Zhao Xinyi actually guessed correctly!
In the evening, Tan Jincheng received an apology message from Liu Yifei:
"Sorry, my online reputation hasn't been very good lately. My mom wanted to use my endorser status and your good online reputation to salvage some of my image. She acted on her own without consulting you beforehand."
Tan Jincheng was speechless looking at the message.
Who said this rumored "daughter-obsessed maniac" wouldn't stir up trouble?
She's quite good at hype too.
Forget it, forget it.
You've already released it, what else can I do?
Am I going to scold you seriously?
Besides, your bad reputation isn't good for the Fengchi brand either.
Consider it a small return for a bargain.
"I won't fuss about it this time. If there's a next time, at next year's Shanghai Auto Show, you'll be my salesperson for half a day again, helping me sell cars!"
What an utter humiliation!
I, a dignified popular female celebrity, selling cars for half a day, was almost laughed to death in the industry, and you're still thinking about doing it again next year!
You'll never stop taking advantage, will you!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Haha, just kidding. Where are you now? Why haven't there been any recent news?"
"I'm undergoing closed special training in Rìběn, so no news has come out."
"Oh, if you don't agree to sell cars, then bring me a gift as compensation when you come back. It has to be a couple's item, something Qingqing and I can use."
"That's fine, what do you want?"
"You pick it out."
"How about my album? When my album is ready, I'll let you and Qingqing be among the first listeners."
Oh, come on, your album is also a gift?
"That won't do. That's not worth much. You, a dignified big star, took so much endorsement money from me, and you're giving an album as a gift? People would laugh their heads off if word got out. I want a gift worth no less than 10,000 RMB."
"My signed album isn't worth 10,000 RMB???"
"Then I'd need a place to sell it. How about you just transfer me 20,000 yuan instead?"
"Have some shame! You're someone rumored to be worth 1 billion! The media even says you're the wealthiest person born after '85!"
"Making money isn't embarrassing; I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to sleep now."
Can't chat anymore.
If we keep talking, I'll really have to send an album.
Can that even be called a gift?
That's torment, alright.
Liu Yifei looked at the darkened QQ avatar, furious.
He immediately went offline when she mentioned sending an album.
It's only 10 PM in China, what sleep?
Does a big boss sleep this early?
"Mom, do you think I sing badly?" Liu Yifei asked with some distress.
"Why do you say that? What did President Tan say? Or did he blame us?"
"He didn't blame us, it's just that I said I'd give him one of my albums after returning to China, and he immediately went offline, saying he was going to sleep. What time is it? How could such a busy person be sleeping!"
"Maybe he's really sleeping, or something came up. You yourself said he's a busy person,"
Liu Xiaoli consoled.
Actually, many insiders weren't optimistic about her daughter's trip to Rìběn this time, especially professionals who had heard her daughter sing.
But once the arrow is shot, there's no turning back.
Things have progressed to this point, so they can only bite the bullet and continue.
Can't dampen her confidence.
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"Sleeping so early? It's only ten o'clock. Let's chat a bit more."
"Didn't you say you were going to sleep? Huh, why is your avatar still online?"
"When did I say I was going to sleep? And my avatar has always been online. What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Oh, let me show you something."
With that said, Gu Qingqing shared a chat screenshot.
It was a screenshot of Tan Jincheng's chat with Liu Yifei just now.
"What the hell? Why are you two still chatting? I was lying to her. She said she wanted to give me an album, it scared me, so I quickly set myself to invisible for her online. Don't you dare spill the beans."
Holy crap, good thing we didn't chat about anything else.
Is this guy crazy?
He sends chat screenshots so casually?
Doesn't he have any privacy concerns about being invisible?
"Why can't we chat? We chat often. And you haven't even heard her sing, do you have to be so dismissive?"
In fact, Gu Qingqing, looking at the computer screen, was quite touched.
He wanted couple's items for gifts, and even when taking advantage, he thought of her.
This thoughtfulness was rarer than any amount of sweet talk.
Tan Jincheng couldn't say he had really heard it:
"You'll know when the time comes. Has the application been approved?"
"It's been approved. When are you coming back? Our counselor said she wants to meet the company's investor."
"No, I won't meet her. But I'll be back at the end of the month, probably on the 28th or 29th. But I can only stay home for a few days before going to Shanghai. I have to go to Hangzhou on the 8th. I estimate I won't be able to stay home until mid-June."
"It's fine. Our holiday is until early July. We'll be busy with exams soon. If you're busy, don't worry about me."
One more month, and summer vacation and hot weather will arrive.
Electric vehicles will enter their peak sales season.
Starting from June, all sizes of electric vehicle manufacturers and retail stores will begin preparing promotional activities for the peak sales season.
Last year, Shanchi missed the peak sales season of summer vacation.
This year, they must come up with some promotional plans to continue boosting sales.
In addition to the necessary promotional discount plans, should we come up with something new?
Celebrity meet-and-greet?
It seems feasible.
This kind of meet-and-greet, common in later generations, should not have been held by many businesses now.
Since the three endorsers started endorsing, only Liu Yifei had visited a large exhibition event once.
It seems they haven't made much real contribution to Shanchi.
