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

Chapter 246 "The Wandering Leonardo da Vinci" and the Idea of ​​a Live Streaming Website

Ode to Joy, Room 2202.

Xu Hongmi sat in front of the computer, looking at the message Yang Muye sent on QQ.

She wanted to pick up her phone several times to call her parents, but she resisted the urge.

What should I say when I call?
Your precious daughter has been kidnapped?

After thinking for a long time, Xu Hongmi typed a line of text in the chat window.

"It's nothing, I just told her to come home early tonight."

I moved the mouse over the send button, hesitated for two seconds, and then clicked it.

Yang Muye replied instantly: "Okay, I will bring her back safely tonight."

Xu Hongmi replied with "Okay" and was about to close the chat window.

"By the way, Sister Hongmi, do you like listening to music?"

"I like it! What, you wrote a new song again?"

“A friend wrote this, and Xu Hongdou just listened to it and really liked it.”

While replying to the message, Yang Muye also sent over a compressed file.

Xu Hongmi replied after receiving the message:
"Okay, I'll listen too."

Just as Yang Muyi moved the mouse to the upper right corner of the chat window and clicked the red X, footsteps came from the doorway.

Xu Hongdou has returned.

When Yang Muyi called her, she was at Liu Wenjing's invitation to visit room 3601 next door, so she didn't answer.

"What did you call me for?"

"Your sister sent you a message on QQ."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Hongdou walked over and brought her face close to the screen.

"where is it?"

"Don't worry, I didn't peek at your chat history. I logged out of your QQ account and used my QQ account to tell your sister."

As Yang Muye spoke, he stood up and made way for her.

Xu Hongdou sat down in front of the computer and logged back into her QQ account.

I sent a message to Xu Hongmi, but there was no response after almost two minutes.

Xu Hongdou checked Xu Hongmi's status and saw that she was clearly online.

Xu Hongdou sent a message to Xu Hongmi, but Xu Hongmi still didn't respond.

Just as Xu Hongdou was considering whether or not to call Xu Hongmi, Xu Hongmi finally replied.

"what?"

"Why haven't you replied to my messages for so long?"

"Yang Muye recommended a song to me, and I'm listening to it right now."

"Go to Dali?"

"Correct."

Why did he recommend this song to you?

He said you liked it, so I listened to it.

"I don't like it at all—" Xu Hongdou typed this, then thought about it and deleted it all.

Undeniably, she really liked the song.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Dali being someone's hometown.

Xu Hongdou typed another line of text in the chat window.

"Does it sound good?"

"It's alright. After listening to it, I'm thinking of taking some time to go to Dali and experience what the fragrant mud tastes like by Erhai Lake."

"Don't worry, someone like you who's busy working the day you're discharged from the hospital doesn't have that kind of time."

"I don't have time, you can go for me."

"I'm not going!"

Xu Hongmi then sent over a screenshot of the chat history.

"I've kept the evidence. Anyone who goes to Dali from now on is a dog!"

Xu Hongdou was so angry that she immediately sent an angry emoji.

We were having a nice chat, and you actually resorted to taking screenshots instead of practicing good manners!

unacceptable!

Xu Hongmi remained completely unmoved.

"Is there anything else? If not, I'll continue listening to music."

Upon seeing the message from Xu Hongmi, Xu Hongdou angrily closed the chat window.

I don't want to talk to her anymore.

Unable to swallow her anger, Xu Hongdou then turned her ire on Yang Muye.

"This is someone else's song. Their album hasn't even been released yet. Is it really okay for you to just send it to other people like that?"

Yang Muye shrugged nonchalantly.

"Your information is outdated. I've already bought the copyright to this song. It's no problem for others to listen to it or even sing it."

Xu Hongdou: “…”

Speechless—

"Drip drip!"

A new message notification sounded.

Xu Hongdou immediately looked at the computer screen, only to find that the message was not from Xu Hongmi.

"That nice guy messaged you again."

"Could you help me see what he said?"

"dont see."

"What if they refuse to sell me the copyright to my song?"

Upon hearing Yang Muye's words, Xu Hongdou immediately changed her mind and casually opened the chat window with Mr. Nice Guy.

"Mr. Yang, Geng Hao has already agreed, but there's one more thing."

After just one glance at the message sent by the other party, Xu Hongdou knew that she had been tricked again.

Yang Muye's voice rang out at just the right moment.

"What did he say?"

"Come and see for yourself."

Xu Hongdou stood up from the computer in a huff, refusing to act as a mouthpiece any longer.

Yang Muye walked to the computer and sat down.

