This scene not only occurred at the entrance of the Xiaomi flagship store in Seoul, but also at several stores that the Koreans opened later, as well as several stores that opened in the Xiao Ri Zi area.
The photos and videos posted by these people in line went viral overnight.
The next day, Fried Chicken Life and Heytea suddenly became a hit across the internet, including not only TikTok and its overseas version, but also foreign social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
"My goodness, when did these two stores open? How come I didn't know?"
"I remember it was just a few days ago when I passed by and saw that they were under renovation, but the sign hadn't been put up yet."
"I have to try it. I've seen it on Facebook several times this morning."
“Me too, me too. My friend said it’s really delicious. It’s fried chicken that even he, a Korean, thinks is delicious. It must be good.”
Although Chinese netizens can't access social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the video is being shared on TikTok and its international version.
In addition, this was originally a publicity stunt by Lin Chen, so it was natural that it would trend on Douyin and Douyin International.
"Haha, I never thought that one day I would see fried chicken from China being exported to South Korea. This is really amazing."
"I bet in a few days, the Koreans will say that the fried chicken lifestyle originated in Korea."
"Maybe in a few days even Lin Gou will become a Korean."
"Hahaha, Lin Gou, are you scared?"
Zhang Yiming was utterly impressed by Lin Chen's move.
Let's say there are a thousand people queuing outside a Xiaomi flagship store. The cost of a serving of fried chicken and a cup of milk tea is only about ten yuan. So the total cost would be only ten thousand yuan. And the entire Bangzi and Xiaorizi stores combined have less than twenty stores that have already opened. The total cost would be only two hundred thousand yuan.
But the publicity effect brought about by this cost of 200,000 is far greater than that of 2 million or even 20 million!
"Mr. Lin, that was a brilliant move of yours!"
"Basic operations are not to be taken lightly."
"This way, we can save a lot on advertising costs for Fried Chicken Life and Heytea."
"Old Zhang, don't even think about it. You won't get any of that money anyway."
"Um, boss, talking about money with you really hurts our feelings."
"However, you will receive a share of the bonuses from the overseas version of TikTok."
"Hehe, boss, our relationship is like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, it will never end."
"Stop talking, I'm going to throw up."
"Hehe, I'm not going to say anything more. By the way, boss, we're now exporting phones, TikTok, Fried Chicken Life, and Heytea to South Korea and Little Life. What's our next export?"
"Next, naturally, is our signature business, Huasuan Payment."
"Hiss~!! Boss, are you going to go abroad and compete with those banks for business? Those banks abroad are not like those in China. They are all capitalists who will devour you without spitting out the bones."
“I know that if we just go and have fun like we do in China, of course it won’t work. Even their own people can’t get things going. If we’re outsiders, we’ll definitely be suppressed by those capitalists.”
"Then what should we do?"
"So, after removing Korean and Xiao Rizi (a payment platform), our Huasuan Payment does not store real currency, but our own Douyin coins!"
"Huh? You can do that?"
"Why not? Our Douyin Coins have a wide range of applications. You can buy all sorts of real-world items on Douyin. Except for the inability to withdraw cash, they are no different from real currency. So, Douyin Wallet is actually a simplified version of a cost-effective payment method."
The standalone payment app allows for direct payments and transfers between two Douyin users in real-world transactions, thus expanding the uses of Douyin coins. "I'm just expanding the functionality of my Douyin coins; those capitalists can't possibly interfere with that, right?"
"Boss, you're undermining their very foundation! Not only are you promoting mobile payments in Korea and Heytea, but you're even trying to shake up their monetary system. In an extreme scenario, all the workers in Korea and Heytea will just exchange their wages for Douyin coins. After all, Douyin coins can buy most daily necessities, and they're cheaper. And, boss, I bet Fried Chicken Life and Heytea also accept Douyin coins, right?"
"Haha, Lao Zhang, you guessed right. Now that you know, you should know how to modify the overseas version of Huasuan Pay, right?"
"I understand completely."
A few days later, the overseas version of Huasuan Pay was officially launched.
At first, the foreign banks and investors were taken aback, thinking, "How dare this Chinese mobile payment giant act so arrogantly abroad? Does it really think we investors are such good people?"
Capital comes into the world dripping with blood and filth from head to toe, from every pore.
However, they soon discovered that Huasuan Pay did not support direct top-ups in the currencies of the two countries.
This left them a bit confused. What was going on? Mobile payment didn't allow topping up currency, so what could they top up? Their faith?
So they did some research and found that the overseas version of Huasuan Pay only supports topping up Douyin coins. What exactly are Douyin coins?
I learned from the company's young people that Douyin Coins are actually a type of virtual currency within Douyin, a product of Xingchen Technology, the parent company of Huasuan Payment.
After all that, it turns out that Star Technology was just playing games with itself internally.
Since that's the case, then it doesn't matter. As long as you don't threaten my interests, then everything will be fine. In fact, we might even be able to cooperate in the future.
Huasuan Pay's overseas version only ran a few ads outside of its own platform, not many. The main ads were still on its own Douyin (TikTok) overseas version.
Foreigners on the overseas version of TikTok were also very confused after seeing this, wondering what it was.
We recharge Douyin coins, and now you say that the Douyin coins we recharge will be automatically included in this cost-effective payment method, and you even calculate interest for us.
Hey, this is the first time I've seen cryptocurrency with interest! It's really exciting, there's absolutely no reason to refuse it.
Furthermore, Douyin users can transfer money to each other by downloading the overseas version of the Huasuan Pay app.
Initially, everyone thought this feature was useless. Why would you need to transfer money when you've already deposited money into your Douyin account?
However, the live streamers on Douyin are very happy. They receive so many tips and income from selling products, all of which are stored in Douyin. They can't possibly use it all to buy things, because they also want to buy other things, such as Gucci Parada, LV, and Chanel.
But Douyin coins won't let you withdraw them!
This money transfer function is practically tailor-made for them!
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