Chapter 184: The First Episode of March

Sunday, March 2nd.

At seven o'clock in the morning, there was a gentle breeze and a hint of early spring chill in the air.

As usual, Song Ci finished his daily morning exercise and walked briskly along the path back to the villa.

After running around Jingyuan several times, his breathing was still even and deep, showing his good physical fitness and self-disciplined attitude towards life.

When I return home, a warm and comfortable atmosphere greets me.

Song Ci walked straight to the sofa and sat down, then picked up a cup of warm water that the servant had already prepared, took a sip, and replenished the water lost by the body after exercise.

Sister Li, who was standing by, saw Song Ci coming back from exercise, and walked over and said with a smile, "Sir, when you went to exercise, your wife had already gotten up and had breakfast."

Song Ci was slightly stunned after hearing this. Miss Liu rarely got up so early except for filming.

After breakfast, Song Ci went upstairs to the study, pushed the door open, and saw Miss Liu with her hair tied up in a simple and casual ponytail.

She was sitting in front of the computer, concentrating on the screen and was completely unaware of his arrival.

Song Ci tiptoed forward, reaching out to grab his girlfriend's ponytail with a hint of playfulness and intimacy.

He pulled her back slightly, letting her move a little further away from the computer screen, and spoke with both concern and a hint of blame: "You're so close to the screen, don't you want your eyes?"

At this time, Liu Shishi was staring at the screen with excitement, completely immersed in her own little world, until she felt someone pulling her ponytail from behind, and then she realized that Song Ci had come to the study.

Without even turning her head, she said coquettishly, "Oh, don't pull my braids, dear!"

Song Ci glanced at the screen and couldn't help laughing.

It turns out that Liu Shishi was playing the social game "Happy Farm" which was just launched on Tengda Weibo yesterday. No wonder she was so engrossed in it.

Yesterday, the first day of March, the new game "Happy Farm" carefully developed by Tenda Group was quietly launched.

Unlike its previous high-profile style, Tenda was very low-key about this game. It did not use the group's resources to promote it, nor did it do any external publicity. It just opened an advertising link on its Weibo homepage. It can be said to be very low-key.

This is not because Tengda Group does not attach importance to this game, but because it plans to fully absorb the existing users of Weibo first, and then gradually expand the market when the time is right.

On the screen, Miss Liu's small farm was full of vitality, with various crops thriving and lush greenery. Occasionally, you could see a few leisurely little animals running around in the farm.

"Yiyi, this Happy Farm game is so addictive!"

Song Ci raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a smug smile.

He was of course aware that "Happy Farm" was about to set off a hot trend, and this was a trump card he had carefully planned, attempting to use this opportunity to establish Weibo's victory in the social field.

Liu Shishi suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, someone stole my vegetables."

While she was chatting with Song Ci, her farm was attacked, and she felt upset.

"No, I'm going to steal from others." Miss Liu rolled her eyes, smiled slyly, tapped her fingers, and instantly traveled to her friend's farm.

A small "evil" thought emerged in my mind: steal vegetables!

Carefully bypassing the puppy guarding the farm, I skillfully picked the plump fruits one by one, feeling a small sense of accomplishment in my heart.

In addition to stealing vegetables, he also did not forget to return to the farm to fertilize and water the crops, and was very busy.

"Have fun, baby. I'm going to the company and will come back to have dinner with you in the evening!"

Song Ci played games with Liu Shishi for a while, then patted her on the shoulder and prepared to leave the study.

"Wait, honey!"

Liu Shishi called out urgently, then immediately turned around and grabbed Song Ci's arm, preventing him from leaving.

Song Ci looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Miss Liu's eyes sparkled, she looked up at her boyfriend with a pleading look, hesitating and begging a little embarrassedly:

"Honey, I'm out of fertilizer on my farm. Can you ask the game backend to give me some more fertilizer?"

Song Ci glanced down at Liu Shishi condescendingly, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and without saying a word, he struggled a little to break free from her pull and was about to continue walking out.

How could he have the nerve to ask him, the chairman of a group, to get some game props for her through the back door! If this matter were to get out, people would laugh their heads off.

When Liu Shishi saw Song Ci was about to leave, she became extremely anxious. She quickly got up and caught up with him, then hugged his strong waist from behind.

The little head rubbed against his back affectionately, and said coquettishly: "Hubby, you are the best, help me!"

A faint fragrance wafted into his nose and he felt a warm embrace on his back, and Song Ci's heart was shaken for a moment.

But he still calmed down and refused on principle, snorting unhappily, "No way!"

