Chapter 201: Chapter 158: The Times Have Changed! A Gospel-like Reward

Seeing that Chen Jincheng hadn’t recruited her as expected, Li Muchen was indeed a bit stunned. She wasn’t sure how to bring up her desire to join, since she’d rejected him so decisively at the start.

So, she could only push those thoughts aside and walk over to Lin Leqing. For now, she would help her cousin figure out how to shoot the upcoming scenes.

Although she had dragged her cousin to acting classes, her cousin ultimately had no real experience.

When Chen Jincheng saw how decisively Li Muchen dropped the topic, he sighed inwardly. ’Looks like she’s the same as in the other world—set on making it in the entertainment industry and completely uninterested in becoming an internet celebrity.’

’Still, you can’t rush someone with talent and ambition. Things like this need to be handled slowly.’

They continued shooting the video. It took the entire day to film the 18 scenes for *Family Position*, and they didn’t finish until evening. After sending the footage for the final scene to Xiaoliao, they wrapped up and headed back to Second-Life Star.

Shooting videos for a story-driven account was time-consuming. The footage from the earlier scenes had already been sent back to the company to be edited. Editing while still shooting was a good way to save time.

So, by the time Chen Jincheng and his crew got back to the company, Xiaoliao had already finished editing the video. Furthermore, Sister Hong was playing it in the multimedia room so everyone involved in the shoot could review it and spot any potential issues.

After all, their boss had said the coming era belonged to story-driven accounts. Tiao Yin would be heavily promoting this kind of content, making it easier to build an account with tens of millions of fans compared to standard entertainment short videos.

The *Family Position* video turned out exceptionally well.

For one, the video was bound to be popular with women; after all, what woman wouldn’t love a boyfriend who simps for her like that?

For another, naive young men would see it as gospel—the absolute right way to love your girlfriend. The female lead was beautiful, and watching the male lead dote on her was incredibly sweet. It was exactly the kind of thing innocent guys would fall for.

Third, there was the Ancestral Master’s fanbase. A video with such a dramatic contrast would be jaw-dropping for them.

Combined with the video’s quality and tight pacing, you didn’t even have to upload it to know it was going to be a hit.

Li Muchen was astounded when she saw the final cut. Lao Chen’s cinematography and the video’s image quality were superb, and her cousin’s acting was quite good. Honestly, she realized this video was better produced than many urban dramas—it could completely blow countless TV romance series out of the water.

Many TV shows couldn’t even get their core concept across in over twenty episodes, yet this video made everything crystal clear in just 18 scenes. Every single one directly pointed to the theme of “Family Position.”

This…

Before this, she never would have believed that an internet celebrity who only made 15-second clips could produce something of this quality.

She immediately spoke up, her words deliberate. “Mr. Chen, this video you’ve made is amazing. It’s higher quality than many television dramas.”

Hearing her, Chen Jincheng smiled. “You flatter me, Miss Li. Still, compared to TV dramas, these videos aren’t exactly mainstream. It’s a bit like when I invited you to join Second-Life Star, and you weren’t interested.”

“…” Hearing this, Li Muchen wanted to immediately jump on the opportunity and agree. ’But I *am* interested now!’ she thought.

But before she could voice her agreement, Sister Hong suddenly cut in, “If there are no problems with the video, let’s upload it!”

“Right, go ahead and upload it. Meeting adjourned!” Chen Jincheng agreed with a nod, then turned and walked out of the room.

Li Muchen’s mouth fell open. ’But I haven’t said anything yet!’

A moment later, the *Family Position* video was uploaded to Lin Leqing’s Touyin Number, with an @ mention for Chen Jincheng.

This was the only way to do it, as Tiao Yin didn’t have a collaboration feature back in 2018.

This way, viewers who watched the video could click the @ mention to visit Chen Jincheng’s profile page.

After the meeting, Li Muchen still hadn’t found an opportunity to tell Chen Jincheng that she was willing to give his offer a try.

In the end, she could only return to the reception room with her cousin. There, she took out her phone, saved the video, opened WeChat, and sent it to Sister Ai.

She had previously promised Sister Ai that she’d tell her all about the laughable script from this influencer company, but nothing had turned out the way she’d expected.

Meanwhile, on the set of a modern urban idol drama, the very same Sister Ai that Li Muchen had mentioned, dressed in a blue dress, angrily found a place to sit down, clutching her cheek.

A middle-aged man hurried over to console her. “Ao’ai, just endure it. She’s the second female lead and has powerful backers. Even though she was a bit rough, at least you got the scene in one take.”

“I understand, Vice Director Lin.” Sister Ai could only sigh in resignation.

’As an unimportant minor character, what could she do? The other actress had status. If she didn’t like me, she could use any excuse to punish me.’

’If I threw a tantrum, it would just give her more ammunition. If I refused to perform, the director would probably fire me on the spot.’

’I’ve been playing bit parts for years. Now I’m 26 and have nothing to show for it. Every role is an opportunity. If I dare to make a fuss, my own reputation would be the one to suffer. Eventually, no production would hire me. The competition is fierce, even for minor roles.’

’Seriously, if I hadn’t had the bad luck of being hit by a car back then, I would have landed my role in *The Princess Consort’s Promotion Record*. My life might have been completely different now.’

After putting some ice on her face, she noticed a new message on her phone. It was from her dear friend, Li Muchen. She opened it immediately and saw it was a video.

Puzzled, she tapped play on the video. The scene opened in the living room of a suite, with a man on screen, frowning in thought.

“My name is Xiaocheng. As you can all see, my position in the family is number four. Uh, you might ask why I’m fourth when there are only two of us…”

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