Chapter 1587

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Du Xiaojuan felt a bit helpless, caught between laughter and tears, upon hearing Zhang Ruoshui's words.

She hurriedly comforted Zhang Ruoshui:

"Ruoshui, you really don't need to worry about this at all! If your parents truly look down on Wang Xiaohua, it boils down to just a few reasons."

"Which reasons?" Zhang Ruoshui asked.

Du Xiaojuan said: "First is the money issue, second is the house issue, third is the job issue, fourth is the height and image issue."

Zhang Ruoshui was stunned:

"Xiaohua Ge seems to have a bit of a problem with more or less all of these points, what do we do?"

Du Xiaojuan hurriedly said:

"Don't worry, that's what I'm here for, I'll sort out these few problems for you in minutes. You go tell your parents first that you've found a boyfriend, this boyfriend is very poor, has nothing, and only has a junior high school education..."

"But, Xiaohua Ge graduated from Tsinghua University!" Zhang Ruoshui hurriedly interrupted.

Du Xiaojuan said: "Don't rush, listen to me finish first!"

"Oh oh, then Sister Juan, you speak, I'm listening..." Zhang Ruoshui gave an embarrassed laugh, listening seriously.

Du Xiaojuan continued:

"This boyfriend of yours, no money, no car, no house, no job, and only a junior high education. His only merit is that he's very handsome, a tall 1.8 meters, and treats you extremely well!"

Zhang Ruoshui was a bit bewildered:

"Sister Juan, the person you're describing isn't Xiaohua Ge!"

Du Xiaojuan said:

"I never said it was Wang Xiaohua. If you directly tell your parents Wang Xiaohua's actual situation, they'll definitely be unhappy about it. We need to use a roundabout tactic, understand?"

Zhang Ruoshui half-understood:

"But, I'm not very good at lying..."

Du Xiaojuan said:

"Just chat with them on WeChat, type it out. If it really doesn't work, I'll edit the wording for you, and then you send it to your parents!"

Zhang Ruoshui didn't quite dare:

"Will this really work?"

Du Xiaojuan said:

"It definitely will! Otherwise, when you come tomorrow, I'll take your phone and help you communicate with them on WeChat myself!"

Zhang Ruoshui said:

"Alright alright, then tomorrow, I'll be troubling you, Sister Juan!"

Du Xiaojuan laughed:

"You're practically becoming my sister-in-law, what's with the politeness! One family doesn't speak two sets of words!"

In the blink of an eye, the next morning arrived. Wang Xiaohua rose early and came to see Zhang Ruoshui off to catch the bus. Only after Zhang Ruoshui boarded the bus did Wang Xiaohua leave with peace of mind.

Zhang Ruoshui took the bus to the county town, then from the County City Bus Station took a long-distance bus to Guangzhou, then from Guangzhou took a bus to Du Xiaojuan's villa area.

By the time she arrived, it was already past twelve noon.

Meanwhile, Du Xiaojuan had gathered quite a few old employees of Xiao Du Technology at her villa at nine o'clock this morning, holding a meeting to prepare for a new venture.

"Everyone, we've struggled together at Xiao Du Technology, made money together. You trust me, that's why you came here; I trust you, that's why I invited you. So I won't waste time on pleasantries. Let's get straight to the point."

Du Xiaojuan had prepared a small whiteboard, propped against the wall of the villa's living room.

Before her sat ten or so former Xiao Du Technology executives.

These people were all Du Xiaojuan's loyal supporters. Ever since Ji Xunrong purged them from Xiao Du Technology with thunderous methods, they had been waiting for Du Xiaojuan's call to make a big move again.

Du Xiaojuan used a marker to write a few large characters on the whiteboard:

Internet Celebrity Incubation!

"The direction of our venture this time is Internet Celebrity Incubation!"

The people below listened, all half-understanding.

They knew what internet celebrities were, but in the few years since short video had just started, the term 'internet celebrity' was more like a derogatory term, carrying a lot of negative connotations.

"General Manager Du, aren't internet celebrities just online beggars? Can they really make money?"

Someone raised a hand to ask, the question quite sharp.

Du Xiaojuan didn't show any displeasure because of it, but patiently explained:

"I know everyone here, in a sense, counts as successful people, or at least middle class. You look down on internet celebrities as online beggars. But if you think internet celebrity equals online beggar, your understanding of internet celebrities is far too narrow. It's just like a few years ago when online e-commerce rose — that batch of people who looked down on online e-commerce, they forever missed out on the money from that trend!"

The crowd below nodded one after another, feeling Du Xiaojuan's words had a certain logic.

Another person asked: "But, General Manager Du, after incubating internet celebrities, how do we monetize?"

Du Xiaojuan said:

"Good question! This path, ever since I left Xiao Du Technology, I personally went to explore it. By now I've already figured out the ins and outs. How internet celebrities make money divides into three parts: First part is the platform pay-per-view fees, second part is live streaming tips — that's the online begging General Manager Chen just mentioned. These two ways to make money, honestly, can make money, but not much, the ceiling is limited. To truly make money, you must rely on the third way..."

Du Xiaojuan turned around and wrote four characters on the small whiteboard: "Live Streaming Sales".

"Live Streaming Sales?"

The crowd below whispered among themselves, murmuring privately.

At that time, short video had just emerged. Although the live streaming sales model had already appeared, most people's understanding of live streaming sales was still stuck at the narrow stage of equating it with TV shopping ads. Capital had not yet flooded crazily into the live streaming sales sector.

"Live streaming sales — isn't that just making people watch ads? Would anyone still watch a livestream like that?"

The next person raised a question.

Du Xiaojuan said:

"Good question! That's why what I talked about with you from the start was Internet Celebrity Incubation, not directly saying live streaming sales! Internet Celebrity Incubation, gaining fan quantity, is the foundation of live streaming sales. As long as there's a certain fan quantity, there will naturally be a certain conversion quantity when doing live streaming sales. This is like a supermarket — as long as enough people go in to browse, there will always be a certain transaction volume. A live streaming sales session with a few thousand viewers — you might not think much of it, even feel the data is a bit poor. But convert it to a physical scene: a supermarket at its opening, with a few thousand people browsing inside at all times — what kind of scene would that be?"

Everyone thought carefully, and their thinking seemed to open up all at once.

"If a supermarket constantly maintains a few thousand people browsing, business would definitely be booming beyond compare!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Du Xiaojuan laughed and said:

"Exactly! Online conversion rate definitely can't compare to offline. But as long as there's even one-tenth of the offline conversion rate — forget one-tenth, even one percent would still have great potential. Because no venue rent, no large staff maintenance, connect the supply chain, and you don't even need a warehouse — just ship directly from the origin!"

Hearing Du Xiaojuan put it this way, everyone went from doubtful to feeling there was great promise.

"General Manager Du, what more is there to say? Let's get started right away!"

"Right, let's get started right away!"

"However to do it specifically, we'll all follow your lead!"