Generation Z Artists

Chapter 102 The Gold Mine Flying to You

The editing and review of "Focus Interview" will take some time, and Fang Xinghe is prepared to digest the gains calmly.

I took a few days off and went to the next door to hang out with whoever I wanted.

It just so happened that Wang Charlie was out on the road, and the only things that could bother him were those little eagles, so overall he was able to get by.

I definitely can’t get out of the door.

With his current high-level fan base, coupled with the emotional fluctuations brought about by "Cang Ye Xue", he will be blocked if he goes out, and even if he doesn't go out, there will be people climbing over the wall to try to stop him.

A few days after the book was released, the number of loyal fans soared to 30, and it continues to soar every day. This is definitely the top trend in the current era.

Tongzi divides fans into different levels based on emotions.

The emotional level of die-hard fans is approximately "must pay attention every day, not a day less."

It can be understood as the daily sign-in of the super topic of the top stars in the future. Every day is like doing a task. You go to the super topic to sign in as soon as possible and browse the information of idols. The intensity of star chasing is very high.

Hardcore fans sign in once in a while, die-hard fans sign in every day, and their fanaticism goes even further, willing to sacrifice a lot of their personal time to do anything that is beneficial to their idols.

Judging from this intention, Fang Xinghe's current number of loyal fans can be roughly ranked third among the four and three small top-tier stars of the first generation, only lower than Qian Ge and Lu Han, and higher than Feng Feng, Yang Yang and the three little ones.

So, just imagine the siege they encounter when they go out, and multiply it by three, and that is the offline harassment Fang Xinghe needs to face.

The extra doubling comes from the factors of the times - now there are no cloud star-chasing channels, and fans rarely see their idols, so they are more fanatical.

Another double factor comes from the new book - many fans curse Fang Xinghe and want to kill him, but in fact they want to see him in person, similar to a fanatical confirmation psychology or audience psychology? Anyway, they block the door of the laboratory and his home every day.

Wang Charlie had to urgently ask for help from the mountain: "Master! Your disciple has caused a big disaster, come and save him!"

In fact, Master Zhong knew what was going on, and criticized Fang Xinghe for this crappy book: "You are so nagging, it's really unpleasant!"

Yes, yes, yes, according to the moral character of these martial arts Taoist priests, they are ready to be shot, so why not just leave no one behind and stab them one by one with their spears...

However, despite all the scolding, the old Taoist was still very reliable. He picked out 8 people from his past disciples and sent them to Fang Xinghe for him to make his own choice.

The Sanfeng Taoist martial arts school opened early. In addition to the senior brothers Yuan and Chen who are well-known to netizens in later generations, there are more than 70 disciples of the th generation.

Some of them entered the Taoist sect and formed a tradition in the mountains. The others basically returned to reality after a few years. There were also some celebrities who were just lay disciples with a name on the list.

The disciples who came down from the mountain now work in all kinds of jobs, including official positions, martial arts masters, opening martial arts schools, working as part-time workers, and doing business...

Master Zhong is very efficient in his work. The people he chooses are not those with the best kung fu, the most spiritual talent in martial arts, or the most active and daring ones. Instead, they are ordinary people who have families, careers, honest character, and lead ordinary lives.

Fang Xinghe scrolled through the information and selected four people: Shi Huang, Shi Tai, Shi Le, and Shi Zi.

The nun is not a woman, but a big bearded man. The master is a senior sister, plain-looking, who is in charge of logistics in the mountains and is conscientious and responsible.

Wang Charlie called them over in the name of "helping", and gave them 1 yuan per month, just to wait and see after this period of time.

In fact, it is just to give Fang Xinghe enough time to observe and adapt to each other.

For positions like bodyguard and assistant, ability is important, attitude is more important, and character is the most important.

If you are satisfied with it, you may not need to change it for twenty years.

The seniors reported in one after another. Fang Xinghe spent some time chatting with them and had a good initial impression of them.

The three senior brothers were calm and quiet, and the senior sister was capable and careful. They all respected him very much and did not overstep the boundaries by relying on their status.

Although their arrival did not solve the problem of middle school girls coming to punch in, Fang Xinghe was finally able to go out.