It's time for them to contribute some popularity.
"You mentioning the holiday suddenly made me think of a promotional plan. I'll chat with you later, I need to find Liu Yifei again."
Gu Qingqing in the dorm was speechless:
"You just said you were going to sleep, and now you're looking for her again, how shameless of you."
"What's there to be ashamed of, haha."
Immediately after, Tan Jincheng quickly canceled his online invisibility to her and contacted Liu Yifei again:
"I just thought of a question, so I got out of bed. Can you return to China soon?"
Liu Yifei quickly saw the message Tan Jincheng sent again and choked with anger:
"Mom, President Tan sent another message, asking if I can return to China soon? Should I reply to him?"
Liu Xiaoli also had a flash of doubt.
The recent online public opinion hasn't been very friendly towards them.
At this time, Tan Jincheng asked if she had time to return to China.
Is there some promotional activity he needs her to cooperate with?
Isn't he afraid of causing negative impact?
"You reply. Ask how soon 'soon' is."
"Around July, he sent. Shanchi Group is going to make a summer holiday promotion plan, planning for July, three endorsers, to hold several offline fan meet-and-greets in major cities across the country."
Small fan meet-and-greets.
Each one would at most take up one day of the endorser's time.
Each endorser would do three events, so only three days would be needed, which is enough.
Tan Jincheng hasn't yet contacted Brother Chun's and Jay Chou's teams, but even if they're busy, three days should be manageable.
The only variable is Liu Yifei.
This guy is now in Rìběn for some closed training.
Whether she can return is still up in the air.
First, confirm Liu Yifei's schedule, then have the marketing department contact the other two tomorrow.
Once confirmed, they can start working on the marketing plan.
The cities for Brother Chun are easy to choose.
The capital of Hunan Province will definitely be one, and her home base CD.
The remaining city is TBD.
If Liu Yifei can make it back, then let her and Jay Chou's destination cities be decided by online voting, and also generate some buzz.
"How many events?"
"Tentatively three events, meaning it would at most delay you for three days. Returning shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
"If I return from abroad, three days is definitely not enough. And then running around different major cities, there will also be some travel time delays. It might take about a week for the round trip."
"Then see if you can arrange it. If you can arrange it, give me a reply as soon as possible. Starting tomorrow, we will begin making the summer holiday promotion plan."
"What about the other two endorsers?"
"The other two endorsers have agreed. We're just waiting for you. Once you confirm the time, we'll finalize the marketing plan, and I'll send you a copy of the marketing plan then. If you can't come back, I'll only proceed with the other two endorsers."
The other two endorsers haven't said yes yet, but can I tell you that?
Upon hearing that the other two endorsers had agreed, Liu Yifei indeed hesitated.
Two out of three endorsers had agreed, and she, the remaining one, was currently at the center of a public opinion storm.
If she didn't agree, it would seem she was somewhat scared and also somewhat unprofessional.
Liu Xiaoli also had the same thought.
In fact, Liu Xiaoli truly didn't want to return to China during this period.
"Aren't you afraid of the current public opinion surrounding me? Are you really not afraid of it causing negative impact on you?"
"Just tell me if you're coming back or not. Those few bits of bad public opinion about you are nothing to our Shanchi. You've seen Zhongtai's promotional plan and our promotional plan during our Olympic sponsorship, right? If not, check online. Our Shanchi promotion team is much stronger than you imagine.
Honestly, your one-person management agency is really not good. In terms of professionalism, your peers would die laughing, not to mention even I, an outsider, find it amusing."
This was Tan Jincheng's first time giving his assessment of Liu Yifei's work.
Although this girl's singing was indeed not great and entering the music industry was a blunder, that's also from a God's-eye view.
Just a simple act of going to Rìběn to release an album could let public opinion be tied to her wildly popular compatriot.
It can only be said that this public relations is simply idiotic.
The record industry is in decline.
This is something Tan Jincheng knew from a God's-eye view.
Only top artists like Jay Chou can make a living, but Jay Chou also earns money from digital music.
The Rìběnese record company that Liu Yifei collaborated with in Rìběn is an international major company after all.
From their perspective, it was indeed a good collaboration, and helping her secure this resource must have also taken a lot of effort.
It was also from this mishandling of public opinion that the weakness of non-professionals was exposed.
Later, she went to Hong Kong for development, and then failed and returned to China.
This girl was completely trashed by online criticism.
There are only so many resources in the industry.
If you snatch someone else's resources and don't have the ability to maintain them, who else would they target but you?
Speaking of which, she truly has the destiny of being a huge star, making mistakes repeatedly in career planning and being trashed online for several years, yet still managed to survive.
"Can you help me resolve the online public opinion? If you can, I'll go back."
"Is this even an issue? Watch me turn it around for you!"
It's just releasing an album in Rìběn.
Since netizens can't emotionally accept it and someone is stirring things up, then let's make the buzz even louder.
The main point is to earn money from Rìběn and then spend it back home.
This is called earning foreign exchange!
Isn't this also a form of patriotism?
What? Can't make money? If it's a loss, that's even better, it's Rìběn's money that's lost!
(End of chapter)