After being reborn, I also want to fall in love

Chapter 361: All the Girl Groups in the World Are in My Catch
MiMi Technology
Fang Keli, who was promoted to be Chen Shuo's full-time secretary, knocked on the door and entered the office to deliver the good news: "Mr. Shuo, Mr. Lei sent someone to tell me that ByteDance has figured it out and will not compete with us for the market. In the future, they will target Kuaishou."

"That's nice to say."

Chen Shuo was so proud: "Why not compete with us for the market? Even if he wants to, does he have the ability to do so?"

But this is also good news. If the other party raises the white flag in surrender, it means they will have to cut their investment in Douyin. Even if they come to their senses in the future and find that short videos are an endless blue ocean, it will be too late to catch up.

In other words, short videos have not yet produced any results, otherwise ByteDance would not have given in so easily.

"Okay, the business war is over."

Chen Shuo said to Fang Keli, "You can let the security guards who are guarding the switch go back and rest. They don't have to be on duty 24 hours a day."

"understand!"

Fang Keli nodded in agreement and continued, "The entertainment company has signed two new people. I hope Mr. Shuo can go over and take a look."

Chen Shuo rolled his eyes while playing with his phone, cursing, "What kind of newcomer is this? He needs a personal review from a busy chairman like me. Have I been paying too much attention to the entertainment division recently, and that's why I let them get away with it?"

Fang Keli: "Mr. Shuo, it's a woman."

Chen Shuo put his phone in his pocket: "Let's go and take a look."

"You go in person, I can ask them to call the person up."

"It doesn't matter. I like to be polite to the wise."

Walking down the stairs, Chen Shuo discovered that the entire building was almost overcrowded. This year, all businesses of Mimi Technology had grown rapidly, and each department was urging HR to recruit people every day, resulting in a huge shortage of office workers.

The recruitment process of Mimi Technology is generally that HR screens resumes, followed by an initial interview. If there are no problems with the qualifications, it proceeds to the second interview. The selection right is then given to the hiring department, who will interview together with the human resources department.

This is the process for ordinary employees, and for higher-level employees, sometimes vice president-level executives will be called in for interviews.

"It seems that the construction of the new building has to be put on the agenda."

Chen Shuo nodded and said that it would take at least a year and a half to complete the building.

"Fang Keli, let Wang Siyan find a design company. Pack up and get ready to move."

As he was speaking, Chen Shuo had already arrived at the floor where the entertainment department was located.

As soon as Chen Shuo walked into the conference room amid the nodding and bowing of several entertainment company leaders, his eyes lit up when he saw the two beautiful newcomers.

Damn, so tender!
"Mr. Shuo, these are the two new people we signed. Their conditions are very good." The entertainment company boss introduced enthusiastically.

Anyone who dares to let Chen Shuo come to see it must be the most beautiful.

When the two newlyweds saw Chen Shuo, they hurriedly stood up and greeted him politely.

"Hello, Mr. Shuo, my name is Tian Xiwei, and I am eighteen years old."

"Hello, Mr. Shuo. My name is Zhang Ruonan and I am nineteen years old."

Zhang Ruonan is more familiar to Chen Shuo. She made her debut in Guo Xiaosi's movie "Sadness Is Like a River", in which she played a school beauty. She was already famous as an internet celebrity and print model. After the movie was released, her popularity skyrocketed.

And you can often see this kind of message in the Douyin comment section: If she and Zhang Ruonan pursue me at the same time, who should I choose?

It is really beautiful, it's a pity to use it as a vase.

The other one, Chen Shuo glanced at it.

Well, not bad.

Tian Xiwei is a cute girl with big eyes, but her height is only 1.68 meters. She looks 1.7 meters tall when she wears sneakers. She has a baby face and grape eyes, which is really good.

"Pretty good."

Chen Shuo nodded, signaling the two to calm down, and asked the entertainment company boss beside him: "Are they both professional students?"

"Xiao Tian is a student at the Magic City Drama Academy, and Xiao Zhang is a student at our Mingzhou University of Electronic Science and Technology."

Minnesota University of Electronic Science and Technology is of good quality. In Minnesota, it is second only to the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Institute of Technology. It is an old professional college of Shanghai Drama Academy. At least it shows that these two newcomers are not idiots with empty heads.

"good."

Chen Shuo praised them again and said to them, "Study hard and wait patiently for opportunities. As long as you join the club, the club will not treat you unfairly."

"But I have repeatedly told you to call the company's name when you go out."

The joke made the two newcomers relax, and they looked at the legendary chairman who was about the same age as them with curiosity.

Chen Shuo thought about it and asked the entertainment company's boss, "Old Wu, how is the preparation for Produce 101 going?"

Old Wu immediately replied: "The preliminary preparations are almost done. The interviews have been completed. Now we are coordinating the venue and forming a recording team."

