Rebirth: My Home Has Become a Gathering Place for Young Women with a "Crazy" Spirit

Qin Lang asked a waiter for iodine and gauze dressing. After disinfecting the wound on his arm, he bandaged it simply and walked back to the three-nine private room.

Inside the private room, Xu Han and the other two naturally lost their appetite for singing. Seeing Qin Lang return, Su Yue was the first to approach him: "Brother Lang, how did it go?"

"It's nothing." Qin Lang said casually, walking to the sofa and sitting down. "The person has been taken away."

Su Yue's eyes widened as she asked, "You really sent that yandere guy in?"

"It's just cooperating with the investigation," Qin Lang corrected. "Whether or not a conviction is ultimately reached is a matter for the police."

Ruan Zhihuan asked hesitantly, "So... shall we continue singing?"

Qin Lang picked up his wine glass, took a big gulp, and said, "Sing! This private room cost over a thousand yuan, we can't waste it."

He was the first to pick up the microphone and sing along with the lyrics on the screen.

"Penghu Bay, Penghu Bay, Grandma's Penghu Bay..."

……

As the plagiarism controversy gradually subsided, the silly animation "Shrimp Cultivation: Starting as a Furnace" and its author "Silly Shrimp" became completely popular after this incident.

In just five days, the "Silly Shrimp" account saw its follower count skyrocket, surpassing one million, and these were almost all highly targeted and active fans. This achievement propelled Qin Lang into the ranks of Bilibili's top content creators, with the account consistently ranking among the top three in the anime category in terms of views, interactions, and follower growth.

The comments section and private messages were full of requests for more updates, expressions of support and encouragement.

Most importantly, the donations and tips poured in like wildfire, with daily donations exceeding 100,000 yuan. This gave Qin Lang a firsthand experience of the thrill of "filling a sack with money."

Another thing that surprised him was that his fantasy novel, "The Undying Yuan Zun," which he was serializing on a certain online platform, had also become a hit. The novel was only 150,000 words long and had not yet been released for purchase, but it had already climbed to eleventh place on the monthly ticket chart and fifth place on the new book chart, and had even received more than twenty patron rewards.

That evening, Qin Lang stared at the novel's data, stunned. Ah... this?

Although he was quite confident in the setting and plot of his novel, he did not expect to achieve such success so quickly.

Qin Lang opened the comments section and wrote: "Thank you all for your kindness. I have no way to repay you but to do so with my own body... I'll add two extra chapters today to repay everyone."

As Qin Lang was typing furiously at his computer, the Bilibili icon in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen suddenly flashed, indicating that someone had sent him a message. He ignored it until he finished writing the current chapter, at which point he clicked the Bilibili icon.

The next second, a chat window with the official Bilibili logo popped up on the computer screen. The other party's nickname was: Zhao Ning, Operations Supervisor of Bilibili Original Content Section, and it also had the logo of the official Bilibili Original Content Operations Department account.

Upon seeing this, Qin Lang's heart stirred, and he lightly touched the mouse to open the private message.

"Dear silly shrimp UP master, I am Zhao Ning, the operations manager of Bilibili's original content section. First of all, congratulations on your successful rights protection and on surpassing one million followers with your high-quality content. The platform is now officially extending an exclusive contract invitation to you. After signing the contract, you will enjoy exclusive traffic, preferential official resources, and other support policies. I would like to schedule a time to discuss the contract terms with you in detail."

Looking at the exclusive contract offer on the screen, Qin Lang merely smiled faintly. If any other new content creator received such an exclusive contract offer from Bilibili, they would probably be overjoyed and immediately try to sign with them.

In his past life, Qin Lang had suffered too many losses from platform contracts. What seemed fair and just, with generous terms, actually contained various hidden clauses, such as deductions from revenue sharing, contractual binding, and exorbitant breach-of-contract penalties—pitfalls everywhere. Their goal was simply to trap high-quality creators. Many content creators, unaware of these tricks, impulsively signed contracts, only to become the platform's money-making tools, their hard work going to waste as the platform took the lion's share of the profits.

Qin Lang was reborn with the experience of his previous life, and in this life, he would definitely not allow himself to be manipulated by these unequal contracts again.

After a moment's thought, he quickly typed on the keyboard and replied to the platform manager: "Dear Manager Zhao, thank you for the platform's recognition. As for signing a contract... I am interested in signing a contract with the platform, but I hope the platform can send someone to communicate with me online one-on-one to discuss the contract terms in detail."

I sent a private message, and within a minute I received a reply: "No problem, whenever you have time, I'm available anytime."

Qin Lang glanced at tomorrow's schedule. There were only two English classes in the morning, and he could be back by 10:00. So he replied, "I'm free at 10:30 tomorrow morning. We can discuss this via video call."

Zhao Ning, Operations Manager of Bilibili's Original Content Section: "Okay, no problem, I'll contact you again later."

After closing the chat window, Qin Lang got up, stretched, took a sip of water, and planned to type a couple more chapters of his novel to repay the patrons. Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the door, followed by two chattering voices bursting in.

"Brother Lang! Brother Lang! You've surpassed one million followers on Bilibili!"

"Qin Lang! You're really famous! From now on, you're the most popular content creator in our school, no, in our entire Da Liao Bei!"

As the voices rang out, three stylish young women with brightly colored hair walked in. The speakers were naturally Su Yue and Ruan Zhihuan, while Xu Han maintained his usual cold, world-weary expression.

These three have been living quite comfortably lately. Whether they go to class or not depends entirely on their mood. They spend most of their time playing billiards, singing karaoke, going to bars, and reading novels. Before, when they came to Qin Lang's house to read novels, it was because they didn't have money to go out and have fun. But since Qin Lang gave Ruan Zhihuan and Xu Han two thousand each last time, the three of them have been coming to Qin Lang's house to read novels much less often.

However, four thousand yuan was not enough to cover expenses, and in just ten days, it was almost all gone.

Su Yue rushed to the computer, grabbed Qin Lang's arm, and said excitedly, "Brother Lang, you said you'd let me shoot short videos, when are we starting? I want to be an internet celebrity too."

Qin Lang turned to look at her and said, "I'll start writing the script tomorrow. Don't worry, as long as you follow my script, we'll be able to start filming very soon."

"Haha, I believe you, Brother Lang!" Su Yue's eyes lit up, and she excitedly gave Qin Lang a big kiss on the face. "Mmm! Brother Lang, you're so great!"

Upon seeing this, Xu Han's cold face changed slightly, and her gaze towards Su Yue became more... hostile.

Qin Lang sent the three of them to read the novel because Su Yue's two "assets" kept rubbing against his arms, generating heat and causing an unnamed fire to rise within him, which was seriously affecting his writing efficiency.

……

At 10:30 a.m. the next day, Qin Lang entered the online meeting room on time.

Across the camera is Zhao Ning, the operations manager of Bilibili's original content section, dressed in professional attire and exuding a capable air. Sitting next to her are two other people; judging from their name tags, they are legal and business specialists.

Judging from this setup, they've clearly made ample preparations and plan to take down "Silly Shrimp," this newbie on Bilibili, today according to the established procedure.