I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Chapter 175 Singles Association and Kisses

When Zheng Changhao and his team came to Yangke University for inspection, Shen Kang was in his dormitory using a secondary account to read posts on the Beiming Community Square.

However, he was looking at it with a critical eye and wasn't really interested in these things, so he didn't get any attention from users and was just getting freebies.

After watching for a while and seeing talent gradually emerging, he stopped watching and started thinking again: Now we have the first wave of content, but this type of content alone isn't enough; we still need some substantial content.

After thinking for a while, he scrolled through his QQ list and found Yin Zhiqian's QQ number.

On the day Yanyu Tea House opened, he idly competed with Guo Pinyan in a witty joke contest, and one of the judges was Yin Zhiqian. Yin Zhiqian was also a joke enthusiast and regularly posted jokes on the Yangbei Forum; the two exchanged contact information at the time.

"Yin Zhiqian, are you free these next few days? I need to talk to you about something." Shen Kang sent a message.

The other party quickly replied: "Who are you?"

It is obvious that no note was made for Shen Kang.

Shen Kang then mentioned the opening day of Yanyu Tea House, which reminded the other party of it. Shen Kang also expressed his desire to invite the other party to join the Beiming Community and asked to find a time to discuss it face-to-face. In the end, the two agreed to meet the next day.

The following day, Saturday, Shen Kang arrived at the multimedia classroom on the first floor of B12 at 2 PM and saw that there were already six people inside: four boys and two girls.

The women were all sitting together, each with a laptop in front of them, chatting with each other.

Yin Zhiqian was among them. Because he was tall, over 1.9 meters, Shen Kang noticed him at a glance.

Upon seeing Shen Kang enter, Yin Zhiqian stood up, briefly introduced Shen Kang to everyone, and then pulled Shen Kang aside to sit down and chat.

"I thought you were just a bubble tea shop owner before. I never expected you to have a forum." Yin Zhiqian looked at Shen Kang and said, "After you mentioned it yesterday, I went to check out your forum and did some research. It seems pretty good."

The best part is that after researching, Yin Zhiqian discovered that the Beiming Forum can actually make money! His postings on the Yangbei Forum were more about gaining a sense of recognition and accomplishment, rather than any actual economic income.

So, although the number of users on the Beiming Forum is far less than that on the Yangbei Forum, Yin Zhiqian really wants to go there—in fact, he registered an account yesterday.

Seeing that Yin Zhiqian seemed unaware of the Beiming Community before, Shen Kang asked, "Didn't you stock up on trial vouchers before, Senior Yin?"

Yin Zhiqian shook his head. "No."

Shen Kang thought to himself, "It seems this student has never been exposed to my system before." He then said, "Didn't you mention last time, Senior Yin, that you have two friends who also like writing jokes? Besides inviting you to join our Beiming Community, I'd also like to invite your two friends to join as well."

Yin Zhiqian gestured towards the group of people not far away, "There's one over there, shall I call him over and say something?"

"it is good."

So Yin Zhiqian called over another boy from over there and introduced him to them.

This is a boy who is less than 1.7 meters tall, very thin, and looks a bit like a bean sprout. His name is Ji Chunfu.

After Yin Zhiqian briefly explained Shen Kang's purpose, Ji Chunfu agreed—it was just a matter of opening an account on a new forum.

Shen Kang then looked at the other group of people not far away and asked, "Is this your literary club?"

He overheard some snippets of conversation coming from over there, seemingly a discussion about writing techniques. Given that both Yin Zhiqian and Ji Chunfu enjoyed writing jokes, they naturally assumed it was a literary club.

Yin Zhiqian replied, "No, it's the Singles Association."

There are such clubs?

Shen Kang was surprised, but his interest immediately piqued. "Singles Association? What does that do? Is the club's purpose to stay single?"

He had absolutely no interest in any of the clubs at the university, except for the Singles Association. It was practically tailor-made for him; he had to become its president!

Yin Zhiqian smiled helplessly and said, "Actually, the Singles Association is just a front; we're actually a new media literature club."

"Huh?" Shen Kang was taken aback.

Yin Zhiqian knew that the terms "singles association" and "new media literature club" were rather convoluted, so he explained, "We initially wanted to apply for the 'new media literature club,' but the school didn't approve it. They said the school already had a literature club, and creating another one would be redundant. They told us to join the literature club instead."

At this point, Yin Zhiqian looked somewhat embarrassed: "But the literature club didn't want us. So we applied for a singles association," which was really just a pretext.

