"Go? Where to?"
Wang Yi asked, feigning ignorance.
"Back to school, of course. Don't tell me you're planning to stay at my house?"
Huang Xinyi's expression subtly changed:
"No, that won't do. My place was just renovated, there's only one bed, you can't sleep here!"
"It's fine, I don't mind,"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
"..."
Huang Xinyi was utterly speechless:
"You don't mind, but I do!"
Sleeping in the same bed with a guy with ulterior motives, is she crazy?
Absolutely not!
Wang Yi, however, was unfazed:
"It's fine, isn't there a sofa?"
"Sleep on the sofa?"
Huang Xinyi thought for a moment; that might actually be acceptable.
After all, it was late, and sending Wang Yi back home wouldn't look very good.
But Wang Yi unexpectedly changed the subject:
"You sleep on the sofa; I'm the guest, I'll sleep on the bed!"
Huang Xinyi rolled her eyes: "..."
This move was truly outrageous!
"You..."
Before Huang Xinyi could say anything, Wang Yi had already gotten up, carrying his bag, and walked into her bedroom.
His main tactic was to completely usurp the host!
"No, that's my bedroom!"
Huang Xinyi's face changed dramatically, and she quickly chased after him.
Wang Yi smiled and waved his hand:
"Senior, good night."
Bang!
The door closed.
Click, it was locked from the inside.
Huang Xinyi looked utterly bewildered: "???"
"Who am I?"
"What happened?"
"I'm in my own house, locked out of my room!"
"!!!"
She had seen shameless people, but never someone so utterly shameless!
Huang Xinyi was completely dumbfounded!
Then she became furious:
"Wang Yi, get out here!"
But alas, no matter how angry she was, Wang Yi completely ignored her.
Huang Xinyi's room was the master bedroom, with an attached bathroom, so washing up was not a problem.
Wang Yi took a shower, comfortably lay on the bed, and started playing with his phone.
"This damn guy!"
The more Huang Xinyi thought about it, the angrier she got, but she was helpless.
She sent Wang Yi many messages, but Wang Yi didn't even look at them and even blocked her.
Left with no choice, Huang Xinyi could only lie on the sofa, fuming:
"Just you wait, Wang Yi, I'll show you how I'll get my revenge!"
Wang Yi, however, didn't pay attention to any of this; instead, he scrolled through Weibo.
The hot search for "33 Days of Falling Out of Love" had already climbed to the top of the trending list!
The comment section was even livelier:
"Forty million on the first day? Are you kidding? You can't even brag like that!"
"It's not bragging; as of ten o'clock, it's already over 38 million at the box office! Breaking 40 million is not a problem."
"Amazing! What movie is this? The name doesn't sound like a big production! What's its relationship with Meiyou?"
"It's a low-budget film that wasn't well-received before and no one invested in. The Meiyou boss thought it was good, provided costume support, and invested another 6 million to get it made, also helping with promotion. The total cost was only 10 million!"
"Holy cow, a 10 million budget, 40 million at the box office on the first day? Are you crazy! In just one day, it not only broke even but also made a profit!"
"An annual dark horse has just been born; I estimate the total box office could exceed 300 million!"
"Three hundred million is definitely not a problem, four hundred million is even possible!"
"The Meiyou boss owns 60% of the investment? Then he must have made a huge profit!"
"He has vision, he deserves to make money!"
"Exactly, everyone else dismissed it, only the Meiyou boss invested, he deserves to make money."
"Speaking of which, the Meiyou boss is truly amazing. He makes clothes, creating 'pure desire style' dresses that crush big brands!"
"He makes lipsticks, new shades that celebrities love, sweeping the nation."
"He invested in a movie, 10 million cost, 40 million on the first day, an annual dark horse, a box office legend!"
"He makes apps, with users exceeding ten million, and e-commerce, endless profits!"
"Let's just say, is there anything Boss Wang can't do?"
"Boss Wang is too incredible, everything he touches turns to gold! Most importantly, he's said to be only eighteen and a Beihang top student!"
