Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 153 The Value of Tranquility

For Shen An'an, even though it was the first time she had faced something like this in her life and her ability to withstand pressure was a little weak, it wasn't something she would just give up on.

Lin Lang has already worked so hard behind the scenes; if I were to shirk my responsibilities, all of Lin Lang's efforts would have been in vain.

She was well aware that he immediately tried to help his company after learning that it needed funding.

So she offered to pay for the hot pot meal.

After the meal, she didn't stay with Lin Lang for long.

On the one hand, Lin Lang is usually quite busy, and on the other hand, she doesn't want her family to worry.

Given the current situation, she definitely needs to consider her family's perspective.

On the way back, she asked, "Lin Lang, they're coming on December 8th, saying they're here specifically to see you. Do you want to go?"

"Huh? Who is it?"

"Yang Kaitai and the others."

"Oh, I probably won't be in the county town by then."

"Huh? Where are you going?"

"The talent we're working with is going to shoot some outdoor scenes. We've finished shooting in the county and the city, and next we'll be going to Shanghai or Hangzhou to shoot some more..."

"You...you wouldn't be going to see my cousin, would you?"

Shen An'an was very sensitive to Shanghai because Yan Li was there.

"No, you know our company's expert, Rice?"

"Yeah. I know."

"She's just one step away from having ten million followers, but she can't produce any particularly high-quality videos right now, which makes it difficult for her to gain viewership. We need to film some scenes of big cities for her."

"Oh, what if they come looking for me if you don't go?"

"Just say you don't know him, no matter who asks, just say you don't know him."

"oh oh……"

Shen An'an was unsure.

Humans are driven by desires, and she hoped to persuade investors to invest in her family's company so that her parents wouldn't have to worry so much.

But other people's money is ultimately their decision, and since Lin Lang is unwilling to step in, there's nothing she can do.

Soon, Shen An'an returned home.

Shen Xingnan returned at this time and waited at the door.

After Shen An'an got out of the car, Shen Xingnan glanced at Lin Lang's car, but Lin Lang didn't say goodbye and just left.

When Chen Lan saw that Shen An'an had returned so early, she asked, "An'an, why are you back so early? Didn't you spend more time playing with Lin Lang?"

"No, he's busy with work, and it's no fun for me to play alone."

"Oh, then you should come inside quickly, it's windy outside today."

After calling Shen An'an inside, Chen Lan came over to Shen Xingnan and said, "It's not as exaggerated as you say. Look, it's only 1:30, and Lin Lang has already brought An'an back. He's much more considerate than you. When he was pursuing me, he made all sorts of excuses. After dinner, he would say he wanted to go to the movies, and after the movies, he would say he wanted to have a late-night snack, all the way until my dorm was locked."

Shen Xingnan: "..."

In fact, Shen Xingnan did not attend university. However, he had known Chen Lan for a long time and later worked at a construction site near Chen Lan's university, where they maintained a long-term relationship.

"They didn't even say hello, they have no manners at all!" Shen Xingnan thought for a while and came up with a reason.

Chen Lan said with a smile, "It's as if you're being so polite to him, you don't have any manners of an elder at all. Who doesn't have a temper? As soon as you heard that your daughter went out with Lin Lang, you rushed back in a hurry. Can you rest assured now?"

"Sigh... Actually, it wasn't anything serious. It's just that the companies I value most don't seem very interested. I sent my business representatives to talk to them, but they didn't agree."

So-called business is nothing more than arranging for someone to go over for a meal and drinks, and then giving some gifts.

Of course, if the other party wants something less than proper, we'll definitely arrange it.

"If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. Can't we just live like this? Hurry back, I'll get you something to eat."

……

"Shen An'an, this has nothing to do with you, understand? Even if it did, you should go find Lin Lang, don't stay home sulking, and don't look at the comments section or private messages..."

Yan Li only learned about Shen An'an's situation on Sunday night.

She's been incredibly busy lately. The company's structure is indeed complete, but it's all very ordinary and unremarkable.

It can only be said that the positions in the company were filled, but she felt that the employees' personal abilities were not as good as those of the odd-job workers in her father's company.

