Chapter 218: Ming Di Admits Defeat Quickly! Chen Family Head Is Too Perfunctory!
Chen Han looked at this game screen, and scenes from film and television dramas appeared in his mind.
The Matchmaker God ties red threads for people; between lovers, a red thread will appear connecting their wrists, indicating that the two are a couple.
Now the meaning of this game prompt was that as long as a pair of lovers piously worshiped the Matchmaker God Statue together during the Consecration Ceremony, a red thread could appear between their wrists.
Previously, he had thought the Matchmaker God’s Blessing would be similar to the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s Blessing of Heavenly Sweet Dew, and had not expected such a miraculous phenomenon.
Although it was not as spectacular as the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s Heavenly Sweet Dew, for those on both sides who could trigger the red thread, it would definitely be extremely shocking.
Chen Han had not expected that trying out the Matchmaker God’s cane and the Red Thread Ball would actually bring such an unexpected gain. Since the Matchmaker God was very satisfied with both the cane and the Red Thread Ball, there was no need to do anything more.
He left the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall directly and went back to Uncle’s Kitchen, where he found his Junior Sister working at the Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Cauldron, refining Body Tempering Pills.
After controlling the flame of the gas stove, she turned to her Senior Brother and asked, “Senior Brother, have you seen Xiao Mi Jie? I can’t get through to her on the telephone.”
Chen Han naturally knew Xiao Mi was in his Room, probably still recovering her strength. After all, she had been tormented and also had to memorize the Cultivation Method. Luckily she was a top student with a very good memory.
But since his Junior Sister asked, he could only tell the truth. “Her Mobile Phone is probably out of battery. She’s a living person; no need to worry.”
“Mm!” Xiao Yu nodded, not doubting her Senior Brother’s words at all, and instead added, “Senior Brother, recently I’ve refined quite a lot of Body Tempering Pills for the people in Demon Subduing Hall to take, and then they train with Uncle Dagou. The Effect is very good.”
“Now the people of Demon Subduing Hall are definitely physically stronger than ordinary people, especially Dalong, who has inherited Uncle Dagou’s physique. The others in Demon Subduing Hall can’t beat him now.”
“Good job!” Chen Han praised, making his Junior Sister’s lips curl up again in a smile.
He was not surprised by what his Junior Sister said. Although ordinary Body Tempering Pills had limited Effect, they were definitely not comparable to those auxiliary Medicinal Herbs used outside for training.
As long as they were taken long-term, combined with Martial Arts Training, they would certainly have a strong Effect.
As for the physical quality of Chen Dalong, the Heavenly Prodigy of the Family, he had never doubted it, which was why he planned to cultivate him to participate in Martial Arts Competitions later.
At noon, after Chen Han brought the Medicinal Cuisine to the Table, Xiao Mi finally arrived late, her steps still somewhat unsteady.
Seeing this, Xiao Yu hurriedly asked, “Xiao Mi Jie, what’s wrong with you, are you feeling unwell?”
“Mm, I feel a little dizzy, probably caught a cold.” Xiao Mi casually made up a reason. When she sat down, she cast a resentful glance at Chen Han.
He had really tormented her badly; her legs were still weak.
After eating the Medicinal Cuisine, everyone at the Table also took out their Mobile Phones and started scrolling through Douyin Videos.
Now each of them played on Douyin and often filmed Videos to upload to their Douyin Accounts.
Even the three Chen Clan Masters, Chen Lin, Chen Dagou, and Chen Shuisheng, already had hundreds of thousands of Fans.
Chen Lin said with a face full of envy, “That Ming Di has also broken through five million Fans. His luck is really good. People Online are still saying he wiped out a Demonic Cult Sect.”
Chen Dagou said, “This guy has Luck, so this wave of Fans is like descending from heaven.”
Chen Han also scrolled to Ming Di’s Video. This heat for him might last another day, and when the Liangmei Group Case was judged, it would bring Ming Di huge heat.
Moreover, this time Ming Di’s persona had basically been established.
A Demonic Cult Rogue, in order to rescue the Dog Demon King Brothers, had disregarded his own demonic identity. As long as he could save his Brothers, he could ruthlessly betray even Fellow Practitioners of the Demonic Path.
No one could stop him from saving the Dog Demon King Brothers.
Although this persona existed in an Abstract Video, it was fine as long as it worked.
If they really filmed an immortal-hero drama, a supporting role with a persona like Ming Di’s would be very eye-catching.
At this time, Xiao Yu complained, “Senior Brother, Ming Di’s heat is too high. The Promotional Video for the Matchmaker God Statue Consecration Ceremony on my side has been suppressed. It’s not getting much attention, and the Promotional Effect is poor.”
“Just ask Ming Di to help film a Video for promotion.” Chen Han smiled, took out his Mobile Phone, and sent Ming Di a message explaining the Matter.
With Ming Di’s current high heat, if he posted a related Video, it could quickly be converted into Attention for the Matchmaker God Statue Consecration Ceremony.