"Oh my god, eighteen years old, built Meiyou? You're not kidding?"
"No, it's been reported; just search it up, and you'll know. I heard Boss Wang is super handsome! Slurp!"
"It's true, amazing, truly amazing. From now on, Boss Wang is my male idol! From now on, I'll be a loyal Meiyou fan!"
"Boss Wang is the true National Husband; all those other CEOs are weak."
"Right, CEO Wang relies on his dad, Boss Wang is different; from a county town, started from scratch, all by himself! I'm a fan, I'm a fan!"
"Tomorrow, I'm going to the cinema to support the movie my husband invested in!"
"After the movie, I'll go to the Meiyou flagship store to buy the little dresses and lipsticks my husband released!"
"Heh, women, I can't even watch."
"Latest record: as of eleven o'clock, '33 Days of Falling Out of Love' box office has surpassed 40 million!"
"It really broke 40 million, amazing, truly amazing."
"How good is this movie really? Tomorrow is Saturday, I'll go see it immediately."
"I also want to see what's so special about this movie that it's getting such terrifying box office numbers!"
"Go watch it, you definitely won't regret it. Ye Xiaohe is so beautiful!"
"Lin Zixuan is also so pretty, especially wearing Meiyou's 'pure desire style'; she truly amazed me."
"Well-produced, and with Meiyou's support, it deserves to be popular."
"You guys, don't doubt anything, but don't doubt Boss Wang's vision."
"Exactly. After all, my husband succeeds at everything he does!"
"Pfft! Upstairs, shameless! Your husband? Don't insult my idol!"
...
When a movie isn't popular, no one watches it.
But when it becomes popular, many people want to see it.
Such is human curiosity and herd mentality.
Seeing this, Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
Box office numbers were no longer a concern, and Ye Xiaohe should now be famous.
What surprised Wang Yi, though, was that while Ye Xiaohe and Lin Zixuan became famous as the leads, he, as the investor, didn't even make an appearance but also became famous!
And gained the title of 'National Husband'!
Incredible!
However, this boosted Meiyou's popularity even further.
Many girls, drawn by the title 'National Husband,' would blindly support Meiyou and eagerly buy Meiyou's products.
Even if Meiyou's products weren't already superior to competitors, they would buy them even if they were trash.
Fan culture is that terrifying.
Doesn't this mean they won't need to hire other endorsers in the future?
Wang Yi chuckled, closed Weibo, opened his email, and began to handle work.
The agents and exclusive stores opening the day after tomorrow are all in the south.
Meanwhile, the agents and exclusive stores in the north mainly focus on autumn wear; they only started making payments and placing orders today.
Wang Yi looked at the report; he had already received over 400 million in order payments, and there would be more tomorrow, estimated to reach 600 million.
This was quite a bit less than the 1 billion order amount from the south.
There was no helping it; agents clearly had far less confidence in Meiyou's autumn wear than in the 'pure desire style' summer dresses!
Fortunately, cosmetics like lipsticks were supporting them, which made them dare to order more; otherwise, they wouldn't even have 600 million!
In a few days, Meiyou will launch other new cosmetic categories, such as Meiyou Hyaluronic Acid Facial Mask, Hyaluronic Acid Toner, Hyaluronic Acid Serum, and eyebrow pencils, in its northern exclusive stores and authorized stores, alongside its 'pure desire style' autumn wear and lipsticks.
The large cosmetics factory acquired for 7 million had all these products, with ample materials and good effects.
However, as a domestic brand, it lacked fame and couldn't afford endorsers, so it simply couldn't sell and could only go bankrupt.
After Wang Yi's acquisition, with new packaging, Meiyou branding, and Ye Xiaohe's massive popularity, there was no worry about them not selling.
As for the lack of confidence in Meiyou's autumn wear...
In fact, not only Meiyou's agents thought so, but the general public and capital outside also held this attitude.
Meiyou was developing so rapidly, yet no capital had approached it.
