The scene before him was far from an ordinary weekday morning.
This place was practically a high-speed "digital operations command center."
In front of the huge wall of the technical team's screen, programmers had sunken but sharp eyes, with real-time monitoring data streams, server load charts, and stress test logs flowing like a waterfall on the screen. The sound of keyboard typing was as dense as raindrops.
Colleagues on the content team were still working on a professional palette, performing final color calibration and sharpening of the visuals; colleagues on the subtitle team precisely calibrated every frame of text on the timeline; the colleague in charge of copywriting was repeatedly refining the wording of the upcoming official announcement.
The whiteboard of the operations team was covered with lists of promotion nodes and channels, along with phone calls and keyboard tapping. A colleague had a phone in his ear, quickly confirming various details of the collaboration, while his pen kept circling on the whiteboard.
"Good morning, President Ethan!"
"President Ethan!"
Ethan's appearance was like a stone thrown into a lake, stirring up a chorus of greetings filled with awe and high morale.
The employees all looked up, their eyes filled with strength.
This young boss had just been crowned a legend in front of tens of thousands last night, and today he was about to lead them into a crucial business battle!
Ethan nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the tired yet excited faces: "Thank you all for your hard work! Persist for one last push! Victory is within reach! This month's bonus is triple!"
His voice was not loud, yet carried a strange power to calm people's hearts.
A simple promise acted like a cardiac stimulant, instantly revitalizing tired air.
He didn't stop; under the increasingly focused gaze of the employees, he walked straight to the room at the end of the corridor labeled "President's Office."
Knocked on the door and entered.
Laura was standing behind her desk in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the gradually awakening Midtown skyline.
Hearing the sound, she quickly turned around.
Even makeup couldn't hide the dark circles under her eyes, but her gaze shone astonishingly, like a blade tempered by fire.
"President Ethan!" She stepped forward.
"Thanks for your hard work, Laura!" Ethan looked at her, his tone sincere.
Laura waved her hand, without any small talk, and immediately switched into efficient reporting mode. Her speech was fast and clear: "Colleagues from the technical and content teams have finished editing and refining, including your three core segments — the speech that ignited the audience, the guitar performance, and the finale of the original piano performance!"
She quickly pulled up several file windows on her computer to show: "Finished video, 1080P HD, watermark-free, compatible with multiple platform formats, keyframe optimization ensures smooth mobile playback. The official launch copy has also been finalized, with themes closely tied to dreams, courage, and freedom, perfectly echoing the core of your speech and song. All materials are ready, ready to be sent anytime with one click!"
Ethan's gaze swept over the brilliantly framed images and carefully polished text on the screen, and a satisfied smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Very good. The promotion plan, finalized?"
Laura pulled up another detailed slide deck and pointed to key points:
"Confirmed! The core strategy is 'leveraging the moment to attract traffic'! We plan to release three highlight videos of you on the official Vibe account as soon as the platform goes live, captioned 'NYU's President Lights Up Anniversary Night! Dreams, courage, freedom! Vibe launches today, join us in building a new voice together!' At the same time, the platform's trending-hashtag feature launches simultaneously, hyping up core hashtags like #EthanNYUAnniversary #VibeLaunch #FlyAwayFarAway. These trending topics instantly bind the platform to trending figures and content, attracting attention and guiding users into our hashtag discussions."
Laura paused and continued, "Second, we've contacted seventeen NYU students who recorded videos last night and posted live footage on other platforms, and who have a certain fan base. An exclusive release license agreement has been signed — they can only publish the high-definition, exclusive-angle clips we provide on the Vibe platform! The copy will guide fans to follow the official Vibe account for the full version and more exclusive content. We'll leverage their private-domain traffic to precisely attract visitors and form the first wave of users."
"Third, after urgently reviewing NYU's core communities last night — covering over 90% of the school's active group chats and forum threads — plus an initial precise user profile of college students, we're running high-intensity feed ads on major platforms and some campus forum apps, focused on 'the social platform behind Ethan's viral night' and 'Watch the whole spectacular scene, come to Vibe!'"
"Fourth, using the trending topic 'Searching for Ethan' on the platform, we're launching a nationwide challenge centered on the hashtags #FindYourCourageLikeEthan and #ChaseYourDreamsLikeEthan! Users are encouraged to share true stories of overcoming fears such as social anxiety, confessions, public speaking, or bravely chasing dreams. We're also setting up rewards, with high-quality content earning homepage features and platform virtual currency, which can be used to purchase virtual gifts or certain privileges, as well as small cash rewards. This will quickly stimulate users' desire to create, accumulate the first batch of native content, build a positive and uplifting community atmosphere, and promote self-driven sharing."
Ethan listened intently, his fingers unconsciously tapping lightly on the table, his mind racing to evaluate every detail.
After hearing this, he decisively clapped his hands: "Your thinking is clear, and you hit the key points perfectly! Execution has to be fast, accurate, and decisive — seize the window! Can the servers handle it? Stress test results?"
Laura pulled up a real-time screenshot of the technical monitoring dashboard and confidently reported, "The head of engineering is personally on duty to command! Since last night, three rounds of large-scale stress testing have been completed!"
Round one: simulate 1 million users simultaneously visiting the homepage and watching high-definition video.
Round two: extreme stress test, simulating 5 million concurrent user access, focusing on the video playback interface and dynamic loading.
Round three: simulates a peak sudden traffic spike, like the moment official videos are released and creator traffic spikes stack on top of each other.
After reviewing the screenshot, Laura continued, "The system's responding smoothly! Core interface average response time is under 200ms! Video playback runs on a global CDN acceleration network to ensure smooth viewing for users in different regions. Database read-write separation and cache clusters are both operating within safe thresholds. Alex swears the system's stable and on standby at any moment!"
Ethan's gaze swept over the smoothly running indicator curves on the screen, and his tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
He tapped his finger on his watch: "Ten o'clock sharp this morning, light it up on schedule! I want to see the name 'Vibe' soar into the clouds, riding last night's tailwind!"
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