Entertainment: Starting from joining Kugou Video

Zhejiang Province, Hecheng, Xieqiao Town Hospital.

"Boss, thank you for bringing me to the hospital."

Seventeen-year-old Yang Chaoyue had one arm around her neck and tilted her head to look at the 1.8-meter-tall boss Tang Lou next to her.

"Xiao Yang, you got injured at my family's sock factory, so it's only right that I bring you here. It's not easy for a young girl like you to come all the way from Jiangsu Province to work in our Hecheng."

"Add me on WeChat, and I'll give you an advance on this month's salary."

Tang Lou is the son of the owner of the sock factory where Yang Chaoyue works. In the morning, Yang Chaoyue's finger got caught in the fabric and was injured while working. Her mother asked him to take Yang Chaoyue to the hospital.

To put it bluntly, Tang Lou's sock factory is just a small family workshop. The employees' basic monthly salary is a little over two thousand yuan. They don't have social security or pay the five insurances and one fund. The salary payment is very flexible (often delayed).

As a girl from Jiangsu Province, I naturally have to rent a place to live when I come to Hecheng to work.

The sock factory only provided lunch, and their basic needs like food, clothing, and shelter were covered, so life was still quite difficult.

However, Yang Chaoyue is very hardworking; rural kids aren't that delicate.

She is content with having a job and being able to support herself, and remains full of energy and hope for the future.

I learned during our chat that Yang Chaoyue's rent is due soon and she's a bit short on cash, so I'm giving her an advance.

Tang Lou did this not only to take care of this little sister, but also to build a good relationship with her and invest in her in advance. After all, in her previous life, the later Yang Chaoyue was a sensation on the internet and became a phenomenal young star.

It's still 2015, and Yang Chaoyue is only seventeen years old. When she first started working, he helped her out of her misfortune, which naturally earned him her favor.

Sure enough, upon hearing about the advance payment of wages, Yang Chaoyue's face beamed with an undisguised smile.

"Hehe, that's great! The happiest time of the month is payday. Thanks, little boss."

With one hand around her neck, Yang Chaoyue quickly pulled out her OPPO phone—a standard accessory for factory girls—from her pocket, swiped her thumb, opened WeChat, and handed it to Tang Lou.

"Young boss, I heard you went to work at a TV station right after graduating from university?"

Yang Chao started working right after graduating from junior high school. He has always felt inferior about his education level, so he still admires college students.

Tang Lou was slightly dissatisfied. It seemed that his mother had boasted a lot about her glorious achievement of getting into the TV station while she was at the factory. However, he had already left the company. The TV station had too many rules and regulations, too many interpersonal relationships, and was too constrained by seniority and background.

So Tanglou got someone to refer them internally, and all that's left is the final interview with General Manager Shen from the Hangzhou Business Unit:

"I've already resigned from the TV station and am preparing to join Kugou Video. Tomorrow I'll be having my final interview at Kugou Video's Hangzhou branch."

Yang Chaoyue always looked for jobs by looking at job postings on utility poles or in the neighborhood bulletin board. Once she got to the factory, as long as she was sure the person was alive and knew to run back to their house on rainy days, she was hired. She didn't know anything about first or second interviews.

However, she understood one thing: working at a TV station was a truly secure job.

"Boss, why did you leave the TV station? How could you give up such a good job?"

"And you're a college graduate, how come you don't know to look for a better job while you're still employed? The deal hasn't even been finalized yet, why are you resigning already?"

Yang Chaoyue was starting to worry about the young boss. What if she didn't pass the interview tomorrow? Wouldn't it all be for nothing?

The boss was too impulsive; rich kids just don't know how to cherish the good job they have.

If she could get a job at a TV station with a guaranteed income regardless of circumstances, she could work there until the station went bankrupt.

"Young boss, you're being too impulsive. This kind of nobodies video company can't compare to the prestige of working at a TV station."

From the perspective of ordinary people, a government-affiliated position at a television station is indeed a secure, respectable, and stable job.

However, Tanglou has been reborn, and KuMiao Video has just been acquired by Alibaba Group, making it the largest video platform at present. Moreover, the leaders need to achieve results in the early stages of the acquisition, making it the best time to enter the market.

Tang Lou couldn't explain these things to Yang Chaoyue either, and could only say the most intuitive things.

"Xiao Yang, Alibaba Group just acquired Youku Video for $5.6 billion. Now is the time for Youku Video to rise. Joining the Alibaba system will bring you much higher salaries than working at a TV station."

"Alibaba Group."

Yang Chaoyue knew quite a bit about Alibaba Group and looked at her boss with some admiration. In her opinion, being able to get a job at the TV station was already a secure job, and she was a dragon among men.

I never expected that they could just quit like that. As for Alibaba Group, it is of course very famous.

"I've heard that employees at Alibaba Group earn very high salaries; some can even earn a million yuan a year after just a few years?"

Yang Chaoyue is a bit of a money-lover and has heard about the high welfare and high salaries offered by major internet companies.

Seeing that Yang Chaoyue was very interested, Tang Lou carefully explained the job level system of the large company to her:

"After being acquired by Alibaba, Coolcat now uses Alibaba's dual-track job level system."

"It's divided into an expert track (P series) and a management track (M series). I applied for a technical position, with job levels ranging from P1 to P14."

"Once I join the company, I'll be at around P5 level. With performance bonuses and such, I estimate I can earn 12 to 14 yuan a year."

"However, as long as you achieve results and advance in rank, you'll not only receive bonuses but also stock incentives. With good performance, earning over a million a year is quite common."

As a reborn individual, Tang Lou is full of confidence in the future; an annual salary of one million is just the beginning.

Tomorrow's onboarding and final interview with my supervisor will determine my future position within the company.

Joining Kumao is just the first step. With the backing of a major company, the potential for future collaborations is definitely much greater than starting your own business. Furthermore, Kumao Video supports outstanding employees, helps them create studios, and with the backing of a large company, resource collaborations will be much smoother.

Based on past experience, the video industry will be dominated by three major players: Miaoku, Kiwi, and Penguin Video.

With the backing of Alibaba, Miaoku currently holds the top spot. However, due to strategic missteps, frequent changes in leadership, and a lack of hit shows, Miaoku has been unable to counter the copyright and self-produced content offensives of iQiyi and Tencent Video, gradually allowing the other two to erode its market share and fall to third place.

Now that Tang Lou has chosen to join Miaoku, he's bound to make a big splash.

Based on his past life's experience, Tang Lou has a wealth of ideas for creating hit self-produced variety shows and dramas!

"A starting salary of over ten thousand yuan a year!"

"If you do a good job, a million-dollar annual salary is a piece of cake!"

Yang Chaoyue was stunned. She never dared to dream of such a large sum of money.

"It's true that it's better to study. I can only work in a factory, earning two or three thousand yuan a month."

Yang Chaoyue suddenly felt frustrated and depressed. After all, she was good at nothing and had no chance of making a name for herself in this life.

Hearing Yang Chaoyue's dejected self-deprecation, Tang Lou encouraged her:

"Xiao Yang, don't underestimate yourself. In the future internet age, opportunities will be everywhere. As long as you dare to think and act, a girl with your good looks will definitely have her day."

Yang Chaoyue chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Boss, please don't make fun of me. I'm just a junior high school student, I don't know anything, I can't sing or dance, all I know is farm work and operating a sewing machine."

Tang Lou looked at the pretty girl beside him and tentatively asked, "No, you're very attractive. Want to make a lot of money?"

Yang Chaoyue looked at Tang Lou warily: "Boss, what do you mean? I'm a traditional, respectable woman."