The reason for this was, firstly, Meiyou's development was too fast, and its valuation reached a terrifying level; smaller capital couldn't even make a move before being out of the game!
Like Vancl, whose profits were far less than Meiyou's, could still achieve a 20 billion valuation at its peak.
Meiyou's profitability was even more terrifying, with better prospects, so its current valuation was certainly above 20 billion!
Smaller capital couldn't afford to invest and naturally wouldn't approach.
As for large capital, they were watching!
They were observing whether Meiyou could maintain profitability in autumn and winter before deciding whether to invest.
If Meiyou could continue to profit in autumn and winter, the capital market would give Meiyou a terrifying valuation; 30 billion wouldn't be a problem.
But if Meiyou couldn't sustain profitability in autumn and winter, and Meiyou's 'pure desire style' could easily be replicated by capital next summer, then Meiyou's valuation would be greatly discounted!
Perhaps, given Meiyou's APP's user base of over ten million, a valuation of several billion would be it.
It could be said that capital was waiting for the final result!
Wang Yi didn't care about this and had no plans for financing for the time being.
Meiyou currently had no shortage of money, and a valuation of several tens of billions was too low.
If Meiyou grew bigger and then sought financing next year, the valuation wouldn't be three or four hundred billion, but hundreds of billions!
Even if there was a real shortage of money, launching some new products and having national agents place orders and make payments could raise several hundred million.
For example, a few days ago, southern agents and authorized stores ordered 1 billion, which meant nearly 2 billion in retail sales.
Meiyou's profit margin from agents and exclusive stores was 30-40%, amounting to over 600 million.
This time, northern agents and exclusive stores would bring in several hundred million again!
Isn't this method of raising funds much faster than financing?
And without selling shares!
This was also a major reason why Wang Yi allocated a portion of the profits to vigorously develop offline agents and exclusive stores.
Especially those provincial and city agents, each one was well-funded and wealthy.
They were also Wang Yi's backing!
As long as Wang Yi could help them make money, they would firmly support him.
In the future, using the money from Meiyou agents' orders to make mobile phones would not be a problem.
Once Meiyou's autumn wear hits the market and sells out, agents, the public, and capital will fully recognize Meiyou's strength.
But Wang Yi also knew that individual autumn wear items would likely not sell as well as the 'pure desire style' summer dresses!
Then he would have to win by volume!
Using quantity and sets to compensate for the sales of individual items!
With this in mind, Wang Yi called Song Sining again:
"Sining, get the recommendation content team ready. Autumn wear will be launched around the 20th. The recommendation team should immediately cooperate with promotions, recommend entire outfits!"
Song Sining nodded:
"Okay, Boss! According to the schedule, northern agents will make payments and place orders these two days, then the factory will arrange shipments. Opening around the 20th will be perfectly fine!"
"Very good. Around the 20th, Ye Xiaohe will also be completely famous, which is the perfect opportunity to push new products! Also, the cosmetics factory should be ready; everything will be shipped and launched together then!"
"Yes!"
Song Sining said, then changed the subject:
"By the way, Boss, 'Scarlet Heart' is premiering tomorrow!"
"Great, our Zhenyou spokesperson should also become famous!"
Wang Yi had forgotten that "Scarlet Heart" was premiering tomorrow:
"Notify Qiuyun Garment Factory that Zhenyou products can be produced at full speed. Two production lines will suffice. After Liu Shishi becomes hugely popular, we'll launch the Zhenyou light luxury brand!"
"Also, please invite Liu Shishi to Jeju to shoot commercials for other new Zhenyou products!"
"Okay!"
After dealing with these matters, Wang Yi checked Meiyou's revenue for the day.
Influenced by the hot search, single-day profit once again exceeded 30 million!
Especially the exact same styles worn by Ye Xiaohe and Lin Zixuan in "33 Days of Falling Out of Love," which were originally slow-moving old stock, are now selling out!
It can only be said that celebrity endorsement is terrifyingly effective.
