Rebirth Starting as a Stock Market Enthusiast

Guo Feng's mouth slowly opened, and it took him a long time to close it again.

Chen Xi really came, and she seems even more sophisticated in person than on screen.

Guo Feng wanted to tidy himself up, but thinking about what had just happened, he felt embarrassed and his hand froze in mid-air. He could only lower his head and drink his coffee with a red face.

As Chen Xi walked in, Shen Fei stood up and waved to her.

Showing off is a very enjoyable thing. Shen Fei admits that he is a country bumpkin and likes the feeling of being arrogant. But he is definitely not showing off on purpose today. He just doesn't want to lose a good employee.

"Sorry, there was a bit of traffic." After Chen Xi came in, she first explained to everyone, then handed the keys to Shen Fei. "Here, your car. Next time you treat me as a driver, it won't be this price."

As she spoke, she leaned down and whispered in Shen Fei's ear, in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"How about that? Did I make you look good this time?"

Shen Fei smelled the faint fragrance emanating from her hair and cursed her inwardly as a "vixen," but his face remained expressionless: "Not bad, barely passable."

This scene struck Guo Feng like a thunderbolt!

What the hell is going on?

That car belongs to Shenyang Aircraft Corporation...

Ning Wei and Li Cheng were both very surprised, they didn't expect Shen Fei to have this ability.

But Guo Feng continued to argue: "So what if you have money? Money isn't everything..."

Shen Fei thought to himself that this bastard was still not convinced. Luckily, he had a backup plan, otherwise he would have really let this guy get away with it.

Just then, the Starbucks door was pushed open again.

A middle-aged man in a dark suit and gold-rimmed glasses walked in, looking hurried. His gaze quickly swept around the store before finally settling on Shen Fei's table.

He walked over quickly, his face showing some enthusiasm.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Shen from Feiyu Media?"

Like everyone who meets Shen Fei for the first time, Chen Kai's expression remained normal, but his heart was in turmoil, astonished by Shen Fei's youth.

Shen Fei was stunned for a moment, then recognized the person who had come.

Isn't this Chen Kai, the vice president in charge of operations at Douyin?

Why did he come in person?

Shen Fei immediately stood up, his face showing just the right amount of surprise: "President Chen? Why did you come in person? Didn't I tell President Yan I was going to have a video conference?"

Chen Kai laughed and extended his hand, saying, "President Shen is young and promising; I've been wanting to meet you for a long time! I happened to be having a meeting at the Three Towers today, and since I heard you were here, I thought I'd drop by for a visit. I hope I haven't bothered you?"

Upon seeing Chen Kai, Shen Fei quickly stood up, shook his hand, and said politely, "Haha, Mr. Chen, you're too kind. I should be the one visiting you."

Shen Fei then introduced Chen Kai's identity to everyone.

Upon hearing that this person was actually the head of Douyin's content, even Li Cheng couldn't remain calm. He quickly stood up, gave Chen Kai a businesslike smile, and said in a humble manner, "President Chen, I didn't expect to meet you here. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Chen Kai was unaware of Li Cheng's identity, and simply nodded politely before his gaze quickly returned to Shen Fei, the difference in their relationship being self-evident.

At this point, even Guo Feng stopped arguing. Chen Kai's arrival was probably the last straw that broke the camel's back and made him submit.

He finally understood why Li Cheng was so polite to his junior from a small county, and he also finally understood why Ning Wei would give up everything in Shanghai and willingly join Feiyu Media.

"Come on, let's continue our discussion."

Shen Fei was secretly pleased. In fact, he was also somewhat surprised by Chen Kai's arrival, but he remained calm as he discussed the virtual IP project, as if Chen Kai's arrival was not something to be too surprised about.

After Guo Feng stopped arguing, Shen Fei's presentation went much more smoothly, and he was very clear about the content direction that Virtual IP should focus on.

Based on his experiences from his previous life, Shen Fei delivered a long and fluent speech.

From creating emotional IPs modeled after the Zen master to virtual idol groups, virtual e-sports players, and virtual e-commerce, etc...

After Shen Fei finished speaking, Chen Kai was shocked again. If he had previously valued Shen Fei only because of his achievements on the Douyin rankings, he was now even more impressed.

It's because of Shen Fei's almost monstrous talent for making short videos.

But after listening to Shen Fei's plans and insights on virtual IP, Chen Kai now values ​​Shen Fei's formidable business logic and forward-looking vision even more.

After discussing the virtual IP project, Li Cheng told Guo Feng that they would go to Anyuan County to complete their onboarding process as soon as they finished their current tasks.

Chen Kai did not leave. He came here because he was also on a business trip in Shanghai and had always been very curious about Shen Fei.

Secondly, due to the recent pressure of Douyin's content rectification, he wanted to talk to Shen Fei in person.

"Mr. Shen, to be honest, I'm here today because I really don't come without a reason. The platform has been under a lot of pressure lately. Because of the shutdown of Neihan Duanzi, the State Administration of Radio and Television and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce have summoned us for talks, ordering us to conduct a comprehensive rectification." Chen Kai's tone became heavier, his brow furrowed. "Our platform currently has a large number of vulgar, borderline, and copyrighted works… all of which need to be rectified. We urgently need high-quality and positive MCN agencies to help us stabilize our core business and create new content benchmarks."

Shen Fei suddenly realized.

He was surprised that Chen Kai, as the head of Douyin's content, would personally come to meet him, a newly established MCN manager, even if he happened to be in Shanghai.

Now everything makes sense.

When Neihan Duanzi was shut down, Douyin took over, resulting in a surge in daily active users, but also a hot potato.

Those who know, know what kind of people those users are.

The pressure of content moderation and the official reprimands have left Chen Kai completely overwhelmed lately.

Shen Fei knew very well that even without him, Douyin would not suffer any losses because of this incident. On the contrary, it could take advantage of this rectification storm to completely upgrade the platform's ecosystem and shed its vulgar image.

After figuring this out, Shen Fei immediately stated: "President Chen, Feiyu Media will do its best to create high-quality content and strive to contribute to the prosperity of Douyin's content ecosystem."

Shen Fei paused for a moment, then continued, "However, I also have a request. I wonder if President Chen can agree to it?"

"Speaking."

"I hope to increase the video length to 60 seconds. If I want to create more and better content, 15 seconds is simply not enough..."

Now that Chen Kai had personally come to him, Shen Fei certainly wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass by, and took the opportunity to put forward his demands.

At present, Douyin's development direction is unclear, and everything is being explored as it goes.

Even if Shen Fei hadn't said anything, Douyin would have figured out the move to increase video length on its own, it just wouldn't have happened so quickly.

They will begin internal testing at the end of June 2018, increasing the video length to 30 seconds for a select few influencers with over a million followers.

It wasn't until August 2018 that the platform increased the video length to one minute for all bloggers with over 8 followers.

Since then, due to the increased duration, there has been much more content to shoot, leading to the rise of numerous film clip, lifestyle documentary, and drama series.

In particular, the drama series has dominated half of the fan rankings ever since.