“Okay, bro!” Ming Di’s reply came back immediately, straightforwardly agreeing.
Looking at Ming Di’s reply, Chen Han was just about to put down his Mobile Phone when the Douyin Backend suddenly received a baffling system message.
It turned out to be information about short dramas. Douyin was going to start doing short dramas, hoping to rely on its Internet Celebrity resource advantage to invite some distinctive Internet Celebrities to perform.
Any interested Internet Celebrity who saw this system message could click the link to apply to join this plan.
Chen Han was speechless. He had heard that Douyin did extremely poorly in short dramas, as if its Luck had been exhausted and it had reached the end of its development, naturally suppressed by the Heavenly Dao.
It was like when Penguin previously tried to enter the short video platform space, targeting Douyin in every way, even engaging in two major battles, yet gaining no advantage, and its Wei Video ended up like crap.
Now Douyin’s situation with short dramas was the same as Penguin’s earlier situation with short videos.
But was Douyin making another foolish move?
Although short dramas did not have overly strict requirements for actors, did they not know what sort of Virtue and acting skills Internet Celebrities had?
Many short dramas were already awful; they should not mess things up further.
Besides, what would he even film?
The domineering President falls in love with a woman in menopause, the super Tycoon falls in love with a woman with gynecological problems?
Current short dramas were like farts: smelly, long, and illogical; traveling back to ancient times and becoming an Emperor who whips out Technology with a backhand, business negotiations treated like child’s play starting at tens of billions, the war god’s favorite move is to mysteriously reveal his identity and make everyone kneel…
Just thinking about it was disgusting.
He ignored this Douyin system message completely and resolutely put down his Mobile Phone.
On the other side, when Ming Di received the message, he was eating with his Cousin Xu Bin and the magic qin enchantress Zhu Xueqin.
Xu Bin held his Mobile Phone and looked at the Douyin data, extremely happy.
After Ming Di’s Video blew up, Ming Di had cut a special Video for him showing him taking down those two people.
His Douyin Account was naturally: Ming Di Protector （ Xu ）.
With Ming Di funneling traffic, this Video had brought him a lot of data. Likes and Comments were plentiful, all praising how awesome he was.
“Protector Xu is awesome, the demonic path finally has an Expert.”
“Protector Xu, Ming Di is trash, take him down and rise up!”
“Protector Xu’s every move is amazing!”
“……”
Xu Bin almost got lost in this sea of praise until he saw one Comment that instantly sobered him up.
“Protector Xu, I think you have the ability to challenge the Chen Family Head!”
Terrified, he hurriedly replied to the Comment, “No, no, no, I don’t!”
The terrifying scene of failing to react and being thrown out of the Courtyard by the Chen Family Head last time was still vivid in his mind!
Ming Di did not know that his Cousin had almost been scared out of his wits. After replying to the Chen Family Head, he hurriedly dragged his Cousin Xu Bin and Zhu Xueqin off to do makeup.
The Chen Family Head had rarely instructed him to do something, so this had to be done beautifully.
“Cousin, what’s so urgent?” Xu Bin asked instinctively.
Zhu Xueqin was also full of doubt. “Even if I don’t eat much, at least let me finish my meal, right?”
Ming Di explained, “The Chen Family Head asked us to help shoot a Promotional Video for an Activity.”
At that, Xu Bin and Zhu Xueqin had no objections.
“You should have said so earlier,” Xu Bin said.
“Exactly,” Zhu Xueqin said.
Both of them knew that Ming Di had risen on the heat brought by the Chen Family Head. Even though Ming Di’s heat was very high this time and he had broken five million Fans, without the Chen Family Head, eighty percent of those Fans would not continue to Follow him.
And the two of them knew even better that they needed to rely on Ming Di, so they had to recognize clearly who the big and little kings were. The Chen Family Head had hardly ever given any instructions before; since he had done so this time, they had to get it done beautifully.
In the dedicated makeup room, Ming Di instructed a hired makeup artist, “Give all of us smoky eye makeup. You can do some artistic processing; make us look more like Demonic Cult Rogues.”
“Boss, don’t worry, leave it to me.” The makeup artist made an OK gesture, then began doing the makeup for the three of them one after another.
Before long, the smoky eye makeup for the three of them was done, and it really was quite distinctive.
After the makeup was finished, the three went back to change clothes.
Ming Di had specially bought Hanfu in line with the demonic path style for himself and the other two. After changing, the three headed straight to the Back Mountain.
At the same time, Ming Di also briefed the two on the improvised lines.
Previously, Ming Di had found a dirt slope in the Back Mountain that formed a platform-like Place, overlooking Shangyuan Village. It was also a great location for filming the Chen Clan.
Once there, Ming Di set up the filming Mobile Phone and had the Assistant act as cameraman, then the three of them walked to the most prominent spot on the slope, with the Chen Clan naturally as the background.
