81. A Special Weibo Account

Qi Le An didn’t know why the first thing he thought of was Momo and her puppies.

He looked at Chen Shan and said, “Becoming a big brother is a good thing.”

Chen Shan was already 23 years old this year. Suddenly, a younger brother or sister would appear in his life, he must have a complicated feeling about that.

“Forget it. I just hope it’s an adorable baby girl,” Chen Shan said with a frown, “How was the talk with He Zi Ming yesterday?”

Qi Le An’s face lit up when he heard that question, “It went great! Do you know He Zi Ming is our senior schoolmate! Mr. Luo was also his mathematics teacher!”

Chen Shan looked so calm and he said, “I know.”

Qi Le An, “You know that? You know that and you didn’t tell me in advance so that I can be mentally prepared!”

“…In short, we had a great talk,” Qi Le An said, “they will give me a special account as well.”

Chen Shan was speechless, “Everyone can apply for a Weibo account, okay What do you mean by a special account?”

However, Chen Shan didn’t expect that He Zi Ming really gave Qi Le An a special account to express his sincerity.

There were 10 digits on the web version of the Weibo account, He Zi Ming told Qi Le An that he could pick any 10 digits he liked.

This little privilege was a small gift from a senior schoolmate to Qi Le An.

Qi Le An’s heart thumped and he finally chose the combination of 1252264131.

When He Zi Ming saw that he smiled and asked: “What special meaning does this string of numbers have?”

“Yes, but it’s a secret.” Qi Le An made a face.

He Zi Ming didn’t pester him any further. A few days later, the contract between Qi Le An and Weibo was officially signed, Qi Le An became Weibo’s ambassador just like that, and Qi Le An immediately made an account.

Becoming Weibo’s ambassador was different from being their spokesman, and the contract was different accordingly. For example, Weibo did not pay Qi Le An any endorsement fee, but they promised to give Qi Le An unlimited benefit.

Qi Le An would enjoy preferential trending topics promotion and such, and Qi Le An needed to keep active on Weibo and interact with the fans, he would have to promote some products as well, in other words, some invisible advertisements was a must.

The two sides originally signed a five-year contract. After reading it, Qi Le An asked Chen Shan to think of a way to change it to ten years. Apart from Qi Le An, He Zi Ming also secured contracts with the other two artists in Gale Studio, and that was all thanks to Qi Le An. So he changed Qi Le An’s contract to ten years in return.

In Qi Le An’s opinion, this was a huge windfall.

So on the first day of June, Qi Le An posted the first Weibo with a picture of him wearing a Mickey Mouse dragging SpongeBob SquarePants T-shirt while holding an ice cream.

Qi Le An: Happy Children’s Day! May you always be young at heart!

In just an hour, the follower rose to five hundred thousand.

Mind you Weibo did not have a large fan base back then. Even though there was an official promotion about Qi Le An’s account, five hundred thousand fans within an hour were still amazing.

On that day, Qi Le An’s Weibo post made the headlines on the news and the number of comments reached seven thousand.

Seven thousand comments were pretty impressive even to this day.

Chen Shan checked the comments under Qi Le An’s post said in surprise, “This thing is really popular, look at all the comments and the likes!”

Qi Le An was also happy. He followed Tong first thing as he promised. The two of them had been DMing each other.

“This is a brilliant idea, all the celebrities look so approachable to the fans now, the fans can interact with their idols,” Qi Le An nodded with a broad smile.

Chen Shan put his phone away and said, “Why are you still playing your phone! Have you finished your homework?!”

Qi Le An, “…”

Stars and celebrities used to be so mysterious, it seemed like they would only walk under the spotlight, naturally distancing themselves from their fans. But Weibo had changed everything, the distance between stars and fans seemed to be shortened greatly. The next day, Qi Le An posted a photo of him writing his homework, and he asked a math question.

‘Asking for ideas! Math! Please help!’

Within seconds, the comments section was flooded with various approaches to solving the question, Qi Le An was shocked that there were so many solutions.

So the next day, the headlines of all the major websites became “Qi Le An joined Weibo! Because mathematics is too difficult?’ And this kind of action had attracted a lot of new followers because Qi Le An kept it real. Everyone felt that the characters on the screen seemed to have become real and approachable. In addition, Qi Le An occasionally replied to comments and private messages. By the fourth day, his Weibo fans had already exceeded two million.

Thanks to Qi Le An’s posts and the promotion of Weibo, many people were really curious about what kind of platform this was. They registered for Weibo with curiosity, increasing the platform’s popularity.

In private, Qi Le An and Wei Chang Feng discussed this social software as well. Weibo was a Chinese version of Twitter. Since Wei Chang Feng was abroad, he naturally had a strong foresight of this software, he knew Weibo was going to become a hit.

“Are you going to apply for an account, Wei Sama?” When Qi Le An asked this question, his heart pounded.

If Wei Chang Feng applied for an account, then the first person he was going to follow must be him! He looked forward to becoming Wei Chang Feng’s first follow!

