Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 125 - 108: Blow Up Your Circle of Friends

Chapter 125: Chapter 108: Blow Up Your Circle of Friends

Cheng Zhu walked out of “Youu Come to Play” and then headed to a milk tea shop to queue for a drink.

The outreach department came knocking as he expected.

He had dealt with Technology University’s outreach department in his past life.

He once had a fling with a girl from there, but due to some reasons, they never ended up together.

Through her, Cheng Zhu knew the outreach department’s internal culture in seeking sponsorships: not letting go of a single opportunity!

“Now that I think about it, it’s good that I didn’t end up with that girl.”

“She was the type who replied to WeChat messages incredibly slowly, sometimes taking an hour or two to respond.”

“But then, every time she replied, she was super nice, the tone was intimate, and she’d sometimes end her message with a kiss! Making you feel like all the waiting was worth it. That’s the most disgusting thing.”

“You might reply enthusiastically, only to be ignored again. Then, after a long while, she’d throw you an ambiguous bone.”

“Tsk, she did have her little tricks.”

If it were the current Cheng Zhu… he might have turned her directly against the outreach department.

From the perspective of a business owner, he personally found the outreach department annoying.

“It’s not ten years ago anymore, giving you guys sponsorship money could actually bring some promotional effects.”

“Now it’s an information age, your methods are still about hanging banners in the school, totally not worth the price.”

One must understand that after your business takes off, donating money to the school and giving money to the student union are two entirely different things.

Cheng Zhu was well aware that after his pretentious talk, leaving the vice president of the outreach department in the store, the guy would probably be pissed.

“Just because I’m a freshman and he’s a senior, that alone makes some people uncomfortable.” He knew it all too well.

Humans are like this.

Drivers curse pedestrians, and pedestrians curse drivers.

Lowerclassmen curse upperclassmen for putting on airs, upperclassmen curse lowerclassmen for lack of respect.

Cheng Zhu had one mindset.

“I don’t give a damn about what others say behind my back because I’ve sworn at plenty of people myself, and they might not even curse as viciously as I do.”

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Inside “Youu Come to Play,” the vice president of the outreach department, Wang Yuan, didn’t just pack up and leave because of Cheng Zhu’s departure.

Right now, he was… trying to win a toy from a claw machine!

Before leaving the arcade, Boss Cheng had given him and Wang Wei ten Game Coins.

Some people might not take them and storm off in anger.

Wang Yuan was different, though he sensed a hint of mockery, he still accepted the ten coins.

Then what? He tried two machines and couldn’t grab a damn thing!

Now, he was down to his last try.

Wang Yuan watched breathlessly as the claw lifted the toy, but as it swung left and right at the apex, it eventually let go.

“Damn! I was so close!” Wang Yuan was so pissed off he even considered buying ten more coins!

But he quickly dismissed the terrible thought!

Something was off with the atmosphere of this shop, it got on his nerves trying to grab a toy!

If he acted impulsively, without winning any fluff, he’d be inadvertently increasing their sales!

He looked around and noticed all the girls holding stuffed toys, nearly everyone had a catch.

Some high-spenders even carried a long, transparent bag of toys.

It was an environment that made you want to keep trying.

Not catching a toy only soured Wang Yuan’s mood.

He had planned to live up to his opportunistic principles, tasting the quality of waste truck routes on his way.

Now, without a toy, those ten coins were as good as wasted.

He had wanted to catch a toy to gift to our outreach department’s goddess, Zhang Qiqi.

Little did he know, Zhang Qiqi was also quietly following “Youu Come to Play” online at this very moment!

Just having finished her yoga class, Zhang Qiqi was clad in yoga attire, her exquisite figure perfectly outlined.

But she had tied a shirt around her waist to cover her hips and buttocks, or else the legendary… camel toe might have been discernible.

Some people wear yoga pants on the street without issue, but for others, it’s not so simple.

It depends on one’s physique, and Zhang Qiqi was certainly the latter.

This internet-famous beauty from Technology University remembered clearly that today was Cheng Zhu’s new store’s grand opening.

She had planned to go today.

But then again, she figured it’d be busy and there wouldn’t be many opportunities for contact, better to wait.

Moreover, her largest halo now was—tens of thousands of followers on Weibo!

Sure, those numbers are inflated, but not by much; the ratio of zombie followers wasn’t high.

And as said before, since her tag was the Hang City University’s campus belle, the proportion of her followers in Hang City was substantial.

Zhang Qiqi was brimming with ideas and had already planned out her moves.

“Xu Shao and their group had tried opening a miniature arcade outside the school before, but there was hardly any buzz.”

“Cheng Zhu’s shop is probably going to follow in their footsteps.”

