Volume 2: Storm Rising 2015 Chapter 240 Playing the long game to catch big fish
Zhou Dongsheng also fully respected Li Jiajia's own ideas. After all, the question of whether Mu Ziqi has a team has always been one of the controversial points about Li Jiajia.
In the early days of creation, I believe that Li Jiajia, with limited conditions, must have created the videos herself, and continued to learn and accumulate knowledge in this area.
From a new video creator, I slowly became a mature creator. My fame gradually grew, and the trivial matters I needed to worry about became more and more.
As we all know, human energy is limited. If you want to continue to maintain your most precious high-quality creative ability, you naturally need a team to share the pressure with you. This is understandable.
Therefore, in Zhou Dongsheng's view, this controversy about the team is a completely insignificant matter. It is the same as the famous "chicken and egg" theory. As long as the eggs taste good, why bother about the chicken.
Li Jiajia doesn't need a team yet, so Zhou Dongsheng naturally won't follow the "domineering president" approach and force a team on her.
If he acted too hastily and "strangled" Li Jiajia's creation in the cradle, Zhou Dongsheng would really be in tears.
At the same time, Li Jiajia turned to the work of creating video materials, and Zhou Dongsheng was fortunate enough to observe the behind-the-scenes of the video creation.
A video work of just a few minutes often requires a huge amount of material to be edited into a complete work.
Li Jiajia was seen concentrating on shooting, adjusting the camera position, and shooting again, polishing the details and content tirelessly. His serious attitude of striving for perfection was pleasing to the eye.
It is said that men who work hard have a unique charm, and the same applies to women.
After all, being able to concentrate on one thing and complete it seriously without distraction is itself a very attractive thing.
At this time, Li Jiafeng appeared from nowhere, holding a fishing rod in his hand, "Boss, do you want to go fishing?"
Zhou Dongsheng's eyes lit up and his interest increased. Fishing is known as the destiny of middle-aged men, and Zhou Dongsheng has been fascinated by it for a long time.
However, although he was already middle-aged in his previous life, he was still limited in finances and energy and did not dare to fall into the trap blindly, for fear that he would not be able to resist the temptation.
But this life is different. Now Zhou Dongsheng has plenty of time and energy to enjoy life slowly.
"Come on! Teach me." Zhou Dongsheng was eager to try. The two hit it off and headed towards the fishing place together.
As soon as Zhou Dongsheng left, Li Jiajia felt a little relieved. It was true that the feeling of being watched by the boss while doing things made people feel uncomfortable, no matter how nice the boss was.
Then continue to concentrate on shooting your own video footage.
Li Jiafeng and Zhou Dongsheng traveled a long distance and came to a beautiful place surrounded by mountains and water with a quiet environment. Looking under the calm water surface, no one knew what was hidden underneath.
The reason why fishing, a time-honored activity, is so fascinating is perhaps because its lottery-like mechanism is addictive.
In front of the "prize pool", there is a long period of preparation, the anticipation of waiting for the fish to take the bait, and then the satisfaction of getting what you want.
The long time cost, like delayed gratification, makes the joy of fishing increase exponentially. In comparison, activities such as drawing blind boxes and lotteries are nothing more than compressing this process and quickly selling this kind of stimulation, which is more likely to make people addicted.
Maybe it's like the difference between dopamine and drug stimulation.
As a veteran fisherman, Li Jiafeng was very motivated to get newbies into the game, and he stood by and guided Zhou Dongsheng step by step.
From rods to lines and advanced techniques like baiting and luring fish, Zhou Dongsheng is not completely ignorant about fishing. As a senior short video enthusiast, how could Zhou Dongsheng not have seen teacher Deng Gang's fishing videos?
A fisherman who focuses on fishing for reservoir owners.
However, watching is one thing, and actually practicing is another. It is normal to be as powerful as a tiger in theory but as weak as a fool in practice.
Zhou Dongsheng started fishing with great interest, and then... more than an hour passed, and the two men stared at the water in a daze.
When fishing, the enjoyment lies in the process. Does it matter whether you catch fish or not? Not important!
How is it possible that I can’t catch any fish? It must be a problem of strong wind/cold water/bad equipment.
At this moment , a sudden phone call rang, breaking the one-hour silence. Zhou Dongsheng picked up the phone and saw that it was Huang Zheng calling.
Zhou Dongsheng answered the phone and said confidently, "Brother Huang, it's all your fault. Your call scared away the fish I had been waiting for for more than an hour. You have to compensate me."
"Hahaha, you are so leisurely and elegant that you even want to go fishing? You have the bearing of Jiang Taigong sitting on the Diaoyutai." Huang Zheng laughed and said in a teasing tone.
Just from the smile that could not be concealed, it was enough to see how good Huang Zheng's mood was, and the so-called description of sitting on the Diaoyutai was nothing more than describing Zhou Dongsheng's attitude towards his investment.
"Hearing the grin on Brother Huang's face, he must be here to congratulate me. Let me think about what happy event could make you so happy...are you planning to invite me to your wedding?" Zhou Dongsheng teased in return.
"If you want to host a wedding banquet, you should invite me. I'm here to congratulate you as an investor and to thank you at the same time." Huang Zheng said in an extremely excited tone.
"Oh? Could it be that the daily orders exceeded 1 million so quickly because of the good product promotion?" Zhou Dongsheng asked casually.
"Congratulations on your guess! I never expected that in just three months, we have already gone through a journey that other e-commerce companies would take a year or even several years to complete!"
“This is definitely the fastest e-commerce company in the history of the domestic Internet to reach one million daily active users!”
"I thought I could reach the first 1 million, but I didn't expect to reach it so quickly. I have to thank you very much for this."
Huang Zheng said this with great excitement, and at the same time reiterated his gratitude.
"If it weren't for the huge amount of money you invested, this sudden explosion of orders and positions might have caused the Pinhaohuo model to fail in the womb."
"After all, fruit is a fresh product with a limited shelf life. Once the quantity is piled up too large, there will be a lot of loss. By the time the day lily is delivered to the customer, it will be cold."
“If you lose the trust of users and are labeled as a liar, you won’t be able to get rid of that label even if you want to.”
"Your funding was crucial to our ability to turn this crisis around. We upgraded our servers, improved the platform's operational capabilities, and greatly increased our storage and transportation capabilities. Although it cost a lot of money, it was worth it!"
“The speed at which we were able to achieve 1 million DAU was beyond my expectations. After all, I wasn’t sure if we had the capability to do it.”
"But after this, I think even if we reach 10 million users, it is within our expectations. After all, we have the ability to do it now."
Huang Zheng was full of energy and ambition. After two "failures" in his e-commerce business ventures, God finally rewarded him and he got the e-commerce model he had always dreamed of!
With a like-minded partner, Huang Zheng, with his confidence greatly increased, is extremely sure that he will succeed this time!
"I believe that 1 million is just the beginning. Huang will have to make more preparations in the future, especially for building a platform. You and I alone cannot support a mature e-commerce platform."
"Don't worry about this. I have made preparations." Huang Zheng said confidently and hung up the phone after a few pleasantries.
At this time, the fishing float in Zhou Dongsheng's field of vision slowly sank. Li Jiafeng, who was standing next to him, was shocked and patted Zhou Dongsheng's arm.
Zhou Dongsheng lifted the fishing rod steadily, feeling the strong struggle coming from the fishing rod, and couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, it turns out that you can only catch big fish if you let out a long line."
