This made Li Shimin anxious, and he wanted to trade one for one with me.

Cheng Chuliang said angrily, "Brother, these people look down on us!"

The vendors' expressions changed, and they all cried out, "That's not how it is! How could we dare to look down on Cheng Dalang and Cheng Erlang!"

Cheng Chumo said sternly, "If you think highly of us, then let us eat first!"

The lead vendor, seeing the long line of people looking in their direction, thought it would be fine for them to eat as well, and readily agreed, "Sure!"

Cheng Chumo pointed to an alleyway in the distance and said, "I like to eat in peace and quiet. I can't eat if people are watching me. Take your food and come with me."

After saying that, he said to Cheng Chuliang, "Second brother, I'll eat first, and you can eat later."

Cheng Chuliang chuckled and said, "Okay!"

The vendors looked back and saw that the alley was very secluded. If they went in to eat, how could the people in line see them? If they couldn't see them, how could they attract them to buy?

The lead vendor hesitated, saying, "This isn't really appropriate..."

Cheng Chumo raised an eyebrow, put his hands on his shoulders, and said seriously, "So, you want me to eat what you left over?"

Staring intently at Cheng Chumo's fierce eyes, and feeling the heavy weight of the hand on his shoulder, the lead vendor swallowed hard and said with a fawning smile, "Brother Cheng thinks highly of us, how could we dare to have any objections? We'll go wherever you say, we'll listen to you!"

Cheng Chumo said with satisfaction, "That's right, come on, follow me!"

After he finished speaking, he led everyone to a secluded alley.

"Is this even possible...?" Cheng Dong'e was dumbfounded, gaining a deeper understanding of his two cousins' ways of doing things.

He originally thought Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang were reckless people, but now he saw that they were clearly shrewd despite their rough exterior, and clever despite their recklessness.

Cheng Dong'a moved closer to Cheng Jun and said with emotion, "I never expected that my eldest cousin could come up with such a solution, and my second cousin's cooperation was also excellent."

Cheng Jun suppressed a laugh, feeling that he saw the real-life Daiyu in Cheng Chumo, but the sense of oppression he gave off was much stronger than that of Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu didn't have such a big fist... Cheng Jun said while signing autographs, "So you can't judge a book by its cover."

“Your uncle is a man who is rough around the edges but meticulous at heart. His son has been influenced by him for many years, so how could he be bad?”

Cheng Dong'e nodded in deep agreement, then looked at Cheng Jun and said, "I think Third Brother is more capable. You only let Aunt Du set up a stall here, and you changed the fate of her whole family."

Cheng Jun chuckled, "I don't have that ability to change Aunt Du's fate. What really changed her fate was the traffic I have."

"flow?"

Cheng Dong'a pondered this unfamiliar word.

Cheng Jun pointed to the long line of people and said slowly, "These people are here because of me. These people are the traffic."

What I'm doing now is monetizing traffic.

“I had Aunt Du set up a pancake stall next to me. What I did was actually called selling goods through livestreaming.”

Traffic, traffic monetization, live-streaming e-commerce... Cheng Dong'a watched Aunt Du kneading dough while pondering the meaning of the words Cheng Jun had used, and found that he could describe a phenomenon so aptly with just a few words.

Cheng Dong'e asked curiously:

"Third cousin, I can understand you helping Aunt Du, since you're friends with her son. But why did you let that young lady named Qu Yue form a support group for Cheng Sanlang?"

Cheng Jun smiled and said, "In order to control public opinion."

Cheng Dong'e became increasingly curious; it was yet another new term. "What is public opinion?"

Cheng Jun said, "Everything in the world has two sides: yin and yang, cold and warm, black and white, day and night."

"People are the same. Some people like something, while others don't. Some people love something to death, while others hate the same thing to the bone."

Cheng Jun pointed the tip of his rabbit-hair brush at the white paper and said:

"Take me for example. Today, so many people came to ask me for autographs, but there must also be some people who kept hurling insults at me when I couldn't see them."

"The Book of Documents says, 'Only when everything is prepared can one avoid trouble.' Therefore, in order to prevent some people from jumping out to criticize me, I need a mouthpiece to help me criticize back."

Cheng Jun looked at him and asked, "If you like someone, but that person is being insulted, would you defend the person you like and insult them back?"

Cheng Dong'a thought for a moment and said, "Yes."

Cheng Jun said, "That's how they are. They admire me, and if someone insults me, they'll help me insult them back."

Cheng Dong'e asked in confusion, "But who would normally jump out and criticize you?"

"They insulted you, and before they could even retaliate, you struck first."

Cheng Jun laughed and said, "That's a different story then."

Cheng Dong'e then asked, "The fan club you just mentioned, is it also for traffic?"

Seeing that he understood immediately, Cheng Jun smiled and said, "That's right. I'll have that woman named Qu Yue set up the Cheng Sanlang support group. The people who join the support group will revolve around me, and I can control where this traffic flows."

"With them, I can sell products just like I do today. As long as I say something is good, they will be willing to spend money."

"Similarly, if I say something bad about someone, they will fight for me."

Cheng Jun said, "This is called dominating public opinion."

Cheng Dong'a looked at him with admiration and said, "Third cousin, you know so much."

Just then, the laughter of Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang drifted from afar: "My third brother doesn't know much, so he should call you cousin!"

You two are turning against the Heavenly Gang...

Cheng Jun rolled his eyes and asked, "Is it resolved?"

Cheng Chumo snorted, "They're just a bunch of vendors. They act like they're going to die after eating just a little bit of food from them. Before my second brother even got a turn, they said they had something to do and ran off."

Upon inspection, Cheng Jun noticed that there were indeed far fewer stalls.

It has to be those two brothers... Cheng Jun thought to himself.

At this moment, Cheng Dong'e's voice rang out again: "Third cousin, I still don't understand why you chose a woman to be the president of the support group?"

Without hesitation, Cheng Jun replied, "Because she has fine character."

Cheng Dong'e asked curiously, "What admirable virtues?"

Cheng Jun said, "I have money."

"..."

Cheng Dong'a stared blankly at him, truly not expecting those two words to come out of his mouth.

Just then, Cheng Chuliang suddenly said, "Aunt Du, your business is so good today, why aren't you happy?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jun turned to look at Du's mother and noticed that she was frowning and kneading dough with a heavy heart. He got up and went over to ask:

Why does Aunt Du look so worried?

Du's mother said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid of embarrassing you."