Chapter 2193: Smooth Progress

To be honest, Zhao Fusheng had always felt that Zheng Yao's views on the internet industry were somewhat problematic.

Although Zheng Yao was born in the 1970s and grew up during the era of China's internet development, she had always maintained a conservative attitude toward the internet.

In Zheng Yao's view, the pace of development in the internet industry was alarmingly fast.

Simply put, you never knew when this bubble might burst.

After all, this kind of thing had happened before. Back in 2003, when the US internet bubble burst, although Future Group made a fortune, since then Zheng Yao had become increasingly wary of the internet.

She kept a close eye on all the company's investments in the internet industry, afraid that something might go wrong.

But this time, she actually looked favorably on Future Technology's new project, which surprised Zhao Fusheng.

"What's up? Have you changed your ways?"

Zhao Fusheng said to Zheng Yao with a smile.

Rolling her eyes at him, Zheng Yao said irritably, "I haven't changed my ways. It's just that this project has low costs and doesn't require much effort from us."

That was the truth. After all, the YY Voice project itself was a piece of software independently developed by Future Technology. Turning it into a live streaming platform, in Zheng Yao's view, was really not a big deal—at most, it was an extension of the project.

Moreover, it fit well with the development of online social networking.

Under these circumstances, she naturally supported it and was very happy to see the project move forward.

As for Zhao Fusheng's concerns, Zheng Yao didn't think they were a problem at all.

Even if this project were pushed forward with full force, it wouldn't cost much money or consume much energy. For Future Technology and even Future Group, even if the project ultimately failed, the losses would be within their capacity to bear.

That was the real reason Zheng Yao was willing to agree to Zhao Fusheng.

"Suit yourself."

Zhao Fusheng smiled helplessly.

No matter what Zheng Yao said, as long as she agreed, Zhao Fusheng was satisfied.

What he feared most was her disagreement, which would force him to waste words convincing her.

After all, convincing someone is undoubtedly a difficult task. You have to break down the reasoning and explain it clearly. If the other person doesn't understand or is stubborn, you have to use various methods to explain.

This is a very tedious process and the kind of behavior Zhao Fusheng hated most.

He was the type who disliked explaining things to others.

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Since Zheng Yao had agreed, there was much more room to maneuver on this matter.

The planning department of Future Group and the R&D department of Future Technology joined forces and quickly developed a detailed promotion plan.

Naturally, Zhao Fusheng personally reviewed the plan.

To be fair, the plan put together by this group of programmers and geeks was really good.

It detailed the strengths and weaknesses of YY Voice and indicated the company's promotion focus and target audience.

In Zhao Fusheng's view, if the promotion followed this plan, the entire project could become profitable within half a year, and its future development wouldn't be too bad either.

This was something Zhao Fusheng himself hadn't expected.

He had originally thought that he might have to sustain losses for a while on this project.

But according to the plan, barring unforeseen circumstances, within half a year this live streaming platform could turn losses into profits and become self-sustaining, and even achieve profitability after a year.

This was something Zhao Fusheng had never anticipated at all.

Without exaggeration, it even made Zhao Fusheng look at Zheng Yao's team with new respect.

After all, the people in the Strategic Planning Department earned a lot every year. Moreover, they occasionally conducted research, spending astronomical sums of money.

If not for Zheng Yao's insistence, Zhao Fusheng would have considered "slimming down" that department.

After all, Future Group's development had now entered a stable phase and no longer needed such a large think tank.

But now it seemed that such a department was still very necessary.

At the very least, under current circumstances, without the Strategic Planning Department, Zhao Fusheng couldn't guarantee that many decisions would be correct.

And even if the direction was right, he couldn't guarantee that no mistakes would occur during implementation.

If something did go wrong, that would be perfectly normal.

Plans can't keep up with changes—Zhao Fusheng understood this well and knew what he needed to do: be cautious, cautious, and then more cautious, and strike at the most critical moment.

Just like now, once he determined the development direction of a project, the Strategic Planning Department would provide a plan. If he found it suitable, he would adopt their suggestions and make the company profitable.

Conversely, without these people, his plan might not be executed perfectly.

"Give bonuses to the people in the Strategic Planning Department."

Zhao Fusheng called Zheng Yao and said with a smile.

Zheng Yao was a bit surprised: "We haven't seen results yet, and you're giving bonuses?"

"Yes."

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "This bonus isn't because their efforts made the project successful, but because they worked diligently to get the project on track as soon as possible."

"Okay, I understand."

Zheng Yao immediately grasped Zhao Fusheng's meaning, smiled, and hung up the phone.

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Dong Guoxiang moved quickly. After receiving the plan, he began to formally push the project forward.

In his words, time was money, especially since live streaming platforms were already appearing on the internet.

Although they weren't yet fully legitimate and some were even pushing boundaries, many people had already taken notice of the opportunities in this market.

Since their company was already ahead of everyone else, they didn't want to end up working for others' benefit.

On this point, Zhao Fusheng and Dong Guoxiang were in agreement.

To be fair, the implementation was very swift. Over at Future Technology, YY Voice users were quite happy about it, and it was said that many had already applied to become streamers and were ready to start broadcasting.

Zhao Fusheng's attention, however, shifted from this matter to "Let the Bullets Fly," because there was less than a month until National Day.

The official release date of "Let the Bullets Fly" was drawing closer. Although Zhao Fusheng knew that the box office of this film wouldn't affect his wealth, he still cared about it—probably out of habit.