Force me to be reborn, right?

Chapter 567: The Ethics of a Son-in-Law

In the office, my cousin didn't even feel the passage of time.

"What's going on? Why do you keep pushing the girl to dance?" the son-in-law was shocked.

Why is this APP like a worm in my stomach? It pushes whatever I want to see.

"Oh, stop pushing, stop pushing!"

"Is it the young lady dancing that I want to see?"

"I clearly liked all the videos with top-notch technology."

"Oh shit, are these legs so long?"

"Hiss, this ass is so fat!"

My cousin couldn't stop scrolling.

But you know what, he does have good self-control. After all, he's a top student, right?
"Son-in-law, son-in-law, how could you be so depraved? Have you forgotten the self-cultivation of a son-in-law?"

"This can't go on like this!"

With this thought in mind, hey, the next video turned out to be a technical one again.

This is a gesture dance.

In the video, the boy did not show his face, but the fingers on both hands were very slender.

The music has a very clear rhythm. He hits the beats very precisely, and every movement is clean and neat, yet powerful.

My cousin watched this short video three times in one breath.

"That's interesting. I guess you've been practicing for a long time, right?"

He generously gave it another thumbs up.

Then brush downwards.

"Dance."

Then play music, then dance!
The next video shows the skirt flying up and the waist and hips swaying.

After watching several borderline videos in one breath, my cousin came across a very healing video, which was a scene of nature.

The strong wind blew across the endless lawn, and coupled with the music that matched the scenery so well, he felt very comfortable watching it!

In fact, the reason for this effect is that Cheng Zhu attaches great importance to the development of filters.

He is well aware that filters are of paramount importance for short video platforms.

Some of Tik Tok's filters and special effects are obviously better than those of certain apps.

Of course, this is also related to the different positioning of the two platforms.

At this moment, my cousin just felt that this video was very friendly to his eyes.

It really feels like being healed.

He was also curious about what he would look like in the Youqu videos.

Then he picked up his phone and took a photo: "Who is this handsome guy?"

Yes, the beauty effect is good!

I actually saw Yanzu on my phone!

You know what, my cousin is really good-looking, and he’s handsome in a decent way, not like Cheng Zhu’s bad-boy kind of way.

This is also a plus point for him to be a son-in-law.

Half an hour passed by in the blink of an eye.

My cousin doesn't want to go home even after get off work. He is so happy that he doesn't want to leave.

He is still reluctant to like the video for the young lady, but the completion rate of every video that is close to the truth is very high.

The main theme is: I am not afraid of being torn to pieces, I just want to keep my innocence in this world!
Madam, I am absolutely innocent with them!

Not liking means not appreciating.

It wasn't until his cell phone alarm rang that he realized it was time to go home.

"Phew! That was close!" My cousin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately I have always had the habit of setting an alarm!"

Do you know what a professional son-in-law is?
He quickly packed his things, put his phone in his pocket, and prepared to go home.

Along the way, he had only one thought in his mind.

"This [Yuzu Fun] is quite interesting!"

Before we knew it, [Youqu] has been online for a week.

During this period, Cheng Zhu had meetings every day.

Although the project is still in the cold start stage, due to his personal influence in various aspects and the cooperation reached with some Internet celebrity companies under the leadership of Zhu Youwei, a large number of users flocked to [Youqu] at the beginning of its launch.

During the cold start phase, it took Tik Tok half a year to finally climb to the 58th place in the free APP list and the th place in the photography and video category.

In that era, it was relatively easy to climb the charts, not as competitive as it is now.

Only after achieving such results did they start spending big money.

There is no way around it. The initial team of TikTok could really be said to be a "grassroots team", and it was a project that was not taken seriously at all internally.

The starting point of [Youqu] is undoubtedly higher than that of [Tik Tok].

Some functions that were not open at first have been gradually opened today.

For example, it was previously not possible to @ friends in the comment section, but today's update added this feature to further enhance the social attributes.

