Chapter 478 - 259: Premeditated
Chen Jincheng couldn’t help but marvel as he looked at the new feature Tiao Yin had just rolled out.
’This must be the butterfly effect.’
The Tiao Yin in the other world had never been fond of creating leaderboards. But in this world, ever since his ad sales battle with Sister Feiye caused the charts to go viral and capture public attention, Tiao Yin had become obsessed with creating all sorts of data-driven rankings.
The shopping cart feature hadn’t even launched yet, but Tiao Yin had already rolled out leaderboards for both sales volume and revenue from video-based e-commerce.
However, they were all individual leaderboards.
Tiao Yin clearly wanted to cultivate video e-commerce gurus, perhaps even elevate them to top-tier influencer status.
It was just that in the other world, Tiao Yin’s video e-commerce never produced any top-tier stars. Instead, it fueled a boom in PK streamers.
Slotting fees became the deciding factor in PK battles, with a single competition racking up several hundred million in sales.
PK battles worth over a hundred million also became common.
Under Tiao Yin’s system, where sending gifts generated more traffic, PK streamers instantly became mainstream. Moreover, the records set in these battles became hot topics of discussion, ensuring these PK livestreams always had an audience.
This continued unabated until scandals involving false advertising and poor product quality erupted, leading to a mandatory overhaul.
’This world should be a little different.’
Chen Jincheng knew that the million-order result from the previous Tiao Yin shopping cart promotion would have certainly attracted the attention of most influencers and MCN companies. As long as those MCNs invested time and effort into studying it, they could definitely produce results.
’What’s more, I exist in this world. And isn’t this leaderboard basically a huge new avenue for exposure?’
’If I can just land the ad for Boss Lei’s phone and negotiate a deal to sell the Rice Phone through videos, this whole setup is practically tailor-made for me.’
At this thought, he immediately instructed Sister Hong, "Sister Hong, book me a flight to Beijing for tomorrow. I’ll manage the shopping cart launch remotely from there."
"Okay." Sister Hong nodded.
She knew about her boss’s plans for Rice Group. This was definitely more important to him than the sales generated by a few of the female influencers.
If he succeeded, it wouldn’t just be him; the entire standing of Second-Life Star would change completely.
"Boss..." Sister Feiye murmured, her eyes filled with anticipation.
After all, he had promised to take her along to broaden her horizons.
Seeing her expression, Chen Jincheng smiled and said, "Sister Hong, please book a ticket for Sister Feiye as well. She’ll be coming with me to Beijing."
Sister Hong glanced at Sister Feiye and nodded.
She sighed to herself.
’Of all the artists at Second-Life Star, she considered Sister Feiye the proudest. Outside of filming, she seemed to have the least contact with their boss.’
’Who would have thought!’
’Then again, if the boss could actually land a deal with Rice Group, this wasn’t surprising at all.’
’It wasn’t just Sister Feiye who would be eager; even A-list female celebrities would be desperate for such an opportunity.’
"Feiyue, send me your ID information," Sister Hong said to Sister Feiye.
"Okay, Sister Hong," Sister Feiye nodded.
「Online.」
Naturally, news of the leaderboard Tiao Yin had created spread quickly. For now, it was completely empty, without a single name.
And yet, for some reason, many people’s thoughts turned to Chen Jincheng.
After all, the sexy lingerie video he had masterminded to help Tiao Yin test its shopping cart feature had resulted in a million orders.
However, when many influencers and MCN companies saw the leaderboard, they were all eager to give it a try.
The MCNs, in particular, could discern Tiao Yin’s intention: to use the shopping cart feature to cultivate a new top-tier influencer.
This made them all the more eager to compete.
After all, as MCNs, they had far more advantages than the independent creators who were currently going it alone.
OST was a prime example.
This time, Yuan Peng had prepared five products for his video e-commerce push, and the videos for each one were meticulously planned.
His assistant asked, "Boss, with this new shopping cart feature, the key is using videos to attract traffic. Are you confident you can compete with Chen Jincheng this time?"
Yuan Peng smiled. "We might not be as good at making videos as Chen Jincheng, but how will we know if we don’t even try to compete? I refuse to believe that every single one of his videos will go viral, just as I refuse to believe that none of ours will."
Many people shared Yuan Peng’s sentiment.
Many MCNs had been preparing for this for a long time. They were determined to be the first to capitalize on this new monetization windfall. And just like Yuan Peng, they all wanted to challenge Chen Jincheng over this new feature.
After all, knowing Chen Jincheng was a force to be reckoned with was one thing, but lacking the courage to compete was another entirely.
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「Time passed.」
As night began to fall, Chen Jincheng took out his phone and scrolled through the social media updates of Yinyin and the other girls, planning to ask one of them out for dinner.
’As a single guy, wanting to find a woman to talk to was perfectly understandable, right?’
Zhu Ling bought new clothes today and posted about them online.
Cenchun and Wang Qiqi had gone to an amusement park in the afternoon and taken lots of photos.
Xiaoju got a new hairstyle; it gave her even more of a tragic, wistful beauty.
"Boss!" Zhang Ao’ai’s voice suddenly rang out.
She walked in, looking hesitant.
"What is it?" Chen Jincheng asked, watching her with a gentle smile.
’This girl is practically the second queen of Tiao Yin now,’ he thought. ’Thanks to the "Booty Dance," she has the second-highest follower count, right behind Zhu Ling.’
’The "Jealous Girlfriend at the Airport" skit also blew up with likes.’
’Her acting, looks, and charisma are in a completely different league from other influencers. She’s completely dominant.’
He even wondered if he could get her into television or film if he had the resources. ’Hit shows and movies from my previous life are bound to appear in this world eventually. As long as I seize the opportunity and make an investment, there shouldn’t be a problem, right?’
’After all, there’s no rule that says making short skits means you can’t ever move into TV and movies.’