Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 52 - 50: Mentality in Chaos! You Can Check
Actually, it wasn’t just Jiang Xiaobai. Everyone in the stream—the audience and the influencers who had stuck around—all had their damn jaws on the floor.
What had they just heard?
The man whose reputation as a scumbag was about to be cemented across the entire internet had just claimed to be a virgin?
The roasts in the stream chat flooded in:
"Chen, how did you even convince yourself to say you’re a virgin?"
"Hahaha, I’m dying! You’ve played the field for half your life and returned a virgin?"
"Chen, when you claimed you were a virgin, how did you manage to keep a straight face?"
"Who are you more likely to believe: that he’s a virgin, or that I’m Qin Shi Huang?"
"Chen, can guys get ’restoration surgery’ too?"
Chen Jincheng wanted to laugh at the roasts himself, but it was all part of livening up the atmosphere, so he just went with it. "Time flies when you’re having fun, bros. That’s all for my stream today. The ladies will be going live shortly. For those of you who are... *interested* in them, you can head over to their channels in a bit."
With that, he walked out of the main streaming hall.
The stream didn’t end right away, as it would take some time for the ladies to start their broadcasts.
They also hurried out of the main streaming hall, heading for their assigned streaming rooms.
Sister Hong stopped Lin Qing. "Lin Qing, wait a second. Xiaoliao has already edited the clip of the new dance the boss just taught you. Upload it now. This dance is going to go viral."
"Okay, Sister Hong," Lin Qing replied, her face beaming.
She was probably one of the night’s biggest beneficiaries. After all, the boss had suddenly improvised and taught her a dance. The moves looked simple, but they were clearly very popular; she could feel it herself just by dancing it.
’This dance might be simple, but if I had to choreograph it myself, I never could have come up with it.’
’Seriously, the boss is a genius when it comes to choreography like this.’
The other girls all paused, looking at Lin Qing with envy. Yinyin, in particular, felt she had worked very hard that night, but the boss hadn’t choreographed a dance for her.
’In terms of special treatment, it was one thing to lose out to Jiang Xiaobai. But now I can’t even compete with Lin Qing? My follower count is higher than hers!’
This made her lose her composure. Her thoughts were a mess.
’How is that fair?’
Chen Jincheng was already back in his office, checking the revenue from the stream. The total value of gifts reached 2.46 million yuan.
After Tiao Yin took its cut, there was still 1.23 million.
After taxes, that left over 910,000.
He immediately withdrew the entire sum of over 910,000 yuan. He only had a little over 20,000 in his account, and not having money made him anxious.
Tiao Yin had withdrawal limits, but he was cashing out through the Er Shi Xingchen Company’s corporate account. The service fee he had signed with Er Shi Xingchen was, naturally, extremely low—only 1%.
This was a common maneuver for handling withdrawals, used by many phenomenal top streamers. For instance, in the other world, the massive influencer Brother Dayuan and the suddenly viral Guo Wucai both did the same thing.
It would take a while for the withdrawal to be deposited.
Aside from the revenue, the biggest gain from this stream was breaking 100,000+ concurrent viewers. Tiao Yin would surely give him a lot of traffic tomorrow, which should help him break past 3 million followers.
’Honestly, I really should thank Li Lisheng. What a great guy.’ 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
If that guy hadn’t suddenly shown up to pick a fight, his original plan was just to break 50,000+ viewers.
But now, the peak had reached 100,734 people. And these were all real viewers; he hadn’t used a single bot.
To be fair, at this stage in Tiao Yin’s development, any stream that hit 100,000+ viewers was guaranteed to have at least half of them be bots. Take away the bots, and the real viewer count would be drastically lower.
In other words, if he wanted to, he could start using bots tomorrow. Even if his popularity plummeted, he could add tens of thousands of fake viewers to maintain the superficial glory of a 100,000+ count. But he had already ruled out that possibility.
He knew very well that in the other world, as Tiao Yin developed and its traffic increased, gray-market industries and teams quickly began to infiltrate the platform. This spawned many illegal services, which were almost all related to view-botting, buying followers, and farming likes.
These gray-market industrial chains even attracted the attention of the authorities, who would then issue orders for rectification.
Afterward, following an official announcement, Tiao Yin would begin a full-scale ban on bots, fake followers, and farmed likes. Many streamers were hit hard. By the time he had crossed over, viewer counts on Tiao Yin were almost entirely genuine.
These kinds of fake services had already appeared in this world. If the trend continued, the outcome would surely be the same as in the other world. He had no desire to be laughed at when Tiao Yin launched its mass bans, getting exposed and ruining his reputation.
Imagine the humiliation and loss of credibility for those people during the great purge: follower counts dropping by 17 million, likes vanishing by the billion, and streams crashing from 100,000+ viewers down to 20,000+.
’So, it’s better to grow the business step by step. I can’t just dive headfirst into something when I know the risks involved.’
Just as he was lost in thought, a knock came at the door.
"Come in," Chen Jincheng called out.
The door opened, and Yinyin entered. She closed the door behind her and walked coyly up to his desk.
"Why aren’t you streaming?" Chen Jincheng asked, looking at her in confusion.
At the same time, he pulled up her employee information:
Name: Lin Shiyin
Loyalty: 90
Status: Subject’s state of mind appears to be in turmoil, making her desperate for a change. She seems to have gathered her courage and made some kind of firm resolution!
’??? ’ Chen Jincheng frowned slightly.
’Her Loyalty is already very high. After all, a typical employee out there probably wouldn’t even reach 60.’
’But her status description is a little off. Her mind is in turmoil, and she’s made some kind of resolution? What kind?’
’Could it be that her stream isn’t going well?’
’But that doesn’t make much sense. She should have just started streaming, so it wouldn’t be surprising if her numbers were low at first.’
"Boss, I just wanted to come and ask for your guidance," Yinyin said, still using that delicate, coy tone as she casually stepped closer to his desk.
Chen Jincheng considered it. ’This girl, Yinyin, has a lot of potential. Her natural Big Pendulums are a huge advantage. And with 1.6 million followers, she’s second only to Jiang Xiaobai. With a proper push, she could definitely blow up. There’s even a template from the other world for a female influencer with tens of millions of fans who built her brand on her Big Pendulums.’
’My only real concern is her background in the nightclub scene. Even though she was just a go-go dancer, if there are any compromising records of her out there, they’ll almost certainly be exposed once she gets famous. That would get her canceled instantly. If that’s the case, it would be better for her to just remain a filler streamer.’
With this in mind, he asked Yinyin seriously, "Yinyin, you have a lot of potential. With a proper push, you could absolutely become a top influencer. But I need to know: are there any compromising photos, videos, or anything like that from your time working in nightclubs?"
"This is critical. Once you blow up, something like that would get you canceled instantly. The company can’t invest a fortune into promoting someone with that kind of risk. So, if we were to promote you, you’d have to sign a liability waiver, and the penalties for breach would be extremely high. I need you to think this through carefully before you answer me."
When Yinyin heard he was willing to promote her, she couldn’t hide the joy on her face. She rushed to say, "Boss, I was only a go-go dancer at the club! The most I ever did was have a drink with customers. I absolutely never sold my body, and I never even had a boyfriend from the club."
"If you don’t believe me, you can inspect me yourself to see if I’m telling the truth."
"Uh!" Chen Jincheng was completely floored by her last sentence. ’How the hell am I supposed to inspect that? You want me to read your mind?’
Yinyin seemed to understand his confusion. Her face flushed crimson as she said, "Boss, you *can* inspect me!"
