UPWR1BY Chapter 028 What, is this your way of welcoming the new CEO?
Ye Xiu helped Liu Wenyue up, smiling as he said, "What, is this your way of welcoming the new CEO?"
"No, no no... I... I..." Liu Wenyue's cheeks instantly flushed, stuttering and not knowing what to say.
"Let's go, let's talk inside the company."
"Oh, okay."
Following behind Ye Xiu, the more Liu Wenyue looked at him, the more handsome he seemed. And then she remembered the solid muscles she had bumped into when she fell into Ye Xiu's arms earlier.
Liu Wenyue's cheeks burned.
The new boss is too handsome.
Originally, she was aware of some unspoken rules in the workplace. As long as the company's CEO was a greasy fat man and dared to make inappropriate advances towards her, she would immediately quit her job!
That was her mindset before seeing Ye Xiu.
But now, looking at the handsome President Ye in front of her, Liu Wenyue felt shy. Even if something were to happen between her and President Ye... she would accept it.
Ye Xiu was unaware of Liu Wenyue's thoughts. Led by Liu Wenyue, the two went straight to the office.
Many employees saw Ye Xiu along the way and stopped their work one by one.
"Wow, so handsome! Is this our new CEO!?"
"So handsome, just seeing him makes me feel energized to work!"
"Hey, Mom, I'm not quitting, I'm going to fight for my true love!"
...
Sitting in the office, Ye Xiu calmly said, "Tell me, what are the current business operations of the company?"
"Oh, okay."
Talking about work, Liu Wenyue swept away her previous shyness and began to earnestly introduce the situation to Ye Xiu.
After Liu Wenyue's introduction, Ye Xiu had a rough understanding of the company.
Haiyue Technology specialized in a novel reading app called Tomato Novel, which had a large daily active user base of several million, generating revenue through paid reading.
However, the market was currently sluggish, rampant piracy disrupted the industry's normal growth, and there was considerable competition, leading to continuous losses for the company, which was now on the verge of bankruptcy.
Finally, the company was put up for sale.
The system took advantage of the opportunity to buy it and gave it to Ye Xiu.
In other words, as he expected, this company was one that had nothing left but its losses.
And the company's CEO had already fled.
These employees still didn't know.
If it weren't for him buying it, these people probably wouldn't even get their salaries.
After getting a general idea of the situation, Ye Xiu pondered for a moment.
Paid reading was indeed a normal way for companies to make profits.
Nowadays, people had to pay to watch movies and TV shows, why shouldn't they pay to read novels?
Not to mention how much the company was losing, even the authors wouldn't agree. If they couldn't make money, who would write novels?
So, it was necessary to ensure the company's profitability and ensure that the authors had money to receive.
However, for other companies, there was only one way to go: paid reading.
But for Ye Xiu, the best way was, of course, free reading!
Infinite returns to society, rewarding readers, isn't that doing good deeds and public welfare?
Money would come flooding in, wouldn't it?
Thinking of this, Ye Xiu smiled.
The dilemma the company faced was simply too simple for him.
"President Ye, what should we do next?" Liu Wenyue asked.
"No problem." Ye Xiu snapped out of his thoughts and said, "Tell them, from now on, the Tomato Novel app will be free, and all the novels on it will be free to read!"
"What?" Liu Wenyue was surprised. "How... how can this work? We are the distribution side, we still need to provide channel revenue to the novel providers."
If the app was free, where would the revenue come from to give to others?
"Don't worry about that, I'll foot the bill, just do as I say." Ye Xiu reassured her.
"Okay."
Seeing Ye Xiu's determination, Liu Wenyue didn't say much more, immediately following Ye Xiu's orders to implement them.
Although the employees were puzzled, they stopped questioning when they heard that their salaries would be paid as usual.
After all, they were here to make money, and how the company developed wasn't something they should consider.