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Chapter 327 - 203: Oh My God! They’re All Really Coming to Coastal City

After hearing what her sister said, Zhu Ling checked for herself. Sure enough, the comment sections for both the Coastal City Publicity Association and her own account were flooded with people saying they wanted to come to Coastal City and treat her to a meal.

"I’m going to Coastal City. That’s Radiant Square, right? I’ve already booked a hotel nearby."

"I’ve already bought a ticket to Coastal City. I want to treat Zhu Ling to dinner."

"I bought a high-speed rail ticket to Coastal City too! See you all at Radiant Square in Coastal City, bros!"

"Zhu Ling, in just a little while, the price of a plane ticket to Coastal City has already gone up by 100!"

"The high-speed rail tickets to Coastal City are sold out! Who are you guys that move so fast?"

"..."

Seeing these comments, Zhu Ling felt it was all so crazy. ’It really feels like I’m the center of attention,’ she thought. ’But I don’t think these people will actually come to Coastal City. My charm isn’t that powerful, is it?’

Clearly, she still didn’t understand that she was now shrouded in an aura of fame.

Naturally, as Zhu Ling’s interview went viral, it became an outlet for countless men. However, it also drew the ire of countless women who tried to stake a claim in the comment section, attempting to slander her and declare it was all just a publicity stunt. Unfortunately, they were quickly drowned out by the flood of comments from the men.

Perhaps many people knew it was, in fact, a publicity stunt. But in the heat of the moment, whether it was a stunt or not no longer mattered. After all, this was how countless men were making their stance clear.

As time went on, the video continued to snowball, and its stats exploded even faster. That night, both Zhu Ling and her sister found it difficult to sleep.

「The next day.」

The moment Fu Zhan woke up, he immediately checked the interview video. The video had already brought him great credit yesterday, and now he was even more eager to see its stats after a full night of fermentation.

He clicked onto the main page and saw the video had already surpassed 10 million likes. It was simply incredible.

If the Publicity Association had tried to promote something on their own, how much money would it have cost to achieve this level of engagement?

According to Xiaowei’s report, Chen Jincheng and his team had spent 15 million to boost the video’s traffic.

In other words, not only did the Coastal City Publicity Association reap the benefits, but they also saved 15 million in expenses.

The only issue was the low follower conversion rate; the account only had just over 1.5 million followers.

However, considering the specialized nature of the account, gaining so many followers overnight was still a rare feat. Besides, looking at the trend, that number was set to keep climbing.

With this new follower base, the Publicity Association’s future efforts to promote Coastal City’s tourist attractions would be twice as effective with half the effort.

He clicked open the comment section, wanting to see what the netizens were saying.

But he was soon surprised to see a dense wall of comments from people saying they were coming to Coastal City.

The comments saying, "The high-speed trains to Coastal City are fully booked," and "Flying to Coastal City even if the tickets are more expensive," were what truly left him stunned.

After a brief moment of shock, he recalled what Chen Jincheng had said before—that this plan could give Coastal City’s GDP a short-term boost.

This...

’Impossible, right?’

Fu Zhan barely hesitated. He rushed through his morning routine, left his room without even touching the breakfast his wife had prepared, called out a quick goodbye, and headed straight for the association’s headquarters. He immediately convened a meeting with the department heads, as well as Wei Weiwei’s online publicity team.

Under normal circumstances, Wei Weiwei’s team wouldn’t have been qualified to attend this meeting.

But this time, the entire project was their achievement.

"Everyone knows about the project, right?" Fu Zhan asked the other department heads as soon as they were all gathered.

The room instantly erupted in discussion, and the leaders instinctively glanced in Wei Weiwei’s direction.

When Vice President Fu first mentioned promoting on Tiao Yin, they hadn’t taken it seriously. After all, they had been with the Publicity Association for so long. They had worked with TV stations and celebrities, often with little to show for it. The idea of doing their own online promotions, let alone collaborating with an internet celebrity, seemed a bit absurd.

But who would have thought that a project from Wei Weiwei’s team would create such a massive stir?

Waking up that morning to see the interview video from that project sitting at number one on Tiao Yin’s trending chart, they couldn’t help but wonder if they were falling behind the times.

Fu Zhan continued, "Right now, the video’s comment section is filled with people saying they’ve bought plane and train tickets to our Coastal City. Some even claim the high-speed rail tickets are sold out. I want to know if this is true. Contact the high-speed rail and airline authorities and inquire about the situation."

His words made the other department heads exchange glances.

They had also seen those comments that morning. The video was popular, sure, but those were probably just netizens goofing around. They couldn’t be taken seriously, right?

But since Vice President Fu had asked, two of them immediately took out their phones to contact the high-speed rail and airline networks, respectively.

A moment later, both of them reported back in astonishment.

"It’s true! The high-speed trains to Coastal City from various places are fully booked for today?"

"The plane tickets have been completely snatched up? The number of people flying into Coastal City from all over has surged dramatically since this morning?"

Their words made everyone else’s eyes widen in astonishment.

’Wait, commenting is one thing, but you guys are actually for real?’

Did a single, simple marketing video really have so much Magic Power?

After putting down their phones, the two of them nodded in unison at Fu Zhan.

Fu Zhan could no longer conceal the overjoyed expression on his face.

In other words, because of this one video, Coastal City was about to be flooded with a massive influx of people?

He did a quick calculation. If one person came to Coastal City, and their expenses for lodging, food, entertainment, shopping, and so on averaged around 2,000 per person, then ten people would be 20,000, a hundred people would be 200,000, and a thousand people would be 2,000,000.