# Zhang Ge's YouTube Content Production Pipeline

## Channel Strategy
- **Dual-track**: Chinese channel (video号/抖音) + English channel (YouTube, focus on $$$)
- **YouTube priority**: CPM is 5-10x higher than Chinese platforms
- **Core differentiator**: EXCLUSIVE content — things not reported elsewhere in English world
- **"野鸡" platforms are OK** as long as the article cites authoritative original sources (Nature, NASA, BBC, etc.)

## What Makes Good Content (Zhang Ge's taste)
### HIGH appeal (do these):
- Animal attacks / strange animal behavior (especially with real video)
- Breaking news UFO/UAP sightings (NOT old/recycled alien stories — must be NEW)
- DNA/medical/biology science papers explained in plain language → connect to "what this means for humans"
- Real footage of unexplained events
- Conflicts, accidents, disasters

### LOW appeal (avoid):
- Robot sports/competitions (boring)
- Old/rehashed alien conspiracy topics (overdone)
- Pure tech news without human angle
- Academic papers with no plain-language hook

## Video Script Style
- **Voice**: HIGH ENERGY, exciting, fast-paced — like a "breaking news hype" delivery
- **NOT**: mysterious, low, dramatic whisper style (nobody watches that now)
- **Pattern**: Start with the HOOK → drop the most shocking fact first → explain context → build → end with open question

## Sourcing Workflow
1. **Google News** → search `site:nature.com OR site:science.org OR site:nasa.gov` for authoritative sources
2. **NBC/CNN/BBC/CBS** → all acceptable as secondary citations
3. **Must cite source on screen**: "According to BBC..." / "NASA researchers reported..."
4. Paywalled sources: read the abstract/summary, cite the journal name

## Visual Production
- **DO NOT download copyrighted news footage** from NBC/CNN etc. — copyright risk
- **Preferred**: AI-generated visuals (images → video clips)
- **Free AI image tools**: Lexica.art, playground.ai
- **Pexels/Pixabay**: free stock footage for B-roll

## Platform Notes
- Pentagon.gov blocks bot traffic — use news aggregators instead
- BBC articles often 404 after a few days → capture content immediately
- Nature/Science have strict paywalls → use Google News as entry point for snippets

## Revenue Calculation
- English YouTube CPM: $5-15 per 1000 views (varies by niche)
- Goal: $100/day = ~10K-20K daily views needed
- Viral single video can generate $500-2000+