Chapter 6

If a commoner regresses, they become a noble—Chapter 6 (6/405)

‘What is this? Is this also a reward?’

The status window in front of me only displayed the words, "Stored in inventory!"

So, this... was a result of my own efforts.

<Hello, dear friend of the 'Page You Can't Call Without a Friend'! Nice to meet you. I'm Yeo Ji from Kiki Guest.

The reason I'm contacting you is that I'm impressed by your capabilities and would like to offer you a contract. I would like to discuss the details of the contract in person. Would it be possible? I hope we can form a valuable connection. 🙂 Looking forward to your reply.>

‘I thought it would take at least a month...’

* * *

Ding!

“I’ve received a call from Kiki Guest.”

“Manager! They want you to check your email!”

“I’ll transfer the call to you. Please wait a moment.”

The Kiki Guest headquarters, located in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, was still bustling just before lunchtime. As a startup, everyone was passionate, but there were far too few hands to do the work.

Of course, marketing companies are always busy.

“Ms. Ji, have you confirmed today’s meeting?”

“Yes, they will visit at 2 PM.”

“I hope we can proceed with the contract this week. You know we’re short on editors on Wednesdays, right?”

Kiki Guest had become busier for one simple reason: page views had exploded, but the number of clicks to the next article within the site had decreased. People would click once but not twice.

During a meeting to aggressively recruit new editors before the official SS season, a member editor with recently increased traffic caught the eye of the headquarters’ marketing team.

‘Definitely, the content is worth watching.’

Clean photo editing, concise language.

And it’s a topic that young women in their teens and early twenties would enjoy. New clothing from SPA brands—content that anyone would want to click on.

The initial follower growth is quite good. Targeting the teenage follower demographic with school uniform coordination and preparing separate coordination for the 20s is sharp.

I confirmed that she even runs an Acebook page. She’s skilled at gathering comments.

‘Probably in her late 20s? She’s quite experienced in this field.’

Yeo Ji stretched and checked the time.

1:55 PM. It’s almost time for the 'Page You Can't Call Without a Friend' manager to visit. But then,

Creak—

“Hello.”

Yeo Ji’s eyes widened at the young girl, who looked like a middle schooler, as she opened the door and entered.

“Are you the manager of the 'Page You Can't Call Without a Friend'?”

“Yes, that’s me.”

* * *

‘You’re surprised, aren’t you?’

The manager, who looked like my age before the regression, glanced at me with a surprised look and then naturally led me to the meeting room.

The Kiki Guest headquarters, located in a forest of buildings near Seolleung Station, where startups gather, will eventually grow to a building near Dosan-daero in a few years.

‘I need to show my standout abilities to stand out.’

I deliberately updated the articles on my Acebook page to also appear as a Kiki Guest member editor. It would take a while for the marketing team to notice me just through the Acebook page.

“We didn’t expect you to be so young. Well, we hope that 'Page You Can't Call Without a Friend' will be a regular feature on Kiki Guest. Right now, you’re posting freely, so you can post whenever you want, like a hobby, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

It’s not a hobby... I run the page for a living.

Thinking about the gold I’ve spent over the past week, my eyes felt a bit blurry. I’ll recover it all from this company.

I clicked on the glowing status window above the manager’s head.

「<Status Window>

Name: ? Yeo Ji

Got it.

I like the first skill. It seems like it will be a good audience for the play I’m preparing. I smiled contentedly.

What good luck. A rookie manager.

“We want you to post regularly, like a writer, on our site and app. You have talent, and we really enjoy reading your content.”

“What are the conditions for the serial posts?”

The manager handed me the prepared documents.

“Here, start from the third page. If you find it difficult, feel free to ask me!”

She was considerate, thinking it might be the first time for a young person to see such documents. I read through them quickly.

“A weekly post, with the payment per article... is that correct?”

“Yes, the payment starts at this amount, but as your views increase, we can negotiate a higher salary. I think you’ll quickly reach the top ranks.”

It’s a good contract. The conditions are even better than when I worked at Goodgood. If I just write articles, it would be a highly efficient contract in terms of time.

‘But it won’t work.’

This small amount of money is nothing. I know exactly how much I can earn from a single ad.

I looked at the manager with innocent eyes, holding the contract.

“Can I consult with my parents and get back to you?”

“Of course, that’s natural.”

I left the headquarters with a smile, holding the business card she handed me.

Of course, I’ll consult with my empty bank account.

* * *

The HP in the status window is barely above 30. The reason is that I’ve been sleeping in the early morning for several days.

Because of the new mission.

Ding!

「▶System

【Mission: General】

▶A Sea of Overflowing Hearts

Get 500 likes per Youstagram post!

Reward

○Increased Fame

○Somehow, this page seems familiar... The probability of SNS users following you will increase by 20% or more (random increase: 2-50%).

Do you accept?

‘If you set the reward like this, I can’t press No...’

Before signing a contract with Kiki Guest, a high number of followers is essential. With a half-detached heart, I pressed the Yes button and searched for tourist spots in Arabia on the internet.

I then found users who tagged these locations and went crazy clicking likes.

Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi

→Search location

They’re so loyal, the likes reflect back so well.

Avaneesovva

صْبَحَ عَلَى خَيْر

Click—

akarmhankankn

Smile 🙂 hahaha

Click—

marcobazzzaen

ستكون عائلة سعيدة محظوظة لأنّ أفرادها يحبّون بعضهم

البعض وفيها يستمرّ صوت الضحك

Click—!!!

Clicking likes until the early morning, my stamina wouldn’t last. And I learned over a few days that this is the fastest way to gather Youstagram followers.

Ding!

-marcobazzzaen sent a message.

‘...Again.’

When you click likes for Arabs, one in ten will send a message.