According to the original plan, many functions will be opened gradually within a month.

This afternoon, Cheng Zhu also posted a special Weibo post, hoping to receive some user feedback.

Yes, this guy chose to post on Weibo
He also doesn't know whether Weibo will be petty and limit his traffic in the future, but he has a great influence on Weibo now, so he posts as much as possible.

You know what, the feedback is pretty good.

Among them, the messages from the old perverts account for a slightly higher proportion.

Cheng Zhu could understand their love for [Youqu].

There is no way, there are simply too many female Bodhisattvas.

What the hell, is this Buddha starting a business?

Although Cheng Zhu has been trying to control the direction of the public opinion, he cannot withstand the update frequency of these female Internet celebrities and pornographic girls.

They are professionals after all.

The efficiency of video output will be higher.

And I also know the benefits of updating frequently.

Professional internet celebrity companies like Gushan Culture have already begun to specialize in the traffic distribution of [Youqu].

Zhu Youwei has discovered that the traffic model of Youqu is different from that of many social platforms.

At the beginning, your new video will be thrown into a small traffic pool, and maybe one or two hundred people may see it.

If the data such as completion rate, number of plays, likes, comments, etc. are all good, the video will be thrown from the small traffic pool to the medium traffic pool, and finally to the large traffic pool.

This set of ideas was not new later on.

But in 2015, Zhu Youwei still felt a little indescribable.

"I feel that even if it is a small traffic pool at the beginning, it is relatively large compared to other platforms!" he thought.

"And in this case, it seems that as long as the video is high quality, it can go viral even without a fan base?" Zhu Youwei thought.

On other social platforms, you rarely see accounts with very few followers but videos with a very high number of likes.

However, after Zhu Youwei thought about it carefully, he found that this phenomenon was possible in [Youqu]!
Since the current active user base is not large enough, we will not see any popular videos with a huge number of likes for the time being.

Therefore, this is just his speculation.

Nowadays, [Block Hand] has become popular.

Zhu Youwei also studied [Block Hand] and considered whether to move in.

Later, I felt that its overall style was inconsistent with my own positioning of the company, and finally chose to give up.

But in comparison, he feels that [Kuaishou] focuses more on promoting people, while [Youqu] focuses more on promoting high-quality videos.

As for the [PaiPai] that was suddenly taken off the shelves for rectification recently, he had previously thought about joining in.

The style of [PaiPai] is based on appearance, and it does a good job in filters and special effects.

But it was rectified for no apparent reason, which made him feel very confused.

“Is this platform so unstable?”

“Will all the investment be wasted by then?” Zhu Youwei felt somewhat relieved.

Until later when [Youqu] was launched, Lao Zhu felt that his previous wait-and-see attitude was really wise!
“How can a music short video platform have such awesome filters and special effects?” Zhu Youwei was shocked.

All the good-looking internet celebrities of Gushan Culture were also shocked!

This beauty function is not only effective, but also very natural, and has a wide range of functions.

Although they had recorded a batch of videos for [Youqu] in advance, the results were not so good at that time, and there were not so many types of filters.

As the number one internet celebrity company in Hangzhou, Gushan Culture is also one of the best in the country.

In order to thank him for his strong support, Cheng Zhu must have promised him a lot of benefits.

For example, as of now, only the account of Gushan Culture will display [MCN: Gushan Culture] on the personal homepage.

Cheng Zhu intends to build this company into something similar to the famous Wuyou Media in Tik Tok.

Time passed and another week went by.

It is the end of August and the summer vacation is about to end. The download volume of [Youqu] has finally exceeded 100 million today.

This may seem like an insignificant number, but for many apps in the cold start phase, it is definitely a huge success!
You know, apart from the regular publicity on the first day of launch and before launch, [Youqu] has been very Buddhist afterwards.

