Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 272 Yang Xi's Friend

The name Guilan was somewhat unfamiliar to Lin Lang.

But it was not unfamiliar to Xu Xiuyun.

She was startled and quickly asked, "What happened? Guilan was perfectly fine during the day!"

The woman, in her forties, said, "I don't know either. She suddenly went crazy, and nothing I said worked. She kept trying to run outside, talking nonsense. It took me a lot of effort to lock her in the house. I also called Yang Xi, but he can't come back anytime soon. I can only ask you for help to get her to the hospital first..."

She was someone Yang Xi specifically hired to take care of her mother's life; she was also a local.

Lin Lang finally understood: Gui Lan was Yang Xi's mother.

He immediately stood up and said, "Auntie, can you get them into the car? I'll drive you there."

"This... I'll try... If it doesn't work, I'll call a few more people..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lang frowned.

Using force can easily lead to problems. After all, even if you go to the county hospital, it's not like you can get cured immediately. It will definitely take a long time to get things done.

The main problem is that the county hospital is currently closed, and there is no dedicated psychiatric hospital or psychiatric department in the county, so they are not capable of handling difficult cases.

Either go to the city, or go directly to places like Jiangcheng or Luzhou.

It's not far; it's a five-hour drive.

"I'll go with them to see what's going on. Yan Li, could you drive the car to the neighbor's house next door for me..."

Lin Lang handed the car keys to Yan Li, and then followed the aunt out.

Ms. Xu naturally followed beside her.

Lin Lang knew that Yang Xi's mother had always been ill, but she seemed to be fine most of the time.

Even if the illness has started now, I should be able to find a way to calm my emotions.

Getting the other party to cooperate is the best option; if they don't cooperate, things might get even worse.

After all, he hadn't affected Yang Xi's life trajectory yet, and if he didn't help, her mother wouldn't get into trouble.

Of course, it's definitely not wrong for Yang Xi to get involved in this matter. He entered the world of online celebrities early on in order to get treatment for his mother's illness.

Yang Xi is not currently under contract. If we can bring Yang Xi over, we can then set up our own new media operations team.

This team can not only operate new media novels in the early stages, but also many other things in the later stages.

At its current scale, it is insufficient to support the expansion of the new media team in the early stages, mainly due to the lack of core traffic.

In terms of scale, Bi Xiaofang's efforts are essentially no match for those of Yang Xi alone.

The business itself doesn't make much money. If you're lucky, you might earn tens of millions more a year. Even if you move into other fields in the future and earn hundreds of millions more a year, it's not considered a big project by Lin Lang's side.

However, high-quality projects have the potential to leverage and be subject to speculation.

Just like Qin Dong, who spent tens of millions to obtain a Class II medical device production qualification, which increased the market value of Tianshui Duck Industry by several hundred million.

He profits immensely from simply hyping up concepts, not to mention other things...

There are many such companies listed on the A-share market.

For example, ChineseAll, as an online literature company, is basically at the bottom of the industry, which is not large to begin with.

But they manage to seize every opportunity to make their stock price soar.

A company with annual revenue of only one billion yuan and annual losses of tens of millions of yuan has seen its market value soar to two or three hundred billion yuan.

Similarly, as the absolute leader in this industry, China Literature Group, even after acquiring New Classics Media, still has annual revenue of nearly 10 billion yuan, net profit of several hundred million yuan, and market value of over 30 billion yuan at its lowest point.

The two companies are not in the same league at all, because they are listed in different places, one on the A-share market and the other on the Hong Kong stock market, and their market capitalizations are vastly different.

The A-share market has an extremely strong ability to follow trends. As long as an industry is in a hot sector, and as long as you can grasp some of the core content of that industry, the stock price can take off.

This is why several live streaming platforms are signing contracts like crazy. Some streamers have received 100 million yuan over three years, while others have just become popular and are immediately offered a base salary of tens of millions of yuan per year.

In hot sectors, the market premium is extremely high, with 80 times earnings being just the starting point. If a company can operate stably for three to five years and maintain its advantage in the hot sector while ensuring that the sector's popularity does not diminish, PE ratios of 200 or 300 times are commonplace.

