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Chapter 413: Chapter 290 Please Treat My Sisters_2
These days, aside from a few wealthy students, nobody’s living expenses were enough.
Ma Shicheng didn’t shy away from telling everyone what he knew, "You guys can try playing games and boost other players’ levels. As long as you have reliable clients, you can really make money."
Guo Kunnan immediately dismissed it, saying,
"Brother Ma, I can’t play; the skill level required is too high."
Moreover, after Guo Kunnan had played Time Space Hunter and been utterly crushed by a rich player, he was left traumatized and had played much less since then.
Zhang Chi said, "I don’t have a mobile phone, so I can’t play games."
Hu Jun expressed the same sentiment; boosting levels wasn’t something just anyone could do.
Zhang Chi said, "I’ve seen online level boosting; the prices are extremely low, they pay peanuts. It’s pointless, I want to make big money."
After trying online money-making schemes like order brushing and using Wi-Fi, Zhang Chi looked down on the small money from level boosting.
Unless level boosting could reach Ma Shicheng’s level, unfortunately, Zhang Chi couldn’t.
Ma Shicheng thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, I do know a new way to make big money."
"Big money?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi became interested.
"How big?" he asked.
Ma Shicheng analyzed for a bit and said, "I’m not entirely sure, but enough to cover college expenses, that should be no problem."
Enough to cover college expenses?
Wouldn’t that be tens of thousands?
Zhang Chi was shocked, "What way?"
Ma Shicheng pulled out his phone, tapped into WeChat, and pointed to an icon saying,
"Public account."
"This is something WeChat launched, similar to a news magazine type of text and photo reading."
Zhang Chi, not quite understanding, asked, "How do we make money?"
Ma Shicheng casually selected an account, clicked into an article, and scrolled through. At the bottom of the article was a advertising banner.
"Do you see? Now if I click on this ad, the blogger gets at least 50 cents."
"Just by expanding your account’s reach, even relying solely on ad revenue, one article could bring in several hundred dollars."
Ma Shicheng scrolled through other content on the account and then pointed to one of the articles, saying,
"Look at this article, it’s pure ad integration."
"Do you know how much the blogger earns from this type of ad?"
Ma Shicheng held up three fingers, "Starts at 3000. From what I’ve observed, with this kind of ad, if the blogger posts three or four of them a month, it’s a guaranteed income of 10,000. With various bits added up, it can be 10,000 or 20,000 a month."
Zhang Chi and the others were excited; 10,000 or 20,000 a month, they didn’t even know how they would spend it!
Damn, that’s enough to eat two bowls of instant noodles and add two sausages at once!
After the excitement, Hu Jun quickly calmed down:
"Brother Ma, how can I attract as many followers as this account owner?"
Ma Shicheng said, "Public accounts are hard to amass followers on their own, so you need to go to platforms like Baidu Knows, Baidu Tieba, or QQ groups to draw in traffic and direct users to your public account."
Zhang Chi and Guo Kunnan were still confused, "How do we draw traffic?"
Wang Longlong thought for a second and suddenly slapped his thigh,
"Brother Ma, I’m good at this! I’m best at drawing traffic!"
"It’s all about creating buzz!"
Recently, Wang Longlong had been addicted to making provocative posts, his words easily stirring emotions with hundreds to thousands of replies each time.
He used to think it was just fun, but now it seemed like a way to make money.
He had a sudden realization.
Ma Shicheng agreed, "Longlong is right, you need to post content that attracts people, then they will be interested and follow your public account."
"Longlong, you’ve already mastered attracting people. However, to do well with a public account, you need a consistent style to draw in a dedicated audience."
Ma Shicheng shared his opinions, discoveries from studying public accounts.
Wang Longlong said, "I’ll think it over and get started once I’ve figured it out!"
Ma Shicheng added, "Be diligent once the public account is set up, post every two or three days, don’t be lazy."
Wang Longlong waved his hand; that was a breeze for him. He used to write daily reports to his class teacher, easy and enjoyable.
In the end, only Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong discussed the public account money-making concept.
The others appeared utterly baffled.
Zhang Chi was just too lazy to listen anymore; he wanted to quickly make money, not sit here listening to Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong spouting nonsense.
