yready #227 - Taoyuan Light Year's Counterattack Begins (2 in 1 Pre-order)
#227 - Taoyuan Light Year's Counterattack Begins (2 in 1 Pre-order)
Lu Yu was more concerned about the look of enjoyment on Xia Shuheng's face when he was playing just now...
"President Lu, what are you thinking about?" Tang Wanru asked curiously.
"It's nothing."
Lu Yu smiled.
Then he temporarily put the matter behind him.
"Alright, we've had enough fun for today, let's call it a day.
You must remember the pleasant and relaxed feeling you had when petting the cats, and bring that feeling to your work in the future, understand?"
After Lu Yu finished speaking, he happily took the lead and left.
The remaining people looked at each other.
The Tangtang sisters said to Liu Mengyuan:
"President Liu, what do you think President Lu is up to?
Why is he leisurely taking us to pet cats when the business is so critical?"
Liu Mengyuan had actually been thinking about Lu Yu's deep meaning for some time now,
Until today, after playing around at Cat's Meow, she suddenly understood.
She said:
"Think about it, why did President Lu say, 'Everything is within his expectations'? What exactly is within his expectations?"
The eldest sister, Tang Wanru: "Could it be that President Lu knew that the suggestion meeting we organized would definitely be nitpicked by users and end in failure?"
The second sister tilted her head: "Or did President Lu guess that the public welfare activity would suffer a collapse in reputation?"
The third sister said softly: "Or did President Lu understand that our discount coupon promotion method would cause controversy?"
Liu Mengyuan held up three fingers and shook them with a smile:
"You're all right, it should be said that President Lu guessed everything!
Whether it's the fan disputes, the boring public welfare activities, or even the controversy caused by discount coupons, President Lu foresaw it all,
So why did he still choose to do it?"
Liu Mengyuan said as she walked, as if reciting a list of treasures.
At this time, the surrounding employees' appetites were also piqued, and they pricked up their ears to listen.
Liu Mengyuan said:
"Because President Lu understands the principle of playing hard to get very well.
Our President Lu, from the beginning of his entrepreneurship, has been very good at doing one thing, do you know what it is?
Suppress first, then promote!
First lower all expectations, so that everyone thinks you are not good at this, and everyone will naturally not have too high demands on you,
Then, Peach Garden Township will use something far exceeding market expectations to break everyone's perception!"
The employees carefully considered it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.
The success of Peach Garden Township's previous projects all depended on President Lu's strategy.
But the core problem has not been solved.
What exactly is the so-called thing that far exceeds market expectations and breaks cognition?
Liu Mengyuan sighed:
"What do you think President Lu wanted everyone to see most on this cat cafe trip today?"
The employees looked at each other.
"President Lu seems to have said that he wanted us to enjoy a leisurely and comfortable lifestyle..."
Liu Mengyuan shook her head with a smile:
"These are just appearances, in fact, what President Lu really wants everyone to learn is—Miss Lin Ming!"
"The cat cafe owner?"
Everyone looked at each other. Many people came to the cat cafe for the first time and really didn't understand what they could learn from this unfamiliar boss they had only met once.
Liu Mengyuan continued to explain:
"Everyone can actually see that, obviously, Cat's Meow is experiencing business difficulties,
But Miss Lin Ming is still insisting on operating the cat cafe.
This shows that President Lu wants us to learn from young people like Miss Lin Ming, who have the drive to never admit defeat!"
The light in everyone's eyes rekindled.
Seeing that the atmosphere was effective, Liu Mengyuan continued:
"And this is not only President Lu's encouragement to us, but also his hint to us.
Our Peach Garden Light Year wants to restore its reputation and needs to start with the theme of 'young people chasing their dreams' to break the situation!"
With Liu Mengyuan taking the lead, everyone's thoughts flowed freely.
If this theme is combined with those failed businesses before, maybe it can spark different sparks!
For example, according to the old way of thinking, no matter which popular star is signed, it will cause a wave of controversy and is destined to offend the fans of other popular stars.
Therefore, Peach Garden Light Year can completely treat everyone equally and not sign anyone.
