Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 126 - 109 Crazy Claw Machine Shop

Chapter 126: Chapter 109 Crazy Claw Machine Shop

Right now, Zhang Qiqi, sitting on a chair in her yoga pants, had her legs tightly sealed together, making a certain area of the specially made yoga pants extra tight and even somewhat constrictive.

——That’s how it is in wealthy households.

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She was obsessively scrolling through Weibo, finally deciding to directly tap on the store location of Youu Come to Play.

On platforms like Weibo, tapping on a location brings up other related posts from the same area.

Zhang Qiqi counted carefully—there were currently 31 posts.

Seems like not too many, right?

But you have to realize, many people post on Weibo without adding a location!

Moreover, it’s only the first day, and given how small the store is, even if it’s constantly full, the foot traffic is still pretty predictable.

The main thing is, it’s still early in the day.

Girls take forever to edit photos, who knows when they’ll be done.

Many girls don’t even manage to edit their birthday photos in time to post on their actual birthday.

Therefore, some girls choose to—celebrate one day early…

After all, the main crowd for crane machine stores isn’t just couples.

Quite a few girls also go in groups.

Man, if it’s group photos with girls, the editing will take even longer.

First, they have to choose a photo that everyone agrees is good enough to edit…

Then, it’s like a relay race of photo editing—one person edits herself, saves the photo, and passes it to the next person to edit herself…

And after finally finishing the edits, they might discuss which filter to use or whether to post a square or rectangular photo for ages…

In summary, after all that hassling, it might already be the next day.

And if something goes wrong at any step, who knows, it might even take until the third day!

Of course, they might finally reach a consensus after all that manipulation, “How about… we just don’t post a group picture at all?”

Therefore, Zhang Qiqi was fully aware that for such a small store to achieve this on the first day was simply—explosive!

Being an internet celebrity, her perception in certain areas was particularly sharp, and she was almost certain—this store could become a hot spot!

“How did he do it?” was the first thought that popped into her mind.

Was he really that amazing?

She knew that many store owners deliberately aim towards becoming trending spots, trying their hardest to turn their places into internet-famous locations yet not causing even a slight ripple online.

It’s not about hiring a few great designers or launching some photo-centric promotions.

Trends are, by nature, elusive.

In reality, those who can genuinely influence the trends are rare. Men think they can control the rising and falling trends, but it’s actually all about girls’ acting skills deceiving you.

Not to mention someone who could actually start a craze across the whole internet.

Recently, Zhang Qiqi had been particularly admiring one individual.

“This person, it’s a bit embarrassing to say, is the owner of a QQ lingerie store.”

In the past half-month, a photographic style called “Pure Desire” had swept across the internet, rising in popularity by the day!

And this person had become officially recognized by Weibo as: the pioneer of Pure Desire style!

Among female internet celebrities, there was endless admiration for this mysterious figure!

This simple six-character certification seemed like a supreme honor!

Zhang Qiqi had also imagined—if she were the first internet celebrity to post photos in Pure Desire style, what kind of effect would it produce?

She was so thrilled by just the thought that she couldn’t stay still, trembling with excitement.

For personal popularity, it would undoubtedly have boundless benefits!

Those internet celebrity companies, incessantly marketing and striving to lead trends, but how many can truly achieve it?

But the behind-the-scenes owner of Persistent Visit was different.

He had not only propelled Pure Desire style but also “Human-Comic Fusion,” which was gradually gaining popularity in the internet celebrity circles.

For instance, some influencers sharing daily outfits now published comic-style outfit series.

Just three days ago, the boss of Ancient Mountain Culture, the most famous internet celebrity company in Hang City, had met her.

The person felt she had great potential and wanted to sign her to their company, promising to promote her vigorously to become a top-tier internet celebrity.

In their conversation, the person had brought up Pure Desire style and suggested that Zhang Qiqi’s personal attributes could also lean a bit in that direction.

From the way he spoke, if he knew who the person instigating the Pure Desire and comic styles was, he would most certainly invite him to join his company!

This person was incredible, truly a cyberspace prodigy—a churn of viral content!

Zhang Qiqi strongly agreed.

Regardless of what new style sweeps the internet, the first to dive in always reaps some benefits.

This mysterious person was definitely capable of boosting a minor internet celebrity to major stardom!

In her view, launching a trendy store and initiating a new style across the internet were certainly great feats, but the latter undeniably held more clout.

“But this is already pretty impressive!”

“He’s just a freshman!”

“Not just any freshman, feels like he’s not even in the same league as average college students.”

Zhang Qiqi felt she needed to revise her plans.

She had initially planned to wait until the business at Youu Come to Play dipped before offering her help, allowing him to see her as a helpful sister.

Well now, it looked like the business was just going to keep booming!

“I should head over for a visit sooner and post a few photos to add even more splendor to the early days!”

“If I delay any longer, soon there will be a large number of local internet celebrities in Hang City, rushing there to take photos!”

“By then, I’ll be nothing special at all.”

“There’s no time to lose!”

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By ten at night, the crane machine store still had quite a few customers.

Although it was about time to close, given it was the first day of opening, they didn’t feel it was proper to rush the customers out, fearing it might jinx their financial luck.

Cheng Zhu was seated in the store, finally able to take a breather.

