The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 188 Overlord Tea Princess "Yu Xi's Sigh", Who is Yu Ji?

Xu Hongdou couldn't understand why Gao Yunyue was telling her all this.

The key issue is that I can't find a suitable person to confide in.

It's not appropriate to talk to Xu Hongmi, since I just plagiarized her views and I feel guilty.

It wouldn't be appropriate to tell Chen Nanxing either, because Chen Nanxing would definitely joke that this was a test from the "Empress Dowager".

After much thought, Xu Hongdou thought of Yang Muye.

Xu Hongdou originally planned to tell Yang Muye on QQ, but after thinking about it, she picked up her phone and sent him a text message instead.

This makes it look more formal.

Are you asleep?

Yang Muye quickly replied:

"I was just about to go to sleep, is something the matter?"

“Your mom just told me on QQ that she’s planning to invest in BaWangChaJi, and asked me what I think about it.”

"You didn't say anything bad about me, did you? You might get your salary docked!"

Upon seeing Yang Muye's reply, Xu Hongdou was furious.

Good deeds go unrewarded!
I should have told Gao Yunyue to badmouth the milk tea shop more often.

"Take all the deductions you want, I'm quitting after my internship."

After sending the message, Xu Hongdou threw her phone on the table, not wanting to continue talking to Yang Muye.

A moment later, my phone vibrated.

Xu Hongdou didn't want to watch at first, but after a while she couldn't help but pick up her phone again.

"Are you angry? Do you know why I agreed to my mom's angel round investment?"

Xu Hongdou originally intended to send a message out of spite, saying she wasn't interested. She had already typed the message, but hesitated before clicking send.

Finally, delete it and edit it again.

"I know you have a rich mother, and there's nothing better than a mother's love, okay?"

"You really guessed wrong this time. If my mom had only wanted to invest in me to support my business, I probably would have refused."

"Some people say no, but their actions tell a different story."

"My mom is planning to invest ten million in Bawangchaji's angel round. And just tonight, Shanye Technology reached a channel buyout agreement with Tencent. Tencent offered ten million to buy out all the rights of 'Happy Farm' on the QQ Space channel. We should see the official news tomorrow morning."

Should I congratulate you?

"No need, because in the long run it would be a very wrong decision. Even a fool knows that logging Happy Farm onto QQ Space can generate very considerable revenue. Selling it for ten million is definitely a loss."

Xu Hongdou initially wanted to reply, "You don't have to sell," but ultimately gave up.

Xu Hongdou had discussed this issue with Xu Hongmi on QQ before.

Xu Hongmi predicted at the time that Yang Muye would definitely sell.

If they don't sell, Tencent can immediately create a knock-off of QQ Farm. Knowing they're being copied, Shanye Technology can only watch helplessly.

Not to mention that the two sides are not even in the same size, even a large company like Shanda has never won a lawsuit when it was copied by Tencent.

"You should be satisfied if you can sell it for ten million."

Finally, Xu Hongdou replied.

Yang Muye immediately replied to the text message: "I'm not as greedy as you think. My low price is eight million."

Hmph, what a shrewd businessman!

"You sold ten million copies of the game and got another ten million in angel investment from your mom. Go ahead and brag about it!"

"To be honest, if it weren't for your sake, I really wouldn't have accepted my mother's investment."

Upon seeing Yang Muye's reply, Xu Hongdou's eyes widened in surprise.

How did this get involved with her again?

What nonsense are you talking about?

“I’m not making this up. Didn’t you like Zixuan and want me to give way to her when we fight for the family fortune? My mom said that if I lose this ten million, she’ll take responsibility, but if we win, the shares will be kept as Zixuan’s dowry.”

After reading the text message from Yang Muye, Xu Hongdou had a complicated expression.

You can say Gao Yunyue took a risk, but you can't say she was stupid.

Xu Hongdou even admired Gao Yunyue's methods.

This will not only help her son start his business, but also strengthen the sibling relationship between Zixuan and Yang Muye.

Knowing the truth only made Xu Hongdou more regretful.

How did I end up getting involved in Yang Muye's family affairs in such a muddled way?
The next day at noon, in the lobby bar of Fairfield by Marriott Hotel.

Wang Jingming took the initiative to meet with Hu Ling to inquire about the release date of the new song "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style" by a loser boy.

While drinking her coffee, Hu Ling glanced at Wang Jingming.

"Why do you ask?"

Wang Jingming thought to himself, "Aren't you just asking a question you already know the answer to?"
The video of Xin Huimei singing "The Rest of My Life" at her wedding has been sitting in his hands for several days.

The original plan was to wait until the hype surrounding "The Lone Warrior" died down before uploading the video online.

Last night I received a call from Lu Xiaoshan, who told me that the loser guy was going to record "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style".

Given Xingchen Dahai's (the company's) execution capabilities, Wang Jingming estimated that the song was probably already in the recording stage.

