The Entertainment Industry in Turmoil: Young Actresses All Want to Rise to the Top

Chapter 352 Ice Cream Cone Short Video Takes Off

What can you capture in 15 seconds?

"These days, netizens find even a 3-minute trailer too short, so who would bother watching a 15-second clip?"

Everyone who had doubts about Mohen's ice cream cone short videos has been thoroughly proven wrong in recent weeks.

They then realized that they didn't understand the current market at all.

This isn't a precise algorithm; it's an addictive algorithm.

During this period, Shen Mo used the same foolproof strategy that had worked every time in his previous life during the mobile internet era when making ice cream cones.

A system for rapid gold coin accumulation!

Earn money by watching short videos!

This simple, blunt slogan, which directly targets the weaknesses of human nature, has transformed into a viral storm that sweeps across the country.

In an old residential area in Beijing, Aunt Zhang, who had just finished square dancing in the evening, was sitting on a bench fanning herself.

"Hey, Lao Li, come take a look at this!"

Aunt Wang, who was standing nearby, leaned over mysteriously and shoved the glowing screen of her phone into Aunt Zhang's face.

"Click the link I shared with you to download this app called 'Ice Cone,' and you'll immediately receive 3 yuan in cash! You can withdraw it directly to your WeChat Wallet, enough to buy groceries for several eggs!"

"Really? You can get money just by downloading software? Is this some kind of windfall?"

"Why would I lie to you! Look, there's a little circle here. As long as you watch the video, you'll get 100 gold coins every time the circle spins. 1 gold coins can be exchanged for 1 yuan!"

"I swiped my card the whole way on the bus today, and I've saved up enough money to buy groceries tonight!"

Half-believing, half-doubting, Aunt Zhang downloaded the app under Aunt Wang's guidance. When she saw the notification sound of "WeChat Pay received 3 yuan" in her WeChat Wallet, Aunt Zhang's eyes widened instantly.

That night, the entire neighborhood's WeChat group for square dancing was completely overrun.

The older women stopped dancing altogether, each holding a mobile phone and frantically forwarding their download invitations in various "We Are a Loving Family" groups.

The same fission is unfolding at an alarming rate in universities, factories, office buildings, and even remote counties and villages.

In the male dormitory of Jiangnan University, nearing lights out, several college students who had just finished playing League of Legends were lying on their beds, idly scrolling through their phones.

"Holy crap, you guys need to download this ice cream cone short video!"

Xiao Lu, a teenager addicted to the internet who was sleeping on the lower bunk, suddenly screamed.

"The platform rewards you with money for every new user you bring in! There's no upper limit! I've already brought in my parents, all my extended family, and they've reimbursed all my late-night snack expenses this week!"

"Really? I want to try it too!"

Suddenly, the dormitory was filled with a barrage of download notification sounds.

However, the moment these college students, who originally came here hoping to get a good deal, opened the ice cream cone, the entire dormitory fell into an eerie silence.

Half an hour has passed.

An hour has passed.

Even after the dormitory supervisor turned off the power, a few faint glows still flickered in the dormitory.

No one complains about the internet being cut off or not being able to play games anymore.

Because they have become completely immersed in all kinds of short videos.

"Aren't you guys asleep yet? It's already 3 a.m., aren't you going to class tomorrow morning?"

Xiao Lu asked while rubbing her sore eyes.

"This is so addictive—this software is seriously dangerous!"

My roommate Xia replied without turning her head.

"It's all your fault! You insisted on making us watch short videos!"

"Haha! That's hilarious. Did I tell you to swipe? I just let you get some freebies."

"By the way, what are you guys looking at?"

Roommate Xiao Zheng poked his head out from the top bunk and looked at his roommate on the bottom bunk. He vaguely saw something that interested him.

Xia pouted, but her hand continued to slide down her arm without stopping.

"Holy crap, this is so exciting! Come on, add me as a friend and recommend me!"

"Count me in!"

"Me too!"

"Godfather!"

This is the large-scale AI collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm that Shen Mo personally trained, which was three years ahead of its time.

While traditional long-form video and text-based apps are still operating on the mechanical logic of "people finding content," Ice Cream Short Video has already achieved "content finding people."

It accurately captures your dwell time and likes on a video every time you watch it, using millisecond-level user behavior monitoring.

If you enjoy watching hip-twisting dances, your feed will soon be filled with images of beautiful young women.

If you enjoy watching silly and funny videos, the platform will continuously push humorous clips to you.

From fifty-year-old square dancers who are meticulous about their money, to twenty-year-old college students who are trend-conscious and bursting with hormones.

Once you've opened the ice cream cone, you can't easily take your hand away.

The long-dormant, fragmented entertainment needs of human society have been completely awakened by this unconventional behemoth, the ice cream cone!

