When a theme becomes popular, studios rush in en masse, blindly following trends.
Following trends often defeats originality.
They even point fingers at the original creators, accusing them of being unskilled...
One can only say that studios have no bottom line!
However, Meiyou's in-house writers are different; they only create masterpieces!
Wang Yi presented three themes and assigned thirty writers to them, with editors reading and reviewing.
They were simultaneously uploaded to the Meiyou APP for distribution and testing.
Those with good readership would continue writing and receive focused development.
Those with poor performance would have their stories directly cut, and then be assigned to write other genres.
It was like raising gu worms: among ten writers, three or four good performers would ultimately emerge and be heavily promoted.
Once a slightly popular book appeared, they made a profit!
If a blockbuster emerged, they would make a huge profit!
Of course, even the unpopular stories could fill the library on Meiyou Novels!
These in-house authors were official employees of Meiyou, and all copyrights to these novels belonged to Meiyou!
Their compensation model included five insurances and one housing fund + a basic salary of 1000 + performance bonuses.
The basic salary only ensured basic living, not starvation; performance bonuses were the real income ceiling.
For example, writing a high-quality piece could earn a monthly salary of 5000+.
Writing a moderately popular story could earn over 10,000 per month!
Writing a very popular story could earn 50,000+ per month!
For works like "Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation," Wang Yi would personally outline it and find several powerful top authors to write it.
Other themes could be written by in-house writers.
Whether it was the currently popular CEO romance, Mary Sue, palace intrigue, or the female-strong genre that would become popular a few years later, or even those crazy short dramas...
All of these could be specifically created by Meiyou Novels' in-house writers, developed through the 'gu worm' method!
This matter could certainly be implemented.
It could not only quickly expand Meiyou Novels' library but also boost its popularity.
Wang Yi had a plan in mind and would create a detailed proposal later for Song Sining to execute.
"Alright, everyone go back and rest. Bring your personal belongings; meet at the Meiyou Building at 8 AM on Monday!"
"Yes!"
After handling this matter, Wang Yi and Song Sining went to the Meiyou Store Manager Training Camp.
Now, flagship stores and exclusive stores were opening every day, and a large number of store managers and employees came to the training camp daily to apply for paid training.
There was no other way; Meiyou was too profitable, and they were willing to pay their own money to learn from its experience!
The more Meiyou earned, the crazier their idea became!
It was like in later generations, many people who had failed at starting their own businesses would pretend to be success gurus, open classes, teach people how to start businesses, and 'harvest leeks'...
There were also many struggling authors who self-proclaimed themselves as gods, using their past minor achievements to teach people how to write, 'harvesting leeks'...
In reality, their own methods might already be outdated.
After all, any author who could truly make money would continuously write eight thousand to ten thousand words daily, exhausted and disheveled; where would they have the time to open classes and guide newcomers?
However, sadly, those who sold courses earned more than those who wrote books...
There was no other way; too many people wanted to make money these days, and as a result, they easily became 'leeks' to be harvested.
They easily followed failures to learn entrepreneurship, followed struggling writers to learn writing...
Ultimately, they spent money, learned nothing, were complete 'leeks,' but their unyielding enthusiasm remained undeterred.
One could only say that people's desire to make money was too terrifying to stop.
Even those success gurus who 'harvested leeks' could recruit countless disciples.
The Meiyou Store Manager Training Camp, an institution that could genuinely make money, was even more captivating!
As a result, during this period, the number of applications to join Meiyou exclusive stores had exceeded a thousand!
Meiyou was simply too busy to handle them all, so it could only continuously raise its approval standards, currently approving only five hundred!
There was no other way; they simply couldn't cope.
Five hundred stores, with a structure of one store manager + nine employees each, meant five thousand people!
Five thousand people required ten training camps, each with five hundred people!
Song Sining's face was bitter:
"Boss, it's only mid-September, and there are already so many people queuing for training. What about late September? How many more will there be?"
"We're too busy, really too busy. Even if you suggested shortening the training time and adopting a five-hundred-person training camp model, we still can't cope!"
"We've set up one five-hundred-person store manager training camp in Jizhou, and two more are in preparation, but we still can't cope."
"This is a problem."
Wang Yi nodded:
"How about this, let's set up four more VIP store manager training camps in the Imperial Capital Industrial Park. The price will be double that of Jizhou. If they want to save money, they can queue and wait in Jizhou. If they want training as soon as possible, they can go to the Imperial Capital VIP training camp."
