Chapter 125: Chapter 108: Blow Up Your Circle of Friends
Cheng Zhu walked out of “Youu Co to Play” and then headed to a milk tea shop to queue for a drink.
The outreach departnt ca knocking as he expected.
He had dealt with Technology University’s outreach departnt in his past life.
He once had a fling with a girl from there, but due to so reasons, they never ended up together.
Through her, Cheng Zhu knew the outreach departnt’s internal culture in seeking sponsorships: not letting go of a single opportunity!
“Now that I think about it, it’s good that I didn’t end up with that girl.”
“She was the type who replied to WeChat ssages incredibly slowly, sotis taking an hour or two to respond.”
“But then, every ti she replied, she was super nice, the tone was intimate, and she’d sotis end her ssage with a kiss! Making you feel like all the waiting was worth it. That’s the most disgusting thing.”
“You might reply enthusiastically, only to be ignored again. Then, after a long while, she’d throw you an ambiguous bone.”
“Tsk, she did have her little tricks.”
If it were the current Cheng Zhu… he might have turned her directly against the outreach departnt.
From the perspective of a business owner, he personally found the outreach departnt annoying.
“It’s not ten years ago anymore, giving you guys sponsorship money could actually bring so promotional effects.”
“Now it’s an information age, your thods are still about hanging banners in the school, totally not worth the price.”
One must understand that after your business takes off, donating money to the school and giving money to the student union are two entirely different things.
Cheng Zhu was well aware that after his pretentious talk, leaving the vice president of the outreach departnt in the store, the guy would probably be pissed.
“Just because I’m a freshman and he’s a senior, that alone makes so people uncomfortable.” He knew it all too well.
Humans are like this.
Drivers curse pedestrians, and pedestrians curse drivers.
Lowerclassn curse upperclassn for putting on airs, upperclassn curse lowerclassn for lack of respect.
Cheng Zhu had one mindset.
“I don’t give a damn about what others say behind my back because I’ve sworn at plenty of people myself, and they might not even curse as viciously as I do.”
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Inside “Youu Co to Play,” the vice president of the outreach departnt, Wang Yuan, didn’t just pack up and leave because of Cheng Zhu’s departure.
Right now, he was… trying to win a toy from a claw machine!
Before leaving the arcade, Boss Cheng had given him and Wang Wei ten Ga Coins.
So people might not take them and storm off in anger.
Wang Yuan was different, though he sensed a hint of mockery, he still accepted the ten coins.
Then what? He tried two machines and couldn’t grab a damn thing!
Now, he was down to his last try.
Wang Yuan watched breathlessly as the claw lifted the toy, but as it swung left and right at the apex, it eventually let go.
“Damn! I was so close!” Wang Yuan was so pissed off he even considered buying ten more coins!
But he quickly dismissed the terrible thought!
Sothing was off with the atmosphere of this shop, it got on his nerves trying to grab a toy!
If he acted impulsively, without winning any fluff, he’d be inadvertently increasing their sales!
He looked around and noticed all the girls holding stuffed toys, nearly everyone had a catch.
So high-spenders even carried a long, transparent bag of toys.
It was an environnt that made you want to keep trying.
Not catching a toy only soured Wang Yuan’s mood.
He had planned to live up to his opportunistic principles, tasting the quality of waste truck routes on his way.
Now, without a toy, those ten coins were as good as wasted.
He had wanted to catch a toy to gift to our outreach departnt’s goddess, Zhang Qiqi.
Little did he know, Zhang Qiqi was also quietly following “Youu Co to Play” online at this very mont!
Just having finished her yoga class, Zhang Qiqi was clad in yoga attire, her exquisite figure perfectly outlined.
But she had tied a shirt around her waist to cover her hips and buttocks, or else the legendary… cal toe might have been discernible.
So people wear yoga pants on the street without issue, but for others, it’s not so simple.
It depends on one’s physique, and Zhang Qiqi was certainly the latter.
This internet-famous beauty from Technology University rembered clearly that today was Cheng Zhu’s new store’s grand opening.
She had planned to go today.
But then again, she figured it’d be busy and there wouldn’t be many opportunities for contact, better to wait.
Moreover, her largest halo now was—tens of thousands of followers on Weibo!
Sure, those numbers are inflated, but not by much; the ratio of zombie followers wasn’t high.
And as said before, since her tag was the Hang City University’s campus belle, the proportion of her followers in Hang City was substantial.
Zhang Qiqi was brimming with ideas and had already planned out her moves.
“Xu Shao and their group had tried opening a miniature arcade outside the school before, but there was hardly any buzz.”
“Cheng Zhu’s shop is probably going to follow in their footsteps.”
