Li Li knew that Ye Chen was not the type of person to make empty promises.
Since Ye Chen felt that those has-been stars could bring traffic to TikTok, there must be a reason for it.
Li Li had always had unwavering faith in Ye Chen's vision.
The only thing Li Li doubted now was whether TikTok could really reach a valuation of ten million dollars in the future.
Li Li probably never would have imagined that Ye Chen's current goal was not ten million dollars, but twenty million.
Xia Yingluo said with some concern, "Ye Chen, do we have competitors now?"
Ye Chen nodded. "Don't worry, this competitor poses no threat to me."
Although a video platform was indeed difficult to deal with, Ye Chen did not take it seriously, as he possessed the memories of his past life.
"Hee hee, I just love this domineering side of my Boyfriend."
Xia Yingluo said happily.
Every time Xia Yingluo saw Ye Chen's confident look, she liked it so much.
Ye Chen tilted Xia Yingluo's little face up and said, "Haha, I also love this starstruck look of yours the most."
As he spoke, Ye Chen gave Xia Yingluo a light kiss.
"You rogue, I'm not starstruck, that's love," Xia Yingluo corrected him.
Xia Yingluo pouted her little mouth in protest.
"Mm-hmm, wrong choice of words; it should be love."
Looking at Xia Yingluo's cute expression, Ye Chen's heart almost melted.
Xia Yingluo was truly too cute.
Talking as they went, the two of them arrived at the apartment complex.
Now, the apartment had already been renovated.
It was very beautiful.
After returning home, Xia Yingluo cooked while Ye Chen began writing scripts.
After Ye Chen finished writing the video scripts, he also noted how the videos should be filmed and what kind of subjects should be chosen.
Two hours passed in a flash.
Ye Chen had written over a dozen scripts.
These scripts were all very eye-catching plans.
Ye Chen believed that once these scripts were produced, they would definitely attract many users.
Without further delay, Ye Chen sent all the completed scripts to Li Li.
Then, Ye Chen also notified Li Li via WeChat to check them.
Upon receiving the scripts, Li Li immediately sent the filming team to various locations to shoot.
That same evening, several production crews rushed to different places and began filming.
Li Li also wanted to get the videos filmed early so he could crush a video platform once and for all.
"Honey, come down and eat!"
Just as Ye Chen sent out the plans, Xia Yingluo's sweet voice rang out.
Only then did Ye Chen realize it was already past seven in the evening.
"Okay, let's have dinner together."
"By the way, what kind of plans did you design?" Xia Yingluo asked.
Ye Chen's eyes lit up as he looked at Xia Yingluo.
"Yingluo, can you do me a favor?"
"Ah, what favor?"
Ye Chen said, "Let's film a TikTok too."
Xia Yingluo nodded upon hearing this. "As long as it's for you, I'm willing to do anything."
The two of them then shared a sweet dinner.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a sweet promise from the investment target. You have received the system reward: Special Effects Master.]
Special Effects Master?
A smile appeared on Ye Chen's face; this Special Effects Master reward came at the perfect time.
After dinner, Ye Chen dove back into his room and began researching special effects... In the blink of an eye, a day had passed.
After a day of filming and editing, Li Li's production team had also completely finished cutting the filmed videos.
Once the videos were completed, Li Li uploaded them all to the accounts without a second thought.
These accounts were all secondary accounts belonging to the TikTok company.
They were specifically meant to catch users' eyes.
Currently on TikTok, in addition to the company-filmed videos, quite a few user-shot videos had already appeared.
These videos also attracted many viewers.
As soon as the videos on the secondary accounts were posted, Li Li instructed the technical department to begin pushing them.
Soon, almost anyone scrolling through TikTok would see these videos within the next few minutes.
"Holy crap, this video is awesome!"
In a rented room, a young man in his twenties was almost stunned as he watched a video.
He saw a young man perform a somersault and instantly transform into the Great Sage Equaling Heaven holding his Golden Cudgel; then, while leading a dog, he instantly became Erlang Shen holding a Trident; while riding a bike, he instantly became Zhao Zilong of Changshan, and finally, he turned into a Brocade-Clad Guard... This video went viral the moment it was uploaded.
"Damn, this is way too cool!"
"These special effects are absolutely insane."
"This is the first time I've seen such a creative video."
"It's just too shocking."
...In a cafe, Li Sitong was stunned as she watched the video Ye Chen had produced.
"Ye Chen, did you film this video? It's too incredible."
Ye Chen smiled and said, "Yeah, these special effects are pretty great, right?"
"Of course they are! They're simply too strong, way better than what those handsome guys studying special effects at our academy produce."
Ye Chen laughed. "This is just the beginning; I still have plenty of good ideas."
This special effects video attracted a large number of fans.
"Holy crap, this video is filmed so powerfully."
"That guy is really so handsome."
"I've already fallen in love with that guy."
Li Sitong even began to admire Ye Chen a little.
As soon as this video came out, it immediately attracted many fans who liked special effects to download TikTok.
Of course, this was just one of them; there was also the cute pet series.
Two adorable kittens seemed as if they could talk, and their hilarious dialogue made people burst into laughter.
There was also the cute baby series.
It could be said that this wave of content immediately raised TikTok's popularity to a new level.
In fact, Ye Chen still had many creative ideas that he hadn't used yet.
However, Ye Chen felt that these ideas were already enough to keep a video platform busy for a while.
When a video platform started following the trend again, Ye Chen would throw out a few more ideas.
By then, the people at a video platform would probably go crazy.
This was the benefit of rebirth.
The creative ideas they didn't know about, the viral ones, were all in his head.
Ye Chen was looking forward to seeing what kind of expressions those people at a video platform had right now.
He was even worried about making those guys cry from the bullying.
Li Sitong also laughed upon hearing this.
"Ye Chen, you're really too amazing. I think being your opponent is just too pitiful; I feel like they'll be crying themselves to sleep in the bathroom."
After the TikTok matters were settled, Ye Chen also focused his energy on the Physics competition.
Ye Chen had just conquered the field of mathematics, and he decided to research the field of Physics.
Recently, Ye Chen had already read many books on Physics.
There were originally supposed to be six people for this exam, but Ye Chen was brought in through special recruitment.
During the exam, Ye Chen also saw an old acquaintance.
Su Xiaonuan—he hadn't expected this girl to be so strong.
She was actually able to participate in both the Mathematical Olympiad and the Physics competition at the same time.
Su Xiaonuan actually specialized in Physics; she only participated in the Mathematical Olympiad last time because of Ye Chen.
The exam consisted of twenty questions. The Physics competition was different from the mathematics competition; it was closer to a standard exam.
Physics was actually more complex than mathematics; if you didn't have an absolute foundation, you simply couldn't do it.
It involved Mechanics, Optics, and Dynamics.
Ye Chen took a total of twenty minutes to hand in his paper.
He had once again set a record for the Physics Olympiad competition.