Chapter 156: Zhou Yun's Influencer Team

After finishing lunch, Tang Zhichu originally intended to have them dropped off at the hotel closest to the abandoned factory building.

As it turned out, they wanted to take a look first, so he led them over there instead.

It was like a reciprocal gesture of goodwill.

Since Tang Zhichu was straightforward, they were straightforward as well.

After walking around the factory building once, they already began discussing how to construct the filming set.

A secondhand car would suffice for the vehicle, they would need a few tons of mud and stone, along with some steel materials, and all things considered, it wouldn't be too costly.

At the entrance, Xu Lai wiped the sweat from his forehead and thanked Tang Zhichu.

"Keep it up. Once your career takes off, can a career woman be far behind?"

Xu Lai thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, I'll shoot it well."

Tang Zhichu nodded, turned back to the filming crew, and said, "Then I'll be leaving first? I need to return to the company. Yiyang, please help arrange things for them. I've sent the hotel address to your WeChat. Call me if you need anything; I'm always available."

"Alright, leave it to me."

"Take care, President Tang."

"No need to worry about our end, we're all professionals, rest assured."

Since Tang Zhichu was leaving, everyone enthusiastically said their goodbyes. With this being their first collaboration and the boss being so straightforward, shouldn't they do a stellar job?

What if there were future opportunities?

The High-Tech Zone was not far from the University Town; driving to the company—namely, Reflection Culture—took less than twenty minutes.

Wang Jun parked the car in the parking lot behind the commercial building and then got out along with Tang Zhichu.

Curious about something, Tang Zhichu asked, "I noticed a camera in the car? Is it a gift for someone?"

Wang Jun was startled for a moment, then gave an awkward laugh, "I bought it for myself to play with."

Tang Zhichu was somewhat surprised. Knowing Wang Jun the way he did, he hadn't expected him to have such a hobby.

On the eighth floor, stepping out of the elevator led to a glass door with green plants at the entrance.

The glass door was automatic; as soon as someone approached, it slid open to both sides.

The receptionist was a woman, and she was initially wondering who might be visiting at this time of day.

After taking a closer look, she immediately recognized Wang Jun.

General Manager Huang had instructed her that Wang Jun was the big boss's assistant, a detail she had committed to memory.

Since Wang Jun had arrived, who was the person with him? Looking closer, she hurriedly stepped out from behind the reception desk.

"President Tang!"

Tang Zhichu nodded and asked with a smile, "Is General Manager Huang in?"

"Both General Manager Huang and General Manager Zhou are here. I'll notify them right away."

"No need, you go ahead with your work, I'll walk over myself."

It wasn't a major issue and didn't warrant making a fuss. Tang Zhichu and Wang Jun entered the company.

Although he said it wasn't necessary, the receptionist still made a phone call to Huang Zejun.

Actually, Tang Zhichu was a bit surprised. Huang Zejun being here was expected, but for Zhou Yun to be here as well was quite rare.

The main venue of activity for Zhou Yun's studio was over at the gym, and the internet celebrities under her banner lived in their own rented apartments.

That could be seen from their video materials.

The shooting locations for several people overlapped, and apart from the gym, they were running all over Chongqing.

Compared to Huang Zejun's videos, their conditions were far better.

Up to now, Huang Zejun had shot dozens of videos without ever leaving the University Town.

Passing by a meeting room, Tang Zhichu came to a halt.

Because there were voices coming from inside.

"The reason we are distributing this set of clothes to you is because a movie project is about to start soon—an internet movie. However, the filming crew is of top domestic caliber. You know *Night Rain Jianghu*, right? Even before its release, it trended on hot searches several times, and the creative team for this film is none other than the team from *Night Rain Jianghu*."

Zhou Yun's voice drifted out from within.

"Wow! Could it be the movie that Director Little Xu is going to shoot?"

"Can I squeeze in as an extra?"

"Don't even think about it, even if you go, you won't get to act. Look at these clothes of ours—at a glance, they look like outfits for odd-job workers!"

Before Zhou Yun could finish, the group started discussing animatedly, filled with the pleasant voices of young ladies.

Xu Lai had seen them over the past couple of days, and they had also learned of Xu Lai's identity.

