Individuals like Lin Shu and Song Sining, who are stunning from every angle and can captivate with their bare faces, are truly few and far between.
Xingyi Phone users are mostly ordinary people, all relying on beauty algorithms!
Wang Yi continued,
"The beauty algorithm team needs to recruit people and develop as quickly as possible. In addition, recruit some tech experts to form an imaging algorithm team, specifically to research algorithm optimization for photos and videos. Why are Android phones so much worse than iPhones with the same eight-megapixel camera? We must catch up!"
"Alright, I'll arrange it right away."
Yang Yan understood Wang Yi's requirements and quickly went to handle them.
Ten years later, Android wouldn't be much worse than iPhone, and would even surpass iPhone in many areas.
But Android from a few years ago compared to iPhone was at least one tier behind.
Whether it was system smoothness or imaging, there was no comparison.
Not to mention that domestic 8-megapixel cameras in 2011 were inferior to the iPhone's 8-megapixel camera.
Even a few years later, domestic 20-megapixel cameras didn't take photos as well as the iPhone's 8-megapixel camera.
It wasn't until ten years later that domestic phone camera algorithms made a qualitative leap, and coupled with hardware advantages, they finally surpassed the iPhone!
Wang Yi had to plan now, establishing an imaging algorithm department and a beauty algorithm department.
Even if the Xingyi Phone's imaging algorithms couldn't catch up to the iPhone in the short term.
But it didn't matter, if the imaging algorithms couldn't compete, they would make up for it with hardware advantages + beauty algorithms!
For example, for the front camera, the Xingyi Phone would use a 5-megapixel camera + algorithm optimization + beauty algorithms, which would absolutely have no problem beating the iPhone's 2-megapixel camera!
As for the rear camera, it should also be a fifty-fifty match.
After all, no matter how powerful the iPhone's algorithms were, they were physical attacks, whereas the beauty algorithms Wang Yi developed were magical attacks!
Not in the same dimension!
Of course, with Wang Yi's continuous investment of funds, recruitment of talent, and full dedication to R&D, it would only be a matter of time before the Xingyi Phone's imaging algorithms surpassed the iPhone.
After finishing this matter, Wang Yi drove back to Beihang and attended a class.
As a student, he still had to attend classes when he had time.
Wang Yi arrived late and sat directly in the last row, by the door.
The professor on the podium spoke at length, Wang Yi pretended to listen for a few sentences, then took out a notebook and wrote furiously.
Fu Yanliang looked over and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:
"Brother Yi is truly a role model for our generation, listening so attentively and even taking notes, amazing! I admire him!"
Sun Tao next to him nodded:
"This is the difference, next time, I'll take notes too!"
Hearing this, Fan Junjie couldn't help but roll his eyes:
"You said that last week, and I still haven't seen you buy a notebook!"
Sun Tao's face darkened: "..."
'Damn it, Fan Junjie always gets to me, always picking on me!'
What the three didn't know was, Wang Yi was indeed writing something, but it wasn't class notes, it was the outline for "Mo Dao Zu Shi."
Male readers weren't interested in this novel, but among female readers, it was an explosive hit.
The TV series was even more incredibly popular and launched two top stars to fame.
Several of Wang Yi's ex-girlfriends had watched it multiple times, and Wang Yi had been forced to watch many episodes.
Although he hadn't watched it completely, as a seasoned web novel enthusiast, by piecing together the plot, he understood the entire plot's direction.
What he couldn't remember, he could revise and recreate, which wasn't difficult.
He had basically finished one-third of the detailed outline for the entire drama.
As long as he found a capable writer with outstanding literary skills, it could immediately be perfected into a blockbuster novel!
Just then, Huang Xinyi happened to pass by and immediately spotted Wang Yi:
"Oh, what a rare sight, Boss Wang actually came to class!"
She often came around here and rarely saw Wang Yi, but unexpectedly, she saw him today.
"Still diligently taking notes, very good, excellent."
"I'll forgive you for frequently skipping class!"
Huang Xinyi sighed and turned to leave.
She also felt helpless with such a big boss.
According to the rules, skipping so many classes right after school started was definitely unacceptable.
He might even face disciplinary action!
But Wang Yi was the boss of Meiyou Technology, and the school's top management paid close attention to him.
To put it bluntly, this guy was destined to be an outstanding Beihang graduate from the start!
In the future, his name would appear on Beihang's list of honorary alumni!
Next year, for Beihang's 60th-anniversary celebration, they might even have to invite him to give a speech.
For the future 70th and 80th-anniversary celebrations, outstanding graduates like Wang Yi would certainly be indispensable.
