Chapter 129 - 122: Making a Killing

Chapter 129: Chapter 122: Making a Killing

This situation continued until 3 AM, when the number of viewers in the livestream finally dropped to just over a thousand.

At that point, Ma Yiming chose to end the stream and let the three hosts log off to rest.

If they continued such a high-intensity stream, the hosts’ voices would be hoarse before dawn.

After the stream ended,

Ma Yiming didn’t send the three hosts home to rest. Instead, he booked rooms for them at a nearby hotel so they could rest close by.

After dropping the three of them off at the hotel, he returned to the office.

In the quiet office, the three operations staff members exchanged a look, and a huge burst of laughter erupted.

In just seven short hours, they had completed over fourteen thousand orders.

The total number of face mask boxes sold exceeded sixty thousand, and the combined sales revenue from the three stores surpassed ten million.

This was the terrifying power of the traffic era. Their sales for the entire previous week had only been a few tens of thousands, but riding a single wave of traffic had them stuffed to the gills.

Jay Chou’s and Old Xue’s fans were especially insane.

The three of them all wanted to suggest that Gao Yuan stop sitting in an office and just debut as a celebrity, building his personal brand. At that point, he’d be hauling in money by the sackful.

However, this idea remained just a thought in their minds. Judging by their boss’s car alone, he wasn’t someone short on cash.

How could he possibly stoop to hustling for money himself?

Still, looking at the sales figures on the store’s backend didn’t stop the three of them from dreaming about their December salaries.

It was bound to be an astronomical figure!

More importantly, the GY brand was no longer just a newborn. It could now be considered to have some brand power.

Although there would probably be some refunds by tomorrow, the order volume was still massive!

Besides, the livestream was over, but orders were still constantly pouring in through the stores, especially on the Tmall and JD platforms, where orders were coming in even faster.

After all, they were shelf-based e-commerce platforms. As soon as users searched, they would instantly find the GY flagship store.

But the three of them also noticed a few problems.

Most of the customers who placed orders were only buying a single box, likely to try it out. This meant their upcoming work would be immense.

They had to convert this batch of customers into loyal users of the GY brand. Only by becoming the go-to skincare for these users could they continuously earn money from them.

But that was all for later. For now, they just needed to efficiently acquire new customers and continuously inject fresh blood into the GY brand.

When dawn arrived, it would be their busiest time. With so many orders, packing and shipping would take a very long time.

After tallying the orders, Ma Yiming packed up his things. The three of them discussed it and decided not to go home and rest either.

They wouldn’t be able to sleep if they went back now anyway. They might as well find a place for a late-night meal to celebrate.

"Let’s go! We’re having seafood barbecue tonight!"

...

Gao Yuan, fast asleep, knew nothing about any of this.

The next morning, as the three of them got up and headed to the gym, he only replied to Xiao Xiao. As for the 99+ messages in the company group chat, he didn’t even open it.

’I’m heading to work soon anyway. It’s probably just people thanking me for the red envelopes last night.’

"Hey, celebrity boss! Can I get your autograph?"

The three of them had just entered the gym when Wang Lin ran over and shouted with a smile.

Seeing Gao Yuan shoot her a glare, Wang Lin was a little confused. ’Don’t tell me the boss still doesn’t know.’

"Boss, you’ve gone viral online. Did you know?"

"Gone viral?"

Gao Yuan started the treadmill and asked, slightly puzzled.

’I just sang one song. It’s not enough to make me famous across the entire internet, is it?’

’There are so many amazing cover artists online.’

Seeing that Gao Yuan genuinely didn’t know, Wang Lin immediately opened TikTok, navigated to the trending page, and handed her phone to him.

Gao Yuan took the phone while jogging lightly on the treadmill.

One look at it gave him a shock.

Number three on the TikTok trending chart!

[A Voice Kissed by a Demon!]

Gao Yuan opened it and saw that it was a video of him singing "Hollow Heart," and it was a high-definition, uninterrupted version.

The top video had over three million likes. What did that even mean? The view count had to be at least in the tens of millions, right?

And under this trending topic, there were over three thousand videos.

In other words, there were that many videos about him.

After Gao Yuan finished looking, Wang Lin opened up the Weibo trending chart for him to see.

[Who is Gao Yuan?]

After seeing it, Gao Yuan finally understood. Jay Chou and Old Xue had contributed greatly to getting him on the trending charts. He now owed them a favor.

However, as he scrolled, he also saw some content about him having two girlfriends. Gao Yuan chose to ignore it completely.

He casually handed the phone back to Wang Lin and continued running on the treadmill.

He hadn’t expected last night’s events to blow up to this extent. He, an ordinary person, had actually reached the number one spot on a trending chart because of it.

Getting on that trending chart usually required spending several million, or even tens of millions.

’Even though I’ve gotten a little famous, working out is still important. All this external stuff is ultimately superficial. The real priority is to work hard and complete the system’s missions.’

He continued his workout, but Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing had stopped.

