Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities

When Sister Feiye saw that Sun Yifan had already latched onto him, she wanted to glare at her.

'How could she be so thoughtless? Didn't she see that even I haven't latched onto him?'

Chen Jincheng, however, focused his gaze on the man in the mask.

He was none other than the Internet Celebrity Young Master.

Chen Jincheng clearly noticed that when the girl hugged his arm, a look of displeasure appeared in the man's eyes. He even looked a bit livid.

'It made sense, when you thought about it.' The guy had made a special trip here to wait for the girl, so it was rather ironic that she latched onto another man.

The guy looked just like a simp.

This girl, Sun Yifan, just wanted to leave quickly and had no desire to interact with him at all.

But Chen Jincheng led her right toward the man, casually asking, "He's pursuing you, right? Why not just say yes? Being his girlfriend has to be better than being an internet celebrity at Second-Life Star, no?"

The girl immediately replied, "Boss, didn't I tell you on the plane? He's not good-looking."

Chen Jincheng smiled.

'So that was really it.'

A moment later, he and the girl were standing before the Internet Celebrity Young Master.

The Internet Celebrity Young Master frowned at him. "Who are you? The shield she found?"

Chen Jincheng just smiled and said, "Young Master Wang, your financing just failed and you're about to be drowning in trouble. Are you still in the mood to chase girls?"

This was, of course, a probe.

In the other world, it was precisely because the financing failed that Black Cat TV couldn't sustain itself and went bankrupt in less than two months. By March 2019, its remaining assets, worth 30 million, were completely liquidated and auctioned off.

He would also end up 200 million in debt. He could only repay 20 million on his own, and with the 30 million from the auction, he only managed to pay back 50 million in total before being sanctioned by the court.

This incident left him completely disgraced. Before this, everyone thought his family could easily help him pay off such a small debt.

Later, people found out that his father's company was also in trouble. By the time Chen Jincheng had transmigrated, the father had sold everything he could, constantly paying off debts, even selling over sixty percent of the company's shares.

Upon hearing Chen Jincheng's words, the Internet Celebrity Young Master's expression clearly changed.

After all, he had been keeping the failed financing a secret and was still trying to contact new investors.

'How could he possibly know?'

Chen Jincheng had been watching his reaction the whole time.

Seeing this, he smiled.

'It seems that just like in the other world, his financing failed. Black Cat TV is about to collapse.'

'Therefore, his Black Cat TV presents an opportunity to swoop in on a deal without spending a single dime.'

'The deal isn't Black Cat TV itself, but the more than 6,000 streamers under the Black Cat Company.'

'Once Black Cat TV goes under, these streamers will have to fend for themselves. If I can recruit this batch and promote some of them, Second-Life Star could become a 5-star Guild in no time.'

'After all, this Internet Celebrity Young Master has a decent eye for talent; the quality of his streamers is quite good.'

'Especially Black Cat TV's female dance streamers—they're all incredible.'

'As long as I contact these streamers in advance, leverage Boss Lei's name, and add in the prestige of Second-Life Star and my own reputation in the influencer world, there's no reason they wouldn't join.'

'It would be a crime not to snatch up this deal.'

Some might say he could sell the contracts to other platforms, but the market was already saturated with streamers. Moreover, knowing the platform was about to collapse, the streamer contracts came with huge uncertainties and risks.

Most importantly, Black Cat TV itself didn't have much traffic. Most streamers who went there had already seen their popularity plummet, yet their asking prices were still inflated.

Their popularity didn't match their price tags, so other platforms wouldn't fork out the money. If they paid an inflated price for these new streamers, their own streamers with similar popularity would raise a stink. What would they do at the next contract renewal?

It would even violate the contractual framework the platforms had with their existing streamers.

In the end, when the capital chain broke and Black Cat TV couldn't even pay salaries, anyone buying those streamer contracts would also have to shoulder the burden of all the back pay owed.

So, in the end, only a few top streamers like PDD became free agents and were signed by a couple of the major platforms at new rates. All the others had their contracts automatically terminated when the company went bankrupt.

Many streamers who originally had some popularity ended up losing a ton of it after a stint at Black Cat TV. They were in a truly wretched state.

"Mr. Chen, we meet again." Wei Yuan's voice sounded just then. He walked over, all smiles, to greet him.

"President Wei, sorry to trouble you with the pickup," Chen Jincheng said with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, don't be so formal." Wei Yuan waved his hand dismissively. "President Lei has already booked a restaurant. He's just waiting for me to bring you over."

"Let's go!" Chen Jincheng nodded and followed Wei Yuan toward the exit.

The Internet Celebrity Young Master was stunned. He recognized the man as Wei Yuan from Rice Group.

'Did Lei Xiaojun send him to pick up this Mr. Chen?'

He immediately realized who the man was—Chen Jincheng.

FUCK!

He cursed inwardly.

'No wonder that bitch Sun Yifan got snatched up by him.'

'The girl I've been chasing for so long was poached by the internet's number one scumbag. If word of this gets out, I'll be completely humiliated.'

But he realized he couldn't do a thing to Chen Jincheng.

Just the fact that he was held in high regard by Lei Xiaojun meant that if he tried to start something, he'd be the one left disgraced in the end.

Clearly, the Internet Celebrity Young Master was arrogant, but he wasn't brainless. He understood his current situation and could only leave in a resentful huff.

'Anyway, it's not like that bitch Sun Yifan is the only pretty girl on the internet.'

At that moment, Sun Yifan was clinging to Chen Jincheng's arm, unwilling to let go.

She was practically worshipping him.

'That Boss Lei actually sent someone personally to pick up Chen Jincheng.'

'Doesn't that mean it's highly likely Boss Lei will agree to the financing deal—3 billion for a 20% stake?'