After my cute childhood friend cheated on me, the school beauty begged me for forgiveness.

"Let me introduce, I am my senior and a member of the team responsible for my short video production."

Knowing that Bai Xiaowan didn't like to talk, Gu Chen stood up and made a brief introduction, while quietly labeling her as an employee of his company.

As for Bai Xiaowan.

I only knew that I was involved in Gu Chen's team, but I didn't understand what the company was.

But now I don't dare to ask, I can only sit there silently, like bubbles in a drink glass, without any sense of existence.

"Sister Shang, if you have any questions about my thoughts, please ask."

When the food was served, Gu Chen took a bite and motioned to Bai Xiaowan with his eyes to let her eat too.

I often eat light food, but suddenly eating greasy food will cause diarrhea, so I specially selected high-protein foods such as seafood to help supplement nutrition.

Then he put down his chopsticks and looked at Shang Danhong who was sitting opposite him.

Originally, business matters were not suitable for a third person to be present, not to mention that what Gu Chen was going to do was a promising new project that she still didn't trust, but she knew that this girl who looked weak and weak was also in Gu Chen's company. It doesn't matter.

Shang Danhong is not a person who likes to be polite, so he goes straight to the topic: "Gu Chen, I have thought about the business you talked about with me. The free reading of comics you mentioned is a very novel model, but I think there are several aspects that will lead to This model won’t work!”

Shang Danhong, who was fired just because he exposed the shady story of making money through fraud at his previous company, was struggling to find a job in the city, but accidentally learned about Gu Chen's company from a recruitment website.

At the time, she was just curious, and at the same time knew that the "free" industry would definitely not work.

Originally, I was just desperate and sent my resume overseas.

But maybe he offended people by being the first to expose fraud in his previous company. As an old employee with many years of work experience, only Gu Chen's new company agreed to accept him.

When she added her contact information out of curiosity and found out that Gu Chen was only an eighteen-year-old freshman and that the university was still in the city where she lived, she made up her mind to come and have a look.

The purpose is clear:

He used his many years of rich working experience in the media industry to analyze Gu Chen's problems and hit him hard to make him realize the cruelty of reality.

By the way, I would like to help this ideal child re-plan the direction of starting a business.

Because I felt that Gu Chen's plan would not work, I never thought about working in his company.

"Gu Chen?"

Seeing that Gu Chen, who had an extraordinary temperament and was serious about discussing projects with her just now, suddenly became quiet, Shang Danhong asked again.

Gu Chen didn't speak because he was watching Bai Xiaowan eating. There was a large plate of shrimps and other dishes on the table, but she, the host, only picked the small crispy rice noodles on the shrimp plate and the cabbage next to the braised pork. Take a sip in a noisy restaurant.

"Do you want me to peel the shrimp shells for you?" Gu Chen said solemnly.

"No, no need."

Bai Xiaowan quickly shook his head.

Gu Chen had already picked out the largest lobster and peeled off the shell.

Continue to ask: "Which plate do you have on hand for shrimp shells, and this one for shrimp meat in your bowl?"

"……Need not."

Bai Xiaowan's voice was a little louder this time, but compared to her previous speaking volume, it was actually still very small.

So, Gu Chen put the shrimps in the bowl next to her hand.

Immediately afterwards, the third question was asked: "Do you want dipping sauce?"

"I, I don't know if I want it..."

Bai Xiaowan's voice became softer again, because she realized that Gu Chen only asked questions every time, but actually didn't listen to her at all.

Just when she lowered her head, not daring to look directly at the shrimps in the bowl.

Gu Chen looked at her with a smile on his face and looked at her openly. Her clothes were washed white, and her old white canvas shoes were worn but glued on the surface. Her height of about 170cm always looked soft, maybe because After working for a long time, his thin face looked a little haggard, which was a sign of long-term malnutrition.

but.

It can still be seen from some characteristics that Bai Xiaowan is a rare beauty. She has a smooth forehead, hair that is very bright even if she is malnourished, a tall nose and clear lines on her lips, and long eyelashes with beautiful shapes. On the side of the face, especially under the thick bangs, there is a pair of eyes that rarely shine, but are always as bright as stars!

Bai Xiaowan felt hot all over from looking at her. She always felt that Gu Chen's gaze was unusual, but she was looked at as if she had no clothes on.

Fortunately, the topic immediately moved to the desktop:

"Sister Shang, let's get down to business. What you are worried about is whether the website will lose money, right?"

Noticing that Shang Danhong was still there across the way, Gu Chen knocked on the table "dong dong dong" and talked about business while peeling the shrimp.

Bai Xiaowan, whose face turned red from holding back the pressure, was also attracted by the voice. She breathed a sigh of relief when she found that Gu Chen was not looking at her. A girl with no social skills was a little uneasy facing this scene.

But she was afraid that Gu Chen would find her and hurt her, so she could only lean towards the wall carefully little by little...

"Yes, that's what I want to say!" After hearing Gu Chen call her "Sister Shang" twice with such emotional intelligence, Shang Danhong, who had just been left alone, felt much better instantly.

"The short video competition market you mentioned is feasible. After all, your account has a lot of traffic. Being ranked first in the province in the college entrance examination is another gimmick. It is also a little famous. If you attract traffic, you can support a small short video platform in a short time. plate, your ideas and methods are the smartest I have ever seen!"

Even at the age of eighteen, she could think of these things and still have the strength to do them. Even she had to marvel at Gu Chen's wisdom.

But that doesn’t stop what Shang Danhong wants to say next: “I want to talk to you about opening a novel website and a comic website.

I took the time to learn more about the online novel industry. In order to retain readers, your website’s library must be large! At least each type of book must have hundreds of readable books with more than one million words to be called a library... and it must also ensure that there are many serialized books worth pursuing. "

"That is a long-term process. Even if you open a novel website now, it will take a long time to accumulate real profits!"

She even felt that Gu Chen might not insist on continuing, because the traffic brought by the short video platform must be limited, and without high-quality content, daily activity would be reduced.

If the losses are too big by then, regardless of whether we can insist on paying publishing fees to the authors on the site, if there is a real credibility problem, the company will not only have a bad reputation, but may also go bankrupt directly.

This is a very serious problem!

Even Shang Danhong couldn't help but worry when he brought it up, but the indifferent look on Gu Chen's face didn't change at all from beginning to end.

"Who told you that you need a sufficient library to attract readers?" Gu Chen peeled the shrimp shells without any pause.

"To be a novel website, you don't necessarily need to have a lot of books on the site." He witnessed the rise of the two leading free reading websites, Yangshizi and Qimiao, with his own eyes. Of course, he understood that when faced with such a problem, he just said lightly: "High-quality content, more important."

"What do you mean?" Shang Danhong didn't understand and didn't agree with his idea.

How can you retain readers if you only have a few books? What else are readers looking for?

"It's very simple, it's a hit."