Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 584: Viral Internet Celebrity

"Sister! You went viral!""Han Qian! Is this you?!"

When recording this video, Zhou Yuwen had hired a professional makeup artist. He did not know exactly what kind of makeup would go viral, but he knew that in his previous life, part of the reason Wen Wan became so popular was due to her styling. Therefore, Zhou Yuwen aimed for an almost one-to-one replica. When he was unsatisfied with the makeup artist's work, Zhou Yuwen even took matters into his own hands, personally applying cosmetics to Han Qian's face to strive for absolute perfection.

This left everyone else present completely stunned. They could not help but think, 'Zhou Yuwen truly is an all-rounder, seemingly capable of doing a little bit of everything.'

Watching Zhou Yuwen so earnestly applying makeup to her face, Han Qian felt a little embarrassed.

After all, despite having been with the company for so long, this was her first time being in such close contact with Zhou Yuwen.

There were many young lasses in the company who liked Zhou Yuwen, but Han Qian was a relatively clear-headed girl. She knew she came here solely for making money; as for anything else, she did not even entertain the thought.

That was, until she was this close to Zhou Yuwen.

Alright, she was starting to fall for him a little.

But it was merely temporary.

Once the video finished shooting.

They would go back to their separate worlds; she was still just an inconspicuous little employee.

Until the next day...

Before Han Qian had even fully woken up, she received countless messages from friends and relatives. Seeing all these greetings, she was completely dumbfounded. Had it spread that quickly?

Taking another look at the video she had posted last night, the likes had already surpassed five million, and her follower count had broken through three million!

This left Han Qian entirely stupefied.

Even though there was a massive amount of artificial inflation in that follower count, even so, there was still at least one million genuine followers in there.

Just looking at the fifty thousand sudden notifications from new followers that had surged in, she knew this was absolutely real!

"Oh my god, this young lady is so cute!"

"I feel like I am in love!"

"Her smile is so sweet!"

Comment after comment flooded the section, and someone even pointed out, "I know her! She is from our university's School of Humanities. Her name is Han Qian!"

"No way? With beauty like that, she must be your School Beauty, right?!"

"School Beauty?"

This was quite awkward. Although Han Qian was pretty, she could only be considered above average. She definitely could not be counted as a School Beauty. However, after today, Han Qian's popularity had suddenly skyrocketed, completely overshadowing everyone else. Calling her a School Beauty did not seem out of place anymore, did it?

At this moment, Han Qian had not yet recovered from her pleasant surprise. Faced with questions from a few friends, she would still answer them foolishly. But as more and more people came seeking to chat with her, Han Qian simply could not keep up.

As for Zhou Yuwen's situation, it was much the same. He had stayed at the company too late last night. Originally, Zhou Yuwen was supposed to return to the Big Flat with Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan to sleep.

Tao Tian knew that her recent actions had been quite displeasing to Zhou Yuwen. She was even too embarrassed to greet him, intending to just go back to her own home after getting off work.

Seeing that Tao Tian wanted to leave, Zhou Yuwen asked where she was going.

Tao Tian replied, "Me? I am going home."

Zhou Yuwen said, "You are the only one at home right now. What are you going back for?"

Han Qian maintained her silence regarding this.

Zhou Yuwen said, "Do not go home."

"Come stay with me over at Yanyan's place."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Tao Tian did not know whether to be pleasantly surprised or what to say for a moment. The surprise, naturally, was that Zhou Yuwen had not left her out in the cold; he still kept her in his thoughts even now.

As for everything else, although her relationship with Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan was no longer as ugly as before, asking them to live together right now was still a bit... off.

In short, it was somewhat awkward to bring up.

Zhou Yuwen knew exactly what Tao Tian was thinking, but he did not care in the slightest. He stated, "It does not matter. Qu Jing went abroad, and now Minmin has left too. You cannot possibly live over there all by yourself. You should get closer to the other sisters."

As Zhou Yuwen spoke, he patted Tao Tian's waist and told her, "Let's go!"

Tao Tian was obviously still a bit hesitant, glancing at Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan behind Zhou Yuwen.

Zheng Yanyan did not show much of a reaction. Lu Lin met Tao Tian's gaze, hesitated for a moment, and sighed. "Let's go," she said.

So Tao Tian said nothing more, giving Lu Lin a bright smile. "Okay!"

And just like that, Tao Tian followed Zhou Yuwen and the others to the Big Flat. Naturally, they all slept together that night. These three girls each had their own unique charms, and Zhou Yuwen managed to enjoy all of them at once.

Then, by the next morning, Zhou Yuwen was embracing them on the left and right.

In order, it was Zheng Yanyan, Zhou Yuwen, Tao Tian, and Lu Lin.

