You are not monster girls!

Chapter 155 It's normal for siblings to hug, right? Right? (4k)

The topic selection meeting is the first step in the workflow of every experienced video creator. It involves selecting the most suitable theme as the core of the video by taking into account factors such as recent hot topics, audience feedback, data growth trends, completion rates, and sudden inspirations from team members.

Yun Yifei's main job is related to account operation, and she has also had the opportunity to visit the studios of some top self-media bloggers, so she was quite curious about how Lin Muran, who wanted to handle all the work herself, managed projects.

Most importantly, he is definitely not as good as the top streamers right now, so I have the opportunity to elevate my status in his eyes by offering guidance.

They might even beg me to stay.

The plan goes through!
Yun Yifei and Qingyi had been waiting in the living room for a long time for the topic selection meeting to begin.

She took the initiative to greet Qingyi, who was doing something similar to yoga next to her: "Master Qing, you look much better than yesterday."

Qingyi, now back in her light gray jacket, finished her routine exercise with a deep breathing exercise and sat on the sofa with a beaming smile.

"It would be strange if I didn't feel energetic and vibrant after sharing a room with a wonderful woman like Xiaoyun."

Although she slept on the floor in Yun Yifei's room last night, it was probably the most peaceful night's sleep she had had since her ascension.

No howling, no mosquitoes, and most importantly—

No one was choking me!

The only downside was that Yun Yifei seemed to have drunk too much water and was always going in and out of the room in the early morning, but birds are all about being content, so she didn't care too much.

"Master Qing is joking again."

Yun Yifei said she was unwilling, but it was clear that her mouth had already been hooked.

At this moment, Lin Muran also came out of the room, holding a small notebook in her hand, which was filled with something that was hard to tell what it was.

"At the topic selection meeting, Lin Muran is just an individual content creator, right? Don't people just decide to shoot videos on a whim?"

As a longtime fan of the monster expert, Qingyi was still a little curious about Lin Muran's behind-the-scenes work.

After all, if a sow can produce high yields while maintaining quality, she can't think of any other way to do it besides exploiting Bai Mengqing and Xia Li.

"If it were just a single hit product, that might be understandable."

Yun Yifei also saw Lin Muran scribbling in a small notebook and was very satisfied: "But if you want to keep the data at a high level, you can't do it without putting effort into the selection of topics."

How to avoid audience fatigue and whether to capitalize on recent trending topics are also things to consider when choosing a topic.

Seeing Bai Mengqing and Xia Li take their seats, still half asleep, Lin Muran then took out her notebook and had them sit around in the living room to begin this topic selection meeting.

"I propose we become vampires this time. Who will sponsor us, and who will object?"

Bai Mengqing and Xia Li didn't speak, they just kept nodding, it was impossible to tell whether they were still half asleep or agreed.

"Alright, let's make this video about a vampire princess. Now let's start assigning tasks."

After Lin Muran finished speaking, she drew a diagram in her notebook: "Now I will explain the tasks for each of you."

Yun Yifei's eyes widened in surprise: "Wait, is that all?"

How come videos with consistently excellent data were discussed so casually?
Is this reasonable?

"Have you always worked in this mode?"

"Yes."

Lin Muran shrugged: "Once the video is finished, I'll make 20 more covers to choose from, and then the connection of the key points will depend on how the copy is written. Anyway, I'll just keep revising it."

"Is this also something I learned from another world?"

After hearing this, Yun Yifei couldn't help but swallow.

She remembered that her younger brother was just a technically-minded hothead in college.

How come they've become so proficient in techniques that only top blogger studios use in just one month?

No wonder the average number of views for the Queen Ant's subsequent videos kept increasing.

"Yes and no. This is a leftover plan from Ghost Princess last time. I just ran into some things recently, and I feel like I can continue using it."

Lin Muran didn't tell Yun Yifei about Selena's time travel, to avoid having to spend a lot of time explaining.

Even the pre-planned schemes were made in such detail?
Yun Yifei glanced furtively at the notebook in the other person's hand, hesitated, and regretted her earlier rude remarks to Lin Muran.

"Here, take this as a reference. Give me a draft in the next couple of days."

Lin Muran called Bai Mengqing twice, and seeing that the other was still cosplaying Qingyi pecking rice, she rolled up the notebook into a tube and gently tapped the dragon head: "It's about time to wake up."

"Oh, okay, have you had breakfast?"

