Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 264 [Kiran's Time Gear]

At this moment, there was a noise coming from the stairs.

Shen Yurou, who was already extremely nervous, was even more frightened, but she showed even less strength. If Zhou Wang hadn't supported her, she would have fallen to the ground.

Not knowing where he touched, Zhou Wang subconsciously moved his fingers, and Shen Yurou immediately made a strange nasal sound.

She looked towards Zhou Wang with a frightened expression, but her eyes were so charming that they seemed to be dripping with water. The extreme contrast was like a world-famous painting.

At this time, Zhou Wang could only suppress his other emotions and signaled to her with his eyes that she was fine.

Sure enough, the noise at the stairs soon stopped, and Yun Lan's voice was faintly heard: "Turn your back a little more to the side... Yes, at this angle, don't move!"

It was not until Yun Rou and Yun Lan, who were probably taking pictures on the stairs, walked down laughing again that Shen Yu Rou, who had covered her mouth tightly with her hands, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you just... do that?"

Shen Yurou, who was still in shock, suddenly heard Zhou Wang's low voice. The voice was close to her ears and went straight to her soul.

Shen Yurou's cheeks instantly turned red. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she pushed Zhou Wang away and hurried down the stairs.

"It seems to be true."

Zhou Wang looked at the panicking Shen Yurou and finally made up his mind.

Even though Zhou Wang had seen the grace of many women, he was still quite surprised at this moment. How long would she have been hungry to be like this?

……

After circling Erhai Lake, everyone stopped at a small island for a while and tasted the local specialty grilled fish.

However, because the chili pepper sprinkled on the fish was too spicy, in the end only Zhou Wang finished a whole portion of fish.

It’s not that other people can’t eat spicy food. Zhou Wang knows that they are more worried about getting acne or something like that…

When the private yacht finally returned to port, it was already early morning.

After getting on the special car that the hotel sent to pick them up, Zhou Wang and Miao Ying, who had not drunk any alcohol, were the only ones in the group who were still sober.

Zhou Wang didn’t finish the bottle of whiskey he opened, but because of the unexpected beauty of the “Starry Sky on the Sea”, somehow, the two bottles of champagne were empty.

For people who don't drink much, champagne may not have a high alcohol content, but drinking too much will still make you drunk. Among the four women, Shen Yutong, who has the best alcohol tolerance, also began to look dazed.

After returning to the hotel, Zhou Wang asked Miao Ying to see Shen Yutong and her sister off, while he took Yun Rou and Yun Lan back to the suite first.

What’s more interesting is that although Yun Rou and Yun Lan were a little unsteady on their feet, they still did not forget their duties and insisted on helping Zhou Wang wash up first, but…

"Yun Rou, you haven't squeezed the toothpaste yet..."

"Yunlan, that towel has been used. You just wiped my feet."

Looking at the two sisters' confused actions, Zhou Wang, who was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, quickly sent them back to the room and let them rest first.

Who can stand wiping feet with a towel and then wiping face with it?
Fortunately, Zhou Wang wasn't that drunk, otherwise he would have been covered in his own athlete's foot...

After tucking in and washing up, Zhou Wang sat in the living room for a while in his pajamas, mainly to deal with the unread messages on his mobile phone.

Zhou Wang, who had just lit a cigarette, suddenly felt something in his heart. He took out his mobile phone, subconsciously opened Douyin, and swiped right to his personal interface.

There, the number of "fans" has surprisingly become 99.9.

Just as Zhou Wang looked over, the number jumped again, and as Zhou Wang watched, it changed from "99.9" to "100 million".

Ding!
At the same time, Zhou Wang heard the system prompt.

[It has been detected that the number of real fans of the host's personal account on the social platform has exceeded 100 million, and the reward has been issued simultaneously]

[The host obtains a "share fragment gift pack"*1 from the associated platform]

Finally, did you get your first reward?
Zhou Wang nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time was quite excited.

Although it is just some "share fragments", considering the size of Douyin, even the lowest 0.001% share reward is very impressive.

To this end, Zhou Wang himself has invested millions.

The personal interface still has more than 99 private messages, but Lin Ran, who is in charge of operations, has already helped Zhou Wang to roughly screen them. The private messages that deserve Zhou Wang’s attention will be marked as “top” by her so that Zhou Wang can notice them.

Zhou Wang clicked on the private message that Lin Ran had pinned to the top of the page, and then a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

Because the person who sent him the private message was from an official corporate account called "Jiuji.com".

