Chapter 41: Prizes
Jiang Yanya paused the video playing on her phone. The account was the same one where Gu Wanrong posted her unboxing videos.
Yesterday, after Gu Wanrong recorded her Shanghai shopping haul unboxing video and sent it to the editor, the editor quickly finished editing it. Gu Wanrong received and reviewed the video in the evening, then uploaded it to Weibo, and it went viral again.
Because her Weibo account kept receiving messages, it was quite laggy. It wasn’t until tonight, after Gu Wanrong finished washing up, that she opened Weibo to check the comments on her newly posted Shanghai shopping haul unboxing video.
Upon opening Weibo, she saw 999+ private messages, overwhelming her. Turning to her personal Weibo page, she saw a gain of over 10,000 followers, and her unboxing video from last night had already received tens of thousands of reposts and comments.
Some comments included:
- “The last time I was this shocked was during the last unboxing video.”
- “18-year-old, attending a top-tier 985 university, begging the young miss for a chance!”
- “Greetings, noble passerby NPC, I’m passerby NPC B.”
- “Young miss, you’re my only way to understand the wealthy. Buy more, post more, send more, I love watching!”
- “A bag for 20,000? My previous imagination of the rich was too shallow.”
- “My parents have brought me all sorts of diamond jewelry every time they came home from business trips since I was little, because I love sparkly diamonds. Actually, I’m quite grateful to my parents. They always remember my little preferences. Thank you for giving birth to me, allowing me to be silly here, and allowing me to win the lottery tomorrow.”
- “Enough, I thought what was written in novels was exaggerated, until I saw this video, and I believe it’s true.”
- “By the way, is there a class representative to calculate how much this unboxing video cost in total?”
- “Yesterday I was wondering if rich people could give me tens of thousands for no reason, and today a young miss is giving away tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of luxury goods for no reason.”
- “Young miss, look look at me!”
- “Heard you can win prizes here, rushing over immediately!”
Because she mentioned a giveaway in the video, this video garnered much more traffic than the last one, even briefly trending on a hot search, and it was still on the trending list.
Consequently, a large portion of the comments also expressed doubt about the authenticity of the giveaway.
- “Do you believe someone would inexplicably give many people tens of thousands of gifts for nothing?”
- “It’s probably just a ploy for traffic; they won’t actually do the giveaway.”
- “Be careful of being scammed, those giveaway people.”
- “New account for attracting followers?”
Gu Wanrong knew she was genuinely doing the giveaway, and the doubtful comments didn’t bother her. After all, she set the automatic lottery for 11 a.m. tomorrow, and once the winners’ list was released and the prizes were sent to them, the doubts would naturally be dispelled.
Therefore, Gu Wanrong ignored the doubts and checked the hot search related to her.
Compared to her social anxiety in real life, Gu Wanrong was secretly happy to have so much attention online.
In the online world, Gu Wanrong didn’t worry about social embarrassment or feel social anxiety. The attention she received made her happy, unlike in real life, where she would feel uneasy if someone looked at her a little too much.
After browsing Weibo for a long time, the dormitory lights were turned off. Gu Wanrong contentedly turned off her phone and went to sleep.
The next day, her schedule was full of classes in the morning, no classes in the afternoon, and only one class in the evening. So, after lunch with Yu Yingying in the cafeteria, Gu Wanrong went back to Ya Xue Xin Yuan to ship out the prizes for her giveaway.
At 11 a.m., the lottery was drawn, and the list of 50 winners was released. Gu Wanrong created a Weibo group, added them to the group, and asked them to check the group announcement.
“The prizes will be randomly selected from the items mentioned in the giveaway video and mailed. After joining the group, please send your delivery address, phone number, and name to this account via private message.”
A girl whose online name was “Always Hungry After Eating” was a college student. When browsing Weibo’s trending topics, she saw Gu Wanrong’s giveaway trending. Excited, she clicked on the trending topic, commenting, reposting, and liking the video.
She then forwarded the Weibo post to three other friends in her dorm, encouraging them to participate in the giveaway.
