Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 18 The kind of person you just can't coax no matter what.

Dinner was lavish. Ms. Xu brought back some discounted shrimp from the supermarket, and kept saying how fresh they were, claiming she watched them die with her own eyes…

As for Mr. Lin Yuliang, he said that the factory's performance was not good, and now there was no money left for oil in the lunch allowance.

Lin Yuliang works at a tile factory in the suburbs of the county. His job is basically to move and load things onto trucks. He is provided with lunch.

The amount of salary depends on how many days you work in a month. It's 130 yuan per day, and there's a 200 yuan bonus for perfect attendance.

Ms. Xu usually receives advances for living expenses, and all other wages are settled at the end of the year. She usually receives three stacks of cash at the end of the year, which she deposits into the bank without hesitation. Unless something major happens, she resolutely refuses to withdraw the money.

Money is earned through saving. No one will give you money for no reason; they will only try to trick you into spending it.

You spend money so that others can earn money.

Only when you have no money can others take advantage of you.

Of course, from a broader perspective, making money and spending it is the best approach, thus promoting economic circulation.

But he can't really develop a grand vision yet.

If he had enough money to last ten lifetimes and could live extravagantly without spending it all, he would still be willing to pretend that he had no interest in money.

After dinner, Lin Lang took the initiative to clean up the dishes and then returned to his room to continue his work.

He needs to take advantage of this wave to open several more accounts and try to gain 10,000 followers in ten days or so.

In 2018, Douyin was already very popular, with 250 million users.

However, due to the restrictions on posting videos, there are not many videos that can truly be kept by people; most of them are music and dance.

Even if many middle-aged people come into contact with the company, it is difficult for them to stay.

Young people who love music and dance are naturally averse to advertising, resulting in a very short user retention time on Douyin.

With 30 million daily active users and a total of 250 million users, the average retention time is only twelve minutes.

This short duration is one of the reasons that prompted ByteDance to carry out in-depth reforms, leading to the introduction of mid-length and long-length videos.

Mid-length videos are a crucial part of cultivating intellectual property (IP), and countless internet celebrities have risen to prominence during this period.

After all, the more coherent content you output, the more personality and plot you can show. Thirty seconds or one minute of time limit is too little to show.

When Lin Lang woke up the next day, there were only some side dishes left on the table.

As usual, he went to the kitchen, ladled out a bowl of porridge, ate it, cleaned up the dishes, and then rode his electric scooter.

As is customary, he reached into his pocket and tucked his phone inside.

Because he is 188 cm tall and has long legs, his knees are angled upwards when he rides an electric scooter.

To keep his phone from slipping out of his pocket, he had to shove it in forcefully, trying to use the slope of his inner thigh to hold it in place.

Of course, there is a drawback to doing this: he can't receive phone calls while riding his bike, otherwise the continuous high-frequency vibration would be a considerable challenge for him.

The weather is beautiful! It's the third day since we opened!
I had just arrived at the office and taken out my phone when I received a message from Bi Xiaofang.

"Brother Lang, the video you posted last night went viral again, bringing Bao Bao over 8,000 new followers..."

"Okay, come to the company later and take the contract to her to sign. Also, get your internship contract signed while you're at it."

"Understood, understood, I'll go right away!"

Bi Xiaofang agreed quickly and responded just as quickly.

In less than twenty minutes, they stormed into Big Fish Media.

Lin Lang handed him the employee contract.

During the internship, the base salary is 4,000 yuan. After becoming a full-time employee, the base salary is 6,000 yuan plus bonuses.

This salary and benefits are absolutely top-notch in Tianshui County.

Bi Xiaofang was stunned for a long time.

He just wanted to learn some skills here so he could start his own business in the future; he never thought about making any money.

"Brother Lang, actually... I don't mind if the salary is a little lower..."

Yesterday, Lin Lang taught him a lot, making him start to seriously learn real skills. Even if Lin Lang only gives him a thousand yuan a month, he will still do it.

I feel a little embarrassed when my salary is high.

Lin Lang said, "There's a lot of work to be done, and this salary won't be easy to earn. Besides, even if you want to go solo in the future, you'll still need some capital, right? If you don't work hard to earn money, where will your first pot of gold come from? By robbing? Hurry up and finish this job; there's still a lot of work waiting for you."

"Okay, okay... Thanks for thinking so highly of me, Brother Lang."

Bi Xiaofang stopped being coy and quickly signed the contract.

His tasks today were to sign a contract with Bao Bao, collect information on other female internet celebrities, and also to fulfill the task Lin Lang had initially assigned him: to contact the people on that list.

