Chapter 40: Chapter 38: I Was Freaking Forced Onto the Trending List

4. The Transformation Show

5. Chen Jincheng the Beast

7. Jinghong Women’s Clothing

Chen Jincheng felt the urge to complain as he looked at today’s Tiao Yin trending topics.

It was no surprise that after simmering overnight, the two hot topics “Transformation Show” and “Jinghong Women’s Clothing” had made it onto the list, and in very high positions at that.

In fact, after blowing up overnight, the “Transformation Show” topic was so popular that it was ranked just behind two national news stories and one major social issue.

But what the hell was “Chen Jincheng the Beast”?

The key thing was, he hadn’t even promoted himself, yet the topic’s popularity was even higher than “Jinghong Women’s Clothing,” a hot topic he had deliberately created?

He would have accepted it with a clear conscience if they’d called him a scumbag. But they just had to use the word “beast” and plaster it all over the trending list. Wasn’t this pure slander?

Besides, was this kind of title even allowed on the trending list?

Weren’t there rules against this?

Then Chen Jincheng realized that this world hadn’t gone through the multiple internet crackdowns of his previous world. Things weren’t so paranoid yet!

That’s why a title like this could still appear.

Speechless, he clicked on the “Chen Jincheng the Beast” topic to see what was going on.

For a topic to make the trending list, it had to be a combination of popularity, discussion volume, search count, influence, and official recognition.

Although he hadn’t actively promoted himself last night—only creating the “Transformation Show” and “Jinghong Women’s Clothing” hot topics—he had played the male lead for some thirty-odd girls in rotation. Every single one had sat on his lap, wrapped their arms around his neck, and called him “hubby.” When people clicked on the two hot topics and saw all these videos together, their minds were blown.

In almost every video, strangers were asking:

“Who is this guy? A role model for our generation!”

“Holy shit, this guy is in every video.”

“I’m officially jealous of this guy. Is he fucking choosing his concubines or what?”

“…”

Then, his fans or people who knew him would answer:

“That’s Chen Jincheng!”

“He’s the Ancestral Master, Chen Jincheng!”

“…”

And just like that, the name “Chen Jincheng” started appearing more and more frequently.

Obviously, when faced with such a mind-blowing scene, many of those who didn’t know him would subconsciously search for the name “Chen Jincheng.”

As a result, his many “truths” and famous quotes, like ’Don’t let a good girl down, and don’t let a bad girl go to waste,’ popped up before their eyes. Many who encountered these for the first time were deeply impressed, but many others realized that this Chen Jincheng guy was just a scumbag.

But a scumbag like him, combined with those thirty-odd videos that looked like he was choosing concubines—if that wasn’t a beast, what was?

Many self-proclaimed righteous netizens even believed that he, the beast, had forced these girls into it.

What’s more, it wasn’t just that. Many commentary bloggers who specialized in chasing clout also reported on the incident.

Great. Just great. Good deeds stay indoors, while a bad reputation spreads across the entire internet.

He clicked on another blogger’s video: “I have to say, Chen Jincheng is a beast. It’s no exaggeration to call him the number one scumbag on the internet…”

“FUCK!” Chen Jincheng was rendered speechless by this blunt slander.

“PFFT!” Seeing his reaction, Jiang Xiaobai couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Chen Jincheng looked at her, exasperated. “I’m being framed, and you know it!”

“So, can I fall for you?” Jiang Xiaobai retorted.

“No!” Chen Jincheng answered decisively on this matter of principle.

“See!” Jiang Xiaobai gave him a look that said, ’You should be a little more self-aware,’ then opened her own Tiao Yin account. She announced in pleasant surprise, “Cheng, I have 2.6 million followers now.”

Chen Jincheng opened his own account to take a look. ’Since they put me on the trending list, I should have at least gained some followers, right?’

Sure enough, his follower count had risen to 2.75 million. He had indeed gained several hundred thousand followers in one go.

’For the sake of the new followers, I’ll let the slander on the trending list slide,’ he thought.

He also checked Jiang Xiaobai’s stats. Besides reaching 2.6 million followers, her transformation show ad video already had 3.85 million likes. The video would have no problem breaking 5 million likes today, and Jiang Xiaobai should have no problem breaking 3 million followers either.

