PDLP Chapter 20 Naval Commander
Chapter 20 Naval Commander
What Meng Ran and Clarissa didn't know was...
Jimmy, who was standing by the second-floor window, witnessed the two high-fiving each other.
From the moment Meng Ran and Clarissa stood at the door waiting for Sailon, he had been hiding by the window peeking, and the more he looked, the more heartbroken he became.
After unexpectedly bumping into the two of them on Saturday.
He had always suspected the relationship between Meng Ran and Clarissa.
With this "filter" on.
Any interaction between Clarissa and Meng Ran was interpreted differently by him.
Even normal conversations are considered romantic.
"Damn Bane!"
"You just wait!"
Jimmy gritted his teeth and muttered a curse under his breath before turning his gaze toward the office area.
Thea was wearing one earphone, leaning back in her chair, scooping out potato chips with her left hand and holding a mouse with her right, happily browsing bizarre posts on Digg on the association's computer.
Jimmy strolled over.
He stood behind Thea.
Thea was so engrossed in watching that she didn't even notice him, and with the music playing loudly in her headphones, she didn't pay any attention to him.
This also gave Jimmy the opportunity to see what was displayed on Thea's screen.
I stood there for seven or eight seconds.
"Thea!"
Thea was startled.
Clutching her chest, she whirled around and saw Jimmy standing behind her. She couldn't help but yell, "What do you think you're doing?"
"The association pays you a salary just so you can watch this?"
"I'm researching Digg's promotion rules," Thea said irritably, tossing her headphones onto the table.
"Have you become so shameless as to use such an excuse?"
Upon hearing this, Thea's eyes lit up, and she deliberately said, "Jimmy, our project team has secured a new topic that requires online promotion, didn't you know?"
"A new topic?" Jimmy really didn't know; no one had told him.
Not only was he unaware of this, but the other three full-time employees in the project team were also unaware of it.
"It's an incredibly awesome topic, all the elites in the project team will be involved. Guess who got excluded?" Thea blurted out a classic American bullying tactic.
Jimmy was utterly bewildered.
I was just trying to save face.
But then Thea continued, "Moreover, this issue and the donation were all negotiated by what you call 'rookie Bane.' It seems you're not even as good as a rookie."
"You think I'd believe you, Bane? A poor kid from the bottom of society."
"Believe it or not," Thea said, putting her headphones back on, too lazy to argue with Jimmy anymore.
Jimmy couldn't take it anymore. He turned to the three full-time employees at another row of workstations and mocked, "Did you hear what Thea just said?"
"Oh~Jesus~~"
"It seems Thea is hallucinating online."
Upon hearing this, the other three full-time employees also burst into laughter, especially one of them named Daisy, who laughed the loudest.
Because she likes Jimmy, she will try her best to agree with him.
They were laughing nonstop.
Thea took off her headphones again, glanced at Jimmy and the other three, and wanted to say a few words, but then she couldn't be bothered to say them.
She'd been cursing this group for over half a year now, and she'd really had enough.
Then I put the headphones back on.
Looking at the computer screen, Thea inexplicably began to doubt her life again, and mentally complained:
"Why? Why did I end up working with a bunch of incompetent idiots?"
"Am I destined to spend my whole life getting mixed up with these people?"
"Oh~~No~~~"
"Damn association, I'll have to quit here sooner or later."
Just then, Xiao Daer came over from the break room with two cups of coffee. As an unpaid intern, making coffee for the full-time employees was part of his job.
He placed the coffee on Thea's table.
He then frowned and glanced at the still-laughing full-time employees.
Little Dahl asked in a low, curious voice, "What are they laughing at?"
"I don't know, maybe they're laughing at this ridiculous life." Thea's tone was half-dead as she leaned back and covered her face.
"?" Little Dahl looked at her in confusion and scratched his head.
Just then, Meng Ran appeared on the second floor and walked towards his workstation.
As soon as he sat down, little Dahl leaned over and asked, "Would you like some coffee?"
"No, I don't like coffee." Meng Ran shook his head. He would rather drink tea. However, the association didn't even have a single Lipton tea bag, let alone whole leaf tea.