The first thing was to sign various documents and complete the demolition, and also decided on several commendations that we had to participate in. Time passed slowly and it was December 12st.

Sister Xiao sent a message: "Focus Interview" has passed the review and is scheduled for the 4th, Saturday, at 7:40 p.m.

The newspapers were still in a state of chaos. The real hot topics of those days could often last for several months, unlike in later times, when they could hardly last even 72 hours.

But Fang Xinghe didn't pay much attention to it. He began to write essays intensively to prepare for the unpredictable events after his death.

Then, on the evening of the 1st, an unexpected incident disrupted all his plans.

Now that he has a computer at home, he goes online every night to check the forum.

Today, he logged into OICQ as usual, and a person he hadn't contacted for a long time sent him a bunch of messages -

Qiu Ye: "Brother, you are so powerful, have you ever thought about investing in our OICQ?"

Qiu Ye: "I see that you are online often and use our products frequently. I believe you can see our value."

Qiu Ye: "If you are interested, I can introduce you to talk to our boss."

Qiu Ye: "His name is Ma Huateng, the webmaster of Huiduo.com Shenzhen branch. Have you heard of Mazhan?"

Qiu Ye: "He is very famous, definitely not a liar, honest and thoughtful, one of the earliest Internet experts in China!"

Five messages flashed down in a flash. Fang Xinghe took a closer look and spat out a mouthful of disgust.

"Hahahahaha..."

Mr. Fang laughed so hard that he fell down. Isn’t this too funny?

Mr. Ma, Mr. Ma, it seems that you are the real master of abstraction?

Goufang didn't rush to reply to the message. He first entered "Snipping Tool" in the Windows bar and opened it. Then he clicked the "New" button, selected Free Screenshot, captured the entire dialog box, and saved it in the newly created folder.

Folder renamed - the abstract history of bikers.

After happily entertaining himself, Fang Xinghe replied: "Give me Mr. Ma's phone number, if you are interested, we can talk in detail."

It was past 8 o'clock in the evening and Qiu Ye's profile picture was dark.

Fang Xinghe rarely lit a cigarette, sat in a chair, and began to recall the past and present of Ting Xun.

As a Z-generation internet troll leader, he knows more about Yuewen and New Classics than the parent company Tongxun.

What was this giant like in its early days?
Not impressed at all.

It seems that Mr. Ma was promoted by a South African consortium?

Details unknown.

In the end, Fang Xinghe only sorted out two pieces of useful information:

First, Tingxun must be extremely short of money right now, otherwise Mr. Ma would not cast his net so widely.

Second, Tongxun must have overcome the current difficulties, otherwise there would be no empire later.

Then the conclusion is simple: just vote with your eyes closed.

Take as much as you can, just invest without management, just treat it as a casual chess move, and when the era of big Internet companies comes, use Pain Information Video as a platform for outputting awareness.

Fang Xinghe had a very weak desire for money. In his later life, he worked hard to make money in order to survive, but he failed. In the final moment, there was nothing about money in his attachment.

Therefore, how much money he can make or how rich he can become by investing in Tingxun is not his focus at all. What he can accomplish by using the Tingxun platform is the source of his happiness and sense of accomplishment.

With this mindset, Fang Xinghe determined the negotiation strategy: to ensure the dominance of Mr. Ma's team, to ensure their own interests and the right to speak at critical moments, and on this basis, to promote win-win results to the greatest extent possible with a cooperative mentality.

Qiuye came online at 9 o'clock and sent his mobile phone number.

Fang Xinghe dialed the number immediately and said with a smile, "Mr. Ma? I've heard of your name for a long time. What a coincidence!"

Ma Huateng's voice was very young, and sounded a little nervous, not so calm: "Ah... hello, brother, hello... Hey? Brother, why does your voice sound a little familiar?"

"puff!"

Fang Xinghe couldn't help but almost burst out laughing again.

Do you really think I'm the big brother from Northeast China?
Well, it’s true. Although there are no younger brothers of mine on the roads of Jilin Province, the legend of my brother is still circulating…

Brother Fang stopped teasing him and confessed openly: "My name is Fang Xinghe. If it sounds familiar, maybe you have seen my interview."

