Chapter 221 New Surprise! Millions of Heroes Plunge!
3%? !
When Lin Xiao heard this number, he was almost stunned.
Where did these ratings come from? In the last life, the ratings for the first episode of "China's Got Talent" were only 1.37%? According to Lin Xiao's analysis, the ratings would increase significantly due to various factors, so he boldly estimated 2.3%, but the result was 3%?
"How much?" asked Li Shuang, who was lying lazily on the sofa.
"3%." Lin Xiao said.
Suddenly, Li Shuang was also stunned for a moment.
So high? She immediately wondered where all these spectators came from. "Now you can sleep peacefully, right?" Lin Xiao asked.
Li Shuang said softly: "Do you want to carry me to the bed?"
Lin Xiao stretched out his hand, and Li Shuang stretched out her arms and hugged Lin Xiao's neck.
He carried Li Shuang in his arms like a princess and carried her to the room behind her office.
This woman is quite heavy, probably around 110 pounds.
170 cm, 110 catties.
She is a little overweight among female celebrities, but in reality, she is just perfect.
"I think you have contributed the most to the high ratings at the beginning." Li Shuang suddenly said: "Although we didn't promote it vigorously, the name of Master Ergou is really famous."
"Xiaoxiao, no matter what you do in the future, you will get twice the result with half the effort."
“As long as you keep winning, your personal IP will become more and more famous and powerful.”
Li Shuang's eyes were gentle and her voice was proud, but also a little bit worried.
Because this land doesn’t seem to allow for too awesome personal IPs, right? Lin Xiao: “That day is still a long way off.”
Li Shuang: "You said that one day, if our affairs are really exposed, will I bring you a huge negative impact?"
Lin Xiao: "Why think so much? Live well in the present time, that's the most important thing."
Li Shuang: "I think...it's just what I think..."
"Maybe, maybe...others can still understand my existence a little. After all, our scandal has spread everywhere."
"And the worst that can happen to me is that I'm just a lover."
"Those two girls were really too much of a challenge."
Lin Xiao laughed and said, "Why, are you also worried about a family of five?"
"Go to sleep!"
Li Shuang responded softly, pulled down her skirt and got into bed.
Suddenly she asked, "Xiaoxiao, what did you think when you first saw me?"
"It was the time when I went to Kecheng to meet American students. I was the leading actress of Kecheng TV station at that time, and we didn't know each other at all."
Lin Xiao: "This sister has a really big butt."
Li Shuang said: "No, a deeper thought."
Lin Xiao: "Sister, do you know that famous quote by Lu Xun?"
Li Shuang: "When I saw short sleeves, I immediately thought of white arms, I immediately thought of being naked, I immediately thought of being raw... that sentence? That one is critical, isn't it?"
Lin Xiao: "Then I should be thoroughly criticized."
Li Shuang: "Ah, you wanted to look at that part of mine right then? You're such a bad kid!"
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Feng Xian is going to the United States with his team. This time he is taking more than a dozen people with him, and he will also recruit more than a dozen people in the United States.
At the beginning, there were about a few dozen people.
He also didn't expect that the heavy responsibility of expanding the territory would fall on him.
He couldn't even say, "Don't worry, boss. Leave everything in America to me."
Although he had studied in the United States for a few years, he was really unsure about this exploration.
"I believe in your ability to execute. Steady is your style and also your strength."
"At least in the early stages of entrepreneurship, you can just copy what we do in China. Because we are all in the early expansion stage, there won't be too fierce a fight."
Feng Xian: "I understand my mission."
"Don't rush into anything, but lay a solid foundation."
"We are waiting for the head office to send a stronger general to expand and compete again."
Lin Xiao asked: "Do you think Wang Xing is a good candidate?"
Feng Xian thought for a while and said, "I don't think he is. Although he is studying abroad, he is still a native of the United States. He cannot be considered half of their own in the United States."
The price to pay for being treated as half of our own is really high.
Wu Lingxi!
This woman is really suitable.
Unfortunately, she is still the biggest enemy now.
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After seeing Feng Xian off, Lin Xiao came to Xia Xi's office to discuss a very important matter.