However, Wei Chang Feng was not interested in Weibo. He just smiled and said, “Let’s talk about it after I come back.”

Qi Le An was a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered up as he heard ‘after I come back, ” Wei Sama, are you coming back soon?”

Wei Chang Feng said, “The ticket has been booked.”

Qi Le An burst into a silly laugh!

After he hung up, he couldn’t help but jump on his bed. June 22nd was Wei Chang Feng’s birthday. He was still thinking about how he should send his wishes, but Wei Chang Feng would be back in mid-June!

The exam started on June 17th and ended on the 21st, he could celebrate Wei Chang Feng’s birthday after his exam!

Qi Le An felt so excited just thinking about it!

‘But what kind of gift should I get Wei Sama? It seems like Wei Sama has been giving me gifts since we met, and I haven’t given him anything yet!’ Qi Le An felt distressed.

Qi Le An didn’t have a clue after days’ thinking, he even found it hard to concentrate in class. And he didn’t want to turn to Chen Shan.

In the end, he had to turn his gaze to Huang Tian Xiang. In a self-study class, he asked Huang Tian Xiang in a low voice, “Xiang, say, I want to give someone a birthday present, do you have any recommendations?”

Huang Tian Xiang was speechless.

Most of them went to the gift shop to pick something for birthday presents. Huang Tian Xiang squinted his eyes and said tentatively, “Don’t you have a pile of Wei Chang Feng’s signed photographs? Just pick one.”

Qi Le An was speechless, he didn’t think it was a good idea to give Wei Chang Feng his signed photograph as a birthday present.

In the end, Qi Le An gave up asking for help from his desk mate. He searched the Internet and wasn’t happy about the answers. In the end, he had to make it very specific and changed the keyword to “What’s a good birthday present to prepare for your boyfriend?”

However, the answer this time shocked him even more. Looking at the pictures that made his face flush and his heart race, Qi Le An was speechless.

He even thought about how Wei Chang Feng looked when he was holding a whip in leather boots.

Qi Le An couldn’t fall asleep that night thinking about what his Wei Sama would look like wearing those outfits in the pictures online.

Finally, Qi Le An decided to send Wei Chang Feng a pair of ear studs.

Wei Chang Feng didn’t wear accessories often, his neck and wrist were always clean, he just wore ear studs. Qi Le An still remembered that he had stolen an ear stud from Wei Chang Feng when he was drunk.

The stolen ear stud was hidden in a small box that was buried deep in the desk, he would take it out and have a look from time to time.

Qi Le An’s mind was finally at ease after he decided on getting a pair of ear studs for Wei Chang Feng, now he started to think about what designs and which store he should go to.

To be honest, he didn’t want to buy those off-the-rack earrings for Wei Chang Feng. After all, it was a birthday present.

Qi Le An wanted to design the ear studs by himself…

At that thought, Qi Le An turned on his phone and logged on to the omnipotent Taobao! (T/N: Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website, owned by Alibaba, ranked as the eighth most visited website, you can find anything on that website.)

Qi Le An entered ‘custom-made ear studs’ in the search box.

It was a huge relief for him when he saw an endless list of options. Qi Le An chose carefully and finally, he picked a seller whose sales were not necessarily the highest, but the ratings of the seller waws the highest.

He found that this store was in Hai City and they had physical stores. They had high pricing due to the quality of the material.

Qi Le An’s eyes sparkled on seeing some of the designs on display!

He opened the dialogue box and asked a bunch of questions about custom-made ear studs. The seller answered carefully, and in the end, they invited Qi Le An to visit their stores.

It was not convenient for Qi Le An to visit their store. Therefore, Qi Le An said he would send the sketch of the design to them in a few days, and then he would pay extra for expedited service.

Wei Chang Feng’s birthday was June 22nd. The customized ear studs required seven days to make. The more precious the materials were, the more time it took, the more exquisite it would turn out. This day was June 3rd, assuming that the seller needed 14 days to make the product, which meant Qi Le An had to finish the sketch in five days.

Qi Le An, who was never proud of his aesthetics, suddenly felt pressured.

However, since he already made that decision, Qi Le An would love to try his best. He wanted to hide his love in this pair of small ear studs, and he couldn’t help but imagine that one day, Wei Chang Feng would walk a red-carpet ceremony wearing the ear studs he designed for him.

Qi Le An thought of countless designs in these five days but eventually, he gave up on them all. On the last day, he suddenly woke up from his dream and picked up the pen from the bedside, he finished the sketch within seconds.

Looking at the completed design, Qi Le An couldn’t help but smile. The next morning, he sent the design to the seller.

He sent the first draft of the design to the seller online and described his specific requirements. The seller said that he would give him an effective picture within three days.

Maybe it was because Qi Le An had been polite the whole time, he had got the effect picture from the seller the next day.

The moment Qi Le An opened the picture, his eyes lit up.