"That's right, you'll be volunteers. I've talked with Director Little Xu, and when the time comes, you'll go to the crew as volunteers, and the company's photographers will be arranged to follow you. I don't need to train you on what the attitude of a volunteer should be, do I? Pouring tea and fetching water—you'll have to do it all." Zhou Yun's voice rang out again.

"Why go and be these volunteers? Because it's an internet movie, broadcast online. The director is Xu Lai, the screenwriter is Zhu Yiyang, and the producer is none other than our big boss, Tang Zhichu. Could a combination like this have low popularity? Of course, while riding this wave of popularity, we also have to contribute our part to promoting it for them."

"With the addition of Naihui and Maomao, the combined follower count of all eleven of you adds up to tens of millions, so it's not entirely like you're just leeching off their fame."

Zhou Yun expressed it very clearly: an internet movie implied online sales.

Using Douyin internet celebrities as a breakthrough point to do some promotion for Tang Zhichu might yield unexpected results.

In Zhou Yun's view, internet movies were naturally more suited for online promotion than theater-released films. Even if an internet movie cost five yuan, and an internet celebrity you liked participated in its production—and they were from the same company—it wouldn't be too much to ask you to spend five yuan, right?

Besides, it was a win-win situation.

Just as Zhou Yun said, the creative team itself had popularity, and they could also utilize Xu Huaiguai's banner for promotion.

Although it was an internet movie, for internet celebrities, getting involved meant reaching upper-tier resources.

"In other words, this movie is produced by our own company?"

"Can we shoot videos on the movie set?"

"Sister Yunyun, when will we get to meet the big boss?!"

Inside, the eleven women began discussing among themselves, the scene resembling a flock of little sparrows.

However, upon closer inspection, distinct small cliques were clearly visible.

Wang Xiaoyan was surrounded by a few people, another slightly chubby girl had a few people gathered around her, and then there were Naihui and Maomao, who also had a slightly plumper girl accompanying them.

They seemed to coexist in roughly a 5-4-3 pattern.

By gathering everyone together, Zhou Yun also intended to get a sense of how they got along with one another.

Naihui and Maomao had moved to Chongqing yesterday, and coming to the company today could also be considered a way to get them acquainted with the place.

Needless to say, Wang Xiaoyan already held considerable sway back when she was at the gym, and she naturally had many little sisters.

The second clique came as a bit of a surprise to Zhou Yun.

It was centered around Gu Yisha.

Gu Yisha was not originally a gym instructor; she had been a gym member, graduated with a master's degree from the Institute of Languages, and was scouted and signed by Zhou Yun.

Gu Yisha's account on Douyin was called Little Sandy, and her current follower count stood at 690,000, only about 100,000 fewer than Wang Xiaoyan.

While Wang Xiaoyan had the dance support provided by Tang Zhichu, Gu Yisha had grown her follower count almost entirely on her own.

Having studied Japanese, her videos mainly featured otaku dances, and combined with her high attractiveness, her follower count grew rapidly.

With a high educational background and fast follower growth, many people gravitated around her to form another clique.

Zhou Yun had also signed two internet celebrities who were already doing very well on their own—namely Naihui and Maomao. Both sides treated the two of them very well, but Naihui and Maomao preferred to avoid such clique-based politics and, for the time being, had not integrated into either side.

Of course, given their level of followers, they didn't need to waste energy on such socializing.

However, there was one thing Naihui and Maomao were quite satisfied with.

Right after joining the company, they caught up with the company venturing into an internet movie. This was indeed much better than doing things on their own.

Given Naihui and Maomao's tier, what they needed most at present was to break out of their mold—breaking out of their previous style and accumulated demographic. Old fans would look and think, *Whoa, they've already gotten into movies?* while new fans would arrive and think, *Oh, their previous videos are good too!*—and thus the effect would be achieved.

Hearing everyone gradually steer the conversation toward Tang Zhichu,

Naihui asked the slightly plump girl sitting between her and Maomao, "Does the big boss come here often?"

The slightly plump girl shook her head, "No—well, not much. Wait, he used to come a lot in the past, working out at the gym every day. Later on, when he went to participate in a music variety show, he stopped coming and didn't have time to drop by."

She wasn't really fat; she just had a bit of a pear-shaped figure. As she sat, her belly looked soft and fleshy, yet devoid of any flab.

What is a pear-shaped figure? Put simply, it meant having wider hips.