Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 683 - 475 Shen Qingning’s Dowry Is Too Small

More than half an hour later, Zhang Qiqi left the coffee shop.

She could sense Zhu Youwei’s pointers, with a tone that also carried a kind of reprimand as if to say, "Why can’t you be more ambitious?"

As the boss of Hang City’s number one internet celebrity company, Zhu Youwei was definitely a big shot in Hang City.

His status and position in Hang City were almost equivalent to what the infamous Wuyou Media would be a few years later.

For Zhang Qiqi from a year ago, a person like Zhu Youwei was an absolute towering tree!

Yet now, the little junior she had noticed from the start had already reached a level where someone of that stature would go out of their way to ingratiate themselves with him.

This web celebrity school beauty, although not as smart as her own cousin, had her moment of sudden realization at this point.

"I really don’t have any value."

"My value is Cheng Zhu!"

After Cheng Zhu’s identity was revealed to the entire web, one could say that the entire internet celebrity circle was shaken.

Those yellowish internet figures regarded him as the underground emperor of the QQ realm.

The normal internet celebrities and company bosses, on the other hand, were focusing on the special identity of the "Founder of the Pure Desire Style".

Last year, since the advent of "Pure Desire Style", these internet celebrity company bosses felt this guy really knew how to market.

Just the three words "Pure Desire Style" were amazingly effective!

It inexplicably carried an attraction and a strong sense of contrast.

Ever since this style emerged, all those who crazily marketed this point as the so-called "Pure Desire Ceiling" gained millions of followers, and even spawned mega internet celebrities with tens of millions of followers.

Not to mention, if any celebrity in this category were lucky enough to have Cheng Zhu personally take a set of pictures for them, then climbing onto the Weibo hot search would be a piece of cake!

Initially, all the internet celebrity companies were guessing the identity of the man behind "Persistent Visit," but no one could have imagined that he would be the same person as the boss of Youu Tea.

What’s more, his personal looks completely outclassed a bunch of male internet celebrities, and he was still a college student. fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

The gimmicks surrounding him were just too plentiful.

He could be called the natural traffic saint of modern times!

Simply by shedding his moniker in the QQ field, he triggered major shocks across multiple fields.

As for Cheng Zhu’s rivals in the QQ field, they were already numb.

Everyone was used to being ground into the dust by "Persistent Visit" and had lost any will to resist.

Yet upon seeing the boss of "Persistent Visit" blowing up all over the net and endorsed by provincial newspapers, they still couldn’t help but curse in their hearts!

"We even have internal rolling for looks among bosses in the QQ field!" a group of greasy middle-aged men decried this as an outrage against the heavens.

Whereas female bosses in the QQ industry actually come with an inherent gender advantage.

Therefore, there are quite a few female rivals in the industry.

Some female bosses even personally step in as QQ models, which isn’t strange at all in the industry – everyone is used to it.

But for a man to use his looks to make his QQ brand infamous once again, that’s really unheard of!

"Such dirty corporate warfare!"

"Pah! Shameless, playing with the tactics of the fan circle!"

"No! How come when we do it, it’s sleazy and vile, but when he does it, it’s ’Brother, I want to ovulate for you’?"

"I’m speechless. There’s a QQ female boss who was scolding Persistent Visit for being unchallenged not long ago, today she posed on her Moments expressing a desire to meet Cheng Zhu, asking if there is a peer who could introduce her, I’m really done!"

In this appearance-focused world, it is harsh like this.

Cheng Zhu was also well aware that he had hit the genetic lottery, inheriting most of the good traits from his parents.

The mutt of a man: "Now look at you, with such stock features that seem like they could be wiped away with a hot towel."

Each and every one of them should just stay behind the scenes, thinking they can stand out like me?

Am I not the one who single-handedly elevates the image of the industry’s bosses?

"You better not show your faces; don’t pull down the average looks again," Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

On the afternoon of May 3rd, Cheng Zhu received a WeChat message from Zhang Qiqi, who found an excuse to chat with him.

Cheng Zhu saw it and chose to—read without replying.

It wasn’t that he deliberately did so this time, fishing for the little green tea.

He genuinely had important matters to attend to in the afternoon, and then he simply forgot to reply afterward.

It must be said, Zhao Long, as a tycoon in the business world, really had an uncanny ability to predict events.

As the provincial newspaper of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Daily took the initiative to interview Cheng Zhu, aiming to delve deeper into his business empire.

From the preliminary communications, it seemed they were interested in setting him up as a role model for post-90s entrepreneurship in Zhejiang Province.

With such an approach from them, it would be utterly foolish for Cheng Zhu to refuse – it would be an overestimation of his own importance.

The benefits were far too many!

Many businessmen might be wealthy, but they would never enjoy this caliber of treatment and prestige in their lifetimes!

No matter what, Hang City was Cheng Zhu’s home base.

And Zhejiang Daily had a simple attitude.

"Good for you, Xinhua Daily, deeply binding our Hang City’s entrepreneurial talent with your Guan Yun County, huh?"

"You loose cannon of a province, better mind your own backyard first before reaching out to our side!"

