The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 379 The sky is falling

Newly established companies often have immature organizational structures and incomplete rules and regulations, so meetings are a frequent occurrence.

Gu Lanxi was not a hands-off manager who simply handed the company over to Zhong Zhihong and then ignored it.

She has been deeply involved in the company's establishment and operation. Although she doesn't work in the office, she holds countless online meetings with employees.

After working together for some time, the heads of various departments have gained a deeper understanding of her, but they are still particularly nervous at this time.

Today, in particular, is the first year-end summary meeting since the company was founded. Every person in charge has to go to the front of the meeting room to give a report.

The boss was cornered at the hotel, with a bunch of people waiting offline, and all sorts of inexplicable negative rumors and insults circulating online, but she remained calm and composed, as if she hadn't been affected at all.

To ensure the meeting proceeded smoothly, the company set up a camera directly in front of the projection screen on the wall so that Gu Lanxi could view the PowerPoint presentation, and a computer screen directly in front of her so that everyone could see her.

Gu Lanxi took today's meeting very seriously. Even though she couldn't be there in person, she was dressed in formal attire and sat upright, giving off a strong sense of pressure.

Even through a screen, the moment the video call connected, everyone who looked at her on the screen felt a chill run down their spine.

Many people have even changed their sitting posture.

People who haven't worked with her simply don't understand this feeling.

She doesn't talk much, but every time she does, she hits the nail on the head.

She is intolerant of any flaws and has an excellent memory. Although she sits there quietly and never interrupts, she will bring up any unclear points and ask questions after the report is over.

By this time, the PPT presentation has already finished playing. If she asks again, she won't be able to quickly go back and find that page. If she can't remember her own content perfectly, she won't even be able to get through three questions, let alone the whole presentation.

After living like this for a long time, whenever such a situation arises, if a subordinate can answer it, they immediately become radiant, as if they have received great affirmation. If they don't know how to answer, they inevitably feel uneasy, fearing that they will be disliked by the boss.

Besides that, what terrifies the employees the most is that she is incredibly sharp. Not to mention basic mistakes like two people's data not matching, she can mentally calculate things that require a certain amount of computation in the blink of an eye. If the two departments still can't match up, at that moment, it really feels like the sky is falling!

Fortunately, everyone was well prepared today.

As an MCN company that primarily promotes bloggers related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, Hesheng Media's most important department is the content production and blogger incubation department.

Currently, this department is overseen by Zhong Zhihong.

He was the first one to come up and report.

"Since the company was established, our department has been searching for and signing contracts with bloggers related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. Next, I will mainly introduce which bloggers our company currently has signed contracts with..."

It must be said that Zhong Zhihong has a great eye and is very capable. The bloggers he has signed are all kinds of people, including artisans, young people who have returned to their hometowns, farmers, and even ordinary people from impoverished families who are known for their hard work and frugality...

"To provide these bloggers with better support in terms of persona positioning, topic planning, shooting, and editing, since the company was established, we have assembled an excellent team of agents, recruited outstanding content directors and planners, and signed a large number of highly skilled photographers and editors..."

Gu Lanxi interlaced her fingers and placed them quietly on the table, looking intently at the projection screen through the lens.

Zhong Zhihong does his work very meticulously, discussing each blogger individually and summarizing their strengths in a concise sentence or two. He even further subdivides bloggers in the same field, making sure to cover everything.

"We have everything that netizens like, and we need to prepare things that netizens might like in advance."

Gu Lanxi nodded, agreeing with his point of view.

Zhong Zhihong quickly introduced all the team members again.

Some of the company's photographers were even recruited from paparazzi. It has to be said that Gu Lanxi is unconventional, daring, and capable, and she actually succeeded...

Zhong Zhihong spoke for at least half an hour before finishing. Gu Lanxi listened attentively the whole time, and after he finished, she offered several suggestions:
"First, we should focus on intangible cultural heritage and traditional culture. As the country becomes stronger, young people have a strong sense of national identity. We should promote more things that are conducive to national pride."

Young people today have a taste for this kind of thing, so doing more work in this area can also help build a positive corporate image.

Zhong Zhihong nodded and quickly jotted down the matter in his meeting minutes.

"Secondly, we need to strengthen internal training. On-camera performance and live-streaming skills are secondary. The top priority is to thoroughly understand the platform rules, avoid policy risks, and extend the professional life of each blogger as much as possible."

Zhong Zhihong nodded again.

Everyone buried themselves in taking notes.

Compared to companies that make quick money by any means necessary and risk losing everything, companies with bosses who act prudently, while perhaps appearing more conservative, will show their advantages in the long run.

Working for a boss like this, you might be able to stay until retirement.

"Thirdly, and this is something I've repeatedly emphasized, when signing people, we should focus on their character and ensure they have distinctive appearances to avoid becoming stereotypical and turning into a mere 'internet celebrity company'."

Hesheng cultivates internet celebrities, but not the kind of internet celebrities that the general public thinks of. Instead, they cultivate those who promote positive energy and do real work.

Compared to selling sex in a shady way, Gu Lanxi believes that making money honestly and openly has greater potential for development.

Once the company is on track and her ideas are proven correct, she can incubate more brands and venture into other industries that interest her...

To be honest, Gu Lanxi had long since achieved financial freedom. The stage where she could feel happy simply by accumulating wealth was long gone. Sometimes she didn't even know which direction she should strive for.

That day, Ni Bingyan and I were fishing by the lake. We sat side by side, neither of us looking at our phones. We both had our hands in our pockets, hunched our necks, and stared at the lake.

It's unclear where it started, but Gu Lanxi brought up this topic, and Ni Bingyan gave her own answer.

"The concept of 'all living beings' is very broad. There are good people and bad people. Simply maintaining a sense of social responsibility for the sake of all living beings is too abstract. After all, they are all strangers, and I am not some saint. My personal idea and standard is that when I do something, I can get positive energy feedback, help me maintain inner peace, and thus find happiness in it. If that is, then it is something worth doing."

Gu Lanxi thought it made a lot of sense.

She is not a saint, and she does not possess purely altruistic sentiments.

Even when doing charity work, the first thing that comes to mind is tax planning.

Thinking about it this way, and wanting strangers to benefit as well as myself, I immediately felt relieved.

With the content creation and blogger incubation department's summary complete, it's time for another important department: operations and traffic growth.

The value of online celebrities lies in their traffic, especially high-quality traffic that can be monetized.

This department involves data analysis, which is something Gu Lanxi excels at.

After the person in charge finished their report, they waited anxiously for the results. Gu Lanxi found it amusing, but still pointed out the problem without hesitation: "The data cited on page 8 of the PPT does not match last month's financial statement."

The entire department felt like the sky had fallen!

The night-blooming cereus I planted last year has sprouted many flower buds. I wonder if it will bloom successfully.
The wintersweet that I accidentally propagated from cuttings died again, and my plan to get a free wintersweet plant failed.

I bought a snapdragon today, and the flowers are so cute! It doesn't need much watering, a blessing for lazy people.

All the lilies have faded, so I bought a few pots of seasonal flowers, which gives me something to look forward to every day.