Chapter 547 Development and New Internet Celebrities
I was busy for two days at the Beijing company, finishing up the work that had accumulated.
Gu Wei's business is growing bigger and bigger now. In addition to the film and television company, other companies also have to inquire about him from time to time.
Although he is not responsible for the specific management of the company, if the boss does not understand his own company, it means that he has lost control of the company, and you will not even know that the people under you are hollowing out the company without your knowledge.
Panda TV, founded by Wang Sicong, originally had a first-mover advantage in the live streaming industry. It was rich and famous, and everything was thriving. Investors were also optimistic about it, but it eventually went bankrupt due to management problems.
Although Mr. Wang has vision, he basically doesn't care about the company's affairs and just plays every day. After several rounds of financing for Panda TV, people from various investors rushed into the company to fight for power and profit, and finally ruined a promising live broadcast company.
Although Gu Wei is rather lazy, he still cares about the companies under his control.
Moreover, he has 100% control over the companies under his control. He holds full control of several of the companies, and the option pool he provides for executives is the kind that can only be obtained after working for 5 or 10 years.
There is also an independent financial audit department in the head office of [Wei Ming Tian Xia], which conducts financial audits on several of its branches every year. The results are reported separately to Gu Wei himself, ensuring that the companies do not encounter major financial problems.
At present, the company under Gu Wei's name, [Wei Ming Tianxia Film and Television Company] is definitely the largest and most profitable, but the fastest growing one is [Wuyou Media] which was established in May last year.
As of June this year, this MCN company, which was established only a year ago, has the support of its parent company [Wei Ming Tian Xia] and has no shortage of funds and talents, and has grown rapidly.
[Wuyou Media] currently has more than 100 employees and internet celebrity anchors. In today's newly emerging live broadcast industry, it has become one of the few large companies in the industry.
".At present, the company's main business is live broadcasting and short video operations. Many of the anchors we signed have great potential. With the support of the company's resources, their fans have increased very quickly. Two of them have become the few top anchors on the live broadcast platform.
The company is now able to break even, and as this group of anchors grows, it is expected to achieve profitability within the next year." In [Wuyou Media], Lei Binyi reported to Gu Wei on the company's recent developments.
He is very happy to see the current development of the company.
With the support of its parent company in terms of funds, personnel and reputation, Wuyou Media has encountered almost no setbacks and has developed well and rapidly.
When signing contracts with some less famous anchors, if you mention "Wuyou Media", they may not know about it. But as long as you mention "Wei Ming Tian Xia" and the company's boss Gu Wei, 90% of the anchors will finally agree.
Their company has advantages that other companies in the industry do not have. They can paint a rosy picture for the anchors. As long as they become famous in the future, they can push you to the parent company to develop in the entertainment industry. This temptation is something that Internet celebrities cannot refuse.
After all, who doesn't have a dream of becoming a star? Being a host or internet celebrity depends on rewards from bigwigs, which is not as exciting as being a star and being sought after by fans.
"How is the company's anchor's development on Douyin?" Gu Wei nodded. He actually didn't care much about how much money the company could make from live streaming.
Compared with the live streaming sales in the future, the current live streaming reward model makes money like begging, which is little and low-level.
Of course, this "little" is only for him. The current big internet celebrities already earn considerable income from live broadcast rewards.
"Well, according to your request, regardless of which platform the anchors broadcast on, they will all be required to open their own accounts on Douyin.
Most of them are still in the initial stage, and only three beautiful anchors have hundreds of thousands of fans."
"Oh? It's not easy to get this data on Douyin. Do you have their information? Let me take a look." Gu Wei was a little curious.
It was 2017, and TikTok hadn’t become as popular as it later became.
Thanks to Gu Wei's endorsement and the participation of a number of celebrities, Douyin is now developing much faster than its original time and space, with a total number of users of around 50 million.
In the original time and space, at the beginning of 2017, the number of Douyin users was only 8 million.
The biggest internet celebrity on Douyin right now is Gu Wei himself, the only one with over 10 million followers. The rest are stars like Yang Mi and Nazha, who basically have millions of followers.
An ordinary person can have hundreds of thousands of fans and is already a very famous internet celebrity on Tik Tok.
"Yes." Lei Binyi found a notebook containing all the information about the company's anchors, turned to the corresponding position and showed it to Gu Wei.
"Yaoyao, whose real name is Liu Siyao, is one of the company's earliest anchors. She has a sweet face and a hot body.
The genius Charmander, whose real name is Sun Yi, signed up for the company at the beginning of the year. She is a newcomer, but she has a good foundation and grows fast. She is currently one of the company's top anchors.
Yili Xiaoshazi, whose real name is Xu Yisha, is currently a college student. She has a sweet and cute look and walks the line of pure and cuteness.
