Jiang Cheng took a sip of the ace of spades and nodded slightly.
"Do you think anyone would like me if I became an Internet Celebrity? Our Foreigners' aesthetic is quite different from China's. I'm not sure what kind of Internet Celebrity I'd be suited for. A makeup blogger or a fitness blogger?" Jenny said, leaning even closer to Jiang Cheng.
While some Americans do indeed have tens of millions of followers on YouTube, they are a tiny minority.
At the very least, Jenny was not one of them.
Jiang Cheng squeezed her rounded curves and shook his head. "The coming era of Internet Celebrities will be very different. Let me put it this way: on the new promotional platforms, just film some videos and record your daily life. Use your status as a Foreigner and master a certain traffic wealth code, and you'll have a high chance of skyrocketing to fame very quickly."
"Just filming videos? Is it really as simple as you say? I still don't quite get it. I occasionally film vlogs, but to be honest, I don't have many followers. I can't make a living off that, and my daily life isn't all that interesting," Jenny said, still looking confused.
Jiang Cheng shook his head; he knew Jenny wouldn't understand what he was saying right now.
After all, for current Internet Celebrities, monetization meant either streaming platforms, posting copy to get ads on the Social Media Platform, or opening their own Taobao shops to attract followers to shop.
If your traffic wasn't high, advertisers wouldn't come looking for you. The threshold for monetization was quite high.
However, Jiang Cheng didn't explain it explicitly. He just continued his physical contact while saying casually, "The daily routine isn't what's important. The onlookers nowadays are quite bored too."
Seeing that Jiang Cheng was being vague, Jenny still didn't understand. She frowned and asked, "Mr. Jiang, can you be a bit more specific? What is this wealth code that can make me skyrocket?"
Even though Jiang Cheng spoke casually, his words had a significant impact on Jenny.
After all, no one had ever told her anything like this before.
For a foreign beauty with her attributes, most people suggested she become a model, which was the easiest way for her to earn money in China.
Yet, for some reason, Jenny felt a special sense of conviction in Jiang Cheng's casual words. she had a feeling this might be a turning point for her.
After all, these Second-generation rich definitely had access to much more information than ordinary people.
Jenny felt she had to seize this information.
The reason they wanted to get to know these Second-generation rich was in the hope of one day getting a chance to change their fates.
"I love China," Jiang Cheng said calmly.
Once the era of short videos arrived, all sorts of bizarre Internet Celebrities would spring up on the platforms like mushrooms after rain.
One type that Jiang Cheng despised the most was exactly what he just mentioned—the Internet Celebrity with a Foreigner's face.
It didn't matter what their skin color was—white, black, or brown.
Whether you were a rich beauty, a homeless person, or an illegal immigrant, as long as you filmed a video and said the words: "I love China."
You could instantly gain countless followers and become an Internet Celebrity.
Views, live streams, and all sorts of advertising and tips would come pouring in.
This showed just how low the threshold for becoming a Chinese Internet Celebrity would be in the short video era.
It also showed how vast the audience of onlookers was.
After all, China was a massive country with a population of over a billion.
Jiang Cheng looked at the fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged female Internet Celebrities surrounding them.
At least these beauties had some skills to attract others.
Among them, they were either dance Streamers or singing Streamers.
Even the less talented ones might be mukbang Streamers or gaming Streamers... but in the short video era, even old ladies and men dancing against each other in the street could instantly become Internet Celebrities.
Or by filming all sorts of eye-catching, vulgar skits, like family drama or conflicts between mothers and daughters-in-law.
As long as you were willing to cast aside your dignity and play the victim, you could still become an Internet Celebrity.
So in the era of traffic, whoever could catch the eye was the winner.
That would be the true era of Internet Celebrities, where many people would start live-streamed sales after gaining followers and earn tens of millions overnight.
To the point where Internet Celebrity sales directly overtook celebrity endorsements.
Eventually, many celebrities even personally entered the fray to become Internet Celebrity live-Streamers. The reason was simple: the money in the Internet Celebrity era was just too easy to make.
One could earn as much in a single night as many celebrities earned in half a year from acting.
Jenny asked in confusion, "'I love China' is a wealth code? I stayed here because I like China, is there something special about that?"
Jiang Cheng just smiled without saying a word as he looked at Jenny. He didn't know if she was being sincere, but he felt he had said enough.
Whether Jenny could monetize the traffic code Jiang Cheng gave her would depend on her own luck.
He didn't want to say anything more.
Seeing Jiang Cheng say this, Wang Congcong leaned in with interest and asked loudly, "Brother Jiang, are you also optimistic about Internet Celebrities?"
Because the electronic music at the scene was too noisy, they couldn't talk unless they were right next to each other.
So Wang Congcong leaned directly into Jiang Cheng's ear.
Jiang Cheng just gave a disdainful smile at the question, but after thinking about it, he nodded.
Although Jiang Cheng looked down on many of the bottom-feeding, vulgar Internet Celebrities,
he couldn't deny that being an Internet Celebrity in this era was indeed profitable.
Wang Congcong hadn't heard everything Jiang Cheng said just now; he only vaguely caught something about a wealth code for becoming an Internet Celebrity and skyrocketing to fame.
He put his arm around Jiang Cheng's shoulder again and asked loudly into his ear, "You're not thinking of getting into the Internet Celebrity industry too, are you?"
For the past two years, Wang Congcong had been heavily involved in the Internet Celebrity industry himself.
Don't be fooled by the fact that he brought a crowd of Internet Celebrity Girls with him every time he went out.
It might look like he was just a fool with more money than sense who only knew how to play with Internet Celebrities and change girlfriends, but in reality, while he was playing, he was also hyping them up and creating topics.
Using Principal Wang's reputation, he allowed these beautiful Internet Celebrities to quickly enter the public eye.
Many obscure Internet Celebrities could gain countless followers in a single night just by being associated with Principal Wang.
In fact, many of these Internet Celebrity Girls were signed under his Xiongmao Company.
So you see why he was out eating with Internet Celebrity Girls every day.
While part of it was indeed due to certain... exchanges,
most of it was about business.