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Chapter 174 Charlotte's Trouble

"Wang Kai, Chen Xiao, Zhu Yilong, who would you choose?"

Li Yitong stayed overnight at Shen Qing's place last night. "W - Two Worlds" was a drama that Shen Qing specially chose for her. Regarding the choice of the male lead, Shen Qing wanted to hear Li Yitong's own opinion.

Various breakfasts were laid out on the table. Li Yitong inserted a straw into the soy milk and was about to drink when she heard this. She looked up at Shen Qing and her eyes smiled into crescent moons.

"It doesn't matter who I choose, I don't feel anything for them anyway."

After speaking, he casually drank his soy milk, but in reality, he was carefully observing Shen Qing's reaction.

Shen Qing nodded and said, "Then let's go with Chen Xiao. I feel like the two of you are a better match, and your chemistry might be better."

"No way!" Li Yitong panicked as soon as she heard this, and even accidentally had the soy milk snatched from her hand. She denied it while coughing.

Shen Qing said, "Then it's Chen Xiao. We'll start filming this one after 'Love O2O' wraps up."

The two then chatted about the plot of "W - Two Worlds" while having breakfast.

Breakfast was brought by Bai Mengyan, and she was still in the room at the moment, tidying up Shen Qing's clothes on the sofa. She would take the clothes to be washed when she left.

Before tidying up the clothes she had worn, she also cleaned the room.

The final year of vocational school is for practical training, and she has already applied to the school for an internship at Magic Film Company, which has been approved. What good career prospects can a vocational school graduate expect? If the school doesn't approve this kind of internship opportunity, isn't that ruining the student's future?

Does not approving students mean they won't do internships? Everyone understands the difference between a vocational school diploma and an internship at Magic Film Studio.

Now that the school has approved it, she can work peacefully as Shen Qing's personal assistant for the next year and still get her vocational school diploma after a year.

While tidying up Shen Qing's clothes, Bai Mengyan listened intently to their conversation. This was her first time being an assistant to a big star, especially a superstar like Shen Qing, and everything felt incredibly new and exciting.

Moreover, Li Yitong actually slept at the boss's house last night. Li Yitong is almost a top-tier star, yet she seems so humble and cautious in front of Shen Qing.

Bai Mengyan secretly glanced at Li Yitong again.

Her classmates all said she looked like Li Yitong. She had looked at her own photo in the mirror and found that the two did look somewhat alike, but their lives were completely different. Li Yitong was already a top-tier star at a young age, while she was just a small assistant.

Thinking of this, Bai Mengyan secretly glanced at Shen Qing again. She didn't know what she was thinking, but her face suddenly turned slightly red, which startled her so much that she quickly looked away and dared not look again.

Li Yitong left around 8:00 AM, and Bai Mengyan started cleaning up the breakfast the two had finished eating. According to Sister Shen Ying, when she wasn't filming, General Shen would leave for the company around 9:30 AM, which was still more than an hour away.

Before long, Bai Mengyan went downstairs to throw out the trash and saw a petite woman wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, and a mask coming upstairs.

It looks like Zhao Liying—it is Zhao Liying!

So you're here to see the boss?

When Bai Mengyan returned upstairs after throwing out the trash, she found Zhao Liying and the boss chatting on the sofa.

"Why did you come over without saying anything?" Shen Qing asked.

Bai Mengyan was certain that Zhao Liying had seen and heard her go upstairs, but at this moment she completely ignored her.

"I'm sorry, I miss you so much, I can't hold back anymore. Last night, the night before, and many nights before that, you were with other people. I really don't know how much longer I have to wait. Do you already not like me anymore?"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Shen Qing with a pitiful expression.

Shen Qing put his arm around her slender shoulders and pulled her into his embrace, saying, "How could I not like you? Do you know why I rushed to sign contracts with TV stations and video websites, insisting on pushing forward the broadcast time of 'Princess Agents'?"

Zhao Liying shook her head and asked, "Why?"

Shen Qing patted the back of her head and said, "This year's Golden Eagle Goddess will be selected by netizens through a combination of text messages and online voting, primarily via text messages. Voting will begin on August 1st. I've moved the broadcast date of 'Princess Agents' forward, so that the Golden Eagle Goddess selection will coincide with the peak of 'Princess Agents' popularity. So, who do you think is getting the better deal?"

Zhao Liying broke free from Shen Qing's embrace, looked at him intently, and said, "You're not lying to me?"

Shen Qing said, "Why would I lie to you? You'll find out in August."

"You're so good to me."

After saying that, she snuggled into Shen Qing's arms again.

Shen Qing glanced at Bai Mengyan beside her and said, "Go deliver the clothes first, and wait for me downstairs with the driver when you come back."

"Okay, sure."

