newbobooks Chapter 245 What I Really Want to Do
Chapter 245 What I Really Want to Do
"Judging from the three most recently updated data, the results are pretty good. It's indeed much better than if the three of us were working alone. But the details will have to wait until all the inventory during this period is cut and shipped out, and then we can calculate the overall profit to know. If it works, we can discuss what to do next." Da Zhuang actively called up the account backend and showed the data to Zhao Xiaojing and the others.
"Look, this is the number of views on my account. The three of us posted it using our own accounts. Look at the comparison. It's almost twice the number of views of my previous video."
The three videos that have been released were recorded by the three of them in Yangcheng. After arriving in Jiangcheng, Dazhuang was mainly responsible for the editing and shooting of Zhao Xiaojing's store, while Guo Gaoang and Li Zi were responsible for the rest of the inventory. The three of them communicated with each other in a small group every day and reported on progress.
“Don’t mention it. I specially watched it a few days ago. The video styles of the three of you are completely different. There is still a lot of uncertainty in working together. It feels like your audience is not the same group of people.” Su Yuchen said.
"Indeed, you hit the nail on the head. The three of us all have our own limitations and styles. It just depends on whether we can complement each other or become a mess when we work together." Da Zhuang sighed and smiled.
"We released the joint video this time because we wanted to take a gamble and see if we can make further progress. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to just muddle along like this. It's no different from just taking a spare shift somewhere."
"Only you rich people with plenty of wine and meat can say such things." Su Yuchen complained with contempt.
"That's not what I meant. I'm not saying that working is bad." Da Zhuang explained quickly, "Everyone's pursuits are different. What I mean by going one step further is not simply about how much money we should make, but to make more money so that we can support ourselves in spending more money, explore deeper food and worldly affairs, and share our experiences and feelings, rather than just eating and drinking and taking on business talks on the surface. This may be what the three of us really want to do."
Zhao Xiaojing nodded. They could understand this idea very well.
A few days ago, when Guo Gaoang passed away, he came here specially to pack some fried skewers to take home. We chatted here for a long time, and we talked about roughly these things.
The family backgrounds of Dazhuang, Guo Gaoang and Li Zi are not much different, and their personal situations are also similar.
Simply put, the family is not short of money and does not expect them to earn much. If they have the ability, they can earn it on their own. If they don't have the ability, they can just mess around for a few years and the family can find someone to arrange a job for them.
Da Zhuang majored in digital media in college and had a certain foundation in video editing. After graduation, he did not rush to work, but traveled around the country, shooting videos in his spare time, adding music and editing to his favorite style, and posting them on the newly emerging video platforms.
At first, I just wanted to explore the world and then find a class to attend. I didn’t think too much about it. I just posted and recorded the videos casually.
Unexpectedly, when the platform just emerged, there was a mixed bag of people, with all kinds of tacky and incomprehensible videos mixed together, and Da Zhuang, who graduated from a professional school, had an obvious advantage.
As soon as the third video was posted, Dazhuang’s account became popular. The official traffic was given to him relentlessly, and more and more people followed him.
People who watch his videos are addicted to the atmosphere and transition techniques he creates, as well as the timing of the videos to match the music. Every day there are people commenting and waiting for updates. The platform is even more powerful, and the withdrawal and reward mechanism are also quite easy. In just one month, Da Zhuang made back all the money he spent on travel and equipment.
Da Zhuang was extremely happy for a moment. This unexpected popularity and the feeling of being able to make money doing what he loved made him feel fulfilled. He excitedly bought two more devices and decided to officially make video making his career.
However, with the popularity of short video platforms, more and more people are engaged in this field and the competition is becoming more and more fierce. Many people with professional foundation and team have squeezed in and started to compete for this piece of cake.
Correspondingly, the fans' excitement threshold increased, Dazhuang's account no longer had the original appeal, and the traffic provided by the platform began to decrease. After becoming a rapid hit, Dazhuang quickly faded out of sight.
Although Da Zhuang was a little disappointed, he was not discouraged. After all, he was just playing around at the beginning and didn't take it seriously.
But if you stand in the wind and get blown up once, even the laziest pig will miss the sky.
He began to frequently try various styles and daily V-logs, with a very high output and varied content and forms. He was eager to stand out again and return to his former peak.
As a result, he was completely unpopular this time. Not only did he not gain many new fans, but a large number of old fans unfollowed him, and some even left messages saying that the things he filmed now had become incomprehensible and they were very disappointed in him.
Da Zhuang was stunned and felt truly frustrated. He didn't post any videos for several months.
After that, store exploration became popular, and the first group of people who really did it touched him, and he was eager to try it.
He began to reflect on his original intention of posting the video, what made the video attractive, and why it became outdated.
After learning from his mistakes, Dazhuang changed his track again and registered an account on a different platform. This time, he started to visit restaurants and take photos of delicious food in a down-to-earth manner.
Like before, Da Zhuang's style is very obvious. Although his journey as a blogger this time is not as smooth as before, he started much faster than others.
It has been his third year as a food blogger. Although he is not a top blogger, he can still make ends meet.
He began to have the same confusion as Guo Gaoang and encountered the same bottleneck. Although the industry of food exploration has gradually become saturated, batches of newcomers still continue to come in.
Da Zhuang didn't want to be tied down to a fixed routine like going to work, so he started making new attempts. He was still a food blogger, but he tried to explore the deeper relationships and stories behind the food.
The wheel cake upstairs in the laundry room, which was praised by Guo Gaoang and Li Zi in that store exploration video, is his new attempt.
That video was the longest and most adventurous of his visits to the restaurant. The entire video took half an hour to edit, not to mention the filming. He ate there several times before gradually getting to know the boss and neighbors, and they were willing to open up and talk about their stories.
In the end, he planned, organized his ideas, shot, and did the post-editing by himself, and it took him half a month to complete it.
He was quite nervous after posting it, because this is an era where short videos are rampant and people are impatient to watch even three minutes of videos. And he spent 30 minutes telling the story of an ordinary person and food.
However, after the video was released, it did not have any traffic as Da Zhuang had worried, with a bunch of old fans unfollowing him, saying that the video was boring; nor did it become an overnight hit as he had expected, triggering resonance and emotions from countless people, with everyone starting to have in-depth discussions about their relationship with their original family.