Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 129 Yun Yiyi's Test

Mi Xiaofan's popularity came very naturally.

It gained popularity and traffic across the internet starting from National Day, and then it just kept going strong.

In the first week of October, she gained nearly two million followers.

At the start of the second week of October, she gained 1.2 million followers on the first day, another 800,000 on the second day, and the momentum continued on the third day, gaining another 800,000 followers.

Throughout the second week, the term "ceiling of pure desire" became a trending search term on short video platforms.

In the second week of October, Mi Xiaofan amassed over four million followers, bringing her total follower count to over six million, making her a top influencer on Douyin and the hottest influencer of the past two weeks, bar none.

……

On Thursday, after three trading days of public announcement, He Qiang was allowed to continue buying.

No one was competing with him for shares that day; it seemed like everyone was waiting for him to do so.

He did not disappoint. During the pre-market auction, he filled his position with all the funds he had and placed an order for 80 million yuan at the daily limit up price.

On the same day, they increased their stake by 5%, successfully raising their bid a second time, bringing their total shareholding to 10%.
Then, there's another three-trading-day public announcement period...

On Friday, the market returned to normal, with over 20 million yuan invested in locking in the price at the limit up. Tianshui Duck Industry only saw less than 6 million yuan traded throughout the day.

Even if a stock is designated as ST (Special Treatment) and only rises by five percent each day, it still gains 33% after six consecutive days of limit-up trading. Tianshui Duck Industry's market value has reached 17 billion yuan.

For Huang Yusheng, this perfectly confirmed his guess.

However, he still remained somewhat vigilant, namely, to prevent He Qiang from dumping shares.

Therefore, the amount of funds he uses to lock in the price limit is not much, only about 20 million per day.

He wouldn't be completely at ease unless He Qiang raised his stake to 25%.

He Qiang increased his bet, and so did he.

However, they didn't gain many chips this week, only a few million on Friday.

He knew that Qin Dong had retrieved the shares that had been mortgaged to the bank. Next, they only needed to take about 10% more, and everything would be complete. Then they could wait for He Qiang to push the price up.

The problem is that there are too few market participants. He feels that he needs to raise the market value of Tianshui Duck Industry to over 3 billion yuan to achieve his goal.

That would cost two or three hundred million.

But if He Qiang wants so many chips, he must first raise the market value of Tianshui Duck Industry to over six billion before he will give them to him.

In any case, according to his thinking, He Qiang would have already raised his paddle five times by then, leaving him with absolutely no way out.

Of course, Qin Dong still needs to be appeased. Even if He Qiang triggers the conditions for a takeover bid, Qin Dong cannot be allowed to sell.

If Qin Dong decides to sell, his bargaining chips won't fetch a high price.

According to his estimate, combined with the chips they had previously held, they should make around 700 million this time.

That's seven hundred million!
He wasn't afraid of Qin Dong resorting to desperate measures once he had the money.

After all, no one has any evidence in this matter.

The accounts they were using weren't their own, and the funds weren't directly related to them; they used intermediaries to facilitate transactions.

Whenever he and Qin Dong discussed key topics, they would first go to a club to relax, change into club clothes, and make sure they weren't carrying any recording devices.

Especially during their last meeting, when the masseuse was giving Qin Dong a massage, he had already arranged for someone to examine Qin Dong thoroughly from head to toe.

In Huang Yusheng's eyes, Qin Dong was no longer of any use.

At this moment, Qin Dong fell silent.

Every day when I get home, I sit in my study and smoke. Except for mealtimes, I have absolutely no desire to communicate with anyone.

In his view, the root of all this was Yun Yiyi.

If Yun Yiyi agrees to promote the products, the Tianshui duck industry might just be revitalized.

Even if we don't manage to revitalize the business, we can at least stall for some time and outlive Song Zhiyuan, then everything will be much easier to resolve.

He had already received the news that Song Zhiyuan had proposed a thorough investigation into him, but the proposal ultimately failed to pass.

Song Zhiyuan even made a scene in the city, and many people knew about it.

Currently, as long as he can hold on and not give Song Zhiyuan a chance, Song Zhiyuan may be transferred within six months or a year.

However, he cannot gamble.

After another night of consideration, he found his wife.

"Take your son abroad in a couple of days..."

"how about you?"

