HPDBC Chapter 74 Video Release
Chapter 74 Video Release
On the set of the GG film, after securing sponsorship, Lin Mu and others began filming the final version.
In the first act, Sheng Mingyue has a group of special friends who are a bit young.
The scene then shifts to a video of an orphanage, where children are catching cicadas, playing hopscotch, and cat's cradle in the courtyard.
Xiao Yang wanted to make a healthy and nutritious bread for this group of special friends, so she thought of milk.
Scientists say that drinking milk helps children grow taller. Xiao Yang's Cooking Club bought many different types of milk and flour to combine, hoping to develop a delicious and nutritious bread.
In the second act, accompanied by cheerful background music, Xiao Yang tells a short joke and makes a self-deprecating remark.
Then comes the third act, where the bread-making process is unsuccessful. For various reasons, the bread keeps failing – either the baking time is too long or too short; or the milk doesn't taste right, the dough is too hard, or the filling leaks out.
The sky darkened and brightened again, and several days passed. Finally, during an experiment, Xiao Yang's cooking team bought a particularly delicious milk from the market, combined it with flour, and successfully developed a soft, white-skinned milk bread.
In the fourth act, she brings bread to the orphanage for the children, who enjoy it immensely. At the end of the scene, the camera zooms out, revealing willows swaying gently in the breeze at the orphanage, filled with laughter and joy.
The video ended, and everyone gathered around the monitor, watching Lin Mu's expression. Lin Mu watched the entire video, finally revealing a satisfied smile, and said, "Okay, that's good. This version of the short film achieved the effect I wanted."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Director Lu said, "President Lin, I've really learned a lot. I've learned quite a bit from you, a complete novice."
"I'll waive my personal director's fee this time. You can save that money and use it to buy new clothes for the kids. Consider it my small contribution."
Lin Mu instructed, "I'll take this video back and release it at noon today on Tudou.com."
"It takes about 6 hours for Tudou.com to review a video. After 6 hours, it will be 6 pm, which is the peak time for traffic."
"In the video description, I'll include a link to the official Three Little Bees flagship store. Mr. Gu, remember to update the main product images and prices around 6 PM. By the way, do you have enough stock?"
Boss Gu said, "I've prepared 15,000 boxes of goods, that should be enough, right?"
Lin Mu nodded: "It should be about the same."
He predicts that the short film could reach a million views within a week, and possibly two to three hundred thousand or even four to five million views across the entire network within a month.
Assuming a 1% conversion rate, an optimistic estimate would be tens of thousands of clicks on the link. However, not every one of these tens of thousands will ultimately place an order, so 15,000 boxes should be sufficient.
Sheng Mingyue said, "Teacher Lin, I'd also like to lend a hand. I have about 1 followers on my personal blog. Once your video is released, I'll ask everyone to follow it on my blog."
Lin Mu nodded and said, "That works too. Anyway, the more of these kinds of things, the better."
Director Lu also said, "I'll go find my friends to see the finished film."
Director Lu was grinning from ear to ear. Although Lin Mu could be considered the real mastermind behind this film, his colleagues didn't know that.
If his friends saw this film and found out that he was the final director, just thinking about it would make them grin from ear to ear. He's involved in such an amazing film!
Lin Mu remembered something and asked, "By the way, Boss Gu, is your customer service team ready?"
Boss Gu nodded: "As you instructed, we have recruited 20 customer service staff a month in advance, divided into three groups and two business lines: pre-sales customer service and after-sales customer service. There will be staff on duty 24 hours a day."
"I still have reserve troops. If things get too busy, I can borrow some people from Director Mao."
At this point, the basic business arrangements have been made.
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12 o'clock noon.
Lin Mu posted the video on the Tudou.com creator backend, selecting the cooking category.
In 2009, AI was still in its infancy, and all videos were reviewed by humans.
Later, as video platforms experienced explosive growth, the profession of professional content moderator emerged. As the leading video platform, Tudou.com naturally has a professional video review team.
Around 5 p.m., the video Lin Mu posted was placed on the review team's desk.
The reviewers played the video at double speed and quickly dragged the progress bar, finishing the review in no time.
After reviewing the film, he worked in the background to add it to the film library.
After watching the video, the reviewer belatedly realized that the quality of this short film seemed to be unexpectedly high, much higher than the videos he had seen that were reposted from abroad.
He thought to himself: This video has the potential to become a huge hit.
At 6 p.m., the video was successfully uploaded to the potato cooking section's video library and quickly garnered thousands of views within an hour.
At 7 p.m., the editorial team of the cooking section discovered this video with abnormal data while scanning the rankings.
In 2009, editors were very important. Videos with high traffic would be actively discovered by editors and recommended. This was the main way to gain high exposure back then. So-called competitions and various data algorithms were nowhere to be seen in that era.
DouDou, an editor at Tudou.com, is the chief video editor in the cooking section. He has a professional eye and has previously published several videos that have garnered over a million views.
The moment he clicked on Xiao Yang's cooking video, as the images appeared, Dou Dou quickly realized that this video was not simple.
Because of color.
The colors in this video are exceptionally saturated, indicating that it has undergone professional post-production, meaning the video quality must be quite good.
Suddenly, his anticipation was heightened, so he watched quietly without even turning on the speed control.
When he saw the first scene of the video, where Xiao Yang was introducing his special friend, Dou Dou's eyes widened, and he immediately realized the theme of the video: Holy crap! It's actually a public service video? This definitely has the potential to go viral.
Then came the second scene of the video, where Xiao Yang's cooking used a brisk pace, light music, and witty captions to prepare dishes. This part had a powerful impact on Dou Dou, making him feel so good that his scalp tingled.
As the saying goes, the layman sees the spectacle, while the expert sees the details; he knew all too well what kind of production skills were required.
YouTube is currently the king of the video industry in the world. As the chief editor of the video channel, he watches the cooking section on YouTube every day and checks the charts.
He was absolutely certain that none of the videos produced by those culinary masters or professional teams could compare to this one video of Xiao Yang making a dish.
Its pace is short and fast, with a climax every 15 seconds, accurately hitting the audience's emotional needs. It's not tiring to watch at all, and so far, there hasn't been a single dull moment.
Then comes the third act, where Xiao Yang encounters difficulties in cooking but successfully overcomes them. This scene elevates the mood and brings a sense of joy to the audience.
Finally, in the fourth act, Xiao Yang delivers bread to the orphanage for his special needs children.
At the end of the video, Xiao Yang asked for attention, likes, bananas, and coins, and also mentioned that all the proceeds from the video would be donated to an orphanage.
This video is going to go viral!
Immediately, DouDou gave the highest recommendation she could apply for: a featured spot on the homepage of the cooking channel.
When DouDou submitted the request, he suddenly realized something: XiaoYang's cooking video seemed to have broken the channel record.
This is the first time a video has received the highest recommendation spot on the channel within just one hour of being uploaded.
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