Bai Mengqing's body trembled violently before she came to her senses. She wiped the dragon saliva from her mouth and flicked her tail to wake Xia Li, who was standing next to her.

"You've already eaten."

The other party did the same thing while eating breakfast. He could tell with his toes that one of the two spirit beasts must have stayed up all night playing on his phone, and the other stayed up all night watching TV.

"Xia Li, you can work on the copywriting for now. Give me a script outline today or tomorrow."

"Go ahead and improvise," Di Hou said, trembling. Xia Li deliberately raised her sunglasses and wiped her eyes.

"That's right, it feels like it's time for you to go solo."

"Brother, stop testing me," Emperor Roar said guiltily.

After Xia Li took another notebook from Lin Muran, Yun Yifei wanted to take the opportunity to look at the contents, but unexpectedly she directly asked Bai Mengqing for her phone and lay on the dragon girl's lap to start watching short videos.

[Carrying a lantern and setting up a bird~ Here you go. Oh, guess how it works? The old Beijingers open their eyes and think, what is this? It's authentic~]

Bai Mengqing tilted her head and watched, while also making changes and drawings in her notebook using a magical pencil.

Seeing that the two spirit beasts had entered the "data gathering" stage, Lin Muran said, "Alright, the topic selection meeting is over. Sis, do you have any opinions?"

"Isn't this a bit too lax?"

"Pressure can be a motivator, but it's actually a good thing for creators who want to keep improving and produce high-quality content, especially for these two spirit beasts."

"Xiaoyun, as a fellow music creator, I understand your feelings."

Seeing how easily Lin Muran had completed the topic selection, Qingyi was overjoyed and quickly echoed her sentiments.

Even at work, they don't exploit their employees. Maybe if I ever open an account or make videos, it'll be just like playing around.

This is the kind of retirement life I've always wanted!
Yun Yifei had spent less than 24 hours with the two spirit beasts, so she naturally knew that she had no say in the matter of training them.

Besides, Bai Mengqing, being a silly and dull dragon, seems to rely heavily on emotions when it comes to creation, so Lin Muran's approach might be the right one.

He truly deserves the title of monster expert.

"You know what you're doing."

"I've also received another order." Lin Muran handed her phone to Yun Yifei: "A pillow, the price isn't high, 9000, just mention it."

Because of its vertical focus and the purchasing power of its users, the prices for commercial orders in the animation section are much lower than those in other sections.

The extra money I made in the last Holy Grail War was purely due to good luck.

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Yun Yifei gave Lin Muran a look as if he were an idiot, then began her own business conversation.

"Don't chat nonsense! Even a small mosquito is still meat!"

Lin Muran tried to grab the phone, but Yun Yifei grabbed her head. A moment later, she tossed the phone back to Lin Muran: "There's something wrong with how you quoted the price. I'll help you optimize your wording. It's changed from a verbal announcement to a more creative, customized video. The price has been increased to 11500."

"Also, I see that you have to pay a lot of taxes when you withdraw money. When you have time, I can help you find out how to set up a studio to avoid taxes."

After saying that, she sighed: "So you don't have to work hard all month and end up not even being able to afford to feed your spirit beast."

!!!

"Sister, you are my goddess!" Lin Muran excitedly hugged Yun Yifei.

Even with a tax refund, the high personal income tax was still a major headache for him, as he was short of cash. He never expected that Yun Yifei would offer to help.

"Gah!"

Seeing this, Bai Mengqing dropped her pen and smashed it onto Xia Li's phone, which then shattered her head, causing her to let out a faint wail.

Lin and Lin Muran actually hugged each other.

It should be normal for siblings to be like this.

Right?

Right! ?
Right!

"Wow~" Qingyi watched the scene unfold with an amused expression.

"It's only right for a good older sister to be considerate of her younger brother."

Yun Yifei pretended to push Lin Muran twice, then her pretty face turned slightly red as she let him hug her.

After the other party finally let go, it took a while before he stammered, "Those two are unregistered. Including me, you might need to find another partner with proper status."

"We'll find it eventually."

Lin Muran patted Yun Yifei on the shoulder. Someone with a certain status and whom you can trust should not be difficult to find if you look carefully.

Moreover, setting up a studio not only increases income, but may also trigger the spiritual energy recovery method left by that divine old sect master.

In other words, people's worship can be converted into a faster spiritual energy recovery rate.

"But even if I haven't finished dealing with things here, it's not certain that I can add it," Yun Yifei explained shyly.

