Chapter 318 - 231: Peng City’s Most Devoted

Chapter 318: Chapter 231: Peng City’s Most Devoted

The news started to gain traction a little after 2:00 AM.

The PR firm landed a big contract and worked through the night to create a series of plans. Naturally, a professional job like this was best left to the professionals.

Zhou Luan didn’t sleep a wink all night.

Glued to her phone, she monitored the entire situation as it unfolded.

First, a "chat log" began circulating in various WeChat groups.

The title was "Peng City’s Most Devoted."

With a professional touch, a chat log was fabricated, detailing Lin Chu’s desperate fawning over Zhou Luan. It highlighted several signature incidents.

Incident 1: When she was sick, he brought her congee late at night and waited faithfully outside her door from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM, only to be refused a meeting.

Incident 2: For her, he bought a golf club, confessed his feelings, and was rejected.

Incident 3: Again for her, he dropped tens of millions at a bar, confessed his feelings while drunk, and was still rejected.

Reading the log, even Zhou Luan herself thought it was ridiculously swoon-worthy. ’What kind of tragic, overbearing CEO script is this!’

However, according to the PR firm’s assessment, this type of script was the most likely to go viral.

So Zhou Luan agreed to it.

’How delightful!’

’So satisfying!’

’Since Lin Chu had agreed anyway, she had really managed to pull off something huge this time.’

To be honest, she even felt that if someone were to actually do all this for her, what would be so bad about "marrying down" and being with him?

Nothing wrong with that at all!

’Too bad it was all just a self-indulgent fantasy.’

But even so, it was more than enough to be thrilling.

’Perhaps, many years from now, people will still talk about this.’

Phase 1.0 of the media campaign was now live.

The PR firm also hired an army of online trolls to fabricate some videos from the bar, along with third-person accounts and descriptions, which were then leaked through other channels as corroborating evidence.

Next, they created the persona of a "concerned netizen" to compile all this information and spread it further.

Soon, the story started gaining traction rapidly.

...

「A little after 5:00 AM.」

On TikTok, Xiaohongshu, and Weibo, Phase 2.0 of the media campaign was launched.

The theme was still "Peng City’s Most Devoted."

However, the focus shifted to: "What will a man do when he truly loves you?"

The incidents from the first phase were then reframed from a different angle, targeting a new "audience" persona. They hired relationship bloggers as influencers to amplify the message.

...

「7:00 AM.」

Phase 3.0 of the media campaign was launched.

This phase of the plan was more subtle and ambiguous, even bordering on exaggerated, but it was designed to spark people’s imaginations with tantalizing "what ifs."

A finance blogger, using the "Peng City’s Most Devoted" incident as a jumping-off point, began to do a deep dive into the female protagonist’s identity.

They finally identified her as none other than the little princess of Famous Real Estate.

The investigation then dug up the fact that Famous Real Estate had recently been on the brink of defaulting on its debts. However, after a series of recent transactions, the company’s books were suddenly flush with cash.

And the buyer in these transactions, the "white knight" benefactor, was revealed to be none other than Lin Chu.

The smoking gun!

It was him!

Tying it to the transactions, there was ample evidence to conclude that he had done all this purely to win the girl over.

The three phases of the plan, progressing in layers, allowed the public to "eat melon"—to gossip and watch the drama unfold—from every possible angle.

With the addition of paid influencers and purchased traffic, the... "masterpiece was complete."

...

「A little after 8:00 AM.」

Lin Chu was jolted awake by a ringing phone.

He groggily fumbled for his phone under the pillow and glanced at the caller ID. It was Wang Zhefei.

He answered casually.

"Fuck! How are you still the same fucking idiot!"

"Peng City’s Number One Bootlicker?"

"You’ve become a disgrace to the whole world! It’s true what they say: the greater the man, the bigger the bootlicker."

Wang Zhefei started yelling the moment the call connected. His tone was one of utter disappointment, as if scolding someone for failing to live up to their potential. He was exasperated, driven mad by it all. After all, this was the image of Lin Chu he’d always had. He’d thought that after getting rich, Lin Chu had changed, but he never expected him to become an even bigger bootlicker.

Hearing this verbal assault, Lin Chu instantly realized what was happening. ’Hmm, so it’s already started?’

’They’re pretty efficient.’

"Hey, don’t rush," he replied with a casual laugh. "Let the bullets fly for a bit."

"Fly my ass!"

"Just go look already! I sent you all the links. Get up! Think of how you’re going to fix this."

"This woman is total trash. Why don’t you call the police?"

"This isn’t a fucking relationship, it’s fraud!"

Wang Zhefei continued, his voice filled with indignation and extreme agitation.

Hearing this, Lin Chu’s heart skipped a beat. ’Did Zhou Luan take it too far?’

"Alright, I’ll take a look first and see how they’re slandering me. Don’t worry, I’ll call you back."

After hanging up, Lin Chu quickly began to check the various links Wang Zhefei had sent him.

As a programmer...

He had used a web crawler to scrape data, and people on various forums had already compiled summaries of the incident. As a result, the list of links he sent over was impressively comprehensive.

Lin Chu read through them.

The various headlines were all quite explosive and eye-catching.

"Peng City’s Most Devoted!"

"The Biggest Bootlicker and Most Pathetic Rich Heir!"

"A New Peak for Bootlickers: I Admit, He’s Taller Than Mount Everest in This Field!"

"What a Man Looks Like When He Truly Loves You..."

"How Hard Will a Self-Made Man Work to Marry into a Wealthy Family."

"A Detailed Profile of the Famous Real Estate Little Princess..."

There were over twenty links in total. Lin Chu clicked through them one by one, lit a cigarette, his expression exceptionally calm.

Outsiders were just there for the gossip.

But Lin Chu was mainly checking for any sensitive information and whether the public narrative was heading in the wrong direction.