Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 41: Only Earn Money That Belongs to You!

Qin Dong didn't sleep well because the market had given him an opportunity.

Tianshui Duck Industry is currently suspended from trading. If the situation can be salvaged during the suspension, the stock price will not collapse after trading resumes.

The success of Tianshui Duck Industry today is undoubtedly due to the support of capital, primarily from some of the province's leading figures.

Those bigwigs were running the Tianshui duck industry, and Qin Dong had cashed out 200 million yuan from it over the past few years.

That's cash!
Of course, those investors made even more; over the years, they've earned more than 500 million yuan from the Tianshui duck industry.

However, they also used a large amount of capital.

The sharp drop in Tianshui duck industry stock price recently was due to them dumping shares, but in their haste, they didn't sell many shares. There are still at least 1 billion yuan in capital costs involved, and now the market value is less than 2 billion yuan.

Even if they sell their shares at the current price, they can only recover a maximum of 800 million in cash.

With their previous profits, they might be able to cover their costs.

But they certainly weren't happy about it. They had used over a billion yuan and worked for more than four years, incurring several hundred million yuan in capital costs. No matter how you looked at it, they were losing money.

Moreover, given the current situation, it is impossible to stabilize the stock price and sell off the shares.

The company is unable to generate any positive news!
There is some good news coming out right now.

He had been looking at Yun Yiyi's homepage and chatted with his son for a while yesterday, so he roughly figured out what had happened.

Normally, he wouldn't even look at Yun Yiyi, it had nothing to do with her appearance, it was simply because Yun Yiyi's family was too poor.

Qin Dong knew very well that living in a county town depended on personal connections, and marriage was absolutely the mainstream in terms of personal connections.

Even the most reliable friends are not as reliable as a stable marriage.

No matter how worthless Qin Haiyang is, as long as he obeys the marriage arranged by his family, he can protect the Qin family's resources and connections in the future.

The online discussions about Brahmins in county towns are not, in Qin Dong's opinion, an overstatement.

Competition in county towns is not fierce, and most people have no desire to compete. In addition, the market has already been seized by these early adopters, making it extremely costly for newcomers to enter.

Basically, those who are willing and able to work will choose to go to big cities.

However, big cities don't have enough room for error.

If you fail, you lose everything.

Those who can secure a place in the county town have the advantage of being able to attack or defend.

At least those big shots who came from Tianshui County will stick to the bottom line of the county. For example, those big shots who cooperate with him are willing to invest in enterprises in the county, no matter how successful their companies are in other places.

In fact, even if Tianshui Duck Industry goes bankrupt, it won't have much impact on Qin Dong. He has made a lot of money from Tianshui Duck Industry over the years and has enough resources in the county town to make a comeback at any time.

Even if they don't want to do business, they can still live a peaceful and stable life based on the foundation they've built up.

Which of the big shots in the county town isn't connected to him? As long as he's alive, no one will dare to look down on him, and they'll still give him the respect he deserves.

However... the situation is quite complicated now. The Tianshui duck industry project has not yet been successfully implemented. If he cannot find a way to give those big shots an explanation, no one will invest in him anymore.

"Over a million fans..."

"The hype is big enough."

After a night of thought, he had figured out how to handle the matter.

Early in the morning, he came to Qin Haiyang's room. Qin Haiyang was startled and quickly got up, clutching his blanket.

That way, when your dad whips you, the blanket can protect you from the damage.

Qin Dong glanced at him and said, "I'm not here to beat you up today. Don't be fooled by your girlfriend's million-plus followers; I don't even look at her! But I've been thinking about it, and our family doesn't really need to sacrifice your marriage for anything. Since you really like her, and your mom and I have met her and she seems like a good person, go ahead and go see her if you want. Bring her home to meet us at noon..."

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you? Be nice to the girl, bring some gifts. Oh, and ask her about her contract with the media company. Don't let the media company scam you."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

……

The next morning, after Lin Lang got up, the first thing he did was to check Yun Yiyi's data.

With 1.07 million followers, the video from the day before yesterday had 920,000 likes, and the video from yesterday had 360,000 likes.

This is the data we've been following. Many accounts that went viral because of a single video have a second video that gets fewer than 100,000 likes, or even less than 10,000.

The number of new fans was also very small.

Many of Yun Yiyi's rapidly growing followers came after yesterday's video was released.

Because Yun Yiyi's popularity hasn't waned, the amount of fan-created content has also increased significantly, continuously providing her with traffic. Get up, eat, go discuss the contract.

