Chapter 734 - 368: Chen Jincheng, the Cultural Heritage Promotion Ambassador

Chapter 734: Chapter 368: Chen Jincheng, the Cultural Heritage Promotion Ambassador

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made a special trip over today.

Lei Xiaojun was used to this sort of thing, but he still needed to remind President Chen about a few things in private.

After greeting them, Fu Zhan smiled and said, "President Chen, shall we go see the traditional arts performance now?"

"Of course." Chen Jincheng nodded, then turned to Lei Xiaojun. "President Lei, let’s go. We’re going to see some of our country’s traditional skills that are on the verge of being lost."

Hearing her boss’s words, Sister Hong had already told Lao Chen to start filming.

The main task for tonight was to film a video of their boss and President Lei touring Jinglan City, which would serve as the final wave of promotion.

Lei Xiaojun headed inside with them.

He had heard President Chen mention the traditional arts performance before he arrived. In truth, he didn’t know much about traditional arts and had never paid much attention to them.

’Still, for President Chen to select it as a performance for Jinglan City, it must be something special.’

That’s what he thought, at least, until he followed the others to the fire pot performance area.

Fu Zhan smiled as he made the introductions. "President Chen, President Lei, for this fire pot performance, I had to make a special trip to a family that has passed down this tradition for generations. In the end, I managed to invite one of them here. President Chen, after seeing his performance, I finally understand why you place so much importance on traditional arts. It was absolutely breathtaking."

As Fu Zhan spoke, Lei Xiaojun saw a man in a traditional costume and a special, protective conical hat walk onto the stage carrying his props.

Lei Xiaojun watched as the man filled an iron, cage-like prop with charcoal and doused it with some sort of liquid. Then, he picked it up and began to swing it around.

In that instant, Lei Xiaojun watched in astonishment as the prop in the man’s hands began to spew trails of glowing embers. As the performer danced, the embers quickly transformed into a swirling fire dragon.

Then the performer spun around and gave the prop a sudden shake. A breathtaking scene unfolded—the embers instantly erupted into a column of flame that seemed to shoot toward the sky.

Breathtaking. Absolutely breathtaking.

That was Lei Xiaojun’s gut reaction.

He couldn’t help but turn to Chen Jincheng. "President Chen, seriously, if it weren’t for you, I’d have never known a fire pot performance could be this stunning. I imagine very few people know about this kind of traditional art these days, do they?"

Fu Zhan immediately chimed in. "Hardly anyone knows about it. According to the performer’s family, the tradition is on the verge of dying out. The next generation is completely unwilling to learn it. If President Chen hadn’t insisted that we find this particular art form, I wouldn’t have even known the fire pot performance existed."

Sister Hong and Lao Chen were just as stunned by the fire pot performance.

Neither of them had ever seen anything like it.

Lao Chen instinctively recorded the conversation between Lei Xiaojun and Fu Zhan. It was proof of the great contribution their boss was making to these traditional performance arts.

He immediately exported the raw footage and sent it to Xiaohai in the editing department, telling him to cut it together and post it.

’When the influencers see this stunning performance, they’ll definitely admire the boss. It’s all thanks to him that the fire pot is reappearing before the public eye.’

’After today, this art form surely won’t be lost. It’ll get a new lease on life, and lots of people will want to learn it.’

After receiving the footage, Xiaohai immediately had his team start editing.

Back in Jinglan City, the fire pot demonstration concluded. Fu Zhan led the group onward to the next performance.

Of course, the traditional arts performances weren’t all in one place; they were scattered throughout Jinglan City.

As they passed another area, the group stopped. This was the performance spot for the Tumbler Girls.

Li Lixing and Wu Liufang were already there, skillfully practicing on their tumbler bases.

This was a way for them to gain followers quickly. Especially for a while after the Hanfu Outing Day began, the better they performed and interacted with tourists, the faster their follower counts would grow.

The two young women spotted him.

Li Lixing’s eyes lit up. She immediately hopped off the tumbler base, ran over, and linked her arm with her boss’s. "Boss, you’re here!"

’Things with the boss have already gone that far anyway,’ she thought, ’so there’s no need to be shy. The Cheng Girls already set an example. If they aren’t afraid, why should I be worried?’

’Besides, I gave the boss my first time. That makes me way better than those Cheng Girls, right?’

’And I’m younger than them, too!’

Wu Liufang, however, was stunned by the sight. ’When did Lixing get so close and intimate with the boss? What did I miss?’

As she was lost in thought, she saw Li Lixing walking ahead with the boss, leaving her all alone.

’Didn’t we agree we were the Tumbler Girls? That we’d always stick together?’

Lei Xiaojun, Wei Yuan, and Fu Zhan weren’t surprised by Li Lixing joining the group.

After all, everyone knew his online reputation: the number one scumbag on the internet. It would be stranger if he *didn’t* have a woman on his arm. And yet, this particular scumbag was different—he was well on his way to becoming the internet’s favorite man.

Chen Jincheng, however, could feel Li Lixing pressing her chest against his arm as she held on. ’Honestly,’ he thought, ’you don’t have to teach girls these bold moves. They’re all self-taught.’

’I only had to ’school’ her once, and she’s already learned the trick perfectly.’

He retaliated by rubbing back against her a couple of times, which made her let out a soft gasp.

Soon, the group arrived at the site of another traditional arts performance. Meanwhile, Xiaohai’s team had already finished editing the fire pot video and sent it to Sister Hong, who uploaded it to Chen Jincheng’s account.

Chen Jincheng now had 40 million followers. Even without his current viral fame, any video he posted would get a huge amount of attention. With it, the video was noticed the moment it went live.

The title Sister Hong had chosen was particularly eye-catching: "Let the Lost Traditional Arts Reclaim Their Glory!" It enticed many people to click.

From the video, everyone could see that Chen Jincheng and Lei Xiaojun had gone to Jinglan City and were now at the fire pot performance.

To be honest, most people watching the video had no idea what a "fire pot" was; they had never heard of it.

But when they saw the performance, their eyes went wide. Just like Lei Xiaojun, they were completely stunned.

The column of fire shooting toward the sky and the swirling fire dragon let them experience the breathtaking power of the performance.

’Seriously? We have a traditional art performance this incredible?’

’And we never even knew about it before? Seeing it so suddenly like this... it’s a huge shock.’

The conversation between Lei Xiaojun and Fu Zhan in the video also left a deep impression on the viewers.

Without Chen Jincheng, they would never have seen such a stunning performance. Many people suddenly realized that Chen Jincheng seemed to possess a certain noble quality. From Hanfu and Swordsmanship to this traditional art, he seemed to have a special passion for this cultural heritage and was constantly promoting it.

He was practically becoming an ambassador for the promotion of cultural heritage.