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Chapter 186 Yang Rongfa’s Project Falls Through

Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Yang Rongfa’s Project Falls Through

First and foremost, the greatest gain goes without saying.

Wu Mu had also proven this time that Performance Cards need not be solely chased for money.

One could choose to use Performance Cards to boost popularity.

However, the marketing and operational process of a Performance Card is ultimately a black box, and it can’t guarantee to be useful every time it is used, or to be immediately effective.

There’s no set timing for a Performance Card’s redemption, which acts like a kind of limiter.

The system incorporates real-world logic when cashing out the quota, and conversely, if something seems too far-fetched from reality, clearly with high difficulty in cashing out, the system may just stretch it out over several years or even decades.

Take the video views, for instance. Wu Mu clearly understood that the system would definitely not grant his video a billion views.

Because from a realistic standpoint, such an event is practically impossible.

Let alone a billion views, even a hundred million seemed to present a bit of a challenge.

After reaching sixty million, Wu Mu distinctly felt the growth of video views slowing down.

This clearly indicated that in the existing pool of viewers likely to watch his video, he was about to exhaust his digging.

If he really wanted to fulfill the requirements of this Performance Card, he would inevitably have to accept other avenues of redemption pushed by the system.

Ever since his video was featured on Deep Insight, the number of people who approached him with money had significantly increased.

Not only were there various advertisers and MCN institutions contacting him, official and private media, and other platforms, also wanted to rebroadcast his video elsewhere.

Wu Mu even received private messages from several foreign media outlets interested in covering this domestic news event, asking for authorization.

There were also those who wanted to cover the song in his video, and many more.

All these offers, if he agreed, would result in money paid to him.

Wu Mu estimated that these probably counted towards the redemption of the system’s Performance Card.

If he stubbornly refused to agree, truly counting on the system to accumulate views to reach a quota of ten million, he guessed the system would likely extend the redemption time of his Performance Card indefinitely.

Therefore, Wu Mu did not plan to continue exploiting the bug of "Tongzi". If he came across suitable channels, such as those that offered money for rebroadcasting, he would still accept them.

After all, he had exceeded his goal this time.

He managed to completely ruin Li Hu with just one Performance Card worth ten million.

Without the system, in reality, forget about ten million—whether hundreds of millions or even billions could achieve such an effect was questionable.

Of course, the main reason was that Li Hu’s own slate wasn’t clean. His kind of platform was inherently afraid of exposure and popularity, and what’s more, he himself made the suicidal move of deleting the video, forcing the system to find an even higher approach to market the event widely and get the video reloaded.

For Star Electronics, ranked first on Wu Mu’s little notebook, such a smear campaign likely would have had as little effect as his direct exposure on Weibo before—barely bothering them.

Apart from the Performance Card at the system level, Wu Mu also gained a highly popular Douyin account.

His secondary account, the Partner of Justice, not only made a name for itself but also amassed over two million followers.

However, most of these followers were just there for the excitement, and whether they would actually click on his videos if he continued to post was still questionable.

Moreover, the followers didn’t mean much to him.

He had no intention of working hard to earn money; lying back and using the Performance Cards was more comfortable.

He would just leave the account be and bring it out again when confronting an opponent like Li Hu.

Having tallied up the various gains of the past few days, Wu Mu nodded satisfyingly.

He then opened a business email he had left on Weibo, planning to see what shows recently wanted to invite him.

He had rested for a while; it was time to find some work.

Wu Mu hadn’t found any work before Lin Qingyue called.

"Did you do it, the thing with Li Hu?" Lin Qingyue asked outright.

Wu Mu wasn’t surprised that Lin Qingyue suspected him, considering there were two great doubts.

First, Li Hu had just confronted him and straight after he ran into trouble, making him the prime suspect.

Second, to make the video go viral sooner, he had purposely added a new song to it.

While singing, he had deliberately altered his voice and hadn’t used his full "Skill," but the mere act of singing a new song was suspicious enough.

Looking back, he hadn’t expected the matter to blow up so big, so he hadn’t been careful enough.

He had initially thought it would suffice to hide his identity under a guise, avoiding a direct confrontation.

But who would have thought it would end up involving Bee Finance?

Still, guess as she might, he had no intention of admitting anything, especially not at this moment.

His account was currently resented by people from Bee Finance.

This involved an IPO operation worth trillions of assets; if successful, it could instantly create a large group of millionaires from company stock options.

Now their billionaire dreams were shattered, and even if he wasn’t the main cause, he would inevitably face their wrath.

Stepping out now would just draw too much hatred.

Even if his identity were to be exposed eventually, he’d prefer to wait until the storm passed.

Without even blinking, Wu Mu said, "No, what’s up?"

But Lin Qingyue seemed to come with an answer in mind already, and with a hint of amusement, she said, "You’d better not be. You’ve made some serious enemies this time; Li Hu got sent in because of you."

In her heart, Lin Qingyue was almost certain that the righteous partner was Wu Mu.

Aside from the points Wu Mu himself had mentioned, mainly it was just a feeling in her heart that it had to be Wu Mu.

Oh, and the name, "righteous partner."

Such a juvenile name...

Mr. Wu Mu, if you are going to hide your identity, at least do it properly!

Anyone familiar with your style would definitely suspect you.

Lin Qingyue found it amusing internally.

But she was somewhat astonished that Wu Mu had orchestrated such a major event so quietly and anonymously.

With just a short video, he had managed to get Li Hu arrested and even dragged a juggernaut like Bee Finance into it.

Even though she had always rated Wu Mu highly, Lin Qingyue had to admit that he had surprised her again.

Wu Mu was a bit startled, "Li Hu got arrested?"

"Yes, he was taken in last night. Illicit fundraising, misappropriation of public funds, bribery of national public officials... There’s a whole list of charges, he might have to stay in for more than ten years," Lin Qingyue was well-informed.

It all fell in line with Wu Mu’s thoughts; if a person with a dirty record didn’t attract attention, it was fine, but once they did, you could easily find a multitude of faults.

Lin Qingyue chuckled, "I dare not offend you in the future, or else I might also get sent in by you."

Wu Mu didn’t admit to it, "It wasn’t me. And even if it was, it wouldn’t be my fault. He broke the law himself."

Lin Qingyue clicked her tongue, not pursuing it any further, but changed the topic, "The project with Wang Ren and Yang Rongfa is probably going to dissolve, they’re short on investment."

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