Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 115 - 80: Freshly Baked Educational Influencer

Chapter 115: Chapter 80: Freshly Baked Educational Influencer

Qiao Yu thought he could chat a bit with this Weibo staff member.

Because the last person who told him he could be contacted 24/7 was genuinely a good person.

So he was willing to give such an earnest person a chance.

Unfortunately, he needed to sleep at midnight. Otherwise, he would’ve tried calling at 3 in the morning to see if they’d really pick up instantly.

Taking the phone handed over by Qiao Xi, he dialed casually.

Sure enough, the call got through quickly, and Qiao Yu politely asked, "Hello, I’m Qiao Yu. May I ask how you got this number, which belongs to my mom?"

Beside him, Qiao Xi pursed her lips, a bit displeased.

Being out of touch with society for too long, her thinking really had become sluggish. She actually forgot to ask such an important question yesterday.

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In Beijing, at the office of Xingmeng Technology Network Technology Co., Ltd. inside the headquarters building of Langchao Net at Software Park Phase 2 in Huaguan Village, Hai Zhou District, Xu Shu was delighted to answer the call, only to hear a young, tender voice asking bluntly.

Honestly, for someone like him newly joined to the Weibo operations team, the work pressure was immense.

After so many years of development, Weibo’s operations had become very sophisticated. One could even say it had developed into the top brand for public domain online social networking in the Chinese language.

After all, celebrities from various industries, such as media, industry experts, opinion leaders, and even many government enterprises and organizations, all needed exposure and a platform for interaction with the public. Weibo had very well met this need.

So in the early days, Weibo would give its operations staff responsible for business expansion a certain amount of resources to invite celebrities to join.

But now these resources had been mostly withdrawn, though the KPI was still there.

Veteran staff could still leverage their relationships with the agencies representing celebrity accounts to create business value.

However, new employees like Xu Shu had to rely on their own instincts to find opportunities online.

As luck would have it, he happened to come across Qiao Yu, who hit the hot search lists several times within a week due to his performance in the Little Alibaba International Mathematics Competition.

Especially after watching the video of Qiao Yu’s interview with Star City Morning News, he was very confident that if he could bring Qiao Yu to Weibo, he could definitely grow into a high-quality academic influencer.

He was capable, eager to express himself, clear-minded, highly potential for growth, with an excellent image and vibrant energy—using a popular term, full of positive energy.

Moreover, according to the information revealed by the morning news, Qiao Yu, at 15 years already, met the requirements for registering on Weibo.

The only issue was that it was very hard to connect with an ordinary student like Qiao Yu.

The phone number was genuinely hard to find.

Xu Shu tried all sorts of methods and eventually spent some money to buy this phone number.

To be honest, when he got the number, he didn’t even know if it was real, let alone how the number came about.

Now, suddenly facing such a question over the phone, even though he knew the other party was just a 15-year-old boy, seven or eight years younger than him, he couldn’t help feeling a bit panicked.

Without thinking, he honestly answered, "I’m sorry, Qiao Yu, I really wanted to contact you, so I asked around everywhere for your contact information. In the end, it was a friend who helped me buy this number with money."

"Oh, is it to invite me to join Weibo as a certified blogger?"

Hearing this, Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied, "Yes, yes, as long as you agree, all you need to do is register a Weibo, then give me the account, and I can handle everything else for you. I’ve even thought about your profile after certification—2024 Little Alibaba International Mathematics Competition’s youngest gold medalist."

This is actually very beneficial for you. For example, you also emphasized during the interview about many impostors on D-Voice; with Weibo, you can directly make statements using a certified account, which would be much more convenient, right?"

"Oh, then if I agree, but the condition is that you must betray your friend and provide that person’s name, ID number, and transaction record screenshots, so I can report to the nearby police station for violating personal information privacy, would you agree?"

"Ah?! This..." Xu Shu was completely stunned and hesitated for a long time before lamentably saying, "Qiao Yu, isn’t that a bit much? I really can’t do that; consider it my fault. How about you take it out on me? How about... how about you take my ID number?"

Yes, just a fresh graduate, not yet experienced the harsh lessons of society, had only really done this questionable bad deed... After all the accumulated stress, hearing such words truly made him panic.

"Huh? In a rule-of-law society, you’re talking about loyalty? Forget it, then. There’s nothing to say to someone like you. You just mentioned that I only need to register a Weibo, and you could handle all the backend certification for me, right?"

That sudden comment from the other side stunned Xu Shu again.

But after all, a graduate from a prestigious university, he quickly came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, however, some information is still required. For instance, your student ID, proof of participation in the Little Alibaba Mathematics Competition, admission ticket issued by the organizer, or any backstage verification will do."

But you don’t need to operate it; you can send it directly to me on WeChat, and I’ll handle it all for you. I added your phone number on WeChat yesterday; you just need to approve it."