Chapter 139 Since the System is Working This Hard...

1121!
1122!
1123!

Zhang Wuyong watched as the system seemed to brace itself, struggling to push the numbers upward.

Just as it attempted to jump to 1124, the points and information panel began to distort once again.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

Fearing the system might completely crash before it could even be forcibly uninstalled, Zhang Wuyong panicked.

The numbers finally settled at 1123.

His current points stood at -3667.

And yet, all Zhang Wuyong had actually done was register his name on those websites and have those "pseudo-schoolgirls" follow him.

He hadn't even started a single livestream, let alone broadcast any of the short videos he had planned.

Seeing how hard the system was trying, he thought to himself:

Shouldn't I reward myself with a longer break?

Sister Lian pulled out her planning document and said to Zhang Wuyong, "My current idea is to first shoot magic tutorial videos under the name 'Demonic Cult Leader Zhang Wuqi'.

"Of course, these magic tricks have already been exposed elsewhere, but that doesn't matter.

"First, you perform these tricks. The most important thing is to look handsome and exude absolute confidence. Then, in the second half of the video, you break down the tricks and explain them, putting on a show of earnestly trying to teach everyone.

"As long as we do it right, people will follow. Additionally, we will have the girls from our livestreaming room shoot videos of their own, performing magic tricks using the methods you taught them. Whether they perform well or not doesn't matter.

"If they perform well, they can attribute it to learning from 'Demonic Cult Leader Zhang Wuqi's' videos. If they perform poorly, it just goes to show that even after watching your videos and thinking they've mastered it, this is still the result.

"This way, more people will be driven to watch your videos and follow you. The larger your following, the more momentum we'll have when you finally start streaming.

"Of course, this is just the beginning. Remember, our primary target is young girls, young girls, and more young girls.

"We will find ways to make your magic tutorial videos go viral quickly across various group chats frequented by junior high school girls."

Zhao Yutong: "..."

Zhang Wuyong raised a hand and rubbed his chin. "So... Demonic Cult Leader... Leader of Magic Tutorials? That explanation actually holds up."

"Alright!" he agreed readily. "You guys understand this stuff better. Just handle the promotion and marketing; I'll be solely responsible for shooting the videos and doing the livestreams."

Sister Lian was thrilled. "The studio and props are almost all set up. You can come over tomorrow morning."

"Got it!" Zhang Wuyong stood up.

***

During the morning and afternoon of the next day, Zhang Wuyong went over and, under the arrangement of Sister Lian and Yanyan, filmed four consecutive tutorial videos focusing on card tricks and their secrets.

They had the younger girls follow along with the tutorials and perform the routines.

***

After that, these girls began infiltrating group chats of junior high school girls, acting as if they had discovered a new world, exclaiming, "I found this super handsome guy who performs magic, he's drop-dead gorgeous!"

Followed by a video link.

Within a couple of days, the view counts and follower numbers for Zhang Wuyong's videos on various video-sharing platforms skyrocketed like a rocket.

During this period, the results for the early-batch college admissions came out.

Yutong's first-choice application was not accepted.

In previous years, her scores and provincial ranking would have virtually guaranteed her admission.

However, this year, everyone seemed to have lost their minds, frantically squeezing into normal university programs.

Qian Shu had also applied for the early batch.

He applied for a regional second-tier normal college within the province, specifically a targeted local recruitment program which required graduates to teach in a small town elementary school for three years.

Previously, around 470 points would have been sufficient.

This year, the admission score unexpectedly soared to 516.

With the employment outlook in other industries remaining uncertain, everyone was simply chasing the security of a stable job after graduation.

Zhao Yutong herself had never had much interest in becoming a teacher, so missing out didn't bother her much.

However, this meant that both she and Wuyong would now have to enter the regular undergraduate application batch.

With a significant score gap between the two of them, they couldn't just casually apply to the same schools and expect to end up together.

Now, all the pressure fell squarely on Zhao Yutong's shoulders.

She also used her phone to follow "Demonic Cult Leader Zhang Wuqi".

She had to admit, the magic tricks Wuyong filmed were undeniably cool.

The first few were card tricks.

Seeing those decks of playing cards flying back and forth in his hands—who on earth wouldn't believe he was the reincarnation of the God of Gamblers?

Following that, coin magic and prop magic emerged in an endless stream.

If she hadn't watched him personally expose the secrets behind them afterward, just watching his divine, ultra-stylish performances alone...

She might have genuinely thought it wasn't magic at all, but actual sorcery.

On Bilibili, Zhao Yutong witnessed with her own eyes how the followers and bookmarks for "Demonic Cult Leader Zhang Wuqi" skyrocketed by leaps and bounds.

Those out-of-town schoolgirls were all affectionately calling him "Cult Leader Big Brother, Cult Leader Big Brother."

It left her utterly speechless.

You people haven't even met the guy in real life, yet just from watching some videos, you're already calling him brother this and sister that?

Fortunately, Sister Lian had a different perspective from Boss Huo; she felt it unnecessary for Zhang Wuyong to be affected by his past social reputation as a school bully and former gang member known as "Big Fist Bro."

From the very beginning, the promotion and marketing were targeted exclusively at out-of-town girls far from their home province.

At this moment, the local young girls in their city had yet to discover this hidden gem.

Otherwise, he might have already become a local mini-celebrity.

Zhao Yutong naturally trusted Zhang Wuyong.

She believed that even if her Wuyong became a major star in the future, he wouldn't stoop to sleeping with his female fans.

Yet, she still felt that during these four years of university, she ought to stay by his side.

It wasn't a matter of lacking trust.

This had nothing to do with trust or the lack thereof.

She simply wanted to be by his side.

***

That evening, Liu Zhu was lying on the living room sofa, playing on her phone.

Meanwhile, her older sister, Liu Qi, was still in her own room, using her laptop to review her submitted college choices once more.

These past few days, Liu Qi had been extremely stressed out.

Her score was stuck in an awkward middle ground.

Especially now, with the distinction between first-tier and second-tier universities abolished.

If she made a poor choice, she might accidentally slip down into a subpar second-tier university.

Liu Zhu, of course, didn't share her sister's worries yet.

As a junior high school girl, the summer vacation was her happiest time of the year.

Furthermore, unlike Song Ling, who was forced by her mother to attend endless tutoring classes day in and day out, she had plenty of freedom.

After finishing a mobile game, she opened her class's girls' group chat.

To her surprise, everyone was chatting about some "handsome Cult Leader Big Brother."

She curled her lip in disdain.

What handsome Cult Leader Big Brother? Could he possibly be more handsome than our Wuyong big brother?

Heh, as if the world could possibly produce two such stunningly handsome guys!

Liu Zhu had zero interest in this "Cult Leader Big Brother" they were gossiping about.

However, hearing them talk about "magic tutorials" inevitably reminded her of the parlor tricks Wuyong had performed when he treated them to dinner that day.

Curious, she tapped on the video and took a glance.

A split second later, a world-shattering scream echoed throughout the entire living room.

"So noisy!" Liu Qi roared back from the other room.

In the kitchen, their mother shrank back... just two crazy girls.