Free Web NovelChapter 392: Chapter 225: A Man Dressed as a Woman! There’s Such a Good Thing?
Lin Hao hurriedly said, "Elephant, I don’t usually laugh unless I really can’t hold it in."
"Can’t hold it in!" Teacher San Shang repeated, mimicking him in her broken Chinese.
"..." Elephant was speechless. He could only walk up to his big brother and ask miserably, "Brother, do you think this is okay?"
Chen Jincheng suppressed a laugh and handed Elephant his phone with the script. "Take a look at these lines. Shout them out in a sharp, eunuch-like voice. The more bizarre and catchy, the better."
Elephant didn’t hesitate. He looked at the script on the phone and started shouting at the top of his lungs, "Actually, I’m not much of a singer... I feel so high right now! I feel like my life has reached its peak..."
Chen Jincheng immediately yelled, "Stop, stop! Your voice isn’t eunuch-y enough, and it’s not bizarre enough. It needs to be sharper."
"Okay, I’ll try again," Elephant said quickly. "...So high! I feel like my life has reached..."
"Stop, still not right." Chen Jincheng stopped him again.
Over the next few minutes, Elephant tried no less than fifteen more times, but he just couldn’t meet Chen Jincheng’s standards.
"Mr. Chen, are you trying to make him sound like a ladyboy?" Teacher San Shang asked out of curiosity. She had already gotten the gist of the situation from Lin Hao. "I have an idea," she added. "At my old company, they taught us vocal techniques to make our voices more attractive to men."
Chen Jincheng’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected a professional to step up.
He quickly said, "Miss San Shang, please, could you coach him?"
Teacher San Shang directly handed an ice cube to Elephant. "Hold this in your mouth for two minutes."
Elephant didn’t dare hesitate. He immediately popped the ice cube into his mouth. After failing more than a dozen times, he was afraid his big brother would get angry.
Soon, two minutes passed. Elephant could feel a piercing chill in his mouth and throat.
Teacher San Shang once again gave instructions in her broken Chinese: "Now, press your tongue against the roof of your mouth, pull your vocal cords upward, then tighten your abs..."
After finishing her instructions, she said, "Now, give it a try."
Elephant immediately went for it, striking a pose. "...So high! I feel like my life has reached its peak! So high! I feel like my life has reached its cli—"
"That’s it! Do it again, right now." Chen Jincheng didn’t hesitate this time. He immediately took out his phone and recorded Elephant. Once he was done filming, he quickly searched for the backing track to "So High" from his past life and added it to the video.
In no time, the finished video was ready.
After playing it once, he felt it was probably no worse than the original version from his past life. He did feel a bit bad for Elephant, though, seeing his mouth all red from the ice cube. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
"Lao Cheng, this video is bizarrely captivating! Did you really just think of this on the spur of the moment?" Lin Hao was flabbergasted. "The main thing is, Elephant is such a sharp-dressed guy—how did you even think of having him do this kind of cross-dressing gag? And how is it so addicting?" frёeωebɳovel.com
"Lin Hao, it’s called talent, you get me?" Chen Jincheng said with a grin, striking a cool pose. He then sent the video to Elephant and ordered, "Upload this to your account now."
After giving the order, he also forwarded the video to Yijin, telling him to distribute it to the clipping teams to post simultaneously.
Yijin was already back at his apartment, and he’d even brought the girl, Xingchen, home with him.
The girl was in the bathroom, changing into some sexy lingerie.
But when he saw the message from Brother Cheng on his phone, he didn’t dare hesitate for a second. He rushed out into the living room to turn on his computer.
When the girl, now dressed in her lingerie, walked out of the bathroom, she was baffled to find the room empty.
「Back in the bar’s private room.」
Elephant quickly uploaded the video to his account.
Chen Jincheng then used the "So High" Heat Card, and a system notification immediately appeared:
[You have used a "So High" Heat Card on the current target. The target video meets the criteria. Heat Card activated. Distributing 300 million network-wide views. Distribution will be complete within 10 hours!]
Although this Heat Card didn’t directly grant likes, 300 million network-wide views meant 30 million views per hour. Getting Elephant an extra 300,000 to 500,000 likes in an hour would be no problem.
After Elephant uploaded the video, Lin Hao took his phone and placed it on the table. Everyone except for Chen Jincheng crowded around it to watch the video’s stats.
Three to five hundred thousand likes an hour meant five to nine thousand likes a minute.