Under such circumstances, Cheng Zhu felt that the pornographic websites played an important role in the fact that the download volume exceeded one million within half a month.
After all, he invited a group of internet celebrities to join. These people are only responsible for shooting videos, but will not promote or direct traffic for [Youqu] on other platforms such as Weibo.

But online porn is different.

They found that short videos have their own advantage, which is that they leave you wanting more.

After watching it, the brothers will wonder why it is only a few seconds and they can’t get enough of it.

What if we tell them at this time that there is an enhanced version of the same video?
As long as you join the fan group, there is another version to watch!
Those old perverts are rushing forward!

Therefore, they are very happy to promote [Youqu].

Some people were retained immediately after downloading and became active users of the platform.

According to Cheng Zhu's current plan, he intends to give [Youqu] about three months as a [dormant period].

Compared to the half-year dormancy of [Tik Tok], he took advantage of some advantages of being a reborn person and cut it in half.

During these three months, we will focus internally on product polishing, experience optimization, performance enhancement, and market integration.

“Improve video clarity and quality, optimize video loading and playback smoothness, and develop more filters, stickers, etc.”

With one million downloads, this base of "experimental users" is completely sufficient.

And in three months, Cheng Zhu will start the promotion period of [Youqu].

16 and 17 are very important, he must seize the opportunity.

In the afternoon, Cheng Zhu had just finished a meeting when he received a call from Zhang Tao.

Taozi first exchanged some pleasantries and asked about the development of [Youqu].

"Cheng Zhu, how is [Youqu] doing now? Let me tell you, many people in the investment circle are paying attention to it. If you can shine in the early stage, you can seize this opportunity and set off the venture capital circle!" Zhang Tao reminded.

He has actually been quietly following [Youqu].

Then I was surprised to find that Cheng Zhu had never invested any money in publicity.

Apart from a few shout-outs at the beginning, the rest of the story was spread by word of mouth among users.

If a normal platform operates like this, Zhang Tao thinks it is normal.

"It's a safe bet. I would choose this as well."

But the problem is that after the big news about him and Bao Fan spread, everyone in the investment circle was keeping an eye on his project!

Although his reputation is not particularly good, everyone thinks that Cheng Zhu is a young man with a cool manner.

But, black and red is also red!
Don't worry about whether people are staring at you to make fun of you at first.

As long as the attention is there, it's OK!
In Zhang Tao's opinion, let alone a short video project that has just been launched, even the likes of [PaiPai] and [Kuaishou] may not receive as much attention as [YouQu] in the investment circle!

If you can make some big moves at this time, you will definitely benefit a lot!
Although Bao Fan has a special status in the circle, he is not so powerful that other venture capitalists cannot afford to offend him.

If [Youqu] is accidentally favored by one of the top ten venture capital firms, its future development will be much smoother!

Therefore, Taozi was really giving a friendly reminder.

But Cheng Zhu was obviously unmoved.

"No need for that, no need for that. We still need to let things settle down internally." He said it very directly.

Zhang Tao wanted to say something else, but after thinking about it, he felt that Cheng Zhu was the kind of person who made his own decisions, so he chose to keep quiet.

But he still felt sorry for him in his heart.

"Short videos are not a popular industry. If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever! Alas!"

On the phone, since they were already talking about this, Cheng Zhu asked, "By the way, Brother Tao, I want to ask you something!"

"You say." Zhang Tao said.

"You are familiar with Penguin, so I want to ask you, what is Penguin's internal opinion on Weishi now?" he said.

He actually has a rough idea in his mind, but based on the butterfly effect, it is better to ask more questions.

"Penguin's Weishi?" Zhang Tao was stunned.

"I think it's just a casual thing." He thought for a few seconds and gave his answer.

Many people think that Penguin started making short videos too late, but that is not the case.

As early as September 13, Penguin launched Weishi.

However, it has never been taken seriously internally.

On the phone, Zhang Tao said, "Actually, you've asked the right person."

