Lazy Sheep’s Brother: "Is it really that good? I’ll register and try it out myself to see if it’s as great as you all say!"

...

Li Yuan looked at the messages across the various fan groups and, after some thought, decided to promote the website there.

Currently, "Battle Starry Sky" had as many as 25 fan groups. Most of them were large groups with 1,000 members each, amounting to tens of thousands of fans in total.

Li Yuan composed a message and @mentioned everyone in all the groups.

"I’ve developed a forum website called the Zhihu website. I invite all book fans to register and experience it. You will definitely be satisfied. I hope you can all help spread the word..."

He then clicked send. As this pinned message was released in the various QQ groups, the fan communities, which numbered in the tens of thousands, quickly exploded with activity.

Li Yuan only needed a glance to feel his scalp tingle; countless readers were frantically @mentioning him and bombarding him with questions.

Tianshan Swordsman: "Holy shit, Xia Hua, did you develop the Zhihu website? @Life Like Summer Flowers, come out and answer!"

Stephen Fenfenfen: "I’m absolutely floored! I just finished registering and haven’t even had a chance to try it, and now you’re telling me this site was developed by Xia Hua? @Life Like Summer Flowers, get out here and explain!"

Xia Hua’s Number One Fangirl: "Xia Hua, you’re incredible! Sisters, let’s assemble! It’s time to unleash the power of the Xia Hua Fan Club and help Xia Hua promote his site! Let’s go!"

Li Yuan saw the frantic messages in each group, all asking for the truth. He didn’t hide anything and directly admitted it in the groups.

"I was in charge of developing this website. The main purpose is to facilitate more professional and comfortable discussion. Everyone is welcome to register and try it out. If you like it, please help spread the word to your friends. Xia Hua would be deeply grateful..."

Once the message was sent, it was like a boulder dropped into a calm lake, creating massive waves that instantly detonated the fan groups.

Tianshan Swordsman: "Holy shit, Xia Hua himself appeared and confirmed it! It’s really true! My god, he’s crossing into another field again. Writing novels, writing songs, and now developing websites. Xia Hua, is there anything you can’t do?"

Stephen Fenfenfen: "Such grand ambitions, Xia Hua! Are you planning to make the Zhihu website the fourth giant alongside BAT?"

Xia Hua’s Number One Fangirl: "Xia Hua, you finally showed up! Look at me, I’m your die-hard fan! @Life Like Summer Flowers..."

The flood of replies set the fan groups ablaze, and Li Yuan no longer had time to reply to everyone individually.

Should I try to partner with some other authors? Li Yuan muttered to himself, hesitating slightly.

Thanks to "Battle Starry Sky," he knew some other big-name authors, but it was a casual acquaintance at best.

Moreover, competition often breeds contempt. His first book after rebirth, "Battle Starry Sky," became so wildly successful that it created a "siphon effect," making all other works from the same period pale in comparison.

Some narrow-minded authors would definitely be upset about it; he’d be lucky if they didn’t file reports against him.

In his past life, he had spent several years in the web novel community. Although his results weren’t great, he had been in the business long enough to witness an overwhelming amount of envy and spite. People using anonymous accounts to file malicious reports were everywhere...

Forget it. It’s not necessary. Better not to stir up trouble. Let’s just leave it at that. After some thought, Li Yuan decided it wasn’t worth the hassle. He would also have to owe them favors, which just wasn’t worth it.

If this multifaceted promotional campaign can’t make the Zhihu website an instant hit, then I’ll just have to slowly focus on improving the quality. I refuse to believe it. With me personally overseeing the general direction and willing to spend the money, there’s no way I can’t create a better ’Zhihu’ than the one from my past life...

In the future, I’ll have many titles: Supreme God of Web Novels, Genius Musician, Zhihu Founder, Gaming Overlord... Time for a little daydreaming.

As Li Yuan murmured this to himself, a smile returned to his face, dispelling a trace of the gloom brought on by Jiang Zhiyu’s departure.

Li Yuan casually opened some other Tieba forums, like the ones for the NBA and football, to check on the power of his online promoters and felt quite satisfied with the results.

He closed his computer, quickly washed up, and got dressed. Then, he went downstairs, settled the bill, and drove to Daxia University. Time to pick up my treasure of a girl!