Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 31 The Dilemma of Tianshui Duck Industry

There are many ways for internet celebrities to monetize their influence, but there are only three mainstream ones.

The first is business advertising, the second is sales commission, and the third is live streaming rewards.

Regarding short videos, since ByteDance's advertising engine is not fully operational yet, advertising revenue basically depends entirely on whether he can secure it. Lin Lang currently lacks resources.

As for live-streaming e-commerce, it has long been proven to be the best way for online influencers to monetize their content. If we're talking about landmark events, it would definitely be the e-sports streamers selling pork floss cakes and the Fiji Cup four or five years ago.

However, selling products through live streaming is not that easy.

Lin Lang had no intention of engaging in any fraudulent activities; he knew he would be brought to justice sooner or later.

If fraud is not an option, then the only recourse is to use subtle wording to create a gimmick for live-streaming e-commerce.

Just half an hour ago, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) released its investigation report on Tianshui duck industry.

Financial fraud, trading suspended, ST (Special Treatment)
Tianshui Duck Industry mainly processes cooked food. Because the factory was established relatively early, the major shareholder of the company has connections in various fields, so its main products are exported, and it made a lot of money in the early years.

However, with increasing competition in foreign trade, Tianshui duck industry is facing enormous challenges. Overseas orders are decreasing and the domestic market is completely inaccessible, causing their market value to plummet from a peak of over 6 billion yuan to just over 1 billion yuan.

The stock market is basically the last source of funding for Tianshui duck industry, whose local debt has repeatedly exceeded its limits.

To avoid being delisted and facing a series of delisting consequences, Tianshui Duck Industry embarked on a two-year-long financial fraud scheme.

Tianshui Duck Industry will be suspended from trading for two weeks. After two weeks, it will resume trading with a special treatment (ST) designation, and will be subject to a daily limit of 5% for both price increases and decreases.

Lin Lang has consumed quite a few products from Tianshui Duck Industry, because their only market is in this county, and once they leave the county, they can't promote their products.

This is normal. Traditional products rely heavily on distribution channels. Tianshui Duck Industry used to focus on overseas markets and had no distribution channels in China. It was only because Xinglan Tiandi is a local company that they were given a counter.

If you want to expand outside, it's simply impossible without investing hundreds of millions in advertising and spending hundreds of millions more to secure distribution channels.

Lin Lang began to write down what he had in mind, thinking that it would be about half a month later.

……

"The borderline influencers are all pretty good, especially Bao Bao. He's now approaching 30,000 followers. He's signed over a dozen borderline influencers, and his base of followers has already exceeded 10,000. In about half a month, he'll be able to use them to attract traffic."

"Yuan Dahua's side is doing well too..."

"Bi Xiaofang's cousin doesn't want to sign a contract yet..."

"We found a family in a rural area who are very photogenic. They haven't entered the short video field yet, but they will start in 2020 for some reason. In a very short time, they have gained more than three million followers and become the internet celebrity of the entire county. Of course, the one with the most followers is definitely not them, but a girl who is hiding in the shadows. We'll talk to them in a while to see if we can make a move in advance and seize the traffic in the field..."

"Should we sign that girl too? But she already has over 600,000 followers, she's not easy to manage..."

Every night, as Lin Lang lay in bed, he would review his current situation and then plan his next tasks.

Just as he was getting ready to go to sleep, his phone rang.

Yun called him in the middle of the night.

Out of a desire to earn money, Lin Lang answered the call.

Soon, Yun Yiyi's panicked voice came from the other end of the phone: "Lin Lang... Qin Haiyang has run away, I... what should I do?"

"Run? What do you mean?"

"He... insisted on finding an excuse to stay in my dorm tonight, and then... he..."

"You gave him a chance?"

"I didn't have it, but he insisted, and I had no choice."

"Bullshit! Unless he knocks you out or ties you up, he has almost no chance of succeeding if you don't want to! You just went along with it half-heartedly, didn't you?"

Yun Yiyi remained silent on the other end of the phone.

Lin Lang continued, "Where is he now?"

"We've gone back to the county town."

"Did you make the call?"

"No... he said he needs to go back and confront his parents, and told me to wait for him..."

"Damn it! Give me Qin Haiyang's phone number!"

Qin Haiyang, that idiot, he should at least have waited until he had a child before revealing his true intentions.

Now what the hell is this!

That bastard isn't a normal person!
If you really want to rebel against your family and be yourself, just secretly have a child. Then no one can do anything about it.

Lin Lang couldn't sleep. He had been planning for so long, and if Qin Haiyang's stupid behavior ruined everything, he would feel like killing someone.

So far, Big Fish Media hasn't seen any cash.

Earning his first sum of money was difficult, and he didn't want any unexpected events to occur.

She got Qin Haiyang's phone number from Yun Yiyi and then called him.

No one answered...

