Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 157 - 143: Boss, Someone Is Attempting to Cause Your Downfall
Chen Jincheng couldn’t help but smile as he looked at the confident Li Muchen.
’She has no idea that in another world, she ended up running in circles only to dive headfirst into short-form dramas in the end.’
However, it was only 2018. For many people, there was truly no comparison between an internet celebrity and an actor.
’I wonder if she’ll still be so determined to work as an extra once Lin Leqing gets famous and sought-after.’
Seeing her cousin’s refusal, Lin Leqing tried again. "Cousin, there’s no guarantee you’ll succeed as an extra. He said you have potential, which means you can definitely make it as an internet celebrity."
Li Muchen reached out and flicked her on the head, a gesture of her exasperation.
Chen Jincheng smiled and didn’t press the issue. The elevator arrived, and he led the two young women inside, heading up to the 8th floor where Second-Life Star was located.
When he got to the office, he found Elephant had already arrived, who greeted him with a wide smile. "Bro, you’re here?"
Besides Elephant, he also saw Wang Qiqi.
She was chatting happily with another girl from the company. It was clear she was in a good mood; her smile was infectious.
The moment Wang Qiqi saw him, she came right over to greet him. "Boss!"
"Mm," Chen Jincheng nodded. "Is the contract signed?"
"I just signed it with Sister Hong," Wang Qiqi answered immediately, a hint of anticipation on her pretty face. After all, the boss had said he would review her videos today and figure out a strategy for her content.
After getting home last night, she had watched many of Second-Life Star’s videos.
Second-Life Star had many female artists under contract, but only four had truly received the boss’s favor: Yinyin, Jiang Xiaobai, Cen Ning, and Ximeng.
This was because they were the only ones with viral clips of them accompanying the boss, or with featured roles in his dating-simulation livestreams.
Of these four, two had already surpassed five million followers. Cen Ning had 1.38 million, and Ximeng, who had just joined Second-Life Star yesterday, already had viral clips of her with the boss, though she hadn’t been scheduled for a dating-simulation livestream yet.
But everyone knew that Ximeng had been the hot topic all day yesterday; she already had 870,000 followers.
Many people suspected that the growth trajectory of this new Miss Cheng, Ximeng, might put her on the same level as Yinyin and Jiang Xiaobai, heading toward the five-million-follower mark.
Now she was one more to be added to the list of girls with viral clips of them accompanying the boss.
A video of the boss with his arm around her as she leaned against his chest last night had already been posted. Many people were saying she would be the next Miss Cheng.
So how could she not be filled with anticipation?
’If only the boss would write a song for me someday...’
"Now that the contract is signed, go ahead and get familiar with the company," Chen Jincheng said with a smile. He then took Lin Leqing and Li Muchen to the assistant department and arranged for someone to show Lin Leqing some apartments.
Only then did he return to his own office.
After sitting down, he took out his phone to check on the two videos he’d shot yesterday.
First was the "Eight-in-a-Row Cutesy Acts" video.
Almost all the girls in the company who filmed this video had managed to ride its coattails to gain a lot of traffic. This was especially true for the dozen or so girls recruited from the car show; even the one with the lowest performance got over 200,000 likes and gained tens of thousands of followers.
You could say this "Eight-in-a-Row Cutesy Acts" challenge was practically made for these "green tea" girls.
’The only question is how many viewers their livestreams will actually pull in. No one knows until they go live.’ 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
The video with the most likes was, naturally, Ximeng’s. It had already surpassed two million likes, though its momentum had started to slow down.
Of course, she hadn’t just benefited from the "Eight-in-a-Row Cutesy Acts" video, but also from Elephant’s stupid-funny video.
That stupid-funny video had completely blown up, surpassing three million likes in a single night. Moreover, its momentum was still going strong—it was on track to completely surpass the numbers from the other world.
From those likes, Elephant only gained a little over a hundred thousand followers. Ximeng, on the other hand, raked in another huge wave of them. That, combined with her "Miss Cheng" clips, resulted in her gaining 870,000 followers overnight.
’If I have her post another video today to maintain her exposure, breaking a million followers will be a piece of cake.’
After that, he turned his thoughts to Wang Qiqi.
’Since I’ve signed her, I should at least help her come up with a plan.’
The Wang Qiqi from the other world had gone viral by covering a number of songs.
The problem was, this world’s modern history had developed a different culture and Trajectory from the other one. Many famous people from the other world didn’t exist here, and neither did many of their works of art and entertainment.
So, the songs she had covered in the other world might not exist here.
He had heard her covers before, but he only remembered the song titles. He didn’t have the ability to write out the lyrics and music from memory.
He searched for the song titles online, one after another. Almost none of the songs that she had famously covered existed.
But to maximize the benefits of the Internet Celebrity Debut Card, he had to have her remake a video that she had filmed in her past life and that had gone viral.
Finally, when he searched for the song "That Person," a result popped up on the screen.
This made him breathe a sigh of relief.
’It’s a good thing this song exists.’
In the other world, a video of Wang Qiqi singing this song had gotten 2.55 million likes and gained her over a million followers.
This meant that after he used the Internet Celebrity Debut Card on her, her cover of this song would be guaranteed a baseline of 2.55 million likes. If he built up some momentum and hype for her, it would definitely surpass that number.
This would bring the greatest return.
Sister Hong came in from outside and handed him a file with a smile. "Here’s the sales data for ’Can’t Help Falling in Love.’ It’s already surpassed eight million in sales. At this rate, breaking ten million won’t be a problem. Boss, since you have this talent for songwriting, you should write more in the future."