Following this, under Shen Mo's personal direction, several extremely catchy background music tracks were pinned to the top of the official Ice Cream Cone music library, completely igniting the trend of watching Ice Cream Cone short videos.

Cli Cli! Cli, Cli, Cli————

The reggae-style single "Panama," written and performed by Romanian singer Matteo in 2013, swept through the streets and alleys as soon as it was released as a short video clip, with its catchy and upbeat rhythm that made people want to tap their feet.

At the same time, a song so cute and adorable that it "Learn to Meow" was originally released by an online singer in 2018 and became a hit on the internet. In this life, Shen Mo directly created it ahead of time and had Li Yitong record it directly using her versatile vocal techniques.

"Yi Tong, you, the nation's best actress, should set a good example for the entire internet!"

In the president's office, Shen Mo smiled and patted Li Yitong on the shoulder.

Li Yitong rolled her eyes coquettishly, then casually tied her hair into a youthful double ponytail.

In her past life, she was an 8G surfing expert. Whenever a dance trend became slightly popular, she would learn it and post it on her Douyin account as soon as possible.

However, this time, it's not her turn to learn from others, but rather others to learn from her.

Five minutes later, Li Yitong's official ice cream cone account posted a short video.

In the video, the top goddess who just won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress smiled sweetly with her signature crescent-shaped eyes and her long, slender, white fingers dancing, instantly captivating the audience.

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

Accompanied by music, Li Yitong made a few cute cat-paw-scratching hand gestures for the camera.

Once the video was released, coupled with the official promotion by the ice cream cone company, it instantly went viral across the internet.

That's Li Yitong!

The usually aloof and high-profile movie star has revealed such a soft, cute, and innocent side in a short video!

This stark contrast directly broke through the defenses of tens of millions of men and women across the internet.

"Hahaha! Li Yitong's voice with a mixed accent is so beautiful!"

"Help! The Best Actress is being affectionate with me! I'm doomed!"

"Didn't anyone notice Li Yitong's fingers? She's displaying weapons!"

"Mommy, you're picking at me!"

"Holy crap, this hand gesture dance is so addictive! I've watched it fifty times!"

In less than half a day, Li Yitong's short video received an astonishing 500 million likes!

Besides the viral video guided by the official ice cream cone brand, many more spontaneously generated viral background music tracks have emerged.

Sa Beining, Kill the Black Chicken — This catchy dance routine went viral across the internet.

Samsara's electronic dance music ignited the internet, with the topic garnering over 1 million views in two weeks.

OMG, I've fallen in love with her. Her genuine expression is like being under a spell after drinking a strange potion—a hand gesture dance followed, inspiring hundreds of thousands of people to imitate her.

Countless ordinary people, aspiring models, and female students majoring in broadcasting at universities, all harboring dreams of fame, began to frantically imitate Li Yitong's hand gesture dance.

Driven by the popularity of the ice cream cone, a series of videos with over a million likes appeared one after another, and one account after another gained hundreds of thousands of followers in a single day, successfully becoming a viral sensation.

This group of internet celebrities, whose sole purpose is ice cream cones, has sprung up like mushrooms after rain at a speed that has left the traditional entertainment industry speechless.

A girl named "Dai Gula K," wearing an orange T-shirt and sporting short hair, quickly went viral for her catchy hip-shaking dance video, which garnered over ten million likes.

A girl named "Wen Wan," dressed in a green top, with red lips and big waves, simply swayed her body in an underground parking lot to the music of "Gucci Gucci Prada," and her fan base grew by 1200 million in just a few days.

The girl "M-ge," wearing a red top, sat in front of the camera and posted a video of herself singing. She simply sang "The smoke of war fills the sandy pass, please, General, drink less wine," and the video quickly garnered over 2000 million likes and over 80 comments.

A wave of grassroots dance and singing bloggers has emerged, including Zhang Xinyao, Liu Yu, Liu Yuning, and Fei Qiming.

Besides the visual impact of handsome men and beautiful women, a group of technically skilled video bloggers have also emerged on the platform, such as Blackface V, who has gained over ten million followers in a single month solely through his cool special effects and superb editing skills.

This kind of content, which caters extremely to the fragmented reading habits of modern people, has instantly become the "electronic pickled vegetables" for countless office workers on the subway and on the toilet.

The entire domestic internet ecosystem was completely disrupted by Shen Mo's series of heavy blows.

What surprised people in the entertainment industry the most was that the influence of the ice cream cone short video actually extended into the long video field.

Just as the drama "Day and Night" reached its climax, with the two brothers' identities about to be exposed, a super topic initiated by the official team suddenly appeared on the homepage of the short video platform, Ice Cream Cone:

#Day and Night Chase Dual Roles Acting Challenge#

Li Yitong once again took the lead by releasing a challenge video.

