Free Web NovelChapter 437: Chapter 244: This Is a New Track
It took him two hours to finally finish editing one commentary video.
This was all thanks to having transmigrated to this world. Back in his old one, he had always filmed and edited his own videos, so his editing skills were top-notch, and he handled the work with ease.
After finishing the edit, he reviewed it. Although it was full of flaws, it would still have an overwhelming advantage at this stage.
At noon, after a quick lunch, he shut himself in his room and started editing again.
The "past vs. present" comparison videos were rather simple to make.
Even though it was still 2018, the "Dry Land Leaping" phenomenon had already appeared in Qinggong. There were also plenty of examples of the "zombie-hopping" style of Qinggong, so a comparison video was a must.
He went straight for clips from *Eight Heavenly Dragons* and *Treasure Lotus Lamp*.
Luckily, this world had both shows, including Xiao Yuanshan’s sideways-flying Qinggong and Erlang God’s turn in the bamboo forest. In addition to these two, he found some other spectacular Qinggong scenes from old movies and TV shows.
The editing process was simple from there. All he had to do was add a short roast of modern Qinggong, then play clips of it with subtitles. After that, he’d add more subtitles and play clips of the classic Qinggong.
The contrast was instantly clear.
Seriously, he had seen these kinds of Qinggong comparison videos in his past life. After watching "Dry Land Leaping," seeing the effortless grace of Xiao Yuanshan and Erlang God truly made it feel like every cell in his body was vibrating.
After finishing that video, Chen Jincheng began planning a commentary in the style of a venom-tongued film critic.
The reason that style was so popular, garnering nearly 60 million fans, was its method of weaving life lessons and philosophy into the plot summary.
He chose a movie he loved, *Golden Cicada Shell*, played it, and immediately started cutting out usable clips.
First, he found the scene where the main character is holding a carton of milk.
It was a prison escape movie. A typical commentary might say something like, "The protagonist, holding the milk, has already figured out how to use it to escape."
But the venom-tongued critic’s approach would be: "To others, this is a carton of milk. To him, it is the key to his escape, the very hope of his freedom."
Chen Jincheng spent the entire afternoon editing. By evening, he had finished one video for each of the three different styles.
By that evening, the "Wave-Summoning Technique" video series was gaining more and more traction online. It shot directly onto the trending list, ranking quite high.
The buzz reached a new peak, especially after the crowd of onlookers started posting their own videos. A new trending topic even emerged: "Wenhua Oriental Hotel Wave-Summoning Technique."
Everyone knew it had successfully become a viral check-in spot.
In his office, Lin Sheng stared at the trending topic on Tiao Yin, his face alight with excitement.
’Seriously, it’s a good thing I agreed to Second-Life Star’s request and let them film their project at the Eastern Culture Hotel. Otherwise, we never would’ve gotten this kind of exposure.’
’At the same time, he was even more thankful that the first few hotels Chen Jincheng approached had rejected him. Otherwise, the opportunity never would have fallen to them.’
’Those other hotels were truly blind.’
Lin Sheng couldn’t help but turn to Song Ya and praise her, "Song Ya, you did a great job this time. If you hadn’t immediately reported the message from Second-Life Star, our hotel never would have gotten this chance."
Song Ya was overjoyed as well. She picked up her phone to look at her screen saver: a picture of Chen Jincheng, shirtless, showing off his perfect muscles. She had snapped it that morning.
’If Second-Life Star hadn’t come to the hotel for this project, I never would have been able to get so close to Chen Jincheng, or even get a picture with him.’
’It was just a shame that getting all dolled up and knocking on his door hadn’t worked. I’ll have to think of another way.’
In contrast to Lin Sheng’s delight, many hotel managers across Shanya were green with envy.
Although Shanya was a major tourist city, it was also home to a huge number of hotels. It wasn’t like people imagined, with rooms fully booked every day. In fact, new hotels were constantly popping up, making the competition fiercer each year.
Moreover, many of the most successful hotels were already trying to transform their business models. They no longer wanted to rely solely on room bookings, but hoped to expand into other leisure-related ventures.
But that required foot traffic.
Hotels with booming business could afford to do this, but those with average sales had no way to compete.
Now, thanks to this viral wave, the Wenhua Oriental Hotel had instantly gained a new check-in spot. As long as they properly promoted and managed the reef area for the "Wave-Summoning Technique," they wouldn’t have to worry about a lack of guests.
