CHAPTER 188: CHAPTER 188: GAINING FOLLOWERS

Their exercise ended with An Tong surrendering.

Seeing An Tong lying flushed and limp on the bed, Li Jing laughed, stopped teasing her, covered her with the blanket, and got out of bed alone to pick up his phone.

Opening his video account, Li Jing widened his eyes slightly in surprise to find he already had 80,000 followers.

The French restaurant video An Tong rushed to edit last night had 40,000 likes and nearly a million views.

Is the influencer effect really this good?

Li Jing couldn’t help but marvel and clicked on the comments, finding that most were from Xu Tuantuan’s account.

The top comment was: "Reporting from Tuantuan’s side."

This comment alone had 60,000 likes, even more than the video’s likes.

The other comments mostly said things like "real boss" and "rich for sure."

Xu Tuantuan truly deserves to be the biggest influencer under Wei Jia Group’s MCN company, with astounding traffic.

No wonder many products now trend by having influencers advertise, as they are not only cheaper than celebrities, but big influencers even have higher traffic than celebrities.

After logging out of his account, Li Jing curiously clicked on Xu Tuantuan’s account.

He was surprised to find that she actually followed him, probably at Wei Jia’s request.

Xu Tuantuan’s videos differ from other influencers’ short videos of a few seconds; her style is around fifteen minutes of mid-length videos.

Both the content creation and the quality of video production are more complex and refined than most simple short videos.

This makes her fans more immersed and more adhesive.

Li Jing clicked on Xu Tuantuan’s latest video, which opened with the dazzling and gorgeous Tianhai night view.

He instantly recognized this scene was shot in front of the floor-to-ceiling window at Tianhai Center’s French restaurant yesterday.

The already stunning scenery became more exquisite and beautiful through her lens, and paired with music, it’s like the soul is swimming in a brilliant sea of stars.

As expected, as soon as this scene appeared, the screen was filled with fans’ amazed bullet comments.

Then the scene transitioned to Xu Tuantuan’s home.

In the footage, the unmade-up Xu Tuantuan was full of enthusiasm and energetic as she introduced the video’s content for today: "Family, Tuantuan is on a lucky streak today. I have the privilege to attend a boss’s party. And the party restaurant is the place we just shot in the opening scene!"

As she spoke, she leaned close to the camera, showing her playful big eyes, and giggled: "How about it?! The scenery is beautiful, isn’t it? Today, I’ll take everyone to see what the restaurant on the 68th floor of Tianhai Center is like?

Let me put on some makeup first. Today’s makeup should make me look exquisite and beautiful and also showcase our cute and lovely look. Sisters who want to learn makeup can follow along~"

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Throughout the video, Xu Tuantuan maintained her full-of-energy demeanor.

Even while dining at the restaurant, though Xu Tuantuan intentionally lowered her voice, her tone remained exceptionally interesting and humorous.

Moreover, she did not hide her social anxiety and awkwardness at the party, candidly sharing her true feelings, giving viewers a strong sense of immersion and high discussion engagement.

Even after Li Jing watched the video, he developed a slight fondness for the image Xu Tuantuan portrayed in the video.

One has to admit, Xu Tuantuan is indeed an extremely mature video creator, and her persona is crafted very successfully.

After watching the video, Li Jing found it difficult to reconcile the girl he saw in reality yesterday—introverted and restrained—with the lively and playful girl in the video.

It’s often said that there’s a gap between reality and the internet, and this time Li Jing truly felt the difference between an influencer’s personality and image in videos and their real personality.

No wonder many seemingly friendly and easygoing stars are extremely reclusive and socially anxious in real life.

Perhaps like Xu Tuantuan, they show all their passionate sides on camera, only to become more introverted and unwilling to communicate in reality.

Moreover, Li Jing noticed a considerable gap in video quality between his work and hers.

Despite both shooting a French restaurant, Xu Tuantuan’s video appeared significantly more high-end than Li Jing’s.

The main reason is that she used a lot of filming techniques and editing skills, making the video itself more stunning than the actual scene.

However, Li Jing’s simple style of filming his life also attracted some netizens’ interest.

Perhaps after seeing too many well-edited clips, some people became more interested in Li Jing’s authentic filming style.

Moreover, due to many people’s curiosity and longing for the lifestyle of the wealthy, Li Jing’s follower count continued to grow steadily.

Looking at his follower count, Li Jing thought to himself that he owed Wei Jia a favor this time.

With such large traffic, if calculated by market price, it probably wouldn’t be cheap.

"Well? Are your followers still increasing?"

At this moment, An Tong, who had regained some strength, crawled behind Li Jing with a blanket, exposing her fragrant shoulder; she stretched her neck curiously to look at his phone screen. Seeing that the follower count had risen to 80,000, she couldn’t help but exclaim, "They’ve increased so much again?"

Seeing this, Li Jing smiled, glancing at the side boob peeking out from under the blanket, and teased, "Don’t drop the blanket, or else I might not hold back from continuing our earlier activity."

An Tong was stunned for a moment, then looked down at her exposed curves, her face turning red. She quickly grabbed the blanket and covered her beautifully contoured body.

And Li Jing had already stood up, comfortably stretching his body, then walked towards the living room while saying, "Get ready. I’m in a good mood because of the follower increase today, so I’ll accompany you to go out."

Hearing this, An Tong looked surprised and asked towards his back, "Where to?"

Li Jing turned back and said, "Didn’t you say last time you have one more goal to achieve this year?"

"Year-end goal?"

An Tong tilted her head in thought, and as if she remembered something, her eyes widened in surprise. "Buy a car?"

"That’s right. I’ll go with you to buy a car today to help you check things over so that you don’t get scammed."

"You really are willing to come with me?!"

An Tong indeed planned to buy a car to drive home by the end of the year. She had only mentioned it once in front of Li Jing, yet she hadn’t expected he would be willing to spend time accompanying her, which made her stand up excitedly.

And when Li Jing turned around, he happened to see An Tong’s blanket falling, her perfect figure fully exposed.

He raised an eyebrow slightly and then said:

"Is this your way of thanking me for accompanying you to buy a car?"

Realizing she was exposed, An Tong quickly blushed and squatted to pull up the blanket.

But then her gaze turned, wit replaced shyness, and she straightforwardly pounced into Li Jing’s arms.

Before Li Jing could speak, An Tong whispered seductively, "You’re not wrong. Since you’re willing to accompany me, I’m not afraid of being worn out by you. Today, I’ll let you have your fill~"

Hearing this, Li Jing felt a rush of heat to his head, immediately embracing her, grinning, and saying, "That’s what you said. You better not plead for mercy later."

Seeing his expression, An Tong inexplicably tightened her legs and hurriedly said, "Ah, no, you—you must be gentle later..."

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