"This new card pool in Qixing City has unexpectedly become very popular. It will have a significant impact on our future plans."
After that person said this, the already depressing atmosphere in the room became even more depressing.
"...It's my fault." After a long while, a cold female voice sounded, "Because it's a new card pool, I thought it would be okay to observe it for a while. It might even let the card user notice the problem of Seven Star City, which would be beneficial to our subsequent contact. I didn't expect...I was too careless."
"Sister Liangxue, this has nothing to do with you." Someone gently tugged at the blue-haired woman's sleeve and consoled her softly, "No one expected this to happen. If it were me, I wouldn't have thought of raising the priority of this new card pool. After all, it's still far from mature."
"Don't you think this is weird?" Another voice sounded, with a hint of doubt in the cheerful voice, "This guy is too lucky, isn't he? He became famous all of a sudden, and the value of his card pool has also skyrocketed. Do you think he staged this drama on purpose? After all, in a place like Qixing City, if he doesn't use this eye-catching method to stand out, he won't be able to survive for three to five years."
"I don't think he looks like that kind of person..." the soft female voice whispered.
"Sister, please stop looking at his face, okay? Besides, he's on 'The Rookie Star', maybe he's an actor at heart, it's not like he went to the wrong set, he's just acting like himself!"
Someone immediately exclaimed: "If he really did it on purpose, this guy is quite scheming..."
A few people discussed in low voices for a few more sentences until the man sitting at the table suddenly looked away from the screen. He tapped the table with his fingertips, and everyone immediately fell silent.
"Ning Yi." The man nodded expressionlessly to the person standing beside him, "Show me his information."
The other party responded and walked towards a row of bookshelves against the wall. There were many folders with labels on them, and some folders were so full that they were almost overflowing. Ning Yi searched for a while along the labels, pulled out one of the folders, and handed it to the man at the table.
Compared to other folders with rich information, this folder only has a thin piece of paper. There is not much content on it, except for Ke Jin's photo and some descriptions of his identity and background. The man looked at it calmly for a while, then suddenly crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the trash can next to him.
"It's fake and has no reference value." He said coldly.
Everyone present was shocked. Ning Yi was about to say something when the other party stopped him with a gesture.
"I don't mean to disbelieve you, but the easier it is to obtain some information, the more likely it is to be a trick. It's possible for a person to have both his parents dead, but after living for more than 20 years, isn't it too strange that he doesn't have a single close friend? Unless he appeared out of nowhere, no matter what his background is, his social network cannot be completely blank. There must be something wrong with this information."
"I also felt strange at the time." Ning Yi argued, "But I had someone carefully review it. This person's identity and background are indeed very clean. Although his experience is a bit simple, there is no sign of forging his identity."
"Innocent?" The man sitting at the table sneered and glanced at the people opposite him. "Let those people investigate us. Who sitting here doesn't have an innocent identity?"
Ning Yi stopped talking immediately.
"Boss, where are we now...?" someone asked.
The man was silent for a while and said in a deep voice.
"Raise the priority of his card pool and make him a key focus. We will be going to Qixing City soon, so... we will go meet him then."
***
Ke Jin finally returned to Qixing City.
Although he thought this place would not be as scary as Zhou Mansion, the series of experiences in the morning really frightened Ke Jin. He only regretted that he did not bring a hat with him. When leaving the platform, he could only keep his head down as much as possible, wishing he could stick his face to the ground. It was not until someone suddenly grabbed his collar that Ke Jin suddenly raised his head.
"I'm not me. I'm not me. You've got the wrong person!! Ah... Sister Qianqian?"
Gu Qianqian looked at the frightened Ke Jin with amusement and put a baseball cap on his head. "What's wrong, famous man? Are you so scared of us? You keep your head down so low. Fortunately, little Nuonuo has good eyesight, otherwise I would have missed you."
Ke Jin looked towards Gu Qianqian and saw the boy glancing at him with a half-smile. He was carrying a small schoolbag and seemed to have come directly after school.
"You...you came all the way to pick me up?" Ke murmured belatedly.
"Yes, otherwise I'm really afraid that you would be robbed halfway. After all, your card pool courtyard is now..." Gu Qianqian paused suspiciously for a moment, suddenly laughed dryly, grabbed Ke Jin's arm and walked out.
"Let's go, let's go. I'll tell you in detail on the way back!"
***
On the way back, the three of them did not take the bus, but hired a taxi. In the car, Ke Jin listened to Gu Qianqian's story about watching the live broadcast last night, and finally understood why he was recognized wherever he went.
"So that's how it is..." Ke Jin was almost crying, "I thought I was just embarrassing myself in front of a few hundred people, but it turns out I embarrassed myself in front of tens of thousands of people!"
