Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 516 - 411 Outdoor Blogger_3

Chapter 516: Chapter 411 Outdoor Blogger_3

"Of course, how much you make from this thing largely depends on the location you choose."

"Some people get lucky and pick a neighborhood brimming with potential customers."

"While others, not so lucky, might end up in a place with few potential customers."

"Look at Zhongxing District that I value, for example—its numbers are significantly prettier, a good thirty-five percent higher than the second place!"

"It has to be said—where there are many foot massage shops, people there know how to enjoy life more!" Cheng Zhu chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Wang Anquan felt a scratching curiosity in his heart.

He had never been to such shops.

He was rather curious, "I wonder if Brother Zhu has ever visited one?"

But Wang Anquan didn’t dare to ask.

He was just curious, "Brother Zhu, how long would it take for others to break even if they franchised with us?"

"We’ll just talk about Hang City, because the rent varies from place to place, and rent is actually the biggest expense for such shops. At a location like Zhongxing District, the return on investment is quite fast. But if it’s just an average location, I guess it would take around a year."

"Ah? It takes a year to break even?" Wang Anquan was shocked.

"Are you under the illusion that money is easy to come by and business is easy to do because you’ve been following my coattails making money?" Cheng Zhu couldn’t help but laugh and berate.

"You’re pretty cocky, aren’t you!"

Such carefree and effortless shops—are doing well if they can break even in a year.

Wang Anquan felt a bit embarrassed by the scolding; after all, he had watched Cheng Zhu run his online store very successfully over the summer break. As a freshman, he was already driving a Land Rover to school, which was a distinctly different experience.

But he did have a sense of just how incredible Brother Zhu was.

Nowadays, a lot of the work was interfaced between him and Chen Bin.

Middle-aged Ah Bin found it simply astounding when he learned that Mr. Cheng planned to open these no-human interaction franchise stores.

"Is it even possible to do this?"

He could earn franchising fees and open up the supply channels for his own factory!

In the past, when he managed the factory, he only thought about getting more physical stores to purchase stock from him.

Now it was the other way around—Cheng Zhu’s idea was that others would pay him to apply to open stores, and then he would approve them, ultimately granting them the right to sell goods from his factory!

Of course, that’s not exactly the business logic.

But Chen Bin, as the factory director, preferred to think of it that way.

"Awesome! Our factory is incredible!"

Middle-aged Ah Bin felt his spine stiffen with pride!

After observing for a few days, Cheng Zhu felt he could implement the marketing plan he had previously formulated.

A lot of soft advertising would be widely distributed. Shops of this nature, with enough gimmick, didn’t need to worry about attracting attention.

Two days passed.

In the afternoon, Wang Anquan suddenly called Cheng Zhu to inform him of something.

Upon hearing the contents relayed through the phone, Cheng Zhu was momentarily stunned, then felt everything was both unexpected yet reasonable.

He just hadn’t anticipated it would escalate to this extent.

Classmate Little Wang now believed that Brother Zhu truly had a knack for anticipating things.

Just as he had predicted... an internet yellow had started making waves!

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[Chitu] was an outdoor blogger—not the usual kind, but exactly the type you’re thinking of.

Her online handle came from "among men Lv Bu, among horses Red Hare."

And of course, horses are meant to be ridden.

Chitu was without a doubt a fine steed!

Recently, Chitu based in Hang City was having a headache.

She couldn’t find a suitable outdoor location for her latest shoot.

As a popular outdoor blogger in the internet celebrity circle, her signature was that she never repeated a location!

From Ferris wheels in children’s amusement parks to pagodas on the mountains, the back hills of a university, to a certain rooftop... her presence had been marked everywhere.

Lately, her traffic and income had seen a bit of a downturn.

The reason was simple—she hadn’t released a hit video in a long while.

For outdoor bloggers like her, the choice of location was critically important.

The visual impact and mental stimulation brought to the audience can greatly depend on the location.

"Where on earth am I going to shoot the next video?" Chitu couldn’t find a place she was satisfied with.

But just a few days ago, when she was scrolling through Weibo, she saw a post from [Persistent Visit] that caught her eye.

"Opened six no-human interaction stores in Hang City?" Chitu’s eyes lit up.

That’s an awesome place! This was indeed a prime spot!

She could go there and... travel light!

"Even tools aren’t necessary; I can buy them straight from the vending machines!" Chitu’s thoughts became clearer and clearer.

"Many people must already be curious about these stores, finding them quite novel."

"Me browsing and using the vending machines would certainly be one of the highlights."

"And then, I’ll open the goods and use them right there on the spot!"

She brainstormed and the more she thought about it, the more reliable the script seemed, definitely packed with entertainment value!

But just this alone seemed to lack something.

After all, it was an indoor venue, and there were no people around.

So, she decided to call her two male assistants to come and act along with her.

For instance, as she was just "occupied," voices of "bystanders" could be heard from outside the door, "Wow, there’s a QQ store here!"

At that moment, she would have to act extremely startled, trembling with fear.

Of course, in this segment, only the assistants’ voices needed to be heard; they wouldn’t actually come in for fear of various reasons, creating an effect of false alarm.

Moreover, towards the later part of the video, one of the male assistants would enter to buy something!

Adding a person into the scene at this point would create a progressively intensifying storyline!

Director Chitu: At that moment, I must frantically tidy up my appearance, pretending as if nothing had happened, while the other person gives me a slightly puzzled look.

"That glance must pin my legs into inward-facing knees!"

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, the more she felt the playability could be immense.

"Right, right! When I leave, I should take another look at the surveillance in the store, acting as if I just realized there were cameras!"

"Ah! Everything was caught on surveillance!"

With a complete storyline in place, Chitu decided to just go for it and set off at half-past three that night!

Of course, the video would be edited later.

She would shoot the storefront around eight or nine o’clock, when there was still a fair amount of foot traffic.

But her "self-indulgence" in the no-human interaction store definitely had to wait for the dead of night, to prevent any mishaps during the process.

The entire video shoot went exceptionally smoothly.

Chitu also felt great about herself, having a lot of fun and finding the entire experience very interesting.

She even glanced at the surveillance in the store, wondering, "Will the boss of [Persistent Visit] come to see the surveillance footage?"

And the video did not disappoint her expectations—it became the most explosive hit of her career!

When Cheng Zhu received the call from Wang Anquan, Wang Anquan mentioned that the video was extremely popular.

He directly asked, "How popular?"

Wang Anquan replied, "As popular as it gets!"

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