Chapter 675 - 343: They Came Knocking So Soon
The director’s rant only made bigger waves and generated even more buzz. More and more girls who saw the news flocked to the videos of Second-Life Star’s four models.
After all, this Hanfu was even more beautiful than what lead actresses wore in films, and crucially, it was so affordable. For anyone who loved beautiful things, or even for girls who were just curious about Hanfu, the temptation was immense. This caused the sales data for the four models’ videos to skyrocket once again.
It was safe to say that the Internet Celebrity Young Master’s tirade had directly resulted in a massive benefit for Chen Jincheng.
The only downside was that the film industry’s costume, makeup, and props departments were taking a direct hit.
Chen Jincheng held the green tea girl, Ximeng, in his arms. With one hand cupping her breast and the other holding his phone, he scrolled through the news and sighed with genuine feeling.
’Looks like there are quite a few people in the film industry who are also unhappy with the current state of its costuming departments.’
’At this rate, the problems in the film industry’s costuming sector are probably going to blow up sooner than expected.’
’If that happens, Second-Life Star stands to gain even more. After all, he still had a whole series of Hanfu designs to release.’
"Boss, the internet has gotten so lively. Did you arrange all this?" Ximeng, his young secretary, asked, looking at the news on her phone with a face full of wonder.
"It has nothing to do with me," Chen Jincheng said, shaking his head.
"Then why is this Internet Celebrity Young Master promoting you?" Ximeng asked in surprise.
"That’s just how he is. Sometimes he can’t hold back and just loves to roast people," Chen Jincheng said with a teasing shake of his head. "Believe it or not, he’s going to delete that post soon. Otherwise, his old man will slap him across the face."
This kind of thing had happened quite a few times in his past life. The guy would get carried away with his rants, daring to attack anyone. Sometimes, when he caused a major incident, Old Wang would rush in to kick his ass and make him delete it immediately.
It would definitely be the same this time.
After all, this involved the entire film and television costuming industry, and the financial interests at stake were enormous.
"Really?" Ximeng was skeptical. For the next hour, she kept a close eye on the Internet Celebrity Young Master’s social media page. Even when Chen Jincheng took an hour-long break and had her service him with her mouth, the moment she was finished, she immediately went back to checking the status of his posts.
To her astonishment, the Internet Celebrity Young Master’s post had actually been deleted.
This...
At Second-Life Star, Sister Hong and her team stared at the backend data, their faces beaming with delight. Thanks to the Internet Celebrity Young Master’s rant, the sales from the four models’ videos were exploding at an incredible rate.
In just a short time, the total sales volume from the four models’ videos had soared from 4,000 pieces to over 40,000. Of those, 18,000 were the 3,000-yuan premium versions, while the other 22,000-plus were the standard-grade Hanfu priced at over 400 yuan.
In an instant, total sales revenue had reached over 62.8 million yuan.
On average, each model’s video had generated 16 million yuan in sales.
The growth was truly terrifying.
Sister Hong could finally relax. She turned to the employees working overtime and announced, "I’ll book a place for us to get a late-night snack. Tomorrow, we’ll get back to the grind. For this celebration, the bonuses won’t be small."
Her words sent the Second-Life Star employees into cheers. They all eagerly started packing up, ready to head out for their late-night meal.
...
「The next day.」
Morning light seeped through the gap in the curtains, settling like a thin veil over Chen Jincheng’s eyelids.
He wiggled his fingers, a strange sense of relaxation suffusing his entire body.
He turned his head and saw Ximeng’s curled-up back rising and falling with each breath, her hair fanned out across the pillow like spilled ink.
Naturally, as she breathed, her chest rose and fell as well, prompting him to reach out and cup one of her breasts.
His touch woke Ximeng. Her watery eyes gazed up at him.
"We shouldn’t waste the morning. Time for some ’self-discipline’," Chen Jincheng said playfully.
When the two of them left, Ximeng had changed into a sexy secretary’s outfit. She clung to Chen Jincheng’s arm, the flush on her pretty face making it clear she had thoroughly enjoyed their morning "self-discipline."
In her other hand, she held her phone. When she opened the e-commerce sales chart, she couldn’t help but gasp. "Boss, it exploded! The sales data for Xiaoju and the other three have taken the top four spots on the sales chart!"
