Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 44 The Sense of Disparity in Reality
The main reason Qin Dong didn't want to take out more than a million yuan was that he wanted to pay for it himself, not have Tianshui Duck Industry pay for it.

If the company were to pay for it, he wouldn't hesitate at all.

Establish a media company in your own name or in Qin Haiyang's name, specifically to serve Yun Yiyi. In the early stages, use Yun Yiyi's traffic to stabilize the stock price. In the mid-term, start using Yun Yiyi's identity to take money from the company.

Tianshui Duck Industry can still get loans, at least it has an office building in the county town, in the most central location, as well as a processing plant and a breeding farm.

By using Yunyiyi, one can both cash out in the stock market and legally siphon money from the company.

If you let Yun Yiyi sell your products, each time it costs hundreds of thousands of yuan. If you work hard, you can cash out two or three million yuan a month, and twenty or thirty million yuan a year.

He has a million ways to squeeze the value out of Yun Yiyi.

He didn't understand what Lin Lang meant by saying that his wishful thinking was about to fall through.

His own schemes are beyond the comprehension of a mere young man; his actions are beyond the understanding of anyone who hasn't reached a certain level.

Does he know how to trade stocks?
Does he even know what fund transfer is?

Asking for 1.2 million right off the bat is impossible.

For him, this amount of money wasn't a large sum, but in his view, Lin Lang was just a guy who had just graduated from university, and this 1.2 million was definitely a test.

If he's willing to talk, 300,000 can definitely be settled.

He should be quite satisfied with earning 300,000 yuan in half a month.

……

Mi Xiaofan saw the post Yun Yiyi had just made on WeChat Moments.

The first photo shows her sitting in her boyfriend's Porsche, and the second photo shows the two of them next to a gold bracelet at the Starry Sky World gold counter.

The tag on the gold bracelet is very eye-catching: 78 grams.

The third photo showed several bags of clothes. She didn't recognize the brands, but there were a lot of them—six or seven in total.

The fourth photo shows a supermarket shopping cart filled with nutritional supplements...

The fifth picture shows cigarettes and alcohol...

As Mi Xiaofan watched, she became completely lost in thought.

Yun Yiyi is living the life she wanted.

After having lunch at kindergarten, she went home.

Her home is about five or six miles from the county town, and she usually takes the bus.

The village is now mostly inhabited by elderly people, and her house stands out in the whole village.

The houses in the village are at least two stories high, and some people who work outside the village have built villas when they return to their hometown.

Her house was a solitary tile-roofed house at the entrance of the village.

The so-called tiled house is a brick wall with a tiled roof, a style from twenty years ago.

With the rapid development outside, the landscape has changed dramatically in the past twenty years. Even though Tianshui is just a small county, it has no shortage of high-rise buildings.

But time stood still over her house.

She knew the reason: her father was the only one in the family who earned money, and her mother would always take all of his salary to eat, drink, and gamble.

Even if my father worked himself to death, we wouldn't have a single penny to improve our lives.

After my father passed away, that person left with the compensation money and never came back.

She had nothing; she never had more than four thousand yuan in her bank account in her entire life, and it was only when the school gave out scholarships that she might have more than three thousand yuan.

She just wants to live a good life; she's been poor for so many years.

But every message she sent to Lin Lang went unanswered...

She watched helplessly as Yun Yiyi went from an account with almost no followers to a major internet celebrity with millions of followers. Every single group she joined was filled with envy for Yun Yiyi.

She had just sent a message to Yun Yiyi, but Yun Yiyi hadn't replied.

Mingming had been asking her for advice on how to make short videos.

The stark contrast of reality left her feeling somewhat suffocated.

She didn't know where she got the courage, but she made a voice call to Lin Lang.

She knew that making a voice or video call without any prior communication would easily offend others, and she also knew that Lin Lang might delete her as a friend again or blacklist her.

She admitted that she was a failure and had no ability to change her fate.

Lin Lang has that ability.

Even that Bao Bao now has tens of thousands of fans.

When the voice caller ID rang, her heart jumped.

This is your only chance. If you miss it, it basically means you're out of luck.

