Peninsula: You've been chosen here for producing girl groups.

Chapter 146 Night Climb

"Hey, you filthy pervert~"

Han Shuo shrugged: "Hmm?"

"What? You won't admit it?"

Yushuidong, Chengdong District.

On the hiking trail in Yeongwol Peak Park, Han Hyo-joo pulled off her mask, revealing her clean-cut face: "Let me tell you, I'll use this weakness against you for the rest of my life."

"Fine, fine, you were the one who sat on my lap back then, and now you're the one bringing up old grievances and calling me a pervert."

"What do you mean, 'I'm sitting on your lap'?"

Han Hyo-joo corrected, "It was clearly you who came up behind me and rode the horse around like that, making me spin several times."

Memories of riding horses on that beautiful training ground that day surged back like a tide.

It made her legs tremble involuntarily.

"Yes, it really bounced around quite a few times."

Han Shuo took a step back, feigning confusion, and asked, "Why didn't you call a stop after we bounced around for five whole times?"

"That's...that's—"

Han Hyo-joo thought to herself, "Why is that?"

It's all because of Han Shuo's superb horsemanship. Galloping freely in the training ground and experiencing the thrill of the summer breeze brushing past one's ears makes one forget oneself and enjoy the ride immensely.

"That is—"

Han Shuo gestured for the other person to speak, as if watching a show.

Han Hyo-joo pursed her lips.

How could I possibly say that?

That bastard, he's already taken advantage of her, let him have his fun with his words, what can he do about it?

Is it worth arguing with her?

Her gaze swept downwards.

Han Shuo noticed this unintentional little gesture.

"What's wrong, missing me?"

"Damn it, go to hell."

Han Hyo-joo pressed her lips down, trying to suppress the laughter welling up inside her, but in the end she couldn't control herself and burst out laughing.

Han Shuo laughed along.

Nobody could catch him red-handed, nobody!

Han Hyo-joo leaned forward and lifted his backpack: "Is it heavy? Do you want me to carry it for you—"

"Thanks!"

Han Shuo quickly took off his backpack.

Han Hyo-joo was stunned: "How dare you ask me to—"

"I'm sorry."

Han Shuo went around behind her and hung it on her shoulder.

With the heavy backpack pressing down on her shoulders, Han Hyo-joo's center of gravity shifted backward, causing her to stagger and almost lose her balance.

"good!"

Han Hyo-joo gripped the straps tightly, gritting her teeth: "Then I'll carry it for you, um, you walk forward, give it to me..."

open circuit."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Han Shuo swung his arms and walked forward leisurely.

Behind.

Han Hyo-joo gave a sly smile.

Such a heavy backpack, just carrying it is heavy enough. She's not an ox, how could she possibly carry it obediently?

With a running start, she leaped forward, grabbing Han Shuo's shoulders with both hands and hugging him tightly, her weight and that of her backpack pressing down on him.

"You didn't expect that, did you?"

"I didn't expect that."

Han Shuo lifted someone up with both hands: "I really didn't expect that after experiencing the front seats, you'd want to try the back armchairs?"

"Are you trying to die?!"

Han Hyo-joo was convinced.

This scoundrel's twisted logic is so convoluted that no one can gain any advantage over him.

"Sit tight and hold on."

Han Shuo bounced Han Xiaozhou up a little.

Han Hyo-joo instinctively hugged him tighter: "Hey, I was just kidding! Put me down already! You're carrying me up the mountain, don't you have legs?"

She was just joking with Han Shuo.

She dared not actually let Han Shuo carry her up.

"You underestimate me, don't you?"

Han Shuo lifted Han Xiaozhou with one hand and gripped the railing of the mountain trail with the other: "Let me tell you, my real talent is physical strength."

"Yes, yes, you're the best. Let me down."

"Don't move around."

"Don't complain about being tired later."

Han Hyo-joo lowered her center of gravity, trying her best not to make Han Seok exert too much effort.

She thought Han Shuo would only memorize it for a short while at most.

Who would have thought that Han Shuo would carry her for almost 100 meters without stopping?

She gave in: "That's enough, it's just that you're not tired, but my shoulders are sore."

"Beg me."

Han Shuo remained calm and composed, without even blushing or panting.

It was as if he wasn't the one carrying the person on his back.

"Please, my foot!"

Han Hyo-joo opened her mouth as if she wanted to bite him.

Another fifty meters.

She was really done for; her shoulders ached, and she whispered, "Please~"

"What did you say?"

Han Shuo said he couldn't hear clearly.

This person?

Han Hyo-joo sat up instinctively and brought her mouth close to Han Seok's ear.

She almost screamed.

Fortunately, she faced reality and pleaded gently, "Please, let me down, okay? Hmm?"

"Wait."

Han Shuo slowly put Han Xiaozhou down on the corner platform of the wooden walkway.

"It's really heavy."

Han Hyo-joo took off her backpack and pounded her shoulders.

"You're really something, just to compete with me, you even—"

I turned my head and looked.

