Chapter 202: Chapter 158: The Times Have Changed! A Gospel-like Reward

Zhang Ao’ai was immediately captivated. ’Why were the two of them ranked fourth in status?’

Then two cats appeared on screen, and she broke into a knowing smile.

’So that’s how it is,’ she thought.

After that, scene after scene played out. The male lead got angry and was about to blow up at his girlfriend, who was throwing an unreasonable tantrum.

She was actually looking forward to him blowing up. But then, in a shocking twist, the girlfriend said a single sentence, and all his anger and explosive rage vanished. He immediately started simping, even making an excuse for himself: ’I just can’t stay mad at her.’

She burst out laughing at the sight.

’And you think you have any status at home?’

Zhang Ao’ai froze for a moment. ’Could this be one of those scripted videos by influencers that Li Muchen was talking about?’

’It’s actually filmed this well?’

Another minor actress from the set came over. Seeing her reaction, she asked curiously, “Ao’ai, what are you watching? You look so happy.”

Zhang Ao’ai immediately handed her phone over. “Xiaoyuan, take a look. What do you think of this video?”

Xiaoyuan came over and saw the “Family Position” video. After watching, she asked in surprise, “Is this a trailer for some TV series? The production quality is amazing!” Then, she whispered, “I think it’s even better than the show our director is making.”

“It’s a video made by an influencer,” Zhang Ao’ai explained.

“Huh?” Xiaoyuan was shocked. “Are influencer videos this competitive now? While A-listers in the entertainment industry are just reciting ’one, two, three, four, five, six, seven’ for their lines, influencers are starting to compete on acting skills and plot quality?”

It wasn’t just them. As soon as Chen Jincheng’s video was uploaded, it quickly started gaining attention online.

Many people had been waiting for Chen Jincheng’s new video, not just his fans. MCNs, in particular, were paying close attention; after all, when it came to making videos right now, Chen Jincheng seemed to be in a league of his own.

However, after watching the video, all of Chen Jincheng’s fans were completely dumbfounded.

Guo Feng was one of them. As a hardcore fan of “Cheng,” he knew full well what a scumbag the guy was.

Even though Cheng repeatedly denied coercing his female fans into sleeping with him, his hardcore followers knew the truth.

But what was he seeing now?

In this video, Cheng was a total, absolute simp.

’What the hell? A scumbag like you is making videos about being a simp?’

’And simping this hard, no less!’

It wasn’t just his fans. Anyone online who knew Chen Jincheng as the internet’s number one scumbag was baffled. ’What is Cheng pulling today? Did he read the wrong script?’

Seriously, people could accept Chen Jincheng filming a scumbag-themed video, no matter how scummy he acted.

But for him to suddenly appear as a simp—and such an extreme one at that—was just mind-blowing.

Naturally, this also caused the video to instantly go viral.

The president of Tiao Yin, Han Shangyou, had long since assigned people to monitor Chen Jincheng, so he naturally saw the video very quickly.

When he saw the simp persona in “Family Position,” he too was a bit baffled.

“Is Chen Jincheng planning to change his persona?” Han Shangyou asked instinctively.

His assistant shook his head. “It doesn’t seem so. Some clip accounts have already started generating hype for him. You’ll understand once you see, President Han.”

Han Shangyou immediately began watching the video files his assistant pulled up.

The first was a video that was clearly an interview with Chen Jincheng, which had been reposted by numerous clip accounts.

The person filming asked, “Cheng, I never expected you to be such a simp!”

Chen Jincheng replied, “The one being a simp is Xiaocheng. What does that have to do with me, Chen Jincheng?”

Han Shangyou was at a loss for words.

’What the actual hell…?’

’He’s acting as if that Xiaocheng isn’t him.’

’How can he say something so self-righteous with a straight face?’

Next was a video titled, “Chen Jincheng Commemorates His Former Self With a Simp Video. He Too Was Once a Devoted Dog!”

“Now that’s brilliant.” Han Shangyou suddenly understood Chen Jincheng’s marketing strategy.

’This framing makes it seem perfectly reasonable.’

’That’s it. Without the ultra-simp Xiaocheng of the past, how could the current, ’evolved’ Chen Jincheng exist?’

’This was a pit the Ancestral Master himself had once fallen into.’

As the president of Tiao Yin, he could naturally see how brilliant this marketing move was.

He glanced at the data. The growth rate for Chen Jincheng’s video was nearly triple that of Pipa Sauce’s.

The difference was absolutely crushing.

The look of delight on his face deepened.

Pipa Sauce’s video had only proven that the long-form video feature had merit. Chen Jincheng’s video, however, proved it had massive potential.

“Chen Jincheng really is something else,” Han Shangyou couldn’t help but praise.

After all, Tiao Yin itself hadn’t even figured out a direction for the long-form video feature, yet Chen Jincheng had already produced a video of such high quality.

Just then, his assistant suddenly reported, “There’s another video. Although it had a huge amount of DOU+ promotion, its data is also far exceeding Pipa Sauce’s.”

“Who made it?” Han Shangyou asked immediately.

“It’s that guy, Ah Hao,” the assistant replied, pulling up the video.

Evidently, Lin Hao had gotten a heads-up from Chen Jincheng and naturally wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip by.

Han Shangyou remembered Ah Hao, of course. The guy had come out of nowhere to hit number one on the ad revenue charts, which was memorable enough. On top of that, he had leveraged a candid photo scandal to break into the top tier of influencers.

But the moment he opened the video, he was completely floored.

A stunningly beautiful female lead appeared on screen, and she had an amazing figure.

’Isn’t that Teacher San Shang?’

The video started with the female lead’s monologue: ’What am I going to do? I’m two months behind on rent, my husband lost his job and still hasn’t found a new one, and my own salary isn’t enough to cover everything!’

Han Shangyou was baffled.

So was his assistant.

’Why does this have such a shady vibe right from the start?’

In the next moment, the landlord, played by Ah Hao, showed up at the door to collect the rent.

“Sir, please, give us an extension. We really don’t have the money.”

“Ma’am, it’s been two months. I can’t let it slide any longer. I’m afraid I’ll have to ask you to move out.”

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