To support the anti-blacklisting plan, Jiang Yuan's 80 million fans happily followed Jiang Xiaoman's personal account and even left a comment.
Jiang Xiaoman was still working hard carrying bricks at the tea factory construction site when he never expected that in just one afternoon, his video account would suddenly gain over ten million followers!
Rivals & Haters: "..."
Damn it! You managed to get free rides on me again!
Jiang Xiaoman was incredibly excited about the sudden surge in his fanbase. However, he also knew that many of these fans were there because of Jiang Yuan and might not necessarily become his own fans. But, having tens of millions of fans was still different from having millions.
The most direct change is that more businesses are proactively seeking to collaborate with him.
However, Jiang Xiaoman had no intention of exploiting new fans. She simply selected a few cost-effective daily necessities and household groceries and snacks and put them on a shopping cart without even doing a live stream.
Longtime fans are used to it, but new fans are absolutely stunned.
No, the chives are practically delivered to your door, and you're too lazy to even cut them? Are you looking down on us? Or do you think we can't afford them?
The more the leeks thought about it, the angrier they became, and they couldn't help but open Jiang Xiaoman's shopping window and start buying things in a flash!
Shampoo, shower gel, hand soap, toilet paper, soap, snacks—these are all things we use every day at home, so it doesn't matter where we buy them.
Let me show you, you country bumpkin, what fan purchasing power is!
Jiang Xiaoman never expected that even though he had been so passive in his business, when he checked the back-end system that evening, he found that the online store's sales for the day were nearly 200,000 yuan.
Although the rebates for daily necessities and other similar items are relatively low, he made at least ten or twenty thousand yuan that day selling so many...
Thinking that all of this was achieved with the help of Jiang Cancan's fans, the next day, when Jiang Xiaoman went to town to buy groceries, she specially bought a lot of food for Grandma Jiang and Yueyue.
His family is building a factory now, and they specially invited Lang Ying to help with cooking. So every other day they go to town to buy some meat and vegetables, and bring some rice cakes and cloud cakes that Grandma Jiang likes, as well as glutinous rice strips that Yueyue likes.
When Jiang Xiaoman returned and saw Lang Ying cooking at Grandma Jiang's house, she slapped her forehead and said with annoyance—
"How could I forget about this? Yingzi, starting today, your family and Cancan's family don't need to cook separately anymore. Let's all eat together at my construction site canteen. There are only a few of us, it's just a matter of adding a few more pairs of chopsticks. It will save you from having to run back and forth. Cooking six meals a day would be exhausting!"
Lang Ying thought about it and nodded in agreement. It wasn't that she liked to take advantage of others, but mainly because she and Grandma Jiang, being two adults, didn't eat much each day. The children ate lunch at school and only ate breakfast and dinner at home, and the children didn't eat much either.
Lang Ying didn't stand on ceremony with Jiang Xiaoman, but the next day she told him not to buy any vegetables. She had more vegetables in her garden than she could eat, so she could cut some and take them to the construction site to eat.
To everyone's surprise, Jiang Xiaoman rejected him.
"Hehe~ Anyway, I'm not short of money now. Sometimes when I go to the market, I see old people carrying vegetables from far away to sell. These people don't have retirement pensions, and they don't earn much money growing vegetables. I earn money more easily than them now. I spend a little money to buy their vegetables, and we can eat them too, and they can go home earlier."
These words left Lang Ying speechless.
Lang Ying often encountered situations where she would carry vegetables from afar to the market, only to find that she couldn't sell them.
Looking back now, there are reasons why farmers don't make money.
In the past, she was just like everyone else. When the season came, she planted whatever others planted. When the harvest season came, every household had the same vegetables in their gardens. People couldn't even finish eating their own produce, so why would they spend money to buy them at the market?
Jiang Xiaoman is the only one who would spend money to buy these vegetables at the market, even though she has them in her own garden.
However, since Jiang Xiaoman has said so, what else can Lang Ying do?
I had no choice but to swallow my pride and take both families to the cafeteria for a free meal.
"Sister Yingzi, tell Grandma Jiang not to feel embarrassed, haha. I'm telling you, thanks to Cancan's fans, my video account gained several million followers in one go!"
