Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities

Second-Life Star.

Chen Jincheng was quite satisfied seeing the five million registered users on the official website. ’If I keep pulling in traffic like this, then when Guangding Headquarters issues the new regulations in ’20 allowing short-form web dramas to be filed and reviewed just like regular TV shows and movies, I can be the first to film and release them on my own site. The official website could then smoothly transition into a platform for short-form dramas. At that point, my platform would essentially be no different from Penguin or iQiyi. Except mine will specialize in short-form dramas.

Back then, short-form dramas won’t have caught anyone’s attention yet, so I’ll have some time to cultivate a core user base for them. Since short-form dramas can’t be monetized or put behind a paywall at that time, and there’s no way to implement VIP viewing restrictions like Penguin and iQiyi, most people won’t see any profit in it.

Once the "White Paper" is released, short-form dramas can be officially monetized. That will change everything, and all the major players will take notice. But I’m starting my preparations now. By the time that happens, I won’t give anyone else a chance. I’m going to dominate this market.’

Of course, the prerequisite was still attracting enough traffic from Tiao Yin.

To drive traffic, he even planned to put one of the DLCs for *Ancestral Master Simulator* on the official website, making it free to claim after registering and linking an account.

That would surely attract a few million more users.

"Wu Ke, you and your team keep working on the interactive movie-game engine!" Chen Jincheng instructed before leading Sister Hong out of the tech department. He asked at the same time, "Sister Hong, are the filming locations, hotels, and all that arranged?"

Sister Hong nodded. "Everything’s arranged!"

Chen Jincheng nodded. Filming *Ancestral Master Simulator* required a huge number of shooting locations, such as apartments, villas, exhibition halls, offices, parks, hotels, and so on.

All of these had to be prepared before filming began.

When Chen Jincheng arrived at the company’s reception room, he saw Yinyin, Jiang Xiaobai, and the other Miss Chengs.

Seeing him enter, every one of them looked happy and excited.

Jiang Xiaobai looked like she wanted to pounce on him.

To stop her from causing a scene, Chen Jincheng shot her a warning glare, which made her look back at him with a wronged expression.

As for the other girls, they glanced at each other but remained reserved and didn’t make a move.

After seeing the girls, Chen Jincheng had them sit down and said, "I’ve called you all here today to create an interactive movie-game project!"

"This game project is guaranteed to be a hit, so it’s a great opportunity for exposure for all of you. However, since it’s a company project, the appearance fee won’t be very high."

"Of course, I’m not forcing anyone. If you don’t want to participate, you don’t have to!"

The girls all secretly rolled their eyes at him.

’That last sentence was complete bullshit. He personally summoned us; who would dare say no?’

’Not to mention it’s the boss’s project, so it’s bound to be a hit.’

’Besides, none of us want to make the boss angry. We have to participate no matter what.’

After he finished speaking and saw that no one was leaving, he had Sister Hong bring out the contracts for the girls to sign.

When dealing with a project this big, some rules and contracts were necessary.

After all the Miss Chengs had signed their contracts, Chen Jincheng gathered them together and said, "In a bit, we’re all going to film a video together."

The video was, of course, for generating hype—specifically, hyping up the idea that he had gathered all these girls to do something big.

That "something big" was naturally *Ancestral Master Simulator*.

But he wouldn’t reveal that while building the hype.

After piquing everyone’s curiosity, he would release behind-the-scenes clips on the Second Life Star Official Website to intensify their curiosity even more.

That way, when the game finally came out, it would already have a lot of buzz.

The girls were naturally cooperative. They took their positions as he arranged them, placing him in the center, and filmed a video revolving around him.

After filming, Chen Jincheng added a music track to the video and decisively uploaded it with the title: "Gathering the Girls to Do Something Big."

At the same time, he also attached a link to the Second Life Star Official Website to the video, directing people there.

After uploading it, he sent the video to Yijin and the other members of the clipping groups, telling them to start generating hype.

