Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 47 - 45: This Is Called Strategy
The influencers who had come to watch the spectacle and follow the PK battle honestly felt like someone had just pulled a massive flex on them.
A guy who had just more than doubled the PK gift record was fucking telling them he didn’t know how to do PK battles.
Even Jack Ma claiming he doesn’t care about money wasn’t as big of a flex.
But when they heard Chen Jincheng publicly announce he wouldn’t do PK battles anymore, some of these influencers were relieved, while others secretly thought he was a dumbass.
The ones who were relieved were, naturally, the PK streamers. They could still break Gao Yanyan’s previous record of 11.53 million Waves if they gritted their teeth and pushed for it.
They weren’t even afraid of battling Gao Yanyan, since she couldn’t pull off numbers like that every time.
But Chen Jincheng’s record was something they had no way of breaking right now. Even if they tried to force it, the losses would be enormous and not worth it at all.
Having a heavy hitter like that barge into the PK scene was not good news.
So, him announcing he was quitting PK battles was great news. One less competitor.
The ones who secretly thought he was a dumbass were, of course, some of the video content influencers. At this stage on Tiao Yin, the monetization ability of video creators was mediocre. They could only take on offline ad deals or do their own streams, and their earning speed couldn’t compare to PK streamers at all.
Now here was Chen Jincheng, earning over 2.3 million yuan from a single PK battle. It was such easy money, yet he announced he was quitting.
If it were them, they would definitely strike while the iron was hot and do a few more battles.
Chen Jincheng, however, was oblivious to what these influencers were thinking. He was currently frowning at his stream’s viewer count. After Li Lisheng had abruptly disconnected, the number of viewers had rapidly climbed to over 70,000.
That rate of increase wasn’t something Tiao Yin’s S-Class promotional traffic could generate.
He soon discovered the reason.
A lot of the viewers had fan badges for Li Lisheng’s Artillery Regiment.
These people were all posting the same comment over and over:
"..."
"..."
"..."
That’s right, all of Li Lisheng’s fans were spamming ellipses, as if staging a silent protest.
Chen Jincheng took out his personal phone, opened Tiao Yin, and searched for Li Lisheng. As expected, he wasn’t streaming.
’So, that guy had a breakdown and ended his stream, and now his fans are "homeless," so they’ve come to my stream to hold a silent protest?’
’This just goes to show that Li Lisheng doesn’t have what it takes to make it big. Anyone with a brain would have prioritized consoling their fans, even in this situation.’
’But this is perfect. Li Lisheng’s fans have flooded my stream, so maybe my "Wheel of Beauties" event later can convince some of them to switch sides.’
’In his other life, there was a case where two streamers had a falling out. After one got banned for a while, the other absorbed a massive number of his fans, essentially stealing the other party’s home base.’
’Li Lisheng wasn’t banned, but the principle is the same.’
’The key is that Li Lisheng’s fans coming here for their silent protest helped me easily break my original goal of 50,000+ viewers.’
’Now, can I use these people to try and make a push for 100,000+?’
’After all, I’m already at over 70,000.’
’If this succeeds, will I actually have to thank Li Lisheng for his breakdown and rage-quit?’
Chen Jincheng’s gaze returned to his stream. Li Lisheng’s fans were still silent, continuously spamming ellipses.
His own long-time fans were already criticizing this behavior, looking like they were about to start a fight.
However, he didn’t care. Instead, he addressed the stream, "Alright, the interlude is over. It’s time for us to begin the main event."
His words captured everyone’s attention, and most people were stunned.
The long-time fans had all assumed the PK battle was the main event. So, in Cheng’s eyes, that was just an interlude, and the real event hadn’t even started yet.
For a moment, every one of them grew excited.
In contrast, Li Lisheng’s fans were in a sour mood. They’d been inexplicably, fucking hit where it hurt again.
But Chen Jincheng continued, "The event is starting! Let me introduce you to these young ladies. They are all artists from my company, Second-Life Star!"
