Chapter 116: Virtual Idols

It is said that Photowon Power is planning to launch an all-optical brain-controlled intelligent mecha idol, and if this product is successfully promoted, it will bring greater market impact to Xingchen Entertainment.

The military and strong industries, which are very dedicated in the direction of development, do not have the problem of being affected in sales.

Last time, Xingchen Entertainment's BGM sprung up, although it achieved a huge response, but it had the greatest impact on Junjing Qianggong, and it has already made a lot of efforts in BGM.

However, for Optical Power, it did not have any impact.

After Bai Yu entered the building, he came to Qiao Hongjun's office under the guidance of the receptionist Bi Gong Bi respectfully.

Located on the fifth floor, this office is the largest and most luxurious of the entire branch. Originally, Bai Yu had come over to take a look some time ago, and Qiao Hongjun happened to be absent at that time, but after hearing that Bai Yu had arrived, he did not let out of the office.

Qiao Hongjun has been working in it for the past two weeks, anyway, he has also heard that Bai Yu has spent more time on the side of the Federal Research Institute during his time in Dongxiongzhou, and this is just a temporary foothold, so he doesn't care about Bai Yu's arrival at all, and he doesn't expect Bai Yu's arrival to bring any improvement to this branch.

Bai Yu walked straight into the spacious and luxurious office, and looked at the person sitting behind the desk, Qiao Hongjun was checking the operating data of the branch last month, and as expected, it was still a negative growth trend.

But fortunately, the negative growth trend has slowed down, and there is a faint meaning of maintaining.

In this scene, people from other companies are afraid that they will laugh off their big teeth, but in Qiao Hongjun's opinion, it is already very good to be able to stabilize the constant value of losses every month, and he has no expectations for profits.

Maybe he was too focused, and he didn't notice Bai Yu's arrival.

And Bai Yu didn't knock on the door, just walked in and said, "Do you know the reason why Situ Weihao hasn't demolished this place?" ”

Qiao Hongjun was startled, raised his head, then his face changed, and he quickly stood up: "Manager Bai, why didn't you say anything when you came over?" Hurriedly poured Bai Yu a glass of water.

Bai Yu didn't answer him, but asked, "Did you hear what I just said?" ”

"I hear you." Qiao Hongjun nodded, Bai Yu didn't sit down at this moment, and he couldn't sit down anymore, so he just stood and replied: "Boss Situ's thoughts, how can we guess it." ”

Bai Yu looked at him with a smile: "It's very simple, Dongxiongzhou is the development center of Guangyuan Power and Junjing Qianggong, and it is also the territory they fight for and the battlefield they fight. If Star Entertainment does not expand its business here, it is very likely that it will not be able to compete with these two companies in the future. ”

Qiao Hongjun didn't speak, and Bai Yu continued: "Although this branch has been losing money and its operation has not improved in the slightest, Situ Weihao is reluctant to close here. If it closes, it means that his last hope of competing with those two companies will be dashed. Therefore, the reason why you can stay here and have not been transferred away is very simple, this place is Situ Weihao's spiritual sustenance and hope. ”

Qiao Hongjun was stupid, and when he savored Bai Yu's words, he felt a chill in his heart.

"I have been able to work here for so long, it turns out that I am just guarding Situ Weihao's spiritual sustenance."

Thinking of this, his face suddenly became embarrassed.

Bai Yu pretended not to see it and asked, "What are the main businesses we have here now?" ”

Qiao Hongjun introduced: "At present, it is mainly to distribute movies and music from the headquarters, promote several variety shows and hold meeting activities for the reality stars of Xingchen Entertainment. ”

"Do you have your own products?"

"Nope."

"Are there any specific development plans?"

"There used to be, but now there isn't." Qiao Hongjun's cheeks were hot.

"What was the previous direction?" Bai Yu asked again.

"I created two virtual idols, but the results were not good, and I lost a lot of money."

"Be specific."

Qiao Hongjun originally just wanted to talk about it casually and fool the past, this is a stain on his career, and it is impossible to talk about it when he sees people, let alone in front of his top boss.

But now that Bai Yu asked, he had no choice, just say it, it's a big deal to have an old face.

"Before we designed these two virtual idols, the idea was to create a fantastic, wonderful, and mysterious idol character since they were not real people, so the first one was the demon god Tucker, a demon god man with a handsome face and strong muscles. Of course, the demon god clan is just our fiction, so we also specially asked someone to write the autobiography of the demon god, writing his life experience, family and preferences, habits, etc., and did a lot of early promotion. ”

"And then?"

"Then, once the demon god Tucker was launched, we took an overwhelming propaganda offensive, and after the 24-hour data came out, Tucker's fan value was only about 20,000. You must know that the number of fans within 24 hours after the launch of an idol is crucial, and you can basically see how high the success rate of this idol is. There are about 20,000, which is also the bottom line value of our previous idols. ”

Qiao Hongjun is referring to the bottom line value compared to the company's real idols.

"After more than a month of promotion, Tucker's fan value rose very slowly, and I was scolded by Boss Situ during that time. After learning the hard way, after confirming that the demon god Tucker had failed, I immediately planned a second virtual idol. ”

Qiao Hongjun was a little thirsty when he spoke, poured himself a glass of water and poured a few sips, and asked Bai Yu to sit down first, then sat down again and continued: "This time it is a female character, named Venus with Broken Arm, and the background we set is a strong woman who was traumatized and had her arms broken and then installed a humanoid skeleton robotic arm, of course she has a great figure, and all kinds of proportional data are perfect. And the main push crowd is also a male audience, especially otaku. ”

Bai Yu frowned: "How do you feel a little similar to Eva, the thousand-faced god of war launched by Light Force?" ”

During his days at the research institute, he also took the time to check the information and history of the demon man Chris and Eva, the god of war with a thousand faces.

