Chapter 356: MCN Institutions, Land

Words : 1742 Updated : Oct 9th, 2025

"Your fan count is increasing so fast." Lu Liang had just finished showering and came out of the bathroom when he saw Wang Chuting checking the view count on her Douyin account. After Douyin merged with Watermelon Video, Watermelon Video had effectively become a backend application for Douyin, retaining nothing but the name. In the past half-year, Wang Chuting had posted nine videos and her account’s fan count had broken the ten million mark. "It’s all thanks to your influence." Smiling seductively, Wang Chuting stretched out her 1.2-meter-long legs and playfully teased Little Lu. Initially, her account only had five million fans, but the video interviewing Lu Liang had doubled her fan count in just two days. Ningde, Wanda Wang, they might have a higher social status than Lu Liang, but their online influence wasn’t even on the same level as his. "With ten million fans, have you thought about what you want to do next?" Lu Liang glanced over and grabbed her foot directly, the light green nail polish reminiscent of leaves on a white grapevine. The green made her pale instep look whiter and her pink soles appear even pinker. Lu Liang, who had thought he had no particular fetishes, realized he was wrong the moment he met Wang Chuting—her legs were like works of art. "Ticklish~" Wang Chuting suddenly screamed. She quickly pulled away, sat cross-legged, and hid her feet. She pondered seriously, guarding against Lu Liang’s sneak attacks, "I’m still thinking, not sure whether to go into e-commerce or start an MCN." Live-commerce is exactly what it sounds like. Since Panda discovered this path, it seemed like the whole internet found a place to belong. Douyu, Huya, and other major platforms quickly followed suit, with Kuai Shou and Douyin not wanting to be left behind. However, short-video commerce had a higher threshold—only accounts with at least ten thousand fans could enable this feature. An MCN, however, is a more advanced game, similar to a talent agency in the entertainment industry, signing up-and-coming talent. Wang Chuting, leveraging her own account’s influence, would help them operate their accounts, becoming their boss. The former option was more straightforward and didn’t require much thought, but it made her dependent on others. The latter was more complex and troublesome but allowed her to become a part of the capital. Lu Liang gave a resigned smile, "With these two options before you, are you still considering which one to choose?" If it were Li Manli, she would definitely choose the former; she was already developing in that direction. Relying on Panda, she would either do live e-commerce whenever she wanted or just live-stream games carelessly. She lived carefree, like a salted fish, never aspiring to climb higher. But Wang Chuting was different. With these two choices before her, it was really a multiple-choice question for her. She would always choose to develop herself and reduce dependence on external forces. "Is that how you see me?" Wang Chuting playfully glared at him and huffed, "Can’t a girl occasionally have the desire to be pampered?" "Sure, as long as it makes you happy," Lu Liang said, resting his head on Wang Chuting’s thigh, squinting his eyes. As Wang Chuting massaged his shoulders and back, she whispered, "Your company’s Chen Jinchun seems quite promising. How about I sign her to my team?" As more users flocked to Douyin, Tianxing Investment, being one of the first corporate accounts to join, fed off Lu Liang’s traffic every day. Though just a venture capital firm, it had twice the number of fans as her. Chen Jinchun, who managed the company account, was round-faced, large-mouthed, and a flat-chested loli; her features were strikingly distinctive, resembling the ideal daughter in the eyes of middle-aged people. If she ever decided to start a small account, she could definitely break a million fans in minutes. ’Xiao Chen, go solo.’ It wasn’t just a joke from netizens; over the past year, countless MCNs wanted to poach her, as plentiful as fishes crossing the river. It could be said, just by nodding and agreeing to switch companies, she could easily get a sign-on fee of three to five million yuan per year. "If you want to poach her, just go ahead. The company doesn’t have any contract restrictions on her," Lu Liang said. Two years ago, he had personally recruited Chen Jinchun. Initially, she was supposed to be a receptionist at the front desk, but due to staff shortages, she ended up as Lu Liang’s assistant. Because they needed to promote Douyin, she was put in charge of managing the company’s account on Douyin and remained under a regular contract. As long as she wanted to resign, she wouldn’t even have to pay a penalty fee. "If anyone could have poached her, she would have been gone by now," Wang Chuting couldn’t help but criticize. Each time Chen Jinchun made an appearance in a video, she wore a No. 003 work badge, and those digits seemed to be embolded and enlarged as if she were proud of being the company’s third employee. If not for Lu Liang’s direction, others would find it nearly impossible to poach her. Unable to contain his laughter, Lu