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Chapter 321 - 201: The Source of the Infamous Meme! An Instant Viral Hit

"Xiaowei, can we post that video now?" Fu Zhan asked Wei Weiwei the moment he saw the online discussions about bride prices and gold-diggers.

"Vice President Fu, I’ll have to ask Chen Jincheng about that." Wei Weiwei wasn’t certain.

She felt that traffic on Tiao Yin definitely wasn’t at its peak this early in the morning. Plus, the topic of bride prices and gold-diggers could probably use some more time to build momentum.

But she couldn’t be certain, so she picked up her phone and dialed Chen Jincheng’s number.

The moment the call connected, she asked, "Mr. Chen, Mr. Lin has already started stirring up the topic of bride prices and gold-diggers. When can we post the interview video?"

Chen Jincheng’s voice came over the line. "Tiao Yin doesn’t have much traffic this early in the morning. Let the topic brew a little longer. We’ll post it tonight. Besides, the hype around bride prices and gold-diggers hasn’t peaked yet."

"Understood, Mr. Chen." Wei Weiwei agreed and hung up the phone.

It was just as she’d thought.

「Taihe District.」

Chen Jincheng had just put down his phone when he saw Yinyin. She had changed into a pink, off-the-shoulder sweater, leaving a large expanse of her fair skin brazenly on display. Bafflingly, the top also came with a pair of detached sleeves. ’What was the designer thinking?’

Yet Yinyin was wearing only that off-the-shoulder sweater, leaving her two long, fair legs completely bare, save for her underwear.

"Boss, does this outfit look good?" Yinyin propped her chin on one hand, shamelessly showing off her figure to him.

A smirk played on Chen Jincheng’s lips. "I think this outfit isn’t just nice to look at; it’s probably very convenient, too. All it would take is one little tug."

"Then why don’t you give it a try, Boss?" Yinyin said, already settling onto his lap.

Chen Jincheng didn’t hold back, reaching out and giving a sharp tug.

What followed was a sight that would make any man’s mouth go dry.

Who could possibly resist something like that?

Chen Jincheng reached out with his wicked hands.

...

[You have consumed 1 Constitution Point through exercise. Your Constitution has increased!]

After receiving the game notification, Chen Jincheng looked with satisfaction at Yinyin, who didn’t seem to want to move an inch. "Are you going to the company this morning?"

Yinyin shook her head. "I’m not going. Sister Hong booked an event for me, and I have to catch a flight this afternoon. Right now, I just want to rest. You’ve left me with no strength at all."

"Then get some rest," Chen Jincheng said with a smile and a nod.

"Mhmm!" Yinyin hummed.

After washing up, Chen Jincheng headed straight to the company. As soon as he got to his office, he began to check on the company’s status.

First was their livestreaming situation. After all, Second-Life Star was about to make a push for 3-star Guild status, making revenue from livestream gifts the most important metric.

The company now had 134 artists.

Over 30 of them were new recruits, who were now in the hands of the planning department for video conceptualization and filming. The initial data for the concepts planned for eight of them looked very good. The company also had a monthly traffic-recommendation quota from Tiao Yin. According to the documents, Sister Hong had already assigned the recommendations to these eight artists. As long as they submitted the request, Tiao Yin would distribute the promotional traffic to them.

Whether they would take off or not depended on the effect of this wave of traffic.

The others could only bide their time, waiting for the planning department to continue planning and shooting videos for them.

Thanks to the rewards from the National Day team-building photoshoot, the company’s artists had all been streaming for noticeably longer hours lately, and daily gift revenue had also increased a great deal.

However, this was still far from enough to meet the 400 million Dou Coin revenue requirement for a 3-star Guild. Even though streamers like Yinyin, Jiang Xiaobai, and Cen Ning were earning at least 100,000 to 200,000 yuan a month from their livestreams, the company didn’t have many others at their level.

If he were to add his own daily livestreams to the mix, they would still need to recruit at least 300 people and cultivate more mid-tier streamers to make up the numbers.

If he didn’t want to stream every day and wanted to maintain his leisurely schedule, then they’d need to recruit a full 500 people, or cultivate more streamers at the level of Jiang Xiaobai and Yinyin, with over five million fans.

Therefore, they had to speed up their artist recruitment.

With this in mind, Chen Jincheng spent the morning sifting through the applications in the company’s email inbox. There were over 20,000 unread emails, most of them profiles sent by all kinds of young women, complete with attached photos and talent videos.

He looked through over a hundred emails. Each woman was dressed to the nines and looked incredibly sexy.

However, it was obvious at a glance that many of them had used excessive beauty filters and body-slimming effects. ’It’s one thing to fool yourself,’ he thought, ’but to try and fool a Company MCN?’

’What are these women thinking!’

Still, a few of them were genuinely good, so he sent out interview invitations.

Suddenly, his attention was drawn to the > in his mind, where a quest marked with a golden exclamation point had appeared.

His eyes instantly lit up.

’This means there’s another reward up for grabs.’

He immediately had his game character accept the quest. He hadn’t expected it to be so surprisingly simple—all he had to do was give a homeless man some food, and the quest was completed.

’Is the system in a good mood and handing out freebies all of a sudden?’

[Congratulations on completing the Homeless Man Quest. You have received a special game reward: The ’Source of All Memes’ Gift Pack: "Are You, OK?", "So High," and "Here I Am, Bro!"]

[Note: These are three special Meme Heat Cards. As long as you shoot identical videos, you can achieve the same level of popularity these memes had in your previous life!]

"???" Chen Jincheng’s cheek twitched as he read the note.

’So these are the infamous originals.’

In his original world, many viral memes had appeared on Tiao Yin. These memes were all the rage for a while, and right up until he transmigrated, many people were still using them...