Find out the time in advance to avoid collisions.

"The release date is not yet determined; it depends on the progress of the song recording," Hu Ling said, putting down her coffee.

Lu Xiaobei and Guan Zhenlei are both novices, and they need to spend a lot of time just practicing their songs in the early stages.

The song will be available online as early as mid-to-late this month.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jingming was immediately relieved.

"Okay, then I'll upload the video of 'The Rest of My Life' online tomorrow."

Hu Ling was stunned for a moment.

"tomorrow?"

Wang Jingming frowned and asked, "What's wrong with tomorrow? Can't we send it?"

"Mr. Yang opened a milk tea shop on the pedestrian street next to their school. It will have a soft opening tomorrow and officially open the day after tomorrow."

After Hu Ling finished speaking, it was Wang Jingming's turn to be stunned.

Let's open it then.

At most, I'll send a flower basket over on the official opening day. What does that have to do with what they're talking about?

"The milk tea shop that General Manager Yang owns is called Bawang Chaji, and its main product is a fresh milk tea made from whole leaves called Yuxi Tan."

Hu Ling continued.

Wang Jingming carefully considered the name Yu Xitan and even asked Hu Ling if the name came from the line "Yu Xi, Yu Xi, what can I do?" in the poem "Gaixia Song".

After receiving an affirmative answer, Wang Jingming finally understood why the milk tea shop was called Bawang Chaji (霸王茶姬).

The store name and its main products complement each other perfectly.

It's important to understand that any successful consumer goods company is often born alongside a product that changes the industry.

Just like an Italian latte is to Starbucks, or an iPhone is to Apple.

Wang Jingming didn't know about Yuan Ye Fresh Milk Tea, but he did know about Yang Muye.

Even a simple bowl of braised pork trotters rice and Yangzhou fried rice in the Yanjingmao canteen can become internet-famous dishes through Old Boys' videos, not to mention Yang Muye himself now opening a milk tea shop.

Now, Yang Muyi has more than just Old Boys; he also has Plastic Brothers and Sisters Who Make Waves. He has plenty of ways to generate buzz and traffic for his milk tea shop.

Even Wang Jingming was considering whether to send more flower baskets on the opening day, and preferably put up a banner so that his Happy Wedding Day wedding company could also ride the wave of popularity.

Just as they were pondering this matter, they suddenly heard Hu Ling speak:
“Yu Xi Tan is not only the main product of the milk tea shop, but also a traditional Chinese style song.”

Wang Jingming looked up in surprise. "Really?"

Only after saying that did he realize something was wrong.

Is "Yu Xi Tan" a song?

Did Yang Muyi even write a song specifically to promote a cup of milk tea?

Wang Jingming was immediately distraught.

Yang Muyi's song "The Lone Warrior" made Old Boys famous, and his song "Little Apple" made Sisters Who Make Waves famous.

Even parody covers can make the "plastic brothers" famous.

Now even a cup of milk tea is getting its own background music treatment, it's just too cruel!
Before Wang Jingming could process this shocking news, Hu Ling told him something even more "brutal".

The song "Yu Xi Tan" has been recorded and will be released online at 8 PM tonight.

Upon hearing this news, Wang Jingming was struck dumb and sat there in shock.

"Yu Xi Tan" will be released tonight, while "The Rest of My Life" will be released tomorrow night. Aren't the two songs going to clash head-on?

After a moment's deliberation, Wang Jingming had no choice but to make a difficult decision.

If we can't afford to offend, can't we just hide away?

The release date for "The Rest of My Life" will have to be postponed again.

What's going on!
Male dormitory at Shanghai Oriental University.

After finishing their meal at the cafeteria, Qiu Yonghou, Yu Banshan, and Hao Mei returned to their dormitory and eagerly sat down in front of their computers, ready to begin their battles in "Dream Talk Jianghu".

"Monkey, did you call Xiao Nai? We're one short for the mahjong game, just waiting for him to come back so we can play together."

Hao Mei sat in front of the computer and urged.

Just as Qiu Yonghou picked up his phone to make a call, the dormitory door was suddenly pushed open.

Xiao Nai walked in with a solemn expression.

Qiu Yonghou and the other two were busy logging into the game, and no one noticed Xiao Nai's expression at that moment.

"Old Xiao, you're back just in time. We were just about to call you. Log on now."

"You guys form another group to play, I'm going to the studio tonight," Xiao Nai replied sullenly.

Their unusual behavior finally caught the attention of Qiu Yonghou and his two companions.

Hao Mei turned around from the computer screen and asked, "Didn't Shanye Technology say there was no rush for that outsourced job they gave us? What are you doing at the studio now?"

Xiao Nai's Qin player can provide support and control, and also has decent damage output, but the controls are too complicated.

Most players simply can't handle it.

Hao Mei and the other two have been relying on Xiao Nai's help to run dungeons these past few days.

