Chapter 227: Episode 227: Self-service is really convenient
A major project from Schroeder, which mobilized the entire team, left the company feeling as though it had been drained of its vitality; Zhou Xueyin was truly reluctant to get involved with these kinds of orders anymore—ones that involved a tumultuous mix of online and offline work and were more trouble than they were worth.
But now, relying solely on her abilities, the orders she received were mostly small requests for reposts and account promotions. Even if they came consistently every day, they never felt like enough to support the whole family.
Moreover, as more and more people operated accounts, user homogeneity became a serious issue, and the activity levels among netizens continued to decline, with even some accounts that had millions of followers experiencing a drop in their fan base rather than growth.
Zhou Xueyin, who hadn’t experienced anxiety for a while, had started to feel anxious again recently...
"What should I do? It feels tough to get through the year; it’s already November, and our sales are just on par with last year. If this trend continues next year, the company simply won’t be able to survive..." She couldn’t let the company staff know about her anxiety, so she had no choice but to vent to Wei Jingzhu.
"If you can’t keep going, then just disband the company; don’t torture yourself too much. People used to watch your high-end content, but now everyone prefers gossips and the like... Right now, the only content in the company that people still watch is about Western celebrities’ fashion, the rest isn’t great, right?" Wei Jingzhu hit the nail on the head.
"You could say it’s a complete defeat, It feels like not even a jack-of-all-trades account can keep up. There’s no shortage of submissions, but it’s always stuff like: ’my boyfriend cheated on me with my best friend, what should I do?’ What can you do? Stay together and not break up for the New Year? Sigh..." Zhou Xueyin sighed helplessly, "There’s not a single bit of novelty, the whole internet is devoid of anything fresh... What should I do, you tell me?"
"I’ve seen some Weibo sources are from what groups? Have you clicked in to see?" Wei Jingzhu changed the subject.
"I’ve looked; they’re just ordinary timers, and then there are some platforms that seem to be scam companies’ order-taking platforms. They all just don’t seem very reliable," Zhou Xueyin said, deflating onto the sofa, "But recently there’s this one company that keeps emailing me, asking me if I want to join their order-taking platform..."