Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 117 [116] App Store Recommendation
Chen Xingzhu didn't say anything, put down her phone, quickly finished her meal, then put down her chopsticks, got up and went back to her room.

"Mom, look at her!"

Li Yunxue complained to Kong Lingyu, "What kind of attitude is that? I wasn't targeting her. She was just playing on her phone the whole time, wasn't she?"

"Yep."

Kong Lingyu smiled reassuringly, then couldn't help but glance at Chen Xingzhu's retreating figure.

In the past, when a situation like that occurred, Chen Xingzhu would usually subconsciously glance at herself, but just now, she didn't do so.

She simply put away her phone, finished her meal, and left.

It's like giving up on a redundant and meaningless attempt that has been repeated countless times...

"Once you have 500 daily active users, you can integrate the advertising SDK and start earning advertising revenue."

"The clouds will soon part and the moon will shine through!"

"When I get my advertising fee, I'll treat you to a big meal!"

Back in her room, Chen Xingzhu opened her phone and saw a message from Xu Jinhuan. She typed back, "Mm."

Xu Jinhuan: "Have you finished eating?"

Chen Xingzhu: "Mm."

Chen Xingzhu: "I'm going to sleep."

Xu Jinhuan: "Okay, go to sleep."

Chen Xingzhu put down her phone and lay on the bed, lost in thought.

"Brother Huan, you can even make games?"

"What are you talking about? I heard that Chen Xingzhu only started liking Huan Ge because of this game!"

"That's ridiculous?"

"No, I'm in the group chat. I'm in the same class as Chen Xingzhu, okay? Ask me if you need anything!"

Xu Jinhuan woke up from her afternoon nap, washed her face, and then checked her phone. She discovered that the "flirting group" was also discussing "Chen Xingzhu playing the game Xu Jinhuan made".

Moreover, the rumors have escalated to the point that "Xu Jinhuan used games to win over Chen Xingzhu."

Liu Liangfu was also in the group, "revealing" his firsthand information:
"Let me tell you what happened... We were all stunned. We couldn't believe that Chen Xingzhu would be playing on her phone during class!"

"Later, we asked around and wow, it turned out that the game was actually developed by Brother Huan. Some people didn't believe it at first, so many of us searched for it on our phones, and it really was true!"

……

He recounted what happened, then said, "Do you know what the most awesome thing was? During the second break, Huan-ge ran over to find Chen Xingzhu, then left, but came back a few minutes later and got Chen Xingzhu's phone back!"

"Holy crap, you guys don't know, when Huan came to our classroom to return Chen Xingzhu's phone, he just said 'Your phone' and turned around and left. He was so cool, you know!"

"Now that I think about it, if I were Chen Xingzhu, I would have gladly offered myself to him!"

Seeing that he was talking more and more outrageous, Xu Jinhuan felt quite satisfied, but worried that the group of boys would say something even more inappropriate, so she quickly ran out to stop him: "Don't say such outrageous things! It's like I'm some kind of big shot. I begged to get my phone back."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Brothers with iPhones, could you please download this for me and leave a positive review?"

He checked the game's rating on the App Store and found that it had indeed received many more positive reviews, raising the rating to 4.3.

"Fun!"

"Brilliant!"

"I play even while I'm eating!"

"Brother Huan is awesome!"

"That's way too difficult!"

"Trashy game!"

……

Xu Jinhuan casually scrolled through the comments and found that most of them were positive and friendly. The most outrageous thing was that some people even typed his name out.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Jinhuan was playing on his phone on the living room sofa when he suddenly heard a noise. He then saw Song Zhiyu following the cat over, looking at him strangely. "I thought you went to school."

"Nope."

Xu Jinhuan waved his phone, "Enjoying this moment of triumph..."

"What triumphant moment?"

Song Zhiyu walked over, casually knelt on the sofa, bent over and leaned in, craning her neck to look at his phone screen.

She had shoulder-length hair, not very long, but as she bent over and stretched her head, her hair fell down, and a few strands clung to Xu Jinhuan's face, making him feel a tingling, itchy sensation.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Jinhuan subconsciously looked up and saw her delicate collarbone and slender neck. Her skin was as smooth as snow, and the fragrance of shampoo mixed with a faint sweet scent wafted into his nose.

"Let me see!"

Over the past few days, Song Zhiyu has become increasingly informal, directly pulling Xu Jinhuan's hand to look at his phone, "Let me see..."

"Okay, okay."

Given Xu Jinhuan's mental age, he did indeed treat her like a child, but a fifteen-year-old girl couldn't really be treated like a child anymore. She snatched the phone with her hand and leaned closer, and Xu Jinhuan, not wanting to be too obvious, had to move aside and hand him the phone. "So many people have commented?"

