Tokyo Soft Rice King.

"That's right. First of all, to build a video website, you need a large server. Right now, I can barely manage with my computer, but we're not doing this as a personal hobby. We're going to make it a commercial website. If we don't want to just keep it to ourselves and want to grow it properly, we'll need an even bigger server. If we can't afford to buy one, we'll have to rent one. So, we'll still need some money."

"Yes, I understand. I'll get some money soon, which should be enough for the beginning."

Kuroba Akira nodded. Starting a business definitely requires initial capital, but compared to traditional industries, the initial investment in the internet industry is much less.

Therefore, Kuroba Akira plans to invest all the royalties he receives here. You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub; now is not the time to save money.

"Time waits for no one, so I'll get the website up and running today. But Ah Ming, although I can register the website and build a framework using online resources, I can't do the interface design."

Tsuchikata Yu also knew that in this era, the earlier you start, the greater your chance of making a fortune, so he planned to set up the website tonight.

“Uncle, I don’t understand art, so you’ll have to find someone to handle this. They’ll be responsible for the website’s visual design, including the design of elements such as the colors, fonts, and icons. Larger companies might also have user experience designers who can ensure the interface is aesthetically pleasing and simple while also making it ‘user-friendly,’ meaning it conforms to the user’s usage habits.”

　"I understand, it just requires art."

It's true that you need professionals for everything.

People are the key factor in achieving success.

I wonder if Aiyuan Menghui could do website design, after all, she has an art background and is also proficient in design...

I'll ask her for help when I start school; she should be willing to do me this small favor.

"Also, my time is limited. The main reason is that I have other projects to do right now. After I finish this project, I plan to turn down the next commission and focus on your bullet screen video website. But even so, it is difficult for me to do everything well by working myself to the bone, so I still need manpower."

How many people are needed?

"Hmm... development, testing, quality assurance, and system maintenance... three people... no, at least four people, four people should be enough to handle it."

What level of skill is required?

"They don't necessarily have to be professionals, and it doesn't matter if their skills aren't up to par; I can train them. But it's best if they're hardworking and dedicated... meaning they can work really hard."

"Okay, I understand. I will find a suitable candidate for you as soon as possible."

Are you hiring?

"No, I'll find one for you at school."

"Uh... a student..."

Tsuchifang Yong has very little trust in students. Most recent graduates are only half-baked, let alone high school students.

　I bet not many people in high school are interested in computer technology.

"Yes, but don't worry, Uncle Yong, I have a cheat code!"

"what?"

Kuroba Akira told Hijikata Isamu about his ability to see through talent and proficiency, which greatly surprised Hijikata.

Although it sounds strange and mysterious, upon closer reflection, the concept of time travel itself is quite mysterious, so it becomes understandable.

"Good heavens... this is your trump card, Amin! With this cheat code, the company can gather a bunch of monsters! My god...!"

You see, the biggest problem with many companies is that as they expand, a bunch of useless and scheming people infiltrate, which is why they get worse and worse... That's what happened to B in my past life.

Therefore, if Kuroba Akira were to manage personnel and be in charge of recruitment, he would never have trouble finding capable people.

Of course, the premise is that you have to know how to use people. Otherwise, you'll just attract a bunch of ambitious people who want to rebel, and the company will fall apart from within.

Thinking about it this way, the class monitor who can keep these people in check becomes even more important, and Kuroba Akira wants her more and more... that is to say, he wants her to get on his ship.

"Okay, then I'll leave these two things to you... I haven't finished yet, Amin. Building a video website isn't complicated, and the technical threshold isn't very high. There are already several of those danmaku (bullet comment) websites you mentioned, and only the very first one has decent traffic. The others that imitated it are terrible."

Tsuchifang Yong, being a seasoned veteran, voiced his concerns: they had started a bit late and couldn't become the leaders.