“But with the new store opening, there might be some promotion happening, it definitely won’t be too bad in the beginning.”

“When his business turns sour, I’ll go there, snap a few pictures for him and promote it online.”

“Hah! In terms of online influence, even Miss Shen Qingning couldn’t compare to me.”

“By that time, that little junior Cheng Zhu will naturally be grateful and remember his senior’s generosity.”

Zhang Qiqi thought her plan was flawless.

She enjoyed comparing herself to Shen Qingning; her greatest sense of superiority actually came from her online popularity.

However, this moment, when the internet star checked her Moments on her phone, she was drawn to some pictures posted by a female classmate.

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“Huh? She took these photos in Cheng Zhu’s shop?”

“Speechless! She totally copied Shen Qingning’s poses! Can’t she have a bit of personal aesthetic?” she cursed internally.

Last night, “Youu Come to Play” had a hot post on a forum, and people from her WeChat and QQ groups were discussing the shop.

No help for it, Shen Qingning and Lin Lu’s influence within the school was quite scary.

That’s why Zhang Qiqi had also seen the two girls’ check-in photos at “Youu Come to Play” last night.

Truth be told, she thought those photos were of high quality.

“Cheng Zhu must have hired professionals for the photoshoot.”

“The overall style is also very trendy.”

“It’s the kind of photo template that girls would like.”

But now, Zhang Qiqi realized something grave.

This classmate, Qi Fangyu, had shared her check-in photos in Moments… and, unexpectedly, they weren’t bad!

Qi Fangyu wasn’t short either, standing around 1.7 meters tall.

Her photos were generally imitations of Shen Qingning, the only difference being the facial appearance and physique.

Yet, Zhang Qiqi felt that Qi Fangyu’s newly shared photos were better than her previous series posted.

That said a lot.

“At first, I thought Shen Qingning and Lin Lu’s photos were taken by professionals and retouched extensively with all sorts of filters, polishing every detail of the shop.”

“But now comparing them, you can tell the photography skills are professional, but those photos… they didn’t even use filters!”

“Doesn’t that mean many scenes in that shop are truly photo-friendly! The ambiance is top-notch!”

Indeed, this was something Cheng Zhu had envisioned from the start.

Everyone follows your “example photos” to shoot, but the results are worlds apart, naturally causing disappointment.

If you’re lagging in looks or figure, then that’s on you.

But say the backdrop in your exemplary photo and my photo aren’t the same, customers would certainly be upset, feeling deceived by the images, that ordinary people can’t replicate that ambiance! Can’t get that effect!

It’s akin to… tourism promo videos!

Many tourism videos are highly deceptive.

Only after visiting the place do you realize, damn, it’s a world of difference!

Would tourists be happy then, feel the trip worthwhile?

Get me a damn refund!

Zhang Qiqi didn’t know whether freshman Cheng Zhu intentionally steered this way from the start, or it was merely a fortunate coincidence that the shop’s setting was conducive to taking photos.

Nevertheless, the shop already possessed one of the vital conditions to become an internet-famous store!

She zoomed in on Qi Fangyu’s photo and noticed the plush toy in hand had better quality than the typical arcade gifts.

Even the membership card of “Youu Come to Play” she held was designed to be playful and cute, full of youthful charm, adding to the photogenic appeal.

Zhang Qiqi stopped looking at Qi Fangyu’s photo series and continued scrolling through Moments.

She already had a hunch…

“Sure enough! So many people are posting photos!” She quickly found her answer in Moments.

As a frequently seen figure at various events, and with her approachable image, she had quite a few WeChat friends.

Casually scrolling down, she stumbled upon three girls who posted check-in photos from “Youu Come to Play”!

There’s a law in this world that states you’re just six acquaintances away from knowing anyone you want to meet.

University isn’t a large social circle.

If the number of girls posting photos tonight is sufficient, it can ignite Technology University students’ Moments overnight!

Then, radiating from Technology University, it can spread to surrounding schools!

Zhang Qiqi couldn’t bother scrolling any further, guessing that there’d be more posts among her WeChat friends.

She opened Weibo to see if there were any posts there.

Just as she suspected…

Like Qi Fangyu, the girl had posted identical photos, not just in Moments but also on Weibo and QQ Space.

And the captions were the damn same, all saying, “Bunnies are so cute, of course, I had to catch it,” followed by a few emoticons.

Platforms like Weibo have a “local” feature, unlike WeChat Moments, where you can’t see if you’re not friends.

It dawned on Zhang Qiqi, “My original plan may be completely disrupted!”

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(ps: First update, thanks to “Lan Xun” for the alliance reward, there will be three updates today, seeking monthly tickets.)