Transmigration of the Famous Cyber Star
Chapter 39: Request For Cooperation

When Huang Shiting handed the files to Liu Man, he had only meant it as consolation for her. He had never hoped for the young girl to achieve anything. But who would’ve known that Liu Man would’ve been able to not only force the fake cat-food sellers into a corner but also promote Cats’ Garden along with it?

Huang Shi Ting had his assistant, John, go onto Taobao to check. Those fake cat food sellers that had always had a great business, had already taken down pertinent cat food products. Some had even closed their shops down entirely.

Now, even the New Zealand headquarters had called him to ask about Eastern Asia’s sudden increase in sales

So, Huang Shiting was in a very good mood. His tone towards Liu Man became even better, “Thank you so much for advertising us on the internet.”

“No, no, I should be the one to thank you. If it hadn’t been for your files, nobody would’ve trusted me.”

“Haha, it’s not that big of a deal, those files didn’t contain our company’s secrets anyway. Everyone who works at my company has one, but has never put it to any use,” Huang Shiting laughed, “Ms. Liu, you probably want to ask about other things in this call, don’t you?”

Liu Man thought about how she should start, then said, “Nowadays, it’s extremely hard to buy the regular version of Cats’ Garden’s cat food from Mainland China. Almost every way to buy cat food that people know of, appears to have problems. Most people are now very doubtful and are afraid to buy some. When I live-streamed, I communicated with my fans, and they all trusted me. They really hope that they can buy cat food from Cats’ Garden through me. So, I was wondering if you could give me some resources to permit me to sell cat food through Mainland China’s network?”

Huang Shiting laughed and said, “Do you know, in the past few years, how many businessmen from the mainland have tried to ask me if they could become legalized dealers for Cats’ Garden? They were all older than you, they were all very sophisticated, they all had well-known companies, they all had connections, and they all knew how to operate businesses. I have never given them permission, so why should I allow you instead?”

Huang Shiting’s tone was still very kind, but his questions were still very sharp and uncaring.

Liu Man didn’t hesitate to answer his questions, and said smoothly, “First of all, I only want to become a dealer on the network. I have almost thirty-thousand fans on Weibo and more than ten-thousand fans on a live-streaming application. As I continue to live-stream, the follower count will increase too. Most of them are potential customers, and as for the dealing rights in real life, you can still give it to someone else or operate them yourself. Secondly, you’re a businessman, and I think what you care about the most is how many benefits you can receive. Well, I can increase 10% on top of the EXW you propose.”

TL’s Note: EXW = EX works, I believe. Some business shenanigans.

“I think I haven’t told you about our company’s EXW yet.”

“I believe that you will tell me eventually.”

Huang Shiting laughed, “As a young girl, you have quite an amount of ambition. It’s like you’re luring me into trap, step by step.”

Liu Man denied it and laughed too, “I’m only taking one step at a time and improvising as well. If my previous live-streams weren’t popular, and nobody knew me, then I wouldn’t be requesting this of you right now.”

“I must have a meeting with the other executives in my company to decide this. At the moment, there’s no way for me to give you an exact reply. Also, the cat food in our storage room is about to be sold out, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Even if we decide to permit you to start selling cat food from our company, you would only be able to receive the products after Chinese New Year.”

“It’s alright, I can wait.”

After he hung up, Huang Shiting downloaded the Mainland Weibo for the first time ever just to see “Princess Man’s” account. He even signed up for an account, and named it using his English name, Alex. He had no choice. If he didn’t sign up, then he wouldn’t be able to see most of her content.

Huang Shiting saw the comments of the fans supporting “Princess Man,” and saw her live-stream video which had completely exposed the fake cat food sellers. He also followed “Princess Man” just in case.

After deep consideration, Huang Shi Ting called his assistant, John, into his office and told him to prepare for an executives’ meeting.

…

The previous night, when “I’m a vet” had bought Liu Man’s work at an expensive price, it had left all the other viewers a thought – Liu Man’s seal characters were meaningful and worthy to be collected.

So, on that day’s live-stream, as Liu Man started to write in calligraphy again, the live-stream had turned into a place where everyone compared how much they could pay.

Today, her topic was “The book of songs · Daya · Hanlu.”