"Paopao and her family are all looking forward to you turning 22 so that you can marry her." Xia Xi said, "The distance is getting closer."
Lin Xiao nodded: "So, some things really need to be planned early."
Once he marries Paopao, what will happen to Lian Yi? Lian Yi's entire family is the biggest help to Lin Xiao.
Although Lian Yi and Lin Xiao had not brought it up on their own initiative, Shu Wan had discussed it with her many times and the meaning was very clear.
After Lian Yi graduated from university, the two got married immediately.
"We are now in a fierce competition with Renren. Let's first assume that we have defeated Renren and become the number one social networking website in China." Lin Xiao said: "Then who will be our opponent next?"
Xia Xi: "Geely?"
Lin Xiao said: "Yes."
Lin Xiao: "Besides, we can't get past this level. Its social moat is much deeper and completely irreplaceable."
Xia Xi: "Once we defeat Renren, we will develop rapidly and then reach a certain ceiling, and this ceiling is set by Tencent."
Lin Xiao: “Yes, and in the PC era, it is almost impossible to surpass.”
In Lin Xiao’s view, the only opportunity is during the transition period from the PC to the mobile Internet era.
"Let's assume that in a few years, what achievements will Ergou need to achieve to meet the expectations of all fans?"
Only Xia Xi could keep up with Lin Xiao's wild and imaginative thoughts.
"How did your talk with Andy Rubin go last time?" Lin Xiao asked.
Andy Rubin joined Apple as a developer in 1989, and later founded Danger, a company that developed mobile phone operating systems. However, it was not very successful, so he later founded Android.
In 2005, Android was acquired by Google for $50 million.
Andy Rubin also joined Google as vice president to continue the development of the Android system.
Everyone knows the story that followed. He became the father of Android.
Moreover, when Android was acquired by Google in 2005, it was already struggling to survive and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Xia Xi: "Not bad, but just not bad."
Lin Xiao: "Is he willing to accept investment?"
Xia Xi: "Yes, but his funding needs didn't seem to be very high at the time. And he can't be said to be wary of us as a Chinese company, but at least he doesn't feel anything for us."
Although it is only 2004, we should start planning for mobile Internet now.
Lin Xiao: "It is very necessary for us to have an international shell."
With an international capital company shell, the probability of successfully acquiring Android before Google, or at least acquiring a large portion of the shares, is very high.
Lin Xiao also coveted another company, ARM. (The underlying architecture of all mobile phone chips comes from ARM)
But that is a game between giants. Although ARM has a market value of only a few billion US dollars, its major shareholders are all international giants, including Apple, Broadcom, and Philips.
The current Lightning Group is not qualified enough to play this game.
But there is also good news, that is, Philips has now indirectly sold its shares in ARM to SoftBank Group.
As long as Lightning Group and Facebook continue to succeed, they can ride on the chariot of SoftBank Group and get a lot of what they want.
After the Internet economic bubble burst, Yahoo Group's market value fell from more than 100 billion US dollars to the current 30 billion US dollars.
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son may need another miracle.
Lin Xiao: "We are determined to acquire this Android company, even if the price exceeds 50 million US dollars."
Xia Xi: "We don't have that much money right now."
Indeed, there is no more. Lightning Group has been spending money like water recently.
Lin Xiao: "When we really want to acquire it, we will have so much money."
Xia Xi: "According to what you said, Google will also target this company in the future?"
Lin Xiao: “Yes.”
Xia Xi: "Then we have to do it quietly, and before Google makes a move, otherwise we will definitely not be able to snatch it from them. Does the founder of this company have a good relationship with Google?"
Lin Xiao: “I don’t know, but publicly, they only met once when he gave a speech at Yale University.”
Xia Xi: "This is a company that studies mobile phone operating systems. Let me say something that will hurt your heart."
"First of all, even if we spend a lot of money to buy this company, it will not be profitable for a very long time. Instead, we have to spend a huge amount of money to maintain it."
"Secondly, we are a Chinese company. Even if this company is still in the United States in the future, even if the smartphone era you mentioned has come, we don't have a strong influence. It is useless to have a system. Even if the system is excellent, people don't have to use your system."
Lin Xiao: "I know, so when we need this mobile phone system, we must at least become a giant and have enough influence."
