Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 81 - 75. The highly sought-after top card

Chapter 81: 75. The highly sought-after top card

"Of course, Douyu isn’t the only one interested in you."

Lu Jincheng shook his phone as he spoke.

In Fairy Miao’s live streaming room, the messages received by the room manager, Golden Stone Studio, were even more numerous than those to the anchor herself.

YY Live Streaming, Zhanqi Live Streaming, and even Principle Wang, who was ambitiously trying to enter the live streaming industry, all extended their olive branches to Mou Keyan.

In the budding era of the internet industry, major platforms were going to great lengths to sign talented anchors.

From grassroots anchor to platform anchor, the challenge lay in the contract.

Once signed, the anchor would enjoy various resources and support provided by the platform, including more exposure, better placement, exclusive activities, and promotional opportunities.

There were even "platform civil servants," who, as long as they guaranteed streaming hours, had a stable source of income, offering signed anchors a certain base salary or profit-sharing ratio.

People at the cusp of such opportunities even felt their hair fluttering.

"What should I respond?"

Mou Keyan spread her phone screen in front of Lu Jincheng.

It was her first time dealing with such a situation and she felt a bit lost.

"Actually, the offer from Douyu isn’t bad, do you want to sign?"

Mr. Lu reviewed the electronic contract sent by the other party, turned around, and patted Mou Keyan.

At that moment, Douyu was well-prepared and eager to make a name for itself in the industry.

In April 2014, Douyu had secured its first angel round of financing from Ao Fei Entertainment amounting to 20 million RMB just a few months after its establishment.

Five months later, not long ago, Douyu had attracted the attention of Sequoia Capital, which invested 20 million USD in its Series B round.

The base salary Douyu offered Mou Keyan was quite attractive.

Really well-funded!

"I..."

Mou Keyan stared at the shining six-figure base salary, was slightly stunned, and then looked up at Mr. Lu.

His gaze hinted at an amused curiosity.

"I don’t understand any of this."

She bit her lip gently and said in a soft voice, "I’ll leave it all up to you."

"Is that so?"

Mr. Lu smiled, lowered his head, and continued reviewing the contract.

"This contract isn’t starting off well."

After testing the waters, Mr. Lu seriously analyzed the offer from Douyu and shook his head.

"The amount is negotiable, but the term is fixed at three years—I cannot accept this condition."

"Are you worried that signing for such a lengthy period could end up with Douyu closing down?"

Mou Keyan knew this was a new platform.

"It’s not likely; Douyu is quite robust, continuing to thrive even in the absence of its CEO."

As he recounted the confining past of an old friend, Mr. Lu couldn’t help but comment.

"That’s not the point; the point is, after three years when you’ve set up your own platform, would you still go work for someone else?"

"Remember, no matter what they offer, sign for no more than six months!"

Mou Keyan nodded.

She deeply trusted and believed in Mr. Lu’s words.

[Sorry, other platforms also intend to develop in-depth cooperation, I need to consider this comprehensively.]

At this time, live streaming platforms were highly dependent on capital.

In the fierce competition across various platforms, poaching became a common occurrence.

And the only condition to poach an anchor from a rival platform was to "increase the pay."

Under this fundamental logic, all platforms had no choice but to leap into the bubble, investing massive capital.

After editing the message in response to Douyu, the two went to the living room for breakfast.

"You don’t have to worry about the contract."

"I’ll find you a professional lawyer, and we can negotiate together to avoid any pitfalls."

Mr. Lu passed her a puff pastry biscuit, casually dunking it in her cup of milk.

"Ah... okay."

Mou Keyan ate while flicking through unread messages on her screen, one after another.

"I guess you’re not quite ready yet, are you?"

Lu Jincheng raised an eyebrow suddenly and asked.

"What?"

"Ready to officially become a public figure."

"Hmm, I just realized that myself,"

Mou Keyan said softly.

"The messages overwhelmed me, from roommates, friends, family... even a primary school classmate I haven’t contacted in eight hundred years messaged me today asking if I was around."

"You’ll get used to it, it’s quite normal,"

Mr. Lu said casually.

"Wealth in the mountains finds distant relatives, now you’ve become wealthy, things are different."

Wealth is a double-edged sword.

Going from nothing to sudden wealth overnight.

For ordinary people, it’s bound to require a period of adjustment and acceptance.

Once basic needs are satisfied, how to correctly face one’s desires, how to properly handle the various relationships surrounding them, how to keep oneself grounded...

These are all arts.

Mr. Lu still remembered when he made his first bucket of gold in his previous life, he stayed home and spent a whole week in a club, which completely disillusioned him towards women as a species.

Once, Mou Keyan had some followers on social media, but she didn’t make much money, it could only be considered causing a stir on the Internet at most.

But now, she had proven herself with explosive gift turnover, revolutionary live-streaming strategies, and top-notch music and dance skills.

She was the top contestant fiercely fought over for salary bumps by multiple streaming platforms.

She possessed immense potential for monetizing the Internet industry.

Meanwhile, Mr. Lu had planned everything around her.

Early on, he had the Golden Stone studio members finish editing her live stream screen recordings overnight.

Extracting the essence and discarding the useless parts, they turned them into several short videos posted on major platforms.

She easily topped the charts once again.

This time, the studio members didn’t even have to rack their brains thinking of copywriting to help her gain traffic.

It wasn’t necessary.

Late-night dance by a female anchor, Mr. Wang splurging tons of money.

Such facts were enough to attract attention.

Whether it was on Weibo, Bilibili, or other platforms.

Entrepreneurs at the forefront of the industry, they all possess a keen sense of trends.

They suddenly realized.

Live streaming platforms weren’t just for esports players to have an outlet.

Personal charisma streamed hosts hold such immense power!

Just the unilateral gift interactions alone could achieve such a level of turnover.

Then by extrapolation...

What about live promotion?

What about live commerce?

Similarly faced with such facts, Mou Keyan was too excited last night; she was immersed in intense emotions and it took her all night to realize they were drying up.

This morning, after completely waking up, coupled with the bombardment of messages from multiple sources, she finally understood her value.

And the profound implications of being a public figure.

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Many years later, when people recall this scene, they will likely define this period as the gap between two eras.

Before then, we had smartphones, we had the internet.

Afterwards, they owned us, controlled us.

And we ourselves, prisoners of the new era, are also the bytes that make up the shackles.

Perhaps one day, people will reminisce about the pre-modern era without smartphones and the internet, a life with singular amounts of information.

The world is being cyberized, and you and I,

are all cyber prisoners.