Lin Jianye looked at his phone, his expression turning cold:
"Xiao Rou, let me ask you, where did Xiao Shu and Wang Yi go to play?"
"Where else could they go? Just the city!"
"Look, are there giant pandas like these in the city?"
Lin Jianye handed over his phone.
"There are some at the zoo, Jizhou isn't without a zoo."
Zheng Rou continued browsing Meiyou.
She found Meiyou so interesting; it only pushed content she loved, and the more she looked, the more addicted she became.
Lin Jianye was speechless:
"Look closely, does Jizhou Zoo have so many giant pandas?"
Zheng Rou glanced at it, and her expression changed dramatically:
"So many pandas, only the Panda Base has them! They… they both went to Panda Province!"
"This…"
Suddenly, the two stared at each other, completely panicked!
They said they were going out to play, but they ended up going straight to Panda Province!
Who could bear that!
"This damned brat, not focusing on his startup, but tricking my daughter into going to Panda Province, it's really too much!"
"It's outrageous!"
The more Lin Jianye thought about it, the angrier he got, and he felt terrible.
Zheng Rou also had a complicated expression, sighing repeatedly:
"How could they do this? How dare they? Although it's normal for college couples to go on trips together these days, aren't they moving too fast?"
"It's already this late, what's the use of saying all this? Hurry up and call Xiao Shu!"
Lin Jianye roared.
"Right, right, call!"
Zheng Rou quickly pulled out her phone, opened her contacts, but her hand trembled slightly:
"Old Lin, after calling, what should I say?"
"This…"
Lin Jianye was also stunned.
Yeah, what should he say?
Tell them to come back overnight?
That's not realistic!
Scold them?
No, that won't do, the children are grown.
Tell them to be careful and not mess around?
How could he say something like that?
"Ah! What to do, what to do!"
As an entrepreneur, Lin Jianye had solutions for other matters, but when it came to his beloved daughter, he truly didn't know what to do.
Finally, Zheng Rou took a deep breath:
"Don't worry about this, I'll send Xiao Shu a message, just a reminder."
"Alright. It seems that's all we can do. I hope that kid Wang Yi has some sense of propriety, otherwise, I won't let him off!"
Lin Jianye said angrily, clenching his fists!
Inside the hotel.
Lin Shu felt a little awkward; this was her first time getting a room alone with Wang Yi.
It was also her first time being alone in a room with someone of the opposite sex.
She really had no experience.
More importantly, they had played all day in the summer heat and were sweaty, so they had to shower.
But the bathroom here was transparent, what should she do?
"Xiao Yi, I… I…"
Lin Shu's pretty face flushed crimson, like a child who had done something wrong.
Seeing this, Wang Yi quickly got up and pulled down the curtain, instantly making the glass bathroom private:
"This should be fine. You go shower first, I'll be busy with work for a bit longer."
Saying this, Wang Yi lowered his head and continued working.
"Okay."
Lin Shu breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly feeling that Wang Yi looked even more handsome when he was focused on his work!
When a man is focused on doing something, he indeed becomes more attractive.
Lin Shu took out her change of clothes, entered the bathroom, and after a thought, still locked the door from the inside.
Soon, the sound of water splashing could be heard, and the scene inside the bathroom was alluring.
Wang Yi couldn't help but laugh:
"You little trickster, still locking the door, don't you trust me?"
"Am I, Wang Yi, that kind of person?"
Wang Yi shook his head, and with a light touch, the curtain opened a sliver, revealing a beautiful sight:
"Cough, cough, Xiao Shu's figure is a bit unfair!"
"A slender branch bears bountiful fruit."
"I'll be blessed in the future."
Wang Yi chuckled, pulled the curtain back down, and continued working.
Wang Yi had to personally finalize the overall aspects like the framework plan for Meiyou 4.0 and the layout of the novel website, then assign them to employees for individual development.
To put it plainly, Wang Yi was the chief designer, overseeing the whole picture and arranging for employees to implement and perfect everything one by one.
Although Meiyou's features were continuously increasing, the UI interface remained simple and convenient.
At the very bottom of the UI interface, five major functions were arranged in a line: Recommendations, Square, Mall, Novels, and My.
Users could tap to directly jump to any interface they wanted.
The first interface displayed when opening the APP was the Recommendations interface.
At the very top of the Recommendations interface, a small row contained: Messages, Search Bar, and Check-in.
Immediately after, a large red box came into view: menstrual period reminder and pregnancy probability reminder.
This core feature, visible every time a user opened the app, was the foundation for Meiyou's growth.