"What do you mean?" Cheng Zhu was curious.

"I went to Shenzhen a few days ago and had a meal with Pony."

Oh, are you having dinner with Xiao Ma?

To use the internet meme of a few years later, we could say: Pony Ma has finally made it and can even have dinner with the founder of Dianping.

"And then?" Cheng Zhu asked.

"Pony also mentioned you to me." Zhang Tao smiled.

"Really? I am really famous now, hahaha!" Cheng Zhu's hearty laughter came from the phone.

Taozi: “.”

Generally speaking, if young people knew that Xiao Ma Ge took the initiative to mention them, they would definitely feel flattered.

But why did you show off right there?
Zhang Tao smiled and continued, "He and I chatted a little about you, and also talked about your future short videos."

"Then, Pony casually said that it is difficult to monetize the short video industry," Zhang Tao added.

After hearing this, Cheng Zhu finally understood why Weishi was started so early, but there was no splash in these years.

Even next year and the year after, Penguin will still not take short videos seriously.

“It turns out that people look down on the monetization ability of short videos.” Cheng Zhu got the answer in his heart.

Traffic monetization has always been something that Penguin attaches great importance to.

After all, this is a problem that has been plaguing Penguin since QQ became popular.

At that time, Penguin had countless users and huge traffic, but its monetization model was very simple and its monetization ability was not strong.

Later I figured it out by groping along the way.

From the difficulty of monetization at the beginning, it turned into being criticized by many people for its ugly eating habits.

Today's Penguin has a deep understanding of how to monetize and knows how to make money.

Even so, some insiders feel that short videos are not very useful in making money!

It is precisely because of this that Weishi has been gradually marginalized internally, and has missed the best opportunity to enter the market.

After Zhang Tao finished saying what Xiao Ma said, he was afraid of hurting Cheng Zhu's feelings, so he added: "Zhu, don't think too much about it. After all, the weak monetization ability he mentioned is definitely not the same as the weak monetization ability we think of."

Is what Xiao Ma said about not making money the same as what we said about not making money?

Little did he know that Cheng Zhu would not be discouraged by this at all.

He felt very happy!

"Okay, okay. As long as the penguins don't enter, everything will be fine." He felt completely relieved.

After the two chatted for a few more sentences on the phone, Zhang Tao told him the purpose of his call.

"At the beginning of the month, Dianping was preparing for the next round of financing," he said.

"Okay, then I will try my best to raise more money recently." Cheng Zhu said.

At this moment, in Xiyuan Apartment.

Zhang Qiqi was holding her mobile phone, repeatedly watching two versions of the short videos that had just been edited.

She will pick one and post it on her [Youqu] account.

Cheng Zhu originally wanted her to be a dance blogger, or a cross-dress blogger.

But after learning that she was the [Innate Yoga Pants Holy Body] and having a one-night stand with her, he changed his mind.

The dog man is not so generous.

Some things are best enjoyed by yourself.

Dear netizens, what are you dreaming about!
Now, he still positions Zhang Qiqi to shoot some cross-dressing videos.

But it certainly won’t be the same way as before.

It will be a little more advanced and take the route of promoting Chinese culture.

For example, ancient costumes, opera costumes, ethnic minority costumes, etc.

The video in her hand shows her dressing up in ethnic minority costumes, and the term "Miao girl" will be added later.

The soundtrack will use the music from "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

There are two versions with different filters, and Zhang Qiqi herself has no idea which one to choose.

She asked her cousin, "Yiyi, which one do you think is prettier?"

"Sister, I think the first one is better." Yiyi gave her answer based on her own aesthetic taste.

"Yeah, I also think the first one looks cleaner." She smiled.

She will definitely participate in this [Searching for the Ceiling of Pure Desire] event.

Zhang Qiqi didn't forget to show off in front of the innocent little white flower: "My junior brother organized this activity to promote me. I have already determined the ceiling of pure desire."

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(End of this chapter)