Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 203 Give in to others

The practice room of Wuyou Media is usually a place for those internet celebrities to practice dancing and body shape, but at this time, the internet celebrity trainees who were practicing dancing inside were cleared out, and the door was tightly closed, and there was even a special person guarding the door.
In the practice room, 20 to 30 internet celebrities, some with hundreds of thousands of fans and some with 20 million fans, gathered together timidly, looking at the bald old man Lei Yibin in front of them.
Although I don't know why the boss suddenly got angry, but looking at Lei Yibin's expression, I know that it's not a small matter. No fool would laugh in such an occasion.
You have to know that as the sole shareholder of Wuyou Media, his control over the company is definitely unmatched by any other executive. Although he usually treats people with a smile, only a fool would think that Lei Yibin is really easy to talk to.
Cheng Yuxin, Huang Yumeng, and Liu Siyao, the three top Douyin influencers, are usually the company's favorites. They wouldn't be so scared that they would be submissive. But at this moment, they were also watching their noses and their hearts, and they kept silent, waiting for the boss to get angry.
However, those small internet celebrities do not have the confidence like these three. The contract of Wuyou Media is definitely the most stringent in the entire industry, without a doubt. The starting term is generally ten years. It is no exaggeration to say that the company holds their contracts, and one word can decide their fate for the rest of their lives.

Seeing the obedient appearance of these internet celebrities in front of him, Lei Yibin's anger, which was originally very angry, also dissipated a little, but his expression was still cold, staring at them straightly. The huge practice room was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard clearly.
After standing for about two minutes, Lei Yibin's voice slowly sounded.

But it is not directed at these internet celebrities, but at the director of the artist department.

"Xu Bing, how long have you worked in our company?"

As an Internet company, Wuyou Media does not have so many rules. No one stipulates that people must be referred to by their titles during work. However, in order to save face, senior executives usually refer to their titles when they have serious matters to deal with. Those with good relationships may call each other "Lao Xu, Lao Wang, Lao Li" and so on.
But it is almost unheard of to address someone by his or her full name like Lei Yibin.

Artist Director Xu Bing also knew that today's incident was a big deal, and quickly responded: "It will be a year in another month."

"A year? That's pretty fast.

I guess the artist director is a bit exhausted from his job. After all, this is the most tiring department in our company, with several thousand employees on secondment from several branches.

How about this, next time the company undergoes an administrative change, you can change your position and go to Ducheng, Sichuan Province to be the vice president of a branch company."

Hearing this, Xu Bing couldn't hold it in any longer and was about to say, "Boss Lei. I..."

But before he could finish his words, Lei Yibin interrupted him: "This matter has been decided. If you have any opinions, please raise them at the next executive meeting. Don't say anything more now."

Xu Bing's eyes dimmed a little after hearing this.
Lei Yibin has the final say in the entire company. Executive meetings are just a formality. It is inevitable that he will be sent from a powerful executive at the headquarters to a marginal person at the branch.
Although he had no choice but to accept this decision, he was indeed quite dissatisfied.
Xu Bing knew very well why Lei Yibin was angry. It was nothing more than that in the past 40 minutes, none of the female internet celebrities in the company took the initiative. That was fine. During this period, Lei Yibin and he even created several opportunities, but none of the internet celebrities came forward.
You have to know that Gu Heng is a person that Lei Yibin values ​​so much. The attitude of his own internet celebrity is already an insult to Lei Yibin. No boss of any company can tolerate such a thing. So Xu Bing can understand Lei Yibin's anger.
But understanding is understanding
He couldn't accept it
I have wholeheartedly conveyed Lei Yibin's ideas to this group of internet celebrities. What can I do if they don't cooperate?
Can I still control the will of others?
How could Xu Bing accept being stripped of his position just because of such an incident?

But whether Xu Bing could accept it was no longer within Lei Yibin's consideration. What he had to do now was to try his best to make up for his mistake.
After all, what happened just now could be a big deal or a small one. In the eyes of someone who doesn’t care, it might not even be a problem, but in the eyes of someone who cares, the meaning would be different.

You invited these people and sent a large group of internet celebrities here, but they took off their pants and you let them see this?
Is it because your company has a positive atmosphere, or because the internet celebrities in your company are all chaste and heroic women who are not afraid of power?

