Chapter 623 - 320: Second Life Star Building

Chapter 623: Chapter 320: Second Life Star Building

When this news broke, the streamers immediately responded with enthusiasm.

Black Cat TV had gone bankrupt. Although their contracts had been acquired by Second-Life Star in a package deal, for professionals who made a living from livestreaming donations, it was tantamount to unemployment.

But now, things were looking up. Not only could they start streaming again, but they would also get traffic promotion from Kuaishou.

According to the latest traffic comparisons, Kuaishou’s numbers had increased and were catching up to Tiao Yin’s. You could say they were slowly becoming evenly matched.

With Kuaishou providing dedicated traffic promotion, it definitely wouldn’t be any worse than their time at Black Cat TV.

Afterward, Sister Hong created a separate WeChat group for 10 specific people and said directly, "The ten of you are the streamers the company will be focusing on promoting on Kuaishou. We’ve already negotiated with Kuaishou, and they will give each of you a major trending livestream promotion. So, I need to arrange your streaming schedules."

Although these ten already knew Sister Hong had arranged for them to be the main focus on Kuaishou, they couldn’t help but get excited upon hearing about the major trending livestream promotion. One by one, they all spoke up, expressing their willingness to follow the company’s arrangements.

After all, they had studied Kuaishou’s recommendation algorithm. A major trending livestream promotion could potentially turn them into popular streamers overnight. Combined with the die-hard fans they brought over from Black Cat TV, their future would definitely be much more comfortable than their time at Black Cat TV.

This just went to show that streamers had to choose a company with real power. And Second-Life Star was clearly the strongest of all the Company MCNs.

Having achieved his goal, Hong Tao didn’t linger in Beijing. He knew there would be no new opportunities for him this time.

Forcing himself to stick around Chen Jincheng would only make him a nuisance.

He’d have to wait for the next good opportunity if he wanted to poach Chen Jincheng.

After leaving the tea room, Sister Hong reported, "Boss, I’ve compiled some data. Since we took over the streamers from Black Cat TV, many of them are willing to stream from the company office. People like PPD are already planning to move to Coastal City and are looking for housing."

"Moreover, our company now has over 7,000 talents. With this many people, our support staff—photographers, editors, planners, screenwriters, makeup artists, and so on—will all need to be expanded. The numbers will be terrifying."

"Later, if the Hanfu department’s designs are successful, the apparel design department will also need to be expanded and categorized. Then there’s the gaming department and the film and television department. If your plans succeed step-by-step, all these divisions will need to hire more people. Our company’s current location simply can’t accommodate everyone."

"So, we have to move. Coincidentally, three floors in the Jinmao Building have opened up. They haven’t been leased out yet. We could rent those three floors."

But Chen Jincheng thought for a moment and said, "Don’t be in a hurry to rent it. When we get back, I’ll have someone see if we can just buy a whole building to serve as the headquarters for Second-Life Star. We’ll call it the Second Life Star Building."

"Buy a whole building?" Sister Hong was astonished.

It was true that Second-Life Star was developing very well, but she had never imagined the company would reach a scale where it needed an entire building.

That was just too extravagant.

"It’s not an exaggeration. We’ll have even more people in the future, and the e-commerce livestreaming trend will grow beyond your imagination." Chen Jincheng didn’t think it was extravagant at all. ’When the era of video e-commerce arrives, this will be essential if we want to grow and become number one.’

’In the other world, both the Three Sheep Building and the Xin Xuan Building were established specifically for e-commerce livestreaming.’

’The number of people we’ll need then will be astronomical.’

’In my past life, the Xin Xuan Group’s headquarters had over 4,000 permanent employees.’

’Three Sheep spent 103 million on a building with over 50,000 square meters of floor space.’

’The Xin Xuan Building had 32,000 square meters of floor space.’

’So,’ he thought, ’I’ll get a building with over 50,000 square meters of floor space. After all, given our current trajectory, Second-Life Star is destined to surpass the Three Sheep and Xin Xuan of that other world.’

’Especially after the short-form drama platform is launched.’

Sister Hong knew that when her boss decided to do something, he would see it through. She said, "Based on the current market in Coastal City, even if we consider an affordable and relatively central location, a building like that would still cost around 400 million."

