Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 594: Who Asked Me to Be Rich?_1

Chapter 594: Chapter 594: Who Asked Me to Be Rich?_1

Seeing that Wang Ye was unmoved, Rossiyana took the initiative and proposed:

"Boss, why don’t I run the account for you?

You know, I was a journalist before, I’m good at writing articles and creating hot topics, that’s my area of expertise!

You don’t believe me? We can make a bet. In just one month, I could increase your follower count to over three thousand...

No, five thousand!"

After all, Facebook is still a new networking site, as Rossiyana pointed out, it’s only just reached over a hundred thousand monthly active users.

On the list of follow counts, the person ranked number one, is none other than the site’s founder, Sergei, whose current follower count is close to forty thousand.

In other words, approximately forty percent of the website’s users are following him.

That’s already a staggering amount.

Absolute beauties like Rossiyana who often post stunning pictures barely manage to gather several hundreds to a thousand followers.

Of course, this is probably due to the fact that she’s relatively new to the website. Given her circumstances, she definitely has the potential to become very popular...

...

Having experienced various "trainings" in the internet of the future world, Wang Ye understood the ins and outs of many tricks, even though he never became a big influencer.

Now that he had the resources, the ability, and the need to do this, why not just give it a shot and educate Rossiyana, a novice to the world of self-media, on how to manage her own account!

He said with a smile: "Well then, how about I strike a bet with you that within a week... I can gather over a hundred thousand followers?"

"That’s impossible! The total active users of the entire site aren’t even a hundred thousand yet. You think you can get over a hundred thousand followers in a week, you must be joking." Rossiyana said incredulously.

Wang Ye, unperturbed, continued: "So are you in for the bet?"

"What’s at stake?" Rossiyana asked suspiciously, glancing at Wang Ye.

"Well, the stakes... to be honest, I haven’t really thought about it yet. How about the loser has to fulfill a request from the winner, one within their capabilities," Wang Ye suggested casually.

Rossiyana was a bit nervous, "You’re... This is not acceptable, the request must be reasonable. It can’t be anything improper."

Clearly, she’s thinking too much, assuming Wang Ye is up to no good.

Wang Ye didn’t tease her further, and instead proposed this:

"To celebrate opening a Facebook account, have you create a status for me, saying that any user who follows my account and leaves a comment within a week can participate in a lottery. As for the prize, let’s give out a Land Rover Range Rover. Then I’ll have the two big sites, YANDEX and MAIL.RU advertise for me, in this way, exceeding a hundred thousand followers in a week shouldn’t be difficult."

This is how the rich play networking self-media.

After all, Wang Ye has plenty of money. Just throwing some money into it, especially in this era, would cause a sensation.

Rossiyana was shell shocked. Is this even a legit way to do things?

She could afford to give away the car too, but it stung a little. No matter how many followers she has, it doesn’t add up to much after all, it doesn’t bring anything profitable.

But for Wang Ye to casually give away such an expensive car, that’s money coming out of her pocket.

This money, might be a flippant amount for Wang Ye, but to Rossiyana, it would take her at least a month of allowance!

Of course, it hurts her.

But on second thought, why would she care so much? After all, it’s not her who’s giving it away, Wang Ye is paying for it.

Besides, Land Rover belongs to Wang Ye. Giving away a car might in fact be good publicity for his brand, killing two birds with one stone.

"You... This is basically cheating! Throwing in a luxury car as a prize, wouldn’t everyone go crazy following you?" Rossiyana exclaimed incredulously, laughing and crying at the same time.

Wang Ye said nonchalantly: "Well, who else has money like me? If a bit of money can solve the problem, why should I bother about taking what pictures or writing what articles."

Rossiyana was left without a reply, because what Wang Ye said rang true.

She had to rack her brains thinking about how to take pictures, squeeze every drop of her creativity writing articles, and at the end of the month, only managed to attract a few hundred followers.

But all Wang Ye needs to do is to throw a car into the mix for a lottery. As soon as the news spreads, Rossiyana is sure that it would be a piece of cake for Wang Ye to surpass a hundred thousand followers within a week!

That’s a luxury car worth over one hundred thousand US dollars!

Anyone on Facebook, or on the internet, or even those who especially come online to register for the lottery after seeing the news, or some nosy spectators, wouldn’t they all bounce the server of Facebook...

As long as you follow some of Wang Ye’s accounts and leave a few comments, you can have a chance to win the lottery.

What if you won?!

A hundred thousand followers is nothing. There’s a chance to create a miracle...

...

So Rossiyana did as Wang Ye instructed. She posted a status with a half-body photo of Wang Ye sitting in his office, on his newly opened personal account.

Since it’s the first message, it’s important to include a photo to confirm "This is the real Mikhail!"

After a simple greeting to everyone, next it was about celebrating the opening of the account and the purchase of Volvo, Land Rover, and Jaguar car brands. As a result, there was a small perk for the subscribers.

A top-tier Land Rover Range Rover, identical to Wang Ye’s new fleet, was offered as a gift.

In Moscow, the purchase would also cost dozens of thousands of US dollars!

A proper luxury car.

After sending out the message, Rossiyana refreshed the page a few times, mumbling about why no one seemed to notice this message.

Wang Ye’s follower count remained at zero...

No, "1". Because Rossiyana was the first to follow, becoming Wang Ye’s first follower on Facebook!

Wang Ye found it amusing and said to her: "You don’t need to keep refreshing. I’ve only just registered the account, other people probably don’t even know yet. It’s in no way possible that there would be a raise in followers. You wait and see..."

Then he picked up the phone and called the people in charge at YANDEX and MAIL.RU, giving them a few simple instructions.

Of course, he was using the "privileges" of the boss, to increase the search weight of his Facebook account on YANDEX and MAIL.RU.

Whenever users searched for "Facebook", "Lottery" "Luxury Car" "Land Rover" "Range Rover", etc., many of the related keywords, Wang Ye’s personal Facebook page would appear at the top of the search results...

Perhaps the user count of Facebook is still small, but the users of YANDEX and MAIL.RU are numerous!

Even if only one percent of users notice and are curious enough to visit Wang Ye’s personal page, the lottery could help retain these users and turn them into Wang Ye’s followers!