Lin Ran thought this money felt a bit hot to handle, and it wasn’t much different from something she’d found.
"No need to decline, it’s settled then, but remember, there can’t be any fake followers among my fans. Also, for every million we hit, there will be an extra reward. Keep pushing forward."
Zhou Wang finalized the decision with an undeniable tone, and Lin Ran could only nod in agreement.
"Alright, Mr. Zhou, I’ll go back and help you register an account and also draft an initial plan to report back to you."
"Okay, go ahead and get busy."
Zhou Wang waved his hand.
As Lin Ran prepared to leave, she hesitated for a moment but ultimately mustered the courage and spoke again, "Mr. Zhou, have you been following Hua Suisui’s account lately?"
"I’ve been watching fewer short videos lately, why?"
Zhou Wang was taken aback.
"No, it’s nothing... Well then, Mr. Zhou, I’ll be going now."
Lin Ran, flustered, waved her hand and left with small, hurried steps.
Zhou Wang watched her departing figure thoughtfully, then took out his phone, opened "Douyin," and found "Hua Suisui’s" account on his following list.
If there was something different, it wasn’t much, except that she had changed her name.
From "Hua Suisui" to "Hua Suisui (Love Edition)."
Zhou Wang wasn’t sure if he remembered wrong, but her follower count seemed to have dropped a lot, maybe by hundreds of thousands...
He casually opened her latest video, updated just yesterday, with content about "a girl and a flower," which was nothing special in terms of attractiveness and continued her usual style. What was interesting, though, was the caption:
"She might not want to leave either, but she decided to be brave."
This video had only 400,000 likes, but the comments reached an astonishing 600,000.
Zhou Wang opened the comment section, and as expected, it was in an uproar.
"Is she really in love? Babe, no!"
"My youth is over."
"I don’t support this, nor do I understand, unfollowing."
"Damn, who is that guy? I want to challenge him to a duel!"
Most comments were wails, mixed with jealousy and confusion. There were blessings too, but they were drowned out by the more controversial voices.
Among all the comments, the only reply from Hua Suisui was on a long blessing comment, and her reply was simple, just three words: "He’s worth it."
The following comments were endless, with most people guessing the identity of the other person, though some linked it to Zhou Wang. After all, the two had walked the red carpet together, but due to a lack of evidence from Hua Suisui, everything remained speculation.
After more than ten minutes, Zhou Wang put down his phone. He thought for a bit, then called Dong Bingru, the company’s deputy general manager responsible for managing influencer contracts.
...
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and it was now August 21, 2024.
During these two days, while most people hadn’t noticed, several small things had happened at Wuyou Media.
First, Zhao Yan, the much-dreaded senior agent, quietly resigned, and the influencers under her were reassigned to other agents.
Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoxiao, who had just signed a new cooperation agreement with "Cat Music" and had become a potential stock, was directly assigned to Lin Ran, much to the dismay of other agents who hadn’t had a chance to make a move.
However, what slightly comforted them was that among Lin Ran’s influencers, the top internet celebrity in the company’s appearance ranks, "Hua Suisui," was rumored to have amicably terminated her contract with the company.
Although an official announcement hadn’t been made, changes to Hua Suisui’s account and the removal of her exclusive lounge tag seemed to confirm this rumor, and Hua Suisui hadn’t shown up at the company since.
At first, the lower-level employees gossiped about the inside story, but later they found that the middle and upper management were tight-lipped about it, so the smarter ones quickly chose to keep quiet.
Additionally, a newcomer, "Endme," who had just joined the company, was suddenly elevated from a B-level contract to an A-level contract that theoretically only million-follower influencers could sign, sparking another wave of heated discussion...
What surprised them most was that Endme had taken a week-long sick leave at this time, and the company’s management hadn’t expressed any dissatisfaction about it.
At eight in the morning, Zhou Wang woke up on the soft bed of the master bedroom in the Su-style mansion.
He first went to the gym for his routine weightlifting, then washed up and had breakfast before going to the dressing room. There, a formal outfit curated by Jiang Qingkui was laid out separately.
With Xiao An’s gentle and meticulous assistance, he dressed and did his hair. Looking freshly groomed, Zhou Wang found Miao Ying and Jiang Qingkui, also dressed formally, waiting in the garage.
The washed Rolls-Royce Phantom gleamed in the sunlight. After getting into the car, Zhou Wang asked Jiang Qingkui, "Are all the shareholders confirmed to be present?"
"Yes, everyone’s attitude is quite positive."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wang nodded and signaled for Miao Ying to start the car.
The vehicle left the mansion but did not drive out of the neighborhood; instead, it followed the internal roads of Taoyuan for five minutes and arrived at a helipad marked with an "H."
Amidst the roar of the rotors, a Bell 407 seven-seater business helicopter worth 30 million RMB was waiting there.
Guided by the boarding staff, Zhou Wang and Jiang Qingkui boarded the helicopter. The door closed, and it lifted off vertically, heading towards the West Lake Golf Club situated southwest of Hang City...