Song Sining gave a thumbs up:
"The boss is still wise. In Jizhou, general employees train for seven days, with food and accommodation included, for a fee of five thousand. Store managers train for seven days, intern for fourteen days, with food and accommodation included, for a fee of ten thousand!"
"Then for the Imperial Capital VIP training camp, no queuing needed: general employees train for seven days, with food and accommodation included, for ten thousand. Store managers train for seven days, intern for fourteen days, with food and accommodation included, for twenty thousand!"
"This will not only greatly improve training efficiency but also earn us a lot more. The boss is still cunning... wise! But with such high training fees, will they resist? After all, it's one or two tens of thousands per person!"
Wang Yi, however, shook his head:
"No, not at all. That's the Imperial Capital; food and accommodation costs are naturally higher than in Jizhou, so charging double is fine. What's more, the internship is at the Imperial Capital flagship store. An Imperial Capital flagship store with daily revenue of three to four million! Store managers would be willing to pay thirty thousand to go!"
Now, besides the first store in the Imperial Capital, five more flagship stores have opened!
Next, even more flagship stores will open.
In large cities like the Imperial Capital, basically every district and every core business district needs a flagship store.
There's no other way; with such a huge market and strong spending power, not opening more flagship stores would be a waste of resources!
Similarly, other major cities and core cities are the same; the planned number of flagship stores is in the dozens!
Even in a second-tier city like Jizhou, the planned number of flagship stores must exceed 20.
However, the pace of progress is naturally not as fast as in the Imperial Capital.
After all, the Imperial Capital generates higher profits and is more lucrative!
Wang Yi has not opened up exclusive store franchises in the urban areas of first-tier cities like the Imperial Capital!
All focus is on flagship stores!
The biggest piece of fat is naturally for himself!
As for authorized stores, don't even think about it.
"Really?"
Song Sining was still somewhat incredulous:
"Those people shouldn't be so foolish as to pay double just to go to the Imperial Capital for training, right?"
Wang Yi waved his hand:
"You can send out the notice later and see their reaction. As for the internship date, let's make it September 21st. By then, the Imperial Capital side will also be ready."
"Okay!"
Song Sining decisively typed a message and sent it to the store manager training group:
"Due to too many exclusive stores joining and too many store managers and staff needing training, there's a long waiting queue in Jizhou. To prevent delays in your normal store openings, we are specially launching the Imperial Capital VIP Store Manager Training Camp.
For store managers: seven days of training, half a month internship at the Imperial Capital flagship store, training fee 20,000, including food and accommodation. For staff: seven days of training, training fee 10,000, including food and accommodation. The Imperial Capital VIP Training Camp requires no waiting; sign up and pay now, and training can begin on September 21st!"
As soon as the message was out, the group became lively.
"Imperial Capital VIP Store Manager Training Camp? The price is double that of Jizhou!"
"It's okay if it's more expensive; after all, there's no need to queue, and training can begin on the 21st!"
"Yes, the most important thing is that we can intern at the Imperial Capital flagship store, which is a big store with daily revenue of three to four million!"
"Exactly, I want to see it!"
"It's just a bit of money, isn't it? Getting Imperial Capital VIP training is worth it!"
"Train early, earn money early. Seeing those exclusive stores that are already open and making so much money, I'm so damn envious!"
"That makes sense; the extra money spent now will be quickly earned back."
"Knowledge is priceless; without training, our exclusive stores can't be as profitable as flagship stores! We must go!"
"Yes, sign up!"
Soon, many store managers began to sign up.
In just fifty-three minutes, forty-seven stores had signed up!
Song Sining was startled:
"Less than an hour, forty-seven sign-ups, four hundred and seventy people, one camp is almost full!"
Song Sining was stunned; the situation was exactly as Wang Yi had described.
The store managers were too enthusiastic!
Even with double the training fee, they were still so enthusiastic.
"How can this be?"
Song Sining was utterly puzzled.
Wang Yi chuckled:
"Sining, never underestimate people's determination to make big money! And never underestimate how crazy people can get to make big money!"
"Never!"
"Oh."
Song Sining nodded and looked at the group:
"Fifty stores have signed up, one VIP training camp is full!"
"Fifty store managers at 20,000 each, four hundred and fifty staff at 10,000 each, the training fee is 5.5 million..."
Song Sining was stunned:
"Even after deducting the cost of food and accommodation and the trainers' salaries, there's still five million left! This money is too easy to make, isn't it?"
