Rebirth Starting as a Stock Market Enthusiast

The rest was much easier. The new factory manager ordered the workshop to start production, prioritize the production of An Yun Foods' orders, and ship them free of charge. Then he asked several questions to find out about Shen Fei's background.

However, Shen Fei didn't give him any face. After confirming that An Yun's cotton candy order had started production, he put away his smile.

Some people are like that; they respond better to gentleness than force. The more amiable you are, the more arrogant they become, as if they are something special.

"Director Li, where did your former Director Guo go?"

"Director Guo is my brother-in-law, and I am his brother-in-law. He had some family matters to attend to and went back first, leaving me here to keep an eye on things. I am essentially the acting director."

Shen Fei was relieved after hearing this and didn't ask any more questions. He turned around and went back into the Bentley.

To be honest, if this guy really becomes the factory manager, then he'll have to consider replacing him. But since it's just an agency, then he doesn't need to think about it for now.

……

This day was incredibly surreal for Zhao Dong.

His office phone hasn't stopped ringing since nine o'clock in the morning.

First, the store managers of the offline clothing stores called in a hurry, saying that a bunch of people had come to the store, all asking if the hoodies worn by the children in the video were from their store.

Immediately afterwards, a lot of people also came to the online flagship store asking for the link to the same children's clothing.

On a normal day, we might not sell more than ten children's sweatshirts, but this morning alone, we received over three thousand orders!

The sudden surge in popularity, coupled with the inquiries from those people, made it easy to pinpoint the problem.

The operations manager quickly sent over a link to a Douyin video.

When Zhao Dong clicked on the video, he saw a sweet-looking female teacher leading a group of children wearing their own hoodies in a hand gesture dance.

Zhao Dong doesn't understand short videos, and he doesn't have any particular feelings about the song "Meow Meow Meow".

As he clicked on Song Ting's account homepage, he was shocked. Seven million followers... Even if Zhao Dong didn't understand short videos, he knew how influential an internet celebrity with seven million followers was.

Previously, when I told Shen Fei that he had several million followers, he always thought that Shen Fei was bragging and that he was just a small internet celebrity with eight or nine hundred thousand followers.

But... a social media influencer with seven million followers is a completely different story. You have to know that Angela, who currently has the most followers on Douyin, only has 21 million. Seven million followers... even if she just drinks water from a disposable cup, countless people will ask her for the same cup.

Zhao Dong watched the video and then looked at the surge in orders in the background, completely unaware that the cigarette butt in his hand was burning his fingers.

A mix of emotions welled up inside Zhao Dong: shock, elation, and regret. He took a deep breath and frantically pulled out his phone to call Shen Fei.

"Xiao Shen! This is Zhao Dong!" Zhao Dong said excitedly as soon as the call connected.

On the other end of the phone, Shen Fei's voice was as calm as ever: "Uncle Zhao, you called because there's been a change in children's clothing sales?"

Zhao Dong took a deep breath to calm himself down. "Xiao Shen, I'm very satisfied with your promotion this time. How about... our next collaboration?"

"Next collaboration? Of course! Our company will handle the promotion, and Anyuan Garments will provide the products. We'll split the profits 60/40, and you get 40%."

June 4th?!

Zhao Dong's lips twitched upon hearing this: "Xiao Shen, your appetite is way too big! We bear the production costs and inventory risks, and you guys just want to make a video and take 60%?"

"That's not how it works. Without our video promotion, these products would just be sitting in the warehouse without any profit."

"Uncle Zhao, to tell you the truth, our cooperation with Anyun Foods is also based on this ratio. If you don't believe me, you can ask Zhao Jun."

After saying that, Shen Fei paused and added, "Please think it over first, and call me back when you've made up your mind. I have something to do here, so I'll hang up now."

Beep...beep...beep...

Hearing the busy tone on his phone, Zhao Dong was so angry that he threw the phone away.

……

"Brother Fei, our contract with An Yun is supposed to split the profits 50/50, right? Why are you saying it's 60/40?"

Qin Ziyi, who was driving, asked with a puzzled look.

Shen Fei gazed at the scenery outside the window and said calmly, "If I report it as June 4th, he definitely won't believe me. He'll try to find out more, and when he hears that it was actually May 5th, he'll immediately start to believe it, because rumors are unreliable, and what he finds out himself is more authentic."

Qin Ziyi was stunned. Good heavens! No wonder he's my godfather! His heart is so dirty; he's clearly just putting money from his left pocket to his right, yet he still tries to exaggerate the difference…

……

On the other side, Zhao Dong paced back and forth in his office, smoking one cigarette after another.

The 60/40 split was indeed hard for him to accept.

An Yun Foods?

He muttered the name and immediately asked his assistant to look it up.

Soon, the link to An Yun Foods' Taobao flagship store was sent to his phone.

Upon clicking, I found that the shop only had one product listed – cat paw marshmallows.

And the monthly sales figure displayed under that cotton candy product was... over 150,000!

Zhao Dong's pupils suddenly contracted!

150,000! And that's just one month's sales!

He immediately picked up the phone and dialed Shen Fei again. This time, his tone was free of hesitation and doubt, but rather carried a hint of sincerity.

"Xiao Shen, it's me, Zhao Dong. When do you have time? Let's meet up, sit down, and have a good talk about our collaboration!"

……

Meanwhile, in the city, in an executive suite of a five-star hotel.

Zhou Jianhua, chairman of Longfor Properties, had just finished a video conference and was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a cup of tea, overlooking the city's night view.

Just then, his personal cell phone rang.

When Zhou Jianhua saw that the caller ID showed "Zhao Dong", he frowned slightly, but still answered the call.

"Old Zhao, it's so late, is something wrong?"

On the other end of the phone came Zhao Dong's unusually enthusiastic laughter: "Old Zhou, congratulations! You kept this a secret for so long! You've really raised a wonderful daughter!"

Zhou Jianhua was completely bewildered by his abrupt question: "What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend with me!" Zhao Dong's tone was full of envy. "Your daughter, Zhou Yun, is now a huge internet celebrity with over two million followers! She even quietly started a snack brand called 'An Yun,' and I just checked—the flagship store's sales are booming! Old Zhou, you made a brilliant move! Your daughter really caught the wave of new media!"

Zhou Jianhua stood frozen in place, holding his phone, his expression instantly frozen.

Internet celebrity?

More than two million followers?

AnYun snacks? Sales are booming?

His mind went blank; he felt as if he were hearing a fairy tale.

His daughter, Zhou Jianhua, has become an internet celebrity? How is that possible!

That girl only knows how to drink tea and read books all day long, and she's not very bright. How could she possibly become an internet celebrity and even start a snack brand?

There must be something going on behind this!