Chapter 254: The first workplace setback for adults

To what extent...

Yang Ruoqian turned his office chair slightly left and right, and said with a smile: "My requirements are not too high. I just want to make our own film review platform the best in the entire network. How about that? Compared with giving you dozens of pages of project plans, our group's requirements are very simple, right?"

Yu Jingyu: “…”

Is it too late to resign now? It’s not that this goal is too high-minded - after all, it is the Kuiguang Group that has repeatedly created miracles.

But if you want to force your way in when the market environment is already mature and the cake has been divided up, you can only bribe the creators with greater profits and attract users with more advertisements.

These two items are finally converted into only one word.

money.

But the problem is that overwhelming advertisements will inevitably affect the perceptions of many users. After all, a software or a platform always has its audience, and some people will like it while others will not.

Generally speaking, you only need to care about the user experience of that part of the audience.

Mr. Yang said that we should also pay attention to word of mouth...

If you want to build a good reputation, then proceed step by step and focus on depth...

You can't achieve both speed and quality by just throwing money at it!

Moreover, after spending money and attracting users, the subsequent transition to the traffic monetization stage is also a very painful job.

If the sickle is used to cut down consumers, these users who have been attracted with great difficulty but have poor stickiness may uninstall and run away on the spot, and the initial investment can easily be wasted.

If we use another approach and point the sickle at the film producers, such as charging money to inflate the ratings, it will lead to a disconnect between the platform ratings and the actual situation, causing the website's reputation to decline and the value of the ratings to decrease.

You can't have your cake and eat it too, my boss Yang!

There are many platforms that have been burning money for ten years and have huge traffic but still cannot stop losing money!

Yu Jingyu, who had just entered the workplace and encountered a major crisis, took two deep breaths, forced a sweet smile, and asked: "Boss Yang, can you...explain it in more detail? Under what conditions do I need to achieve this goal?"

"What conditions?" Yang Ruoqian asked in confusion, "I am only responsible for transferring money and making requests. Can't you just decide the specific conditions yourself?"

Yu Jingyu organized her words in her mind and said briefly: "Mr. Yang, it's like this. Let me tell you briefly... If you want to build the platform quickly, even if we estimate the most optimistic situation, it will be difficult to take into account profitability, reputation and scale at the same time."

"Do you know Station B? It's a living example!"

Of course I know I can't do both, otherwise why would I trust you with this task? Of course, I can't say what's in my heart. Yang Ruoqian pretends to be an evil capitalist who knows nothing. With a straight face, he closes his eyes and starts to talk nonsense: "Xiao Yu, there are always more solutions than problems. When the scale is expanded, the traffic will increase. When the traffic increases, the cost will be lower. With lower costs, we can pass on more benefits to consumers."

"Won't the reputation be improved? How can you say that we can't take both into account?"

"And what about asking film production companies to pay to fake reviews? No! On our group's platform, we must do things openly and honestly. Not to mention other people's movies, even our own movies are not allowed to fake the scores. The score should be what it is."

"I've thought about the profit point. Once we have scale and traffic, we can just take on some advertising and monetize it, right?"

"As for what you said about Bilibili, I understand it too. But our top management will not make high-profile announcements like they would rather go bankrupt than deteriorate. As long as we can proceed step by step, the chances of success will be great. The advantage is mine!"

Yu Jingyu was stunned when she heard this.

Is it this kind of unusual thinking that allowed Kuiguang Group to rise so quickly? As long as there is profit, you can operate word of mouth, as long as the reputation is good, there will be more users, as long as there are more users, you can make a profit, directly prove each other, and complete the logical loop, right?

When someone puts his left foot on his right foot to reach heaven, he at least has a foot. But yours is just full of foam, not solid at all?

Yu Jingyu, who was sweating profusely, even took out her mobile phone, clicked on a few data charts, and said to Yang Ruoqian: "Mr. Yang, I am not questioning your ability, maybe you still don't know much about film review websites..."

"First, our competitors are too strong. If they realize that they may lose market share, they will start spending money and rely on their existing advantages to attack us. Our efficiency in spending money will be half the result with twice the effort."