Zhou Wang is not unfamiliar with this company, because it is one of the few Internet companies in Yunnan Province that started with e-commerce and then became one of the top 100 companies in the country and top 10 in Yunnan Province.

To put it simply, their business is the retail service of electronic products, which, from the public's perspective, means "selling mobile phones."

Jiuji.com not only has its own independent APP, but also has more than 400 offline stores, covering the southwest F4 and the northeast Liaoning Province, which is a huge scale.

The Xiaomi phone that Zhou Wang used before was bought on Jiuji.com.

What surprised Zhou Wang was that the private message sent from the official account of "Jiuji.com" actually revealed the intention of cooperation.

After calling Lin Ran again, Zhou Wang finally understood the cause and effect behind the situation.

It turned out that Zhou Wang’s speech in the afternoon was recorded by many people in the crew as a short video, which was then posted online, causing some waves in a small circle.

Because it happened to be September, Apple and Huawei both released new phones, which was a period that many people who wanted to change their phones were paying more attention to. Zhou Wang started with the explosive news that he would hold a lottery for a phone in the next video, which naturally caused some waves.

Even the videos posted by some of the crew's amateur accounts had a lot of traffic, and Zhou Wang unexpectedly gained a wave of passers-by fans...

No wonder he reached the one million fans today, which he originally expected to take two days.

"Jiuji.com should have noticed your preview of giving away mobile phones in the next video draw, so they proposed cooperation, but the method of cooperation is still under discussion..."

Lin Ran on the other end of the phone explained, and then smiled and said, "It is possible that there is another reason, which is that you and the founder of Jiuji.com are from the same hometown."

"What's your suggestion?"

Zhou Wang smiled and then asked.

"I think we can get in touch with you further. Without damaging your personal image, we can cooperate to a certain extent, which can save you the cost of operating your account..."

"Okay, then you can talk to them and tell me the result."

Zhou Wang thought about it and didn't refuse.

He was definitely going to give away a mobile phone anyway, so cooperating with a professional company would definitely save a lot of trouble...

The main thing is that mobile phones are not like game activation codes. A mobile phone can easily cost thousands of dollars. Once the number goes up, Zhou Wang’s cash flow is simply unable to bear such a huge cost.

It would be great if cooperation could result in a win-win situation.

"By the way, Sister Ran..."

"Ok?"

"Forget it, let's talk about it later. It's getting late, you should rest first."

"Ah... OK then, good night, Mr. Zhou."

"Good night."

Zhou Wang hung up the phone after he finished speaking, which made Lin Ran on the other end of the phone a little crazy. How could anyone only finish half of a sentence? It's so annoying!

This is especially difficult for curious women to accept...

Zhou Wang didn't think so much about it. He was just a little tempted and wanted to officially transfer Lin Ran to his personal assistant. Because from the contact during this period, Lin Ran's work ability and attitude made him extremely satisfied.

It's about time to give people a raise.

However, since he hadn’t thought it through yet, Zhou Wang stopped talking again… Let’s talk about it next time we meet.

After replying to various forms of "good night" to many contacts on WeChat, Zhou Wang put down his phone and immersed his consciousness in the system interface.

In the warehouse column, a golden gift package indeed appeared, waiting for Zhou Wang to open it. On the gift package, one could vaguely see the musical note logo belonging to Douyin.

As soon as the mind touched, the information on the gift package was immediately displayed.

[Gift Pack - Douyin Shares Fragments: After use, you will get a random share reward]

Zhou Wang didn't hesitate and directly chose "Open".

Ding!
[Host opens the "Share Fragment" gift pack and obtains 0.1% of the shares of "Douyin Group"]

[0.1% of the shares of "Douyin Group" have been locked and are being interacted with in reality]

[Tip: Due to the huge size of Douyin Group, the actual interaction time is relatively long, please wait patiently]

0.1% of Douyin Group’s equity?
After Zhou Wang was stunned for a moment, he sat up from the sofa with a look of surprise.

Although Syllable Dance, which has been renamed Douyin Group, has not yet gone public, its unicorn size is there. Countless authoritative organizations have given their own conclusions about Douyin's valuation.

According to the news Zhou Wang had read before, the most conservative institution gave a market value valuation of US$842 billion, while the least conservative institution directly gave a valuation of US$2847 billion.

Although Zhou Wang didn’t understand why the difference was so big, there might be some difficult-to-calculate factors behind it. But no matter what, even if calculated according to the most conservative valuation, Zhou Wang’s 0.1% stake was worth more than US$0.8 million.

