"Mengqi, be careful!"
A familiar voice drifted from beside her ears, and Yuan Mengqi felt her heart pound like never before.
From childhood to adulthood, even during her first martial arts cultivation or her first advancement to Grandmaster, she had considered it a matter of course, devoid of any excitement.
But now, Qin Xuan had merely reached out to support her, to express his concern.
She felt her heart thumping like a startled deer, as if it might leap out of her mouth at any moment!
"What's wrong?"
"You're not watching where you're going. What are you thinking about?"
Seeing Yuan Mengqi remain silent for a long time, Qin Xuan smiled slightly and teased her gently.
Yuan Mengqi's pretty face flushed, and she quickly shook her head, "No, nothing. Thank you..."
"Nothing?"
"Haha, alright then!"
Since Yuan Mengqi wouldn't say, Qin Xuan naturally wouldn't pry.
Instead, seeing her pretty, flushed face and shy expression, he couldn't help but gaze at her for another two seconds, saying, "Look how cute your expression is?"
"Why do you always have to look so cold?"
"You should smile more. You're a young girl, you can't always have a stern face."
Yuan Mengqi let out a soft hum, and then there was no more.
In truth, she really wanted to tell Qin Xuan that she could smile at him more in the future.
However, a girl's reserve, and her consideration for Xiao Ya, ultimately kept the words bottled up inside.
The night passed without incident.
The next morning, Qin Xuan directly contacted Cao Jingmin, who had just started working.
Since the goal was to improve the online and entertainment environment, the first step was definitely to enter the industry and then grow strong.
He didn't have a corresponding company for entertainment yet, but in terms of the internet, he could rely on Douyin as a foundation for external expansion.
Thus, to Cao Jingmin's stunned expression, Qin Xuan informed her of his ideas.
Expand the scale in the first half of the year, and monopolize short videos in the second half!
This wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thought; it was based on his unique insights.
When he was working on Kuai Xia at Hulai, Qin Xuan had already investigated the Dragon Country market at that time.
As the pace of life quickened, young people had less and less time for entertainment.
As a result, the fragmented time, which many people didn't pay much attention to, became their rare leisure time.
This time wouldn't be long enough for traditional entertainment like watching long videos or playing games.
Therefore, short videos, which could provide stimulation in a short period, became a quality option to replace other entertainment products.
Furthermore, short videos had a low barrier to entry, were suitable for all ages, and could cater to the needs of nearly all internet users across all age groups.
Thus, Qin Xuan believed that short videos had infinite development prospects!
Fortunately, since Douyin's inception, although it had achieved significant popularity to a certain extent, it hadn't attracted the attention of large capital.
Now, as long as they increased their efforts and made Douyin accessible on everyone's phones.
Once the user base was solidified, he could then use Douyin to subtly influence user quality.
Hearing Qin Xuan's reasoning, Cao Jingmin nodded in strong agreement.
As the company's manager, she possessed more specific user profiles than Qin Xuan.
And the situation Qin Xuan described perfectly matched the user profiles she had in hand.
However, although Douyin was already mature, it was still struggling to cope with such a massive short video market.
After all, Ya Qin, though strong, was merely a small to medium-sized internet company funded by an individual.
If they were to truly expand their scale in the first half of the year and monopolize the market as Qin Xuan suggested, the costs involved would be enormous.
Not to mention that many companies were already stirring, wanting to share this massive online cake with Ya Qin.
The overt and covert confrontations and negotiations would inevitably increase expenses significantly...
Therefore, after analyzing the current situation, Cao Jingmin suggested that Qin Xuan could go public as soon as possible to secure funding support from various investors.
Once the funds were in place, a large-scale advancement would be much more stable than starting directly.
However, Qin Xuan smiled and shook his head at Cao Jingmin's suggestion.
"Given Ya Qin's current scale, how much do you think we can raise through financing?"
"Fifty billion Dragon Coins? Or a hundred billion Dragon Coins?"
"Short videos might be a hot commodity in our eyes, but investors might not value it that highly."
"However, you don't need to worry."
"I still have some economic strength now. I wouldn't dare to say more, but supporting Douyin to achieve my envisioned goals should not be a problem."
Since the boss had said so, Cao Jingmin naturally could only nod in agreement.
Qin Xuan then recited a phone number, asking her to speak directly with Mike, who was in La Cheng.
After days of integration, Mike had basically taken control of all the industries of James, Huda, and others.
These industries, combined with his own, were preliminarily estimated to generate at least hundreds of billions in annual revenue!
This was hundreds of billions of US dollars, not hundreds of billions of spirit currency.
Even the world's richest man, Mr. Jeff, had a total asset of only over 180 billion US dollars!
This was why Qin Xuan had calmly rejected Cao Jingmin's suggestion to seek external financing.
After all, where could they find financing that could raise more money than what he already had?
After hanging up the phone, Qin Xuan then called Qin Yifei's home in Jiang Cheng.
At this time, Qin Yifei had already woken up early and was discussing future development plans with Lucian.
When he heard that Qin Xuan wanted to enter the entertainment industry and asked if he had any related companies under his umbrella, Qin Yifei was slightly taken aback, wondering why the eldest young master of the Qin family had such a peculiar hobby.
After all, in the eyes of the truly wealthy families like theirs, artists were still considered low-class existences.
Even though many artists appeared glamorous and wealthy nowadays.
In reality, they were merely playthings nurtured by certain capital.
However, regardless of his disdain, since his young master wanted to do it, he would naturally do his utmost to be of service.
"Young Master Xuan, I personally enjoy antiques and calligraphy, and I don't really have any involvement in the entertainment industry."
"How about this, you wait for me for a moment, and I'll go ask some friends if they have any suitable companies?"
Qin Xuan nodded slightly upon hearing this.
Qin Yifei quickly called Qin Xuan back.
As fate would have it, one of Qin Yifei's friends, Nan Yuan, actually had a well-performing film and television company that was looking to be sold.
Although this company's films were consistently among the best in the country, their box office performance had always been dismal.
Especially their so-called science fiction films, which had very few viewers.
The film they were currently shooting, "Wandering Blue Star," had already suffered a broken funding chain, and the entire crew was on the verge of disbandment!
Therefore, Nan Yuan no longer wanted to invest further in this chicken-and-egg film and television company.
If Qin Xuan was interested, he would sell it at a bargain price, a friendly offer of fifty million, which included all the company's filming equipment, a certain number of staff, and a certain number of contracted actors.