The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 162 School Beauty Alliance
Qiao Jingjing had heard the name Xiao Nai, whom Zheng Peipei mentioned, quite often since she enrolled in school.

And the awesome stories associated with this name.

During junior high school, he partnered with his uncle to open an internet cafe, and in an era when computers were not yet widespread, he successfully earned his first pot of gold.

I entered university just in time for the bull market of 07, and I heard I made several hundred dollars.

He is also a key player on the school basketball team.

She's also a great singer and has performed at school galas several times.

He was practically a god-like figure in the eyes of the students at Dongda University.

If this resume were in a rebirth novel, readers would definitely call him a disgrace to the reborn.

But as a native of this region, that's already incredibly impressive.

Both vision and luck are indispensable.

Of course, the most important thing is to have an uncle who had money and connections five or six years ago and was able to open an internet cafe.

At the same time, one's own circumstances cannot be too bad.

It's unlikely that a junior high school student could convince his uncle to open an internet cafe; it's probably not like in a rebirth novel where he starts with just a few words and then relies entirely on persuasion.

The most likely explanation is that Xiao Nai was a computer whiz from a young age, and during his uncle's time running an internet cafe, he helped him master some key technologies, such as developing software for automatic login/logout and internet cafe billing.

In any case, you should at least be proficient in one of the following technologies: software or hardware.

In the end, he helped his uncle a lot, so his uncle gave him a portion of the "technology shares," which could be presented as a joint venture without any problem.

The key issue is that Xiao Nai's computer skills couldn't have been innate.

In other words, Xiao Nai's family already had a computer and internet access in the mid-90s; otherwise, where would Xiao Nai have gotten the opportunity to become "self-taught"?
All versions of Xiao Nai's entrepreneurial story circulating at Dongda University now revolve around the phrase "starting from scratch".

It's the same principle as Little Ma claiming to have been born into an "ordinary family".

Unfortunately, this is the current version of the answer.

It's perfectly normal for Xiao Nai to create such a persona for himself.

If Yang Muye hadn't been reborn and learned that one shouldn't create a persona arbitrarily, he would probably have created a touching and inspiring persona for himself, even if he were to die from eating boomerangs.

For example, saying something like, "The first sword I wield after rebirth is to kill my parents."

He became an orphan after finishing the college entrance examination, took a gamble and chose to start a business. After achieving success, his parents regretted it and begged him to repair their relationship.

Then, several years later, it was revealed that his parents were actually worth hundreds of millions, and if he didn't work hard to start his own business, he would have to go home and inherit two fortunes worth hundreds of millions.

Although those big shots in his previous life all had experiences of "house collapse," Yang Muye was reborn not to compete with these people in terms of being bad.

When Cheng Pei-pei mentioned Xiao Nai, Qiao Jingjing couldn't help but compare the two.

Compared to Xiao Nai's widely known deeds, Yang Muye is much more low-key.

Not to mention any entrepreneurial stories circulating about them, even how they earned their first pot of gold remains a mystery.

It's highly likely that it was given to me by my family.

Qiao Jingjing guessed in her heart.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door, followed by the mother's voice from outside.

"Jingjing, are you asleep?"

"Nope."

Qiao Jingjing knew that her mother must have seen that the light in her room was still on before knocking, so she answered the door openly.

The door was then pushed open.

When her mother came in, she saw Qiao Jingjing holding a mobile phone and asked her if she was chatting with a friend.

"Yes, I'm chatting with Peipei on QQ."

The mother walked over and sat down beside Qiao Jingjing's bed.

"Jingjing, Mom wants to discuss something with you."

Qiao Jingjing immediately put down her phone.

"Okay."

"Mom is in talks with a major internet company to get you a game endorsement deal."

"game?"

Qiao Jingjing's eyes widened.

"Yes, it's the new game developed by NetEase, 'Dream Journey to the Jianghu'."

When Qiao Jingjing's mother introduced the pig farm, she used the word "devoted," but it was definitely not an advertisement for the pig farm.

Just from the name "Dreaming of Jianghu," you can tell how much hope Pig Farm has for it.

The "Dream" in Fantasy Westward Journey.

The "Journey" in "A Chinese Odyssey".

This MMORPG combines the "advantages" of two of NetEase's flagship products.

"But I don't play games much."

Qiao Jingjing said with some concern.

The hardest game she ever played was "Niu Le Ge Niu" (牛了个牛), and she was so happy for three whole days after she finally beat it once.

"This is simple. I'll find a gaming expert to guide you. Skills can be developed through practice."

Qiao Jingjing was stunned.

From what my mother said, it seemed that after becoming the game's spokesperson, I would have to play the game myself?
Qiao Jingjing's mother nodded, acknowledging the matter.

