E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 201: Episode 201: Finally Going to the Long-awaited Wangfujing

Chapter 201: Episode 201: Finally Going to the Long-awaited Wangfujing

Having just these four accounts was nowhere near enough, Zhou Xueyin was determined to round up former employees and start anew.

She just so happened to learn that Liu He and some others were looking for jobs, so she had them do part-time work operating accounts in fields they were familiar with.

Zhou Xueyin and three others pooled together 5 million as start-up capital for Xueshan Jiying Media Company, finally renting a 50-square-meter office space in Oriental New World above Wangfujing.

Zhou Xueyin’s long-held dream had finally come true.

With the company officially starting its operations, those who had always followed Zhou Xueyin were now back by her side. After all, they still felt most comfortable and at ease working under her.

The difference this time was that it wasn’t just female employees, male employees could also join.

Yao Shanshan’s boyfriend, Guo Yu, came over to work as the head of the media department.

Li Ranxu took on the heavy responsibility in the marketing department, not wanting to see his girlfriend weak and lying in a hospital bed anymore.

Kang Siyin, to facilitate account stats monitoring, developed a specialized statistical system with Yang Ye, and at Zhou Xueyin’s suggestion, they also developed a system for scheduling Weibo posts automatically, so no one had to keep an eye on Weibo after going home from work.

As the company officially commenced operations, during the first team-building event, Zhou Xueyin intentionally asked Liu He, "Hehe, who is still at 51buy now?"

"Who else could it be, probably just Zhao Caiyun? Everyone else..." Liu He looked around the room, "aren’t they all here?"

"Why hasn’t Xiaoyun joined us?" Zhou Xueyin had indeed invited Zhao Caiyun but had not received a response, so she didn’t insist.

"Her? Ah... hehe..." Sun Miao laughed meaningfully.

"Huh? What happened to her?" Zhou Xueyin asked, puzzled.

"Yeah, what happened to her?" Kang Siyin and Yao Shanshan were also clueless.

"Just the three of you, one too busy to gossip, another slogging away without a care for others, and one naive to the ways of the world—it’d be strange if you knew!" Li Jiniang also joined in on the gossip.

"Damn it, Jixiang, you know and you didn’t tell us!" Zhou Xueyin pretended to be angry at her.

"Hey, it’s no big deal, she just became an idiot’s mistress that’s all..." Sun Miao shrugged and blurted out without any reserve.

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Nani?"

These three were flabbergasted; such a melodramatic tale, and they hadn’t had a clue!

"She... they, together? When did this happen? Why would she do such a thing? With so many handsome guys at Zhongonline, she doesn’t go for them but chooses to be a mistress to a moron? Has she lost her mind? What was she after?" Zhou Xueyin said in astonishment.

"After money, of course... what else? Did you know why the idiot ended up with so many deals afterward? All stolen from me! I just couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, didn’t want to tear off the pretenses." Li Jiniang snorted, "Like that time I was in the hospital, Niu Chongtian, who paid my bills, was originally a client I secured. He stole him from me, but the client disliked him, so he continued to sign deals with me."

"There’s even this matter? I really had no idea... What puzzles me is, how did our well-prepped customers disappear as soon as he got involved?" Zhou Xueyin finally understood what had happened. "At the time, I was wondering how he knew about the customers we were discussing. So it was Xiaoyun who was tipping him off!"

"You think... Now you know what they mean by ’a leopard can’t change its spots’, right? That’s why she’s too ashamed to show her face!" Li Jiniang said disdainfully.

"Really, she’s just using the idiot as a stepping stone, planning to make her money and then go back to her hometown to become a respectable woman..." Sun Miao also sneered disdainfully.

"Let it go, let it go, she’ll reap what she sows. To be the mistress for an idiot... She really has the stomach for it... ew..." Zhou Xueyin couldn’t bear the thought and made a disgusted face.

Although she had treated her well, everyone chooses their own path, and since Zhao Caiyun had chosen such a path that seemingly offered a shortcut, then she wished her a steady journey into the abyss.

The day to sign the agreement to join the social media account group arranged with Bai Luoran arrived. By this time, Zhou Xueyin already had about a dozen accounts, including accounts focused on European and British styles, accounts that appreciate handsome men and beautiful women, makeup tutorials, fashion advice, and several other categories of fashion accounts.

"Not bad, not bad! You should know that the account group has been lacking these types of accounts! They’re for looking at handsome men and beautiful women as well as for checking out fashion combinations! Very creative!" Bai Luoran looked at the content of these accounts and couldn’t stop praising, "As for the data, I won’t pry into that. After all, you’ve only been up for a month, so it’s normal to have no viewers and not be professional. Once you join the group and exchange resources, things will improve a lot, so you can be at ease about that!"

"I’m grateful to you, Sister Bai!" Zhou Xueyin looked at her with appreciation.

"Sister Bai, I’ve brought the contract..." A familiar voice came from downstairs.

"Hmm? Xiaotian? What are you doing here?" Zhou Xueyin saw Chen Yitian and exclaimed in surprise.

"You two know each other?" Bai Luoran was also surprised, remarking, "The world truly is small!"

"Right? The young master of Kuchi Auto Parts!" Zhou Xueyin laughed incredulously, "What’s the matter? Came to steal some techniques and then return to honor your dad, huh?"

"Sister Zhou, what are you talking about... I’m now Sister Bai’s secretary." Chen Yitian’s face turned red as he cast a longing glance at Bai Luoran.

"Oh~! Okay then! Secretary! Humph!" Zhou Xueyin’s face said it all, implying she understood everything, "Then I suppose we don’t need to handle your official Weibo account, huh? With Sister Bai’s support, it must be more robust than what we could offer!"

"I’ve already got the official Weibo... Later on, I’ll still need to ask for Sister Zhou’s blog to help with promotion!" Chen Yitian scratched his head sheepishly, "Oh right, the contract..."

He respectfully handed over the contract to Bai Luoran and then quietly gestured with his hand and went back downstairs to continue working.

"I didn’t expect you two were old acquaintances?" Bai Luoran looked at Zhou Xueyin with interest.

"Ah, don’t mention it..." Zhou Xueyin briefly told her about Chen Yitian’s internship at her company.

Bai Luoran found it hilarious: "How adorable is this kid! Just because you’ve shared so much with me, stuff that I didn’t know, here’s what I’ll do: until your account reaches 50,000 followers, I’ll help increase your numbers for free!"

That’s incredibly generous!

You should know, building an account with 50,000 real, active followers isn’t something that can be solved with just 10, 20 thousand.

Bai Luoran was truly offering a massive giveaway this time, but Zhou Xueyin didn’t want to be too greedy: "Thank you for your high regard, Sister Bai. Having one account reach 50,000 followers is enough. For the rest, we should pay whatever is due. It’s important to keep accounts clear!"

"I really like your work attitude!" Bai Luoran happily signed the contract and even noted on the remarks: Gift Xueshan Jiying Company two accounts with a reach of 50,000 followers.