"Fang Xinghe, Fang Xinghe... Shit!"

Ma Huateng shouted loudly, his voice almost hoarse.

"The 14-year-old youth writer Fang Xinghe who wrote "Cang Ye Xue"?!!!"

"Yes, it's me." Brother Fang was in a very good mood and smiled. "A programmer like Mr. Ma has also heard of me?"

"I just read "Cang Ye Xue" and I admire it very much! I am your fan, Mr. Fang!"

It sounded so fake that Fang Xinghe didn't believe a word of it.

However, he did not expose it. He just talked to Xiao Ma Ge for a while, and then made an appointment to meet tomorrow to discuss the investment in detail.

He asked Wang Charlie, who was working at CC, to buy the earliest flight to Shenzhen. The next afternoon, Fang Xinghe saw the five core team members of Tingxun in the early days, namely Ma, Zhang, Xu, Chen and Zeng, downstairs of Huaqiangbei.

When Fang Xinghe walked into the private room of the coffee shop, the five young men all widened their eyes.

"Hello." Fang Xinghe took off his sunglasses and mask and extended his hand. "I'm Fang Xinghe, and I'm here to talk about investment."

"Fuck!"

The one who exclaimed was... Sorry, Fang Xinghe didn’t recognize him.

Another stranger immediately tried to smooth things over: "Mr. Fang, I'm sorry, you're just too handsome in person. It's really shocking."

Mr. Ma rubbed his hands, forgot to come over to shake hands, and directly asked him to sit down.

"Hurry up, please take a seat! I'm so sorry for bothering you to come all this way. I really am, I really am..."

You are so shameless.

Fang Xinghe opened the panel and took a quick glance and knew it. There was not even a trace of white light on the pony, let alone fans? Vermicelli, right?

Fang Xinghe looked at him with a half-smile, then sat down at the main seat in the middle and shut up. Wang Charlie understood and immediately started serving the dishes in fluent Chinese.

"My boss is very busy, so he flew here specially to prove that he values you. Although I don't understand the value of a software that copied ICQ, my boss is willing to talk to us, so let's hurry up..."

Before he finished speaking, several people showed varying degrees of embarrassment.

In short, the future bigwigs are still very young and are at the level of lower-level urban white-collar workers in terms of social status. When they first see the celebrities who are mentioned in the newspapers every day, and the most popular idols with such a "bad reputation", everyone shows a kind of embarrassment that is difficult to adapt.

But this is just a small matter and will not affect the negotiations.

Wang Charlie took charge and talked about all kinds of things while drinking coffee.

A lot of information gradually appeared in front of Fang Xinghe.

It turns out that in the original history, the second half of 99 to the first half of 00 was the most difficult period for Pain News.

When the situation was most critical, Ma Huateng once thought about selling the entire company. He offered a price of 100 million, but the price was bargained down to 60, so he gave up in anger.

In order to continue to run Painxun, Mr. Ma tried desperately and publicly announced in the circle: "Whoever can bring me in to invest, I will give him shares according to the proportion!"

Liu Xiaosong and Lin Jianhuang, two friends, obtained corresponding intermediary shares by helping Tingxun to raise funds from IDG and Yingke respectively.

This may be the most expensive brokerage fee in history, exceeding $100 billion at its peak.

In July 00, Tengxun finally received US$7 million from the two institutions and distributed 220% of its shares.

But now, Mr. Ma’s asking price is 500 million RMB, which includes 60% of the shares.

The asking price is not the bottom line. Even Fang Xinghe, a business novice, understands this.

"It seems you are really short of money."

He interrupted with a smile, immediately gaining everyone's attention.

Then, he made another startling statement as usual: "I don't want so many shares. If I take too much, your motivation to work hard won't be guaranteed. 500 million, 40%, and I will use my personal influence to advertise for you. Do you have any other problems that need to be solved? Raise them all at once."

Mom!
The five people looked at Fang Xinghe in amazement, feeling as if they had seen an angel.

In just a moment, four white lights and one green light bloomed from their bodies, and they all turned into fans.

