Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

For a post like this, categorizing it as malicious advertisement and deleting it would be too far-fetched, especially since the main post doesn’t contain any advertisement at all. Even if you insist on deleting, you can only remove some specific replies below.

Moreover, it doesn’t attack New World, nor does it even mention the name.

No matter how pushy Vice Director Luo is, he can’t just delete posts without a proper reason.

In the early 2000s, the influence of campus BBS was still very significant. It was a gathering place for college students, many of whom browsed the forums once or twice a day. Randomly deleting posts would definitely cause dissatisfaction.

Furthermore, these posts were purposefully timed to post after school in the afternoon when the campus BBS had the highest number of online users. Now, they’re almost dominating the forum. Mass deletion without reason can easily cause public discontent.

Additionally, the person in charge of this part of the campus BBS was another vice director.

Other vice directors can ask the forum moderators to delete a few insignificant posts, but doing so with many popular topic posts would be breaking the rules.

Vice Director Luo subtly expressed his opinion, stating that this matter is not easy to handle.

Zhang Yuanhang was dumbfounded.

Damn, this is so cunning. Even posting soft ads involves so many tactics, full of details.

Young Master Zhang suddenly realized how naive he was in front of these seasoned players.

He once again turned to Zhang Baisheng for help, feeling that only his father could handle this.

The phone was on speaker, and Zhang Baisheng heard it too. He took a hard drag on his cigarette, his mind becoming active, and soon he got an idea.

He took over the Samsung phone: "Vice Director Luo, how about this? I’ll let Yuanhang post more on the Polytechnic BBS to advertise New Era, and then you can delete all related posts on the forum as malicious ads, including those posted by others!"

This is called the reverse thinking method. Your main post doesn’t contain an ad, making it difficult for me to act, huh?

Then I’ll proactively help you create more ad posts, providing a legitimate reason for deletion.

"Yes, yes, this works, have Yuanhang take care of this quickly, and I’ll instruct the moderators to delete the posts!"

With a valid reason, Vice Director Luo wasn’t troubled this time.

"Alright, I’ll have someone post right away!"

Zhang Yuanhang was thrilled.

To think of this, as expected from dad!

If it weren’t for him as my strategist, New Era’s scheme might really have succeeded.

...

Half an hour later.

"Boss, all the posts we put on Polytechnic BBS were deleted. Just ten minutes ago, a bunch of posts advertising New Era suddenly appeared, not from us, and then the forum issued a notice saying someone was maliciously spamming the Polytechnic BBS, and they deleted all posts, including ours!"

Kang Baohong said over the phone.

"I saw it!"

Su Zelin said lightly, as he was also keeping an eye on that forum.

On Polytechnic BBS, setting the pace is on someone else’s turf, making it easy to delete posts.

Also using the reverse thinking strategy, impressive.

There must be a mastermind behind this, possibly that young master’s dad.

"Boss, should we continue having people post?"

Kang Baohong asked tentatively again.

"No need. In the next few days, someone will be monitoring Polytechnic BBS closely, and any posts will be deleted immediately."

Su Zelin was just testing to see if the opponent really intended to stick to using his phrases for marketing.

Now he was sure.

If they didn’t plan to use them, there would be no need to delete the posts at all.

It seems they are still youthful and not willing to part with that batch of custom gifts!

But this move was truly a mistake.

If you want to be like a high-quality imitation KFC, copying the name, layout, decor, and business model is fine, but if you even copy KFC’s advertising slogan "Finger Lickin’ Good," such blatant plagiarism cannot be tolerated.

New Era is doing such brazen things.

Heh, it’s alright, I’ll play along with you!

...

That night, in the women’s dormitory at Zhejiang University.

It was near bedtime, and these top students were gradually returning to the dormitory building.

In room 405, Qin Shiqing walked out of the bathroom, rubbing her wet hair with a towel.

The girl had changed into a tight-fitting autumn pajama set, showcasing her slender figure. Her skin was elastic and firm, with no trace of excess flesh, making Shen Jia, who was washing clothes at the sink on the inner balcony, envious.

"Shiqing, how do you keep your figure so good? We all eat about the same, but I’ve recently gained some weight!"

Shen Jia said frustratedly, scrubbing a newly changed coat.

Qin Shiqing hung up the towel and smiled, "Jiajia, you don’t exercise enough, you need to run more and exercise! Just sitting around makes it easy to gain weight!"

"I can’t keep it up like you, even running often early in the morning in winter; it’s too hard to leave the warm bed this season!"

Shen Jia sighed helplessly.

"Speaking of morning runs, someone is even more persistent than me. Unless it’s pouring, you can almost always see his figure on the track!"

Talking about this topic, Qin Shiqing suddenly thought of her childhood friend.

"You mean Su Zelin?"

"Hey, how did you know?"

"Isn’t it obvious? The way you talk, who else could it be except Su Zelin? But I really can’t tell, that guy looks like a slacker, is he really that persevering?"

"Haha, he’s the type that won’t touch anything he’s not interested in, but if he really likes something, no one can stop him!"

"..."

The two girls were chatting on the balcony when someone’s phone rang inside.

"Shiqing, your phone!"

Xiao Yue shouted.

"Coming, coming!"

Qin Shiqing ran into the dormitory in her fluffy slippers, picked up her phone, and saw that the call was from Tang Yan.

Since going to university, their relationship remained very good, chatting over QQ and occasionally calling.

Xiaoyanzi didn’t have any particular reason, just wanted to chat, and before hanging up said, "Oh, by the way, Shiqing, there’s going to be a large digital store opening soon at Normal University, called New Era. Doesn’t your Zhejiang University have one, and the computer store where Su Zelin works part-time at the Finance College is also called that, right?"

"Oh, really?"

Qin Shiqing was slightly surprised.

It hasn’t been long, another new store?

"Yeah, really, they’ve already started a trial run, the decor looks really nice, and the space is more impressive than the small supermarket at Normal University. So many people are going there every day, and I heard Lu Haoran at Technical University has one in trial operation too!"

"Two new ones?"

The girl was even more surprised.

Qiu Wen was right, the childhood friend truly has great ambitions!

"Yeah, it’s probably the same boss!" Xiaoyanzi confirmed, "The store owner is amazing, opening four chain stores in just one year, with such great business. What a huge profit!"

After a while, they ended the call.

Upon hearing the news, the girl felt a faint melancholy rather than joy for some reason.

Sitting on the bed in a daze for a while, she opened a drawer and pulled out a photo from a book.

It was taken on the day of their high school graduation, her and Su Zelin sitting back-to-back on the grass. Her childhood friend developed it and gave her a copy, which she secretly brought to Zhejiang University.

In the photo, Su Zelin’s mouth seemed to always carry a lazy smile.

The mischievous, unserious look always seemed irritating.

During high school, the childhood friend was just a slacker, and she often frustratedly wished he would strive harder.

However, after entering university, he quietly underwent a transformation.

First as a class monitor, then a campus star at the Finance College, and later becoming Boss Su, with his business growing bigger and bigger.

He became outstanding, yet ironically, they seemed to be drifting apart.

Ah, that slacker Zelin from before, thinking about it was quite charming too.

The girl suddenly missed the less ambitious childhood friend of the past.

...