Ming Di stood in the middle, with Zhu Xueqin and Xu Bin on either side, looking toward the Chen Clan, really looking a bit like three Demonic Cult Rogues secretly spying on the Chen Clan.
Ming Di turned and said to the Lens, “After several times, I’ve betrayed so many Fellow Practitioners, the Chen Family Head should completely trust me now. Maybe it’s time to find an opportunity to take action and rescue the Dog Demon King Brothers.”
Zhu Xueqin immediately reported, “Lord Ming Di, but we received news that the Chen Clan seems to be planning another Matchmaker God Statue Consecration Ceremony, and it seems the Matchmaker God will descend to bestow Blessing. He is, after all, an immortal.”
“Do you still remember the might of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation last time? At just a trace of scent from him, you were so scared you peed your pants and fled three thousand miles.”
Hearing this, Ming Di said awkwardly, “That was a tactical retreat.”
At this moment, Xu Bin suddenly asked, “Last time the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation descended, and this time the Matchmaker God will also descend. Are we still going ahead with the rescue plan?”
Ming Di immediately said righteously, “Nothing can obstruct my determination to save the Dog Demon King. It’s just that the Matchmaker God Statue Consecration Ceremony will definitely be heavily guarded, so it is not a good time to act. We should find another time. For the record, I am not worried that the Matchmaker God will descend!”
After the filming ended, Ming Di checked the Video. The Effect was very good. He went back, edited it, uploaded it directly, and @-mentioned the Chen Family Head.
Because of the Liangmei Group affair, Ming Di’s heat was indeed very high, so as soon as this Video was released, it immediately drew a great deal of Attention.
Anyone with eyes could see that this Video was Ming Di helping promote the Chen Clan’s Matchmaker God Statue Consecration Ceremony.
However, this Video also had many highlights.
First, many people noticed that Ming Di’s demonic power had grown stronger, especially the newly popular Protector Xu, who really was an Expert.
Second, in the Video, Ming Di’s determination to rescue the Dog Demon King Brothers, along with his worry about the Matchmaker God descending and his righteous-sounding admission of cowardice, was truly astonishing.
Is fleeing three thousand miles acceptable?
Is a tactical retreat acceptable?
Is it acceptable to say this is not a good time to act?
But it had to be admitted that such promotion was very effective. In an instant, a lot of heat Online was drawn to the Chen Clan Matchmaker God Consecration Ceremony.
Previously, when the Chen Clan promoted it, quite a few people had already taken notice; now these people started paying Attention again.
Moreover, under the current heat of the Liangmei Group affair, with Ming Di doing such promotion, much of that heat was converted over.
In particular, there was a group of people who were extremely focused on this Matter: those who had participated in the previous Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Consecration Ceremony.
They had clearly experienced the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation’s Heavenly Sweet Dew and felt its miraculous nature.
So now, seeing that the Chen Clan would hold a Matchmaker God Consecration Ceremony again, they naturally took it very seriously.
Thus, under this wave of heat, in a short time the Chen Clan Matchmaker God Consecration Ceremony climbed onto the Trending Topic list.
Chen Han naturally saw this. In the Douyin Backend, people kept @-mentioning him.
After watching the Video shot by Ming Di, he had to admit that this Demonic Cult Rogue Ming Di really had some Spirituality.
After watching the Video, Chen Han also opened Mobile Phone Recording, planning to film an Abstract Video himself to upload and add another wave of heat.
He spoke directly to the Lens. “This time, I am meeting everyone through the Spirit Shadow Mirror mainly to tell you a piece of good news. In my sleep last night, I received a Dream Message from the Matchmaker God.”
“The Matchmaker God informed me that on the day of the Consecration Ceremony, he will descend, and as long as lovers piously worship the Matchmaker God Statue, they will receive the Matchmaker God’s Blessing and see each other’s Red Threads!”
This Video was not overly Abstract, rather a bit standard, or even a bit perfunctory.
However, with the current heat, once he uploaded it, it quickly received great Attention.
And viewers could tell that the Chen Family Head’s Video did indeed seem somewhat perfunctory, and many people complained one after another:
“Thank you, Chen Family Head, for taking time to perfunctorily respond to us. We already knew about this from Ming Di’s Video.”
“The Chen Family Head has learned to brush off Fans. What a Matchmaker God Dream Message.”
“Hahaha, Chen Family Head, is this perfunctory promotion Abstract or not Abstract?”
“……”
Chen Han naturally saw these complaints, but this was intentional on his part.
Now everyone felt that his Video was perfunctory, but when the Matchmaker God Consecration Ceremony arrived, and those couple Tourists who came to the Chen Clan and received the Blessing saw the Matchmaker God’s Blessed Red Threads appear, they would definitely be shocked and then remember his Video.
At that moment, a thought would surely emerge in their minds: was the Chen Family Head truly given a Dream Message by the Matchmaker God?