Yin Zhiqian slapped his thigh. "And the school approved it! We don't even have some backup options anymore. So now we're basically a 'New Media Literature Club' disguised as a 'Singles Association'."

Goodness, that's quite a convoluted explanation. After listening, Shen Kang finally understood what their Singles Association was all about.

"Why doesn't the literary society want you guys?" Shen Kang asked.

"Well,"

Yin Zhiqian was a little embarrassed, but he still said it: "We are all science students, and they think our writing is not very good."

OK----"

Shen Kang had read some of Yin Zhiqian's writings on the Yangbei Forum and felt that Yin Zhiqian's writing style was fine and easy to understand. Perhaps the literary society had high standards.

Shen Kang didn't pursue the topic further, skipping over it and gesturing to the group of people not far away, "So they were all rejected by the literary society just like you?"

Yin Zhiqian nodded, "Mm."

"Good grief, a losers' alliance, huh?" Shen Kang thought to himself, then asked, "So they're like you guys, enjoying writing jokes in their spare time?"

Yin Zhiqian shook his head. "No. Some of them write online novels, and some write things on blogs."

Shen Kang now understood why this group wanted to apply for a club called "New Media Literature Club." "Can I see what they've written?"

He needs as many people as possible this time. If these people can write as clearly as Yin Zhiqian, then he wants them too.

Then Yin Zhiqian didn't refuse and directly took a laptop and pulled up all the online articles and blogs written by the members of the Singles Association.

After a quick glance, Shen Kang found these people to be quite good: although they lacked flowery language, those who could get into university generally had decent Chinese language scores, so their writing was quite clear. And perhaps because everyone...

Because they are both science students, they have relatively good logical thinking skills.

However, perhaps due to the choice of topics and content, the online articles and blogs written by these individuals do not receive many clicks.

Shen Kang immediately made a decision, "Okay, I'll take them all! You can write according to my requirements, I'll check them, and I'll pay you directly for each one that passes. You can post them on the Beiming Community yourselves, and all the points generated from the replies will be yours."

Upon hearing this, Yin Zhiqian was overjoyed. He had originally thought that Shen Kang was simply asking them to post on the Beiming Forum, and that their earnings would only come from the forum points, with their success depending entirely on their own abilities. He hadn't expected Shen Kang to provide them with a guaranteed minimum payment!

"But they can't write jokes either." After his initial joy, Yin Zhiqian started thinking about the others.

Shen Kang said, "It doesn't necessarily have to be jokes. Everyone is free to improvise, as long as the students like to watch it."

Content that's open to discussion and can generate buzz is welcome.

Yin Zhiqian thought for a moment, still unsure: "For example?"

Shen Kang thought for a moment about how to give an example, and just then he caught a glimpse of the screen of the laptop that Yin Zhiqian had brought over.

They had just opened a webpage to read the online articles of those singles association members, so the webpage was still open, and there was a news article about Zhou Jielun's new album "Capricorn".

This is Zhou Jielun's new album, which was just released on October 15th, and it's been getting a lot of attention these past few days.

A sudden inspiration struck Shen Kang.

"For example, do it like this."

Shen Kang immediately created a Word document and began typing the title: "Shocking! Not Zhou Hou, not Shuang J, it turns out she's Zhou Jielun's real girlfriend!"

Yin Zhiqian and Ji Chunfu, watching from the side, were intrigued by the headline: Zhou Jielun, this suddenly emerging Asian superstar, was incredibly popular, arguably the number one in the Chinese music scene. Therefore, Zhou Jielun's love life had become a hot topic of conversation.

Among Zhou Jielun's romantic relationships, the most well-known are naturally the Zhou-Hou romance and the Double J romance. However, Shen Kang's headline actually claims that Zhou Jielun's real girlfriend is not one of these two.

This naturally piqued their curiosity.

Shen Kang only wrote a title and then stopped writing, which prompted Yin Zhiqian to ask, "So who is Zhou Jielun's real girlfriend? —"

His words trailed off abruptly. Yin Zhiqian, as if realizing something, didn't wait for Shen Kang to speak and said directly, "You mean, as long as it's a topic like yours, something that can pique everyone's curiosity and lure them in, that's enough, right?"

Shen Kang shook his head. "You're half right. What you write needs to be interesting, but pure deception won't work. You also need some substance. It doesn't have to be real, but it should at least be plausible."

Seeing that Yin Zhiqian understood the meaning of this first step, he continued to demonstrate how to justify himself.

Shen Kang first opened Youku.com, entered keywords, and searched for a while.

These days, Youku hasn't really taken any copyright action yet, but there's a huge amount of all sorts of content on it.

