Even after being reborn, you're still in the entertainment industry?

Chapter 169 The Hidden Effects of the [Chosen One]!

While Sheng Yunxuan was filming peacefully in the "Investiture of the Gods" crew, the outside world was making quite a fuss.

Currently, a number of media outlets, led by Sohu.com, have reported news related to Liudu.com's second round of financing.

With Sohu's help in generating buzz, Sheng Yunxuan no longer needs to personally step forward and go through the trouble of hyping things up everywhere, just like when he was looking for funding...

In the early days of internet development, there were many stories of startups becoming overnight millionaires and achieving legendary success.

However, it is still unique for a celebrity like Sheng Yunxuan to cross over into entrepreneurship and establish a company with a market value of one billion yuan in just a few years!

With such a topical and eye-catching element, it's no wonder the public is eagerly paying attention and discussing it!

On the internet, more professional people will start discussing the development model of Six Degrees Network and expounding on its development potential.

The general public is more concerned about just how wealthy Sheng Yunxuan is now!

If Sheng Yunxuan were to create a new account at this moment and claim that he doesn't have much money at all, he would probably be bombarded with criticism by many netizens...

As for the specific progress of the financing, it is progressing very smoothly.

But it's unlikely to happen as easily and casually as reported in the news!

This second round of financing will obviously not be limited to Sohu, unlike the first round where only Sohu participated.

Through Zhang Chaoyang's connections, a lot of large capital was directly introduced.

Among them is SoftBank, a well-known investment company that has invested in Alibaba and Sohu. There's also DFJ, a US-based company that only officially entered the mainland market this March.

In addition, two domestic capital firms have also been able to enter the market!
With diverse capital backgrounds, there are naturally undercurrents of activity among the various entities.

As for why Liudu.com's second round of financing was able to attract the attention of so many large investors?
Because YouTube, a foreign website, has recently achieved such dazzling success!

At the beginning of the year, it officially became the most visited website of this century, with 20 million users and more than 100 million daily pageviews.

This website was founded a year later than 6du.com. Like other video sharing websites in China, YouTube's website design, advertising revenue sharing, and creator incentive system are too similar to 6du.com. It is almost a complete copy!
It's normal in the early days of the internet!

These websites are all copying each other, and then it's a matter of who can last the longest; the one that survives succeeds...

However, in China, because 6du.com started too early and has accumulated too much experience, and with Sheng Yunxuan controlling its development direction, it is developing steadily and rapidly, while other websites can only follow in its footsteps.

YouTube, on the other hand, was able to develop rapidly because filming equipment had become widespread overseas, and people were able and willing to share videos.

YouTube has now become one of the most prominent emerging internet platforms abroad.

Even tech giant Google couldn't withstand the rise of this website. Its subsidiary was utterly defeated by YouTube single-handedly, leaving Google with no choice but to consider "recruiting" it...

YouTube's outstanding performance has turned foreign investors into sharks smelling blood, prompting them to start paying attention to the video sharing platform industry.

It was at this time that various investors suddenly noticed that in the mainland, a place where the Internet was developing extremely rapidly and had great market potential, there was actually a company called Six Degrees Technology!

Looking back at the history of 6du.com, this website was truly the world's first video sharing platform; YouTube clearly "borrowed" from 6du.com...

Although 6du.com's development has been slightly slower than YouTube's.

However, with the gradual popularization of the Internet in mainland China and the number of Internet users exceeding 100 million, the development potential of 6du.com is increasingly being viewed favorably!
These big investors have already missed out on YouTube, are they going to miss out on 6du.com again now?
However, the sudden involvement of so many investors, while raising the valuation of 6du.com, also naturally brought some trouble to Sheng Yunxuan behind the scenes...

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"Our company recognizes the value and potential of 6du.com and is willing to raise funds and help 6du.com complete its IPO plan."

"However, we have some issues with the senior management team at 6du.com!"

"As far as we know, Sheng Yunxuan, the founder of 6du.com, is a well-known figure in the entertainment industry. He rarely sits in the company and only directs operations from behind the scenes. Even at events like the company's Series B funding round, he didn't personally show up..."

