Chapter 335 What are you thinking about?

I held the phone tightly and tried to keep my voice steady: "Mr. Wang, please give us a little more time. We are already adjusting our strategy and I believe we will see results soon."

"Ms. Gu, it's not that we don't trust you," Mr. Wang sighed, "but business is business. We would rather withdraw our investment at a loss than continue to pour money into a bottomless pit."

After hanging up the phone, I leaned back in my chair, feeling my temples throbbing. At this moment, Xu Sisi knocked on the door and came in, looking unhappy.

"Sister Gu, the data for the pregnancy account is out," she handed over a report, "and it's down 15% from last month."

I took the report and frowned more and more. This account is our key IP and we have invested a lot of resources in it. It shouldn't be performing like this.

"Bring up all the live broadcasts from the past month," I ordered. "I want to see them myself."

In the monitoring room, I carefully replayed every live broadcast. At first, everything was normal. The host Xiaoya's performance was remarkable and the interaction was very active. But gradually, I found some abnormalities.

"Pause!" I pointed at the screen, "Replay this part."

In the video, Xiaoya is introducing a maternity dress. Her explanation is very professional, but her eyes occasionally glance out of the camera, as if she is communicating with someone. What's even more strange is that every time she talks about the key selling points, there are always some negative comments in the barrage.

"Check the IP addresses of these comments," I said to Xu Sisi, "and check the chat history in the background."

The results of the investigation were shocking. The IP addresses of those negative comments all came from the same area, and... overlapped with Xiaoya's address. What's worse, we found exchanges with competing platforms in her chat records. It turned out that she was the insider.

"Is she... directing and acting in this whole thing?" Xu Sisi asked in disbelief.

I sneered, “More than that. Look here,” I pointed to a chat record, “she is still talking to a competing platform about switching jobs.”

Just then, my cell phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number.

"Mr. Gu, I'm Mr. Zhang from Xingyu Platform," the other party said straight to the point, "I heard that your Xiaoya is looking for a new employer recently?"

I suppressed my anger and said, "Mr. Zhang is very well-informed."

"Haha, this business is just this big," Mr. Zhang said with a smile, "How about this, we offer double the salary, and you let him go?"

I took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Zhang, Xiaoya is the anchor we are focusing on training. I'm afraid..."

"Three times," Mr. Zhang interrupted me, "and we can share some... resources that you may be interested in."

My hand was shaking as I held the phone. This was not a simple poaching operation, but a carefully planned corporate espionage operation.

"Mr. Zhang," I said calmly, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. Xiaoya... has been fired by us."

After hanging up the phone, I immediately called a meeting of all the senior executives. At the meeting, we decided to immediately terminate the cooperation with Xiaoya and take legal action to investigate her for breach of contract. At the same time, we also had to readjust the live broadcast strategy to recover the losses.

However, the pressure from investors did not ease. They began to visit the company frequently, asking to see every report and attend every meeting. My work intensity became increasingly high, and I was often so busy that I forgot to eat.

That afternoon, I was in a meeting with investors when I suddenly felt dizzy. The numbers in front of me started to blur and there was a buzzing sound in my ears. I tried to stand up, but I felt dizzy...

"Sister Gu, Sister Gu."

I vaguely heard someone calling me, but my consciousness was gradually fading. The last thing I remembered was Jiang Yichen's anxious face.

When I woke up again, I was already lying on a hospital bed, with an IV tube in my hand, and Jiang Yichen was sitting beside the bed, holding my hand.

"You're awake," he breathed a sigh of relief, "The doctor said it was low blood sugar and overwork."

I tried to sit up, but he gently held me down: "Don't move, have a good rest."

"But over there..."

"Leave the company's affairs to me," he interrupted me, "I have already found a professional consulting team. They will help us analyze the problem and develop new strategies."

I looked at his determined eyes and suddenly felt relieved. It had indeed been only four months since I gave birth.

"Well, I'll take a good rest. I'm a little tired indeed."

Jiang Yichen saw that I was behaving well and gently covered me with the quilt.

In the next few days, Jiang Yichen almost lived in the company.

The consulting team he brought quickly identified the crux of the problem: our live broadcast content was too monotonous and lacked innovation; the user portrait was not accurate enough, resulting in low conversion rate; more importantly, we neglected the operation of private domain traffic.

Based on these findings, we developed a completely new strategy.

At the same time, Jiang Yichen also helped me reorganize the relationship with investors. He invited investors to participate in the formulation of new strategies so that they could see our determination and execution ability.

“We need to make investors our partners rather than creditors,” he told me.

The new strategy quickly took effect. In the first month, our user growth rate reached 30%, and the conversion rate increased by 15%. The attitude of the investors also began to ease, and they even took the initiative to propose additional investment.

That night, I got home early from work. Xiao Huai was playing with building blocks in the living room. When he saw me coming back, he danced with joy: "Mom, Mom."

I picked him up and kissed his little face. Jiang Yichen just came out of the study and looked at me in shock: "What? He actually called me mom?"

“Well,” I said with a smile, “it’s not actually mom, it’s just the sound of that mouth haha.”

During dinner, we talked about the company's recent situation. Jiang Yichen told me that Xiaoya, who had changed jobs, did not perform well on the competing platform.

“Without a sound training system, even the best anchors will find it difficult to sustain,” he concluded, “so we have to build our own moat.”

I nodded, and suddenly remembered something: "Oh, that consulting team..."

"I found her on purpose," he said with a smile, "I know you don't want me to get directly involved in the company's affairs, but seeing how hard you work, I really feel bad."

My heart warmed up and I looked into his eyes: "You have worked hard during this period!"

He held my hand in return, his eyes gentle: "You are my wife, we should support each other. But..." He blinked, "Next time if you try so hard, I will be angry."

I smiled and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Jiang."

It was late at night, and I stood on the balcony, looking at the night view of the city.

I've gone through so many setbacks, so what does this matter?

Jiang Yichen came over and put his arms around my waist from behind: "What are you thinking about?"