Chapter 542 - 286: Banned for 40 Years! More Explosive Than Expected
Lin Hongxiao was completely stunned. His live stream had been banned, and the glaring words "suspected of prohibited content" were a sore sight.
He had no idea what rule he had broken, so he immediately grabbed his phone to check his account and see what was happening.
But as soon as he opened his profile page, a line of red text from a system notification made his eyes widen in disbelief.
His account had been banned for selling courses in violation of platform rules. The ban would last until 2058—a full 40 years.
He’d be dead before the ban was lifted.
"Why is this happening?" Lin Hongxiao immediately called his assistant over and demanded, "Quick, help me contact Tiao Yin! Why did they ban my account for no reason?"
The assistant was shocked to hear that his boss had been banned and quickly contacted an editor at Tiao Yin.
But a moment later, the assistant’s face fell. "Teacher Lin, Tiao Yin says the ban is in accordance with their rules and asks that you abide by the platform’s regulations in the future. Also... they’ve already made a public announcement."
’It’s over.’ Hearing this, Lin Hongxiao collapsed into his chair.
Once a public announcement was made for a ban like this, there was no way to reverse it.
Tiao Yin wouldn’t flip-flop on its decision for an influencer like him.
He was really being forced off the internet for good.
Soon, the announcement of Lin Hongxiao’s ban was seen by many people.
The buzz around Chen Jincheng’s 300 million investment was at an all-time high that day, so a related incident like this naturally drew a lot of attention.
Everyone knew about the public clash between Lin Hongxiao and Chen Jincheng.
Therefore, many people felt the ban was justified. After all, Lin Hongxiao had so confidently challenged Chen Jincheng, yet he hadn’t even realized Chen Jincheng wasn’t making beer. He was just trying to ride Chen Jincheng’s wave of popularity to sell his courses.
Looking back on it, the whole affair was rather obnoxious.
This also drew more attention to Chen Jincheng’s 37.2°C Soda. People saw the stylish, vibrant, and dazzling soda in the advertisement and decided to buy it to give it a try.
This was just for ordinary consumers, buying one case at a time, or a dozen or so at most.
But when nightclub owners from all over saw this drink, it was a completely different story.
Li Shaopeng was the owner of a large bar.
He had been entertaining a friend at his bar the previous night and didn’t get home until after 4 a.m., so he slept in until noon.
When he opened his phone, he saw many private messages, mostly from female customers, all sending him photos and videos of a particular soda.
This piqued his curiosity.
He clicked on one of the video links and saw Chen Jincheng’s advertisement. Was there anyone in the bar business who didn’t know of Chen Jincheng?
After all, many bars were now copying his Extreme Bar’s model of hiring influencer DJs and resident singers. The problem was, influencers weren’t that easy to build up, and with every bar trying to do the same thing, the competition was absolutely cutthroat.
When he finished watching the advertisement for Chen Jincheng’s soda, his face was filled with surprise.
As someone in the nightclub business, he could immediately tell this drink would be a huge hit. The stylish, cool packaging and the way its vibrant colors would pop under the neon lights of a bar—it was bound to be a sensation.
The messages from his female customers asking about it were proof enough.
After watching for a little while longer, he too clicked the shopping cart link on Chen Jincheng’s video to place an order.
He immediately maxed out the order to 2,000 cases, the maximum allowed in a single purchase.
After paying, he went to place another order. 2,000 cases would be enough to supply his bar for about ten to fifteen days.
But when he went to place another order, he noticed the estimated delivery time had changed from "within 7 days" to "within 15 days."
Li Shaopeng didn’t hesitate and placed the order anyway. He knew it was because the number of orders was overwhelming the factory, forcing them to push back the fulfillment schedule.
It was 15 days now, but it would likely change to 30 days very soon.
Sure enough, before he could even place a third order, the delivery estimate had already changed to "within 20 days."
At that very moment, nightclub managers all across the country who saw Chen Jincheng’s video were doing the exact same thing.
The drink was already an internet sensation. Regardless of its long-term sales, ordering some from the first batch would be perfect for a promotional event.
Many other men were placing orders because the women in their lives had seen the ad and were captivated by the soda.
If the women around them liked it, most men wouldn’t think twice about 104 yuan and would order a case, even if the delivery time had been pushed back to 30 days.
Naturally, as time passed, more and more people on the shopping cart leaderboard were drawn in by the sales figures from Chen Jincheng’s e-commerce video.
The numbers were growing at an almost unbelievable speed.
1. Sales Revenue: 130,250,848
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1. Order Count: 1,252,412
Over 1.25 million orders had shot the product straight to the number one spot on the order count leaderboard.
Moreover, the total sales revenue had reached 130 million.
These were absolutely explosive numbers.
If the numbers from Chen Jincheng’s promotion of the Rice Phone—over 5 billion in sales—were considered terrifying, then in a way, the data from this e-commerce video was on track to surpass even that.
After all, the order count had already surpassed 1.25 million, and this was just the beginning. More orders were sure to follow.
The Rice Phone had sold just over 2 million units in total.
The gap in total revenue was simply due to the difference in unit price between the soda and the Rice Phone.
This proved that Chen Jincheng’s e-commerce video was another resounding success.
Furthermore, based on the data alone, he had once again achieved something that other influencers could only dream of reaching.
「Rice Group.」
Lei Xiaojun and Wei Yuan had been keeping a close eye on the situation, so they naturally saw the data on the explosive number of orders for Chen Jincheng’s soda.
The two had met with Chen Jincheng before and knew that, given his track record, he couldn’t be treated as just another internet celebrity.
Now, seeing the soda he personally created become an instant sensation only served to further prove that point.