Lin Lang hadn't even waited until 9:30 when Shen An'an impatiently sent him a message.

"Which stock should I buy today? I've been waiting for ages!"

Lin Lang: "..."

It's only the opening auction.

However, he had indeed picked out stocks for Shen An'an last night.

Tianshui Duck Industry!

Tianshui Duck Industry is a listed company in the county. At its peak, its market value was over 6 billion yuan, but now it's only over 2 billion yuan. Yesterday, Tianshui Duck Industry hit its daily limit... However, Lin Lang knew very well that the company was suffering serious losses and was involved in financial fraud, and it was about to be designated as a special treatment (ST) stock.

He forgot the exact date, but it was in September. Next year, it will be forcibly delisted due to insolvency. Yesterday's limit-up was probably the last hurrah for Tianshui Duck Industry.

"Buy Tianshui Duck Industry!"

"I don't want to buy it, I hate this company!"

"So, do you still want to become a stock market guru?"

"I... okay, okay... buy, buy, buy... how much is appropriate?"

"Of course, we're going all in! We're placing a buy order at the limit-up price. Our company's financial advisor said this stock will definitely continue to hit the limit-up price..."

"Okay, okay! I've placed the order!"

"Okay, that's all for now. I have to go take care of other things. I'll talk to you later..."

"Mmmmmmm..."

In a detached villa on the outskirts of Tianshui County, Shen An'an, wearing a pink crop top, sat on the bed with a happy expression.

She has absolutely no experience in stock trading; this stock account was borrowed from her by her cousin.

The two million inside was given to him by his father, but he never used it.

Then, it sat in her account for a year, mainly because she didn't know how to withdraw it and was too lazy to figure it out.

Anyway, I don't lack pocket money.

She really didn't want to buy Tianshui Duck Industry because the owner of Tianshui Duck Industry was named Qin Dong, and his son Qin Haiyang would harass her all the time.

While waiting for the official opening, Shen An'an stretched, and a flawless white leg emerged from under the silk quilt. As her arms rose, her cropped vest, which originally only reached her navel, slid up to her upper body.

After stretching, she felt refreshed and quickly took out her phone. She found a contact and said, "Yan Li, I asked you to follow my account last night, did you? Starting today, I'm going to get involved myself..."

"Are you out of your mind? You know nothing about stocks and you're trying to trade them? Did you use your brain to develop?"

"You're just jealous of me! Because you have flat chests!"

"Get lost! I don't want to waste my breath on you!"

"Then call me a stock market guru!"

"Shen An'an, if you weren't born into a wealthy family, you'd be a good-for-nothing! Just behave yourself and be your little princess."

"You, you, you... Yan Li, I'm going to prove to you that I, Shen An'an, am no worse than you! You bastard! I curse you to never have a man love you for the rest of your life! Even if you find a man, he'll be a deadbeat scumbag, the kind who cheats on you with a hundred or eighty women!"

Mad!
Shen An'an pouted.

Soon, the other party sent a message: "What did you buy?"

"Don't tell you!"

"The market is really bad lately, so don't buy if you don't want to lose money."

"Hmph, you just want to copy my homework, don't you? I'm not telling you!"

"You... never mind, I'm going to get busy."

"Follow my account! I'll share my profits there. I'm not only going to be better at stocks than you, but I'll also have more followers! Then everyone will see who the loser is!"

"Oh……"

A single, seemingly insignificant word delivered a fatal blow to Shen An'an.

But all she could do was writhe in impotent rage in bed.

Finally, it was 9:30.

She glanced at her account, and instantly, two million was sold, leaving her with only a few dollars in the balance.

Tianshui Duck Industry opened at the daily limit, and her transaction was completed immediately.

But she soon realized something was wrong.

She doesn't know much about stocks, but she can understand numbers and knows what it means for prices to rise and fall.

Most importantly, she could see that the account was green, and the profit and loss column showed a negative number.

The balance of two million was just paid off, and in the blink of an eye it has become 163 million.

After opening at the daily limit up, Tianshui Duck Industry was immediately hit by a massive sell-off of 200 million yuan worth of shares, which then plunged it to the daily limit down.

Shen An'an was stunned.

She sent a message to Lin Lang.

"Lin Lang! Tianshui Duck Industry's stock price has hit the daily limit down!"

"Didn't your company's financial advisor say that the price would continue to be locked at the limit?"

"Lin Lang! I'm going to kill you!"

"I've already cried, and nothing I do can comfort me!"

Shen An'an wasn't upset about the money she lost; she was upset that Yan Li was going to laugh at her again, calling her a good-for-nothing.

(End of this chapter)