“But with the new store opening, there might be so promotion happening, it definitely won’t be too bad in the beginning.”
“When his business turns sour, I’ll go there, snap a few pictures for him and promote it online.”
“Hah! In terms of online influence, even Miss Shen Qingning couldn’t compare to .”
“By that ti, that little junior Cheng Zhu will naturally be grateful and rember his senior’s generosity.”
Zhang Qiqi thought her plan was flawless.
She enjoyed comparing herself to Shen Qingning; her greatest sense of superiority actually ca from her online popularity.
However, this mont, when the internet star checked her Monts on her phone, she was drawn to so pictures posted by a female classmate.
“Huh? She took these photos in Cheng Zhu’s shop?”
“Speechless! She totally copied Shen Qingning’s poses! Can’t she have a bit of personal aesthetic?” she cursed internally.
Last night, “Youu Co to Play” had a hot post on a forum, and people from her WeChat and QQ groups were discussing the shop.
No help for it, Shen Qingning and Lin Lu’s influence within the school was quite scary.
That’s why Zhang Qiqi had also seen the two girls’ check-in photos at “Youu Co to Play” last night.
Truth be told, she thought those photos were of high quality.
“Cheng Zhu must have hired professionals for the photoshoot.”
“The overall style is also very trendy.”
“It’s the kind of photo template that girls would like.”
But now, Zhang Qiqi realized sothing grave.
This classmate, Qi Fangyu, had shared her check-in photos in Monts… and, unexpectedly, they weren’t bad!
Qi Fangyu wasn’t short either, standing around 1.7 ters tall.
Her photos were generally imitations of Shen Qingning, the only difference being the facial appearance and physique.
Yet, Zhang Qiqi felt that Qi Fangyu’s newly shared photos were better than her previous series posted.
That said a lot.
“At first, I thought Shen Qingning and Lin Lu’s photos were taken by professionals and retouched extensively with all sorts of filters, polishing every detail of the shop.”
“But now comparing them, you can tell the photography skills are professional, but those photos… they didn’t even use filters!”
“Doesn’t that an many scenes in that shop are truly photo-friendly! The ambiance is top-notch!”
Indeed, this was sothing Cheng Zhu had envisioned from the start.
Everyone follows your “example photos” to shoot, but the results are worlds apart, naturally causing disappointnt.
If you’re lagging in looks or figure, then that’s on you.
But say the backdrop in your exemplary photo and my photo aren’t the sa, custors would certainly be upset, feeling deceived by the images, that ordinary people can’t replicate that ambiance! Can’t get that effect!
It’s akin to… tourism promo videos!
Many tourism videos are highly deceptive.
Only after visiting the place do you realize, damn, it’s a world of difference!
Would tourists be happy then, feel the trip worthwhile?
Get a damn refund!
Zhang Qiqi didn’t know whether freshman Cheng Zhu intentionally steered this way from the start, or it was rely a fortunate coincidence that the shop’s setting was conducive to taking photos.
Nevertheless, the shop already possessed one of the vital conditions to beco an internet-famous store!
She zood in on Qi Fangyu’s photo and noticed the plush toy in hand had better quality than the typical arcade gifts.
Even the mbership card of “Youu Co to Play” she held was designed to be playful and cute, full of youthful charm, adding to the photogenic appeal.
Zhang Qiqi stopped looking at Qi Fangyu’s photo series and continued scrolling through Monts.
She already had a hunch…
“Sure enough! So many people are posting photos!” She quickly found her answer in Monts.
As a frequently seen figure at various events, and with her approachable image, she had quite a few WeChat friends.
Casually scrolling down, she stumbled upon three girls who posted check-in photos from “Youu Co to Play”!
There’s a law in this world that states you’re just six acquaintances away from knowing anyone you want to et.
University isn’t a large social circle.
If the number of girls posting photos tonight is sufficient, it can ignite Technology University students’ Monts overnight!
Then, radiating from Technology University, it can spread to surrounding schools!
Zhang Qiqi couldn’t bother scrolling any further, guessing that there’d be more posts among her WeChat friends.
She opened Weibo to see if there were any posts there.
Just as she suspected…
Like Qi Fangyu, the girl had posted identical photos, not just in Monts but also on Weibo and QQ Space.
And the captions were the damn sa, all saying, “Bunnies are so cute, of course, I had to catch it,” followed by a few emoticons.
Platforms like Weibo have a “local” feature, unlike WeChat Monts, where you can’t see if you’re not friends.
It dawned on Zhang Qiqi, “My original plan may be completely disrupted!”
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(ps: First update, thanks to “Lan Xun” for the alliance reward, there will be three updates today, seeking monthly tickets.)
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