Chapter 196: Chapter 156: The Perks of Being a Secretary! Seizing Momentum Comes First

This was one of the perks of being the boss’s secretary, just like getting to ride in the boss’s luxury car from time to time.

After Chen Jincheng started the car, Ximeng had already opened her livestream.

Streaming at this time of day didn’t actually bring in much traffic. Not many viewers tuned in after she went live, just a few dozen, and the number grew very slowly.

However, she also remembered the advice Sister Hong had given her: she could have her boss make an appearance during the livestream.

So, when she saw a viewer ask what car she was in, she said cunningly, "I’m in a car worth over ten million right now—a Lamborghini!"

As she spoke, she panned the camera around the car’s interior before letting it rest on her boss at the wheel. "And a super-handsome guy is driving," she added.

Many of Ximeng’s followers recognized Chen Jincheng and immediately started to tease her:

"He’s your boss, not just some ’handsome guy’!"

"Looks like the little secretary is off on another business trip with the boss."

"No wonder she wanted to be Cheng’s secretary. She gets to have him as her driver!"

"..."

With Chen Jincheng on screen, the stream instantly came alive, and many people started sending gifts.

She knew these viewers were all sending gifts on account of her boss.

What she earned in just this short time was more than she used to make after thanking viewers for half a day.

Moreover, she was thrilled to discover that her viewer count was rapidly increasing.

This was also due to Tiao Yin’s algorithm; receiving gifts would trigger a traffic boost. There was also a facial recognition mechanism. With Chen Jincheng on camera, her stream was identified by the system, and the platform began promoting it.

In just a short time, she discovered that her viewer count had grown to over 4,000 people.

Her face lit up with excitement and pleasant surprise.

After all, while she had 1.21 million followers, her daily streams usually peaked at only around 300 viewers. Now, that number had increased more than tenfold. No wonder Sister Hong had specifically advised her to have the boss make an occasional appearance.

The other girls were artists, so they couldn’t just walk out of their streaming rooms with their phones during a broadcast to find the boss and put him on camera, could they?

If any of the girls really did run to the office just to do that, it would leave a bad impression without a reasonable excuse. The boss’s fans would think she was being opportunistic and grow to resent her.

But she was different. She was the boss’s secretary herself, and had even changed her screen name to ’Chen Jincheng’s Little Secretary.’ She was practically tied to the boss.

As his secretary, she was expected to be by the boss’s side, so having him appear on her stream was just a way to fulfill the fans’ desire to see him.

Besides, the boss’s fans were surely eager to know his itinerary and hear her spill some details. This was all standard practice and wouldn’t cause any resentment.

Ximeng saw a viewer in the chat ask if she had a crush on her boss.

Another female influencer might have had to be more cautious with that question.

But since she was already tied to the boss, she had no such reservations. She said right to the camera, "The boss is so handsome and talented, any girl would like him. Of course I do, too. Plus, he’s still single! If I try hard enough, maybe I can even become the boss’s wife."

Chen Jincheng laughed when he heard this.

’As expected of my little green tea secretary. She’s not dumb.’

’She’s crafting her own persona—the little secretary who has a crush on her boss. Once that persona takes hold, at least some of my fans will start to ship them. They might even convert into couple fans.’

’In my past life, didn’t that one Ancestral Master have tons of couple fans like this around him?’

’Some fans even passionately argued about the unsatisfying endings for several of the female leads in those ships.’

’These are all just tactics for navigating the online world.’

’This girl, Ximeng, is well-suited for the internet. Her failure to get famous as a car model just meant she hadn’t found the right path or the right opportunity.’

’Now that I’ve given her a path and an opportunity, I’m sure this girl will make it big.’

Suddenly, Ximeng aimed the phone right at him. "Boss, they’re all calling you a player and saying I’m like a moth drawn to a flame. So tell me, do I have a chance?"

"Then do you think I’m a player?" Chen Jincheng countered.

Ximeng hurriedly said, "Of course not! The boss is the most decent man I’ve ever met. He’s not a womanizer at all, he would never force unspoken rules on the girls at the company, he wouldn’t bully his own secretary, and he’s not the type who has his secretary do the work... and then does his secretary when there’s no work to do."

The Girl said all this with a very serious expression, but the viewers in the chat didn’t believe a single word of it:

"Why do I get the feeling Ximeng is saying the exact opposite of what she means?"

"To the person above: drop the ’I get the feeling’ part. She *is* saying the opposite."

"There’s no way a player like Cheng would pass up a secretary like Ximeng!"

"Secretary Ximeng, care to share the juicy details about you and the boss?"

"..."

Looking at the stream of comments, Ximeng thought to herself, ’The fans all know what’s really going on. Only the boss could lie through his teeth and say you shouldn’t dip your pen in the company ink.’

’And now she even had to help the boss maintain his ’innocent’ facade.’

’Ah, the internet.’

’Once you get into this business, you have to play by its rules.’

Still, this topic was proving to be a huge hit, instantly pushing her viewer count past 10,000.

She was truly appreciating the perks of being the boss’s secretary, and she felt very grateful for Sister Hong’s advice.

Sure, these viewers were definitely all the boss’s fans, but it didn’t matter to her. After all, they were the ones sending her gifts.

Since they were sending gifts on the boss’s account, they wouldn’t put on airs about it, either.

Just then, however, she received an official warning notification from Tiao Yin: Current topic is sensitive and contains inappropriate subtext.

This startled her, and she quickly changed the subject. "I bet everyone’s dying to know where the boss is taking us this time, right?"