Salted Fish Craze

Short-video creators often had sharp instincts—whatever was trending, they made content about it. Creators in the film and TV section were even more so. They had originally planned to edit For the Phoenix today, and the video was already finished, ready to ride the wave of popularity.

Messages started pinging nonstop in the relevant group chats.

"Go watch it, hurry! The Crown Prince Goes on Strike is definitely this month's dark horse!"

"Seriously? I was planning to make a roast video."

"I watched it, I watched it, hahahaha. I only clicked because I was bored, but I didn't expect it to be this good."

The creators who received the recommendation immediately went to Blue Star Video. The moment they opened it—whoa, there was a huge poster right on the homepage. Exclusive premiere.

They had only intended to watch an episode or two, then edit it if it was decent. But once they started, they couldn't stop, watching all the way through episode five before coming back to their senses. Why was there no more? That was it? That tiny little handout was supposed to satisfy whom?

Before long, a huge number of The Crown Prince Goes on Strike edits appeared on short-video apps.

Luo Xiaoxiao, who had transmigrated into an unfamiliar world, nearly scared herself to death when she saw herself dressed in silk and brocade. She hurriedly felt herself up and discovered—oh, everything that should be there was there, and everything that shouldn't be there was gone. So the question was, why was she dressed like this?

The familiar set design, the familiar dialogue, even her own name—damn it, she had transmigrated into a book.

"Goddamn it, who are you messing with?!" she shouted in crisp, standard Northeast China dialect, spreading her legs and sitting right down on the