The world is in trouble

Chapter 144: Take him in! Another gorgeous move!
"Eighteenth brother, your sister is here to see you." Jiang Li'er walked straight into Lin Xiao's office without even knocking on the door.

Don't say that. I have a full sister and a half sister in the company.

There is no need for a third one.

"Damn, I feel like half of Facebook is supported by me." Jiang Li'er came in front of Lin Xiao and put her feet directly on the desk.

Jiang Li'er does have the most fans now, more than 3,000 in total.

God knows how she attracted so many people.

Of course, the main reason is that Facebook is now promoting her frequently.

"Eighteenth brother, you can't do this. Your activity level is too low."

"I see that Lingxi Island is much more active."

This is normal because they have a wide range of business formats, including selling computers and mobile phones at a discount, playing word games, doing second-hand trading, and organizing dormitory gatherings.

But this level of activity is unsustainable.

Only by letting users move and circulate on their own can we achieve a permanent solution.

You should be a platform and manager rather than a content publisher.

Lin Xiao glanced at her unintentionally and found that even when she put her legs on the desk, they were still bulging.

Lin Xiao even suspected that she couldn't close her legs tightly.

"Hey, hey, hey, where are you looking? Where are you looking?"

"We are pure revolutionary comrades, don't look at me."

"If you're not careful, something bad will happen and the fire will be lost, ruining our pure friendship between a man and a woman."

Lin Xiao said: "Are you okay? If not, get out of here."

Jiang Lier: "I almost forgot, there's a stupid-looking nerd who wants to visit you and asked me to bring him over."

"Reimburse the taxi fare!"

Jiang Lier stretched out her white, fat little hand directly towards Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao directly put fifty yuan in his hand.

"Thank you, sir..." Jiang Li'er glanced at Lin Xiao charmingly, then walked out with her fat buttocks twisted.

Wang Xing outside looked at him with resentment.

Just now he kept calling me handsome on the road, but now in front of others, he says I am a stupid nerd.

Pretty women can lie, so don’t do that in front of me.

Besides, wasn’t it me who paid for the taxi fare?

When Wang Xing appeared in front of Lin Xiao, he was stunned.

This is a familiar yet young and unfamiliar face.

At this time, he still had hair.

Aren't you in the United States?
Why are you back?
"Hello, my name is Wang Xing. I graduated from Tsinghua University with a degree in radio engineering and am now studying for a master's degree in computer science at Delaware."

Lin Xiao stood up and shook hands with him: "Hello, I'm studying international economics at Aurora University."

Then, the two fell silent.

Although Lin Xiao is eager to recruit talented people, his attitude is very relaxed.

"I have a question." Wang Xing said: "Why is Facebook so simple?"

Lin Xiao: "First, finalize the social gene, stabilize the basic foundation, and then add little by little. Because adding is easy, but subtracting is difficult."

This sentence is really eye-opening.

It is easy to add but difficult to subtract.

"There is something, there is indeed something." Wang Xing said to himself.

Wang Xing: "I can understand why the registration threshold is set. The registered users are restricted to universities first. It is for the purpose of socializing with acquaintances, so that there is stickiness."

"But I think this approach is more suitable and more likely to succeed in the United States. This is because Americans are more proactive and open, while people in our country are more introverted. In addition, there are more PC owners in the United States, while there are still fewer personal computers in China."

Lin Xiao said: "Being outspoken has its advantages. It can cast a wider net and attract more people. But being introverted also has its advantages. Social relationships last longer and the moat is deeper."

Hit the mark again.

The great thing about WeChat lies in its long-lasting and deep social relationships.

The emergence of Moments provides an outlet for this introversion.

"Another thing is that although there are fewer personal computers, Chinese college students spend just as much time online as American students. They go to computer labs and Internet cafes, and in such an environment, it is easier for them to infect each other and spread the virus."