However, her friends weren’t interested, saying, “Your Weibo is full of reposts of giveaway posts. You’ve never won anything, and most of them are scammers who delete the posts when it’s time for the draw to get traffic.”
Discouraged by her roommates’ cold comments, “Always Hungry After Eating” thought she had no chance of winning and forgot about the draw. But then she won!
At 11:10 a.m., during a break between classes, “Always Hungry After Eating” took out her phone to check Weibo and saw a message. Clicking on it, she saw that she had won!
“Ah!” “Always Hungry After Eating” exclaimed, waking up her roommate who was sleeping at her desk, who looked at her as if she were crazy.
Without explanation, “Always Hungry After Eating” showed her phone to her friend, letting her see the winning message. “Look, I won! I won that luxury goods giveaway.”
“A long-time unlucky person, you actually won once,” her friend said in surprise, now awake.
“Always Hungry After Eating” then joined the winners’ group and read the group announcement. Her friend also looked at it and reminded her, “Ask if they need to collect postage? I’m still a little worried.”
Many people in the group also asked about the postage, and Gu Wanrong said in the group that she would pay the postage herself.
Three days later, “Always Hungry After Eating” received a pickup notification. She hadn’t ordered anything online recently, so it was likely the prize.
With excitement, she immediately went to the courier point to collect the package.
Back in the dorm, her three roommates gathered around to watch her unbox the package and see what the prize was.
One roommate stood and filmed the unboxing with “Always Hungry After Eating”‘s phone.
The prize was in a regular shipping carton. Using a box cutter to open the tape, she opened the box. Inside was a layer of raffia grass, and on top of it was “Always Hungry After Eating”‘s prize.
A simple white paper bag printed with the Chanel logo. The handle was tied with a black velvet ribbon. Untied the ribbon, revealing a similar white Chanel box, also tied with a ribbon. Opening the box revealed a rose gold necklace.
The four girls gasped in disbelief. They all knew the Chanel name. “Always Hungry After Eating” was incredibly lucky to win, and the prize was actually one of the luxury goods shown in the giveaway video.
The four girls came from ordinary families and were only familiar with luxury goods through the internet; they couldn’t afford them. They might be able to buy luxury jewelry after graduation, but for now, owning a luxury necklace was a distant dream.
“Always Hungry After Eating” carefully put the packaging back, and her friends didn’t touch it, just watching her.
After recording the video, her friends excitedly expressed their disbelief at “Always Hungry After Eating” winning the Chanel necklace.
“Always Hungry After Eating” took her phone and uploaded the unboxing video to her Weibo account, @Gu Wanrong, expressing her luck and happiness about the Chanel necklace.
Because “Always Hungry After Eating” included relevant hashtags, many people, not just those following Gu Wanrong, saw the video and left comments.
- “When I saw this video, I realized what I missed.”
- “I know this necklace, the Chanel website price is ¥…”
- “Absorbing my sister’s good luck”
- …
Other winners also posted Weibo posts, including unboxing videos and photos of their prizes. There were Bulgari, Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany & Co., Piaget, LV, Yoko London, Tasaki… various brand jewelry, bags, glasses, and perfumes…
This attracted a large number of netizens, including many sour comments.
- “So many giveaway videos are from the same person, the authenticity of the prize is uncertain.”
- “It’s fake.”
- “I don’t believe anyone would send real luxury goods.”
- “It’s a publicity stunt.”
There were similar comments under “Always Hungry After Eating”‘s unboxing video. “Always Hungry After Eating” believed that Gu Wanrong wasn’t that kind of person, so on a day with no classes, she went to a Chanel store with her roommates, recording a video while showing the necklace to the sales associate for authentication.
In the video, several sales associates carefully examined it and concluded that it was genuine.
After recording the video, “Always Hungry After Eating” uploaded the authentication video with relevant hashtags, slapping the doubters in the face.
The comments section was filled with responses to the negative comments.
Many marketing accounts that seized the hot topic reposted the video, and it could be seen on Weibo, Douyin, Douban, and Xiaohongshu.
Gu Wanrong’s Weibo account once again gained a large number of followers.