Han Shuo watched her make a fool of herself as if nothing had happened.

She abruptly changed the subject: "Monster!"

This guy is really strong.

think carefully.

He seems to be quite capable.

In the wet performance of the "Trap" music video, his well-defined, slender muscles are so alluring that female fans would want to lick the screen.

Han Shuo took the backpack and slung it over his shoulder, looking at Han Xiaozhou with amusement: "Can you still walk? If not, I can carry you."

"Oh dear, you're still hugging me, can't you even see where you're going?"

"What are you thinking? It can't be a princess carry, it has to be a bear hug, understand? You have to hang on to me like an octopus, using all four limbs."

Han Shuo opened his arms wide: "Want to come?"

Han Hyo-il slapped it away: "No."

Han Shuo leaned closer: "What's there to be shy about? It's not like we've never hugged before. I remember you hugged me quite naturally when we were riding horses at the training ground, didn't you?"

Han Hyo-joo pushed Han Seok forward, saying, "I certify that you have the strongest stamina. Let's hurry up, I'm getting a little hungry."

Today she invited Han Shuo to climb Yingyue Peak together, and specifically asked Han Shuo to prepare a late-night snack so that they could eat on the mountain.

Yeongwolbong Park is a great place to enjoy the night view along the Han River.

From the mountain, you can see the Donghu Bridge and Shengshui Bridge, which connect the eastern and southern districts of the city. The bridges are illuminated by lights, like a galaxy dotting the Han River.

The two walked and stopped frequently.

We also took a lot of group photos.

More than half an hour later, we arrived at the mountaintop plaza without incident.

"Let me see what you brought?"

Han Hyo-joo opened her backpack.

Portable stove, copper pot, large bottle of water, ramen, fish cakes, rice cakes, condiment container, bok choy, fried egg, beef —

She has almost every ingredient she can think of that can be added to ramen.

"You've prepared quite a lot. Let me show you my cooking skills."

Han Shuo laughed: "Using the dishes I prepared to demonstrate your cooking skills, is that it? Are you trying to demonstrate your skills in controlling water content or temperature?"

"If you're so capable, then don't eat the ramen I cook."

Han Hyo-joo was not pretentious at all, kneeling in front of the bench in the pavilion.

Add water and light the fire.

Boil the water.

Throw in two packets of ramen, along with fish cakes, rice cakes, vegetables, a fried egg, beef, and condiments.

Soon, the air was filled with moisture.

The aroma of cooked food wafted through the air.

Han Hyo-joo fanned herself in Han Seok's direction: "How was it? My cooking wasn't bad, was it?"

He just heated up the ingredients he brought and started cooking, right?

Han Shuo sat down next to him.

Han Hyo-joo placed the lid of the copper pot underneath, picked up a piece of green vegetable, placed ramen on the plate, stacked two slices of beef, and served rice cakes and fish cakes on the side.

"Don't move, let me do it."

She crouched down and moved closer to Han Shuo, kneeling on his feet, and held up the plate: "Come and try it, Han's Ramen."

Han Shuo lowered his head and opened his mouth.

Being able to enjoy a piping hot meal with vegetables and meat after nearly an hour of hiking is truly a welcome relief for a slightly tired body.

"How is it?"

Han Hyo-joo lay on his lap and asked.

"The taste is excellent."

"Ugh~"

Han Xiaozhou glanced at Han Shuo and said, "You're smart to know what's good for you."

However, Han Shuo laughed and said, "The service is a 90 out of 100!"

"ha?"

The taste was 10/10, and the service was 90/100.

So the full score is 100 points.

Han Hyo-joo didn't know whether to laugh or be angry.

She elbowed Han Shuo in the thigh: "You're just making fun of me."

"Assaulting a customer, deduct 50 points."

"screw you!"

A cool summer breeze is blowing.

With Han Shuo in front of him, with whom he could chat easily, and piping hot food in front of him, Han Hyo-joo had a great night hike.

"Tomorrow is the artists' union's strike day. How long do you think MBC can hold out?"

"If he can hold out for even a day, then he's really good. This time, the artists' union is playing a very steady game, focusing on taking them down one by one. MBC doesn't dare to take a direct confrontation."

"That's true. Next up is SBS. Do you think it will lead to a boycott?"

"KBS compromised, MBC compromised, only SBS is left. Why is he stubbornly resisting? I guess they'll wrangle for a few days, and then agree to the pay raise."

"That's good."

Next week is the premiere of "Iljimae".

There is plenty of stock of "Iljimae" in production, so there is no need to worry about the pressure of filming schedule.

However, if public attention is completely diverted to the topic of the strike, it's hard not to say that it might affect the TV series' ratings.

Han Hyo-joo has starred in numerous television dramas and films since her debut.

But the only one that's truly worth mentioning is a weekend family drama.

This kind of ensemble family drama tends to appeal to housewives, so it doesn't effectively boost her popularity. That's why she values ​​"Iljimae" so much.