"In the internet industry, the first person to try something new gets all the spoils, and those who follow don't even get a taste. This is because internet products are inherently monopolistic. Once users get used to a product, they rarely switch to another product on their own, unless the product itself is completely unusable."

“I know that, so we have to beat those bullet screen websites first, make them disappear, and become the only bullet screen video website.”

"What are you going to do? Even if I build the website, it will still be just an empty shell. It's not like we can just wait for users to discover our website naturally and then upload videos out of interest."

“I’ve already thought about that. Uncle Yong, can you ‘dig out the video’?”

"It's possible, it's not difficult... but stealing videos will get me into copyright trouble, and I don't want to go to jail."

In Japan, copyright is extremely difficult to deal with, and video theft is a serious crime. Many small websites have gone out of business because they lack quality content.

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to steal videos from other local websites... We'll just scrape videos from foreign websites."

Kuroba Akira chuckled. He had already done his research. In the realm of videos, cross-border rights protection was an extremely costly and thankless task. Moreover, the neighboring country was currently in the 'era of internet piracy,' with all sorts of pirated resources emerging endlessly. They simply didn't have time to deal with a Japanese website.

"To be precise, it's a video from my hometown. Uncle Yong, you've noticed it too, isn't it? The motherland in this world is abnormally strong?"

"Hmm, there must be other transmigrators like us over there too. But I'm also a bit puzzled as to why we didn't conquer this place back then..."

"Who knows? It all happened decades ago. Who knows what the truth behind history is... Anyway, the cultural and entertainment industry in our motherland is more developed than in my previous life, so the amount of video content and the number of views must be huge, right?"

"After all, population is an advantage. Here, 100,000 views is considered a lot, but over there, a million is the starting point for a popular video..."

"Yes, and that area is still in a phase of rapid, unregulated growth, so in order to fill our content library, we're copying videos from external websites!"

Back then, B also uploaded a lot of N's videos, but now it's... a complete reversal of the established order!

"Hmm... It's true that this is still a gray area... Although there are risks, if you're afraid of even this, you won't be able to accomplish anything."

"The bold get rich, the timid starve," and Hijikata Yu was not one to back down from trouble, so he immediately decided to do it that way.

"Okay, I got it. In the beginning, we'll just scrape videos from foreign websites to fill our content library... But other websites will definitely try to take us down if they see us stealing videos to attract traffic."

"Well, so the next step is to buy those people's websites, recruit those people, and take over their accumulated users."

"Direct takeover? ... That's a big-capital approach, Amin, do you have the money?"

"Not yet, but it will come later. I will invest all the money I get here."

"So you're going all in too... Okay, that's bold!"

"The next step is to buy traffic. We need to get on the trending topics and rank at the top of the most popular search engines. Although this will attract a lot of low-quality users, it is enough to make the website the number one video website with bullet comments."

"The advertising costs are not low. It should be said that the publicity and distribution account for the majority of the cost. However, if it is only at the current level, it should not cost too much money... but it is still very expensive."

The methods Kuroba Akira mentioned were all quick to take effect, but also cost a lot of money.

So Hijikata Yu was very puzzled: where was Kuroba Akira planning to get such a large sum of start-up capital?

Is he going to become a male escort in Kabukicho and sell hooks?

So, to reassure Hijikata Isamu and let him know that his source of funds was safe, Kuroba Akira also told Hijikata Isamu about his "clinging to the coattails of a genius," citing Shion, whom he had brought home, as an example.

Then Hijikata Yu realized that Shion Murasaki wasn't Kuroba Akira's girlfriend, but rather this guy's cash cow... He immediately felt very impressed.

I mainly admire his courage; this is a stupid move that only a complete novice who has never been with a woman could come up with!

After all, Fang Yong in his previous life was also betrayed by the woman he was keeping, so he knew how 'blind' women could be. He harbored resentment because he didn't marry her, and in the end, he was used as a pawn.

Although it was none of his business, Hijikata Yu didn't want his little brother, with whom he was working, to be ruined by a woman, so he kindly offered his advice.