"Hehe~ I'm a bona fide influencer with tens of millions of followers now. This account alone is worth a lot of money!"
"Cancan helped me so much. Even if I treat Grandma Jiang and the others to meals for half a month, or even for a year, I'll still be the one who benefits."
"Alright, alright, I know. You mean well, so why can't you just accept being praised?" Lang Ying glared at him reproachfully before heading off to cook.
Jiang Xiaoman pouted behind her.
Who doesn't like to be praised? When he was a kid, he would get up before dawn every day to go to school, just so he could save up enough points to be praised by his homeroom teacher at the end of the semester for "never being late."
However, a person's tolerance for praise tends to increase with age.
Just like when I was a kid and found a penny on the side of the road, the moment I handed it to my homeroom teacher, I could practically feel the fervent admiration of the whole class!
As an adult, if I find a hundred yuan on the street, I'll hesitate for a moment, wondering if taking it to the police station will make people think I'm stupid...
Just when Jiang Xiaoman thought he had done nothing more than a trivial matter, an even greater honor was about to fall upon him.
Chapter 186
"Xiaoman! Is it time to pick your golden chrysanthemums?" Sun Zheyuan suddenly called him, asking a seemingly random question.
"It's time to pick them. I was planning to ask someone to come up the mountain and pick the first batch in the next couple of days."
"No! Please don't pick them!" Sun Zheyuan's tone was as if he had won the lottery, with a slight tremor of excitement at the end of his voice.
"Xiaoman, Jiang Cancan from your village is really popular! It's like this, there's a leader from our provincial literary and art federation who used to sing patriotic songs, and he especially likes Jiang Cancan from your village."
"so what?"
Jiang Xiaoman still didn't understand what kind of connection the Federation of Literary and Art Circles could have with their village.
Could it be that writers from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles are coming to their village to gather inspiration?
That is indeed a good thing, after all, it can promote Langshan. But it shouldn't make the well-informed Sun Zheyuan so excited, right?
"Oh dear! It wasn't the Federation of Literary and Art Circles! It was the Publicity Department! It was that leader from the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles who helped make the connection!"
"I just found out that the Provincial Party Committee's Publicity Department has invited more than 100 media outlets across the country to conduct a series of grassroots interviews on the theme of rural revitalization."
“Our town isn’t very big, so we shouldn’t have been selected, but, hehe, the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles also like Jiang Cancan from your village.”
"The Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Publicity Department are said to have a good relationship, so they gave us a push. Speaking of which, we really owe it to you, Xiaoman. If it weren't for you and Jiang Yu both being self-media creators with so many followers, even if the leaders wanted to give us a push, we wouldn't have anything to offer."
"Wait a minute! Director Sun, do you mean you want media reporters from all over the country to come all this way just to see my few acres of golden chrysanthemums?"
After saying that, Jiang Xiaoman broke out in a cold sweat.
This...this isn't appropriate, is it?
If it were next year or the year after, and their chrysanthemum cultivation area expanded a bit more, to a hundred or two hundred acres, then inviting some media over to get some free advertising would be quite lucrative.
But even the media would be speechless after seeing his few acres of land.
How the hell are we supposed to advertise this?
Jiang Xiaoman, a farmer from a township in a certain province, returned to his hometown to start a business and planted several acres of golden chrysanthemums on his own land.
All the golden chrysanthemums in his house were picked and sold, but it probably wouldn't even cover the travel expenses for the media to make this trip!
"Old Sun, give me the phone, I'll talk to Xiaoman!" Lang Xingguo, the town's propaganda officer, was getting anxious and snatched the phone from his colleague, starting to give Jiang Xiaoman some advice—
"Xiaoman, I think the province chose Langshan as one of the interview sites not because of our size, but because of our reputation as an old revolutionary base area. After all, our ancestors made such huge sacrifices for the country, and now, through the efforts of several generations, we finally see hope for poverty alleviation and prosperity. Doesn't this deserve to be reported properly?"
"I think you and we should both change our approach to preparing for this interview."
