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Chapter 9 Fan Economy

11:00 pm.

The lights inside TAXX are flashing and the wine is soaked, reaching the peak of the entire nightclub atmosphere.

But Gu Bai and the others didn't have much intention to integrate into it, but instead sat down and started chatting together.

Zhao Weiwei's movements were completely worthy of his excessive indulgence. His hands were put on the young lady named Xia Xiaoping, making her moan repeatedly.

Maybe I had touched it enough, picked up the wine glass that had been filled, and said to Li Jun casually: "Old Li, the entrepreneurial fund your dad has given you has been almost a year, right? I haven't thought about what to do yet?"

Li Jun's face showed a little helplessness.

"There are too many businesses that make money, and I have not yet thought about it."

"Take it down, I think you are afraid of compensation, so you don't have to hide it if you talk to us."

Lee Jun smiled, but did not refute.

"I'm not afraid of paying any compensation. The old man only gave me tens of millions in total. How much can I pay?

However, this is the first time my family supports me to start my own business. Although I don’t expect me to make much money, I have to get on the right track at least. Losing is a trivial matter. But if I really lose, I probably won’t believe me anymore. I can only go back to work honestly. It’s hard to imagine that I am so free now."

After hearing Li Zhun's words, Zhao Weiwei didn't continue to say anything.

This situation is not just Li Jun. It can be said that the few people in their small circle are similar. Speaking of which, Zhao Weiwei is the most miserable one.

Their family also gave him a lot of money to start his own business. I don’t know what it was for him, so he founded the current Xingnai model company. He spent tens of millions of dollars, but he didn’t see any profit at all. He had to spend millions of dollars every year.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that in this case, he can only gain a reputation for being inactive.

Gu Bai, who was sitting aside playing dice with Luo Yaqian, stopped when he heard the conversation between the two and asked Li Zhun: "Brother Zhun, do you plan to develop in any direction?"

"Um?"

Li Zhun glanced at Gu Bai in confusion.

Today, Gu Baisuan has truly entered a new level.

Once the level is reached, there will be more things to consider.

You should know that compared to Li Jun and his wife, you are even more wealthier than theirs, but this value is weak and cannot stand scrutiny at all.

Now the amount on hand is small, and no one will notice him. When the system is upgraded in the future, the cash flow in hand becomes larger and larger. How should he explain the source of these funds?

Rely on the system?

The system is just a dead thing after all.

Maybe the system can help me hide the source of funds, but how did he explain it to the people around him? Could it be that he told me that it was provided by the SCP Foundation for free?

Therefore, a serious source of income is absolutely important. It can not only help conceal one's own financial income, but also improve one's social status and kill two birds with one stone.

Gu Bai gently pushed Luo Yaqian backing against him, and did not answer Li Zhun's doubts, but asked Li Zhun with no brainstorm: "Who do you think makes the fastest money these days?"

Despite his doubts, Li Jun still honestly expressed his opinion.

"It should be the Internet."

Li Zhun's father, Li Nanshan, is the boss of Nanshan Real Estate in Shanghai. After so many years of precipitation, the real estate industry can become a leading industry in the physical industry. However, such a profitable real estate industry is often not as profitable as those Internet industries.

Gu Bai nodded, as if he had recognized Li Zhun's words.

He continued to ask, "Brother Zhun, how do you view the Internet industry?"

Li Zhun's doubts became heavier and he sat directly beside Gu Bai and said impatiently: "Okay, Lao Gu, just say whatever you want to say, don't keep it in your mouth."

Gu Bai smiled faintly. As a reborn person who has returned four years later, he has more or less known about the industries that will be popular in recent years.

"I mean, if Brother Zhun, you plan to start a business, I have a suggestion, which is to start with the Internet, with a typical low threshold and small investment."

Li Zhun smiled helplessly: "It's light. Don't look at the fact that physical enterprises are not easy to do now. In fact, Internet companies are not much different. The cakes that can be divided are almost all divided. E-commerce companies have Bing Xixi, Tabao, Jingxi, and other small platforms. Not to mention countless games, social networking, and so on. Tencent and Netflix, so it's too difficult to get involved.

As for the sharing series, it is just spending money to raise funds and then cashing out, and now it can’t be played with at all.

Actually, I have thought about these things for a long time, but after discovering the difficulty of the actual operation, I have put them there."

Instead of explaining, Gu Bai took out his mobile phone and pointed at an APP on the mobile phone.

“Fighting sound?

Did you ask me to build a short video platform?”

