"It's a pleasure to cooperate, Mr. Hu. Don't worry, I'm now an investor in 'War Tiger' too. I'll definitely do my best to cooperate in terms of publicity. But as you know, even for internal projects, large companies like ours charge each other. Don't worry, I'll definitely give 'War Tiger' a huge discount on publicity!"
Hu Jin's words, "I want Lin Chen to help me with free publicity," were stuck in his throat before Lin Chen stopped him, almost choking him.
"Ah, cough cough, then I hope Mr. Lin can give me a big discount, since I'm really short on cash."
"It's alright, it's alright, I'll transfer the money to your account this afternoon."
Hu Jin thought to himself, "You guys in business are really something. You haven't even transferred the money to me yet, and you're already planning your buyback."
Sure enough, the money was transferred to Hu Jin's account around 2 p.m.
The first thing Hu Jin did was post a Weibo message.
"Congratulations to 'War Tiger' for receiving investment from @Star Technology. Thank you to @Lin Chen for his strong support and for inviting me as a guest to the next live broadcast to help farmers. I hope 'War Tiger' will be a box office hit and make Mr. Lin a fortune."
This Weibo post immediately went viral and became a trending topic, with too many keywords: Hu Jin, "War Tiger", Xingchen Technology, Lin Chen, and live streaming to help farmers!
Especially Lin Chen, who has a lot of fans, more than Hu Jin himself, and even some casual people who aren't fans know Lin Chen's name.
Just like you might not know Elvis Presley, but you definitely know Bill Gates.
What's more, there's the hottest topic right now—live streaming to help farmers!
The celebrities were all shocked. What was going on? How did this incredible wealth fall to Hu Jin? And Hu Jin isn't even a great beauty!
Later, after making inquiries from various sources, it was rumored that Hu Jin found Lin Chen through Lei Jun's connections, which led to his participation in the agricultural assistance livestream.
Mr. Lin, a netizen who was keen to share the news, was in his office waiting for celebrities from all walks of life to call him and ask to participate in a live broadcast to help farmers.
"If you guys start fighting over it, then I'll harvest your celebrities' worth of money to help farmers, hehehe."
Instead of receiving calls from celebrities, they received a call from Lei Jun.
"Brother Jun, what's wrong?"
"Brother, I don't know which bastard published my phone number, and now all sorts of random celebrities are calling me, asking me to use your connections to get me on a live stream to help farmers. My phone is about to explode."
Mr. Lin, the whistleblower, had a slightly unfocused look in his eyes at this moment, but fortunately Lei Jun couldn't see it through the phone.
"Cough cough, Brother Jun, you're so popular! So many people are asking you to pull strings for them."
"Don't even mention it. I regret helping Hu Jin. He must have given my number to someone else."
"Yes, yes, it must be him. Here's what I'll do: I'll post a Weibo post announcing the official contact number for a live-streaming event to help farmers, and add a note that anyone who calls to help you will be disqualified."
"Okay, that's all we can do for now, otherwise I'll have to change my phone number."
After hanging up with Lei Jun, Lin Chen quickly posted a Weibo post announcing the official contact number for the agricultural assistance livestream. He said that anyone who needed agricultural assistance livestreaming or wanted to participate in the livestream could call this number directly. All other channels would not be accepted, especially private calls, which would be prosecuted as harassment.
This whole thing is a mess; how could we forget about Lei Jun, the middleman?
Then, Lin Chen casually retweeted Hu Jin's Weibo post, adding the caption: "Supporting 'War Tiger,' I'm Lin Chen, I love watching it."
Within a minute, there were hundreds of comments below.
"It's beautiful, I love watching it."
"I'm Lin Gou, and I love watching."
"I'm a country bumpkin, but I love watching."
"I've seen it, it's really good."
"..."
Lin Chen looked at these comments that seemed like paid trolls and felt completely innocent. These netizens were really adorable.
In the days following Lin Chen's announcement of the official contact information for his live-streaming event to support farmers on Weibo, Panda TV's phone lines were ringing off the hook with calls from agents and agencies inquiring about the services.
As for appearance fees, that's entirely up to Panda TV; they can decide whether or not to pay them.
Lin Chen said, "We're not the kind of people who don't give money, but we don't make money from our live-streaming to help farmers, so we'll just give each person 10,000 yuan as a token gesture, and that doesn't include food, accommodation, or round-trip airfare."
Given these conditions, it's surprising that those who want to participate in live-streaming to help farmers are already booked for several months.
There's no way around it; everyone can see that this show has official backing. It's like starring in a patriotic movie; people in the entertainment industry are scrambling to get a chance to appear on it, even if it's just as a background character.
Soon after, Panda TV announced the first batch of selected celebrities.
Those celebrities who weren't selected are confused. What happened? So-and-so is much less famous than me, how come he was selected but I wasn't?
And another thing, that so-and-so, how long has he been out of fashion, nobody remembers him anymore, right? I, the rising star, don't want him, what do you want?
Just when everyone was puzzled, some enthusiastic netizen posted a rumor.
He claimed that he had summarized a pattern: the celebrities who weren't selected were all those who had participated in QQ live-streaming e-commerce.
At first, netizens thought it was nonsense, and Panda TV also issued an emergency clarification, saying that the selection of these celebrities was only because their image was suitable, and there was no competition with other companies. For example, so-and-so and so-and-so have never been on QQ Live, but they were not selected either.
Such a well-reasoned and evidence-based Weibo post convinced some netizens.
But as more and more netizens compiled screenshots of those celebrities doing live-streaming e-commerce on QQ, everyone fell silent. It was just too much of a coincidence.
None of the selected celebrities had ever appeared on QQ Live, while all the unselected celebrities had.
The reason why those who didn't participate in QQ Live or weren't selected is probably due to the limited number of participants, or simply because they weren't popular enough.
This result has caused some celebrities who were originally planning to go live on QQ's live streaming platform to panic.
Selling goods on QQ live streaming platforms is nothing more than making a quick buck. But it's also easy for celebrities to make money; they can earn that kind of money by taking on more advertisements and commercial performances.
But if you can't participate in live-streaming to help farmers because you're making this money, then you're missing out.
Don't give them any second reason, like not being famous enough? That doesn't exist! I'm the hottest star right now!
As a result, many celebrities who were planning to sell products on the QQ Live platform called to cancel their cooperation with the platform.
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