How can you become a star without money?

Chapter 69 It's Good to Be Rich [5th Update, Seeking First Subscription]

The public reaction was even greater than Wang Yao had imagined. It was a completely new version that netizens had never seen before, and the combination of these elements created a chemical reaction.

The bigger the issue and the more complex the situation, the more important it is to remain calm and let things play out before making a better decision.

Wang Yao had already arranged for Qu Shou to take her family on a vacation to Korea yesterday. He didn't plan to let her make an easy appearance offline until everything was settled, so she could just maintain her presence online.

Although Qu Shou can now easily earn at least 10 yuan for any job she takes, Wang Yao's plan for her future is to gain online exposure and make money offline.

Besides, the pay is only a few dollars. Qu Shoufei is not from a professional background and has no talent in acting or singing. If he really follows the traditional path of a star, he will quickly ruin the goodwill he has built up. He might as well cut off all commercial channels in the industry and switch to the women's industry track.

In order to avoid any accidents, the employees of Tianhuo.com were given an early holiday to prevent them from being surrounded by various media outlets and making irresponsible statements.

Moreover, it was already the end of January, and the Lunar New Year was just around the corner. Wang Yao had been busy for so long, and now that things had finally settled down, he had time to relax. So he decided to take his whole family to Goryeo for a trip.

Before that, he went back to school to arrange the work for the online store before and after the Lunar New Year.

Although the agency has already started operating, it won't officially launch until after the winter break, by which time Ni Ni will have basically swept up most of the clothing inventory in Shanghai.

The next step is to expand to Lin'an. There's no need to set up a branch there for now, because merchants in Lin'an should already offer drop shipping services. Anyway, it's close by, and we can easily drive there if anything happens.

However, the school grounds in Shanghai will continue to be used as a shipping area and temporary office space because they are inexpensive and located on campus, making it convenient for working overtime.

The number of part-time employees at Wang Yao's campus is expected to exceed 100 after the New Year. Lao Zheng felt that this was having a negative impact and planned to open new office areas in other branch campuses next year, mainly to cultivate and discover e-commerce-related talents. Principal Hu Mei has already submitted this matter to the main campus as a proposal.

Wang Yao came back and talked about this matter.

Old Zheng and Principal Hu were unaware that Wang Yao was the mastermind behind the online uproar; all they knew was that the young man before them was the most representative intern and outstanding student in the school's history.

In just one month, Wang Yao's successful on-campus entrepreneurship project, with a monthly output value of two to three million yuan, has brought about a significant change in Hu Mei's influence at headquarters. Lao Zheng plans to operate it for another six months to see how things go. If it stabilizes, they can then sign a targeted enrollment and training plan with the campus.

Specialized personnel, such as e-commerce, customer service, and even management professionals, are needed for Xinghuo Company; of course, sponsorship is required.

Wang Yao readily agreed, because his original plan was to use the Open University as a talent supply base. E-commerce is not an industry that requires too much education or knowledge; e-commerce people only need to be hardworking and have a wild spirit.

These two qualities are not found in regular, reputable universities; they are the kind of untamed spirit that can only be cultivated in the environment of junior colleges or vocational schools.

Because the legitimate path to success in e-commerce is difficult, one often has to resort to unorthodox methods.

However, this does not mean that highly educated talents are not needed; that's just a matter for the future for the [Star Travel Technology] sector.

Most universities in Shanghai have already started their winter break, but Zhou Cong still selected 22 students from less affluent families to stay and not go home for the Spring Festival to ensure the daily operation of the online store. Although they cannot ship orders during the Spring Festival, people will still place orders.

Wang Yao asked Zhou Cong to prepare a New Year's overtime bonus of 5000 yuan for these students, with overtime pay to be calculated separately.

They received so many bonuses after earning a monthly salary of 500 yuan through their school internships, which instantly gave them a strong sense of belonging to the company boss, and they worked even harder.

[Star Travel] Wang Yao doesn't need to worry about the company. The programmers are self-managing. Cai Haoyu and the other tech geeks are very proactive in their work. Although the workload of the movie website has increased a lot in the past two days, it can still be maintained as more and more people are hired.

"This card contains your salary for this month, and the password is your birthday." After finishing everything, Wang Yao took Zhou Cong to Korea to reunite with his family for a vacation.

At the airport, Wang Yao handed Ni Ni a card as they parted.

"Wow, thank you, boss! I wish you a happy new year in advance, good health, abundant wealth, smooth sailing, and many blessings." Ni Ni began to flatter with a smile.

Wow, it's just like an idol drama! The male lead actually gives the female lead a bank card with her ID card on it!
"Listen, stop reciting your lines. You can handle things at the online store yourself. Unless it's really important, don't bother me." Wang Yao stretched.

"Don't worry, I'm here. But boss, you need to come back soon, I'll miss you." Ni Ni blinked and pretended to be obedient.

"What are you thinking? Alright, let's go inside and wait for our flight." Wang Yao poked her forehead with his finger and walked towards the security checkpoint.

Ni Ni watched Wang Yao's figure disappear, and looking at the airport bustling with people as the Spring Festival travel rush approached, she suddenly had a feeling of being in another world.

If it weren't for the warm bank card in her hand, she would feel as if she had returned to the day more than half a month ago when she first arrived at Pudong Airport.

She's been through so much these past few days, more than she's experienced in the previous twenty years.