Liang remarked, "A fish does not know the joy of fish; maybe she feels quite comfortable this way." Wang Chuting sighed and suddenly smiled, "Why not hire me then? I’d like to enjoy that too." In recent years, a group claiming to be "awakened women" has suddenly emerged online, using gender equality as a pretext to "throw punches" everywhere. Actually, their slogan is not wrong, but it should not be stigmatized. Moreover, they should not throw punches merely for the sake of throwing punches. Patriarchy is the essence of society, and if given a choice, she would also hope to grow strong under the shelter of a large tree. "I’m worried you’ll cause trouble," Lu Liang said bluntly. Wang Chuting, fuming with anger, said, "What about Chen Jinchun, Tang Caide, and Hu Weiwei? Aren’t you afraid they will cause trouble?" "I’m not afraid, they wouldn’t dare." "Why not?" "Because I haven’t slept with them." Lu Liang added, "But I have slept with you." Wang Chuting fell silent, her face filled with resentment, "Can’t you phrase it more tactfully?" "I’m worried you wouldn’t understand," Lu Liang, opening his eyes, looked up at a spherical object. Wang Chuting was very clever. If he were tactful with her, she would deliberately play dumb, so he had to be straightforward. "I might as well choke you," Wang Chuting decided, suddenly agitated to the point of wanting to suffocate Lu Liang. Then, her toes were grabbed by Lu Liang’s hand, sending a current through her body, "Wrong, wrong..." "What’s wrong?" This time, Lu Liang smiled and did not show mercy; his laughing and shouting continued for over ten minutes. Wang Chuting’s hair disheveled, her cheeks flushed, completely drained as she lay on the sofa, only then did he stop. Somewhere on the sofa, the color deepened suddenly, and he couldn’t help but exclaim, "Such a strong reaction?" Wang Chuting, both embarrassed and angry, rested briefly and then made a sudden, fierce move, like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey. ... Searᴄh the novёlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. On Saturday noon, Lu Liang, accompanied by Xu Jiawei, arrived at the Wanda Hotel in Su City. The public fund matter had concluded, and he was supposed to retrieve the 1% share from Wanda and reclaim the 9% share of Tianxing Investment. "Mr. Lu, the village relocation work above has been completed, please have a look." Old Wang looked on enviously, although Little Wang was beginning to understand, compared to Lu Liang, he was far behind. Wanda acquired the land without spending money, precisely speaking, Wanda’s agent acquired the land without cost. 1450 acres of land was provided free of charge by Su City Government for the use of Tianxing Technology, but there were conditions. Within the next five years, Tianxing Technology must invest 12 billion yuan on it, and after five years, the annual tax contribution must not be less than 1.5 billion yuan, otherwise, the land would revert to the government. Although there were investment restrictions, the contract included an additional clause allowing Su City Government to provide a five-year loan of 15 billion yuan at 3.8% interest. This last clause virtually reimbursed all the investment funds, demonstrating Su City Government’s expectations for Tianxing. Moreover, after speaking with city construction leaders, it was known that Su City planned to extend Subway Line 5 directly across this land and the Lou Shui Industrial Park separated by a river. Exaggeration aside, Su City was rallying the whole city’s strength to support the new energy industry. As long as the development of Tianxing Technology in the future wasn’t too poor, at the very least, it would receive the treatment of BYD in Shenzhen. "Thank you Mr. Wang, for handling these trivial matters. Please prepare a detailed report of the expenses and send it to us." Lu Liang, looking through the documents, noted that although Old Wang said it didn’t cost much, it still involved several billion yuan. Su City provided the land for free, but there were initially more than a hundred households on it, and they had to handle it themselves. To get them to move so quickly, an overall subsidy of nearly two million yuan per household was provided, at least two billion yuan in total. "Alright, I’ll have someone send the detailed information to your company," Old Wang nodded and gladly accepted. After all, it was the company’s money, not his. If it had been his money, he definitely wouldn’t have squabbled with Lu Liang. Panda was listed with a market value of at least 30 billion US dollars, of which about 12 billion US dollars belonged to his family’s Little Wang. Making money was a minor matter; inspiring him to develop a sense of enterprise was more significant, and Old Wang was always grateful to Lu Liang. Lu Liang chuckled, "Mr. Wang, you’re too polite. Actually, my trip to New York wasn’t much help; mainly, it was thanks to Xiaocong himself and Panda’s market recognition." Old Wang replied with a flattering smile, "Mr. Lu, modesty is good, but excessive modesty isn’t." Lu Liang smiled and graciously accepted Old Wang’s gratitude.

Chapter 356: MCN Institutions, Land

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