I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 014, Item 3

At midnight, "Take Me to Find Nightlife," a duet by Ye Xian and Qiu Qing, was officially released on the Sea Lion Music and Kuaiyin platforms.

Ye Xian's solo version of "Take Me to Find Nightlife" with a modified voice has also been re-recorded and released online.

Ye Xian originally intended for the duet version to be split 50/50, since Qiu Qing had helped him a lot with this song, but Qiu Qing insisted on not taking a single cent.

In the little girl's own words, "Your older sister is much richer than you now, so save some money and buy yourself something nice to eat. You've been eating instant noodles for days on end!"

After much back and forth, the revenue sharing for the chorus version was changed to a 30/70 split, with 30% of the after-tax revenue going to Qiu Qing and 70% going to Ye Xian.

Even so, it was only at Ye Xian's insistence that it be given to Qiu Qing.

There is money that can be earned.

Some money is better left unearned.

In this way, fans will have two versions to listen to.

One is a chorus version, and the other is a solo version with altered voice.

Of course, Ye Xian wouldn't make a special video announcement about this, since he's just a nobody right now and not many people would know even if he did. If his fans really liked it, they would look for it on music platforms.

The short video Ye Xian posted tonight was of his dinner on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The third short video.

……

Li Xin and Duan Fei had just finished their second barbecue, and they felt that the barbecue over the past two days had indeed made them reluctant to leave Zibo.

The entire city is going all out to build a barbecue brand: dedicated bus lines and electric shuttle buses are free; taxi drivers are required to hold meetings to prohibit them from taking detours and overcharging customers at shady restaurants; and barbecue restaurant owners are required to hold meetings to prohibit them from raising prices and overcharging customers…

The two filmed all the footage they could see of Zibo working hard for this business card, and then returned to the hotel to start editing a new short video.

"Wow, yesterday's short video went viral!"

Duan Fei suddenly sat up in bed.

Likes: 2.6.

Views: 97 million.

This has broken their usual record for short videos; they only had 10 followers, no, now they have 11.

In 24 hours, the number of followers increased by 1.

What's going on?

"My goodness, this short video gave us 1 new followers. Was it because we visited Mount Tai? Or because of our editing? Or maybe the music? Check the backend data, see at what second the follower conversion rate increased."

Li Xin couldn't even bother editing the video anymore; she quickly turned on her computer to check the backend.

The computer backend has more complete data than the mobile backend.

After studying it for a while, the two found that this short video was not much different from the usual one: a 2.7% like-to-view ratio, a 35% completion rate, more viewers, fewer likes, and more comments than usual.

The only noticeable difference is the music they use.

Music users: 8387

This number seems to be several times higher than yesterday's.

"As expected of my husband's singing, this music is about to surpass 10,000 users!"

Duan Fei chuckled.

"That's my husband!"

Li Xin snorted: "Whether it's because of the music or not, we'll find out if we use this barbecue video again!"

"Speaking of which, it seems my husband updated his social media!"

"What? Let me see it right now!"

"Hurry up and edit it! Time's almost up!"

"Oh well, a few more minutes won't make a difference!"

……

Amidst their playful bickering, Ye Xian's third short video arrived as scheduled.

"Hello everyone, I'm Ye Xian, a man on the verge of bankruptcy!"

"Besides owning a million-yuan bottle of liquor, I only have 2534 yuan left! I can't live on alcohol!"

"I'm very happy today. I got an order on the second day of the Lunar New Year. I sold two bottles of wine for 238 yuan."

"Now that I've made some money, I should treat myself. Yesterday's instant noodles were a bit of a sham, especially since it's Chinese New Year, so I'm having a proper meal today!"

The first-person perspective, horizontal screen shot, shows a pair of clean white hands filling in mailing information on a delivery slip, then the scene shifts to the handing it to the deliveryman, whose face is blurred.

The camera pans up, revealing a clear blue sky.

"Take me to experience nightlife."

Seven large white handwritten characters appeared in the sky.

Small print below: Lyrics/Music/Singing by Ye Xian

The seven large characters gradually enlarged, creating a picture within a picture.

"Battle song, rise!"

The scene then shifts to Ye Xian tidying up the convenience store, from cleaning out expired goods one by one, to cleaning rows of shelves, and then washing his hands and face and tidying his clothes.

Wow, my husband looks so handsome even when he's cleaning!

"Get out! That's my husband!"

Li Xin and Duan Fei looked at Ye Xian on the camera, his white shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his forehead covered in sweat from tidying up the merchandise, and felt quite sorry for him: "So, my husband owns a supermarket?"

If you're not asleep yet

……

Let love spread and fulfill every night.

Waaaaah... Waaaaah... Waaaaah...

As the familiar song began to play, the camera panned to Ye Xian, who then began soaking the instant noodles in cold water before steaming them.

Mix chopped green onions, minced garlic, chopped chili peppers, white sesame seeds, and chili powder. Pour hot oil over the mixture, then add light soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, oyster sauce, salt, and sugar. Finally, add a spoonful of sesame paste, some fried peanuts, a dozen or so slices of blanched fatty beef, pour the freshly made sauce over it, and garnish with cilantro.

A plate of fragrant beef and sesame sauce instant noodles is ready.

This time, Ye Xian seemed to eat even more heartily than the previous two times, perhaps because he was tired today.

[Blogger, are you having instant noodles again today?]

Guess why I ate instant noodles when I was hungry in the middle of the night?

So why go through all that trouble to prepare instant noodles in this video? You could have easily cooked two side dishes and made a seaweed soup with that much effort!

……

[You keep saying you want to treat yourself to a nice meal, but all you do is add a slice of fatty beef to your instant noodles?]

[Beef slices aren't cheap anymore, okay? This account is definitely fabricated, playing the victim. I'm dropping it!]

[How much money could it be? 20? This blogger's dinners over three days totaled at most 40, and you're still calling it playing the victim?]

……

[I came from Xin Ge and Fei Ge's blog. The blogger is so handsome! The music is great!]

I went to the beach today! Didn't run into the blogger!

[The person upstairs is a rich woman!]

……

The bullet comments are still in the fixed-screen chat mode. Everyone just stands there and sends bullet comments, and then they look back at how others replied to their comments, which inadvertently increases the replay rate for the blogger.

The scene shifts again, and Ye Xian stands by the boundless sea, fists clenched, shouting at the top of his lungs towards the ocean: "Ahhh—!"

"Ahhh, this shot! The sea breeze made my husband's eight-pack abs stand out!"

"I'm going to die!!"

Li Xin and Duan Fei were both attacked simultaneously.

The barrage of comments suddenly became dense.

【Ahhhh, I've arrived!】

[Upstairs, let's all go together!]

[You two, stop the car and submit to inspection!]

[I can't take it anymore! This blogger is definitely not a food blogger, no, the blogger *is* the food! I'm going crazy!]

……

[Nosebleed, give me a tissue!]

Why am I, a man, even a little tempted after seeing this?