189: Chapter 189 Killing Four Birds with One Stone! Li Xiang, Carrying a Heavy Burden!

Chapter 189: Killing Four Birds with One Stone! Li Xiang, Moving Forward with a Heavy Burden!

Yu Siying was somewhat skeptical of Su Yang's judgment.

"How crazy do you think they can be, Boss?"

Su Yang replied, "It's possible that as long as it's someone I personally signed, they'll be scrambling to poach them!"

Su Yang could understand why Yu Siying hadn't considered the madness of other MCN companies.

After all, Yu Siying certainly didn't have his "foresight"!

Yu Siying frowned in thought for a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "This... is actually quite possible!"

The people the boss signed indeed performed exceptionally well!

Moreover, looking at the data, a large number of million-follower influencers would soon emerge from Spark Media.

Looking at it from another perspective, if she were the general manager of another MCN Company, she would definitely want to poach some people from Spark Media.

If they couldn't poach the popular ones, they would go after those with smaller fanbases or the newly signed ones!

Why did other MCN companies like to cast a wide net and refuse to offer generous terms to their signed influencers?

Besides wanting something for nothing, it was also because most of them couldn't tell who had a bright future!

But the influencers Su Yang personally signed for Spark Media were like guiding beacons!

Thinking of this, the sense of crisis in Yu Siying's heart began to intensify.

"Boss, for some time recently, Zhou Ji, the boss of Xinlong Media, has been very fond of boasting about your eye for talent..." Yu Siying said in a low voice. "Our Spark Media was indeed noticed by many MCN companies in Rongcheng a long time ago!"

"Oh~ so it's him!" Su Yang nodded. "Then, President Yu, what do you plan to do?"

Yu Siying looked up at Su Yang and saw that he appeared relaxed and composed, with a hint of a smile on his lips and a look of anticipation as he watched her.

What can I do?

Yu Siying knew the boss was testing her.

"This should still be part of the routine detailed work. I have always treated the influencers signed by the boss well, paying close attention to their lives and work, and building a rapport with them..." Yu Siying described her daily work and then said, "Then, it might be necessary to improve their compensation packages."

"Mm-hmm, not bad!"

Su Yang was quite satisfied with Yu Siying's usual management of the signed influencers.

Success also depends on details!

Bit by bit, slowly increasing the employees' sense of belonging to the company.

Yu Siying indeed did a good job in this regard!

Mainly, Yu Siying believed in Su Yang's eye for talent, so she treated all those signed influencers as potential stars.

Although she was quite... materialistic, as long as she thought of them as cash cows, she became enthusiastic!

"So, does the boss have any solutions?"

Yu Siying asked curiously.

She had already noticed that her boss seemed to have a plan all mapped out!

To be honest, a boss like this was very reassuring.

"The company will be signing a large group of people recently; you should be mentally prepared!"

"Ah?" Yu Siying was surprised for a moment, then whispered, "Those people... they wouldn't be specifically prepared for those MCN companies, would they?"

"Exactly!"

Su Yang was very satisfied with Yu Siying's reaction speed.

"But how can the boss be sure that the MCN companies will poach those people?"

"Those people are easier to poach, and the cost of poaching them is lower!"

Su Yang spoke the truth.

Of course, he didn't tell the whole truth.

"Oh!"

Yu Siying still felt it was a bit unreliable.

Su Yang said with a smile, "The company's management and operations are your responsibility; strategic decisions are mine!"

"Alright, Boss!"

Since Su Yang had put it that way, Yu Siying could only agree.

Su Yang added, "But you need to cooperate with my deployments on this side!"

Yu Siying hurriedly said, "Boss, I will definitely do my best!"

After three days of repeated Business Deduction, plus the full support and cooperation of a group of lawyers from Hongyu Law Firm and Spark Media, Su Yang finally managed to set up the entire talent selling plan!

This talent selling plan, after repeated optimization, would not only allow Spark Media to make a profit.

But also "slightly" trap those MCN companies!

It would also allow Spark Media to go viral online and build its reputation!

In passing, it would also provide Hongyu Law Firm with a considerable number of cases...

Killing four birds with one stone, Su Yang was overall quite satisfied!

After his careful screening, those potential influencers who were prone to job-hopping, liked to work alone, or were prone to scandals—whom he previously felt regretful about not being able to keep for his own use—could all be fully utilized this time.

Most of those duds could also be sold off.

He would also keep about ten duds for himself to shut the mouths of the MCN companies that got tricked.

This would prove that Su Yang didn't intentionally trick them, but really just accidentally misjudged them!

After all, anyone can make a mistake, right?

The employees of Spark Media also began to take action.

In Su Yang's name, they began to contact nearly a hundred influencers and bloggers.

Many of these influencers already had a certain following.

To poach them to Spark Media, more would naturally have to be paid!

But Su Yang didn't care; he was essentially after the liquidated damages anyway.

The better the treatment offered by the company and the better the contract given,

the higher the liquidated damages would be when they breached their contracts to switch jobs.

Spark Media was now somewhat famous in the industry. Everyone knew that Spark Media offered generous benefits and was very good at incubating and cultivating influencers, making it perfect for small bloggers eager for fame.

Combined with the very generous treatment and the extremely rare guaranteed contracts, the signing process went quite smoothly, though it did increase Su Yang's workload significantly!

To make the act convincing, he still had to meet them in person.

By the beginning of June, many new faces emerged in Spark Media.

And the number of formal employees at Spark Media officially surpassed three hundred!

In June, the first to break the million-follower mark was Li Xiang, the first person Su Yang had personally signed!

When the backend was refreshed repeatedly and he saw the follower count of the "Earl of the Clouds" account surpass one million, Li Xiang slumped over his workstation, unable to stop himself from secretly wiping away a tear from the corner of his eye.

As an uploader specializing in war history, making hardcore long videos, his follower growth was relatively slow!

He could only use all his energy, along with his colleagues, to carefully perfect the details of every single video.

Striving for excellence and perfection!

Some colleagues were even driven to the brink of a nervous breakdown by him!

Sometimes, while lying in bed, all he could think about were his videos.

Sometimes, when he really couldn't sleep, he would crawl out of bed and continue working overtime!

The pressure he carried was truly immense!

After resigning from the school, not only did his colleagues there fail to understand him and frequently mock him behind his back, waiting to see him fail, but even his family was strongly opposed to his decision!

His mother even knelt on the ground, crying and begging him to go back to the school.

Asking him to beg the principal to let him return to work at the school!

But Li Xiang knew clearly that he had long since cut off his path of return!

School is not a place where you can come and go as you please.

If it weren't for his strenuous efforts to stop them, his family might have even caused a scene at the company!

But Li Xiang still gritted his teeth and persevered, telling no one about these things.

He knew very well in his heart that besides making videos, where he could see hope, he had no other way to make a name for himself.

Life seemed to offer many choices... but he actually couldn't find a better way out.

It was only recently, as his follower count increased to several hundred thousand and his videos often made it to the Bilibili homepage,

that the pressure from his family slightly decreased upon seeing his income rise!

But the pressure on him was actually more than just that.

Everyone in the company said that as long as it was someone the boss personally signed, they had the potential to become a million-follower streamer.

From Jiang Yan, Gong Zihao, and Xia Jingshu, to Yin Wenyu, Xia Jingshu, and Fu Yueyun, and then to Duan Hongyu, Tao Zhiduo, Fan Gang, Bao Guanlin, Ji Lanjun...

But as the first blogger signed by the boss, his results seemed somewhat mediocre.

He felt he didn't quite live up to the importance the boss placed on him!