Chapter 296 - Special Item: Booth of Exchanging Secrets
Chapter 296 Special Item: Booth of Exchanging Secrets
He wasn’t like the other bosses as he knew his strengths and weaknesses from the very start.
Naturally, the source of his strength was from the special items and little monsters under his command. They were all unique items in this world!
As for the shortcomings… Well, he had none.
And after using the (A Talent Printer That Likes To Jog), Su Yang knew that Li Zijun was indeed a talent.
After getting in touch, Su Yang realized that the girl was very strong despite being cute while having a petite stature.
Because of that, Su Yang relented complete control to her. ‘I’ll let you handle everything because of your skills. I believe you won’t fail living up to the trust I’ve placed in you.
Today, it was finally time to have a look at the results.
Su Yang took a look at her plan and it was nothing outstanding in particular. It was the same plan he had discussed with Li Zijun in the past. It’s just that Su Yang was a little unexpected that Li Zijun actually suggested a simple traffic exchange. Although there were a hundred celebrities on her list, the lowest was third-tier celebrities.
Then she ranked their influence from low to high.
Then, a traffic exchange would be done with the third-tier celebrities on the bottom with the Find Me App. They’d post videos on Weibo while the Find Me App utilized a full-screen advertisement along with a large banner on the homepage to boost their accounts and their videos on the Find Me App.
The celebrities would be able to promote themselves and their dramas.
The celebrities can promote themselves in the videos and also promote their dramas. The first 60 were all third-tier celebrities. They were ranked from smaller celebrities who had just breached the third tier to young celebrities and youngsters who were about to get stuck on the edge of the second tier.
The remaining 40 were all second, first, and top-tier celebrities.
While negotiating with them, Li Zujin took down notes about the amount of traffic they’d be exchanging between both parties.
For example, the Find Me App could only exchange 150,000 views from their active users for the first celebrity on the traffic exchange list.
However, when they reached the end of the list, the Find Me App would be able to garner 10 million views from their daily active users.
As soon as he took a look, Su Yang realized that Li Zijun had created a staggered traffic ladder. Her plan was to rely on the traffic these celebrities drove and rely on the Find Me App to trend so traffic generated would grow rapidly.
After all, the 100 celebrities would have to be using the Find Me App and use it to publish promotional videos in their microblog. The 100 videos from their accounts alone would account for a rather large pool of traffic.
Su Yang was giving Li Zijun a thumbs up in his heart.
‘The system was really a d*ck when it evaluated her as a (Third-Tier Celebrity]!’
Thinking of her talents, Su Yang couldn’t help but think about Pan Zhaodi again.
‘I probably should’ve asked Pan Zhaodi to send over her resume, right? Let’s see what level she’s at. After all, she doesn’t seem like a regular person based on how efficient she was at work today.’
With that in mind, Su Yang sent a WeChat message to Pan Zhaodi, asking her to send him a copy of her resume so he could put it into her file.
It was a bullsh*t reason but Pan Zhaodi didn’t hesitate in her reply. (Alright.]
After a moment, her resume was sent to Su Yang’s mailbox.
Su Yang didn’t rush into looking at the resume but instead, he opened the Find Me App to see how the progress of the (Hundred Days of Stars) promotion was going.
Today was its first day so Su Yang saw a rather handsome-looking man appearing on the screen when he opened the app. The man smiled incomparably brightly on Su Yang’s screen as he said, “Hi! I’m the first celebrity on the Find Me App, Qiao An. The Find Me App helps young people find me! Start using the Find Me App today!”
That image took over the entire screen for a good 5 seconds before the main interface for the app appeared.
‘It looks rather compelling indeed!
‘A single celebrity may not attract attention, but hundreds of them would be like having the most familiar faces in the country on the app!
‘If that won’t make it trend, then it would seem like there’s no justice in this world!
Su Yang’s heart was put at ease. ‘Li Zijun is really a talent. If this promotion goes well, I can hand over the management and publicity work for the celebrities in the company to her.’
Just as Su Yang was planning it in his mind, the phone booth finally began gradually changing
Initially, the dirt and mud on it gradually seemed to disappear while some of its missing parts slowly recovered. However, it still seemed rusty.
After some time, an interface finally appeared above the phone booth.
[Abandoned Phone Booth +1: Acquired new special ability. Please confirm the appraisal.]
Su Yang felt like he was rather hopeful as he confirmed the appraisal. Two seconds later, a special item’s interface appeared on an iron plate on the booth.
(Booth of Exchanging Secrets]
Ability: This booth allows you to call a person every day. The other person will definitely pick up and if their phone is turned off, their landline will ring. If they’re outside, the nearest payphone will ring.
After picking up the call, both parties must say their names.