"But you have to say, the things Cheng Zhu said in the report were really something! Truly a talent! Very enlightened!"

"Plus, he’s genuinely self-made."

"In the circle of young magnates, genuine self-made individuals are so rare, giving people a feeling that if you don’t win at the starting line, you’ll never do well in life."

"The public and the youth want to see examples like Cheng Zhu."

"Because he fits everyone’s fantasy!"

And on Cheng Zhu’s side, he had actually been waiting for this day.

His original plan was, if the official media didn’t come to him, he would rely on the power of Technology University. The school authorities wouldn’t fail to support him, as he was now their treasured star!

"So, it’s time for my third and fourth moves," Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

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Clearly, with the "snatching" by Xinhua Daily, Zhejiang Daily really pulled out all the stops.

They provided Cheng Zhu with full prestige!

The newspaper allocated the best sections, and the whole web treated it like a headline.

Since the headquarters of "Persistent Visit" was in Guan Yun, the report focused primarily on Youu Tea for Cheng Zhu’s business empire description, glossing over the QQ industry.

In this way, the sensitivity of the entire report was also much reduced.

Xinhua Daily’s headline was: "Guan Yun County: A Post-95 Youngster and the World’s QQ Lingerie Capital."

Zhejiang Daily, on the other hand, went with: "Self-made success: A Zhejiang University of Technology Student Launches a New Era of Milk Tea, with Monthly Revenue Exceeding 200 Million."

From a gimmick perspective, the milk tea industry definitely cannot compete with the QQ industry.

They’re simply not on the same level.

The world’s QQ lingerie capital sounds much more explosive than launching a new era of milk tea.

But there was no helping it.

Fortunately, in terms of promotional effort, Zhejiang Daily clearly had the upper hand.

Cheng Zhu had been particularly focused on Youu Tea’s daily sales precisely because he wanted to hit the strong tagline of a monthly revenue exceeding 200 million!

This report not only cemented Cheng Zhu’s status in Zhejiang but also bode well for Youu Tea’s second round of financing.

In the report, Cheng Zhu explicitly stated that Youu Tea was still in the phase of burning cash furiously.

"Our goal for the second half of the year is to open another 100 direct stores nationwide."

"The initial layout in all first and second-tier cities in the country will be completed within the next 15 years."

"Starting next year, Youu Tea will also set up stores in some third and fourth-tier cities."

"The years 2015 and 2016 will be a period of continuous financing and expansion for Youu Tea."

He was starting to lay the groundwork for the second round of financing by first revealing his identity as a QQ tycoon.

Certainly, financing needs to be secured while you still have money, otherwise, you’re at the mercy of others.

But who are you kidding? I’m rich myself!

Collaboration, resource sharing, mutual benefits – all good things.

But if anyone wants to push me around, then I’ll just pump in my own cash!

These signals were not just for external capitalists, but also for Pulin Capital and the Shen family.

Cheng Zhu a few days ago, and the Cheng Zhu now, renowned all over the net and endorsed by official media, were no longer the same person.

— "Do I look anything like I used to?"

Anyway, during the second round of financing, you figure it out yourselves.

Shanghai, Pulin Capital.

Wang Lin saw the big moves Cheng Zhu has been making these past few days and could not help but curse a few times.

"This damn kid, no wonder he’s been unwilling to finance, with the company’s accounts running low, yet he kept saying to wait a bit longer!"

"No wonder! No wonder why when I kept urging him to reveal his image, to step out from behind the scenes, he flatly refused!"

"He’s been waiting for this all along!"

At this moment, Cheng Zhu had the right to "price himself while seated".

The reputedly tough-guy Yue Dongyi, however, showed a resigned smile on his face.

From a business perspective, he felt that Cheng Zhu’s step-by-step plan was perfect.

To put it simply, the order in which he dropped these bombs was impeccable! All maximized benefits!

Some people play a good hand poorly, simply not knowing when to play which card.

These past days, Yue Dongyi saw Cheng Zhu’s audacity, ambition, tactics, and temperament once again.

He wondered for umpteenth time: "This boy is like me!"

So, in the end, he just patted Wang Lin’s shoulder and said, "Although this kid is young, sometimes he has the flavor of an old slicker on the business field."

"Either way, this is ultimately a great thing for Youu Tea."

"And isn’t it you who have been pushing him to use his image to expand the brand’s visibility?"

— Wang Lin, little old man, Cheng Zhu’s number one fan.

"But I didn’t want it to be at this juncture for the second round of funding!" Wang Lin was fuming.

The valuation for Youu Tea’s second round of financing was bound to go up!

If you want the expected share, that’s easy—just invest more money.

Apart from Pulin Capital, Cheng Zhu also undoubtedly showed his "fangs" to Shen Guoqiang!

He felt that he was very considerate towards the Shen family.

"I know the Shen family’s business is tight on cash flow, so I’m giving you plenty of time to raise money."

"Uncle Shen, am I nice or what?"

"So then... Uncle Shen, you’re putting 60 million into Youu Tea, and Ningning only has a part of it."

"Don’t you think the dowry you’re preparing for your daughter is a bit light?"

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