Chapter 953: Turning Idealism into Realism

Focusing only on the current year or two often gives one a feeling that the world is changing so fast that you must keep up with the pace of change, otherwise, you will be left behind.

Therefore, doing content, digging deep into a certain field, bowing your head, bending your waist, and doing content like a hardworking farmer seems to have become a thankless task.

However, as the waves wash away the sand, in the long run, doing content may not necessarily survive, but those who don't do content will definitely not survive.

Lu Yan He has always been a most typical example—

How did he get his start, and how did he stand firm?

In the final analysis, it is works, it is content.

Linghe never plays capital games; it is always honest, filming one drama after another, slowly accumulating capital.

Seeing the big from the small.

Lu Yan He's style of doing things can all glimpse such a shadow.

Chen Ziyan appreciates this point of Lu Yan He more and more.

Everyone's personality is different. Some are cold, some are kind, some dare to charge and dare to break through, and some tend to guard the status quo.

No matter what the personality is, it does not determine the so-called fate. The saying that personality determines fate certainly has its merits, but facts have proven countless times that any kind of personality can achieve success, and conversely, any kind of personality can also fail—the key lies in whether you can master your personality.

Lu Yan He can insist on kindness, insist on helping friends, and insist on his idealism—

These weaknesses, which seem fatal on the battlefield of swords and shadows, can be guarded by Lu Yan He with eighteen kinds of martial arts. He neither changed his essence to become the person he hated most, nor did he blindly insist on his principles and then be defeated by reality. He is defending his own world, and, it can be said, so far, his defense has been extremely successful.

Chen Ziyan thought, either Lu Yan He would hit a wall again and again, hit his head and bleed, learn a lesson, and change those things from then on; or Lu Yan He would be stubborn and insist on idealism—after all, there were such people—then she would "check for leaks and fill gaps" for him. As it turned out, neither was the case.

Lu Yan He relied on himself to turn idealism into realism.

This was the point that surprised her the most and made her admire Lu Yan He the most.

"Xin Zixing is determined to leave the Ye Mai website. According to our news, she should return to Lu Yan He's side."

Zhang Yuezhen nodded.

"Lu Yan He has been recruiting troops and buying horses rapidly in the past few years. I originally thought I could take this opportunity to insert some people in, but they defended too strictly. The people I arranged are all still on the periphery so far and cannot enter the core circle."

Zhang Yuezhen: "If it were so easy to break into their core circle, they wouldn't have reached their current scale. Do you think only we want to insert people? They occupy such a large market share now; which company doesn't covet it?"

"Then what's next? Continue to let them stay on Lu Yan He's side?"

"Let them stay for now; just wait for the opportunity slowly."

"Miss, there is a lot of news circulating outside now."

"What news?"

"Saying that you and Chen Zong have had a falling out, are dividing property, and are preparing to divorce. Many people in the company are a bit uneasy, and people are panicked."

"Dividing property?" Zhang Yuezhen smiled lightly and shook her head. "It's not such a simple matter. Chen Pinhe and I will not divorce. You can release the news and say it's what I said. Regardless of what interests are considered, divorcing him will do more harm than good."

"Okay, understood."

"Also, keep an eye on Feng Xiu, right? She shouldn't have any unusual movements recently?"

"No, Chen Zong seems to have made many arrangements there. Feng Xiu has entered a local advertising company to work."

"To cover her mouth, it really is painstaking," Zhang Yuezhen's eyes were cold. "However, her mouth must be covered."

"Miss, actually, if it really reaches the point where we must cut ties with Chen Zong, we will definitely follow you."

"Her mouth must be covered, not for Chen Pinhe," Zhang Yuezhen's eyes were even colder. "I cannot let my daughter have a father with a stain, do you know?"

Therefore, even though the rift between her and Chen Pinhe had become so large, she had not considered revenge, let alone divorcing him.

"Understood."

"Any news related to Lu Yan He, keep it in your stomach; don't let any wind leak out."