The bed was large enough to accommodate them all. Zheng Yanyan, being a clever little lass, chose to sleep resting her head on Zhou Yuwen's arm. Meanwhile, Tao Tian, who was the last to finish last night, was utterly exhausted and simply fell asleep lying prone next to him.

Only Lu Lin was squeezed to the very edge.

However, she did not mind at all.

When the sun rose as usual the next day.

Zhou Yuwen and the others were still soundly asleep, but Tao Tian was the first to wake up. Looking at the sleeping Zhou Yuwen beside her, she said nothing and carefully slipped away from his side.

Without even having the time to put on clothes, she grabbed her phone from the nightstand.

To be honest, she still cared quite a bit about the matter with Han Qian. After all, she was the manager of the cultural media company now. Zhou Yuwen claiming he could turn Han Qian into an internet celebrity overnight was something no one would dare to believe.

That is, until she unlocked her phone and saw Han Qian's statistics.

Three million?!

Han Qian's follower count made Tao Tian freeze in shock. Was this not a bit too much?!

'Could Zhou Yuwen have botted all of these?' she wondered.

'That is impossible, right?'

She checked the comment section, which was practically completely filled with discussions about Han Qian, with people calling her pretty, cute, and the like.

As for the group chat of sisters that Tao Tian managed, it was in a complete uproar right now.

"So President Zhou called Sister Han Qian out yesterday afternoon just to shoot this video?"

"Oh my god, is President Zhou trying to promote Sister Qian?! Sister Qian is going to make it big!"

"She already has 3.2 million followers!"

"Sob, sob, I am so envious of Sister Qian!"

"When will it be my turn?!"

"Sister Qian, come out and say something!"

Looking at the discussion in the group, Tao Tian noticed that some girls had already started taking the initiative to send her private messages. They asked why Han Qian had been chosen and not them, claiming that their own metrics had always been quite good.

Even some female students who had already jumped ship to become internet celebrities at other media companies sent Tao Tian messages:

"Sister Sweetie, our company's manager said that you guys artificially boosted Han Qian. Is that true or false?"

Tao Tian ignored the private messages pouring in one after another. She knew exactly what needed to be done right now. First, she made a phone call to Han Qian.

Han Qian's emotions on the other end of the line were clearly highly agitated. She even told Tao Tian that other media companies had already contacted her.

Tao Tian asked, "Then what are your plans now? Are you planning to jump ship?"

"How could I! Sister Sweetie!"

Before Tao Tian could even finish speaking, Han Qian outright denied it. She said excitedly, "Everything I have today was given to me by President Zhou. How could I possibly jump ship!"

Hearing Han Qian say this, Tao Tian was quite satisfied. "That is good," she said.

"Head over to the company and wait for me there. We will talk face-to-face about anything else."

"Okay!" Han Qian did not become arrogant just because she had gone entirely viral across the internet. On the contrary, she kept her posture very humble. Just as they were about to hang up, she asked Tao Tian, "Sister Sweetie, is... is President Zhou there?"

"He is still sleeping."

"Oh, oh. Then I will hang up now."

After hanging up the phone, Tao Tian once again looked at Zhou Yuwen, who was sleeping between Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin.

At this moment, sunlight filtered through the window, shining onto Zhou Yuwen's face and casting a faint golden glow over his features. Enamored, Tao Tian crawled from the foot of the bed all the way over to him.

She kept staring at Zhou Yuwen; the more she looked, the fonder of him she became.

Unable to contain the excitement in her heart, she eventually leaned in and gave Zhou Yuwen a long kiss.

One had to understand, Zhou Yuwen was sleeping perfectly fine when a sudden, deep kiss completely caught him off guard, nearly leaving him breathless. Once he finally reacted, he kissed Tao Tian back for a while.

Looking at Tao Tian lying on top of him with her ample breasts pressing heavily against him, Zhou Yuwen could not help but say, "Ahem, what are you doing? Are you trying to suffocate me?"

"What is going on?"

At this time, Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin, who were beside Zhou Yuwen, were also successively woken up by Tao Tian. They rubbed the corners of their eyes.

They saw Tao Tian straddling Zhou Yuwen, happily pulling out her phone to show him. She exclaimed, "You were right! Han Qian really did go viral!"

"Who really went viral?"

Confused, Zheng Yanyan leaned over to check the phone. Upon seeing the statistics, she was stunned. "Three million?! How is it possible to have so many followers?"

Hearing this follower count, Lu Lin also froze for a moment. Gaining three million followers in a single night felt a bit too fake; at the very least, half of them must have been artificially boosted.

But even so, it was still somewhat terrifying.

Tao Tian's phone was passed back and forth among the three girls as they discussed the authenticity of these three million followers.

