Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities

Chapter 353 - 212: This Woman Can Get Famous? You’re Joking, Right?

He took out his phone, gestured toward the heavyset woman, and asked, "Lin Hao, do you believe she can become an internet celebrity? The kind that blows up overnight?"

Lin Hao glanced over instinctively. The woman was stout, easily three times the size of Qianqian, who was standing beside him. He turned to Chen Jincheng, stunned. "Lao Cheng, are you kidding me?"

Chen Jincheng stopped recording there. He then sent the video to Yijin. He didn’t need to say another word; Yijin would know what to do.

Sure enough, on the other end, Yijin understood immediately after receiving the video.

Brother Cheng wanted to promote this heavyset woman.

But this truly shocked him. The woman was incredibly large, and as for her looks, there was nothing to speak of. ’Is a woman like this really worth promoting?’

He was tempted to ask Brother Cheng if he was just playing a joke on him.

But then he remembered this was Brother Cheng, whose plans were always unexpected. He immediately had his employees upload the video Brother Cheng sent to over 150 clip accounts. Moreover, he didn’t forget to post the video in the clip team’s WeChat group.

All at once, the clip creators in the WeChat group were also shocked.

’Brother Cheng says this heavyset woman can blow up overnight? He must be joking, right?’

At the Radiant Square vendor area, Lin Hao tried to see a hint of a joke on Chen Jincheng’s face, but Lao Cheng’s dead-serious expression didn’t look like he was kidding at all.

’Could it be that Lao Cheng controls so many clip accounts that he can make even a woman like this famous overnight?’

’Holy shit.’

’If that’s the case, just how insane is that?’

Even Qianqian, beside him, was blinking her big, beautiful eyes, staring at the heavyset woman in disbelief.

She knew this Chen Jin was amazing at making people famous, but what did this woman have going for her? ’Even with Chen Jincheng promoting her, there’s no way she could get popular, right?’

’After all, it’s not like everyone is blind.’

Just then, Chen Jincheng spoke again. "Lin Hao, how about 10 million? I’ll come up with a plan to make her famous and bring another massive surge of foot traffic to your dad’s Radiant Square."

These words, however, caught Wei Weiwei’s attention.

The current decline in foot traffic at Radiant Square naturally meant a decrease in the number of people flocking to Coastal City.

Although they had already profited immensely this time, Vice President Fu was still not completely satisfied and hoped the flow of people could be sustained for longer.

If what this Mr. Chen was saying now was true, Vice President Fu would probably jump for joy.

"Alright, I’ll make the call," Lin Hao agreed almost without hesitation.

For one, he wanted to see the power of the clip accounts Lao Cheng controlled. For another, if they could really bring in another wave of foot traffic, it would be a huge benefit for Radiant Square.

He immediately stepped aside and dialed his old man’s number.

In the Radiant Square office center, Lin Jian had been spending almost all his time there lately. The foot traffic from the past week had made Radiant Square an insane amount of money, and he had personally profited immensely. He had already signed contracts with the plaza’s other investors, giving him operational control.

Most importantly, with the current foot traffic, the plaza was a goose that lays golden eggs. As long as he didn’t make any mistakes and managed it carefully, it would be a constant source of profit. Indeed, they could make a killing just from the stall fees in the vendor area, to say nothing of the mall’s rental income and the advertising space all over the plaza...

The 30 million spent on the plan and on hiring Zhu Ling was nothing compared to the returns. It was small change.

Nearby, Zhang Tao was already overseeing the data compilation. Next, as the hype died down, foot traffic would return to normal. Therefore, it was crucial to compile specific data, as the stabilized foot traffic figures would be the reference point for all future plaza operations.

Just then, Lin Jian received a call from his son. He answered with a smile, "Lin Hao, what’s up?"

His attitude toward his son had improved greatly recently. The success with Radiant Square had proven that his son’s work with MCNs was extremely valuable.

’My son has really made something of himself.’

As a father, he was very gratified.

Lin Hao’s voice came through the phone, "Dad, the plaza must be raking it in lately, huh?"

Lin Jian didn’t mince words. "We’ve definitely made a fortune. You’ve been a huge help to the family this time."

Lin Hao immediately followed up, "Dad, a friend and I have another plan that could create another explosive surge in foot traffic for Radiant Square. How does a 20 million planning fee sound?"

Given the success of the previous plan, Lin Jian agreed with almost no hesitation. "No problem."

If Radiant Square’s popularity could explode again, he could then declare to every other plaza in Coastal City: Radiant Square is taking on all of you.

Back in the vendor area, Lin Hao hung up the phone and, grinning from ear to ear, said to Chen Jincheng, "Lao Cheng, the plaza agreed! 10 million it is!"

He was in a great mood as he spoke. After all, his old man had covered a previous 5 million expense for him, and now he was making another 5 million for himself.

While they were talking, Yijin and the clip teams had already uploaded the video Chen Jincheng sent. With a veritable army of clip accounts posting a single video, it immediately started gaining traction.

It left everyone who saw it stunned.

’Isn’t Chen Jincheng getting a little too arrogant?’

「Xinghe Plaza.」

Zhao Yuan had not had an easy week. Foot traffic and sales at the plaza had dropped to rock bottom. His father had chewed him out more than once, telling him to hurry up and find a solution, or else he’d be replaced.

’How could he let that happen?’

Being replaced meant he would be eliminated from the competition against his brothers.

His assistant came in to report, "President Zhao, foot traffic at Radiant Square has finally started to decline. It should stabilize from here on out."

"Good that it’s declining. A decline means we can finally counterattack." Zhao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the news. At the same time, he asked, "Has the loan for our plaza come through?"

"The 50 million has been approved," the assistant said.

Zhao Yuan nodded. "Good. Then it’s time to start our own influencer plan. Get all the major influencers to come and hold events. We have to generate some buzz and use it to draw in traffic."

This was also his last-ditch effort. If this 50 million couldn’t reverse the decline of Xinghe Group, then he would truly be out of chances.

"Understood, President Zhao." The assistant immediately accepted the task.

After the assistant left, Zhao Yuan took out his phone to check the news on Tiao Yin. Suddenly, he saw a name that vexed him—it was about Chen Jincheng again.

The video showed an obese woman, with Chen Jincheng’s voiceover claiming he could make this very woman blow up overnight.

Zhao Yuan felt like throwing up just looking at the woman. ’A woman like that could get famous?’

Chen Jincheng got lucky and created the Zhu Ling incident. ’Has the success gone to his head?’

With that thought, he went straight to the video’s comment section and posted: "Are we all fucking blind? If this fat woman can blow up overnight, I’ll livestream myself eating shit!"