But the company will still sign a young person with idol qualities who fits the theme of chasing dreams.
"President Liu, then... who should we sign?" The business team was a little confused.
Liu Mengyuan did not answer directly, but asked instead:
"What do you think fans are chasing when they chase idols?"
Business girl Qu Cheng tried to say:
"Probably, the feeling of being accompanied throughout the whole process and growing together?"
"That's right!"
Liu Mengyuan nodded,
"Going to the idol's concerts one after another, not only supporting her in various activities, but also watching her change from an unknown trainee to an international superstar.
In this process, many fans will have a feeling,
Her current success has a part of my support back then!
This sense of participation, satisfaction, and accomplishment throughout the whole process,
Is the essence of 'idol economy'!"
The employees suddenly understood.
Isn't this model of accompanying the idol's growth from the novice village suitable for showing through live broadcasts?
If Peach Garden Light Year adopts a live broadcast model to sign a potential idol, then it is feasible!
However, product manager Yao Huihui still hesitated:
"President Liu, if this is the case, we have to choose from the trainees,
But firstly, there are too many candidates, and we still don't know who to choose,
Secondly, many idols have high aspirations and will not touch live broadcasts at all. With Peach Garden Township's current size and financial resources, we may not be able to sign those top domestic boy and girl groups."
"That's okay."
Liu Mengyuan pointed to the intersection next to her.
"Guess why President Lu specifically walked through this intersection."
Event planner Jiang Yutong's eyes lit up:
"President Liu, are you saying that President Lu wants us to pay attention to the street singer just now."
"That's right, that Xia Shuheng is both a former boy group member and is now very down and out, with a lot of room for improvement,
In addition, he now has to work part-time at a convenience store to supplement his household, which shows that he is in financial straits. People like this will definitely not ask for a high price when we discuss signing terms with him."
Everyone suddenly understood.
An employee said:
"Could it be that President Lu had already scouted this Xia Shuheng here a few days in advance?"
Another employee nodded:
"Very likely, after all, the old thousand-layer cake's every action must have a deep meaning."
Qu Cheng continued to hesitate:
"But... signing that street singer only satisfies the wishes of some fans. We still have many other reputation crises that we need to solve."
Liu Mengyuan:
"That's why President Lu took us to the cat cafe first to see Lin Ming's struggle.
If we expand on the theme of 'young people chasing their dreams', Xia Shuheng is just the initial breakthrough.
We can completely use his popularity to carry out a series of follow-up activities,
For example, combining public welfare with chasing dreams and opening a special promotion session for goods that fit this theme. Wouldn't that connect everything and solve all our previous problems?"
Everyone suddenly understood and had an epiphany.
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Many employees were quite excited, and the gloomy haze in their hearts these days was swept away.
It turned out that all of this was already within President Lu's expectations and was part of the "suppress first, then promote" tactic. This was President Lu's test for us,
But we behaved so decadently. With such a mentality, how can we face greater storms in the future?
In order to let us grow after accepting the storms, President Lu actually hid his thoughts so deeply and arranged everything so interlocked.
He really, I'm crying to death!
...
[The 20 employees of Peach Garden Light Year are full of gratitude for your guidance and cultivation, and are in a happy mood. Leisure points +180]
At this time, Lu Yu, who was walking home, smiled with relief when he saw the system light screen that suddenly popped up.
It was worth his painstaking efforts.
It seems that after enjoying petting the cats, these employees have developed a withdrawal reaction to things like "involution" and "anxiety."
Peach Garden Light Year is very likely to become the first project in the entire company that does not stab itself in the back,
As the saying goes, a single spark can start a prairie fire. As long as Lu Yu preserves this rare lying-flat spark and allows it to spread to the entire company, he can safely let employees give up involution and reap points in the future.
Come on, you are the hope of the whole company!
...
Afterwards, Liu Mengyuan asked Tang Wanru: "Do you have the contact information of that Xia Shuheng just now?"
Tang Wanru nodded excitedly: "Yes! I'll contact Brother Xia right away!"
