Chapter 41 There is a generation gap between us and young people

Chapter 41 There is a generation gap between us and young people

Chapter 41 There is a generation gap between us and young people
Song Ziyi, who came from Penguin Group's Shenzhen headquarters, happened to be inspecting Hong Kong today.

As one of the vice presidents of the company's corporate development group, Song Ziyi, who is less than 40 years old this year, is mainly responsible for two tasks on this trip.

One is to organize a dinner party with several European and American shareholders, and this matter was settled last night.

The second is to try to lead QQ out of the mainland and enter markets such as Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, which requires market research in advance.

What gives Song Ziyi a headache is that the company started a little late. Not to mention bringing its own instant messaging software to Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, even taking over Hong Kong is rather difficult.

This is not like online shopping where you can spend money to get coupons to attract new users.

The entire online social relationships of old netizens are on foreign instant messaging platforms such as MSN and ICQ. It is not easy to ask them to give up easily and completely. The online social industry has extremely strong stickiness barriers.

People always say that everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you are willing to climb.

But how to solve this first step really stumped Song Ziyi.

On the other hand, the mainland market was almost a wasteland when QQ was first launched, and the Penguin Group easily took over the majority of the market share.

When it comes to competing with international giants like Microsoft, Song Ziyi really has no experience.

Other colleagues were not completely confident either, so the tough task fell on him, the vice president with no foundation.

When Fan Wumian passed by the office door with a guitar on his back, Song Ziyi was chatting with his colleagues from the Gangcheng branch, wondering which department's employees were so arrogant that they even brought a guitar into the company.

It just so happened that they had almost finished talking, so out of curiosity, Song Ziyi left the office and followed Fan Wumian to see what this "young employee" was up to.

Led by the oval-faced girl at the front desk, Fan Wumian entered an office that was not too spacious. Through the clean floor-to-ceiling windows, he could overlook the high-rise buildings in Central. The night view should be even more charming.

The supervisor named Shi Yiping, who was sitting at the desk, looked Fan Wumian up and down and asked with a smile:

"You said you wrote an advertising song for our company? Recently, our company is preparing to launch some advertisements. Please play the song for me. If it sounds good, there is a chance for us to cooperate with you."

Song Ziyi was born in Dongguan and has spoken Cantonese since childhood. He didn't want to disturb her at first, but stopped at this moment.

After hearing what Manager Shi said, Song Ziyi said "hmm" with great satisfaction. He felt that this manager was quite good, a capable person who could get things done, and he really listened to what he said during the afternoon meeting.

So he walked into the office and praised:
"That's amazing! Manager Shi is really efficient. I just finished a meeting this afternoon, and you came up with a marketing strategy right away. You even found a talented person to write jingles?"

Song Ziyi originally wanted to say big singer.

But he had no impression of Fan Wumian and just thought of him as another emerging singer of the young generation.

Fan Wumian knew neither Vice President Song nor Manager Shi.

Seeing that the previous photo-taking had a good effect, the two receptionists' eyes lit up. They continued to take out photos with Eason Chan and Lam Tsz-cheung, trying to piggyback on their fame.

"You two are half my teachers. My song has just been created and has not been arranged yet. I can sing it for you live."

Seeing that Fan Wumian was busy talking to him, he left the real boss Song Ziyi aside.

Manager Shi understood that Vice President Song had misunderstood.

He immediately stood up with a bright smile, boasting:

"Some foreign songs are completely incomprehensible, but people can still appreciate the emotions in the songs, so I thought, why not make a few jingles to help the company promote QQ in Hong Kong?"

"This is one of the creators I found. Hurry up and introduce yourself to Mr. Song. Mr. Song is one of the earliest backbones of our Penguin Group. After the company went public, his net worth exceeded 100 million!"

"If Mr. Song helps you, more than 3 million users in the mainland can listen to your songs. Why worry about not becoming famous?"

As expected of an elite in marketing planning, Manager Shi thinks very quickly. Not only does he brag about himself in secret, he also praises Vice President Song Ziyi highly.