Wang Xing: "I have been watching your website for a few hours and found that the activity is not high and the user interaction is not strong. This situation is very dangerous. If it continues for one or two months, it will be dangerous. These users are likely to become real zombie users. How can we break the situation?"

Lin Xiao: "What do you think?"

Wang Xing thought for a while and said, "Put in a few catfish to stir up the water."

Lin Xiao asked: "Can you be more specific?"

Wang Xing said: "The greatest productivity of social relationships is sex!"

"Of course our country is much more reserved and in a state of sexual repression, but at the end of the day, the core goal is sex!"

"Women want to show themselves as much as possible to attract more men."

"Men want to show off themselves to the fullest, to attract more women, and to focus on one or two women."

This is also a very accurate statement.

Zuckerberg started his career by rating women and selecting campus beauties, which quickly led to his rapid rise to fame and he directly crashed Harvard's server.

This is certainly impolite and too petty.

But he'll play bigger.

"I'm about to have a meeting. Are you interested in sitting in?" Lin Xiao asked.

Wang Xing asked: "Will this reveal your business secrets?"

Lin Xiao said: "No, it will be made public soon."

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The entire company held another general meeting.

"As everyone knows, we have 130,000."

“Oh no, it’s 140,000 users now.”

"But these users are not active, and Facebook's ecological cycle cannot be established, which is very dangerous."

"Not to mention two months, even if there is only one month of inactivity, it is easy to become a zombie user. Because now is the time when stickiness is the worst, and it is also the weakest and most dangerous moment."

"So we're launching a second campaign!"

"We need to teach and guide users how to use Facebook."

"So next, we are going to start the campus beauty and campus hunk PK selection contest."

Zuckerberg became famous just by participating in the school beauty pageant, but Lin Xiao felt that was not enough.

Because his starting point is higher, he needs to be more passionate.

Draft plus PK.

The preliminaries are a talent show for the most beautiful and handsome boys in class.

Each class has only one male and one female, and then they enter the next round of PK. (Nun class or monk class, special treatment)

The second round of PK will select the most beautiful girls in the department, three boys and three girls.

Next, we will directly compete to select the top three school beauties and school handsome guys.

The ultimate PK is a big PK between the campus beauties and campus handsome guys of all universities in Shanghai.

People say that Chinese people are introverted, but don’t forget that when entertainment talent shows came out, China was also the most popular.

The popularity of Super Girls at that time shocked the whole country.

Another point is that, at least in 2002, the relationship between men and women was the primary productive force.

There is no such thing as a back-licking dog at this time.

A goddess can motivate a dozen boys in real life, and can motivate hundreds or thousands of boys to become active online.

In addition, in 2002 when entertainment was relatively scarce, what college students liked most was excitement.

"Our Lightning Entertainment was originally going to hold an opening reception."

"But now, in order to cooperate with the campus beauty competition, I decided to upgrade this cocktail party to Facebook Night."

"We will invite at least 10 stars, and three of them will be big names, to participate in our Facebook Night."

"It can't be someone like La Ying or Yang Kun. It has to be someone of a higher status."

"Since it is a talent show competition, there must be generous rewards, whether it is honor or material, so as to motivate participants."

"The top ten male and female contestants in the Campus Beauty and Campus Husband PK Contest will be able to attend Facebook Night, walk the red carpet and chat with the stars, drink together, and communicate with them."

Someone raised his hand below, and it was Li Zhongtian.

"I have a question. When Lingxi Island opened a few months ago, it also invited celebrities, and there were three big stars. The students of Aurora University were really excited, so are the two activities somewhat similar?"

Jiang Lier said directly: "You still don't understand."

"Liao Feng's performance was actually just a concert. It was just a free concert, and everyone was just an audience, without a sense of participation."

"But Facebook Night is different. The selected campus beauties and handsome guys are part of the dinner. The sense of participation is completely different. You can walk the red carpet and chat and laugh with celebrities. This completely hits the vanity of men and women."

“So the motivation and nature here are completely different.”