Therefore, truly disciplining Wang Yi, or even expelling him, was unrealistic!
Moreover, Huang Xinyi didn't want to discipline Wang Yi either, and she sighed in her heart:
"Forget it, I'll have him come back and fill out some leave forms! As for the professor, it's best if no one cares, but if someone insists on being serious, I'll just have to help explain for him. Sigh! He really doesn't make things easy."
Before class ended, Wang Yi received a text message from Huang Xinyi:
"Could you come to my office later?"
Wang Yi quickly replied:
"I didn't bring any pure-desire style lingerie!"
Huang Xinyi's face turned dark: "!!!"
This guy was still thinking about that!
Although she had lost, according to the terms of the bet, she should honor it and should indeed wear pure-desire style lingerie.
But this kid didn't know how to play along, didn't he know when to quit while he was ahead?
He was really too much!
Huang Xinyi sighed:
"Your leave forms are gone! Hmph!"
After class, Wang Yi went to Huang Xinyi's office and knocked on the door:
"Advisor, what do you need me for?"
"Nothing,"
Huang Xinyi said irritably, truly helpless with such a student.
Wang Yi: "..."
"Let's go, eat together, go home together!"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
Huang Xinyi: "..."
"If I let you come home with me again, I'll stop being a Huang!"
Huang Xinyi thought to herself, then took out a document:
"Your university student entrepreneurship subsidy is settled. Two years exempt, three years half-off. Lots of benefits."
"So fast, thank you, Advisor!"
Wang Yi's face lit up with joy, he thought this matter would take a long time, but he didn't expect it to be approved so quickly!
Now it was good, this month's taxes were waived!
Wait, Wang Yi applied under the name of Xingyi Technology, the problem was that Xingyi Technology currently had no income, only expenses, so it didn't need to pay taxes at all!
As if seeing through Wang Yi's thoughts, Huang Xinyi pursed her lips:
"For university student entrepreneurship, corporate income tax is exempted for the first two years and halved for the third year, calculated from the tax year in which your company obtains its first production and operation income."
Wang Yi's eyes lit up:
"So, if our company only has revenue starting next January, then the exemption would start from next January, two years of exemption, and the third year halved?"
"Exactly!"
Huang Xinyi nodded:
"No need to worry about having no revenue and wasting the exemption period."
"Haha, that's great!" Wang Yi was thrilled.
This preferential policy was for the Imperial Capital, Meiyou's revenue was still in Jizhou, not counted as Xingyi Technology.
Next year, when the phones are launched, the corporate income tax savings alone would be an astronomical figure.
"Senior, let's go. I'm in a good mood today, I'll take you out for a big meal."
Wang Yi said with a smile.
Joking around is one thing, but his relationship with his advisor still needed to be managed well.
It would be convenient for asking for leave, skipping classes, and so on in the future.
As for Wang Yi being somewhat cynical and even disrespectful towards Huang Xinyi, this was all Wang Yi's strategy.
When dealing with a beautiful girl with a great figure, the more you treated her like an untouchable goddess, the less she would notice you.
On the contrary, someone like Wang Yi, who treated the goddess as nothing special, teasing and even playing pranks on her at every turn, was more likely to be taken seriously, or even favored, by her.
This was also why, during school days, many class beauties ignored the pursuits of "nice guys" but ended up with the class's ruffians and hooligans!
Human nature was just like that.
Furthermore, the relationship between a student and an advisor inherently had some taboos or barriers.
If Wang Yi were to act conventionally, their relationship would forever remain teacher-student, never progressing further.
It would even be difficult for them to simply have a meal together.
Let alone having Huang Xinyi provide him with various conveniences.
Of course, Wang Yi had no serious intentions towards Huang Xinyi.
But her angelic face and devilish figure were indeed very tempting, attracting countless head-turns on the street.
To be frank, any normal man would have thoughts about Huang Xinyi's figure.
Wang Yi was no exception.
But it was only physical attraction, not genuine affection.
The only ones who could truly capture Wang Yi's heart were treasure girls like Lin Shu, and Song Sining with their two-lifetime bond.
Including their predestined but unfulfilled relationship in his previous life, Song Sining was his true "white moonlight."
As for Huang Xinyi, at most, she made Wang Yi have some physical thoughts.
More importantly, even if it did become physical, it wouldn't expose their relationship.
An advisor and a student, such a relationship was inherently hidden from public view.
This way, it was much safer, and there would be no mishaps.
But it probably wouldn't be easy to succeed!
After all, Huang Xinyi now worked within the system, and though her income wasn't high, it was enough for a comfortable life.