Although a bit puzzled.

From their conversation, Fan Wumian almost understood.

At the same time, I was thinking that I might have chosen the wrong industry and should turn to the Internet industry where I could make money quickly.

While extending his hand to Vice President Song Ziyi, he said with a smile:
"Hello, my name is Fan Wumian. I'm not famous yet. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Mr. Song."

The photo was in Fan Wumian's hand.

Vice President Song is not blind, so how could he not see it?

While shaking hands with Fan Wumian, he asked with a smile: "Do you know these two big-name singers? I really like Eason Chen's songs, especially the song "Ten Years". After listening to it, I almost wanted to go find my first love to talk again." Fan Wumian thought that he had come to the right place today, and immediately thought of QQ, which had an exploding number of users.

The smile on his face became brighter and brighter, and he pretended to be surprised and said:
"I also particularly like "Ten Years". I just wrote a new song some time ago, and the copyright was bought by Mr. Eason Chan for 20 Hong Kong dollars. It should be included in the album."

While introducing himself as having a "high price", he was also secretly praising himself.

Fan Wumian sighed silently.

It is sad for the passerby who has not yet made his debut and become famous. He can only use the tiger's skin as a banner and try every means to gild his own face.

Unlike those big-name singers who are already very famous, even if others offer them money to work with them, they still have to see whether they are willing to agree.

Considering Fan Wumian's young age, Song Ziyi took it a little more seriously after hearing what he said and continued to ask:
"You've brought your guitar, and you've got some ideas for the jingle? We have time, so let's listen to it together. Call anyone else who has nothing else to do to see if it works."

You have to ask other people to listen together, so it’s not appropriate to sing in the office.

It took some time.

Fan Wumian came to a luxuriously decorated conference room, and while people were arriving in groups of two or three to take their seats, he plugged in the external speakers.

After receiving the signal from Vice President Song Ziyi.

Fan Wumian sat on a chair near the window, picked up his guitar and introduced it:
"My song is called 'Gray Avatar'. I have only written the Mandarin version for now, so I can release it in the mainland first."

The voice just fell.

He plucked the guitar strings with his fingers, and a familiar prelude sounded instantly. The dead memories fired again, as if youth had returned.

He closed his eyes and sang:
"I had a dream last night
In the dream we returned holding hands

Waking up lost

Unspeakable

Opened my QQ
The chat history stopped in the late autumn of last year

The last hold
No words spoken

we are still friends
The most distant friend

The tenderness you gave
In the record

All are preserved.”

Because it’s an advertising song.

Song Ziyi originally thought it would be a pop song with an upbeat rhythm, which seemed inappropriate at first listen, but the lyrics were very consistent with the company's products.

I have been the Vice President of the Corporate Development Group for such a long time.

How could Song Ziyi not understand that QQ users are mainly teenagers.

So he quickly stopped commenting on the song based on his own preferences, and instead began to observe the expressions of other people in the meeting room.

At the Gangcheng branch, most of the employees were transferred from the mainland. They are generally young and like Mandarin songs more than the locals. Many employees on the scene were immersed in Fan Wumian's singing and appreciated the slight sadness in his voice.

Turning his head inadvertently.

Song Ziyi also unexpectedly discovered that there were many young girls gathered outside the glass wall, thinking that they were all attracted by Fan Wumian's singing.

He was surprised on the spot...he thought there was really a generation gap between him and today's young people, and that he didn't understand the new trend in pop music.

Vice President Song misunderstood.

The soundproofing in the conference room is very good. They heard that a handsome guy who was so handsome that people would say "Wow" came, so they formed a group and came here to join in the fun, take the opportunity to slack off, and enjoy the sight.

Similar to the group Phoenix Legend, Xu Gao's songs also have their own characteristics, and almost everyone can sing a few lines.

As one of the representatives of online songs, it has been popular for 20 years and tickets for its concerts are hard to get. Isn't this a kind of strength?

Fan Wumian is no longer old enough to listen to "Gray Head", but young people of this era may like it very much.

(End of this chapter)