novellhall Chapter 9: The Online Army, A Great Start
Chapter 9: The Online Army, A Great Start
After lunch, Lin Zixuan took stock of his funds.
During this period, I was busy registering copyrights, setting up a studio, recording songs, and making ringtones, which cost me a lot of money. I only have a little over 20000 yuan left in my bank account.
To ensure his quality of life wouldn't be affected, he could only afford to spend a maximum of 15000 yuan on online trolls to create hype.
Each post costs 0.2 yuan, which means you can post 75,000 posts.
He made a simple plan: distribute the three songs equally, with 25000 posts for each song.
Among them, there were 8000 posts on Tianya, 7000 on Baidu Tieba, 3000 on Kugou Music, 3000 on QQ Music, 2000 on Qianqian Music, 1000 on Kuwo Music, and 1000 on Xiami Music.
To maintain long-term popularity and avoid annoying casual users due to excessive posting, he decided to publish these posts over a week, which means posting about 1 posts a day, averaging nearly 2000 posts per platform, which is a reasonable arrangement.
Then, dozens of posts were prepared for each song and printed out.
Before leaving home, he logged into the 12530 website's backend again and found that the ringtone download count for "Autumn Never Returns" was 57, the ringtone download count for "Wait a Minute" was 31, and the download count for "Damn Tenderness" was only 4 because it hadn't been promoted yet.
What made him even happier was that he already had 36 followers on Weibo and more than 50 comments, but most of them were things like "You're so handsome!", "You're so talented!", and "I like you!", probably mostly from female fans.
He subconsciously glanced at the panel in his mind.
Name: Lin Zixuan
Age: 21 (83)
人气：63
Cultivation level: 0 (Not yet a beginner)
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He clearly remembered that when he finished his morning cultivation, his popularity had been completely absorbed and returned to 0. In just one morning, his popularity had increased by 63, which was a great joy.
This kind of transaction involving hiring online trolls for publicity is strictly speaking skirting the law, and if it gets out, it will be very detrimental to his image. Naturally, it cannot be done through bank transfers to leave a trace.
He prepared a mask and sunglasses, carried a black bag, went out to find the nearest ATM, withdrew 7500 yuan in cash, put it in an envelope, put it in his bag, hailed a taxi, and headed to the Blue Mountain Cafe where they had agreed to meet.
Xu Xiaojun is a third-year self-funded student at an ordinary university in Beijing.
Since high school, he has frequented internet cafes and is very skilled at online games and QQ social networking.
However, his academic performance was naturally not very good, and his college entrance examination results were also hopeless. Fortunately, in recent years the country has expanded the enrollment scale of colleges and universities and opened up the channel for self-funded training programs.
His family was relatively wealthy. His father gritted his teeth and bought him a self-funded spot to study at a university in Beijing, hoping that he would achieve great things and make a name for himself.
But once Xu Xiaojun was free from his parents' supervision, he became like a wild horse after entering university. He spent most of his time with a few like-minded classmates in internet cafes near the school, indulging in online games and online dating.
However, he has high emotional intelligence and a sweet tongue, and he has made many friends even in games.
One day, a friend who often played the game "Legend" with him sent him a message on QQ, asking if he would like to make some money online.
Upon inquiring about the details, it turned out that the game "Warcraft" was about to be launched, and in addition to the normal promotional channels, the producers wanted to hire people to post on various forums on the Internet to promote it. The producers had already prepared the promotional content, and all that was needed was to register multiple accounts on various forums and keep posting according to the requirements.
The price was also quite attractive, 1 cent per post. Xu Xiaojun calculated that if he posted 1000 posts a day, he could earn 100 yuan, which was very appealing to a student. Most importantly, it seemed to be risk-free, neither illegal nor harmful to others.
He immediately accepted the task and earned 150 yuan on the first day.
Moreover, starting from the second day, he also got his friends to work together and make money together. Although he didn't make any profit, he won the approval of his friends.
This incident opened a new door for him, showing him that the internet is not just a place to play games and make friends online, but also a place to find business opportunities and make big money.
Later, he followed his older brother online and did more than a dozen similar business orders. Each time, he didn't earn a penny. He posted with his classmates and friends and gradually figured out the market situation.
He then tried posting a "GG" thread on Tianya Forum, and to his surprise, he actually got some business.
The charging model is the same as that of his older brother and online friends: each post costs 0.2 yuan, of which 0.1 yuan goes to the person who posted the post, and he keeps 0.1 yuan.
His first job earned him a whopping 3000 yuan. From then on, he became even more motivated. Every day, he would use different accounts to post GG on platforms such as Tianya, Tieba, and Mop. Although his posts were often deleted by moderators, he continued to receive business, getting several orders almost every week.
With business, the classmates and friends around him became more loyal, and he gradually built a team of about 10 people to become a leader of the online trolls.
He became a college student with a high income, able to live a very comfortable life without relying on his family, which was the envy of his classmates.
At 2:50, he arrived at Blue Mountain Café, asked for a corner seat, and sat facing the entrance, holding a copy of "Zhiyin" magazine in his hand, his eyes occasionally glancing at the café's door.
At 3 o'clock sharp, he saw a tall boy wearing sunglasses and a mask, carrying a black bag, walk in. His intuition told him that the person he had arranged to meet had arrived, so he held up the copy of "Zhiyin" magazine even higher.
Lin Zixuan walked into the coffee shop and immediately saw a person holding the "Zhiyin" magazine and wearing a blue shirt.
Approaching closer, he asked, "Is your QQ number ********?"
"Yes, is your QQ number *******?"
After confirming his identity, Lin Zixuan didn't waste any words. He handed the other party a sheet of paper with specific requirements printed on it, stated his requirements directly, and asked if the other party could do it.
After the other party confirmed that there were no problems, he took out an envelope and said, "This is 7500 yuan. You can post the message as required first. If there are no problems, we will give you the remaining 7500 yuan here in 3 days."
Xu Xiaojun readily agreed, "Sure, no problem. Just wait and see the results."
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Back at the Taipei Film Academy campus, he waited until 8 p.m., when the internet was at its most popular, and then used the same method to promote and praise "Damn Tenderness" again using his remaining 10 alternate accounts.
Meanwhile, he saw numerous posts praising Lin Zixuan and the three songs "Autumn Never Returns," "Wait a Minute," and "Damn Tenderness" on Tianya, Baidu Tieba, Kugou Music, QQ Music, Qianqian Music, Kuwo Music, and Xiami Music, which naturally also included promotions for ringtone downloads and blogs.
At midnight, before he began his meditation, he logged into the 12530 website again, checked the backend data, and was pleasantly surprised to find...
"Autumn Never Returns" has been downloaded 341 times as a ringtone.
"Wait a Minute" has been downloaded 274 times as a ringtone.
"Damn Tenderness" has been downloaded 178 times as a ringtone.
For a song that was just released this morning, this can be considered a great start.
His blog has 216 followers and a whopping 357 comments. Of course, he also picked a few of the more reliable comments to reply to and like.
In the panel within the sea of consciousness, the popularity also soared rapidly, reaching an unprecedented 431.
April 3rd was truly a memorable day, marking the official start of Lin Zixuan's path to stardom.
A perfect start.