Rebirth in 2011: Starting as an Advertising Genius

Chen Jianghe hadn't decided on the style of the filming yet.

Upon seeing Su Tang and Lin Yi, he suddenly thought of a video blogger from his previous life, whose challenges were mostly completed by women. Now he could create his own challenges based on the female blogger's ideas.

After everyone left, the office became quiet.

Chen Jianghe leaned back in his chair, looking at the piece of paper in his hand filled with names:

Zhang Wei (Movie Commentary Script)

Zhao Tiezhu (film voice actor)

Su Tang & Lin Yi (Adventure Streamers)

Liu Xiaomin (Taobao store customer service)

In just one day, I've recruited all the talent I need.

However, I feel we still need to hire another director, at least to handle the scripts and filming of these videos. For the first shoot, I'll film the whole process myself first. If there's no time later, we'll have to release it, otherwise I'll exhaust myself.

"Xia An, there are two shoots this week. I'll send you the script later. We expect to finish shooting on Thursday and Friday!"

After sending the message, Chen Jianghe began registering an account on Bilibili.

[Poison Tongue Movie]

Given Zhao Tiezhu's commentary style, this name is very fitting; it just goes to show that Northeasterners are born with a unique sense of humor.

In the future, we could even develop different dialect narration styles, such as Northeastern accent, Sichuan-Chongqing accent, Tianjin accent, Tangcheng accent, or even Wenzhou accent. These would all be quite interesting.

Su Tang is just having fun.

For the name of the Challenger, Chen Jianghe directly used a combination of Su Tang's name. Once Su Tang's IP becomes popular, he can just use the name directly, and he won't even need to add any suffixes. But for now, it's best to include some content attributes in the early stages.

A Day in Their Lives

Chen Jianghe couldn't think of a good name for the last account. He originally thought of "A Hundred Aspects of Life," but felt that it was too bland. So in the end, he decided to be more straightforward and use "His or Her Day," which not only expressed the style of the video but was also a little less vulgar.

After registering three accounts, Chen Jianghe breathed a sigh of relief.

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Thursday.

Su Tang and Lin Yi participated in their first shoot with great excitement.

Not only did they receive 500 yuan for filming this video, but today's challenge was to go to the best hotel in Suzhou and eat to their heart's content, all without having to pay for it themselves; Chen Jianghe would pay the bill directly.

Today they are filming the Suzhou InterContinental Hotel, and her task is to build as much as possible in this hotel and see how much money she can make.

Unfortunately, only she could appear on camera, so Lin Yi probably wouldn't be as lucky as her.

The lake-view buffet restaurant is located on the second floor of the InterContinental Hotel.

The floor-to-ceiling windows overlook Jinji Lake, its surface shimmering in the sunlight, while the skyline of Suzhou stretches into the distance.

The restaurant's interior is elegantly decorated, with rows of tables laden with a variety of delicious dishes under warm yellow lighting.

Su Tang was stunned as soon as she entered the door.

"This is... way too exaggerated!"

The fresh seafood section features Boston lobsters, Alaskan king crab legs, New Zealand oysters, and Argentine red shrimp, all neatly stacked on ice sculptures piled high like small mountains.

Japanese cuisine section: salmon belly, tuna akami, Arctic surf clam, sweet shrimp, all hand-cut by the chef on the spot, with uniform thickness and distinct texture.

Hot dishes section: Suzhou-style squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, black pepper beef ribs, steamed scallops with garlic and vermicelli, stir-fried river shrimp, and a pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall bubbling away.

Dessert section: Macarons, tiramisu, chocolate fountain, Häagen-Dazs ice cream, and various exquisite little cakes are displayed in glass cases like works of art.

Su Tang swallowed hard and turned to look at Chen Jianghe.

"Boss, I... I can really eat whatever I want?"

"Eat whatever you want." Chen Jianghe found a seat by the window, took out his notebook to take notes, "But there's one requirement—for each dish, you have to describe its taste in one sentence, make it vivid, make the audience's mouths water."

Xia An had already set up the camera, adjusted the parameters, and aimed it at Su Tang.

"Ready, three, two, one, go!"

In 2011, the concept of "store visit" didn't exist yet, so when Chen Jianghe and his group came in with a camera to film, their first reaction was to report it to the manager.

Chen Jianghe explained that he wanted to film a video, and the manager wanted to accommodate them as much as possible by offering them a private room, but Chen Jianghe refused.

"Manager Li, we don't need much space. We'll post this video on Bilibili; if it's effective, it might even drive traffic to your site!"

Manager Li smiled. Hotels of their caliber don't lack guests, and these people are obviously students. Their spending is far beyond what ordinary students can afford.

So I wasn't too excited about Chen Jianghe's words, but in the end I still found them a good seat by the window.

The InterContinental Hotel just opened this year, and he only needs to make sure that it's not some reporter who exposes some hygiene problems they haven't noticed.

Su Tang took a deep breath, picked up her plate, and walked towards the seafood section.

She picked up a Boston lobster, which had been cut in half to reveal snow-white meat and rosy roe.

The camera zooms in for a close-up.

"Look at this lobster," Su Tang said to the camera, her tone as if sharing a secret with a friend, "its meat is a translucent white; if you poke it with chopsticks, the meat springs back on its own. I dipped it in a little soy sauce and wasabi..."

She picked up a piece of shrimp and put it in her mouth, her eyes instantly lighting up.

"Wow—it's not that soft and mushy texture, it's crisp and sweet, the kind of fresh sweetness you get when you're on the beach, right after you've caught the shrimp and cooked it." She chewed it a couple of times. "And the shrimp paste is glutinous, melting on your tongue like salted egg yolk, fragrant and mellow, without a trace of fishiness."

Chen Jianghe shouted, "Stop!"

Su Tang was confused and thought she hadn't performed well. She glanced cautiously at Chen Jianghe, hoping he wouldn't dock her pay.

"After you describe it, don't eat yet. Hold the food in front of the camera and say, 'Fans, eat first!'"

Then he said to Xia An, "Xia An, when Su Tang hands over the food, zoom in with the camera!"

Su Tang and Xia An didn't quite understand what "fans eat first" meant, but they nodded anyway.

"Come on, lobster! The glass noodles can eat first!"

Seeing the improved shooting content from the two, Chen Jianghe nodded, indicating that this was roughly the idea.

Immediately afterwards, Su Tang ran to the Japanese food section and grabbed a plate of salmon belly.

The camera follows.

"Do you know where the fattiest part of a salmon is? It's the belly, called the belly." She held up a slice of belly to the camera. Sunlight shone through the glass onto the fish, making the marbling of the fat clearly visible. "Look at this marbling. The white fat is like marble embedded in the orange-red flesh. Taking a slice is like drinking a mouthful of oil."

"Same as always, the fans eat first!"

After her fans finished eating the fish remotely, she put the fish belly into her mouth, closed her eyes, and looked blissfully satisfied.

"It's not 'melts in your mouth,' it's 'melts in your mouth'—no chewing required. Just a gentle touch between your tongue and palate and the oil bursts out, filling your mouth with the sweetness of deep-sea fish, with a hint of nutty aroma in the aftertaste."