Just as he finished, Jiang Xiaobai and the other girls surrounded him, all of them extremely curious.

"Boss, what is this interactive movie-game you were talking about?"

"Yeah, Boss, can you film a game?"

"Boss, what do we need to do?"

"..."

Seeing how eager the girls were, Chen Jincheng smiled and said, "Don’t be in such a rush. In a moment, I’ll give you the scripts for your game characters. You need to review your roles and memorize your lines."

’In my previous life, *Damn, I’m Surrounded by Beauties* only had six female leads. This time, I’ve got over a dozen, so the script and plot are naturally much more extensive.’

’But this kind of script is easy to write. It’s all about letting otaku and pervs experience the things they’d never dare to dream of in real life.’

’Besides, I don’t want to follow the original game’s script with its bad endings and perfect endings. I plan to give every girl’s storyline a perfect ending.’

’Meaning, when the player reaches the end, they can freely choose any of the female leads for a perfect ending.’

’Of course, I’ve also prepared a "Super Scumbag Perfect Ending."’

’As for how scummy it is... those who know, know. *This* is the true Ancestral Master simulation.’

’But this ending can only be triggered by obtaining the relevant DLC.’

’And to get that DLC, you have to register on the Second Life Star Official Website.’

’It’s all part of the plan.’

When it came to writing the "Super Scumbag Perfect Ending" storyline, he found it incredibly easy. Thanks to his vast experience, the ideas flowed like a spring.

Soon, he had printed out all the scripts he’d written.

Each girl received a solo script and a joint script.

The solo scripts were for scenes between them and the male protagonist, while the joint scripts were for scenes where they interacted with the other female leads.

Seeing the scripts, the girls grew excited.

This meant there would be a lot of filming. Even if it was for a game, anything the boss produced was bound to be extraordinary.

The roles the girls received included a female teacher, a female project planner, a female college student, a female streamer, a female doctor... and so on.

In addition to the occupations from the original game’s female leads, Chen Jincheng had added some other professions sure to appeal to pervs.

After receiving their scripts, the girls began to read them seriously.

Chen Jincheng took out his phone and filmed some behind-the-scenes photos and videos of the girls reading their scripts. He then sent them to Wu Ke, telling him to create a dedicated section on the Second Life Star Official Website to upload and release behind-the-scenes content for *Ancestral Master Simulator*.

Lin Leqing, of course, also saw her script. But as she read, a mournful look appeared on her face. "Senior Brother, why is my character a beautiful, mature young housewife... and the mother of a nine-year-old?"

Her words drew the attention of the other girls.

Hearing what she said, the other girls all covered their mouths, trying to hold back their laughter.

’Strictly speaking, given our relationships with the boss, if he married us, we’d be young housewives too. We just don’t have the certificate.’

’But Lin Leqing is only twenty, yet she has a stronger "young housewife" aura than any of us.’

’We were all a bit stunned when we first found out.’

’More importantly, she’s only twenty, and netizens even dubbed her the "Innate Young Housewife Sacred Body." She gained a ton of followers because of it.’

’Seriously, we’re so jealous of that.’

’Now, hearing that her script is for a young housewife with a nine-year-old, it somehow doesn’t feel out of place at all.’

Chen Jincheng smiled and said, "This character is going to be extremely popular. Believe it or not, everyone is going to be saying, ’It doesn’t matter if she has a kid, all I know is that Haohao needs a dad!’"

"If you don’t want the role, I can give it to Sister Feiye. I’m sure she’d be willing."

Hearing this, Lin Leqing immediately said, "I didn’t say I don’t want it! I’ll play this role."

’Senior Brother said so, so of course I won’t refuse.’

’Senior Brother said it would be popular, so I believe it will be.’

Chen Jincheng then began explaining their roles and scripts to the girls. While this was happening, the "Gathering the Girls to Do Something Big" video he had uploaded went viral.

