Chapter 98 Money Printing Machine
As December began, the incident involving Yang Huan smashing an Aston Martin in South Korea gradually came to an end.
Many people began to look back and reflect on what happened, only to find that the most unlucky ones were the father and son Kim who had already been imprisoned, and the agency that Lin Yoona worked for. Even though they received a sum of money, they had lost all face.
The one who gained the most was undoubtedly Yang Huan. He became famous and became the number one celebrity in the world by virtue of his various miraculous deeds. His WeChat fans even soared and firmly occupied the first place.
What’s even crazier is that he only sent one message on WeChat from beginning to end.
A Chinese song called "Gangnam Style" was reposted on Youtube. As soon as this song was released on Youtube, it was recommended and paid attention to by many celebrities including Yang Huan, Lim Yoona, Ibrahimovic, and Neymar.
In just less than a month, he topped the YouTube Top 100 Music Videos chart.
The image of the wretched fat man wearing big sunglasses and dancing the horse dance also became completely popular.
Countless fans affectionately call him Uncle Bird.
As the song became more and more popular on YouTube, more and more spoofs and imitation versions appeared. More and more celebrities began to pay attention to it and recommended the song to their fans, which further contributed to the popularity of the song, even skyrocketing at an average rate of more than five million hits per day.
In just one month, Du Ziteng's image of Psy went from being worthless to the world's hottest superstar. He was even imitated by countless celebrities in Europe, America and even around the world. The imitation videos of these celebrities were also posted on YouTube, further promoting the popularity of the song.
Lin Yuner, who starred in the MV, also quickly became popular in the storm and craze brought by "Gangnam Style". Countless fans were extremely amazed by Lin Yuner's pure image in the MV. She became the purest dream goddess in the hearts of countless otakus and was supported by otakus all over the world.
While the whole world was hyping up Yang Huan, Psy and Lim Yoona, in Longhai City, China, Yang Wenfeng was struggling with how long it would take for his son to get out of the debt crisis.
The answer given by Zhang Ning is very pleasing, that is, soon.
Because Yang Huan has been making a lot of money in the past month.
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The first thing Yang Wenfeng did when he arrived at the company was to sit in the office and read the morning newspaper.
But now his habit has changed. The first thing he does when he arrives at the company is to turn on the computer and visit the portal website.
They all forgot when this habit started, but Yang Wenfeng persisted.
The reason that motivated him to persist was simple: he could find some news topics related to his son almost every day.
For example, today, when he logged into the portal website, he didn’t see it in the entertainment section, so he went to the technology section and saw the news.
Temple Escape creates another miracle!
This article is a report on the new game [Temple Run] launched by WeChat.
After a period of testing in New Zealand and other regions, Temple Run was finally released globally four days ago and set astonishing and impressive numbers overnight.
In four days, Temple Run successfully entered the top 100 free rankings in more than 150 countries and regions, of which nearly 60 countries topped the free game rankings, and 20 countries topped the free rankings.
It even made it into the top five of the free list in countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.
From this data, it is not difficult to see that this game will surpass the previous "Cut the Rope" and become the most popular mobile game under WeChat, and it is bound to further ignite the craze of free plus in-app purchase game mode.
"You know, the revenue of the game Cut the Rope has been rising steadily in the past three months, and the prospects are very promising. At this time, WeChat has launched the amazing Temple Run, which has attracted the attention of countless players."
"Before WeChat, no smartphone game company could do this, but WeChat has mastered the mobile phone plus in-app purchase model. Some analysts even believe that Cut the Rope is just a test run, and the real highlight is this well-made parkour game, Temple Run."
"We have every reason to believe that this game will bring invaluable revenue to WeChat."
When Yang Wenfeng saw this report, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
It makes him happier when others praise his son than when they praise him in person.
Before, everyone talked about Yang Huan as a prodigal son, but now, Yang Huan is Yang Wenfeng's pride.
The only thing I could complain about was that Yang Huan had been away for so long that he hadn't even returned home.
