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Chapter 309 - 196: Chen Jincheng’s Downfall

And what were they seeing now? Girls were calling Cheng a hottie, saying they’d take ten of him, and that they were willing to talk about love with him for a whole day and night?

The situation was only escalating.

As the one who started all this with the video, Yijin was taken aback by the sheer hype. More importantly, he’d also noticed the unusual comments on his social media feed. Why had so many girls suddenly appeared?

He immediately recalled what Brother Cheng had said about helping "Coastal City’s Most Devoted" go viral.

But despite all his and his clip team’s hard work, they had never managed to make "Coastal City’s Most Devoted" catch on with a wider audience.

Now, it seemed he had unintentionally helped Brother Cheng go viral instead.

Looking at all the comments from girls calling him a hottie, he decisively changed the clip account’s name from "Coastal City’s Most Devoted" to "Coastal City’s Number One Hottie."

’If "Most Devoted" doesn’t work, "Number One Hottie" isn’t so bad, right?’

Amidst all this, another video also started getting a lot of attention—the one released by the Coastal City Publicity Association.

Thanks to Tiao Yin’s content-pushing algorithm, Chen Jincheng himself was now trending. Any video with his name in the title or his face in the thumbnail would get a boost. Wei Weiwei’s video was thus being recommended to more and more people.

Guo Feng saw it. As a die-hard fan, he knew exactly what kind of person Cheng was.

So, when he saw Cheng in the video going on about being "pure" and an "innocent boy," he just couldn’t take it anymore.

’Does Cheng have no shame?’

He couldn’t stop himself from leaving a comment: "Cheng, please get a grip on who you are. You’re a scumbag. The words ’pure’ and ’innocent boy’ don’t apply to you."

But the moment he posted his comment, he found himself getting called out.

@Young Master Feng: You’re just jealous of Chen Jincheng, aren’t you?

@Young Master Feng: Didn’t you see it’s the Coastal City Publicity Association’s account? That’s an official endorsement...

Guo Feng was stunned, even a little speechless. ’Wait, are there really guys out there who still believe Cheng’s bullshit?’

Just as he was about to set them straight, he was shocked to discover that the person calling him out was a woman.

’What the hell? Female fans of Cheng?’

It used to be that girls were always calling Cheng a scumbag, and they, his fans, were his staunchest defenders. How was it that now, when he was just teasing Cheng, he was the one getting attacked by a girl?

’Has the world been turned upside down?’

He quickly learned about the video "The Standards for a New-Era Scumbag" from a veteran fan group for Cheng, and then he understood what was happening.

’Putting all of Cheng’s virtues together,’ he suddenly realized, ’he actually could be considered the ideal man for those girls.’

’Holy shit! Cheng’s scumbag image has collapsed in those women’s eyes.’

With this much hype, the video went viral.

In an apartment, Wei Weiwei’s excited voice rang out, "It went viral! It went viral! I knew finding Mr. Chen would work. I’m a genius!"

Although the discussions in the comment section were a little strange, the likes kept climbing. The cultural account even gained 50,000 followers in a short period.

Wei Weiwei couldn’t sleep that night. The later it got, the faster the numbers grew. She was so excited her nerves were shot, making it impossible to fall asleep.

「The next day」

She woke up in a daze, grabbed her phone, and took a look. Her eyes shot open, and she leaped out of bed. "This is incredible! 9.72 million views, 600,000 likes, 260,000 followers! Director Wu and everyone else at the bureau are going to have their jaws on the floor."

Then, she glanced at the time, and her face fell. She was going to be late.

"Shoot, I was so excited last night I forgot to set my alarm," Wei Weiwei muttered. Without even bothering to put on makeup, she brushed her teeth, washed her face, and bolted out of the apartment, rushing toward the Cultural Bureau.

At the Cultural Bureau, Director Wu had also received a call first thing in the morning. Her superior had suddenly remembered the Tiao Yin promotional account and wanted to inquire about its status.

How was she supposed to know the situation? She had left the whole thing to Wei Weiwei. So, she could only step out of her office into the main work area, but a scan of the room revealed no sign of Wei Weiwei.

She had no choice but to ask someone, "Where’s Wei Weiwei? The director is coming to ask her about the Tiao Yin account promotion."

Her words caught everyone’s attention, and they looked up in surprise.

"The higher-ups are actually paying attention to this matter?"

"I thought the director was just making an offhand comment."

"Well, Wei Weiwei’s been at it for so long with no success. It’s best not to get our hopes up."

Director Wu immediately said, "Didn’t she find an influencer to help with the promotion yesterday?"

Hearing this, the staff members chimed in again:

"Wu Ke, you don’t actually think an influencer is going to be any help, do you?"

"Yeah, I think it’s a long shot!"

But suddenly, a shocked voice cut in. "Wait, something’s not right... Everybody, quick, look at our bureau’s cultural account! This can’t be real, can it?"