A writer has arrived in the Chinese entertainment industry.

There really isn't a suitable role for Tang Yan in this drama, that's the truth. Since she's asked for a role, even if it's not the main character, she definitely wants a significant supporting role.

"You could play Dilraba's mother," Su Liu suggested.

Instead of directly rejecting her, it's better to offer a suggestion that she would absolutely not accept.

As expected, Tang Yan looked shocked. "What! Me?"

Dilraba, standing next to her, looked excited, clapping and cheering, "Haha, great! Tangtang is playing my mom!"

"I don't want to act. Do I look like someone who has a daughter this big?"

"Then there's nothing I can do. You probably wouldn't be interested in the other minor roles anyway."

Actually, putting acting skills aside, Tang Yan's appearance is quite suitable for the role of Chen Meiqin. The female lead carries a heavy past and occasionally shows a sense of "death," but at the same time, she can face the world with optimism.

Dilraba's appearance lacks that fragile, broken quality. But what can you do? She's her own artist.

Tang Yan was naturally indignant, feeling that Su Liu was definitely just giving her the runaround.

When she took Dilraba and Mao Xiaotong out shopping, you could feel her resentment just from her back view, as if she were saying, "If I talk to you again, I'm a dog."

Meanwhile, downstairs at Youxing Company, An Wenxiu was receiving two unexpected guests.

"Hello, Mr. An." The man who spoke was dressed in a beige bread jacket, spoke in a friendly manner, had gentle features, and short hair with bangs.

He introduced himself, saying, "I am Xu Yi. This is Chen Rui, our investor and senior advisor at Bilibili."

Chen Rui, standing next to him, had a round, broad face, thick eyebrows, frameless glasses, and a neat, short business haircut.

"Hello, Mr. An," Chen Rui greeted him in return.

Hello.

An Wenxiu had heard Xiao Liu mention it that morning, saying that a Bilibili founder named Xu Yi wanted to visit the company.

She has spent the last few days learning about the community ecosystem of ACG enthusiasts, and of course she knows about Bilibili, which, along with another website, AcFun, is currently a core gathering place for ACG fans.

The gameplay videos for "Genshin Impact" were uploaded to both companies.

"What brings you two to our Youxing Inn today?"

Xu Yi, a seasoned otaku, immediately revealed his intentions: "Your company's 'Genshin Impact' is incredibly popular on our website. We're here to explore potential collaboration opportunities."

Bilibili transitioned from a personal website to a commercial operation only after receiving angel investment from Chen Rui this year. However, the founder has been struggling with how to monetize the website.

Unlike mainstream video platforms on the market, Bilibili (Bilibili.com) adopts YouTube's user-generated content (UGC) model. The videos on the site are uploaded by ordinary users, creators, or organizations, rather than being platform-produced content.

However, Bilibili currently has a small user base, with only a million monthly active users, and its core users are ACG enthusiasts and students. Anime and manga fans are highly sensitive to content and paid features; any attempt at commercialization could trigger a backlash from the community.

Furthermore, the chaotic copyright situation and fragmented traffic structure make it impossible for it to profit from Google Play.

If GG (Government Investors) don't invest, the platform won't dare to participate, and even if it did, it wouldn't make money.

"Cooperation?" An Wenxiu understood the current situation of Bilibili, and she really didn't think there was any need for the two companies to cooperate.

"Yes, Mr. An, your game's audience and our community's core users are a perfect match. I think we have a very good foundation for cooperation."

An Wenxiu pondered for a moment before slowly speaking, "To be honest, please don't take offense, your website's current user base is still too small."

Just as Xu Yi was about to speak, Chen Rui hurriedly interrupted.

"Indeed, as Mr. An said, our community traffic is not large at present, but it is very precise, and our reputation and style are excellent. We are here today simply to discuss a low-cost, low-risk cooperation plan with you."

"Oh?" An Wenxiu's eyes revealed a slight interest. "Tell me about it."

"We will allocate all resources to your promotional videos, PVs, gameplay demos, development logs, etc., including homepage recommendations, featured placements in designated sections, and active engagement with the chat environment. This includes mobile splash screen images, customized chat themes, avatar frames, and more."

Chen Rui spoke calmly and methodically, "Furthermore, we will help the game establish an official interest community and topics, organize closed beta recruitment, fan art creation activities, strategy contests, etc., to help the game cultivate a group of die-hard anime and manga fans. Your company only needs to provide some peripheral rewards."

"At the same time, we will also put download links in the game section and information section of the website. We will not take a cut, including all of the above, we will not charge any money."

"You won't take money? Then what do you want?"

"We only hope that your company's next game videos will be exclusively premiered on our Bilibili platform."

"Exclusive first release?" An Wenxiu repeated the four words.

"Yes, Mr. An, I think this is a win-win solution. For your company, the cost is almost zero. And we also need high-quality game content to attract our core users."

Chen Rui was very frank; he knew perfectly well that Bilibili was currently in a completely weak position. Since they were there to discuss cooperation, there was no need to hide anything, and they certainly couldn't harbor any thoughts of taking advantage of others.

An Wenxiu understood that this plan was a win-win situation for her side. Even if it didn't turn out to be of much help, at least she wouldn't face any real risk.

But when it comes to negotiations, you can't just let the other party get what they want.

"But there are other anime and manga communities besides yours, right? I've heard that AcFun is a long-established danmaku (bullet comment) website in China. If you want to have an exclusive site, wouldn't that mean we'll lose a lot of traffic?"

Hearing this, Xu Yi remained calm and said slowly, "A-site has indeed been established for a longer time, but their user base is slightly older, and the community atmosphere is relatively closed. Moreover, because registration was opened hastily and the threshold was low, the quality of users is uneven, and the community environment is also very chaotic."

"Currently, their users are constantly leaving, while although we have also opened up registration, we have set up a quiz system to strictly screen users, our community is extremely pure, and it is still growing rapidly."

"Another very important point is that since A-site accepted external investment, its management has been in frequent turmoil, even the founder left, and it still doesn't have a mobile app. I think Mr. An should be able to see who the better partner is."

An Wenxiu couldn't think of any reason to refuse, it was just the habitual nitpicking in business negotiations. She was actually very aware of A-site's problems.

Having said that, there's no point in trying to provoke anyone further.

"Well then," An Wenxiu stood up and extended her hand, "I wish us a pleasant cooperation."