I suggest you investigate; this person doesn't seem to be a first-time reborn individual.

At 10 p.m., the office of the leasing department of Jinding Shopping Mall was still brightly lit.

Xiao Liu, the assistant in charge of online monitoring of the event, was refreshing the forum page when she suddenly exclaimed "Huh?"

He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

In the forums of universities of science and technology, finance and economics, and even many universities where they did not advertise "a couple for a week in the university town shopping mall", posts promoting "a couple for a week in the university town shopping mall" appeared and were quite popular.

Wow, someone's offering to help promote it?

Are college students these days so enthusiastic?

He carefully read the post and found that the activity description was indeed the same as theirs, but it did not mention "Jin Ding" at all, only saying "a shopping mall in the university town".

Just to be on the safe side, he checked if the link was correct.

Hmm... no problem, this is our Jin Ding registration website.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief and knocked on Wang Jiaonu's office door.

"Manager Wang, I have something to report." He placed his notebook on the table. "Someone is spontaneously helping us with our publicity, and the reach is wider than we expected. Several school forums that haven't invested any money have started to appear on our platform."

"Oh? There's such a good thing? Let me see it."

Wang Jiaonu took the mouse and quickly browsed through it.

"Didn't you write our mall's name on it?" He frowned slightly.

"Yes, it only says a shopping mall in the university town, but I checked the link, and it is indeed ours."

Wang Jiaonu was more cautious than her assistant. She specifically clicked on the link to test it and confirmed that it was indeed the registration page for her own shopping mall.

"It seems our event idea was so good that it sparked spontaneous sharing among students! That's a good thing!"

Wang Jiaonu was in a great mood and tapped her fingers lightly on the table.

"Okay, Xiao Liu, contact the administrators of these university forums immediately. Under the guise of collaborative promotion, give them a sponsorship fee and have them prominently display these posts on the homepage!"

"Yes, supervisor." Xiao Liu accepted the order and left.

Wang Jiaonu was somewhat excited. Looking at the ever-increasing number of replies to the post, he was already looking forward to the day when the streets of Jinding would be deserted.

Even though the formula is copied, just throw some money at it and the effect will come, right?

He lit a cigarette with a contented look and leaned back in his chair.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Liu came in again.

"Manager Wang, there are also posts about our mall on local forums in Jiangning. Should we contact them as well?"

"Um...we can contact them and see their quote."

"What about eastern Guangdong, Beijing, and Shanghai?"

"??????"

……

The next day.

As soon as Lin Ran arrived at the entrance of 108, he heard cheers coming from inside. He roughly understood that Jin Ding had indeed spent money to promote him.

"Boss, they really sponsored us with money!" Xia Chan exclaimed incredulously.

Lin Ran wasn't surprised. He opened Momo's backend and looked at the data. He raised an eyebrow. The number of registered users in the backend not only included more local IPs from Jiangning, but also quite a few from other places. It seemed that Jin Ding was really willing to spend money.

"Boss, what's our next step?" Ye Li rubbed her hands together, eager to get started. She was the most frustrated by having her idea copied, but now she saw a glimmer of hope for revenge against Jin Ding, and she was so excited she could hardly contain herself.

"Sign up for the event!"

"what?"

"What do you mean, 'huh'?" Lin Ran counted on her fingers, "I've seen the prize list that Jin Ding prepared this time: three iPhones, five digital cameras, ten pairs of headphones, and a bunch of cash red envelopes, cosmetic gift sets, restaurant vouchers... What, none of you like anything?"

Ye Li was somewhat incredulous: "People have already spent money to promote us, and we're still eyeing their prizes?"

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Lin Ran spat. "What do you mean by 'coveting'? This is a legitimate registration, a lottery based on luck, fair and just. How is that 'coveting'?"

Xia Chan was the first to react, raising her hand high: "Boss, I like iPhones, if you win, could you give one to me?"

"Of course." Lin Ran nodded readily.

Xia Chan's eyes lit up.

"At worst, we'll just deduct it from your salary every month."

Summer Cicada: "..."

……

In the afternoon, as usual, Lin Ran took Xia Chan to the Normal University for a research trip.

The activities at the Polytechnic University and the Finance and Economics University have been successfully launched. Thanks to Jiangnan University's reputation and user experience, the user engagement of the activities has far exceeded expectations.

The normal university and the industrial university are in the next batch, with only two days between them and the previous batch. Lin Ran has hardly spent any time at school recently.

Sitting in the cafeteria of the Normal University, Xia Chan flipped through her notebook: "Boss, we really can't keep up with the manpower. Your friend Wang Zihao is holding things up at the Finance and Economics College, and the University of Science and Technology is barely managing to operate, but with the Normal University and the University of Technology also involved, with four schools pushing forward at the same time, even the current team working around the clock is barely enough."

Lin Ran nodded. Finding suitable part-time staff from within the university was also one of the purposes of his visit to the university today.

"It's best to find students from our own school who are familiar with the campus environment, especially those who need to work part-time," Lin Ran said. "They have an affinity for the school and know their classmates, making it much easier to promote the program. We can be generous with the compensation, but we need to establish a clear incentive system with extra bonuses for good performance."

Xia Chan carefully wrote it down: "Then I'll go to the work-study center at the Normal University later and ask."

On his way back to Jiangda University, Lin Ran glanced at the time, then suddenly turned a corner and arrived at Jin Ding.

"Boss, where are we going?" Xia Chan asked, puzzled, realizing that this wasn't the way back to school.

"Go to Jin Ding and see how our partners are doing."

Summer Cicada: "..."

As luck would have it, just as they entered, they saw Wang Jiaonu and Wang Mingzhe patrolling around, looking at the pink posters at the mall entrance.

Lin Ran smiled brightly and waved to the two men: "Presidents Wang, are you busy?"

"..."

Wang Jiaonu and Wang Mingzhe exchanged a glance. They had said such things yesterday, how could this person still be laughing? Wang Mingzhe thought this kid was quite interesting, so young yet so magnanimous.

Wang Jiaonu thought Lin Ran was a bit dim-witted.

"Mr. Lin, would you be interested in working for Jin Ding?"

Lin Ran and Wang Jiaonu were both taken aback, not expecting Wang Mingzhe to suddenly say such a thing.

Lin Ran waved his hand: "Mr. Wang, you flatter me. I'm only a freshman in college and haven't graduated yet."

Wang Mingzhe then realized that the kid in front of him had just started college and probably had just come of age.

They've managed to organize such a huge event in just half a month, and apparently several universities are still holding similar events. And this guy is only a freshman?

That's way too abstract!

Although Wang Mingzhe found it hard to believe, he had exceptional emotional control and quickly put on a smile: "President Lin, we're practically in the same industry now, so you'll have to help me spread the word!"

"Sure, sure, I'll go back and have all the single guys on my team sign up. Oh, and I'm also the class monitor, so I'll have my classmates sign up too."

Wang Mingzhe was somewhat dazed; this college student seemed like a really nice person.

"By the way, Ms. Wang," Lin Ran said to Wang Jiaonu, rubbing his hands apologetically, "I have something else to ask you today."

"What is it?"

"Well... the prize includes an iPhone, right? Could you also get a pink phone case? I like pink and cute things."

"?"

Wang Jiaonu looked at him and suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart.

What does your liking of pink have to do with our prizes, lol!

Isn't that too presumptuous?