"Where's the host?"

When Old Wu heard this, he immediately replied, "I plan to let Xiao Zhang and Xiao Tian give it a try first. With this experience, it will be easier for them to join the crew next time."

"Besides, the recording is during the summer vacation, so it won't affect their studies."

Leaving the conference room, Fang Keli caught up with Chen Shuo and whispered, "Boss Shuo, Boss Wu from the entertainment company asked me to ask you if you need those two newcomers to have dinner with you tonight?"

"?"

"I'm so f*cking convinced. What did I do to make these people think I'm a sex-hungry ghost?" Chen Shuo was furious. "If they want to eat, they can eat by themselves. I don't need anyone to accompany me when I eat."

"okay!"

"Wait." Chen Shuo stopped Fang Keli again, "But if the company executives ask their female artists to accompany drinking, I will fire them all, I say."

"understand!"

"Produce 101", as the largest girl group selection in the history of the entertainment industry, has attracted a lot of attention when the news was first released.

The power of the Korean restriction order is indeed very strong. Except for fans, the general public will not go to great lengths to find resources for film, television dramas and variety shows on the Internet. They only like to watch ready-made things on mainstream platforms.

Station A was the exclusive broadcaster and was also attracting investment very smoothly. At this time, an uninvited guest came to the door.

Prince Wanda, Principal Wang.

Principal Wang has a company called Banana Entertainment, which previously signed the Korean band TARA and also produced a movie called "Little Apple" with Chopstick Brothers, which was really popular in China for a while.

Principal Wang was quick-witted and polite in his words. He simply packed up all the girl groups under his name and said that if he liked them, he would let them on the show, but if he didn't like them, he would send them back.

Then he invited Chen Shuo to go to a nightclub together, but Chen Shuo refused.

"Mr. Wang, I'm going to have dinner with your father next week. I wonder if you can come. If you come, we can have a good chat then."

Chen Shuo had the impression that there was a woman named Fu Jing in Principal Wang’s company who had good conditions and was known as a "radar in the lesbian circle", so he accepted her.

As we all know, the draft has an inside.

For example, the Voice of China later evolved into a show where a spot on stage costs a certain amount of money, the only thing missing was a clear price tag. In The Next Generation of Stars, if Xue Zhiqian hadn't defended Mao Buyi, he would have been killed by a fictional character.

This is the power of capital, but Chen Shuo is not afraid because he himself is capital.

When summer comes, "Produce 101" officially starts filming.

Being responsible for the personal safety, clothing, food, housing, transportation, and training of hundreds of girls is a huge project. The creative team of Produce 101 alone has hundreds of people. "We chose Lu Han as the mentor because he has traffic. The remaining dance mentor is Jolin Tsai and the vocal mentor is Zhang Jie. These three form the core of the mentor team and it cost a lot of money."

"I have screened almost all domestic entertainment companies this time, and those who can come are already the top-tier female groups in the country."

Chen Shuo strolled in the venue while listening to the introduction of the chief director behind him. He thought that this was the top-level combat power. If they were taken to Seoul, any trainee from a small company would be able to crush almost everyone present in all aspects.

The ones who became very popular in the original version, Wu Xuanyi and Meng Meiqi, were unknown when they debuted in Seoul, and they were as obscure as could be.

Further away is Zhang Bichen, the one who had a child with Hua Chengyu. She had also been a trainee in Seoul before, but was not qualified to debut. Unexpectedly, after returning to China to participate in The Voice of China, she immediately became one of the top singers.

Just tell me, how useless domestic entertainment is.

This is the situation in China. The market seems to be booming, but in fact it is very empty. This is even more true for idol groups. There is no way out at all. The only one that is really popular is TFBOYS.

Because Seoul has a complete system for promoting songs. After idol groups release new songs, they will have enough stages to perform and attract fans, but in China, there is obviously no such soil.

"After filming the first episode, what was the response like?" Chen Shuo asked.

"The response was very good. Station A's popularity suddenly jumped to the top of all domestic video portals. The group's popularity was also beginning to show. Oh, and the two new female actresses who served as hosts also attracted a lot of people."

Today is the stage rehearsal, and temporary teams from various groups take turns performing on the main stage.

Chen Shuo took a few looks and found that the majority of them were pale, thin and young.

The Internet has been calling for diversified aesthetics for many years, but what is really popular is still white, thin and young. To put it bluntly, the market caters to this type of people: people just like thin, white and young people.

Young age is not necessarily necessary, but fair skin and good looks are a must.

There is an interesting phenomenon: it is women who shout that they cannot define women's aesthetics, but the main audience of film and television dramas and variety shows are still women.

It can be seen that white and thin are the mainstream aesthetics for women. White means not having to participate in outdoor labor, thin means a balanced diet, and thin means being willful, which is in line with the attitude that women now hope society will treat them.

