Reborn in 08, Public Enemy of Competitors

Nighttime, girls' dormitory.

Cheng Xue opened the Woshou.com website, clicked on the registration page, and quickly filled in the information.

"I don't know if it's reliable or not..."

He muttered something to himself, but his hands didn't stop; he clicked "Post Task".

Next, following the procedure, fill in the address of the online store or the product link that needs to be used for order boosting.

The information required is similar to what you would fill out in a mutual boosting group, the only difference being that mutual boosting groups often see cases of people skipping out on their orders.

You helped him swipe his card, but he didn't swipe it for you. You paid for it in advance, but he blocked you.

Every few days, someone in the group reports a scammer, but the group owner and administrators simply can't keep up.

But things are different now. With the Woshou.com platform acting as a guarantor, it promises that "if a person tries to evade payment, the platform will cover the cost."

"Xiaoxue, how many orders are you planning to place?"

Her roommate, who also runs an online store, came over and rested her head on her shoulder.

"I'll place one order to test the waters first."

As they spoke, Cheng Xue had already filled in the task information: a deposit of 14 yuan and a commission of 1 yuan.

The bracelet hanging there is an environmentally friendly zinc alloy bracelet that was wholesaled from Yiwu. The purchase price was 2 yuan, and the selling price was 14 yuan.

"Is it reliable to pay upfront? What if this website is a scam?"

My roommate's brows were furrowed.

Cheng Xue said, "I've been scammed, but I'll just consider it as drinking fewer cups of milk tea and losing weight."

My roommate stuck out her tongue: "You've been talking about losing weight for a year now, but I haven't seen you stick to it."

"You need to eat well to have the energy to lose weight!"

"Besides, I'm not fat, it's just that my beauty is inflating!"

Cheng Xue rolled her eyes, took out her USB security token, and paid with online banking.

With a "ding," the payment was successful, and a pop-up message appeared: "[Task successfully published, awaiting review]."

After a while, Cheng Xue refreshed the page and saw that it displayed "Approved, task has entered the task pool".

"Someone accepted the order? Wow, that was fast!"

My roommate pointed to the progress bar below, which showed "The order has been accepted by the order brusher".

"Yeah, back in the days when we were in mutual-boosting groups, it might take 10 minutes to find a match."

Cheng Xue was looking forward to the next move from the swiping app when she heard a "ding-dong" sound, and Ali Wangwang's notification sound rang out.

"Wow, it really is just like what Shen Mo said, the brushers can mimic the real shopping process."

My roommate was staring intently at the screen.

[Lightly Dancing in the Air: Boss, do you have this bracelet in other colors?]

Cheng Xue was stunned for a moment. She had been doing online order boosting for so long, and no one had ever chatted with her before.

"Go back now, hurry up and go back!"

My roommate urged me on.

Cheng Xue quickly typed and chatted with the person who was buying the product, answering questions about prices, styles, and shipping details.

Then there is no more then.

My roommate asked, puzzled, "Why didn't you place an order?"

"Don't worry, it's written in the announcement section of Woshou.com that the brushers will only place an order with the target merchant after simulating comparison shopping from three different vendors."

As soon as Cheng Xue finished speaking, Ali Wangwang popped up a message notification.

Buyer 'Light Dance' has made payment; please process the order promptly.

"That's it?"

My roommate blinked. "This is way too easy!"

Cheng Xue was momentarily stunned. "Yeah, so this means I've... completed one order?"

Her roommate gave her a push, "Not yet, look!"

"Dear user 'Xiaoxue Handmade,' your task ID: 00027 has entered the 'Received Goods and Positive Feedback' stage and is expected to be completed within 3 days."

"Please manually click 'Task Completed' after confirming that the person who placed the order has received the goods and left a positive review."

"If no action is taken within 7 days, the platform will automatically settle the payment. If you have any questions, please contact online customer service..."

Cheng Xue glanced at the "system notification" and couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, including nostalgia and regret).

I remember all the miserable days I used to live!

You have to shout in the group, "Let's do a mutual order, only honest people come," but no one replies after waiting for ages.

Even if you manage to find one, you can only rely on the group owner to manually register them using an Excel spreadsheet. If there's a mistake, it's easy to get into disputes.

Clearly, platforms like Woshou.com, which can automatically distribute and settle payments, have propelled them directly from the Stone Age into the Industrial Civilization.

"No way, I also want to place a few orders for my shop."

My roommate excitedly ran back to his seat, "I'm just 23 points away from reaching Diamond 1!"

"Take it easy!"

"It was said in the group that if you're aiming for diamond rank, doing three to five orders a day is enough—not too many, not too few."

Even so, Cheng Xue couldn't resist placing another order for her shop.

"Hey, Xiaoxue, do you think if we just publish the store's information like this, won't all the 'brushing' (fake reviewers) see it?"

My roommate's tone carried a hint of doubt.

"Don't worry, Handshake.com has already taken this into account."

"Only the person who accepts the task can see the real address of our online store."

Cheng Xue said, "Moreover, each person who makes the purchase can only take on a maximum of two unfinished tasks at the same time, which reduces the possibility of the store being exposed."

"They've thought of everything! They even considered this!"

Without any further hesitation, my roommate immediately took action.

Cheng Xue shook her head and chuckled. In terms of efficiency, security, and technology, mutual brushing groups simply cannot compare with Woshou.com.

More importantly, besides merchants, the only people accepting orders in mutual order boosting groups are fixed teams of order boosters.