It's now common practice in the game industry to have celebrities endorse games.
It's not like the pig farm can't afford to hire celebrities. The main reason they chose Qiao Jingjing was because of her title as the most beautiful campus belle in college.

To be precise, NetEase didn't hire Qiao Jingjing as a spokesperson for the game; they hired her as a game experience officer.

Hiring celebrities for this is too costly and lacks persuasiveness.

Who would believe that celebrities who spend all their time on film sets, at various commercial events, and at fashion parties would waste their precious time playing video games?
Thus, Qiao Jingjing, who held the title of the most beautiful college belle, came into the sights of NetEase.

Qiao Jingjing's looks, which rival those of celebrities, are a huge attraction for gamers, who are predominantly male.

In addition, his status as a university student, and a prestigious 211 university like Dongfang University, makes him the perfect candidate to be a game experience officer.

The game's equipment will be specially prepared by NetEase.

The biggest problem is that Qiao Jingjing's gaming skills need to catch up. She doesn't have to be top-notch, but she should at least look like she's doing something.

Although you can hire a game booster, since you're separated by a screen, no one knows whether the person on the other end of the internet cable is a burly man picking his toes or a middle-aged woman scrubbing her grime.

But this time, NetEase wanted to be realistic and required game testers to participate in the game themselves.

Of course, these are all minor issues. Qiao Jingjing's mother originally planned to tell Qiao Jingjing after the matter was settled and a contract was signed with the pig farm.

Just when it seemed that the two sides had almost reached an agreement, the pig farm suddenly changed its tune in the last two days.

After making inquiries from various sources, Qiao Jingjing's mother learned that a troublemaker had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The song "Little Apple" made Sisters Who Make Waves a huge hit.

Qiao Jingjing became an internet sensation simply because of a photo of her college admission certificate; luck played a large part in her rise to fame.

The "Sisters Who Make Waves" are different; they gained popularity through their work.

Moreover, there are nine members in the Sisters Who Make Waves group, while Qiao Jingjing is just one person.

It's no exaggeration to say that Sisters Who Make Waves has become Qiao Jingjing's replacement.

If Pig Farm reaches an agreement with Sisters Who Make Waves, then Qiao Jingjing will be out of the picture. Qiao Jingjing's mother knew about her return to Beijing a couple of days ago to be a guest performer for the Barbarian band.

Afterwards, she learned Yang Muye's true identity from Qiao Jingjing, and that Yang Muye was the behind-the-scenes promoter and boss of Sisters Who Make Waves.

I came to see Qiao Jingjing tonight so that she could call Yang Muye.

After much persuasion from her mother, Qiao Jingjing finally agreed to call Yang Muye.

When they called, no one answered.

Yang Muye gets up early every day to exercise, and he's already asleep by now.

The next morning, Yang Muyi saw a missed call from Qiao Jingjing on his phone.

After returning the call and learning the details, he did not immediately reply to Qiao Jingjing.

After putting down his phone, Yang Muyi immediately went online to look up the game "Dream Journey to Jianghu" and confirmed that Pig Farm definitely hadn't released such a game in his previous life.

Coincidentally, this game was also launched on October 1st.

Yang Muyi learned about the game and found that it was an old version of "Justice Online".

The gameplay and mechanics are nothing particularly noteworthy, and the marketing focuses on how exquisite the game graphics and character models are, and even the character customization system.

There are 18 male and 18 female characters to choose from, and the costume system is dazzling.

Yang Muyi instantly guessed why Pig Farm first set its sights on Qiao Jingjing and now had its eyes on Sisters Who Make Waves.

The game uses beautiful graphics to attract female players to play and then draw male players into the game.

It's the same principle as later generations of livestreamers who use their wives or nominal wives to create their own accounts.

Of course, male players aren't stupid; they know that the game is full of cross-dressing players.

The proportion of female players is not high, and female players are even rarer.

Having been in the game industry for so many years, NetEase certainly understands this, which is why they came up with the idea of ​​"game experience officers."

From this perspective, Sisters Who Make Waves definitely have an advantage over Qiao Jingjing.

Yang Muye immediately called Hu Ling to ask what was going on.

Hu Ling was also planning to talk to Yang Muye about this.

“I received a call from the person in charge of the pig farm project yesterday at noon. They offered a very attractive price. I was planning to talk to you about it after we had almost reached an agreement, but after the ‘Happy Farm’ advertisement was released last night, the pig farm changed their mind again.”

Hearing this, Yang Muye was a little puzzled.

Social mini-games like Happy Farm do not directly compete with large-scale MMORPGs like Dream Journey to the Jianghu.

