You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 487 Learning Foreign Languages

"Five million?!" Chen Yao was still confused. She struggled to remove the hidden earphones from her ears while complaining, "They just extorted five million from me!"

"How can it be blackmail?" Qin Shaoyan corrected, "It was someone who invested in you, and you also gave them shares."

Chen Yao still looked worried, "Is this really not considered commercial bribery?"

"This is a normal business behavior. Don't talk nonsense to others in the future." Qin Shaoyan glared at her. "An all-female company, an incubation base for female Internet entrepreneurs, what a good project. Others want to invest but can't. This is a bargain for Sina."

Chen Yao hesitated, "What should I do next?"

"If you take the money, you have to do the job." Qin Shaoyan replied, "They want a list of names, so just give it to them."

"Are you really going to give it to me?" Chen Yao was stunned.

"Of course it's real. They will see through it if it's fake." Qin Shaoyan answered seriously.

Chen Yao found it unbelievable, "Wouldn't that ruin your plan, Mr. Qin?"

"I want to destroy my own plan and make Sina feel that they have succeeded. Only then will they feel that their five million is worth spending. This is called emotional value." Qin Shaoyan emphasized, "Investors give money, and you have to give back emotional value. This is the first lesson in entrepreneurship."

But I didn’t want to start a business!

Chen Yao was very desperate. She felt that she might be the first employee who was forced by her boss to start a business.

"When will it be given?"

"Wait for me to give you the news. Let Sina wait patiently. I have to confirm the matter first." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while.

"Huh? Are you still waiting?"

"Be patient, you're getting anxious again." Qin Shaoyan glared at Chen Yao, "I'm not anxious at all, if you want to be anxious, let me be the first one to be anxious!"

Chen Yao rolled her eyes and said, "You're the boss, why are you in such a hurry?"

Qin Shaoyan was also a little annoyed. The new secretary was not working at all, and he just didn't like Belinda anyway.

Because women are too inconsiderate and don't know when to be quiet, they frequently interrupt his thinking or work, making it inconvenient to use him.

If Chen Yao hadn't played a greater role, he himself wouldn't have had the patience to wait until the plan was completed.

"Go back and continue posting on Weibo." Qin Shaoyan reminded him, "Rent an office and go to work every day. The rest is waiting for me to call you."

Is that also called sitting in the office?
Chen Yao was very complaining in her heart that her so-called work every day was just going to the office to touch up her makeup, and then taking photos and posting them on Weibo.

Post photos of my work lunch, take photos, and post on Weibo.

Share various snacks for afternoon tea, take photos, and post on Weibo.

In the evening, I post pictures of myself working out in the gym, taking photos and posting on Weibo.

Her daily work is nothing but posting on Weibo, there is no meaningful work at all.

In addition to posting on Weibo regularly, you should also be an awakened woman from time to time and post some abnormal inspirational messages.

Is this also called work?
However, these few days have been pretty good, except for the guilt and discomfort in my heart.

Mr. Qin said that this is called PTSD caused by overtime work, and you will feel more and more comfortable when you lie down after a long time.

"Besides posting on Weibo, don't forget to do serious things." Qin Shaoyan added, "Let Liao Danni resign and come to your side. She has now reached the point where she doesn't even come to work anymore."

"Ah, not going to work? Then what is she doing?" Chen Yao was also surprised.

"I'm staying at home to protect the fetus." Qin Shaoyan was speechless.

"You're staying home to protect your pregnancy right after you get pregnant?" Chen Yao was totally over it. "Ms. Liu from the finance department is already six months pregnant and still working with a bulging belly?"

Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "If she had the business ability of Sister Liu, I wouldn't say anything."

Chen Yao was heartbroken, "I was so blind at the time, how could I have hired such a jerk into the company?"

"This is normal." Qin Shaoyan's mood was very stable. "Our company is small now. When it gets bigger, there will be more scoundrels. They are all relatives and cannot be fired."

"People like Liao Danni are hateful. They are pure deception. Doesn't this destroy the workplace environment for us women?" Chen Yao hates backstabbing players like Liao Danni even more.

Chen Yao is young and inexperienced, and currently cannot understand the logic of the fairy group. Extremely selfish people don’t care about the workplace environment for women. They only care about whether they get the upper hand.