"Miss, don't worry."

Zhang Yuezhen's eyes gradually softened.

"If it weren't for you by my side all these years, helping me deal with many troubles—" she suddenly seemed to remember something. "By the way, He Zhou is also about to go to college, right?"

"Yes, I didn't expect you to still remember, Miss."

"Of course I remember your son's affairs," Zhang Yuezhen said. "In the blink of an eye, he's grown so big."

"If it weren't for your help back then, Miss, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to go to college."

"You are the person who has been by my side all along, for so many years," Zhang Yuezhen said. "Since you are one of our own, there is no need to say these things anymore. There is no 'if,' and there is no 'would not.'"

Because of the non-compete agreement, Xin Zixing could not officially take office or carry out work normally within half a year.

However, just as she told Yang Zhouli, she indeed needed time to rest and settle down.

During these six months, she could do a lot of thinking and preparation.

Xin Zixing didn't expect Lu Yan He to start building a platform so quickly.

Originally, Xin Zixing thought Lu Yan He would probably buy shares in a video platform.

"I have some ideas for program production here. You are in charge of the overall situation. You can divide it into several main sections, and set an editor-in-chief for each section, responsible for the content within it," Lu Yan He said.

Xin Zixing nodded. "The team you had at the Ye Mai website cannot be brought over, so you must build a team yourself. You can poach people from Linghe, Shi Huo, and Jump Up departments, but on one hand, both sides need to agree, and on the other hand, you can only poach one person from each department at most, so as not to cause personnel tension in other departments," Lu Yan He said. "I have already communicated this point with Siqi and Sister Ziyan, and they both expressed agreement."

"That's great," Xin Zixing breathed a sigh of relief. "I was worrying about how to bring this up to you."

"However, these people can definitely only solve urgent needs. To truly build your own core team, I guess you still have to rely on your own cultivation."

Xin Zixing asked: "Yan He, what is your focus for the future development direction of this platform?"

"Sister Ziyan also asked me this, but to be honest, I have no ideas."

"No ideas?" Xin Zixing was surprised. "You don't have a preset for it?"

"I have imagination, but no preset," Lu Yan He said frankly. "I want to do this because I feel that if I don't do it, it will waste the current opportunity and many resources in our hands. Moreover, compared to starting from scratch when I need it in the future, I would rather it already be there when I need it."

"Then you mean you actually don't have a preset look for it?"

"Yes."

"Even if I make it into another Ye Mai website, it doesn't matter?"

"Then I would thank heaven and earth. The Ye Mai website is doing very well, and I like it very much," Lu Yan He said. "It's not that every platform must go towards a bigger and stronger positioning. Being able to occupy its own ecological niche in the market is already a very difficult thing that also needs maintenance. If I were in charge of Shijin Entertainment, I would absolutely not force you to change the development direction and market positioning of the Ye Mai website, but would acquire another website platform according to the market gap. The Ye Mai website is already a unique iconic platform in the industry. Forcing a small and beautiful platform to transform into a big and comprehensive platform—the key is that the market for the latter type of platform is already saturated. Losing your own characteristics makes it easier to lose users."

"They don't care about the few customers lost," Xin Zixing shrugged. "What they want is a big and comprehensive platform that is homogeneous but has wider coverage. They don't need core users; what they want is a bustling scene like a temple fair, making Shijin Entertainment look like a brocade of flowers."

Lu Yan He: "That can only be a case of different paths not conspiring together."

"Although when I returned to the Ye Mai website, I had already anticipated that there would be a day to leave, I really didn't expect to leave so soon," Xin Zixing revealed a bitter smile.

"It's because your ability is too strong. In just a few years, you have driven the Ye Mai website to its current level."

Lu Yan He admired Xin Zixing from the bottom of his heart. Xin Zixing is a person who is extremely good at doing content, especially the content of the Ye Mai website.

Perhaps this has something to do with Xin Zixing working at the Ye Mai website from the beginning.

