Chapter 386: Li Shen’s Speculation

"President Chen's plan?"

Wu Yu felt more and more confused the more he listened; what exactly was President Chen's plan?

"That's right, all of this is President Chen's plan."

Li Shen nodded affirmatively, his gaze falling on Wu Yu.

"Tell me, if Boring Short Videos were as popular as other short video platforms, what kind of situation would that be?"

As popular as other short video platforms?

Wu Yu thought seriously for a moment, while simultaneously recalling the situation he had always envisioned.

That is, if most students across the country were on the Boring Short Videos platform listening to academic livestreams, the audience base after it became popular would certainly be massive.

Currently, with only over 80,000 viewers, it can bring in 500,000 in profit a month.

What if it were 800,000 or 8 million?

That would be 5 million or 50 million!

Moreover, based on the domestic population base, if Boring Short Videos took off, it would certainly be more than 8 million people.

And besides academic livestreams, there are other livestream categories.

For example, agriculture.

By then, because the streamers can help farmers solve crop disease problems, they would certainly gain the trust of those farmers, and buying things in the Livestream room would definitely not be a problem.

By then,

if they manage quality control well and ensure that the items farmers buy are practical and useful,

then, over time, they would become regular, returning customers.

The profit from this, without even thinking about it, would surely be terrifyingly high.

There are many other similar livestream categories.

If Boring Short Videos really became popular, its revenue would be an astronomical figure.

If it really evolved to that point, Boring Short Videos would definitely become the number one short video platform in the country.

Wu Yu thought to himself, and for a moment, he couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

"Looking at you, you've also thought of the final scenario, right?"

Li Shen smiled slightly.

Hearing this, Wu Yu snapped back to reality and looked up at Li Shen.

"If that's the case, wouldn't that be a good thing?"

"Since it's developing this way, and Boring Short Videos is highly likely to become the number one short video platform, why not promote it and accelerate the speed at which the platform goes viral?"

"That brings us back to what I just said: 'The tree that stands above the forest will be flattened by the wind.'"

Li Shen sighed heavily as he said this.

"Tell me, if Boring Short Videos increased its promotion, wouldn't it attract the attention of other competitors? If those competitors saw the potential of Boring Short Videos, what do you think they would do?"

"It would be nothing more than two methods."

"One is using various means to suppress the Boring Short Videos platform."

"The second is imitation—spending more money, following your path, and getting ahead of you."

"Regardless of which method it is, it's not what Boring Short Videos needs."

This…

Listening to Li Shen's explanation, Wu Yu looked shocked.

He had never thought of such a thing.

But the business world is like a battlefield, and such things are highly likely to happen.

"So, this is the reason President Chen forbade large-scale promotion of Boring Short Videos."

Wu Yu seemed to understand a little.

"That's exactly right. President Chen's move to prohibit the promotion of Boring Short Videos is undoubtedly for self-preservation. Because neither Boring Short Videos nor Mingri Group has been established for long, and they don't have a solid foundation yet. If they were really noticed by some malicious people, they would likely face a severe test."

"That is why President Chen chose to forbid the promotion of Boring Short Videos, letting it develop slowly and continuously accumulate its foundation. Once it has developed sufficiently in the shadows, it will then completely explode."

"There are other companies in Mingri Group with similar development models."

"For example: Nanhe Coffee."

"A long time has passed since Nanhe Coffee opened. Even branches have expanded to the capital. Having set up such a large operation, it certainly wasn't to lose money."

"But until now, why hasn't Nanhe Coffee been profitable? Is it impossible? Absolutely not. It's because President Chen wants to keep a low profile, just like with Boring Short Videos. If it were profitable from the beginning and developed so rapidly, it would certainly arouse the vigilance of competitors."

"But now that Nanhe Coffee has been in a state of losing money, those competitors certainly won't pay much attention and will leave Nanhe Coffee to develop."

"And that is the opportunity Nanhe Coffee wants—the opportunity to expand rapidly."

"Once Nanhe Coffee develops to a certain scale and then turns losses into profits, by that time, even if competitors want to do something, it will be too late, because Nanhe will have already laid a solid foundation."

"Some other industries are the same. For example, the law firm newly established by Attorney Tang follows the same principle. Training 50 interns simultaneously is all about 'not making a sound until you make a big splash.'"

Li Shen said with an expression of admiration.

When he and his mentor Wei Yan discussed this conclusion, they were both plunged into deep shock.

They sighed inwardly,

thinking that President Chen's vision and strategic layout were definitely beyond what they could imagine.

Listening to Li Shen's narration, Wu Yu felt as if his head were exploding; everything he couldn't understand before became clear in this moment.

He couldn't help but feel secretly ashamed for his previous thoughts of questioning President Chen.

What kind of person is President Chen? To be able to establish Mingri Group in just one short year, how could he possibly do useless things?

"I understand, Brother Shen. So, our development strategy for Boring Short Videos is to not promote it and to develop with a low profile."

After Wu Yu figured it out, he looked at Li Shen and spoke slowly.

"That's right, but not promoting it at all won't work. We need appropriate promotion, just like with the academic livestreams. We will promote one livestream category at a time. This way, it won't be too obvious, and it won't attract too much attention."

"Next, the livestream category we will promote is the agricultural category. In a few days, we will go to see Professor Yuan again to discuss it with him in detail."

Li Shen spoke slowly, setting the future development path for Boring Short Videos.

…

The next day,

In the Presidents Office,

Chen Mo had just received news that the first batch of impoverished elderly had arrived in Jiang City and were currently staying at a hotel in Jiang City.

Since the Pet Park hadn't opened yet and the apartment renovations were still ongoing, it was tentatively decided to arrange for those elderly to stay at the Changfeng Garment Factory.

It just so happened that there were some empty dormitories there that could be provided for those elderly to live in.

By the time the next few batches of elderly arrived, the renovations at the apartments would be almost complete, and by then, the elderly could be moved into the apartments.

Moreover, once the elderly arrived, the matter of the senior song and dance troupe would be ready to be implemented.

This matter could be arranged for Luo Xiao to handle; after all, the song and dance troupe had already been assigned under Lanpian Film and Television, so it would be fine for him to assemble it.

As for the candidates for the song and dance troupe, they could just be selected from the impoverished elderly who were coming.

After confirming the arrangements for the elderly in his mind, he directly called Jiang Cheng and asked him to pick up the elderly staying at the hotel and bring them all to the Garment factory.

Hanging up the phone,

he took the opportunity to pick up the coffee that had been brewed nearby and took a sip, revealing an expression of contentment.

The spending plan for this month was basically set. After reviewing it, there were no unexpected occurrences. As long as things continued like this, the settlement for this period would basically be no problem.

"President Chen, this is the report submitted by Boring Short Videos; you can take a look."

Shen Rou suddenly walked over and handed the report in her hand to him.