Only Zhou Yuwen maintained a lazy expression. He stretched lazily and remarked that they were making a fuss over nothing.

"It is only just past eight o'clock in the morning. This is merely the beginning. What are you all so anxious for? I am going back to sleep."

Saying this, Zhou Yuwen prepared to lie back down.

However, hearing this, Tao Tian was a bit unwilling. She could not help but urge, "Han Qian already has three million followers. Should we not ride this momentum and shoot a few more videos?"

"No need. This video is enough."

By this time, Zhou Yuwen had already laid back down to resume sleeping.

So-called internet celebrities were destined to be as ephemeral as a short-lived flower. Even with Han Qian, Zhou Yuwen had no intention of cultivating her indefinitely. His plan was to let her go viral first, capture a solid wave of loyal followers, and then move on to incubate other types of internet celebrities. If a media company wanted to thrive, it absolutely needed a diverse roster of influencers.

Therefore, there was no need to do anything right now.

"But... I already told Han Qian to head to the company."

Tao Tian could not help but mutter weakly.

Zhou Yuwen simply gave an "Oh" and said, "Then go to the company and have a heart-to-heart with her. I am going back to sleep."

"..."

Feeling helpless, Tao Tian had no choice but to get out of bed. In truth, she wanted to go to the company to check the backend data, but she was reluctant to go alone. She glanced back and forth at the faces of Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan, hoping to find someone to accompany her.

Clearly, she was overthinking it.

Compared to the company's development, Zheng Yanyan and the others much preferred to sleep.

Well, in the end, Tao Tian went to the company all by herself.

Aside from the initial two million-plus followers which were artificially boosted, the resulting momentum was entirely organic with practically no inflation. By the time Tao Tian arrived at the company, Han Qian's followers had climbed to 3.8 million.

And the number was still climbing steadily.

Right now, it was exactly the time when university students were attending their 8 AM classes. A bunch of bored students would pull out their phones during lectures to scroll through short videos. As a result, it did not take more than a couple of swipes before they stumbled upon Han Qian's "Gucci Gucci" video in the parking garage.

Whether it was the background music or Han Qian's perfect rhythmic timing, the execution of the video was flawless.

Just a single glance had certain male students staring open-mouthed with goofy grins on their faces. They would quickly recommend it to the girls sitting next to them. "Hey, look, this girl is so cute."

"Yeah, she really is. Wait, isn't she from our university?"

"Huh? Isn't she from Old Zhou's company?"

For sophomore and junior year students, 8 AM classes were the most tedious. Since they were already old fritters, they had nothing better to do but scroll through videos and read novels to pass the time.

To their surprise, they actually stumbled upon a familiar face. Checking the comment section, they saw it had already amassed fifty thousand comments, filled with unanimous praise.

Wait a minute, they had seen this Han Qian in person before. Since when was she as gorgeous as the comments claimed?

More importantly, in their minds, she was still just an employee working under Zhou Yuwen.

"Brother Hao, look at this! This Han Qian actually went viral! It's that girl from the Arts Department!" Li Qiang said in excitement.

Chang Hao took a glance and simply replied with an "Oh."

Li Qiang scrolled through the comments below and remarked, "She has really blown up this time."

"I bet Old Zhou is finished. With this female going viral, there is no way she will keep working under him. Sigh, if I were Old Zhou, I would definitely slap her with a supplementary contract and make her pay a penalty."

Hearing this, Chang Hao asked speechlessly, "How do you know she is going to leave?"

"Isn't it obvious? Look at how many followers she has, and it is still climbing. Who knows how many people want to poach her to be a star. How could she possibly stay working under Old Zhou?" Li Qiang argued.

Chang Hao replied, completely exasperated, "Do you think there's a possibility that the reason she went viral is entirely because Zhou Yuwen boosted her?"

"?" Li Qiang paused for a moment before laughing. "Brother Hao, are you kidding me? This is Kuaishou!"

"No matter how capable Old Zhou is, can he manipulate Kuaishou?"

Li Qiang waved the phone in his hand.

Chang Hao said nothing more.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, Han Qian's followers had broken past the six million mark—an almost monstrous rate of growth. Furthermore, the volume of discussions surrounding her kept climbing higher and higher.

At this time, Kuaishou suddenly blocked the traffic to her video. Simultaneously, rumors that Han Qian was botting her metrics began to circulate. But it was completely useless.

By now, the legend of the 'Parking Garage Goddess' had already spread everywhere.

Moreover, while her Kuaishou traffic was banned, the Fun Campus app was still up and running. By banning Han Qian at this crucial juncture, Kuaishou essentially drove all that massive traffic straight over to the Fun Campus app.

After all, the current Han Qian was not like the later Wen Wan.