……

Tianshui Duck Industry Building.

This is the second time Lin Lang and Qin Dong have met.

This time, Qin Dong invited him to his office.

Qin Dong also warmly brewed Lin Lang a cup of tea and said, "Manager Lin is young and promising. We are old and don't know much about the internet. Now it's your era."

Lin Lang quickly accepted the gift with both hands and said politely, "You flatter me. The internet itself is an extension of the real economy. It cannot be separated from the real economy no matter what. Industry leaders like you are the cornerstone of society. We are just middlemen, trying to make a living."

"You're being modest. These days, many online celebrities' sales in a single live stream are equivalent to our sales in one or two months. The company employs so many people, yet we don't even earn as much as they do in a few hours. Times have indeed changed. If we can't keep up, we'll be eliminated sooner or later."

Qin Dong sat down, saw the documents Lin Lang had brought, and continued to ask, "Are these your live-streaming sales plans?"

"Yes, but I know Mr. Qin's time is precious and he certainly doesn't want to waste it on this. Let me explain it to you in a concise way first?"

"it is good!"

Lin Lang picked up the document and said, "Live-streaming e-commerce is most challenging because of traffic, and secondly because of the user base. Our company doesn't lack traffic right now; Yunyiyi gets nearly ten million views every day. As for selling products, the first thing we need to do is tell a good story. If Tianshui Duck Industry is willing to cooperate with us, we can tell that story through filming..."

For example, Tianshui Duck Industry employs disabled people, sponsors impoverished students, and awards bonuses to outstanding college entrance examination candidates. These social responsibilities will be our key focus in promoting these initiatives to resonate with netizens.

We will also provide professional training for the streamers to ensure…

Qin Dong listened attentively, because what Lin Lang said was indeed very inspiring to him, and from his perspective, it was very useful.

Big Fish Media is quite good; they got straight to the heart of the matter.

Traffic and marketing are both indispensable.

Simply having traffic and forcing yourself to sell products won't make you much money.

After listening, Qin Dong said, "Manager Lin, I have a few questions. First, what is your estimate for the sales volume of the first live-streaming sales event?"

"Around one million."

Qin Dong smiled and said, "In business, a good start is always important. How about this, I'll arrange it and place an order with myself to increase the sales volume on the first day to ten million. This will also make it easier for you to continue marketing. What do you think?"

Lin Lang laughed as well, "That's great, you're a senior in this field, I'll listen to you."

He wasn't talking nonsense. Qin Dong is definitely a veteran in the fraud industry. He dares to falsify the financial statements of listed companies, so what else wouldn't he dare to do?

"What about the cost?"

"That's right. We're planning a special event for Tianshui duck industry, which includes a special event fee of 200,000 yuan and an initial marketing fee of 100,000 yuan. Finally, we'll take 30% of the sales revenue according to the usual commission rate. However, the amount of orders you placed are not included in our commission."

After reading it, Qin Dong said with a smile, "Manager Lin, your sincerity is not very strong. The estimated sales volume is only around one million. Based on this, why don't you just take one million worth of goods directly from Tianshui Duck Industry? We won't charge you."

After saying that, he took out his phone and glanced at it, then added, "Manager Lin, I really wanted to make friends with young people, but in all my years in this industry, I've never done a losing business like this. Let's call it a day for today, and we can talk again when we have time."

Lin Lang smiled slightly, "Okay, then I'll leave the sales plan here. Take a look when you have time. There might be some things that I didn't explain very clearly, since I didn't mention a lot of things in order to save time."

Lin Lang pushed the documents in front of Qin Dong, then turned and left the office.

Does he want too much?

Not high at all!

In other words, ByteDance's massive advertising engine is not yet fully developed, otherwise Yun Yiyi's account could be earning between 100,000 and 200,000 yuan for a single advertisement.

This translates to tens of millions of views per day.

He didn't believe Qin Dong was unaware of these things; he simply thought Qin Dong was unwilling to pay the money.

……

Not long after Lin Lang stepped out of the Tianshui Duck Industry Building, he received a message from Yun Yiyi.

"Qin Haiyang came to see me early this morning, saying he wanted to take me to his home for dinner. We're on our way to the county town now."

He also asked me about the contract.

Lin Lang replied, "Okay."

He didn't want to offer any advice; whatever decision Yun Yiyi made was entirely her prerogative.

He only earns money that belongs to him and only recognizes contracts.

Qin Dong will not skimp on any of the money he needs to spend.

(End of this chapter)