Bai Mengyan quickly agreed, and then she picked up Shen Qing's clothes and went out.

Just as she closed the door, she peeked through the crack and saw that the boss had already picked Zhao Liying up in his arms.

"The boss is in great health."

Bai Mengyan thought to herself.

She arrived early in the morning, when the blush on Li Yitong's face hadn't faded yet, and the thing in the trash can looked like it had been used that morning, and now it was back again.

9:30 AM.

Shen Qing went downstairs, where his private business car was parked in the underground garage. In addition to Shen Ying and Bai Mengyan, his private styling team was also in the car.

Shen Qing waved his hand. He was going to the company today, not to attend an event, so there was no need for him to dress up. He lay down in the car and closed his eyes to rest.

A little after 10 a.m., Shen Qing arrived at Lianjie Company.

Shen Ying and Bai Mengyan stayed in the reception room, while Shen Qing went into the company's conference room to listen to the reports from the senior executives.

Lianjie Company is responsible for operating the WiFi Master Key product, and it is separate from all other companies under Shen Qing.

Due to privacy and other issues, this is a high-risk product under Shen Qing's company, so risk isolation should be done in advance.

The company's head is Xie Xin, a graduate of the Computer Science Department of Beijing University, who was recruited by Shen Li, the CEO of Maoyan Movies.

"Chairman, this is too fast! It's completely beyond any of our expectations, but—"

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Xie Xin said excitedly.

WiFi Master Key was officially launched in April, with an investment of less than 2 million yuan in promotion. As a result, in less than two months, the number of activated users of WiFi Master Key exceeded 20 million.

On average, over 1000 million people register and activate WiFi Master Key every month, a truly astonishing rate.

It's even more terrifying than WeChat, which is backed by Tencent.

"Just what?"

"Users use it and leave immediately, without staying within the app. It's low-frequency, low-stickiness, and there's almost no loyalty."

Shen Qing sees the "Master Key" as a tool for driving traffic to Douyin (TikTok), and he wants to sell it before 2017, aiming to get 5 million to 10 billion US dollars.

But I can't say this to the team, otherwise it would be too damaging to morale.

"The first app to reach 10 billion users, even if it's just a tool app, is still incredibly valuable. Keep it up!"

"10 billion users?"

Even in later generations, 10 billion users would be a god-like existence, let alone now.

WeChat currently has just over 1 million users.

"Don't think it's too difficult. With the current growth curve of Universal Key, it's very possible to break 5 million users in two years and 10 billion users in four years. Tell me, how much is an app with over 10 billion users, even if it's a utility app, worth?"

At that moment, everyone in the office looked at Shen Qing.

Shen Qing said, "If I were to say who I am, I'm worth at least $10 billion. Gentlemen, we have a chance to create a product worth $10 billion within four or five years, so let's do our best!"

Tech startups typically set aside option pools; if they can actually sell for $10 billion, many people in the company will become millionaires.

After leaving WiFi Master Key, Shen Qing went upstairs to CiYuan Rhythm Company. CiYuan Rhythm has several subsidiaries, and the first one Shen Qing visited was Quanmin Daka.

After more than two months of development, the app has now accumulated over 1200 million activated users, including 130 million monthly active users.

The person in charge of Quanmin Daka is Chen Lin. Given the unique advantages of information-based matching and personalized algorithms, as well as the rapid development of Quanmin Daka, Chen Lin has set a goal for the entire team to reach 100 million users and 10 million daily active users within 15 months.

"Mr. Shen, our exclusive celebrity content has a very direct and effective way to drive traffic, and the barriers to entry are extremely high. The biggest challenge for UGC platforms is solving the chicken-and-egg problem of cold start, but that's not even a problem for us. Celebrities—"

It naturally possesses a huge flow.

Shen Qing nodded.

Quanmin Daka and Quanmin K Ge were launched almost simultaneously. Initially, Quanmin K Ge developed more rapidly, but it still retained its tool-like nature, with users leaving after use, resulting in insufficient user stickiness. Quanmin Daka, on the other hand, as a platform evolving from a vertical field to a general information platform, demonstrated extremely strong user stickiness.

In the second month after the two products were launched, Quanmin Daka had already begun to overtake Quanmin K Ge.

The number of users has surpassed that of others, and the daily active users have also widened the gap significantly.

After leaving Quanmin Daka, Shen Qing went to Quanmin K Ge (全民K歌).

The person in charge of WeSing is Yang Zhenyuan. According to him, WeSing's user base has now exceeded 1000 million, with 50 daily active users.

A while ago, Liu Yifei posted her singing score on the karaoke app "Quanmin K Ge" on Weibo, which inspired many users to follow suit.

Yang Zhenyuan set a goal for WeSing to reach 100 million users within 17 months.

