Chapter 96: Winter Melon
Chapter 96: Winter Melon
There were no grand speeches or passionate declarations. Xu Qing simply said a sentence offhandedly, but by the next day, he was already preparing.
He placed a few bank cards on the table and did the math. All together, he had just over 40,000 yuan in savings, accumulated since his university days.
No debts, no negative assets. His credit card was never used—he just paid the annual fee on time. He had once thought of canceling it, but figured it might come in handy in an emergency, so he kept it.
Most of the 20,000 yuan in the stock market had already been withdrawn, leaving only a few thousand behind. Thanks to Jiang He, his few months of staying here had unknowingly made him yearn for stability. It was a strange mindset, but by sheer luck, he had pulled out most of the funds over the last two months. He managed to avoid the winter bear market, only getting stuck with a few thousand yuan.
As an UP creator, his monthly income was around 4,000 to 6,000 yuan. On good months, he could almost reach five figures; on bad ones, just 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. He knew he needed to increase his output and keep a regular posting schedule to attract active followers and stabilize his income.
If he could reach 100,000 followers, he could take on ads worth around 1,000 yuan and also earn creative incentives...
Xu Qing leaned over the desk, writing and thinking, occasionally adding another point.
His movie reviews were still in the early stages, generating no income. If he wanted to take it seriously, he’d need to increase his output and speed, as well as ride trending topics to catch attention. But even if it worked, this income would be much less stable than from his UP content. Only with diversified platforms and ad revenue streams could he make it viable—but that was still a long way off. For now, it was just a hobby and not worth too much effort.