Chapter 44: Campus Beauty Contest?

When Li Yan had finished all the QQ group promotion arrangements—QQ keyword pinning, forum pinning promotion, red envelope lottery activities...

Looking at the promotion receipts that had cost quite a bit of silver, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

At the moment, the Sichuan University 2023 freshman group had been opened, and a strict audit screening mechanism had been established; the next step only needed "time" to ferment.

Let every prospective freshman search for this group during the summer vacation and spontaneously pour in, thus forming a huge scale.

Although there were only a few dozen people in the group at this time, Li Yan wasn't in a hurry.

As long as there was money to push and an effective audit method, in another ten days or half a month, the number of people in the group would definitely break the thousand-person mark, and even head straight for two or three thousand.

He understood the truth of the four words "great vessels take time to mature"; this couldn't be rushed, and there was no need to stare at it all the time.

So, he planned to take advantage of this gap to prepare a freshman enrollment precaution guide to fill the group content.

Li Yan himself was just a prospective freshman, and if he were asked to write a professional "enrollment guide," it would inevitably have some blanks.

But with the help of the internet, this wasn't difficult.

He opened his laptop, first searched for keywords like "Sichuan University Freshman Guide," "University Freshman Precautions," etc., on platforms like Baidu and Zhihu, and found many experience posts from seniors.

For example:

•What documents need to be prepared for enrollment?

•What equipment should be brought for military training?

•Campus living area layout, reputation of each canteen?

•School hospital process, library handling, etc.

Li Yan copied and pasted methodically, then summarized these experiences: list of enrollment documents, essential items for life, dormitory decoration suggestions, military training sunscreen measures, campus card and canteen information...

Even including trivial matters like what the dormitory administrator's temper was probably like, bus routes, etc.

The collected content became more and more, and he confirmed some uncertain information from other channels again, striving not to throw wrong news to the freshmen.

After spending more than two hours, he organized a first draft of "Sichuan University 2023 Freshman Must-See Guide."

Although it couldn't be called very exquisite, it covered common freshman doubts, making people not need to ask around everywhere after reading it.

Li Yan read it through once, feeling it was not bad; at least the big framework had no obvious omissions.

The freshman group was currently in the expansion period, occasionally ten or so people jumping out to chat, but most of the time the topics weren't enough.

Li Yan planned to post this guide into the group chat; firstly, it could keep the people who just joined the group, and secondly, it looked professional, so he wouldn't just send red envelopes every day.

He wrote in the group announcement:

【Sichuan University 2023·Freshman Manual】

Hello everyone, I have organized a list of enrollment precautions, including military training, dormitories, campus cards, libraries, canteens, bus routes, club recruitment, and other information. For detailed content, see the group file "Sichuan University 2023 Freshman Must-See Guide. pdf."

Everyone can download and read it, and you can also discuss it in the group if you have questions.

———Group Owner: Li Yan

The reason why he didn't choose to write "Advertising Department Li Yan" on the suffix was actually Li Yan's own thoughts; his influence couldn't just be limited to the advertising department, but had to spread to the entire Sichuan University.

Then he sent a few screenshots as a preview: listing the dormitory condition introduction, canteen recommendations, and bus route diagrams.

Before long, someone replied in the group: "Great, saved me from finding the guide everywhere," "The group owner is awesome, love it!"

Li Yan looked at these thank-you messages, just smiling at the corner of his mouth.

The key to keeping people was this kind of dry goods + welfare.

Relying only on red envelopes would only make people leave after eating, but now with the guide, everyone felt that this group had practical value and was more willing to stay and camp.

"Alright, done!" Li Yan closed the computer and glanced at the real-time number of people in the group with his phone.

There were still only a hundred or so people at this time, but with the increasingly dense issuance of admission notices during the summer vacation, he expected that it would break a thousand in less than a week.

Thinking of his true "little selfishness"—"How can you not have a relationship in college?".

Li Yan thought in his mind: "Those novels often talk about how campus beauties are, but in fact, there is no recognized campus beauty contest in college, everyone just calls it casually. Should I organize a large-scale activity like 'Sichuan University Campus Beauty Selection' to net all the most beautiful freshmen..."

The activity process floated in his mind:

1. First collect girls who want to sign up in the group, submit life photos or talent shows.

2. TikTok traffic: put the registered candidates on TikTok to expand influence, and do online voting in the group.

3. Selection reward: give the first place an Apple laptop or a bonus to increase attractiveness.

4. Promotion: spread the word in the group, and then pin the voting link on the forum to trigger attention at the whole school or even social level.

In this way, he could satisfy his pleasure of appreciating beauties, and it could also be considered injecting lively topics into the group.

To realize it, it was inseparable from a sufficiently large group member base.

Therefore, he needed to make the group scale to two or three thousand people first, making the whole activity more influential and credible.

Li Yan smiled as if nothing happened and thought: "Wait for more people, let's do the freshman guide part first."

There were already many people in the group calling him "Group Owner," just waiting for him to throw out more freshman welfare and activities later.

He made up his mind that in another two weeks, when most of the admission notices were sent out, and there were more people in the group, he could release the news of the campus beauty audition, which would definitely attract attention.

Just as Li Yan was thinking about the details of the activity, the phone popped up a red envelope reminder: someone in the group sent a 50-yuan small red envelope, thanking "the group owner for providing the military training guide."

He felt even better when he saw it, "This is a virtuous cycle."

Looking outside through the floor-to-ceiling window, the sun was slightly hot, but the city was still bustling with traffic.

In another month or so, he would also officially start a new life at this school.

Think about it: the house was settled, the computer was ready, the Ferrari was still in the urgent process...

If you add the research on "beauties," maybe college life wouldn't be boring?

He also remembered that the system would sooner or later have new tasks or rebates, which would just happen to subsidize the QQ group promotion fee and the budget for activities in the future: "Red envelope lottery is fine, campus beauty contest rewards are fine, money always has to be spent."

Yes, the early spending wasn't a problem in Li Yan's view, as long as he could let the "Sichuan University 2023 Freshman Group" gather 3,000+ classmates in the shortest time, his various ideas could be implemented.

Outsiders saw this as the group owner's interest, but in fact, it was Li Yan's overall planning in the dark.

Not to mention anything else, a proper "university campus beauty selection" could be done quite decently, why not do it?

As for the first place in the campus beauty selection?

Li Yan, as the group owner, of course had to show something!

The prizes weren't limited to physical rewards and monetary rewards; what if a Michelin three-star big meal in Shudu was added?

Go with whom?

Who else could it be? ===== CHAPTER 45 =====