A dreamless night.
Without the torment of illness, Chan slept soundly.
A new day began with checking his physical condition through the system.
Chan summoned the system panel.
"Name: Chan
Age:
Health: 57\100 (Below sixty, a sudden death buff will be received. The probability of sudden death increases as the value decreases. System support: sudden death buff will not occur within one day. Countdown: 6:42:31)
Fullness:
Skill points: 0. (Skill points are obtained by completing system tasks)
Skills:
Driving LV1: Can drive ordinary cars (heh, weak).
Eloquence LV1: Slightly increases communication efficiency and persuasion success rate (sounds good when talking to someone important).
Writing LV1: At the level of a mediocre online writer (You're actually a writer?).
Scavenging LV1: Slightly increases the value of scavenged items from treasure chests (Novice scavenger)."
Looking at the skills in the system, Chan thought of the information he received from his phone yesterday.
This world isn't much different from his previous one, just some country and city names are changed.
Some well-known companies from his previous life also exist in this world.
But there are differences in many details.
For example, most Chinese people use a social app called Feixin.
In America, they use Bald Eagle, similar to Twitter from his previous life (now renamed X by Musk).
His phone has both these apps.
Feixin has more users, while Bald Eagle has only two friends: Sani and Hank, whom Chan met yesterday.
It's interesting; Feixin represents his past in China, all his past is in China.
These friends seem like a lot, but they can't really help him in his current situation.
The friends on Bald Eagle reflect his situation in America; everything is just beginning, with no foundation.
Chan thinks about how to make his first bucket of gold in the emerging video app market in China.
The hottest app in China now is TikTok, similar to TikTok from his previous life.
In 2017, TikTok expanded its user base to twenty million, second only to Kuaishou, making it the second-largest short video app in China.
By now, in 2018, TikTok has surpassed Kuaishou in market size and influence.
The background and development process of this TikTok are extremely similar to the TikTok Chan used in his previous life.
Therefore, Chan has the idea of opening an account and posting videos on TikTok.
In the next few years, there is huge potential for entrepreneurship in the new media field, such as self-media bloggers and influencers.
Chan fought in the short video field with his team in his previous life.
At that time, they built a local fitness IP matrix based on their hometown.
They had seven top IPs with over fifty thousand followers.
Although the number seems small compared to those with millions of followers, their followers were mostly local people.
And the fitness industry is also a niche market. Being able to get local accounts to over fifty thousand followers and building seven IPs is considered a huge success.
This success, specifically speaking, squeezed out the space for other local gym self-media promotions!
When raising funds, his company had three core moats, one of which was their own local IP matrix and the ability to independently create IPs.
For self-media, Chan has real successful experience.
He analyzed his current situation and found that he naturally has the potential to go viral.
Sneaking into America and becoming a homeless bum—stupid and ridiculous, like a clown.
Begging for alms—bringing shame to fellow countrymen abroad, easily inviting ridicule.
These two premises complement each other, ensuring that as long as he does self-media, he can naturally gain a wave of traffic.
Any traffic, no matter how trashy, is still traffic!
In the era where traffic is king, anyone who wants to amplify their own value and expand their influence through self-media faces the hardest step: gaining traffic.
Chan decided to do it. He first canceled his original TikTok account.
Then he re-registered a new account.
He set the profile picture to the Chinese flag.
The signature reads, "Accompanying Xiao Hua, surviving in the United States by begging every day."
This is the first sarcastic point for anyone who sees it.
Then he edited his follow list.
Note that the follow list is extremely important and can become a point for someone with a keen eye to dig into the details.
Like the early years of Weibo's Guagua Identification.
Chan first followed Chinese Daily News, then various official Chinese media accounts.
Then he followed job bloggers and recruitment websites.
After that, he followed social welfare organizations' accounts and his hometown accounts.
Finally, he added the American Embassy in China and visa service organizations to his list.
Ready to go.
Although Chan didn't say anything, this series of follow-up lists seemed to have told a story.
Chan doesn't like to lie, but he also doesn't need to respond to anyone's questioning or analysis in the future.
The story in the follow-up list has laid the groundwork, waiting only for the influx of traffic, and for a careful observer to appear.