251: Chapter 251: Spark Media Tops the Trending Search List! A Company with a Conscience!

Chapter 251: Spark Media Hits the Hot Search List! A Company with a Conscience!

By the time Su Yang woke up the next morning, after a night of fermentation, Jiang Ling's video had already made it onto the Douyin Hot Search list and was showing signs of spreading to other platforms!

In a small county in Yunnan Province, Gong Jiahui went to the bathroom after washing up.

Squatting on the toilet, she habitually opened the Douyin app and checked the Douyin Hot Search list.

She was currently a live streamer, or what was often mockingly called—an internet beggar!

But she had no choice; her education level wasn't high.

If she went to a restaurant to wait tables, with the local wages, a monthly salary of three to four thousand would be the limit.

As for social security... she could forget about that!

Being a streamer was also hard work, often requiring her to work until midnight, which put a heavy strain on her voice. She also had to flatter the 'Big Brothers' (wealthy donors), but her income was more or less higher than finding an ordinary job.

Besides, she didn't feel that being a waitress or a salesperson had more dignity than being a streamer.

Aren't they all in the service industry?

When meeting customers, don't you still have to call them 'Big Brother, Big Brother'?

By working hard every day, she could earn five to six thousand, or even seven to eight thousand a month now.

If she could encounter a 'Big Brother,' a monthly income of ten thousand wasn't just a dream!

Moreover, live streaming gave her a greater sense of anticipation; it seemed more hopeful and offered more freedom!

Glancing casually at the hot search list, she noticed the 45th ranking with a heat level of 7.54 million titled: "I beg you, please stop poaching our company's signed influencers!"

"What? An MCN Company?"

She couldn't help but click on it!

After watching it, she suddenly found herself envious of the signed influencers at this MCN Company.

Good grief!

A base salary of ten thousand upon signing? Was this a charity or something?

It wasn't that she hadn't looked into streaming guilds before, but she had heard they were all huge traps!

As for a base salary?

Two thousand was considered high, and they even mandated monthly streaming hours that could drive a streamer crazy!

Only those large MCN companies cherished their reputation and were slightly more formal.

Such a conscientious MCN agency was actually being targeted by the entire industry, and its signed streamers were being poached clean... How despicable!

She checked the blogger's other videos. Previous videos were all sharing the daily life of the MCN Company with low traffic; it seemed they were just doing it for fun!

After thinking for a moment, she directly shared the video: "How great would it be if I could sign with this MCN!"

At this moment, she wasn't the only self-media blogger across the country thinking this!

In Guangzhou, Qin Yongbin, who had managed to squeeze onto the subway with great difficulty, found a slightly less crowded spot and opened Douyin to see this video.

He couldn't help but complain in the comments section: "Even the cleaning lady gets a five-thousand-yuan bonus a month. What kind of divine company is this? Do they need security guards?"

His monthly salary working in Guangzhou was indeed over ten thousand, but that included social security.

After deducting room and board costs every month, he didn't have much left.

Furthermore, his work pressure was immense, and he often had to work overtime and stay up late!

He looked at other comments, many of which were saying this company must be very conscientious.

Otherwise, the young lady in the video wouldn't be crying like that, feeling so indignant on behalf of the company!

Several influencers also left messages in the comments section, asking if Spark Media would take them in.

The fans of these influencers also followed suit with comments, telling the bloggers they followed to resist the temptation!

He continued scrolling through the comments and gathered that Spark Media was an MCN Company very skilled at incubating influencers.

This startup MCN agency clearly wasn't large and had only been established for a year, yet whoever they signed became famous.

For the past two consecutive months, the company had cultivated more than double-digit numbers of influencer bloggers.

Word was that the company boss had a very keen eye, which led other MCN companies to want to poach their people!

Importantly, the results of the influencers poached by other MCN companies were also quite impressive.

This was why more and more signed influencers were being poached from Spark Media.

Moreover, Spark Media treated ordinary employees extremely well, frequently giving out bonuses of several thousand yuan. The benefits and income were top-tier in Rongcheng, and unless it was a special position, overtime was very rare!

Rongcheng?

Qin Yongbin suddenly felt a bit homesick!

He sent a message to a friend: "Do you know about Spark Media in Rongcheng?"

His friend replied quickly: "I know it! How could I not know? We're all in the same park!"

"Are the benefits good?"

"They're top-notch!"

"Are they still hiring?"

"Their hiring is very strict now. I've submitted my resume three times and haven't managed to get in yet!"

"Keep an eye out for me; if they're hiring, let me know!"

"Sure!"

"..."

In Shanghai, the general manager of Zhou Shang Media also saw this hot search!

He curiously asked the operations team: "Do you guys know about Spark Media?"

"We do!"

"I heard their company boss has a very good eye?"

"That's indeed what everyone in the industry is saying. They say the signed influencers poached from Spark Media all have great potential. Liren Media poached Bai Guangxing and Zhou Zhiru from Xinghuo."

"Bai Guangxing was poached by Liren Media from Xinghuo?"

He had noticed Bai Guangxing recently; after all, he was a newcomer cultivated by a rival's house.

His momentum was very strong!

Liren Media was a local company, and both sides dealt with each other frequently.