Although the food and accommodation standard for the Imperial Capital VIP training camp was three hundred per person per day.
For staff seven days, store managers 7+14 days, the total food and accommodation costs alone would be 1.26 million!
But whether in Jizhou or the Imperial Capital, Meiyou had its own canteens and dormitories!
If they stayed in hotels, the cost in the Imperial Capital would naturally be high, indeed 1.26 million.
But with their own industrial park, their own dormitories, and their own canteens, the cost would be low.
Even eating well every day wouldn't cost hundreds of thousands!
Of this 5.5 million training fee, at least five million could be earned!
Moreover, this was just the first phase of one VIP training camp; there were several more, and several more phases to come!
All added up, it would be tens of millions!
"This is too profitable, isn't it?"
Song Sining's expression was complex.
Wang Yi, however, waved his hand:
"By joining Meiyou, they can earn so much money; this small amount is considered tuition!"
"That's true."
Adidas and Nike had no franchise fees; they relied on headquarters for renovation and shelves, earning two or three hundred thousand from each store.
Wang Yi's Meiyou had franchise fees of less than tens of thousands, and didn't rely on renovation or shelves to make money; instead, it earned fifty thousand from each store through Jizhou training.
Or one hundred thousand from each store through Imperial Capital VIP training!
One could only say that platform providers always had ways to 'harvest'.
Song Sining opened her phone and sent another message:
"Imperial Capital VIP Camp 1, with 500 people, is already full. Store managers who successfully signed up, please pay the fees for store managers and staff as soon as possible. Imperial Capital VIP training camp assigns student numbers based on payment time; overdue payments will not be accepted."
"Imperial Capital VIP Camp 2 already has 70 people; VIP slots are limited, first come, first served!"
Wang Yi chuckled; Song Sining had also learned to push sales.
That's how those who sold courses operated.
Limited quantity, first come first served, expired payments will not be accepted, all removed...
But it didn't matter; consider it tuition paid by those franchise stores; they wouldn't lack for money in the future.
"Sining, the Imperial Capital training camps can be ready in a few days, so trainers will have to be dispatched from Jizhou."
Song Sining nodded:
"That's easy to say; I've prepared the staff. On Monday, they'll go to the Imperial Capital with the employees from the Meiyou Novels department. From now on, they can also stay in the Imperial Capital."
"Good, with dormitories and included food and accommodation, and higher pay there, you can have trainers who are willing to go sign up themselves."
"Alright."
Song Sining nodded:
"It's almost the 20th; should we launch new autumn products?"
Wang Yi nodded:
"It's time. New products should be launched in the North! Many exclusive stores and authorized stores in the North are already renovated and just waiting to open!"
"Love is Not Blind" box office continued to soar, and by Monday at the latest, it would break three hundred million yuan!
This in 2011, was an extremely terrifying achievement!
Ye Xiaohe, with her excellent acting skills, had her "girl-next-door" image deeply ingrained in people's hearts, and she became incredibly popular.
Ye Xiaohe's fan count was also rapidly rising.
As Meiyou's spokesperson, the users and traffic she brought to Meiyou were also very considerable.
So much so that in recent days, Meiyou's daily profit has been over forty million!
This was the best time to launch Meiyou's "innocent allure" style autumn collection.
"Contact Ye Xiaohe to come to Jizhou as soon as possible to shoot advertisements for the 'innocent allure' style autumn collection and other new products. They will be launched together then."
"It's already arranged; she'll be here tomorrow."
"Good, you're always thorough in your work."
Wang Yi smiled.
"There's no other way; who made me have such an irresponsible boss who washes his hands of everything!"
Song Sining sighed.
With an irresponsible boss like Wang Yi, she could only be doubly responsible!
Many things Wang Yi didn't pay attention to, she had to consider thoroughly and arrange properly, ensuring not the slightest error.
"Oh, right, boss, "Scarlet Heart" is also popular! From its premiere, ratings exploded, leading by a landslide, and it has consistently been the ratings champion!"
Song Sining reminded.
"As expected."
Wang Yi nodded:
"Find a time to invite Liu Shishi to come over and shoot advertisements for Zhenyou. Both clothing and beauty products! The same for Ye Xiaohe."
Now both spokespeople were completely popular, making it a good time for Meiyou and Zhenyou to launch new products.
"Boss, should both brands' new products be launched together?"
Wang Yi thought for a moment:
"No, on the 20th, first launch Meiyou's autumn collection. Around the 25th, after Meiyou's autumn collection becomes popular, then launch Zhenyou! In early October, launch Meiyou's new beauty products!"