She had a house and a car in the Imperial Capital; as long as she didn't have excessive desires, she truly lacked nothing.
If Wang Yi were genuinely serious, it might be easier to win her over, but if he only wanted a physical relationship, the difficulty would be considerable.
Let things take their course.
"Eat?"
Huang Xinyi's delicate brows furrowed slightly:
"You don't have any ulterior motives again, do you?"
"Heh heh, in your eyes, am I that kind of person?"
"Aren't you?"
Huang Xinyi blinked:
"I won't fall for it."
Wang Yi: "..."
"Fine, you're not getting dinner tonight. Bye-bye."
With that, Wang Yi turned and left.
Are you kidding me, I'm inviting you to dinner, and you're putting on airs?
"You..."
Huang Xinyi was stunned, completely not expecting Wang Yi to be so decisive, leaving just like that.
If it were any other guy, even after her repeated rejections, they would persistently pester her until she completely blocked them, then they'd switch to alternate accounts to add her, endlessly annoying.
But Wang Yi?
He just turned and left!
She naturally didn't know that Sigma males only had sexual interest in women, not general interest!
Unless it was a treasure girl like a rich heiress!
"Rich heiresses are still better."
Wang Yi drove directly to Renmin University.
A moment later, Lin Shu bounced into the car and hugged Wang Yi:
"Kiss me."
The two embraced and kissed in the car:
"What do you want to eat tonight?"
"Let's have shrimp. I know a really good seafood restaurant."
Lin Shu said with a smile.
"Let's go."
Wang Yi asked for the location and navigated there directly.
A five-star restaurant, with an average spending of 2000.
In 2011, this price was very high.
But for Lin Shu and Wang Yi, it was just a casual meal.
Two large Boston lobsters and a bottle of red wine were opened, and the two enjoyed their feast.
Of course, Wang Yi wasn't so ostentatious as to take a photo and post it online, even if this bottle of wine cost 6888!
In those days, WeChat didn't have Moments yet; if he posted it on QQ Zone and Song Sining saw it, then liked and commented, that would be trouble.
Along the way, Lin Shu went to the restroom.
Wang Yi opened his phone and found a message from Huang Xinyi:
"Where are you?"
Wang Yi took a photo and sent it:
"Eating."
Then he put away his phone.
Huang Xinyi sat in her office, and her eyes widened when she saw the Boston lobster.
Because her family's house was demolished, she could afford a house and a BMW in the Imperial Capital.
But she was still from an ordinary family; once the demolition compensation was spent, she returned to an ordinary life.
With her monthly salary of four thousand, she wouldn't starve, but a star-rated restaurant with an average spending of 2000 starting out was out of the question.
And that bottle of red wine probably cost as much as an iPhone!
"Hmph! It's just big shrimp, isn't it? I don't like it, I don't like fishy smells... rumble..."
As she spoke, her stomach rumbled.
It was already seven o'clock, and she hadn't eaten yet.
With no other option, Huang Xinyi could only go to the cafeteria.
Unexpectedly, just as she walked outside the restaurant, she ran into a male teacher, who said with a smile:
"Teacher Huang, you're also here to eat at the cafeteria, what a coincidence, let's eat together!"
Huang Xinyi's delicate brows furrowed slightly, feeling a surge of disgust; this guy bothered her every day like a lingering ghost!
"No, I need to go home."
With that, Huang Xinyi turned around and headed straight for the parking lot, muttering to herself:
"That hateful Wang Yi, eating big lobsters and drinking red wine, and leaving me to eat noodles! I'll jot that down!"
After the meal, Wang Yi was about to pay the bill, but Lin Shu said with a smile:
"Oh, I bought it on my way back from the restroom."
Wang Yi: "..."
"What a loving little rich heiress."
Wang Yi put his arm around Lin Shu's slender waist, and they walked out, called a designated driver, and returned to the villa.
That night, a piece of news soared to the trending topics:
["Love Is Not Blind" released for ten days, box office exceeds 300 million! Meiyou Technology becomes the biggest winner!]
The popularity of this news surged, quickly rising to third place, then first!
For a time, the entire network was abuzz:
"Three hundred million at the box office in ten days, amazing, truly amazing!"
"Meiyou, as the largest investor, must have made a huge profit from the box office share!"
"It's not just the box office share, Ye Xiaohe is also Meiyou's spokesperson, and now Meiyou's revenue has broken records!"
"Yes, not only did Meiyou Mall orders explode, but even Meiyou's flagship stores on Taobao and JD.com, and offline physical stores, all saw a massive surge in revenue!"
