I am a Big Player
Chapter 403 - 398, Qinghe, New World (Third Update)_1

Chapter 403: 398, Qinghe, New World (Third Update)_1

"The fifth item I want to talk about is Qinghe Group Purchase. We provide a platform for merchants to showcase themselves, and furthermore, users can gain convenience from it..."

"For the sixth item, I want to talk about Qinghe Microblog. Think about it, among you seated here there must be those who follow celebrities, but can you see what the stars are up to? No, you can’t. However, by inviting them to post on Microblog, they can easily share their daily activities, and you can see their updates anytime, anywhere!"

"And this is not just a stage for celebrities, it’s a carnival of public opinion for everyone. You can post on Microblog, I can post, in this era where content is king. You might become famous through media platforms and, when the time comes, please help us promote Qinghe!" Ren He said with a smile.

In fact, he had been thinking about launching Microblog for quite a long time. When did the fan economy reach its peak in his previous life? Microblog!

Why? Because the number of each celebrity’s fans was quantified. Whoever had more fans was the most influential, and whose charisma was the strongest was clear at a glance.

While talking about Microblog, Ren He even altered the development path he remembered from his previous life and presented a different strategy. Qinghe lacked resources in this area, but Ren He had them!

Who are the global celebrities with the greatest influence now? Ren He believed that Knight and Yang Xi could secure two seats. He couldn’t claim that Yang Xi and his fans were the most numerous, but they certainly weren’t significantly fewer than anyone else’s.

In the future, Knight’s domestic videos would no longer need to be uploaded to video websites; they could be posted directly to Microblog, spiking the platform’s follower counts!

The fame of Microblog escalated gradually, but in the previous world, those Microblogs had to invite celebrities over, and the initial battles were extremely challenging. Now, it’s different. As someone who had been through it all, Ren He possessed a compelling allure.

He didn’t just talk about development models, he even enthusiastically took extra time to explain how to become Internet famous, discussing what being a ’jokester’ meant in an era where content reigned supreme, and also elaborated on the influence of Microblog.

How many phenomenon-level events in the past were ignited by the big Microblog V’s?

The significance of Microblog wasn’t in how much money it made. Could it earn even close to the trillion-dollar valuation that telecommunications would eventually reach? Could it be as profitable as Qinghe Mall? Could it be as profitable as search engines? Impossible.

Its ultimate significance lay in the fact that after acquiring Microblog, the Qinghe Faction finally had a voice in the new media and could shape public opinion!

How important is public opinion? In the previous life, Alibaba alone invested in over 20 media platforms. Would Jack Ma not understand the intricacies of it? He understood very well.

In this era of information overload, being able to control an autonomous new mainstream media platform meant that Qinghe Games stood at the top of the food chain in the public opinion game.

In the past, a company would spend 30 million a year on advertising to maintain its presence in print and television media, sometimes even spending hundreds of millions. But then, someone would post negative news about it on Microblog, followed by a few big V’s setting the tone, directly causing its stock market value to evaporate by over 30 billion!

Could anyone have imagined that before? Ren He wouldn’t have dared, but he had lived through such an era!

Game promotions? Microblog!

Promotions for other projects? Microblog!

In the previous life, by 2016, Microblog’s monthly active users had reached 260 million. What kind of media platform was that?

Now that Qinghe’s faction is spreading its branches and leaves, and since Ren He has decided to become a bigger player, it’s time to play a bigger game. Telecommunications, new media, payment platforms, etc. This time, Ren He wasn’t playing as a game company, but as a new kingdom.

This was like a game of Fight the Landlord, and just when everyone in the internet field was still pondering their next move, Ren He had already thrown down his cards and secured victory in a clean sweep!

But the thought of playing at such a high level did leave Ren He with worries in his heart. Would the nation tolerate a monster growing within the Internet realm? Ren could protect a Qinghe Games, but he couldn’t shield an entire online empire. Ren He must start looking for interest groups that could engage in an exchange of benefits, and no one fit the bill better than state-owned enterprises. As for which one to choose, he would have to figure that out as he went along.

Ren He was fully aware of this. The Qinghe Faction on its own was definitely beyond his capacity to manage. In his past life, there were entities like Anbang Insurance, which few people might have heard of, but Ren He had the fortune of meeting with those bigshots who were planning the country’s economic future for the next decade. He was very clear that the state would not sit idly by when it came to the security of the economic system’s safe landing; on the contrary, the state had done too much, just in a low-profile manner.

The change of the largest shareholder of Minsheng Bank was an excellent example.

The acquisition path taken by Anbang Insurance in those years involved nothing more than banks, securities, insurance, and asset management. In essence, it was retracing the old steps of Ping An Group over the past decades, just at a faster pace.

No, not just a bit faster, but much faster! Within just a few years, they had obtained seven licenses; insurance, banking, financial leasing, securities, funds, trusts, and futures. This was not something Ren He could handle.

Financial conglomeration was the necessary path to becoming a financial conglomerate, which seemed to have become a consensus. They would be the future Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo of China.

The bigshots would definitely be very interested in Qinghe Payment project, Ren He was already certain of this in his heart.

The Qinghe Faction only had the cards in hand for now; a great hand, if played well, would naturally draw the bigshots to one’s door, wanting to join in the game.

Otherwise, with some entities that had just been established, you couldn’t negotiate a good price!

No need to rush, Ren He still had plenty of time for this matter. What he needed to do now was to start playing those cards!

With the groundwork laid out, then would come the icing on the cake.

Time ticked on to 2 a.m., and Ren He had only finished discussing six items, but everyone was still wide awake. They had come with trepidation, curious about what kind of transformation would happen within the Qinghe Faction.

To their amazement, they discovered that they weren’t merely witnessing a transformation, but were coming into contact with a new world!

A new world... which young person wouldn’t be interested in that?

The executives were all stunned; they could see farther than the grassroots employees, with a much broader view.

As the outline of that kingdom took shape in their minds...

They knew the big boss intended to make a significant move, but they had no idea he was planning something this massive!

Such a rise of the Qinghe Faction within the Internet was extraordinary in every aspect of the Internet industry. Even though it was already 2 a.m., not a trace of fatigue was felt in their hearts; instead, they were exhilarated at the prospect of being Qinghe veterans venturing forth to explore this new world for Qinghe.

Suddenly Ren He chuckled and said, "Is everyone tired? If not, I’ll continue with the seventh item. Of course, even if you are tired, I’m still going to talk..."

"Haha, big boss, please continue, we can hardly wait!"

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