Chapter 320 - 231: The Most Devoted Man in Peng City

Chapter 320: Chapter 231: The Most Devoted Man in Peng City

The internet is the best tool, a super-amplifier that can magnify one’s voice countless times over.

Although...

There will definitely be plenty of people who don’t like it, but as long as it’s not a major issue, it doesn’t matter.

’All I have to do is attract the people who are drawn to me and approve of me.’

’It’s just as I concluded last night—what major figure isn’t met with both praise and criticism?’

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「Ten in the morning.」

In the main conference room of LC Media.

All employees at the manager level and above, including the company’s core streamers, were present.

To Lin Chu, most of the people seated here were unfamiliar faces.

There were truly very few he could call familiar.

After all, Zhang Peng had been handling this whole business, while he himself had been at the club lately and hadn’t been to the office in a long time.

Right now, the faces of everyone in the conference room were tense, nervous, and serious.

They were, of course, all aware of the news that was going viral online.

Their boss was at the center of a major incident and, on top of that, didn’t seem to be in a very good mood. This cast a slightly oppressive atmosphere over the entire conference room.

Zhang Peng watched Lin Chu with a calm, thoughtful expression, as if nothing were amiss.

He had asked Lin Chu what was going on in the office just a moment ago, and Lin Chu had simply said it was a marketing ploy.

Zhang Peng didn’t doubt him.

Now, he was pondering how to maximize the benefits from this situation.

For LC Media, this was actually an opportunity.

"Alright, I’ve called everyone for a meeting. You should all know about what happened last night. I’m going to start a livestream at eight this evening. Your task is to drive traffic to my stream. Tonight’s budget for traffic promotion is unlimited."

Lin Chu said with a casual smile.

’Information needs to be compartmentalized.’

’No need to tell them everything, but I can’t tell them nothing, either. Just making the core task clear is enough.’

Seeing Lin Chu smiling and talking about a livestream, many people in the conference room couldn’t help but let their minds race with speculation.

As industry professionals, they naturally had the sensitivity for it.

They faintly suspected this might be their boss’s own publicity stunt!

But without hard evidence, no one would dare to voice this thought aloud.

"That’s the first thing. As for the script and the rundown, have someone put together a draft. We also need to prepare some giveaways for the viewers. Let’s set the budget at ten million. Make the prizes eye-catching—phones, computers, cars, whatever. Didn’t Xiaomi just release that new car? We’ll give away ten of them. You can handle the rest."

"I’m leaving the promotional buildup to you."

Lin Chu added, looking at Zhang Peng.

Zhang Peng nodded lightly.

HISS.

’So much money.’

’Only Lin Chu could make such an extravagant move.’

’When I was in charge, anyway, there’s no way I’d spend money so outrageously.’

Hearing this, many of the company’s streamers grew excited.

’This is insane!’

’A huge event!’

’They could already imagine it—tonight’s stream was bound to be a massive hit!’

’Now *that’s* what you call a bankroll!’

’*This* is what real capital at work looks like!’

At that moment, many of the company’s streamers were utterly convinced: President Lin was definitely pulling a marketing stunt!

"Second, the company is going to establish a public relations department. This is a top priority. Having our own team will make everything more convenient."

"Go headhunt some talent. Or just buy out an entire company or studio, that works too. I’ll give you special approval for the budget."

"I need this done as soon as possible."

Lin Chu added.

’This was something I thought of last night while considering the details.’

’No matter how reliable a third-party PR firm is, there will always be things they overlook. Information is bound to be lost or misconstrued during transmission, so I have to have my own team for this.’

’Besides, there will be many more marketing campaigns to come.’

’Rather than spending money to hire a third party every time, it’s better to just establish our own department.’

Zhang Peng nodded emphatically, his eyes lighting up.

’For a media company, a PR team like this is an engine. Today we can market Lin Chu, and tomorrow we can market the company’s other streamers.’

’In the live streaming world, marketing means hype, and hype means money.’

’This will accelerate the company’s growth!’

Immediately, Zhang Peng’s mind began to race, considering which marketing gurus were worth poaching.

"Third thing. Everyone, why don’t you introduce yourselves? I don’t really know most of you yet."

"Among the streamers, I only recognize Old Dai, Dai Pingchuan. How’d you get so fat? Looks like life’s been treating you well, you’re practically glowing."

He had indeed gotten fatter, and his complexion was much fairer than when Lin Chu had first met him.

Lin Chu had a vivid memory of this shameless sycophant who had even knelt before him at their very first meeting.

But he was doing very well for himself now, considered the top male streamer at the company. His take-home pay last month was something over 400,000.

Hearing Lin Chu call him out, Dai Pingchuan, a fawning smile still plastered on his face, immediately shot to his feet.

"Alright, I’ll start then."

"Hello, President Lin. My name is Dai Pingchuan. A little over two months ago, I became the first streamer signed by the company. My fanbase has grown from just tens of thousands to over 1.3 million now. All of this is thanks to the company, to the opportunity that you and President Zhang gave me, for cultivating me. How about I give you both a proper kowtow?"

As he spoke, Dai Pingchuan pulled back his chair, looking as if he was genuinely about to kowtow right then and there.

He truly didn’t care about such things.

Not even in front of everyone in the conference room.

"Old Dai! Sit down, sit down! Cut the crap!"

"We need to stamp out this toxic culture of bootlicking in the company!"

"Alright, next."

Zhang Peng quickly stopped him, saying with a laugh before turning to the next person.

Lin Chu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. ’This guy is really something else. A total badass, a social terrorist. But to be a streamer, you have to be willing to put it all on the line. There’s a reason he got popular.’

The group went on to introduce themselves one by one...

Lin Chu listened while replying to a message on his phone.

A message came in from someone completely unexpected.

It was from An Yunzhi.

"Lin Chu, did Xiaoluan put a spell on you or something? If you’ve been kidnapped, blink twice."

’Huh?’

Lin Chu truly hadn’t expected her, of all people, to message him first.

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