“Since the media wants to see the current life of the people of Langshan, then apart from your village, there really isn’t any other village in our town that can take on this job.”
"You wouldn't believe it, even the butchers in our town know that the people from Langshan Village are the most generous! It's clear that life is much better than before."
“We heard in town that those who followed you in trading tea cakes and wild vegetables this year have made a lot of money. We heard that some of the more diligent ones have earned more than young people who went out to work.”
"Xiaoman, compared to your few acres of golden chrysanthemums, I think the propaganda department and media reporters would rather see these."
"So, do you see any way to make these things look like videos or photos?"
Lang Xingguo really wanted to say, "How about we take a staged photo?"
But when he thought about how the delegation was personally led by the provincial propaganda department leaders and that well-known media outlets from all over the country had been invited, he was less likely to fake it.
Thinking that Jiang Xiaoman gained followers by making short videos, Lang couldn't help but cling to the coattails of a professional...
After a moment's thought, Jiang Xiaoman understood the meaning behind Lang's words.
Isn't it just about showcasing the new era and new countryside in front of the camera?
Although he had never done this job before, he had at least seen a pig run, even if he had never eaten pork.
I watched so many episodes of "Making Money" with his dad, and it wasn't for nothing...
He happened to be looking for something new lately, so he filmed several episodes about building houses. Just by looking at the number of likes and comments, you can tell that his fans are getting a bit tired of it.
Zhao Xinran is one of them.
Her hometown is also in H Province. She became a fan of Jiang Xiaoman because he and Jiang Yu risked their lives to help H Province. After following this rural Xiaoman, Zhao Xinran was bored while being locked up in the factory, so she couldn't help but watch all of Jiang Xiaoman's previous videos.
Wow! I've discovered a gem of a blogger! I love it!
Like Langshan Village, her hometown was a poor and backward mountain village. Zhao Xinran went to work in the city a long time ago. In order to save money to build a house for her parents in her hometown, she only went back once every two or three years. Watching Jiang Xiaoman's video felt just as warm as returning to her own home.
But after watching these episodes, every time Zhao Xinran saw Jiang Xiaoman carrying bricks and building houses, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
She wasn't interested in infrastructure; she just wanted to see pure rural life, like raising pigs, feeding chickens, and growing vegetables—the more rustic, the better!
Many fans share her sentiments, especially some long-time fans. Some impatient fans have already rolled their eyes in the comments section, saying that Jiang Xiaoman has become arrogant after gaining more fans and making money. They've forgotten why fans like watching her videos in the first place, and now she's starting to build houses everywhere, which is simply a lack of ambition and a small-minded mentality...
Jiang Xiaoman was scolded for no apparent reason.
However, seeing that these comments have more likes than his video itself, it's clear that people don't really like watching infrastructure-related content.
What if fans don't like watching?
Of course, spoiling our fans comes first! Let's change the content!!
Jiang Xiaoman spent the whole night making a table as long as an A4 sheet of paper, which simply listed the people she wanted to photograph, the content of the shoot, the duration, and so on.
For his first stop, he didn't choose someone he knew from his team, but instead chose an old widow in the village.
Speaking of this old widow, she has a bit of a connection with his father... Hold on, hold on! His father doesn't have any penchant for harassing widows!
Actually, this older woman almost married her father when she was young!
However, at that time, the custom of demanding bride price was very serious in rural areas. If a family had a daughter, many families would want her. Whoever offered the highest bride price would get the daughter.
At that time, Jiang Youliang's family was so poor that they didn't even have enough potatoes to eat, let alone enough for a bride price from the family down the mountain.
Eliminated in the first round!
Later, this older woman married into another village.
It's a sad story, really. The old lady's parents always thought that their son was the only one they could rely on in their old age.
Who knew that after their son got married, he and his wife would take their grandchildren and go to work in the city? The young people are struggling to make a living, and the financial pressure is immense. They only come back once every two or three years, and even then, they only stay for a few days during the Spring Festival. Supporting the elderly couple? Ha! Dream on!
Later, the old aunt's mother fell seriously ill and was bedridden. The old aunt also happened to lose her husband, so she simply took her child and moved to her parents' home.