Song Zhiyu seemed to have been following the comments before and knew there weren't many originally. Seeing so many suddenly, she was immediately surprised. "Could it be that you hired someone to boost them?"

"Do I need to hire someone?"

Xu Jinhuan chuckled, "This was done spontaneously by the students."

"Tch, I don't believe it!"

Song Zhiyu snorted, "Either you're using Chen Xingzhu to deceive people again, pretending to be so good at chasing girls..."

"What does a little brat know?"

Xu Jinhuan ignored him, took the car keys, and said, "Give me your phone, I'm leaving. If you're free, go for a walk, but don't go too far or get lost."

"Bye~"

Song Zhiyu waved her hand, then picked up Xiao Guai, who was standing on the sofa armrest, and waved it with its paw as well. "Say goodbye to him, Xiao Guai, you naughty thing, bye-bye~"

"childish!"

The second period in the afternoon was English. After class, Fu Qingxuan waved to Xu Jinhuan, signaling him to come out.

“I’ve already spoken to Teacher Zhuang’s sister. She can go directly to Class 21, Grade 9.”

Fu Qingxuan stood by the corridor window and said when she saw him coming, "But you have to bring your own textbooks. You should still have your junior high school textbooks, right?"

"should have."

Xu Jinhuan had no idea about that. "I'll go back and look for it... What's your sister-in-law's name?"

"Zhuang Xiaomei, she is the homeroom teacher of Class 21."

"Could you leave me your phone number? I'll call Aunt Zhuang in advance."

"You've thought of everything."

Fu Qingxuan chuckled and gave Zhuang Xiaomei's phone number to Xu Jinhuan. Xu Jinhuan didn't delay and sent it to Song Zhiyu as soon as she returned to the classroom, then asked her, "When are you planning to go?"

Song Zhiyu: "Am I going alone?"

Xu Jinhuan: "That's definitely not going to work. We need to provide you with a few study companions. How can we let you go to school alone?"

Song Zhiyu: "Okay, go find it for me."

Xu Jinhuan: "You're really smart, your reading comprehension is excellent."

Song Zhiyu: "Come with me."

Xu Jinhuan: "Let my mom go with you."

Song Zhiyu: "No, my aunt doesn't study at your school."

Xu Jinhuan: "You're a grown man, go by yourself!"

"Then go home for breakfast tomorrow morning, and then go with your sister after breakfast."

Xu Jinhuan didn't tolerate Song Zhiyu, but his mother kept him in check. When they got home for dinner in the evening, Song Xiaohui made the final decision, "It's settled then!"

"How did you decide that?"

Xu Jinhuan wanted to resist, but Xu Haiguang said, "You studied there for three years after all, so you're more familiar with it. Why don't you take your sister there?"

"alright."

Xu Jinhuan had no choice but to agree, "Then I'll just make a phone call."

"Hehe, thanks bro~"

Seeing that he agreed, Song Zhiyu shook her head smugly, then, not forgetting to act coy, thanked him sweetly, "I knew you still cared about me."

Xu Jinhuan wasn't going to be fooled by this sweet talk. She rolled her eyes at Zhuang Xiaomei, then called her and arranged to go over before class the next morning.

"Your handwriting is so ugly!"

Xu Jinhuan still has his junior high school textbooks. Song Xiaohui found them yesterday, and after dinner, Song Zhiyu sorted through them while complaining.

"Then you shouldn't take it."

Xu Jinhuan rolled her eyes, ran back to her room to check the backend data, and found that the number of downloads had broken through again, reaching 650+, and the number of active users had also exceeded 500.

The biggest surprise was that he received an email from Apple informing him that he would be featured on the homepage of the "What's New" section of the App Store in China on Friday morning (China time)!
The event will last at least a week!
This means that, for at least the next week, Flappy Bird's downloads and user numbers will experience explosive growth.

This also means that ads can now be integrated!

Not all advertising platforms require a large number of users, but too few users are completely meaningless. Xu Jinhuan was too lazy to bother with it before, but now that he wants to be featured, he naturally has to make arrangements.

Flappy Bird features a simple scene design; Xu Jinhuan only reserved one advertising space in the game, which is the settlement screen after the game ends.

That's enough, after all, Flappy Bird was originally a global phenomenon.

Before that, he sent a screenshot of the recommendation message to Chen Xingzhu. Although judging from the timing, the recommendation was probably not related to today's download surge and should have come to the attention of the recommenders much earlier.

However, this did not prevent Xu Jinhuan from attributing the credit to Chen Xingzhu.

The sense of participation, accomplishment, and honor will make her feel closer to the game and naturally strengthen her relationship with herself as the developer. She can have both a successful career and a happy marriage!

(End of this chapter)