Thea straightened up and asked, "How did the talks with Cyron go?"
"She's going to the Amazon in a few days."
"I mean, is Martin's matter settled yet?" Thea asked, rephrasing her question.
"nailed it."
"Wow~~~" Thea raised an eyebrow. "You really know how to sweet-talk girls."
"What does that mean?" Little Dahl looked left and right, but he really couldn't understand.
Thea didn't explain. Naturally, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better. If the news leaks to Cyron, it could easily cause trouble.
So she changed the subject, asking, "Are you going to Brazil?"
"I won't be going for now. Could you keep an eye out for suitable consulting firms that I could acquire?"
"You're also going to acquire a consulting firm?" Thea was a little surprised. Now that Martin's side was settled, couldn't they just use his company to collect the money?
Meng Ran understood her meaning and lowered her voice to explain, "Salon might have to pay another promotional fee. Are you suggesting the association collect that money?"
What are the advantages of the association?
It possesses tax-exempt status and can attract social donations;
At the same time, it can also undertake some projects that only NGOs can undertake.
The association's role in helping Theron gain followers online is quite limited, so it's impossible for them to invest a second sum of money.
Meng Ran added, "I plan to run this company well; who knows, maybe we can even take on projects from other NGOs in the future?"
The system's tasks are related to NGO affairs; the more NGOs it contacts, the greater the chance of triggering tasks.
"You're thinking pretty far ahead," Thea chuckled.
"People always have to think about the future. Let's not talk about that now. Come on, I'll teach you how to cultivate your account."
There are only 2 [Push Stream Cards].
Not knowing if he'd be able to free up his time again, Meng Ran felt he needed to take this opportunity to build up his internet resources.
"Account farming?" Little Dar asked, somewhat puzzled.
"With the current lax platform regulations, we can register more accounts and accumulate fans in different fields and sections. In the future, we will have a powerful marketing matrix."
"?" Little Darl was even more confused. What was a marketing matrix?
"I can't explain it to you in words, you'll understand as you do it. In short, you should focus on the field of Black people and minorities, and build up your strength in this area."
Now Dahl finally understood.
He grinned, revealing a Nike-branded smile, and inexplicably became confident: "Bane, you've discovered another of my special talents!"
"..." Meng Ran clicked his tongue. This black guy was both reliable and unreliable.
Meanwhile, Thea leaned closer and said, "That sounds good. What about me?"
"We'll talk about your section later. The priority right now is to leverage your university volunteer network to build our own online army of trolls, and incidentally, cultivate some environmental marketing accounts."
"And what about you?" Thea asked curiously.
"I will be responsible for providing you with ideas and core communication content."
"Where's Clarissa?" Dahl asked curiously.
"She's the director, and you still want to assign her to a position? She's not in our league, and we won't be working together in the future," Thea blurted out.
Meng Ran coughed lightly.
I couldn't help but turn my head and glance at the stairs.
When Clarissa went upstairs, she went straight to the fourth floor, saying she wanted to talk to the association's boss, "Eunice," about the $3 promotion fee.
Meng Ran wanted to tell her that there was no need to talk anymore, as it was already settled.
But when he saw her "wait for my good news" look, Meng Ran swallowed back the words he was about to say.
It's worth noting that Clarissa mentioned earlier that she spent two days thinking about it before coming up with a solution.
Now, if we tell her that her efforts were in vain, who knows how disappointed this girl, who already has some self-doubt, will be.
Therefore, Meng Ran could only let her talk.
Anyway, it's feasible to use Martin's channels only for collecting money.
Let's turn our attention back to the computer screen.
Meng Ran shook off his jumbled thoughts and said, "Let's study the account nurturing process first."
Thea readily agreed and said no more.
Little Dahl wouldn't say anything more.
The three of them huddled around Meng Ran's computer and started studying it.
In the following period, Meng Ran studied account nurturing while communicating with Sailong about plans and key points.
Theron was genuinely a little disappointed.
Is Meng Ran really only contacting me during the day and then disappearing without a trace at night?
However, she didn't have the mind to think about it anymore.
A few days later, after finishing his conversation with Meng Ran, Sailon flew to Belém, the capital of Pará state in Brazil.