During an internal meeting, representatives of the investors turned their criticism towards Shengyunxuan.

However, Sheng Yunxuan did not attend the meeting at this time. Instead, Zhang Chaoyang, the second largest shareholder of 6du.com, was sitting in the main seat.

Zhang Chaoyang remained silent, observing coldly from the sidelines.

After uttering a long string of high-sounding excuses, the investor representative finally revealed their true intentions and stated directly:
"Therefore, we hope that Mr. Sheng Yunxuan can further relinquish his shares and agree to reorganize the senior management team!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chaoyang couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

Ultimately, it all comes down to wanting control of 6du.com!
Back then, Zhang Chaoyang lost control of his Sohu because of the intervention of capital behind it.

In the end, it was Zhang Chaoyang who, through various maneuvers, thoroughly purged the top management of Sohu and finally regained control of Sohu...

"Mr. Sheng Yunxuan's position is clearly more suitable for him to be the website's spokesperson, and he should not continue to control the company's development direction."

"Following the senior management restructuring, we believe that Mr. Zhang Chaoyang, with his extensive management experience, is more suitable to lead the company!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chaoyang's eyes narrowed, and he felt a slight urge to try.

He naturally had his own ideas about 6du.com, otherwise he wouldn't have invested in it, and even planned to merge Sohu Video and 6du.com.

In Zhang Chaoyang's plan, 6du.com is an extremely important part of Sohu's strategic system, and it will definitely integrate Sohu's resources in the future.

Perhaps we can take this opportunity to gain control of 6du.com?

Although Zhang Chaoyang had a good impression of Sheng Yunxuan, he was ultimately a successful businessman who valued profit more.

This means that if he has the opportunity to completely take over 6du.com, he will definitely not hold back!

Just as Zhang Chaoyang was about to agree, a pop-up news article from Sohu suddenly appeared on his computer screen.

Zhang Chaoyang was taken aback. He subconsciously glanced at the pop-up news and saw the headline: "Breaking News: 6du.com Crashes!"

The news that popped up out of nowhere immediately drew Zhang Chaoyang's attention and made him even more nervous!
Putting everything else aside, this is at a critical juncture in the second round of financing!
If 6du.com were to collapse for unknown reasons, it would inevitably affect its second round of financing.

Zhang Chaoyang ignored the investor representative on the other end of the line and subconsciously clicked on a webpage, causing his face to darken immediately after glancing at it.

I have no idea who wrote this headline; it's pure clickbait!

This just happened today. Fan Binbin officially registered a 6du.com account, and his first video featured Sheng Yunxuan, Zhou Jie, and others. The video went viral, causing the website server to crash…

Let's not even talk about Sheng Yunxuan. She and Zhou Jie appeared together in the same scene, which was in the previous episode of "Princess Pearl".

Despite the many criticisms this show received later, it's now a national favorite. The public still appreciates the two actors appearing together.

Netizens today are still unaware of how fierce the competition is among female celebrities of the same level and age in the industry. They're still clamoring to see her appear on screen with Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei, to relive those memories...

This video is very popular, but 6du.com has always paid attention to the hardware of its website, so it's unlikely that it would crash because of this video.

A while ago, Sheng Yunxuan and Liu Yifei were involved in a scandal, which caused a massive surge in website traffic. Even the servers on Liudu.com managed to handle it.

The crash at this point was entirely due to a data malfunction!

This kind of thing is not unusual for internet companies, and 6du.com reacted quickly and fixed it in no time.

However, given the current high level of attention 6du.com receives, this unexpected crash has become proof of 6du.com's popularity and has been hyped up.

Leaving aside clickbait headlines designed to attract traffic, most legitimate news headlines are similar to "Six Degrees Network experiences a surge in users, crashing its servers"...

Of course, Zhang Chaoyang was still unaware of the specifics at this time.

However, he was slightly lost in thought as he stared at the news that had suddenly popped up out of nowhere.

Zhang Chaoyang suddenly remembered that every time 6du.com made such a high-profile news story, it seemed to be because of Sheng Yunxuan...

As he continued to ponder, he suddenly realized something.

For 6du.com, Sheng Yunxuan is by no means just a simple figurehead!

