Epiphanies of Rebirth Chapter 82 (Part 1)
Translated by Pure
Chapter 82.1 The Scared Witless Zhou Haitang
Lin Jingzhe couldn't fathom how such cute little sisters could exist in this world.
This pair of sweet, soft, fair, coy, clingy, naive and cute little sugar-coated cannonballs simultaneously smashed into his bosom, even an iron-like will couldn’t withstand such tenderness. To be honest, because of Jiang Qiaqia, Lin Jingzhe remained wary of women in his previous life. It was not until he met Tiantian and Miaomiao that he realized that people like Jiang Qiaqia were a minority.
Xiao Chi was getting more and more outrageous, after so many exhortations, he still made Miaomiao cry again!
Lin Jingzhe wiped away the tears from Xiao Miao's face distressingly, and comforted her, "Don't be angry, big brother will scold him for you."
"Brother Jingzhe—" Xiao Miao regained her strength from crying, and imitated Shen Tiantian's way of carefully holding Lin Jingzhe's arm. The refreshing and pleasant smell on his body was a bit different from Xiao Chi's, but emitted a safe feeling, enticing her to want to snuggle closer.
Not only did Lin Jingzhe not push herself away like Xiao Chi, but he even patted her head very gently!
This is my real brother! Xiao Dabao is a bastard!
In order to appease the pair of young sisters, who need to be coddled like fragile buds, Lin Jingzhe decided to make a big move.
With the weekend approaching, and the funds he had promised for the two girls’ website should have been approved.
One whole million, he had promised this investment several months ago. Shen Tiantian and Xiao Miao had already grown anxious from waiting, but taking advantage of this time, they still produced a very well put together proposal plan for Lin Jingzhe. Although the two of them were just fledgling business novices, they have their own ingenuity in company planning, for example, in terms of profitability——
The current domestic Internet industry was still in its early stages. As newcomers in this industry, Xiao Miao and Shen Tiantian certainly weren't expected to surpass their competitors in formulating a complete consumption chain like the later generations. Their website started as a forum to attract popularity and creators in the early stage. They simultaneously established a literature related corporation offline while carrying out in-depth contact and cooperation with the web creators, increasing their rapport and mutual dependence.
Lin Jingzhe actually had a more far-reaching idea. Gao Sheng’s advertising company often cooperated with the media and entertainment industry and had many connections with the people in those circles. Some time ago, he jokingly mentioned the topic of wanting to invest in several good TV series and movies.
The literature and entertainment industry had unlimited prospects for development in the next several decades. Gao Sheng was innately blessed when it came to networking. After the operation and development of the advertising company at hand matured, it would be possible to get them connected. At that time, the careers of Xiao Miao and Shen Tiantian may become Gao Sheng’s key to mutual success.
However, it's only 1992, all the emerging industries weren’t even tall enough to produce their own shadow; it's too early to think about it. Xiao Miao and Shen Tiantian's proposal plan didn't need to be improved upon at the current moment.
The good brother Lin Jingzhe, who couldn't help but take a step while planning the next hundred for his silly sisters’ future, generously gave them the money while worrying about the girls' undertaking.
After the money was given, he was still not at ease, and wanted to support as much as he could within the scope of his capability. After all, there were numerous untold dangers and difficulties in the early stage of entrepreneurship, especially in an emerging industry such as the Internet, where the rules and regulations had yet to be interpreted. Without any experience, even if the funding was successfully acquired, there was a possibility of negative return. Losing money was a small matter, the worst outcome was a psychological shock to the two young girls who had just entered society.
Thus, he contacted Liang Pi again, and requested he help promote the girls’ business through Best Partner IT.
He wasn’t looking for an advertisement that would affect the user's experience, Lin Jingzhe just wanted to have the website link in a somewhat conspicuous position in the redirect column of the homepage of Best Partner Search. As one of the first Internet search engines, the needs of the contemporary users were vastly different from those of later generations. The current homepage of the search page would often include the popular websites directly below the search bar. When Best Partner Search was founded, there were only a dozen well-known websites in China, so a small dedicated space was plenty enough. However, with the passage of time, this section has been modified and expanded hundreds of times, becoming its current appearance today.
"That’s a piece of cake, I’ll quickly have it done." Lin Jingzhe's request was nothing more than to add another position in the existing column section. Liang Pi readily agreed, but at the same time he was a little surprised, "Mr. Lin, are you investing in a website?"
