Chapter 740 - 371: Terrifying, Very Terrifying

Chapter 740: Chapter 371: Terrifying, Very Terrifying

"What’s going on? Let me see!" Wu Teng said with a frown.

Chen Jincheng handed him the phone. After looking at it for a moment, the man took out his own phone and started making a call.

Sister Hong smiled when she saw this.

She had, of course, brought it up in public on purpose. Knowing Mr. Wu’s status, she wanted this clout-chaser to be crushed. She had deliberately reported it to her boss in front of him.

People who blindly chase clout like this are disgusting.

Luoloko Media wasn’t actually an account name but a studio name. Its main business was managing accounts that discussed current events.

Simply put, they had no core business; they just specialized in chasing clout from real-world events.

They didn’t chase celebrity gossip, but real-world events, to build up their authority. Outsiders even mistook them for a genuine news media outlet.

For example, this time, they were chasing clout off Chen Jincheng with a critical angle. People would assume their criticism came from a real news outlet, so many netizens would be misled into supporting their "journalistic justice."

Once they had enough followers, many people would surely fear their criticism. They would then come knocking, begging to have a story taken down, and that’s where the profit would be.

The boss of Luoloko was named Luo Ke. He was very satisfied as he watched his follower count increase.

’Chen Jincheng’s popularity is still so high.’

’Just by riding his coattails a little, I can gain this many followers.’

Just then, someone came in and reminded him, "Boss, someone online just revealed that the system at Jinglan City seems to have crashed. That’s why they couldn’t sell tickets. It wasn’t hunger marketing. Our video is a bit problematic now. We can use another one of our accounts to criticize this one."

Luo Ke nodded. This was what made him clever.

Different accounts, different opposing stances. Often, they would ride the popularity of both sides of an issue. Whichever side turned out to be wrong would just have to issue an apology.

He was just about to arrange for someone to do that when another employee rushed in to report, "Boss, bad news! Our accounts just got banned! The reason given was ’spreading false information and endangering social stability.’"

"???" Luo Ke was stunned and quickly asked, "Which account?"

The employee said with a devastated expression, "All of them. All of Luoloko’s accounts are gone."

"What?" Luo Ke’s eyes widened in disbelief. How had they spread false information and endangered social stability? What had they done? All they did was chase a bit of clout off Chen Jincheng.

...

In Jinglan City, Sister Hong also reported the good news to Chen Jincheng, "Boss, the Luoloko accounts are gone. And not just that, all the accounts belonging to their studio have been wiped out."

Chen Jincheng wasn’t surprised by this at all. For a clout-chasing account like that, especially one that didn’t stick to the facts, a single phone call from Mr. Wu was enough to guarantee its demise.

Unless Tiao Yin wanted to be stubborn.

It wasn’t that Tiao Yin was afraid of Mr. Wu. After all, Tiao Yin surely had powerful backers of its own. This would be especially true when it became a media mouthpiece in the future, as its backers would be even more powerful.

Rather, Tiao Yin had no reason to displease someone like Mr. Wu over such an insignificant account.

An account like that held no value for Tiao Yin. In fact, Tiao Yin might ban even a top-tier influencer without a second thought. After all, the account had messed up, it got noticed by the higher-ups, and they’d already put in a word.

This was also why livestream e-commerce needed local support to grow big and strong.

"Boss, Sister Hong, the ticketing system for Jinglan City has been restored," a programmer from Second-Life Star immediately reported. "The new server has also been installed."

Hearing this news, Fu Zhan hurriedly instructed the person in charge of the scenic area, "What are you waiting for? Get the tickets online, quickly."

"How many should we release?" the person in charge asked immediately.

"Release another 150,000 tickets," Fu Zhan said hurriedly.

The person in charge didn’t hesitate and immediately made the arrangements.

Meanwhile, Chen River, who hadn’t managed to snag a ticket earlier and had gotten an earful from his girlfriend, had been keeping a close watch on the situation. The moment he saw more tickets were available, he tried to grab them immediately.

But just then, he found his phone’s Wi-Fi signal was gone. He saw his girlfriend angrily holding up the router. "You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Fine, I’ll make sure you can’t play your games either."

Chen River’s cheek twitched as he looked at the router. "Honey, I have some good news and some bad news for you."

His girlfriend snorted coldly. "What good news? What bad news? What are you trying to say?"

Chen River said with a strained smile, "The good news is that Jinglan City released more tickets, and I managed to get them. I’m in the middle of paying."