On the Tiao Yin e-commerce sales chart, today’s numbers had indeed shocked all the streamers who had been doing video sales recently.
They had woken up to find the overall sales leaderboard completely overturned. The top four spots were now entirely occupied by Second-Life Star’s influencers.
The total sales from the four models’ videos had already reached over 200 million, with each model’s video averaging over 50 million in sales.
And crucially, the numbers were still climbing.
It was unbelievable.
Honestly, the influencers who had been hoping to compete for the top spot on this week’s sales chart yesterday lost all will to even try after seeing these numbers.
The people from Second-Life Star didn’t play by the rules when it came to sales. They were in a league of their own.
Chen Jincheng, naturally, was not surprised by these figures.
With the fuss the Internet Celebrity Young Master had kicked up, anyone who liked Hanfu had their attention drawn to the four models’ Hanfu sales videos. Those female customers would definitely be tempted to buy a set.
This also went to show that Hanfu had great appeal and a very large audience.
No wonder the Hanfu industry had exploded into such a huge market in his past life.
Second-Life Star’s sales data naturally caught Tiao Yin’s attention as well. After all, Tiao Yin was already involved in promoting the "Hanfu Travel Day," so they were of course paying attention to Second-Life Star’s Hanfu promotion and sales.
"President Han, the sales data for Second-Life Star’s four Hanfu styles is truly excellent," an assistant reported. "At this rate, the final total sales for these four styles will reach 500 million. I estimate their profit margin is probably over 40%."
"No wonder that President Lei invested in Second-Life Star. Chen Jincheng has an incredibly sharp eye, and his marketing and promotion are excellent. Crucially, who would have ever thought to get into the Hanfu industry? No one was competing in this niche before."
But Han Shangyou said, "500 million in sales? That’s only if Second-Life Star stops at these four Hanfu styles. Do you really think Chen Jincheng, after going to all this trouble and even promoting a ’Hanfu Travel Day,’ is only going to release these four?"
The assistant was taken aback.
’That’s true.’
’Chen Jincheng has gone to so much trouble, and the audience is already making plans for Hanfu Travel Day. It’s impossible that he’ll only release these four styles. If he keeps releasing new ones and each one achieves similar sales figures, that would be terrifying.’
Han Shangyou, however, frowned and said, "The film industry’s costuming departments are the ones who are going to have a problem. Look at these videos. Someone mentioned the money laundering going on in the film costuming circles. That’s probably true. If it gets exposed, it would be cutting off people’s livelihoods. Do you think those people will just let it go? Chen Jincheng might be in for some trouble."
「Beijing.」
As soon as Lei Xiaojun arrived at his company in the morning, Wei Yuan approached him with a look of awe to offer his congratulations. "President Lei, seriously, when it comes to investment vision, no one can compare to you. The sales data for Second-Life Star’s Hanfu is just incredible."
"Second-Life Star’s Hanfu is out?" Lei Xiaojun asked, surprised.
He hadn’t been following it yesterday, as he was busy investigating new energy sources. He had already begun preparations for his new energy vehicle project and was collecting information.
Wei Yuan nodded. "They started the video sales yesterday. And Second-Life Star’s Hanfu is extremely popular."
Once in his office, Lei Xiaojun also opened the Tiao Yin e-commerce sales chart and saw Second-Life Star’s sales data. While it amazed him, it also reminded him of the Hanfu design sketches President Chen had shown him before.
’And this is only four designs! There are so many more to come, and every single one is just as good as these four.’
’This industry really can become huge.’
’The projects in President Chen’s financing plan... his business vision has been proven right once again.’
This made him look forward to the other projects even more.
He also found Chen Jincheng’s WeChat and sent him a message: "President Chen, congratulations. The Hanfu industry promotion is off to a great start."
Chen Jincheng received Lei Xiaojun’s message as soon as he got to his office and replied with a smile.
Just then, his phone rang. It was an unknown number with a Shanghai area code.
He didn’t know anyone in Shanghai.
But it wasn’t a spam call. The phone number was too good; it wasn’t the kind a telemarketer could get.
This prompted him to answer.
But when he heard what the person on the other end said, his brow furrowed.
’How did they find me so quickly?’