"Secondly, bring powerful allies with you to get on this chariot together."
"We are trying to find a way to establish an investment company in partnership with SoftBank Group, using the shell of international capital to acquire Android."
"Of course, I was also worrying too much. Android is a very small company with a very small team and is not well-known, so it is not difficult to acquire it."
Xia Xi: "We are still very weak compared to SoftBank Group."
"Even the start-up development funds for Facebook East Asia and Facebook America were all paid by us ourselves. We agreed with them to pay tens of millions of dollars, but they have not actually signed the agreement to pay the money."
The last time Lin Xiao and Masayoshi Son met, they reached an agreement on the investment in Jiayuan.com.
For Facebook overseas, Lin Xiao offered a very high stakes.
30% of Facebook East Asia, $30 million. 20% of Facebook America, $20 million.
Masayoshi Son is very excited, but is still in a wait-and-see stage.
Because now the Lightning Group has just established its overseas Facebook team.
"We need to let SoftBank Group taste the huge sweetness, and it will further bind itself to us, so that we can further leverage it."
"And now, our leverage on it has reached its limit."
Not long ago, Lightning Entertainment, SoftBank Group, and Columbia jointly established Fantasy Vision by borrowing the power of others.
The fox took advantage of the tiger's power to deal with the Korean giant CJ Entertainment.
SoftBank Group directly helped to secure the largest distributor in Japan.
Unless Lin Xiao brings new success and new stimulation to SoftBank Group, SoftBank Group will no longer provide resources to Lin Xiao.
"The acquisition of this Android company must be completed by a certain time?" Xia Xi asked.
Lin Xiao: “At the end of 2004.”
Xia Xi: "When will it work?"
Lin Xiao: "Four or five years later, during this period, it will cost tens of millions of dollars every year to maintain it."
Xia Xi: "How much is the highest we can offer for the acquisition?"
Lin Xiao: “75 million US dollars.”
That's a real glutton.
Now the financial resources of Lightning Group are facing huge challenges. Only by winning these battles thoroughly and completely breaking the blockade of Lightning Entertainment by the entertainment and satellite TV circles can the financial resources of Lightning Group be completely stabilized and grow rapidly.
Xia Xi: "Are you planning for four or five years from now?"
Lin Xiao: "You have to make plans, so you don't get caught off guard and have nothing to play."
Xia Xi: "Will that day really come?"
Lin Xiao said: "It's just a plan, it may not come true. But if that day comes, I have said that I will give you everything."
"But I will never compromise, and I will never admit my mistakes."
"You keep saying you're not willing to give up? You're not willing to be a supporting role every day."
Xia Xi: "You are a lunatic. Even married couples will turn against each other. We are just half-siblings. If you dare to give everything to me, I will take everything away and kick you out."
you do not say.
At that time, Tudou.com's future was ruined by the feud between husband and wife.
Not to mention Dangdang.com, where the husband and wife turned against each other and staged a high-level business war to seize the official seal.
From this point of view, Brother Dong and Sister Jing are definitely a happy story, even though they are divorced.
Lin Xiao: "Okay, you can kick me out anytime."
Xia Xi stared at Lin Xiao: "FUCK, when that day really comes, I...I feel like we can no longer be brother and sister."
"Maybe, a tragedy will really happen!"
"Stop, stop, stop..." Lin Xiao: "Can you please stop giving hints?"
Xia Xi: "Please, I'm a smart person like me. I can see the danger and the abyss from a long distance."
“But one thing is true: if you want to become an international giant, you have to start early.”
“The environment right now is the most powerful.”
"Is the ARM company important to your future rise?"
Lin Xiao said: "Yes, it is very important, but that goal is too far away."
Xia Xi: "Isn't there still four or five years left? We can slowly plan, there's still time."
"In this case, there is no way to avoid SoftBank Group."
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Lin Xiao received a call from Liu Fei, CEO of Merrill Lynch China.
"Brother, you've been really popular lately."
Lin Xiao: "I've made too many enemies. There's nothing I can do."
Liu Fei: "You've touched someone else's cake. They want to grab it. There's nothing we can do. We can't just give it up."
