The Rebirth of the Internet Celebrity Godfather

When it was almost noon, Li Ziqi saw that it was getting late and suggested that he go back to make lunch. The group of people came down from the mountain and hurried home.

Cheng Yi asked Qin Nan and Hou Shufen to take the meat, eggs, and milk they had bought in advance out of the car. Chinese society values ​​​​human relationships, and you cannot eat for nothing.

While cooking, Li Ziqi asked Cheng Yi if he liked eating bamboo tube rice.

"Sister Li, I heard that you wasted more than 20 kilograms of noodles in the video of making Lanzhou Ramen and turned it into pancakes?"

Li Ziqi smiled shyly and said, "That's what happened."

"Have you finished eating?"

"How can I finish it? There are still several meals left."

Cheng Yi said: "Then let's eat this cake at noon and help you eliminate it."

"No, no, no!" Li Ziqi waved his hand, "It's been a month."

"Why can't you eat it? I'm not a pampered person. The steamed buns we have in the north are even more exaggerated. If you put them aside for a month, pick them up and smash them on someone's head. If you hit them, their heads will be bloody. Even if the buns have hair.

, so I plucked the hair and fed it to the dog, and then ate the rest."

"You are at home. You are here as a guest. Listen to me and I will cook bamboo tube rice for you."

Li Ziqi stopped Cheng Yi, but how could she stop her? She looked at Zhang Hanran and the others, hoping that they would persuade Cheng Yi.

Zhang Hanran spread his hands and said with a smile: "Sister Li, just follow him. Our boss has this kind of character."

Cheng Yi found the cakes that had been stored for more than a month in the refrigerator, and there were five or six left. Even if they were placed in the refrigerator, it looked like they would spoil if they were not eaten.

Seeing that Li Ziqi couldn't control Cheng Yi, he could only heat the cake on the stove.

During lunch, Cheng Yi worked for two and a half times alone, and with the help of everyone, he finally wiped out all the cakes.

Li Ziqi's attitude was no longer as firm as it was at the beginning, and she changed her attitude towards Cheng Yi three times.

The first time was when Cheng Yi talked about the prospects and future of short videos, which made her realize that this young man was not a pig who got lucky and stood in the spotlight. He got to where he is today by relying on real materials.

, the future is promising.

The second time, she took Cheng Yi to visit vegetable gardens and farmland. She thought Cheng Yi was just a city kid who couldn't distinguish between grains and limbs, had endless yearning for rural life, but knew nothing about the hardships of farmers. But

He was not, he had the same origin as himself, which gave Li Ziqi a sense of identity.

The third time, Cheng Yi rushed to eat the cake, which gave her a clear understanding of Cheng Yi's character. He has a gentle and kind side, but also an unconventional and overbearing side.

He won't give up easily, she thought.

After eating, Li Ziqi took the initiative to talk to Cheng Yi:

"Mr. Cheng, it's a pleasure to meet you, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to communicate with you about short videos, but I won't consider signing a contract for the time being."

Cheng Yi looked calm and asked: "Can you tell me the reason?"

"There are two reasons. First, someone has actually contacted me. He has helped me a lot and is very reasonable. If I sign a contract, I will consider him first. Second, I just want to make a simple video. I don't want to

When signing up for a company, I want to ensure the independence of the account."

Cheng Yi nodded: "Let me talk about the first one first. The person you mentioned is helping you, is it Liu Tongming from Yuhang Weinian Company?"

Li Ziqi was shocked: "How did you know?"

A smile appeared on Cheng Yi's lips: "I must have done enough homework on this trip today."

He asked again: "What kind of help do you mean?"

Now that Cheng Yi has investigated this, Li Ziqi has nothing to hide and said:

"He said he could help me get in touch with Weibo's core support resources. I thought he was a liar at the time and ignored him. As a result, he helped me get support from Weibo without any commitment from me.

From this, my video got its first promotion.”

"What if I say he is lying to you?" Cheng Yiba laughed.

Li Ziqi heard the disdain in Cheng Yihua and frowned: "Mr. Cheng, what do you mean?"

"As far as I know, Yuhang Weinian only launched M business in May this year, not a few months before he contacted you. His business scale is not large at all. How could he communicate with Weibo's core resources?"

"But he did help me win it. This is a fact."

"No, it was Fei Bo who helped you, not Liu Tongming."

"Isn't it the same?"

"Of course it's different. Weibo's program to support content creators was launched by Weibo this year. In order to tap high-quality self-media accounts to join Weibo, it has launched a series of support plans.