Liu Shishi hugged Song Ci and saw that he didn't say anything for a long time after he refused. She thought her boyfriend was angry and said timidly in a low voice: "Hey, don't be angry, husband."

Song Ci laughed dumbly: "I'm not angry, but I have to go to the company."

"Wait till I put on my makeup, then I'll go with you."

Liu Shishi gently bumped her boyfriend's back with her head and whispered, "You're just pretending to be deep to scare me!"

There is a limit to the number of times one can harvest crops and gain experience points in Happy Farm every day, and she has completed the basic tasks of the game today.

Unless you keep inviting people to help Weibo acquire new users, you can get extra game time rewards.

But she was too lazy to invite anyone to play Farmville for the time being, and it was boring to stay at home alone. Besides, she would go to Donghai Tangren Company in a few days, so she wanted to spend more time with Mr. Song.

Song Ci urged helplessly: "If you want to put on makeup, go ahead, why are you wasting time!"

"Okay!" Miss Liu turned around and made a face at her boyfriend as she passed him. She said with a smile, "Why are you so fierce, you stinky man."

After saying that, she ran back to the bedroom happily, swinging her ponytail.

It would take Liu Shishi at least half an hour to put on makeup, so Song Ci went downstairs to wait for her.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon more than half an hour had passed. Just as Song Ci was sitting on the sofa waiting impatiently, Liu Shishi came downstairs like a spring flower.

"I'm done!"

Song Ci heard the energetic voice and looked up at his girlfriend.

It was a chilly spring day. Miss Liu wore a gray and white sweater and slim jeans, showing off her slender figure.

Paired with a brown retro octagonal hat, it highlights a playful literary and artistic atmosphere.

But it takes so long to make these few simple clothes. Oh, women are really unpredictable!

"Then let's go!"

Seeing her boyfriend was about to turn off the TV, Liu Shishi quickly stopped him: "Just keep the TV on, and give me some ratings."

The program being played on TV at this time was the Sichuan Satellite TV's recently popular "Strange Women of Liao Zhai", in which Liu Shishi played Xin Shisiniang, one of the four female protagonists in the unit.

The drama was piloted on Sichuan Provincial Satellite TV's Rural Channel last year and received good response.

After the New Year, the show was broadcast on Sichuan Provincial TV's prime time. The ratings are pretty good and are expected to exceed 1%. This morning's show is a rebroadcast of last night's two episodes.

When we arrived at the headquarters of Tengda Group, it was the weekend and the usually bustling building was very quiet. There were not many employees in the company and only a few on duty were busy.

In the office, Song Ci and Zhang Yong sat on the sofa with focused expressions, listening carefully to Liu Yan's work report.

Liu Shishi sat in Song Ci's boss chair, which symbolized his position as chairman. She would check Weibo to see if any fans had left her a message, and then she would open Happy Farm to see if anyone had stolen her vegetables.

Occasionally, she would stop what she was doing, tilt her head slightly, and secretly glance at her boyfriend who was sitting upright not far away, her eyes full of love.

Because Happy Farm is just a simple web game, and its strategic layout is also to drive traffic to Weibo, so the game was naturally handed over to the Weibo team for operation.

"Mr. Song, Mr. Zhang, on the first day of the launch of Happy Farm, the number of registered game users reached 250,000."

Liu Yan was holding a document in his hand, his face full of joy and excitement.

Zhang Yong frowned when he heard the data. 250,000 users on the first day, on the surface this data seems not bad, but compared with the user base of Tenda Weibo, it is disappointing.

As of March 1st, Weibo currently has 22 million registered users. So, with 250,000 users, the penetration rate of Happy Farm barely exceeds 1%.

Song Ci's expression was extremely calm, he looked neither surprised nor happy, but in his heart he still gave a certain degree of approval to the figure of 250,000.

After all, the advantage of "Happy Farm" lies in its powerful subsequent spreadability and unique social interactivity.

Our own Miss Liu is addicted to the game. I think ordinary users are the same and will most likely become addicted to it.

Seeing that both leaders were not smiling, Liu Yan's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that she was happy a little too early.

I quickly continued to report: "Because some game users are actively inviting others to get game rewards, the number of new users on Weibo increased by 68% yesterday compared to the day before.

This is the day with the largest single-day user growth since the end of the Spring Festival holiday. This fully demonstrates that Happy Farm has a significant positive effect on the growth of Weibo users.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yong nodded slowly and agreed as a matter of course:

"This is an inevitable result. Mr. Song decided to launch the Happy Farm project in order to find new growth points for Weibo and thus widen the gap with Penguin Weibo."