-Hello swetty 🙂

If you ignore it, they send another.

-Hello. Did you like my post? Haha.

-I want to be friends. Can you send me your photos?

Sometimes they even send photos.

-How are you doing-?

(Abu Dhabi citizen with a bare chest and intense double eyelids suddenly winking in a selfie)

“Getting likes... is so hard...”

I averted my eyes from the chest hair visible through the shirt. Like a Turkish ice cream vendor, I clicked likes, avoided messages, and repeated the process.

Clicking likes until my thumb ached, I gathered likes and followers.

Youstagram hasn’t updated the feature to post multiple photos yet. Naturally, the speed at which likes increase is different from Acebook.

‘The level of information conveyed is different...’

Remaining gold. I need to use it.

▶Page You Can't Call Without a Friend

Introduce your best daily outfit for the season!

Please include the top, bottom, and accessories in your message. We will select the top 3 best daily outfits of the month and provide a prize.

We will tag your account when uploading your photos!

Date: February 15 to March 15 (one month)

Prize: Shoner Lipstick (new SS season, color to be chosen after selection)

At first glance, it seems like a high-value prize, but it’s cheaper than the total value of the coffee gifticons distributed for early page promotion. Back then, it was just likes and comments.

This time, it’s content that can be used. No matter how much I spend, it’s a profitable deal.

So, I need a brand name that can make people pause.

I might send one myself.

“This is the best time for Shoner.”

In a few years, Shoner will become a dream and a goal for people. To buy a bag, you’ll have to run into the department store as soon as it opens and draw a number.

Thanks to that, a few hours after uploading, the message box showed +17 new messages.

Now, I just need to gather followers until the end of the period. I plan to have 5,000 Youstagram followers by the time I meet Kiki Guest again in a week.

...By clicking likes for Arabs.

-New message: (photo)

-marcobazzzaen: Shy girl. Did you hide from my wink?

-marcobazzzaen: Hello, honey, are you there?

* * *

I posted the submitted photos on the page and Youstagram.

Even if it’s not a luxury lipstick, tagging the account and becoming a minor promotional target, and seeing people comment positively, more photos started flooding the message box in real-time.

▶Page You Can't Call Without a Friend

Top: Yoon Hee Clo Ramswool Cardigan

Inner: Offline (Info X: Bought in Hongdae)

Bottom: AA

Ring: Pandora Heart Ring Silver

@Kim Yeo Jin, thank you for the beautiful daily outfit submission 🙂

Comments: 682

-Where was the second coordination taken? Can I get the information? 😢

-What is the exact name of the first skirt from AA? Please include the size 😢😢😢😢

@Kim Yeo Jin: When did you submit this? 😂😂😂

@Another Yeo Jin

@Kim Yeo Jin: Your name is the same as Yeo Ji’s 😂😂😂

@Kim Yeo Jin: There are so many Yeo Jins here

@Lee Ji Seon: Why is my name here so much

@Nationwide Yeo Jin

-Looking for a used car? Visit our Munsin Yukso used car page, where we sell with trust from anywhere ~^^

Good photos attract people, and where people gather, more good photos come.

The number of photos I could upload daily increased, and the 'Page You Can't Call Without a Friend' started appearing more frequently on the Acebook recommended pages.

The comments really increased with the new post.

By setting this atmosphere, at the beginning, people who want to win the prize will only leave positive comments when they post new content.

‘When you see so many people praising, you naturally want to receive it too.’

The most basic reason for the rise of the influencer era in a few years. No one can resist the flood of others’ kindness.

I’m prettier than that? I take better photos than that? As these thoughts are encouraged, more and more people gather.

Of course, this won’t last for a month, so I need to manage the negative comments.

‘Youstagram is more popular with foreigners.’

In Korea, where Acebook is still dominant, I tagged my posts in English to gather followers on Youstagram, which is more commonly used abroad.

Ding!

-Jamesnotnerd: heyyyy 🙂

Soon, more half-naked selfies will come, but until Acebook calms down and Youstagram really takes off...

-Jamesnotnerd: (photo)

-Jamesnotnerd: (photo)

Just a little more...

James sent more selfies with a dangerous, fatal look, wearing a worn check shirt, gray sneakers, and a hiking bag.

Previously, Marco also showed off his chest hair, making me dizzy.

Enough...

「▶▶▶Loading....」

「▶System

【Mission: General】

▶A Sea of Overflowing Hearts

Get 500 likes per Youstagram post!

—Successfully completed. Rewards received.

▶ +10

○Somehow, this page seems familiar... The probability of SNS users following you has increased by 23%.

※ [Fame] stat can be viewed when it reaches a certain point.

Current Fame: ???」

* * *

‘...This is amazing.’

The Kiki Guest rookie manager shook her head at the rapidly growing 'Page You Can't Call Without a Friend' page.

‘How can a kid who just graduated middle school be so skilled?’

While other editors spend time finding topics, taking photos, editing, and writing, Seo Yoon Seul’s topics and photos come to her automatically.

She only needs to select good photos and write, so the quality is similar to the contracted editors on Kiki Guest.

“Ms. Ji, is this the middle schooler who came last time?”

“Yes, she’s not a middle schooler but just started high school.”

“Oh, she was just born yesterday.”

Today, the editor who was ‘just born yesterday’ was meeting Kiki Guest again. She was recognized as a ‘must-not-lose’ presence among the managers.

She was pulling an average of 7.2 traffic for Kiki Guest users.

Users who used to click on one article would now click on others through Yoon Seul’s posts, spending more time on the site and clicking on floating ad banners.

Yoon Seul, the money-fetching puppy, not only brought in traffic but also posted at an unusually fast speed, selecting photos from the submissions. A high school student with a natural marketing sense.

‘This kid is going to make it,