Chapter 760 - 263: The Insanely Snatched Tickets (Seeking Monthly Pass)

Li Yuan had no idea that in a university dorm in distant Beijing, a girl was secretly heartbroken over him. She silently shed tears, transforming from a lively, cheerful, and quirky girl into an "ice queen." Her fluttering thoughts of longing spanned mountains and seas, circling the skies above Modu and covertly watching him...

Over the past two weeks, he had been keeping a daily eye on the popularity of the "Milk Tea Girl" event and the sales figures for Tea Color Moonlight. It had to be said, watching hordes of customers line up at the various Tea Color Moonlight shops, waiting to buy their drinks as heaps of cash flowed in... The scene could truly be described as "making a fortune every day." The feeling of making money in business was far more satisfying than the thrill of profiting from the stock market. Making money on the stock market was more like playing a virtual game; the money in an account was just a string of flashing numbers. Offline, however, when actual stacks of cash piled up, that represented something tangible and immense.

After the "Milk Tea Girl" selection event began, the forty milk tea shops brought in a combined daily turnover that consistently exceeded four million yuan. This was an incredible figure. If it continued for a month, the monthly revenue would reach 100 million, and the annual revenue would top one billion. Such wildly inflated sales figures were obviously not normal, nor could they continue indefinitely. The fundamental reason was the hype generated by the "Milk Tea Girl" selection event and the influence of Li Yuan’s own fanbase. Once the buzz died down and consumer spending returned to a rational level, sales would definitely plummet.

Li Yuan was contemplating how to maintain this popularity for as long as possible to truly establish the Tea Color Moonlight brand in the high-end food and beverage sector. Once the brand was established, money would flow in incessantly, as if it could multiply...

As time passed quietly, the influence of the "Milk Tea Girl" selection event grew ever greater. The top thirty "Milk Tea Girls" who entered the final round were mostly campus-beauty-level goddesses from Modu’s various universities, which sparked a lot of discussion. The event’s main hub, the Zhihu website, was especially rife with comments and discussions...

[Only three days left in the "Milk Tea Girl" selection event, and the numbers for the top three are extremely close! Dammit, the Milk Tea Girl I’m supporting, Zhang Xiaotian, has dropped to tenth place! Are they all blind? Vote for my Goddess, AHHHHH!]

[Only seven of the top ten "Milk Tea Girls" are from Modu? I’d really like to know, for the ones from Sucheng, Beijing, and Hangcheng, where are their supporters buying Tea Color Moonlight milk tea? There must be some foul play involved...]

[Heh, to the poster above: if you don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t spout nonsense and embarrass yourself. You so-called "fans" probably don’t even know that Tea Color Moonlight has launched online pre-orders, right? You can order directly from the official Tea Color Moonlight website to support your favorite "Milk Tea Girl"...]

[Okay, as a neutral observer, let me chime in. I’m a bit baffled! Why is an event run by a milk tea shop getting so much attention? It feels like the entire internet is talking about it, which seems unreasonable... Can any of you guys or gals tell me why?]

[The answer to the question above is simple. You’ll get it if you just take a serious look at the national "Milk Tea Girl" selection event. I’ll break it down for you; there are three main reasons.

First, the prize money for the "Milk Tea Girl" selection event is huge. First place gets 1 million yuan, second gets 600,000, third gets 300,000, fourth through tenth get 100,000 each, and eleventh through one-hundredth get 10,000 each. With prizes that high, you’re guaranteed at least 10,000 yuan just for making the top 100. As the saying goes, "Great rewards make brave men," and the same applies to women. To the lady who asked the question, if you were pretty, wouldn’t you want to give it a shot? And if you tried, wouldn’t you rally your classmates, relatives, friends—*cough*—and suitors to vote for you? That’s how you get the massive influence of public participation!

Second is the influence of Li Yuan himself. I don’t need to say much about him; a quick online search will tell you everything. He’s a tall, handsome, and absurdly talented young prodigy. He has an insane number of female fans, and you can just imagine their spending power. What’s more, participating in the vote gives you a chance to win a prize draw. I heard that Li Yuan is going to sing at the award ceremony after the event, which is basically a mini-concert. The only way to get tickets is through that prize draw... I don’t need to tell you how crazy his fans are, right?

Third, a lot of budding female celebrities from the film and music industries are piggybacking on the hype. They’ve been posting photos of themselves holding the milk tea to promote themselves online...]

[Those are all very good points. Heh heh, Li Yuan really is generous, totally living up to his title as the nation’s youngest billionaire. The prize money for this event alone is 3.5 million yuan—enough to buy three houses in Modu! That’s so lavish it’s inhuman. Too bad I was born a man, missing a couple of lumps on my chest and sporting an extra something down below... Damn, it almost makes me want to go to Thailand for gender reassignment surgery...]