Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 149 - 139: The Green Tea’s Thoughtfulness and the Goofball Brother Taking the Fall
So, the group returned to the private room at the hotel. The hotel staff had already set out a fresh spread of food, and the female manager even came in to keep them company, eager to see the finished video herself.
She was quite excited about the video.
After all, just from watching them shoot it, you could tell it was going to be goofy and ridiculous. It was bound to be hilarious.
Soon enough, the editor Xiaoliao had assigned sent back the finished cut. Xiaoliao immediately played the video for everyone to see.
The video flowed smoothly this time. From Elephant sprinting through the rain inside an exhaust pipe to Chen Jincheng’s final appearance with his arm around Ximeng, the whole thing made Sister Hong and the others burst out laughing.
The hotel manager, in particular, couldn’t hold it in. Even though she knew what was coming, she still snorted with laughter watching the video. This meant the hotel would get some great exposure—an absolute win.
She immediately raised her glass again in a toast to Sister Hong and Chen Jincheng.
After watching the video, Chen Jincheng knew it would definitely outperform the original. It had all the bizarre, twisted logic of the source material, but now with an added layer of comedy that would surely draw people in.
He was sure of it.
So he immediately uploaded Elephant’s video. To be safe, he even paid to boost it with DOU+, using a multi-pronged approach to generate buzz for the video.
In just a few moments, he saw the video’s metrics skyrocketing. The numbers were climbing even faster than they had for Ximeng’s ’cutesy eight-part combo’ video.
Seeing the numbers climb, Sister Hong couldn’t help but exclaim, "Boss, at this rate, it’ll probably hit the trending list by tomorrow. Looks like we can develop this into a series!"
Chen Jincheng nodded and pulled out his phone to call Elephant.
Meanwhile, Elephant had already gotten home. He took a nice, long shower and changed into a fresh set of clothes. When he came out, Father Chen and Mrs. Chen both frowned slightly.
"Why haven’t you left for work?" Father Chen demanded immediately. "Xiaocheng got you that job at the bar, so you damn well better do a good job. Don’t you dare embarrass me."
Mrs. Chen chimed in, "That’s right. Xiaocheng is willing to help you out, so don’t be so headstrong. Having a job is better than just fooling around all the time."
"Dad, Mom, I get it! I’m heading to the bar right now!" Chen Xiang said, hastily leaving the house to escape his parents’ nagging.
’It’s not like he didn’t understand all that. He wasn’t the kind of person who couldn’t appreciate a good opportunity.’
Once he was out of the complex, he got a call from his cousin. He answered immediately. "Bro!"
"Go to Second-Life Star tomorrow. Find Sister Hong and sign the contract," Chen Jincheng said directly.
"Got it, Bro!" Elephant hung up. He guessed his video must have been uploaded, so he quickly opened Douyin to check. He was stunned to find that in just a short time, the video he’d filmed had already broken 100,000 likes.
And the likes and comments were still climbing.
He let out an excited shout, causing the people around him to turn and stare.
He paid them no mind, grinning as he watched the video’s stats continue to rise on his phone.
’He was going to be an internet celebrity.’
「Time passed.」
An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, the internet was buzzing with activity.
There were no major national, social, or international events happening that day, so the hottest topic on Tiao Yin that evening was the ’cutesy eight-part combo’.
Everyone assumed it would be the biggest trending topic of the day.
After all, Ximeng’s video was on track to easily pass two million likes, and plenty of other people were already imitating it and filming their own versions.
Lin Hao thought so, too.
After the ’cutesy eight-part combo’ went viral, he had the girls at his company, yet again, imitate Second-Life Star by filming their own version. After all, it was simple to shoot and already trending. It would be a waste not to ride the wave.
So he was keeping a close eye on the ’cutesy eight-part combo’ trend online.
Perhaps because he was always keeping tabs on Chen Jincheng, he suddenly came across a bizarre video while scrolling.
The bizarre video already had over 400,000 likes. It showed someone sprinting through the rain while hiding inside an exhaust pipe, wriggling like a maggot.
It looked ridiculous.
But just as he was thinking this, a head suddenly popped out of the exhaust pipe. It shouted to a passerby, "I’m Chen Jincheng’s brother! Hey man, can I borrow your umbrella?"
"What the hell?!?" Hearing the name ’Chen Jincheng,’ Lin Hao’s face immediately went slack with disbelief.
