By mid-December, the winter in Shencheng was growing increasingly cold, but inside the company, a heated discussion regarding "responding to the traffic impact of emerging social platforms" was quietly simmering. Every major business department felt both the pressure and the opportunities brought by this new media wave. For a time, various analytical meetings and seminars sprang up, yet most were all thunder and no rain—lacking any truly deep or actionable solutions.
In the New Media Innovation Department, Li Banjia had just seen off Qian Xuesen, the manager of the Product R&D Department, who had come to "learn the ropes." Qian had nothing but praise for the new media teaser campaign the team had designed for the beta phase of their "Youth Social App," especially the viral marketing ideas Sun Qian had proposed for Gen Z users. He had even called them "professional." Meanwhile, the SOP pilot project with the IT Department was moving forward at a steady pace under Wang Mengmeng’s patient follow-up and the tacit approval of Manager Gao Jianming, already showing initial efficiency gains through process optimization.
Li Banjia’s position as a P8 department manager was secure, and the silver in his Imperial Treasury had surpassed the 2,000 mark. Everything seemed to be heading in a positive direction. He had even begun to ponder whether it was time to use that precious Destiny Point to pull off a "major move."
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