"Yes." Jiang Yue said very seriously, "I heard that you, the boss, previously brought in advertisers for the 'Goodbye Lover' program group.

Then perhaps you can introduce me to Mai Ling or someone else from the program group. I mainly want to sign Mai Ling."

"Wait a moment." Chen Yiyang interrupted Jiang Yue.

"Mai Ling's reputation online is not very good, although she is trending every day, it's all people criticizing her."

"I know." Jiang Yue said, "But the so-called internet celebrity, isn't it fear of not being known rather than being criticized?

The name Mai Ling is known by at least tens of millions of people. In terms of fame, she can rival some second-tier celebrities.

If 'Old West' can sign Mai Ling and make her our company's sales host,

then the sessions she hosts are estimated to be highly anticipated, attracting many customers who wouldn't normally shop during live streams."

"I think your idea is very twisted." Chen Yiyang interrupted Jiang Yue again.

"Some internet celebrities indeed think like that, not afraid of being criticized, just afraid of not being noticed.

But these internet celebrities make money from the hype of their fame.

However, a sales host is different. A sales host uses their personal charm to gain trust, leading viewers to make purchases during the live stream.

If we sign Mai Ling, how will people view 'Old West'? Will we sign anyone just for money?"

"But 'Old West' currently needs this level of attention." Jiang Yue tried to argue with Chen Yiyang.

"It's you who needs it, not 'Old West'." Chen Yiyang interrupted Jiang Yue once more.

Jiang Yue left Chen Yiyang looking very unhappy.

Chen Yiyang made a phone call to ask a little accountant about a situation he learned.

It's that Jiang Yue and Chenghui had completely split into two independent departments.

The department led by Jiang Yue for live stream sales has been trailing behind Chenghui in sales performance, and the gap is widening.

Even though Chenghui recently had some negative reviews due to various issues,

his core fan base remains very stable, and sales achievements continue to rise steadily.

In contrast, Jiang Yue's sales performance is declining, which prompted her sudden thought of signing Mai Ling as a sales host.

Chen Yiyang considered kicking Jiang Yue out of the company but couldn't do so just yet.

With Jiang Yue around, Chen Yiyang could still hold back Chenghui and reduce his desire to work independently.

If Jiang Yue were gone, the unilateral 'Old West' dominated by Chenghui might as well be renamed to 'Journey with Hui'.

What Chen Yiyang urgently needs now is to find a suitable sales host to join 'Old West' and continue to balance against Chenghui.

Then Chen Yiyang can deal with Jiang Yue's removal.

He felt Jiang Yue's idea of signing Mai Ling as a major sales host was quite dangerous.

If this really happens, what would 'Old West' become?

Recruiting disreputable people deliberately to earn money through hype?

The relatively good reputation among netizens will immediately deteriorate.

But then again,

it's really difficult to find someone with a good reputation, who is honest, reliable, and can do live sales among the internet celebrity circle.

Chen Yiyang could only call the current person in charge of Li Qiqi Studio to help find suitable candidates in the internet celebrity circle.

Chen Yiyang resolved the Mingkuai Typewriter affair here in the Imperial Capital.

He originally planned to head back to Lin'an.

But Chuanyin's president Yan Qi invited Chen Yiyang to make a trip to Shudu.

Chuanyin, due to needing to go public, invested in a parts factory in Shudu, and Yan Qi invited Chen Yiyang to come for a meal.

Of course, it was nominally for a meal, but actually, it was to leverage Chen Yiyang's current internet fame to assure some partners to cooperate with Chuanyin.

After all, Chen Yiyang had been investing in movies, variety shows this year,

also bought video platforms, coffee brands, and engaged in live stream sales.

Truly crossing various fields, his fame rivals certain internet celebrities.

With such an investor, Chuanyin's path to IPO might be very smooth.

So Yan Qi hoped Chen Yiyang could visit Shudu to back him up.

Naturally, Chen Yiyang hoped Chuanyin could go public.

Only when Chuanyin goes public, the 10% shares in Chen Yiyang's hands would double in value.

So he immediately bought a ticket to fly to Shudu.

Landing in Shudu in the early morning, Chen Yiyang rested in the hotel arranged by Yan Qi.

Only when he woke up the next day did he look at today's leak clue.

Today's clue, a cash-strapped animation director: Director Baozi is lacking funds for his animation film's special effects. Investing in him will snag the deal.

Contact details of relevant personnel are on the second page.

"Baozi? What a familiar name?" Chen Yiyang felt he had heard this name somewhere before.

But it was clearly quite a long-ago memory, so Chen Yiyang couldn't recall it for the moment.

So he searched it directly.

After searching, Chen Yiyang finally remembered why the name of Director Baozi felt familiar.

He had watched a domestic animated short film before, whose director was Baozi.

This animation short was called 'Da Da a Big Watermelon'.

Although it was an anti-war animation short, within the limited time frame of just a few minutes, the director not only told a good story but also left a deep impression on Chen Yiyang with imaginative large-scale war scenes.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, he had actually started making animated films.

The time scheduled with Yan Qi and others was in the evening, so Chen Yiyang called Director Baozi to ask if he had time to meet now.

Initially, Director Baozi was a bit skeptical when he heard Chen Yiyang report his name, thinking it was a scam.

Until Chen Yiyang told him he was in Shudu and could meet immediately.

Only then did the other party believe him.

So the two immediately arranged to meet at noon.

The location was inside Director Baozi's studio.

Getting the address, Chen Yiyang took a cab directly there.

"Hello, Director Baozi."

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

Director Baozi's real name is actually not Baozi but Yang Zhou.

Although not a native of Shudu, he is a local of Sichuan Province.

Chen Yiyang previously invested in director Gong Fan, who, although graduated in law, had studied in film schools for a few years at least.

However, Director Baozi is even more astonishing.

He graduated from a western medicine college, without having formally studied directing.

After graduating, he joined an advertising company and later independently directed his first animated short 'Da Da a Big Watermelon'.

The short received numerous awards after its release and became a hit across the internet.

But this did not significantly help him become a formal animated film director.

Because animated films require large investments and long production cycles.

The market's acceptance is generally average.

The previously popular 'Monkey King: Hero is Back' just approached a one-billion-yuan box office.

Before it, the Kuiba series had always struggled to break even.

It is the long-standing animation 'Boonie Bears' that has consistently performed well thanks to its high national recognition.

Therefore, Director Baozi's studio undoubtedly lacks funds.

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