This director is vindictive.

Chapter 596 Before retiring, let's give the world one last shock with the power of money.
As the number of registrations surged, the price of a spot at this meet-and-greet also skyrocketed.

At the same time, because of Chen Mo's past behavior, he was incredibly extravagant and truly wealthy!

So, it made the whole internet feel like it was celebrating a holiday.

Weibo had to urgently add multiple servers to handle the massive traffic.

The main problem is that too many people rushed in at the same time.

Moreover, as more and more analytical posts emerged, it was said that Chen Mo's only fan meeting, not to mention its commemorative significance, was based on his past behavior. He was really lucky to win a house, a car, cash, and money.

So this isn't a fan meeting at all; it's just another money-spending extravaganza by Chen Mo!

Getting something for free is the best thing ever.

Therefore, not all of these people who signed up are actually fans of Chen Mo.

Other celebrities usually set some kind of threshold for their fan meetings, and many of these thresholds are quite high.

They select members from within the fan club, based on criteria such as how much you need to spend or how much merchandise you need to buy.

Or rather, most of the time they treat meet-and-greets as a business.

But Chen Mo really isn't!

Everyone knows that.

You can say Chen Mo is playing a new marketing game, but you absolutely cannot say that Chen Mo is treating this kind of thing as a business.

And that's exactly what happened; Chen Mo was just stirring up trouble.

Actually, it's not without its hurdles. The first step in the screening process is during registration. You have to name a few films or TV series that Chen Mo has starred in, or show the ticket stubs for films or TV series that you've purchased.

However, this is practically equivalent to having no barriers at all.

That's why the number of people signing up was ridiculously high.

It could even be submitted for a Guinness World Record.

The hashtag #ChenMoFanMeeting# immediately jumped to the top of the trending searches, becoming incredibly popular and dazzlingly popular.

Although Chen Mo had anticipated that things would escalate, he hadn't expected it to be this outrageous.

In fact, he never mentioned giving out benefits or anything like that; he just wanted to chat.

But his past style of throwing money around was just too damn crude.

It was so brutal that no one needed to think twice before they could figure it out.

And wow, for a fan meeting that was supposed to have an unknown number of attendees, the number of people who signed up was almost 100 million.

"Holy crap, a fan meeting? Over 100 million people signed up? That's outrageous!"

"It's getting more and more outrageous! So many people have signed up, the odds of winning are even lower than buying a lottery ticket! Don't bother joining in the fun!"

"Oh right, everyone stop joining in the fun!"

"You guys upstairs are being so fake. You only win because you tell everyone to stay away, right?"

When Liu Yifei woke up, she found that the whole world had become unfamiliar.

The entire internet is talking about Chen Mo's fan meeting.

"You call this a fan meeting?"

Liu Yifei, with a straw in her mouth, shoved the tablet in front of his eyes, with the tag #ChenMoMeetAndFan# followed by a volcanic eruption emoji!

The Dali Culture and Tourism Bureau just issued a notice that hotel bookings in the city have surged by 300%, and scalpers are selling meet-and-greet slots for as much as 58,000 yuan!
The crucial point is that Chen Mo hasn't even decided how many people will participate yet.

Chen Mo was also a bit confused at this moment. The main reason was that other people's fan meetings involved singing and performing, but he was a director!

Furthermore, the scalpers are outrageous. They haven't even decided how to play the game yet, and they've already started speculating.

But this is just the beginning.

"There are too many people. What are you planning to do?" Liu Yifei felt dizzy when she saw the string of numbers that was longer than her life.

Chen Mo was also struggling with this: What the hell is going on with these netizens?
With over 100 million people registered, it's impossible for him to select too many people to participate offline.

But it's not fun if it's not offline.

"Then let's do it both online and offline?" Liu Yifei said.

She now fully realized just how terrifying Chen Mo's influence was.

Of course, no one else could do it, because Chen Mo is different from others. Look at everyone speculating what kind of benefits Chen Mo will give to fans this time, and almost no one objects to this. The discussion is more about what kind of benefits it is, rather than whether there will be any benefits at all.

Chen Mo suddenly burst out laughing.

He grabbed his phone and posted a new Weibo post: "I heard someone is reselling meet-and-greet slots? How about this, we'll do both online and offline meet-and-greet. We'll draw 1000 slots for the offline event, all with real-name registration, so reselling won't be allowed, okay? We'll arrange round-trip accommodation and airfare. Online events are too crowded and not interesting. This time, we'll draw 100,000 slots to enter the live stream—Also, if you retweet this post, we'll draw 1,000 people to win a three-day trip to a villa by Erhai Lake, and another 10 people to win permanent residency."

This Weibo post was like a nuclear bomb hitting the Pacific Ocean.

The number of registrations, which had already begun to stagnate, surged again rapidly. And the number of shares was even more astonishing.

It was shared over a million times in just a few minutes.

"I told you so! Your grandpa is your grandpa, and Chen Mo is Chen Mo, the money-grubber Mo, who never disappoints when it comes to throwing money around!"

"What a pity, we can't resell these spots!"

"Wow, this retweet is practically a guaranteed permanent residency! What about those who are there in person and those watching the live stream online?"

