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Several unverified accounts of ordinary people appeared on the big screen.

The first account.

The ID is "Grandma Zhang from the Countryside".

The video content is extremely simple.

An elderly woman with gray hair, wearing an apron, was making pancakes in front of an earthen stove.

There was no background music.

No editing.

The only voice-over is the old man's introduction, delivered in a thick local accent.

"This is called scallion pancake, it's a local specialty, city kids probably have never tried it."

The video is one minute long.

Likes: 800,000.

The second account.

His ID is "Construction Site Singer".

A man wearing a hard hat, his face covered in dust, sat among the steel and concrete.

He faced the camera and sang an old song in a hoarse voice.

There are no tricks.

It's all about emotions.

Likes: 1.5 million.

The third account.

The ID is "A cat named Coal Ball".

In the video.

A black cat is trying to jump from the table onto the cabinet opposite.

As a result, my foot slipped.

It fell to the ground with a "thud".

He fell flat on his back.

It looked up at the camera, bewildered.

Then he stood up nonchalantly, licked his paws, and pretended nothing had happened.

One million likes.

Wang Luochuan's voice trembled slightly.

"Mr. Yu, these accounts were all registered today."

"The video was also posted today."

"They had no fan base and no promotion whatsoever."

"Thanks to algorithm-based recommendations, the data took off."

Holding his thermos, Yu Le calmly said, "Continue to collect more data to improve the recommendation algorithm."

Douyin's recommendation mechanism is decentralized.

It doesn't care who you are.

I don't care about your background.

It only looks at your content.

As long as your content is interesting and engaging enough, even if you're just an ordinary person, you can become an overnight sensation online.

This is what makes Douyin (TikTok) so terrifying, and also so captivating.

It provides a stage for all ordinary people to showcase themselves.

An opportunity to become famous overnight.

Wang Luochuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the joy in his heart, and continued speaking.

"And also, Liu Qianqian's account, in less than 24 hours, has officially surpassed the three million follower mark! And it's still rising at a visible rate!" Wang Luochuan continued.

Yu Le glanced at the numbers on the screen.

His expression was very calm.

"Making a fuss over nothing."

"Sissi already had a high level of popularity, and with these videos that show a charming contrast, it's normal for her to gain followers quickly."

He unscrewed the lid and took a sip of the warm goji berry water.

"How are the other people's data?"

Wang Luochuan swallowed hard and slid his finger across the screen.

"Xue Zhiqian's income increased by 1.8 million."

"Huang Bo, 1.5 million."

"Shu Chang and Tang Yan have both surpassed one million views."

"The most terrifying thing is the daily active users."

"It has already exceeded ten million."

"The average user stay time reached forty-five minutes."

Yu Le put down her thermos.

"This is just the beginning."

"Notify the technical department to continue expanding the server capacity."

"The traffic sources provided by Tencent are really too strong. Don't let them fail at a critical moment."

Wang Luochuan nodded vigorously, then turned and ran out of the office.

........

The next few days.

Douyin has completely taken the internet by storm.

Inside the subway car.

On a bus seat.

Even on the benches while waiting for a table at a restaurant.

Everywhere you look, you see people looking down at their phones.

Various brainwashing sounds emanated from the phone screen.

"Let's learn to meow together, meow meow meow meow meow."

"Ugly freak, could you please not turn on the light?"

.......

Short videos, with their fragmented entertainment format, precisely address the pain points of modern people.

You don't need to spend two hours watching a movie.

A dopamine release can occur in just fifteen seconds.

Slide it.

Slide it again.

Simply can not stop.

Wang Luochuan and his technical team worked non-stop for three days and three nights.

Servers were added one after another.

The number of users has exploded exponentially.

The entertainment industry is in an uproar.

The bosses of major talent agencies were green with envy when they saw the data of the artists from Xianyu Entertainment.

Buying a trending topic on Weibo can cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, and there's no guarantee it will be effective.

How can you gain millions of followers by posting a ten-second video on Douyin?

This traffic conversion rate is terrifying.

A high-end private club in Beijing.

Several entertainment company executives gathered in a private room.

The ashtray was overflowing with cigarette butts.

Mr. Wang, the general manager of Huayi Brothers, took a deep drag on his cigar and exhaled a thick smoke ring.

"Hey Li, have your young heartthrobs joined Douyin yet?"

Mr. Li from Guangming shook his head with a wry smile.

"Not yet, I'm having someone contact Xianyu Network."

"President Yu is truly amazing, creating such a monster that attracts traffic."

"Stop being so sour, hurry up and get in the car."

"If it gets any later, you won't even be able to get a hot bowl of soup."

Mr. Wang stubbed out his cigar in the ashtray.

He took out his phone and dialed Yu Le's number.

Salty Fish Entertainment Headquarters.

Yu Le's office.

The phone kept ringing.

Yang Nuo walked in carrying a thick stack of documents.

"Mr. Yu, the CEOs of Huayi Brothers, Enlight Media, and H&R Century Pictures have all called."

"We want all the artists under our management to join Douyin."

"They also demanded that we give them splash screen recommendations and preferential traffic allocation."

Yu Le unscrewed the lid of the thermos.

He blew on the hot air.

"Dream on."

"Tell them that it's okay for them to move in."

"Download the software and register an account yourself."

There is no traffic bias.

"Everything will be done according to the algorithm."

After the news was released.

A wave of celebrities joining Douyin (TikTok) has swept through the entertainment industry.

Many celebrities have lowered their profiles.

Leading actress Liu Shishi posted a video of herself eating spicy hot pot at a roadside stall without makeup. She was sticking out her tongue from the spiciness while eating, completely disregarding her image.

Fans exclaimed that it was true.

Various bizarre challenges have become popular on Douyin (TikTok).

"Bottle Cap Challenge"

"Ice Bucket Challenge"