"How popular is Yang Chaoyue?" Chen Shuo asked.

"Not bad, her straightforward personality attracts a lot of fans, but her singing and dancing skills are terrible, and she can't keep up with those girls who have training experience."

"It's okay. For idols, the most important thing is to attract loyal fans who are willing to spend money, not singing and dancing."

Chen Shuo gave a few casual instructions and then didn't say much.

He can control the general direction because he has a hook and knows what the future direction will be, but the details still have to be left to a professional team.

How to use editing to make fans of both sides fight with each other, forcing fans to spend money to hype up the show, all kinds of tricks are used. Where do you think the fan fights come from? Except for large-scale online fights caused by unexpected situations, the rest of the time there are more or less fan leaders and the companies behind them fanning the flames.

People say the entertainment industry is chaotic, and you’ll be in chaos too if you’re in it. We’re all vulgar people, and we all know each other.

"Mr. Shuo, the members participating in the program have prepared a little surprise for you." The director whispered.

Chen Shuo stopped and frowned, saying, "Director Zhang, please don't get involved in these greasy social conventions. I am a young man with a proud and aloof personality. I don't have that kind of vulgar vanity."

The chief director advised: "Boss Shuo, this is all organized spontaneously by the members, would you like to take a look?"

"I do not watch."

"Please take a look at it."

"Well, you've begged me, I can't not give you face."

As soon as he finished speaking, with a wave of the director's hand, the surrounding lights suddenly dimmed, and a large number of members came on stage from all corners, and soon the stage was filled with girl No. 101.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Shuo."

Hundreds of girls bowed in unison, their voices clear and loud.

Chen Shuo stood in the audience with his hands in his pockets, squinting his eyes, and then sighed heavily: "Old Zhang, how bad is this going to be? If it gets out, people will think that I, Chen Shuo, have some bad taste."

"It will never get out." The chief director promised Chen Shuo, "If it gets out, I, Zhang, will never have a show to do in my life!"

This oath is quite cruel.

Chen Shuo glanced at the hundreds of girls singing and dancing to the music on the stage, and a sense of heroism arose in his heart.

From now on, I will have a strong foothold in the domestic entertainment industry.

Just plug in the pins, nothing else.

Chen Shuo glanced at Zhang Ruonan and Tian Xiwei behind him, clicked his tongue, and thought to himself that I am a principled man and I don't play by the unspoken rules.

After staying at the recording site of Produce 101 for more than an hour, Chen Shuo returned to Mimi Technology.

ByteDance has taken the initiative to raise the white flag, so the next step is to expand the business. Miyin is still in its infancy, and many things need to be done.

For example, bringing goods.

In terms of selling goods, China is several levels ahead of the world.

In a park in Xiaoshan, Chen Shuo met Wen Ying, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

That’s right, Concubine Wen has transformed herself. Today is her first live show, selling e-sports peripherals.

This is Wen Ying's third transformation, from a female anchor who dances on the edge, to an entertainment e-sports anchor, and then to a live-streaming anchor, with RMB all the way under her feet.

It is said that this girl recently paid for a villa in full and brought her parents over to live with her.

“If we manage this well, we can set up a special e-commerce park in the future to specialize in bringing in goods.”

Chen Shuo stood in the corner, next to him was a whole professional team. Wen Ying sat on the stage, and the table was filled with today's main keyboards and mice.

"This mouse is priced at 299 yuan in the online store. To give back to my fans for their support over the years, I'm going to sell it for 299 yuan instead of 199 yuan or 99 yuan!"

"99 for a mouse, plus a large mouse pad and a LOL skin!"

At this time, a voice from outside the venue sounded: "No, Yingying, the manufacturer will not agree to this. If this happens, we will lose a lot of money!"

Wen Ying spoke softly but firmly: "It's okay. This is my first live broadcast to sell goods. It's to give back to fans. I will pay for the remaining part myself."

"But."

"Don't say that. The people in the live broadcast room are not just my fans. They are also my family members who have been with me for many years. What's wrong with me giving some benefits to my family?!"

"3, 2, 1, link up!"

In just a few seconds, five hundred mice were sold out, followed by the more expensive keyboards.

Chen Shuo asked the people around him: "How much is the expected flow?"

"Today's live broadcast will last about two hours, and there will definitely be no problem with millions of transactions."

This thing makes money really fast, and this is just the beginning, it’s not the time for it to really flourish when it comes to selling products.

When live streaming sales reach a certain level, the big anchors are equivalent to monopolizing the product prices. You have to sell it at the price he says, and the entire network is not allowed to sell it at a lower price than this.

First raise the price, and then trick fans into buying at the so-called low price. At this point, the manufacturer has to flatter the big anchor.

Chen Shuo needs such a super anchor, not just Wen Ying. He also needs to train more anchors to sell goods, so as to influence the entire market.

(End of this chapter)