Who Would Fall in Love After Being Reborn?

TL: Etude Translations

Group buying only started to be promoted citywide this year, and it was then that the overwhelming marketing ads entered the public eye.

So, many who were interested in group buying researched Jiang Qin’s activities from the past six months. However, after today’s seminar concluded, businessmen with intentions to collaborate shifted their focus, investigating Jiang Qin’s background prior to this year.

They discovered that, though Jiang Qin was suspected of being all talk, group buying indeed rapidly rose to prominence in a short time, largely due to the massive traffic benefits from Zhihu.

What was more damning, they also unearthed information about a milk tea shop named Xi Tian.

This milk tea shop’s branches were rapidly expanding in Linchuan city, with five more under renovation, overshadowing other brands.

For students and office workers alike, not drinking Xi Tian milk tea was almost akin to being an outsider.

In other words, Linchuan’s milk tea had only two categories: Xi Tian and others.

According to an anonymous source, this milk tea shop was barely surviving over a year ago. It bounced back to life solely by sponsoring a campus beauty contest on Zhihu.

Crucially, this shop hadn’t adopted online group buying; purchases could only be made in-store.

It was a brand that prospered solely through Zhihu’s marketing, without relying on group buying.

Such corroborations bolstered the confidence of eager businessmen and swayed those hesitant about joining the trend.

They realized that the dazzling success of group buying wasn’t due to the project’s intrinsic strength but was all about mastering the art of traffic monetization – exactly what they were looking for.

“Old Zhao, did you check? Is what he said in the meeting true?”

“Yeah, I asked a friend. Nongfu Spring’s marketing ads were indeed written by Jiang Qin.”

“We don’t produce water; we’re just nature’s couriers. Damn, that’s brilliant. How did he come up with that?”

“It shows Jiang’s greatest strength isn’t in building websites but in internet marketing. I underestimated him before, but now I’m convinced.”

“Weren’t you worried about the promotional effectiveness?”

“Lao Liu, don’t you get it? Even if Zhihu’s conversion rate is really low, just having a marketing plan from Jiang Qin makes the investment worthwhile. Good marketing can revive a brand.”

“Isn’t that just coincidence?”

“Nongfu Spring, Xi Tian, group buying, Wanzhong Mall – his every marketing success can’t be just coincidence, right? That’d be too damn lucky!”

“…”

The Linchuan city government’s industry upgrading seminar lasted three days. In the end, constructive suggestions regarding Linchuan’s Business Alliance, using Zhihu’s promotion as a springboard, initiated a city-wide business collaboration.

That day, eight local brands signed strategic cooperation agreements with Jiang Qin’s Zhihu, becoming the first members of the Linchuan Business Alliance.

Other chain enterprise owners, though still hesitant, showed much stronger willingness to collaborate.

Honestly, the threshold for cooperation set by Jiang Qin was quite low, merely equivalent to half a year’s marketing budget for these brands.

Jiang Qin, recognized as Linchuan’s young entrepreneur and a Star of Learning of Linchuan University, couldn’t possibly handle everything himself. So, he delegated the signing process to the business department. ɌἈ𝐍ỗＢÈŜ

Consequently, Wanzhong’s group buying business department office was constantly visited by people eager to sign agreements.

Witnessing this, Yue Zhu, the acting manager of the group buying department, Sun Zhi, the head of the business department, and their entire team were astounded.

What exactly did this strategic cooperation agreement mean?

Simply put, once you sign the agreement, I get to use your money for my website. Listen to this – is this even human language?

The boss’s trick of getting something for nothing was ingeniously ruthless, like poking a hornet’s nest!

But what exactly were these Linchuan businessmen thinking?

Could anyone be so foolish as to rush into being exploited? Yue Zhu couldn’t understand. These bosses had built successful businesses, not being fools. How could they become so gullible around Jiang Qin? If it were her, she would never allow herself to be exploited like this.

Wait a minute. As she thought about this, Yue Zhu suddenly paused and realized a crucial point.

Standing here in Wanzhong’s division, acting as its general manager, wasn’t she also being thoroughly exploited by Jiang Qin?

Oh, it turns out…

From college students to entrepreneurs, everyone was a pawn in Jiang Qin’s game. The reason for their blindness was simply that the player is lost, while the spectator sees clearly.

“Is there no one in this world who can control Jiang Qin? Is he really untouchable by anyone?”