"Really? Hubby, I love you!" His girlfriend immediately threw her arms around him and gave him a kiss.

He said awkwardly, "At the last second, the Wi-Fi cut out. I hit the confirm payment button, but nothing happened."

Hearing this, his girlfriend froze. Seeing the payment confirmation screen on his phone, she immediately yelled, "Then what are you waiting for? Use 5G!"

Chen River didn’t dare hesitate. He hastily switched to 5G and tried to pay again.

But the pop-up notification left him embarrassed. "Um, it says the tickets are sold out again."

This time, his girlfriend was really about to lose it. "Fuck! I already bought a 3,000-yuan Hanfu, and a 52-yuan ticket is this hard to buy?"

Online, many people saw that Jinglan City had released a second batch of tickets and tried to buy them instantly. Those with fast fingers happily secured their tickets.

Those with slower fingers, however, were left stunned. The tickets were gone again.

’Can’t Jinglan City be more generous and not release tickets in such small batches?’

At the ticketing center, everyone—Wu Teng, Fu Zhan, Lei Xiaojun, Wei Yuan, Sister Hong... everyone except Chen Jincheng—was once again dumbfounded, staring at the remaining ticket count as it dropped to 0.

"This..." Fu Zhan felt his heart pounding in his chest.

’That’s 300,000 people already, and it still sold out this fast. This means there are still a lot of people who couldn’t get tickets.’

"Mr. Chen, how many more tickets do you think we should release?" Wu Teng looked at Chen Jincheng, his voice already a little unsteady. His heart was racing. This wasn’t even the limit.

’How much GDP growth will this one Jinglan City event ultimately bring to Coastal City?’

’This must be what they mean online when they say a single scenic spot can drive an entire city’s economy, right?’

But Chen Jincheng immediately said, "Jinglan City can handle a maximum of 700,000 visitors without any problem. To be safe, let’s release another 400,000 tickets. Also, just in case, I think we should open pre-orders for tomorrow and the day after, and extend the Hanfu Travel Day event by three days."

He knew just how many Hanfu his company had sold—over a million pieces.

The machines at their factories and partner factories were practically smoking. They didn’t even dare to accept large orders due to production capacity issues. Yet, whenever they opened up orders after fulfilling the current batch, many people still placed new ones.

But besides dedicated Hanfu enthusiasts, ordinary people were reluctant to buy such expensive outfits, which cost over 400 or even 3,000 yuan. However, they still wanted to join in on the fun and visit Jinglan City to check in. There would definitely be many people buying cheaper Hanfu from elsewhere.

The ratio could be five or even ten times higher.

"What are you all standing around stunned for?" Wu Teng urged impatiently.

Even with his high status, he couldn’t remain calm now.

700,000 visitors... that could bring a 7% to 14% increase in a single day for Coastal City. And 14% wasn’t the limit. Their calculations were based on average per-capita spending.

But often, tourists are very generous. As long as there’s something that truly attracts them, their spending usually exceeds the average.

Such a huge GDP growth, how many industry chains could it stimulate? How many jobs could it create?

Scenic area workers, maintenance workers, vegetable suppliers, meat suppliers, seafood suppliers, clothing factories, vegetable farms, seafood farms, livestock farms, farm workers, transport workers, the transportation infrastructure industry...

The list was endless. 700,000 people could boost every single industry in Coastal City.

When Lei Xiaojun heard the number 700,000, he also felt a bit numb. ’Is this the power of President Chen?’

’His marketing plans have such a terrifying effect, no matter the industry.’

The person in charge immediately had another 400,000 tickets released. Then, before everyone’s shocked eyes, the number of available tickets began to plummet. Soon, 100,000 were gone. Then 150,000.

Wu Teng barely hesitated before shouting at Fu Zhan, "What are you standing there for? Quickly contact the other scenic areas for support staff! Get people from the scenic spots in every county, and the service staff from the official guest houses! Transfer them all over here. I want a guarantee that Jinglan City will run successfully tomorrow!"

After giving his orders, he immediately took out his phone again and commanded, "Notify them to dispatch additional police patrols to the areas around Jinglan City tomorrow. Also, have them go over all sanitation and fire safety issues again tonight."

It could be said that an entire city was being mobilized for a single scenic area.

And the impact didn’t stop there. Soon, when the final booking data for Jinglan City was released, it would be even more shocking.