Once names are exchanged, you can exchange three secrets of your own with three secrets from the other party.
Restriction 1: You can only call the other person if you know what they look like.
Restriction 2: The secret exchanged must be similar to what the other person’s answer. E.g. If you tell the other person that you had eggs for breakfast today, the other person would tell you what they had for breakfast today.
Note: Without giving there is no gain.
After reading the ability, Su Yang felt that it was… Utter bullsh*t.
‘Why does it feel like every point I add ends up creating a special item? Are they so common? ‘While it’s true that this item can make us of the other party’s name, it can also help in obtaining their address as well!
‘Based on the introduction of the ability, I could just give the other party my address in exchange for theirs.
This way, I don’t have to eat fruits and use the (Fruit-Loving Pen).’
Looking at the interface above the [Booth of Exchanging Secrets), Su Yang frowned while sitting on the table after studying it carefully.
It was because he realized that there was a huge drawback to using this item although it could obtain him any information he desired.
It would expose his secrets.
‘After all, if a stranger calls and tells the other party who he is before spilling the beans on their secrets, the other person can’t help but to reveal their secrets as well! That’s a problem for sure!
‘This thing can only be used to gather information on people I intend to dispose of. I can’t use it on ordinary people or those who’re just plain competitive.
‘Else, it wouldn’t take long before the world realizes I have superpowers.’
Naturally, Su Yang didn’t feel anything in his heart if he were to use it on the three people spying on him. After all, he was going to get rid of them anyway and didn’t care about them revealing any secrets he would reveal.
Thinking along those lines, Su Yang looked at the time and realized that it was 5 o’clock. There were still seven hours until the day ended.
He’d have to make use of his silver ability, [Hands of Fate] to get rid of them.
‘It’s going to remove another one of my fingers, and it’ll hurt for 7 hours. Forget it, just bear with it and don’t procrastinate!’
With that in mind, Su Yang brought the (Booth of Exchanging Secrets) into the virtual space after he went in. Then, he entered the phone booth for the first time.
When he went in, Su Yang felt like it was rather clean other than looking a little worn out. It just seemed as if it had been worn down by time.
After taking stock, he thought about Baldy, picked up the phone, and put it to his ear. When put the phone to his ear, his hand seemed to automatically dial a few numbers, completely out of his control. “Beep! Beep! Beep!” The phone began ringing on the other end.
Baldy was nicknamed Fake Monk because he was just a bald man despite looking like a bald monk.
On top of that, he was known in the organization for being a good fighter, which also happened to be the reason why he got the nickname.
Last night was a toss-up because he suspected that Su Yang had found him. However, he had good control of his routine and still got up at 6 a.m.
As usual, he didn’t go to the hotel gym and just exercised in the room. Then, Baldy, Sea Serpent, and Monkey had a meeting to analyze Su Yang’s information. They just wanted to make sure that Su Yang was Zhao Xiao’s murderer.
Then, he gave the Sea Serpent and Monkey a break as he made plans by himself in the room.
Although he looked like a hitman, he was actually more famous in the organization not for his skills, but for his brains. He had a relatively meticulous and cautious brain.
That was why he was able to ‘play’ Su Yang in the palm of his hands without revealing his whereabouts.
The three of them were different from the others in the organization. They were the backbone of the organization so they couldn’t kill just for the sake of killing. They also had to try to preserve their identity and escape. This was also the reason he made this plan.
The plan would take one day. At 4:30 p.m., Baldy would kidnap Su Yang, force a confession out of him, kill him, and destroy his body before the three of them retreat with ease.
After wrapping up his plan, he took a look at the steps he had put on paper as he analyzed the loophole. After analyzing his plan for almost half a day, he found no problems.
In his heart, he decided to go along with the plan tomorrow. ‘With this plan in place, I believe that Su Yang will be doomed!’ With that in mind, Baldy brought the plan over to Sea Serpent and Monkey so they could discuss the plan with him in the room.
At that moment, his phone began ringing.
Baldy looked at it and the caller id only showed one word — Boss.
‘Huh, why did the boss call me? Is there an emergency?’
He had a sudden change of heart and picked up the call immediately.
However, he suddenly realized something was off when he picked up the call. They would never address each other by name in their organization. His boss would also call him with an unfamiliar phone or a burner. How could there be a call from a person with the word ‘Boss’ as the caller ID?
‘I’ve never been so cautious when picking up a call! What the hell is going on here?!’
As these thoughts ran through his mind, he realized that his hand had automatically picked up the phone and put it to his ear without him realizing it.
Then, he heard a deep voice in his ear, “Hello. Hello. My name is Su Yang…”
His eyes widened as he felt a great fear descend upon him!