Chapter 66: Have You Heard of Campus Belles?

“I know many members have been doing part-time work outside recently. It’s a good thing since the school has always encouraged students to be industrious and thrifty. But because of this, we’ve struggled to gather enough people for club activities several times. This is unacceptable.”

“I hope you can be clear about one thing. This part-time work is an opportunity the club is giving you to hone your writing skills, not for you to chase profits!”

“Do you still remember your dreams when you first joined the Literature Club? If you keep writing cliché pulp fiction all day, will you still have the heart to create?”

“Next month’s debate competition is very important. Four nearby universities will be participating. If you want to sign up, stop doing part-time work. This is a hard requirement. Think it over. I don’t want you to embarrass the Literature Club.”

East Campus, Building A, Literature Club activity room.

Yao Yanling was speaking on the podium. Because her voice was loud, it could be heard clearly even through the closed door.

Jiang Qin had been standing outside the door listening for a while. He thought to himself, what I wanted actually happened. I was just thinking Dong Wenhao is quite good at content management and wanted to poach him. Who knew an opportunity would arise so quickly.

“Boss, what do you think?” Dong Wenhao asked in a low voice.

Jiang Qin turned to look at him: “You’re in charge of the part-time work, right? With Yao Yanling doing this, can you still stay in the club?”

Dong Wenhao rubbed his nose: “Senior isn’t targeting me, is she?”

“Of course she’s not targeting you. She’s targeting Shi Miaomiao.”

“?”

Jiang Qin pulled him to the south side of the corridor: “Shi Miaomiao’s ‘You Are the Color of Fireworks on Earth’ is very popular on the forum and she has many fans. Do you know about this?”

Dong Wenhao nodded: “I know. I’m quite happy for her. She’s a girl who really likes writing novels. It’s certainly a good thing for her to have some success.”

“Don’t play dumb with me. With the ground promotion going on for so long, Yao Yanling must have seen Shi Miaomiao’s novel on the forum. That girl has always been suppressed by Yao Yanling. But I rejected her manuscript and took Shi Miaomiao’s. Don’t tell me you can’t even figure this out?”

Dong Wenhao’s face changed instantly: “Senior Yanling wouldn’t be so petty, would she?”

“Women can often be very magnanimous towards men, but women are always only jealous of other women, especially when making direct comparisons.” Jiang Qin made it very clear.

“No, boss, I think you may be wrong.”

“?”

Dong Wenhao lowered his voice a bit: “After I secretly gave you Shi Miaomiao’s manuscript, I felt it was a bit inappropriate. So I came clean to Senior Yanling. She was very calm at the time and didn’t seem angry at all.”

Jiang Qin couldn’t help sighing: “She thinks Shi Miaomiao’s writing is garbage. Even if it’s published on my website, it’s still garbage. Of course she won’t stop you. She might even use this to show off her discerning eye and prove that I’m blind. Look, didn’t I say she’s no good? She really is no good!”

“But Miaomiao is popular now…” Dong Wenhao’s face turned pale.

“Yes, Shi Miaomiao is popular now, proving that she’s the one with the worst judgment. And it was you who gave me Shi Miaomiao’s manuscript. If she doesn’t hate you, who would she hate?”

Dong Wenhao felt his scalp go numb: “She should hate you!”

Jiang Qin laughed coldly upon hearing this: “What fucking use is it for her to hate me? I’m not from the Literature department or the Literature Club. We have nothing to do with each other. Hating me is meaningless. But don’t forget, you’re the one closest to her, the first person responsible.”

“Then what should I do now?”

“I’m afraid your days ahead won’t be easy.” Jiang Qin clicked his tongue twice.

Dong Wenhao couldn’t help furrowing his brows: “But I like literature. I love literature.”

Jiang Qin patted him on the shoulder: “Don’t brainwash yourself. I could tell the first time I met you that you really don’t belong in the Literature Club.”

“Boss, just talk about the matter at hand, don’t make personal attacks!” Dong Wenhao felt he had literary talent.

“You call yourself a Literature Club member, but you read men’s health magazines all day. Separated for three years, wife mysteriously has a child. You call this literature?”

Dong Wenhao opened his mouth, thought for a long time but couldn’t come up with anything to refute: “Then I can only leave the Literature Club?”

Jiang Qin nodded imperceptibly: “But even if you leave, you can still continue working. You’re quite good at content anyway. Come be a content planner for me first.”

“But I’m already just a figurehead now. Who would I plan for?”

“Only Literature Club members can write? Everyone is an educated student who beat out thousands in the college entrance exam. What makes Literature Club members the only ones with talent!”

“Boss, you’re not kidding me, are you?”

Jiang Qin opened his phone and flipped to the calendar: “I’ll give you two days. Recruit a batch of people to do content. However many you can get is fine. It doesn’t matter if the post quality is a bit lower.”

Dong Wenhao hesitated a little: “We’re not a club. We don’t have the right to openly recruit students to work.”

“Rules are dead, people are alive. Other clubs attract people with credits. We don’t have that ability, so we only have a bit of stinking money. If people give us face, they’ll come. Five bucks per post. I refuse to believe there are really people who treat money like dirt.”

Dong Wenhao’s mind buzzed. He thought, boss, how can you say such arrogant words in such a humble tone? But Jiang Qin knew that if Dong Wenhao could ask this question, then he had completely surrendered. With a club president like Yao Yanling, it wasn’t realistic for him to continue trying to stay in the Literature Club.

“After assembling the content team, change the creative direction and guide the users.” Jiang Qin said.

Dong Wenhao didn’t expect the boss to change the subject so quickly. It took him a while to react: “Change to what direction?”

“Do you know about campus belles?”

“I know. I’ve seen them in the video section.”

“?????”

Jiang Qin was startled. He thought, don’t tell me you use the same website as me.

“Boss, keep talking. Campus belles, and then what?” Dong Wenhao’s eyes were full of curiosity.

“Does your Literature department have anyone known as a campus belle?”

“Yes, Liu Yiyi and Sun Xiaoyu. They’ve always called themselves campus belles and some boys agree. But I don’t think so. Although they’re pretty, they’re not at the level of campus belles. There are plenty of girls at Linchuan University who are better looking than them.”

Jiang Qin nodded: “The general direction of public opinion going forward is to hype up the concept of campus belles. For example, Liu Yiyi is Linchuan University’s number one campus belle, no one else comes close. Then some people will jump out. You’re talking nonsense. Sun Xiaoyu is the real campus belle. Liu Yiyi is just an airport, step aside!”

Dong Wenhao was confused after hearing this: “What’s the point of doing this?”

“Although the number of users on the forum keeps increasing, the interaction level remains low. Everyone likes to read but not post. So I plan to guide a most controversial topic, then ride the momentum to hold a campus belle selection contest, letting users support their favorite goddess by posting, daily voting, and pulling in new users.” Jiang Qin briefly explained his plan.

Dong Wenhao furrowed his brows, seeming to understand yet not fully: “Then what?”

“I run a website to make money. The easiest way to monetize right now is advertising. I have to let Linchuan’s businesses see just how many active users are on my forum, right?”

Dong Wenhao pursed his lips: “The problem is, who can compete with your girl in terms of looks?”

“You mean Feng Nanshu? She’s a little bug, too much of a cheat. She’s not allowed to participate. Otherwise no one else would have a chance.”