Lei Yibin was not clear about Gu Heng's character, so of course he could only handle the situation in the safest way possible.

With this in mind, Lei Yibin turned his gaze to the Internet celebrities standing on the other side and said, "To be honest, the treatment of our Wuyou Media can be considered top-notch in the entire industry circle, right? I won't say how high the income is, but if you compare it horizontally with Internet celebrities of the same level as you, how many people can surpass you?
And among you, except for a few who joined Wuyou Media with their own fans, the rest of you were pushed up step by step by us using our resources.

Do you think that just because you post a video and it gets thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of likes, you are a big shot? Do you think you can stop taking the company seriously? ! "

It is undeniable that Lei Yibin's words were a bit harsh.

But there are definitely people who think this way, and Lei Yibin is also taking this opportunity to give them a warning.

Wuyou Media is not a small company like Xinghe Media. Two people with millions of fans are already the backbone of the company.

Perhaps the top internet celebrities have created a lot of revenue for Wuyou Media, but a large part of it is actually made up of a group of small internet celebrities and small anchors. Wuyou Media will definitely not rely heavily on the top internet celebrities.

Zhang Yang spoils Xiao Lan and Lin Jiayun because he has no other choice.

Lei Yibin will not indulge them.

But you can't keep on knocking. Seeing that no one refuted his words, Lei Yibin softened his tone a bit: "I admit that it's a bit shameful to ask you to stand up and please Mr. Gu, but think about it, has anyone forced you since you joined the company? Has the situation that other companies use their internet celebrities as "drinking companions" and force them to be toys for others ever happened to you?
I, Lei Yibin, have always advocated win-win results.

I provide a platform for you to develop, and then both parties benefit.

Just like Mr. Gu this time, he said you don't know? He is a business tycoon who invests billions of dollars at a time. Can I let you be closer to him?
To put it bluntly, the twenty or so of you, no matter you are small internet celebrities with hundreds of thousands of fans or big internet celebrities with tens of millions of fans, are all a bunch of small-time celebrities in other people's eyes. It is your blessing if others can take a fancy to you!

If I had some means to maintain this relationship, then in the future I might have to toast and smile when I see you. Even if I don't have this means, at least I can make Mr. Gu happy for a while, and the benefits you can get are things you can't get even if you work hard for ten, twenty years, or even half a lifetime!

That's all I have to say. I'll give you two minutes to think it over for yourself! If you still can't figure it out after two minutes, let me help you figure it out! Don't blame me for being ruthless then."

As Lei Yibin finished speaking, an internet celebrity with 300 million fans timidly stood up and said, "Boss Lei, you don't need to tell us this, we all understand.
But we don't dare to gamble.
If you don't usually watch Douyin or Weibo, you probably don't know that Mr. Gu has been scolded online for the past two days, saying that he has forgotten his roots because he has money, a running dog of foreigners, a dog traitor, and so on.
As a big boss, he certainly doesn't need to care about the opinions of those people on the Internet. But we are different. We make a living on the Internet. If we are really affected by Mr. Gu's rhythm, we will probably be banned from the entire Internet in the next second.
At that time, whether we can enjoy the benefits that Mr. Gu gives us is another matter, but if it is really revealed that we have a relationship with Mr. Gu, our jobs will be ruined. If we can’t get the benefits from Mr. Gu, we can enjoy it at least, but if our jobs are ruined, we will have nothing to do.”

The female internet celebrity's tone was full of grievance.
Although other influencers did not respond, their expressions all conveyed the same meaning.
Lei Yibin was a little confused after hearing this. He really didn't know what was going on.
After all, he is a big investor cooperating with government departments. Even if he is not a patriotic entrepreneur, he is not a traitor or a traitor to the country, right?
What is this all about? Just when Lei Yibin was confused, Xu Bin, who was standing behind him, came up and handed the phone to Lei Yibin: "Boss Lei, she is right. Boss Gu's reputation on the Internet has been a bit bad recently. It has been on the hot search for more than ten hours since last night."

Lei Yibin took a look at a marketing account's video that used AI to simulate a vivid explanation, and then took the phone.
The video is very short, only about half a minute, and it was quickly watched.

After reading it, Lei Yibin finally understood what was going on.