Don’t be like Dayu, the ancient flood control master, who passed by his home three times without entering!
"This brat went to Korea and caused such a big commotion, but he didn't even come home to explain!"
Just when Yang Wenfeng was feeling amused, there was a knock on the office door.
The person who came in was Zhang Ning, dressed in a smart black and white business suit. After taking over WeChat China, she quickly led the company to create a new situation. Behind this was also the advice and the effect of creating momentum from Yang Huan.
"Zhang Ning, here you are!" Yang Wenfeng smiled and pointed to the chair opposite the desk.
They had already made an appointment to meet this morning to discuss something.
"Mr. Yang is in a good mood." After two months, Zhang Ning has become familiar with his identity.
Yang Wenfeng turned the monitor over and said, "Take a look. I heard that the new game is very popular and has a promising future."
Zhang Ning had read the news a long time ago and nodded with a smile, "Maybe we won't know until next month."
Apple’s bill is settled once a month. Although I could see the ranking before, I couldn’t see the results.
However, after the recent release of new games, Apple has indeed increased its recommendations.
"Yes, the previous game only started to make money after two or three months." Yang Wenfeng did not forget that he once doubted whether making games could make money, but now, he has no doubts.
"Mr. Yang, there's actually no need to worry. Young Master Huan is not short of money now." Zhang Ning replied with a smile.
Yang Huanhao, she was happy too.
"Oh? Are you not short of money?" Yang Wenfeng didn't know the inside story of Yang Huan's company at all.
Zhang Ning nodded elegantly, "Before, Psy was just an overseas student. He was packaged by Young Master Huan and has now become a superstar. Young Master Huan paid for the MV and helped him record the song. If you pay attention, you can even see that there are many various imitation versions on YouTube, including the President of the United States, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the President of France, etc. There are a lot of spoof versions, all made by Young Master Huan for publicity and hype."
"In fact, these videos posted on YouTube can make money."
"Oh!" Yang Wenfeng suddenly realized that he could make money by posting videos.
"Yes, it's the same principle as releasing a game on the Apple Store." Zhang Ning nodded with a smile. She called Yang Huan and learned a little bit about the situation. She heard that she could get at least hundreds of thousands of pounds from Youtu.com.
"Also, Psy and Yoona are both very popular now. They are both artists under Master Huan. They can make money from advertising endorsements and concerts. I heard that an advertising company has estimated that Psy's current endorsement value is at least 3 million to 4 million pounds."
"And I heard that he has already accepted three and is negotiating for five more."
Yang Wenfeng was stunned. "Eight, doesn't that mean 20 to 30 million pounds?"
That translates to about 200 to 300 million RMB. My God, isn’t this too fast a way to make money?
It's just like a money printing machine!
Zhang Ning knew that Yang Wenfeng was not very familiar with the emerging Internet.
"Let's take the simplest example. After Psy became popular, the game team of WeChat created a cartoon character of Psy in the game Cut the Rope to replace the cartoon dragon eating candy. The price was 99 cents."
"As a result, within less than half a month, 250 copies were sold worldwide!"
Yang Wenfeng smiled bitterly. Two hundred and fifty copies means nearly two and a half million US dollars, or fifteen million RMB.
He now had to admit that his beloved son at least made money much faster than he, the father.
"I understand that Master Huan paid Lin Yuner a penalty of 700,000 pounds, but currently our WeChat in Korea uses Lin Yuner as the spokesperson. Our users in Korea have surpassed their local KakaoTalk software in a short period of time. We currently have more than 20 million users, occupying the first place in the market."
"Add to that the income from advertising and endorsements, and I believe this deal will not only not be a loss, but a huge profit."
At least Lin Yoona, a star who is already very popular in South Korea, got the money for free.
Zhang Ning's words shocked Yang Wenfeng, and also made him sigh.
Because he discovered that many of Yang Huan's previous actions that seemed nonsensical and reckless actually proved his deep intentions in the end, and he was successful in all of them.
This made Yang Wenfeng sigh that he was getting old after all.
Today's society belongs to the era of young people.
