Chapter 532 - 281: The Soda is Ready! Time to Quit the Internet
Apparently, the game’s plot and gameplay reminded many people of Chen Jincheng’s dating playbook—or more to the point, of Chen Jincheng himself picking up girls.
The crucial point was that the game’s protagonist was voiced by Chen Jincheng himself.
If this wasn’t the Ancestral Master Simulator, then what the hell was?
Of course, Chen Jincheng’s voice-over for the protagonist was just one of the options; players could choose from two other voice packs as well.
But regardless, the game blew up.
Xiaoju also blew up, landing on the trending charts. However, her name was trending alongside Zheng Ziyuan’s.
However, Xiaoju didn’t mind. Trending on the charts would bring her a ton of traffic and exposure.
This made the other girls eagerly anticipate the game’s launch, confident that their characters would blow up as well.
Chen Jincheng arrived at the company early in the morning and went straight to the technical department.
While he was busy filming the interactive movie game videos with the girls, the technical department had hired more staff.
Inside, he saw a four-person team of technicians creating an icon template for a game.
It was for "Sheeped Sheep," the game from his other world.
This was the game proposal he had written for Wu Ke in his spare time, telling him to get it into production quickly.
Moreover, the difficulty and time required to produce this kind of mini-program micro-game could be even greater than for the interactive movie game.
However, once it was finished, it would be extremely effective at increasing the daily active users on the Second Life Star Official Website. It could even be played directly through the website’s mini-program app.
He remembered many such mini-games from his past life, having played a ton of them. For example, there was "Martial Arts Mower," which was even more famous than "Sheep Herding." In the future, he could use all of them to maintain the daily active users on the Second Life Star Official Website.
"Boss!" Wu Ke greeted him immediately upon seeing him arrive.
"What are the website’s registration numbers?" Chen Jincheng immediately asked his most pressing question.
Wu Ke quickly explained, "With all the recent promotion, plus the hype from your livestream yesterday, Boss, we’ve surpassed 7.5 million registered users. The only thing is, our peak daily active user rate hasn’t even reached 15%."
A daily active rate below 15% meant that of the 7.5 million registered accounts, most were just people who signed up out of curiosity. The number of active users per day wasn’t even 1.2 million.
This was a gap of more than 300-fold compared to Tiao Yin’s daily active users.
’To increase the daily active users, I’m afraid I’ll have to wait for "Damn, I’m Surrounded by Beauties!" to go live. With a bit of hype then, the registration numbers should see another spike.’
’After that, as those mini-program micro-games are gradually released, the daily active user ratio should increase.’
With this in mind, he gave his instructions, "Keep driving traffic from Tiao Yin. Also, speed up production on both ’Damn, I’m Surrounded by Beauties!’ and ’Sheep Herding’."
"Right away, Boss!" Wu Ke nodded hastily.
From the boss’s hype-building livestream for "Damn, I’m Surrounded by Beauties!" yesterday, he knew the game was guaranteed to be a massive hit. Once it succeeded, they could move on to other projects.
He was confident that Second-Life Star’s technical department would grow to become a powerhouse.
Just as Chen Jincheng was leaving the technical department, he received a call from Wang Yuan, and his face lit up.
’Wang Yuan is in charge of the Soda Company right now. A call from him this early in the morning definitely means good news.’
He answered the call, and sure enough, Wang Yuan’s excited voice came through. "Boss, all the permits for our Soda brand have been approved! What’s more, the distillery has already produced the finished Soda. Do you want to come see it?"
"I’m on my way." Chen Jincheng hung up, hurried to the photography department, found Lao Chen, and told him to prepare for a video shoot—top-tier commercial quality.
Hearing this, Lao Chen knew exactly what to do. ’I’ll need the best equipment, I’ll have to direct it myself, and I’ll use my best people.’
He couldn’t afford any slip-ups on a commercial like this. The Rice Phone ad had already earned him some recognition; it might even win an award.
’I have to make this commercial perfect.’
After making the arrangements, Chen Jincheng headed out of the Second-Life Star building. As he walked, he pulled out his phone and called Cai Xiaoyi, the divorced woman from Malay.
’The Soda commercial will depend on this Innate Smiling Sacred Body. The contrast between her charming smile when sober and her flirtatious, proactive demeanor when tipsy will create the perfect effect for the ad.’