Damn, you didn’t leave?
Lin Xiao said: "Not only that, the fourth to seventh place winners can go on a free ten-day trip to Japan."

"The second and third place winners can go on a ten-day trip to Europe."

"First place!" Lin Xiao paused for a moment.

"If you want, you can also become the female character in Lightning Entertainment's first movie, no less than the second female lead!"

"Even the most beautiful girls in each department will receive generous rewards."

"Even the most beautiful girl in class can get a mobile phone as a reward."

“Is this reward good enough?”

Everyone was stunned. Boss, is this such a big deal?
Of course it’s powerful!

It's even super powerful.

Lin Xiao invested a lot of money.

But it's all worth it as long as these hundreds of thousands of people can make Facebook's ecosystem more active.

Once we have completed educating the first batch of users, everything will be completely stable.

The users who come in later will know how to play.

It is extremely important to establish an ecosystem for a website.

Even Wang Xing, who was standing nearby, became a little excited.

I think Lin Xiao is really generous.

If this battle is successful, Facebook will indeed be stable.

Lin Xiao also sighed, it’s good to be rich, as it gives you a high starting point.

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After returning to the office, Lin Xiao sighed.

Why is it that even though the output value of the entertainment industry is not high, the Internet giants are unwilling to let it go?

Because the traffic it brings is indeed high.

It can often achieve twice the result with half the effort, or even several times the effect.

Xia Xi knocked on the door and came in.

"Two things."

"First of all, according to the current specifications, Facebook Night has risen to a strategic level, so we need to invite high-profile celebrities, at least three to anchor the event."

"So we have to plan ahead and identify three big stars who will be a huge topic of discussion."

"Otherwise, our Facebook Night will not be significant enough. The appeal of this campus beauty and campus hunk talent show will also be greatly reduced."

"And we need to decide on the three big stars and announce them before the PK competition."

“Who are you going to invite?”

Lin Xiao: "Jiang Wen, Ge You, Liu Dehua."

Xia Xi opened her eyes and asked, "You...are you so generous?"

Lin Xiao: "Are these three enough to bring order to the event and elevate the standard of our first Facebook Night?"

Xia Xi: "Of course it is enough, but it is difficult to do so. We cannot invite these three people." Because if celebrities participate in the event, it also depends on their level and the level of the company.

Lightning Entertainment is now a completely small company, and Facebook is an even smaller company.

Even the small stars are unwilling to come, let alone the big stars.

Unless you spend all your money on it.

Zhou Libo and Simba’s wedding also invited Cheng Long.

But it cost a fortune.

But Lin Xiao was unwilling to spend all his money. Although the company had a lot of money, as Facebook expanded, the speed at which it would burn money would become faster and faster.

Besides, the company has already allocated a lot of money for this second campaign.

So he is definitely willing to spend money to invite these stars, but he is not willing to spend too much money.

Lin Xiao said: "Of these three people, as long as we can deal with one of them, the remaining two will come."

Xia Xi said: "Jiang Wen."

Lin Xiao: "Yes, he is very famous and is a spiritual leader in the circle. He alone can bring a lot of people here."

Xia Xi said: "But this person is also the most difficult to deal with, and has the most lonely and domineering temper."

Lin Xiao said: "Yes, but for me, Jiang Wen should not be difficult to deal with."

Xia Xi said: "As long as Jiang Wen can be dealt with, Ge You will definitely come, and Liu Dehua will also come. He is very good at dealing with people. Even many second-tier celebrities can come along."

"So, if we can deal with Jiang Wen, we can deal with a group of people."

Xia Xi: "The second thing is to make sure Lingxi Island doesn't come to mess things up. Don't let them organize a school beauty contest. Even if it doesn't succeed, it will take away our energy and cause great harm."

Lin Xiao said: "Liao Feng is a very arrogant person. He thinks his Lingxi Island is far ahead. He currently likes to act arrogant and imitate our routines. He probably doesn't even bother to do that."

