Who Needs a CEO? I Choose Stardom

Under the immense pressure of her job, Chen Yajing finally had enough of her nitpicking editor-in-chief. So, she simply fired her boss—who happened to be the editor’s brother-in-law and the owner of the magazine.

Even after quitting, her pent-up frustration lingered. So, she got up in the middle of the night, registered an account on Bilibili, and posted a massive rant. Only then did she go back to sleep, completely satisfied.

It wasn’t that she was a bad person; she just had to get it off her chest after holding it in for so long.

Everyone loves gossip, but it’s hard to keep loving it when it becomes your job.

Her daily routine at work consisted of gossiping about one celebrity after another.

In her line of work, the guiding principle was to attract eyeballs without getting sued. Whenever a juicy story broke, she had to be the first one on the scene to get the scoop.

If her editor told her to get up at midnight, she couldn’t dare delay until dawn.

One time, she was in a bathroom stall with a bad case of diarrhea when a top A-list actress suddenly announced her marriage. Her editor nearly pounded the stall door down, and she ended up having to finish the article right there on the toilet, laptop and all.

It was a story sad enough to make listeners grieve and onlookers weep. Anyone would have gone insane.

To be honest, she felt pretty amazing for having lasted that long.

She had only meant to vent a little, as a sort of farewell to her old job. But when she woke up—bam! The video had over a million views. It had gone completely viral.

What an ironic twist of fate.

If any of the articles she had written had gotten this many views, her boss would have put her on a pedestal, and she never would have had so many problems.

Reading the comments, she understood why it had gone viral. For every worker who was angry but didn’t dare to speak out, there was a supporter cheering her on from behind a keyboard.

Besides, people were always online cursing out unethical content creators. Now that they’d finally seen one in the flesh, how could they not be curious?

People figured they should follow her.

Maybe she’d slip up and spill some juicy secrets. How exciting!

With her follower count skyrocketing, Chen Yajing, who still hadn’t found a new job, decided on a whim to become a full-time ranting vlogger.

Chen Yajing’s commentary was sharp but never profane. She could take any mundane detail from daily life and, with her witty narration, make it incredibly entertaining. As a result, she gained over 300,000 followers in just one month.

After that, she went all in, becoming a full-time creator. She threw her resume in the trash and quit her job search for good.

In her own words: ”If I’d known I had this talent all along, why would I have ever taken that miserable detour?”

When she hit 300,000 followers, she promised them a special celebratory live stream. It just so happened to be the May Day holiday, and she was back in her hometown of Hang City. After hearing from her parents that their new house was finally renovated, she decided to make a video roasting it.

At the appointed time, Chen Yajing arrived at the front door of the new house, set up her phone, and started the live stream.

”Hiii~ brothers and sisters! I’m ’Please Let Me Jingjing,’ and welcome to my stream!”

Seeing her viewers start to trickle in, Chen Yajing finished her greeting to the camera, then opened the door and went inside. ’There aren’t too many people here yet,’ she thought, so she bent down to change into slippers.

The new house had been renovated and airing out for over six months. Everything had been gradually moved in, and they were just waiting for an auspicious day to officially move. Aside from the fact that no one was living there yet, the house wanted for nothing.

The roasts from ’Please Let Me Jingjing’ about her bosses and supervisors were exceptionally sharp. While her fans found them cathartic, they also suspected she came from a rich family.

After all, a broke office drone has to make a living. They’ll put up with anything as long as it doesn’t cross a line. Even after quitting, who would dare to publicly attack their former boss and superiors?

You’d have to be planning on never working in the industry again.

For her 300,000-follower special, ’Please Let Me Jingjing’ had promised a live tour of her new house. Her fans, eager to confirm their suspicions, had been waiting impatiently.

As soon as the stream went live, they all flooded in.

Chen Yajing was bent over changing her shoes, so she had placed her phone, which was mounted on a stabilizer, on top of the shoe cabinet.

As luck would have it, the camera was aimed directly at the wall of the entryway.

The first thing the viewers saw upon entering the stream was the painting on that wall.

They instantly forgot about inspecting the rest of the house; their eyes were glued to the painting.

[That big rooster is so cute! It’s such a majestic-looking bird, so why does it have such a smug little glint in its eye? Ha! It’s adorably fierce!]

[The persimmons are so bright red, they look really festive! Just looking at this painting makes me happy.]

[Auspiciousness in all things? Haha, you gotta hand it to the cultured types, they’ve really mastered the art of the pun!］

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Only after they had their fill of the painting did people start looking at other things.

Due to the camera’s angle, only a small corner of the living room was visible.

[I think her home is decorated beautifully! It’s understated luxury, very classy and tasteful. She’s going to roast *this*? What kind of standards does this vlogger have?]