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Hou Wenjie has a bit of a headache right now.
This feeling is similar to drinking too much the night before.
The surrounding scenery and the memories in his mind clearly told him one thing: he had traveled through time.
She looked in the mirror and saw that she was eighteen years old and had a fairly decent appearance, with a scarf wrapped around her head.
The original owner of this body was also named Hou Wenjie.
His father died of hemorrhagic fever when he was a child, and his mother remarried. He lived with his grandmother ever since.
When he was sixteen, his grandmother passed away, and he became a street urchin in this remote town.
The world he is in now is similar to the 2020s of his previous life, where the entertainment industry is already quite prosperous and short videos have also emerged.
But this world is also a world with a huge gap between the rich and the poor.
In that chaotic era of my previous life, the wealthy were like the bustling Shanghai Bund, a place of extravagance and debauchery, while in impoverished areas, brothers shared a single pair of pants.
The gap between rich and poor in this world is not as exaggerated as in the chaotic era of the previous life.
The town he lived in was similar to a remote town in the early 21st century of his previous life.
Squeak!
The wooden door was pushed open, and three men and one woman entered the house.
A bag of oranges was placed on Hou Wenjie's bedside table.
"Brother Jie, are you alright?"
The speaker was Li Ming, a handsome young man who was Hou Wenjie's top henchman.
The two people next to him were named Zhang You and Bai Cheng.
The young woman sitting on the bed peeling an orange is named Zhang Li, and she is dressed in a gaudy manner.
Although her face could be considered beautiful enough to be paired with a class beauty or school beauty in a campus novel, she only earned the nickname "tomboy" because she spent all her time hanging out with Hou Wenjie and his friends.
These are all Hou Wenjie's staunch supporters in the small town.
Hou Wenjie quickly pulled off the gauze on his head and spoke in a manner very much in keeping with the original owner of the body:
"Do I look like I'm in trouble? Who in Xihe Town can hurt me, Hou Wenjie?"
"Brother Jie is the most handsome! Brother Jie, have an orange!" Zhang Li held an orange segment to Hou Wenjie's lips.
Hou Wenjie didn't stand on ceremony. He opened his mouth, bit into the orange that Zhang Li fed him, and slowly chewed it.
"Brother Jie, I have good news for you. Wang Jinlun, the one who ambushed you, has been caught."
This kid's a joke. When the police came to arrest him, he just jumped over the wall and into the river. By the time he swam to the other side, before he could even catch his breath, he was caught. He's really not very bright!
"Brother Jie, from now on, this skating rink in town is ours!"
Li Ming was spitting as he spoke, his face beaming with excitement.
The other three also had hopeful expressions on their faces.
Hou Wenjie already knew the whole story from the original owner's memories. Wang Jinlun was the only street hustler in the small town with a bigger reputation than Hou Wenjie.
I remember seeing a few blond guys working for me around the town's ice rink and billiards court area.
After listening to Ji Liming's words, Hou Wenjie shook his head: "Too narrow-minded, too narrow-minded!"
How much profit can a small ice rink generate? We need to think long-term!
"What does Brother Jie mean?" Li Ming asked, looking eager to know.
“Look at Wang Jinlun, he’s always followed by a bunch of blond-haired guys. He seems so glamorous, but what’s the result?”
Even when he was arrested, he was still living in the dilapidated bungalow left by his father. The only decent large item in the house was the second-hand motorcycle that the billiard hall owner sold him!
There's no future in living like this!
I'm going to change my lifestyle; I'm going to enter the entertainment industry.
In the future, you, you, you, you, all four of you will become big stars!
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
All four of them looked completely bewildered.
Hou Junjie laughed and said, "Do you guys think I'm talking in my sleep?"
Let me tell you, you must have dreams! Have you seen those celebrity interviews on TV?
Many of them were farmers in the past, and they were looked down upon by others who thought they were absurd and ridiculous!
But they succeeded! And what about those who mocked them?
Those people are still struggling to survive!
You'll never know your potential until you push yourself!
"I don't want to live like this anymore, Brother Jie! My ambitions are sky-high!"
"Brother Jie! I believe in you!" Zhang Li stared at Hou Wenjie, who was speaking passionately, with her captivating eyes, somewhat mesmerized.
“Brother Jie, I’ll listen to you.” Li Ming nodded.
“Brother Jie, I’ll follow you wherever you go!” Zhang You’s eyes were full of determination, like a righteous man going to his death.
"Brother Jie, I'll just be a small-time celebrity. Big stars are too flashy and don't fit my principle of being low-key!" Bai Cheng said with a smile.
This is what young people are like!
They were all full of passion, regardless of how high the sky was or how thick the earth was!
In the world of teenagers, they are the protagonists themselves.
Hou Wenjie smiled and said, "Then let me tell you my plan!"
Short videos are now popular in big cities!
Some people have already become rich because of short videos!
A few of us want to enter the entertainment industry, and we'll use short videos as our entry point!
My idea is to create an account on Kuaiyin, the most popular short video platform on the market right now, and shoot some unique short videos!
Build a following! Once you have enough followers, you can start taking on advertising and grow your business! Produce higher-quality content, creating a virtuous cycle!
"Brother Jie! What you said is so true! Although I don't understand it very well, it feels much more reliable than the domineering CEOs who own ponds on TV!"
Jay is born to do great things!
The others nodded in agreement.
"So, what I need first right now is a decent smartphone!"
Such a phone would cost around three thousand!
As he spoke, Hou Wenjie unwrapped the pillowcase and took out a stack of money.
There are 100-yuan notes, 50-yuan notes, 20-yuan notes, 10-yuan notes, 5-yuan notes, and a bunch of 1-yuan notes.
“Brother Jie, let me count for you.” Zhang Li held out her hand.
Hou Wenjie handed the money to Zhang Li.
Zhang Li's fair fingers twirled through the banknotes, and she quickly counted them. "Brother Jie, it's a total of three thousand three hundred and twenty-one yuan."
Hou Wenjie calculated the 2,800 yuan that the original owner's grandmother had left him. After two years of messing around, he had only saved 521 yuan.
They're really poor.
The group, in high spirits, entered the town's only telecommunications store and bought the Dongfeng S6 mobile phone, which the salesperson touted as the fighter jet among mobile phones!
"Brother Jie, this phone is really beautiful!"
Li Ming, Zhang You, and Bai Cheng took turns playing with their phones.
For them at that time, such a phone was considered a high-end product; they had only ever seen it on television.
Their parents also had cell phones, but they were the kind used for short-distance communication.
Finally, Zhang Li snatched the phone away, saying, "Alright, stop playing with it. What if you break it? This is Brother Jie's entire fortune!"
Back home, Zhang Li chopped vegetables, and Hou Wenjie cooked a large pot of stewed potatoes and meat, which the group thoroughly enjoyed.
After eating another piece of potato, Hou Wenjie said, "We've bought the phone, and our business has taken its first step. Next, we need to name the Kuaiyin account we applied for. This name will be the name of our company!"
"What name do you all suggest?"
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