After finishing the call with Zhang Yang, Liu Xingyun stayed in the office until after nine in the evening to sort through and digest the information from the call.
This sorting and digesting was not simply documenting the issues Zhang Yang mentioned, but rather, combining the company's current actual situation with the operational status that Liu Xingyun could understand within his authority for a detailed examination.
If what Zhang Yang talked about over the phone was just a macro-level possibility, then after Liu Xingyun's efforts, the material he crafted had already been supported by real data from the company's operations.
The next morning, right after the early meeting at the company, Liu Xingyun brought his prepared materials to knock on his boss's office door.
Wang Henan glanced up at Liu Xingyun, smiling as he asked, "What's up, Old Liu? Got something?"
Liu Xingyun nodded and placed the stack of printed materials he had under his arm in front of Wang Henan.
"Boss, I believe there are quite a few hidden risks in the development of our platform at the moment. I've done a simple analysis combining public data and would like to report it to you!
This is the material I've put together. Please take a look when you have the time!"
Wang Henan was somewhat surprised on hearing this term and promptly reached out to take the stack of printed materials to read on the spot.
The main content was only a few pages, with the rest being data Liu Xingyun had collected for support, which looked quite simple. Wang Henan quickly skimmed through it.
Once finished, Wang Henan said with a light expression, "Haha, Old Liu, your focus at work is misplaced!"
"Hmm? How is it misplaced? I think the issues listed currently could seriously affect the company's future growth!"
Liu Xingyun continued to express his thoughts.
To be honest, although Liu Xingyun was also no saint and quite an experienced corporate player, he was quite emotionally attached to the project he had been involved in right from the startup phase and which had succeeded. This is why he put in so much effort to organize and report to his superiors.
Seeing that his boss, Wang Henan, just glanced at it and dismissed his efforts, Liu Xingyun was a bit puzzled.
Wang Henan chuckled and said, "When you are in different positions, the information you see and access is not equal!
For example, the first point you listed here! The investors' funding input!
I can tell you, in our first round of funding alone, we received eighty million! The second round followed with one hundred fifty million! The third round is four hundred million!
Countless industry bigwigs are eager to invest and take a share; do you know what this means?
It indicates that our project has immense potential! Are they fools? In fact, they are smarter than anyone!
With so much money to burn, imagine how large the platform will be when it gets incubated? I can responsibly tell you that your concern about funds is meaningless!
Moving on to the issue of sustainable profitability for the platform.
In today's era, traffic is king. With traffic, we have everything!
Once the platform user base grows, we can accept advertisement promotions, game development launches, third-party data collection, and so on!
Any ecosystem can be integrated with traffic, do you get what I mean?
Alright, I've directly answered your two main concerns; do you have any other questions?" Wang Henan looked at his subordinate with gentle eyes.
"But... we're currently only doing live streaming!" Liu Xingyun still wanted to say more.
The boss's vision was indeed vast, and it seemed plausible; the problem is that these are all just paper talks for now, and the live streaming platform's operation is currently very singular.
"Regarding the company's major development direction, I will take responsibility. You just need to do your job well!
Operations are a crucial phase of development, and high-quality streamers are the scarce resource! Instead of spending so much energy collecting this data, it would be better to sign a few more quality streamers!
I have some other matters to attend to; you can go now, no need to pursue this matter further!"
Liu Xingyun entered the office full of confidence, but in less than ten minutes, he walked out with his head hanging low.
As soon as Liu Xingyun left the office, the gentle smile on Wang Henan's face disappeared immediately, his eyes and expression grew cold.
He took a spare phone out of the drawer and dialed a number he hardly ever contacted.
"Hello, Old Huang, it's me, Wang Henan! Do me a favor, check out a supervisor in our company named Liu Xingyun; I'll send you specific details and what I need checked in an email later!"
After hanging up, Wang Henan got up from his executive chair, glanced through the large floor-to-ceiling window towards the distant city skyline, and took a full five minutes by the window to stabilize his emotions.
To play at the level of a corporate head, none are innocent. As a company founder, Wang Henan's means of maneuvering subordinates were honed to perfection.
After all, it was a company he founded himself, and Wang Henan understood the business model of the live streaming platform better than anyone!
Other matters might not be reliable, but what Wang Henan told Liu Xingyun was very true: from different positions, you have different perspectives.
Likewise, with different demands, there will be different solutions facing a matter.