In the video, for the first 7 seconds, she is a refined lady from Jiangnan, dressed in an elegant long dress, with gentle eyes and a faint smile at the camera.

However, accompanied by a crisp "click" of a lighter, the scene instantly transitions to a dark setting.

Eight seconds later, Li Yitong had changed into a jet-black leather outfit, her long hair was wildly disheveled, and her eyes were full of cold, bloodthirsty and crazy mature woman tension!

"@Day and Night Chase, let's see how Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu switch between black and white tonight!"

Li Yitong wrote in the copy.

This video, which perfectly blends short video transitions with acting skills, has completely ignited a creative frenzy across the internet.

"Holy crap! That's so awesome! One second it's my absolute favorite, the next I want to kneel down and call her 'Mommy'!"

"I'm a drama queen, let me do it too!"

In an instant, the entire Ice Cream Cone short video platform became a chaotic battleground for fan-made adaptations of "Day and Night".

Second-tier actors, drama school students, and even amateurs with imitation talent who couldn't get resources on traditional platforms started frantically imitating others in order to grab the creative support cash and millions of views offered by the official ice cream cone platform.

Tech bloggers have used editing software to create ingenious "real and fake clones" in short videos.

Netizens, in their quirky and humorous style, began to imitate the hardcore scenes in the show where Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu switch identities during the day and night and cut the same scars on their faces.

"Brother, Zhou Xun is going out for barbecue tonight. You go in my place. Remember, you're Guan Hongfeng now, so don't eat garlic; he has a sensitive stomach!"

"Don't worry, bro. You investigate cases during the day, and I'll flirt with girls at night. We'll share one big kidney!"

Countless derivative short videos have spread like wildfire on short video platforms.

Those in the entertainment industry are alarmed to discover that traditional text-based social media platforms are simply no match for the flood of short videos like "Ice Cone," which combine entertainment, interactivity, and spontaneous dissemination.

The public is irresistibly drawn in by these captivating short videos.

Every user who watched the "One Person, Two Roles" challenge had the same thought flash through their mind.

"Just how amazing is this TV series called 'Day and Night'? It's got so many people online imitating Guan Hongfeng? I have to watch the full episodes!"

In the bottom right corner of these challenge videos, Shen Mo had already had a very eye-catching little label attached to them.

[Click here to watch the full episode of "Day and Night"].

With just a tap, users can seamlessly jump to the InkStain Video playback interface on their mobile phones, without even a second of waiting.

That night, the curve of new paid members on the Mohen Video backend rose again, and the server even issued a warning due to the massive influx of recharge data!

"Report to President Shen! The viewership of 'Day and Night' has surged by 8000 million in a single day!"

"Mohen Video's new paid VIP members have surpassed 450 million in the past 24 hours!!"

Cai Huaijun looked at the report in his hand, his whole body trembling violently with extreme excitement.

Become!

It's been a month since the ice cream cone was launched.

The short video company behind the ice cream cone directly released key data related to the ice cream cone.

With 1.05 million daily active users, it surpasses established players in the industry, such as Kuaishou, which boasts 7200 million daily active users, by nearly 1.45 million.

Times.

Users spend an average of 85 minutes per day on the app, a significant 3.86 minutes more than established players like Kuaishou, who spend 22 minutes per day on the app.

Times.

The software, which was only online for a month, has already broken the 100 million daily active users mark!

What does this mean?

What's even more chilling is the average daily usage time of up to 85 minutes.

This means that more than 100 million people in China spend nearly an hour and a half every day watching short videos on ice cream cones!

This terrifying ability to consume internet traffic once again demonstrates Inkmark's absolute dominance on the internet.

At the same time, major investment institutions also began to contact the ice cream cone short video company. Those with connections contacted Shen Mo directly, with only one request: to participate in the ice cream cone short video company's Series A financing.

The valuation of the ice cream cone jumped directly to $10 billion. It's worth noting that Kuaishou, which just went through its Series C funding round in the first half of the year, was valued at only $19 billion.

The only downside of Ice Cream Cone Short Video is that it has only been online for a short time and has not yet registered many users. However, if Ice Cream Cone is given more time, once the number of registered users increases, its valuation will easily surpass that of Kuaishou.

On the other side, Su Hua, the handyman, looked at the data for the ice cream cone and fell into deep thought, wondering if his handyman development was too laid-back.

Tencent immediately announced the launch of a short video app called Weishi, which is expected to be released in a month.

Weibo announced plans to spin off Miaopai as an independent platform and to significantly increase its investment in the transformation of the short video sector.

Toutiao announced the launch of Xigua Video, focusing on the development of "short and medium-length videos + PGC".

Following the long-form video war, the battle in the short-form video platform field has officially begun.