…

“Jiang Qin, I want to touch your abs.”

In the Vienna Hotel, Jiang Qin was packing his luggage to return to Jizhou, when suddenly, Feng Nanshu, with her usual cold demeanor, came running over and whined.

“What exactly is your purpose in wanting to touch my abs?”

Jiang Qin protected his chest with his hands and wore a wary expression, feeling that the little rich lady was trying to trick him into a vulnerable position.

The little rich lady pursed her red lips: “I don’t know, but whenever I think of your abs, I just want to touch them.”

“When did you start thinking about my abs?”

“I…”

Feng Nanshu was dumbfounded for a moment: “Jiang Qin, I think I’ve always been thinking about them.”

Jiang Qin lifted his shirt to take a look, then raised his head with a serious expression: “Little rich lady, we’re good friends, we shouldn’t have too much physical contact, it’s inappropriate.”

“But you nibbled on my foot.”

“…”

After a long pause, Jiang Qin lifted his shirt, closed his eyes, and felt a soft hand touching him. He thought to himself, ‘Damn it, now I’m completely under Feng Nanshu’s control.’

The old saying goes, ‘You soften up when you take from others and become indebted when you eat their food.’ Do you not have to pay after enjoying good things? The most charming things are indeed the most dangerous.

It started with calling him brother, then holding hands, then hugging, liking to rub against him, and now it’s evolved to touching randomly. What next?

A good friend is just a ‘child’ away from being a girlfriend, right? But I’m not at all interested in dating!

“Feng Nanshu.”

“Hmm?”

“Be gentle with your best friend.”

Feng Nanshu displayed a pleased expression, her eyes lively and gleaming, clearly looking like someone who had succeeded in her little scheme. Then, she saw Jiang Qin’s phone moving on its own and couldn’t help but reach out curiously.

“Don’t touch it. It could be dangerous.” Jiang Qin’s voice was incredibly husky.

In the late afternoon, with the sun setting and the temperature still high, Jiang Qin took Feng Nanshu to Jizhou, returning to the familiar land.

He had done a lot this summer, researched the market, finalized strategic cooperations, and even bought shares in Wanzhong. It was indeed a fruitful period.

But the long work hours were indeed tiring, so for the remaining half-month, he decided not to go out anymore, just to enjoy a leisurely vacation at home.

You can’t eat a ‘fatty’ in one bite. Jiang Qin was quite satisfied with how he managed his time.

Of course, being idle didn’t mean doing nothing. With the strategic agreement completed and market research done, the only thing left was Zhihu itself.

Lacking technical skills, he couldn’t help with Su Nai’s work, so he started discussing content directions with Dong Wenhao.

No matter how advanced the technology or strong the marketing, without good content, it’s hard to retain users.

Thus, Jiang Qin spent the next period studying the content produced after the launch of the ‘Top 100 Bloggers’ plan. He noticed that after the motivation of real money, some female bloggers were playing with increasingly stimulating, and potentially harmful, content.

It was only because internet regulation hadn’t caught up yet, or Dong Wenhao would have been in trouble with the authorities.

“Hmm?”

“What is this?”

Jiang Qin moved the mouse and opened the newly developed ‘Hot Search’ section.

Although Zhihu mainly targeted the college student market, and content was meant to closely relate to college life, college students were not oblivious to the outside world, nor solely focused on academic books. So, he not only needed to produce college-focused content but also introduce a section for societal news.

If Zhihu only produced college content and students had to visit other websites to learn about society, it would undoubtedly risk losing users.

However, this ‘Hot Search’ was still in its test phase, and the list didn’t feature societal news but rather rankings of popular forum posts.

Jiang Qin suddenly paid attention to this yet-to-be-finalized section because he saw a post that had made it to no.1.

[New Work “Loving You in the Name of Friendship” launched with five chapters, adapted from a real story, Author: Huihuizi Who Loves Sugar]

[Table of Contents]

[Chapter 1: Wanting a Good Friend]

[Chapter 2: He Kicked Me]

[Chapter 3: Wanting to Go Out with Him]

[Chapter 4: I Don’t Even Know What Loneliness Is]

[Chapter 5: Feeling a Bit Lonely Without a Good Friend]

Jiang Qin was stunned for a moment, thinking, ‘What the hell is this? Why does just the chapter titles feel so intense?’

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