Deep Sea City, High-tech Park, Building B3, 15th Floor, Whale Technology Company Headquarters.
Whale Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2007 as a localized network technology company. It mainly operated online games, videos, animations, and other projects. In June 2012, it officially launched Whale TV, becoming one of the first domestic online live broadcasting platforms.
At that time, online live broadcasting was still in a pioneering state. With the strong support of Whale Technology, Whale TV developed rapidly, especially in the aspect of game broadcasting. With the help of the three popular games CKG, Hero City State, and Planet Overlord, it quickly occupied more than 70% of the market share and cultivated a large number of excellent anchors.
However, as the cake of online live broadcasting grew bigger and bigger, more and more big shots in the industry had their eyes on this fat piece of meat. Whale TV encountered fierce competition. Many popular anchors were poached with high salaries, and their popularity continued to decline.
Under such circumstances, the executives of Whale TV still clung to game broadcasting and ignored the importance of entertainment and lifestyle live broadcasting programs. This caused the market share to continue to decline, and it was even jokingly called Salted Fish TV.
Of course, [Whale TV] was unwilling to be treated as a salted fish by others. Therefore, the higher-ups learned from the painful experience and replaced a group of incompetent middle and lower management personnel. They worked hard to compete with [StarryLive], [Sky Live] and other competitors for resources. Finally, they barely managed to reverse the decline.
Whale TV's revenue accounted for more than 65% of Whale Technology's revenue. Therefore, the website branch and headquarters were all located on the same floor, with more than a hundred employees.
Although it was close to evening and almost afternoon, the dozens of employees in the operations management department were still busy in front of the computer. No one got up to stretch or drink water. The atmosphere was tense but orderly.
“Yes！”
Suddenly, a woman in a white professional dress jumped up from her seat. She raised her clenched fist high and waved it with force, looking very excited and agitated.
A young colleague next to her noticed and asked curiously, "Sister Shanshan, what good thing happened to you?"
The OL named Shanshan replied with a smile, "I dug up a new anchor with great potential!"
Her voice was very loud. After more colleagues heard it, they all started to ask questions one after another.
"Congratulations Shanshan!"
"Where did you find him from? What's his name? "
"Does he really have great potential? There are a lot of newcomers nowadays. Don't just look at the data on the surface! "
"What type? Game? Become a singer? A lifestyle show? "
"Shanshan's treating!"
Shan Shan smiled and said, "It's not a problem for me to treat you. I'll report to the supervisor first. I'll let you know after we sign the contract!"
She quickly ran to the innermost part of the Transport Management Department.
It was the office of Wu Hongming, the operations director of [Whale TV]. When Shanshan rushed in like a whirlwind, this super administrator boss was still engrossed in the work report in his hands.
"Boss!"
Shanshan's excited voice made Wu Hongming put down the document in his hand. He helplessly pinched his brows and reprimanded, "Wu Shanshan, how old are you? Why are you still acting like a child? How impatient! "
Wu Shanshan's surname was Wu, and so was his. The two of them were relatives. Because of this, Wu Hongming was even stricter with Wu Shanshan to prevent others from accusing him of nepotism.
It has been three years since Wu Shanshan graduated from university. She hasn't been at [Whale TV] for long. Her lively and jumpy personality gave Wu Hongming a headache, and he often had to teach her a lesson or two.
However, there was basically no effect. Moreover, Wu Shanshan was very popular among her colleagues.
Faced with her uncle's scolding, Wu Shanshan quickly stuck out her tongue and obediently said, "Boss, I dug up a new anchor who has the potential to be very popular. I want to discuss the contract now!"
Relatives were relatives, but they had to distinguish between public and private matters. Therefore, in the company, she addressed Wu Hongming the same way as other colleagues. She called him "Boss", "Boss".
Wu Hongming was one of the founders of [Whale TV] and a senior figure in [Whale Technology].