"The fact that film production companies pay for film reviews... sometimes it's not really about taking bribes, just like when you play a game, you need to read a guide, otherwise you can't play it at all. To some extent, watching a movie also requires a little guidance, otherwise some viewers may give a low score because they don't understand it, which doesn't mean that the movie itself is bad."

"As for advertising, the advertising fees from advertisers alone should not be able to make up for the project investment."

"This kind of big move requires multiple platforms to match each other in advance..."

"He... uh, yes?"

As she spoke, Yu Jingyu's speech became slower and slower, and her confidence became weaker and weaker. It was not because she discovered the loopholes in her words, but because she found the silence in the office a bit scary, and the young boss was also looking at her with a strange look.

Yu Jingyu, who was talking incessantly, suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little frozen.

Seeing that the girl stopped talking, Yang Ruoqian said slowly: "It's okay, keep talking, speak freely, I think you have a lot of experience."

Mr. Yang certainly did not mean to deliberately make things difficult for a junior student, nor would he make things difficult for her in terms of treatment or work.

I just wanted to scare her and avenge her for her nagging in front of the hotel.

By the way, Yu Jingyu cannot be allowed to follow the correct line of thought - after all, Yang Ruoqian's ultimate goal is to lose money, and Yu Jingyu has said it all, so how can he lose money?

Ever since the Shelter Company made a profit in an incredible way, Mr. Yang has never thought of doing anything in the opposite direction.

I thought I could make money when I wanted to lose money, and lose money when I wanted to make money, but it turns out that I made money when I wanted to lose money, and I made more money when I wanted to make money...

We still have to use the original idea.

I don’t know what had possessed me to make me believe in such metaphysical things.

Yu Jingyu, who was already sweating profusely, was sweating even more profusely now. She finally understood the fun of those short videos about the so-called post-90s and post-00s who were reorganizing the workplace, which she often saw.

When faced with such unreasonable situations, I really want to slam the contract on the boss’s desk, shout “I quit” and “see you at labor arbitration” or something.

But the problem is, the boss opposite paid too much... and he also promised that he would never fire or demote me.

Judging from the number of employees who left Kuiguang Group this year, what Yang Ruoqian said should not be false.

Thinking about her future and the salary written in black and white on the contract, Yu Jingyu made up her mind and said, "Boss Yang, I do have some ideas, and I can't wait to share them with you!"

Seeing this abstract little girl's attitude change 180 degrees, Yang Ruoqian asked curiously, "Tell me about it?"

Yu Jingyu spoke quickly: "I only paid attention to the project itself, but ignored many things at the group level."

As she spoke, she picked up her phone and deleted all the data and pictures in her photo album. She continued,

"What I saw were just data pictures, but what you saw was my future. What I just said was a plan, but you wanted me to land. You gave me orders because you didn't want me to be laid off. Maybe you don't understand the film review platform, but I'm the one who should learn!"

"I thought I was making the project progress steadily and vigorously, but in fact it was you who didn't want me to stagnate in my career!"

“Boss Yang, I’m really sorry, I did have a different opinion from you just now;

"You have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice, and I have long felt that your views are more correct."

Watching the little girl performing stand-up comedy passionately at her desk, Yang Ruoqian finally couldn't help laughing.

This person is too sensible.

Anyone who can come up with that kind of online name must have some sense of humor.

"Okay, okay." Yang Ruoqian stopped smiling. "Many old employees in the group had the same idea as you when they first joined the company, but look at their current situation, and then look at the company's situation."

"Everyone is happy and the company is thriving. Think about why during your working hours."

"There is always a difference between theory and practice. You just graduated from college and don't understand this yet. It's okay. I understand."

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"Don't worry, I'm not an unreasonable person. Just do as I say. If you fail, you don't have to take any responsibility."

After listening to this bunch of empty talk with some doubt, Yu Jingyu secretly glanced outside the office and asked cautiously, "Really? Then I will do as you say?"

If it were someone else, even if her teacher repeated Yang Ruoqian's words, she would only sneer and would never have the emotion of "half believing and half doubting".

