Two years after Ding Yun's period of silent improvement.
Her presence online was almost zero, and her fans, along with casual followers, had almost forgotten about her.
However, the skills she had acquired.
Whether in quantity or level.
Had undergone a radical, earth-shattering transformation compared to two years ago. Just reaching the Master level, which was skill level nine, she had over a hundred skills.
Not to mention the vast number of skills that, due to talent limitations.
Could only reach level eight.
To call her omniscient and omnipotent might be an exaggeration, but to say she was the person with the most skills, the highest average skill level, and the most comprehensive skillset in the world was definitely true.
Even if certain individuals could surpass her in a specific area.
That would at most be in one or two areas.
In terms of all-round capabilities, no one could compare to her.
At the same time, Ding Yun's money was also running low, so it was only natural for her to decide to emerge from seclusion.
And prepare to start working.
After all, what the original host wished for, to be true to herself, wasn't for Ding Yun to be herself, but for the original host to be the self she wanted to be. As for what the original host truly wanted to do?
It was actually quite simple.
It was to have a platform to showcase herself, to improve herself, to let more people know that she was no worse than anyone else, that she could also be brilliant and bring glory.
Only with ability could one be brilliant, right? This was the primary reason why Ding Yun worked so hard to learn more skills.
Without ability, being an empty-headed fool.
How could one be brilliant or bring glory?
However, Ding Yun had been in seclusion learning and improving for too long. Let alone a minor celebrity outside the eighteenth tier being in seclusion for two years, even a top star would not fare well after two years of seclusion.
Aside from hardcore fans, there would likely be no one left.
Therefore, Ding Yun found it quite natural that she couldn't find any work. Moreover, there was no room for aspiring amateurs in talent shows anymore. Most variety shows no longer catered to ordinary people, and auditions for TV dramas and movies were rare. Casting was basically done through collaborations with various management agencies or studios.
So, even though Ding Yun was full of skills.
There was nowhere for them to be useful.
Under duress, Ding Yun could only choose to go solo, starting as an independent video producer.
An independent video producer could also be called a uploader or a self-media personality, and a rather rudimentary one at that, because those with some scale usually had an entire team working together.
Relying solely on oneself, let alone whether one could manage.
Just being busy would be overwhelming. Furthermore, one's own good ideas would naturally be limited, and hitting a bottleneck or even exhaustion would be perfectly normal. Collaborative brainstorming was always better. Moreover, many people who started solo didn't necessarily like to struggle alone but simply lacked the money to hire others.
Who wouldn't want to reduce their workload if they had money?
Ding Yun was currently in a state of lacking funds. Her money was already stretched thin just buying various equipment. Although hiring a team might not require immediate payment, she couldn't guarantee that she would become popular and earn enough to pay them within a month.
Rather than risking problems later, it was better to just do it herself for now. After all, she could do almost anything.
At least she was practically all-around competent in areas related to being an artist.
This included skills in filming, editing, and special effects.
After making her decision, Ding Yun quickly registered accounts on various platforms and, using her hacking skills, created an account management software for uploading videos later, saving her the trouble of operating one platform and one software at a time.
For consistency, the names of all her accounts.
Were all "Artist Si Yan."
The bio read: Two years in seclusion, a phoenix reborn from fire.
Although it was a little chuunibyou, it was the truth, so what was wrong with that?
Then, of course, it was time to produce the video.
To achieve a stunning debut, Ding Yun directly tackled the "Song of Rainbow Dresses and Feathered Skirts." She restored it from ancient texts and undertook all the instruments and dancers herself.
Of course, since she couldn't split herself, the music was performed and sung by her using different instruments separately, and then synthesized using technology and software. The dancers were also done in the same way, with her playing all 108 dancers and Yang Guifei, each dancing in their respective positions, and finally synthesized together using software.
However, due to technical and copyright issues, Ding Yun couldn't give each of the 108 dancers different faces, so all 108 dancers in the "Song of Rainbow Dresses and Feathered Skirts" had Ding Yun's face.
It looked a little eerie at first glance.
Fortunately, Ding Yun had extensively modified Yang Guifei's makeup and attire to make her distinctly different from the other dancers and attendants, thus avoiding the appearance of a single person with multiple clones.
In other aspects, it was essentially the same.
Everything was handled by Ding Yun herself.
Even so, with everything done by herself, from pre-production to post-production editing and special effects, it still completely depleted her remaining few tens of thousands of yuan, and only then was the video finally completed.
There was no way around it. The "Song of Rainbow Dresses and Feathered Skirts" was not a small undertaking. Even if many things were rented or done with special effects, as long as one didn't want the effect to be poor, the basic costs would be unavoidable.
No matter how superb the craftsmanship.
Even the most skilled housewife cannot cook without rice.
Fortunately, the final result was good. Ding Yun managed to produce the video of the "Song of Rainbow Dresses and Feathered Skirts" before running out of resources. The next step was to see if she could rely on her talent to overcome capital and achieve instant fame.
Then came the uploading to all platforms.
Using the software, all accounts were uploaded simultaneously.
Her social media accounts, which hadn't been logged into for two years, were also used to post.
No matter what, there were at least some fans and followers there. Although she didn't know how many still remembered, it was still better than a new account with zero fans.
After finishing this, Ding Yun quickly went to catch up on sleep.
And planned to continue making videos of singing, dancing, or other skills that were less grand and less expensive after her nap to attract some fans.
Once she started earning money, she would continue with bigger productions.
It was during Ding Yun's nap that the "Song of Rainbow Dresses and Feathered Skirts" she uploaded to various video platforms and social media quickly gained some traction due to its excellent quality and continued to climb.
It was also amplified through organic recommendations and word-of-mouth.
The further it spread, the more people voluntarily promoted it, the greater the buzz, and the more people saw it, forming a virtuous cycle.
From uploading to going viral.
It took less than three hours.
And five hours later, after being liked by several official media outlets, it reached its peak popularity.