After searching for a while, Shen Kang finally found what he was looking for—a pornographic film for China Mobile's M-Zone series, which Zhou Jielun had filmed with S.H.E. and Pan Wei-bo.

After Shen Kang opened the video, he paused it frame by frame, took a few screenshots, and then used the system's built-in drawing software to crop and paste the images together.

The "GG" from M-Zone used the classic "GG" phrase: "On my turf, you have to listen to me."

In this GG video, Zhou, SHE, Pan, and the other three members all have yellow "mine" labels on their bodies.

In the final image that Shen Kang pieced together, the yellow labels clearly marked "mine" and showed who each label was stuck on.

Shen Kang inserted the image into a Word document and then started typing.

Before revealing who Zhou Jielun's real girlfriend is, let me first list some irrefutable evidence.

"Zhou Jielun once filmed a 'GG' video for China Mobile's M-Zone, alongside S.H.E. and Pan Wei-bo. Notice the 'My' tags on all five of them; did you notice anything different? That's right, the other 'My' tags are normal, but H's 'My' tag has a heart on it. And ultimately, this 'My' tag with the heart..."

The label was stuck on Zhou Jielun.

Yin Zhiqian, sitting to the side watching, couldn't help but curse, "Holy crap! It really is!"

His eyes widened as if he had discovered a new continent.

Ji Chunfu also looked surprised, as if he were watching a spectacle unfold. "Really? Could it be a coincidence?"

Shen Kang didn't say anything, but just searched online again and found some relevant information and interview reports about Zhou Jielun. He took screenshots of this information and inserted them into a Word document.

The interview information in the screenshot shows that Zhou Jielun is the director of this pornographic film.

"Please note that Zhou Jielun himself is the director of this pornographic film, so there is no coincidence or anything like that. This was intentional on his part, and it is one of Zhou Jielun's little tricks."

"Holy crap!" Yin Zhiqian exclaimed again, his eyes widening even further. He couldn't help but say, "Could it be that Zhou Jielun's real girlfriend really is her?!"

Their overreaction, coupled with talk of "real girlfriends," piqued the curiosity of the singles association members over there.

Someone came over, asked what was going on, and after a brief understanding, immediately exclaimed in surprise and quickly called everyone over.

The newcomers learned a little more, and they all exclaimed in surprise. Then, none of them left, and they just stood there, a group of people surrounding the area.

Behind them, wanting to see if Shen Kang had any more evidence, everyone was focused, their eyes shining brightly as they stared intently, each more excited than the last.

If Shen Kang were trying to prove either Shuang J or Zhou Hou, they wouldn't be so enthusiastic, since those two are already widely recognized. But Shen Kang brought up H, which was quite unexpected and really piqued their interest.

That's why people say that watching the drama unfold is human nature.

Shen Kang was happy to see everyone come and learn together, so he continued searching. This time, he found a clip of Zhou Jielun on a radio program, and he directly extracted a section of the audio.

"The Beiming Community allows posting short audio clips. I'm just doing this as a token gesture, which is equivalent to posting the audio clip. I hope you understand."

Shen Kang first explained to them, and then continued typing in the Word document.

"Then comes the second piece of irrefutable evidence."

"Please note this audio clip, which is an interview with Zhou Jielun on a radio program. He spontaneously rearranged the lyrics of the song 'White Windmill' and sang the three lines 'sweet seawater,' 'complex tears,' and 'real feelings.'"

Oh, by the way, the first character of these three lines, in the order Zhou Jielun sang them, happens to be H's name.

Shen Kang also took a screenshot of H's real name from the encyclopedia and inserted it into a Word document.

"Holy crap!" "It really is!"

The members of the Singles Association exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone knows S.H.E., but I didn't know their real names before. Now that I know, I'm really surprised.

Shen Kang searched again and found the KTV version of the song "White Windmill". He specifically took a screenshot of the scene where those few lines appeared, then inserted it into a Word document and typed it out.

"Judging from the footage of this song in a karaoke bar, it's so clear that you don't even need to rearrange the order."

In this screenshot from the KTV version, "Sweet seawater, complicated tears" is on the top row, while "Real feelings, dreamlike distance" (which has already been sung) is on the bottom row. Judging from the image, the first characters of these three acrostic phrases are exactly in the same order as the order in which Zhou Jielun sang them on the radio program.

The crowd gasped in surprise again.

Shen Kang continued searching online and directly extracted an audio clip of "Mr. Magic" from Zhou Jielun's album "Capricorn," which had just been released a couple of days prior.