For a new company like hers to be able to hire someone like this, she's already done her best.

Her number of followers has remained at 1.8 million, as if the entire financial sector has run out of traffic.

Many people still watch it every day, and each video still gets hundreds of thousands of likes.

However, the number of followers stopped increasing.

Last Thursday, the company's new fund product reached the fundraising stage.

Because she didn't invest money in major distribution platforms, she could only use a direct sales model.

That is, they sell it on their own official website.

Of course, she also released a video explaining in detail how to buy her products.

Several days have passed, and indeed more than two thousand people have bought it.

However, the person who bought the most only bought 100,000 yuan worth of goods, while more than a thousand people only bought between 2,000 and 5,000 yuan worth of goods.

In this way, the total purchase amount for more than two thousand people was only around twenty million.

Of course, more will definitely be added later, after all, more than 2,000 people have already purchased in just four days.

Even with additional funds, raising two hundred million would be virtually impossible.

Even if all the money in the company's account is injected, there will still be a shortfall of at least 100 million yuan to reach 200 million yuan.

I learned about Shen An'an's situation on Sunday and immediately called her, worried that she might not be able to withstand the cyberbullying.

As a result, Shen An'an was completely unharmed and even boasted that she had lunch with Lin Lang...

She thought for a moment and then sent Lin Lang a message.

"Is it convenient for you to take this call?"

"I'm not comfortable, what's wrong?"

"The fund is already in the fundraising stage..."

"Oh? Perfect timing, I have fifty million here, I'll buy it tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll think of a way to handle the rest."

Yan Li was somewhat surprised. How could Lin Lang have made so much money in such a short time?
Lin Lang: "No, you can't possibly fail to even get past the fundraising stage? Just two hundred million..."

"I've also posted videos and written detailed information in my profile, but... so far only a little over two thousand people have bought the product, with an average purchase of about ten thousand units."

Newly issued fund products are all priced at one yuan per unit. "Oh, people are indeed more sensitive about money online; most people don't have that level of trust."

"Well, don't worry, I can definitely raise the two hundred million. When you bring your team over, I'll definitely offer you a price that will satisfy you."

"okay."

Lin Lang is busy making some videos at home.

The video is for those marketing accounts.

"Can you believe there are really people this unlucky in the world? A pretty young woman online suddenly decided to invest in stocks, but as soon as she bought shares in a company, that company was immediately delisted due to financial fraud, and the stock price plummeted for half a month, causing her to lose over a million yuan. She finally managed to save some money and bought a new stock, but that company's performance immediately plummeted... And now, she inadvertently revealed that she had sold a certain stock, and the stock price immediately surged, rising 40% in just five days. The young woman exclaimed that she had been tricked by the capital market..."

"What does it feel like to be manipulated by capital? There was a young woman who, no matter what stock she bought, was either involved in company financial fraud, fraudulent performance reports, or even counterfeit vaccine products... I've thought about all the suffering in the world, and it's hard to imagine that one misfortune after another doesn't even end there, with four or five more to come..."

All the videos were accompanied by a picture of Shen An'an crying, with the caption: I was set up by capital.

The phrase "being set up by capital" is not popular at all right now, but it definitely has a magical power.

It can be used to satirize one's own life, or to create abstract concepts and contrasts; it belongs to the top-tier internet slang.

Lin Lang wanted to put this label on Shen An'an.

Shen An'an is about to become a sensation!

Of course, the reason he couldn't answer the phone wasn't because he was busy, but because Bing Ning was busy.

Bingning was right under her desk...

His parents aren't home tonight, and he's become a father.

……

After midnight, Lin Lang's hundreds of marketing accounts began a massive blitz.

Shen An'an gained over 20,000 new followers today.

Shen An'an did not release a video to explain, because there was no need to.

Explaining things too clearly actually diminishes their appeal and allows people to engage in conspiracy theories and speculation.

As for whether it will bring huge negative impacts?

Not under consideration.

Shen An'an's videos did not violate any regulations, nor did they incite others to buy stocks.

