Chapter 88: Chapter 87: Doing Business or Making Friends?

Girls' Dormitory Building 9, Xiaoyu—whose real name is Jiang Yuxin was lying on her bed scrolling through the trending videos on Dou Ying.

She casually opened a video titled "How powerful is National Husband Gu Yu's charisma!" The video already had over a million likes!

"Gu Yu's popularity is really high!"

Jiang Yuxin turned over in her bed, her face filled with envy as she looked at the various comments in the comment section.

Most of the comments were positive, and it was rare to see any haters.

Even if there were any haters, they were quickly overwhelmed by other passionate fans.

It was evident to imagine how popular Gu Yu was on Dou Ying!

Then she opened another video of Gu Yu performing at a celebration, and the top comment was actually the song lyrics and an invitation from Chen Yixun himself!

(Pinned) Chen Yixun Head: "Come on! Here's the song that made millions cry! — King of Karaoke."

(Pinned) Chen Yixun Head: "If anyone can contact these two students, please invite them to the 2020 Suzhou concert!"

-Reply: [Author]I am unlucky: "Ahhh! It's the Head himself replying, unfortunately, I am just a student from Haidong and don't know Gu Yu personally."

"..."

Seeing the comment section exploding, Jiang Yuxin was literally drooling with envy.

She sat up, opened her phone gallery, and the very first photo was her with Gu Yu and his two roommates from a few days ago when she bumped into them on the sports field!

She had been looking for the right time to share this photo, and now seemed like the perfect moment!

Capitalizing on Gu Yu's popularity wave, she posted the group photo, sure to ride on the huge popularity wave!

After carefully editing it in a video editing software and adding some youthful, energetic music, Jiang Yuxin sent the video out.

Accompanied by the caption: "Glad to meet you! Classmate Gu Yu!"

The video was approved shortly after posting and rapidly spread throughout all of Dou Ying on the basis of her tens of millions of followers. Sёarᴄh the novёlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Unsurprisingly, it shot to popularity!

Picking Flowers for Xiaoyu: "First!"

Xiaoyu's Number One Fan: "Pure desire ceiling + National Husband combo! Juejuezi!"

-not_term-: "Oh my God! Look what I found! Is Xiaoyu actually from the same school as Gu Yu?"

"..."

As more and more comments came in, Jiang Yuxin managed to reply to a few initially, but later, with dozens or even tens of comments per second, she couldn't even keep up and simply stopped trying.

This also made her realize just how intense Gu Yu's popularity was during that period!

While her usual videos could reach a million likes in a day or two, they were not nearly as lively!

And even her follower count, which had reached its limit, started to climb!

From 14.98 million followers, it swiftly rose toward 15 million!

Probably in less than ten minutes, she would cross the 15 million followers mark!

And these new followers were mostly Gu Yu's fans!

But since Gu Yu himself hadn't opened a Dou Ying account, these followers could only get updates about him by following her.

As for how she knew the origin of these fans...

Her direct messages were exploding, okay!

All of them were asking if she knew Gu Yu, and some even inquired about her relationship with Gu Yu, all kinds of speculations gave her a headache.

What relationship could she and Gu Yu possibly have?

Merely classmates that couldn't be further apart?

One in the Art College, the other in the Software College!

They didn't even attend the same classes!

Should she tell these people that she and Gu Yu were just strangers?

No way!

She had just sparked the fans' curiosity by riding on the wave of popularity, responding like that would definitely lose followers!

Just as she was agonizing over how to respond, her phone suddenly pinged with a message.

She picked it up, and it was actually from Gu Yu!

Hurriedly, she clicked on the message page.

Gu Yu: "Uh, is Xiaoyu there? Could you do me a favor?"

Jiang Yuxin was just worrying about how to establish a deeper connection with Gu Yu!

And there he was, reaching out for help. Wasn't this just like rain in a drought?

Without a second thought, Jiang Yuxin immediately replied: "Here! My real name is Jiang Yuxin, you can call me Yuxin or Xin! /Cute, just tell me the favor! I'm definitely here to help!"

After sending the message, a sly flicker danced in Jiang Yuxin's eyes.

Her intention to change how Gu Yu addressed her was to draw their relationship even closer, convinced that Gu Yu wouldn't refuse her!