“I’ll wait a little longer! No matter what, we have to wait for a result... If the result is good, you can come back. If the result is bad... I’ll come to find you as soon as possible. By the way, once you’re out there, don’t trust anyone, especially fellow Chinese people abroad... In short, until I get there, you don’t have to do anything except eat, sleep, and take care of the children.”

"What about Haiyang? He's getting married soon."

"Never mind, I'll just go through the motions. Anyway, he listens to Yun Yiyi's every word now and doesn't care about us parents anymore."

"Isn't it all your fault for making such a fuss? It's just a villa."

"I won't let Yun Yiyi get the better deal, not even for a single penny!"

Qin Dong had thought that Yun Yiyi would change her mind after the marriage was arranged.

As a result, it was of no use at all.

If he had known this would happen, he would never have gone to Yun Yi's house in the first place.

Of course, another factor is that Yun Yiyi is pregnant, and he is afraid that people will gossip and cause trouble.

After all, Yun Yiyi has more than two million fans.

……

For Mi Xiaofan, in just half a month, she experienced two different lives, one in heaven and one on earth.

Before National Day, she was just a minor internet celebrity with a few hundred thousand followers, a nobody on the internet. A dance expert of that caliber would have at least 80,000 to 100,000 followers online.

They're the type who want to take on business clients, but their asking price is never more than a thousand.

And now?

In just half a month, she gained more than six million followers, instantly becoming a top influencer on the internet.

If she doesn't check her homepage for even a minute, all her messages will increase to 99+, and if she refreshes the page, her video views will increase by tens of thousands.

Even the first few dozen videos she posted have now seen increased traffic, with total views never falling below three million.

So much so that now all her classmates have seen her, and more and more friends are messaging her privately lately.

The level of flattery in his words was unprecedented.

Some people wanted to treat her to a meal, some wanted to get her autograph, and others wanted to take a picture with her.

Of course, there were also those who relayed messages for others.

One of her classmates specifically sought her out, saying she was a top-tier rich second-generation heir and he wanted to get to know her.

Then, they kept saying how incredibly wealthy the other person's family was...

As for business collaborations, there are too many to list. There are requests for clothing photoshoots, live streaming bookings, media companies seeking partnerships, and so on...

She could also see the chat history; Lin Lang had logged into her account and chatted with some business people.

She saw a live streaming platform and when she talked to Lin Lang, they offered her a price of five million a year, but Lin Lang did not agree.

There were also some consignment auctions, mostly priced at 20,000 to 30,000 yuan each, but Lin Lang didn't agree to those either.

As for the media company, Lin Lang didn't reply at all, since she had already signed with the company.

Even when some companies offered to cover Mi Xiaofan's breach of contract penalty, Lin Lang refused.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Mi Xiaofan felt that she had never been so comfortable in her life.

Although I still don't have much money.

Even if she leaves Big Fish Media and abandons the account, she can still easily gain popularity online with her face.

If not millions, surely there must be hundreds of thousands?

With her current popularity, she could easily have one or two million followers on a secondary account...

Yun Yiyi came over at noon.

Recently, Yun Yiyi has been renovating her house in the villa area next door, and even her video updates are all about the new house, and she has stopped filming kindergarten-themed videos.

She doesn't have much traffic right now; many of her videos only get a few thousand likes, and she's not only not gaining more followers, but she's actually losing some.

However, Mi Xiaofan also knew that Yun Yiyi had given her traffic to Li Wanqing, and Li Wanqing was gaining 20,000 to 30,000 followers every day...

"Yiyi, come in quickly, come in quickly..."

After opening the door, Mi Xiaofan quickly said something.

Yun Yiyi said with a smile, "I only realized how well the place you live in is decorated after the renovation was done recently."

"This isn't mine either; it's rented by the company. Unlike yours, which will be your home from now on."

"That's not mine either, it belongs to Lin Lang."

"what?"

"Lin Lang said he would give it to me as a wedding gift, but I was too embarrassed to accept it..."

Mi Xiaofan was somewhat surprised, "Is he really that generous?"

"What? Is he treating you badly?"

Mi Xiaofan quickly waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, they're very good to me too."

"That's right, he rented such a nice house for you from the start, that's how good he is to you."

As they spoke, the two sat down.

Mi Xiaofan asked, "Yiyi, what do you want to eat?"