The explosion of a TV series is a little slower than a movie but more enduring.
A movie runs for a month and then goes off-screen.
But a TV series, once popular after a month of airing, will continue to be extremely popular on online platforms!
Three to four hundred million online views in a month are normal!
This influence is continuous.
Furthermore, for an explosively popular drama like "Scarlet Heart," other satellite TV channels will also purchase and continuously broadcast it after Mango TV airs it.
It can be said that this drama will continuously appear on various satellite TV channels for the next few years.
At its craziest, even over a dozen channels were broadcasting it simultaneously.
It can be said that the immense popularity of "Love is Not Blind" was a rapid explosion in a short period.
Whereas the immense popularity of "Scarlet Heart," in addition to its rapid burst in a short period, will also continue to be explosively popular.
Therefore, Wang Yi had Ye Xiaohe endorse Meiyou to first boost Meiyou's revenue.
And Liu Shishi endorsing Zhenyou, with the drama airing in rounds, could also bring a continuous stream of traffic to Zhenyou!
Thus, launching Meiyou first, then the light luxury brand Zhenyou, elevating it by a dimension, would not be a problem.
Making phones was urgent; whether the 700 million capital gap could be filled within a month depended on Meiyou's autumn collection, beauty products, and Zhenyou!
If all three were powerful, securing another 700 million in profit within a month would be no problem.
If not, then they would have to find a solution.
But it shouldn't be a big problem.
Wang Yi couldn't help but sigh with emotion, fortunately he had many backup plans, otherwise, to raise 1.7 billion for making phones in such a short time would be a fool's dream!
Fortunately, a glimmer of hope was already visible, and the future was promising.
After a busy day, Wang Yi and Song Sining returned home.
Song Sining's home.
As soon as they entered, Wang Yi opened his arms.
Song Sining smiled sweetly, threw herself into Wang Yi's embrace, and hugged him tightly:
"You behaved well; you didn't mess around at the company. I'll reward you with a kiss!"
With that, Song Sining kissed him.
She had developed a fondness for Wang Yi long ago when he recklessly saved her.
Later, she learned that Wang Yi had missed an exam to save her, delaying a major life event!
Song Sining was filled with remorse and immense guilt towards Wang Yi.
That fondness, in a mysterious way, turned into admiration.
After all, a boy who would rather miss the college entrance exam to save her was truly hard not to like!
Later, when she found Wang Yi, she offered fifty thousand as compensation, but Wang Yi flatly refused.
This once again struck a soft spot in Song Sining's heart, making her somewhat fond of Wang Yi.
Then, Wang Yi started his business and invited her to join Meiyou.
She personally witnessed Wang Yi creating the Meiyou legend in one summer!
And several wonderful misunderstandings...
All of these factors made Song Sining completely fall for Wang Yi.
However, this guy was a blockhead; even when she was willing to hug him, he didn't know how to confess or advance their relationship.
Even their first kiss was initiated by her.
How infuriating!
Thinking of this, Song Sining bit Wang Yi's lips with a little force.
"Ouch, Sining!"
Wang Yi frowned slightly.
Song Sining's face was full of resentment:
"Hmph! For being a blockhead, not knowing how to take the initiative! Even the kissing was initiated by me. How embarrassing for a girl like me!"
Wang Yi chuckled silently: "..."
"Alright, initiative, is it? Then from now on, I'll take it!"
Wang Yi said with a smile, picking Song Sining up by the waist and heading straight for the bedroom.
"Ah! What are you doing?"
Song Sining's face changed drastically, and she hit Wang Yi, trying to stop him.
But this hitting, to Wang Yi, became encouragement.
Her so-called resistance also became urging!
Wang Yi placed Song Sining in the bedroom and began to "peel the onion."
Song Sining's face turned pale with fright, and after a long while, she said:
"My dear, let's agree on three rules!"
Wang Yi fell silent and calmed down: "..."
He still held back.
He had already let Song Sining down; if he rushed things further, it really wouldn't be good.
Better to take it slow.
Seeing Wang Yi stop messing around, Song Sining smiled faintly:
"That's right, the three rules must count. No naughty thoughts allowed!"
"Then when can I think about them?"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
"I don't know either."
Song Sining said calmly.
Wang Yi: "..."
"In short, not now. As for later... Hmph, let's see your performance!"
Song Sining said, turning her back, her cheeks flushed.
(End of chapter)
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