Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 394 I really want to kneel down and call him "Daddy"...

After Lin Lang finished his meal, he also received a reply from Shen An'an.

The gist of it is that I had something to do at noon and didn't check my phone while eating. I can call her again when I need to eat next time.

Lin Lang didn't pay much attention. He asked Gao Yu about her situation and found out that she had already eaten with Pu Min, so he decided to go to the company.

He still had a lot to do in the afternoon. For example, He Qiang sent a message saying that it was his birthday today and he wanted to invite Lin Lang to dinner. He asked if Lin Lang had left yet.

Before leaving, Lin Lang said, "Sister Bing, it's President He's birthday today. Could you order a cake for me? We'll have dinner together tonight. There's no rush. You can rest for a while. I probably won't be back until four or five o'clock."

"Um... okay."

After receiving the response, Lin Lang left.

He needs to resolve Pu Min's matter as soon as possible, which would be a source of additional income for Dayu Media. He also needs to visit Tianshui Group this afternoon.

When they arrived at the company, Gao Yu and Pu Min had already returned.

"Mr. Lin..."

When Pu Min saw Lin Lang coming over, she immediately stood up to greet him.

"Mr. Pu, it's been a long time."

Lin Lang passed by Pu Min and went to Gao Yu's side.

In that instant, Pu Min caught a peculiar scent on Lin Lang.

Women are very sensitive to various scents, especially what perfumes the people around them use or what their preferences are.

Most people like the scent of jasmine, lily, and rose, but Bingning is a bit different; she prefers woody scents, such as sandalwood.

In her own words, because she often cooks, she always smells of cooking oil. Floral scents don't smell good to her, so sandalwood is a better choice.

But at this moment, Lin Lang also had that sandalwood scent on him.

A person's scent cannot be transferred out of thin air, even through close contact.

To transfer something, it's not as simple as close contact; it might even require negative distance contact to leave any trace.

"Mr. Pu, I've also looked at your self-media accounts about jade and jadeite. Overall, they're pretty good and will become more and more natural in the future. The most important thing is to maintain your persona. Once your persona collapses, it will be very difficult to rebuild it. Also, don't use the same company for all your accounts. That makes people think there's something behind it all. It's best to use only one company for each account and register several different companies."

"Yes, yes, I'll do as President Lin says."

“I heard from General Manager Gao that you, General Manager Pu, also want to step into the limelight. You can do that, but you need to rethink your public image. Your family members mainly deal with low- to mid-range jade and jadeite, so you should go for the high-end route.”

"Mr. Lin, if we go for the high-end route, we won't be able to get high-end materials."

"You may not have it, but others do. In the jade and gemstone business, the most important thing is customers! With customers, what does the material matter..."

Jadeite is not a niche product, but it's not mainstream either.

Whoever can control these customers is invincible.

Pu Min never expected that Lin Lang would reveal the most crucial aspect of the jade industry in just one sentence.

In the jade and gemstone industry, customer resources are more important than anything else, especially high-end customer resources.

For example, she knows someone who only deals in high-end goods. He doesn't even look at items worth tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan. He starts at least at 500,000 yuan and is willing to take on materials worth tens of millions of yuan.

The main reason is... he spent money to send his wife into the entertainment industry, allowing her to get to know many female celebrities and turn them into his clients.

The jade that was bought for 500,000 can be sold to a female celebrity for 1 million.

This isn't exactly a rip-off, since jade itself doesn't have a clear pricing standard. Female celebrities aren't short of money, and they can borrow jewelry worth millions or tens of millions of yuan to support them. It's easy for them to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan a year.

The other party can produce hundreds of millions of yuan worth of goods a year with minimal effort, simply by leveraging the resources of female celebrities in the entertainment industry.

High-end jadeite is extremely profitable, but the problem is that there's no way to access customer resources.

At the same time, because she didn't have any plans to work in the high-end market, she didn't have any channels in this area, and even if others had good products, they wouldn't come to her.

"Mr. Lin, please say..."

Lin Lang: "We self-media creators aren't trying to steal business from traditional sectors; we're trying to tap into new customer groups. For example, you're currently doing jade gambling and cutting, and most of your followers know absolutely nothing about jade or jadeite; they've just been ripped off at various tourist attractions, but they like it, or they're interested, or they're simply interested in gambling. Similarly, there are many people on the internet, all kinds of people—people with millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions in assets…"

Maybe you don't have access to high-end goods, but if you can't get a hundred pieces, you should be able to get ten or eight, right? Even if you can't get them yourself, can't you just buy them at a higher price? Once you buy them, they're yours, aren't they?
The related plot is actually easier to arrange. Take out a high-end material and say that so-and-so bought it for 400,000 five years ago and now wants to sell it to you. You help her find someone to ask about the price, arrange for your own people to offer 450,000 or 500,000. In this way, you can convey several important messages to the outside world.