As he spoke, he walked in front of the women. Lao Chen immediately zoomed the camera in and panned across them, this time displaying them with perfect clarity to the stream.
Not a single one of the dozen-plus women was unattractive. They either had long legs and pretty faces, or a Big Pendulum and a pretty face. It was unreal.
The long-time fans started commenting emotionally:
"Seriously, you can call Cheng a scumbag, but you can’t question his taste in women!"
"Nice! Cheng really gets me!"
"Not bad, not bad! The Number One Scumbag, Cheng’s, Hand-Picked Ladies Stream!"
"Haha, I call dibs on Xiaobai and Yinyin! You guys can have the rest."
"..."
The new viewers tonight, even Li Lisheng’s fans, had to admit that Chen Jincheng’s veteran fans had a point.
Indeed, this Chen Jincheng really had a knack for picking beautiful women.
The scene made even the casual viewers brought in by the promotional traffic unable to resist staying. Naturally, most of them were guys. After all, what man doesn’t like looking at beautiful women, especially a whole group of them?
Chen Jincheng waved his hand, and a Second-Life Star employee hurried over, carrying a large wheel.
The wheel immediately caught the eyes of the entire audience. On it, they could see photos of each of the beautiful women.
Even the influencers who hadn’t left yet stared at the wheel in astonishment.
’What is he planning to do?’
Chen Jincheng continued, "Next up, the event is a game called ’Wheel of Beauties.’ As you can see, the wheel has photos of these lovely ladies from Second-Life Star. The rules are simple. Before I end the stream at 10 PM, I’ll go down the list and have a joint stream with the bros on the gift leaderboard to play this game together."
"I’ll be the one to spin the wheel, and the person in the joint stream will be the one to call ’stop.’ Whichever artist the pointer lands on will perform a dance for the bro on the stream and give them a follow."
"To give the rest of the audience a chance to participate, after every four bros from the leaderboard get a turn, I’ll also take a screenshot of the bullet comments to randomly select one lucky viewer. The second name in the screenshot will be the winner."
Hearing this, the audience was amazed.
’It really is a beauty pageant, or maybe a beauty lottery.’
’You can use these pretty girls for a game like this?’
Chen Jincheng had already started the joint streams. First on the leaderboard was, naturally, Sister Li, who had gifted one million.
A moment later, Sister Li successfully connected to the stream. He immediately said, "Sister Li, I’m going to spin the wheel now. Just tell me when to stop."
"Alright, Xiaochen," Sister Li replied immediately.
The moment her voice was heard, all the fans were surprised.
A top male gifter was common, but a top female gifter was rare.
This was a rich woman! And one who could drop a million in gifts without batting an eye.
Many people quickly and quietly followed Sister Li and sent her private messages. Some even sent their photos.
’You never know, right?’
Chen Jincheng, meanwhile, had already walked to the wheel and given it a spin. "Sister Li, you can call stop at any time," he said.
"Stop!" Sister Li called out cooperatively.
In the next moment, the rapidly spinning wheel immediately began to decelerate, slowing down until the pointer came to a gentle stop on Jiang Xiaobai’s photo.
This was, of course, being manually controlled by Sister Hong. No matter what, Sister Li had to be matched with Jiang Xiaobai; it was part of their cooperative agreement.
’Setting up this manual control was also to balance the opportunities. Otherwise, if some of the girls had bad luck, they might not get a chance to showcase themselves all night.’
’Before 10 PM, the people on the gift leaderboard who get a chance to play will probably be bros who’ve gifted over 2,000 yuan. For new female streamers, if they perform well, every chance could be an opportunity to lock down a big-spending patron.’
’Because of his persona of "caring about his bros," he couldn’t just blatantly ask his fan-bros for gifts.’
’So now, he could just send a Little Demon over. She’d keep calling them "Brother" and "Big Bro"... could any bro really bring himself to not support her?’
’That’s what you call strategy.’
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