It was nothing more than that something went wrong with the interview that Gu Heng gave after he bought a plane at the Geneva Air Show a few days ago.

In the video, Gu Hengzheng said with a defiant look on his face: "It's my money. I can buy any company's plane I want. I still have to pay tens of millions of US dollars in entry tax when the plane returns to China. Is this considered supporting the development of the aviation industry?"

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this sentence.

People can spend the money however they want, it's earned legally. Supporting domestic products is worthy of praise, but not supporting domestic products will get you scolded?

Moreover, the domestic aviation industry started late. Although it has started to catch up in recent years, it is still self-sufficient most of the time. There is no company like Boeing or Airbus. Even if we want to support it, we can't. We can't let people wrong themselves and buy those small domestic aircraft, right? Isn't that pure moral kidnapping?
But
Lei Yibin, who is in the industry, knows the current situation of the Internet very well. After all, MCN agencies are veterans in playing online public opinion.
Populism is rampant and cerebral palsy is everywhere.

Not to mention someone like Gu Heng who spent billions to buy airplanes abroad, even if you use a mobile phone to buy foreign products you will be scolded.

More importantly, Gu Heng is too rich and still young.

Being young and rich is everyone's dream life.

Some people may really think that it is inappropriate for Gu Heng to buy a foreign plane, but the vast majority of people are blinded by jealousy and are just trying to take advantage of the situation to criticize him.

They didn't care at all whether Gu Heng bought domestic or foreign aircraft.

They are just angry that they were not the ones who bought the plane.
After watching the video, Lei Yibin was silent for a while, then returned the phone to Xu Bing, knowing that the matter was excusable.

The lack of initiative of these internet celebrities can be forgiven, but Xu Bing is not going to restore his position.

This was not the first time something like this had happened, it had occurred several times, but it was the first time that Lei Yibin got angry. In his eyes, as a director of the artist department, he was the direct superior of these internet celebrities. He was given such great power, but he couldn't even control his subordinates. Why did he keep him around?
This kind of lack of leadership ability is common in major companies around the world and is not uncommon.

After all, not everyone is as wealthy as Gu Heng, and all the people he recruits are top talents in the industry. It is normal for them to go through constant running-in and trials before they can get to a high position.

"I know what you are worried about, but what I want to say is that you are thinking too much."

Hearing Lei Yibin speak again, many internet celebrities immediately looked over, waiting for Lei Yibin's next words.

“Normally, this kind of public opinion would disappear in a few days, but for Mr. Gu, the comments from netizens are nothing but bullshit.

Your fear that you will be affected by Mr. Gu's public opinion is groundless. Even if you are really implicated by public opinion, it will be a good thing for you. With such a huge amount of traffic, if you can catch even one-tenth of it, it will be enough to expand the size of your fans!
Don’t be afraid of being hacked! Black and red are still red, will being hacked badly hinder you from making money?
When I open the comment section, I see everything scolding you, which is really frustrating.

But is it fun to curl up in bed at night, counting red bills, wearing the latest Hermès bag, and using limited edition cosmetics and skin care products?
Besides, our company is not just there to do nothing. Previously, it was reported that Liu Siyao would fail in public when exposed offline, but look at how many people are still talking about it online now?
The Internet has no memory, but the money that goes into your pocket is real!"

"I won't say much. I'll give you one last chance. I'll treat Mr. Gu to dinner tonight, and then I'll create another opportunity for you. If you still have ambitions, then give it a try. If you don't, I won't force you.

Moreover, if any of you is lucky enough to be noticed by Mr. Gu, the company will also reward you.

The reward is a 30% increase in all exposure resources for the next year."

After saying that, Lei Yibin was not going to waste any more words on them. He had already wasted more than ten minutes here, and it would be inappropriate to leave Gu Heng alone in the office. After all, he needed help from others.
Thinking of this, Lei Yibin also waved to Cheng Yuxin and said, "Cheng Yuxin, come with me to receive Mr. Gu."

Then, without waiting for her reaction, he walked straight out of the practice room.

Lei Yibin had been paying attention to Gu Heng before, and he could also notice that Gu Heng looked at Cheng Yuxin more often than others.

Of course, you have to give it what it wants.
(End of this chapter)