Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 596 Who Gets the Prize_1

Chapter 596: Chapter 596 Who Gets the Prize_1

It was still the early stage of the internet at that time, where everyone mainly used it to read news, send emails, search for information, etc.

The most popular websites were search engines and portal websites.

The prevalent concept of the internet was "free sharing", all websites were free, and except for online games, no other websites required any fees.

Under such circumstances, the methods for websites to make profits were quite monotonous. Besides placing advertisements, there were hardly any other sources of income.

Similarly, the methods of promoting websites were also quite monotone.

Besides traditional TV advertisements and magazine and newspaper advertisements, they just advertised on other large websites.

There were hardly any innovative methods.

Doing things like holding raffles for users was extremely rare.

In particular, in the case of Wang Ye, no individual user had ever brought out a luxury car for a raffle; it was simply unprecedented.

Thus, it caused a great sensation on the Russian Internet, and the advertisement effect was surprisingly good.

......

One week later, the number of followers on Wang Ye’s Facebook personal account exceeded 300,000!

This number may not be impressive twenty years later as ’Million Big V’ and ’Ten Million Internet Celebrities’ are becoming increasingly common.

Anyone who is a media blogger or an UP owner, if you do not have over a million followers, would be embarrassed to even greet others in public.

But it was scary twenty years ago to have 300,000 followers, especially if they were genuine and not inflated numbers.

Inside Wang Ye’s office, he was engrossed in document work. Though he did not manage those group companies personally, there were still quite a few documents that required his endorsement every day.

Next to his desk, a smaller L-shaped office desk was newly arranged, that was Rossiyana’s place.

After all, she’s a special assistant, her status is a bit special and she can’t just sit with those other ordinary assistants in the outer room, right...

Rossiyana was holding her laptop and staring blankly at the screen for a long time before sighing heavily.

While being busy with his paperwork, Wang Ye asked casually without raising his head, "What’s the matter?"

Although he was a bit unwilling when Rossiyana first wanted to be his assistant,

But after interacting with her for a while, he felt that his special assistant was quite good. She might not be extraordinary, but she was competent.

She indeed helped him quite a bit, and moreover, she was such a pretty sight to behold...

Rossiyana said in a melancholic voice, "I saw that your number of followers on Facebook exceeded 300,000!"

Wang Ye laughed and casually replied, "Just this much? It has been a week already, it’s too little."

He subconsciously ignored the number of internet users in this era, thinking it was twenty years later.

If it were twenty years later, if any big-shot held a million-dollar lottery on social platforms such as Weibo, the number of participants would easily reach millions.

With the current appeal and influence of Wang Ye, how could he even lose to an internet sensation?

Therefore, he felt that having only 300,000 followers was indeed a little too few.

However, he didn’t really care, as it was more of a casual attempt. If it worked out well, great; if it didn’t, it wasn’t a big deal.

After all, Facebook was being operated by Sergei. He simply invested in it and did not engage in daily operations.

Now, he is no longer concerned about the growth and profitability of a small company because he oversees too many large companies, all of which are golden goose companies!

"Just this much?! What are you talking about, it’s 300,000! Do you know the total number of internet users countrywide? I looked at the statistical data last year; it seemed like there were not even 3 million yet. One-tenth of all internet users have participated in your lottery, isn’t that too many?"

Rossiyana muttered.

Wang Ye grinned, well, this is Russia.

And it’s Russia in 2002...

Since the population is not large to begin with, it’s only reasonable that the total number of internet users wouldn’t exceed 3 million. Most families couldn’t afford computers in the first place, let alone afford the internet fees!

Given this context, an increase of 300,000 followers in a week is indeed a decent result.

"You should arrange the lottery with a notary public office. It’s also best to involve a media outlet, film the draw on the spot, and then announce the result on TV. This way, no one will question the result." Wang Ye casually instructed.

Rossiyana bluntly said, "No problem, leave it to me! I’m familiar with the media industry, and this lottery is quite sensational, I guess quite a few TV stations would compete for being a part of it."

That could indeed be the case.

Most of Russia’s TV stations are privately owned, and their competition for ratings has often been...uncensored.

Now that this luxury car lottery has caused a sensation on the internet, coupled with the participation of Mikhail, the current political star, many TV stations will indeed scramble to make this a special program.

Of course, Wang Ye would not appear on this program himself as that would be beneath him.

Having Rossiyana, his special assistant, represent him and handle this will be just right.

Moreover, Rossiyana used to be a journalist and host, so she was quite familiar with this.

......

"The lottery will be broadcast live on TV tonight. I wonder who the lucky person will be. Ah, I wish I could be the one to win, a Land Rover Range Rover, I heard that this car costs hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Driving this car to pick up girls, I’d be invincible."

Inside a classroom at Petersburg University, Milosevic was chatting with a friend.

"Hehe, I also participated in this lottery, and I registered several accounts, used my father, mother, older brother, and younger sister’s names to register the accounts for the draw, maybe I could win. If I win, I can drive you around!" his friend said with a grin.

Milosevic was shocked. Can you really do that?!

Why hadn’t he thought of this way?

Indeed, if he used the names of his relatives and friends to register accounts, wouldn’t he get to participate in the lottery several times? The chances of winning would be multiplied several times!

Regrettably, the lottery had closed now, it’s too late for regrets...

......

That night, after dinner, Milosevic unusually went to his friend’s dormitory to hang out.

Because he didn’t have a TV, while his friend’s dormitory had a small one, which they could use to watch the live lottery draw!

Time quickly came to eight o’clock. Milosevic and his friend sat before the TV early and tuned to the TV station.

The programme started. Under the supervision of the notary public’s office personnel on the spot, Rossiyana represented Mikhail and began the lottery draw.

Accompanied by the numbers on the big screen rolling quickly, at this moment, no one knew exactly how many people were on tenterhooks.

Anyway, at this moment, Milosevic was so nervous that he was almost out of breath...

A million-dollar luxury car: whose home it will go to!