After listening to this, Song Ci casually asked, "How many users does Penguin Weibo have now?"

Liu Yan knew the data of his competitors very well, and answered without hesitation: "Currently, there are about 8.5 million users."

“From the day we launched our app, we have attracted more than 8 million users in just 40 days!

Penguin's strength is indeed not to be underestimated. It is indeed very convenient to attract users with QQ." Song Ci couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

When talking about QQ, Liu Yan gritted his teeth, looking indignant:

"Damn Penguin, they actually organized an activity to give away QQ coins to people who signed up for them. It's really disgusting. The most hateful thing is that they actually asked QQ to block our Weibo. It's simply unfair competition."

Song Ci nodded slightly and chuckled: "Business competition is so cruel, how could your opponent let you grow and develop.

Toutiao.com was able to rise in the past because of good timing and the neglect and underestimation of the three old companies. They probably didn’t expect Tengda to rise so quickly.”

After sighing, he continued to ask, "How are the other Weibo accounts doing, especially Xinlang Company."

Zhang Yong said confidently: "Several of them have 2 to 3 million users, so there is nothing to worry about.

As for Xin Lang, he was badly hurt by our short selling of the stock market last time, and he is still licking his wounds."

Song Ci nodded. It seemed that the final winners of the Weibo war could only come from Tencent and Penguin. The comprehensive strength of the other companies was not as good as that of the two major groups, and their number of users was far behind, so there was basically no possibility of catching up.

Boom boom boom!

Wang Jing knocked on the door and entered the office. She glanced inside and first greeted Liu Shishi with a smile: "Shishi is here too, what a rare guest!"

"Sister Jing, long time no see, how are you doing recently?"

Liu Shishi responded enthusiastically, saying that Wang Jing was a staunch supporter of "poetry" and her strong ally.

Song Ci teased when he heard this: "Looking at Sister Jing's happy face, I know good things are coming."

Wang Jing was not shy and nodded generously to admit that she and her boyfriend had met with both sets of parents during the Chinese New Year this year and were planning to get engaged during the May Day holiday.

Zhang Yong, who is usually quite serious, also made a rare joke: "Ms. Wang, why don't you spend the weekend with your boyfriend and come to the company to work overtime!"

Liu Yan was not at a high enough level to make fun of Wang Jing, so he just listened quietly.

However, his eyes fell on Liu Shishi behind the desk. This person must be the chairman's girlfriend, whom he had only heard of but never seen.

This was the first time she met him today. She didn't expect that the chairman's lover was a female star.

"He has an operation to perform today, so I went to the company when I had nothing to do. I didn't expect that Sister Shishi would be here today. Shishi will come with me at noon. President Song, do you have any objection?"

Song Ci laughed: "At noon, let's go to the restaurant next door to have a meal. I'll treat you."

Naturally, they were willing to follow suit and would not refuse the chairman's kindness.

"Sister Jing, please sit down and talk. Since you are here, let's discuss the relocation of the group."

Wang Jing nodded and slowly sat down next to Liu Yan.

"The new headquarters of the group, Tengda Technology Building, has been completed. Starting next week, various departments will begin to move in one after another.

The logistics department will go first to set up the building's network equipment, followed by the business department, and Weibo will go last. It is expected to take two months to complete the relocation of the entire group."

Song Ci arranged everything in an orderly manner. Considering that Happy Farm had just been launched and no problems could occur, he left Weibo for the last move.

"Okay!" Wang Jing responded quickly. She was in charge of logistics, and moving was part of her job.

"Mr. Song, are there still people staying here?" Zhang Yong looked at the chairman and asked. Tengda Group also bought two floors of property in the Modern Center Building.

Song Ci pondered for a moment and made a decision: "Let's leave it to Tiangong Special Effects. I think it's better for the subsidiary to operate independently and not be mixed up with the group."

Wang Jing smiled and said, “Okay, after we move out, we’ll have Tiangong Special Effects move in.

Zhang Zhao has told me several times that the two subsidiaries share a common office space, which is a bit crowded. Now it’s all about solving this problem.

And Mr. Song, after the group moves, should we hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the new building? "

Song Ci said seriously, "We must have a ceremony. The last time a senior leader came to inspect and guide our work, he told me that he would cut the ribbon for us.

After the relocation work is completed, I will report to the senior leaders, and you should make preparations in advance. "

"Okay." Wang Jing responded, and had already started thinking about the relevant matters of the ribbon-cutting ceremony in her mind, making sure there were no mistakes.

(Special thanks to the 26 monthly tickets from the lurking boss! ! !)

(End of this chapter)