The two of them sat in the rest area and started scrolling through every short video.

Whenever they saw Gao Yuan being praised, Lin Wanyu would casually drop 100 yuan on a DOU+ promotion. In just a short while, she had already spent several thousand yuan.

When Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing saw videos calling Gao Yuan a scumbag, they got angry.

They were angry, but there was nothing they could do.

What the videos said was indeed the truth. Lin Wanyu had already realized this yesterday and had deliberately positioned herself as a "little sister," but she didn’t expect people to still be talking about it.

They couldn’t delete videos posted by other people. As for starting fights in the comment sections, that was something only brainless people would do.

The issue wasn’t that big to begin with. If the two of them jumped in and started arguing, it might just become a new trending topic.

They just silently clicked the report button under the videos.

After finishing a phone call, Gao Yuan noticed the gym was getting more crowded. People kept looking their way, and he no longer felt like working out.

He took Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing and headed straight home.

After finishing breakfast and cleaning up, Gao Yuan sat on the sofa and started looking through the online videos.

For the most part, everyone’s focus was still on his singing. The short videos that actually discussed him possibly having two girlfriends were in the minority.

Gao Yuan contacted the person who had helped him with data manipulation before, told them about the situation, and said, "Report them. I’ll pay 1,000 yuan for every successful report."

"If no more videos like this appear online within a week, you’ll get a 100,000 yuan bonus."

"Honey, I think I’ve caused trouble."

Lin Wanyu leaned against Gao Yuan’s shoulder, her spirits extremely low.

She had only wanted to make Gao Yuan happy, but she never expected him to have to spend extra money to solve this problem.

As the young miss of the Lin Group, she was actually very smart. She knew how terrifying public opinion could be—it was an invisible knife that could kill.

Gao Yuan was just starting his business now. Not only had she not been of any help, but she had brought him trouble instead.

Gao Yuan put down his phone and pulled both her and Li Mengqing into his arms.

"Is this important?"

Seeing the two of them look at him with confusion, Gao Yuan looked back at them and continued, "Not at all."

"Even the skincare business isn’t important. If worse comes to worst, we can just live quietly as rich idlers!"

As he spoke, Gao Yuan caressed their pretty faces. "You two are more important than all of that!"

"Besides, it’s just a little bit of money!"

These were Gao Yuan’s true feelings!

Although there was a system mission involved when he held both of their hands yesterday and admitted they were both his girlfriends, Gao Yuan didn’t regret it at all. He believed he hadn’t done anything wrong.

’I have a system, so why should I live my life for other people?’

’Why should I care so much about what outsiders think?’

So what if tons of people cursed him out? The Money Power System still gave him a ten-thousand-yuan rebate every day.

Although he didn’t know the store’s exact sales data yet, he was sure that a huge number of orders had already been placed. Compared to the money the store was making, this little expense was just a drop in the bucket.

The GY skincare line hadn’t taken off just yet. When it truly blew up, the pressure from public opinion would be countless times greater than it was now!

This bit of public opinion was, at best, a splash in a small stream.

After a while, when those idle people discovered that posting about Gao Yuan’s private life not only didn’t get them any traffic but also got their videos reported and deleted, they would naturally stop.

After all, cursing Gao Yuan a few times wouldn’t fill their stomachs, nor would it reduce their mortgage or car payments.

Eventually, they had to return to reality.

Keyboard warriors could only get a temporary high. It didn’t have much of an effect on Gao Yuan.

In fact, once they discovered how effective the GY masks were, they would probably come running back to buy them.

’Only an idiot would pass up a good deal!’

A little after eight, Gao Yuan drove out.

He first dropped Li Mengqing off at her company, then took Lin Wanyu directly to his office.

He didn’t leave Lin Wanyu at home alone because he was afraid she would get bored and let her imagination run wild.

Doing nothing was the best strategy at a time like this.

As soon as he entered the company, Gao Yuan saw that all the employees were busy packing and shipping orders. The office area was piled high with already-packed delivery boxes.

After the two of them put their things in the office, they also joined the packing line.

They worked busily until after ten o’clock, finally finishing packing all the deliveries.

After washing up, he stood in the main hall, clapped his hands, and announced,

"I’m treating everyone to coffee in a bit, and the company is covering lunch too. Order whatever you want."

Amid everyone’s cheers, Gao Yuan had Sister Sun arrange it. He also told Sister Sun to prepare a few red envelopes—a one-thousand-yuan bonus for each of the three operations managers and three hosts.

He had only just learned this while packing orders—these people had actually rushed over last night to handle the unexpected situation.

Without their hard work, handling today’s orders would have certainly been much more rushed.

Gao Yuan was never stingy with rewards for those who genuinely dedicated themselves to the company.

This reward was both a recognition of their efforts and a way to show others that all their hard work would be repaid.

And the reward would come quickly.

It wasn’t long before Sun Qiang knocked on the door and came in.

Sun Qiang had come over to report to Gao Yuan specifically, as she was preparing to fire an employee.