"By the way, Zhang Ning, what's the matter with you coming to see me this time?"
Zhang Ning opened a document and handed it to Yang Wenfeng. "This is a plan for us to actively develop the Japanese market. We are currently number one in the domestic and Korean markets, and we are also far ahead in the Southeast Asian market. Master Huan asked us to go all out to attack the Japanese market and seize the opportunity before their local applications rise strongly."
Yang Wenfeng’s view on this matter is very consistent with Yang Huan’s. This kind of thing needs to be done quickly.
Haven’t you noticed that there are already a lot of copied and followed software in China?
If they had not released the product early and used a series of opportunities to attract more than 60 million users and gain a firm foothold, they would probably be in trouble now. How could they still have the prestige of being the leader?
"This time we invited Lin Yuner to be the spokesperson, and the promotion in the Korean market went very smoothly. We plan to adopt the same approach in Japan and invite a Japanese actress to be the spokesperson."
Yang Wenfeng had no objection to this. He smiled and signed his name. "You can handle this matter as you wish. Or you can discuss it with Ah Huan. You know, he has always had a very accurate eye for beautiful women."
As soon as I finished speaking, I realized something was wrong.
Isn't this beautiful woman in front of me the one who has a secret crush on my precious son?
By saying this, I am hurting Zhang Ning's feelings.
But when he looked up, he found that Zhang Ning looked normal. "If everything is fine, I'll go back first."
"Well, go ahead." Yang Wenfeng sighed in his heart, what a virtuous girl.
It’s a pity that the stain she had before was too big, otherwise, Yang Wenfeng really felt that Zhang Ning was more suitable for his son than the daughter of the banker.
But what he didn't know was that although Zhang Ning looked fine on the surface, he was actually feeling a little sad inside.
After walking out of Yang Wenfeng's office, she sighed deeply.
Media reports began to emerge that the reason Yang Huan redeemed Yoona was because he wanted to support her.
Although this may just be media hype, Zhang Ning still feels uncomfortable.
At this moment, she wished so much that Yang Huan could be by her side and say a lot of sweet words and charming love promises to her.
But she soon abandoned this unrealistic fantasy.
At the very least, the Yang Huan she knew was not that kind of person at all.
I don’t know what this guy who likes to make trouble is doing now?
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While Zhang Ning was thinking about Yang Huan, Yang Huan was on the highway from London to Gayton in central England.
He had just held his first high-level meeting in Poole after the acquisition of Sunseeker Yachts, and at this high-level meeting, he personally issued a requirement that Sunseeker Yachts would mobilize all its resources to build him a top-level luxury yacht in the future.
This made the team's remaining CEO McEntire very helpless, but he had to agree to Yang Huan's request and promised to complete the construction of the yacht within three months. For this reason, Sunseeker Yacht had to suspend the construction of other yachts that had already started.
It is not clear yet how much impact this incident will have on Shengxi.
Yang Huan ignored McEntire's worries. What he wanted most now was a super yacht that would make him proud.
If we say that Yang Huan gained the most in this storm of car smashing in South Korea, and Psy and Yoona are second only to him, then Aston Martin must be the next best thing.
When the news of the car smashing incident came out, Yang Huan asked Sun Yue to assist Zhao Yuanfang in launching a public relations and marketing campaign.
Sun Yue is indeed a capable guy. He used public relations methods to transform the original crisis into a turning point and business opportunity.
Today, Aston Martin attaches great importance to the driver experience and creates a work of art for every driver. This car-making concept, as well as the concept that owning an Aston Martin is equivalent to becoming a noble gentleman, have been bombarded by the media and are deeply implanted in the minds of consumers around the world.
But this is just the beginning.
The real test for Aston Martin is that they must reverse their past decline and create top-notch luxury cars that are accepted and recognized by all consumers and the entire market.
It not only has to be a hit, but also has to be well received!
Who asked Yang Huan to set such a high brand goal for Aston Martin?
And this time, Yang Huan went to Gayton to do this.
His idea is simple: to build the best car, find the best people!