Staring at the bottom of the mountain far away,

and look at how many trees there are.

This peaceful gentleman,

hopes for everything to be peaceful.

The wine cups were made so fresh and detailed,

and under the golden spoon is the bon vin.

Happiness comes from the heaven,

as this peaceful gentleman says.

The eagle spread its wings and glided under the blue sky,

the fish shook its tail and swam in the gully.

This peaceful gentleman,

why would he not be teaching more teenagers?

This sweet, sweet wine has filled the cup,

and the red bull is ready to be sacrificed.

Offer its sacrifice to the gods,

in exchange for peacefulness and blissfulness.

Look at how many trees there are,

citizens come to cut them to burn and sacrifice to the gods.

Such a good and peaceful gentleman,

the godly spirits will come and visit him.

Vine grows everywhere and circles around the branches and trunks of trees.

Oh, how peaceful is this gentleman,

who uses the law of the nature to sacrifice to the gods,

not being evil.

TL’s Note: SORRY BUT THIS WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TRANSLATE AND EDIT.

The comment section was filled with comments the second Liu Man had started writing this poem.

“Sis is writing something impressive today again.”

“I will never be able to read whatever Princess Man writes down. (cries)”

“Ah, I just feel like these characters today are especially difficult to recognize, and they look so hard to write down, too!”

“Anyway, it’s enough that it looks upper-end. To us viewers, we’re basically illiterate. Let’s just watch in peace.”

TL’s Note: Upper-end = it looks high-societyish/upper class quality

“I want to buy this.” — To drink wine and sing

This viewer named as ‘To drink wine and sing’ copied what ‘I’m a vet’ did yesterday, and directly gifted Liu Man with 10 Fairytale Carriages.

“I don’t own a mine, and I can’t be capricious. This is the most I can gift you. Sis, could you please sell me your work today?”

TL’s Note: I don’t own a mine = he isn’t that rich/not rich at all.

“That’s only 10 Fairytale Carriages… That god, ‘I’m a vet,’ had given 100 Fairytale Carriages.”

“Haha, he probably sent presents based on how many words there were. It isn’t his fault that ‘The Untrammeled Traveler’ had a lot of words in it.”

“Well, I’m pretty sure that you all don’t understand. A single character that a master calligraphist writes would cost a thousand. I think that this live-streamer’s work, no matter how long it is, would always be very worth a lot of money.”

“I’m a vet’s” gift seemed to have made an expectation. Any gifts lower than this standard would be laughed at.

“If 10 Fairytale Carriages can buy such good work, then I’ll gift you with 15.” — A member of the South Kingdom.

A member of the South Kingdom gifted you 15 Fairytale Carriages.

A line of bold and red words appeared in the middle of the screen and then came the animations of 15 carriages.

“So what? That’s only 5 more carriages, such a miser. Look at how much your bro can send.” — Quick! Call me bro.

Quick! Call me bro gifted you 30 Fairytale Carriages.

“66666666666666666666.”

“Bro, do you still need a little brother?”

“Bro, I’m your younger sister who had gotten lost a few years ago.”

“Bro, I’ll change my first name to match yours, okay?”

…

Compared to the female fans who loved cute animals, Liu Man’s new male fans liked calligraphy better.

In reality, men were the ones who liked calligraphy. Some men liked tea, so they had a lot of tea utensils, tea tables, and everything that had to do with the tea in their house. If there was a calligraphy work that hung behind the tea table that looked very profound, and if the words said something like “ten thousand horses galloping,” or “life always rewards those who are diligent,” then that would be simply awesome. Also, if people who had a lot of friends that visited all the time, then while they drank tea, they would be able to admire those calligraphy works. Then, with that, they would think that the owner of the house was very sophisticated.

Otaku Boy, who had always watched Liu Man’s live-streams right on time every day, felt uncomfortable as he saw these presents being gifted. He said sadly, “I want Princess Man’s work too.”

As he said that, his hand had already opened the gifting section and selected the Fairytale Carriage.

As Roommate A and B saw what he was doing, they immediately grabbed his right and left arm. Roommate C took his phone away from him, “Chill, dude, you have to calm down. We are all poor college students, and a carriage would cost more than 500 RMB!”