"But just in case, we still have to make a feint to the east and attack to the west, so that Liao Feng will have to deal with the sudden crisis and have no energy to deal with us."

Xia Xi asked: "Will there be a direct confrontation?"

Lin Xiao: "No, the skill lies outside of poetry, but it can make him feel a huge threat, feel that we are his biggest opponent, and ignore us for the time being."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Lin, there's someone named Wang Xing who said he wanted to come here specifically to say goodbye." Taozi said outside.

After a moment, Wang Xing walked in.

I feel like I want to say something but I can't.

Lin Xiao said: "Brother Wang, are you interested in playing a game and witnessing the process and outcome of our second battle?"

Lin Xiao did not invite him to join, nor did he offer an annual salary, nor did he offer any options.

Just invite him to come in and play.

"Great, that's what I wanted." Wang Xing said.

Lin Xiao said: "Then I'd like to trouble the top student from Delaware to be my assistant for a few days?"

Wang Xing was stunned: "Okay."

I didn't join, I just came to play for a few days.

Because he was so curious, and Facebook's second battle was so important.

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Gao Changhe came to Lin Xiao’s office to report.

"Boss Lin, I heard from Boss Xia that our Lightning Entertainment's opening reception will be upgraded to Facebook Night?"

Lin Xiao said: "Yes. It doesn't need to be very large, but the specifications must be higher."

Gao Changhe said: "I heard that they are going to make a movie."

Lin Xiao said: "Yes."

Originally, Lin Xiao didn’t plan to do it now because this thing is not very profitable.

But through a short Facebook night, I discovered that entertainment has such a great impact on social interaction.

A total multiplier.

The future explosion and rise of Facebook is completely inseparable from the entry and long-term activity of many celebrities.

At this time, Lightning Entertainment needs to have a certain degree of dominance.

"That's great..." Gao Changhe suddenly became excited.

He had wanted to mention it many times before, but didn't dare to.

Gao Changhe lost everything in the film and television industry. In the end, he frantically borrowed six million yuan from Lin Xiao, hoping to use the money to start a project and make a comeback, but he was cheated.

How he wanted to make a real comeback and give a slap in the face to those who looked down on him.

Only movies can help him regain his dignity and glory.

Lin Xiao: "Don't get too excited, it's just a small production worth a few million, but try to make the most of the small and create a miracle."

Gao Changhe said: "Which big stars do you plan to invite to host our first Facebook Night?"

Lin Xiao: "Jiang Wen, Ge You, Liu Dehua!"

Suddenly, Gao Changhe was stunned.

After a long while, he shook his head and said, "This... this is probably impossible."

"I used to be in the entertainment industry, so I know which people are the easiest to invite. For example, Eric Tsang is easy to invite, and Andy Lau is popular, but he doesn't attend every event."

"Ge You is silent and aloof, Jiang Wen is aloof, and they are difficult to invite."

Gao Changhe said with a guilty look on his face: "At least with my connections and abilities, I can't invite these three big names."

Lin Xiao said: "It doesn't matter. You can go and invite them first as the manager of Lightning Entertainment. If it doesn't work, I will do it again."

Gao Changhe was confused and thought that even if you took action, you probably wouldn't be able to change anything.

Gao Changhe said: "Okay, I'll do it right away."

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Two people from Cool Fire Legend knocked on the door and entered.

"Boss, you guys are looking for me."

Lin Xiao asked: "How do you feel after coming to the company these days?"

Linghua: "It was fun. Sister Ou Feifei took us all over Shanghai and was very generous."

Before we knew it, Qu Feifei had become the big sister of Lightning Entertainment?
Lin Xiao: "Facebook Night is coming soon. This event is very important and the standards will be high."

"First of all, your Cool Fire group needs to change its name. You should think of a new name."

Zeng Yi: "Boss, do you want it now?"

Lin Xiao said: "Yes, think about it now. If you can't think of one, I will give you one."