“I’m telling you, Ming, if you keep going like this, you might end up getting yourself into trouble with a woman. I’ve known some guys who got entangled with women and ended up ruining their reputations…”

"No way, I was a virgin my whole life in my past life, and I was never popular until I died."

You're a complete idiot.

Is it possible that you only started experiencing a period of popularity and romantic opportunities after you transmigrated to this world?

An excessive period of romantic encounters often turns into a romantic disaster.

Then, judging from what Kuroba Akira said, it seemed that he had not only provoked Shion Murasaki, but also had subtle relationships with many other women.

Although Kuroba Akira might be cultivating good relationships with them for their talent and money, the women don't think that way... Does he even realize he's playing with fire?

Because most women are emotional creatures, they often act on impulse and don't reason with people... You can always say later, "I didn't want to develop that kind of relationship with you." Do you think they'll believe you?

However... starting a business definitely requires money, and I'm a middle-aged man burdened with huge debts, so I can't come up with a single penny...

After weighing the pros and cons, Hijikata Isamu decided it was best not to meddle in other people's business.

Once he's successful, even if Kuroba Akira gets entangled with a bunch of women and eventually has to run away, at least he'll have the funds to escape, right?

So keep it up, Armin!

For the sake of my family, don't let women get the better of you, and squeeze more money out of them!

In this way, our cause will surely be a great success!

As for your personal happiness... what business is it of Uncle Guan?

You have to love your own life!

Chapter 222 She's also an alluring enchantress

October 14th, Monday.

Kuroba Akira dragged his tired body to school, but his spirits were high.

Yesterday, he and Tu Fangyong worked all day and have already built up the basic structure of the website.

Of course, Kuroba Akira couldn't help with the technical aspects at all, so all he could do was cheer him on, serve him tea and water, and give him advice... becoming the awful client.

But Hijikata Isamu was indeed a remarkable talent. He not only accepted all the suggestions but also built a website that was already quite substantial in just one day.

Out of curiosity, Kuroba Akira examined Hijikata Isamu's talents and discovered that Hijikata Isamu's right hand was blank, indicating that he, like himself, was a person without talent.

However, his left hand showed an unusually high level of proficiency, with seven or eight skills related to computer technology, such as front-end development, back-end development, database management, network security, and so on.

Moreover, the basic proficiency level is lv3, with a few even reaching lv4.

Despite lacking talent, he still managed to accumulate such a high level of proficiency, which not only demonstrates his amazing perseverance and the amount of time he devoted to it, but also shows that he has a truly rich experience.

According to Uncle Yong himself, he studied information engineering in college and was interested in software development since his student days. Later, he joined a large company and became the technical director. When his company was acquired by an even larger company, he was parachuted in with a new boss. He then had the idea of ​​starting his own business and left the company with several like-minded friends to start a search engine.

Although not as famous as Baidu, it still holds a small market share. Moreover, the company later expanded beyond search engines to include artificial intelligence and robotics, which eventually led to Uncle Yong's company going public.

During this time, Hijikata Isamu did not stop exploring technology. Perhaps as a science and engineering student, he was naturally interested in new technologies, which Kuroba Akira could understand.

But perhaps because he preferred to bury himself in technical research, he didn't notice that his brothers who started the business with him had changed...

There's no need to dwell on the painful past. It was precisely because Uncle Yong didn't give up on researching technology as his company grew that he was able to get outsourcing jobs from large companies after time-traveling. It can only be said that fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

Incidentally, the name of the danmaku video website has been decided as 'dokidoki', abbreviated as D-site.

Japanese has many onomatopoeic words with this 1212 structure, and each one has a different meaning.

Dokidoki is an onomatopoeic word describing a racing heart... Can this website help you experience that feeling of a racing heart?

It sounds more like a large online dating and matchmaking website… but that doesn’t really matter, as long as it’s easy to remember, that’s the most important thing.