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Chapter 388 - 224: Everyone’s a Talent! Wary of Each Other

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As Chen Jincheng visited the channels of Second-Life Star’s female streamers one by one, time flew by. It wasn’t until late at night that he finished his rounds and finally ended his own stream.

In addition to a peak viewership of over 550,000, this stream also generated over three million in gifts.

This gift total was quite a bit lower than the records recently set by people like Wangzai. However, their numbers came from recycled gifts. After the platform’s cut, most of that money flowed back to the big spenders. What streamers truly earned came from the gifts they received from their actual fans.

Some streamers who did PK battles even had to split the gifts from their fans with those big spenders, meaning they actually earned very little themselves.

But for his three million in gifts, after Tiao Yin took its cut, the rest was all his.

Because of today’s stream, Sister Hong had also been working overtime. She needed to compile statistics on how well the streamers absorbed the traffic he sent them and what their viewer retention rates were.

This was also a way to test whether a female streamer was suited for a livestreaming career, or if she was worth investing the guild’s monthly promotional resources in.

Especially after being upgraded to a 2-star Guild, the company would receive some B-Level and C-Level promotional slots each month. Naturally, these had to be given to those who were truly cut out for livestreaming.

If someone really wasn’t suited for live broadcasts, they could always go the route of a video content creator. If they developed well, they could still make money from advertisements.

Of course, for those who weren’t particularly good at either, they could only serve as filler streamers.

And it was very easy to tell who was suited for a livestreaming career.

For example, two streamers might have both received a boost of over 20,000 viewers, but by the end of the stream, one might have retained 5,000 viewers while the other was left with only 700. The difference in effectiveness was clear at a glance.

As soon as his stream ended, Sister Hong immediately reported the data to him. "After this massive traffic distribution, practically all the girls’ viewerships saw a huge boost. Recruiting 300 streamers and making a push for a Three-star Guild is basically a sure thing now."

"Mm, that’s good," Chen Jincheng nodded.

Sister Hong immediately added with a smile, "And there’s more good news. Just as you were ending your stream, Boss, ’Little Dimples’ hit two million sales on Penguin Music. With these numbers, its final sales will definitely surpass ’Can’t Help Falling in Love’."

This news brought a smile to Chen Jincheng’s face.

Two million sales. That was already on par with the sales of Master Yu’s best-selling song this year.

The key thing was, his song had only been out for a short time. This was yet another huge slap in the face to Master Yu.

Chen Jincheng opened Tiao Yin to check the situation. In just a short time, "Little Dimples" had not only become a trending topic but was also in the platform’s spotlight.

Tiao Yin had even given it a flattering title: "The King Returns: Chen Jincheng with His New Song, ’Little Dimples’."

’The King Returns? What the hell!’

「Tiao Yin.」

At that moment, Han Shangyou was also looking at the spotlight feature. Just as he had predicted, Chen Jincheng’s "Little Dimples" had blown up.

Moreover, both of his hit songs were sweet love songs. In that genre, it wasn’t an exaggeration to call Chen Jincheng a king.

After all, according to the latest news he’d received, "Little Dimples" had already sold over two million copies. Its total sales would surely surpass "Can’t Help Falling in Love."

This was just going to be rather embarrassing for Master Yu.

It was fair to say that "Little Dimples" was on track to overwhelmingly crush Master Yu’s song from this year, which had only sold just over two million copies.

’This huge disparity will prove the value of Tiao Yin’s influencers—they can even take down established celebrities. So, how could any celebrity still dare to look down on Tiao Yin? What are they waiting for? Either they join Tiao Yin now and get a head start, or they can wait for Tiao Yin to cultivate more and more influencers like Chen Jincheng to steal their fan bases. In this situation, no matter how you look at it, this is bound to make many celebrities flock to Tiao Yin.’

His assistant reported, "President Han, it seems Master Yu has gone into hiding. He’s disabled comments on both his Tiao Yin and Weibo accounts."

"That’s normal. He has to save some face, after all," Han Shangyou said with a small laugh.

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After Sister Hong finished her report, he took out his phone to check his Tiao Yin private messages from Xue Qian.

’The guy is way too enthusiastic, but what can I do? Since we already agreed to shoot a video together in Sanya during the National Day holiday, I might as well add him to the "Wave-Summoning Technique" plan.’

He opened his Tiao Yin private messages and saw the WeChat ID Xue Qian had sent. He searched for it, added him, and added a note to the contact.

"Chen Jincheng, it’s great to connect with you. Let’s chat more in the future," Xue Qian messaged him immediately after being added.

"Sounds good," Chen Jincheng replied.

Xue Qian sent another message: "By the way, where in Sanya are you shooting during the National Day holiday? I’ll have my assistant book a place for me."

"The Wenhua Oriental Hotel," Chen Jincheng told him the location.

"Okay, see you then," Xue Qian replied.

After finishing his chat with Xue Qian, Chen Jincheng saw a WeChat message from Lin Hao inviting him to a bar to celebrate. ’The guy did drop 300 Carnivals on me in one go. I should at least show him some face.’

"Alright, see you at Extreme Bar," Chen Jincheng replied to Lin Hao. Then, he took out his phone and posted on his WeChat Moments: "Thinking of going to a bar for a few drinks tonight. Wonder who’d be willing to join me."

Then he set the post’s visibility so that only Cen Ning, Wang Qiqi, Yinyin, Jiang Xiaobai, Little Maru, Ximeng, Zhu Ling, and Xiaoju could see it.

’Going to a club without girls is about your image. Going home without one is about biology.’

’And so, he once again resorted to his fishing tactic—letting fate decide. Whichever one of them saw his post and wanted to go would be his companion for the night.’