"Boss Wang's investment vision and choice of spokesperson are divine!"
"Seriously, is it really that good? No, I have to go watch it."
"Go watch it, you won't regret it; my ex and I broke up, watched this movie together, and got back together."
"Envious. My ex and I watched 'Love Is Not Blind,' didn't get back together, but went to a hotel."
"Lit! If you put it that way, I definitely have to watch it!"
"Must watch! Who doesn't have a few exes? I'm going through my contact list right now."
"You guys are behind the times, I've rewatched it three times, three exes, three hotels! Thanks to the production team, thanks to Meiyou Technology!"
"Damn! Boss Wang probably never imagined your operations could be so wild!"
...
For a time, the comment section went off-topic.
Wang Yi watched this scene, his expression complex:
"These 'old sixes', can they really play like this?"
No wonder the box office broke 300 million in just ten days.
In his previous life, "Love Is Not Blind" only broke 300 million at the box office after sixteen days of release.
This time, after sixteen days of release, it was estimated to break 400 million!
Completely surpassing the record from his previous life!
Affected by this, and with the spokesperson's explosion in popularity, Meiyou also became known to everyone.
Daily profits continued to skyrocket, reaching 45 million in profit in recent days.
But Wang Yi looked at the data and couldn't quite be happy.
For no other reason than the growth had slowed down.
In other words, Meiyou's revenue and profit, though still surging, were far less terrifying than before.
As for the reason, it wasn't due to a lack of people or traffic.
It was because Meiyou had too few products!
With only so many dresses and lipsticks, people would buy a few pure-desire style dresses and a few lipsticks, and that would be it.
They wouldn't keep buying.
What's more, it was late September; other brands had already launched their autumn collections, while Meiyou was still selling summer dresses!
In the south, dresses could still be worn for another two months, so the impact wasn't significant.
But in the north, consumers who had intended to buy were beginning to hesitate.
Those who had planned to buy five pure-desire style dresses ended up buying only two.
These things couldn't be helped.
"Autumn collection, it's time to launch,"
Wang Yi thought to himself.
The flagship stores, exclusive stores, and authorized stores in the north were all ready.
The autumn collection had also been delivered to the warehouses!
Tomorrow, when Ye Xiaohe came to the Imperial Capital's Celebrity Business Unit and finished shooting the autumn collection advertisements and posters, they could directly promote the pure-desire style autumn collection.
Afterwards, Wang Yi sent another message to Song Sining, telling the "planting grass" department to get ready.
The pure-desire style summer wear was simply a pure-desire style dress, very straightforward.
However, the pure-desire style autumn collection didn't rely on individual pieces, but on coordinated sets, to highlight the pure-yet-alluring characteristics, increasing charm and fashion appeal!
Therefore, styling guidance from the "planting grass" department's bloggers was essential.
In August, once Wang Yi had the "planting grass" plan, he had Song Sining establish the "planting grass" department!
Specifically looking for beautiful women with high attractiveness and good figures, signing them on as Meiyou's bloggers!
In other words, future influencers!
Wang Yi, following the MCN model of the streamer industry a few years later, helped them establish accounts, build personal brands, and allocate traffic on the Meiyou APP.
As bloggers, on the Meiyou APP's social square and Weibo, they would share various outfits featuring Meiyou's autumn collection, recommending them to fans and guiding them to make purchases.
This was essentially the "planting grass" model of Xiaohongshu!
The sales achieved through this traffic conversion would become the bloggers' commission at a certain percentage!
The better the recommended content, the higher the conversion rate, and the higher the blogger's commission.
Meiyou, like those MCN agencies, directly signed these bloggers for twenty years!
And gave them generous compensation.
There was a basic salary of ten thousand per month and a substantial commission!
Well-performing bloggers could potentially earn one hundred thousand, or even several hundred thousand, a year.
If they became immensely popular and became major influencers, they could even earn a million a year.
Of course, these were 2011 prices, and they would naturally increase over time.
These bloggers, scattered across the country, many were just ordinary university students with no income or ordinary white-collar workers earning two to three thousand a month, merely having some good looks.
Faced with a basic salary of ten thousand, they already had no resistance, and with the added commission, they eagerly signed twenty-year "indentured servitude" contracts!
There was no other way; Wang Yi invested traffic and costs to make them famous; if they jumped ship to competitors then, Wang Yi would have nowhere to cry.
So they could only sign twenty-year agreements, with high breach-of-contract penalties, and generous compensation.
And he promised that if they became extremely popular, he would consider helping them develop careers in the entertainment industry!
(End of chapter)
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