Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 54 - 52: With This Haul, All Other Influencers Are Just Small Fry
Chen Jincheng smiled, left Yinyin’s stream, and then went to Jiang Xiaobai’s.
This girl’s stream was also doing pretty well.
He gifted her a Tiao Yin No. 1 as well.
After that, he went through each of the girls’ streams one by one, leaving a Tiao Yin No. 1 in each as a congratulatory opening bonus from the boss.
Meanwhile, at Tiao Yin, President Han Shangyou was listening to his subordinate’s latest report. "President Han, this Chen Jincheng is really something else. Tonight, just by using the S-Class stream traffic resources we gave him, he managed to push his viewer count to over 100,000. And the data is all solid—no abnormal ratios. His live streaming format will probably be copied very soon."
"Moreover, he had a PK battle and set a record of 23.81 million Yinlang. If he can maintain a stable 50,000+ viewers after this, he’ll be able to enter the ranks of top-tier influencers."
"Looks like I really underestimated him," Han Shangyou said with a smile, then asked, "What about the data from the shopping cart test?"
This was the biggest reason he was paying attention to Chen Jincheng.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t waste time on a mere top-tier influencer, not even the leading ones or absolute superstars.
The shopping cart feature was too important to him; whether he could keep his position as president depended on it.
The subordinate immediately reported, "That ad campaign from Second-Life Star was absolutely explosive. With the dedicated traffic we pushed, the video has already hit 6.5 million likes, and total orders have reached 712,393! It’s incredible. It proves your planned route was the right one, President Han. With these numbers, tomorrow’s promotional campaign will be very impressive."
A pleased expression inevitably appeared on Han Shangyou’s face upon hearing this. "Discuss it with Second-Life Star. We’ll use a figure of one million orders for our promotional materials. And, yes, give them two trending pushes tomorrow."
"Understood!" The subordinate nodded and went out to make the arrangements.
It wasn’t strange for numbers to be fudged a bit for promotions like this. Besides, the promotional impact of "one million orders" would be far more explosive.
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「Second-Life Star」
Chen Jincheng spent some time watching each of the girls’ streams.
The girls from the nightlife scene really had a knack for streaming.
One well-endowed girl had already written the nickname of her top gifter on her half-exposed, snowy-white skin during her very first stream—an extremely bold move.
But it was very effective. The top gifter got so worked up he immediately gifted her a Carnival.
’Damn it, he remembered that top gifter was one of his own long-time fans, and in all the time watching his streams, the guy had never once gifted a Carnival.’
’Bros before hoes, my ass.’
With one Carnival, the girl would easily make 800 yuan after her cut and bonus. This would only encourage her to be even bolder on stream. He knew that when she worked as a go-go dancer at a bar, dealing with customers who paid for lap dances and drinking with them until she was half-dead, she would only make 800 to 1,000 yuan a night.
Now, all she had to do was say "Thank you, big brother" and write a nickname on her chest to earn so much, so easily.
The key thing was, this was just the beginning. If she used all her tricks for handling drunk patrons from her bar days, that top gifter might just shower her with even more gifts.
Of course, that Carnival also earned Second-Life Star over 700 yuan. If their guild application was approved, it would be even more.
Among the 15 selected girls, one was a "punk girl." She was one of the three from the initial batch of seven "punk girls" who had gained a decent number of followers after the three promotional campaigns. However, compared to the girls from the nightlife scene, she wasn’t as uninhibited on stream, and her performance was relatively poor.
The best gift she’d received was just a sports car.
’If I had recruited normal girls, their streaming performance would be even worse. It’s impossible without spending time and energy on training.’
’That’s why he preferred to find girls from the nightlife scene at the beginning—they could jump right in without him needing to put in a ton of effort, allowing him to generate profits as quickly as possible.’
Chen Jincheng checked the time. There was still a while before his 11:30 appointment with Lin Hao, so he turned his attention to the glowing screen of the *Life Simulation Game* in his mind and started to play.
His luck seemed exceptionally good today. As soon as he logged in, he saw a golden exclamation mark appear over at the Life Bar!
He quickly controlled his game character to go accept the quest.
Based on past experience, quests from golden exclamation marks always came with rewards.
This quest was simple, too: a "hero saves the damsel" scenario. A drunkard was harassing a girl, and what’s more, the girl was a well-known influencer.
After his game character saved her, her jewelry went missing, so he had to help her find it...
The quest was rather tedious, but after completing it, the game system did indeed display a reward notification. And the reward itself left him stunned:
[Congratulations on completing the "Hero Saves the Damsel" quest. You have obtained an Internet Celebrity Debut Card.]
[Note: This card can be used on any internet celebrity who existed in the host’s previous life. When the host films and uploads a video of them from their previous life, their first two videos will gain the same level of popularity they had in the previous life.]
’Damn it, this thing again!’
’He still had one unused Internet Celebrity Debut Card.’
’And now another one?’
’The problem was that the two worlds were different, making it really hard to run into internet celebrities from his past life.’
’So far, he had only encountered Jiang Xiaobai and Crying Bud.’
’As for the influencers who were already famous online, there were a few from his past life, but they were either already popular or didn’t have any particular viral videos, having built their fame steadily over a long time. Using the card on them would be a waste.’