First, jadeite can appreciate in value, which is important for wealthy people who want to invest and are interested in jadeite.

Secondly, you can help others liquidate their high-end jadeite. You know how difficult it is to convert jadeite into cash after purchase. Pawnshops rarely accept it, and even if they do, they're lucky if they offer 30% of the original price. Jewelry stores are even less likely to accept it; they generally only accept gold and platinum. Since you can help people liquidate their jadeite, those with high-end jadeite will definitely come to you. In this way, you can use your network to connect buyers and sellers, charging a referral fee. You'll have high-end materials and a wealthy customer base…”

Pu Min: "..."

Just like that, in the blink of an eye?
Lin Lang only spoke for less than five minutes. Five minutes, and he's already established a complete character?

is that useful?
This is so useful!

She never imagined things could be this simple.

Lin Lang continued, "This is just the basics. To truly retain those customers, we need to do something else: guarantee a minimum buyback rate of 20% for any high-end jade purchased from you for life."

"Recycle?"

"Yes, buyback! On the one hand, stating a guaranteed buyback price will ensure that the price of your jadeite is stable enough, making it more convincing. On the other hand, you can earn some money through the price difference. There's no point in doing one-off deals. Once you develop enough customers who have enough good items, you can make money every year through internal circulation."

You don't even need to pay any price. Anyone who wants to sell their goods can find a buyer in advance and simply act as an intermediary to earn the price difference.

Once you control the platform, everyone has to listen to you. Other people's high-end jade is worthless; only those that have been approved by you and entered your circle become valuable... There might be an initial fee, but as the business grows, you can earn a lot of money in transaction fees every year. Even if something unexpected happens in the future and the jade industry collapses, you can simply not buy it back..."

Pu Min never expected Lin Lang to leverage the financial attributes of jadeite.

His plan was ingenious.

It can find high-end sources of goods from the general public and also tap into customers from the online community. Then, through a set of 'financial' systems, the two are closely integrated.

Ultimately, they formed a large circle that belonged only to themselves.

He earns a commission on every transaction involving high-end jade.

That's no small sum of money...

Most importantly, it allows you to earn money continuously.

Some people simply enjoy the emotional value of buying jadeite. If they only lose 20%, they'd be more than satisfied. After all, once you have jadeite in your hands, without strong connections, you might not be able to sell it even at half price, let alone the original price.

However, jade is too strong in providing emotional value, after all, it is one of the most recognized gemstones in the world.

People crave recognition, which is why many people idolize celebrities and the wealthy, even knowing that the celebrity circle is chaotic and that no matter how much they fawn over them, the wealthy won't give them a penny.

Pu Min calculated the time; it had been less than ten minutes since Lin Lang came in.

What seemed utterly hopeless and unattainable to him was worth only ten minutes in Lin Lang's eyes.

He spoke so casually, he probably hadn't even thought about it beforehand, and just came up with it on the spot.

"Then... I'll try it when I get back?"

"Okay, I'll talk to Mr. Gao later and have him arrange a team for you. Let's set the fee at 3%."

"Yes, thank you for your help, Mr. Lin."

"As for the collaboration, it's our Big Fish Media that should come up with the plan, and you should be responsible for execution. We've already received payment, so there's no question of trouble or not. In short, the public image can't collapse. Once the public image collapses, all the efforts will be in vain, and the price is very high."

"I see……"

At this moment, Lin Lang had already turned his attention to other things.

"Sister Gao, it's President He's birthday tonight. Would you like to come with me?"

"what?"

Gao Yu was somewhat surprised.

Lin Lang glanced at Pu Min, who immediately said tactfully, "President Lin, President Gao, I won't bother you any longer. The contract is ready; just call me over to sign it."

After saying that, she stood up and left.

Upon hearing that it was He Qiang's birthday, she realized the difference between herself and He Qiang.

He Qiang is such a shameless guy.

He can celebrate his birthday whenever he wants? This thing can be changed?

Someone has a smart groin area, and he celebrates his birthday dynamically?

Although she didn't know He Qiang's exact birthday, she was certain from the message He Qiang sent in the morning that today was definitely not He Qiang's real birthday.

As I walked out of Dayu Media, I looked up at the sky.

Lin Lang's oppressive aura was overwhelming, especially his cross-industry crushing operations, which made Pu Min feel like an idiot.

I really want to kneel down and call him "Dad"...

what……

(End of this chapter)