After briefly introducing a few people, Lei Binyi asked tentatively.
"Mr. Gu, they happen to be in the company today. Do you want me to ask them to come over and meet you?"
"Will it delay their live broadcast?"
"Of course not. You've met Liu Siyao before, but Sun Yi and Xu Yisha were both newly signed this year. Meeting you would be an encouragement for them."
Gu Wei closed the notebook in his hand and nodded.
"Okay, call them over."
"Yaoyao, the boss is calling you." Liu Siyao was putting on makeup in the dressing room. According to today's work plan, she was about to shoot a cross-dressing video to be posted on Douyin.
"What does Mr. Lei want me to do?" asked Liu Siyao, who was drawing her eyebrows.
"It's not Mr. Lei, it's the big boss!"
"Big boss? Mr. Gu!" Liu Siyao's hand trembled, and the black line on her eyebrows flew out.
"Oh no! Oh no, Mr. Gu is worried, I haven't finished my makeup yet."
"You'd better hurry up, Mr. Lei is urging you~"
"Right away, right away, I'll be there soon." Liu Siyao completely lost her leisurely demeanor and became busy in a hurry.
In the office, two beautiful and slim girls stood aside, looking eagerly at the handsome man sitting in the middle seat.
When Sun Yi and Xu Yisha signed the contract with Wuyou Media, they knew that the boss of the company was the big star Gu Wei, but they had never seen him since they started working. If a staff member had not taken them to the Wei Ming Tian Xia upstairs, they would have suspected that the company was defrauding people under the guise of Gu Wei.
Today they finally met the big star in person, and their mood now is no different from that of ordinary fans.
"What's going on with Liu Siyao? Why hasn't she come yet?" Seeing that one person was still missing, Lei Binyi looked a little embarrassed and shouted to the staff outside the door.
"Don't worry, Mr. Lei. I just want to meet with them and have a chat to encourage them.
Liu Siyao might be stuck with work.
You two should stop standing and sit down." Gu Wei said with a smile.
After hearing this, the two female anchors sat down obediently on the reception sofa next to them, and looked at Gu Wei with more eager eyes.
"Oh my god, this is the first time I've seen a famous celebrity in person. He's even more handsome than on TV. I'm going to faint!"
"I'm dying, I'm dying, Gu Wei smiled at me, this smile is too good to be true, it's so charming!"
The two of them were in turmoil, and without saying a word, they had already written a novel in their hearts with Gu Wei as the protagonist and themselves as the female lead.
"Boss Lei, I'm here."
As soon as Gu Wei finished speaking, Liu Siyao came in trotting.
She put on her makeup as quickly as possible and rushed to the office, but she was still a step late.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gu and Mr. Lei, I'm late. I was just about to shoot a short video and was putting on makeup." After Liu Siyao entered the room, she panted, bowed and apologized while explaining.
"It's okay, work is important. I came here to disturb your work today.
Don't stand, let's sit together." Gu Wei waved his hand and comforted.
Liu Siyao breathed a sigh of relief. What she feared most was leaving a bad impression in front of the big boss. This man not only held the power of life and death over her career, but was also her idol. She hoped to leave a perfect impression on him.
Liu Siyao sat down, and Gu Wei looked at the three female anchors sitting on the sofa. They were all young and beautiful, but each had their own unique beauty. It was no wonder that they could stand out among the dozens of anchors of [Wuyou Media].
“There’s nothing important about calling a few of you here today.
I'm usually quite busy and seldom come over to [Wuyou Media]. Today I happened to have some time, so I came over to take a look and meet and get to know you all.
Yaoyao and I knew each other last year, but this is the first time we meet these two.
Sun Yi, Xu Yisha, right?"
"Hello, Mr. Gu~"
"Hello, Mr. Gu!"
When they heard Gu Wei calling their names, the two little girls quickly stood up and greeted him.
"Sit down, don't be nervous. Although I am your boss, I don't manage your daily work. Just treat me as a friend.
You have signed up for the company for a while, how do you feel? If you have any questions or need help from the company, you can tell me directly." Gu Wei smiled and asked gently.
The two little girls hesitated and looked at each other.
"The conditions here at the company are very good, and they have given us a lot of help in all aspects. The only difficulty is that I am still in college, and the school is not in Beijing, so it is a bit difficult to balance work and study." Xu Yisha spoke first.
"Me too," Sun Yi then echoed.
Gu Wei pondered for a moment and asked, "Boss Lei, how are the company's anchor work arrangements going now?"
“That’s not necessarily true. Currently, the majority of the anchors in the company are from Beijing, and there are also some from other provinces.
The company has a dedicated live broadcast room with complete equipment. Some anchors will come to the company to broadcast, while others will broadcast at home.
