#154 - Chapter 154: Audition site, celebrities gathered
President Ren opened his mouth in surprise, staring blankly at Chen Hao, unable to speak.
How many fields had he actually ventured into?
How many industries did he have under his name?
It was too exaggerated!
Thinking that he had just scolded his partner and benefactor, President Ren wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
What to do?
Of course, he knew that with the magnanimity Chen Hao had shown, it was impossible for him to really hold it against him.
It's just... awkward!
"That's right!"
He quickly changed the subject: "Director Chen, I do have an idea that might be of some help!"
With a creak, President Ren opened the office door: "Xiao Ding!"
The assistant immediately ran in: "President Ren!"
"Give the order."
President Ren said in a deep voice: "Any young people in the company aged 18 to 26 who like to sing should sign up for 'The Voice of China'—the company will subsidize 200 yuan per day!"
"Ah?!"
Assistant Xiao Ding was completely dumbfounded.
"Director Chen, which cities are holding auditions in?" President Ren looked at Chen Hao.
"Shenzhen has one."
Chen Hao quickly replied.
He was immediately overjoyed.
With President Ren's idea, he could easily follow suit.
He quickly took out his phone and called Xia Qingyan: "Sister Xia, there are too few people signing up for 'The Voice of China' auditions."
"Like this! Send a notice to the subsidiaries that anyone in the local or nearby cities with audition locations should sign up—travel expenses will be reimbursed, and there will be a subsidy!"
"Not all employees need to go..."
"That's right! It should be young people who like music... Good!"
Chen Hao happily hung up the phone.
Seeing his happy expression, President Ren was very surprised: "Director Chen called Ma Yun? I didn't realize... you're also familiar with him."
"Actually, I've only met him once."
"You've only met him once, and he's willing to help? I didn't expect President Ma to be so enthusiastic!"
"Mainly because..."
Chen Hao smiled sheepishly: "I have absolute control of his company."
President Ren's eyes widened.
He had long noticed that the Ma brothers' internet companies were developing extremely rapidly, with a bright future.
How could they agree to let outsiders have absolute control?
"He... agreed to let you have control?" President Ren couldn't help but ask.
"I told him that either he let me have absolute control, or I would support similar companies to eliminate him."
"..."
Hearing Chen Hao's casual words, President Ren's mind was instantly awakened.
Chen Hao had always been very polite to him.
Even very respectful.
Making him feel that the other party was a very easy-going and humble young man.
At this moment, he realized that Chen Hao was only polite to him, but what about others?
Not only was he impolite?
He was simply overbearing!
Indeed, he had the strength to be overbearing.
Holding 4G communication technology and 400G routers, if he wanted to do the same thing to Huawei, wouldn't he also be powerless to resist?
Either be absolutely controlled.
Or be eliminated!
"President Ren, didn't we say we were going to eat?"
Chen Hao chuckled: "Let's go to the cafeteria? I have something to do in the afternoon."
Before, if President Ren insisted on hosting a banquet, he wouldn't refuse, but now it was different.
The 'Voice of China' auditions had encountered a problem.
It had to be resolved immediately!
Huawei had been mobilized.
Hanteng Capital's subsidiaries had been mobilized.
Even.
He had contacted the Ma brothers.
Everyone was starting to take action, shouldn't he do something himself?
... ...
The Voice of China.
Shenzhen audition site.
The cameras were in place, and several media outlets had come, so the preparations were fairly complete.
As a result... there were only seven or eight people sparsely lined up.
It wasn't exactly deserted, but compared to the initial estimate, the number of applicants was much smaller!
Ma Xiaoning had a headache.
He was sent by Hantang Media to be in charge of the Shenzhen audition site.
How could he explain such a bleak situation to the company?
"Manager Ma!" The assistant ran in quickly.
"What are you shouting for?!"
Ma Xiaoning was in a bad mood: "Go! Print more flyers, I'll personally lead the team to distribute them—damn it! If it stays this bleak, President Xiao will definitely scold us to death, and we'll have to pack our bags and get out of here!"
"No... Manager Ma! Someone's signing up! A lot of people!" The assistant quickly said.
"A lot of people?"
"Yes!"
Ma Xiaoning got up and ran outside.
As soon as he went out, he saw that the line, which hadn't even reached ten people since morning, had quickly stretched out to twenty meters.
Not only that.
Even more people were flocking here.
"Quick... quick!"
Ma Xiaoning came back to his senses and quickly shouted to the assistant: "Have the audition teachers start working immediately!"
"Camera crew, get the cameras ready!"
"Everyone, get moving!"
Audition.
Every applicant who signs up will immediately enter the process and start singing directly.
Three audition judges will decide whether to enter the next round.
Actually, it hadn't started all along.
Nothing else.
Ma Xiaoning asked the staff to tell the applicants in line that the official filming would start later—the purpose was very simple, to let passersby see that people were always in line, in order to increase popularity.
Otherwise, with only a few people, it would end quickly once it officially started.
If no one was in line, it would appear even more deserted.
Now, it was different!
More and more people were lining up.
There were Huawei employees.
There were QQ employees.
And... ...
"Is that... the boss of QQ?"
"Quick! Get the cameras ready!"
"Camera crew, go interview him! Stupid!"
Ma Xiaoning was so excited that he was going crazy.
Today's QQ was far from the size of later generations, but it already had a certain reputation.
Ma Teng was in line.
Compared to Ma Yun, who liked to sing, he wasn't interested in singing, but the problem was... the big boss asked him to go!
No matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't refuse.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Ma Teng?"
"Yes."
"Are you here to participate in 'The Voice of China' audition?"
"Otherwise, what am I doing here?"
Ma Teng was annoyed.
These media outlets always like to ask some nonsense!
"Look! That handsome guy... is that Chen Hao?"
"It really is Chen Hao!"
"Quick... go interview him!"
Whoosh!
Ma Teng looked dumbfounded as the reporter who was interviewing him ran away in a puff of smoke.
Following the direction the reporter ran away, he saw a familiar face.
Big boss?!
Okay.
With QQ's current millions of registered users, his popularity was far inferior to Chen Hao's.
After all, Chen Hao solved the Sunflower Conjecture, and the national media was reporting on it for two months during the summer vacation.
"Student Chen Hao, are you here to participate in 'The Voice of China'?"
"Yes."
"Why did you specifically come to Shenzhen to participate?"
"My dog is very sick, and the medical skills in Jinling are not good, so I specifically sent it to Shenzhen for treatment and came to participate by the way."
"Dog?"
"Yes, dog!"
The reporter was speechless.
However, compared to Ma Teng's impatience, Chen Hao answered all the reporter's questions throughout the process.
And always with a smile.
"As a student, one must develop in an all-round way in terms of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics, and music is not only included in it, but also cultivates sentiments and improves aesthetic sense."
"I really like music, from the bottom of my heart!"
"I think all college students can sign up to participate in their spare time."
"The important thing is to participate!"
Chen Hao desperately advertised for 'The Voice of China'.
The legendary overwhelming advertising crowded out 'The Voice of China' promotion?
Simple!
Use the celebrity effect to grab the popularity!
