Chapter 26 Saturday Morning, May 26th

Port City.

Lin Jiaqiang was sweating buckets on the smart fitness clothes rack.

If Meng Chang were to see Lin Jiaqiang now, he would definitely be surprised because, compared to when he filmed the smart fitness clothes rack advertisement, Lin Jiaqiang had clearly slimmed down!

To be precise, he had lost 4 kg in two weeks.

Although 4 kg wasn't much for Lin Jiaqiang's two-hundred-jin weight, losing that much in two weeks was quite fast.

You can't just seek quick results when losing weight. 1 kg per week is generally considered a relatively safe and healthy rate. Any faster than that, and there might be some health risks.

Although 4 kg wasn't much in terms of Lin Jiaqiang's weight, his appearance had changed significantly.

This was because Lin Jiaqiang's weight loss involved a lot of strength training using the smart fitness clothes rack, not just fat loss. While his weight decreased, his muscle mass also increased.

Muscle growth also leads to an increase in weight.

In terms of density, muscle is three times denser than fat. In other words, if a 200-jin fat person trained to become a 200-jin muscle man, although the weight wouldn't change, the figure would be completely different.

Lin Jiaqiang had lost a lot of fat and built a lot of muscle, so although his weight loss wasn't that significant, he looked quite different.

Moreover, his complexion had become much healthier.

"Don't overexert yourself, remember to rest. I'll go upstairs and check on the kids."

Lin Jiaqiang's wife placed a bottle of sports drink next to Lin Jiaqiang and then went upstairs.

This staircase wasn't in a luxurious villa but in a normal duplex.

Lin Jiaqiang's apartment in Port City was a small duplex. The upper level had a very low ceiling and housed his two daughters. After putting two bunk beds with desks underneath in the room, there was almost no space left. The two children had to take turns doing their homework.

And the distance from the bed to the ceiling was also very short. The two little ones could still straighten their backs now, but if they grew any taller, they might bump their heads.

Downstairs were the living room, balcony, master bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. The total area of the two floors combined was less than 80 square meters, but overall, it was fully functional.

This was considered a fairly spacious residence in Port City.

After all, the per capita living space here was only 15 square meters, and this figure was averaged out by many tycoons who bought villas and mansions.

Lin Jiaqiang debuted early, back when he and Zhang Zuting and a few other brothers were popular. They earned some money from filming movies, which is how he was able to buy this apartment. An average family really couldn't afford it.

But even so, Lin Jiaqiang had gone through a lot of hardship to pay for this apartment.

When he was popular, there was no pressure to pay the mortgage, and he could even go out and enjoy himself every now and then. But later, his career declined, and he could only be forced to budget carefully, and life became quite tight.

During his poorest times, Lin Jiaqiang would accept any commercial performance, regardless of the price. At his worst, he could only rely on the financial support of his old friends like Zhang Zuting to survive.

But now things were finally looking up.

The smart fitness clothes rack was placed on the balcony. When this thing was first delivered to the house, his wife almost threw a fit.

Although it was free, it took up space!

The residential area in Port City was generally small, so the use of space had been maximized to the extreme, and not an inch could be wasted. This smart fitness clothes rack suddenly took up 3 square meters of space on the balcony, making the already narrow balcony even worse, so it was no wonder his wife was angry with him.

After hearing that the seat could be folded for passage and that clothes could be dried on it, his wife finally reluctantly accepted it.

But it was just acceptance, not embracing.

Lin Jiaqiang's wife thought that Lin Jiaqiang would definitely not use it a few times, so she made a deal with him that as soon as it gathered dust for a while, he should seize the time to sell it off or get rid of it.

What she didn't expect was that Lin Jiaqiang actually stuck with it!

Every day, he would exercise with the characters in the game, and after exercising, he could get calorie coins for the lottery. Even the exercise screen was very cute and full of cute elements.

Gradually, his wife also became interested. After using it a few times, she also liked it and even specially created a new account for herself to start from scratch.

Seeing that Lin Jiaqiang had indeed achieved results, his wife stopped talking about selling the smart fitness clothes rack. Not only did she exercise with him, but she also studied the clothes-drying function of this thing every day and praised the clothes rack's drying and AI reminder to collect clothes functions.

His wife originally wanted Lin Jiaqiang to go to the gym, but later gave up on the idea.

This was because it was inconvenient to travel back and forth from gyms far from home, and gyms that were close by were more expensive. A slightly less crowded, high-end gym would cost thousands per month, not including personal training fees.

The gym's monthly fee was a long-term expense, which was also a considerable expense for their current financial situation.

