"Mr. Landlord, please, I’m begging you."

The female lead was helpless, pleading!

Seeing this, Ah Hao’s expression suddenly softened. He reached out a gentle hand and took Teacher San Shang’s, "Ma’am, I can actually give you a chance..."

"President Han, this video is really pushing the boundaries!" his assistant said, completely stunned.

However, the video then cut to a new scene: Teacher San Shang, dressed in a uniform, standing in a tea shop welcoming customers and helping to brew tea.

After serving the customers, she received a text message with her salary payment, which made her happily send a message of her own: "Boss Ah Hao, thank you for giving me a job opportunity!"

"Now there’s no problem," Han Shangyou said with a smile. He was relieved they knew to include a twist like that.

At least it was defensible.

But then, the screen changed again, displaying the words "To be continued!"

"President Han, does this video count as a violation?" the assistant asked awkwardly.

"Let it be for now!" Han Shangyou replied.

Whether or not this kind of video was a violation was up to the platform to decide, as long as the higher-ups hadn’t issued any specific rules about it. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

The main reason was that he saw a crucial element in both Ah Hao’s and Chen Jincheng’s videos: a plot.

Both Ah Hao and Chen Jincheng’s videos had plots, and tight ones at that.

Moreover, it wasn’t hard for him to see that the quality of Chen Jincheng’s videos surpassed that of many domestic TV dramas. The lead actress’s acting, in particular, was genuinely good.

And Ah Hao’s was even more impressive; its plot was on the level of a movie.

Therefore, these two served as an example for everyone. Long-form videos could develop in the direction of these scripted skits. They were the new model. Pipa Sauce’s format, on the other hand, was starting to seem out of step with the times.

This wasn’t just apparent to Tiao Yin; all the MCNs on the platform saw it too.

Yuan Peng of OST was one of them.

He had already been leading a team to study the long-form video feature. When he saw Chen Jincheng and Ah Hao’s videos, he was instantly inspired and immediately got people to start shooting for a scripted-content channel.

The other MCNs did the same.

Because of Chen Jincheng’s involvement, the explosion of scripted-content channels happened much earlier than it did in the other world.

By nightfall, Chen Jincheng and Ah Hao’s videos had completely blown up, directly surpassing Pipa Sauce’s.

This made many people’s jaws drop.

When Pipa Sauce got the news, she was looking over the files of two newly signed influencers.

The influencers were poached from CYH. Now that CYH had collapsed, many people were scrambling to recruit its talent, and she was no exception.

Her reputation was quite significant, so she managed to poach two influencers with over a million followers each.

Getting two established, million-follower influencers without having to invest resources in building them up was an absolute win.

"Boss, your video has been surpassed," her assistant reported. She couldn’t believe it.

’After all, I’m the only one with experience in shooting long-form videos right now. My video has so many likes, how could it be surpassed?’

She immediately opened the trending page for long-form videos and saw the two new videos from Chen Jincheng and Lin Hao.

After watching both, she was a bit dumbfounded. She didn’t know how to describe it, but she suddenly realized her performance style was truly inferior to the other two.

Setting aside Ah Hao’s, which relied on being risqué...

Chen Jincheng’s "Family Position" was pure scripted drama. It had a plot, acting, and good-looking actors. Hers seemed to be completely crushed on all fronts.

"Does Chen Jincheng have to be this competitive?" Pipa Sauce’s mouth fell open, at a loss for words.

For the rest of the day, she kept a close eye on the trending page for long-form videos, perhaps still clinging to a sliver of hope. After all, she was the originator of long-form video content for influencers.

But an hour later, when her video started being left far behind by the other two, she lost all hope.

It seemed the times were changing.

...

Back at Feihua Restaurant, Sister Hong had once again booked a celebratory feast for the team to mark the success of "Family Position."

"Boss, ’Family Position’ has blown up! It’s even starting to leave Pipa Sauce’s video far behind," Sister Hong said, unable to hold back her praise as she monitored the data.

’The boss has scored another huge success.’

Li Muchen had also been invited. She was feeling very emotional. Her cousin’s video already had two million likes. If they were to count views, it would probably be over twenty or thirty million, right?

And the key metrics were still climbing rapidly.

It was astonishing to think about. Many TV series directed by famous names didn’t get that many views over their entire run.

"I have 730,000 followers now, too. It’s growing so fast," Lin Leqing said, her face beaming with joy.

’Senior Brother said he’d make me famous, and he really kept his word.’