Countless people would surely come just to see the "Wave-Summoning Technique," and that entire stretch of beach could be developed into a prosperous new attraction.
This led many hotels in Shanya to start internal investigations to see if Second-Life Star had ever contacted them. If they had, whoever was responsible for rejecting the proposal would be fired on the spot.
Not only that, but hotels and private tourist attractions all across the country suddenly had the same idea.
Chen Jincheng had created this project for the Wenhua Oriental Hotel to save money on his team’s company retreat. So what about the next time he needed to film something for a retreat?
After all, a Company MCN wouldn’t just have one team-building trip per year, right?
What about the next one?
The viral popularity of the Wenhua Oriental Hotel’s "Wave-Summoning Technique" naturally caught the attention of Tiao Yin.
This was especially true for its president, Han Shangyou. It wasn’t that he had nothing better to do than stare at the trending list all day. Rather, his subordinates had analyzed the situation and concluded that creating these viral check-in spots was a viable way to increase Tiao Yin’s influence.
At this moment, Tiao Yin was still unaware that Kuaishou had acquired ACFUN back in June. After over three months of integrating resources, Kuaishou was about to launch a new algorithm that would deal a heavy blow to Tiao Yin.
After reading the report on the "Wave-Summoning Technique," Han Shangyou said to his assistant, "Their analysis of this viral check-in spot strategy is sound. Have them move forward with it. By the way, how is the new video editing feature doing since its launch?"
The assistant immediately reported, "A few people have started uploading edited videos, but since the feature just launched, they’re all a mess. There’s no quality to speak of. We haven’t even seen a single video break a thousand likes yet."
Han Shangyou nodded. "No rush," he instructed. "Something is bound to stand out eventually. Notify me as soon as the first hit video appears. I wonder who will be the first to figure out this feature’s true potential."
"Understood, President Han. I’ll keep a close watch on it," the assistant replied with a nod.
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「Wenhua Oriental Hotel.」
By the time Chen Jincheng finished the three videos, the sun had already set. He got a call from Sister Hong telling him the hotel had prepared dinner, so he left his room and went straight downstairs to the restaurant.
When he entered the restaurant, he saw Sister Hong chatting with Xue Qian, Zhu Zhen, and Xiaoliao.
It was clear that Xue Qian was very down-to-earth.
Seeing him arrive, Xue Qian immediately greeted him, "Lao Cheng, have you looked into that new feature Tiao Yin just launched?"
Chen Jincheng sat down and nodded. "Yeah, I spent all afternoon on it."
Hearing this, Sister Hong immediately asked, "Boss, a lot of people are already trying it out, but they’re all just using it to edit movie and TV clips. They’re uploading a bunch of them, but not getting many likes."
Xue Qian added with a smile, "But the general idea can’t be wrong. A few funny movie commentaries have already gotten tens of thousands of likes."
Chen Jincheng shook his head. "Their approach isn’t wrong. Humorous movie commentary is a viable path. And as long as you do it right, it’s not hard to get good numbers and gain followers."
At his words, both Sister Hong and Xue Qian turned to look at him. He clearly sounded confident and well-prepared.
"Boss, have you already figured this feature out?" Sister Hong asked in surprise.
Xue Qian and Zhu Zhen also turned their gazes toward him.
After all, this was a brand-new feature on Tiao Yin that everyone was still trying to figure out. As for humorous movie commentaries, that format had existed for a while; people were just applying it here.
Chen Jincheng just smiled, took out his phone, and sent the three edited videos to Sister Hong. "Sister Hong," he instructed, "I made these three with the new editing feature. Upload them later on three separate accounts."
Upon hearing this, Sister Hong immediately picked up her phone to look, then tapped on one of the videos.
Xue Qian and the others all leaned in, curious to see what kind of video it was.
The next moment, a voice emanated from Sister Hong’s phone: "This man is named Xiaoshuai. He’s swinging on vines through the forest in a pair of shorts. Amidst the fluttering birds, he hears the cries of Xiaomei for help..."
"???" Xue Qian.
Zhu Zhen: "???"
"???" Xiaoliao.
Hearing the narration, the entire group was momentarily stunned.
Xiaoshuai? Xiaomei?
What the heck?
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