Clicking the large red box would directly jump to the menstrual period interface.
Users could record and modify the start and end dates of their periods, making menstrual period predictions and reminders more accurate.
They could also record whether they had intercourse on a certain day and if they used protection, immediately calculating the probability of pregnancy.
Many people on the Square posted "catch the period" threads, which meant young couples, after a moment of impulse without taking precautions, felt panicked about potential pregnancy and left messages like "catch the period"!
Of course, in addition to the menstrual period mode, users could also activate preconception mode, pregnancy mode, and parenting mode based on their own status…
In different modes, the content displayed in the large red box on the recommendation page also varied.
Below the large red box on the recommendation page were various big data tag pushes similar to Toutiao:
Including Square posts, news updates, entertainment gossip, clothing recommendation ads, beauty product recommendation ads, novel recommendations…
All were based on user tags, with big data pushing content they might be interested in and products they might like!
Different people saw different content.
If they were interested, they would click in to browse or place an order.
If not interested, they would continue scrolling down to see other recommended content.
The Square interface was a social square, with post exposure order arranged by latest, hottest, and also a trending topics ranking.
The other pages were similar; clicking on Mall or Novels at the bottom instantly led to Meiyou Mall and Meiyou Novels!
The "My" interface contained personal information, account information, logistics information, etc., as well as various settings.
With such a concise and clear interface, even with numerous functions, it wouldn't become cluttered.
Lin Shu walked out in her bathrobe, and seeing Wang Yi still focused on his work, she breathed a sigh of relief:
"Xiao Yi is still proper."
Afterwards, Wang Yi also closed his laptop and took a shower.
After Wang Yi finished his shower and left, Lin Shu went into the bathroom.
Wang Yi thought she was going to the restroom, but she didn't close the door.
Out of curiosity, Wang Yi gently pulled open the curtain a crack, only to find Lin Shu personally washing the clothes he had changed out of.
Although her movements were a bit clumsy, clearly indicating she hadn't done this much, she washed them very carefully and cleanly.
Soon, the clothes were clean.
Looking at the underwear next to them, Lin Shu hesitated, her face flushing:
"Do these need to be washed too?"
"How embarrassing, how shameful!"
After some hesitation, Lin Shu still picked them up and hand-washed them clean.
"Who told him to be my boyfriend!"
But after washing them, Lin Shu's tender, pretty face was completely red.
Wang Yi quietly pulled down the curtain, filled with emotions.
Lin Shu, she's really good!
In his previous life, it wasn't that Wang Yi hadn't met girls who washed his clothes, but they all used washing machines.
As for hand-washing underwear, that was even rarer.
The only two times it happened, Wang Yi was generous and gave a bag as a reward…
But Lin Shu, she was truly good to him.
That night, the two slept embracing, but nothing happened.
Originally, Wang Yi had wanted to be mischievous, even wanting to just take Lin Shu.
But seeing how good Lin Shu was to him, and how much she liked him, he couldn't bring himself to be a beast.
"Ah! I'll let you off the hook today!"
Wang Yi took a deep breath, silently reciting:
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
But Lin Shu opened her beautiful eyes, gently kissed him, then closed her eyes and mumbled:
"No naughty thoughts! Be good, good night!"
Wang Yi: "…"
"Good night!"
As for the reminder message Zheng Rou sent, Lin Shu certainly saw it, but she just replied:
"I trust him! He's not that kind of person!"
Fortunately, Wang Yi did not betray Lin Shu's trust.
Some things aren't impossible, but they shouldn't be rushed.
For "bad girls," it doesn't matter; as long as both parties are willing, it can happen that day.
But for a good girl like Lin Shu, it's better to go slowly and with sincerity.
If rushed, it would be detrimental.
The next morning, Wang Yi and Lin Shu went to Wuhou Temple and Thatched Cottage again.
But a major event happened at Meiyou Technology!
At ten o'clock, 200,000 new lipstick shades were launched, and Song Sining breathed a complete sigh of relief.
For the past two days, people had been constantly urging for them to be stocked quickly and replenished quickly.
The social Square was full of such posts, and some people even offered higher prices to buy them.
Song Sining was getting a headache.
"These 200,000 units should sell for a bit longer, right? At least we won't be out of stock today."
Song Sining sighed in relief and continued looking at resumes, preparing to recruit powerful headhunters from the online literature industry to poach editors and prominent writers from other sites!
Soon, Yu Xue rushed in:
"Manager, this is bad."
"What's wrong? Don't worry, tell me slowly,"
Song Sining said with a smile.
