My American magical life
Chapter 881 - 881 58 The Wind Rises at Nanhua 9 This should be a bit interesting haha

881: Chapter 58: The Wind Rises at Nanhua 9 (This chapter should be a bit interesting haha) 881: Chapter 58: The Wind Rises at Nanhua 9 (This chapter should be a bit interesting haha) Deep into the night at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, a red-eye flight slowly touches down.

The crowded and weary steps couldn’t dampen the determination to return home.

Zhang Weiqi collected his luggage in the arrival hall, pulled his suitcase with one hand, and waited outside the airport for his rideshare.

It’s not that he couldn’t afford a taxi from the airport, but a rideshare simply offers a better bang for the buck—economizing is key in a life of hard labor.

Looking at the news on his phone, envy surfaced in Zhang Weiqi’s eyes.

Extreme Vision News—”Egret Island’s young entrepreneur Cheng Daqi attends the first Short Video Development and Creation Forum, organized by the New Millennium Media Research Institute of Egret Island, with the Vice-Mayor of Egret Island in attendance and delivering a speech.”

New Millennium Media Research Institute, what a name, indeed.

It’s the epitome of doing a lot with a little.

For a burgeoning industry, the authenticity of a forum is something no one can define.

Cheng, the boss, organized the first one, and since his was relatively large, he established authority!

Everyday Southern Fujian—”Inheriting the cultural classics of the era, composing a new chapter on the land of Fujian, Shanhaiguan collaborates with Fujian Provincial Theater Troupe to forge a new journey of Southern Fujian’s characteristic opera.”

The local opera of Southern Fujian is a world-class intangible cultural heritage, and Since Shanhaiguan has the relevant opera talents, Cheng naturally wouldn’t miss the opportunity to get his piece of the pie.

With a little more networking in all directions, you don’t need a very high budget, but the publicity impact is significant—especially now, after the surge in popularity of Shanhaiguan’s internet influencers.

As long as the matter has ‘meaning,’ Cheng Daqi is willing to let his people go out and try it.

Strait Express—”Deputy Minister of the State Council ***, the Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office ***, and the Director of the Southern Fujian Strait Office *** visited Shanhaiguan, expressing full recognition of media workers in the new era.”

For the Outreach Department, the newly established company Shanhaiguan holds a very special standing.

It has signed many foreigners in Hua Country to become short video bloggers, releasing a myriad of short videos about Hua Country.

In the past, such cultural activities were usually initiated by NGOs feeding on handouts, often appearing particularly abhorrent.

But Cheng’s Shanhaiguan signs up numerous foreigners to be web celebrities in order to make money, which is a different story.

Praising Hua Country is a must, and at the same time, it showcases the country’s landscape to the whole world through other platforms.

When Shanhaiguan was small, this phenomenon didn’t attract much attention.

But now that Shanhaiguan has grown sufficiently, its value in stirring up controversy has skyrocketed.

As Cheng’s friend, Zhang Weiqi’s fate has been rewritten by Cheng Daqi, so naturally, Zhang Weiqi hopes that Cheng keeps getting better.

It’s just that he invested 80,000 to upgrade his ‘level’ in ‘Family Good Items,’ and hasn’t seen a penny in return—yet ‘Family Good Items’ is recommended by the web celebrities under Cheng’s Shanhaiguan.

Initially, after seeing the advertisement personally broadcast by Zhao Hongjin at the customs, Zhang Weiqi decisively participated in the ‘Family Good Items’ scheme.

Torn between his old classmate and his own money, Zhang Weiqi felt quite conflicted.

“Ding~” The phone rang.

Having boarded the rideshare, Zhang Weiqi hurriedly adjusted his expression and eagerly answered the call.

A call from his boss’s boss was not to be taken lightly; Zhang Weiqi immediately thought of Cheng Daqi.

Such preferential treatment had only one reason: his old classmate connection.

“Good evening, Boss Gu.”

“Yes, I’ve filled in my own name.”

“Is it just about this issue?”

“Okay!”

Putting down the phone, shedding his pretentious, unseen acting, Zhang Weiqi slumped in the backseat, letting out a sigh.

He couldn’t grasp why Dongxin wanted to keep track of employees involved in ‘Family Good Items,’ but he discerned a hint of scheming from Gu Chaofei’s personal call.

As a small fry among small fries, Zhang Weiqi’s only hope was to get his 80,000 back.

80,000 could be just one meal for Cheng (mainly because Riel eats a lot).

80,000 could buy Zhao a piece of clothing.

80,000 could afford Lisa a handbag.

But in a pyramidal world, for Zhang Weiqi, who hasn’t climbed up yet, the 80,000 feels like a boulder weighing on his heart.

Zhang Weiqi knows that Cheng Daqi has changed his life and believes that if he continues on this path, he will eventually earn back the 80,000 dollars.

But understanding doesn’t equate to calm acceptance.

Zhang Weiqi can’t accept that his 80,000 was ravenously devoured in this preposterous story.

He’s not alone—he’s one of the countless ordinary people deceived by financial schemes.

Among the many sharp scythes of financial schemes, ‘Family Good Items’ may seem gentle in its harvesting, but this has already become a mountain pressing on the shoulders of ordinary people.

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In Gu Chaofei’s office, the Crown Prince of Dongxin Group is discussing with Zhong Ju.

“Old Zhong, last time President Sun was considering having Dingyi Jinghua invest in Shanhaiguan.

If we, as part of the Dongxin Group, spearhead an attack on ‘Family Good Items’ and similar financial schemes, it would complicate securing Dingyi’s investment.

Did President Sun mention anything to you about Dingyi when you were tasked with this?”

For these old foxes, both Dingyi and Family Good Items are the same thing: financial schemes.

The difference is, Dingyi operates on a Ponzi scheme, while Family Good Items is based on multilevel marketing (MLM).

The distinction lies in the fact that Ponzi schemes rely on pulling in their own funds, whereas MLM requires layers of deceit to pull in funds.

Indeed, in terms of stability and ‘reliability,’ Ponzi schemes, i.e.

Dingyi in this case, have a higher ceiling.

Because Ponzi schemes rip off the wealthy, MLM scams milk the poor.