Now, the price of the smart fitness clothes rack was about the same as the price of a half-year gym membership, not to mention that it was free, and the fitness effect was good, so they no longer considered the gym.

Finally, Lin Jiaqiang finished his workout and took a shower.

Not long after he came out, he received a phone call.

"Hello, is this Mr. Lin Jiaqiang? Hello, hello, I am an official from the Ailidao website. We would like to sincerely invite you to join our Ailidao website. Your good friend Mr. Zhang Zuting and others are also within the scope of the invitation..."

"If you are willing, please register an account on our website, and we will give you an official certification and some recommended resources. Of course, it is best to post a video to say hello to your fans, which will facilitate traffic..."

Lin Jiaqiang listened carefully to the official's introduction and quickly said, "Of course, I'm willing! Thank you so much!"

In the past two years, the Ailidao website, as the largest bullet screen video website in the mainland, had also been expanding rapidly.

In order to attract traffic, inviting some celebrities to join was also a conventional method.

Lin Jiaqiang was a bit outdated, so in theory, his invitation priority wasn't this high, but the passionate battle song advertisement he had previously filmed had been repeatedly remixed by netizens, and he and Zhang Zuting were considered remix all-stars of the "Passionate Brothers Five."

In addition, he had recently endorsed the smart fitness clothes rack, and once again appeared in the public eye, triggering a wave of remixing and spoofing by netizens, so he received an invitation from the Ailidao website.

For Lin Jiaqiang, this was of course a godsend.

Joining the Ailidao website didn't have much practical benefit, but the attention and popularity could bring him business cooperation, and he could also take this opportunity to try to become popular again.

Lin Jiaqiang didn't think much about it and immediately agreed.

However, he then began to worry: what should he film for the first video?

If it were a more conventional approach, it would simply be to say hello to everyone and hope that everyone would give him some attention.

But this kind of content was relatively empty and had no substance, so the final number of views and likes would definitely be very small, and this account would easily be forgotten.

Like some of the great gods in the music circle, when they posted their first video, they would first introduce themselves, and then write a song on the spot. This kind of high-quality video would be particularly popular.

"Should I say a few classic lines from my previous movies, or make fun of myself and talk about the passionate battle song ad?"

"I can also sing my own remix, but I'm tone-deaf, so I'm afraid I'll lose fans."

"Moreover, it seems that these methods have already been used by others."

Lin Jiaqiang thought of a few ideas, but he didn't find any of them very satisfying.

The Ailidao website would give some recommended resources, after all, he was invited to join, so they had to give him some face.

But it would probably only be given once.

The Ailidao website had so many videos and limited resources, so it was impossible to give them out indefinitely.

Therefore, this first video was very important. If the effect was not good and he couldn't attract enough attention, then few people would pay attention to future videos; conversely, if the effect was very good, then he could smoothly snowball and accumulate fans.

Lin Jiaqiang racked his brains but couldn't think of a very good way.

His wife was cleaning the house and saw Lin Jiaqiang's troubled expression, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Jiaqiang briefly explained the Ailidao invitation and then asked, "What kind of video do you think would be better for me to film?"

His wife thought for a while: "Don't you have fitness check-in videos? Cut those videos together and show everyone the results of your exercise, isn't that good?"

Lin Jiaqiang suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right!"

During this period, when he was exercising with the smart fitness clothes rack, he recorded everything in videos, and he also recorded the changes in his weight and body shape.

This was actually just a regular check-in, in order to make fitness more ritualistic and fulfilling, and to make it easier for him to stick to it.

Now, wouldn't it be appropriate to use this as his first video on the Ailidao website?

Cut these video materials into a short video of about five minutes, plus a self-introduction of no more than ten minutes.

It wouldn't be too long to bore netizens, and it would be full of content and special enough.

Other people probably haven't been losing weight recently, right? Even if they have, it's impossible for them to lose 4 kg and have such obvious changes in body shape, right?

Moreover, Lin Jiaqiang has always played fat supporting roles. This face is very recognizable, and his weight loss is very gimmicky and will definitely attract the continued attention of a large number of netizens.

Not only would the first video be popular, but the popularity of the following videos wouldn't be low either, because everyone would definitely be very concerned about the latest progress of Lin Jiaqiang's weight loss.

Thinking of this, Lin Jiaqiang immediately came to the computer, found all the video materials he had taken, and used a small section of each to edit into a short video.

In addition, he also had a little selfishness and hoped to promote the smart fitness clothes rack again.

After all, he was paid a lot for endorsing this product. He ate, drank, and had fun in Jingzhou, but he didn't even sit his butt down when filming the advertisement, and it was over in one take, so he felt a little guilty.

Now, he could do his best to help promote it again, even if it was just a small effort!