But it's fine; the factory was well prepared and had already added orders overnight, ready for shipment tomorrow!
The revenue of several offline flagship stores also exploded.
The Imperial Capital flagship store's profit soared to 2 million again, and Jeju's also surpassed 800,000.
Several newly opened flagship stores in Magic City and other locations also had considerable revenue.
The explosion of "33 Days of Falling Out of Love" completely drove Meiyou's online and offline popularity.
The initial 6 million investment in the movie was absolutely worth it!
Subsequently, Wang Yi checked the development progress of "Defend the Pomelo".
It was now completely finished and undergoing internal testing; there were no problems, and it could be launched at any time.
Wang Yi replied to the email:
"Integrate foreign language packs as soon as possible. 'Defend the Pomelo' will be launched internationally simultaneously!"
Wang Yi planned for "Defend the Pomelo" to be launched on the Apple App Store, Android market, and Nokia App Store, with multiple languages released simultaneously.
This way, foreign users could also download and recharge.
For example, foreign Apple users could make in-app purchases to their Apple accounts, and Apple would then settle with Wang Yi.
As for the overseas promotion of "Defend the Pomelo," that would be handled by Chen Chuanqing!
Vancl also had overseas expansion plans before, and Chen Chuanqing had channel resources in this area.
Wang Yi intended for "Defend the Pomelo" to become a global hit, while also establishing Meiyou's reputation overseas!
Then, Meiyou's 'pure desire style' dresses going global would be smooth sailing!
However, they still needed to sign another domestic spokesperson for "Defend the Pomelo".
Currently, there were two options: one was to co-produce "Defend the Pomelo" as Xingyi Technology and Meiyou Technology, continuing to use Meiyou's spokesperson, Ye Xiaohe.
The second was to sign another Xingyi Technology spokesperson and directly use them to promote "Defend the Pomelo".
Xingyi Technology's positioning was even higher than Meiyou Technology's, so the spokesperson's status also needed to be higher.
However, the only ones who could surpass Liu Shishi and Ye Xiaohe were probably Liu Tianxian and Boss Yang!
Wang Yi planned to save them for when Xingyi mobile phones were launched.
For now, with "Defend the Pomelo" about to be released, it would still be a co-production, and they would use the soon-to-be-famous Ye Xiaohe!
Outside, Huang Xinyi lay on the sofa, feeling more and more wronged, and huffed:
"Wang Yi, just you wait. Once you fall asleep, I'll cut off your power! No AC, let's see if you'll roast to death! Hahaha."
Thinking this, Huang Xinyi felt much better, just waiting for Wang Yi to fall asleep.
But unexpectedly, Wang Yi hadn't fallen asleep yet, but she did first.
When she woke up again, it was already the next day.
Huang Xinyi looked confused:
"How did I fall asleep? I said I'd cut off his power!"
"And what's with this blanket?"
Looking at the blanket on her, Huang Xinyi was bewildered:
"Wang Yi covered me?"
"Hmph, at least you have some conscience!"
It turned out that before going to bed last night, Wang Yi opened the door and walked out.
He had originally intended to let Huang Xinyi sleep inside and he would sleep on the sofa.
But then he saw Huang Xinyi was already asleep!
Wang Yi, helpless, took a blanket and covered her, then went to sleep himself.
Huang Xinyi walked towards the bedroom, only to find Wang Yi gone from inside.
"He ran off first thing in the morning, is he afraid of my revenge?"
"Hmph! What an annoying guy, always bullying me."
There was nothing she could do; she still had military training today, so Wang Yi returned to school early in the morning.
After a full day of military training, Wang Yi finally returned to his dorm in the evening, washing away the day's fatigue.
The box office for "33 Days of Falling Out of Love" continued to soar!
First-day box office exceeded 41 million, and the second-day box office was even higher than yesterday.
It was only eight o'clock, and it had already reached 40 million at the box office.
With four more hours, it wouldn't be a problem for the second-day box office to exceed 50 million.