’Most importantly, his top choices were those who weren’t famous yet. They were easier to sign and easier to control.’
’If he actually signed someone who already had a lot of fans, they’d be a veteran. Even if he made them more famous, they wouldn’t be very grateful. Instead, they’d think it was because of their own talent. They’d figure he only signed them because he recognized their excellence, believing it was their own inherent value.’
Looking at the two Debut Cards, he thought of Crying Bud.
That girl had said she’d give him an answer, but she still hadn’t.
He took out his phone and sent her a message full of smiley face emojis.
She simply replied: "Traveling with my bestie. I’ll come find you in Coastal City in a few days."
"..." Chen Jincheng’s cheek twitched.
He was waiting for her answer, and she’d just gone off on a trip. Apparently, while she might have some interest in becoming an influencer, her desire was nowhere near as strong as that of Jiang Xiaobai and the other girls..
It all came down to her family’s financial situation.
In the other world, they were both DJ-influencers. Jiang Xiaobai became an influencer to make a living, and it was the same in this world.
Crying Bud, on the other hand, had only become an influencer on a whim while hanging out at her family’s bar. When the family bar closed, she didn’t even care about the popularity of her "DJ Crying Bud" persona. She just dropped it, letting someone else register the name to ride her coattails while she herself went off to pursue a National Style route and become an Actor.
For any other influencer, that would be considered headstrong and flighty.
Just then, a knock sounded at the door.
Sister Hong came in again and reported, "We just got word from Tiao Yin. For the Jinghong Women’s Clothing ad video, they’ve taken down the shopping cart and analyzed the results. The orders reached 712,393 units. We can draw a commission of 4,131,879 yuan. Adding the 3 million yuan advertising fee, our Er Shi Xingchen Company stands to make over 7 million from this ad campaign."
"From the 3 million advertising fee, after deducting Xiaobai’s 5% and Tiao Yin’s 5% cut, and then paying taxes, we’ll have 1.89 million. Tiao Yin doesn’t take a commission from the shopping cart sales, but according to the contract, Xiaobai gets 5%. After taxes, that comes to over 2.35 million."
(The specific company calculations also involve deductions, exemptions, and so on. The influencer’s 5% starting cut also has a bunch of algorithms. It’s too complicated, so this is just a rough overall estimate!)
"All in all, Er Shi Xingchen will earn 4.25 million from this one ad campaign. Even that girl Xiaobai will easily make 285,000 yuan after taxes. President Li’s side promised the money will arrive within two days. We can pay Xiaobai her share first. The company is new, and the artists need encouragement and motivation."
As she spoke, she made no effort to hide her admiration for her boss.
After all, her boss was the first person to earn so much from a single campaign as an influencer. In the past, when it came to ad revenue, every other influencer online was small fry in comparison.
"You can handle all that, Sister Hong," Chen Jincheng said with a nod.
Sister Hong added, "There’s one more thing. Tiao Yin is going to announce tomorrow that the shopping cart orders hit one million units! And they gave us two trending pushes."
"Uh, has Sister Li’s side been informed?" Chen Jincheng naturally understood Tiao Yin’s motive. Inflating data for promotional purposes was something every company did. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
The two trending pushes were Tiao Yin’s way of shutting them up.
Sister Hong explained, "President Li is more than happy about it. That way, she can also advertise that her company sold one million units of those pajamas on Tiao Yin. Her team has already started preparing promotional flyers. So, who do you plan to give these two trending pushes to?"
"Give them to Xiaobai and Yinyin," Chen Jincheng said without much thought.
After his PK battle and stream tonight, his own popularity would definitely be high tomorrow, so a trending push wouldn’t have a huge effect on him. Xiaobai and Yinyin had the most fans in Er Shi Xingchen, so giving the pushes to them was a no-brainer.
"Understood." Hearing the names of those two girls, Sister Hong shot him a meaningful glance.
’But affairs between men and women were common in both the entertainment and influencer industries. Besides, the boss himself had the persona of a scumbag. Who would even believe he hadn’t touched any of the girls in his company?’
After leaving Chen Jincheng’s office, Sister Hong sent separate notifications to Jiang Xiaobai and Yinyin, informing them that through the company’s hard work, she had secured a trending push resource for each of them.
Even though Tiao Yin had given them for free, in front of the artists, you always had to make them believe it was due to the company’s efforts—and you had to exaggerate those efforts.
Yinyin was in the middle of her stream when she saw the message from Sister Hong, and her heart immediately filled with delight.
’This must be another sign from the boss. Otherwise, how could she get resources right after she went to see him?’
’So this was how Jiang Xiaobai got all her resources.’
Chen Jincheng had already left the company. Not long after, he arrived at a bar. Just as he settled into an empty booth, he suddenly looked toward the dance floor in surprise.
The dance floor was especially lively today, with a great vibe. A group of beautiful women were dancing with abandon. One of them was particularly captivating; her dancing had a special feel to it that immediately drew your eye. It seemed as if she was the one hyping up the atmosphere for all the other girls.
"Huh?" Chen Jincheng suddenly froze.
This beautiful woman looked a little familiar. An influencer from the other world immediately popped into his mind.
’There’s no mistake, it’s her! The one they called the Nightclub Vibe Goddess!’
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(The dance is at the end of the Chapter!)