Tiao Yin was currently treating Chen Jincheng like their top streamer, so his popularity and traffic were at their peak. As soon as his video was uploaded, it was pushed to everyone’s feeds. The views, likes, comments, and saves racked up incredibly fast, and a huge number of people saw it.

In no time, his video became a trending topic.

With the added hype from Yijin and the clipping groups, the video quickly hit the hot topics list.

In the video, the Miss Chengs were all beautiful. Seeing so many of them gathered together at once was truly eye-catching and dazzling.

And what on earth was Chen Jincheng planning to do, gathering so many girls at once?

This was what made everyone the most curious.

What exactly constituted "something big"?

"HOLY SHIT, so many girls! What the hell is Chen Jincheng up to?"

"FUCK, I’m just now realizing how many Miss Chengs there are. I’m so jealous of Chen Jincheng!"

"Officially jealous of Chen Jincheng. He really is the Ancestral Master."

"Can someone tell me what Chen Jincheng is planning?"

"Just tell us already, what’s the big thing?!",

"..."

Everyone who saw it was shocked and curious.

At this point, people noticed a link in the video’s description. Clicking on it, they discovered it led to the Second Life Star Official Website.

As soon as they clicked, they saw a large headline on the Second Life Star Official Website: "Live Updates on the Big Thing!"

A behind-the-scenes video had already been posted. It showed the Miss Chengs holding some documents and reading them, looking like they were truly preparing for something big.

But no one knew any specifics, which only made them even more curious.

Seeing this, many people went ahead and registered an official account on Second-Life Star.

Now that Chen Jincheng was Tiao Yin’s top streamer, the company was naturally keeping a close eye on him.

Han Shangyou noticed Chen Jincheng’s actions immediately.

"President Han, Chen Jincheng isn’t even trying to hide the fact that he’s siphoning our traffic anymore," the assistant said with a frown. "I feel like he’s aiming for something big, but our analytics department still hasn’t figured out his goal."

"Also, he’s gathered so many of the Miss Chengs this time, and we have no idea what he’s planning. The crucial thing is that this whole affair is generating a massive amount of buzz right now."

"With the resource traffic we’re giving him, his video will have no problem reaching the top of the hot topics list. This is just helping him siphon even more users. President Han, if we don’t do something, I’m afraid he’ll only get more and more audacious."

Hearing this, Han Shangyou’s brow furrowed tightly. "Chen Jincheng is indeed getting audacious. If I could, I’d give him a warning right now."

"But a special situation has come up. Kuaishou is poaching our influencers on a massive scale. This time is different from before; a lot of influencers have accepted their offers and jumped ship to Kuaishou."

"Something’s not right."

The assistant said in surprise, "How is that possible? Our daily active users on Tiao Yin are significantly higher. Once our shopping cart feature rolls out, we might even crush Kuaishou."

Han Shangyou frowned. "But the fact is, many of them have accepted. One of them is the top-tier PK streamer, Mei Hui. Right now, only the head of our talent department and I know, but we won’t be able to keep it under wraps for long."

"What? Mei Hui is going to Kuaishou?" the assistant exclaimed, completely stunned.

Mei Hui was the only female among Tiao Yin’s top-tier PK streamers. Her moving to Kuaishou would definitely create negative momentum for Tiao Yin.

Han Shangyou nodded. "I’ve already sent people to investigate the reason. Until we know why, we also have to guard against Kuaishou poaching Chen Jincheng. From what I know, Kuaishou is very eager to get him."

Hearing this, the assistant’s frown deepened.

Anyone could understand President Han’s meaning. At this stage, they couldn’t touch Chen Jincheng. No matter what he was doing, they had to turn a blind eye.

’Perhaps Chen Jincheng already knows this, and that’s why he’s being so brazen.’

’But this is just too arrogant.’

’Still, Tiao Yin is about to defeat Kuaishou. The more arrogant he is now, the more he’ll regret it when we’re the sole market leader.’