Chapter 82 - 76: Going This Big?

Chapter 82: Chapter 76: Going This Big?

Taking this one million yuan meant I had to get things done.

Fortunately, he had already filmed a few videos of the Bamboo Maze. He could use those as an intro and then edit in the introductory clips of the *Super Brain* contestants.

The main point of this promotion was to introduce these contestants.

He had a background in online media, so video editing was a piece of cake for him.

However, after editing the video and posting it to Li Yuan Farm’s Tiao Yin account, Zhang Lin thought about how his farm was now generating 800,000 yuan a day. ’I really shouldn’t be doing this kind of work myself anymore. The farm has over three million followers now.’

It was time to find a dedicated operations team.

For a tourist attraction’s promotion, managing online video production and operations was crucial. Otherwise, other attractions wouldn’t be posting several videos a day.

He was being incredibly lazy by comparison, not even managing one video a day.

Therefore, finding a marketing and operations team was essential. Photography, editing, planning, operations... he would need all of that to meet the farm’s future promotional needs.

This was especially true for the Bamboo Culture Park, which was officially registered with the county. He couldn’t afford to be sloppy.

There would definitely be more and more work like this in the future.

The only problem was, he had no contacts in the marketing and operations field.

But that was fine. He could look in his alumni groups, especially the elite one.

By a stroke of luck, he had once managed to get into an elite alumni group—the kind where, with his previous salary, he would have been too embarrassed to even speak.

As it happened, a "Senior Sister" who worked in online operations had recently lost her job.

It wasn’t that she lacked ability; it was that her boss was unmanageable. She used to manage the online presence for a celebrity—what people often call a studio account. The celebrity was an upper B-lister who was about to hit the A-list after starring in a blockbuster drama. But he couldn’t keep his mouth shut, made an inappropriate comment about national martyrs, and then it was all over for him.

This Senior Sister and her entire team lost their jobs as a result.

’If I can poach her and have her bring over that celebrity’s entire operations team, I can just hand off all the farm’s marketing to them from now on.’

’I wouldn’t have to worry about that department ever again.’

The thing was, many entrepreneurial alumni in the group had already tried to recruit her. One "Senior Brother" had even offered her 35,000 yuan a month plus bonuses, with 15,000-20,000 a month plus bonuses for her team members, but she hadn’t accepted.

His company was too small, and she wasn’t interested. Besides, the Operations Director position at his company didn’t actually command such a high salary. The generous offer was because this Senior Sister was beautiful, had a great figure, and was rumored to be single. Any man could understand the motive.

Of course, Zhang Lin had no such intentions. He was interested because she was genuinely very capable.

If that celebrity hadn’t been an idiot and shot his mouth off, he would have had a real chance of hitting the A-list with the online buzz from that drama.

Zhang Lin opened the elite alumni group chat, directly tagged @Lin Muxue, and sent a message:

Senior Sister Muxue, I have an offer.

Operations Team Lead: 35,000/month + bonuses

Team Members: 15,000-20,000/month + bonuses.

Location: You City, Ming City, Min Province.

Company: Li Yuan Farm!

There were many alumni in this elite group who wanted to recruit Lin Muxue, but no one had successfully negotiated a deal. Therefore, everyone was paying close attention to where she would end up.

It couldn’t be helped. She was capable and beautiful, so everyone wanted her on their team. Since no one had succeeded, they were all curious to see who in the group could finally land her.

Zhang Lin’s sudden invitation to Senior Sister Lin Muxue naturally drew the immediate attention of the elite alumni in the group.

"Who’s Zhang Lin?"

"Never heard of him!"

"Never seen him post before!"

"So many of us couldn’t recruit her, and now some company from a small county wants to join the fray?"

"There’s no way Muxue would go work in a small county. He’s being a bit naive."

"His company seems to be called Li Yuan Farm!"

"Li Yuan Farm? The one that’s gone viral online?"

"It couldn’t be a coincidence, right?"

"..."

All of a sudden, the tone in the group chat shifted. One by one, they started sending shocked emojis.

