Take those from talent shows, for instance. They used to be ordinary people who had never studied acting, yet they get to be the female lead just because they’re popular. Their acting is so bad, the director might not feel awkward filming it, but the audience sure does watching it.

’But then again, it’s all for the sake of laundering money for the big boss behind the scenes. Awkward or not, it doesn’t matter. As long as the money is laundered successfully, the boss certainly won’t treat them badly.’

By contrast, Zhang Ao’ai’s acting in this video effortlessly crushed those other performers.

Or rather, just based on her acting alone, Zhang Ao’ai’s video didn’t feel like something from an internet celebrity. It had a certain high-class quality to it.

After watching the video, Chen Jincheng turned to Zhang Ao’ai and said, "Ao’ai, you can upload this video now."

"Okay!" Zhang Ao’ai replied cheerfully.

The video’s plot was simple—just a performance of a jealous, passive-aggressive girlfriend getting angry—but it was a great way for her to showcase her acting skills.

After Zhang Ao’ai uploaded the video, Sister Hong naturally contacted Yijin and the other clipping groups to start promoting it.

Before long, it was time for their flight, and the Second-Life Star group began to check in and board.

After boarding the plane, Chen Jincheng found his seat. It was by the window with a great view of the outside.

The only problem was that the seat next to him belonged to Elephant.

This was, of course, a special arrangement by Sister Hong. A few of the girls had tried to scout out the seat next to the boss while checking in.

She knew exactly what these girls were thinking. Since she couldn’t give the seat to any one of them, she simply threw Elephant in there and tricked the girls by saying the airline had already assigned all the seats.

"Bro," Elephant said cheerfully as soon as he sat down. Then he pleaded, "When are you going to help me shoot another video? The ideas from the planning department barely get any likes, unlike your videos, which always go viral."

"I’ll shoot one for you when I think of an idea," Chen Jincheng replied dismissively.

In reality, Second-Life Star’s planning department had improved a lot recently and was doing quite well.

For instance, the videos they planned and shot for Yinyin and the others were now breaking a hundred thousand likes.

This was actually normal. Many internet celebrities with over five million fans often only got a few tens of thousands of likes on their videos. It wasn’t so easy to create viral content.

’The ideas I come up with are viral concepts accumulated over the next several years in another world.’

Seeing that his cousin didn’t want to talk anymore, Elephant tactfully dropped the subject. He took out his phone and started scrolling through videos. They hadn’t taken off yet, and no flight attendant had come by to tell them to turn off their devices. Might as well get in a little more screen time before takeoff.

Most of the other passengers had the same idea.

But as he was scrolling, he noticed five or six consecutive notifications pop up on his WeChat.

’Who missed me this much, sending so many messages at once?’ But when he opened WeChat, his forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat.

"Elephant, switch seats with me!" —Sister Cen.

"Elephant, switch seats!" —Sister Ximeng.

"Elephant, I want to sit where you are!" —Sister Xiaobai.

"Elephant, come sit in my seat!" —Sister Qiqi.

"Elephant, I want to sit next to your bro!" —Sister Yin Yin.

The beads of sweat on Elephant’s forehead multiplied.

’This is a total Asura Bureau.’

’Damn, how is my bro so charming?’

’The problem is, I’m the one getting roasted over the fire!’

’If only one of them had asked to switch, I would’ve just done it and earned a favor for free.’

’But with this many of them, whoever I give the seat to, I’ll end up offending all the others.’

’I can’t switch!’

’I’ll just have to pretend I never saw these messages.’

With that thought, he immediately switched on airplane mode and, for show, yelled at a nearby cameraman, "Xiaolin, why are you still on your phone? You’re supposed to turn on airplane mode once you board!"

In that instant, Elephant felt several pairs of eyes land on him. He flinched and immediately slumped down in his seat, pretending to be asleep.

The cameraman, Xiaolin, looked around in confusion. ’Was I on my phone?’

’I’m holding a small camera, for crying out loud. I’m filming a highlight reel of the team’s trip. On my phone my ass.’

Soon, the plane took off.

Chen Jincheng closed his eyes and focused his attention on the Life Game in his mind. He began accepting and completing quests, which was a good way to kill time during the flight.

However, these were just ordinary quests, not the ones with golden exclamation marks. The probability of getting a reward from them was far too low. He spent the entire several-hour flight continuously accepting and completing them, but he got nothing for his efforts.

’The drop rate for these normal quests is abysmally low.’

Finally, as the plane began its descent toward Shanya International Airport, he was greeted by the system’s pleasant notification chime:

[Congratulations! You have completed an Artist Scouting quest and obtained a special Internet Celebrity Debut Card!]

After receiving the reward, Chen Jincheng pulled his attention back. ’I was about to puke from grinding all those quests. This Internet Celebrity Debut Card is better than nothing, I guess.’

The plane landed soon after, and everyone turned their phones back on.

Just then, Li Muchen’s voice rang out, "Sister Ai, your ’Jealous Girlfriend’ video blew up!"

Her words prompted everyone from Second-Life Star to pull out their phones and check. After all, they had all been there when the video was filmed.

Elephant also opened his phone to look. A moment later, he exclaimed in surprise, "Bro, Sister Rou’ai’s video broke a million likes in just a few hours!"

Chen Jincheng saw the video as well. ’Given this concept’s track record in the other world, combined with Zhang Ao’ai’s talent, her ten-million-fan base, and the hype from the clipping groups, it’s not surprising it broke a million likes in just a few hours.’