She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

Jiang Lai acted immediately, finishing her pancake and taking out her phone. Fortunately, although the original owner was poor, she still bought a smartphone; otherwise, Jiang Lai wouldn't be able to complete the task.

She downloaded Douyin from the app store. It's currently the most popular short video app among young people, with a huge daily traffic. This is good for gaining favor with her, but it's also a challenge. There are too many users on this platform, and many internet celebrities and live streamers of various styles. It's really not easy to break through in this market.

After downloading Douyin, Jiang Lai registered an account, linked her identity information and mobile phone number, and successfully obtained a Douyin account. The initial profile picture was a gray system avatar, which was very old-fashioned. The nickname was wix972fdp-259jtwsdyxm.

Since Jiang Lai is determined to become an internet celebrity, she naturally needs to change her profile picture and nickname.

Jiang Lai flipped through the photo album. It was very clean, with only one photo. However, due to the phone's low resolution, the photo wasn't very clear. She didn't know if it was taken by the original owner or someone else. The person in the photo only showed a small part of her profile. She was looking up, and the sunlight shone on her face. Her pale skin blended perfectly with the surrounding environment. She couldn't see her face or her expression clearly, but you could still feel a fragile beauty in the photo. Perhaps this was what was called atmosphere. In short, the photo was unexpectedly beautiful.

Jiang Lai set it as her profile picture and changed her nickname to "It's Lai, not Lai". And just like that, a Douyin account belonging to Jiang Lai was successfully set up.

Jiang Lai was still hesitant about what type of account to operate. Actually, becoming a beauty streamer was the simplest, but Jiang Lai's current appearance and figure were unremarkable, and she wouldn't attract any attention on Douyin, so she had to give up on that path.

The personal profile section was still blank, displaying the default "Thank you for following me." Jiang Lai thought for a moment and typed, "An ordinary pretty girl who knows a little bit of everything but also only knows a little bit of everything." This kind of profile was rather silly and approachable, making it more likely to attract attention.

And she wasn't exactly lying; in her past life, she had indeed learned a lot of things: wine tasting, horseback riding, archery, dancing—she knew a little bit of everything. Her best skills were painting and violin, and she was also quite good at dancing.

But given her current circumstances, she can no longer afford the violin she used to play, and her physical condition is no longer as flexible as it was in her previous life. She also needs to learn to dance slowly. As for relying on painting, the popularity of painting streamers is far less than that of other methods. What she needs now is a way to quickly gain traffic, popularity, and the favor of others. Although it sounds very utilitarian, that is the truth.

Jiang Lai first scrolled through some short videos, and before long, half an hour had passed. It has to be said that no matter what world it is, short videos are very easy to get hooked on.

Jiang Lai scrolled through a lot of entertainment marketing accounts and found that a boy group was very popular recently. Theone is a two-year limited group launched by Xingyao Entertainment. Xingyao Entertainment is an established entertainment company with good resources. Theone is the group they have been promoting recently, and their rise is unstoppable. The group recently released a new song - "Glory".

Jiang Lai thought for a moment and immediately came up with an idea. She tapped the search interface a few times and confirmed her thought.

It's impossible for her to become a superstar just by making videos based on her current abilities; she still needs to ride the wave of popularity. And if you're wondering who's easiest to gain favor with, it's definitely their fans! If you also like xxx, then we're best friends!

Jiang Lai got up and searched the room. The original owner had just finished the college entrance examination and still had all her school supplies. Jiang Lai found a ruler.

Without a steel ruler, a plastic ruler would do. Jiang Lai placed the ruler on the edge of the table, then tentatively extended it a little, flicked it a few times with her right hand, and the ruler made a "do" sound.

"It'll work!" Jiang Lai couldn't help but jump for joy. This was the method she had come up with that would most attract people's attention. She had just searched and found that quite a few people played the song with calculators, but not many people played it with rulers. Plus, it was Theone's song, so it was sure to attract a lot of traffic. Even if each person only contributed 0.1 points of favorability, as long as the traffic was large enough, she could complete the system's task.

Jiang Lai went back to listen to Theone's "Glory" and searched for its sheet music online. This song is very popular now, so many bloggers have shared the sheet music. Jiang Lai randomly found one and immediately began to familiarize herself with it. She used a ruler to extend different lengths along the edge of the table to adjust the pitch, and then slowly began to play the song.

At first, Jiang Lai's movements were a bit slow because she wasn't familiar with the song yet, and she also had to be careful to control the volume, so her progress was difficult. But later, she gradually got the hang of it, and her movements became faster and faster, and the volume gradually increased. Fortunately, there was no reaction from the neighbors.

At first, the music was a bit intermittent, but with Jiang Lai's continued efforts, the melody of the whole song became discernible.

Just as Jiang Lai was finally able to play the entire song, it was already one in the morning, and the young couple next door started making soft rustling noises again.

Jiang Lai sighed silently and opened the window of the room so that the sound would be less noticeable.

"Once I have money, I'm definitely moving out!" Jiang Lai vowed fiercely in her heart.

Since the original owner didn't have a phone stand, Jiang Lai could only find a book to use as a prop, then pointed it at the desk, adjusted the lighting, and started recording the video.

Without reflectors or anything like that, it was just pure video recording, with absolutely no technical skill involved. Even so, Jiang Lai still recorded several takes, trying to choose the best one from them.

By the time she finally finalized a video, another hour had passed, and the moonlight outside the window had disappeared. Jiang Lai patted her face, trying to clear her head. She opened Douyin and clicked to upload the video.

Adding the hashtags "Theone plays 'Glory' with a ruler" and "Anything can be played" can quickly get people to see the video and allow video platforms to push it to relevant audiences.

I also followed Theone's leader on Douyin and commented on the video: @Theone林隐川! Husband, come quick!

There was no way around it; she immediately recognized the captain's popularity. The song "Glory" was also written and composed by the captain, Lin Yinchuan. If she wanted to ride this wave of popularity, she naturally couldn't let the captain go. Besides, the captain was also quite good-looking.

"Host can try to gain Lin Yinchuan's favorability! According to the system's assessment, Lin Yinchuan belongs to the high-quality group."

Jiang Lai rolled her eyes. "001, look at my current status, is it appropriate for me to try and seduce a top celebrity?"

001 was silent.

Jiang Lai ignored it. She had already made up her mind: become an internet celebrity to gain the favor of netizens. As for other high-quality people? She'd deal with that later! If she could win them over, she would; if not, so be it.

Having done all this, Jiang Lai was sure she hadn't missed anything, so she chose to publish. She tapped her finger to confirm—published successfully!

Now it's time to see the results!