flstandardbreds Chapter 341 - 208: The Ad Scandal! The Top Female Star’s Route
Chapter 341 - 208: The Ad Scandal! The Top Female Star’s Route
There was one last theory: the product scandal was actually orchestrated by Tiao Yin itself.
The reason was that Tiao Yin wanted to create its own integrated advertising platform. They would use this opportunity to reclaim ad review authority, effectively holding all influencers by the throat. From then on, advertisers could only publish ads through Tiao Yin, which would then distribute them to influencers. The influencers themselves would no longer be able to accept ads directly.
Without this incident, their subsequent creator platform would never have been promoted so easily.
"Sister Hong, let’s back out of this sanitary napkin ad!" Chen Jincheng ordered directly. "Also, for that shampoo ad for Sister Feiye, have them send over a few samples. We need to do a quality check first."
No matter what, Second-Life Star could not get dragged into this product scandal.
Besides, whether this incident was orchestrated by Kuaishou, Penguin, or Tiao Yin itself, he might be able to exploit the situation for some gain during the second war between Penguin and Tiao Yin.
’With my current fame, and with Second-Life Star probably upgrading to a 3-star Guild by then...’
’...Penguin would have no reason not to try and poach me.’
At this point, Tiao Yin was actually on shaky ground. This wasn’t like in ’22, after Kuaishou’s decline, when Tiao Yin enjoyed an undisputed dominant position.
’If I were to ask for an equity stake, I wonder what the chances of success would be?’
’The probability is extremely low, but if I just let word of the negotiations leak, I could probably leverage that. Then I could give the Python and Sparrow Swallowing Dragon plan a try.’
’But before that, I need to secure more capital.’
After Lin Hao transferred the 15 million, his total net worth was only a little over 20 million.
Even if he pulled out the funds from his company and the bar, he could probably scrape together around 30 million.
’Still, I have time.’
’As long as I don’t make any missteps and accurately seize the opportunities with the short-form drama platform and the Python and Sparrow Swallowing Dragon plan, I’ll definitely have a place among the internet tycoons of the future.’
"Okay, I’ll cancel the ad and contact the shampoo company," Sister Hong immediately nodded.
Hearing her boss specifically mention a quality check, she had a strange feeling that something big was about to happen in that area. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made a point of it. She made a mental note to handle it right away.
Then, she asked, "Boss, one more thing. What direction should we take Zhu Ling in? Her popularity is very high right now, and while every stream maintains over a hundred thousand concurrent viewers, her content is too plain. It’s just selling grass jelly and idle chatter."
Chen Jincheng understood what Sister Hong meant. Zhu Ling’s popularity was high now, but if she stuck to her current street-stall streaming format, she wouldn’t be able to sustain it, and her viewership would quickly plummet.
He countered with a question, "Sister Hong, how’s the search for those masters of traditional handicrafts I asked you to find?"
He had actually already planned a path for Zhu Ling. She could follow in the footsteps of the ’All-Purpose Fairy’.
She wasn’t just the woman every man wanted to marry; she was the woman every woman aspired to be. Even after a three-year hiatus, she could start posting again and gain over ten million followers with just three videos.
Coincidentally, that influencer didn’t exist in this world. But the things she did were incredibly meaningful, and there was no reason not to recreate them here.
Zhu Ling’s current persona was a perfect fit for this path.
Although this path would be far more grueling than what other female influencers went through, a young woman willing to run a street stall instead of relying on her looks for money could definitely handle the hardship.
When the time came, Zhu Ling could even win over a massive female following. It wasn’t out of the question for her to become the top female influencer on Tiao Yin in the future.
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