"Manager, all 200,000 of our lipsticks are sold out, and the gift sets are gone too!"
"What?"
Song Sining looked at her watch:
"Launched at 10, it's only 10:18, and 200,000 units are gone?"
"Yes, they're gone!"
Song Sining: "…"
"How could this happen? The day before yesterday, 200,000 units sold for 6 hours, how come today they only sold for 18 minutes?"
Suddenly, she felt terrible:
"Could it be that the day before yesterday, everyone didn't expect the new shades to sell out, so no one rushed to buy them, and they sold for six hours. Today, everyone knows that Meiyou's new shades need to be snatched up, so 200,000 units were gone in 18 minutes?"
Yu Xue nodded:
"That seems to be the case. The more available a product is, the less people want it. The scarcer it is, the more people rush to buy it—that's consumer psychology."
"No wonder the boss schedules regular sales and even uses 'hunger marketing'; consumers really fall for this trick!"
Song Sining sighed:
"The boss is still smart, it's just that this method is a bit unscrupulous!"
Yu Xue: "…"
I won't comment on anything regarding you two…
"It's fine, let's leave it at this for now. I'll go to the factory again to urge them to accelerate the new production line, have them work overtime to debug it. Maybe it will start production tomorrow, reaching a daily capacity of 100,000 units. Then selling 200,000 the day after tomorrow won't be a problem."
As for continuing to increase production lines?
Neither Song Sining nor Wang Yi had this idea; a daily capacity of 100,000 units was sufficient.
Meiyou's new lipstick shades, selling 200,000 on the first day wasn't enough, but after a while, they wouldn't be so popular.
Developing production capacity too quickly all at once was not suitable.
Panda Province.
Wang Yi and Lin Shu witnessed the style of the Saint of Poetry and left the Thatched Cottage.
After a simple meal, they took a small passenger plane to a hotel in Jiuzhaigou.
Coincidentally, the writer was also near Jiuzhaigou.
In the afternoon, Lin Shu stayed at the hotel for a nap, while Wang Yi went directly to meet Sister Hai, the author of "Langya List."
After meeting, Wang Yi presented a Meiyou lipstick gift box.
Sister Hai was very surprised:
"Meiyou's new shades! Excellent, I ordered too late the night before last and didn't get any. Today I tried to grab them at eleven, but still couldn't get any! Your products are really so hard to get!"
Wang Yi smiled slightly:
"No need to rush for them in the future. Just tell me what you like, and I'll have someone mail it directly to you!"
"Really? That's great!"
Sister Hai beamed with joy.
No woman doesn't love beauty.
Meiyou's pure desire style dresses, lingerie, stockings, and lipsticks were all products she liked.
She also used the Meiyou app.
"Of course, from now on, you will be Meiyou's goddess writer experience officer. Any products you like will be arranged for you, and you can directly offer any suggestions or opinions," Wang Yi said.
In the future, they could easily give celebrities and famous people who collaborate with Meiyou the title of "experience officer."
All new products would be sent to them.
Similar to domestic mobile phones and new energy vehicles a few years later, before release, a unit would first be sent to review agencies, along with a "top-up."
Then, when they conducted their reviews, they would be more lenient.
If the "top-up" was sufficient, lavish praise wouldn't be an issue.
If there was no "top-up"?
Heh heh, they'd relentlessly slander you!
"Great! I'm already a loyal fan of Meiyou!"
Sister Hai beamed with joy.
"Sister Hai can create a verified account on Meiyou later, and in the future, she can share her works and her experiences using Meiyou products."
"That's a good idea, I'll do it later."
As Sister Hai spoke, she took out two more books:
"These are the physical copies of 'Langya List,' for you."
"Thank you, I love this book so much, so I asked CEO Song to contact you to see if we could buy all the copyrights!"
Sister Hai didn't agree directly, but instead asked:
"Mr. Wang, are you planning to adapt it into a TV series? Does Meiyou intend to enter the film and television industry?"
"To be honest, I have a habit: I'm willing to invest in everything beautiful,"
Wang Yi said with a smile:
"For example, a while ago, I heard from a friend that the crew of 'Love is Not Blind' was short on money, and the director was filming while fundraising, so I read the original novel and really liked it."
"I felt that such a good work shouldn't be buried. It should be brought to the big screen, allowing more people to see it and be exposed to artistic enlightenment! So I simply invested some money!"
Sister Hai smiled faintly:
"I've heard about that. It's said the director wanted 4 million, and you directly invested 6 million! You were even called a clear stream in the investment world, a pioneer in the capital…"
She was not only a writer but also a screenwriter, so she naturally knew what was happening in the industry.