New media novels can be extended to new media short dramas, and new media short dramas can be extended to free short dramas... This trend is expected to last for ten years or even longer.

Lin Lang followed them to the next room and saw the locked door.

Because the house is very old, the front door is the kind with a bolt, consisting of four iron balls and a steel bolt in the middle. After drilling a hole, it can be locked directly.

Once locked like this, it cannot be opened from the inside; it can only be opened from the outside with a key.

The aunt kept talking, "I can't keep anything in this room, knitting needles, kitchen knives, and the like. I have to put them away every night..."

"She was fine in the morning, but something seemed off during dinner. She didn't want to eat, and shortly after I ate a little, she suddenly became irritable..."

"Now she keeps calling Yang Xi, saying she wants to die in front of Yang Xi, and that she's going to find Yang Xi..."

Lin Lang asked, "Auntie, has she suffered some kind of shock?"

"Who would dare to provoke her? Besides, she didn't even go out; she was just playing on her phone inside."

By this time, we had reached the door and could hear the door rattling inside.

Hearing the noise, Ms. Xu was worried that something had happened to her son, so she said, "Langlang, don't go in, I'll go in and see what's going on."

"Mom, it's okay. I saw Yang Xi a while ago, and she asked me to keep an eye on things at home. She also told me some things beforehand, so it's not a big problem."

"Auntie, please open the door."

Lin Lang had some guesses; most likely, Yang Xi's mother had seen the photos Yang Xi posted on the short video platform.

Even though she was wearing a mask, to her own mother, every single hair was a bond, and there was no way she wouldn't recognize her.

The main reason is that Yang Xi is too popular.

Even though it had just entered the short video platform, its second piece of content went viral.

It's simply because of its excellent quality and the overwhelming atmosphere it creates; it's a perfect combination of youthful beauty and sexiness.

With over 100,000 likes, you can imagine how many views it received.

With millions of views, it's quite normal that Yang Xi's mother stumbled upon it by chance.

The moment the door opened, a middle-aged woman with an unhealthy, dark red complexion appeared before them under the light.

You could clearly feel her anger, confusion, and despair.

This is a very complex emotion.

On the surface, everything seems normal, and one can even sense that the person is in good spirits. However, an unhealthy complexion and the fatigue hidden beneath a seemingly excited expression are enough to indicate that the person is undergoing intense mental strain. Many mental illnesses can be collectively referred to as depression.

Upon seeing Lin Lang, Yang Guilan's agitated mood suddenly subsided, and she even smiled, saying, "Langlang is here..."

Lin Lang said, "Auntie, I heard you were in a bad mood, so I came to see you."

Lin Lang was surprised that the other party's emotions suddenly stabilized.

"It's alright, it's alright, I'm perfectly fine, I'm sorry for troubling you..."

“What’s the trouble? We’ve been neighbors for so many years, and Xixi and I are like siblings.”

"Xixi..."

Yang Guilan murmured the name, and then her emotions visibly fluctuated; she trembled all over.

However, she tried her best to restrain herself in front of Lin Lang.

"Xixi is fine, she's doing well, you don't need to worry."

"Auntie, I know Xixi is alright."

"Oh, Xixi isn't home..."

Lin Lang came to Yang Guilan's side and reached out to support her shoulder. He felt that this aunt was very light-hearted because of mental exhaustion.

"Auntie, don't overthink it. How about I take you to the county? We can go there for a check-up. When Xixi comes back tomorrow, I'll be able to explain things to her."

Lin Lang was already trying his best to avoid sensitive words. From Yang Guilan's previous chaotic words, he could tell that the matter must be related to Yang Xi.

Aside from online videos, there's almost nothing else related to Yang Xi.

Unless Yang Xi personally said something to her that provoked her, or the neighbors learned about some things about Yang Xi and told her, thus provoking her.

None of this is possible. Even if some of the neighbors are malicious, they couldn't possibly know anything about Yang Xi. At most, they would just be making up some lies.

But Yang Guilan doesn't usually have contact with those people, and her neighbors aren't that bad; they all know about Yang Guilan's situation.

