Chapter 1781 YY's Idea

Zhao Fusheng naturally dared not get too involved.

After all, the waters here were too deep, treacherous and unpredictable; one careless move could capsize the boat in a ditch and lead to eternal damnation.

So he only intended to give a favor to Xue Yuanfang's uncle.

As for openly aligning himself with the Xue family, Zhao Fusheng would never do that.

Just because they couldn't do anything to the Xue family didn't mean they couldn't do anything to him.

The principle that 'it's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with his little ghosts' made Zhao Fusheng very clear: if he really leaned toward the Xue family, then if they decided to make an example of him, it would be trouble.

Having worked so hard to get where he was, Zhao Fusheng was unwilling to suffer such undeserved disasters.

As for favors, he felt he had already done enough.

A big shot at that level must consider things beyond the immediate moment; for him, just being remembered in their hearts was already a difficult feat.

He didn't dare expect open protection, but if they occasionally mentioned that the Future Group was good, that would be more effective than any guarantee.

Zhao Fusheng wasn't stupid; at that level, making rash statements was the biggest taboo.

After a joyful meal, Ye Jing told Zhao Fusheng before leaving that the cooperation with SM Entertainment to train idol groups had officially begun, and within a few years, SM-produced idol trainees would return to China.

Hearing this, Zhao Fusheng casually asked, "Has Han Geng contacted you?"

"He called before."

Ye Jing said, "But it was just testing the waters, no real action yet."

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Help build his momentum and make him popular in China."

"Huh?"

Ye Jing was startled and looked at Zhao Fusheng in surprise, not understanding why he would do that.

Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly: "If he's not popular, how will he realize the many benefits of being in China?"

Ye Jing immediately understood his meaning; after all this talk, Zhao Fusheng was going to give Han Geng a taste of his own medicine.

More precisely, he wanted Han Geng to realize that what he got in Korea and what he got in China were completely different.

"But are you really going to help Han Geng?"

Ye Jing casually said, "I heard that the fans of their group are not to be trifled with."

"Fans?"

Zhao Fusheng laughed, his face full of mockery: "Do you think these people can really influence idols? Do you think it's still the eighties or nineties?"

Ye Jing nodded; he naturally understood what Zhao Fusheng meant.

Fan battles were normal: movie fans looked down on TV drama fans, thinking TV dramas were lowbrow. TV drama fans looked down on music fans, thinking they lacked depth.

Even among TV drama fans, those who liked American dramas looked down on those who liked Korean or Japanese dramas, thinking they were shallow.

Of course, the lowest tier were fans of domestic dramas.

But regardless, these fans were mostly keyboard warriors, only daring to be arrogant online. Except for that perverse place Korea, where fans would secretly harm idols they hated, domestic fans at most organized a black ocean boycott.

It was nothing like the Tan Zhang rivalry of the eighties and nineties, where they would often come to blows.

This wasn't boasting; one of Hunan TV's pillars, Teacher Wang, once said that in college he had fought with fans of Principal Tan because he liked Brother Leslie Cheung.

Moreover, the benefit of fan feuds was that they could make fans spend money for their idols.

The company made money, the artists gained popularity, the media got content, and advertisers got attention.

Perfect!

As for the fans' opinions?

Hah, later on, whether it was TVXQ's disbandment or EXO members going solo, who cared about what fans thought?

What is fandom?

Fandom is a behavior fans engage in to achieve self-satisfaction; in essence, it has nothing to do with the idol. Fans only like the image the idol presents to them.

And they can only like that image.

If they really dig into what an idol is actually like, then those fans are fools, just asking for trouble.

Han Geng was still a decent person; at least Zhao Fusheng felt he was better than the later so-called 'Returned Four'.

Of course, one who found a princess girlfriend had some backbone, daring to risk losing fans by going public with his relationship.

But the problem was, from Zhao Fusheng's perspective, that was a very idiotic move.

The reason was simple: you were a youth idol, rising on the persona of a teenage dream lover, even on variety shows you were the visual and traffic担当.

And then?

You failed to transition into acting and publicly dated without considering fans' feelings.

What the hell!

Originally, 'The Wandering Earth' had barely propped up the Chinese sci-fi film market, but then? A magical fortress directly knocked local sci-fi back to square one.

As for the remaining ones, no need to mention them. The little lamb was clever, latching onto the thighs of Yan Wang and the hundred-billion box office actor, so he didn't lack film and TV resources. The 'big bowl wide noodle' guy started climbing up by self-deprecation. As for the so-called rich kid, forget it, I won't talk about him; it's an eyesore.

But regardless, in Zhao Fusheng's eyes, among these returned idols, only Han Geng was worth cultivating.

Although he also had plenty of dark history, at least he was malleable.

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After seeing Ye Jing off and helping the women clean the table, Fan Baobao and the others went straight out shopping. Zhao Fusheng helplessly sat at home with Dong Guoxiang, Zhang Qian, and Chen Zhen.

Chen Zhen and Zhang Qian went to Zhao Fusheng's newly built gym to exercise, leaving Zhao Fusheng and Dong Guoxiang staring at each other.

"By the way, Fusheng, I want to develop a software."

Dong Guoxiang suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Fusheng.

"What software?"

Zhao Fusheng was a bit puzzled.

"It's like this: I see many 'World of Warcraft' players using team voice chat to command. I think we could create a software specifically for voice calls. What do you think?"

Dong Guoxiang said seriously to Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng was startled, looking at Dong Guoxiang in surprise.

His gaze made Dong Guoxiang a bit uneasy; he even touched his face, wondering if there was something dirty on it.

"What, am I being too presumptuous?"

After a long silence, seeing Zhao Fusheng not speaking, Dong Guoxiang asked cautiously.

He was always like this, always lacking confidence.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and shook his head: "No, not presumptuous at all—it's actually very creative."

Ah?

Dong Guoxiang was stunned, looking at Zhao Fusheng in surprise, never expecting him to say that.

Zhao Fusheng directly said, "Alright, follow your idea, organize a team, promote this software in World of Warcraft, and get it to market as soon as possible."

"Ah? Okay." Dong Guoxiang nodded repeatedly.

Looking at him, Zhao Fusheng helplessly shook his head. This guy probably didn't realize he might have inadvertently become the founder of China's live-streaming platform.

This was no joke. Among China's instant messaging software at the time, QQ was undoubtedly the king.

But besides QQ, there were others.

For example, E-Huà Tōng, a video chat room software, but it was being rectified due to vulgar content.

Zhao Fusheng hadn't thought of it before, but now, reminded by Dong Guoxiang, he suddenly recalled that in the era he was reborn into, the live-streaming industry seemed very hot.

In the original history, YY occupied this market. At that time, domestic games had no built-in voice systems, so gamers used YY to form teams and chat in groups.

Under such circumstances, it was hard for this software not to become popular.

Back then, YY Voice was an instant messaging software for game communication. Later, game players spontaneously performed singing and other content on this voice communication tool, turning YY Live into a UGC video live-streaming content platform.

By early 2009, YY Live users had formed a user base that could rival game users. YY Live also launched an electronic signing system to manage the then 100,000 YY Live users.

And now, the first to eat the crab had become Dong Guoxiang.

Zhao Fusheng was very much looking forward to what changes this software would bring to the entire gaming industry when it was made.