Chapter 444 I speak for myself(1/2)
Isn’t it just for business to make money?
Now you tell me that making more money is not necessarily a good thing?
A blessing in disguise, right?
Facing Song Honglin’s doubtful eyes, Lu Yiming explained: “The Internet concept stock bubble in the United States is too serious. A new company with only a few employees can just build a website without even a profit model, so it dares to look for investment.
People want millions and tens of millions of dollars in financing. Such crazy behavior would be weird if it doesn’t explode the market. The Internet winter is coming.”
Song Honglin was immediately shocked and asked quickly: "This won't affect us, right?"
If Lu Yiming's words were so sensational before, Song Honglin would definitely think that Lu Yiming was talking nonsense. However, after seeing Lu Yiming's series of operations with his own eyes, Song Honglin now believes in Lu Yiming as much as Christians believe in Jesus.
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Lu Yiming immediately laughed and said: "Anyway, I have already pocketed the investors' money. It is impossible to spit it out. The rise and fall of the valuation will not have much impact on us. After all, we have money in our hands, so we don't need to panic."
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Song Honglin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "No wonder you agreed so simply and neatly when you were negotiating with several investment bank representatives just now."
There is no airtight wall in the world, let alone the collective actions of the three major Wall Street investment banks. It is difficult not to attract attention. The news that Tianyin Internet Technology Company received financing quickly spread through various channels.
A new company that was founded less than a month ago was actually valued at US$40 million, which immediately made many entrepreneurs who couldn't even raise US$1 million in investment envious and jealous.
This world is so unfair!
Kailyn has been watching a lot of news in recent days.
These news are all about Lu Yiming.
She didn't expect that Lu Yiming would make such a big fuss again.
So, she went straight to the door and asked for an exclusive interview with Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming agreed.
Whether it is Mingyuan Technology or Tianyin Network, they also need publicity in the United States, and it is necessary to establish good relationships with local media.
Lu Yiming accepted an exclusive interview with Kailin in his office.
For this interview, Kailin carefully arranged her appearance before going out. Her wavy hair made her look particularly charming and gorgeous. Her white shirt looked particularly capable, and her particularly low neckline made her look very attractive.
You know she is a very "enterprising" woman.
The two parties sat down, and after a brief self-introduction, Kailin asked: "It's really shocking. You actually combined music and the online community and achieved great success. Coupled with your Tianyin mp3,
It’s really addictive. My sister has one of these.”
Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said gently: "First of all, thank you sister for supporting our products."
Kailin said: "As far as I know, your Mingyuan Technology used to make memory, so why did it suddenly make MP3?"
Lu Yiming said jokingly: "Probably because of dreams."
After hearing this, Kailin suddenly felt that Lu Yiming became more approachable, and couldn't help but joked: "Isn't it because of making money?"
Lu Yiming shook his head slightly and said: "I don't care whether I make money or not. I don't like money at all. The main reason for doing music business is to make friends with users. After all, I am also a music enthusiast."
When doing business, you still have to take care of the emotions of users, especially young people here in the United States, who like to be new and different.
If Lu Yiming dealt with them as a businessman and entrepreneur, they would never buy it.
So you have to pretend to be as stupid as them in order to gain their support. After all, this is a country where you have to compete with your competitors to see who is more stupid even when electing the president.
Seeing that there seemed to be some disbelief in Kailin's eyes, Lu Yiming immediately said righteously: "Really, I used to like listening to music, but at the same time I am also eager to share my thoughts with more people who like music. Unfortunately, reality
It’s not easy here, but fortunately, the emergence of the Internet has given me a glimmer of hope.”
Only then did Kailin realize Lu Yiming's good intentions and said: "So that's it. As everyone knows, Tianyin Internet Technology Company has just received investment from several Wall Street giants. I would like to ask if the company will make any new moves recently.
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Lu Yiming said calmly: "Business secrets, no comment."
"All right."
Kailin then asked: "You are now a successful businessman. You started your own business at a young age and became a billionaire. Do you have anything to say to those young people who are very confused about the future?
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The expression on Lu Yiming's face was more serious, and there was even a faint divine light in it. He raised his head slightly, with a pious look on his face, and said: "The most important thing is not to give up your dreams easily, chase what you like,
Let go of your imagination, in this turbulent era, maybe you will be the next trend-setter."
The interview didn't last long. After all, Lu Yiming wouldn't tell Kailin a lot of professional and business stuff, and what he could say would just be the same old tune.
However, it should be said that Kailin is a very skilled female reporter. When writing the report, she added all kinds of details, saying that Lu Yiming chatted and laughed with Wall Street bosses, had a good personal relationship with the world's richest man Bill Gates, and was a major shareholder of Yahoo.
... Various buffs were stacked on top, and various protagonist templates were applied on top. Thousands of words were written in a report, which made Lu Yiming somewhat doubtful about life.