Feibo has a team inside that specializes in external cooperation and contacting high-quality authors on other platforms. They will give invitations to authors and promote them to increase their fans. This is a very common way of playing content platforms.

Why do I know so clearly, because they also found me, and I am the beneficiary."

Cheng Yi saw Li Ziqi's look of disbelief and continued:

"What Liu Tongming did was actually an act of arbitrage. Company M, which is familiar with the platform's policies, would proactively contact the platform to take over their function of externally connecting creators, and then tell the author that they have platform resources to contract the author.

, become the author’s agent and cash out the author’s income.

This is how Liu Tongming plays."

"How is that possible?" Li Ziqi simply couldn't believe it.

"You can't believe it, right? This is the businessman, and I believe he is more than that."

Cheng Yi opened his laptop and started typing. Just when Li Ziqi asked what Cheng Yi was doing, Cheng Yi turned the laptop screen to her.

What I saw above was the trademark information page of "Li Ziqi", including trademarks for food, medicine, daily chemicals, advertising and other categories.

And these trademarks all belong to Yuhang Weinian Company.

"The registration time is August 29?" Li Ziqi widened his glasses and breathed heavily, "Li Tongming first contacted me in September!"

"Obviously, he fell in love with you from the beginning. When he first contacted you, the trademark had just been registered. I guess, if you signed the contract with him honestly, he would not mention the trademark. If

If you don't sign with him, he may threaten you with his trademark. Right now, he is still in the stage of giving favors."

Li Zi's eyes were about to burst: "He is really good at it!"

Hearing Li Ziqi's words, Cheng Yi exclaimed, "Where is this? Liu Tongming's methods are far more than that."

As far as Cheng Yi knows, in the previous life, the in-depth cooperation between Li Ziqi and Liu Tongming began in 2017. They jointly established Sichuan Xizi Qi Culture Co., Ltd., with Liu Tongming holding 51% of the shares and Li Ziqi holding 49%. There is no problem.

The problem is that after their in-depth cooperation, the main body of financing was not the joint venture Ziqi Culture Co., Ltd., but Liu Tongming's own Weinian company, and the investors all invested in Weinian's equity.

The subsequent business operations and the initially registered trademark were not transferred to the name of the new company and were still with Yuhang Weinian.

You know, Li Ziqi has no equity in Yuhang Weinian.

In other words, after they cooperated, all their profits were in Yuhang Weinian, and all their expenses were in Sichuan West Ziqi.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Ziqi has not made money. She and Liu Tongming must have a way to share accounts, otherwise they would not be able to live in peace until 2021 and cooperate for four years.

However, this way of dividing accounts is definitely unreasonable. Moreover, no matter how much money Li Ziqi takes, she does not have a share in the equity, and the trademark is also in Weinian's name. She is controlled by Liu Tongming.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yi couldn't help but sigh: This Liu Tongming is simply a model businessman.

He first took the first step to register Li Ziqi's trademark, and then used illegal gambling activities to show favor to Li Ziqi. He used a big stick and a handful of red dates to successfully control Li Ziqi.

Next, Yu Hang Weinian became a parasite on Li Ziqi and sucked blood like crazy.

Weinian only received angel round financing three years after its establishment, which was estimated to be only a few million. However, after cooperating with Li Ziqi, Yuhang Weinian quickly obtained multiple rounds of financing in more than a year, with a financing amount of no less than 100 million.

As Li Ziqi became popular in 2017, her videos were moved overseas, became popular abroad, and exported to domestic sales. Officials also realized the value of Li Ziqi, and various official resources surrounded her, pushing her to a higher level.

high position.

It can be said that in the process from her beginning to becoming famous, it cannot be said that she has nothing to do with Liu Tongming, it can only be said that the relationship is very small.

Even the popular Li Zi Qi snail rice noodle was first discussed with Li Zi Qi by the Guangxi government.

Therefore, rather than saying that Liu Tongming made Li Ziqi, it is better to say that Li Ziqi made Liu Tongming.

However, in this life, nothing will happen to you Liu Tongming.

Cheng Yi said: "Sister Qi, you might as well call Liu Tongming now and tell me that you plan to sign a contract with me and see how he reacts."

"I haven't agreed with you yet."

"Of course I know. I just want to help you recognize Liu Tongming's true identity. Also, record the audio in advance."

"good."

Li Ziqi nodded and dialed Liu Tongming's number.