Chapter 690 - 349: Leaving No Path to Survival
He had come to find Piaoxiang Yuan to size him up. Now he knew the man was just an insignificant clown, and he had a good idea of his enemies’ true strength as well. There was no need to pay them much mind.
If the four of them couldn’t even handle their target, it would be a waste of all their time as desperados.
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「Coastal City.」
Chen Jincheng woke up early at Jiang Xiaobai’s house. After two sessions of intense, "self-disciplined" activity that left her breathless, they washed up together.
After getting dressed and resting for a bit, he heard Jiang Xiaobai exclaim, "Cheng, quick, look at the news online! The official state paper reported on what you said yesterday about promoting Hanfu!"
Hearing this, Chen Jincheng immediately pulled out his phone to check. Sure enough, he saw that the official state paper had run a story on it.
"Looks like my luck is holding out!" Chen Jincheng smiled.
’I can’t believe those righteous words from yesterday actually had an effect.’
’Now, it all depended on his upcoming Hanfu video promotions. Developing the Hanfu market would give him free rein. Once his rivals were finished, he could even devour the film industry’s costume and props market. When it came to Hanfu, absolutely no one would be able to stand against Second-Life Star.’
’As for other types of apparel, there was nothing to be done. Other companies were bound to get involved.’
’After all, Second-Life Star was still very weak in other areas. Hanfu was the only area where he could achieve such results, and only because he’d been preparing for so long.’
"Cheng, are you invincible now?" Jiang Xiaobai asked, hugging his arm with an excited expression. ’When Cheng is this incredible, it feels like I’m incredible too. What a rush!’
’She really wanted to post a video and ask, "Who else?"’
’But she knew better than to steal the spotlight like that.’
"Let’s go to the office," Chen Jincheng said, heading straight there with her.
When he got to the office, he found all the Miss Chengs were already there, clearly waiting for news about the videos.
’With the official endorsement and all the online hype, today was definitely the day to release those videos. They were all eagerly awaiting it.’
Chen Jincheng looked at the girls gathering around him and flirted with each of them in turn. After taking a few liberties with his hands, he went into his office and had Ximeng, who followed him in, ask Xiaohai about the status of the video edits.
Ximeng had just made the inquiry when Sister Hong hurried into the office, her face beaming. "Boss, great news! We got word from Central Mother first thing this morning. They’re sending a team over to interview Second-Life Star about our Hanfu project. Of course, they mainly want to talk to you about promoting traditional Hanfu culture."
"Why the short notice?" Chen Jincheng said, a bit taken aback. ’Then again,’ he thought, ’considering Central Mother’s status, a notification is all they need to give. Basically, no one would be stupid enough to refuse.’
’This must be one of the perks of being in the leadership’s good graces. Besides the endorsement from the official paper, a follow-up interview is standard practice.’
Sister Hong waved dismissively and said with a smile, "Which is why we need to figure out how to handle this interview and what arrangements to make."
Chen Jincheng thought for a moment and said, "When the team from Central Mother arrives, have all the girls put on their Hanfu to be part of the interview. Also, call over our designers, Wanxi and Jingshu."
"We can’t leave them out of something like this. After all, the future of our Hanfu business relies on their designs. Sharing the glory with them will give them a greater sense of belonging and motivate them to work even harder."
"Naturally, we can also use this as an opportunity to attract more talented Hanfu designers to the company. Afterward, Second-Life Star is sure to make great strides in the Hanfu industry, and we’ll need an ever-growing pool of talent."
"Okay, I’ll arrange it," Sister Hong nodded.
Soon after, Xiaohai came to the office to report, "Boss, all the Hanfu videos are edited and ready. We’re just waiting on you to publish them."
"Mm, good work," Chen Jincheng nodded, telling Xiaohai to send him all the edited videos.
Chen Jincheng looked through the videos and chose one featuring a girl with an exotic look to upload first. The video starred Zhu Ling, and the Hanfu was designed in the style of an ethnic minority’s traditional dress.
’In another world, this video had gotten over 7.5 million likes. With the current level of hype, the version he’d shot would far surpass that number.’
He uploaded the video with the title: Promoting Hanfu Culture Series (I)
With Zhu Ling’s current follower count of over twenty million, the video garnered attention the instant it was posted. Combined with the current online hype, its stats simply exploded, and the numbers began to grow at an unstoppable rate.
In practically no time at all, the video had been seen by everyone online.
Guo Feng was one of the first to see it. After all, with all the online hype and the official endorsement, as a die-hard fan of Cheng’s, he was naturally paying close attention. He was also eagerly anticipating the Hanfu designs Cheng had created.
The previous four designs had already been gorgeous and exquisite, and after hearing Cheng’s speech about promoting Hanfu culture, he felt it resonate deep within him. He’d become an emotionally invested stakeholder.
The moment Zhu Ling’s video was uploaded, he saw it, and his face lit up. ’Just as beautiful as I’d hoped!’
’Cheng’s promise to "wait and see" really hadn’t been a disappointment. This was the kind of Hanfu culture they were supposed to have.’
He immediately commented: "The beauty of this Hanfu does not disappoint."
He wasn’t the only one. The comment section was flooded with praise and likes.
But what truly shocked him were the video’s stats. He refreshed the page a couple of times and was stunned. The numbers were growing by the second. He obsessively tried to count and found it was gaining over five hundred likes every second.