At that time, Liu Fei proposed that SoftBank Group and Merrill Lynch should invest in Lightning Entertainment and then list it in Hong Kong or the United States, so as to stop the hunter's attempt.
However, Lin Xiao refused and chose a more direct hard steel, starting the battle directly. Now the result of the first battle is gradually coming out.
Liu Fei: "I went to a lot of dinners, and they were all discussing the whole faction's hunt for you."
"This battle has made people really celebrate."
"You must fully estimate the means used by that side, and don't imagine that you can just lower the share after you lose."
"As long as you can deal with your direct forces at Jiangnan TV, they would even rather bear huge losses and take the power route."
"It may not necessarily affect you, but it may affect the people around you."
This sentence is already very obvious.
Lin Xiao: "Has this news reached you?"
Liu Fei: "We are foreign capital. In the eyes of others, we are cooperating with you and may become allies. They will lobby us and say that you are a sinking ship and ask us not to get on board."
"Several hundred million in revenue a year is too tempting, who wouldn't want to grab it?"
"So in this case, the sooner Jiayuan.com goes public, the better. After all, owning a company listed in the United States will make everything a little different."
"We agreed that if the monthly revenue reaches RMB 25 million, we will start the listing process. How is the progress now?"
Lin Xiao: "It changes every day. How about I call you later?"
Liu Fei: "Okay."
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Wang Xing, CEO of Jiayuan.com, appeared in Lin Xiao’s office.
Looking at the report in his hand, Lin Xiao was once again stunned.
There are so many VIP members? There are obviously no obvious privileges.
This is not like a video website. With VIP membership, you can watch ads, high-definition video, and many complete movies and TV series.
Therefore, it is necessary to recharge VIP membership.
This is a dating website. If you become a VIP member, you will just look better in front of the opposite sex.
Of course, you can also have higher quality when searching for objects.
In addition, VIP members can also see the other party's core information at a deeper level. This is set by the other party themselves and is not mandatory by the website.
For example, a girl took the initiative to set up a lot of VIP content, which is only available for VIP male members to watch.
After only one month of opening, there are already about one million VIP members.
This number is too shocking.
"Many female members' VIP accounts are topped up by male members who admire them."
"In the dating market, people value vanity the most. If you can't even afford 19 yuan a month, what qualifications do you have to go on an online dating site?"
"So, this VIP membership recharge is far beyond our imagination."
"In addition, the scale and frequency of our offline matchmaking activities are increasing."
"According to conservative estimates, the revenue from offline matchmaking activities in April will reach about 18 million, advertising revenue will reach 6 million, and VIP membership monthly subscriptions will reach 20 million."
"The net profit of the entire website reached about 25 million."
“Because of the income from VIP monthly subscriptions, the cost is too low.”
"Our company went from low profits to high profits all at once."
At this time, Wang Xing had only one thought in his mind: if he made good content, it would be so easy to make money.
Su Tao's words sounded so naive. She said that our core purpose is to help men and women find partners, not to make money.
Now...it has become the truth.
In other words, in April alone, Jiayuan.com's revenue reached 44 million.
Last year's expected goal was to achieve revenue of 25 million by June this year and then start the listing process.
This is more than just a rapid progress.
Wang Xing: "Because of our great success, we have more and more competitors. But so far, no competitor has been able to challenge our monopoly. The number of our real members has formed a huge moat."
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"Because If You Are the One continues to be popular and its ratings keep hitting new highs, our monopoly position will become stronger and stronger."
"I also realize my previous short-sightedness, and now I admit that our reputation is more important than making money."
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Lin Xiao once again called Liu Fei, President of Merrill Lynch China.
"How is it? Can we achieve a revenue of 25 million in June?" Liu Fei asked.
Lin Xiao: "In April, Jiayuan.com's revenue was approximately between 44 million and 46 million."
Suddenly, there was silence for a while.
Oh…Fuck.
In December last year, your monthly income was only around 10 million yuan.
In just over four months, the number has soared to around 45 million? Liu Fei: "Monthly membership, so much?"
Lin Xiao: "There will be about 1 million. In addition, advertising costs are skyrocketing, with an extremely high growth rate. This is even though we are very restrained."
"We started out like other portals, using the typical CPM method, which means charging based on the number of impressions."
