Financial Independence through Cracked Apps-Chapter 157 - 133: "This is My Boyfriend, Lin Shen
’Who on earth is this guy, to have Jiang Wan so head-over-heels for him?’
’I’ve never seen her like this before!’
Huang Qian found it a little hard to believe.
In her eyes, Jiang Wan always appeared gentle and cheerful to everyone. But in reality, getting close to her, truly into her inner world, was incredibly difficult.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone more than twenty years without ever being in a relationship.
If this were anyone else, Huang Qian might have just assumed the woman was arrogant with impossibly high standards.
But Jiang Wan certainly had the right to be proud.
Huang Qian’s gaze drifted down from Jiang Wan’s face, settling on the ample curves that strained against her tight T-shirt. Her eyes instantly filled with a mix of envy and jealousy.
Even she, as a woman, found her eyes drawn to them from time to time. A chest like that... it was just too much to handle.
Never mind all the pervy guys out there.
’How on earth did she manage that?’
Huang Qian glanced down at her own flat chest, her heart immediately filling with a sense of injustice.
’We’re both women! Why is the difference so huge?’
More than once, Huang Qian had begged Jiang Wan for her secret to getting bigger, but she always received the same answer. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"I really don’t know. I was just born this way."
Damn it!
Huang Qian felt as though her dignity and self-esteem as a woman had been ruthlessly trampled upon, yet she was utterly helpless.
’Nothing to be done. It was all down to natural talent, a fundamental gap in their specs.’
"He’s here."
Just as Huang Qian was lost in her own world, Jiang Wan’s delighted exclamation made both her and Liu Menghan look up.
In the distance, a young man was striding toward them, one hand in his pocket and a faint smile playing on his lips.
In that instant, it was as if the world before Huang Qian’s eyes had suddenly brightened.
The young man’s handsome features, sharp jawline, and clean-cut, forward-spiked hairstyle made him look exceptionally dashing.
He didn’t look particularly muscular, but his build was lean and perfectly proportioned.
But it was his sense of style that truly caught Huang Qian’s eye.
A simple white Louis Vuitton T-shirt, black shorts, and a pair of Panda sneakers gave him a relaxed, effortless vibe.
The silver chain around his neck added a perfect touch of modern style.
Combined with the Rolex on his left wrist, his understated outfit exuded an air of luxury and prestige.
’He’s rich!’
Huang Qian could tell at a glance; this guy definitely came from money.
’Could he be Jiang Wan’s boyfriend?’
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
As Lin Shen reached them, Jiang Wan immediately stood and linked her arm through his, smiling as if staking her claim as she made the introduction.
"This is my boyfriend, Lin Shen."
"..."
Huang Qian and Liu Menghan froze, then exchanged a look. Suddenly, they felt that Jiang Wan’s earlier praise hadn’t been an exaggeration at all—in fact, it might have been an understatement!
Lin Shen’s good looks were so striking that he seemed to exist on a completely different plane from everyone else around them.
You could tell with a single glance who was the leading man and who was just a background character.
"Hello, I’m ’Never Pays Debts.’"
"I’m ’Tonight’s Farewell Dream is Cold.’"
Huang Qian and Liu Menghan were both accustomed to introducing themselves with their online usernames, and of course Lin Shen didn’t mind.
After all, it was just a business collaboration. Unless things progressed further, there was no need to know each other’s real names.
Privacy is paramount, after all.
"Nice to meet you."
After Lin Shen sat down beside Jiang Wan, a waiter quickly brought over four drinks and some freshly baked bread rolls, still warm and steaming faintly.
"I ordered some things for us. Let’s eat while we talk."
Lin Shen smiled and, without any unnecessary chatter, got straight to the point.
"I’d like to hire you to shoot a short video in my Cat Cafe, which is about to open. You can pick the theme and the story yourselves. As long as you feature the cats from our cafe and show off the environment a bit, it’ll be fine."
"We can do that."
Huang Qian nodded.
"Are you planning to go through the official platform or negotiate privately? The platform is safer; private deals can be risky."
"Let’s do it privately."
Lin Shen glanced at Jiang Wan and chuckled lightly.
"You’re Jiang Wan’s friends. I trust you won’t cheat me."
"Of course!" Huang Qian said confidently. "Our reputation is very important to us. Otherwise, nobody would want to hire us for a collaboration." She exchanged a look with Liu Menghan, considered for a long moment, and then asked tentatively,
"If the advertising format is a custom short video with a plot, the fee might be a bit higher because of all the effort that goes into planning the script, filming, and post-production."
"Just name your price."
"Then... is eighty thousand okay?"
Lin Shen’s stunned expression made Huang Qian think she’d quoted too high a price. She quickly pulled out her phone to make her case.
"Look! This is my account. I have over a million followers, with very few bots."
"Each video gets around a hundred thousand likes, and my pinned viral video even has over two million."
"And check out my analytics—my video completion rate is really high. The engagement ratios for likes, comments, and shares are all above average. My follower demographic is primarily 18-to-28-year-olds. It’s a huge young audience, perfect for a business like a Cat Cafe."
"Honestly, this price is already very low! I usually start at a hundred thousand for other clients, but since you’re Jiang Wan’s boyfriend, I didn’t ask for that much... So... what do you think?"
"Deal!"
Lin Shen agreed readily, as if he were afraid Huang Qian would back out.
The reason he’d looked so surprised wasn’t that her price was too high—it was because he thought it was ridiculously low!
In Lin Shen’s estimation, an influencer with over a million followers was considered upper-tier. They should be charging at least one hundred or two hundred thousand for a single ad.