But the person in front of him was a big boss who worked hard to succeed even though he was not much older than him. What he said should make sense, right? "Go ahead. As for manpower... I'll lend you our company's security guard temporarily and let him develop the website. For other needs, you can talk to the HR department. As for funds, don't save if you can. The group doesn't need to save money during the product development stage."

"Oh, I'll get another set of test questions and the Employee Code of Conduct later. This will allow you to quickly familiarize yourself with the various rules within the company. Remember, if you fail the test, your project will not be able to start."

"Any questions?"

I have so many questions...

Why do you need to hire a security guard to build a website? Why do you need to calculate the project budget if you don’t want to save money? Why do you have to take exams when you are working...

Yu Jingyu pinched her contract with her fingers and opened her mouth, wanting to go down the stairs and ask more questions, but she sadly discovered that there were too many questions and she didn't know where to start.

Forget it, then don’t ask! Seniors who studied computer science once warned us that bugs are not important. As long as it can run, it’s no big deal even if the entire program is built on bugs.

"No problem, Mr. Yang! I promise... to complete the task as much as possible!"

Girl, did you know that you have the potential to be the group's number one comedian?

Yang Ruoqian nodded slightly: "Send a copy of the course schedule to the HR department. No absence will be recorded during the class period and your salary will be paid. Go back and have a rest."

Yu Jingyu, who was a little nervous at first, heard that she could attend classes and go to the bathroom with pay. Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she forgot about the free crosstalk she had just performed for her boss: "Okay, thank you, Mr. Yang!"

After saying that, he walked out of the office happily.

Although Yu Jingyu will soon see herself holding up a foam sign, when she thinks about this wave of winnings, not only did she get a prize worth one hundred thousand yuan, but she also got a job contract that would even make her university professor drool, and she feels that this is really worth it.

The one-hour big foam sign was worth it! I must be very envious of my classmates when I get home.

Sigh... Thinking about it this way, the difficulties in the office just now might also be a retaliation by Mr. Yang for his mumbling at the hotel entrance? No, it's impossible.

Mr. Yang is definitely not such a petty person - otherwise he would just give out the awards and leave, why would he recruit me into the company.

…

After watching Yu Jingyu leave, Yang Ruoqian looked at the time. There were still a few minutes before Chengyu Group and Gaoyao Group, the two big troubles, came to the company to discuss sponsorship plans.

Let’s take this opportunity to sort out the various projects of the group this quarter…

"The legal dispute between Yuefu Group and the Sing My Motherland program team, the new movie Wandering Blue Planet, the aimless blank projects assigned to my juniors, and the film review platform I just built for Yu Jingyu."

"These projects should be enough to fight against those stubborn profit-seeking old stubborn people in the group..."

"Among the old projects, Spark Records is the only one that is still losing money... Alas, we must take good care of this little one."

"After Li Jiaqi's reputation collapsed, a large number of viewers returned to our live streaming anchors. It was an unexpected disaster. It was tragic."

"As for the e-sports project... YTG seems to be at its peak. I don't see any hope of losses for the time being. Let's pray that they don't perform well in the next world competition."

After the summary was almost done, there was a knock on Yang Ruoqian's office door at the same time.

"Boss Yang, the people from Gaoyao Group and Chengyu Group have already arrived at the conference room. Are you going over now? If you don't, the situation will get out of control."

The situation is out of control? So serious? The conflict between these two rival companies can't be that serious, right?

Yang Ruoqian was surprised but didn't dare to neglect it. He quickly turned off the computer and responded, "I'll be there right away."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out of the office, coming to the company's luxurious conference room that had not been used for a long time.

As soon as he pushed the door open, Yang Ruoqian saw representatives from two large groups that had been competing for a long time staring at each other across the table.

"I told you guys at Chengyu Group didn't have any good intentions. You actually had the same idea as us! How vicious!"

"Don't you at Gaoyao Group follow the first come first served principle?"

"Ha, you actually have the nerve to say that. How many projects have you taken from us? Do you want me to count them for you now?"

"Same here, you guys aren't good people either..."

“…”

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Yang Ruoqian finally had to speak out himself: "Ahem, everyone is having a great time. I believe this cooperation will be a great success."

(End of this chapter)