Yang Guilan quickly showed her resistance, saying, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

However, Lin Lang held her shoulders the whole time, not letting her leave.

At the same time, he bent down and said, "Auntie, I've already driven my car to the door. I'll go with you. You can talk to me about anything you want to say."

Lin Lang figured that since Yang Guilan's emotions had stabilized after seeing him, he would use himself as bait.

First, take Yang Guilan to the county town to check on the situation.

"You don't need to feel guilty about coming with me. I ate at your house a lot when I was a kid, and I even stole cucumbers and tomatoes from your vegetable garden..."

"let's go……"

Lin Lang gently pushed Yang Guilan outwards with his arm.

Ms. Xu, who was at the door, came over and took Yang Guilan's hand, saying, "Guilan, if you hear any gossip, don't take it to heart. We won't stoop to her level. Langlang heard you were in a bad mood, so he put down his chopsticks and came over. Let's go to the county for a check-up, just to put our minds at ease. It won't be too much trouble anyway."

With the help of Lin Lang and Ms. Xu, Yan Li happened to have driven over and took Yang Guilan directly into the car.

At this moment, Lin Yuliang rushed out and shouted, "What's going on? What are you doing?"

"Dad, we're going to the county. We probably won't be back until very late, so you don't need to wait for us."

"I'll lock the door and come with you..."

"It's just a small matter, we have enough manpower."

Lin Lang didn't want to say much, so he urged Yan Li to drive faster.

The overall situation is much better than he imagined.

However, not long after the car drove off, Yang Guilan said, "Xiuyun, your daughter-in-law is really good, and Langlang is doing well too."

"Oh, this silly boy is lucky to have met a girl like Lili. Are you worried about Xixi? Xixi is very sensible, beautiful, and has good grades. You definitely won't have to worry about her in the future. Who knows, she might come back one day with a rich and handsome boyfriend."

Yang Guilan didn't speak. Lin Lang kept supporting her body with his hand, and he could feel her trembling again.

"Xixi...she's gone bad..."

Lin Lang reached out and tugged at his mother's shoulder, giving her a look that meant he didn't want her to talk about Yang Xi.

Before things are clear, we should prioritize stability.

……

Luzhou Railway Station.

Yang Xi was supposed to have a self-study class that evening, but when she heard the phone call from home, she couldn't care less about anything else.

There are no more high-speed trains back to Tianshui at night, but there are still regular trains.

It just takes a very long time.

The high-speed rail takes only about two hours, while the regular train takes a full six and a half hours.

She had a train ticket for 11:30 p.m., but she arrived at 9:30 p.m.

A short-haired girl was walking beside her, saying, "Xixi, don't worry, everything will be fine. I just called home and asked for some living expenses. I'll transfer five thousand to you. If it's not enough, just let me know."

Yang Xi's eyes were misty as she looked at the short-haired girl in front of her and said, "If you really want to help me, help me contact a media company. I need some money to bring my mother from my hometown."

Upon hearing this, the short-haired girl's expression immediately changed. "No, no! Those media companies are all heartless. They'll put a lot of traps in the contracts. I don't want them to bully you."

"But I have no other choice now! The doctor already said last time that if it recurs, it will be very difficult to treat, and I will need a lot of money!"

“Then let’s figure something out together! As long as we’re together, nothing can stop us! I’ll continue to take photos for you, and I’ll try my best to get you commercial gigs…”

Yang Xi shook his head. "Several thousand business deals are not enough for me. I need signing fees."

"A contract with a signing bonus is bound to have a trap. Those guys will definitely try to take advantage of you because you're so pretty. I don't agree to that!"

Yang Xi: "I'm not discussing this with you. If you don't help me find it, I'll find it myself."

I said I disagree!

The short-haired girl became an instant sensation.

Yang Xi took a deep breath and said, "In the past two years, the business deals you've helped me with totaled 140,000 yuan. You've also spent a lot of money on me, probably around 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. You didn't charge me for taking photos or anything. Just consider it as me owing you 100,000 yuan. I'll pay you back as soon as possible! You can go back now, I need to go to the station."

(End of this chapter)