CHAPTER 179: CHAPTER 179: INTERNET CELEBRITY TASK

Li Jing has a meeting with Captain Liu this afternoon, so he returned early from the film crew.

As for why Captain Liu actively sought him out, the other party didn’t say explicitly over the phone.

Ever since their dinner meeting, Li Jing has occasionally chatted with Zhou Shun about Captain Liu, learning that the other person has a practical personality, dislikes hypocrisy and flattery, and conducts himself with caution and prudence.

This made Li Jing somewhat reassured. Compared to dealing with those smiley-faced tigers whose thoughts were hard to discern, he preferred interacting with straightforward, practical types.

But Li Jing had his own boundaries when it came to Captain Liu. He could help out financially to do a favor, but he would never engage in any illegal or immoral activities.

After all, his current assets were in the tens of millions, and his future life looked promising; there was no need to narrow his path.

Li Jing’s attitude toward people like Captain Liu was, it’s great to make connections if possible, but it’s okay if not.

It’s a two-way choice; while you’re probing my strengths, I also need to approve of you. After all, I don’t need to rely on the other party’s power to survive.

The meeting with Captain Liu was set for the afternoon, so Li Jing first went to An Tong’s place.

Having known in advance that Li Jing would come back for lunch, An Tong prepared early, making a table full of delicious dishes and filming a video.

"Your culinary skills are really something, hmm, tasty."

After tasting a few bites of the dishes, Li Jing couldn’t help but nod in appreciation, making An Tong beam with a joyful smile.

"By the way, hasn’t your account posted over ten videos during this period?"

An Tong said while serving up dishes for Li Jing, "The most popular video has over five thousand likes, and the view count has exceeded one hundred thousand."

"More than one hundred thousand views? Not bad, which video is it?"

Li Jing was a bit surprised; An Tong was chiefly responsible for managing and uploading the videos, and he wasn’t very clear about them.

Originally, since several videos before had average data, Li Jing thought it was fruitless, but unexpectedly, there was a video with over a hundred thousand views.

This was already pretty good for a pure amateur video that hadn’t piggybacked onto any trending topics.

"It was the visit to the hair salon for a haircut last time."

An Tong explained with a smile, "Although you didn’t film that day, wasn’t I with you? I thought filming at a high-end salon might intrigue people, so I shot some footage, including your back while getting your haircut, and asked the salon’s staff to help shoot some too, which I edited into the video."

Hearing this, Li Jing was somewhat surprised.

An Tong was truly accustomed to the behavior of self-media, instinctively thinking of filming whenever encountering interesting material.

At the time he entered that salon, although he felt novel, he never considered filming it for online sharing.

He realized this mindset needed changing.

In reality, he indeed visited many high-end places that could be documented.

Not only was he curious, but many netizens were equally curious about these places.

By this time, An Tong had picked up her phone and handed it to Li Jing: "Look, there are over five hundred comments."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing raised his eyebrows curiously, reached out to take the phone: "Let me see what the netizens are saying."

Taking the phone, Li Jing indeed found that the video had over five thousand likes and over five hundred comments.

This kind of data on a video was already close to that of a minor internet celebrity.

The difference was that minor internet celebrities could generally maintain this data for every video, whereas Li Jing depended on luck.

The comments under the video mainly divided into two types, most of them felt spending over two thousand for a haircut was not worth it.

User 77*2585: "You can enroll in more than twenty art classes at my training center for two thousand plus."

Struggling Cow at the Frontline: "[Facepalm] Spending over two thousand for a haircut, what a fool."

Art Beauty Person: "The result looks similar to a twenty-yuan haircut downstairs at my home; I reckon ninety percent of the two thousand plus is service fee."

Bright Skies and Clear Earth: "It’s impossible for a haircut to be so expensive; in short videos, there’s a lot of boasting, the most expensive haircut I’ve seen is 88, and here a haircut is only 15."

This type of comment generally had more likes, representing most passerby netizens’ views.

The other type of comment was obviously from Li Jing’s fans or people who had watched Li Jing’s other videos, knowing Li Jing was wealthy.

Saku: "Mr. Jing in Tianhai? What industry is he in, to be so rich?"

Li Jing’s account name was Mr. Jing Enjoys Life, so many netizens directly addressed Li Jing as Mr. Jing.

Huazhong Peng Yuyan: "Impressive, I’ve seen this shop before, just looking at the decor, you know it’s not cheap; didn’t expect the cost to be even more than I thought."

Ning City Zhang’s Catering Co., Ltd.: "I reckon the blogger is a rich second generation, judging from other videos, it’s quite impressive to have so many high-end consumptions at this age, probably has some familial backing."

After reading through the first dozen comments, Li Jing nodded slightly, handing the phone back: "Although everyone’s opinions vary, the fact that they’re typing comments shows they’re still interested in the video content."

An Tong accepted the phone, agreeing, "Right, so this track has traffic; as long as it’s done well, it could very possibly go viral. I saw yesterday the follower count was already at nine thousand... today it’s ten thousand fans?!"

An Tong, having just clicked on the account info, was pleasantly surprised, widening her beautiful eyes: "Your followers have surpassed ten thousand!"

Li Jing raised an eyebrow, unexpectedly gaining ten thousand followers so easily. Just as he was about to speak, a system notification echoed in his mind.

"’Celebrity Life’ experience has been activated.

Goal: Become a celebrity with five million followers on the whole network and experience celebrity life.

Current Progress: 0.2 percent.

Reward for completing mission: Five billion yuan.

Please complete this experience task promptly."

Another experience task activated?

And the reward is a staggering five billion yuan?!

Li Jing’s pupils constricted, his heart quivering.

He didn’t expect that his whim of getting into self-media would activate another system experience task.

After quickly sorting through his thoughts, Li Jing calmed his turbulent emotions, looked at An Tong, and asked, "An Tong, I plan to work seriously on this account and reach five million followers; do you think it’s possible?"

"Five million?"

An Tong was taken aback, not knowing why Li Jing, who had been generally disinterested in self-media, suddenly showed enthusiasm but still thought for a moment before replying, "I don’t know, but I feel if you strive for it, there’s always a chance."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing knew An Tong was currently just a minor internet celebrity without the experience of having five million followers, nodded: "Yeah, you still have to take charge of this account; when there’s anything you need me to cooperate with, just tell me."

An Tong nodded earnestly: "Yes, don’t worry; since you want to manage this account well, I’ll definitely do my best to help you sort it out."

Seeing An Tong displaying a guileless and sincere look, Li Jing couldn’t help but pull her in for a close hug, making An Tong’s face flush scarlet, alluringly adorable.

Just as Li Jing was about to make further moves, he received a text from Captain Liu, his expression subtly changing, then said to An Tong:

"I have to go; I won’t be back for dinner tonight."

An Tong straightened up her disarranged collar, then tidied Li Jing’s clothes as well, gently kissing his cheek:

"Ok, take care when you go out; I’ll be waiting at home for you."