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Chapter 473 - 473 74 You're Paying Later!_2

473: Chapter 74 “You’re Paying Later!”_2 473: Chapter 74 “You’re Paying Later!”_2 In late October, MAS held a small competition for its signed internet celebrities, with a very simple structure and format.

The results for the top three in the competition are telling: the first place gained over three hundred thousand followers, the second over two hundred thousand, and the third also reached the threshold of two hundred thousand.

This is the internal resource allocation system I designed for MAS!”

CEO Cheng continued to control the remote, and a new data analysis chart appeared.

“On various video platforms, traffic distribution and exposure for video hosts are controlled by algorithms, but generally, the model is ‘the better the feedback, the more resources are allocated.’

As a content creation agency, MAS can empower some of the more potential internet celebrities in a targeted manner, using company resources to give them a push during their rise.

The surplus resources from positive platform feedback, combined with the company’s biased resources, can significantly improve the efficiency of incubating top internet celebrities.

Cost issues are never simple.

I believe that spending each penny more effectively can also significantly reduce average costs, on top of controlling unit production costs.”

Using the barrel theory to explain, CEO Cheng aims not only to raise the shortest stave, seeking profits in basic production efficiency but also to make the longest stave even longer.

Both aspects must be grasped firmly.

As for how much water this bucket can hold, it actually has nothing to do with the length of the staves.

It’s just a tool; the key is the person carrying the bucket—CEO Cheng is the key!

“That’s great, Chan, you’ve given me a pleasant surprise, but I still have one question.

What you’ve mentioned is not a unique competitive edge.

You can reduce costs, and your competitors can also reduce costs in the same way.

What is your core competitive advantage, the core competitive advantage of MAS?”

Geweir spoke confidently, looking very professional.

My core advantage is simple: I am a Reincarnator.

Would you believe me if I dared to say that?

Idiot!

“This is how it is, Mr.

Geweil, I may only share that part of the content after we have signed the relevant confidentiality agreements during the due diligence stage.

I apologize, and I hope you understand.”

CEO Cheng had a lot to say about the specific core competitive advantage, but he did not want to continue for now.

If Geweil lacks the initiative and patience, anything CEO Cheng says would be casting pearls before swine.

On another note, many of the aspects that could be considered competitive edges for MAS are changes in patterns, easily replicated by others.

If they are introduced first in a competition, they can serve as an excellent overtaking maneuver.

But to spout all the company’s secrets just for the sake of financing—that’s not an entrepreneur; that’s a fool.

On a deeper level, there isn’t always something called core competitive advantage in many market competitions—it’s about carving a path through the seas of blood.

Industries like food delivery, online shopping, ridesharing, and navigation are all like this.

Right now, it might seem like CEO Cheng is lacking funds, but if one explores the underlying logic of this lack, they’ll discover that what CEO Cheng actually lacks is ‘trust.’

His past is too simple, his professional experience virtually non-existent, and his top-tier connections are few and far between.

Such a ‘persona’ is doomed to not be popular in the capital markets.

People like Wang Xing and Zhang Jingren, who have started numerous businesses, received considerable favor from financiers in their latest entrepreneurial endeavors.

CEO Cheng lacks such a history, so he could only rely on people like big brother Sun Dongxin and big sister Temir to make a stumbling start.

Having managed to establish the company’s framework and started MAS’s Series A round, he still had to start with non-professional investors, carefully designing details just to see if he could scrape together a bit more.

Doesn’t he want to approach professional investors?

That question is like asking a welfare recipient why they don’t rent out their house and drive for a rideshare service—it’s not easy for CEO Cheng.

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After the investors had left, CEO Cheng dragged a chair over and sat in the empty meeting room, exhausted.

Lisa handed him a cup of Americano.

CEO Cheng no longer needs to freeload her coffee beans, but this girl is still considerate.

“Chan, will they invest?”

The blonde woman sat down beside CEO Cheng and asked.

“Domo probably won’t; the Crusoe family is too shrewd.

As for Geweil, hard to say.”

These things truly have no certainty; CEO Cheng had done all he could.

The next step is due diligence, and only a date has been set for now, but neither Domo nor Geweil have clearly stated their intentions.

“That Benny you introduced to me, he wants to invest in Fly Travel, but we don’t need money right now.

Fly Travel doesn’t require that kind of rapid expansion; theoretically, our business revenue should cover operating costs.”

CEO Cheng’s MAS needs money, but ironically, the much smaller Fly Travel doesn’t—the situation is quite interesting.

For CEO Cheng, the goal of his entrepreneurship is to grow and strengthen to be splendid.

But Lisa started Fly Travel hoping that more people would see Hua Country’s development and real scenery, so she’s not in a hurry.

“Just keep in touch, you never know.

If your business keeps improving, you may need financing later.

I am very optimistic about the tourism market between Hua Country and America, extremely optimistic.

Its ceiling might not be that high, but if you do it well, tens of millions in annual turnover should be no problem, which corresponds to at least several million in profit.”

Lisa had different thoughts than CEO Cheng.

“Chan, why not just continue investing with Mi’er?

Why seek outsiders?”

Why seek outsiders?

This implied that CEO Cheng was considered one of their own, and indeed, they were already tied together.