Chapter 3794: Chapter 3785: 18’s Trick
The two of them, 18 and his companion, left without attracting any attention, and no one paid them any mind.
Afterwards, Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan started editing the video.
The main editor was Zhao Yuhuan, while Lin Yi brought in the audience’s perspective and offered some suggestions.
"It’s time to get off work, I’m heading out now."
"Hmm?"
Zhao Yuhuan looked at Lin Yi, "Aren’t you going to finish before leaving?"
"You stay and work on it. Let the leaders see you working overtime; you’ve just started working here. Try to make a good impression on Zhao Jing, and there could be opportunities to climb up in the future. I don’t need it, but don’t work too late, just make it look like you’re busy."
"Lin Bro, do you not want to climb up?"
"I’m different from you. Middle-aged now means getting by day-to-day. You keep at it, I’m leaving."
Zhao Yuhuan laughed, covering her mouth, "Not that old yet."
Lin Yi laughed and bid goodbye to Zhao Yuhuan before clocking out.
During dinner at home, Ji Qingyan asked Lin Yi about work. Upon learning about the account’s content, she expressed her approval.
After dinner, Lin Yi received a video from Zhao Yuhuan.
The first episode was already edited, and the overall content was quite good, with the necessary conflicts portrayed.
However, there was room for improvement, so Lin Yi gave some suggestions, and Zhao Yuhuan went back to make further modifications.
The system task was to achieve ten thousand plays on a single video. Given the quality of the first video, reaching ten thousand views shouldn’t be a problem.
The next morning, Lin Yi went to work as usual.
Upon arriving at the workplace, Zhao Yuhuan had already started working.
Around noon, Zhao Yuhuan finished the first video. After viewing it, Lin Yi felt it was fine, so he arranged for Zhao Yuhuan to publish it.
"Lin Bro, hurry, share it and ask your relatives and friends to give likes."
"Uh... okay."
Lin Yi’s initial intent was to refuse; if people around him found out, they might not give likes but would certainly boost traffic. Moreover, the CEO of the short video platform was his friend. If he found out, there’d surely be a wave of traffic tilt; going viral would be unavoidable.
But there’s no need to do that, as this is about experiencing life without using excessive tricks.
However, Zhao Yuhuan’s request wasn’t unreasonable, and Lin Yi had no reason to refuse, so he went through the motions.
Meanwhile, while editing the video, Chen Yuan suddenly said:
"Brother Lei, their video has been posted."
"Let me see!"
immediately got up, picked up his phone, and watched the video posted by Lin Yi. After watching, his expression was not so good.
Though reluctant to admit, the content they filmed was good.
Even he was a bit eager to see how it would unfold.
But soon, a look of suspicion appeared on 18’s face, pondering something unknown.
Meanwhile, Chen Yuan also watched the entire video on his phone.
"Brother Lei, things don’t look good. This topic they’ve filmed is quite attention-grabbing."
"They can only shoot such low-quality stuff, with no class at all."
"The problem now is, they’re getting traffic by filming like this, so we can’t concern ourselves with the class issue; what matters is traffic." Chen Yuan said:
"Our content is focused on entertainment gossip, and the first video we produce might not be as traffic-heavy as theirs."
"Don’t be fooled by surface appearances. Doing it this way is practically seeking death. The video might have to be removed by tomorrow."
"Hmm?"
18’s words surprised Chen Yuan.
"Why?"
"They started filming yesterday; it’s just been a day. Do you think they can solve the problems?" 18 said:
"You need to know that the focus of such programs is not on stirring up conflicts, but on resolving the problems."
"I understand." Chen Yuan replied:
"The old lady is clearly a rogue who won’t comply or change; tough measures won’t work. Even if they have the ability to solve the issue, it won’t be so fast!"
"Exactly! That’s what I mean. They have no experience and released the video before resolving the issue. If the conflict remains unresolved, it leaves a negative impression on the audience who might even resent them and ignore them in the future."
"Then I’d better hurry up and get our video edited quickly to gain the upper hand."
"There’s something more important to do than video editing now."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"I believe they can find a solution, but it’ll take time. What we need to do is use some underhanded tricks." 18 said:
"After lunch, we’ll anonymously seek out the old lady and encourage her not to accept any resolution."
"When they fail to produce a result, Director Zhao will criticize them, and our goal will be achieved."
Chen Yuan’s eyes lit up, "That’s indeed a plan. Shall we go now?"
"First, let’s eat, then go."
"Alright, okay."
The two got up to go eat.
Simultaneously, other colleagues also began to stand up one after another from their workstations to go for lunch, including Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan.
"Director Zhao."
While heading to lunch, Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan happened to see Zhao Jing coming out of her office.
"I watched your video. It was well-done. Keep up the good work," Zhao Jing encouraged.
"Thank you, Director Zhao."
Zhao Jing nodded and then turned her attention to 18.
"How’s your content coming along?"
"Almost ready. It’ll be out by afternoon."
"The entertainment section is a weak point for our department. You guys need to do it well and grow the account."
"Got it, Director. Don’t worry, we’ll make sure to develop this account."
"Keep it up."
Encouraged by Zhao Jing’s words, 18 felt even more proud and excited while chatting animatedly with Chen Yuan over lunch.
"Our chance has come. Once we topple their account, we’ll be victorious!"
Chen Yuan was also a bit excited.
"Brother Lei, you have so many ideas. Without you, I wouldn’t have thought of all this."
"It’s just minor things. Learn more from this in the future."
"The key thing is, Director Chen values us. There’ll be more opportunities ahead."
"Even with more opportunities, we must strive ourselves and not drop the ball," 18 said with a grin.
"Got it!"
felt smug, thinking he was being valued.
But what he didn’t know was that Zhao Jing’s encouragement was due to a nudge from his uncle, who had spoken to her, hence she said these words of encouragement.
Soon after, they finished their meal and drove to Red Square.
Sitting in the car, smoking a cigarette, 18 internally schemed:
"As someone who’s been through it, today I’ll teach you a lesson."
