Chapter 409: Chapter 409

When the computer booted up, Wan Chuchu hurriedly searched for keywords related to yesterday’s speech. The results startled her. Someone had taken her post from the campus forum to the most popular domestic forum, Haijiao Forum, and it had garnered over ten thousand replies.

"The Xiao Bai Quotations" had become a hot topic, with everyone discussing some of Xiao Bai’s sharp remarks from the speech.

In addition, the dispute between Hailang and Thunder had sparked debates. Some sided with Hailang, while others firmly supported Thunder, and the arguments were intense.

In Wan Chuchu’s view, it didn’t matter who supported whom; what mattered was the hype was stirred up, allowing more people to see Hailang and learn about its growth and existence.

It was practically a miracle accomplished overnight.

Wan Chuchu marveled at the netizens’ enthusiasm and the lack of online topics while continuing to stir the pot, carrying more posts and videos around.

She maintained that college students were the main force of the internet era, so she continued to distribute content to campus forums at other prestigious universities.

She had been busy until eleven in the morning before leaving the computer, stretching her stiff waist, to accompany the two babies.

After lunch, she picked up Jiang Lingling and headed to the second university where she was to give a lecture, preparing in advance for the evening’s speech.

In the evening, Xiao Bai arrived at the school an hour earlier than the day before to meet with Wan Chuchu and the others.

Xiao Bai had completely shed his previous gloom and anxiety, practically exuding cheerfulness.

He happily told Wan Chuchu, "Today we gained 100,000 new registered users, and many old users have returned. In the afternoon, two investment institutions called to say they could increase the investment quota and offer fewer shares.

Now our situation is noticeably better, it would be silly not to negotiate with them."

Then, without waiting for Wan Chuchu to say anything, he threw a flirtatious wink at Jiang Lingling, "Little Lingling, thank you for your hard work this time. Whatever gift you want, just say it, and your brother will get it for you."

Jiang Lingling didn’t expect Xiao Bai to still remember her. She was overjoyed for a moment, but she remembered that Wan Chuchu was the real hero, and she was just a sidekick, so she smiled and said,

"My sister-in-law is the one who worked the hardest."

But she unreservedly made her request: "After the speech, you owe me a French dinner."

French dinner is the perfect setup for romance.

Candlelight, roses, red wine, violin... and the charming, handsome Xiao Bai, just thinking about it made Jiang Lingling dizzy with delight.

Xiao Bai had no idea of her thoughts, just smiled and said "No problem," then turned to continue discussing company matters with Wan Chuchu.

"A team has been specifically set up in the company to handle this online marketing, so you can take it easy from now on."

Wan Chuchu was certainly happy to have someone take over; she always trusted Xiao Bai. "I think we should control the quality of the articles, don’t exaggerate too much, overhyping can lead to netizens’ resentment."

Xiao Bai laughed, "I know, praise modestly. I get it, and it’s best to let netizens discuss it themselves in the end. Don’t worry."

Wan Chuchu nodded but still advised, "Besides the campus speeches, try not to participate too frequently in public events, careful not to cause visual fatigue."

She remembered Mr. Niu’s high-profile appearances years later, often saying pretentious things without fear of being struck by lightning, like "having money is a painful thing," which didn’t have a positive impact on the public.

On the contrary, those business tycoons who rarely appear and always live in legends garner more goodwill.

Xiao Bai nodded in agreement.

Perhaps it was because students at this school had seen the related posts and videos online, but today’s lecture hall was packed with even more students, and many were spontaneously recording videos.

Wan Chuchu and Xiao Bai were naturally pleased with this turnout, and Xiao Bai was all the more enthusiastic in his performance.

With the online discussion growing further, after completing three campus speeches, Wan Chuchu and Xiao Bai decisively put a stop to the upcoming ones.

The popularity was indeed overwhelming, and Wan Chuchu feared that too much exposure might give their opponents an opportunity. Moreover, Xiao Bai was not an entertainment star, where exposure is crucial.

In business, maintaining that just right balance, living in legends, is the best.

After the three speeches, Wan Chuchu stayed home and didn’t venture out, leaving everything else to Xiao Bai and his team.

While Wan Chuchu was at home playing with the twins, waiting for more good news about Hailang, Yan Hui came to her looking worried.

Seeing Yan Hui’s grim expression, Wan Chuchu quickly asked Xiao Liu and Xiao Yu to watch the children and took Yan Hui to the study.

As soon as they entered the study, Yan Hui took out a document from her bag.

"Take a look at this first."

Wan Chuchu suspiciously took the document, and as soon as she saw the title, her face changed dramatically.

"Digging Deep into Bai Qiyan’s Woman’s Scandalous Romantic History Over the Years and Her Dirty Past of Unwed Childbirth"

Flipping through it swiftly, her anger and fear grew with every line she read.

The person who wrote this was utterly disgusting, starting from her elementary school days, briefly mentioning Wan Shiguo’s early death, then detailing how Bai Zhixi, an unemployed woman, struggled to raise her, a spoiled child.

To satisfy her spoiled and various unreasonable demands, Bai Zhixi had supposedly compromised with the school’s PE teacher. Although not explicitly stated, the reader could be led by text to believe Bai Zhixi was trading her beauty for money.

With an ashen face, Wan Chuchu continued reading. It described her middle school antics of not returning home, running away, and in high school, being cowardly and selfish, getting into fights with bad elements at school.

She was always unlearned and useless, yet somehow, miraculous during university entrance exams, she shockingly got into the first university. Between the lines were insinuations of her cheating, using backdoor methods, even taking someone’s place.

Wan Chuchu’s eyes reddened. Insulting her was one thing, but attacking Bai Zhixi was the most intolerable for her.

Suppressing her rage, she kept reading. It then talked about her college years, accusing her of promiscuity, involving not only Li Gang but also Yang Fan from summer teaching, even alleging she seduced the team leader and a good friend Mai Qiqi’s boyfriend before going abroad to have an unwed baby.

Perhaps fearing Jiang Kechu’s military status, the article didn’t mention Jiang Kechu at all.

It instead made despicable conjectures about her and Xiao Bai, suggesting that although they called each other cousins, rumors of Xiao Bai keeping her surfaced during high school, and after entering university, they were always seen together.

Even this sudden online fame of Xiao Bai was allegedly orchestrated by her.

Keeping her composure, she persisted through to the end, and felt a stabbing pain in her chest, a throatful of metallic sweetness, before she coughed up blood and fainted.

"Chuchu!" Yan Hui cried out, horrified, catching her in his arms.