He frowned slightly after seeing the message from Hao Yi.

"what's up?"

Hao Yi replied immediately.

"Mr. Yang, do you know the singer Xiao Lang?"

Yang Muye was stunned for a moment.

The singer Lao Lang knew what this little wolf was all about.

"Back in the first half of this year, this little wolf was very popular. He held several concerts in Beijing, and every show was sold out. At the same time, the video website that made him famous also saw a surge in traffic, and its popularity was catching up with Youku and Tudou."

Yang Muye frowned even more as he read the message Hao Yi sent.

He mentally went through all the video websites that matched Hao Yi's description, but none of them completely matched.

I asked Hao Yi and found out that the video website was called "Let's see".

Whether in his past life or this one, this was the first time Yang Muye had ever heard of this website.

It's understandable that Yang Muyi hadn't heard of this website before the college entrance examination, since he spent the entire senior year of high school in a state of intense study, completely absorbed in his studies.

However, after the college entrance examination, especially when Yang Muyi was preparing to hand over "The Lone Warrior" to Cheng Feng and Wu Di to sing, he conducted a detailed survey of all video websites in China.

The phrase "we'll see" didn't appear on the list of candidates for consideration at that time, which was quite puzzling.

Hao Yi's final answer completely surprised Yang Muye.

This "Let's see" website went out of business when its traffic was at its peak!
The reason wasn't the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, but rather that the website founder fabricated video content in order to gain traffic. Initially, "Let's See" had virtually no traffic.

Even venture capital firms were not optimistic about the website, and several rounds of financing ended in failure.

When the website's founder, Tang Ruo, was desperate, he came up with a solution.

It's fake!

He found a cook who came to Beijing from the mountains to work and packaged him as a self-taught painter.

In order to gain sympathy and attention, they even made this farmer named Wang Daliang pretend to be mute.

It was named "The Wandering Leonardo da Vinci".

I originally just took a chance and filmed a few videos.

The contrast between his identities as a farmer and a painter, along with his mute persona, unexpectedly piqued the curiosity of many netizens.

Like other early internet celebrities such as "Da Vinci the Wanderer," "Back Dorm Boys," and "Sister Furong," "Da Vinci the Wanderer" became famous without any warning.

Having figured out the secret to attracting attention, Tang Ruo began to further promote Wang Daliang, and at the same time, she also discovered Xiao Lang, a migrant worker singer who also came from the countryside.

He was successfully transformed into "Leonardo da Vinci II".

However, the truth eventually came out, and as the website's traffic increased, more and more people began to doubt the persona of "the wandering Leonardo da Vinci".

Finally, Tang Ruo couldn't take it anymore and pulled back from the brink, stepping forward to admit the truth.

The media was in an uproar, traffic backfired, advertisers withdrew their investments en masse, and the website was forced to declare bankruptcy the next day.

It was during the last few days before the college entrance examination.

Although the incident caused quite a stir, with the college entrance examination approaching, no one cared about or discussed it anymore.

The singer Xiao Lang, whom Hao Yi mentioned, also faded into obscurity along with the website.

That's why Yang Muye had never heard of the other party's name, nor did he know about the website "Let's see".

"Geng Hao met this Xiao Lang when he was singing at a bar. They kept in touch afterwards, and even the record company that Geng Hao self-funded to release his album was introduced by this Xiao Lang."

"Geng Hao trusted Xiao Lang quite a bit and told him about promoting his new song through the movie 'Old Boys'. Then Xiao Lang told Tang Ruo, the founder of the 'Let's See' website, about it."

"After the failure of the 'Let's See' website, Tang Ruo was unwilling to give up and was preparing to start a second business. He wanted to see if he could get in touch with you, Mr. Yang, through Geng Hao."

Since Geng Hao had never even met Yang Muye, he had no choice but to turn to Hao Yi for help.

After reading Hao Yi's explanation, Yang Muye typed a reply:

"They want to create a video website?"

"I heard they want to create a live streaming website, but Geng Hao doesn't know the specifics. They want to schedule a time to talk to you in person, Mr. Yang," Hao Yi replied.

Yang Muye sat in front of the computer and began to consider it seriously.

Tang Ruo chose to start a video website for his first business venture and then chose the live streaming sector for his second, which shows that he has good foresight.

It's just a bit of bad luck.

If they had actually hired a real mute person for the packaging, and things hadn't collapsed, they might have been able to carve out a niche for themselves in the fiercely competitive video website market.

Tang Ruo now wants to start a live streaming website and has even taken the initiative to approach Yang Muye, clearly because she has her eye on the numerous internet celebrity resources he has.