"It's not impossible for me to be Xiaoyun's stand-in."

Seeing that she had a chance to speak, Qingyi pointed to herself and said, "I've also become interested. Maybe I can try making videos."

"Let's watch it after this video is finished."

Lin Muran felt that Qingyi, with her innate abstract holy body, would be a natural at live streaming.

However, he did not intend to let Qingyi appear in public, or more accurately, in the current disgusting live-streaming environment.

Leading the trend and being led by the trend are two different mindsets.

"Got it."

Seeing the three people chatting and laughing, Bai Mengqing could only comfort herself with the thought that "it's all just acting," and silently curled up on the sofa in her Jigglypuff form to draw.

Xia Li had been forced into sleep for some time.

After that, Yun Yifei and Qingyi hurriedly left, one going to the company and the other to a part-time job.

With Sally as the live model, Bai Mengqing handed the draft design to Lin Muran as evening approached. After saying that she was going to take a shower, she stomped off into the bathroom with the same gait as Jigglypuff.

Only Xia Li and Lin Muran, one person and one beast, remained.

In the past, by this time, Xia Li would have basically come up with a rather unusable outline, but not today.

Still no clue?

Lin Muran let Xia Li sit in his lap and stroke her cat ears. When he was writing copy before, he had tried to let Xia Li think for herself and build her own copywriting style.

But the results were far from ideal.

“Yes, Emperor Roar has always been an audience member, not a narrator,” Emperor Roar explained.

Lin Muran then remembered that Xia Li was essentially just a gatekeeper who was a little over a thousand years old.

She may have seen many people and many things, but like the security guards here, her mind is basically shut down most of the time. Creating something is undoubtedly as difficult as running a rusty machine.

"How about we start learning from other people's stories now? I see you seem quite interested in Sally."

Every creative endeavor begins with drawing inspiration from others.

Xia Li has a lot of material, but because she lacks a mature creative thinking logic, she has no way to utilize it.

Lin Muran had experienced this firsthand when she started creating her own account.

By borrowing the story's framework, concept, and theme, and then imitating it, Xia Li should be able to master it quickly with a few practice sessions and a review.

Therefore, Lin Muran planned to use a story that he and his colleagues had told no less than 50 times to set an example for Xia Li.

"Assistant, I want to hear." Emperor Roar said with great curiosity.

Xia Li twitched her ears and snuggled against Lin Muran's chest.

Having read countless stories about the world of fantasy and martial arts, she was curious about what had happened between Sally and Lin Muran in another world she didn't know about.

Why does she always look so lifeless when she's with Lin Muran?

Subsequently, Lin Muran, in order to test the power of the slime with 3000 times the sensitivity, made a bet with Sally to draw a joker card and cheated by using his memory to win big. Then, he kicked Sally into the pool. The story is told in a way that has a beginning, development, climax, and reversal.

It was just as exciting as the battle between Joe Joe and Darby.

Xia Li listened intently, and only when Lin Muran took a break to drink water did she say quietly, "Big brother is a beast." Di Hou said disdainfully.

“I’m a human being, okay? Sally is immortal, so there’s no harm in trying. Besides, I’m willing to accept the consequences of my bet.”

“He’s a beast too,” Emperor Roar scoffed.

"The key is the story's ability to evoke emotions, you know? It's what I mentioned in the initial copywriting: 'emotional resonance'."

Xia Li's tail tip gently brushed against Lin Muran's thigh: "I think I understand." Di Hou said excitedly.

She thought that if she could write the absurd incidents she saw into stories, it might be very interesting, and this video was about a vampire in the Qing Dynasty.

If we could combine some outrageous Qing Dynasty dramas with the references and Sally, we might be able to write a script that's even more interesting than the previous videos.

"You can learn about screenwriting theory later. First, let your inspiration flow freely, and I'll help you complete it."

"Greetings, elder brother!" Emperor Roar said excitedly.

Xia Li looked up at Lin Muran, her expression and tone calm and unchanging, but her tail and ears were wagging so hard they were almost blurry.

"What's the point of being an audience member if you've already ascended to immortality? It's time to start trying things you've never experienced before."

"Experience?" Emperor Roar asked, puzzled. Xia Li tilted her head.

"It's like chocolate milk tea. How can you know if it suits your taste just by seeing others drink it? You can only truly understand it by experiencing it yourself."

Lin Muran smiled and patted the other's head: "Writing stories is the same principle."

(End of this chapter)