After concluding the conversation with Wen Liangfeng, Chen Yiyang imdiately arranged for his team to start drafting the investnt plan and relevant contracts with Wen Liangfeng’s team.
The investnt price of five million US Dollars was really attractive and cost-effective.
Chen Yiyang covered the entire investnt amount by himself.
Of course, to reassure the AI startup team and prevent them from worrying that Chen Yiyang might kick their founder out of the team,
Chen Yiyang only took sixty percent of the dividend shares and twenty percent of the voting rights.
In the future, as the company grows, Chen Yiyang’s shareholding percentage is estimated to decrease further.
But no matter what happens, he will always be the largest shareholder of this AI startup.
While Chen Yiyang was handling the investnt issues with Wen Liangfeng’s team,
back in the country, the third episode of the program "Produce 101" had already quietly aired.
The biggest highlight of this episode was eliminating the original 101 trainees down to just 55.
It can be said that nearly half of the trainees would be eliminated.
The ntors started announcing the rankings one by one on stage.
The trainees below, except for a few, were all extrely nervous.
Although all the trainees had their phones confiscated, much like how Chen Yiyang could call Song Xi and Yang Jinlu,
these trainees had so channels to occasionally contact the outside world.
Moreover, they had already perford publicly, and many popular trainees had loads of fans holding light boards to support them.
Among them, Song Xi had the most supporters.
Besides Song Xi, several other trainees who were famous even before the program had many fans too.
So these few trainees were secure and unconcerned about getting eliminated.
But the remaining trainees were sowhat worried.
Because prior to the third episode, the rankings fluctuated quite a bit.
Today you might be in the top ten, but in a few days, you could end up near the bottom.
Everyone feared getting eliminated.
To avoid making the elimination process seem too brutal, the ntors only announced the nas of those above the 55th rank.
Once the nas from 55th to 1st were called out, those who weren’t nad would be eliminated.
Everyone waited anxiously as one na after another was announced.
Yang Jinlu nervously squeezed her palms, barely able to stand.
Seeing this, Song Xi could only approach her and pat her on the shoulder to offer comfort.
Soon, the nas reached the tenth rank.
Neither Yang Jinlu’s nor Song Xi’s nas had appeared yet.
Song Xi’s expression remained indifferent.
She was confident she would be at least in the top three.
Yang Jinlu, however, turned pale.
Standing there, she began contemplating whether she should find a job with her boss if eliminated, to avoid having nowhere to go if her contract was terminated.
The ntor continued announcing nas.
Finally, the fifth na was announced.
Still not Yang Jinlu.
Yang Jinlu was already in despair.
No, to be accurate, she had co to terms with the situation.
Given the circumstances, she started reflecting on the life skills she had gained from working in factories screwing bolts and washing dishes at restaurants.
If eliminated and her contract terminated, she’d have to find work to earn so money and sustain herself.
The fourth na was announced.
Yang Jinlu was prepared to leave.
Then she heard the ntor announce,
"This week’s ’Produce 101’ trainee ranking, Third Place: Yang Jinlu!"
Yang Jinlu stood frozen in place.
Third place?
I’m third place?
No, how could this be?
Yang Jinlu felt like she was the first to be unconvinced by this ranking.
She couldn’t sing well, couldn’t dance well.
How did she end up ranked third?
Could it be her new boss had connections so deep that he could forcefully debut her?
People would definitely scold her for this.
Quickly, the second na was announced.
It wasn’t Song Xi.
Song Xi relaxed completely.
It seed she would be the first place winner.
Obviously.
Song Xi had imnse confidence in her abilities; first place was undoubtedly hers.
Then she glanced at Yang Jinlu.
She suddenly felt that her ranking might not be very prestigious after all.
No, how did her nominal sa-company junior end up third?
Others might not know, but Song Xi knew.
Yang Jinlu was signed by her boss after being sent over by the program crew.
So the boss definitely wouldn’t have used his connections to force her to third place.
There was only one explanation left.
This young girl in front of her beca third through her efforts and abilities.
Regarding what efforts and abilities,
She didn’t know.
However, even with Yang Jinlu’s high ranking, the two idols were on different paths, so Yang Jinlu posed no threat to Song Xi.
Thus, Song Xi boldly hugged the still-stunned Yang Jinlu and celebrated.
In the United States, Chen Yiyang was also watching the show.
When he left, the third episode hadn’t been fild yet.
Now that the third episode had aired, Chen Yiyang turned to his accountant in surprise, pointing at the TV screen and asked.
"Why is Yang Jinlu ranked third?"
"Let check," the accountant took out his phone and began searching.
Actually, shortly after the first episode aired, Yang Jinlu had a small fan circle online.
This fan circle was dubbed ’Village Fans.’
Because in the first episode’s introduction, Yang Jinlu said she was the hope of the entire village.
At that ti, quite a few people were drawn to her.
Because, compared to other program participants, this girl had a distinct sense of authenticity.
This feeling appealed greatly to casual fans who pursued idols but weren’t ardent followers.
Since the audience for girl group shows was limited, many viewers had seen similar programs before.
They were immune to various audition clichés and trainees’ self-branding.
Now, a genuine young girl erged, imdiately catching everyone’s attention.
However, Yang Jinlu’s initial fans had a significant trait: though nurous, they had little influence and were laid-back in idol pursuits.
Initially, they didn’t attract other groups’ attention.
Everyone thought Yang Jinlu was unknown.
As the program aired and various marketing efforts unfolded,
fans began gradually learning about Yang Jinlu’s past experiences.
Previously, Chen Yiyang had arranged for Le Shi Network personnel to market Song Xi and Yang Jinlu.
Perhaps due to the Le Shi Network crew’s habitual loafing or lack of experience in such work,
they simply gathered a bunch of Song Xi and Yang Jinlu’s past videos and photos, packed them up, and released them on Le Shi Network for fans to see.
Then, a video of Yang Jinlu as a minor mber of a struggling girl group was also uploaded to Le Shi Network.
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