That’s right, who doesn’t like this kind of investor?

He makes a lot of money, is considerate, decisive, quick and sharp, and full of boyfriend power...ah, leadership power.

Working with such a star, why worry about not achieving your goals?
Brother Ma clumsily exclaimed: "No wonder you can be the big brother in the Northeast at your age, so... so heroic!"

Forget it, brother, you should just focus on coding.

Fang Xinghe shook his head and smiled, saying: "I simply like OICQ and feel that it has great potential for development, but I have neither the relevant knowledge nor the time and energy. The management and development depend on you. You bear the pressure and the suffering. It is not appropriate for me to take the lion's share. Put yourself in my shoes, that's all."

Really, only writers can be sentimental. Look at these five guys, they are so moved that they want to bow down immediately.

My lord, my lord, I have been waiting for you for half my life!

Mr. Ma was very emotional and forced a sentence: "Mr. Fang, you treat me like a national hero, and I must repay you like a national hero!"

At this point, it has become an art.

Everything that happened afterwards was very simple. Wang Charlie found an international law firm, all the necessary clauses were included, the contract was signed, the money was transferred, and the job was done.

It took three days to deal with this matter. After everything was done, Fang Xinghe held 25 billion shares of Tingxun, accounting for 40%, and became the largest shareholder.

Ma Huateng's shareholding was reduced to about 28%, Zhang Zhidong's to 10%, and the rest was employee-owned. Those two lucky agents will probably have to wait for the next opportunity...

Then before leaving, Fang Xinghe slapped his forehead and extinguished his last chance.

"Brother Teng, I have an idea. Let's see if it can be realized..."

Fang Xinghe's memory of QQ roughly includes Super V, Membership, Miscellaneous Diamonds, QQ Show, Space, Digging Vegetables and so on.

He didn't bring up everything at once, but just briefly talked about QQ Show.

"I just feel that the image in my account is too monotonous. I am willing to spend a little money to dress up my personal image and make it unique. If you can develop this function, coupled with my promotion, I believe there should be some people willing to pay, right?"

He did not pretend to be an expert or a prophet, and used a speculative tone throughout.

On the one hand, he does not want to intervene too deeply in Tencent’s development; on the other hand, he does not want to establish himself as a business genius anymore.

There is no need. A gentleman keeps his talents to himself. Trying to show off everything will only hurt yourself.

Even so, Fang Xinghe's suggestion still made the team's eyes light up and they were overjoyed. When it came to monetization ideas, they couldn't figure it out at all, but once they figured it out, it immediately became clear.

"This thing is easy to make. We will make it as soon as possible to see the effect. If it sells well, perhaps the problem of profitability will be completely solved!"

Fang Xinghe smiled and nodded, and did not participate in the subsequent discussion.

Whether Teng Xun can get back on track and start producing blood with this thing is no longer relevant to him.

If it succeeds, that would be great. But if it fails, additional investment next year or the year after can solve the problem.

In that case, why bother?
It is better to retire after achieving success, return to the battlefield that truly belongs to you, and fight again.

At noon on the 4th, Fang Xinghe landed in the provincial capital and was immediately picked up by Uncle Ye for a celebration banquet.

Mr. He did not get involved, but many young people from Times Art and the provincial TV station came. Some of them were fans surrounding Fang Xinghe to compliment him, while others were fans watching from afar, waiting for a chance to take a photo with him.

He is now a true star, and every move he makes is flowing with starlight.

President Jin was in high spirits and he distributed the newly printed 100 million copies, which were enough to sell for a while. With the profit in hand, no one would be happy even if there was no after-sales service.

But he couldn't enjoy the beauty for long. Around 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. He suddenly called Fang Xinghe.

"Xiao Fang, parents have reported all the way to the three major government offices of Education, Culture, and Publishing. No one can handle it now. You should prepare. The notice should be issued on Monday."

When the bad news came, the people at Times Literature and Art were furious.

"Fuck! They passed the resolution on the day when Focus Interview was broadcast. Who the hell are they trying to disgust?"

The timing is indeed too coincidental and it is hard not to think too much.

