There was only one person who fit the criteria: the old man sharing the room with the ‘landlord’.
Suddenly, another detail that seemed unimportant to Chen Ge earlier entered in his mind. When the landlord was scolding the old man, he let slip several foreign curses.
Either way, it did not bode well for Chen Ge.
Chen Ge’s forehead was sweaty from all the thinking. After all, he wasn’t a real detective; all he had were references to plots that he had seen on television before.
Chen Ge was caught in a conundrum. Suddenly, the television next door was switched off, and the place became eerily quiet.
Chen Ge thought about it. Among the people that he knew, the only person who was slightly related to investigation was the young man who had fainted inside his Haunted House—He San.
However, several minutes later, the studio sent him another message.
“You there? We’ve seen your video; it has plenty of potential.
“We were wondering if you would like to cooperate with us.
“We can contact the top streamers of our platform on your behalf to help increase your popularity and exposure.
“Doing this alone is going to be very difficult; after all, most streamers on the net rely on teams and networking.
“This is a very good offer, so do consider it.
“You there?”
The endless pop-ups annoyed Chen Ge. He was busy trying to survive a night in the apartment that housed a murderer who had killed four individuals in cold blood four years ago, and these people were busy trying to sell him their service‽ He finally replied, “AFK.”
“Young man, you sure are funny. Give our studio serious consideration; you don’t need to do anything beyond adding our studio’s logo to your videos. In return, we will provide you with better exposure to help you gain viewership.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m currently not interested in something like that.” Chen Ge felt his reply was polite already; if this was someone else, they probably would have cursed the person out before blacklisting the studio.
“Your short video has the possibility to go viral, but you have to understand that it is just a possibility. A platform like this has an average of 1,000,000 uploads each day, and you’re just one of the more lucky ones. Nowadays, people are in for fast-food entertainment; they don’t have the patience to wait. Every moment, there are fresh and more exciting things to pull their attention away. If you don’t carefully manage your business, your video will soon be submerged by a sea of fresh attractions.”
“Talk about it later, I’m currently busy with something important.” Chen Ge finally found He San’s ID.
“What is more important than earning money? If you are still hesitating, perhaps we can have some other form of cooperation. For example, we’re more than willing to offer good money to buy your content and video-shooting technique.”
Chen Ge was irked, so he blacklisted the individual and messaged He San.
To his surprise, He San replied within a few seconds. “Boss, I’ve been waiting for you to release a new video!”
“Wait a minute, I have a more important question to ask you.” After getting He San’s phone number, he called the young man and explained the whole situation to him in a whispered tone.
