Chapter 197: Chapter 156: The Benefits of Being a Secretary! Taking First Place with Momentum

Her words, as expected, piqued the curiosity of the livestream audience, and they began asking questions one after another.

She immediately explained, "The boss is going to shoot a video today. Tiao Yin has given some accounts permission to create 60-second long videos, and it seems like the method for shooting these long videos will be completely different from the previous 15-second short videos. The boss is going to try shooting a long video today."

This topic caught the audience’s attention. Hearing that Cheng You was going to shoot another video, many of his die-hard fans grew excited.

Before, they watched Cheng You’s videos just for a laugh.

But now, it was completely different for his long-time fans. The quality of Cheng You’s recent videos was just too high. Especially the ones he shot for the girls—not a single one had failed to get at least a million likes. Cen Ning’s "vibe" video had even surpassed ten million likes.

This string of successes seemed to grant Cheng You a special status in the industry. It was as if everyone knew that any video he personally planned for a girl was guaranteed to go viral.

His long-time fans felt like "spiritual shareholders," eager to witness his videos continue their glorious run.

It was a strange psychological shift, but one they tirelessly enjoyed.

In fact, the internet was already buzzing because of Second-Life Star’s videos. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

After all, the fact that Cen Ning’s vibe video had shot past ten million likes was already astonishing.

The numbers were insane.

But then, just last night, Jiang Xiaobai had released a "pajama transformation in a garage" video. After gaining traction overnight, it too had broken a million likes, and the number was still climbing.

And who would have thought that just this morning, Yinyin would post a tap-dancing video.

The dance was simply incredible. It didn’t just showcase her long legs; it also put her Big Pendulum advantage on full display once more.

Judging by the tap dance video’s current growth trend, it was probably on its way to two million likes.

The key was that both the garage pajama transformation and the tap dance were trends that were easy to copy. Many people were already filming their own versions and uploading them to the web.

Crucially, the captions the girls added all mentioned that the videos were "shot by the boss."

In other words, they were all videos shot by Chen Jincheng.

Three such high-quality videos in two days—did his inspiration never run dry?

At this current stage, with Tiao Yin opening up permissions for long videos, many Company MCNs had established a presence on the platform. Seeing this situation, they naturally couldn’t help but take notice.

OST was one such case.

The boss of OST was Yuan Peng, a young man born in 1990. With his unique abilities and vision, he had started his own business during college. Back in 2016, he accurately grasped the direction of internet trends and founded the OST Media agency.

Furthermore, he had already established a presence on Tiao Yin a few months ago.

During this time, he and his media company had been lying low on Tiao Yin, analyzing the platform’s ecosystem and development trends, and figuring out the path OST should take to grow.

First thing in the morning, Yuan Peng called a meeting with OST’s key staff and played Chen Jincheng’s three videos in the multimedia conference room.

"Everyone saw that, right? What are your thoughts?" Yuan Peng asked his team.

The people below responded in surprise:

"Boss, Chen Jincheng is definitely amazing. He’s top-tier when it comes to making videos. But... shouldn’t we be focusing on the PK category?"

"Yeah, the most popular thing on Tiao Yin right now is PK. Streamers like Gao Yanyan, Wu Na, and Lin Dasheng are getting over 500,000 viewers per stream."

"Chen Jincheng’s videos are viral right now, and the girls he promotes have a lot of fans, but the money they’re making probably isn’t even as much as what Lin Dasheng makes from gifts in a single PK battle."

"..."

Yuan Peng shook his head at their comments and said meaningfully, "You watch them build their grand mansions, and you watch them crumble to the ground. This kind of false prosperity without a solid foundation will soon turn to ruin. The PK category won’t become Tiao Yin’s mainstream. You can tell from the platform’s recent moves that the PK streamers don’t have much time left."

"I have a feeling that this new long-video feature on Tiao Yin is going to change the entire game. And making videos is what Chen Jincheng excels at. Keep a close eye on him. He might just give us a surprise very soon."

"Right now, Tiao Yin doesn’t have any 4-star or 5-star Guilds, but I feel that Chen Jincheng’s Second-Life Star will be one of the future 5-star Guilds. And if we take the right path, so will we."