Qiao Hongjun's face was embarrassed and nodded: "At that time, we did have a bit of imitation. ”

"A woman with a broken arm is an imitation, and it's strange if she doesn't fail." Bai Yu said bluntly.

Qiao Hongjun lowered his head and spoke up for a while: "Indeed, when we decided to stop the operation of the second virtual idol, the fan value of Venus with Broken Arm was not as good as that of the demon god Tucker. I heard that at the Thousand Faces Eva Forum of Kohara Power, there were schadenfreude people who mobilized Eva's fans to build nearly 10,000 buildings to congratulate. ”

The office fell silent.

Before Bai Yu didn't speak, Qiao Hongjun wasn't going to say anything more.

Bai Yu drank the water in the cup in one gulp, and those who were familiar with him knew that this was his action when he was about to make a decision: "The next product of the Dongxiongzhou branch is still a virtual idol, you have already had the experience of two failures, which is a valuable asset for us." So, I do the general planner, and you are responsible for the implementation of the specific work. ”

"What?" Qiao Hongjun raised his head suddenly, "No, you can't get involved in virtual idols anymore." Whoever touches a virtual idol in Dongxiong now, who dies! It's those old virtual idol companies in Dongxiongzhou that have been bought out by Guangyuan Power, and Guangyuan Power is now a big tiger and can't touch it! ”

Bai Yu laughed: "Whoever said it, I like to pull teeth from the tiger's mouth." He stood up and said, "Tomorrow I will send the plan to your star message, my star message is military-grade encryption, so your side will only show anonymity, and I will attribute my name to the plan." ”

After a pause, he said: "After the planning plan is in hand, start it immediately, don't worry about the funds." If you encounter other difficulties, feel free to send me an offline newsletter. ”

Qiao Hongjun nodded unconsciously, staring blankly at Bai Yu's departing back until it completely disappeared.

He stood at the door of the office, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, looking up at the ceiling of the smart building, and muttering, "Still coming virtual?" Boss Situ, your spiritual sustenance has to be played to death by him! ”

……

Later in the evening, Bai Yu arrived in the Annan district of Qizhou.

The upcoming Zhou Tournament was also held in Annan District, and the apartment opposite the headquarters of Xingchen Entertainment, where Bai Yu used to live, has been repossessed and reused by the company.

And the duplex apartment worth 4.7 million yuan he bought on the west side of the main city was increased by him earlier, and he invested some more money, and the renovation has been completed.

Even the daily necessities, furniture, electrical appliances and other items in the apartment were also purchased for him by Cheng Xin, the logistics attendant of the martial arts master, so as soon as Bai Yu returned to Qizhou, he immediately entered this ultra-luxurious new home.

Lying on the bed made of velvet, Bai Yu ordered a gluttonous meal for himself for a long time, and in the days of the research institute, although the food was also delicious, it lacked the taste he liked.

Soon Cheng Xin sent the cat star black over, and before Bai Yu left, he temporarily handed the cat star black to Cheng Xin to take care of, and the black cat immediately got into Bai Yu's arms and rubbed his head with his head attachment.

Bai Yu only felt his hands sink: "Lord Cat, your weight has increased again." ”

Cheng Xin smiled: "Fortunately, Brother Yu, you came back quickly, I can't afford to raise it anymore, this guy is simply too edible." ”

Bai Yu glanced at Cheng Xin: "She is a mother, don't be a long guy." ”

"Yes." Cheng Xin is on the right path.

After getting along with Bai Yu, the two were already very familiar with each other, so they no longer had the same scruples as before, so Bai Yu invited Cheng Xin to sit down and eat takeout together.

After Cheng Xin sat down, he said, "Brother Yu, the preparations for tomorrow's event have been arranged, and it is also a competition in the City Light Arena, but it is just the ring setting of the continental competition." It's not like the regional competition, which has so many competitors, so there is only one ring competition at the same time, which is extremely interesting. Don't you still want to go live? Have you arranged it, do you need help? ”

Bai Yu said: "It's been arranged, those four live broadcast platforms are more anxious than me." ”

Cheng Xin laughed, picked up a piece of fat but not greasy Ogu braised fat rabbit, put it into his mouth, and feasted on it.

Then handed Bai Yu a small holographic screen: "This is the information of the players who participated in this continental competition, and I finally got it." ”

Bai Yu took it and didn't check it, but put it aside and continued to eat.

The continental competition is different from low-level events such as the regional competition, and the understanding of other players has almost become a necessary homework for every participating team member, after all, all the players who can participate in the continental competition are not fuel-efficient lamps.

Cheng Xin said again: "You only need to pay attention to the players I marked with an asterisk, and the other players don't need to pay attention to it at all." "Pick up a piece of fragrant red wine pig's trotters and chew it.

"Brother Yu, the food you ordered is simply too ......"

Immediately, Cheng Xin couldn't go on, because he saw Bai Yu pick up a whole fat boiled fish and throw it in front of Meow Xinghei.