The Rebirth of the Internet Celebrity Godfather

Chapter 478 Handmade Geng by the Minister of Punishment

Handmade Geng, formerly known as Geng Shuai, is a rural welder in Hebei Baoding and an Internet celebrity.

He used his welding skills and various materials in life to create many "nonsensical" trendy items, collectively called "useless products".

During an interview with CCTV, his biological mother once complained to the camera: His invention is not useless, but it is really useless.

In his previous life, at his peak, he had nearly 10 million fans on Station

He was awarded the Top 100 of Station

National variety show "Happy Camp"; filmed a car commercial with Lei Jiayin; attracted the attention of the "Washington Post" and Reuters across the ocean.

But now, Handicraft Geng is far from as glorious as later generations. He is just a down-and-out young man who just quit his welding job and returned to the village to make a living through self-media.

"Mr. Cheng, Mr. Cheng, welcome!"

Handicraft Geng's voice is rough and powerful, and when he smiles, he reveals two rows of big white teeth.

"Hello, brother Geng."

Cheng Yi looked at the man in front of him who would later be known as "the mudslide in the world of invention, the leader in the world of futility, the Edison of Baoding, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment" and smiled.

After shooting the video material from Hope School, Cheng Yi immediately transferred to Yangcun just to see him.

"Mr. Cheng, you have worked hard along the way. Come, come, come to my house now." Handicraft Geng said enthusiastically.

"Okay." Cheng Yi nodded.

Walking on the country road, along both sides of the street, the chatter of women and children reached Cheng Yi's ears from time to time, occasionally mixed with some jokes.

Most of them are for Handmade Geng, and a few are for Cheng Yi and Cheng Guanxi.

Handan Geng smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Cheng. At my age, if I make some messes at home, I will be looked down upon by everyone in the village, and I will also hurt you."

Cheng Yi waved his hands to show that he didn't care, and said: "It's nothing, and I don't think you are making any mess, otherwise I wouldn't have to come here."

Handi Geng looked at Cheng Yi, his eyes full of expectation and nervousness, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Cheng, do you really think I can succeed?"

He has quit his job and gone back home to make short videos for more than a year, but he has uploaded forty or fifty videos, which is like a pebble thrown into the sea without causing any waves at all.

The video with the highest number of views only received hundreds of thousands of views. At that time, he thought he might be popular and had an improvement, but the next video brought him back to his original form.

After making short videos at home for a year, he went from being confident at the beginning to feeling confused later on.

Along with this, there were also discussions from the villagers and doubts from his parents. The parents thought that he was escaping from reality and not doing his job properly. The villagers directly regarded him as a joke and used it to educate their children.

Every time he saw his mother's helpless eyes and heard his father's desperate sigh, his heart felt like needles pricking his heart. But a few days ago, a sudden change came. Cheng Yi actually called and said that he wanted to come and see him.

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Who is Cheng Yi?

He is the number one internet celebrity on the entire internet!

In just one and a half years since his debut, he has gained more than 20 million fans on the Internet, and his videos have gone viral. Not only is he talented and unconstrained, but he also has an outstanding vision. He has founded an Internet celebrity company with top Internet celebrities.

Everyone is famous!

Maotou Loli, Xie Zhenhua, Zhang Hanran, Yili Shazi, Wu Wang.

There are simply too many to list!

If you can get Cheng Yi's approval, it proves that it is absolutely meaningful for you to persist!

Although Cheng Yi traveled thousands of miles to meet him in his village, which explained something, Handi Geng still hoped to hear it from Cheng Yi's mouth.

Cheng Yi looked at him seriously and said in a serious tone: "You may succeed, or you may not succeed."

"Emmmm", Hand Geng was speechless and said in his heart, "Isn't this nonsense?"

But he thought again, a person like Cheng Yi would definitely not talk nonsense, and there must be some deep meaning, so Handicraft Geng asked again:

"Mr. Cheng, what do you mean by this?"

"For the record, I've arrived at your home. Let's go to your studio to visit first."

"All right."

