Chapter 66 The Second Blast Of Publicity (1/2)
Gao Xiaozhi, male, 23 years old. He was born in a poor farming village, and his highest education level was junior high school. At first, he worked as an ordinary assembly line factory worker with a monthly salary of around $3,000. But now, He was a viral content creator and video host on Dou Yin Videos, with 830,000 fans. He was good at social interaction and dared to participate in various categories. Hence, his monthly income reached around $80,000.
There was a price to pay for getting such a good monthly income. He had to create videos that were of a highly exaggerated nature; something that drew the eyes and made people burst out in laughter. His videos must be able to attract a certain amount of attention. Therefore, he participated in categories like ”Lighting firecrackers in the crotch.” His penis was almost burned beyond repair and he could not have sex with his girlfriend for a month.
He had also participated in the category of eating hot chili peppers by consuming a kilogram of ghost peppers in one shot. The peppers were too spicy to the point that he had to be hospitalized. He was entered into the hospital's ”family notification list” for critical patients. It took three days for him to come out of the critical stage.Anything that could attract attention, including bungee-jumping, cliff-walking and other high-risk activities; Gao Xiaozhi had tried all of them at least once.By risking his life for his work, his highest monthly salary topped $200,000!
However, the competition in the market was too strong and there was an increasing number of industry colleagues who worked as crazily as he did. As such, he realized that it was getting harder to make a living via short videos. The number of hits on his videos were decreasing. His earnings were also decreasing steadily. In his situation, he could either spur himself onwards by participating in more thrilling categories, or he could promptly change the style of his videos by creating content that could attract the same amount of attention but involved less risk.
However, he was a video creator with a solid fan base. If he suddenly changed his style, he would definitely lose countless fans at a crazy rate. He could not handle the riskier games. If he did not change the style of his videos, he would probably end up killing himself one day. Actually, he too was afraid of death.
By luck, a robot was presented to him. A series of silly and amusing performances were carried out in his fully paid-for mansion bought on the market. Its antics caused him to laugh in delight.
The salesman said, ”I will sell you this robot for $10,000. According to the arrangement with our company, you will release your videos at the same time with other creators. I believe that you know how many comedy videos you can make with this robot.”
”Deal!” Gao Xiaozhi agreed without any hesitation. He was filled with an overwhelming sense of inspiration. This year, he did not have to worry about the lack of material for his video content.
A crafty gleam flickered across the eyes of the salesman. He thought, It's easy to cheat the uncultured hicks. With your sale, I'll earn almost $30,000!
From his interactions with internet celebrities, he had realized that besides the few that were slightly smarter, all the rest were dumb. The company did not have to pay them an advertising fee at all. There were even those who gave him money like he had requested them to. With this, he had experienced the terms, ”It's easiest to earn your money from an idiot” and ”High technology squashes the illiterate.” Although the salesman truly looked down on internet celebrities like Gao Xiaozhi, he quickly rushed to look for his next ”idiot.”
Feeling as if he had gained a treasure, Gao Xiaozhi immediately followed the instructions on the operating manual. He recorded more than 10 satisfactory videos within three days. ”Friends and buddies, this is the best cleaning robot in the world; this is my room after cleaning. Friends, is there a lot of rubbish at home after your new year's celebration? Do you want to get your hands on this cleaning robot?” The scene in the video was a floor that was so clean it could be used as a mirror.
In the video, the robot complained relentlessly, ”Wah wah ~ So tiring. When will I finish working? I'm so tired….” The robot cried loudly when its way was obstructed. ”Don't stop me. I still have to mop the floor. Wah wah waaaah ~ ” This scene caused the audience to burst out in laughter. ”Wah wah ~ wah wah, I've finally completed my work. I can rest now. Wah wah waaah ~” There was a note of release in its delighted tone after it had completed its work.
On the fifthth of the new year, such videos depicting the robot were released en masse for tens of thousands of fans to watch. After watching the videos, the fans responded with enthusiasm:
”Damn, how spotless. My home hasn't been cleaned for three or four days, it's dirty as a pigsty.”
”Hahahaha, this robot actually cried. It even says that it's tired.”
”Amusing; it's so amusing!”
”Brother Zhi, where did you get this robot? I want one too.”
”Awesome, awesome, awesome...”
”Hahaha, damn it, my stomach hurts from laughing. Brother Zhi, don't obstruct it from working.”
”What an adorable robot. Where did you get it? I want one too.”
”We've just celebrated the new year and you are abusing a poor robot. Host, you're too much!”
”Brother Zhi, where can I get such a fun robot?”
Besides Gao Xiaozhi, almost 200 other content creators also uploaded their short videos in succession.