Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities

Chapter 470: Chapter 256: Becoming the Face of Video E-commerce

Cai Xiaoyi was clearly taken aback. "You’re done filming?"

Chen Jincheng passed the video he had just shot over to her. In it, she saw herself untying her bath towel, then putting her clothes on piece by piece.

Cai Xiaoyi’s eyes widened as she looked at him. ’Can you even upload something like this?’

Seeing her reaction, Chen Jincheng smugly began editing the video. A moment later, he sent the finished clip to Cai Xiaoyi. "Take a look."

Seeing his serious expression, Cai Xiaoyi huffily picked up her phone to watch the video.

When she played the video, however, she was taken aback.

Aside from the suggestive opening—where she was pulling up a zipper and the hem of her form-fitting skirt was still out of place—there was nothing improper. In fact, the rest of the video focused on showcasing her smile.

Even so, the suggestive part was still acceptable.

"Go ahead and upload it. This video will get at least 2 million likes." As he spoke, Chen Jincheng used the Internet Celebrity Debut Card on Cai Xiaoyi.

At the same time, a system notification sounded:

[The Internet Celebrity Debut Card has been used on the target and its effect is now active. When you film videos of a similar type to those from the other world, the first two will gain the same level of popularity they achieved in that world!]

"Really?" Cai Xiaoyi’s eyes instantly filled with anticipation.

After downloading Tiao Yin, she had tried to mimic the popular clips on the platform and film a few videos of her own, but her stats weren’t great. The best one only got 10,000 likes.

So she knew that going viral on Tiao Yin wasn’t easy; it took more than just being pretty and having a great figure.

Now, hearing the words "2 million likes," she uploaded the video without the slightest hesitation.

Chen Jincheng immediately received a game prompt as well:

[A video of a captivating smile has been filmed for the current target, satisfying the requirements of the Internet Celebrity Heat Card. Effect activated: This video will gain the same level of popularity it achieved in the other world. Popularity distribution will be complete within 10 hours!]

After that, he picked up his own clothes and started to get dressed.

Just as he stepped out of the bathroom after blow-drying his hair, an excited Cai Xiaoyi pounced on him.

He wrapped an arm around her waist, only for her to steal a kiss on his cheek.

"Mr. Chen, the video is really blowing up! It’s gotten almost 20,000 likes in such a short time." Cai Xiaoyi’s face was alight with surprise. ’Mr. Chen is amazing!’ She couldn’t help but say coquettishly, "Mr. Chen, won’t you be my boyfriend? Please?"

"Stop right there. I’ve already told you, I’m not a casual person." Chen Jincheng wasn’t about to be won over by such a simple attempt at coquetry. If he were, Jiang Xiaobai would have succeeded long ago.

’That Jiang Xiaobai gets carried away so easily, and her repertoire goes far beyond just being coquettish!’

As they left the hotel room, he reminded her sternly, "And another thing. Now that we’re out of this room, we are not to speak of that topic again."

Cai Xiaoyi just mumbled an "oh" and followed him downstairs into the Lamborghini.

As he started the car and pulled away from the hotel, the Malay divorcée exclaimed, "Mr. Chen, the commenters are so smart! They all guessed that you were the one who filmed the video for me."

Cai Xiaoyi looked at the comments, finding them more and more unbelievable:

"Holy shit! Judging by the setup, this girl just got dressed. She was naked before this!"

"Someone else filmed this for her, it must be Chen Jincheng!"

"Knew it. There’s only one outcome when a Miss Cheng falls into Cheng’s hands!"

"Cheng definitely had his fill, but he’ll for sure deny anything ever happened."

"..."

’These people are incredible,’ she thought, and couldn’t help but say, "Mr. Chen, everyone guessed I spent the night with you. They also said you’d deny it and claim it never happened."

Chen Jincheng said with a perfectly straight face, "Did it?"

"???" Cai Xiaoyi froze.

But he continued, "Nothing of the sort happened. A female friend of yours helped you film the video. I was at home last night, sleeping alone."

"..." Cai Xiaoyi’s eyes went completely wide.

’How could he be like this?’

’Then who was that ferocious man on top of me last night?’

...

「Time passed.」

For the next few days, Chen Jincheng became the internet’s main source of entertainment. Thanks to Tiao Yin’s content-pushing algorithm, his 300 million investment was a hot topic of discussion for days on end before the buzz slowly started to fade.

Another topic of discussion during this time was the new shopping cart feature. Everyone was curious about how its launch would change the landscape for Tiao Yin.

During this time, Chen Jincheng also filmed another video for the Malay divorcée; the Internet Celebrity Debut Card couldn’t go to waste.

Thanks to those two videos, the Malay divorcée’s follower count shot up to over 1.6 million.

To put it in perspective, her counterpart in the other world had struggled all the way to 2024 without ever gaining this many followers. It just goes to show you should get famous while you’re young, and you have to follow the right person.

As repayment, she pursued Chen Jincheng relentlessly, sleeping with him two more times.

And yet, he was still not a casual person.

Of course, Chen Jincheng had been busy with other matters as well. First, Lin Hao’s 50 million had arrived. Additionally, Vice President Fu from the Coastal Publicity Association had pulled some strings to connect him with a bank, allowing him to secure a 70 million loan under the name of Second-Life Star. The funds were expected to be disbursed soon.

Once the sales deliverables from Penguin were settled and he collected the planning fee from his collaboration with the Publicity Association, securing the 300 million needed for the soda project would be no problem at all.

Beyond that, Chen Jincheng also began creating video concepts for several products that would be featured in the upcoming shoppable videos.

First up was Sister Feiyan’s shampoo.

In the other world, the most viral shampoo commercial wasn’t an official ad at all, but rather a video parodying one.

The video was a parody of a Rejoice commercial starring Luo Xiaozhu. In the original, Luo Xiaozhu gets out of a car and runs his hand through a girl’s hair, showcasing its silky smoothness after using the product.

In the parody, the male lead also runs his hand through a girl’s hair, but then he clenches his fist as if he’s caught something, leaving the audience curious.