Seeing that Cheng Yi didn't want to talk now, Handi Geng could only nod helplessly.

After arriving at Handicraft Geng's house, Cheng Yi visited Handicraft Geng's two elders. After putting down the gifts, he began to visit Handicraft Geng's studio.

The studio of Handmade Geng is very small and simple, only about ten to twenty square meters.

There is a workbench and a shelf. Various utensils are scattered on the workbench, and various strange inventions he has made are displayed on the shelf.

Handi Geng enthusiastically introduced his invention to Cheng Yi and Cheng Guanxi. When he talked about his invention, he talked endlessly, with a smile on his face and a bright light in his eyes.

Just as he was talking, the light in his eyes dimmed and his tone became depressed: "But I don't know why these things are not popular."

In his previous life, Cheng Yi read an article on Zhihu, analyzing why handmade Geng was so popular on the Internet.

Most of that article was just clichés from marketing accounts and made no sense, but there was one thing that Cheng Yi felt was very accurate, that is, Handmade Geng really wanted to make something "useful", but in fact it was useless at all.

For example, a "boxing backpack", a backpack that can punch, can automatically punch on the back, but when it rebounds, it will hit itself, injuring the enemy by 1,000 and damaging itself by 3,000;

There are also steel ties, which are used to solve the problem of wrinkled ties for business people, but they do not consider that they will prick themselves when they sit down;

And a "dancing cement spreader" that spreads cement during dancing. God knows why cement is sprinkled during dancing;

The most amazing thing is the emergency noodle-eating tool for earthquakes. Even if there is an earthquake of magnitude 10 or below, the noodle soup will not spill out. But what kind of noodles can you eat when there is an earthquake? Do you want to be a full-fledged person?

It is precisely because he wanted to be "useful" but achieved the effect of "useless", coupled with his serious introduction, that he produced an invincible comedy effect and countless flaws, allowing netizens to satisfy their desire to complain.

And he didn’t just invent it randomly, because his “starting point” was good.

Just like the flashlight invented by Wen Xi in "Domestic Lingling Paint", it needs sunlight to illuminate. It is very nonsensical and leaves people speechless.

After all, anyone can invent useless things, just crumple a piece of paper into a ball, but things that are useless and speechless and make people wonder about life are not something that ordinary people can invent. This is where the success of the handmade gength comes from.

Cheng Yi said: "Brother Geng, didn't I say before that you may or may not succeed?"

"Ah yes!" Handicraft Geng nodded blankly.

"If you find the right direction, you can succeed. If you don't find the right direction, you can't succeed."

"What is the right direction?" Handi Geng was puzzled.

"Make interesting things." Cheng Yi looked around, looking at the various inventions that were handmade like treasures, and said:

"For example, the things you are making now, grasshoppers made of pliers and steel bars, slingshots made of nuts, mini nunchucks, spider-shaped spoons, and nut bracelets are some ideas, but not much, not interesting enough, and impossible.

It arouses everyone’s discussion.”

A trace of confusion flashed in Handan Geng's eyes: "Then what makes it interesting?"

Cheng Yi explained: "For example, you said in front of the camera that many of your friends like to play with the brain, but some friends are unable to use their fingers naturally due to their physical constitution, so you created a ball with the brain to help.

This kind of friend. But you have to make this thing very destructive."

"Can you say it's useless? It can really strengthen the fingers and pop out a powerful brain, which achieves its purpose.

But can you say it's useful? There's no way anyone would actually hit their friends with this.

You see, wouldn't there be a sense of contrast in this way?

Netizens see you speaking seriously and want to comment?

Wouldn’t it be popular if they wanted to comment on your video?”

"As long as you persist in making useless inventions with a useful heart, you will definitely become popular."

"Use a useful heart to make useless inventions. Have a useful heart to make useless inventions," Handi Geng muttered, his eyes getting brighter.

After a long time, he raised his head, looked at Cheng Yi, and praised: "Mr. Cheng, you are really a genius!"

Cheng Yi raised a smile on his lips and said in his heart: No, I am not a genius, I am just a talented porter.

(End of chapter)