"Pay attention to the lyrics. Don't ask me what's real, the feelings I show you are real, because all I want is for you to be happy." Here, the lyrics say "real," but what did he sing it as? He sang it as "zhenzhen." And as everyone saw before, "zhen" is H's name.

Everyone exclaimed in surprise again, not expecting there to be a new album. It was fresh, exciting, and the evidence was irrefutable.

Shen Kang continued to output.

In the movie *Secret*, the first close-up of the female lead, Xiaoyu, is at 3 minutes and 30 seconds. And H's birthday is 3...

The 30th of the month. Looking at the female lead's look again, it's not exactly the same as this photo of H, but rather identical. — Then look at this scene, where Brother Du, who plays Dayong in "Secret," directly calls H "Xiaoyu." — This is the real secret hidden in "Secret."

As Shen Kang continued his output, the members of the Singles Association gasped in surprise one after another, feeling utterly astonished. They finally realized that the Heavenly King had hidden so many secrets within his works!

Even after Shen Kang finished his output and the game was over, everyone was still excited and discussing it.

Shen Kang then looked at Yin Zhiqian and said, "That's basically the routine. You should understand it now, right?"

Yin Zhiqian nodded, somewhat understanding what Shen Kang was saying: first, devise a sensational point, then make it logically consistent. The truth isn't that important, as long as the logic is sound. And "logic" is precisely what these science students excel at.

As for the reaction to Shen Kang's ideas, just look at the reactions of the members of the Singles Association around him.

As the two were talking, a voice suddenly interrupted, "If we follow your line of reasoning, then the song 'The Promised Happiness' on his new album was written for Hou."

Shen Kang looked over in the direction of the sound and saw a girl from the Singles Association who wasn't participating in the lively discussion but was looking at him.

Yin Zhiqian quickly introduced them, and Shen Kang learned that the girl's name was Xu Mengting, and that she was the one he had just seen...

The online article was written by the girl in front of me.

Judging from Xu Mengting's appearance and her words just now, it seems that she is a fan of Zhou Jielun, so she is a little unhappy with Shen Kang's interpretation of Zhou Jielun's works.

Shen Kang wasn't annoyed. Instead, he offered his seat and said, "Then try operating according to this approach."

Xu Mengting, true to her old ways, didn't stand on ceremony and sat down.

Seeing that the two experts on romance were about to have a showdown, the members of the Singles Association temporarily stopped their discussion and focused on watching.

Just like Shen Kang had done earlier, Xu Mengting found the new song "The Promised Happiness" and played it. She then repeatedly played it back around 2 minutes and 47 seconds to make sure everyone could hear it clearly.

Yes, before Zhou Jielun sang "H00~~" in the song "What's wrong? Are you tired? What happened to the happiness we promised?", it did sound like he was singing "Hou".

Fearing that people might have doubts, Xu Mengting also found the song "I Don't Deserve It" and skipped to 4 minutes and 16 seconds, where there is also a "H00~~".

"Everyone knows that 'I Don't Deserve It' was clearly written for Hou, so the 'H00' in 'I Don't Deserve It' is obviously intentional, referring to Hou. Similarly, I think the same applies to 'The Promised Happiness.' If you insist on calling my argument far-fetched, then I also think your 'truly real' argument is far-fetched, since everyone knows that Jay Chou often has unclear pronunciation when he sings."

After Xu Mengting finished speaking, she looked at Shen Kang, wanting to see how he would respond.

She was indeed a fan of Zhou Jielun and Hou Yi, and she was quite sad when they broke up. Hearing Shen Kang's comments about pairing Zhou Jielun with H just now, she couldn't help herself.

Come on, let's have a battle between CP fans!

Xu Mengting was full of fighting spirit, after all, she had participated in battles with other CP fans before and was always at the forefront.

Shen Kang exclaimed in approval, "Yes, yes, that's exactly the line of thinking!"

"?" Xu Mengting looked puzzled.

Shen Kang then said to Yin Zhiqian, "The case I just mentioned, you should post it on the Beiming Community on my behalf. Also, put Xu Mengting's rebuttal in the comments section of this post. These things need to be argued about; the more people argue, the higher the buzz will be. It would be best to think of another way to get those who ship the two Js involved too, so they can argue together! ————"

After finishing his explanation, Yin Zhiqian also explained the purpose of Shen Kang's visit.

The members of the Singles Association were quite interested when they heard this, since they already enjoyed writing, and now that they could get paid for writing, they were even more interested, so they all expressed their willingness to do the job.

At this moment, Shen Kang called Xu Mengting aside again.