Reborn in 2014: A One-Man Tycoon

"Meng Chuan, do you... do you even know what kind of mess things have gotten out of you online? And you still have the nerve to joke around?"

Liu Qian gritted her teeth and shouted, her voice full of anxiety and helplessness.

"Uh... what happened? I really don't know."

Meng Chuan was taken aback. Although he knew that his news was all over the internet, he hadn't really paid much attention to it.

"It's Wang Ling. Wang Ling posted a video on Douyin. You can watch it yourself in a bit! But don't get too upset. The innocent will clear themselves."

Liu Qian gave him some worried instructions, her tone revealing concern.

"It's her again? Looks like I was holding back a bit."

Meng Chuan frowned.

The last time she went to Meng Chuan's house to perform, Meng Erbao threw a basin of dirty water on her and she fled the village.

I didn't expect them to still be so persistent.

"Oh! Please don't get upset. If things continue to escalate, I will contact some classmates who know the details and help you clarify things online."

Liu Qian said with a headache.

She was already starting to think about how to help Meng Chuan solve this problem.

"Okay, let me see what she said first."

As Meng Chuan spoke, he changed the subject and asked with a smile:

"Teacher Liu, are you really not going to consider coming over and warming my bed for me?"

"Get out of here! What are you thinking about all day? I'm in Beijing right now, at Chen Yiyi's house."

Liu Qian said irritably.

But if Meng Chuan were next to Liu Qian at this moment, he would notice that Liu Qian's cheeks were flushed and she looked very cute.

"Huh? Why did you go to the capital again?"

Meng Chuan was speechless.

He must be getting really bored staying home all the time.

Why is it that Liu Dong can hide in a hotel and live that shameless life with his girlfriend?

So he could only hide at home alone, too afraid to go out?

Now Liu Qian has quietly run off to Beijing; this is a case of "distant water cannot quench immediate thirst"!

“Yiyi listened to what you said and has voluntarily withdrawn from the Ofo project. But she and her partners have had some disagreements and she's been feeling down lately. I'm just taking this opportunity to get away from her. I'll be back in a while, so be good at home! Remember, don't get anxious or upset.”

Liu Qian reluctantly gave Meng Chuan repeated instructions.

Finally, Meng Chuan forced him to say "muah" into the phone before he hung up.

After ending the call, Meng Chuan immediately opened Douyin (TikTok) and searched for Wang Ling's videos.

Meng Chuan quickly found an account with the username "Wang Ling, the girlfriend who was abandoned by the top scorer in the college entrance examination".

The name is quite long, but it has to be said that it's very eye-catching.

This account has over 10 followers.

It's worth noting that Douyin's total user base is only around 100 million.

For an ordinary person to gain more than 100,000 followers on Douyin is by no means easy.

This also illustrates how terrifying Meng Chuan's innate ability to attract attention is.

Many topics or videos related to him receive an astonishing number of views.

This account only posted one video.

The video has been viewed over a million times.

Meng Chuan opened the video with a gloomy expression.

Wang Ling appears in the video; it's a recorded video.

The video is very short, only about ten seconds long.

"Meng Chuan, you don't answer my calls, you don't reply to my messages, but you can't escape."

"You abandoned me after seducing me, and even hired people to ruin my reputation. I give you five days to contact me."

"Otherwise, I will release a video every other day, telling the whole story of how you started this relationship and then abandoned me, so that netizens will know how much of a scumbag you are, even though you got a perfect score on the college entrance exam."

In the video, Wang Ling spoke while her eyes were filled with tears.

It's quite pitiful.

This video was posted the day before yesterday, on the same day that Douyin Assistant played the video of the interview with Meng Chuan.

After a day of going viral, it has now garnered a million views.

The comment section below the video was even more lively.

Various viewpoints clashed fiercely, turning the area into a "battlefield" of online public opinion.

"This woman is obviously desperate for fame. She'll say anything to get attention. A top scorer in the college entrance exam doing something like this? I don't believe it!"

