Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

My carefully crafted first song went viral online, and my account grew from a few dozen followers to over a million, making me a millionaire blogger. The quality of the song also attracted the attention of record companies and music platforms, who approached me about copyright and partnerships. After a week of streaming, the video had already amassed over 100 million views, and the combined revenue from various platforms exceeded one million. I was a bit shocked by this figure, as I'd never seen such a large sum before. It was significantly higher than the tens of thousands of yuan I'd won from previous programming competitions. This achievement wasn't solely my own, so I gathered everyone together to discuss the revenue sharing.

I made a serious opening statement, "As everyone knows, our work has gone viral online. So far, it's been viewed over 100 million times. This achievement is the result of our collective efforts."

"So you want to treat us to a meal?" Rong Zixuan's roommate Yang Zhe asked happily.

"Which restaurant?" Rong Zixuan's other roommate Jiang Haoran continued.

"All you do is eat," said another roommate, Ning Xu.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop interrupting," Hu Ning stopped their divergent thinking.

"The number of views of this video will generate benefits, so our hundreds of millions of views have already generated millions in revenue, so we are here to discuss the profit sharing."

"Oh~ I thought it was something else," Zheng Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, you decide on this yourself. We are just extras. You just need to take a daily salary. The creation and creativity of this song are all yours. You have the final say," said Yang Zhe.

"Yeah, just give us a thousand a day."

Ning Xu patted Jiang Haoran and continued, "You are so rude. You dare to ask for a thousand for a day's salary?"

"I'm kidding."

"Talking about money hurts feelings, you make the decision yourself," said Liu Xiu.

"Yes, I agree."

"Me too"

"agree"

……

Everyone agreed to give me the decision-making power.

“This puts me in a difficult position.”

"You decide, we have no objection."

"right"

"Hey, don't just let us, Aqing, make the decision. She didn't find a suitable way to divide the money, so she came to you to discuss it. Now you are kicking the ball back," Rong Zixuan, who had been silent, spoke.

"Then let's put it this way. The idea is yours, the work is produced by you, and the props and venues are also provided by you. You two will get 70%, the heroine Zheng Lan will get 10%, and we, the extras, will get the remaining 20%. Do you think this is okay?" Yang Zhe proposed a plan.

"Agree"

"agree"

"I just calculated that the current profit is 126 million. If we use this calculation, your profits are slightly lower."

"What's the big deal? If we calculate it this way, we can earn tens of thousands of dollars by playing a small role, which is already very good."

"Yes, Qing'er, this is your work, your hard work, we are just helping. What people like is your work, not our performance. It will still be popular if someone else plays the role, so this is already very good, you don't have to feel ashamed, this is originally where you should take the lion's share, we have no investment or anything, we just come here to help when we are free. Just like a movie with a box office of billions, the investors will not give much to the actors, the actors just have a fixed salary," Zheng Lan persuaded patiently.

"Yes, Qing'er, I know you are a good person and think that the money should be shared by everyone, but this is your own work. We are just helping you. Don't feel bad about it. We don't care, because the success of this work is the result of your hard work. We are just the icing on the cake."

"Yes, I know you are rich now and don't want to forget us, but it's better to teach a man how to fish than to give him fish."

"Yes, yes, Liu Xiu is right. We don't take this so seriously. Don't let money hurt our relationship."

"Yeah, Qing'er, you guys can just get rid of them with a few hundred."

"Rong Zixuan, you've got a wife and you've forgotten your father"

"My wife is going to spend the rest of her life with me, so what does her father mean to me?"

"Oh oh oh oh! Look at you, you value love over friendship."

"How about this? Each of us will give 100,000 yuan as a buyout, and any profit generated by this work will have nothing to do with us in the future," Jiang Haoran suggested.

"This is great. It will generate profits later. We can't discuss it every time. Talking about money will hurt our relationship."

"yes"

"I agree"

"Agree"

“That’s it”

"Yes, yes, that's great. Hurry up and treat us to another meal, and we'll be done with this."

"Yes, yes, I agree."

……

After everyone's persuasion, I paid each person 100,000 yuan according to this method. Zheng Lan appeared more frequently as the heroine, so it was 200,000 yuan. No one had any objection. At the weekend, I booked a private room in a hotel in the city as a celebration banquet, and the profit sharing came to an end.

I eventually chose to partner with a music platform, authorizing them to release the song. They also paid the corresponding copyright fees. In just one month, I became a millionaire. Although millionaires are countless in Yanjing City, I am proud of my transformation from a rural girl to a millionaire. I have used my talent and hard work to exchange for wealth. With wealth, my foundation is stronger and my self-confidence is higher. I have been invited by record companies and management companies to write songs for their artists. I wrote several songs and had Rong Zixuan compose the music. Each song can bring in a lot of money. Watching my account balance increase day by day, I feel very at ease.

The first thing I did with the money was improve my life. I'm planning to renovate our bare-bones house, but it feels a bit rushed right now. After all, it's almost the end of the year, and the Lunar New Year is just over two months away. I can't have the house half-finished during the holidays; that would be a tough year. I'll discuss this with my parents once I get home, and we'll start work right after the Lunar New Year. Rong Zixuan and I are currently studying in other cities, so we'll consider the house and car after graduation.

After making my first million, I became obsessed with checking my bank account balance every day on the app. Over time, I came to a realization: while I earned this through my work and saw some daily income coming in, that wasn't enough. Now that I had a considerable fortune, financial management skills were essential. I needed to learn how to make money work, rather than just waiting for it to come to me or saving it slowly. I didn't dare ask my bank manager to help me with this. After all, there were so many cases of bank account managers absconding with funds. I couldn't leave my wealth in the hands of others; I was the person I could trust most. Later, I borrowed books on finance from the library and took finance courses at the School of Management whenever I had time. To achieve my goals, I began learning a new skill: financial management.