Then he checked the stats of the other girls, mainly Lin Qing and Yinyin. All the girls’ transformation videos had ridden the wave of popularity last night, gaining anywhere from 10,000 to over 100,000 followers, though the results were uneven.

That was unavoidable with batch-produced content. Plus, with more and more people imitating them, it became a filtering process. The quality of the girl and a bit of luck were both indispensable.

Lin Qing and Yinyin already had a solid fan base from the previous two campaigns, so their numbers grew more significantly.

Lin Qing’s total follower count was already at 950,000. With her new, unique creative transformation video, she’d have no problem breaking one million followers before the hype died down.

Yinyin already had 1.8 million followers. Her “chest-shaking dance” video had over 3 million likes, allowing her to gain a huge wave of followers thanks to her “Big Pendulum.”

Having a “Big Pendulum” was a natural advantage on Tiao Yin.

He remembered in his previous world, plenty of girls who never even showed their faces could attract a ton of followers just by showing off their “Big Pendulums.”

Even though the “chest-shaking dance” craze had been overshadowed, Yinyin would still benefit greatly from this transformation show thanks to her “Big Pendulum.”

Therefore, as the planner and originator of this transformation show trend, Second-Life Star would still benefit the most in terms of traffic. Once Lin Qing broke a million followers, they would have four artists with over a million followers each.

For a company whose application for a standard guild hadn’t even been approved yet, this level of strength was already incredibly impressive.

Many One-star Guilds couldn’t even produce four artists with over a million followers.

Jiang Xiaobai was thrilled with her stats. She sidled up to Chen Jincheng slyly. “Cheng, you did that on purpose last night, didn’t you?”

“Stop messing around. It’s already 10 AM. Let’s go out, get something to eat, and then head to the company.”

…

An hour later, Chen Jincheng and Jiang Xiaobai finally left the apartment.

Once in the car, Jiang Xiaobai started scrolling through Taobao and didn’t forget to ask, “Cheng, what kind of umbrellas do you like? They even have pink ones!”

Chen Jincheng decided he needed to keep his distance from Jiang Xiaobai when necessary.

’She’s bad for my health,’ he thought.

The two of them soon arrived at the beef noodle shop they had visited before.

The noodles here were genuinely delicious.

As soon as they entered the shop, Jiang Xiaobai said, “I’ll go order. I’ll get you some extra beef to help you… recover.”

Seeing this, Chen Jincheng could only marvel that the girl could be quite thoughtful at times.

He sat down as well, taking out his phone and planning to take the opportunity to start a livestream.

Livestream Title: A Statement on Being Slandered as a Beast!

’Since I’ve got the publicity, I might as well make good use of it,’ he mused.

Soon, people started flooding into the livestream room, and some of his old fans began to tease him:

“666, I woke up to find my bro on the trending list.”

“I saw all the videos from last night. Cheng still knows what the bros like to see.”

“Cheng, after watching you choose your concubines, I couldn’t get over it all night. I felt so involved!”

Of course, there were also many first-timers who had been drawn in by the “Chen Jincheng the Beast” incident.

“Getting a close-up look at the beast!”

“So this is the biggest scumbag on the internet?”

“He does look a bit like a beast. Bro, aren’t you worn out?”

Chen Jincheng saw that comment and solemnly refuted the slander: “Bro, that’s where you’re wrong. Look at me, I’m 180 cm tall. Do I look like someone who’s worn out?”

“Cheng, you’ve used up too much energy, so I ordered you a pound of beef. I also saw the shop has an ox penis, which is perfect for you to… replenish yourself.” Jiang Xiaobai ran over happily, saying it as if she were looking for praise.

The livestream chat instantly exploded.

“666, the truth comes out.”

“That’s the voice of our girl Xiaobai! We can trust what she says!”

“Hahaha, looks like Cheng really is worn out.”

“A beast indeed.”

“FUCK, he’s still acting tough saying he’s not worn out, but he needs ox penis to recover.”

“???” There was something Chen Jincheng really wanted to say to this girl.

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