Xia Shuheng had just put on his convenience store uniform when he received a call from Tang Wanru, and he was completely stunned.
Especially when he heard Tang Wanru say that "President Lu of Peach Garden Township has taken a liking to you and wants to train you to become the top star of Peach Garden Light Year,"
He barely recalled the appearance of President Lu listening to his singing at the intersection before.
Are there really such bosses in this world who will sign a cooperation because of a chance encounter?
But soon, he received a signing invitation from Peach Garden Light Year.
Xia Shuheng would never let go of this opportunity and almost clicked agree in seconds.
Three days later, Peach Garden Light Year's official Weibo released a poster of Xia Shuheng, with the words:
"Everyone has been waiting for a long time. Peach Garden Light Year officially announces that it will exclusively sign with high-quality potential singer Xia Shuheng to become our platform's first official signed singer!"
"Xia Shuheng is a boy who loves composing and singing very much. I hope everyone will like him."
As soon as this Weibo was released, the comments section exploded.
Many fans of Peach Garden Township left messages:
"Good家伙, I thought you guys had completely given up and pretended to be dead because of the recent controversy, but I didn't expect you to give us such a big surprise?"
"Although we are very happy that the official can listen to our suggestions and sign idols, what we want you to sign are top stars like Su Yufan and Chen Zihan. Please listen to the suggestions and don't listen halfway."
"Listened to the suggestions, but not completely listened, funny.jpg"
"Speaking of which, who is this Xia Shuheng? I don't know him at all. Is he a newly emerging singer?"
"I heard he is an early "Eastern Bulletproof" trainee. I seem to have heard his name on some marginal variety shows."
"I'm old, I remember this. I heard that he participated in the rhythm of Sandwich Candy leaving the group back then."
Xia Shuheng's special past also became the reason for the explosion of this Weibo.
Some veteran producers in the industry, known as entertainment godfathers and entertainment godmothers, have posted articles saying:
"We regret that people like Xia Shuheng who were banned for violating artist rules can be re-signed and enter the public eye."
"It is obvious that Peach Garden Light Year does not understand the rules of the entertainment industry. We earnestly urge Peach Garden Light Year to cancel the contract with Xia Shuheng."
"Otherwise, we will jointly resist Peach Garden Light Year with the Performing Arts Association."
...
But obviously, Peach Garden Light Year did not pay attention to this wave of controversy.
Anyway, they already have enough controversy, and it doesn't hurt to have one more.
As night fell, Xia Shuheng's live broadcast debut officially began, and the popularity of Peach Garden Light Year's homepage live broadcast room began to soar.
In a dim yellow light, Xia Shuheng sat in the simple and warm live broadcast room,
His face showed a hint of shyness, and his eyes had a vicissitudes and melancholy temperament.
The audience in the live broadcast room could no longer hold back, and the barrage was frantically swiping the screen, with some supporting, but more were curious to see the fun.
Xia Shuheng took a deep breath, gently plucked the strings of the guitar, and a soft melody slowly filled the air.
"Good evening, everyone, I am Xia Shuheng."
His voice was slightly low.
The audience barrage quickly swiped the screen:
"I went, this guy is a bit handsome, even I, a man, think he's handsome!"
"The voice is so nice!"
"This temperament is indeed well-grasped, Peach Garden Township has an eye for talent."
Xia Shuheng was still a bit nervous and shy for his first live broadcast.
"This song is a pure guitar piece I recently composed, I hope you like it."
He plucked the strings of the guitar, and as the melody rose,
The audience seemed to be brought into the starry sky of summer night, immersed in the melody.
In the intervals between the songs, Xia Shuheng smiled and responded to various comments in the barrage:
"Hi, everyone."
"Yes, it's me, the street singer who was in University Town before."
"I am also a former member of Eastern Bulletproof, thank you for your love..."
When the trial broadcast reached its climax, Xia Shuheng put down the guitar:
"This song was created for someone who once encouraged me to complete my dream. She runs a cat cafe in a corner of this city."
The barrage in the live broadcast room swiped the screen again!