"What's the big deal?" Gu Qianqian said nonchalantly, "If I could become famous, I'd be happy to make a hundred mistakes! Didn't you participate in the competition to increase the popularity of your own card pool? Now you've achieved your goal, it's a good thing!"
Ke Jin then remembered that he had not had time to check the system all day because he was exhausted. He immediately opened the interface in his mind and took a look. He almost cried out on the spot -
When I checked yesterday, the influence index was only [1033 points], but now, that line of numbers has skyrocketed to [4227 points]!
And when Ke Jin checked it, the value was still increasing rapidly, increasing by more than ten points in one minute.
Could it be that this index is not effective only for card users as he had initially speculated? Ke Jin wondered in surprise. As long as one has a high enough reputation, will he still have the "influence" required by the system?
"I... my video, was it widely circulated?" Ke Jin asked Gu Qianqian in confusion, "A lot of people knew about my card pool because of it?"
"Not just a lot of people, but many, many, many people!" Thinking of her inbox that was completely overwhelmed last night, Gu Qianqian was still frightened. "A lot of people have come to my door today... Oh, poor handsome Qi, he must be exhausted from dealing with those people during the day... Xiao Ke, you must have a good rest tonight, otherwise you will be as exhausted as Qi, and you will know what the situation is tomorrow!"
***
The next day, Ke Jin indeed knew it.
Although Gu Qianqian had already taken precautions, Ke Jin was not too worried. After breakfast, when he quickly jumped into the card pool like a refugee, Ke Jin did not care too much. He was so embarrassed in Zhou Mansion before, mostly because he was confused by the unknown situation. Now he was back to his own territory, what was there to be afraid of! At most, some gossipy reporters came to interview the person involved, so he just dealt with it casually.
The sun rose completely, and soon someone came to the door.
"Excuse me, has Envoy Ke Jinka returned?" This was a polite middle-aged man in a suit and tie. He asked politely as he entered the courtyard.
"I'm here." Ke Jin walked out from under the shade of the tree and smiled politely in return, "Who are you?"
Now that he has come to the door on his own initiative, how could he not know Ke Jin? The man was immediately excited and rushed over to excitedly hold Ke Jin's hand.
"Mr. Ke, nice to meet you! I'm the manager of the WEGO card chain store, and this is my business card." The other party handed over an exquisite card attentively, "I came to visit you just to ask if you have any intention of cooperating with our chain store? If you can sign an exclusive agency agreement with us and let us exclusively sell the circulating cards in your card pool, we will give you the most favorable price in the industry, vigorously publicize and promote your cards throughout Chikongzhou, and let your card pool quickly become one of the best!"
Before Ke Jin had time to say anything, a few people hurriedly ran in from outside the yard. When they saw Ke Jin, their eyes lit up.
"Envoy Coca! You are finally back!! It is such an honor to meet you!! This is my business card. I am the manager of the Christine card chain store. Our stores are spread across the seven continents of Azure Star. I hope to be the exclusive agent for your circulation card sales business! The favorable conditions we offer you are..."
"Mr. Ke, I'm the general manager of the Wells Card Store. I was the first one to come here to wait for you yesterday! Our store has a long history and profound heritage. If you let our chain store be the agent for your circulation card sales business..."
"Hey, why don't you guys follow the first come first served principle? I was obviously the first one to arrive! Mr. Ke, don't worry about them, just listen to me first..."
"Your WEGO has only been developed for a few years! You haven't even established a foothold in Chikongzhou, but you dare to pretend to be a big boss here? Go away, Mr. Ke, our Christine card chain store is more worthy of you..."
"How dare you brag about being the big guys in the industry? What about being spread across all seven continents? Bullshit! Obviously, we at Willska are the leaders in the industry!! And it was obviously me who came here first! I was here first yesterday!! I was here first!!!"
“You%￥……￥!!”
"I%￥…#%…"
“You %￥@%￥#＠!!!”
Ke Jin watched the verbal battle between the two people, and he tried to stop them several times but failed, so he could only watch them quarrel. Not long after, several managers of card stores came in one after another. They already disliked each other before entering the door, and now when they saw Ke Jin standing in the yard, they immediately rushed over and competed to promote their own stores to Ke Jin.
There was a lot of chattering, and Ke Jin was overwhelmed. These people were pushing and shoving each other, and it was unclear who started the fight first. When Ke Jin came to his senses, the group of people had already started a fight.
"Stop it!! Calm down!! Calm down!" Ke Jin was shocked, and hurriedly pulled and persuaded, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Stop fighting!! Stop it now!!... Qi!! Get out of the card pool!!! Qi!! Come here and help to stop the fight!!!"
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