What does "pig farm" mean?
“Yesterday I told the pig farm that the main focus of Sisters Who Make Waves is currently Zixi, Weiwei, and Meilan. They agreed readily at the time, but then told me in the evening that all nine members of Sisters Who Make Waves must participate in the game promotion.”

Hu Ling sent a text message in the morning to ask for the opinions of the other six people.

Everyone disagreed.

Xu Hongdou, Xia Qing, Chen Nanxing, and Guan Wen felt that playing games would interfere with their studies.

Zhu Suosuo and Ruan Wan, however, are not interested in playing games.

Even Xie Meilan, who had signed a formal contract, had great doubts about becoming a game experience officer.

The current situation is that Pig Farm wants all the members of Sisters Who Make Waves to participate, but only Yang Zixi and Zheng Wei are willing to be the game experience officers.

Both of their reasons were very practical.

Yang Zixi is short of money, while Zheng Wei likes playing video games.

Yang Muye then told Hu Ling about Qiao Jingjing's phone call.

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

"You mean you want Sisters Who Make Waves to withdraw and let Pig Factory go after Qiao Jingjing?"

"You can definitely broaden your horizons, so why don't we take this opportunity to sign Qiao Jingjing?"

There was an even longer silence on the other end of the phone.

"You think you can manipulate Qiao Jingjing just because of a game endorsement by NetEase? Aren't you afraid of making things worse?"

"If we were to form a new parallel group outside of 'Sisters Who Make Waves,' with Yang Zixi, Zheng Wei, and Qiao Jingjing as the members, do you think that would be a convincing offer?"

"Then, in a new combination, we'll discuss game endorsements with NetEase?"

Hu Ling immediately guessed Yang Muye's true purpose.

"Doesn't the pig farm like a lot of people? Let's form a campus beauties alliance, that should satisfy them, right?"

"Campus Belle Alliance?"

Hu Ling immediately pressed on, "Is this the name you came up with for the new group?"

Yang Muyi countered with, "What do you think?"

Qiao Jingjing is the "most beautiful college flower". Yang Zixi and Zheng Wei are also quite good-looking in Sisters Who Make Waves. They could easily play the role of a college flower.

Hu Ling naturally had no objection to this.

Yang Muyi then called Qiao Jingjing and told her about it.

Qiao Jingjing felt relieved to learn that Yang Muyi wanted to sign her instead of giving up the opportunity.

After learning of the conditions offered by Yang Muye, Qiao Jingjing's mother agreed to cooperate in principle, but still insisted on serving as Qiao Jingjing's agent.

Yang Muye readily agreed.

After dealing with Qiao Jingjing, a new situation arose at the pig farm.

Pig Farm was initially very interested in the Campus Beauty Alliance plan, but after hearing that the group currently only had three members, they immediately proposed that there must be at least five members.

The reasons given were also particularly compelling.

In "Dreaming of Jianghu", a team can consist of five members. If the School Beauty Alliance has five members, they can team up to play the game.

This is undoubtedly a major selling point for game promotion.

The pig farm has even come up with advertising slogans.

Five campus beauties team up to accompany you in exploring the game world.

The problem now is, where to find two more school beauties?

That evening, Qiao Jingjing talked about this with Zheng Peipei on QQ.

Upon learning that Qiao Jingjing had gone through many twists and turns and finally become an artist under Yang Muye's management, Zheng Peipei had very mixed feelings.

After all, she was complaining to Qiao Jingjing last night about Yang Muye's inaction and laziness, but then Qiao Jingjing signed a contract with Xingchen Dahai.

However, Cheng Pei-pei couldn't say that Qiao Jingjing's choice was problematic.

Even Cheng Pei-pei herself was very interested in this new group, the Campus Belle Alliance.

With the added popularity of Yang Zixi and Zheng Wei from Sisters Who Make Waves, plus Qiao Jingjing's existing fame.

It would be hard for this group not to become popular.

Unfortunately, they are still missing two more school beauties to form a group. Qiao Jingjing is not in a hurry yet, but Zheng Peipei is already anxious.

"Jingjing, I remember when the semester started, there was a lot of voting for 'Campus Belle Rush,' and there was a girl from your Dongda Music Department who looked very pure and innocent, and she got a lot of votes, right?"

Qiao Jingjing, sitting in front of the computer, paused for a moment, then immediately typed a reply:
"You mean Meng Yiran?"

"Yes, yes, that's her. You know her?"

"I was the host of the university's anniversary gala in mid-September, and Meng Yiran performed a solo on a traditional Chinese musical instrument. We met backstage during the rehearsal."

"Isn't that perfect? ​​There's a musician profession in 'Dream of Jianghu'. If Meng Yiran plays a musician, it will correspond to his real-life skills. If I were the game project manager, I would definitely agree with both hands."

(End of this chapter)