"Yes!"

"Has Spark Media's signed influencers been poached clean?"

"Of course not!"

"Then do they have any other influencers with potential?"

"..."

At the Rongcheng MCN Industrial Park, Shangsi Media.

In the Shangsi Media boss's office, the boss, Huang Zhenping, saw the performance report and couldn't help but frown:

"Last month's performance seems to have declined, and expenses seem to have increased... The cost of traffic injection seems higher than before!"

General Manager Ning Duo laughed awkwardly: "Don't worry, Boss, we will definitely work harder next month!"

Huang Zhenping said in a deep voice: "Is it because Wei Chenhua left?"

"Boss, we are already recruiting experienced traffic specialists!"

"Fine, I'll look at the results next month!"

"Yes, Boss!"

Huang Zhenping added: "I heard from Bai Yue that the quality of the videos you produced has dropped recently?"

Bai Yue was considered the pillar of Shangsi Media; even Huang Zhenping had to humor her!

He had no choice!

One-fourth of the company's turnover was generated by Bai Yue!

Ning Duo quickly said: "Boss, the departure of some veteran employees recently has affected the video production quality. I will supervise the staff to produce videos seriously and improve the quality!"

"Fine!"

After Ning Duo left the boss's office, he couldn't help but curse Spark Media in his heart!

Their poaching was just too accurate!

After Xu Zhihong, Xia Yuanfei, Cui Yang, and Jiang Longjun left, he felt the company's short video production level had dropped by a visible margin!

Clearly, only five people had been poached.

But he felt as if half of the content production backbone had been taken away!

Those useful people, the ones he found easiest to work with, had all jumped ship!

Bai Yue had expressed her dissatisfaction to him, but what could he do?

Veteran employees who had the skills, the experience, the creativity, and were hardworking were really hard to find on short notice!

Just as he returned to his office, his assistant came over with a phone and said: "General Manager, look at this!"

"What?"

"Spark Media seems to be becoming famous!"

"Huh?"

After watching the video of the Spark Media employee's tearful complaint and reading the comments section, Ning Duo felt terrible all over!

Even though there were some cynical remarks among the comments, they were in the minority.

The majority of netizens sympathized with Spark Media, felt that the young lady Jiang Ling was pitiful, and believed Spark Media was a conscientious company... even if it was an MCN agency!

But it treated its signed influencers well, and it treated its employees especially well too!

Standing alongside other MCNs, it appeared exceptionally—pure and noble!

Lately, the public loved to praise this kind of conscientious company that treated its employees well.

And the masses always liked to sympathize with the underdog.

Spark Media, being targeted by other MCNs together, was clearly the 'underdog'!

Of course, Ning Duo also clearly smelled the scent of Spark Media pushing things behind the scenes.

"Are there any other reports about Spark Media?"

"Yes!"

Ning Duo searched for "Spark Media" in the search bar, and sure enough, over a dozen videos popped up.

《Uncovering the Salary and Benefits of Spark Media—An Absolutely Conscientious Company!》

《Absolute Inside Information: Why Spark Media's Cleaning Lady Earns Over Ten Thousand a Month!》

《Why Exactly is Spark Media Being Targeted by MCN Companies Nationwide!》

《Gospel for Influencer Bloggers! Spark Media Attempts to Subvert the MCN Industry Landscape!》

《Why are Spark Media's Signed Influencers Sought After by So Many MCN Companies!》

...

Ning Duo couldn't help himself and clicked his little hand directly onto 《Absolute Inside Information: Why Spark Media's Cleaning Lady Earns Over Ten Thousand a Month!》.

He couldn't help it; the title was just too eye-catching!

A blogger dressed in a blue suit, looking like an intellectual, began to tell the story of Spark Media:

"Recently, a female employee of Spark Media made a tearful complaint online about the third signed influencer she was responsible for being poached, which hit the hot search. Usually, if the person you're in charge of runs away, that female employee would definitely be scolded. But the boss of Spark Media didn't blame her at all and even comforted her..."

"...The boss of Spark Media believes that every signed influencer the company incubates is the result of the hard work of all employees. Therefore, besides the team responsible for that influencer, all other employees in the company should receive a certain bonus from these influencers. The cleaning lady is also a company employee..."

Lately, this blogger was on a roll of emotional input and value sublimation: "If all company bosses could be like the boss of Spark Media, sharing profits with employees and being so considerate..."

After watching it, Ning Duo realized it was just clickbait!

The cleaning lady didn't earn over ten thousand every month; it was just that she happened to get so many bonuses that month that her total salary exceeded ten thousand!

Damn!

This must be another account belonging to Spark Media!

In the comments, the vast majority of netizens naturally sided with Spark Media!

After all, this boss was willing to share profits with employees, and those profits were deducted from the influencers' side.

Even people who didn't like influencers thought this boss was doing a good job!

Influencers' incomes are just too high; they should share a bit.

After watching the video, Ning Duo felt he should advise his boss to just pay the liquidated damages directly!

Spark Media has a black heart and asks for very high liquidated damages, but if things go to court, they might save a little money...

But they would become enemies. As long as Spark Media influences public opinion and labels the influencers they poached as 'betrayers of their old master,' those people would probably be ruined!