Chapter 538 - 284: Chen Jincheng Is About to Launch a Product
Now that Lin Hongxiao had taken the bait and walked right into his trap, Chen Jincheng was naturally ready for the next step.
Creating hype is all about using every possible means and exploiting every available resource to attract attention.
Luring out Lin Hongxiao was the means; Lin Hongxiao was the resource to be exploited.
Therefore, he needed to provoke Lin Hongxiao even more.
He immediately pulled out his phone, pointed it at himself, and started recording a selfie video. "Sigh, a certain someone named Lin is spouting nonsense again. Honestly, for someone who teaches people how to invest, has he ever invested in a single successful project?"
"I can put up 300 million for an investment. Can he? And he calls himself an investment expert? So you can be an ’expert’ without a single successful investment to your name?"
"@Tiao Yin, you’re just going to let this kind of fraud run wild on your platform, preying on clueless users?"
Once he finished recording, he uploaded the video directly to Tiao Yin.
He was effectively exposing Lin Hongxiao for who he really was.
Tagging @Tiao Yin, however, was a deliberate move to drag the platform’s management into the fray.
Specifically, his use of a loaded term like ’preying on users’ forced Tiao Yin to pay attention.
Simply put, he had backed Tiao Yin into a corner.
This was something no other influencer would dare to do.
But he, on the other hand, had the guts to do it.
It was just like in that other world, where the Lion King would frequently curse out the platform.
That’s because attacking the platform was an easy way to get attention and traffic.
People loved to see that kind of drama.
He was now just as audacious as the Lion King, but for the time being, Tiao Yin had no choice but to dance to his tune.
After all, these were special circumstances.
Just yesterday, news had broken that Kuaishou had poached quite a few Tiao Yin influencers.
Kuaishou was starting to show its true colors.
Once the power of their new algorithm was revealed, Tiao Yin would be in an even tougher spot.
In other words, for the foreseeable future, as long as he didn’t do anything catastrophically stupid, he basically held a get-out-of-jail-free card.
As Tiao Yin’s top influencer, his public tagging of the platform’s official account naturally caught Han Shangyou’s attention. His brow furrowed instantly. "What’s he playing at? Is he trying to strong-arm us into dealing with this Lin Hongxiao just because he’s annoyed with him?"
The assistant sighed. "That seems to be the gist of it. This Lin Hongxiao has been riding Chen Jincheng’s coattails for clout, and he must have finally pissed him off."
"However, just as Chen Jincheng said, this Lin Hongxiao really doesn’t have any investment track record. Whether he’s a total fraud or not, we can’t be sure. After all, everyone says his analyses are sound."
Hearing this, Han Shangyou took out his phone and made a call. He immediately got to the point: "President Hu, I wanted to ask you about something. It goes like this... What do you think? Does this investment of Chen Jincheng’s have any merit?"
This President Hu was the big boss’s personal investment advisor—a true expert, the kind the big boss consulted before every single investment.
President Hu analyzed the situation for a moment, then said with a laugh, "If it’s just based on what you’ve told me, there’s no way he can break into the beer market. His influencer status is useless here. That Lin Hongxiao’s analysis is actually quite sound."
"Of course, that’s all assuming he’s *actually* getting into the beer business!"
Han Shangyou hung up and chuckled. He said to his assistant, "Boost the popularity of this incident. Chen Jincheng’s antics, from driving traffic to now backing our platform into a corner, have gone a little too far."
"If his investment fails this time, the whole platform will know about it. It’ll be a good way to knock him down a peg."
The assistant understood his meaning but asked, "But what if Chen Jincheng’s investment *doesn’t* fail?"
Han Shangyou replied decisively, "Then we’ll ban Lin Hongxiao for selling illegal courses. On the surface, we must maintain a good relationship with Chen Jincheng. We can’t give Kuaishou any openings."
"Also, tell them to investigate quickly. I don’t care what methods they have to use, but find out what Kuaishou is really up to with all this poaching!"
Honestly, Kuaishou’s moves were too secretive this time. Even the influencers who had been poached were remaining completely tight-lipped, which clearly meant they had been promised significant benefits.
「Meanwhile.」
Lin Hongxiao, however, had already started a livestream that evening. After all, he was the one benefiting most from all the hype, so of course he had to seize the opportunity to build momentum and sell his courses.
"Everyone, you can purchase my investment insights through the shopping cart link I’ll have on my upcoming videos."
"These insights are the culmination of my many years of experience!"
"Additionally, I’ll be holding two training course lectures on tour soon. Anyone who’s interested is welcome to attend. The registration fee isn’t expensive."
"I only teach practical, no-fluff content, so I guarantee you’ll get your money’s worth. When you’ve all made successful investments and become big bosses, you’ll look back and be so thankful you took this training course."
As Lin Hongxiao spoke, the livestream chat was already flooding with messages of anticipation.
Many were even asking for the locations of the training courses.
This left Lin Hongxiao feeling very satisfied.
By riding Chen Jincheng’s wave of popularity, he had drawn a huge audience to his stream, maintaining over 50,000 concurrent viewers. Even though most were just there for the drama, he knew that if even a few thousand bought his course, he’d earn several hundred thousand.
If he could also fill the seats for his training courses, he could make another one or two hundred thousand.
To make so much in one go, he was truly grateful to Chen Jincheng.
’If that guy hadn’t made such a stupid 300-million-yuan investment, I never would have had the chance to ride this wave of hype.’
’Honestly, if he has 300 million, he’d be better off letting me invest it. At least it wouldn’t be a total waste.’
Just as Lin Hongxiao was thinking this, he noticed the tone of the livestream chat had suddenly changed.
"Teacher Lin, Chen Jincheng posted a video calling you a fraud and accusing you of preying on your followers!"
"Chen Jincheng says you don’t have a single successful investment to your name!"