He was at the cash register and glanced at the day’s sales.

“I can’t believe it’s 15,000, more exaggerated than I imagined,” he thought to himself.

Cheng Zhu had set a goal of breaking 10,000 in daily revenue.

He hadn’t bothered to find out the first-day sales of the arcade outside the school, since he didn’t consider the now-defunct predecessor as competition at all.

What kind of trash store even dares to compare with my You Come to Play?

What kind of level are you at that your kneeling means I would too?

When large arcades are struggling to stay operational, and you just copy their model down to the small details.

With so many entertainment options and engaging computer games, and slot machines getting cracked down, does anyone really crave your arcade?

“However, Pei Yan did tell me today that their first-day sales were over 8,000, not sure if there’s any padding in that number.”

“Looking at it now, my smaller crane machine store really did well.”

Of course, Cheng Zhu was aware that the high first-day sales were partly because many opted to pre-load money onto game cards.

With the grand opening, pre-load promotions were quite significant.

Though the money had been received, many customers still had credits left on their cards, ready to be used at any time.

Cheng Zhu picked up his phone and started fiddling with the calculator.

“Let’s make a rough estimate for now,” he thought.

“Even conservatively speaking, I should break even within the first month.”

Honestly, anyone who’s run a physical store knows just how terrifyingly unusual and explosive it is for a business to break even in one month!

“So, from the second month onward, it’s pure profit.”

“After two months, if I sell the store at a high price, that will be a massive profit!”

Cheng Zhu wasn’t planning to sell based on his initial investment amount, definitely aiming for a high price!

“These days, there are so many rich fools. If I don’t take their money, someone else will.”

“For them, having owned such a famous crane machine store in Hang City, even briefly, is quite an honor.”

Time ticked by, and at half-past ten, there was still a couple trying to win toys from the machine.

Cheng Zhu seriously suspected the guy was intentionally wasting time.

Must you use up all the credits? You could save them up or even refund them!

But he later vaguely realized it was the girl who was dragging it out…

Any moment now, she’s probably going to say, “Oh no, I can’t return to my dorm now.”

Would you suggest saying then stay outside? Then she would call you naughty!

—— True hunters often appear in the guise of their prey.

When the store wasn’t so busy just now, he had told his three roommates to go rest.

Now, as his shift ended, he reminded Wang Wei to remember to lock up.

Walking back to the dorm, Cheng Zhu pondered, “Maybe I can put off buying a car for now, aiming directly for a good one, but I could get a little e-bike to get around!”

That’s quite the trendy equipment for a college student, and Cheng Zhu decided to go for a flashy pink one.

He planned to get an electric bike tomorrow and become the most dashing breeze-chasing youth at Technology University.

Strolling down the tree-lined pathway of the campus, he checked Technology University’s online forum on his phone.

Sure enough, there were quite a few people discussing his store.

Good news!

“Just passed by that crane machine store, scared the hell out of me, it was insanely crowded!”

“Really, are those kinds of stores that interesting?”

“Sharing the beautiful photos I took today, I’ll keep my face hidden, just showing you my legs.”

“I’m shocked, just look at how many customers this store has. I took this photo at night, damn, isn’t this a goldmine?”

“That dancing girl in the store really has gorgeous legs! The whole net is asking for her contact info! Any insiders willing to tell me?”

The post seeking this information was immediately met with a flurry of responses:

“Can you stop asking us insiders for everything?”

“What’s wrong with you? She’s standing right in front of you, why don’t you ask her yourself? Idiot.”

“Dream on, the girl is my roommate, and she was there helping out for her crush’s store.”

This reply, who knows which one of the fashion design girls posted it.

Although this person spoke the truth, the simple phrase “her crush’s store”, added another layer of intrigue to Youu Come to Play.

You should know, in the university, spicy dancers naturally hold a mating advantage.

Girls who are flexible and good at shaking, who doesn’t love them?

Such a girl can easily bewitch many guys into drooling idiots.

Plus, the post was obviously a flirty one by some guy airing his desires online, hoping to get the beautiful dancer’s contact information.

It seems this dancing girl must also be quite pretty.

But the store’s owner is her…crush?

——Damn it, give me a break!

Aren’t crushes supposed to be unattainable?

So this shit is supposed to be rich, handsome, and successful, huh?

Suddenly, the responses to this post started to digress.

From discussing the girl to chatting about the boss, gossiping about who he might be.

“No way, is the crush here too? Don’t misuse that word!”

“Don’t tell me this store is opened by some guy from our school.”

“Who’s the boss anyway?”

“Right, who is the boss, and why are there photos of Shen Qingning and Lin Lu in the store’s ad?”

“I want all his info in five minutes!”

“Is the boss that handsome guy at the cash register?”

“There was indeed a good-looking guy at the cash register, but I don’t know if he’s the boss.”

“Investigate further and report back!”

Cheng Zhu actually picked up his phone, a smirk forming as he haughtily replied below: “I am the boss, what about it?”

None believed he was the boss, and a bunch of parrots appeared below echoing, “I am the boss, what about it?”

Cheng Zhu closed the post, then realized there were indeed quite a few independent gossip posts about him.

He sighed helplessly, hands in his pockets as he walked towards the dorm, “Sigh, guess I’m about to become famous.”