Every decision made and every rapid development of 6du.com is inseparable from the factors controlled behind the scenes by Sheng Yunxuan!
Moreover, trying to eliminate Sheng Yunxuan at this point would not be a good thing for Zhang Chaoyang himself.

He only holds 30% of the shares he received in the first round of financing, and his shares will be diluted after the second round.

With such a small shareholding, can they really control the entire 6du.com?
I'm afraid that after driving Sheng Yunxuan away, these ill-intentioned capitalists will target me next!

Zhang Chaoyang, whose mind had inexplicably become unusually clear, realized that Sheng Yunxuan absolutely could not lose control of Six Degrees Network.

At least for now, I still have to help Sheng Yunxuan!
Anyway, I still have the plan to merge Sohu Video and Liudu.com, so I still have a chance to gain control of Liudu.com in the future...

Having clearly analyzed the situation, Zhang Chaoyang looked up at the investors in the conference room again, and said in a serious voice:

"I think you may all underestimate the importance of our CEO Sheng!"

"Looking at how Six Degrees Technology has developed to this point, President Sheng is the most indispensable person..."

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Zhang Chaoyang's argument about the importance of Sheng Yunxuan to 6du.com is actually just nonsense!

Do these investors really not understand the importance of Shengyunxuan?

That's not necessarily true. With a financing project involving 30 million US dollars, these investors would be eager to investigate every detail about Six Degrees Technology.

They knew very well that although Sheng Yunxuan was not often in the company, all the decisions regarding the website were made by him.

The company's senior management has always been balanced and controlled by Sheng Yunxuan, and Hong Zhifeng, a key figure in Liudu.com who is in charge of website technology, is his staunch confidant...

Even knowing all this, these capitalists still wanted to kick Sheng Yunxuan out of the game in order to gain greater profits.

There's no way around it, Sheng Yunxuan has too many shares!
Everyone believes that 6du.com has a brighter future, and the value of their shares will increase several times or even ten times.

Acquiring more shares now means greater control and more benefits in the future…

What about the website's future development?

The website will continue to operate even without anyone; if all else fails, just copy YouTube's strategy.

Anyway, YouTube has always copied Liudu.com's development model, so being copied in the future is just paying off a debt!

Unfortunately, although Zhang Chaoyang was clearly interested, he ultimately rejected the proposal.

He chose to continue supporting Sheng Yunxuan, and these investors' plans to gain control of 6du.com were completely thwarted. In the end, they could only be "persuaded" by Zhang Chaoyang and acknowledge Sheng Yunxuan's control over 6du.com.

After all, if they weren't "convinced" by Zhang Chaoyang at this point, Sheng Yunxuan would kick them out of the next round of financing...

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At this moment, Sheng Yunxuan, who was filming on the set of "Investiture of the Gods," suddenly narrowed his eyes and froze on the spot.

Just now, a purple light suddenly flashed on the "Chosen One" attribute on his body, and then quickly disappeared.

So what just happened?

Jin Guozhao, the chief director sitting in front of the monitor, saw Sheng Yunxuan suddenly freeze in front of the camera and assumed that he had forgotten his lines.

It's quite common for actors to forget their lines; even the best actors do it, so it's not surprising.

However, the director, Jin Guozhao, along with the supporting actors and staff on set, were somewhat surprised.

This is the first time Sheng Yunxuan has made a mistake since joining the crew and filming for so many days...

Before Sheng Yunxuan could speak, Director Jin Guozhao, with a gentle smile, said directly:
"It's okay, let's try again... Yunxuan, are you feeling alright?"

Sheng Yunxuan snapped out of his daze, nodded immediately, and then greeted the people around him.

The people around had no objections and were quite lenient with Sheng Yunxuan for his first mistake. They quickly restored the camera position and prepared to shoot the second take.

The reason everyone treated him this way was because Sheng Yunxuan's acting skills had completely won them over!
Originally, director Jin Guozhao and many people in the crew were worried that Sheng Yunxuan would not be able to play the tyrannical role of King Zhou well.

But as it turns out, Sheng Yunxuan not only can act, but he acts exceptionally well...

(End of this chapter)