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Chapter 352 - 212: This Woman Can Get Popular? Are You Kidding Me? (Part 2)

He had always wanted to see the grand spectacle for himself.

So today, once the crowds had returned to a more normal level, he invited Lao Cheng to come take a stroll.

"Boss, what’s this about selecting three influencers?" Little Maru asked, her eyes fixed on him. She knew there had to be some benefit to it, and her gaze made her intentions perfectly clear.

Chen Jincheng smiled and explained, "It’s for a filming event. A chance to earn some extra cash. I’ve already saved a spot for you."

Only then was Little Maru satisfied. She leaned in and whispered in his ear, "Good thing I wore my sexy white lace today, then!"

"..." A smile involuntarily touched the corners of Chen Jincheng’s lips.

The crowd in the stall area was still huge. The vendors were all incredibly enthusiastic, their faces brimming with smiles.

Zhu He was a prime example. He used to sell fish balls on Night Market Street, and after deducting costs for ingredients and rent, he thought making a profit of 300 to 400 yuan a night was pretty good. These past few days, however, he had been earning at least twenty times that amount daily. He got so busy he had to rope in his wife and sister to help.

He knew the hype would eventually die down and the crowds wouldn’t be this massive, but he was certain it would still be far busier than Night Market Street. That’s why he had already signed a contract with Radiant Square to rent a stall. If he didn’t lock it down, someone else was sure to snatch it up.

Chen Jincheng, Lin Hao, and their group continued walking, with Wei Weiwei tagging along beside them.

After all, they’d had a three-way partnership before.

The other members of the Coastal City Publicity Association were busy filming the various stalls.

Watching the bustling crowd around him, even Chen Jincheng felt a sense of accomplishment.

They soon arrived at Zhu Ling’s stall.

She was already live streaming. When prize-winning customers came to claim their grass jelly, she would enthusiastically pose for photos with them.

She recognized her boss and was about to go over and greet him, but Chen Jincheng waved her off, stopping her.

He had no desire to be mobbed.

Seeing this, Zhu Ling could only drop the idea.

After walking a little further, Chen Jincheng saw that plus-sized woman again, the one selling barbecue.

Little Maru couldn’t help but stare at the large woman. After all, her boss had said this woman could become more popular than her, and she refused to believe it.

At that moment, Lin Hao, who seemed to have been holding back for a while, finally couldn’t resist asking, "Lao Cheng, the news about you giving a Panamera to that Yijin girl trended today. It seems like you place a lot of importance on these ’slicing accounts.’"

"Not bad. You’ve already noticed the slicing accounts. Not many people know about this yet," Chen Jincheng said with a smile. ’Not many people are paying attention to slicing accounts right now, but after this car giveaway, I’m sure the MCNs are already studying them. It won’t be a secret for long, so there’s no harm in telling Lin Hao.’

Lin Hao immediately said, "Lao Cheng, I know this must be a business secret. We’ve been bros for so long, but I won’t ask you to tell me for free. Five million. Consider it an information fee."

"So generous?" Chen Jincheng hadn’t planned on taking money from Lin Hao, but since the guy was practically forcing it on him, there was no reason to refuse.

"Of course," Lin Hao said, his face a mask of pure curiosity.

He didn’t care about five million yuan. ’I made a five-million commission on that deal with Zhu Ling anyway,’ he thought. ’I can just figure out a way to get more from the old man later. It’s not my own money, and I feel like I have to know the secret behind these slicing accounts.’

Chen Jincheng smiled and began to explain. "Basically, slicing accounts are mainly used to help drive traffic, boost popularity, and for general promotion."

"How can that be?" Lin Hao asked, confused. "I’ve seen those slicing accounts. None of them get much traffic. The bad ones get a hundred likes, maybe even less. The best ones only get a few thousand. That can’t really affect overall popularity, can it?"

Chen Jincheng laughed and countered, "A single slicing account only has that much reach, sure. But what about a hundred of them? A thousand? Or even more? When all these accounts post at the same time, you can boost the popularity of an event faster than anything else, create trending topics more easily, and even get on the hot list."

"There’s another thing. When an account posts a video, the algorithm will always push it to more people. Even if one video only gets 500 views, a thousand of them adds up to 500,000 views. If they’re editing and posting every single day, more and more people are bound to see it. Even if they don’t follow you, your name recognition will still increase."

Lin Hao wasn’t an idiot. He’d been in the influencer game for a long time, and he immediately understood the logic behind it.

He immediately blurted out, "Then isn’t that Barbara a complete moron? She actually sued her own slicing account creators! And what about all those other influencers who jumped on the bandwagon? Who’s going to make clips for them now?"

"Not everyone understands the value of slicing accounts yet," Chen Jincheng explained with a smile. Then he added a reminder, "The best approach is to sign contracts with these creators and give them official authorization. The relationship is mutually beneficial. Sometimes you can’t get hung up on trivial profits."

"Lao Cheng, I’ll have someone transfer that five million to you right away," Lin Hao said, and without any hesitation, he pulled out his phone and started sending messages to make the arrangements.

After that, he couldn’t help but ask Chen Jincheng, "Lao Cheng, since this whole play was aimed at the slicing account creators, you must have a ton of authorized creators on your side now, right?"

Chen Jincheng knew the number was definitely high, but Sister Hong was in charge of all that, and she hadn’t reported the final count to him yet.

However, that didn’t stop him from posturing a bit in front of Lin Hao.

’Anyway, having enough slicing accounts really does help with driving traffic for an event,’ he thought.

’And it’s not like Lin Hao could possibly know about the Heat Cards.’

’Besides, with the hype I’m building, the 700 million social views for ’Here I come, bro!’ is just the baseline. Just like with the Little Sweet Heat Card, the popularity will definitely surpass what it was in the other world.’