Ni Ni found an ATM at the airport, took a deep breath nervously, and even entered the password with a slight tremor.

Because she didn't know how much money Wang Yao would give her.

After all, she still owes Wang Yao 200 million.

With a crisp "ding," Ni Ni froze as she looked at the screen and saw that the password had been entered incorrectly.

?

Maybe I was too nervous. Let me try again.

Ni Ni concentrated intently as she carefully entered her birthday.

It's still showing an incorrect password. What's going on? Did I remember my birthday wrong?
Ni Ni immediately suspected that she had remembered her birthday wrong, but she didn't suspect that Wang Yao didn't remember her birthday at all.

But she knew that if she made three mistakes in a row, her bank card might be frozen, so she quickly called Wang Yao to ask.

"Oh? You're quite clever. You didn't try again after getting it wrong twice. Actually, the password was from the day we met. It was just a little test to see if you'd improved when you encountered problems," Wang Yao chuckled.

"I'm getting a little bored, Mr. Yao. Did you give me a blank card, deliberately give me the wrong PIN, freeze the card, and then sneak off abroad so I couldn't find you?" Ni Ni's face darkened.

"You're overestimating my malice. It's just a test to see your reaction and what you've gained," Wang Yao chuckled and hung up the phone.

Ni Ni entered the password again and carefully counted the balance.

20 million.

She remained calm despite owing 200 million, but the 20 in her account that belonged to her stirred her emotions.

Thinking back to how Wang Yao chose the day of their first meeting as the password, I suddenly had an epiphany.

Hmm, how can it not be considered a 'birthday'?

"Mom, how about we go to Korea for Chinese New Year this year?" Ni Ni wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and called her mother with a big smile.

"Brother, it feels like a dream," Zhou Cong said, looking out the window at the receding Shanghai night view.

Although he never questioned Wang Yao taking him to Korea to see Girls' Generation's fantasies, he really didn't expect to get to eat them so soon.

And I never expected that my first time on a plane would be in first class.

Although the trip was paid for by Tianhuo Media on official business, he still felt the pinch of spending over 10,000 yuan on airfare for the two of them.

In the past, 10,000 yuan would have been equivalent to three months' salary for him.

"Do you still believe that what is destined to be yours will eventually come, and what is not destined to be yours cannot be forced?" Wang Yao turned his head and chuckled.

"Now I only believe that my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven," Zhou Cong laughed loudly.

Seeing the sincere smile on his cousin's face, Wang Yao smiled with satisfaction. It seems that money really does nourish people.

“Brother, when you’re at your lowest point, you should be more flamboyant, but once you’re on the rise, you should be more respectful of fate and stay grounded. Otherwise, be careful, when your luck comes, heaven and earth will lend a hand, but when your luck turns, even heroes are powerless.” Wang Yao tapped him on the head.

"Okay, I know. I'm usually the most low-key guy. Bro, I'm so excited I can't sleep." Zhou Cong rubbed his face.

"Why are you sleeping? We'll be there in a little over an hour. Let's eat something; the plane tickets are so expensive," Wang Yao chuckled.

"Huh? We arrived in just over an hour?" Zhou Cong was taken aback.

“Yes, the flight to Korea takes about two hours.” Wang Yao nodded.

"So close?" Zhou Cong blinked.

“Yes, don’t be fooled by the fact that it’s international; it’s actually very close. You see, the biggest effect of money is that it makes you realize that things that were once out of reach are actually within reach.” Wang Yao curled the corners of his mouth, his smile carrying a profound meaning.

“It’s good to be rich.” Zhou Cong nodded, his gaze shifting slightly.

More than an hour later, we landed at Incheon Airport. Compared to Pudong, there were indeed many more people here, and we could hear familiar Mandarin Chinese every now and then.

2010 was a honeymoon period between the two countries, and many middle-class families would choose to visit Korea for the Lunar New Year as the year drew to a close.

Wang Yao's hometown is a small village near the border in Jiangcheng, Northeast China. It is a village inhabited by ethnic minorities from North Korea. Most people in the village used to speak Korean, and his maternal grandmother was from North Korea, so Wang Yao learned Korean from a young age, which can be considered a bilingual education. This is also the reason why He Ming sent him to Korea in his previous life.

Korean and Korean are essentially the same language, but because South Korea absorbed a lot of English, there are significant differences in intonation and vocabulary, but this does not affect communication.

However, the natives could immediately tell that South Korea even mocked North Korea for using 'ancient language'.

I made preparations for spending the Lunar New Year in Korea two weeks in advance. My reasons were twofold: first, to give my family a good rest and do some sightseeing; and second, to revisit familiar places and maybe snag some bargains.

This year marks a pivotal year for the Korean Wave, which has swept across China, impacting not only the film and television industry but also the novel and comic book fields. The genre of Korean entertainment novels, in particular, has gradually emerged around the turn of the decade.

Of course, this is mainly due to the vigorous promotion by Korean groups and domestic media outlets.

However, to be fair, whether in terms of professionalism or attitude, artists trained under capitalism are indeed more conscientious and offer better value for money.

In the service industry, attitude comes first and professionalism second, but unfortunately, most of the workers are artists with poor attitudes and even worse professionalism, which is really taking advantage of ordinary people.

Wang Yao plans to bring in some high-quality foreign talent to give the domestic entertainment industry a little shock, starting with "The Temptation of Going Home".

(End of this chapter)