Chapter 647 - 332: It’s Time to Lead the National Style Era

Chapter 647: Chapter 332: It’s Time to Lead the National Style Era

The internet didn’t quiet down for the next few days. All sorts of martial arts bloggers, seeing they could gain popularity by riding Chen Jincheng’s coattails, began posting videos to chase the clout. They publicly challenged him, asking if he dared to accept.

Chen Jincheng, of course, paid these challenges no mind. Once he gave Piaoxiang Yuan a good thrashing, these people would quiet down too.

However, he also learned from Sister Hong who the instigator of this whole affair was: Hu Xiaoyue, a master of traditional sword arts. It was he who had orchestrated posting Chen Jincheng’s video to the National Martial Arts Association’s official website and granting him the title of "Little Sword Saint."

’The man was just making trouble for me.’

But he could understand the man’s motives. It was all to promote traditional sword arts, so he decided not to hold a grudge against an old man.

’But what nerve. The guy knew I bought a Longquan Sword to film a video, and he still wanted to recommend someone to come over so I could help *them* film one?’

Sister Hong said with a beaming smile, "Boss, that’s what he proposed when he reached out. He also said the National Martial Arts Association would be very grateful to you."

Chen Jincheng was speechless. "He’s caused me so much trouble, and now he wants me to work for him? Where does that old geezer get the audacity to dream so big?"

Sister Hong simply handed him a file. "Boss, the National Martial Arts Association does have considerable power and connections. Besides, why don’t you take a look at the person he’s recommending first? It’s Master Hu’s own granddaughter, an outstanding practitioner of the martial arts."

"That old geezer has a granddaughter?" Chen Jincheng took the file in surprise and looked it over.

Hu Xiaoyu.

’What kind of name is that? Who gives a girl a name like this?’

’And on top of that, she shares a generational name with her grandfather?’

’It’s probably some special custom in these Traditional Martial Arts families. Or maybe they were hoping for a boy, picked the name in advance, and then had a daughter instead.’

’It wouldn’t be so bad if she were ugly, but if she’s a delicate beauty, a name like that would just ruin it.’

Flipping through the file, Chen Jincheng saw the girl’s photo and sighed. ’Totally ruined.’

’Such a beautiful girl, and they gave her a boy’s name. Are they going for some kind of contrast?’

But as he looked at the girl more closely, he was even more surprised. ’Isn’t this "Ruthless Path" Xiao Yucui?’

’One of the few "National Style" beauties of the future who actually knew real martial arts.’

’Honestly, while her looks weren’t his type, she was definitely someone he admired. She was one of the only girls who made a name for herself with martial arts skills instead of shaking her hips and twisting her waist, all while still exuding a gentle, feminine beauty.’

’It was just a shame she didn’t join Tiao Yin until 2021, completely missing the boom.’

’Still, her "Ruthless Path" video was a huge hit and inspired tons of copycats. It was just a shame that, without any real skill, their imitations were clumsy and awkward.’

(The "Ruthless Path" video is at the end of the Chapter.)

Chen Jincheng ordered directly, "Sister Hong, sign her!"

He had originally planned to use the Internet Celebrity Debut Card for the Black Cat TV streamers. But now that Tiao Yin was providing S-Class promotional traffic for the livestreams, the card was no longer needed for them. Therefore, there was no issue with giving the Internet Celebrity Debut Card directly to this Xiao Yucui.

The main reason was that Second-Life Star truly needed all types of internet celebrities. For the National Style genre, they couldn’t just have beauties like Xiaoju and Li Xiaoyang who relied on their looks to attract an audience; they also needed a sword-wielding heroine.

In any case, he had already asked the design department to create swordswoman-style outfits as part of their Hanfu line.

Most importantly, Sister Hong was right. A traditional organization like the National Martial Arts Association had power and connections. Since things had already come to this, it wouldn’t hurt to build a good relationship with them.

"I’ll send them the contract in a bit." Sister Hong gave him a look that said, *I knew it*. She knew her boss all too well.

Chen Jincheng seemed to catch her meaning and immediately retorted, "Don’t look at me like that. I’m not making her a Miss Cheng. It’s a normal contract."

’Honestly, it’s like they think I want to get with every woman I meet.’

’Am I that kind of person?’

"Boss, what’s wrong?" Sister Hong played innocent, then said with another bright smile, "There’s one more thing. The negotiations for Feihang Building are finished, and the contract process has started. I had Ximeng help keep an eye on it. Would you like to go take a look?"

"Let’s go take a look," Chen Jincheng immediately agreed with a nod.

’After all, it’s the future Second Life Star Building.’

’Speaking of Ximeng, she had been doing exceptionally well since starting her studio. She had already come out with her second set of secretary outfits. It was even divided into a "proper" version, wearable to the office to tempt the boss, and a "naughty" version for seducing him in private and spicing things up outside of work.’

’She definitely had management skills.’

’That kind of ambition in a "green tea" girl made her a fast learner.’

That was why Sister Hong also assigned her some tasks and let her wield some authority.

Chen Jincheng had no objections. If this was the path the girl was suited for, then all the better.

The two left Second-Life Star and headed for Feihang Building. They first passed through the Century City area, which in the future would be known as Lin’an’s version of Taigu Village.

In Beijing, Taigu Village was a hotspot for internet celebrity activities, and the Century City area was much the same. If you came to visit Lin’an and took a walk through Century City, you could easily stumble upon internet celebrities doing street photoshoots.

Most of the people active here were also in related fields. The majority of companies with offices in Century City were MCNs, e-commerce businesses, or other types of internet companies.

Past Century City, an eye-catching, stylish building came into view. The entire building and its Feihang Building sign were clearly visible from the Century City area.

Soon, however, the words "Feihang Building" would be changed to "Second Life Star Building."

Of course, from Feihang Building’s location, you could also see the entirety of Century City. If he found the right office, he might get that feeling of standing on the highest peak, looking down on all the smaller mountains below.