"Do you have any other ways?" Zhang Chi persisted.
Ma Shicheng mentioned several methods one after another, but Zhang Chi, who found them insignificant, rejected them all.
Zhang Chi went back to consider the part-time job at the crematorium, but he struggled to make a decision.
Guo Kunnan and Hu Jun, however, lucked out and got a job brushing orders for a merchant. They would place orders on Taobao, the merchant would send empty packages, and then refund their money, adding an extra 10 yuan.
A few minutes to make 10 yuan was like picking up free money.
Guo Kunnan was overjoyed and immediately told Xu Yan the good news, saying he had made 10 yuan from brushing orders.
Then he said to Ma Shicheng, "Brother Ma, wait for me to finish lunch, and I’ll bring you two big fried buns and a crispy grilled sausage."
Hu Jun also showed his goodwill, "Brother Ma, I’ll buy you a bowl of porridge and a big fried chicken tender with lots of chili sauce."
Wang Longlong commented, "Well, that’s settled then!"
They were using Ma Shicheng’s method to make money, so a little payback was in order.
Ma Shicheng said, "If there’s more brushing orders later, I’ll look for you two."
He was always on forums and in various QQ groups. Finding brushing orders wasn’t hard, it was just that the demand was usually low.
Hu Jun responded, "That sounds great!"
"Brother Ma is so honorable!" praised Guo Kunnan.
While they were talking, Zhang Chi walked to the front row.
Hu Jun exclaimed, "Zhang Chi is ridiculous, so sure that the sports meet won’t happen. Does he understand better than the class leader?"
Guo Kunnan couldn’t help saying, "He’s too greedy, despising small money from brushing orders, only wanting to make big money."
Wang Longlong added, "Just stubborn."
Ma Shicheng looked up and said, "If he listened to others, he wouldn’t be Zhang Chi."
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Geng Lu said, "Right, my sister is inviting you for dinner, Qing Tang, He Qingtang you know, the girl who was with me at the river dam picnic last time."
"She said she ate the rabbit meat you cooked last time and felt bad, so she plans to treat you to charcoaled chicken."
Jiang Ning remembered the girl from the last river dam picnic, quite pretty, slightly taller than Geng Lu, with a strong look between her brows.
"No need," he replied, "it was just a bit of rabbit meat, no big deal, don’t let her spend the money."
"No way, Qing Tang insists on repaying favors, she said she definitely wants you to come, otherwise she’ll keep nagging me!" exaggerated Geng Lu.
She leaned forward a bit more, her cheeks chubby, her skin fair with a rosy tint, her eyes sparkled like stars:
"Jiang Ning, help me out, please. Otherwise, she’ll keep bugging me and my ears will turn numb from her talking."
"Alright then."
"Great, it’s settled then!" Geng Lu smiled.
Jiang Ning had already seen through her intentions; if it was just about expressing thanks, why not invite Xue Yuantong instead?
After all, it was Xue Yuantong who had cooked the rabbit meat that day.
Seeing through but not saying it, it was just a meal, and it wasn’t a big deal.
Zhang Chi sauntered over. For someone like Jiang Ning from a wealthy family, he usually didn’t think much of them.
He asked Geng Lu:
"Geng Lu, how do you normally make money?"
Geng Lu wasn’t close to Zhang Chi and didn’t really like him, so she said nonchalantly:
"Some people like custom drawings online, I draw for them and they pay me."
Zhang Chi couldn’t draw, but he was interested in making money:
"How much can you make?"
Geng Lu didn’t hide it: "I draw a little, maybe one to two thousand a month."
Zhang Chi asked, "Can I draw?"
Geng Lu advised, "If you have no background in drawing, I wouldn’t recommend it, it’s pretty tough."
"And the digital drawing tablet I use also costs quite a bit."
Zhang Chi gave up. Before he left, he heard Geng Lu telling Jiang Ning:
"That charcoaled chicken restaurant is in a very remote location, hard to find for most people, but the taste is exceptionally good, I’ll treat you."
Zhang Chi thought about how he hustled to make money, sparing himself from even a meal of stewed chicken.
Yet Jiang Ning was being invited to a superior charcoaled chicken place, which left him feeling quite sour:
"Eating off others’ kindness isn’t that great a skill!"