Gu Bai changed to a comfortable sitting position and said mysteriously: "Yes, not."

Lee Jun shook his head.

"I have considered it, but now Kuaishou, Douyin, and jokes have almost snatched all the users. Kuaishou's valuation has exceeded 10 billion US dollars. What can we, a small businessman, use to compete with them?"

"So I said, yes, not."

"Don't keep it aside, just say it."

Gu Bai smiled and stopped hiding.

"Actually, when it comes to doing business, everyone of you, Brother Zhu, is better than me, but it is precisely because you have too high eyes and too big a picture that you have overlooked a lot of things."

"It's just two words to do business, making money."

"Whether it is making big money or small money, as long as it can make money, the business will be considered successful."

"I mean, since I have missed the opportunity to compete with these three companies to be on par with users, I might as well change my thinking and create the greatest benefits under the existing conditions."

Li Jun listened to Gu Bai's words and made some sense, so he signaled him to continue speaking.

"Although Douyin and Kuaishou are now at a high valuation, neither company has figured out its own profit direction now. It is nothing more than putting some advertisements on its own platform. This profitability does not match the valuation at all.

But it is undeniable that they have a huge user base. To put it simply, they have a huge traffic.

In the future, the profit direction of these two companies will only be on the word "traffic" and can only be on these two words."

Gu Bai directly ignored the jokes of one of the three short video giants. If nothing unexpected happens, this APP will be permanently banned in April next year due to its incorrect orientation and vulgar style.

After pausing for a moment, Gu Bai continued, "Then brother, please tell me, how did the traffic of these two companies come from?"

"Because of those video masters?"

"That's right, those video owners use the platform to attract fans and generate exposure for themselves, and the platform also absorbs these people into their own traffic."

Li Jun seemed to understand Gu Bai's meaning a little.

"You mean to start with these video masters?"

Gu Bai nodded.

"In the past, when it comes to fans, most people only think of stars at the first time. Now? When it comes to fans, what else do they think of?"

Luo Yaqian, who was listening on the side, couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Internet celebrity?"

Gu Bai turned around and reached out to touch her delicate face.

"Yes, it's an internet celebrity."

Luo Yaqian's face was flushed and gently rubbed against Gu Bai's back of his hand.

"How can internet celebrities make money? Celebrities can still receive advertising endorsements, run commercial performances, etc. Internet celebrities probably can only live broadcasts and receive rewards."

Gu Bai was not surprised by Li Zhun's idea. In 2017, the word "fan economy" had not really become popular. After next year, Douyin will be popular and the era of Internet celebrity broke out, it will seriously interpret what traffic is the king.

The income of those top internet celebrities is not even lower than that of big stars.

"Brother Zhun, have you heard of the word traffic monetization? When you have a large number of fans, you can use the huge fan base to generate profits for yourself. You should know about PAPA Jiang on Weibo? The company under her name was valued at 120 million in 2015, and the signing fee for the first variety show last year was 20 million. Do you think that Internet celebrities can't make money yet?

Society has changed, and I can’t see it even further, but I dare to conclude that in the next few years, internet celebrities will not only make money, but also make a lot of money!”

As a reborn person, Gu Bai is a complete lie. He knows clearly that the first battle to monetize fans' economic traffic is in November this year.

By this year's Double 11, Internet celebrities will be broadcasting live streaming and selling goods. It was from that time that the real fan economy officially began to be known to the public.

Li Jun’s family is a physical entity, so he knows more about physical entities and prefers the physical industry. This is the first time he heard these things today, and he was immediately moved.

Seeing his expression, Gu Bai knew that Li Zhun was a little moved, so he continued, "Brother Zhun, if you have an idea, we can try it."

"us?

Are you planning to start a business? Are you still studying?"

"Does both study and make money have an impact?"

"Then tell me specifically."

Gu Bai gave Luo Yaqian a look and signaled her to fill her wine glass.

Luo Yaqian quickly poured the wine and handed it to Gu Bai.

After moistening his throat, Gu Bai continued: "Actually, according to my plan, I want to pull Brother Zhao in too."

Zhao Weiwei was just sitting aside and listening quietly. When he heard Gu Bai mention him, he quickly asked, "Me?"

Gu Bai nodded.

"I won't hide my words. If Brother Zhao, you still regard your modeling company as a playful nature, then just pretend that I didn't mention it. If you want to make it bigger and really make money, you might as well listen to my opinions."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Weiwei's eyes flashed quickly.

Whether or not he makes money doesn't matter. What he wants more is to get rid of the hat of being unemployed on his own.
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