lerbook Chapter 82 Burning Money with Blindfolds
Chapter 82 Burning Money with Blindfolds
The three people looked at the picture, seemingly deep in thought.
"I don't understand." Three seconds later, Yao Ziwen summarized, slamming the rag in his hand on the table. "Old Lin, just tell us straight, what do you want us to do!"
"You and Li Yifan will be the customer service moderators, responsible for reviewing the content of platform notes and comments, handling violations, answering user questions, processing feedback, and handling complaints."
Yao Ziwen and Li Yifan exchanged a glance.
Li Yifan asked, "Why does it sound like anyone could do it?"
"Because anyone can do it, and your skill level is currently the only thing you can do."
Lin Ran said it bluntly.
Wei Min raised her hand. "Ran-ge, what about me?"
"You will be in charge of content operations. You will be responsible for planning trending topics in beauty, fashion, parenting, and travel, and guiding users to post notes. You will also select high-quality image and text notes on the platform and feature them at the top."
Yao Ziwen objected. "Why does Xiao Wei's job sound so much more prestigious?"
Lin Ran glanced at him, then glanced at Wei Min.
Wei Min was wiping the windowsill with a rag, her hair pulled back behind her ears with a hairband, revealing a section of her translucent white nape. From the side, her eyelashes were long, her nose was thin, and her jawline was softer than most girls'.
"Look at Xiao Wei's makeup," Lin Ran said. "There aren't many girls in the whole school who can compare. Do you guys even know anything about makeup? I'm not even talking about makeup, do you even know what girls like?"
"I like receiving gifts from boys."
"I like warm greetings."
Lin Ran: "Go back to being a customer service representative."
Lin Ran is currently writing both the mobile and backend code by himself, and he still needs an algorithm assistant. He plans to go to the department to ask senior students if anyone is willing to work part-time.
Just as he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.
A girl stood at the door, with short hair reaching her ears, wearing a dark green sweatshirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows.
"Junior Lin Ran, my name is He Biqiong. I'm the president of the Hanfu Club and a third-year computer science student. Su Peixue told me you were developing software and hiring part-time workers, so I came to help!"
She placed the laptop on the table and turned on the screen. "Backend or frontend? How much per month?"
Lin Ran was surprised that the little girl actually helped him recruit people.
"The part-time job pays 3,000 yuan, and initially it will mainly focus on recommendation algorithms."
He Biqiong pondered for a moment and nodded. She was only a junior in college, not even a recent graduate yet, so having a job was already a blessing. A monthly salary of three thousand was enough to cover her living expenses.
"Okay! When do we start?"
"Now."
He Biqiong knew this was like an interview.
She also quite liked her junior's decisive and efficient style.
She pulled out a chair and sat down. An IDE was already open on the computer screen, and the number of lines of code had increased by more than a dozen in just a few seconds since it started. Her fingers were almost constantly typing, and the sound of the keyboard was as dense as rain.
"Senior He, I have high hopes for you. In the future, you will be a member of our first generation of wealthy people."
Lin Ran smiled and reached out his hand to gently shake hands with He Biqiong, then parted after a brief touch.
The makeshift team was finally assembled.
Lin Ran posted the "GG of the Magic Book" on the "Run an Errand" WeChat official account.
I hadn't accepted GG before because I wanted to give all the interfaces to the magic book.
The errand-running app now boasts over 20,000 daily active users, covering all universities in Luzhou. The moment GG (Girl's nickname) joined, the whole school knew about it.
Download the Magic Book, register, and use it to order a delivery service—the delivery fee is completely free.
The errand runner's fee not only didn't decrease, but actually increased by 1 yuan, all of which Lin Ran subsidized himself.
Additionally, posting beauty content on the Magic Book platform earns points, which can be redeemed for cash rewards. Likes, shares, and comments all contribute to your points score.
Lin Ran had done the math: the errand runner's allowance was about 3,000 yuan a day, and the content points bonus was about 2,000 yuan a day. Adding server costs and part-time staff salaries, the monthly expenses exceeded 100,000 yuan.
He currently has 350,000 yuan in his bank account. The profits from selling study materials during the summer vacation, plus the earnings from his Taobao shop over the past few months, are all in that account. He can afford to burn through that money for two months.
If you don't contact GG within two months, your account will be empty.
Lin Ran burned with her eyes closed!
This is the confidence of those who have been reborn.
Like I said before, if I go bankrupt, I'll just buy Bitcoin, gold, and Maotai. I'll settle for being a millionaire and then give up on starting businesses.
Furthermore, if the user base isn't large enough, Google Ads won't come. If the user base is large enough, Google Ads will flock to it. It's a chicken-and-egg problem.
Lin Ran can sell a simple errand for 50 yuan. If she makes magic books, even a random beauty guru could earn more than that.
On the third day of the free errand-running service launched by GG, the number of registered users of Magic Book exceeded 8,000. A week later, daily active users surpassed 15,000. Two weeks later, during the National Day holiday, almost every female college student in Luzhou had one.
Su Peixue's "Ancient Method of Brewing Plum Wine" was uploaded by Lin Ran.
It was also stated that future videos would be released a week in advance of the Magic Book release.
Song Yin also joined. She posted makeup tutorials, from base makeup to contouring, from eyeliner to lip makeup, one step at a time.
Zhao Yining helped her with the lighting, and Tan Shuang was occasionally pulled in as a model. Fans from KS were drawn over, and Magic Book gained another batch of active users.
Yan Ci entered around the same time as Song Yin.
The two immediately went head-to-head. Song Yin posted a daily makeup tutorial, and Yan Ci immediately posted a date makeup tutorial. Song Yin posted a concealer tip, and Yan Ci immediately posted a contouring tip. The fans of both sides competed fiercely in the comments section, and the posts kept getting more and more popular, with the topic's popularity soaring.
Seeing that the buzz had reached a fever pitch, Lin Ran directly announced a "Magic Book Campus Beauty Contest." The rules were simple: girls would post their photos or videos with the hashtag "Campus Beauty Contest," and the top fifty with the most likes would advance to the finals. The finals would then be decided by a vote from all users.
The rankings will be announced after the National Day holiday.
Lin Ran had also figured it out, and finally categorized the school beauties: sweet school beauties, sexy school beauties, cute school beauties, artistic school beauties, athletic school beauties...
Anyway, it doesn't matter if you're numbered 1, 2, 3, or 4; you're all the most beautiful.
There is no first place; everyone is first. No one is offended. The girls are posting photos, videos, and campaigning for votes.
My roommate dragged me to download a magic book, the class group chat was flooded with voting links, and clubs started using the "campus beauty pageant" tag to gain traffic when recruiting new members.
The magic book began to spread to universities outside of Luzhou. People registered at several universities in neighboring Jinling, and even further afield, a few users started to join.
He Biqiong recruited five more senior students from the computer science department to work part-time, one or two each for algorithms, backend, and frontend.
The salary is lower than elsewhere, but Lin Ran made a promise: if the funding is successful in the future, he'll be given priority for a permanent position, with stock options to be considered separately. Salary, subsidies, and server costs will double next month's expenses!
If the expansion continues next month, the number will jump to 500,000 the month after!