The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 65 Qiao Jingjing Offers Herself

Cheng Feng initially thought he was seeing things, so he checked again and it really was her.

Qiao Jingjing!
"Muye, a beautiful woman wants to chat with me." Cheng Feng excitedly sat up in bed.

Yang Muye was texting Ma Qiushan, getting the latest updates on the negotiations with Tencent, when he asked without looking up, "Was it someone else who liked and commented on that photo of you with one hand on the steering wheel, showing off your car and the speedometer?"

"You said that was the previous one, this one is my high school classmate."

"Qiao Jingjing?"

"Holy crap, how did you know?"

"Who else could excite you like this besides her?"

"Does your promise last night about having her as a spokesperson still stand?"

"Don't tell me you haven't told them yet."

"I was just about to say that, wasn't I? Don't worry, I'll get her to give you a friendly price because we're old classmates."

"For your sake, are you sure you're getting a friendly price and not some exorbitant price? If not, just give me her QQ number directly. I'd be more reliable to negotiate with her than you are."

Wu Di, who was below, also turned his head from his computer and joined the fray: "If I were Qiao Jingjing, I would definitely think that you just rely on your few bucks to philander everywhere, and this time I would definitely make you pay!"

Cheng Feng ignored the two of them and started chatting with Qiao Jingjing on QQ.

"Why did the school beauty suddenly decide to chat with me?"

"I didn't upload the photos online on purpose. Who would have thought they would turn out like this?"

"Isn't this a good thing? You're naturally beautiful and can't help but be beautiful."

"With fame comes trouble. You have no idea how many people have cursed me online since I became famous. Even my classmates look at me with strange eyes. Now I can't even stay in the dormitory and have to rent a place outside. It's so annoying."

"I can relate to this. It's like I'm trying to squander all the family's money, hoping to make my dad angry. But no matter how fast I spend money, I can't keep up with how fast my dad makes money. I'm getting really annoyed!"

"Get lost!" The message was accompanied by an emoji of a bloody kitchen knife.

"Let's get down to business. I admit you're really popular lately, but there are two mini-games that are even more popular than you. You've probably played them, right?"

"What a bull!"

"That's right, you would never guess. Both of these games were developed with money invested by one of my roommates. He made tens of millions in just half a month with these two little games. Now our whole dorm worships him like a god."

"If you're not exaggerating, your roommate is really quite impressive."

"He has many other talents. He can write his own songs and has invented a new board game, which is very interesting. Next, he plans to turn it into an online game. He just needs a spokesperson."

"?"

Upon seeing the question mark sent by Qiao Jingjing, Cheng Feng knew that Qiao Jingjing was pretending to be stupid again.

That's how it happened when I confessed my feelings to her in high school.

“He asked me for your QQ number yesterday, saying he wanted to hire you as a spokesperson and ride on your popularity.”

Qiao Jingjing immediately replied with a laughing emoji while covering her mouth.

Is it really okay for you to betray people like this?

"We're high school classmates, after all. I'd rather see you suffer than see us lose out, right?"

"I need to discuss this with my agent."

"Wow, you've even got an agent now. You're pretty fast."

"My agent is my mom, it's a family business, you get it?"

"Okay, please give my regards to Auntie. Then you can talk to her normally. Don't lower yourself to my standards just because I'm here."

"Don't worry, I'd be happy to help other classmates even for free, but for you, I really have to consider charging you." "Jingjing! That hurts!"

"Alright, enough with the banter, let's get down to business."

"What I just said was the important matter."

"I have something important to discuss with you. Is there a boy in your class named Xu Yao?"

Cheng Feng was about to ask Qiao Jingjing what she wanted with Xu Yao when he had already typed out the message, but then deleted it all.

"Because of the 'Campus Belle Rush' incident?"

"Yes, many people criticized me online for rigging votes, but I never even thought about participating in this campus beauty ranking, let alone rigging votes. This app is clearly using me as a gimmick to attract people to vote."

"I understand. You suspect that the official votes were manipulated for you, so they want to use your reputation to promote the app for free."

"Yes, my mom has already consulted a lawyer and is preparing to find someone to start collecting evidence."

"Are you planning to sue Xu Yao?"

"No official decision has been made yet. The school's intranet has already removed that app. I found out that Xu Yao is in the same class as you, so I wanted to ask you about it."

"Hold on."

Cheng Feng put down his phone and told Yang Muye about Qiao Jingjing's plans.

Yang Muyi thought for a moment: "Let's put aside whether to sue or not. First, we need to determine whether Qiao Jingjing's votes were manipulated by Xu Yao from the back end."

Wu Di chimed in, analyzing, "It's probably rigged. I suspected something was wrong when Qiao Jingjing was leading by a wide margin in votes. Even if she's popular online, most people still tend to vote for girls from their own schools in these school beauty pageants."

Cheng Feng glanced at Yang Muye and tentatively asked, "Shall I go and call someone over to ask?"

“Let’s call him out and question him separately. Ding Ning is fine, but it’s mainly that Liu Qiang… you know what I mean,” Yang Muye replied.

Cheng Feng nodded, got out of bed, and put on his shoes.

They had already reached the door when they suddenly turned back.

"Muye, if Xu Yao refuses to admit it to the death, that's fine, but what if he readily admits it?"

"Just tell him to apologize to Qiao Jingjing in a public apology letter, and then have Qiao Jingjing forward the public apology letter to prove her innocence. That's all."

"So you mean I should persuade Qiao Jingjing not to sue?"

"Xu Yao didn't use this app to make money. Even if Qiao Jingjing wins the lawsuit, all she'll get in the end is a public apology. And if Qiao Jingjing takes the initiative to sue Xu Yao, it will leave a negative impression on the outside world that she's unreasonable. If the two sides really go to court, I'll have to consider whether to continue to ask her to be my spokesperson."

"so serious?"

"That's how it is on the internet. When an egg hits a rock, most people will choose to side with the egg. If a lawsuit were to go to court, I dare say that there would be ten times more online comments criticizing Qiao Jingjing than there are now."

"Okay, then I'll tell Qiao Jingjing exactly what you said."

It took quite a while after the message was sent for Qiao Jingjing to reply:
"Did your roommate teach you to say that?"

"Awesome, how did you guess that?"

"How could you, Young Master Cheng, possibly say something like 'an egg hitting a rock,' implying that everyone would side with the egg?"

"That's a bit disrespectful."

"On the contrary, I think highly of you because you spend most of your life in a position of strength, and it's impossible for you to say something like empathy for the weak."

Cheng Feng had just sent a thumbs-up emoji when Qiao Jingjing immediately replied with another message.

"As long as Xu Yao admits to rigging the votes for me and issues a public apology, I can drop the matter of infringement. Also, to thank your roommate for reminding me, I've decided to be a free spokesperson for his online game. Isn't that enough to save face for you?"

(End of this chapter)