Chapter 302 - 242: You Must Know How to Be Grateful

Chapter 302: Chapter 242: You Must Know How to Be Grateful

Hearing it was good news, Chu Zhengxiong’s expression relaxed slightly.

"I am Prince Heng. I’m sure you all know that by now."

"I’ve spent quite a bit on TikTok live streams, so the platform’s officials tailor-made an exclusive gift for me. That’s the ’Descent of the King’ you all saw a little while ago."

Under everyone’s watchful gaze, Gu Heng calmly laid out the details.

"That’s also how I got to know President Han."

"According to the original plan, after I debuted the exclusive ’Descent of the King’ gift, the platform was going to launch a promotional push centered around the event. And since President Han and I are on good terms, he plans to include a promotional wave for our Xingchuan 001 during the platform’s upcoming campaign."

Gu Heng said it casually, but to Chu Zhengxiong and the others, it was like a bolt from the blue.

In this day and age, traffic is king!

To put it simply, traffic is money!

Take today’s debut of Xingchuan 001, for instance. Before Gu Heng made his move, they were pouring cold, hard cash into it just to gain traffic and improve their viewer retention rate.

The era where a good product sells itself is long gone.

No brand, industry, or company can grow and expand now without the support of traffic. That’s why so many short-video bloggers can charge over a hundred thousand, or even several hundred thousand, for a single sponsored post.

Looking back, internet companies like Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance were able to grow into trillion-dollar megacorporations in just over a decade. At its core, this was because they all controlled massive traffic pools.

With traffic comes influence.

A pond can only support small fish and shrimp.

Only the vast ocean can breed leviathans of the deep.

Why does everyone say e-commerce is getting harder and harder these days?

The reason is that traffic has become more and more expensive.

Before, the cost of acquiring a single customer might have been just a few dimes; now it costs several dollars.

And yet, in a world where traffic is so expensive, Gu Heng had, simply by leveraging his personal connections, effortlessly gotten Xingchuan Entertainment a free ride.

This was a promotional push from the official TikTok platform!

A single hair plucked from them would be more than enough for the newly established Xingchuan Entertainment to feast on until it was stuffed. It was a massive windfall dropped right in their laps.

"Feng Ming."

Gu Heng paused here and suddenly called out.

"Yes!"

"Chairman Gu!"

"I’m here!"

Feng Ming, who was sitting at the far right end of the long table, shot up as if by reflex, his expression filled with reverence.

"This promotional push will officially begin tomorrow at twelve noon."

"According to President Han, the content on both the official Xingchuan 001 live stream account and the seven girls’ personal accounts is still a bit lacking."

Gu Heng paused briefly here.

"Especially Lin Qingge’s personal account. Since she’s the C of our Xingchuan 001 girl group and was the designated recipient of my exclusive gift debut today, the platform will likely give her preferential treatment during the official promotion."

As Gu Heng’s voice fell, many eyes in the private room turned to Lin Qingge. There were envious glances from the other members of the girl group, as well as looks from many of the corporate executives that were far more suggestive.

Different expressions, different implications.

Tonight, Lin Qingge had already reaped many of the traffic benefits from Prince Heng’s return. And now, an even bigger traffic bonanza was following close on its heels.

Once she fully absorbed these two waves of traffic benefits, she would likely leave the other girls far behind.

"Chairman Gu, we’ve already prepared short videos for both the group and the individuals. We can release them in large numbers at any time."

Feng Ming, his expression excited, immediately replied to Gu Heng.

"Hmm..."

"No need to release them all at once, though."

Gu Heng nodded slightly. "The platform’s official push will last about a week. You just need to increase the frequency of your video updates during this period."

"Feng Ming, strictly implement all of Chairman Gu’s requests!"

Chu Zhengxiong added with a dignified expression, "You are to report the daily progress to Chairman Gu every evening via WhatsApp!"

"Understood!"

Feng Ming nodded repeatedly.

On that matter, Gu Heng and Chu Zhengxiong each gave a few more instructions.

Afterward, the dinner party returned to its normal state.

However, the atmosphere was much more lively and enthusiastic than before Gu Heng took the call.

Chu Zhengxiong, in particular, repeatedly raised his glass to Gu Heng.

In this atmosphere, Lin Qingge, sitting at the far right end of the long table, picked up her glass and was the first to rise from her chair. Meng Peishan and Fan Yingying, who had been hesitating over whether to go and toast the executives, immediately stood up as well when they saw Lin Qingge get up.

They followed behind Lin Qingge and soon arrived in front of Gu Heng and Chu Zhengxiong.

"Chairman Chu, Chairman Gu, we’d like to propose a toast to you."

Lin Qingge glanced at the two girls who had followed her, her left hand gently touching the rim of her glass and her right hand supporting its base. Her voice was gentle and soft.

However, just as Lin Qingge’s words faded,

a pot-bellied, middle-aged man not far from Gu Heng and Chu Zhengxiong suddenly spoke up with a grin, "Young lady, you’ve come to toast Chairman Chu and Chairman Gu, but you’re using juice. Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?"

"Sir, I..."

"I’m allergic to alcohol, I really am."

Lin Qingge was holding a sake cup, and Fan Yingying had a beer mug; only Meng Peishan held a glass of juice. Thus, it was self-evident who the man’s words were aimed at.

Being called out publicly by a company executive, Meng Peishan’s pretty face instantly flushed red, and she looked completely flustered and at a loss.

"’Allergic to alcohol’ just means you haven’t drunk enough!"

"In this business, you have to show your body who’s boss!"

Zhang Juewen staggered to his feet, grabbed three empty glasses, and then picked up a bottle of Western liquor, filling all three to the brim. "And you two other young ladies," he slurred, "Chairman Chu and Chairman Gu are drinking Western liquor. How can you toast them with sake and beer? You all have to switch to liquor!"

"And you four girls over there, you’d better be a little more proactive later. Think about how much energy and resources our group’s Chairman Chu and Chairman Gu have spent on your debut today. You girls need to know how to show some gratitude!"

As Zhang Juewen’s voice faded, all seven girls in the room grew inexplicably nervous. Never mind Meng Peishan, who was actually allergic to alcohol; even Huang Yaqin, who considered herself a decent drinker, felt her heart pound as she looked at the full glass of liquor.

If they downed that one glass, they would probably pass out cold.

For a moment, all the girls looked toward Gu Heng in the center of the room, as if pleading for help...