However, because many anchors have short video tasks, most of them need to come to the company to shoot.
Some are too far away, and if the results are not good, we will not come. We will shoot according to the script provided by the company and then send the materials here. The company will have post-production staff to edit them."
Lei Binyi briefly introduced the working methods of the current anchors under the company.
“Is that so?
How often do you come to Beijing?" Gu Wei looked at the two beautiful anchors again.
"When I first signed the contract, I mainly broadcast live locally, but now with the increase in fans, I spend more and more time in Beijing," said Sun Yi.
"So how is your current income? Are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied. I started live streaming just out of interest, and I didn't expect to have so many fans now. In fact, even if I graduate with this major and find a related job, I probably won't be able to earn this much money." Xu Yisha said happily, and Sun Yi nodded in agreement.
Gu Wei smiled.
“You are just getting started in the profession of internet celebrity anchor. As your personal fans grow, you will have more opportunities to make money in the future.
I am not trying to persuade you to leave school, but since you have earned this money, you should weigh the importance of work and studies in your mind.
What the company can do is to provide you with the greatest assistance and convenience."
What Gu Wei said is absolutely correct. Tik Tok has not yet fully developed, and the era of influencers selling goods has not yet arrived. Although influencers currently make a lot of money, it is still dwarfed by what they made in the next few years.
"This way, Mr. Lei, the company can fully reimburse the travel expenses of some of the anchors who are out of town, and then rent some apartments near the company as their residence in Beijing, solving all their life problems besides work."
"Okay, Mr. Gu!"
Xu Yisha and Sun Yi were quite satisfied after hearing what Gu Wei said. Although the most fundamental problem could not be solved, it was good that it reduced some of their troubles.
They also understood what Gu Wei said. Since they chose to earn this money, they must work hard. As for the school, they can only find a way to deal with it themselves.
One of them went to a normal school and the other to a business college. Neither of them is a 211 or 985 famous school, and the management is not very strict.
Moreover, they think very clearly that the ultimate goal of going to college is to find a good job to make a living. The money they earn as anchors now is something they can never earn in a normal job after graduation.
After chatting with the three female anchors for a while, Gu Wei left [Wuyou Media].
"Yaoyao, did President Gu often come to our company before? This is the first time I've seen him in person since I joined the company..." After Gu Wei left, the three girls began to chatter and discuss.
"No, Mr. Gu is so busy, why would he come here so often?
The only time I came more frequently was last year when the company was first established.
It’s usually quite difficult to see him.” Although she only came six months earlier than the other two, Liu Siyao can be considered a veteran in the company.
"【Wei Ming Tian Xia】is just upstairs from us, why can't I usually see Mr. Gu? It would be so romantic if I could bump into him on the way to and from get off work like in the TV series." Xu Yisha held her hands in front of her chest, with a crazy look on her face.
"Haha, your idea seems unlikely to come true.
Our building has a VIP elevator, which is reserved for Mr. Gu and several other company executives.
Moreover, Mr. Gu rarely comes to the company, and even if he does, his get off work hours do not overlap with those of ordinary employees.
Besides, he's always surrounded by a group of staff. Even if you see him, don't even think about getting close to him!" Liu Siyao bluntly put an end to Xu Yisha's fantasy. She lived in Beijing, unlike the other two who spent most of their time away from home, and she knew more about the company's affairs.
"It doesn't matter. I will work hard to become a big internet celebrity and develop in the future at [Weiming Tianxia] upstairs!" Xu Yisha encouraged herself with enthusiasm. The meeting with the big boss Gu Wei obviously pointed out the direction for her to move forward.
Money and the power of star chasing became her driving force to move forward on the road to becoming an internet celebrity.
Sun Yi beside him had the same expression.
This time, Liu Siyao didn't say anything to discourage them, because what Xu Yisha said was what she had thought before.
She had the same thought when she first met the big boss.
Now, more than half a year has passed, and her career has made considerable progress. Although she is still far from her goal, at least her wallet is getting fatter, so her efforts are not in vain.
[Wuyou Media] Gu Wei is satisfied with the current development. He set up this internet celebrity agency not to focus on the present, but to get a share of the future trend of internet celebrities selling goods.
This is not a small amount of money. In the future, internet celebrities selling goods will be an unstoppable trend. In a few years, domestic live streaming e-commerce will form a trillion-dollar market.
The profitability of top anchors is comparable to that of a listed company.
[New Oriental] has become [Oriental Selection]. Luo Yonghao owed a lot of debts from making mobile phones, and in the end he relied on selling products to pay off all the debts.
Gu Wei himself will not give up easily, but that does not prevent him from setting up a company similar to [Oriental Selection].
With his current resources, it would be much easier for him to develop than for Yu Minhong.
(End of this chapter)
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