"It's not me, it's my younger sisters. Young and ignorant girls, not even twenty yet, but insisted on starting a business. I never expected for them to actually gain some traction." Lin Jingzhe spoke modestly, but his tone couldn't conceal his pride. Ever since he had gotten a younger sister, he wanted to shout to the outsiders countless times, desiring nothing but to show off how happy he was to be an older brother. It's a pity that none of the people in his circle of friends were suitable for him to expose his family like this. Thus, for this partner who knew nothing about his background, Lin Jingzhe could finally drop all misgivings.
Liang Pi flattered, "Mr. Lin, you are too strict. Your sisters have the boldness and ability even though they’re not even twenty years old. How could you call them ignorant? They’re obviously just too sensible. When I was at their age, I stayed in school all day long and often asked for pocket money at home."
Lin Jingzhe was elated by his adulation, and actually dropped his usual insipid front and laughed out loud, but at the same time, he did not forget to remind, "It's their first time starting a business, and they don't know much about the Internet. They may encounter many setbacks at the beginning of their development. Mr. Liang, you are an experienced expert, please take care of them whenever you can, and don't let them go astray."
Liang Pi hurriedly answered, "But of course! What is the name of your younger sisters’ website?"
Lin Jingzhe opened up the contract that Xiao Miao and Shen Tiantian gave him, read out the listed URL, then squinted his to find the name that had been replaced with Party A and Party B in the written paper——
"?" What kind of strange name is this?
Liang Pi put down the phone. Wu Wangfei, who was lying on the sofa next to him and with the book on his face, asked softly, "What's the matter?"
He usually wouldn’t take Lin Jingzhe's calls under normal circumstances. One reason was that he was not good at communicating with people, but most importantly, he always panicked when speaking specifically to Lin Jingzhe.
It was honestly rather hard to explain in words, Lin Jingzhe was two years younger than him, spoke slowly, acted courteously, and was good-looking, but Wu Wangfei was just afraid. Facing his polite and casual smile, sometimes he was so scared that he would end up stuttering incoherent words.
"His two younger sisters invested in a literary forum, he wants us to help improve their exposure rate. Heh, those kids aren’t even 20 years old, those girls are really better than us." As Liang Pi spoke, he entered the website address given by Lin Jingzhe into the computer. He looked at the green homepage, "JJWXC? Not bad, the average daily traffic is higher than I imagined."
The new posts on the homepage seem to be quite popular, and they should all be original content created by users themselves. The homepage was also neater than most newly created forums. Although there are no innovative and brilliant ideas, the page was simple and elegant, and the user experience should not be bad.
As he continued to assess the webpage, Liang Pi opened the hottest new post at the moment, and found that he had guessed correctly. It contained original content posted by the forum users themselves. The title sounded as if it was a romance story.
Maybe they could directly add a literature category to the Best Partner Search columns? Liang Pi thought of a brilliant idea.
"Literature? A literature forum? Are they posting recommendations or creating their own story? What genre is it?" Wu Wangfei loves to read books, and was rather excited at the mention of literature.
Liang Pi skimmed the post, and glanced at the long description of the male lead’s beautiful looks and wealth, and found it quite interesting. Do young people nowadays like this type of style? If the male lead was known as the fairest in the land of Jianghu, then wouldn’t the female lead have to be a fairy? Ridiculing at the writer for being too immature by pushing the female lead to a dead end, Liang Pi absent-mindedly replied: "They’re all original works. There are all kinds of genres. This book is based in the Wuxia world, and it seems quite popular."
"Wuxia? Like <The Smiling, Proud Wanderer>? I want to read it too!" Martial arts novels were very popular at the moment, and are very much welcome by readers. Wu Wangfei was no exception, he immediately sat up and leaned forward, ready to read it together.
Liang Pi had no objection at first; when he saw the second male lead appear, he moved to the side to make room. In the next second, his eyes suddenly fixed on the next scene. While he was still stunned silly, Wu Wangfei’s breath brushed by his face.
"Huh?" Wu Wangfei patted the back of the monitor inexplicably, but the screen still remained pitch black. "What's going on? Why did it suddenly shut down?"
He bent down to check what was happening.
"........." Liang Pi struggled back from shock, faked a cough, grabbed Wu Wangfei by the collar and lifted him up while lying, "There's a power outage, a power outage."
"Eh?" Wu Wangfei staggered a few steps after being dragged back, but he didn't suspect Liang Pi at all. Instead, he looked at the quiet computer screen and sighed regretfully, "How unfortunate."
T/N: This chapter was so funny 🤣🤣🤣