This made Du Tianhua ecstatic! This movie made a huge profit!
But Liu Zhang was furious, becoming angrier the more he thought about it!
Originally, the crew had no money, and Liu Zhang, out of gratitude to the director who was his benefactor, agreed to act for free and asked for a 10% share of the profits.
Later, Wang Yi invested, and the crew had money!
Worried that "33 Days of Falling Out of Love" would flop and he wouldn't earn a cent.
When Wang Yi brought up paying him, Liu Zhang excitedly took 300,000 in payment and gave up his profit share.
At the time, he was very happy.
But now, he was very sad!
Ninety million box office in two days; even if it faltered later, breaking 300 million total box office wouldn't be a problem.
If he hadn't taken the 300,000 payment, but instead chosen the 10% box office share, he would have received tens of millions, even with 300 million at the box office!
But now, it was all gone, all gone.
Only 300,000!
A huge loss, truly a huge loss.
"What was I thinking back then to choose 300,000 in payment and give up the profit share?"
"Sigh, who made me think this movie would flop, and if I asked for a share, I might not get a single penny."
"As a result, I missed out on tens of millions!"
Liu Zhang, frustrated, didn't sleep a wink last night!
He probably won't sleep tonight either.
That was over ten million!
In 2011, few celebrities wouldn't be heartbroken.
Feeling melancholic, Liu Zhang opened Weibo and saw another news item trending:
[Meiyou to open 200 stores tomorrow! "33 Days of Falling Out of Love" daily box office to exceed 50 million!]
Unlike yesterday, this hot search was posted by Meiyou's official Weibo account!
It was arranged by Meiyou and also included "33 Days of Falling Out of Love".
After all, Wang Yi was also the largest shareholder of "33 Days of Falling Out of Love".
This joint promotion, a strong alliance, meant one effort yielded two rewards!
The popularity was even more terrifying, quickly soaring to the top of the hot search list!
In recent days, the entire hot search list had been dominated by Meiyou and "33 Days of Falling Out of Love".
There was no helping it; both generated their own traffic.
Even buying a hot search spot at number ten could quickly climb all the way to number one!
Song Sining sent Wang Yi a message:
[Boss, Ye Xiaohe is popular, gaining 500,000 followers in one day, with a total of 1.1 million followers!]
In 2011, follower counts weren't as inflated, and even top-tier celebrities only had a few million followers.
Gaining 500,000 followers in one day was simply terrifying.
Then, another message came:
[Boss, our Meiyou official Weibo account gained 800,000 followers, and the current total number of followers has reached 4 million!]
Meiyou's 'pure desire style' dresses were deeply loved by everyone, and every time they trended, they gained many followers.
Wang Yi still thought this was too few and replied:
[Our Meiyou user count exceeds 12 million, but our official Weibo only has 4 million followers?]
[This means Weibo is not good enough!]
Song Sining: "..."
If Weibo also had tens of millions of followers, any post could directly shoot to the top of the hot search list!
Then there would be no need to buy hot searches in the future!
Launching new products would also be much more convenient each time.
Meiyou's official Weibo still needed to gain more followers!
Song Sining sent another message:
[Um, Boss, to assist the company's promotional development, I registered a Weibo account for you, and it has already gained 1 million followers. ID: Meiyou Boss Wang.]
Wang Yi was utterly speechless: "..."
Song Sining:
[The National Husband title isn't for show; your follower growth is faster than Ye Xiaohe's! Hehehe.]
Wang Yi:
"Sining, you're about to get a beating!"
Regarding future update times, I will try to keep them fixed: one chapter at 00:15, and one chapter before 12:00 noon.
Ten thousand words daily means coding all day, so I'll try to update earlier in the future.
As for the female leads, there won't be many; the focus will mainly be on business development.
Currently, there is only Lin Shu, and the others are supporting female roles.
Later, depending on everyone's preferences, I will consider whether to elevate a female lead... still primarily business development, please give monthly votes!
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