Sister Hong smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. Your followers will keep growing. This video alone should get you at least two million new followers."

That was what surprised her, too. The follower growth rate for these scripted-content channels was significantly higher than for general entertainment videos.

Hearing this, Li Muchen subconsciously glanced at her own account: 6,500 followers.

This immediately prompted her to praise Chen Jincheng in a fawning manner, "Mr. Chen, your video production skills are truly incredible. A friend of mine told me that a celebrity on her film set saw this video and was so envious, especially of the incredible ability to gain followers. That celebrity is a B-lister, and she only has around 500,000 followers on Tiao Yin right now."

Hearing this, Chen Jincheng immediately said to her, "Miss Li, in that case, are you interested in shooting this kind of scripted video? I’d be very keen to invite you to join!"

Li Muchen was thrilled to hear this and was about to agree on the spot. ’After all, wasn’t this the whole point of my fawning praise?’

But Chen Jincheng had already continued, "However, Miss Li, don’t be in a hurry to refuse. You still have more than ten days before you join your film crew, don’t you? You can take your time to think about it."

"..." Li Muchen was speechless. Couldn’t he just let her get a word in?

’Seriously, I don’t need to think. He invited me, so I’ll join immediately.’

She was about to speak again, but Chen Jincheng’s phone rang. Seeing it was Lin Hao’s number, he answered right away. "Hey, Lin Hao!"

Lin Hao’s voice came through the phone, "Lao Cheng, I got a tab at your Extreme Bar. Let’s celebrate tonight. Good thing I listened to you about the long-form videos. I really seized the opportunity this time."

"Sure, I’ll head over in a bit," Chen Jincheng agreed with a smile. Lin Hao’s video had indeed seized the opportunity. With Teacher San Shang’s... unique status, even though it had fewer likes, its follower growth rate far surpassed Lin Leqing’s.

After hanging up, Chen Jincheng said to the table, "Everyone’s about done eating and drinking, so let’s call it a night!"

With that, he got up to leave. But before heading out, he didn’t forget to add one last bit of persuasion to Li Muchen, "Miss Li, you should really think it over. This path isn’t necessarily worse than slogging it out in the entertainment industry."

"..." Li Muchen’s composure completely shattered.

Seeing Chen Jincheng leave the private room, Ximeng immediately chased after him.

Chen Jincheng reached his Lamborghini and was about to call for a designated driver when he found his little secretary, Ximeng, hugging his arm. She looked at him with expectant eyes, "Boss, I heard you! You’re going to a bar, take me with you!"

Chen Jincheng had been about to call for a driver. Seeing this, he could only cancel it and call a DiDi instead. If he got a designated driver, the two of them couldn’t go over in the sports car together.

"Thank you, Boss!" Seeing this, the little secretary happily gave him a peck on the cheek.

The DiDi arrived quickly. The driver was an uncle in his fifties. He didn’t recognize Chen Jincheng or Ximeng, but his constant glances in the rearview mirror were all too obvious. Ximeng’s secretary outfit must have made the uncle’s heart race, huh?

Ximeng, however, said to Chen Jincheng in a sweet, delicate voice, "Boss, you drank a lot just now. Are you tired? You can rest your head on my lap, and I’ll massage your temples."

Chen Jincheng smiled. ’This green tea little secretary sure knows how to play her cards right.’

He went along with it and rested his head on the little secretary’s lap. Her sheer stockings were indeed smooth, and he thought he could smell a unique fragrance wafting from between the girl’s legs.

The girl’s small hands were very soft, and the massage she gave his head was quite comfortable.

As the uncle drove, his face was filled with envy. ’It must be nice to have a secretary like that.’

As the car started moving, Chen Jincheng was suddenly surprised to see a golden exclamation mark quest appear on the glowing screen of the "Life Simulation Game" in his mind.

’These golden exclamation mark quests always give special rewards!’

This made him hurry to control his game character and accept the quest.

The quest was from Life Management Media. The media company wanted to sign a fitness blogger, and it required the main character to act as a talent scout and find a suitable candidate among the passersby.

The quest wasn’t difficult, just a tedious search-type task.

He spent the entire ride controlling his game character to search for people. Not just any passerby would do, but he finally found a fitness expert just before the car arrived at Extreme Bar, completing the quest.

The notification for the quest reward appeared immediately after. But when he saw what the reward was this time, he was completely stunned.

’There’s even this kind of reward?’

For him, in his current situation, this reward was an absolute godsend.