On the other side, Gu Yu was trimming his fingernails. After finishing his left hand, he handed the clippers to Yu Laoer, "Laoer, I injured my left hand and it's inconvenient, can you help me trim the nails on my right hand?"

Yu Shutong agreed without hesitation.

Gu Yu diverted his attention, watching Qin Shan handle his phone to send messages.

Qin Shan had a lecherous smirk; if not for knowing that Big Brother was discussing promotional business with Jingchuan Xiaoyu, he would definitely suspect that Big Brother was using his phone for flirting or other indecent things.

"Big Brother, how is it? Did Jingchuan Xiaoyu agree to help us with the promotion? If it doesn't work out, let's not freeload, we should spend some money and hire someone to promote it," Qin Shan said.

Gu Yu craned his neck to see how Qin Shan was chatting with Jingchuan Xiaoyu, but Qin Shan blocked the screen from him.

"Hehe, with your Big Brother handling it, success is guaranteed!"

Qin Shan chuckled at Gu Yu, then continued to lower his head and send messages.

"Xin, here's the thing, I started a company, and we developed a game. I want you to help by creating some promotional videos! It would be our first collaboration!"

"As you know, starting a business is challenging, good promotion channels are expensive, and without connections, even spending money might not yield good results."

"Big Brother knows you have lots of followers on Dou Ying with great influence, so today, Big Brother would like to ask for your help~ It will build a connection for future favors too! Of course, if you want to charge a fee, that's only right, and my company can set up a business collaboration with you!"

Qin Shan sent three paragraphs in one breath and then handed the phone back to Gu Yu, looking utterly confident.

Gu Yu took the phone with a skeptical expression, then saw what Big Brother had sent to Jingchuan Xiaoyu.

"Oh boy! From Xiaoyu to Xin... Big Brother, are you messing with me here! If Xinyue finds out how I and Jingchuan...have been chatting like this, wouldn't she be extremely jealous?"

Gu Yu's mouth twitched to one side—Big Brother really didn't hold back!

Just a few lines in, and he's already calling her Xin!

And using his Dou Ying account, too!

Not only was Gu Yu unable to accept it, but Jiang Yuxin on the receiving end of the messages was also taken aback.

She didn't expect Gu Yu to be so adept at this; they'd only exchanged a few phrases, and were already addressing each other as senior and junior! Find your next read at m_v l|e-NovelFire.net

And to call her Xin!

Wasn't this progression a bit too quick...

Could he be interested in me???

Remembering Gu Yu's face, Jiang Yuxin's cheeks rarely flushed.

She immediately realized her thoughts were out of line and quickly shook her head to clear the messy thoughts, seriously pondering the words "Gu Yu" had said.

Regarding the fact Gu Yu started a company, she was somewhat surprised since starting a company in college is really a minority.

But as surprising as it was, she didn't dwell on it too much, after all, rare doesn't mean nonexistent.

The following words essentially meant that Gu Yu had a game product he wanted to promote, but struggled without good promotion resources, so he reached out to her for help.

This was understandable since she had millions of followers on Dou Ying, more than enough for promoting a game.

But in that context, Gu Yu used some tactics.

First, he talked about mutual help, not mentioning any payment.

The implication was to not talk about profits but to deal as friends, so if she needed help with similar matters in the future, she could simply ask.

Then he mentioned compensation could be discussed, with the subject being "my company," implying a plain business transaction.

Money for promotion, and once paid and promoted, they would be settled.

With a few simple lines, Gu Yu gave her two choices.

To be friends or to conduct business.

Understanding the hidden meaning, a smile appeared on Jiang Yuxin's face; she would, of course, choose to be friends!

Friendship allows for lingering connections while business relationships can end abruptly.

She desired long-term cooperation with Gu Yu, not a momentary exchange of interests!

With this in mind, Jiang Yuxin rapidly replied to the message:

"Xin is after all the junior, how could she accept a senior's payment! Leave this to me! Whatever needs promoting, just communicate it with me directly!"

Message sent successfully, she let out a sigh of relief, her face brightening with delight.

She had finally found a breakthrough to develop a closer relationship with Gu Yu!

In room 502, Gu Yu looked at the message sent by Jiang Yuxin in surprise.

"Damn! It actually worked! And it's for free!"

Qin Shan, wearing a proud expression, patted his chest:

"Of course! I am really good at business writing!"