After that, Shen Qing went to the technology platform and CapCut. CapCut developed much more slowly, and at that time, it had less than 50 users.

Since its launch in April, in just two months, one of the apps has surpassed 20 million users and two have surpassed 10 million. Shen Qing's portfolio of companies has already attracted the attention of some venture capital firms.

"Wolf Warrior" is scheduled for release on July 5, "Bad Genius" is scheduled for release on August 23, and "The Martian" is expected to be released at the end of the year.

Shen Qing thought he should make another family-friendly comedy for the Spring Festival season.

How about we make a movie called "Goodbye Mr. Loser"?

Shen Qing wrote it into a novel a long time ago and published it on Tianya Forum. Because he didn't remember when the stage play version of the movie was created, he could only claim it as soon as possible.

Of course, he used a pen name and never publicly acknowledged that it was his pen name, and he had secured many copyrights in advance in this way.

There won't be any copyright issues with filming "Goodbye Mr. Loser," but Shen Qing has been pondering for a long time whether or not to cast Ma Li as the female lead.

Xia Luo must be played by Shen Qing himself, otherwise wouldn't his photo with Zhou Xingchi be pointless?

Furthermore, the filming of "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was also intended to defend against Meituan Movies' ticket subsidy scheme.

What if Meituan Movies suddenly launches a large-scale ticket subsidy program after Shen Qing's "The Martian" has already been released?

If Shen Qing hadn't starred in "Goodbye Mr. Loser," its appeal during the preview screenings wouldn't have been so great. It would have needed word-of-mouth marketing to generate buzz before the film's box office performance improved.

The problem is that Shen Qing's defensive strategy is to provide large-scale ticket subsidies and increase the scale of preview screenings.

Only Shen Qing's own popularity can draw audiences to the cinema simply because of the director and lead actress Shen Qing's name, even before they know whether the movie is good or bad.

Only when Shen Qing personally stars in the film, and when Shen Qing's company offers exclusive, large-scale previews of "Goodbye Mr. Loser," will audiences flock to theaters from the very beginning.

What's the point of an early screening if the lead actors are relatively unknown? I wouldn't watch it whether it's early or not!

"Could Gao Ye play Ma Dongmei?"

This is the downside of having your own talent agency: when considering roles, you always have to think about your own artists first.

"No, it has to be Ma Li."

Shen Qing quickly dismissed the idea of ​​using Gao Ye.

First, Ma Li is not expensive; second, her acting is really good; and third, Shen Qing thinks she is the soul of the movie, so why replace her?

"Should we replace Qiuya?"

The actress playing Qiu Ya is currently an actress under Shen Qing's company, Jumei. Logically, the actress shouldn't be replaced, but a thought suddenly popped into Shen Qing's mind: "Yang Mi should be quite appealing as Qiu Ya."

Moreover, when you have resources, who else would you be chasing after if not your own woman?

That night, Yang Mi came to Shen Qing's place to stay overnight, and Shen Qing told her what had happened.

"For my next project, I'd like to make a low-budget comedy. There's a character named Qiuya in it. Would you like to give it a try?"

"Qiuya?"

"Yes, she was the girl the male protagonist, Xia Luo, had a crush on during his school days—"

"The second female lead?"

"Um."

Who would you like to cast as the female lead?

"A comedian who performed a skit called 'Super Happy Insoles' with He Jiong two years ago."

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"I vaguely remember her—she's not pretty, is she your new girlfriend?"

"No, it's just that I feel she's very suitable for the lead role."

"Am I not suitable? If I'm going to play a role, then I'll play Ma Dongmei."

"Then let's not act anymore, I'll find someone else."

If Yang Mi doesn't want to play a supporting role, then let's just find Wang Zhi to play the part.

"Princess Agents Part 1" has officially aired on four major satellite TV channels. Jiangsu TV still has the highest average rating at 1.93%. Even the best-performing channel failed to break 2, not to mention the incredible achievement of "Let's Get Married" breaking 3.

However, even though it wasn't as good as "Let's Get Married", "Princess Agents Part 1" still had phenomenal ratings.

Only one or two dramas that premiere on provincial TV stations can break the 2% mark each year. With "Princess Agents" achieving 1.93%, it's almost certain to be among the top three highest-rated dramas premiering on provincial TV stations that year.

Not to mention that this was broadcast simultaneously by four channels.

If it were an exclusive broadcast, the viewership would be much higher.

The ratings for "Princess Agents Part 1" were much lower than those for "Let's Get Married" because "Let's Get Married" appealed to all age groups with its subject matter.

Dramas like "Princess Agents" primarily attract young audiences, especially young women.

Dramas that are more popular with younger audiences often have extremely high online viewership.

The same applies to "Princess Agents".

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