The driving tests (Part 2 and Part 3) went very smoothly, and by early June, Jiangxia had successfully obtained her driver's license.
The next day, my wife and I went to the 4S store and picked up a Lavida. The price wasn't too expensive, and although the performance wasn't great, it was enough for daily commuting.
The young couple usually drove between the company and the school, and the other classmates were used to it. However, ever since Jiang Xia sent a lawyer's letter to a former class monitor, Song Qingshu has stopped causing trouble and always walks with his head down when he sees Jiang Xia.
Now that a big name in the animation industry has emerged in the class, Jiang Xia has unknowingly become the core of the group. Sometimes in class, the professor will directly use Tom and Jerry as an example, and even ask Jiang Xia to personally explain the core of the story to the students, why Tom and Jerry became a nationwide hit.
He also took this opportunity to open an account on D-site, occasionally uploading a short video of a few minutes to teach netizens some basic animation techniques, and his number of fans skyrocketed.
Although Jiang Xia doesn't care about fans given his current status, it's still worthwhile to attract traffic to his own D-site and gain favor with netizens.
Now, Slam Dunk has been officially online for more than three months, and the plot has officially entered the small battle between Tsinghua University (Shohoku) and Taiyuan University of Technology (Ryonan). The number of views continues to break records, which also means that this anime is becoming more and more popular.
Meanwhile, the long-awaited fifth season of Tom and Jerry finally premiered at the end of May, and successively won the monthly ratings champion on major TV stations.
The dialect version of Tom and Jerry, with its unique dubbing style, has garnered a huge number of views, which has also led to the emergence of a group of dubbing content creators who are eager to imitate it.
They create and dub humorous videos of real-life pets, which has attracted a loyal following.
It is obvious that the environment on D-site is getting better and better.
At 7 p.m., seeing that Jiang Xia's office was still lit up, Li Weiya quietly pushed open the door and heard a series of crisp keyboard clicks: "Xia, why aren't you off work yet?"
He looked up at the doorway, rubbed his stiff shoulders, and let out a soft breath: "The script for the Tom and Jerry movie is in its final stages. I plan to get off work overtime and finish it in one go."
"You're working too hard," Li Weiya sighed helplessly.
As an employee, you have two days off on weekends, but Jiang Xia hardly ever takes time off. He spends all his time outside of class on work, and he also takes on the responsibility of directing two popular animated works. Anyone would find that exhausting.
In comparison, Lin Yanwan's work was easier. Apart from creating the theme song in the early stages, all that was left was to do the voice acting for Tom and Jerry and Slam Dunk.
"Take a good rest this weekend. What will happen to the company if you collapse from exhaustion? Go out with Yanwan to see a movie and relax. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
"Hmm... okay."
Faced with Li Weiya's concern, Jiang Xia nodded in agreement, realizing that it had indeed been a long time since he had spent quality time with his wife.
"What about Yanwan?"
"She should be in the recording studio writing the theme song for the Tom and Jerry movie."
Although it's called a theme song, it's actually just a rather upbeat tune with no lyrics, only a light and cheerful melody. This was the only requirement Jiang Xia gave.
Li Weiya was slightly taken aback. Well, this young couple had practically become the company's model workers.
"Then you guys should go home early. I'm going home first."
"Okay, godmother, take care."
The door closed slowly, and the air was quiet for only a moment before the crisp sound of keyboard clicking rang out again.
After leaving Qitian Animation, Li Weiya went to the neighboring D-site. Almost all the lights were on there, as it is a user-facing video website that needs to have people on duty 24 hours a day.
She knocked on Zhou Lu's office door, and only entered after hearing a "come in."
Still busy?
Li Weiya walked over and stood behind Zhou Lu, watching her work on a detailed development plan for D-site.
“President Jiang just appointed me as COO, so I have to produce some results, right?” Zhou Lu glanced at her and made a helpless expression.
She personally set a deadline of only six months, so there was no time to make any achievements at the company level.
Currently, D-site, as a completely free, legal video website, has huge daily traffic, but it does not yet have any profit-making mechanism.
Even if some ad slots are added to the page that do not affect usability, it is still a drop in the ocean compared to the company's huge monthly expenses.
In any case, D-site can't keep relying on Qitian Animation's continuous financial support to survive. It needs to find its own profit model in order to develop healthily and sustainably.
Zhou Lu had previously suggested that since D-site already had a very large user base, they should consider implementing a paid subscription mechanism, but Jiang Xia rejected the idea without hesitation.
The reason is that D-site has been established for too short a time and has not yet formed a high level of user stickiness. Almost 99% of netizens like to enjoy things for free. Once a paid model is introduced and the focus shifts to commercialization, the essence of D-site will change, and a large portion of the existing users may leave immediately.
Jiangxia's previous promise that DiliDili might go bankrupt in the future, but would never change its nature, has become a joke.
Based on Zhou Lu's experience working in a television station, she believes that if D-site wants to continue to survive, it must keep growing, and the way to grow is through expansion and breaking out of its niche. However, this requires D-site to have stronger organizational capabilities.
Therefore, focusing on creating high-quality content and building a strong community is the key.
We attract users and content creators with high-quality services and creative incentives, fostering a better community atmosphere and striving to increase user engagement.
From this perspective, it is almost impossible for D-Station to make a profit in the short term.
Whenever Zhou Lu thought of this, she would get a headache, feeling powerless as if she were surrounded by a treasure trove but had no idea where to begin.
Seeing her conflicted expression, Li Weiya couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't think about it if you can't think of anything for now. As a free website, making a profit is not easy. Xia didn't say that you have to make a profit to be considered successful. You should know that the core task of D-site is still to expand its influence. As long as you can increase the influence of D-site on the current basis, no one will question your ability."
Zhou Lu was taken aback: "Can a company that doesn't aim to make a profit really survive?"
Li Weiya shrugged: "Ah Xia said that what's free is the most expensive. The best era for D-site hasn't arrived yet. Let's take it one step at a time. Right now, all you need to do is work hard to build a harmonious and rich D-site community, and that will be a great achievement."
Seeing that she was still frowning and seriously thinking about the meaning of these words, Li Weiya forcibly took her hand.
"Don't think about it anymore, it's time to go home from get off work. How about we come to my place for a drink?" (End of Chapter)
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