Converted into RMB, that's more than 5 million.

If we use the most inflated algorithm, then this 0.1% stake would be worth more than billion yuan.

In fact, if we only consider the valuation, the 30% equity of "Modu Jiahui International Hospital" that Zhou Wang had previously obtained may have exceeded 10 billion, but it was mainly because it came from Douyin's equity that made Zhou Wang so excited...

This is Douyin, the app he uses most in his daily life. Its revenue has surpassed Facebook, and it is currently the most profitable Internet company in China.

However, Zhou Wang is about to become one of the shareholders behind it.

Even though he may be just a small shareholder without significant say, the significance is already extraordinary.

I just don’t know how long the so-called “long interaction time” of the system is…

Previously, Wuyou Media and Shanghai Jiahui International Hospital did not make him wait too long. This time, since the system has given a special reminder, it may take some time.

At this moment, when Zhou Wang's mind had not yet calmed down, the system prompt sound suddenly rang again.

……

Ding!
[It is detected that the host is associated with a Fortune 500 company for the first time, triggering a mysterious reward]

[The host obtains a one-time item - "Kiran's Time Gear" (No. 006)]

[Warning: This item is one of the highest-level controlled items in the system store. Please use it when you are in good spirits, otherwise your life may be in danger.]

……

The amount of information contained in this wave of system prompts was so huge that Zhou Wang was stunned for a while.

This was the first time that Zhou Wang saw the words "mysterious reward" on the system interface.

This is the first time that the system issues a warning because of an item.

The key point is that Zhou Wang has never seen this "Kiran's Time Gear" in the system's reputation store.

In other words, this is not an item that Zhou Wang can obtain through normal channels.

The words "life-threatening" also made Zhou Wang's eyelids jump.

…Fuck, isn’t the purpose of the system to provide benefits? How can using a prop be life-threatening?
But Zhou Wang couldn't help his curiosity, so he turned his attention to the system warehouse and gently touched the "gear" that was flashing white starlight.

[Kiran's Time Gear (No. 006) - After use, it will interact with the long river of time and generate a forgotten time]

[Basic coordinates: January 2023, 1]

[Estimated interception time: 20 days]

[Do you want to start it now? ]

[Tip: Make sure you are alone and in a good mood]

After looking at the prompt, Zhou Wang did not rashly choose "Turn on", but his expression showed some confusion.

He knew every word on the props, but he had no idea what they meant when put together...

January 23, that should have been the winter break during my junior year.

Zhou Wang did not go home for the Chinese New Year that year. He couldn't remember where he had worked part-time for a moment.

After thinking about it, Zhou Wang took another look at the last prompt of the prop. Out of caution, he exited the system interface.

His mental state at this time must not be very good, because there were other people in the suite, and the condition of "being alone" was probably not met.

This prop can only be used at the right time later...

……

Looking at the time, it was almost one in the morning, but because of the unexpected gain tonight, Zhou Wang still had no desire to sleep.

A hint of restlessness in his heart finally drove him out.

Because tomorrow is the opening ceremony, the entire hotel has become quiet at this time. Most of the crew members have fallen asleep. Only the chirping of cicadas in the courtyard is still echoing tirelessly.

Zhou Wang did not take the elevator, but went straight along the corridor to the third floor, which was where the main actors of the crew lived.

After taking out the room card from his pocket and taking a look at it, Zhou Wang came to the door of Room 307 and then swiped the room card to open the door.

Drip!

The indicator light on the door turned green. After confirming that he was in the right place, Zhou Wang pushed the door open and walked in.

The room was very quiet, with only a dim desk lamp still on. In the small living room outside, Zhou Wang could see a curvy figure curled up on the floor and asleep. He could vaguely hear her even breathing.

Is Shen Yurou sleeping on the floor?
Zhou Wang was a little surprised. He thought the two sisters would sleep in the same bed...

But this is more convenient.

Zhou Wang walked lightly, passed by Shen Yurou, came to the bedroom door, and pushed open the half-open door.

On the large white bed, Shen Yutong, wearing only a lace short skirt and pajamas, was sleeping on her side. The quilt kicked aside was caught in the crook of her legs. Because of her bent posture, the full moon that stretched out the hem of her skirt was clearly visible in front of Zhou Wang...

Zhou Wang moved his throat, pulled off his bathrobe, and walked over.

(End of this chapter)