"Maybe it's true! You can't judge a book by its cover. Who knows what kind of person Meng Chuan is in private?"

"Whether it's true or not, let's grab a seat and wait for the juicy gossip. There's bound to be some big news later!"

"I don't think Wang Ling is lying. If there were no truth to it, what woman would disregard her reputation?"

"Meng Chuan is my idol. If this really happened, I would be very disappointed."

The comments were varied and diverse.

Supporters and opponents argued fiercely, each sticking to their own arguments.

It even sparked some minor "flame wars".

Some marketing accounts also caught wind of this and published related articles.

The headlines are getting more and more exaggerated.

Titles like "Top scorer in college entrance exam's image collapses? A shocking scandal is hidden behind it!"

Wang Ling reveals: Meng Chuan's unknown dark past!

These articles spread rapidly online, further amplifying the event's popularity.

Meng Chuan turned off the video and checked the unread text messages on his phone.

It wasn't that Meng Chuan deliberately ignored Wang Ling's calls.

Meng Chuan doesn't answer any unfamiliar numbers without a name saved in his contacts to avoid being disturbed.

Meng Chuan actually found a message in his unread messages that should have been sent by Wang Ling.

“Meng Chuan, you have someone slander me as Technician No. 8. This is a huge loss to my reputation. If you don’t compensate me with ten million, I will definitely ruin your reputation.”

"Damn, are you crazy for money?!"

Meng Chuan was speechless.

He genuinely didn't know where Wang Ling got the courage to ask for ten million so readily.

Does she have no concept of money?

Ten million is not a large sum of money for Meng Chuan.

However, even if Meng Chuan were to give a reward to a beggar on the street, he would never give it to her!

Meng Chuan originally wanted to call back and warn her not to cause any trouble.

After seeing the text message demanding ten million in compensation, Meng Chuan didn't even want to make a phone call.

Whatever, I'll deal with whatever comes my way. He's just a clown.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Meng Chuan received another call from Zhang Erming.

"Mr. Meng, I'm very sorry. Our colleagues in the review department were negligent. It's also my fault for not clearly stating your identity to them beforehand."

"Should I ban that account named Wang Ling?"

Zhang Erming was filled with trepidation.

Originally, due to Meng Chuan's interview video, Douyin was showing signs of surpassing Kuaishou and becoming the leading short video app.

Zhang Erming was extremely excited.

However, the colleagues in the audit department did not report it in time because they did not know Meng Chuan's identity.

After all, videos about Meng Chuan generate an enormous amount of traffic.

The colleagues in the audit department were happy to see it happen.

If Zhang Erming hadn't also come across that video, he would still be completely in the dark.

"It's okay. Even if Douyin can ban her, she can still post on Kuaishou, Panda TV, and other platforms."

Meng Chuan pondered for a moment, then said:

"Instead of handing over this traffic to others for nothing, we might as well take it ourselves."

"But Mr. Meng, your reputation..."

"What reputation? Mr. Zhang, we're all capitalists. We can't sacrifice our money for our reputation, can we?"

Meng Chuan said with a touch of playfulness.

"Uh! Mr. Meng, I didn't quite understand what you meant."

Zhang Erming's CPU was burning out.

It's not that he doesn't understand Meng Chuan's meaning.

He was just unsure whether it was really a good idea to risk his reputation like this.

"What's so hard to understand? One of my interview videos caused Douyin's user base to multiply."

"However, such videos are ultimately time-limited."

Meng Chuan explained it simply and directly:

"And now my image is all over the internet, but that doesn't meet the expectations of the general public."

"If Douyin can make good use of this opportunity and secretly fuel the fire, it will definitely make the matter ferment completely and cause a heated discussion across the Internet."

"This wave of traffic may be even more terrifying than my previous interview videos."

Zhang Erming understood immediately.

It's conceivable that if this were the case, Douyin could very well reach another peak.

"President Meng, you are simply a business genius, and your control over people is terrifying. Are you... really only eighteen years old?"