It's not that Xin Zixing is very familiar with Lu Yan He and Lu Yan He has a filter for her.

Many of Lu Yan He's ideas and creativity are because he has a gold mine from another parallel space-time, but many of Xin Zixing's ideas are her "original creation."

Xin Zixing smiled and said: "I can always get the biggest praise here."

"Because you deserve it," Lu Yan He said decisively. "Whether it's the Ye Mai website or Shijin, neither has truly looked squarely at your talent and ability."

Xin Zixing shook her head. "Then I have actually already received many opportunities. Among my peers, the opportunities I have encountered are the most and the best."

"That's also because you can catch them," Lu Yan He said. "Many people think they lack opportunities, but in fact, they don't even have the ability to catch the opportunities. The premise of not meeting one's talent is having real talent."

Xin Zixing: "Yan He, then for the next six months, what do you plan to do?"

"Just start doing it," Lu Yan He said. "You have a non-compete agreement on you, so let my classmate be the person in charge in front of the scenes first."

"University classmate?"

"Yes, you have seen him, the one who studied computer science, Xiao Jing. He got his PhD in the UK and is returning to China soon," Lu Yan He said. "In the early stage of platform establishment, it definitely needs people in technology. I gave him a call, and I also plan to let him cover all our information technology support in the future."

Xin Zixing showed surprise.

"A PhD coming to help us do this, is it a waste of talent? And a PhD from Zhenhua University."

"When this platform grows into a behemoth in the future, PhDs will definitely be a common phenomenon in our technical team," Lu Yan He said.

"You have rounded up all the people around you," Xin Zixing said. "Everyone has been pulled to your side."

"This is a matter of course. Do I still need to avoid suspicion for the things I want to do and my own company?" Lu Yan He said. "Not only Xiao Jing, but several of my juniors have already joined Linghe."

"OK, your team, a complete team of top students, it's just..." Xin Zixing said. "Other companies want to grab one or two excellent talents, but you are good, directly becoming a lighthouse, gathering everyone together."

Speaking of which, it is indeed a bit incredible.

Linghe currently has four or five people who graduated from Zhenhua University working here.

They all came for Lu Yan He.

A film and television production company often doesn't need such highly educated talent.

However, these four or five people from Zhenhua University, after joining the company, showed a very outstanding quality, which is that they will plan for themselves, and around their own plans, make plans, take the initiative to apply for opportunities, hone themselves, take the initiative to find leaders to report and summarize, and then combine their own characteristics and strengths to put forward the demand to change to another position.

Whether they have discussed it among themselves, I don't know, but they have all done such things.

It can be said that almost every one of them only used half a year to find the position they wanted to dig deep into in Linghe's current system, and for this position, established a very long-term plan and goal for themselves.

Chen Yin heard about it and expressed emotion to Lu Yan He.

Students who graduated from famous schools are indeed different.

Lu Yan He said: "It is people who chose Linghe who will probably have such characteristics."

Chen Yin was also familiar with Lu Yan He and joked, asking: "Boss, are we praising our company too much?"

"I am not praising; I am saying that Linghe is definitely not the priority choice for Zhenhua graduates," Lu Yan He shrugged. "It is not a particularly large production company. Don't look at the results of the past few years, but if you analyze it carefully, you will know that Linghe's business relies entirely on content production, and the profit method is extremely single, which also means that the anti-risk ability is particularly low. For a company like Long Yan, don't look at the project success rate not as good as ours, and the market reputation not as good as ours, but for job seekers, Long Yan is one of the best choices in the film and television industry. Even if their film and television projects are not successful, it doesn't matter. Film and television projects are only a component of Long Yan's income. Not only that, their various departments and connection channels are complete. In other words, entering Long Yan can get the most systematic and comprehensive growth. Therefore, based on this situation, those who choose to come to Linghe are generally very optimistic about Linghe's future development. At the moment of making the choice, they actually often know what they want to do when they come to Linghe." ===== CHAPTER 954 =====