"You shouted so loudly just now. I'm not deaf!"
The senior said in a bad mood, "Is this one reliable? Don't be like the last one … "
Wu Shanshan's face couldn't help but turn red when Wu Hongming mentioned her embarrassing past.
Last time, she also dug up a new anchor. In the end, she made a mistake. The other party was a fake. Fortunately, Wu Hongming was strict and found out the problem. In the end, it didn't cause any loss to the company.
As a veteran live broadcasting platform, [Whale TV] was facing huge pressure in business. However, they were still very cautious when it came to poaching people. They always maintained a style that would rather have nothing than be substandard.
She tried hard to explain, "Boss, this anchor is really good. He was banned by Starlight Show because of a contract problem. If I didn't happen to be in his fan group, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to dig him up!"
"Starlight Show? Contract problem? "
Wu Hongming's brows furrowed into a "Chuan" character. He said, "Let me see his information."
Of course, it was a good thing to be able to poach people from their old rival, [Starlight Show]. However, the premise was that the person must be reliable. If it was an unruly or greedy short-sighted person, Wu Hongming wouldn't want him even if he was talented.
Wu Shanshan quickly said, "I've already saved it in the folder. You'll know when you open it."
Wu Hongming nodded. He directly accessed the shared folder on Wu Shanshan's computer through the local area network. This was the authority that he had as a supervisor. Others couldn't do it.
Wu Shanshan had been eyeing Lu Chen for a long time, so she was well-prepared, including Lu Chen's number of followers in [Starlight Show], popularity, the total amount of gifts, Starcircle fans, QQ group, and other information.
The most important thing was that there were two live video recordings!
At the beginning, Wu Hongming frowned again when he saw Lu Chen's basic information.
Because Lu Chen's data was very little, and he had only started live broadcasting for two or three days, the number of followers had increased rapidly. However, this kind of data was too easy to fake and couldn't be used seriously.
As for the popularity, gift value, fans, and so on, Wu Hongming couldn't see how much potential he had.
Such a pure newbie anchor, would he be banned by [Starlight Show] because of a contract problem?
He suspected that his niece was muddle-headed again!
With a responsible attitude, Wu Hongming clicked to open a live video.
"… I'm going to present you with an original song. It's called 'You Who Sat Next To Me'. I hope everyone likes it!"
Lu Chen's voice instantly came clearly from the computer speakers.
Original song?
Wu Hongming's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became interested. He turned up the volume of the speakers in the computer.
"Tomorrow, will you remember, the diary you wrote yesterday."
"Tomorrow, will you still remember, the you who loved to cry the most."
"The teachers can't remember …"
When the melody of "You Who Sat Next To Me", accompanied by Lu Chen's clear and slightly sentimental voice, came out through the high-quality speakers, the entire operation management office suddenly quieted down.
The clicking sound of the mouse disappeared, and the tapping sound of the keyboard disappeared. The song seemed to have a magical power, and people couldn't help but be attracted to it. They listened and felt, and were brought into the past.
Most of the employees in the operation management department were very young, and their memories of middle school, high school, and university were still very clear. Therefore, they instinctively resonated with this song, even if it was only the first time they heard it.
Listening to the song, those beautiful, nostalgic feelings arose in their hearts, and they all forgot about their work.
The song ended, and there was silence.
Wu Hongming closed the video.
Wu Shanshan was anxious. "Boss, there's more, continue watching!"
"This song is enough!"
Wu Hongming's tightly knitted eyebrows relaxed, and he asked, "Are you sure this is … hmm, this Lu Fei's original work? Do you know the specific clause in the contract between him and Starlight Show that caused him to be banned? "
Just one original work alone might not be enough to make Wu Hongming make up his mind. However, not only was Lu Chen's playing and singing quality extremely high, but his appearance was also very good. He had talent, talent, and ability, and he really had the potential to become famous!
He dared to say that Starlight Show had missed a new star!
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