Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 21 wasn't very big to begin with; if we keep starving, it'll be gone.

Two new employees have joined Big Fish Media.

There was a girl named Lu Caidie, who graduated from a junior college with a major in animation design, but Lin Lang found that her professional skills were very average.

But after their first meeting, Lin Lang noticed that her makeup was exceptionally good.

After being asked, she said she drew it herself.

Based on this alone, Lin Lang signed without hesitation.

Another girl named Zhang Jiameng, who studied video editing, was also signed by Lin Lang.

No boys were found because boys are rarely willing to travel to the county town.

With more manpower available, Lin Lang had more options; he only needed to provide direction.

The two girls are now in charge of content creation, and Lin Lang has also opened two film and television editing accounts and six marketing accounts.

Marketing accounts are a powerful weapon; they can be considered the key to scaling up traffic.

Lin Lang used to be too busy to handle everything on his own, but now that there are two more people, both full-time, the pressure isn't so great.

Lin Lang even had time to visit the place where Yuan Dahua was fishing.

Yuan Dahua set up a tent by the river and filmed videos all day. He then sent the videos to Lin Lang, who processed them before sending them out.

A video under a minute can't show too much. It mainly consists of the first ten seconds or so, where Yuan Dahua shouts a few slogans, such as how many days he's been tough in the wild, and that he's about to start... Then there's a fast-forward of the fishing scene, with the footage flashing by quickly over a few dozen seconds, showing the whole day. Finally, there are about ten seconds left to show the catch.

His fan base is growing at a remarkable rate, increasing by hundreds every day.

The first generation of short video influencers could attract fans as long as their videos had even a little something of substance.

Lin Lang came mainly to guide Yuan Dahua in some filming, so that he could at least shoot the footage he wanted and then edit it.

Right now, the content is mostly fast-forwarded, so the shooting techniques aren't very demanding. But once we start using mid-length videos next month, we can't use this technique anymore; there will have to be something engaging in the middle.

"Brother Yuan, our company has received news that Douyin will start internal testing of mid-length videos next month. Our company will try to apply for a spot for you. At that time, we will take the mid-length video route, with each video lasting five minutes."

"We've arranged five segments for the five-minute video. I'll be here to oversee things for the first few days, but you'll have to shoot a lot of the footage yourself afterwards..."

"Each segment, even a small plot, will have the same opening as before, with a little extra time, around twenty seconds... Next, we'll start analyzing the fishing spot and summarizing yesterday's session, which will last between thirty and forty seconds... Then, naturally, we'll start fishing, which will take a bit longer, around two minutes, and then the core part, cooking, which will be one minute..."

"I'll talk to you about a few key structural points today, so you can familiarize yourself with them..."

For a video to be engaging from start to finish, it must have something to offer.

The longer the video, the more important it is to stick to one core joke, and all the plot points should serve that core joke.

For example, Yuan Dahua's core principle is to fish with a firm grip in the wild. The core elements of a firm grip in the wild are that the conditions must meet the requirements. You can't just change your clothes all the time and keep yourself clean and tidy every day. Also, the food you eat must be unique.

They eat the fish they catch themselves, and use the river water...

To go to the extreme, you can mix some bait into the stir-fry, since the bait is indeed edible.

When something that ordinary people can't do appears, it's especially easy for it to go viral.

The video of Yuan Dahua using his divorce certificate to attract fish has over 100,000 views and gained him about 1,000 followers, but the conversion rate is not high.

However, his subsequent fishing videos, each with only over 10,000 views, gained him 500-600 new followers, and the conversion rate became increasingly higher.

Once a certain level is reached, the system will run the traffic again, and the hundreds of thousands of people who have seen it before will be pushed to it again... That's when the traffic really picks up, and it will be accompanied by extremely high conversion and retention rates.

For borderline videos, the next step is to take a different path: monetizing traffic!

From swindling money from big spenders in live streams to using certain needs for traffic promotion.

Lin Lang has already been preparing these things.

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"Shen An'an, are you crazy?! Is this how you waste money?"

Yan Li stormed into Shen An'an's bedroom from outside. She had been keeping a close eye on Shen An'an's situation these past few days, fearing that Shen An'an had been deceived.

Indeed, Shen An'an's fan base is steadily increasing, and now it has more than three thousand fans.

But how much money did she lose?

On the first day, I lost 360,000 yuan; on the second day, I lost more than 160,000 yuan; on the third day, I lost 150,000 yuan; on the fourth day... which was yesterday, I lost more than 130,000 yuan.

She lost a total of 800,000 yuan this week.

The initial investment of two million has now dwindled to only one million two hundred thousand.

I gained 3,000 followers.

Without a doubt, she felt that Shen An'an had fallen victim to a "pig butchering scam".

How could it be that as soon as you bought in, the price went from limit up to limit down, and then four consecutive limit downs, leaving you with no chance to get out?

So after get off work on Friday, she wanted to come to Tianshui County to inquire about the situation, but she couldn't book a ticket and could only come on Saturday.

She came all the way from Shanghai, taking a high-speed train for more than four hours.

The door to Shen An'an's bedroom opened, and she immediately grabbed a silk quilt to shield herself. But when she saw it was Yan Li, she pouted and asked, "Yan Li, are you sick?! What time is it?"

"What time? It's almost one o'clock in the afternoon, what time do you mean?"

"what?"

Shen An'an went to bed late last night because Bitcoin plummeted by four points.

And as you can imagine, she became rich!
He earned nearly $400,000 in one night.

She stayed up until after 5 a.m. before finally falling into a good sleep and even had a dream.

As for the content of the dream, I cannot disclose it.

Yan Li strode up to Shen An'an, ripped the silk quilt from her arms, and asked, "Honestly, did you fall victim to a pig butchering scam? You lost 800,000 yuan in four days. How are you going to explain this to your uncle?"

"What do I need to confess? That's my own money!" Shen An'an said with the same confidence as her chest, after all, she earned more than $400,000 in one night, and more than $500,000 in a few days.

Even if she lost all of the two million, let alone only 800,000, she would still make a profit.

Although she received guidance from someone else, she paid for it, so she considered it her own achievement and wasn't embarrassed at all.

"Your money? Have you ever earned a single penny in your life? Now, tell me right now what happened. Who tricked you into buying that stock? If I'm sure you've been scammed, we'll go to the police right away!"

Upon hearing this, Shen An'an couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Yan Li, what does my business have to do with you? Why are you meddling so much?"

Seeing Shen An'an looking like an angry little tiger, Yan Li took a deep breath.

This cousin is great in every way: cute, pretty, innocent, and has a sweet tongue.

But she has a certain logic, and she's very stubborn. Once she's made up her mind about something, it's very difficult to persuade her otherwise.

"Okay, I give up. Go wash up and then treat me to a meal. I came here early this morning and haven't had breakfast or lunch yet."

"That's more like it. Your breasts aren't big to begin with, and they'll disappear if you keep starving!" Shen An'an said as she got off the bed, deliberately puffing out her chest to show off in front of Yan Li.

Yan Li turned her head away, too lazy to look.

She wasn't envious at all, because she wasn't young either; she just liked to wear sports bras because they made her look better in clothes.

After Shen An'an finished washing up, Yan Li went to Shen An'an's computer desktop and picked up a document next to her.

She wanted to use a strategic retreat to advance, to investigate the matter from another angle before making any further moves.

"Big Fish Media..."

(End of this chapter)