So, Lin Hao and the others were stunned, watching with their own eyes as the video hit 30,000 likes in just a few short minutes.
The comment section was even livelier:
"Holy shit, I think I’m losing my mind. I’ve watched this video a bunch of times and actually started shouting along with it."
"This video is so addicting. I think I’ve been brainwashed."
"I can’t believe this is Chen Jincheng’s brother. This is hilarious."
"Same family genes, yet one is so handsome, and the other is so... well..."
"..."
"This... This is incredible," Lin Hao couldn’t help but exclaim.
You have to remember, Lao Cheng had just been drinking with him when Elephant went up and begged for help. He’d come up with the idea and shot the video just like that, off the top of his head.
The girl from Ah Hao Media was so shocked her mouth hung open.
She had heard at Ah Hao Media that this Chen Jincheng guy was a genius at planning and shooting videos, and she’d seen the terrifyingly popular videos he’d orchestrated online.
But seeing it with her own eyes today, she finally understood just how frighteningly good he was.
He had produced a viral hit just like that. Based on the current numbers, it would have no problem reaching the three million likes he had mentioned.
Watching the numbers climb, Elephant’s mouth split into a wide grin, his face alight with excitement.
’I really have to rely on my big brother.’
At the same time, Yijin and the members of the clipping teams were also overjoyed. The new video Brother Cheng had them post was growing in popularity even faster than their regular edited clips.
It was just like what happened with Zhu Ling’s videos and the "I’m Here, Bro" video.
It wasn’t quite as explosive as those two, but the pattern was exactly the same.
The clipping team’s WeChat group immediately exploded with activity:
"This is Brother Cheng looking out for us again."
"Yeah, making clips for Brother Cheng always comes with perks."
"Making clips for Brother Cheng is the best!"
"Brother Cheng is the man!"
"..."
...
Back in the private room, Lin Hao watched Elephant’s "So High" video climb to 300,000 likes and was thoroughly impressed. He then turned to Chen Jincheng with a challenge. "Lao Cheng, you’re a beast when it comes to making videos, but I’ll definitely drink you under the table in a game."
Chen Jincheng just smiled. "Lin Hao, you seem to have forgotten who surrendered last time."
To be honest, Ah Hao was no match for him in bar games. Never mind the experience Chen Jincheng had accumulated in his past life; with his current physical constitution alone, he could out-drink Lin Hao easily.
"Lao Cheng, that was just bad luck! I lost too many rounds! Tonight, I’m taking you down!" Lin Hao shouted, full of bravado. Not long after, however, he was miserably waving a white napkin. "Lao Cheng, I surrender! Have mercy! I still have to take the girls to a hotel and have Mikami... you know, ’tutor’ the new girl. You can’t get me completely smashed, right?"
At his words, the new girl’s face instantly flushed red.
’Why would the boss say that in front of everyone? Even though I agreed, it’s still so embarrassing.’
She lowered her head in embarrassment.
Elephant’s face immediately filled with envy. ’Brother Hao’s life... that’s the dream.’
Having said his piece, Lin Hao wrapped his arms around the waists of Teacher San Shang and the new girl, ready to take his leave.
Elephant hurried to see them off as well. Lin Hao always booked his tables through him, so he had to make sure he was well taken care of.
Seeing this, Chen Jincheng felt a pang of genuine envy. "Look at how shameless that guy is. How can a boss do something like that? It’s despicable!"
After muttering this, he played his old trick, letting his head loll to the side as he leaned back on the sofa and pretended to be asleep.
’Now that the party’s over, I should probably decide which girl’s place I’m going to tonight.’
’It’s a tough choice. Whichever one I pick, the other will be disappointed and might even think I’m playing favorites. It’s better to let the two of them decide who gets to take me home.’
’That’s right. I’m a perfect gentleman. How could I possibly be the one to take a girl home after drinking? I’m just a poor drunk who doesn’t know what’s happening.’
Sure enough, seeing their boss looking "drunk," the two girls subconsciously glanced at each other, a silent understanding passing between them.
Yinyin immediately said, "I was the one who asked him out first. I was the first one to like his social media post. I liked it the second it went up! If you don’t believe me, we can check our messages to see who was first. It’s first come, first served."
Hearing this and seeing how certain Yinyin was, Ximeng knew it was probably true. But she had no intention of arguing the point. Instead, she said softly, "Actually... we could do it together."
Chen Jincheng, who had been pretending to be asleep on the sofa, suddenly snapped his eyes open.
’Something this good is happening?’