"Can't resell spots? That's not right. If offline spots can't be sold, why can't online spots?"

"This is the first time I've ever seen a live stream with traffic limits! But if they do this, the chances of getting a spot to watch the live stream will be ridiculously high-priced!"

Indeed, scalpers who previously bought up slots have promptly shifted their focus. With a thousand slots available offline, if real-name registration is implemented and reselling is prohibited, there will be no room for them to operate.

But you can do it online too!

Chen Mo, he really did, I'm so happy, he actually cared about us scalpers.

It's a bit strange, after all, even live streaming requires a lottery, and you can't even watch it if you want to. It's the first time like this.

But people soon discovered the advantages of this method.

Because the number of spots for offline meetups is indeed limited, but if the number of online spots is increased, it would actually be less interesting and just another version of the 814 Welfare Festival.

But if the number of participants is limited, and qualifications are still required, then it's a completely different story!
This is exactly what it means for something to be valued because it's rare!
Moreover, you can win a house just by forwarding this post. Although it's permanent residency, it's practically free.

When others give houses or cars as gifts, they worry about the amount being too high and having to pay taxes themselves, but no one worries about Chen Mo's gift.

Because Chen Mo genuinely provides benefits without any hesitation; he covers all taxes and fees.

Then the whole internet went crazy.

Those who were criticizing Chen Mo have now given up; they can't criticize him anymore, they can't criticize him at all.

What? Another marketing ploy?

No problem, that's absolutely right!
But then what? Not only fans, but even the haters signed up!

Hey, who says haters aren't fans? We are too!

How the hell can you criticize this?
At this moment, even his peers couldn't muster any jealousy.

After all, jealousy is understandable when the gap isn't too big, but when the gap is too big, it's like night and day. How can you compare the difference between an ordinary citizen and a president?
If a member of parliament says he wants to run for president, everyone will seriously consider the feasibility. But if Sister Feng says she wants to run for president, everyone will just treat it as a joke.

Chen Mo only needs to open his mouth or move his fingers, and his team will have to run themselves ragged.

With hundreds of millions of applicants, even if AI and big data are used for screening, the workload is still enormous, okay?

Moreover, contacting each one individually would be extremely costly.

Unlike any of his previous marketing campaigns, this time Chen Mo didn't sell anything, not even movie tickets; he simply spent money.

As netizens have said, how can you possibly dislike someone like that?

"Here he comes, he's here again, bringing a house, a car, and money!"

"He really is... I'm so upset, but why do I suddenly have this bad feeling?"

"Me too, upstairs! This really feels like a final burst of energy before death!"

"I'd rather not hold this fan meeting. After all, after this, I probably won't have the chance to get something for free like this or become rich overnight again!"

Many netizens were immediately filled with sighs of regret.

Even a fool could see that Chen Mo's sudden grand gesture was enough to explain the situation.

It's highly likely that he's retiring from the entertainment industry.

At the same time, the netizens' comments are not without merit.

Chen Mo's fan meeting has even been called the last chance for ordinary people to get rich overnight.

After all, he can casually give away the permanent residency rights to ten large villas just by forwarding a post, let alone the fans at the scene.

Moreover, buying and selling are not allowed, and everyone is treated equally. This is true fairness and justice!
The first climax occurred when the results of the first round of forwarding and lottery were announced.

In a university classroom, a professor was explaining an economics case when suddenly screams erupted from the audience—a female student in the front row had received a lottery notification on her phone; she had won permanent residency.

The old professor pushed up his glasses: "Young man, could you please explain what 'fleecing capitalism' means?"

This wave of enthusiasm quickly swept the globe.

Japan reacted the fastest; a bunch of Chinese books titled "Learn to Be a Chen Mo Fan in Five Minutes" suddenly appeared on Amazon, complete with pinyin and picture tutorials, and surprisingly, they topped the bestseller list. The most amazing thing was that the comments section was filled with Japanese-accented, broken Chinese: "Super useful! Mosang is the best!"

The Koreans went even further. MBC held an emergency meeting overnight, cancelling their scheduled soap opera and airing a special program called "Learn to Snatch Chen Mo's Perks with Oppa." The host, sporting dark circles under his eyes, hastily learned the Chinese slogan: "薅羊毛思密达!" (a vulgar expression meaning "to grab freebies"). The subtitle team worked tirelessly to translate, but Chen Mo's Weibo updates were so frequent that the subtitle team completely broke down and went on strike!
Westerners went crazy over the news of the house giveaway, and "#ChenMoGiveaway" instantly dominated Twitter's trending topics. YouTube videos with increasingly exaggerated titles spouted wild claims: "Mysterious Eastern Tycoon Throws Money Away Online" and "Want to Get Rich Quick? Become a Worshipper of This Chinese Director!"

The comments section erupted in lamentations: "Is there any restriction on Chinese IPs? We're Chen's fans too!"

The most outrageous thing was the data monitoring side—the programmer on night duty suddenly discovered that the server was completely overloaded, and upon checking, all the IPs came from overseas: American geeks, German exchange students, and even the son of an African chief had joined in! Even adding CAPTCHAs in the backend didn't help.
(End of this chapter)