It seems that among those who dislike Fang Xinghe, there are many high-ranking people...

Faced with everyone's anger, sympathy, comfort and encouragement, Fang Xinghe said nothing, nodded at them expressionlessly, turned and left.

In an instant, the girls, women, aunts and grandmothers were filled with heartache and tears welled up in their eyes as they looked at the boy's back.

But… when he got in the car, he immediately shook hands and pumped his fist, then sent a text message to Wang Charlie: “You can go out now, let’s start.”

Finally waited until today!
Originally, including piracy, the total sales volume might be only 1 million copies, and the total number of people reached was 000 to million. People who don't want to read it will not read it.

But once banned...

There are a lot of people who are looking at the vendors with shining eyes and asking them furtively: "Boss, do you have "Cang Ye Xue"?"

Humans are such strange creatures. Fang Xinghe knows human nature very well, so when he first designed the structure, he went straight for the banned books.

Conservatives: The ending of "Cang Ye Xue" uses excessive violence and revenge without any bottom line, which is far below the standard!
Sorry, I can’t block it without doing this.

Avant-garde: The ending of "Cang Ye Xue" is not strong enough. It should be held in a more tragic public occasion with a more grand trial to push the absurdity and madness to another level!
I'm sorry, but this is simply not publishable.

Girl fans: Why did you write Chen Cang so miserable? Why couldn't he live to achieve revenge and pursue a new life?

I'm sorry, he's not miserable enough, so I can't cut your leeks...

The leader of the navy is really gifted when it comes to doing these unorthodox methods - in his previous life, when there was no system, Dafang was already an expert at making nests.

He even had an even crazier plan planned, which was what Wang Charlie was busy with outside.

Charlie has already contacted two pirated booksellers and is preparing to release the first and second editions of the manuscript to make his own pirated copies.

Apart from the differences in details, the biggest difference between the two versions is the ending.

In the original version, Chen Cang's revenge was even more grand. He used poison to force Song Zude, the principal and others to climb the mountain to the cemetery. He completed a crazy and hearty trial in front of Lou Yexue's tomb, portraying their ugly appearance vividly.

However, this ending was the first one to be passed over - it was too cool, and the structure was unbalanced, which resulted in the metaphor of "Chen Cang has gone crazy, Lou Yexue is a fantasy" being unable to be constructed normally. It not only lost its depth and heaviness, but was also not conducive to fan abuse.

The second version removed the reversal at the end, which made it too balanced and not impactful enough.

So Fang Xinghe abandoned all of them and chose a version that might not be the best but the most talked-about one.

But the first two versions cannot be wasted. They should be quietly transferred to pirated booksellers. By then, Brother Fang will have already thought of the slogans they should use.

"I risked my life to steal it! I have photos of the manuscript as proof! It's the true original manuscript of Fang Xinghe's "Cang Ye Xue" before it was heavily edited!"

"Exclusive news! The original ending of "Cang Ye Xue" failed to pass the review because it was too exciting! Extremely exciting, with rivers of blood flowing, take a sneak peek!"

Aren’t the readers going crazy?
Most people would definitely like to get it and watch it again.

Look, originally many readers were so upset that they didn’t plan to read it a second time, but out of curiosity, they read it again and gave it a lot of star ratings...

Moreover, the two pirated booksellers, one from the south and the other from the north, are very hostile to each other. In order to prove that the manuscripts in their hands are orthodox, they may have to quarrel with each other. While shouting hard, they lower the prices at the same time, which just happens to be a table of Three Kingdoms with the current pirated version.

Wouldn’t the public opinion community go crazy as well?

It's hard enough for us to interpret one version, and now we want to earn some royalties by writing a fake article, and we have to be abused by you twice? !
They will definitely watch it with their noses pinched, and then continue to praise or criticize it after reading it, and write some fresh opinions.

And this is still hot.

People like Cheng Yizhong and Yan Lieshan would never have imagined that what they thought was "a major blow caused by the opponent's galaxy" was actually the precious fuel that helped him fly higher.

The value of the leader of the AI troll army is something that the public intellectuals will never be able to understand in their lifetime...

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(End of this chapter)