Entertainment mogul: Starting his business with the internet

Chapter 23 Portal Websites
Song Ci then instructed, "There are quite a few good game products in South Korea. Lao Zhang, send someone to contact the South Korean game companies."

"We need to secure the distribution rights for several popular games to boost the popularity of the TD gaming platform. Shanda and The9 both started by distributing games, didn't they?"

Zhang Yong adjusted his elegant black-rimmed glasses and, upon hearing his boss's request, replied loudly, "Yes, Mr. Song, I'll arrange for someone to conduct market research on game distribution after the meeting."

Halfway through the meeting, Song Ci's mouth was dry from talking. Just as she was about to drink some water to moisten her throat, she found that her cup was empty.

Looking up and glancing around, she noticed that Zhang Yong and the others had the same water glasses. She quickly called out to someone who had come over to observe from the corner, "Shishi, could you please add some water for me and everyone else?"

When Liu Shishi heard Song Ci calling her, she slowly came back to her senses from her reverie and hurriedly picked up the water bottle next to her to pour water for everyone.

When Ms. Liu approached Zhang Yong, he suddenly covered the rim of the glass with his hand and said casually, "Let's add some for President Song first."

Zhang Yong shook his head, wondering where this girl came from. She looked pretty, but she was clumsy and awkward when doing things, even pouring tea and adding water.

Moreover, they completely lack understanding of workplace etiquette. When a leader asks you to refill water, you should naturally refill the water for the higher-ups first. There's no reason to refill water for everyone in the seating arrangement just for convenience.

Liu Shishi awkwardly stuck out her little tongue, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Just as Song Ci was about to get up and smooth things over for Liu Shishi, Jiang Tiantian saw an opportunity and acted first, rushing to Liu Shishi's side and snatching the water bottle from her hand.

While refilling Song Ci's cup with water, he explained to Zhang Yong, "Mr. Zhang, you may not know this, but Shishi is Mr. Song's childhood sweetheart. Knowing that Mr. Song values ​​you, she poured you tea first. Today, I heard that Mr. Song has opened another company, so I came to take a look."

Jiang Tiantian's words were extremely skillful. She not only revealed Liu Shishi's identity to Zhang Yong, but also subtly hinted at Liu Shishi's place in Song Ci's heart by mentioning their childhood friendship.

Moreover, he subtly flattered Liu Shishi, portraying her lack of social skills as a sign of her valuing Zhang Yong, thus cleverly defusing Liu Shishi's awkward situation.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yong immediately understood. This girl was most likely the future boss's wife, so he took the opportunity to laugh along with Jiang Tiantian's words.

"It's all my fault, I'm flattered, I'm flattered! The proprietress is too kind to me."

Jiang Tiantian and Zhang Yong worked together to make Liu Shishi beam with joy. Crucially, Song Ci didn't refute them, which indirectly acknowledged her as his girlfriend.

Miss Liu, with a sudden flash of inspiration, cleverly said, "In the future, we'll need Mr. Zhang's help to support our Songci family."

Song Ci watched helplessly from the side. He knew what Liu Shishi was thinking. When Jiang Tiantian said that Miss Liu was her girlfriend, he didn't say anything to explain, for fear of hurting her face in front of the senior executives.

But Liu Shishi cleverly added a sentence following Jiang Tiantian and Zhang Yong's words, which basically confirmed her status as the future boss's wife in the eyes of the company executives.

While the group was interacting and exchanging ideas, Wang Jing watched the scene with a cold eye. Today's meeting was truly unexpected.

She never expected that Song Ci would establish another internet company, Tengda Technology, in addition to Tengda Culture, and do so successfully. Moreover, judging from the name, it was clear that the company was aiming to become a group company in the future.

Given the size of the film and television company, if Tengda Group wants to go public and raise funds in the future, its main entity will inevitably be Tengda Technology, and Tengda Culture may just be a subsidiary of the group. In that case, her status as one of the earliest founders who followed Song Ci would be very awkward, and not only her, but the status of the entire Tengda Culture group would be downgraded.

Jiang Tiantian, who had previously worked as Liu Shishi's secretary, clearly saw this problem and, for the sake of future development, went out of her way to curry favor with Liu Shishi and Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong needs no introduction. He was personally invited back from Donghai by Song Ci, and judging from his current position, he will inevitably become the CEO of Tengda Group in the future.

Currently, Tengda Culture still has its own decisions. Liu Rong has been staying in the south for a long time, responsible for the acquisition of cinema chains. Jiang Tiantian hadn't noticed this before, but today's meeting showed that she has different ideas and is very ambitious. However, she probably won't go against her in the company.

However, once the group is established in the future, if I cannot achieve results and get promoted, wouldn't I, as the general manager of Tengda Culture, have to be at the mercy of the group? How much power will I still have left?

Thinking of this, Wang Jing felt a sense of urgency and secretly made up her mind that she must achieve outstanding results in the company's recent projects.

Song Ci tapped the table and called out to everyone, "Alright, let's continue the meeting."

Yang Junfeng had been waiting for a long time. When Song Ci spoke, he cleared his throat and said loudly, "President Song, President Zhang, I will now report on the relevant progress of Toutiao.com."

Song Ci looked serious as he waited for Yang Junfeng to report on Tengda Technology's most important project at present: the new portal website, Toutiao.com.

This will be Tenda Technology's core business before the arrival of the mobile internet era, and it will also be the project with the largest investment, so Song Ci cannot afford to take it lightly.

Yang Junfeng spoke in a loud and clear voice, with great momentum, and announced some good news: "President Song, Toutiao.com has completed basic internal testing and development, and it is expected to be launched in about a week."

Song Ci nodded, acknowledging Yang Junfeng's work efficiency; this development speed was already very fast.

To develop Toutiao.com, Tengda Technology poached a large number of technical personnel from companies such as Sina and Sohu with high salaries; otherwise, it would have taken at least half a year to develop Toutiao.com.

Seeing that Song Ci was satisfied, Yang Junfeng was secretly pleased and continued, "We have summarized and absorbed the advantages of existing major websites at home and abroad, and asked professional web designers to upgrade and optimize the page layout and section design of Toutiao.com."

We aim to ensure that Toutiao.com is both convenient and visually appealing, attracting visitors with its first impression and maximizing visitor retention.

Yang Junfeng is indeed meticulous and dedicated in his work. Song Ci praised him generously, saying, "Well done. Although the core of a portal website is content, the visitor's intuitive experience is also very important."

Compared to established portals, we started a little later. If Toutiao wants to catch up and surpass them, we must strive for excellence and perfect every detail.

After praising her, Song Ci then asked, "What about the core content?"

Yang Junfeng immediately put on a pained expression and said with difficulty: "Currently, several established portal websites are unwilling to have new portal websites emerge to seize the market. They want to stifle Toutiao.com and have rejected our cooperation request."

In addition, due to its short history and lack of stable supply chains from newspapers and magazines, Toutiao.com is currently facing some difficulties in news acquisition.

(End of this chapter)