And transitioning from internet celebrity to livestreamer is also something Xingchen Dahai plans to do next.

Currently, live streaming websites in China are just starting out.

If Tang Ruo has such foresight, it would be good to meet and have a chat.

Thinking of this, Yang Muye typed a reply:
How long does it take to edit "Old Boys"?

"It can be done within a week."

"I'm going back to Yanjing next weekend, and I'll find some time to meet with this Johann Adam Schall von Bell then."

"Okay, I'll call Geng Hao right away."

Shortly after the message was sent, Hao Yi's profile picture turned gray.

Yang Muyi logged out of QQ and handed the computer back to Xu Hongdou.

Meanwhile, in the villa area on the western outskirts of Yanjing.

In the garage of a magnificent European-style villa, Tang Ruo excitedly pumped her fist after finishing a phone call.

As soon as he put down his phone, Gao Bo, who was sitting in front of the computer, turned around and asked impatiently:
"The other party has agreed to meet."

"Yes, it's next weekend."

No sooner had Tang Ruo finished speaking than Gao Bo excitedly slammed his hand on the table.

"Great!"

At this moment, Li Shiqia, who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, suddenly spoke:
"I think we shouldn't get too excited yet. The fact that they agreed to meet so readily might not be a good thing."

Tang Ruo and Gao Bo were both stunned.

"What do you mean?"

The two asked in unison.

Li Shiqia glanced at the two of them.

Why do you think they agreed to meet with us?

"Wasn't it because Old Tang asked a middleman to speak on his behalf that the other party agreed to meet?"

Gao Bo looked puzzled.

What's wrong with this?

"You overestimated the influence of the middleman, and you also overestimated the influence of the three of us."

Li Shiqia sighed.

The internet has no memory.

Especially for the three of them, who are losers.

Wasn't the initial admission that the "wandering Leonardo da Vinci" identity was a fabrication quite sensational?
Now, less than four months after "Let's See" shut down, who online still remembers the three of them?

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead!
The term "rising generation" refers to Yang Muye, while the other three are the "previous generation" that were swept away and killed on the beach.

"There is only one reason why Yang Muye agreed to meet with us: what we want to do is exactly what he wants to do next."

After hearing Li Shiqia's words, Tang Ruo showed a thoughtful expression.

Gao Bo still didn't understand.

"Great minds think alike, shouldn't that be a good thing?"

In this way, cooperation will be easier to achieve.

Li Shiqia sneered.

"When Cao Cao and Liu Bei discussed heroes over green plums and wine, Cao Cao said that the only heroes in the world were you and me, but this did not stop Cao Cao from killing Liu Bei."

Gao Bo listened with a sense of understanding but not quite.

Yang Muye is Cao Cao, and the other three are Liu Bei?

Li Shiqia shrugged.

If things were that simple, he wouldn't have to worry so much.

Now, it's not just a matter of Yang Muyi's side being strong and our side being weak, but we also face interference from a third party.

And this third party was none other than Li Shiqia's former employer—ICC Video Website.

At the beginning of the year, ICC and Zou Zhe Qiao fought tooth and nail for venture capital.

Ultimately, ICC attracted venture capital investment.

Li Shiqia, who was the biggest contributor to this, was discarded by the ICC after being used, and in a fit of anger, he switched jobs to join Zha Zha Xia.

The three of them conspired to create a fake account, which incubated the phenomenal internet celebrity "The Wandering Leonardo da Vinci".

At its peak, a painting titled "The Wandering Leonardo da Vinci" was offered for a million dollars by a coal mine owner.

Over 80% of ICC's users have been snatched up by "Let's see".

The lie was eventually exposed.

We'll see how things unfold. The ICC, which was once thoroughly defeated, has ended up laughing all the way to the end.

It was precisely because they couldn't swallow this insult that Tang Ruo, Gao Bo, and Li Shiqia decided to start their second business.

Just as they chose the live streaming website route, news came from ICC that they were also transitioning to live streaming.

What a small world!
Previously, at least Zou Zhe Xiao and ICC were on the same starting line, but now Tang Ruo and his two partners only have an empty entrepreneurial plan, while ICC is a large video website with millions of users.

If Tang Ruo and his two companions could think of collaborating with Yang Muye, then ICC certainly could too.

The current situation is a hundred times worse than when we were competing with ICC for venture capital!
This is also the main reason why Li Shiqia is so worried.

　Tang Ruo (Xia Yu), Gao Bo (Guo Jingfei), and Li Shiqia – from the TV series "Our Generation"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)