"Also, arrange for our company’s talent to make some copycat videos of Chen Jincheng’s. It’s free exposure; we’d be fools not to cash in."

One of the managers nodded, as this fell under his purview.

At that moment, another manager spoke up. "Boss, Chen Jincheng’s team has indeed started shooting a long video. That girl, Ximeng, mentioned it during her livestream. Also, Pipa Sauce just uploaded a long video, and its performance is excellent."

"Mm, we need to analyze her carefully, especially her video style." Yuan Peng nodded. Pipa Sauce was one of the founding figures of the influencer world, someone no one could afford to ignore.

She had originally made her name with zany, comedic long-form videos. She had posted on other platforms, amassed a huge following, and signed a number of talents. She had also established herself on Tiao Yin early on, but the 15-second short video format didn’t play to her strengths, so her videos were lackluster and didn’t gain many fans.

Now that the long-video feature was live, she was clearly back in her element. It was no surprise her numbers were exploding.

At the same time, Tiao Yin’s president, Han Shangyou, was also monitoring Pipa Sauce’s video data.

She was one of the influencers they had tapped early on for the long-video feature launch. The success of her video would help build momentum for the new function.

"President Han, Pipa Sauce’s video is getting excellent traffic from our promotion. Based on the current trend, it will have no problem reaching two million likes," a department head standing beside him reported immediately.

"Mm!" Han Shangyou nodded, then asked, "And what about Chen Xiang at 7:30 PM?"

The department head looked slightly embarrassed. "It seems they haven’t shifted their focus to Tiao Yin yet. They’re still posting their old videos. While each one gets tens of thousands, or even over a hundred thousand likes, they’re old content. A major breakthrough is impossible."

Han Shangyou’s brow furrowed at the news.

From his perspective, this was simply short-sighted. Or perhaps just stingy—they were unwilling to let go of their profits elsewhere while trying to maintain a minimal presence here with old content.

He immediately asked another question, "What about the other guilds? And the other influencers? Have they started researching long videos? How many have posted one?"

The head of the long-video department quickly replied, "We haven’t seen any guilds publish anything yet. A few influencers have posted long videos, but they haven’t made any waves."

As he was speaking, he suddenly added, "President Han, you asked us to keep an eye on Chen Jincheng. Just now, his secretary was livestreaming and said that his team was on their way to shoot a long video."

Han Shangyou’s eyes lit up when he heard this.

He thought very highly of this Chen Jincheng. The man truly had a gift for making videos. Maybe this time he could really deliver a big surprise.

However, long videos were different from short videos. He wondered if a first-timer like him could surpass a veteran like Pipa Sauce.

"Keep monitoring Chen Jincheng’s video," Han Shangyou immediately instructed the department manager. Then, he turned to a lead from the tech department. "Whip up a temporary ’Hot Long Videos’ topic page. Any long video can be included. Funnel a wave of traffic to it and treat it like a leaderboard. Let’s see if the Chen Xiang at 7:30 PM crew can afford to keep being so stingy then."

"Understood, President Han."

Following Han Shangyou’s meeting, the entire Tiao Yin organization sprang into action.

Elsewhere, in an office, a high-strung woman and her team were also looking at her video’s data.

She was none other than the famous Pipa Sauce.

The data for this long video was very satisfying to her. Compared to those 15-second short videos, this was the field where she truly excelled.

Moreover, at the current rate of growth, breaking two million likes was absolutely guaranteed.

Just then, an assistant came forward to report, "Boss, we got word from Tiao Yin. They’re going to create a special ’Hot Long Videos’ feature, basically a leaderboard for this week’s most popular videos."

Pipa Sauce’s eyes lit up. "They must have created this specifically for us! The top spot on that leaderboard should be ours. After all, none of the current influencers or MCNs on Tiao Yin have any experience making long videos, and the Chen Xiang at 7:30 PM team is still hesitating. They’re no threat this week."

"That seems to be the case. Otherwise, Tiao Yin wouldn’t have notified us specifically," the assistant agreed with a nod.

Pipa Sauce immediately added, "Use all of our resources to boost the numbers. We need to push the likes on this video to at least three million. That’s how we’ll secure the top spot with real momentum."