signingbooks Chapter 617: The Streamers of 2016
Chapter 617: The Streamers of 2016
Although Tao Tian was not as insatiable with Zhou Yuwen as Zheng Yanyan and Jiang Xinyi were, her words made it clear that she also wanted a child. However, Zhou Yuwen was not a god; having a child was a matter of fate. He would certainly sow the seeds he needed to sow, but whether or not they sprouted in the field was beyond his control.Therefore, despite Tao Tian's eagerness for a child, Zhou Yuwen could only comfort her and tell her to take things slowly.
"Anyway, there's no one else in the country right now. We can take our time. Are you afraid I might run away?" Zhou Yuwen said, holding Tao Tian in his arms and gently patting her back.
Tao Tian replied, "Of course I'm not afraid you'll run away."
"Honestly, it doesn't matter whether we have a child or not. Having you by my side like this today is more important than anything else."
Zhou Yuwen chuckled. "That's exactly why you're my favorite."
With that, Zhou Yuwen kissed Tao Tian on the cheek.
Completely satisfied, Tao Tian fell soundly asleep in Zhou Yuwen's embrace.
Currently, aside from Tao Tian, the only other girls in the country were Qu Jing and Li Shiqi. However, Li Shiqi had already left to take her exams, so the only ones who could truly spend time with Zhou Yuwen were Tao Tian and Qu Jing.
Therefore, compared to Jiang Xinyi and Zheng Yanyan, Tao Tian really wasn't in a rush. If he could give her a child, that would naturally be for the best, but if not, there was nothing to be done about it.
In short, they would just take things one step at a time.
As a result, Zhou Yuwen lived a very peaceful life domestically for over a month.
During this month, Zhou Yuwen would clock in at the company every day when he had nothing else to do, check the operational progress, and leave the rest alone.
Currently, the companies under Zhou Yuwen were primarily managed by Tao Tian, Jiang Xinyi, and Lu Wanting. At most, Zhou Yuwen would check the accounts and offer some guidance when he spotted a good project.
He would occasionally drop by Pan Min's office for tea, finding her tea-brewing skills to be quite decent.
Pan Min modestly explained that this was new tea gifted by a client. Thinking it would be a waste to just leave it there, she had taken it upon herself to learn how to brew it.
Zhou Yuwen said, "To be honest, Aunt Pan, your tea-brewing skills are genuinely impressive. If you ask me, I should just open a tea house for you. I have a lot of clients to entertain nowadays anyway. When the time comes, I can hand the tea house over to you to manage, and you can specifically train a few servers to brew tea for me."
Pan Min was a bit surprised by this. She said, "That wouldn't be a problem, of course, but opening a whole tea house just because of a few cups of tea seems a little too extravagant, doesn't it?"
Zhou Yuwen replied, "It's not that bad, actually. When a person reaches a certain age, they always want to try something different."
Hearing this, Pan Min couldn't help but purse her lips silently. She shot Zhou Yuwen a reproachful glance and said, "How old are you to be talking about reaching a certain age? Other people your age are probably just starting to look for jobs."
Zhou Yuwen just smiled. While her words were true, he really had nothing to do staying idle like this. Wanting to play around with something elegant, he simply went to discuss opening a small tea house near the city center of Jinling. In a place like Jinling, there were many local chambers of commerce. These chambers of commerce were all quite uniquely styled, resembling the estates of a prominent and wealthy family. They were antique and quaint little manors, with a plaque hanging outside that read the name of the chamber of commerce.
Zhou Yuwen had visited such places before when going out with business partners. At the time, he hadn't thought about setting one up himself. But now, watching Aunt Pan's skillful movements as she brewed tea for him, he felt the only fly in the ointment was that her work suit was a bit out of place. If Aunt Pan wore a qipao dress, paired with nude-colored high heels, surrounded by blue bricks and green tiles, with moss-covered steps outside, the atmosphere would be absolutely perfect.
Thus, Zhou Yuwen simply bought a plot of land right in the city center and began construction.
He handed the task over to Pan Min, instructing her to recruit and train a batch of recently graduated female university students. The servers in this kind of private garden didn't actually need highly technical skills. However, if they wanted relevant majors, they still needed to recruit from fields focused on etiquette and physical poise, such as hotel management or flight attendant services.
Girls from these fields generally had attractive features and a height of around 1.7 meters. Having already undergone specialized posture training, they only needed to be brought in for two months of additional training. After that, they could just put on a slit qipao and get straight to work.
For Zhou Yuwen, this was just a matter of moving his lips, but actually executing it presented some difficulties. The small tea house Zhou Yuwen spoke of was, at the very least, a company with a registered capital of over ten million yuan. Pan Min had only just started getting involved with the planning company last year. Although she had interacted with many people during this time and understood some basic business operations, having her run the entire project from start to finish left her feeling stretched thin and rushed.
Even though Zhou Yuwen told her not to be afraid of spending his money.
But how could Pan Min possibly spend money so extravagantly?
Her subordinates offered a suggestion, advising her to hire someone with management experience to help run things.
Pan Min merely voiced her agreement, thinking that hiring management wasn't something she should be handling herself either.
Nevertheless, she kept it in mind.
Then, while reviewing the application materials for the tea house servers, she noticed a university graduate from Shanghai.
Chen Wan.
Height: 1.67 meters
Weight: 51 kilograms
Had one year of work experience in a planning company.
