Actress Cecilia Cheung crashes server with 1st Douyin sales livestream

Hong Kong — Hong Kong singer-actress Cecilia Cheung recently went on Douyin – the Chinese version of TikTok – to host a sales livestream for the first time. Netizens were excited over the live stream. Within 10 minutes, Cheung garnered a million viewers with her onscreen appearance. Her session drew a total of 27.6 million viewers, reported Asia One.

It is not clear how long the session went. Based on media reports, the 41-year-old was a savvy salesperson who emphasised that she has personally tried all the products that she was recommending. “My eldest son complained that the air is too dry, so I got this lip balm for him,” she cooed. Lucas, 14, is her son with ex-husband, actor-chef Nicholas Tse.

To promote beauty products, Cecilia Cheung coaxed male netizens to take good care of their complexion so that they would leave a good impression on women.

The star even sold rice during the live stream, telling viewers to eat rice when they are unhappy.

Her tactics — which included dancing the Para Para Sakura with the crew — and popularity worked phenomenally. The server hosting the sales platform crashed at one point but she was still the top seller for the day, clocking over 61.16 million yuan (SGD12.9 million) in sales.

Perhaps this could be a new career for Cheung. As she said, her Chinese name read backwards sounds like ‘livestreamer Cheung’.

Born on May 24, 1980, Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Cheung is considered a “Sing girl”—an actress who first received media attention through starring alongside Stephen Chow, and later went on to her own successful career.

Cheung was born in Man Wah Sun Chuen, Jordan, Hong Kong to Davies Shally, who is of half-Chinese and half-British descent, and Cheung Yan-yung. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old./TISG