I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 264 Three days, over a million!

Shanqing's unserious behavior made his fans burst out laughing.

[A Poop Will Blow You Away: Haha, is Shanqing Online subtly criticizing Cai Cai or Xian Ge? Just say what you want to say, don't use this old joke!]

[You only realize how shameless you are when you need it most: Tsk tsk tsk, these media outlets have no shame these days! Brother Xian seriously introduced his fans, and these media outlets actually implied that Brother Xian is just like Cai Cai, selling fake noodles?]

[Cleverly taking advantage of her: How surprising is that? The entertainment industry is dirty! Cai Cai isn't the first! She was just kindly reminding Ye Xian! How many idols who become famous at a young age haven't run into trouble?]

[Old Monk Only Touches Flowers, Not Grass: That's true, Brother Xian, with so many female fans, you shouldn't reach out to them! I'll take care of them for you.]

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Besides Huacheng Observer and Shanqing Online, many other media outlets have reported on Ye Xian and the Yinwu Girls group. Some focused on Ye Xian's ability to create stars, some on gossip about Ye Xian's relationships with Ding Ding, Jiang Tian, ​​and Liu Xiaoxiao, and some on gossip about the background of the Yinwu Girls group...

With the help of these media outlets, Ye Xian has broken into new circles time and time again.

This also made more people aware of the "First Nighttime Singing Contest".

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The "First Annual Late Night Singing Contest" was a huge hit.

In just three days, the number of applicants exceeded one million, and that number is still increasing rapidly.

Princess Liu's Datang Entertainment and Bai Jie's Baixiang Entertainment were quick to react. Although they knew that the final winner had to become an artist selected by Qiuye, it didn't mean they couldn't cooperate. Trainees, artists, and even some celebrities from both companies also joined the competition.

Other entertainment companies also arranged for their artists and trainees to participate in the competition.

This might limit the upward mobility for ordinary people, but such intense competition makes it easier to discover outstanding talents.

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Ye Xian felt that things were getting a bit tricky.

With so many people signing up, the first and second rounds of screening alone will be a considerable workload.

In the first round, we can collaborate with Kuaiyin (a popular Chinese short video platform) and use technology to directly select contestants who receive more than 1000 likes within a week.

What about the second round?

With 1 million applicants, even if only 1% pass the qualifying round, that's still 10,000 people. How long will this second round of competition take to finish?

Moreover, more and more people are rushing to sign up after hearing the news. Although many are just joining in for the fun, no one can guarantee how many people will actually pass the cutoff score in the first round.

After discussing it with Ding Zhan, Ye Xian realized they had no choice but to add a second and third round of preliminary rounds.

In the second round of the preliminary rounds, the same rules apply: the number of likes must exceed 1.

In the third round of the preliminary rounds, the same rules apply: the number of likes must exceed 3.

With 3 likes, the video is likely to have over 50 views.

Such a result shows that she sang really well.

After these three rounds of selection, those who remain are naturally the contestants most loved by the public. At that time, the preliminary rounds will be completed through live voting every night.

The technical issues for the three rounds of the competition were handled by Kuaiyin. Kuaiyin officially supports such competitions because they can greatly boost daily active users, so they provided Ye Xian with a lot of technical support, especially in controlling the manipulation of likes.

In many cases, Kuaiyin (a popular Chinese short video platform) is not unaware of the phenomenon of boosting likes, whether by machines or by humans; it simply turns a blind eye. If it wanted to, it could easily have controlled this behavior.

Thinking of this, Ye Xian quickly asked Ding Zhan to arrange for the legal department to complete the filing procedures.

Although the local authorities in Haizhou knew that Ye Xian was in favor, the procedures for such a competition had to be completed.

Organizing a competition requires reporting, and judging also requires reporting on fairness. Even with the Sixth Princess's help, this whole process is quite troublesome.

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It was a busy day, and Ye Xian didn't even know what he had been busy with. He continued with his usual training and filming, mixed with preparations for the "First Nighttime Singing Contest" and the debut of the "Sound Five Girls" group.

Once a girl group debuts, they can't just exist in the live stream like I do.

Ding Zhan finally had the opportunity to showcase his talents.

Before, when I was working for Ye Xian, I was a general manager and had to do all sorts of miscellaneous tasks.

Now, with Ye Xian, the number of artists alone has reached nine and a half.

Yes, that half is Qiu's mother.

Talent and Performance Department, Legal Department, Finance Department, Procurement Department, Human Resources Department...

Numerous departments were quickly established.

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The talent agency and performance division is the head of the division, encompassing multiple modules such as talent agent management, artist management, and content planning and production. It is headed by Ding Zhan, with Ye Xian also in charge of content planning and production.

Teacher Hu Li has officially joined the agency and performance department, responsible for the acting training and life management of all artists. Qiu Mama is part-time in charge of the artists' dance training, and the vocal teacher is now an external hire.

Wang Feifei and Wang Yin continue to serve as assistants to Li Xin and Chen Xu, and the two are working hard to pass the agent certification exam.

The five girls are a bit special; Ding Zhan personally takes charge of their management work, since Ye Xian doesn't have much management work to do right now.

The previous customer service and e-commerce departments have been merged into the marketing department. Qian Duoduo has become the head of the customer service sector, while Zhou Liang continues to serve as the head of the e-commerce sector. The public relations and marketing sectors are still short-staffed, and the overall head of the marketing department is still being recruited.

The previous purchasing department has been expanded to include the entire company and team's purchasing work, all of which is now handled by Qiu's mother. This is of utmost importance, and Ye Xian is not comfortable entrusting it to anyone else.

Sun Li continued to serve as Ye Xian's assistant and head of the late-night snack group, and concurrently served as the head of the human resources department until the new head of human resources took office.

The copyright department was previously merged into the legal department.

The security department has been handed over to Zhang Chao. In addition to being responsible for the security of Ye Xian's home, he is now also in charge of the travel security of the nine artists.

Veterans are the best at this.

The finance department is what gives Ye Xian the biggest headache, because no one around him understands finance, so he has to hire someone. Moreover, as his income begins to increase dramatically, the income of the nine artists will also begin to rise. The settlement, distribution, and taxation of various music copyright income, the taxation of e-commerce sales income, and the daily handling of various expenses are all tasks that one or two finance and accounting staff cannot handle.

Fortunately, the Sixth Princess introduced Ye Xian to a professional athlete named Wang Ling.

This was her former branch office's finance director. She had gone home to rest for a few years because of having her third child. When she returned to work, there were no empty seats for her, so the Sixth Princess introduced her to Ye Xian.

At this point, Ye Xian's Qiuye Yanxuan framework was basically in place.

The entire company, from top to bottom, has fifty or sixty employees.

This doesn't even include the winery.

The employees of Qiuye Yanxuan are currently working temporarily at the winery.

The winery alone employs more than two hundred people.

Before he knew it, Ye Xian had become the boss of hundreds of people.

His work also became increasingly busy.

Sun Li, as an assistant, is simply not enough to meet Ye Xian's needs.

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Autumn Leaf Selection is expanding rapidly, and the "First Nighttime Singing Contest" is being held as scheduled, with the registration deadline being May 20th.

The success of this competition exceeded everyone's expectations, and even overshadowed the popularity of the large-scale variety show "The Voice of China".

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Ps1: Today's Recap

Haizhou aged liquor inventory: 5424 bottles

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Ps2:

Let's transition the plot a bit.

(End of this chapter)