Li Yuan Farm had been so popular recently that almost all of them had come across its videos. In fact, the news about *Super Brain* and the Bamboo Maze had been two of the top trending topics just today.

They just never expected that someone from Li Yuan Farm was in their group chat.

And to be able to offer that kind of salary to poach Lin Muxue, it had to be the owner himself. A regular employee wouldn’t have that authority.

This was a big shot who had been lurking in the group!

Wasn’t it obvious?

Anyone who followed Li Yuan Farm knew that ticket sales were currently limited. They were only selling 5,000 tickets for the Flower Sea and 5,000 for the Bamboo Maze.

At 50 yuan per ticket, that alone was 500,000 yuan in sales a day. Add in other revenue, and one could only imagine Li Yuan Farm’s total daily income.

Many people in their group claimed to be entrepreneurs, but how many of them had a daily revenue of 500,000 yuan? Only the top three big shots.

Zhang Lin had just sent his message when he received a friend request. It was from that very same Senior Sister Lin Muxue.

He immediately accepted, and she sent a message: "Are you my senior or junior? What’s your position at Li Yuan Farm?"

Zhang Lin replied, "Senior Sister Lin, you can just call me Zhang Lin. Li Yuan Farm is mine."

"DM me from the official Li Yuan Farm Tiao Yin account?" Lin Muxue sent another message.

Zhang Lin understood what she meant and replied, "OK!"

A moment later, he received a message from her on the backend of Li Yuan Farm’s Tiao Yin account. He clicked on her Tiao Yin profile to verify it was her, then sent the official job offer.

This time, she replied, "OK, I’ll head to You City tomorrow to discuss the details with you, Junior Brother Zhang. Don’t forget to pick me up."

"Sounds good. I’ll be waiting for you, Senior Sister!" Zhang Lin replied with a smile.

’It seems my Li Yuan Farm is quite attractive to this Senior Sister after all.’

After they had settled the arrangements, Zhang Lin saw that she had posted a message in the alumni group: "I’ve accepted Junior Brother Zhang’s invitation to visit You City. Hope everything goes smoothly!"

This sent the elite alumni group into an uproar. Suddenly, everyone was talking about Li Yuan Farm:

"I just re-watched some of Li Yuan Farm’s videos. For a big shot to build this farm in such a short time is seriously impressive!"

"I heard things sold out so fast on Li Yuan Farm’s livestream today that their host was left speechless."

"@Zhang Lin, big boss, could you tell us how you built Li Yuan Farm? It’s truly admirable!"

"I can’t believe Li Yuan Farm was founded by an alumnus from our school. That’s amazing!"

Looking at these messages, Zhang Lin finally understood what the saying "success breeds flattery" really meant.

At first, they were mocking him, a small-county company, for daring to recruit Senior Sister Lin. Now that they knew it was Li Yuan Farm, they were all singing his praises.

An award-winning actor was right: as long as you’re successful, you’ll suddenly find yourself surrounded by nice people who have nothing but pleasant things to say.

Zhang Lin also noticed a long list of friend requests popping up.

They were all from the alumni in the group.

He ignored them all. There was no need to accept; it would just lead to a series of pointless, time-wasting conversations.

Putting his phone away, he left the prefab office and prepared to go home.

As soon as he stepped out of the office, he heard Bailong neigh. He saw the horse in the newly built stable, seemingly greeting him.

He walked over and stroked its head, and it cooperatively stretched its neck toward him.

Then, Zhang Lin got on his scooter and headed home.

Meanwhile, the video he had edited and uploaded was causing a sensation online. It announced that the *Super Brain* program was organizing an "ultimate team" to livestream their attempt to conquer the Bamboo Maze.

Today’s trending topics had already shown everyone just how incredible Li Yuan Farm’s Bamboo Maze was—so tough that even a *Super Brain* contestant couldn’t beat it and had to call in several others for help.

But now, in the blink of an eye, the *Super Brain* program itself had gotten involved? And it was organizing an "ultimate team" of ten past champions, runners-up, and third-place winners to challenge it live?

’Are they really going this big?’

If even this ultimate team couldn’t conquer Li Yuan Farm’s Bamboo Maze, then the maze was truly about to become legendary.