"Later, we found that our ads were very vertical and had a very high conversion rate, so we added a CPA advertising model, which worked very well."
“Our website is indeed the group with the strongest spending power.”
Liu Fei: "We all greatly underestimated this dating website."
The most underestimated person is Lin Xiao, because Jiayuan.com in his previous life was always half-dead, so people had the impression that its upper limit would be very low.
After the merger of Baihe.com and Jiayuan.com, the revenue was only a few billion yuan a year.
"Mr. Masayoshi Son of SoftBank will be very pleasantly surprised. He did not expect to make much money from this investment, but the result far exceeded his expectations."
Lin Xiao said: "So I changed my goal. I want to wait until the monthly revenue reaches 10 million US dollars before applying for an IPO."
Liu Fei: "I agree!"
“By then, the market value assessment and the ability to raise funds will be on a completely different level.”
"But..." Liu Fei paused: "Dating websites are different from other websites. Once the blind date is successful, they will leave. Once they leave, the VIP monthly income, advertising income, and offline event income will disappear."
"So we need a constant influx of new users to offset the users who leave."
"And your biggest source of users is If You Are the One."
"From the looks of it now, they're not only going to beat your China's Got Talent, they're even going to completely cut off your source of income and take away If You Are the One."
"Reorganize it, stop broadcasting for a month or two, then relaunch an identical dating show, and then support a new dating website."
"When that happens, it will not only be a huge blow to your company's financial resources, but also to Jiayuan.com's revenue!"
Lin Xiao: “I know.”
Liu Fei: "As the saying goes, this time you must not only win, but also kill this person who showed up."
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The bidding for advertising for the new season of "If You Are the One" should be started.
But, there never was.
Gao Changhe once suggested to Lin Xiao that he should urge Jiangnan TV to conduct a new bidding, otherwise it would be too late.
We can't wait until the third cycle of programs has been aired before the bidding is completed.
But Lin Xiao said, don’t mention it.
The 3% viewership rating of "China's Got Talent" not only surprised Lin Xiao, but also shocked Liao Feng, Qiu Tong and others.
Almost immediately after learning about the ratings of the talent show, a secret meeting was held there.
"First of all, the success of China's Got Talent cannot impact Millionaire Heroes." Liao Feng said firmly, "At most, he just found a substitute at Magic City TV."
"Besides, there is only one season of 'Got Talent' a year."
“Even if we are successful, we will have to wait until next year to collect huge advertising revenue.”
"However, If You Are the One is different. It is broadcast twice a week without interruption, and its advertising revenue is several hundred million a year."
"So as long as 'Millionaire' is successful enough, we can take action against Master Ergou."
"It's just that because of the success of China's Got Talent, we have to move forward."
"After preparing for four or five episodes, we will take action against Lin Xiao's direct lineage at Jiangnan TV, and then take action against Shuanglin Productions."
"It's too late now, we'll do it after three phases!"
Suddenly, President Qiu Tong felt tremendous pressure.
Liao Feng: "China's Got Talent is very successful, but it can never overshadow the brilliance of Millionaire Heroes."
"No one can change the fact that the ratings of Millionaire Heroes have broken records, far exceeding those of China's Got Talent."
“3.6% is higher than 3%!”
"Next, we will do our best to boost the ratings for the second and third episodes."
"Use all means, even spending money, to make celebrities gossip and expose the so-called truth about celebrities."
"Wait, wait, use all the means."
"In the third episode, the ratings were pushed to over 4%."
"Let the top management of Jiangnan believe that Millionaire Heroes can completely replace If You Are the One as a cash cow, so that Jiangnan TV will have the capital to turn against the leader Ergou."
"Set a goal, the second period's ratings will be 3.8%, and the third period's ratings will be 4%!"
“It should not only surpass China’s Got Talent, but also If You Are the One.”
"To achieve this goal, you guys will immediately take action against If You Are the One. We will fully cooperate with you and we can handle all the forces."
"Mr. Qiu, is there any problem?"
Qiu Tong's hands trembled slightly. Originally, the show was scheduled to be held after the fifth episode, when "Millionaire Heroes" completely crushed "If You Are the One", making the group feel that they had no worries and would then confront Master Ergou.
