a great figure, but the content of your videos clashes too much with your persona. Your videos focus too much on showing off your figure, instead of strengthening your persona... Ordinary people have a biased view of teachers, especially young and beautiful female teachers. You should focus more on your identity as a teacher, not your curvy figure... You must have received a lot of private messages offering to be your sugar daddy, right?"

"So what should we do?"

……

After getting off work, Lin Lang returned home.

He has already made an appointment with that teacher to go and film a segment for free tomorrow.

These things can't be rushed. Women who have the courage to face the camera and show themselves are generally experienced and not so easy to win over.

As soon as I got home, my mother, Xu Yunxiu, asked, "Son, how was your meeting today?"

She had seen the girl's photo and knew about the girl's family situation.

"I don't know, but they heard that my studio is opening tomorrow and sent me a flower basket."

Upon hearing this, Ms. Xu was overjoyed. "Oh, that's great! Your sister said that the girl herself is very outstanding, and her family is also very outstanding. You must seize this opportunity. Invite her out again tomorrow."

"Then I'll ask her what she means in a couple of days?"

Ms. Xu quickly said, "Have you gone crazy from studying? When it comes to blind dates, as long as you don't reject them, it's basically halfway done! From now on, you can ask her to go out and have fun whenever you have time. She teaches in the town in our hometown, and you're familiar with that area... Oh, and remember to dress smartly when you go out in the future."

"I'm just worried you'll be in a rush. Ideally, the engagement should be finalized in three days, the wedding in five days, the baby in three months..."

"Pah! Pah! A baby born at three months old, is that yours?"

(End of this chapter)