novelraw Chapter 420 - 196: Be Your Best Self, Help Others Succeed (Part 2)
Chapter 420 - 196: Be Your Best Self, Help Others Succeed (Part 2)
"Heaven and earth, I’m not pretending to be poor, I’m truly poor!"
Zhang Bo’s monthly salary plus commission is over 50,000, which is not low in a big city like Beijing.
But compared to someone like Li Ming, who runs his own car dealership, it doesn’t quite measure up.
Li Ming makes almost as much as Zhang Bo’s monthly salary just by selling one second-hand luxury car.
Hearing Zhang Bo lament his poverty, Jiang Tao suddenly had an idea.
A thought quickly formed in his mind.
Could he recruit Zhang Bo to his MCN company and turn him into a popular treasure appraisal influencer?
Even if he can’t reach the level of covering the entire internet like Listening Spring Treasure Appraisal.
A small hit would still yield considerable earnings in a year!
Moreover, if this could be achieved, he’d undoubtedly be Zhang Bo’s Bo Le.
The friendship between them would certainly become more solid, raising their friendship value even higher!
Thinking of this, Jiang Tao equipped himself with the Bo Le skill and looked again at Zhang Bo, who was chatting happily with Li Ming.
[Name]: Zhang Bo
[Talent]: Fire Eyes Golden Gaze
[Professional Direction]: Treasure Appraiser (Five Stars) Auction House (Three Stars).
Jiang Tao wanting to sign him to his company as a host wasn’t a spur of the moment whim.
Zhang Bo indeed has the talent to excel in this field.
With a certain amount of investment in him, the future returns would surely be doubled!
"By the way, Zhang Bo, I’m setting up an MCN company. Are you interested in joining us?"
After a brief hesitation, Jiang Tao extended the olive branch to Zhang Bo.
"Hahaha, I appreciate your kind offer, Brother Jiang, but I really can’t. I’m not cut out for this at all."
Zhang Bo waved his hand and refused right after hearing Jiang Tao’s invitation.
Even though he might seem relaxed and joyful when with Jiang Tao and Li Ming.
Every time he’s in front of the camera, he feels extremely unnatural and awkward!
Zhang Bo often watches the Listening Spring Treasure Appraisal on Quick Shake.
He can also identify and discuss some of the antiques shown in the live stream.
But to be like the host, talking non-stop, is more difficult than anything for him.
For three generations, Zhang Bo’s family has been dealing in antiques.
Their family has a rich legacy in the antique business, and there should be no issue with knowledge reserves.
With some training and cultivation, plus some resource investment to help boost his exposure.
He can surely become an outstanding treasure appraisal influencer!
In this, Jiang Tao was very confident!
With the Bo Le skill, he’s never mistakenly judged anyone.
"How can you know you can’t do it without trying?"
"Your professional knowledge is not the problem; you’re just lacking confidence and practice."
Jiang Tao wasn’t giving up on such an excellent talent as Zhang Bo easily and continued his persuasion.
"Besides, joining our company won’t interfere with your daytime work."
"During the day, you can continue doing what you have to at your store."
"The only change would be, I’ll arrange a professional director for you to help with daily live streaming."
"No, Brother Jiang, really, I’m no good. When I’m live, I feel like a fool; I can’t think straight. I’m truly not cut out for this."
Zhang Bo waved his hands repeatedly in refusal, fully aware of his capabilities; agreeing to Jiang Tao’s offer would only harm him.
"I think you are cut out for this. You call yourself the Young Listening Spring of Pan Garden. How are you any less than Listening Spring Treasure Appraisal?"
"Do you have less professional knowledge or are you less good-looking than him?"
Seeing that a straightforward invitation wasn’t working, Jiang Tao resorted to reverse psychology.
Indeed, upon hearing this, Zhang Bo showed a hesitant expression.
In his family, dealing with antiques for three generations, he’s been influenced since childhood.
Though his professional knowledge isn’t as extensive as his father’s, it shouldn’t be far off from Listening Spring Treasure Appraisal’s host.
As for looks...
Zhang Bo was confident he didn’t look worse than Listening Spring Treasure Appraisal.
"No one is born knowing how to walk or run."
"Everyone starts from sitting, then learns to crawl, stand, walk, and run."