He sent Yun Yiyi a message and asked, "When did Qin Haiyang leave?"

"An hour ago..."

"Then why the hell are you only calling me now?"

"I...I'm afraid...afraid he won't come back."

“Since you know fear, you should also know that once the arrow is released, there is no turning back. You have already come to the end of this road. Either you reach your destination, or you can only start from scratch... Come to the county tomorrow.”

"Ah."

Lin Lang could understand Yun Yiyi. She came from an ordinary background and didn't have any outstanding looks. When she met a rich second-generation like Qin Haiyang, who was pursuing her, it was already the limit of her willpower to be able to resist refusing him for several days.

The same applies to men; they simply have no resistance to being actively pursued by a top-tier, wealthy, and beautiful woman. Even if it's just for fun, they feel like they've hit the jackpot.

Lin Lang hadn't slept; he was using his laptop to finish the work he hadn't completed during the day.

The next day, Yun Yiyi arrived at the company early in the morning, while Lin Lang arrived even earlier than her.

Seeing that Yun Yiyi also looked somewhat haggard, Lin Lang knew that Qin Haiyang probably hadn't gone back.

This also reflects the attitude of Qin Haiyang's family.

After all, the company just went bankrupt yesterday, and the situation is very difficult. Qin Haiyang said he wants to date an internet celebrity?

His family could beat him to death!
He'll definitely continue pursuing Shen An'an. Shen An'an's family is wealthy and can help Tianshui Duck Industry overcome its crisis and even make a comeback.

Lin Lang was too lazy to waste words with her and asked, "Could you find a private kindergarten that still has students and let me substitute for one class?"

"Yes...yes, I have a good relationship with Mi Xiaofan,"

"Come in then, let's familiarize ourselves with today's shooting schedule."

Yun Yiyi asked somewhat hesitantly, "Should I... go find Qin Haiyang? I know where he lives."

Lin Lang: "..."

Good grief, so she was planning to use this move?

so amazing!

"Let's finish filming today's content first. You no longer have any say in this matter; you sent it out yourself."

Lin Lang didn't say the last thing: he needed to regain the initiative.

"So...should I put on makeup?"

"No need, it doesn't need to be too pretty..."

Yun Yiyi could easily score nine points after putting on makeup, there's absolutely no need for her to.

The content to be filmed this time needs to be substantial, so the female lead can't be too beautiful, otherwise it will lose a lot of its charm.

The viral success of a video is always due to a combination of factors.

Lin Lang wasn't confident he could elevate this children's song to the same level as in his previous life; he could only say he would try his best to perfect all the elements.

……

Nancheng in Tianshui County is relatively remote, but the environment is extremely beautiful and the air is fresh.

This area is relatively close to the county seat, and many wealthy people have acquired land here through various means and built villas.

Qin Haiyang had only been asleep for a few hours when he got home last night and was beaten by his father, who also confiscated his phone.

At that moment, the door was kicked open, and Qin Dong, the father, walked in again, holding a whip in his hand.

Qin Haiyang, still groggy, was instantly agitated and curled up at the head of the bed.

Have you figured it out yet?

Qin Dong asked in a deep voice.

Qin Haiyang stammered, "I just want to date her."

"Row!"

……

"Ah ah ah..."

"I want it! I want it!"

"Ah ah ah..."

……

Qin Dong was still furious after leaving the room.

In the living room, a middle-aged woman had also gotten up and said, "Didn't we just have this done last night?"

"This kid's bewitched. If he doesn't come to his senses, beat him until he's snapped out of it!"

The woman said, "That's not his fault. He was clearly set up by that media company and that little internet celebrity."

"He's so stupid! He's over twenty years old, why can't he just properly pursue Shen An'an? He can't learn anything, he's as dumb as a pig, he can't even see that someone is setting him up!"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"What can we do? Nothing! If that woman calls the police, we'll just arrest Qin Haiyang and even if he's convicted of rape, he won't be able to swindle a single penny from our family!"

Qin Dong is now in a very helpless situation.

The sudden investigation of his company had driven him to the brink of despair. When he inquired about his son's progress, the scoundrel returned and announced that he had fallen for an internet celebrity and was going to marry her.

He could accept that Qin Haiyang couldn't catch up with Shen An'an because he knew Shen An'an's personality.

But I absolutely cannot accept that on the day the company had an accident, my son would come back and cause me trouble.

Qin Dong continued, "If Qin Haiyang dares to run outside when I go out later, I'll break his legs!"

"How about... we just give up? We can just quit the company..."

"You make it sound so easy. The company doesn't just belong to us. You think we can just give up like that? Do you think those people will let us off the hook?"

"So what can we do now?"

"I'll go see Shen Xingnan and ask him to place an order with Tianshui Duck Industry. As long as we can still sell the goods, the stock price will be supported. At worst, we'll have to pay out of pocket..."

(End of this chapter)