Chen Jincheng nodded. "Mhm. We can borrow 400 million from the Soda side for now and get this building situation handled as soon as possible. After the collaboration with the promotional association for the Hanfu event, the Hanfu project itself, and *Game Over! I’m Surrounded by Beauties* all succeed, we’ll pay the money back."

Second-Life Star was no longer his sole venture, but Soda was. The financial transactions between the two had to be kept clear.

"Understood," said Sister Hong.

The sun set, and night fell once again.

There was another dinner meeting that evening, with the project leads and directors of two shows: *Dear, Beloved* and *Thirty Only*.

The investment contracts were already signed, and Chen Jincheng was one of the investors. Since he had invited them to dinner, they naturally had to attend. They also understood that he would certainly want to place some of his own actors in the shows.

This was an unspoken rule of the industry. They all understood it and had no desire to offend Chen Jincheng.

Before Chen Jincheng came to Beijing, they might have dismissed him as a mere internet celebrity. Even with President Lei financing his Company MCN, they could have chosen to ignore him.

They didn’t believe President Lei would trouble them over something so minor as them not giving face to Chen Jincheng.

The magnate surely had better things to do.

But things were different now. He had acquired LeTV Film and Television. After that series of moves, he had clearly become a major capital player in the industry. They were just people trying to make a living under the thumb of capital.

After showering, Chen Jincheng came out of his room to find Sister Hehe, Zhang Ao’ai, and Li Muchen already waiting for him. He hadn’t asked them to; they had decided to wait on their own.

Seeing him emerge, Sister Hehe said, "Chen Jincheng, your girls are so well-behaved, waiting at your door all this time. With two of them here, how are you going to sleep with them tonight?"

Her words made Li Muchen and Zhang Ao’ai exchange a look.

Li Muchen wasn’t too flustered; after all, she had already offered herself up to her boss before.

But Zhang Ao’ai felt something was off. She subconsciously glanced at her boss.

The things Li Muchen had said to her earlier today resurfaced in her mind.

’The main thing is, the boss’s top female patron... were her words a little too blunt?’

’Did the boss arrange this on purpose?’

’Does he really want me to... keep him company?’

’But when Mu Chen called him, he didn’t show any interest. He seemed to have no intention of it at all.’

"..." Chen Jincheng looked at Sister Hehe, speechless. "What do you mean, ’how am I going to sleep with them?’ I don’t dip my pen in the company ink. You know that."

"’I wonder who it was that admitted to my face he was a player, and now suddenly he doesn’t dip his pen in the company ink?’ Sister Hehe rolled her eyes at him, then huffed, ’Chen Jincheng, whatever you arrange for tonight is your business. But tomorrow night is my turn. If you dare fail to perform, I’ll go buy you some pills. You’d better satisfy me. If you want to play the game, you’d better have the stamina for it.’"

"’I can’t be bothered to deal with you,’ Chen Jincheng said, exasperated, and headed straight downstairs."

’This woman has such a dirty mind.’

Zhang Ao’ai and Li Muchen hurried to follow, both now a little intimidated by their boss’s top female patron.

"’He’s just putting on an act!’ Sister Hehe scoffed and followed them."

When they reached the hotel lobby, Sister Hong, Sun Ji, and Zhao Lei were waiting.

Seeing him come down, Sun Ji said, "The people from *Thirty Only* and *Dear, Beloved* have been notified. We can head over to the restaurant first. Also, both parties mentioned that another investor will be coming with them."

Hearing this, Chen Jincheng asked in surprise, "Another investor? Someone else invested in both of these shows at the same time we did?"

Sun Ji nodded. "It seems so. From what I’ve gathered, they also just recently invested. Otherwise, we would have already received an official notice. Plus, to be able to jump into the investment this quickly, they must have some serious backing."

"Regardless of their backing, let’s go meet them first," Chen Jincheng said, gesturing for everyone to leave the hotel and head for the restaurant.

They arrived at the private room in the restaurant, and it wasn’t long before the people from the two shows arrived. However, Chen Jincheng was stunned by two familiar faces that followed them in.

"’Mr. Chen, we meet again,’ one of them greeted Chen Jincheng with a wide smile."

"’I was wondering who it could be. So it was you,’ Chen Jincheng couldn’t help but retort."