At a residential complex, Chen Jincheng’s Lamborghini came to a stop in the underground parking garage.

Behind them was a BMW 5 Series carrying Sister Hong and her group.

And the rented van.

Once the cars were parked, Lao Chen had his crew start unloading filming equipment from the van.

A story channel centered on a couple’s relationship needs a fixed filming location to serve as its set. It has to be fully equipped with a living room, bedroom, kitchen, and so on, since any of these could be potential filming scenes.

A story channel is a long-term project, not something for just one or two videos.

’In the other world, story channels were all basically like this.’

Even for the famous Three Sheep, the house where they filmed their hilarious family skits wasn’t where any of them actually lived.

They would film the videos there, then everyone would go back to their real homes.

The suite Chen Jincheng was setting up to film his Uncle Qi-style story was the same. It was essentially a workplace; after filming, everyone would go their separate ways.

Ximeng was still livestreaming. By the time she and Chen Jincheng got out of the car, her audience had grown to over 20,000 viewers.

Naturally, most of them were Chen Jincheng’s fans.

Since Chen Jincheng wasn’t streaming, these fans had nowhere to go. Now that Ximeng, his assistant, was live, it was some small consolation for them.

At least this girl was sensible. She would occasionally let Cheng appear on camera and would also share updates on what he was doing.

However, since it wasn’t Chen Jincheng himself, and she wasn’t driving traffic or using paid promotions, over 20,000 viewers was pretty much her limit for now.

But for Ximeng, she was more than satisfied.

The value of the gifts she had received so far was already several times what she made during her entire stream last night.

After getting out of the car, Sister Hong walked up to Chen Jincheng and gave Ximeng a meaningful look. The young woman understood immediately: Sister Hong had something to discuss with the boss that wasn’t for the livestream audience to hear.

She immediately walked over to Lin Leqing, who was just getting out of her car, and said with a smile, "Let me introduce everyone. This is Lin Leqing, the female lead for the long-form video we’re shooting today. Yueqing, say hello to the audience in the livestream."

Lin Leqing, thinking this was arranged by the company, immediately gave a sweet greeting to the livestream audience. "Hello, everyone. I’m Lin Leqing."

Some long-time fans in the chat recognized Lin Leqing, as she had appeared on Cheng’s channel before, and they quickly started commenting:

"Isn’t that his junior?"

"Haha, it is Cheng’s junior."

"It’s her! I always thought his junior was pretty. Is she going to be the female lead today?"

"..."

Seeing the comments, Ximeng smiled and said, "That’s right, Yueqing is the boss’s junior. Not only is she the female lead today, but she’s also playing a couple with the boss. He’s the male lead."

This news really got the chat buzzing.

After all, everyone had been curious about what kind of video Cheng was filming, and now Ximeng had just dropped a major clue.

This would be the first time Cheng was actually filming a video as part of a couple.

This made the audience even more excited.

As Ximeng moved to the side, Sister Hong began to report to Chen Jincheng. "Boss, we just got a message from Tiao Yin. They’re launching a hot list for long-form videos. It’ll run for a week, and all long-form videos will be entered into that trending topic."

"Basically, this trending topic will function like a leaderboard. The top-ranked videos will receive huge benefits. Tiao Yin informed us because they probably want us to compete for the top spot. And I’m sure they sent the same message to a lot of other people."

Chen Jincheng had figured as much.

’In the other world, the launch of long-form video was one of the key milestones that allowed Tiao Yin’s counterpart to surpass its main competitor. Tiao Yin must value this feature highly, wanting creators to quickly explore the long-form video function and develop content for it.’

’However, this was a move that Tiao Yin’s counterpart in the other world never made.’

’I wonder if this is a butterfly effect from my transmigration.’

’In the other world, after Tiao Yin’s counterpart opened up the long-form video feature to influencers, there weren’t any viral hits at first.’

’That was despite the fact that Pipa Sauce and Chen Xiang at 7:30 PM, the two pioneers of long-form video content, had already joined the platform.’

’It was unclear if their contract with another platform hadn’t expired or if they just weren’t optimistic about Tiao Yin’s counterpart, but the videos Chen Xiang at 7:30 PM posted were rather half-hearted.’

’Initially, they mostly posted old videos they had already filmed. They even had to split a single long-form video into four separate parts for release.’

’Although each video still managed to get tens of thousands of likes, it also annoyed some fans who had already seen the old content, making them wonder if the creators had lost their touch.’

’It wasn’t until several months later, when Detective Xiaoyu gained an insane seven million followers from just a few videos and various story channels began to explode in popularity, that Chen Xiang at 7:30 PM finally started to put in real effort. They released a video titled "Doing a Good Deed, but Having to Flee the Scene," and their first serious entry into the space garnered over three million likes.’

’The other pioneer, Pipa Sauce, went all-in on the long-form video feature as soon as it launched. She released two consecutive long-form videos that both broke two million likes, earning her the crown as the queen of long-form video at the time.’

’But as the platform developed, so much more talent emerged. Story channels like Uncle Qi, Detective Xiaoyu, and others appeared, and their like counts absolutely crushed those of Pipa Sauce’s two videos.’

’In fact, as more and more of these story channels popped up, Pipa Sauce’s neurotic performance style seemed to become less competitive. In the end, she partially retired to work behind the scenes as a boss, successfully launching quite a few new influencers in the process..’

’So, with Tiao Yin launching this trending topic for long-form videos, at this stage, the only video likely to truly stand out is Pipa Sauce’s "What’s the Deal with Women’s Hair?"’