At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

"Mrs. Qin, how did you come here?"

"Oh! You didn't even say a word before you came. I could have driven to pick you up!"

Fatty Tang and Zhou Dan were stunned. They had never expected Qin Hong to visit Sword Barrier Network again.

A few days ago, Qin Hong had come to the incubator, and only Zhou Dan was there. He had been severely scolded by Qin Hong and almost got kicked out of the incubator on the spot.

Seeing Qin Hong now made them even more nervous.

If Qin Hong had been just an ordinary university dean's assistant, they wouldn't have been so scared.

But the problem was exactly that.

Qin Hong's identity was not just a dean's assistant; her father was the director of the Modu City Market Supervision Bureau!

If they dared to upset Qin Hong, they could forget about making money in Modu from then on.

Although they had partnered with Bi Jian to start Sword Barrier Network, they had invested in more than just this one company.

They had other companies under their control in other places!

Moreover, when they first settled in the incubator, Sword Barrier Network had paid a one million yuan deposit for the venue.

The day before yesterday, someone leaked information, and Qin Hong ran to the incubator to accuse them of wrongdoing, directly ordering Sword Barrier Network to leave the incubator, and the school terminated their rental agreement with them.

Now it seemed certain that it was Kang Jia who had reported them without saying goodbye.

Zhou Dan glanced at Kang Jia with a hostile look.

But Kang Jia had already joined Ideal Paradise and didn't care what Zhou Dan thought of him.

He calmly met his gaze.

"Stop beating around the bush. Today, I'm here to make sure you pay the salaries."

Qin Hong put her handbag on a nearby computer desk and crossed her arms across her chest, giving off an unapproachable vibe.

Fatty Tang and Zhou Dan exchanged a glance, both their faces turning dark.

But they were helpless against Qin Hong.

"Wait, I'll go get the money." Fatty Tang's voice was low as he turned to go to the office to get the money.

Zhou Dan hid his displeasure, walked over to Qin Hong cheerfully, and moved a chair for her, "Mrs. Qin, please take a seat. Tang Wenbin is getting the money, and it will be distributed to everyone in a moment."

Qin Hong sat down unceremoniously and still did not give Zhou Dan a pleasant look.

That was just her character. If someone upset her, then no one was going to have a good time.

Zhou Dan kept smiling, his eyes darting around the few people beside Qin Hong.

His gaze finally settled on Gu Yu, who was the most handsome, because he always felt this face looked very familiar, as if he had seen it several times before.

But he was sure that he had never met this young man in real life.

This was really strange.

"This young man looks so familiar. Have we met somewhere before?"

Zhou Dan tentatively asked.

Gu Yu glanced at him and sized him up, "Never seen you."

He definitely didn't want to get involved with someone like Zhou Dan. Often you don't get the lamb, and still get the trouble.

But Zhou Dan kept staring at him.

Gu Yu moved behind his girlfriend and bluntly retorted, "Are you into guys or what? Why keep staring at me?"

Zhou Dan's expression stiffened and his gaze shifted involuntarily, landing on Lin Xin Yue.

Seeing Lin Xin Yue, he suddenly remembered who Gu Yu was.

"Oh... Oh! You're the 'National Husband' Gu Yu from Dou Ying, right?"

Zhou Dan suddenly realized, with the images of Gu Yu and Lin Xin Yue merging with the videos on Dou Ying in his mind.

No wonder he looked familiar. This couple were internet celebrities!

Though they had only been famous for about half a month before their popularity gradually declined.

But he remembered very clearly.

Because he had invested in an influencer incubator company, also known as an MCN operation agency.

By creating internet celebrities and monetizing their popularity, huge revenue could be generated in a short period.

The influencer company he invested in had over twenty famous internet celebrities, and it was quite simple for them to achieve seven or eight-figure revenues annually.

All that needed to be done was to find promising newcomers and then cultivate them into internet celebrities with a unique personal IP through character setting, packaging, and plot design.

Once an internet celebrity became popular, they could ruthlessly harvest their fans' money.

After harvesting the fans' money, they would fake data and harvest advertisers and other such entities.

Of course, that was a topic for another time.

A while ago, when Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue were hot topics across the entire network, countless MCN agencies were scouting for information on the two.

But everyone came back empty-handed.

Lin Xinyue was okay; it was found she was a wealthy, pretty girl, not really someone you could pull into being an internet celebrity.

Everyone then shifted their focus to Gu Yu, but no matter through which channels they tried to find information about him, they could find nothing useful.

Even though they obtained Gu Yu's cell phone number from his school and contacted him twice, he blocked them.

Latterly, it was guessed that he had set up a whitelist, making it impossible to reach Gu Yu's phone regardless of which one was used.

The MCN agencies, having achieved nothing, eventually gave up on finding Gu Yu.

And then today, he unexpectedly ran into him face to face.

Zhou Dan's mind suddenly became active, although the popularity of Gu Yu had been in decline recently.

But if he could pull Gu Yu into his invested influencer company, the popularity could quickly be stirred up again.

It was easy money.

He did not believe young people could resist the temptation of money. Zhou Dan's eyes spun and he immediately put on a friendly smile:

"Mr. Gu! I have a business cooperation to discuss with you, are you interested? It's well-paid and easy work, you could earn an amount equivalent to a Sword Barrier Network in just one year!"

Zhou Dan reached out to shake Gu Yu's hand, trying to close the gap, but Gu Yu deftly avoided it.

"You aren't trying to trick me into becoming a gigolo, are you?" Gu Yu was on high alert.

Was Zhou Dan being too forward?

Couldn't he see what situation it was? They were still on opposite sides!

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Coming straight to business cooperation, and claiming an earnings equivalent to a Sword Barrier Network in a year—was he trying to bait him with big talk?

Moreover, was earning an amount equivalent to a Sword Barrier Network in a year that difficult? The volume of Sword Barrier was only a few million, right?

The current earnings of Ideal Paradise had already surpassed five million! It's just that the money hadn't hit the account yet.

For some reason, seeing Zhou Dan's elongated horse-like face, Gu Yu was reminded of the old pimps.

And with Zhou Dan talking about quick money, he was again reminded of the White Horse Club.

Indeed the money came fast there, and the work was light; maybe he wouldn't even need to move a muscle.

"Uh... Mr. Gu, what you said, I run a legit business, I wouldn't ask you to do anything illegal."

"I'm inviting you to join Meitian Media to become a top internet celebrity with millions or even tens of millions of followers!"

Zhou Dan looked embarrassed. Gu Yu's imagination was indeed too wild. How could he have thought of that?

Being a gigolo? Did he really look like an old madam?

"A top-quality gigolo who jets in from across the nation?" Gu Yu's eyebrows were almost flying off his forehead, the more he heard, the more absurd he found it.

"Ah, right, right... no, not right, we are legitimate internet celebrities!" Zhou Dan subconsciously nodded, then quickly shook his head realizing his agreement.

Of course they did such things like national jet-setting, but they couldn't outright say it.

Once the contract was signed, if they wanted to avoid paying hefty penalties, they would just have to obediently follow instructions!

"Not doing it."

Gu Yu looked disgusted, instantly rejecting Zhou Dan.

Actually, he had never intended to discuss any business cooperation with Zhou Dan. It was just playing along for fun.