Looking at the photo, her features seemed quite elegant.
Pan Min had a good impression of this girl, so she made a mental note of her.
While Pan Min was busy with the construction of the tea house.
Zhou Yuwen, having nothing else to do, found himself a job recruiting female streamers at the company. Every day, he would just chat with the company's female streamers, write scripts for them, and teach them how to become top-tier streamers.
These female streamers were also highly respectful of Zhou Yuwen. No matter what he said, they treated it as an incredibly funny joke, covering their mouths and giggling. This was because they knew Zhou Yuwen was their boss's boss. If any of them managed to win him over, they wouldn't have to flaunt themselves in front of a camera every day anymore.
Unfortunately for them, Zhou Yuwen didn't care for them at all. His banter and chatting with them were purely to kill time.
Truth be told, Zhou Yuwen's vision and accomplishments had already reached this peak. If asked to go a step further, he really wouldn't know what to do. He currently held shares in more than half of the domestic internet companies. Furthermore, Douyin, the largest short video company, was developing steadily. Overseas, he had also purchased several estates and private islands. Zhou Yuwen truly didn't know what else there was left to do. His days now consisted of idly drinking tea and chatting.
Then he would teach the streamers the essence of live broadcasting and shooting short videos. If they really ended up making money, they would only take a small cut, while the lion's share still belonged to him.
What could possibly be more comfortable than Zhou Yuwen's current life?
However, while messing around at the cultural media company, Zhou Yuwen discovered that Qu Jing really had some skills. In front of him, she was an obedient little puppy, but in front of everyone else, she was incredibly domineering. Back when she ran the part-time company, she was known as the cold-faced queen. Now that she was managing the cultural media company, she was even more authoritative. Relying on Zhou Yuwen's resources, she threw her weight around in the industry. Basically, any streamer who showed even a hint of going viral was recruited into their cultural media company. Of course, this also included some streamers who might crash and burn later on.
To his surprise, Zhou Yuwen even ran into a few familiar faces here.
For instance, Xiao Lu, as well as his current girlfriend, UU.
These two had actually both been signed under Qu Jing's banner.
Xiao Lu was at the height of his popularity right now and looked down on everyone.
In the beginning, he didn't recognize Zhou Yuwen. Seeing a young man more handsome than himself chatting so happily with the prettiest female streamers in the company naturally displeased him. He even strutted over to Zhou Yuwen to show off, asking if there was a newcomer in the company.
"You're a pretty decent-looking young man," he remarked.
"From now on, I'll take you under my wing!" Xiao Lu declared, patting Zhou Yuwen on the shoulder.
Hearing this, Xiao Lu's girlfriend, UU, laughed from the sidelines. Smoothing things over for him, she said, "Don't mind him, he's just like that. He doesn't have any bad intentions."
UU was fairly pretty. She was only twenty-one this year and wore a little white dress that showed off her thighs.
She had also mistaken Zhou Yuwen for a new employee at the company.
Blinking her eyes, she even mentioned that Zhou Yuwen was quite handsome.
"Which platform did you stream on before? How come I've never seen you?"
Zhou Yuwen replied, "Oh, I've always been on Douyin."
"Huh? Really? What's your Douyin handle? I'll give you a follow," UU said, taking out her phone to add Zhou Yuwen on Douyin.
Hearing this, Xiao Lu exclaimed, "Damn, you hit the jackpot, bro. Do you know how many fans my girlfriend has? Her following you is basically driving free traffic your way."
At this moment, several top-tier female streamers standing nearby just smiled without saying a word.
Zhou Yuwen pulled out his phone and said, "Oh, well, thank you, sister UU."
Hearing this, the corner of UU's mouth curled into a smile. "It's nothing."
Then, UU searched up Zhou Yuwen's Douyin account.
After seeing the verification badge on it, UU froze, staring at Zhou Yuwen in shock.
Xiao Lu was still rambling on the side, stating that Douyin hadn't been focused on live streaming before, which was why Zhou Yuwen wasn't popular.
That was until a junior leader bypassed the crowd, approached Zhou Yuwen, and respectfully said, "President Zhou, President Qu asked me to invite you to her office."
Zhou Yuwen nodded. "Mhm."
With that, he turned and left.
Leaving Xiao Lu and UU looking completely bewildered.
"Wait, did I hear that right? Why was Brother Hai so respectful to that kid just now?" Xiao Lu muttered in confusion.
At this moment, a certain female streamer named Xuanzi, who had recently joined the company, gave Xiao Lu a thumbs-up and said, "You're too badass. I can't believe you dared to speak to the boss like that."
"What?"
Xiao Lu was stunned.
It was only then that Xiao Lu and UU realized that this boy, who looked even younger than them, was actually the legendary business prodigy and their big boss, Zhou Yuwen!?
'No way, isn't he way too young?!'
Having seen Zhou Yuwen's Douyin account, UU had already confirmed it. Feeling incredibly speechless at her boyfriend's behavior, she scolded, "Look at you! Doing this again! I told you, your attitude is definitely going to get you into trouble sooner or later!"
At the peak of his fame, Xiao Lu did think Zhou Yuwen was incredibly badass after learning his true identity.
However, he was also a top-tier streamer earning tens of millions a month now, so being scolded by his girlfriend like this stung his pride.
He definitely wasn't happy about it. He retorted directly, "What's there to be afraid of! So what if he's the boss? Doesn't the boss still rely on us to make money?"