If we send them to find other musicians in the game at this point, who knows what kind of trouble they might encounter?

Then it's better not to play at all!

Upon hearing that Xiao Nai was going to the studio, Qiu Yonghou was the first to quit the game, stand up, and ask Xiao Nai what had happened.

"I just saw a news article about Shanye Technology."

Upon hearing Xiao Nai's words, Yu Banshan and Hao Mei also stopped playing their games and turned to look at him.

"Did Shanye Technology get funding? How much?" Hao Mei thought of a possibility.

Qiu Yonghou immediately replied, "With so much money made from the cow/sheep mini-game, Shanye Technology doesn't need to rush to raise funds, right?"

Yu Banshan added, "And there's 'Happy Farm,' which is so popular right now, it should be making a lot of money too."

While the daily earnings from the Kaixin.com and Xiaonei.com platforms weren't as exaggerated as when the "Cow/Sheep" mini-game was wildly popular, they still brought in a stable income of over 100,000 yuan every day.

Unless such companies are ambitiously preparing to launch a large-scale MMORPG game project, they usually don't have a strong desire to raise funds.

"It wasn't a financing deal, but rather that Shanye Technology sold the distribution rights for 'Happy Farm' to Tencent. The news didn't mention the specific price, but rumors suggest that Tencent spent ten million."

Xiao Nai said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this news, Qiu Yonghou and the other two all had the same first reaction—

Only ten million?

To be honest, the number of QQ Space users is so large that even combining Renren and Kaixin doesn't count.

As for simulation games like Happy Farm, their popularity can usually be maintained for a year or two.

Selling it to Tencent for ten million yuan only shows that the decision-makers at Shanye Technology were too short-sighted.

"The cow/sheep game has earned more than 20 million, but I didn't expect it to be so short-sighted. No wonder people ridicule it as a makeshift operation."

Hao Mei commented with a very disdainful tone.

Xiao Nai remained silent.

If Shanye Technology were truly short-sighted, it wouldn't have copied itself; it would have blocked other game developers from copying and imitating it in advance.

But there's really nothing we can do when faced with a behemoth like Tencent.

When someone really wants to copy you, they won't reason with you at all.

In this situation, Shanye Technology was able to persuade Tencent to willingly spend 10 million yuan to buy the distribution rights for "Happy Farm".

This is what truly made Xiao Nai admire him.

The thought that Yang Muye had already achieved this much in his freshman year of college made Xiao Nai feel pressured.

He now wants to finish the outsourced work as soon as possible and then start preparing for his own game development project.

At the same time, in the girls' dormitory.

When Xiaoling and Sisi returned to their dormitory after dinner, they discovered that Bei Weiwei hadn't gone to the internet cafe that day.

This is like the sun rising in the west.

Seeing Bei Weiwei wearing headphones and having a voice chat, Xiaoling walked over to Zhao Erxi, who was watering her friend's crops in "Happy Farm".

"Why didn't Weiwei drag you to the internet cafe to play 'Dream Talk Jianghu' today? Are you planning to stay up all night?"

"Meng Yiran recorded a new song, which will be released at 8 o'clock today. Weiwei and I are both waiting to watch it."

"Playing the flute?" Xiaoling asked instinctively.

At the previous school anniversary gala, Meng Yiran played the flute on stage.

Zhao Erxi shook his head:

"I heard it's a song with an ancient Chinese style."

Xiaoling immediately became interested, pulled up a chair and sat down next to Zhao Erxi, ready to listen to Meng Daxiaohua's new song as well.

At this moment, Bei Weiwei took off her headphones, turned to the two of them and said, "Yiran said the video has already been released in advance. You can find it by searching for 'Yu Xi Tan'."

Zhao Erxi immediately logged into Youku and found the video that Bei Weiwei had mentioned.

While waiting for the video to load, Bei Weiwei's video had already finished loading.

Bei Weiwei immediately put on her headphones.

Accompanied by a melodious prelude of traditional Chinese musical instruments, the video screen displays an ancient battlefield in black and white ink wash animation.

"The sands of the Chu River gather and disperse several times."

"The sun and moon have changed drastically over time."

"In times of chaos, how many beauties are exchanged for a long sigh."

As soon as Meng Yiran opened his mouth, his long vibrato and amazing vocal flourishes immediately captivated Bei Weiwei's ears.

Everyone knows that Meng Yiran is good at playing the flute, but actually, Peking Opera is Meng Yiran's family tradition.

Her maternal grandfather was a Peking Opera master, and her mother also studied Peking Opera for a period of time when she was young, specializing in Qingyi roles.

The performance of "Yu Xi Tan" primarily employed the singing techniques of a Qingyi (female role in Peking Opera), blending the vocal timbre of pop music with the singing style of Peking Opera, creating a refreshing and unique opening.

　I have something to do today, so there will only be one update. I'll resume normal updates tomorrow. I'm very sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)