Now it's time to move forward.
That means taking greater risks and paying a higher price.
But he had no choice, Liao Feng was right.
We can't wait until "China's Got Talent" wins before taking action, because then it will be too late.
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Then, a strange scene appeared.
The promotion of "Millionaire" became even more intense, with investment almost regardless of cost.
This is very puzzling, as this is not a competition for movie box office.
How could the promotion for the second issue be bigger than the first?
There is absolutely no need for that.
The ratings for your first episode are already 3.6%, so you just need to proceed steadily from now on.
The most important thing is that you have already received the advertising fees, and spending huge amounts of money on promotion will only be a waste of money.
Even Lin Xiao was a little stunned by this publicity campaign.
What has been exposed is no longer a celebrity gossip, but more like a scandal.
The stars on the second episode of "Millionaire Heroes" are Jessica Hsuan from TVB in Hong Kong, who graduated from Imperial College London and is still a top student. The other star is Huang Xiaomin from Huayi, who is also very popular.
It was just normal promotion, at most it was just mutual appreciation or something like that.
Now, in order to create hype, it was revealed that the two had a quarrel and a falling out at the recording site.
"If you don't know the answer, then don't answer. Do you know how to hide your incompetence?" Xuan Xuan scolded Huang Xiaomin.
"How can you be so dumb? So stupid?"
Nothing like this happened at all at the recording site, but for publicity purposes, similar scenes, coupled with subtitles, were advertised everywhere.
The top student Jessica Hsuan denounced the mainland star Huang Xiaomin for being uneducated and unskilled.
There is internal strife among the stars of "Millionaire".
The program production team seized on this point and hyped it up heavily. Various entertainment magazines and major portals also made it a hot topic.
It seems like they want to arouse everyone's curiosity and make them go watch the second episode of "Millionaire" and wait to see the mainland and Hong Kong stars falling out and fighting.
In short, the goal is to boost the ratings of "Millionaire" to the sky within a short period of time.
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On Wednesday.
Lightning Entertainment finally welcomed President Qiu Tong from Jiangnan Radio and Television.
"Where is President Lin?" President Qiu Tong was surprised to see that the only person to receive him was Li Shuang, the president of Shuanglin Production.
Such a crucial occasion, concerning the financial resources of your Lightning Entertainment, Lin Xiao, you actually didn't show up? Li Shuang: "Boss Lin has other important matters. I am the president of Shuanglin Production, I can make all the decisions."
President Qiu Tong: "Well, our third season advertising bidding is about to begin. I am also very anxious, but the leaders above are very angry. President Li should know the reason."
"Now the entire satellite TV industry feels that we have lost our dignity and have become the public enemy of satellite TV."
"So, the leaders above have entrusted me to talk to you about modifying the sharing of advertising revenue."
Li Shuang said nothing and didn't even ask how much had been modified.
Qiu Tong: "What it means is that your company's maximum share cannot exceed 35%."
"I think this is reasonable. After all, we have invested more resources and made greater contributions in this program."
“Creativity is important, but the platform is more important, isn’t it?”
Li Shuang: "No."
Qiu Tong: "Don't you need to hold a meeting to discuss this?"
Li Shuang: “No need.”
Qiu Tong: "Mr. Li, what I want to tell you is that your company still has a certain degree of initiative. Our new program "Millionaire Heroes" has achieved huge success and will become more and more successful. When it far exceeds "If You Are the One", you will lose even this little initiative."
"By that time, your company will be completely passive."
Li Shuang just looked at the other person quietly, too lazy to even act.
This is a typical case of the other party using courtesy before force.
Pretend to negotiate, then push the blame for the failed negotiation onto Lightning Entertainment, and finally pretend to be forced to turn against each other.
The actions escalate step by step until the real intention is revealed.
Li Shuang: "We uphold the spirit of the contract and will perform according to how the contract was signed."
Qiu Tong's eyes turned cold, and he said slowly: "Boss Li, we also uphold the spirit of the contract. But what if this contract itself contains illegal elements? Then this contract may not be valid."
"I heard it, just heard it."
"I heard that your company had some improper interests when signing this contract with Director Zhang Yan."
