Youu Tea’s collaboration with "Langya List" was something Cheng Zhu had planned long ago.
Although the main theme of the series is political intrigue, it actually has a lot of female viewers, which is completely different from the usual political drama.
On one hand, the political schemes in the series lean towards being more refreshing and less exhausting to watch; on the other hand, Mei Changsu and Prince Jingg in the series are surprisingly fun to follow...
Some picky viewers feel there are many flaws in the series.
Actually, these flaws are precisely why it has such a wide audience.
If the political schemes were filmed too exquisitely, it would attract fewer viewers and would be praised but not popular.
And this series capturing the hearts of many female viewers matches precisely with Youu Tea’s customer profile.
Of course, Cheng Zhu would definitely not make the collaboration plans too simplistic.
He treated this collaboration much more seriously than the previous one with Momo.
"For Youu Tea, this is the last big move before the second round of financing," Cheng Zhu was very aware of this.
In terms of timing, by the time this collaboration officially ended, the first round of "expansion funds" for Youu Tea would basically be spent.
This new bubble tea business model had already withstood the test of the market and was naturally ready for a second round of financing.
Therefore, Cheng Zhu had no intention of just playing the collaboration card.
He had too many good cards in his hand.
The collaboration was just the beginning.
Throughout the process, he was going to pull some other clever moves.
"Unless something unexpected happens, Yue Tea might get caught in the crossfire again, even though I’m not really targeting them."
"But no worries, live and learn."
"Little Yuez, you better learn well!"
As time passed, March 2015 was coming to an end.
Cheng Zhu, who was still on a business trip in GX province, was smoking in a double-bed room at a local hotel while picking up his phone.
One of the beds in the room was very clean, while the other was quite messy, with slight water stains on the sheets, though not very noticeable.
After parting ways with the "eternal motion goddesses," Ming Lang smoked his second post-coital cigarette and opened his family group chat.
Yes, the one with Cousin in it.
He ignored the extremely talkative and annoying Cousin like he usually did and started tagging Shen Qingning and Jiang Wanzhou in the group chat.
"I remember our cousin’s birthday is on April Fool’s Day, right?"
Even though he did not tag Cousin, Cousin bubbled up anyway and didn’t mind it.
As an elder in this generation of the family, he sternly scolded Ming Lang.
"Ming Lang, Wanzhou’s birthday is in November!"
Jiang Wanzhou replied casually, "No, he’s not talking about me as the cousin."
After sending it, he ignored Cousin’s "We have a new cousin now?" and continued responding to Ming Lang’s topic, "It’s indeed on April Fool’s Day."
Little President Jiang typed with a smile, "When I first found out Cheng Zhu’s birthday, I thought he was joking because it was April Fool’s Day, and he even got mad."
Cousin asked, "Why is it always Cheng Zhu?"
Ming Lang and Jiang Wanzhou continued to ignore him because once you engage with him, he doesn’t stop talking, while Shen Qingning kept lurking silently.
Naturally, she knew Cheng Zhu’s birthday as well.
What does his birthday have to do with me?
To be precise, what does he have to do with me now?
Soon after, Ming Lang revealed his intention for chatting in the group.
"I can’t come back either; the business trip might keep me busy until the 3rd, so how about the three of us buy a gift, and Little President Jiang, you can represent us and give it to our cousin."
He felt that given their friendship and current partnership, Cheng Zhu’s birthday definitely warranted a gesture more than just a birthday wish.
I’ve learned so much from him; he is both a mentor and a friend to me!
Jiang Wanzhou hadn’t responded yet, and the continuously lurking Shen Qingning immediately typed, "I agree."
Little President Jiang, looking at the content in the group, joked with a laugh, "It indeed makes more sense for me to represent us; one of you can’t come back, and the other is his rumored girlfriend, Sister Lu might misunderstand."
Sometimes, that’s the curse of being tsundere.
Because of your pride, you don’t show your feelings and preferences in front of others, so you get hurt by others’ unintended words.
Shen Qingning typed, "Jiang Wanzhou, do you think you’re funny?"
Jiang Wanzhou immediately replied with a bowing emoji to apologize.
He wasn’t afraid of Ming Lang, who could argue openly as a cousin and curse at him, but he was truly afraid of Shen Qingning.
To be exact, not just him, even Cousin is scared!
—Better not to mess with her.
Finally, Jiang Wanzhou wrote in the group, "I promise to complete the task!"
Only then did Shen Qingning nod in satisfaction, exited the chat window, and continued browsing the netizens’ newly fabricated rumors about her and Cheng Zhu online.
Netizens really have a lot of free time; even though several days had passed, many people still were actively chatting in the comments section.
Whenever someone responds in the backend, these netizens immediately resume their discussions.
With each message passing back and forth, naturally, the number of comments increased.
Not to mention a comment section that had made it to a Weibo hot search, in some novels’ discussions, readers could argue for days and nights, reaching hundreds of comments.
The tsundere girl now and then checked the stories netizens made up, and even some fan fiction stories felt more interesting than the new romance novels she had bought.