A moment later, the call connected, and the sweet voice of the divorced woman from Malay came through. "Mr. Chen, does this mean you’ve agreed to go on a date with me? I haven’t given up on pursuing you, you know!"
Speechless that she would open with that question, Chen Jincheng simply said, "Where are you?"
Cai Xiaoyi quickly explained, "Mr. Chen, I’m in the park next to the office, shooting a video. The planning department wrote a script, and the photography department scheduled the shoot for today."
"Got it. I’m coming to get you," Chen Jincheng said before hanging up.
’I helped her shoot two videos before, which got her over two million fans. After that, I didn’t really follow up, leaving the planning to the planning department.’
’It was the same for all the Miss Chengs now. He couldn’t possibly keep an eye on every single one of their video shoots.’
Meanwhile, Cai Xiaoyi hung up the phone, her face lit up with joy.
’Since I joined the company, Mr. Chen has been busy every single day. I’ve asked him out several times, but he’s never had time.’
’But today, he called me! This is my chance.’
’I have to seize this opportunity.’
With that in mind, she turned to the cameraman and said, "Let’s wrap this up quickly. The boss is coming to pick me up."
The cameraman nodded immediately.
’The boss is coming, after all. I can’t waste his time.’
’Besides, anyone who worked at the company knew the Miss Chengs had... a certain relationship with the boss. It wasn’t surprising that he’d come to pick this one up personally.’
Soon, Chen Jincheng arrived at Cai Xiaoyi’s filming location.
As soon as she saw him, the divorced woman from Malay ran over, a huge smile on her face. "Mr. Chen, are you here to take me on a date? Does that mean something wonderful might happen between us today?"
With that, she looked at him expectantly, her expression even twisting into the lecherous grin of a female creep.
However, her smile was so sweet that even when it was lecherous, it was still incredibly beautiful and charming.
’So, looks really are everything. Otherwise, creepy would just be creepy.’
"I promised you the lead in the alcohol commercial. I’m taking you to see the product," Chen Jincheng said, then turned and walked toward his car.
’Damn, can’t this foreign woman be a little more reserved?’
’Trying to sleep with me the moment we meet?’
’As if I’m that easy.’
’She should at least wait until tonight.’
Although Cai Xiaoyi didn’t get the answer she wanted, she was all smiles upon hearing about the commercial. She immediately chased after him and hopped into the passenger seat of his Lamborghini.
"Mr. Chen, what about after we see the product? Are we just going back to the office?" Cai Xiaoyi asked as soon as she fastened her seatbelt.
’Of course, what she really meant was that she didn’t want to go back to the office. She planned to treat Mr. Chen to dinner, buy him some drinks, and then... hehe...’
Chen Jincheng explained, "After we see the product, we’re shooting the commercial. We also have a shoot at a bar tonight, so be prepared to drink."
"Drinking? Great!" Cai Xiaoyi replied instantly, a hint of anticipation on her pretty face.
Chen Jincheng started the car, and before long, they arrived at a distillery.
This was the largest distillery that Second-Life Star had acquired. After Wang Yuan took over, the sign had already been changed to "Second-Life Star Liquors."
When Chen Jincheng parked the Lamborghini, Wang Yuan was already waiting with a group of people. The moment he stepped out of the car, they all came forward. "Boss."
"Let’s go. Let’s see the finished product," Chen Jincheng said with a smile.
"This way, Boss." Wang Yuan immediately led the way inside.
Before heading inside, Chen Jincheng pulled out his phone and took a quick video of the sign. ’Since the Soda is ready, I can rush the commercial. The crew are my employees and I’m the one planning it, so if I push things, I can get the ad out today.’
’Time to start building hype for the Soda.’
After filming the video, he sent it to Yijin and the other members of his clip-editing team, telling them to start hyping it up. He also told them to @ the investment blogger, Lin Hongxiao (from Chapter 255).
’The easiest way to hype up the Soda is to revive the buzz from my 300-million-yuan brewery investment. Tiao Yin had given that story a lot of traffic, so the initial popularity was huge—everyone online knew about it.’
’Especially since that influencer, Lin Hongxiao, had posted a video criticizing his venture, to which he had replied with the comment: "Bookmarked. Just waiting to see you get proven wrong."’
’In response, the guy had even made the bold declaration that if his 300-million-yuan brewery investment ever amounted to anything, he would quit the internet for good (from Chapter 256).’
’Well then, it’s about time for him to quit the internet.’