The most important point is that even if you buy the opposite of what Shen An'an buys, you should still make a profit.

Losing money or jumping off a building? It serves no purpose other than highlighting your own stupidity.

At the very beginning, everyone was in a rush and didn't consider the facts or any rationality.

But as the incident unfolds, naturally some people will come forward wanting this traffic to clear Shen An'an's name.

This was the period when Shen An'an gained the most followers.

After marketing accounts were mobilized, this matter attracted more and more attention.

Marketing accounts are characterized by their focus on trending topics and riding the wave of trending issues, resulting in high account authority, but they lack the ability to establish a strong brand identity (IP).
However, that doesn't mean their accounts don't have traffic.

They can get tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of views just by posting a news article.

Lin Lang personally wrote the script, and in the fast-paced world of the internet, it's safe to say that anyone who hears the first sentence will stop and watch the whole video.

Then, most people will likely search for Shen An'an's homepage.

At present, before most self-media have mastered the use of matrix marketing, Lin Lang's matrix bombardment has a terrifying influence on the Internet.

Even when directing traffic to Mi Xiaofan or that music teacher, he had never pushed himself to this limit.

The next morning, Lin Lang got up and the first thing he did was look at Shen An'an's account homepage.

A total of 680,000 followers.

By the time he got to the company, he already had 700,000.

The "daily financial management" category simply cannot support such a large fan base. The few accounts that later surpassed one million fans basically just jumped on whatever trending topic was trending, which is how they reached the million mark.

Lin Lang's expectation for Shen An'an is a million followers. If she can reach that level, she can basically drain the entire daily financial management market.

……

Monday, 10:00 AM.

Shen Xingnan didn't go out; he received several people from the police station at home.

Because... someone called the police.

It is said that Shen An'an manipulated the securities market.

Half an hour ago, Shen Xingnan was a little puzzled when he heard the police station call him.

Hearing what the other person said, he was even more confused.

Shen An'an manipulates the market? If she had that ability, she'd be laughing all the way to the bank.

However, the party that reported the incident was the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), and they had to follow the proper procedures.

First, we came to take Shen An'an back for an investigation.

The entire investigation lasted for more than an hour, until almost noon, when the family finally came out of the police station.

Shen An'an was a little confused; this was the first time in her life she had ever been to a police station.

Although everyone was very friendly, and her parents were waiting outside, it still affected her.

Back home, she grew angrier the more she thought about it.

I just recorded a video.

"I just came out of the police station, and I want to ask, what does it matter to me who died? Did I advise anyone to buy stocks? I hid the key information in every screenshot; I just wanted to prove that I did buy stocks, not that I was lying to everyone. I've lost so much money myself, and you can blame me for your own reckless actions? Also, you bought Yaxia Auto, didn't it go up? After it went up, did it immediately plummet to the daily limit down? Even on the fifth day of the downtrend, you were still able to exit with profits, so why blame me?"

I have no grudge against you and have never taken a penny from you. I'm already being set up by capital, do you want me to be set up by you too?
Yes, I admit I secretly bought 100 lots of Yaxia cars, but all I wanted was to make some money. I thought it would be fine if I didn't post it, I only shared it with a few people, but who knew it would turn out like this?
Aren't I a victim too?

……

Shen Xingnan remained silent in the living room.

Chen Lan said from the side, "Isn't the investigation over? Don't worry, An'an is fine."

Shen Xingnan sighed and said, "It's not about whether An'an is alright or not, but that I suddenly realized why Lin Lang asked for twelve million back then."

"Ok?"

“I looked at An An’s private messages on the platform. Putting aside the trivial ones, do you know what the most frequent ones were?”

"What is it?"

"Someone asked An'an to buy a stock, based on the previous video. Even if it's just the stock price, they're willing to pay tens of millions... And there's more than one such private message; there have been at least several hundred since midnight. There are also thousands more talking about business cooperation, with very high offers, starting at least in the tens of millions..."

"Huh? That's illegal."

"Yes, if they really took the money, it would definitely constitute market manipulation. But..."

(End of this chapter)