……

After Chen Yao signed the letter of intent for investment with Sina, she waited patiently. For several days, President Qin did nothing new except asking her to post on Weibo.

In the past two days, she has been posting about the topic of entrepreneurship for pregnant mothers. For this purpose, she even invited her pregnant cousin to act as an actor and took a few photos.

The post also included a special message: "Reject workplace bullying and discrimination against pregnant women, protect the career path of pregnant women, and give women a more competitive advantage."

"Congratulations to Ms. Feng for receiving the 500,000 yuan startup incubation fund from the all-female company and becoming a member of the big family of female Internet entrepreneurs. Ms. Feng was discriminated against and oppressed by the company because of her pregnancy, and had to resign and suffer at home. Now she has successfully turned around and become a quasi-entrepreneur, and is spoiled by the whole family. We are serious about helping women, girl helping girl!"

After posting on Weibo, Chen Yao felt a little depressed. Now she no longer wants to go back to the company and face her former colleagues. They are too social.

But after posting on Weibo, she received a message from Liao Danni in her private message.

"Sister Chen, I was wrong before. Please forgive me for the fact that we are from the same hometown. I am desperate now. Can you help me?"

Chen Yao frowned and replied, "What happened?"

"After you left, everyone in the company bullied me, discriminated against me, and even stopped giving me bonuses. I'm a pregnant woman with a big belly, and I have to rely on that little salary to make ends meet every month." Liao Danni also sent a crying emoji, "You don't know, Belinda has taken your position and become President Qin's secretary. She only knows how to flirt all day long and keeps torturing us. Everyone curses her behind her back."

"Sister Chen, I can't stay in this company for another day. Please help me. Doesn't your company give money to pregnant women to start their own businesses? Can you give me a share?"

Chen Yao was somewhat speechless. "It's not about giving money to start a business. You need to have a business project plan first, and then we will invest after evaluation."

"It's all the same, Sister Chen, please help me, for we are from the same hometown."

Chen Yao was silent in front of the computer for a long time before replying, "Then come to see me tomorrow and bring your project plan."

"Thank you, Sister Chen."

Liao Danni acted very quickly and reported to the Quannu Company early the next morning. She was extremely envious of the brand new office environment.

I feel that the three-story building of my company is old and dilapidated. It is said that the place is haunted. I don’t know what the boss was thinking when he chose such a Feng Shui location to open a company.

Look at their working environment. They have three meals a day and afternoon tea, as well as a gym and a dressing room. All they have to do is look beautiful and go to work every day.

After seeing Chen Yao, Liao Danni called her "sister" all the time, and was very attentive. But the project plan she brought out was a mess, and Chen Yao was very speechless. If this guy hadn't been selected internally, she would have thrown away such a rubbish project directly.

Chen Yao had no choice but to take out a pen and teach her how to revise it. After a whole morning of revisions, she finally came up with a barely acceptable plan.

"Okay, now that we have this thing, all that's left is project evaluation. You go back and wait." Chen Yao sighed.

"Sister, when can I get the money?" Liao Danni was very excited.

"After the evaluation, you can sign the letter of intent for investment only after it passes the review." Chen Yao explained, "But you have to resign from the company first, and then come here to handle the formalities."

"Ah, do I have to resign first?" Liao Danni hesitated.

"If you don't start working here first, how can we sign the letter of intent?" Chen Yao said impatiently, "If you don't want to do this, you can regret it."

"No, no, no, I'll go back and resign right now!" Liao Danni agreed immediately.

……

Qin Shaoyan stood in the main seat, looking down at the Weibo team present, and said seriously: "This time, Weibo and Twitter are working together to promote the Internet celebrity linkage plan, codenamed: Exchange."

"The Weibo team should make plans in advance and be prepared for foreign influencers to enter Weibo. Foreign influencers will have a dedicated team to connect with Weibo, so you should do a good job of receiving them."

"I hope this project can promote cultural exchanges between Chinese and American netizens, deepen mutual understanding and recognition, and promote the common development of Weibo and Twitter."

"The Weibo team needs to do the following work. The first is the registration and authentication of American influencer accounts. This must be done rigorously. Accounts and influencers must correspond one to one to prevent the emergence of counterfeit accounts, which will damage our credibility."

"Secondly, we need to connect with the influencer's translation team. If there is no translator in the influencer's team, we will be responsible for the translation work."