I hope this show will be a huge hit.

Ideally, it would also become a huge hit on Bilibili, boosting its popularity in China.

"Your website is getting more and more popular, how many users do you have?"

"One million, I guess."

"Uh-huh?"

Han Hyo-joo turned around abruptly: "One million?!"

Seeing Han Shuo's mischievous grin, she suddenly realized, "Wait a minute, shouldn't that include users in China? Pfft, would it kill you to say a few more words?"

"Bilibili's focus is on China, do I need to specifically point that out?"

"You just love to dig holes for people."

Han Hyo-joo rolled her eyes at Han Seok.

Even if we include users in China, one million is still a number to be proud of.

From its full launch on March 24th to May 17th, in less than two months, Bilibili has already amassed a million users, demonstrating its impressive growth momentum.

This is still the case since Bilibili has implemented a complicated entrance exam.

Without this hurdle, the user base could probably have grown by at least several tens of percentage points.

"Are you deliberately raising the registration threshold to save costs?"

"Yes, this can filter out a group of inactive users, saving a large portion of the website's bandwidth and server costs."

Han Hyo-joo couldn't help but glance at Han Seok a few more times.

This guy's ability to resist an aggressive mindset and not deliberately pursue user scale is truly remarkable.

"I've heard that the first step for most people starting a website is to pursue a large user base, but you're doing the opposite. Can you explain why you're doing this?"

What gives you such great courage?

Do you know how many video websites there are in our country right now? More than 200.

"Wow, it really is the scale of mainland China."

Even if a large number of websites are delisted as the audiovisual license system is implemented, dozens of websites will still survive.

With such a large number of websites, video users have little stickiness.

Today I browse Tudou, tomorrow I go to Youku, and the day after tomorrow I can go to 56.com.

To give an imperfect analogy, today's online video users are like locusts, chasing after all sorts of content.

The most direct evidence that users lack stickiness is that none of the five major long-form video platforms—iQiyi, Tencent Video, Mango TV, and the original Bilibili—have been established yet.

The only video website to survive the fierce competition among hundreds of group-buying websites and still occupy the top tier of the industry is Youku.

What does this tell us?

At its peak, there were over two hundred video websites, one after another, but they all became pioneers, burning money to pave the way for newcomers to expand their market.

This shows that a user base without stickiness is worthless.

Bilibili focuses on two vertical niche markets.

User engagement will be much better, but there will still be a large number of users with low engagement who can be easily poached by other websites.

To save on operating costs, filtering out this segment of users is undoubtedly the best approach for Bilibili.

"How many users do you expect to have this year?"

"Around 300 million."

Bilibili currently has one million users, so what Han Shuo is referring to is not the total number of users in China and South Korea, but rather the total number of users in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

"Isn't this a bit too much?"

"I know what you're wondering about?"

Han Shuo shrugged: "I just want to filter out a portion of the users; it doesn't mean it will limit the website's growth."

"On the contrary, Bilibili's content system will become more and more attractive, its user base will grow faster and faster, and its presence will become stronger and stronger."

Bilibili's honeymoon period with the three major Korean TV stations lasted only two to three years.

As domestic video websites fiercely compete in the domestic drama market, Youku and PPTV, those two big oafs, will be waving their money and rushing to South Korea.

At that point, the three major TV stations will probably ditch him immediately and embrace the two wealthy buyers.

Bilibili needs to accumulate a sufficient number of users before that, to achieve a scale advantage, and then rely on its self-production capabilities to achieve self-sufficiency within the platform and avoid being controlled by others.

The good news is that the three major TV stations have loosened their grip on the one-act drama market, tearing a corner of the seal on Bilibili's self-produced Korean dramas.

Two or three years is enough time for Bilibili to grow and thrive.

At that time, Bilibili's competitors will not be the so-called Youku and PPTV, but the three local TV stations in South Korea.

"It has a very strong presence, I can attest to that."

Han Hyo-joo raised her hand in approval.

"Right now, Bilibili only has a million users, yet it's already attracting a huge number of domestic artists. If it can reach 300 million+ users this year, I have a feeling that in the future, when we go to China, we'll have to pay our respects to you first."

"Why don't you offer a prayer first?"

"screw you."

Han Hyo-joo, hands on hips, gazed at the night view of the Han River: "I heard you used the crew of four major music shows to record tomorrow's Busan University anniversary performance?"

"I just wanted to hire some experienced people to mentor the team at Star Entertainment's film and television production department, but I never expected them to be so enthusiastic and offer to send a lot of people to help me with the recording."

"Could you give me a VIP seat? I want to go have some fun."

at the same time.

Daegu, a tented carriage.

"SM Entertainment has no vision. They let go of Hanseok oppa and also let go of a talent like me. What a stupid Saturday audition. I'm never going to it again."

opposite.

Her short friend quietly picked up a tissue and helped her wipe the sauce from the corner of her mouth.

"Dazhu, you're the best. It was worth it for me to snag two tickets to the school anniversary celebration."

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