Of course, it doesn't matter what Lu Yiming thinks of this report. What's important is that after this report was published, almost overnight, Lu Yiming's name became known to countless young people who cherish the American dream. Even
His Tianyin community fans suddenly increased by tens of thousands.
Seeing that he suddenly had so many fans, and all of them had dreams, Lu Yiming had an idea.
Qianqianjingting has always encouraged original creation and discovered grassroots stars. This is similar to the gameplay of those Douyin and Kuaishou in later generations, so as to win over as many people with "dreams" as possible. After the report was released, many people
Everyone expressed their emotions in the community and longed for success. Lu Yiming thought, then why not find a spokesperson for Tianyin Community and Qianqianjingting to let these people who long for success see hope?
As we all know, the more dreamy a person is, the easier it is to be cut off. This is also the fundamental reason why those with vested interests oppose lying down.
How can I talk to you about consumerism when you already have no desires?
Lu Yiming will arouse the dreams of young people in the 1990s!
Lu Yiming called Su Zhenge and said, "Please arrange a team for me. I want to shoot a commercial for Tianyin MP3."
When Su Zhenge heard this, he immediately patted his chest and assured: "No problem, I can find a few directors to make movies, not to mention just shooting a commercial, any movie will be made. Which big star are you looking for? As long as the money is available, everything else will be fine."
It’s not a problem.”
Recently, he has been hanging out in Hollywood and hasn't done much business, but he has made a lot of connections and can be considered half of the entertainment industry.
Lu Yiming smiled and said: "It's so boring to find a big star, and you have to spend money. I plan to do it myself."
"You do it yourself? Are you kidding me?"
Even the punctuation marks in Su Zhenge's words revealed a hint of suspicion.
Lu Yiming said confidently: "I'm not joking. I have tens of thousands of fans in the Tianyin community now, why can't I do it?"
The fans he was talking about were naturally those American “good young people” in the Tianyin community.
Anyway, regardless of whether they received a happy education in high school, as long as they bought Mingyuan Technology's products, they were "good students" in Lu Yiming's eyes.
Su Zhenge took a rare moment of seriousness and advised: "Don't be impulsive. For things like advertising, it's best to find reliable people, especially spokespersons. You have to find celebrities who are influential and well-known. I'm not afraid of offending you."
If so, if you come in person, how many people in America know you?"
Although Lu Yiming is now considered "famous" in the United States, everyone has only heard of Lu Yiming's name at best, and they have never seen what Lu Yiming looks like.
However, Lu Yiming spoke plausibly and said: "I understand the truth, but millions of dollars have to be spent on such an advertisement before it is even filmed. Am I stupid? What are you spending this unjust money on for no reason?"
Su Zhenge was speechless and choked.
Brother, this is a spokesperson. Do you think you can afford it?
However, since it was Lu Yiming's company after all, Su Zhenge couldn't persuade him any more, so he could only say: "Well, then I'll find one."
At this time, Qiao Ke was beside Su Zhenge. As soon as Su Zhenge hung up the phone, Qiao Ke asked, "Is it Mr. Lu's call?"
Su Zhenge said helplessly: "Yes, he said he wanted to be Tianyin's spokesperson himself and asked me to find him a director."
After hearing this, Jock immediately said: "Isn't this nonsense? You don't want celebrities for endorsements?"
Su Zhenge said: "That's what I told him just now. He didn't listen. What can I do? This guy usually spends money very generously when I see him doing other things. Why did he start such an important thing instead?"
Did he save money? I don’t understand. Forget it, it’s his own company anyway, let’s go watch the fun and see how he shoots.”
"Um."
Soon, Su Zhenge found Lu Yiming a director who specialized in shooting commercials.
Advertising is probably the most annoying thing for contemporary Internet people.
Whether it's the accurately placed pictures and texts in Moments or the ninety seconds before the start of a TV series, it all makes people feel bored.
These advertisements are crude, inferior, and almost always shout slogans to get you to buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, and buy these products. They have almost no effect on enhancing the brand, and even have some counterproductive effects, making people determined not to purchase these products.
However, there are some advertisements that are a little different.
These advertisements are generally produced by great directors. Their direction is not so clear, and they do not induce you to buy from beginning to end. Instead, they are full of each director's unique personal style.
What Su Zhenge found is such a director with his own personal style.
This director's name is Thanonchai, a Siamese. His name translated into Chinese is Thanonchai.
Department of Architecture, Dkrabang University. He used to be a graphic designer. In 1994, he switched careers and became a professional advertising director.
In 1997, he won the Best Art Director Award from the Siam Art Directors Association for the promotional film "Magical Siam" he shot for the Siam Tourism Bureau.
This short, fat guy with a full beard but an absurdly high hairline won 26 heavyweight design awards in 2011 alone.
To be continued...