Zeng Yi: "Linghua, how about we each think of two words."

Linghua nodded.

Zeng Yi's instinctive reaction was Phoenix Mountain in his hometown.

"Phoenix."

Linghua has been playing games and legends day and night recently.

"legend!"

Lin Xiao said: "Okay, then the new name of your group will be Phoenix Legend."

Thus, Phoenix Legend was born ahead of time.

"Facebook Night is not only a strategic event for Facebook, but also a strategic link for Lightning Entertainment. We want to take this opportunity to promote you and let record companies take notice of you and release albums for you."

It won’t be long before Cai Ling explodes.

These hits must be promoted in the shortest possible time, and with the help of massive piracy, these songs can become huge hits, so that you can make money without doing anything.

Otherwise, it will be too late if you miss this trend, and you will be able to make money easily by enjoying other great songs.

“So, are you ready for the Facebook Night performance?”

"This is a rare opportunity for you to perform. There will be many celebrities and record company executives that night."

The two looked embarrassed. They were originally a group called "Fa Shen Jing", with three members in total. In the middle, another girl left, and Zeng Yi and Ling Hua took a break for a few months. Then they formed a group called "Cool Fire", and performed everywhere, but they didn't have any decent works.

So the past few years have been a struggle to survive.

There is no future, no hope, everything is bleak.

It was not until they met musician He Shuyang and wrote the song "Above the Moon" that the two found their style and soared to success.

So, when the two confused and gloomy people heard that a company wanted to sign them, and it was Ergou, the founder of Yang.com, they were completely overjoyed and felt that a noble man had come from heaven.

But after working in the company for a while, I found that Lightning Entertainment seemed to be a makeshift team.

The studio team is Gao Changhe’s Changhe Film and Television, which has only about ten people in total.

The two of them started to worry again. Will there really be any development here?

This doesn't seem like a posture that shows that one is serious about making music.

Are we going to be in trouble again and have to run away?

Zeng Yi kept comforting Linghua: "This Ergou leader is super awesome, don't worry!"

"I've been watching him for a long time. He knows everything about astronomy, geography, and history. He can write a book and win an international award. He's a genius."

He didn't know how many times he had said these words, and he began to feel guilty as he spoke.

Lin Xiao said: "The company has prepared two works for you, take them and try them out."

Zeng Yi and Linghua were smiling happily. Did they finally give us a work?

The two couldn't wait to take the music score and go to a professional music room to practice.

It’s not Above the Moon, nor is it the most dazzling ethnic style.

Facebook Night still needs some songs with a more stylish style.

"Accompaniment teacher, thank you for your hard work."

"Let's try it again."

Then, the two tried to sing the first song.

Moonlight over the Lotus Pond

Suddenly, both of them were shocked.

This song is so beautiful.

Is it really…really made for us?

Although the first time the coordination was not good enough and the effect was not the best, several people could feel it, it was really... nice.

It’s really good!

Then, the two couldn't wait to sing the second song.

"Mountains and Rivers"

This song is one of the few songs of Phoenix Legend with a relatively high style.

The first time, the second time, the third time...

I practiced it countless times.

That kind of effect came out.

The two were shocked again.

Even more surprise!
This song is awesome!

Magnificent and majestic!
Zeng Yi said excitedly: "What did I say? What did I say?"

"This leader Ergou is a genius, a genius!"

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On the other hand, Gao Changhe worked hard for the success of Facebook Night.

I used all my connections and contacted Andy Lau's agent carefully and sincerely.

"Hello, Sister Yan. I am Gao Changhe, the manager of Lightning Entertainment. We have met several times before."

"Manager Gao, I remember, I remember." Yan Lisha actually didn't remember it anymore, but still smiled brightly.

Gao Changhe said: "We have a high-end business dinner here and would like to invite Brother Hua to attend."

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Note: Here is the first update. I will continue to lie down for a while before getting up to write. Can you still use your monthly ticket to help me sleep?

(End of this chapter)