Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities

Chapter 376 - 220: Why Is This Guy Here? (2)

Tiao Yin, of course, had also been following the matter closely.

Especially after the announcement about Master Yu faking his data, they were watching to see if there would be any fallout. They hadn’t expected this, but not only was there a follow-up, it shot straight to the top of the trending list and was still gaining heat.

Han Shangyou was quite surprised when he received the report. "Chen Jincheng jumped into the fray to go head-to-head with someone again?"

Chen Jincheng was an internet celebrity, but he never acted like one.

Take his attitude toward A-listers, for example. Most internet celebrities felt inferior, awkward, or would subconsciously try to curry favor when meeting them. But Chen Jincheng was different. He didn’t care if you were a star; he’d go head-to-head with you all the same.

First, it was Li Yueling, who he silenced with a single song, "Can’t Help Falling in Love."

Then came Luo Xiaozhu, who he stunned with a series of dance videos. The final dance, "Divination," sent his opponent scrambling to hide in their shell.

And now, he was going head-to-head with Master Yu, planning to release a new original song, no less.

The assistant remarked, "President Han, from what our investigation shows, it seems Master Yu has been completely led by the nose by Chen Jincheng. He was outshone by one of Chen Jincheng’s artists, and now Chen Jincheng is jumping in himself. I’m starting to suspect that the only reason Master Yu’s post blew up so fast is because Chen Jincheng was secretly pulling the strings."

"Do you even need to suspect?" Han Shangyou said. "When it comes to generating hype, Master Yu is no match for Chen Jincheng." Then, an idea struck him. "Let’s create a special feature for Chen Jincheng’s livestream tonight!"

’This Chen Jincheng is someone we can definitely use.’

He wanted to stir up another wave of hype around the conflict between him and Master Yu. Let everyone see just how big the gap really is—or isn’t—between a Tiao Yin internet celebrity and an A-list star.

"Understood, President Han," the assistant nodded.

「...」

At Meiguo TV Station, Master Yu was filming a music show where he was once again serving as a mentor. However, he quickly noticed that today’s recording wasn’t going smoothly. Unlike before, the trainees were clearly unimpressed with him.

Every critique he gave was professional, and while many trainees paid him lip service, their tone was clearly dismissive.

This infuriated him.

When the recording finally, mercifully ended, he let out a sigh of relief.

But as soon as he stepped out of the recording studio, he overheard several trainees talking.

"Haha, thank God we picked our mentors fast. I’m so glad we didn’t get stuck with Master Yu!"

"I know, right? He got beaten by some female influencer even after faking his stats, and he’s still acting all high and mighty."

"Did you see Chen Jincheng’s response video? Master Yu challenged him about writing original music, and now the guy’s actually releasing an original song tonight."

"I’m just worried Chen Jincheng’s original is going to be another huge hit. Then Master Yu will really have to ’look up’ to him!"

Master Yu’s expression turned grim as he heard their words. At the same time, he registered the news: Chen Jincheng was actually releasing a new original song today.

Just then, his assistant walked over. "Boss, Chen Jincheng posted a video on Tiao Yin responding to you. He said he’s releasing an original song tonight."

Master Yu’s face darkened. He immediately pulled out his phone, opened Tiao Yin, and watched Chen Jincheng’s video. His expression became utterly thunderous. "What right does he have to be so arrogant? Me? Look up to *him*?"

But the assistant’s worries returned. "Boss, I’m just afraid we’ll have a repeat of the Xiaomao incident."

At the mention of Xiaomao, Master Yu’s brow furrowed.

The incident with Xiaomao was indeed a black mark on his record. It had been a complete humiliation for him. In contrast, Xue Qian had earned a reputation as a great judge of talent. Now, whenever the topic of good mentors came up, Master Yu’s failure was always dragged out as a negative example.

He quickly shook his head. "Impossible. How many once-in-a-generation talents like Xiaomao can there possibly be? And Chen Jincheng? He’s just an internet celebrity. Is he even worthy of discovering one?"

The assistant sighed. ’I really hope I’m not jinxing this. If I am, the boss is in for some serious embarrassment.’

It wasn’t just Master Yu. Many other singers saw Chen Jincheng’s response, and most of them thought it was arrogant. After all, Master Yu was a famous singer. They were curious to see what kind of song Chen Jincheng would produce.

Amidst all the hype, the time for Chen Jincheng’s livestream quickly arrived.

Little Maru had dressed up meticulously for the evening. She was filled with anticipation, and more than a little nervous.

She knew that after they released "Little Dimples" tonight, she was going to be a huge star.

Sister Hong reminded her, "After you and the boss release the song, go straight to your own livestream. The boss will be the first one to raid your channel to drive traffic to you."

"Okay." Little Maru nodded.

She wasn’t an idiot. She knew her boss’s stream would be packed tonight, and a raid from him would bring her a massive amount of traffic.

Chen Jincheng was streaming from the same "Beauty Roulette" stage studio as before. He was the only one who had ever used it.

On Tiao Yin, a large crowd had already gathered in a special feature section.

No one had expected Tiao Yin to create a dedicated feature for Chen Jincheng’s livestream. Clicking the feature’s banner would take you directly to his stream.

Chen Jincheng hadn’t even gone live yet, but despite that, more than 50,000 people were already waiting in the feature section. The moment he started broadcasting, all 50,000-plus of them would flood into his stream.

Having over 50,000 people waiting for a stream to start was absolutely incredible.

After all, most famous streamers struggled to ever reach 50,000 concurrent viewers.

The moment Chen Jincheng started his stream, he glanced at the viewer count in the top-right corner and was taken aback.

’This many people were waiting for me?’

But then he remembered that Tiao Yin had set up another special feature for him, and it didn’t seem so strange anymore.