"Third, we need to supervise the review of content posted by influencers separately. The content must comply with our country's laws and regulations, and sensitive content must be prevented."

"Fourth, the technical team needs to start developing translation functions..."

Everyone in the Weibo team carefully took note of the meeting content, and they were filled with enthusiasm. As soon as they heard about the plan, they realized it was a big move. Weibo was not only going to develop domestically, but also go international.

It’s great to introduce foreign internet celebrities to Weibo. From now on, Weibo will become an international social platform.

When foreigners come here, do they have to learn foreign languages ​​so that it will be easier to communicate?

It’s good to learn a foreign language, but you need to study more.

After Qin Shaoyan finished his instructions, he looked at the marketing team and said, "You should come up with a plan first. You should highlight Weibo's cooperation with China and the United States, and highlight its international style. You should call on the majority of netizens to come to Weibo to communicate with foreign Internet celebrities."

The marketing planners all looked serious, as this marketing plan was not easy to implement.

Zhang Pingyi suddenly said, "Boss Qin, who are the foreign Internet celebrities? Give me a list first so we can make arrangements in advance."

"I will send the list to you separately. This is confidential and you must keep it strictly confidential." Qin Shaoyan emphasized.

……

Qin Shaoyan returned to the office and immediately called Edward, "Go to the United States tomorrow and communicate with the Twitter team."

Edward immediately said, "I'll go buy the plane ticket right away, Boss, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Twitter doesn't need you to do anything. You just need to keep an eye on their work progress." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "Push them to work overtime. If they don't want to work overtime, they won't get bonuses or stock options."

"Also, go find a website called Tumblr, whose owner is Zuckerberg."

"Okay, Boss." Edward paused, "Anything special?"

"Ask him how the list is going, and that everything is going according to plan. If there is anything, call me directly." Qin Shaoyan reminded, "Send the email to another email address, not the one used for work."

"Tell him to take care of those top influencers and not mess around right from the start."

"I remember."

Qin Shaoyan was about to say something when there was a knock on the office door. He immediately hung up the phone and said, "Come in."

Belinda, the temporary secretary, came in with a tea tray. In addition to tea cups, there were also various exquisite snacks on the tray. "Boss Qin, it's tea time. Would you like to have something to eat?"

"No need." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "Put the things here, you can go out."

Belinda did not leave immediately, but said with concern: "Boss Qin, you have to take care of yourself. You have been working overtime until twelve o'clock for several days in a row."

"I understand. This is not something you should be concerned about." Qin Shaoyan said impatiently, "Mind your own business."

"Oh, okay, Mr. Qin." Belinda turned around and tried to leave, feeling a little aggrieved.

"Wait a minute, Belinda." Qin Shaoyan stopped her, "Have you chosen my new secretary?"

"A new secretary?" Belinda was surprised. "When did you say you wanted a new secretary?"

"Didn't I tell you to be my secretary temporarily? I can't let you do this forever. You are the executive director after all." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "Hurry up and find me a new secretary. You can go back and continue to be the executive director."

Belinda wanted to say something but stopped herself, but seeing Qin Shaoyan's face full of impatience, she could only retreat silently.

……

As soon as Qin Shaoyan finished the meeting, Sina immediately knew the news.

Wang Wei excitedly went to Cao Guowei to report, "Boss Cao, this five million is worth it. I got some great news."

"Qin Shaoyan is contacting Internet celebrities in the United States and is preparing to invite them to join Weibo to organize some kind of Sino-US cultural exchange. There is a long list of dozens of names."

"They also came up with a marketing plan for learning foreign languages ​​on the Internet, calling on everyone to learn foreign languages ​​and communicate with American Internet celebrities."

Cao Guowei's eyes lit up, "It's good to learn foreign languages. You should learn them well."

"Have you got the list?"

"I got it." Wang Wei said excitedly, "And I got more news. Those Internet celebrities are going to travel to China and hold a signing ceremony with Weibo. I even got the address of the hotel where they are staying."

Cao Guowei smiled and said, "This is a good opportunity. We finally got the upper hand."

"Immediately organize a public relations team and have a good talk with those foreign influencers as soon as they arrive."

"We must intercept them before they sign with Weibo and sign them all to our side!"

(End of this chapter)