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  Chapter 64: Promotiress

  TL: Etude

  The spread of hings among uy students is remarkably fast. After two days of fermentation, the blue advertising fans could be seen everywhere on campus. The number istered users on the forum had also broken through three thousand, with a still increasing trend.

  The day, during military training, Jiang Qin arrived at the pyground and saw many freshmen using “Zhihu” fans.

  Owo, three, four… On average, each squad had about four to six fans, which they began to shake vigorously during breaks.

  The fans, with their bright base colors and jumping fonts, easily caught the attention of those nearby as they fluttered.

  Why?

  Because when something suddenly appears and everyone else has it but you don’t, this kind of trend effect is the most captivating. Simply put, it’s the power of popurity.

  “Where did you get that fan?”

  “What forum?”

  “Is it fun?”

  “Holy cow, you even find a partner?”

  “Really? Someone on the forum revealed that Huang Panpan from the aviatioment has two boyfriends?”

  Thus, discussions about the forum began to intensify.

  Jiang Qin took off his hat, sat on the scorg pyground, and listeo the discussions around him, his expression gradually being thoughtful.

  In 2008, smartphones weren’t widespread, WiFi was unheard of, tele panies’ data prices were exorbitant, watg videos on phones was impractical, and games were limited to Snake and Bubble Dragon. Therefore, text forums naturally became the eai of choice for uy students.

  Like Zhou Chao, who enjoyed watg football but disliked going to i cafes to watch live broadcasts. He always read text-based football updates on his phone.

  “XXX’s shot missed.”

  “XX dribbles past one pyer, then another, with uable steps and unmatched speed, finally hitting the goalpost.”

  “XXX scores another own goal in this match.”

  The entire football match was broadcast i on 3G news, with no images, not even apanying pictures. Yet Zhou Chao found it thrilling. Such practices, unimaginable iure of viral short videos, were the most ve forms of eai in that era.

  Jiang Qihat if the promotional efforts tio ferment, the forum’s active user t would explode after the National Day holiday.

  Once he gradually gained trol of the discourse in the uy town ahe media propagation, he would have a responsive audience for whatever he did iure.

  At that moment, Jiang Qin suddenly felt an unusual breeze from behind, blowing cool and refreshing gusts.

  “Feeling cool?”

  Song Qingqing had, unbeknownst to him, e up behind him. She was smilily, fanning him tinuously with an advertising fan, sweating profusely from the effort.

  “Not really cool, stop it.”

  Jiang Qin frowned slightly, fanned himself a couple of times with his hat, but Song Qingqing, instead of stopping, increased her efforts, with a couple of strokes parable to ari.

  He found it very strange.

  What exactly are girls?

  If you are kind to her, she takes you franted. If you ignore her, she finds ways to bother you and attract your attention. When you give her a hard time, she tries all sorts of ways to please you. It’s really inprehensible.

  Jiang Qin turo look at her: “Cssmate Song Qingqing, you don’t have to fan me. Fan yourself.”

  “It’s okay, I’m not tired,” said Song Qingqing, wiping the sweat from her forehead, tinuing to shake the fan with both hands holding the handle.

  Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao watched from the side, muttering uheir breath, and didn’t even bother to call Jiang Qihey went to relieve themselves.

  A while ter, a fmboyant figure sauntered onto the pyground, with a swaggering gait, dragging his legs, and holding a watermelon with a look of smug satisfa on his face.

  “Hey Jiang, how’s military training going? Hehe, hot isn’t it? Want some watermelon?”

  “It’s not hot.”

  “Always so tough, ’t you just envy me for a bit?”

  Cao Guangyu, grinning, squeezed past the surrounding students, about to sit close to Jiang Qin. But then he saw Song Qingqing, panting as she fanned Jiang Qin, her face covered i beads, looking like a little maidservant.

  Seeing her like this, who would remember that she was the most beautiful girl in the Finance css? Who would recall her aloof and unapproachable demeanor on the freshman orientation day?

  Cao Guangyu’s face turned pale, his heart fluttered, and he was about to squat down in a horse sta then, driven by a strong will, he stood up. He limped towards the edge of the pyground, his eyes gradually losing their sparkle.

  At that moment, he couldn’t help but wonder if his decision to skip military training was right .

  Yes, he didn’t have to eraining, but he also lost the opportunity to quickly develop a rapport with female cssmates.

  What if, just what if, he hadn’t skipped training, would he be the oting there, enjoying the attention of a beautiful girl fanning him?

  He decided to go back to look for Weiwei. Everyone in the world loved Jiang Qin, but only Weiwei saw his true value.

  He thought with a bit more effort, ould surely respond to him.

  At 11:30 AM, military training ended, and Jiang Qio the cafeteria.

  He didn’t rush to get food but casually strolled around the cafeteria, his gaze fixed on those who were eating while pying with their phones.

  Many of them were chatting on QQ, quite a few were reading news, and only a small portion were using his forum.

  No matter, he thought, let the bullet fly a little longer.

  After all, it takes time for people to know and accept somethihis process varies from person to person, with some adapting quickly and others slowly. During the promotion phase, patience is key.

  “Boss!”

  Just then, Jiang Qin suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind. Turning around, he saw Su Nai, wearing bck overalls, her meal only half finished.

  Jiang Qin sat down opposite her and inquired about the progress on the experience points and titles.

  “That’s a bit hard to do. It’s really tough for me alone, boss.”

  Jiang Qin pondered for a moment: “You could also find a few people to help. There must be many students in the puter sce department, right? Don’t you also design small programs for your css assigs? Why not form a team?”

  “Finding people is easy, but boss, you provide some recruitment funds?” Su Nai’s eyes shone when talking about money.

  “I’m in a tight financial situatioly. Are there any altruistic students who’d help out? Find a couple for me?”

  Su Nai opened her mouth slightly, and her spoon cttered onto the pte: “Boss, you’re also looking for free bor?”

  Jiang Qin couldn’t help but touch his nose: “It’s the early stage of starting a business, after all. I’ve been burning through cash without any ining revenue. My pockets aren’t deep, so I do have some hopes for free help.”

  “I… I feel like I’ve fallen into a pit, and it’s big, deep, dark, and round.”

  Jiang Qin’s voice softened: “Don’t lose heart. Have you heard this song? ‘Rainbow after Storms, Unyielding Roses’ [1]…”

  “…”

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