Chapter 60 - Why Couldn’t She Get A Rhythm Going?

[100 kilometers? Don’t run yourself to death.] someone said. No one could tell whether this person was truly worried or harbored malicious intentions.

“As usual, ‘ve memorized all the usernames already,” Jiang Xun said suddenly. “We’ll see the results on Saturday.”

After saying that, she turned off the livestream. Everyone in the livechat was caught off guard as they faced the pitch-black screen.

[She wrote down the usernames again!]

[Why is she so insistent on getting others to apologize to her!]

[You’re some kind of comedian, aren’t you? If you made malicious comments, then of course you should apologize!]

[The internet is a lawless place. It’s because we ignored all those malicious comments before that ended up encouraging these awful habits. It’s time for someone to do something about it].

Jiang Xun switched off her sub-account and clicked into the live chat. She saw that many netizens had not left yet.

“Why are there still people speaking up for me?” Anxious, Jiang Xun immediately used her [Jiangxun’s Hater] account to comment, “Is her sensationalism the right thing to do? Even if she can do it, others may not be able to do it. Isn’t she teaching people the wrong thing?”

[Forget it. Shanpin is a real-name system, and it limits the time minors can use it. The rest of the viewers are all adults. If they, as adults, don’t have even the barest minimum of common sense and just imitate whatever they see people do on screen, they might as well just go back to the drawing board at that point.]

Jiang Xun pursed her lips in silence.

Why couldn’t she seem to get a rhythm going?

Fortunately, after this person finished speaking, more haters came lining up for a fight, so Jiang Xun left after that.

After the livestream ended, the spot which Shanpin had used to promote Jiang Xun’s stream was promptly replaced with someone else’s stream.

Just as Jiang Xun was wondering why Shanpin would suddenly give her such a big recommendation, she received a phone call from an unfamiliar number.

“Hello?” she asked.

“Excuse me, is this Jiang Xun? Miss Jiang?” The voice on the other end sounded like a middle-aged man with a foreign accent.

“I am.” Jiang Xun was puzzled. “May I know who you are?”

“I am the general manager of Shanpin Media, Wang Yicheng.” Yicheng had no intention of hiding his position. After all, he had to sign Jiang Xun on. Shanpin Media’s headquarters were in the capital, so Jiang Xun would’ve eventually found out about his position if she attended events or needed to do something at the headquarters.

Yicheng couldn’t help but ridicule Qin Mufeng in his heart. That man had really made things difficult for him.

“Miss Jiang, we’ve been observing your data on the Shanpin and feel that you have great potential. That’s why we want to sign a contract with you. Do you have any questions?” Yicheng asked.

Jiang Xun was shocked at his words. “Does the manager need to personally contact someone to sign a contract?”

Yicheng paused.

Of course not!

“Although I’m the general manager, I’m also in charge of signing people on. The specifics are decided based on our company’s potential and your ranking as an internet celebrity.” Yicheng lied. “We’ve been reviewing your data before today and even promoted it for you. We wanted to see how effective promoting you could be if we give you the resources. Judging from the results tonight, it’s pretty good.”

“I know you’re going to have a running livestream next Saturday. According to the livestream data tonight, the data next Saturday will be very shocking. “That’s why I want to finalize the contract with you before next week’s livestream,” Yicheng said. “In this way, when you livestream next week, we’ll be able to support you with the platform’s resources.”

These words were true, at least. Yicheng really liked the projected results the next week’s livestream would have. The number of viewers in Jiang Xun’s live chat tonight were the highest Shanpin had ever seen.

Even though her 100 km marathon livestream was too gimmicky, if only a third of her viewers watched it on time, then he could promote her on Shanpin. If that happened, the number of viewers could even exceed 10 million!

Jiang Xun thought that this could explain why Shanpin had suddenly given her such a big promotion tonight. So it was because he thought highly of her and had recommended her to test the waters first.

“With all due respect, how do you prove that you’re not a liar?” She asked cautiously.

Yicheng did not mind her question; it was only normal for someone to ask something like this.”Are you free next week? How about we make an appointment at the company to discuss the specifics of the contract? That way, you can determine whether I’m a liar or not. If the contract is confirmed, we’d better sign it before your livestream on Saturday so that we can quickly make arrangements for resource allocation.”

“Is 3:30 p.m. tomorrow okay?” Jiang Xun’s class ended at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, and there would be no class after that.

“Okay,” Yicheng quickly agreed. He planned to hang up the phone later and ask his assistant to push his work after 3:30 p.m.

Jiang Xun was silent for a moment and asked dryly, “Do you have that much time as a general manager?”

This man had agreed so readily that she felt that he would be free whenever she went to look for him.

Yicheng felt rather light-headed at her question. “I just happened to be free…” he replied, though he still gave off a rather suspicious feeling.

“Alright.” Jiang Xun was just asking casually.

In the end, she set an appointment with Wang Yicheng for Monday afternoon.

*

After class, Jiang Xun set off for the Shanpin Media headquarters. As time was tight, she took a car there instead of running.

When she arrived, she was taken to the general manager’s office.

It turned out that Wang Yicheng was not a liar.

When he saw Jiang Xun, Yicheng was in a daze for a moment.

He did not expect her to be so beautiful in person.

As the general manager of Shanpin Media, he had seen a lot of celebrities during Shanpin Media’s annual Celebrity Festival and all the major events sponsored by Shanpin Media.

Those female celebrities could be said to be some of the most beautiful people in all of China.

But now, he felt that Jiang Xun was even more beautiful than Su Youlan, who was known as the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry.

He had seen Jiang Xun’s short video before and thought that she’d only looked like that because of some rather heavy beauty filters, but now that he’d seen her in person, he could tell that nothing about those videos were doctored at all.

In fact, she looked much better in person than in the video.

He had really found a treasure this time!

Lin Youyan was also an online celebrity who had signed a contract with Shanpin. He had seen her in person before, but she could not be compared to Jiang Xun.

“Jiang Xun, please take a seat.” Yicheng pointed at the sofa while he sat across from it.

After Jiang Xun sat down, Yicheng said, “How about this? Let me first state the conditions that we can provide.”

“As long as it is within the limits of the platform and does not violate the laws and regulations of the country, we will not restrict your video shooting and livestream content,” Yicheng said. “We will also provide you with recommended resources on the platform so that more netizens can watch your short videos and live streams. You will also be able to gain more followers. We will help you contact screening advertisements and suitable commercial activities. When you do not have the inspiration to shoot short videos, we can also help you plan for them.”

“In addition, if you aren’t signed on with us, Shanpin takes a 50% cut of the money you receive from viewers, but if you’re signed on with us, Shanpin will only take a 40% cut.”