I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Just as a group of people from the Beiming community were welcoming the bus and the driver.

Wang Tao, dressed in his pajamas, sat at his desk, deep in thought.

On the computer in front of me, the page for "If You Are the One" was still open.

"This seems to be something..."

Wang Tao thought to himself silently.

He initially looked at this thing just to learn about it, hoping that if he had the chance, he might be able to have a chat with the company's heir and get on his good side.

But after reading it all, he had a different opinion.

"This guy, it seems like he actually got a good deal."

Wang Tao thought to himself.

He had just witnessed the entire data firsthand. At its peak, over 13,000 people were watching the show simultaneously, which was tantamount to witnessing the downfall of Jindak.

On average, there are 8,000 people online at the same time, seeing their GG (game name).

All they need to pay for this is a GG fee of about 900 yuan per period.

It's worth it.

If this website were to further expand its reach and user base—for example, by capturing the entire university town of Beilu District, or even the entire university student market of Yangcheng—how many people would be watching "If You Are the One" simultaneously each episode? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand? ...

Of course, this is all predicated on the website actually being able to expand further.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Tao stopped thinking about it and started sending private messages to that little bear girl, trying to flirt with her.

I was thinking about work just now, but now I'm thinking about personal matters.

After sending a private message to Xiaoxiongjiang, Wang Tao didn't stop there. He also sent a private message to "Qingxiaobiehan," a person he had just followed on "If You Are the One."

When Wang Tao was watching the show, he read through all the personal profiles of the 12 female guests.

Some of the female guests did not have any photos or information on their personal pages, so it was unknown what they looked like.

Some of them have related photos or past posts, which show what they look like.

Among the female guests in this latter part, Xiaoxiongjiang and Qingxiaobiehan are the most to Wang Tao's liking.

After sending two private messages, there was no response for a long time.

"So aloof?"

Wang Tao waited for a long time but didn't receive a reply. He was a little frustrated, but there was nothing he could do, so he just ignored it for now and started hacking and slashing in a private server of the game "Legend".

Little did he know that Qingxiao Biehan did not reply to him not because she was aloof, but because she couldn't reply.

……

Ji Feiyan sat in front of the computer.

As the show ended, my roommates had already left and returned to their seats, but they were still chattering about what happened on "If You Are the One" that day.

Ji Feiyan kept clicking on the private messages that showed "99+" unread messages.

Before appearing on tonight's "If You Are the One," Ji Feiyan was a well-known user on the Beiming Community and received many private messages, but far fewer than tonight.

She started ordering right after the show ended, and has been doing so for a while now.

Finally, the number of unread private messages dropped from 99+ to 98.

Ji Feiyan decided to hold off on clicking for the time being and instead looked at her follower count.

Before appearing on tonight's "If You Are the One," she had 2198 followers, and now she has 3870 followers.

One episode of "If You Are the One" increased her follower count by 1672!

It's almost doubled.

This shocked Ji Feiyan.

"I originally just wanted to support Shen Kang, that's why I signed up for this show, I never expected to gain so much..."

Ji Feiyan thought for a while, then opened Xiaoxiongjiang's personal homepage and checked the number of followers.

Ji Feiyan has been quietly paying attention to some of the "competitors" of similar size in the Beiming Community.

She doesn't remember the exact number of followers Little Bear had before, but she has a basic impression that it was around 2700.

Now, the number of followers displayed on Xiaoxiongjiang's personal homepage is a completely different number.

5813

It gained over 3,000 followers immediately.

"...The price increase is outrageous."

Although Ji Feiyan had already anticipated this, she was still astonished by the exaggerated number of new followers.

"She's probably the user with the most followers on the Beiming Community right now, right?"

Thinking this, Ji Feiyan clicked on several of the top users she was following.

Among them, Zhong Lin from their class has the most followers, with 3140.

Before this, Zhong Lin was the top user with the most followers in the entire Beiming community. But now, just because of the broadcast of the "If You Are the One" program, Xiao Xiong Jiang has overtaken her and taken the top spot.

Moreover, it still opened up a gap of more than 2,000 followers, making it the clear leader.

Looking at these numbers, Ji Feiyan quickly made a decision: "It seems that I'll stay on this show for as long as I can."

This show is gaining followers so fast.

Of course, replicating Xiaoxiongjiang's meteoric rise in followers is highly unlikely. But if you persist long enough, the rewards should be plentiful...

Ji Feiyan wasn't the only one who noticed this.

Liu Wenjing also noticed this.

Many of the female guests who participated in "If You Are the One" tonight also noticed this.

Even some astute viewers noticed this.

For example, Song Qingru.

Song Qingru was sitting in her dormitory at that moment, and the page for "If You Are the One" was still open.

She watched the whole thing tonight.

After reading it, I was still not satisfied, so I clicked on another user I was following.

This user is female and one of the female guests participating in tonight's "If You Are the One".

Song Qingru wanted to see if this female user would post Xi Yao's "post-match thoughts," but she didn't see any "post-match thoughts" yet. Instead, she saw that the female user's follower count had changed.

Song Qingru clearly remembered that the female user she was following previously had around 1100 followers, but now, the number of followers had increased to 1621!

"It seems he won't have to worry about finding guests anymore; everyone will probably be scrambling to get on the show."

Song Qingru chuckled softly.

When she learned that Shen Kang had started another "If You Are the One" event, she was a little worried that Shen Kang wouldn't be able to find enough guests for each episode.

For this reason, she even made a special phone call to Shen Kang, saying that if there weren't enough people to participate, she could also help out.

Shen Kang said at the time that there were many people who signed up, and there were enough people, but he still thanked her for her kindness.

However, this did not deter Song Qingru from wanting to help.