"Of course, we have strongly refuted this rumor. I personally fully believe in Director Zhang's character."
"But this rumor has spread too wildly. The higher-ups may conduct an investigation. I hope that this will not disturb Mr. Li. But if that day really comes, I hope your company will cooperate with the investigation of the relevant departments."
This is an even more blatant threat.
Li Shuang stared at Qiu Tong and said slowly, "Boss Qiu, when you insisted on stopping "The Brain" and launching "Millionaire Heroes", it was just to gain the initiative. Did you ever think that it would come to such a point today?"
"You are on a pirate ship. If you succeed, it's fine. But if you fail, it will be a bottomless abyss."
"Do you think Liao Feng and the people behind him will rescue you when the time comes?"
Qiu Tong didn't expect that Li Shuang's words would be so direct.
When he first stood up, he certainly didn't expect the struggle to be so fierce, and he didn't think it would be a life-and-death battle.
By now, the arrow is on the string and has to be shot.
There is only progress and no retreat.
And now it seems that the chances of winning are very high, right? Once you win, great honor and huge benefits will come rolling in.
Qiu Tong: "Mr. Li, I don't know what you are talking about."
"I will report to the higher-ups next. Does your attitude mean the failure of the negotiations?"
Li Shuang: "We insist on fulfilling the spirit of the contract."
Qiu Tong: "Then, goodbye!"
"I will report the situation to the relevant leaders truthfully."
"In addition, I hope your company has indeed not crossed the line in the contract."
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Next, amidst the heated hype and publicity.
The second episode of "Millionaire Heroes" was officially aired on April 23.
The rhythm of this episode is edited more intensely.
The star group won the first round.
In the second episode, the combination of Jessica Hsuan and Wong Siu Man lost.
Moreover, we actually recorded the scene of the two people quarreling because it was a close-up.
The whole atmosphere was very warm.
As soon as the show was finished, Liao Feng, Qiu Tong and others immediately went to the Facebook community and Renren community.
The result was a pleasant surprise.
Because of the level of discussion, it completely exploded.
After the first episode, it has become a hot topic of discussion.
After the second episode ended, the number of discussion posts in the two communities increased significantly.
Of course, most of them are still cursing.
Many people directly revealed the truth. The scene of Jessica Hsuan and Wong Siu Man arguing was obviously recorded later because it was a close-up shot of their faces.
But they didn't care at all, they were happy instead of angry.
With such high popularity, the ratings are sure to reach a new high.
Perhaps the original target of 3.8% was too conservative. This second episode may directly exceed 4%.
The next day at noon.
The entire top management is still waiting for CCTV Sofres to collect the data.
Many people have already congratulated President Qiu Tong in advance.
"It will definitely be more than 3.8%, it will definitely exceed 4%."
"It was a stroke of genius to have Xuan Xuan and Huang Xiaomin quarrel and fight with each other!"
"What was the ratings of If You Are the One last week? 3.7%, right? This time, Millionaire Heroes will definitely surpass that."
"Once it exceeds 4%, it will be a true ratings miracle."
Listening to these voices, President Qiu Tong was nervous but also calm and confident.
After the success of the first issue, he felt that he had mastered some trick and was confident.
The gimmick of the second episode is much higher than that of the first.
"Ding-ling-ling!" The phone rang.
President Qiu Tong slowly stepped forward and picked up the phone: "Hello, this is Qiu Tong!"
The other party said, "Hello, Mr. Qiu, the ratings for the second episode of Million Heroes are out. You may need to be mentally prepared."
Qiu Tong was pleasantly surprised. Was it really going to break a new high? Was it going to exceed expectations? "How much?"
The other party said: "3.19%."
Qiu Tong shuddered in disbelief: "4.19%?"
The other party: "No, it's 3.19%."
Qiu Tong felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his entire body was cold and he lay motionless.
How is that possible?
With such a big publicity campaign and such a big gimmick, the minimum target is 3.8%, and everyone is optimistic that it will exceed 4%.
The result... was such a sudden drop!
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Note: Speed up the pace, and resolve this battle in the next chapter. And for those who have received monthly tickets, can you give me a few to encourage me? (End of this chapter)