As a result, many of the evidence and screenshots of merchants engaging in fraudulent order practices fell into the hands of these greedy order-fakers.

They are either threatened by those who place fake orders to pay hush money, forced to continue placing fake orders, or even have to work for those who place fake orders for free.

If you refuse or resist, the person who posted the fake reviews will report you to Taobao. At best, your store ranking will be lowered; at worst, your store will be shut down.

In fact, the world has suffered from the abuse of data scrubbers for far too long!

But now, Handshake.com is here! Online stores are finally safe!

Handshake.com is here! It's all there!

For the most active and highest-demand full-time merchants or agents in mutual boosting groups, Woshou.com is like a godsend.

More and more merchants who find it useful are actively seizing the opportunities on the mobile network and sharing it with more group members.

With the promotion of tap water, the number of registered merchants on Woshou.com surged at a visible rate.

135, 139, 148...

Shen Mo looked at the data in the backend, smiled, and took a sip of water.

"Wenbin, how are you? Can you handle this?"

"Brother Mo, I can still hold on!"

Lu Wenbin said excitedly, "All the questions they asked are in the script you prepared for me. I just need to copy and paste it."

"Brother Mo! I can't hold on much longer, the scrubbers are about to explode!"

Qin Feng was sweating profusely with anxiety, as he needed to verify the identities and answer questions one by one when scanning the handset.

Clearly, the speed of message replies is almost outpacing the rate at which the number of fake registrations is skyrocketing.

"Don't reply one by one, set up an automatic reply."

Shen Mo said, "Hello, Woshou.com is now online. Please visit woshou.com to register. Tutorials are available on the website homepage and in the group files. If you have any questions, please leave a message, and customer service will reply as soon as possible."

Qin Feng hesitated for a moment, "But wouldn't an automatic reply seem insincere?"

"You have 261 people to chat with right now. Even if you've been single for 20 years, you still can't keep up with all that typing speed."

Shen Mo smacked his lips and said, "Yuan Hua, help Fengzi with the workload."

"Alright, Mo-ge!"

The resounding success of the handshake network completely convinced Yuan Hua, who then carried out the order without hesitation.

"Remember, if the person doing the 'brushing' doesn't upload a screenshot of the order, they won't get paid..."

Shen Mo directed the operation methodically, while keenly noticing that the server CPU utilization was high in the face of sudden traffic surges.

After logging into the server backend and checking the monitoring data, I noticed that the number of database queries was almost double what I expected.

Optimize queries, add indexes, preheat cache...

The instinctive reactions I developed in my past life, from being exploited in a large factory with "996" and "007" work schedules, have all come in handy in this life.

After a flurry of activity, the CPU usage gradually decreased.

Of course, all of this is only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure.

Because IDC (Internet Data Center) imposes strict resource restrictions on websites that rent virtual hosting.

If CPU usage exceeds the limit, the website may become temporarily inaccessible, or it may be forcibly migrated to an isolated server and forced to reflect on its actions.

Therefore, the best solution is actually to "add more servers".

"Holy crap, I'm exhausted!"

Lu Wenbin shook his wrist. "Why does this feel even more tiring than coding? My muscular arm is numb."

"Tired? This is nothing."

Shen Mo stood up. "I haven't even started speeding up yet."

Yuan Hua gasped, exchanging bewildered glances with Lu Wenbin and Qin Feng. "Brother Mo, what will happen after we accelerate?"

Shen Mo snapped his fingers. "Leaving aside online, just offline, we should at least capture the e-commerce sectors of all 14 universities in Xiasha, right?"

"14 universities in Xiasha?"

Lu Wenbin swallowed hard. "Brother Mo, do you know how many people live in the Xiasha University Town?"

"Of course I know, there are at least hundreds of thousands."

"If 5% or 10% of these people open online stores, that's tens of thousands of people."

"The market is right here, the gold mine is right here, waiting for us to dig it out."

Shen Mo looked around. "I'm going to drive now. Are you guys getting in or not?"

"Is that even a question?"

Almost simultaneously, everyone shouted, "Go through fire and water, Brother Mo!"

Qin Feng patted his chest and said, "More than a dozen of my high school classmates run online stores. I'll bring them all in sometime."

"No need, no need, we don't overcharge customers!"

"Once the first batch of commissions arrives, I plan to launch a new user acquisition campaign."

Shen Mo sighed and said, "By then, there will be more and more merchants and people who use fake reviews. I'll need you to create more groups."

"No problem, we'll just take a few."

Yuan Hua readily agreed.

These days, many websites allow you to get memberships or diamonds for free.

For example, card trading platforms!

QQ membership, Super QQ, Red Diamond, Yellow Diamond, etc., can all be obtained for free by those who know how to use the SIM card.

If you don't know how to use the glitch, you can find someone to use it for a low price.

For top computer science students, getting a few QQ memberships and diamonds is incredibly easy.

The mutual help group was created by Shen Mo and his friends after they used their alternate accounts to become members, and they created a 200-person premium group.

"Children, just a little longer."

Shen Mo patted them on the shoulder, "Dad's paying for tonight's late-night snack!"

Yuan Hua was overjoyed. "Godfather, whether it's a midnight snack or not doesn't really matter. The important thing is the foot bath. We already agreed on that!"

After a moment of silence, if this guy had been this proactive when he was in school—no, even half as proactive—wouldn't he have gotten into Tsinghua or Peking University easily?