She was the head of the student union's life department, and she knew very well what these college students were like: they loved anything exciting, so in the first few sessions, there were probably enough participants.

But as time goes on, people's enthusiasm will wane, and there might not be enough people.

However, Song Qingru no longer has this worry.

She had been using the Beiming Community for a while and had a certain understanding of how it worked. She knew that on the Beiming Community, the number of followers was roughly equivalent to earning power.

With the current ability of "If You Are the One" to gain so many fans, everyone will naturally be vying to get on the show, and for a long time there won't be any problem with a lack of applicants.

Just then, Song Qingru's phone rang.

When I picked it up, I found it was a call from my father.

As soon as the call connected, Song Qingru asked preemptively, "How was it? Was the event very well organized?"

"Indeed, it's a great event. I see you college students participating very enthusiastically. The people typing down there are so busy, I can't keep up with them all."

Hearing that her father also agreed that the program was very well done, Song Qingru was quite happy and began to explain in detail: "And that's not all..."

In a study

Song Zhengping sat at his desk, listening to his daughter on the other end of the phone praising the program, his thoughts drifting back to what had just happened.

Just a short while ago, he was browsing some current news information when his daughter called and asked him to go to a website and watch an online program.

Song Zhengping inquired and learned that it was a secondhand trading and social networking online program, purely for entertainment.

Song Zhengping is not interested in this kind of program.

But what Song Zhengping was even more interested in was what this program was all about. After all, it was the first time in his life that his daughter had called specifically to invite him to watch an entertainment program.

So Song Zhengping probed further and finally found out what was going on.

This program was produced by Shen Kang.

So Song Zhengping started reading it and finished reading it.

Now, when he hears his daughter praising him on the other end of the phone, Song Zhengping just listens without saying a word.

He silently pondered his thoughts, thinking about Shen Kang.

He had a pretty good impression of that young man.

There was only one thing: that kid had clearly expressed his "no dating" attitude to his face and had repeatedly emphasized it, which made Song Zhengping very unhappy.

However, it didn't flare up at the time.

Afterwards, Song Zhengping also had people from Yangcheng Bank take the initiative to contact Anjia Household Services. It seems that this small disagreement did not affect the business.

It was only when they actually started making contact that Song Zhengping put in the effort.

The loan process is proceeding normally, but the progress is very slow.

As a result, Kang Zhengyang from Anjia Household Services visited the home twice to urge them to return the favor.

However, Yangcheng Bank had its own explanation and directly rejected the offer.

"President Kang, as you all know, the collateralization of data assets is still in its early stages of exploration, and the mainstream approach is still physical collateral. Yangcheng Bank is already taking a significant risk by being willing to try collateralization of digital assets, so we inevitably have to be cautious. We hope you can understand."

This statement is flawless because it is entirely true.

Kang Zhengyang had no choice but to return empty-handed.

This is Song Zhengping's consistent style of doing things.

He won't confront you directly or break off relations. Instead, he'll use a tacitly agreed-upon method to first give you hope, making you reluctant to let go, and then slowly choke you, forcing you to submit.

In the end, both sides reached a compromise and an agreement, and no direct conflict occurred, thus saving face for each other.

Song Zhengping's methods have always been effective.

He could almost foresee that Shen Kang would eventually be defeated by his move.

"This can be considered a lesson for the kid, to give him some experience."

This was Song Zhengping's thought at the time, and he was very certain of it.

But to Song Zhengping's surprise, things took an unexpected turn.

The people below have recently reported some new information.

"People from China Construction Bank are also in contact with Anjia Housekeeping!"

When Song Zhengping received this message, he was taken aback.

He subconsciously wondered if this was a smokescreen put out by Shen Kang.

To this end, Song Zhengping also conducted a detailed investigation and made contact, and the investigation results overturned the speculation that it was a "smokescreen"—the people from the Construction Bank were indeed in contact with Anjia Household Services.

The one leading the group was someone Song Zhengping knew, Shi Qingxiang.

Upon hearing this news, Song Zhengping had some guesses and even invited Shi Qingxiang out for tea to subtly inquire whether the other party's sudden interest in lending to Anjia Household Services was due to the four trillion yuan stimulus plan.

Shi Qingxiang's answer surprised Song Zhengping.

Judging from Shi Qingxiang's words, it was because of the four trillion yuan stimulus plan, but it wasn't just because of that plan. Song Zhengping couldn't get any more information from Shi Qingxiang; he could only conclude that the Construction Bank did indeed want to secure this loan project.

This is really frustrating.

Song Zhengping wanted to teach that kid a lesson, but it seems that he ended up being taught a lesson by that kid instead.

……

"……dad?"

His daughter's calls on the phone finally brought Song Zhengping back to his senses.

"what?"

Song Qingru's voice came through the receiver, sounding somewhat coquettish, "Were you busy with something else? Didn't you hear what I just said at all?"

Song Zhengping chuckled, "No, no, I was just thinking about some work-related matters. But I heard most of what you just said; the event was indeed very well organized, and Shen Kang is truly very capable."

"Right?" Hearing her friend praise her father again, Song Qingru was quite happy.

After a moment of silence, Song Zhengping suddenly said, "Do you have a lot of classes tomorrow? I have some business to attend to in Beilu District tomorrow, so I'll come over and have dinner with you."

Hearing that her father was coming to invite her to dinner the next day, Song Qingru was quite happy: "Okay, then I won't eat breakfast tomorrow morning!"

"Nonsense, you still need to eat breakfast."...

After chatting for a while, the father and daughter hung up the phone. Song Zhengping sat in his chair and thought silently for a while before getting up and leaving the study in complete silence.

Meanwhile, at the south gate of Yangon University of Science and Technology...

A group of people boarded the bus, looking at each other in silence.