The call was answered shortly after. "Is this Teacher Mi? What can I do for you?"

At this point, Mi Xiaofan suddenly realized that she had no idea what to say.

My mind went blank, and I felt incredibly nervous.

She cared too much about this communication.

"Lin Lang... I want to apologize to you. I didn't mean it before... Can I treat you to a meal?"

I did take a very explicit photo for Lin Lang last time, but we didn't talk on the phone at that time.

There's not much difference between talking on the phone and meeting in person; she can't bring herself to say those shameful things.

"No, no, no, I'll treat Teacher Mi to dinner another day. I have some things to do in Shahe Town today, and I probably won't be able to get back for a while."

"Oh? I live in Shahe Town. There are restaurants there. Let me treat you to a meal. Where are you? I'll come find you."

Mi Xiaofan's village belongs to Shahe Town, but it is located on the very edge of Shahe Town. Just over 300 meters away, you can reach the county road that leads directly to the county seat.

"I'm on this side of the Crescent River, it's a bit remote."

"It's alright, it's not far, I'll go now."

Actually, it was quite far; Crescent Moon River was at least five miles from her home. But at this moment, the greatest distance was the distance between her and Lin Lang. Five miles was nothing.

Soon, Lin Lang said, "I know a Dong Family Restaurant in town that does a good job. Don't rush over, it's only a little past four... I won't be finished here until after six."

……

Lin Lang didn't have time to chat with Mi Xiaofan before because he was simply too busy.

Now that Yun Yiyi wants to buy out his contract, things are much easier for him, and it's a good time to sign a new one.

Since Mi Xiaofan has called, let's have a chat.

Mi Xiaofan's data usage limit is much higher than Yun Yiyi's.

Of course, it's just about traffic.

Traffic is sometimes worthless, and sometimes it's extremely valuable.

The past two years have been the most expensive period for traffic. As long as you can become popular on Douyin, you will basically be acquired by other live streaming platforms, and the signing fee is not low.

In a few years, such good opportunities will not be available again. Live streaming platforms will start to lose money and stop paying salaries. Competition in short videos is fierce, and even with millions of fans, it is difficult to get high-priced advertisements. The difficulty of monetization is hellish.

Asking Qin Dong for 1.2 million was by no means an exorbitant demand; in fact, it could be said to be extremely cost-effective.

After hanging up the phone call, Lin Lang began to teach Yuan Dahua how to shoot some content.

Yuan Dahua's fan base has been growing quite well recently, with over a thousand new fans every day, so the account has a solid foundation now.

Currently, all that's missing is the right opportunity!
The permission to post mid-length videos has been granted today, and we can now publish five-minute mid-length videos at any time. With this content, we can significantly improve user retention.

At that moment, Yuan Dahua had just caught a fish and was preparing to cook it.

According to the script Lin Lang had planned for him, he would fetch water from a small ditch to cook rice, then fry fish on a gas stove. After the fish was fried, he would pour in a basin of river water to cook it.

When it was almost cooked, I took out my usual fishing bait, sprinkled a handful in, and added it for seasoning...

Then it's time to eat.

Yuan Dahua has been living in the wild for several days. He has basically not gone back except to charge the outdoor power source, and he hasn't even taken a shower.

In this sweltering heat, I've completely gone bad.

But he could endure it; his conviction was stronger than anyone else's.

……

Mi Xiaofan originally wanted to follow Lin Lang's arrangement and wait until after five o'clock to go out, since it was still very hot right now.

After hanging up the voice call, she received a reply from Yun Yiyi.

"Fanfan, I might have to terminate my contract with Dayu Media. My boyfriend's family doesn't want me to sign with another media company; they think it won't sound good to others."

"what?"

"What I mean by telling you is that you should seize the opportunity. Big Fish Media has a lot of resources now, so don't let others snatch them away."

"Okay, I understand, thank you."

Mi Xiaofan stared blankly at her phone for a while, and then... it was as if she had made up her mind.

She went straight into the inner room, changed her clothes, and came out a dozen minutes later on her only means of transportation, a bicycle.

It's not that I can't afford an electric scooter...

Okay, I just can't afford it.

(End of this chapter)