"Haha. Just for that comment, I've made enemies in the capital world!"
Wang Yi sighed.
"That's alright then, you've become a popular figure in the entertainment industry; stars, directors, and screenwriters all want to collaborate with you!"
"Is that so?"
Wang Yi looked at Sister Hai:
"Including this great writer and great screenwriter in front of me?"
"Of course."
Sister Hai extended her hand, indicating her willingness to sell the copyright to Wang Yi.
After all, Wang Yi was the CEO of Meiyou, with a promising future, and she was also a fan and user of Meiyou.
Moreover, Wang Yi had an excellent image in both the entertainment and investment circles, so she really couldn't refuse!
Wang Yi clasped Sister Hai's hand:
"Pleasure working with you. But I'm a bit greedy, let's buy the second part as well. Don't tell me it doesn't exist, I've been waiting for a long time!"
Sister Hai smiled:
"Are you really my fan?"
"Of course, the first part, Jiangzuo Meilang, is captivating. The second part definitely won't be bad either!"
Sister Hai was a little surprised:
"Aren't you afraid that after a brilliant first part, the second part will flop?"
This kind of thing was too common.
Many great authors wrote masterpieces, only for their second parts to flop; there were countless such examples.
But Wang Yi didn't care.
Although the second part, "Wind Blows in Changlin," was indeed not as brilliant as the first part, "Langya List," it was still first-rate.
Both were worth collecting!
Wang Yi waved his hand:
"I'm your fan, so I definitely support my idol writer's work, and I believe in Sister Hai's talent. Name your price!"
This left Sister Hai at a loss.
This was her fan, so it felt wrong to ask for an exorbitant price.
Moreover, she herself felt that the second part was not as good as the first.
After thinking, Sister Hai said:
"400,000 yuan, for both books!"
200,000 yuan per book, this price was considered the highest at the time.
At present, "Scarlet Heart," "The Glamorous Imperial Concubine," and "Empresses in the Palace" had not yet been released.
Therefore, the copyright for historical idol dramas was not yet expensive, with popular ones typically selling for 100,000-200,000 yuan each.
Two or three months later, when these three dramas exploded in popularity, the copyright fees for historical idol dramas immediately soared to over 300,000 yuan!
In his previous life, CEO Hou arrived around that time and ultimately bought the copyright for "Langya List" for 350,000 yuan.
If he had come a little earlier, he could have gotten it for 200,000 yuan.
Wang Yi nodded:
"400,000 for both books is fine, but I'll add another 100,000 for you, and give me the electronic copyrights for these two novels as well."
"Another 100,000!"
Sister Hai was thrilled; truly a rich local!
She had suggested 400,000, which was negotiable.
Even if Wang Yi offered 350,000, it wouldn't have been unacceptable.
After all, at the current market price, the first book, being a big hit, would only sell its TV and film rights for about 200,000 yuan.
But the second book hadn't become popular, so 150,000 yuan would be good.
What about Wang Yi?
Not only did he not bargain, he even added another 100,000!
As for the electronic copyrights, there wasn't much subscription revenue.
Her first book was so popular, yet the subscription income she received was only around twenty to thirty thousand yuan.
The second book had already been published, and electronic subscriptions probably weren't numerous either.
Sister Hai felt bad:
"You don't need to give so much. How about this, I'll give you both for 450,000!"
Wang Yi smiled:
"Let's make it 500,000. Meiyou will also launch novels later, so when Sister Hai writes new works, she can serialize them on Meiyou, and we'll give you superstar treatment!"
When he didn't have money before, Wang Yi had to be calculating.
Now Meiyou was not short of money, so there was no need to care about this small amount.
It was better to do a favor, and Sister Hai would naturally be willing when they needed a screenwriter in the future.
"Alright!"
Sister Hai nodded:
"When I start a new book, I'll go to Meiyou Novels!"
The negotiation went smoothly, and both parties signed the contract and transferred the funds on the spot.
Wang Yi purchased the copyrights for both books under his own name.
Sister Hai still wanted Wang Yi to stay for dinner, but thinking of the young rich girl at the hotel, Wang Yi politely declined.
On this trip, the goal was achieved.
On the other side.
His eldest uncle, Wang Qingxiang, had locked himself in his room, extinguishing the cigarette in his hand, as if he had made a decision!
He then sent a message to his third uncle, Wang Qingrui:
"Third Brother, I know you can see my message. You've been hiding like this, and it's not a solution. I'll help you one last time, but you are not allowed to harm our parents again!"
(End of this chapter)
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