Chapter 752
The next day, Owen didn’t leave until he had safely dropped Mira off at the university. He told her, “TaleStream is going live today to ride the wave of this publicity p>
According to their original timeline, the platform wasn’t supposed to launch for another two weeks.
But since Mira had hyped up the free novel platform during her exclusive interview last night, the public was already buzzing with anticipation. Striking while the iron was hot would yield the best results.
They would just have to polish the unrefined features as they operated.
In the early stages, they would spend money buying the rights to novels from other platforms to attract readers. Once they built a solid reader base, authors would naturally flock to submit their work.
Their next step would be porting over content from the Micro-Series platform as well.
While novel platforms already existed, they were strictly pay-to-read.
For the average working person, throwing away money carelessly wasn’t an option. Spending twenty bucks would only get them a few days of reading, which most regular folks simply couldn’t justify.
Let alone students with zero steady income. And the elderly, who were used to living frugally, could stomach it even less. The current model effectively shut out two massive demographics.
However, there was one crucial detail to watch out for: they couldn’t bombard the chapters with too many ads, and they needed to carefully control the ad duration. Otherwise, readers would still refuse to bite.
As soon as Mira walked onto campus, she ran straight into Harvey Rivers. “What are you doing here p>
“Waiting for you p>
“Waiting for me for what p>
“To thank you, obviously. Thank you for name-dropping me in your interview last night. Our company’s user base grew exponentially overnight p>
“Really p>
After all, Mira held a twenty-percent stake in his online education company.
Mira hadn’t lowered her voice, and given her high profile, it immediately drew the attention of several students passing by.
“When have I ever lied to you p>
Harvey asked, tilting his head.
“Even so, you didn’t need to wait for me out here. With how close we are, was all this excitement really necessary p>
“Yes, completely necessary.
I want to know, do you have any other strategies lined up p>
The two chatted as they walked toward their classroom.
“I wouldn’t call it a strategy, but you should use this wave of fame to recruit more
top-tier educators from all over the country.
Ultimately, a business is entirely propped up by its talent p>
Harvey nodded. “Do you have any other money-making ideas p>
“As for money-making ideas, I’ve already done everything I can. My brother is handling the logistics and delivery sector.
Oh, right, you could start an e-commerce platform p>
“An e-commerce platform? Don’t those already exist p>
“They do, but Marketplace alone can’t satisfy the entire consumer demand. There’s
still a massive void in the market p>
In her past life, the e-commerce sector eventually saw multiple platforms thriving simultaneously each claiming a significant stice of the pie.
“You need to build it now, while Marketplace is still the sole player You can integrate it perfectly with the Short-Video Platform’s live sales, turning it into a highly trusted brand.
My focus right now is entirely on developing mobile operating systems, so I simply don’t have the
bandwidth. You take the lead on this,
and we split the equity
fifty-fifty
This is a massive business opportunity, so move fast p>
If she was handing the reins entirely to Harvey, offering him anything less than half the equity would be insulting.
Harvey nodded without hesitation. “I’ll follow your lead p>
“With Marketplace pioneering the way, you can mirror their basic operational model.
I’ll find some time to write up a detailed list of things to watch out for. We absolutely have to do it better than them.
For payments, we can integrate our bike-sharing app. For convenience, we can also support Atlas Group’s Marketplace payment system.
By the way, development for Emerald Messenger is already halfway done. Once it launches, we can use that app for payments, too p>
Still deep in conversation, they looked up to find they had already arrived at their classroom door.
“Alright, let’s get to class. We can pick this up at lunch p>