"What you see as someone else’s excellence is only the surface."
"For every minute on stage, there are three years of practice offstage."
"Every large influencer with millions or even tens of millions of fans online started from a small presence."
Jiang Tao’s words were like rolling thunder in Zhang Bo’s ears.
Like a bolt awakening him suddenly!
Right!
He had barely tried streaming for ten days before giving up, prematurely discrediting himself; it was indeed a bit rash!
"Brother Jiang makes a lot of sense! Zhang Bo, I think you should indeed try this treasure appraisal influencer route."
"Those sales influencers at our car dealership weren’t much at the beginning either."
"At first, they were all dazed, like puppets during live streams."
"Now, they talk non-stop, completely freed."
"What you need to do is open up yourself, free your mind, and put aside your pride and shame."
Li Ming’s dealership had several sales influencers with some experience in live streaming.
"Li Ming is right, open yourself up, leave behind shame, and even social anxiety can turn into sociability."
Jiang Tao laughed, "Our company is just at the stage of expanding. You’ll be considered a founding member if you join."
"As for salary, I won’t shortchange you. For now, let’s set a base salary at 20,000, don’t think it’s too little."
"Once your account takes off, you take eighty percent, and I take twenty."
The offer Jiang Tao gave to Li Ming was much better than the typical MCN company’s offer to their affiliated influencers.
Other MCN companies only give thirty or forty percent to small influencers; fifty percent is considered generous.
For those who strongly attract income, sixty or seventy percent might be for major influencers.
There are very few like Jiang Tao, offering eighty percent returns to an influencer.
Li Ming laughed beside them, "Zhang Bo, what’s there to hesitate about? If Brother Jiang gives such terms, I would join their company myself."
"Haha, our small temple cannot accommodate a big Buddha like you, Young Master Li."
Jiang Tao teased Li Ming with a joke, and continued to watch the slightly hesitant Zhang Bo, waiting for his answer.
"Brother Jiang has made his case this far, and if I hesitate any further, I would be ungrateful."
Zhang Bo looked sincerely at Jiang Tao and said:
"Brother Jiang, if you don’t mind me being slow, I’ll work with you from now on!"
[Ding! Congratulations on triggering a special mission [Promote Others, Elevate Oneself]!
[Mission Name]: Promote Others, Elevate Oneself!
[Mission Content]: Help others succeed to benefit yourself as well, assist Zhang Bo in gaining 500,000 followers on the Quick Shake platform!
[Mission Reward]: 6.66 million in cash, 10 points for Constitution, 10 points for Charm Value, 10 points for Health Value!
As Zhang Bo finished speaking, a deep blue system interface flashed open automatically, displaying a new task notification.
"Promote Others, Elevate Oneself..."
Seeing the mission name brought to Jiang Tao’s mind a running influencer he followed long ago, Taisho.
When Taisho first entered the running influencer scene, his conversion capabilities were weak too.
His main income came from the prize money of marathons around the country.
Later, Old Zhang, the founder of Mirlion Interactive Entertainment, found Taisho and began to guide his filming and operations.
Taisho transformed from an unknown small influencer to a major influencer with over five million fans on Quick Shake, achieving a reversal.
Old Zhang also provided Taisho with more collaboration opportunities with sports brands.
Through product placement, live streaming sales, and other methods, they achieved commercial monetization, significantly boosting income.
Old Zhang and Taisho’s relationship exemplifies "Promote Others, Elevate Oneself."
Old Zhang used his connections and resources to build Taisho.
Taisho also used his strength to create more value for Old Zhang.
This time, all Jiang Tao needs to do is help Zhang Bo gain 500,000 followers to complete the mission.
And then he would receive a reward of 5 million cash and points for Constitution, Charm Value, and Health Value.
The task isn’t overly difficult, and the rewards are quite substantial!
"Accept Mission!"
Without any hesitation, Jiang Tao accepted the mission with a shift of thought.
In one day, two special missions were triggered, with rewards totaling over ten million!
Could today be his lucky day?
Jiang Tao looked toward the pocket on the left chest of his shirt.
In his pocket, there was a newly found, fingernail-sized River Stone.
He wondered if this luck today was brought by the River Stone.