Chapter 93 - Breaking Old Peis Stereotypes! (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Nothing much happened over the New Year. All they did was visit relatives or have relatives visit them. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Pei Qian finally got to settle down. He sat on his couch and watched the television.
“Son, have your short videos been released?” Pei Qian’s mother handed a peeled apple to him.
Pei Qian reached out, received the apple, took a bite, and replied, “Aiya, it’s not like you can watch these short videos immediately after filming. They still need to edit it and do some late-stage finalization. You’ve asked me this eight times just today.”
“Go and ask the director,” Pei Qian’s mother said, not giving up now that she had already fed the family.
Pei Qian was frustrated. He had no choice but to send Huang Sibo a message.
Before long, Huang Sibo replied: “Boss Pei, it was uploaded yesterday! You will see it the moment you enter Potato Web. It’s under ‘Comedies’, Boss Pei’s Daily Life.”
It was really out.
How efficient!
Pei Qian took his own laptop, logged onto Potato Web, and went to the ‘Comedies’ section.
It was really under the recommendations! It was not the most eye-catching show, but it was not bad.
Before this, Zhu Xiaoce said that he had a senior who worked at Potato Web and that he could get the show under the list of recommendations. He really did what he said he would!
Of course, this probably did not come for free. He most likely paid an advertising fee.
Pei Qian clicked on it, and his heart immediately fell.
The video was only uploaded the day before, but it had already reached two hundred thousand views!
This was a new account at that!
Pei Qian glanced at the comments below.
How lively!
After a cursory scan, he found that the entertaining netizens were particularly lively. There were already tens of pages of comments alone!
Finished. What he feared had come true!
Pei Qian tried to stabilize his own emotions so that his parents would not notice that something was wrong with him. Then, he acted nonchalant as he handed the laptop over. “This is it.”
His parents placed the laptop on the coffee table and leaned over it at once.
“Boss Pei’s Daily Life?” Old Pei looked at Pei Qian suspiciously.
“Hehe, that’s the name of the series of short videos. I act as the company boss in these shows,” Pei Qian explained.
The video then started.
“I looked at my Rolex, not to look at the time, but to subconsciously let you know that I’m a whale.
“Today, I am going out on a whim. I want to make a new game; a game that would make all the players pay as much as they can.”
The uninteresting BGM1 coupled with the monotonous narration made this video particularly outstanding!
In the video, Pei Qian was dressed in a suit and had on a Rolex. He was lying down on the sofa in the office’s guest room. On the coffee table beside him, there was a high-class tea set and tea. Everything looked so natural.
Even Pei Qian’s expressionless face looked realistic!
Boss Pei’s Daily Life’s style was very similar to Zhu Yidan’s Boring Life’s.
The first impression that the audience got from watching this video was that the life of a whale could indeed be extremely boring, meaningless, uninteresting, and even uncomfortable!
However, the more they watched, the more they got used to this feeling!
Two advantages stood out about the style of the video.
First, it was distinctive; second, it was metaphorical.
The longer one watched, the more easily they could decipher the deeper meaning behind what was happening on screen. From the portrait shooting angle to the unchanging background music and the intentionally boring narration, everything seemed particularly memorable!
As for the metaphors…
Without ruling out the possibility of people reading too much into it, the director seemed to have added many subtle messages in the videos. This type of dark humor made this video seem a cut above the vulgar, hillbilly-type comedies!
Pei Qian stood behind his parents, watching himself on the screen. He could not help but smile.
Why do I look so handsome on camera?!
I’m also really good at acting!
Look at that expression; how natural! Look at that face; how photogenic!
It’s no wonder that Director Zhu Xiaoce did not have to yell ‘cut’! It was not because I am his boss and his investor, but because my acting was so good!
Pei Qian began to feel extremely proud of himself.
1In a one-minute-long video, there were several twists and turns in the plot and multiple humorous puns in the script. When it finally ended, it left a sense of thirst for more!
“That’s it? I’ve not watched enough!”
“Son, your short video is a bit too short, isn’t it?”