"Haiyang will pack it up and send it to us later. I've already told him. By the way, I saw that you've surpassed six million followers. You're not just a big internet celebrity in our city anymore; even in our province, you currently have the most followers."

"Yes, I've checked that too."

Mi Xiaofan had nothing else to do. The dances Lin Lang sent her weren't too difficult for her, and she had even learned many of them before.

"What does it feel like now?"

Yun Yiyi could tell from some small details that Mi Xiaofan's state of mind had changed a lot.

Mi Xiaofan said somewhat modestly, "It's alright..."

Yun Yi asked, "Do you have a lot of admirers? Like some of your former classmates and roommates..."

"This……"

Yun Yiyi smiled and said, "That's normal. Actually, when I was popular, they all contacted me. It's just that I'm not popular anymore, so they're not interested."

"Yiyi, why don't you let Lin Lang continue to create content for you? He definitely has the ability to keep you popular..."

Mi Xiaofan didn't understand why Yun Yiyi, with so many fans, would switch careers to film interior design.

“I’m pregnant and I want to switch tracks. This track was also customized by Lin Lang, but in the early stages, we suddenly changed our strategy and the traffic plummeted... According to Lin Lang, I need to rebuild the account’s weight.”

"It shouldn't be that complicated, right? Lin Lang should be able to get it up here for you directly."

"Fanfan, you're overthinking it. This is something Lin Lang has been working on for a long time; it's not something that can become popular overnight. Lin Lang is a professional in this area; he can handle things with ease, but others might not be able to."

There are only a handful of people across the entire internet who can gain six million followers in just half a month. They're either exceptionally talented or have uniquely interesting content. You're the only one who fought your way through the fiercely competitive dance scene. Look at you, your latest video has over half a million likes. Even those with tens of millions of followers don't have your numbers.”

Mi Xiaofan nodded: "Mm."

This is also true; her online traffic is now almost among the top three across the entire internet.

Although videos receive millions of likes every day, the vast majority of that traffic is unsustainable.

For a whole week, her traffic exceeded 20 million.

"Fanfan, how about I buy out your contract with Big Fish Media?"

Yun Yiyi suddenly said something.

Mi Xiaofan was shocked, "I... I estimate the contract price is very high now, it'll have to be at least ten million..."

When Yun Yi heard that Mi Xiaofan didn't refuse, she knew that what Lin Lang had worried about at the beginning had still happened.

Although Mi Xiaofan is still willing to work for Dayu Media, it's only because she hasn't found a powerful backer yet.

If someone were willing to spend tens of millions on her, she might actually leave.

Yun Yiyi said, "I can afford the tens of millions. Moreover, once you join my Yunshang Media, the contract I sign with you will be much more lenient, and you will have almost 100% freedom."

Yun Yiyi continued to throw out bait.

Mi Xiaofan: "..."

Yun Yiyi changed the subject, saying, "But you should be mentally prepared, because I can't find someone as professional as Lin Lang, and you can't even find another Lin Lang in the whole world. If Lin Lang only cultivated one person with a few million fans, you could say it was luck... but he's cultivated more than one. Me, you, and Li Wanqing from our school..."

Mi Xiaofan said, "Actually, there's another one, named Yan Li, but she's a financial news anchor and is currently number one in the financial news field."

Yan Li's fan base has just reached one million, but in the financial sector, he is the undisputed number one, while the second-place winner only has around 300,000 fans.

"I really don't know, but it's all the same. Lin Lang has trained so many in just two months. What about in a few more months? Or in a year?"

Mi Xiaofan asked in a low voice, "Didn't Li Wanqing sign with your company?"

"That's because Lin Lang owes me a favor... Also, Li Wanqing has a good relationship with Lin Lang's cousin... Lin Lang went to great lengths to cultivate you to this level. If I were to leave directly, even if I had to pay him ten million in breach of contract fees, he would definitely feel uncomfortable and would most likely not create content for you again in the future."

Upon hearing this, Mi Xiaofan hesitated.

Actually, she was really envious when she saw so many business people backstage.

She was too eager to make money.

Yun Yiyi continued, "Fanfan, think these things over carefully. Once you've made up your mind, tell me, and I'll talk to Lin Lang on your behalf. But there's one thing you need to consider: can you bear the risks of the future..."

Mi Xiaofan asked, "Yi Yi, since I'm taking such a big risk, why are you going to pay the penalty for breach of contract for me?"

(End of this chapter)