Chapter 494 - 265: Chen Jincheng vs. Boss Lei?
Chen Jincheng took out his phone as well, and a quick look told him what was going on.
Boss Lei’s account wasn’t verified. With the video blowing up under the "are you ok" Heat Card, it was no surprise that Tiao Yin had initially treated the prank as fake.
No one would have expected a tycoon to do something like this.
Now, Tiao Yin clearly knew it was real. That being the case, Tiao Yin would probably promote it heavily. After all, when a tycoon of his caliber joins the platform, even a fool would know what to do.
The traffic would be far more than just the views from the Heat Card—it would be immeasurably higher.
With that thought, he shared the video, sending it to the clipping group’s WeChat group with a message: "Clip and share this video immediately. You’d have to be a fool to pass up on this kind of traffic."
The "are you ok" Heat Card’s views were open to the entire internet. Whoever posted related videos first was guaranteed to ride the wave and get a ton of traffic.
Rather than let others reap the benefits, he might as well give the advantage to his own clipping group.
Chen Jincheng rarely made an appearance in the clipping group chat. Seeing him surface now, the content creators behind the clipping accounts were all astonished and started popping up one after another.
They had, of course, seen the viral prank video. But even knowing the account belonged to Lei Xiaojun himself, none of them dared to repost or clip it.
After all, it was one thing for the tycoon to poke fun at himself, but it was another matter entirely for them to get involved.
Just think about it: Tiao Yin had banned Boss Lei’s personal account at the very beginning.
They didn’t want the accounts they had painstakingly built up through video clipping to get banned.
’But a message from Brother Cheng himself... does this mean we can clip the video?’
Many of them started asking questions, only to find that Brother Cheng had already vanished, no longer making an appearance.
Of course, with a beauty in his arms, how could he possibly have any free time?
Still, many people began clipping Boss Lei’s video without hesitation.
Take Yijin, for example. He knew Brother Cheng was never wrong. Just look at the video affiliate marketing—it had truly become a way for their clipping accounts to make money.
With Brother Cheng’s authorization, they added the products promoted by Jiang Xiaobai and the other women to the clipping accounts that had the shopping cart feature enabled. And sure enough, people were buying.
While each account didn’t sell much, they had many accounts, so the accumulated sales were definitely substantial.
Thanks to Brother Cheng’s affiliate marketing push, by the time the initial hype died down, Yijin’s clipping accounts with the shopping cart feature had earned him a combined total of over 200,000 in commissions.
The two accounts that were originally "Coastal City’s Number One Hunk" performed particularly well.
So, they believed whatever Brother Cheng said.
「The next day.」
Lei Xiaojun’s "are you ok" video, boosted by both the Heat Card and Tiao Yin’s promotional algorithm, blew up to an uncontrollable degree.
Moreover, Tiao Yin was flooded with all sorts of clipped "are you ok" videos. Derivative content began to appear, and various current events bloggers and news media accounts started reporting on the phenomenon.
Any account that posted a video related to Boss Lei’s "are you ok" meme received a massive amount of traffic; they had a field day riding the trend.
The biggest beneficiaries, naturally, were the clipping accounts that edited Chen Jincheng’s content. Yijin and the others were the first to act, so they reaped the most traffic.
It was because they jumped in to ride the wave that other bloggers and news media accounts followed suit.
As a result, early in the morning, the clipping group’s WeChat chat was full of emotional comments:
"Sure enough, listening to Brother Cheng really pays off."
"Haha, several of my accounts blew up with traffic."
"Brother Cheng would never lead us astray!"
"..."
...
When Han Shangyou arrived at the company first thing in the morning, he immediately checked Boss Lei’s stats and was shocked.
million likes.
At this rate, the video was on track to break the record for likes set by Zhang Ao’ai’s "Booty Dance" video.
The crucial part was the 12.58 million followers.
A like-to-follower ratio like that was terrifying.
On top of that, "are you OK" was number one on the trending list, and its popularity score was in a league of its own, miles ahead of second place.
"As expected of him. He’s a marketing genius, and he’s a master of the internet too," Han Shangyou couldn’t help but praise.
"I know, it’s terrifying," his assistant agreed. "The hype from this campaign is probably on par with the Zhu Ling incident and the ’Here I am, bro!’ trend that Chen Jincheng orchestrated."
Han Shangyou nodded. "Although Boss Lei’s identity and status were a major factor, a pro is a pro. You can tell their caliber the moment they make a move."
"After all, Chen Jincheng has launched so many campaigns to get his two major viral events. But Boss Lei managed this with just one."
"At least now, orchestrating a major viral event on Tiao Yin is no longer Chen Jincheng’s exclusive domain. Plus, if Boss Lei can do it, it means others can, too."
"Right!" The assistant nodded in agreement.
...
The next morning, Fei Ye kept staring at Chen Jincheng, then said out of the blue, "I think I finally understand why all those girls at the office are always flocking around you..."
As she spoke, a faint blush crept onto her face.
After all...
"What?" Chen Jincheng asked, confused. "Why are you bringing up the girls from the office again? I have nothing to do with them. Don’t listen to all the nonsense online!"
"You think I believe you?" Fei Ye scoffed.
"Feiyue, don’t you know whether I’m a gentleman or not?" Chen Jincheng feigned surprise. "You were the one pretending to be drunk last night. I was going to leave after bringing you home, but you grabbed me and forced yourself on me. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have made a mistake. I have a rule about not getting involved with coworkers."
"..." Even though Fei Ye knew exactly what kind of person he was, his teasing left her momentarily speechless.
Because he was telling the truth. She really had pretended to be drunk and made the first move last night.
’But the way he said it so matter-of-factly was infuriating.’