The approval rate was quite high, with only one bad review appearing after several pages of comments.
Jiang Ye immediately pressed the play button on his earphones. "Hello? Are you there?"
Feng Zhi Shuang's voice immediately responded, "I'm listening. What's up?"
"Zhi Jun's first song has been very well-received. I'm sending you the data," Jiang Ye said, tapping on his phone. "I invested 1.5 million in promoting this song, and I've already recovered half of the cost in just a few hours! It's estimated that this song will start making money before tonight."
"Mmm, I see the data you sent," Feng Zhi Shuang said after a few seconds of thought. "Conservatively speaking, this song could earn two to three million in the short term."
"Right! This profit rate is incredibly amazing!" Jiang Ye exclaimed. "I'm wondering if we should increase our investment."
"Expand the Zhi Jun Music Lab to four times its original size and increase the budget for paid recommendations. You can leave the operation to me," Feng Zhi Shuang suggested. "I've recently hired two interns, and assigning them this task would be perfect."
"No, no, no, let me handle it for now," Jiang Ye said. "I'm quite curious about Zhi Jun and plan to follow this closely. You can create a plan for me, and I'll operate based on it."
"I'll have Xu Yan handle the expansion of the music lab, so you don't need to worry about that," Feng Zhi Shuang said. "As for buying recommendation traffic on the platform, I can give you a software that can analyze website data and help you make profit predictions."
"Great!" Jiang Ye was delighted.
Feng Zhi Shuang immediately sent over an installation package.
Jiang Ye downloaded it to his phone. It was an app called "Market Forecast," with a rather complex list of functions. He fiddled with his phone while eating and spent half an hour finally understanding the process. He then linked the data from the three music platforms.
["Practice Piece No. 1" currently has an estimated profit of 3.12 million yuan]
[You can immediately increase investment to 10 million yuan, with an estimated net profit of 48 million]
[Maximum investment should not exceed 4 billion yuan; 4 billion yuan is currently the break-even point for losses]
[This data will continuously change and be corrected]
Ten million yuan wasn't a large sum, so Jiang Ye didn't hesitate. He used facial recognition to pay!
He purchased tens of millions of promotional traffic across the three platforms, vigorously pushing "Practice Piece No. 1"!
At the same time, all backend data was transmitted to the Zhi Jun Music Lab for the adorable Zhi Juns to learn from.
Zhi Jun: "It seems the first song's performance is quite good. We are writing the second practice piece."
Jiang Ye: "How long will it take to finish?"
Zhi Jun: "10"
Jiang Ye: "10 days? 10 hours?"
Zhi Jun: "9"
Jiang Ye waited silently for a few seconds, and then an audio file was sent over.
"Practice Piece No. 2"!
He quickly clicked to listen.
This time, the musical style was completely different. It was elegant and melodious throughout, yet it possessed a magical quality. As he listened, his entire body relaxed, as if floating on clouds.
"It's so beautiful," Cen Ye Meng murmured, leaning into Jiang Ye's embrace.
Jiang Ye stroked her head and continued listening with his eyes narrowed.
The song was over 40 minutes long.
Jiang Ye experienced auditory hallucination.
The room was silent, but he seemed to hear the music continuing.
This symptom persisted for a full half-minute, a truly peculiar experience he had never had before!
He looked at Cen Ye Meng, who also had a look of surprise on her face.
"Are you hallucinating?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Yes," Cen Ye Meng nodded, her face full of pleasant surprise. "Is this the legendary lingering sound? It turns out the ancients weren't exaggerating! Send me the song later, I want to listen again."
Jiang Ye quickly uploaded Practice Piece No. 2 to the music platform.
Using facial recognition, he poured three million yuan in one go to buy traffic for Practice Piece No. 2!
Although the "Zhi Jun" account had only been created for a day, it already had over a hundred thousand followers. With the release of a new song, the comment section quickly filled with a large number of people.
"The musical style is completely different!"
"It's beautiful! I love it!"
"A bit disappointed. I still prefer that kind of passionate music, the kind that makes your legs tremble."
Jiang Ye scrolled through the comments. The reception was mixed.
However, after forty minutes, the latest comments showed a significant reversal:
"Finished listening, holy crap, there's lingering sound!"
"How did they do that? Am I hallucinating? Am I old? I'm only eighteen!"
"You've been jerking off too much."
"No, there's really lingering sound. For about ten seconds after listening, the music is still in my ears, with the same style as the song, but it's not the content of the song!"
"Wow, amazing! Lingering sound!"
"This song is absolutely incredible. I'll listen again to see if I hallucinate again."
The comment section was quite lively.
In just one hour, tens of thousands of new comments poured in, with the popularity completely overshadowing Practice Piece No. 1!
Jiang Ye's phone also popped up with new analysis results from the Market Forecast app:
["Practice Piece No. 2" currently has an estimated profit of 28 million yuan]
[You can immediately increase investment to 200 million yuan, with an estimated net profit of 600 million]
[Maximum investment should not exceed 60 billion yuan; 60 billion yuan is currently the break-even point for losses]
[This data will continuously change and be corrected]
Jiang Ye's jaw almost dropped.
Investing six hundred billion yuan was the only way this song might lose money!
From a certain perspective, this song was worth six hundred billion yuan!
In just one day of creation, the Zhi Juns were this powerful!
Jiang Ye immediately decided to divert funds and heavily invest in the Zhi Jun Music Lab!
Forget about a lab, let's build a music experiment base, no, a music city!
Jiang Ye shared the data for Practice Piece No. 2 and his ideas with Feng Zhi Shuang.
Feng Zhi Shuang was also surprised. "This Practice Piece No. 2 can make so much money? Is it a fluke, or has Zhi Jun's skill improved significantly in a short time?"
Jiang Ye: "Regardless of whether it's a fluke or a rapid improvement, based on the composition abilities the Zhi Juns have shown so far, they are worth investing hundreds of billions to build a music city for. Recouping the cost is just a matter of time. If these Zhi Juns can perform stably, they are simply money trees, money trees so vast their canopies cover the sky!"
Feng Zhi Shuang: "I think it's worth taking a gamble. Perhaps you can ask the Zhi Juns what kind of equipment they need, and build the music city according to their wishes."
Jiang Ye went to his study and got busy.
First, he informed the Zhi Juns about the plan to build a music city and asked for their opinions.
"This is a significant matter. We need to discuss it and will provide a result in a few days," Zhi Jun replied.
Jiang Ye then contacted Che Zhen and Xu Yan to discuss potential locations for the music city.
Over the next two days, the Zhi Juns did not produce any new songs.
Their energy was dedicated to discussing the plans for the music city.
Jiang Ye wasn't in a hurry because Practice Piece No. 1 and Practice Piece No. 2 had already been released!
The former's profit had surpassed 4 million yuan, and the latter's profit had exceeded 12 million yuan and was still increasing.
The number of followers was also skyrocketing, with millions more added daily!
This was no longer a rising star; it was a supernova explosion.