Chapter 249 Ordinary Person Noah
During this period, Facebook Live had been gaining momentum in the live streaming industry, with many popular hosts switching to it.
"In that case, since you have already revealed your true self to your audience before, why not show your face in future live broadcasts?" Noah smiled and suggested.
"Um..." Hailey hesitated.
"What's wrong? You've already shown your face while live streaming on Douyu, and now your real photos and videos are all over the internet," Noah chuckled. "Do you still want to hide your face while broadcasting on my platform?"
"Alright, I'll show my face in the live broadcast!" Hailey made up her mind and said firmly.
At a time like this, there was no point in hiding her face anymore. It was better to just show it. Many viewers who enjoyed live streaming were already following her. She had amassed a large number of fans and generated significant traffic, even though most of them were haters. But haters still counted as traffic.
Showing her face in the live broadcast was not a big deal. After all, the traffic and popularity she had garnered would undoubtedly bring her more gifts than an ordinary female host, even if some people found her unattractive or accused her of being a fraud.
"Okay," Noah nodded. He was glad that Hailey had come to this realization.
There was another reason why she couldn't continue hiding her face in Shark's headquarters. If she was discovered doing so again, it would damage the reputation of Facebook Live.
"Now that Noah agrees, Hailey, go next door and sign the contract," the human resources manager instructed.
"Okay!" Hailey walked out of the room.
About ten minutes later, Noah finally finished the interview. He stretched lazily and said, "I'm done here. I need to go back. By the way, Hailey should be given special attention for training."
"Noah, don't worry. I understand that," Hazel, the supervisor, assured him. "Once Hailey joins our Facebook Live, it won't be long before the news goes viral on Weibo. Our platform's viewership will skyrocket again!"
Noah nodded. Before leaving, he transferred 2 billion to Shark's company account. The money would be used not only to poach the two popular game streamers but also to invest in "I am a Godly Wealthy Person" program, as well as for publicity, promotions, and buying hot searches.
In short, if they wanted Facebook Live to go public on NASDAQ within a year, a lot of conditions needed to be met, and money had to be spent on audience, popular streamers, public opinion, reputation, advertisers, and partners.
After completing the transfer, Noah left Shark's headquarters. He had originally planned to call Lily and inquire about the specific situation of the Winchester Family.
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In order to establish logistics cooperation with the Winchester Family, Noah decided to first visit Kroger's headquarters and learn about the situation there.
Kroger's headquarters is located at Building 2, Fortune Plaza.
30 minutes later, Noah arrived there by car, took the elevator, and entered Timothy's office.
"Noah!"
Upon seeing Noah's arrival, Timothy and Kenneth both stood up to welcome him.
"Are you busy?"
Noah noticed various documents and contracts on the desk.
"Yes," Kenneth said, "I just looked at the financial report. Kroger's current business situation is not optimistic. After repaying the debts owed to suppliers, we still need to spend money to establish trust with them in order to continue our cooperation."
"And also, Kroger's overall image needs to change. The products we sold before were expensive and targeted customers with economic capabilities. My suggestion is to take a more customer-friendly approach and organize more promotional and discount activities."
As soon as Kenneth joined Kroger, he took on the position of Chief Financial Officer and immediately started discussing with Timothy how Kroger should develop in the future.
"Timothy, this suggestion is good. At Kroger, Caesar salad used to cost hundreds of dollars per kilogram. Who would buy that? And those promotional staff members had low qualifications. I hope you can take some positive and effective measures to change Kroger's image!" Noah looked at Timothy.
"Noah, rest assured, last night I was pondering over Kroger's Orchard Breeze Avenue line, and it coincided with Chen's suggestions and my thoughts," Timothy nodded.
"Well, for now, how much money does the supermarket need?" Noah asked again.
"I roughly estimated around a hundred million," Kenneth thought for a moment and replied, "This money is not only used to purchase goods that the supermarket didn't previously have, but also to maintain good relationships with suppliers."
"Alright!"
Without any hesitation, Noah transferred the one hundred million to Kenneth's financial department account.
After transferring the money, Noah said, "Both of you work well and achieve results. I won't treat you unfairly!"
"Yes, Noah!"
Kenneth nodded.
In Timothy's eyes, there was excitement.
Just now, Kenneth had already informed him of Noah's goal.
Within a year, turn Kroger into a publicly-traded company!
This was something Timothy had never dared to dream of before.
And Kroger, which he founded himself, took countless efforts and dedication.
Although the true owner of the supermarket now is Noah, Timothy is also the biggest manager who watches Kroger step by step towards going public. How can he not be excited?
"Noah, don't worry, your goal is my goal too!" Timothy said seriously, "I will work hard to achieve Noah's goal!"
Noah nodded without saying much.
He only cared about the result.
Big talk meant nothing to him.
A month later, if Timothy couldn't achieve the goal he set, Noah would directly replace him in his position.
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Noah was preparing to go home after leaving the Wealth Square.
He walked towards his car.
"Sir, hello!"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind.
Noah turned around and saw a girl smiling at him.
This girl had short hair and was wearing jeans, giving off a charismatic vibe. She held a camera in her left hand and a microphone in her right hand, with a badge hanging on her chest that read "Press Pass."
"Hello," Noah curiously asked, "Can I help you?"
"Hello, I'm Thomas from Oceanbridge City TV. Here's the thing," Thomas smiled and said, "Our TV station is currently filming a reality show called 'I am the Great Tycoon'. The show randomly selects thirty ordinary people and gives them ten million dollars to turn them into wealthy individuals."
"So you came to me, does that mean I've been chosen?"
Noah raised an eyebrow, pleasantly surprised. He was the chief sponsor of "I am the Great Tycoon" but didn't expect to be invited to participate in the show.
"Yes, sir. Congratulations! To avoid any suspicion, you can take a look at my press pass," Thomas handed the press pass to Noah.
In her opinion, if someone who didn't know her suddenly claimed to give you ten million dollars, it was natural to suspect whether it was a scam or not.
"No need," Noah waved his hand, "Just tell me the conditions."
Thomas was slightly taken aback but quickly understood. This young man, dressed in ordinary clothes, couldn't even scam a thousand dollars from him, so he was so straightforward. And "I am the Great Tycoon" was looking for ordinary people as their target, and this young man happened to fit the requirements!
"Sir, may I ask if you are an ordinary person?" Thomas asked with a smile.
