Huayu: From "Good Fortune Across the Sky" to becoming a top star

Today marks the sixth day since Jiang Xun became famous.

State-owned enterprises generally don't require overtime, but today the publicity department staff arrived at the company very early.

All the scenes of the county town that Jiang Xun needed have been reshot.

The main focus is on efficiency.

After receiving the company's WeChat message, Jiang Xun didn't delay and immediately sent a message to Xiao Tian: "I'm going to the company now. Are you coming with me or are you free to do your own thing?"

The reply came quickly: "I'll go with you."

After a while, Xiaotian knocked on Jiang Xun's door.

The two walked side by side on their way to the company.

Compared to when Xiaotian first came to Xinlong, there have been quite a few changes here.

Jiang Xun's posters are everywhere in slightly conspicuous places, and the streetlights on both sides are covered with bright red five-star flags, which rustle when the wind blows.

"You look impressive." Oda put his hands in his pockets and looked around the street.

"Personal efforts are no match for a push from fate."

"What do you mean?"

"Destiny is in my hands."

Xiao Tian pursed her lips, thinking that Jiang Xun's words were a bit too much.

The dragon. It is a symbol of emperors.

When I arrived at the company, it was just past seven o'clock, and the travel investment office was already bustling with activity. The place, which usually doesn't open until 8:30, was brightly lit up early today.

After having breakfast in the cafeteria, the two plunged into the editing room.

Mr. Zhang is also here.

He was clearly quick to understand and grasped the effect Jiang Xun wanted very well. Jiang Xun was very satisfied with the outdoor footage that was taken.

The short film is short and the editing was done very quickly.

After finishing the editing, Jiang Xun chatted with President Zhang about the narration.

His narration focuses on his bond with Shinryu, while Oda's narration focuses on the entanglement between Ai and Shinryu.

The short film was completed in one morning.

Leaders from the cultural and tourism department also came and were quite satisfied after watching the sample video.

Ultimately, everyone agreed that it was better to do it sooner rather than later.

"That's settled then," the leader said. "I'll contact the provincial TV station and release the short film before 'News Alliance' airs. The government's official WeChat account will also push it out simultaneously. As for online content, let's focus on Weibo."

"Thank you for your support!" General Manager Zhang stated, "Our tourism investment company will certainly live up to your expectations."

The leader nodded gently, turning his gaze to Jiang Xun: "Jiang Xun is very capable. I heard from General Manager Zhang that you conceived the main ideas for this short film? Very good."

Jiang Xun thanked him, paused, and then said, "Boss, I think we should focus our promotion on Douyin. I became famous through Douyin, so if we put the video there, the platform should give it more traffic."

"TikTok has a 15-second time limit, so breaking the video into short clips is too frivolous."

"That's easy to talk to," Jiang Xun said. "I can communicate with Douyin, and they should be able to make some concessions."

It's not that he's arrogant.

In his memory, Douyin did start testing long videos as early as 2018, initially only open to a limited number of users, and only fully opened to users in 2019.

If Douyin is willing to cooperate in creating hype, viewers might even think that Douyin has voluntarily relaxed the time limit for his short video.

By then, the hype will have increased significantly.

The leader picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Then go and give it a try. It's good that young people have ideas; if it doesn't work out, stick to the original plan."

After the meeting, Jiang Xun went with his team to contact Douyin.

Tian Xiwei's eyes lit up, and she was about to exclaim, "Jiang Xun, how are you—"

"Shut your mouth."

Xiao Tian fell silent and obediently nodded.

In his office, Mr. Zhang dialed the phone number of the person in charge at Douyin.

Jiang Xun and Xiao Tian sat together scrolling through Douyin (TikTok).

Hu Bo's videos in the past few days have all received good data, especially the one where Jiang Xun mounts a horse, which has garnered over a million likes overnight, leaving others far behind.

Xiaotian nestled in her chair, scrolling through the comments one by one. When she saw something negative, she would long-press and tap it to downvote. Her movements were fluid and graceful, just as she had said, "I will delete the bad comments."

"So handsome! He should hurry up and enter the entertainment industry to play a young general!"

"He and that young girl seem quite well-matched. Are they tourists? And Jiang Xun is personally teaching them horseback riding? I'd better book my plane ticket."

"Never enter the entertainment industry! Your innocent, youthful spirit will be completely worn away!"

"I've already booked tickets to Xinlong! See you at the horse racing festival, Jiang Xun!"

Looking at the comments, Xiao Tian turned to Jiang Xun and asked, "Would you like to enter the entertainment industry?"

"you guess."

"I'm not a child, why would I guess?"

Tian Xiwei was very dissatisfied with Jiang Xun's attitude. She thought that Jiang Xun had also acted in iQiyi dramas, but they hadn't been broadcast yet. Maybe Jiang Xun could help her in the future.

Mr. Zhang was on the phone, his expression shifting between light and dark; things didn't seem to be going very smoothly.

Jiang Xun listened for a while, then shook his head.

Mr. Zhang talked for a long time, emphasizing that he was the person in charge of Xinlong Tourism Investment and repeatedly mentioning his government background, but he didn't mention Jiang Xun at all.

What good would a company as large as ByteDance do with a tourism investment company in a poor county? They probably wouldn't even be as attractive as a popular celebrity.

He walked over and took the phone from Mr. Zhang.

"Hello, this is Jiang Xun."

The person on the other end of the phone was clearly taken aback for a moment, then became enthusiastic.

The other party clearly knew Jiang Xun; he was the Tibetan boy who recently went viral on Douyin and had even done a live stream on the official account of Xinlong Tourism Investment.

I heard that the boss recently praised the marketing results highly, and Jiang Xun's name is being mentioned repeatedly in the team.

"Hello, Teacher Jiang Xun! Your recent videos have been very popular, and your promotion of your hometown has really touched us."

"Thank you for your approval." Jiang Xun's tone was neither humble nor arrogant. "I called today to discuss uploading a short film that I made myself to the platform."

"Of course, no problem!" the other party said enthusiastically. "Just post it, and the backend will give you preferential traffic, guaranteeing that most people will see it."

"The problem is that this short film is nine minutes long."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone.

"The Culture and Tourism Bureau tends to invest in Weibo," Jiang Xun continued, "but you know, I became famous through Douyin, and I have an emotional attachment to Douyin."

"This..." The other person hesitated for a few seconds, "I need to consult with my superiors. Okay, I'll give you an answer in a bit."

"Please hurry, we need to launch it tonight."

The phone hangs up.

Mr. Zhang sighed and spoke first: "Our resources are still too limited. It seems we won't be able to push the platform forward."

"Mr. Zhang, please calm down."

Jiang Xun spoke calmly, showing no anxiety on his face, and turned to continue chatting with Xiao Tian.

……

Yanjing, Zhonghang Plaza. The core team office of Douyin.

"Mr. Zhang, Jiang Xun, a creator on our platform, has contacted us. He wants to submit a short film, about nine minutes long."

Zhang Nan looked up, shifting her gaze from the screen: "What content?"

"This promotional video was spearheaded by the local tourism investment department. The main reason is that Jiang Xun is incredibly popular; several of his videos trended today." He paused, "Also, we're about to launch a long-form video channel for educational content... so I came to ask for your opinion."

Zhang Nan leaned back in her chair and tapped her fingers lightly on the table.

She is the head of Douyin, and she turned Douyin into the leader in short videos when no one was optimistic about it. She is always decisive and efficient in her work.

"Have them send over the video, I'll take a look first," she said. "If the quality isn't bad, we can give it a try and use their short film as a good start for releasing a long video."