Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 84 - 82: Must Chen Jincheng Be Banned?

When Sister Feiye heard her employee’s report, her attention was immediately captured. "What happened to Chen Jincheng?"

The employee immediately said excitedly, "Sister Feiye, just now, a commentator named Mou Xuesong and another one called Gua Gua Talks both posted similar videos. They said a friend who repairs computers leaked them some of Chen Jincheng’s private photos, claiming his personal life is a mess and that he pressures his female employees into sleeping with him."

"What?" Sister Feiye was stunned. She hastily grabbed her subordinate’s phone and saw Chen Jincheng’s exposed ’bed photos’.

Judging by the photos, it was obvious they were resting right after doing the deed.

If it were just one girl, he could claim they were boyfriend and girlfriend when the story broke. The key thing was that there wasn’t just one woman; the photos featured many different female protagonists.

Moreover, they all seemed to be female influencers from Second-Life Star.

In the video, Mou Xuesong said, his face filled with righteous indignation, "These are the photos leaked by my friend, the computer repairman. After comparison, we can confirm the victims include several girls under Second-Life Star’s banner, like Yinyin, Lin Qing, and more..."

"I believe they were definitely forced by contractual pressure to submit to this boss, allowing him to take advantage of them as he pleased..."

"...Truly, for an influencer like this with a messy personal life who pressures his employees into sleeping with him, even if there are no legal repercussions, we must absolutely condemn him on moral grounds. For such a person to parade around so brazenly online is a provocation against public order and morals..."

After watching the video, Sister Feiye said in astonishment, "So, you’re saying I haven’t even made a move yet, and Chen Jincheng’s career has already collapsed on its own?"

But the employee said with a strange expression, "This doesn’t really count as a career collapse for him, because he’s already known as the number one scumbag on the entire internet."

"Erk!" Sister Feiye was taken aback. ’That seems to be the case.’

She opened the comments section, and as she read the comments, the astonishment on her face deepened.

"Holy shit, I’ve been guessing that Chen Jincheng was sleeping with those girls for ages. We finally have proof."

"Cheng, you’re still the man. Always denying it on stream, but playing around so much in private."

"Did we need you to expose this? I fucking guessed this ages ago."

"Are you fucking taking off your pants to fart? You’re just jealous of him, aren’t you?"

"..."

The employee beside her sighed with emotion. "Seriously, any other influencer would be flamed by the entire internet if they were hit with a scandal like this. But with Chen Jincheng, the vibe is just completely off."

Sister Feiye agreed with this, but she also sneered, "Regardless of whether his career collapses or not, Tiao Yin can’t possibly ignore something like this. It’s even more impossible for them to keep giving traffic to an influencer who corrupts public morals. At the very least, he’s definitely going to have his traffic restricted by Tiao Yin for a while."

"That’s true." The employee next to her also nodded. "I never expected that before you even made a move, Sister Feiye, the other party would just collapse on his own."

Some things are fine if done in private, and the platform can pretend not to see them. But once it’s brought out into the open, the platform can no longer ignore it.

It was a matter of principle.

"Book a high-end restaurant for tonight. I’m in a great mood, my treat." Sister Feiye was in an excellent mood.

’Let’s see if those people can still use Second-Life Star to cause trouble now.’

The "Sex-Photo Gate" of the Ancestral Master, Chen Jincheng, had appeared just that suddenly, catching everyone off guard. In just two short hours, the videos posted by the two commentary bloggers had completely blown up.

In the internet age, this kind of thing truly did attract a lot of attention.

「Second-Life Star.」

Sister Hong, however, reported to Chen Jincheng with a face full of emotion, "Boss, the ’Sex-Photo Gate’ has completely blown up. Your fans are in a heated discussion across all your videos. The most talked-about topic is how after all this time, they’ve finally gotten proof of you and those girls. Also, your follower count has broken four million."

Speaking of which, she felt even more emotional. The only person who could encounter something like this and not only *not* lose followers, but actually gain them, was probably her boss.

"An unexpected benefit," Chen Jincheng said, a hint of a smile on his face.

Sister Hong continued, "For the sake of authenticity, I had Xiaoliao use a throwaway account from the Xiangjiang side to ’sell’ the photos to Mou Xuesong and Gua Gua Talks. Then, Xiaoliao used that money to buy a DOU+ promotion for Mou Xuesong’s account, before deleting the throwaway account."

"Mhm," Chen Jincheng nodded. He thought for a moment, then added, "When the time comes, send a lawyer’s letter to Mou Xuesong and Gua Gua Talks. Make them publicly apologize to us, Second-Life Star."

"Understood." Sister Hong smiled.

’Those two commentary bloggers are in for some seriously bad luck,’ she thought. ’Once we issue our clarification and send the lawyer’s letter, they’ll have to post apology videos, even though they were clearly the ones we used.’

’Then again, those two bloggers aren’t good people either. They’re always stirring up trouble with false information.’

「Just then.」

His phone rang. The call was from Lin Hao.

He answered, and Lin Hao’s anxious voice came through the phone, "Lao Cheng, didn’t you say you were going to help me solve my problem? How did you end up in trouble yourself? And your problem is way more serious than mine! Why the hell were you getting your computer repaired?"

Honestly, when he first heard about the "Sex-Photo Gate," he was completely baffled.

’How can getting your computer repaired lead to this kind of trouble?’

"I gained followers," Chen Jincheng said. He couldn’t explain the situation right now, so that was all he could say.

"What?" Lin Hao couldn’t believe it.

’Shouldn’t he be losing followers at a time like this?’

He immediately pulled out his phone, opened the other party’s Touyin Number to check, and then exclaimed, "4.1 million followers! This doesn’t make any sense!"

The "Sex-Photo Gate" incident fermented faster and faster over time, and the people at Tiao Yin took notice. When Han Shangyou received the report from the head of the Public Opinion and News Management Department, he was stunned.

He had just received news of Second-Life Star’s new advertising partnership model and was feeling quite expectant. If this model succeeded and provided a case study and template, it would be another great promotional tool for their Tiao Yin advertising module.

With a benchmark in place, the motivation of other influencers would also be stirred.

Who knew that Chen Jincheng would suddenly be exposed in a "Sex-Photo Gate."

Although the law couldn’t touch this kind of matter, it was absolutely unacceptable from a moral standpoint.

Under these circumstances, there was no way Tiao Yin could continue to give him any screen time. The best choice was to give him the cold shoulder for a period. It would even be acceptable to be decisive and directly suspend his account for a while.

Naturally, as the platform, they also had to investigate the matter clearly before they could take action.

Liu Xian rushed into Han Shangyou’s office. "President Han, you’ve heard the news about that Chen Jincheng, right? The tech department says the photos aren’t fake—they’re real. With this ’Sex-Photo Gate’ blowing up so big, we have to ban him! Second-Life Star must have its traffic restricted too, to prove our stance on public morals."

When he got the news, he had run straight over in his excitement. He had been worried this whole time that Second-Life Star’s advertisement would be a huge success, creating an unexpected situation.

Now, things were perfect. Chen Jincheng had dug his own grave and gotten exposed, handing him an opportunity on a silver platter.

As long as they banned Chen Jincheng’s account and restricted Second-Life Star’s traffic, everything would go back to his projected path of promoting Sister Feiye.