1991 Starting from the core

"Chen Fang." Facing the visitor, Su Yuanshan accurately called the other person's name, and he did not sit on the sofa, but stood up on his own initiative.

After all, at the bombing scene in Belgrade three years ago, this heroic reporter, with his spirit of not leaving the line of fire even if he was slightly injured, and his spirit of reporting if he could still talk, made ATV lose face internationally - in the past two days, Almost all images from authoritative domestic media come from his reports. Even though the well-known crooked TV stations around the world did not quote his reports, they also quoted ATV's footage.

During last year's 914, he was also one of the first foreign reporters to enter New York and sent back a large number of reports for the country.

It can be said that this man is indispensable for ATV's current status in the journalism world.

Chen Fang is in his thirties this year. He is about 1.7 meters tall and wears myopia glasses. He is lean and lean. When you look at him from behind, you will immediately think of bamboo poles, but once you look at him, you will find that this person is that kind of person. The kind of people who have light in their eyes.

"Hello, Mr. Shan!" As a reporter, Chen Fang certainly knew Su Yuanshan's status very well. Even though he had met many celebrities, he had simulated it in his heart many times. But when he really faced Su Yuanshan, what did he want Su Yuanshan to "report" to? At this time, he still couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

After all, throwing away the blessing of being a reporter and facing the powerful boss as a subordinate is stressful even for the most sharp person.

"Haha, Mr. Wan just said that a reporter came up with the idea of ​​a video website. I thought it was who it was..." Su Yuanshan held Chen Fang's hand, patted it gently, and said with a smile: "I heard that you are from ATV. Gold medal foreign correspondent, you have worked hard these years."

"It's not hard." Chen Fang's Mandarin was not very fluent, but he just shook hands with Su Yuanshan.

"Well, sit down."

After the person sat down, Su Yuanshan looked at Chen Fang with a smile, guessing what this man was thinking - a video website, which actually already exists - Netflix (Network, Netflix...all of them) That’s it.

As early as seven years ago, Sony and Dingxin Media jointly established the Netflix website, and successfully won the digital and Internet film copyrights of many film companies at almost "cabbage prices" - some were buyouts, and some were dividends. But no matter which one, it does not prevent Netflix from becoming the overlord of Internet film and television copyrights and having an absolute monopoly.

Since it was focused on the Internet from the beginning, it was natural that Netflix also took advantage of the opportunity and began to try to play online videos in the early 2000s. At the same time, it perfectly matched with Yuanxin's park plan and provided a large amount of Internet copyrights to the park set-top box.

Over the past two years, the park project has taken root in Hong Kong through network upgrades and triple network integration. At the same time, the set-top box has also become a partner of the three domestic radio and television network projects.

It's just that... the domestic three-network project still takes the path of high-definition TV. The display does not consider and has no conditions to connect to Netflix. For this matter, Netflix CEO James has flown to the country several times...

After all, in Netflix's view, with the copyright in hand, as long as the domestic copyright library is successfully accessed, it will be a matter of making money. If it can be done, flying dozens of times is trivial, let alone flying a few times.

And driven by, or inspired by, Netflix's online broadcasting, some people in China are actually planning to engage in online video broadcasting - compared to Netflix's full copyright model, domestic resources are really not as abundant...

Therefore, Su Yuanshan was very curious about what ideas Chen Fang could come up with.

Seeing Su Yuanshan and Chen Fang sitting down, Wan Yongliang, who knew Su Yuanshan's temperament well, didn't put on airs and made Chen Fang a cup of tea himself. The latter quickly stood up and took it to express his thanks.

"It's okay, you and Mr. Shan have a good chat." Wan Yongliang waved his hand and sat aside with a smile.

"Okay." Chen Fang put down the teacup, pursed his lips, and took a gentle breath.

"That's right, Mr. Shan. On 914, because the plane hit the building... almost all direct flights there were suspended."

Su Yuanshan nodded: "Yes, but I heard that you arrived faster."

"Yes, so I flew to Canada, then transited through Canada, and then rushed there non-stop. But even so, when we arrived, it was actually difficult to get first-hand news. We could only get the news from the rescue We started with work and the families of the missing, and later on, it was even difficult for us to get in even to the front lines and we could only interview passers-by.”

"Yeah." After hearing Chen Fang "start from the beginning", Su Yuanshan was not in a hurry. He knew that the more this happened, the more it proved that Chen Fang was well prepared and had thought carefully.

"But we still sent back the first video of the collision in the following days."

"Yeah." Su Yuanshan blinked, he knew this - among foreign media, ATV is the TV station that publishes the most live videos, if not the only one. This almost directly established ATV’s news status in Southeast Asia and even Asia as a whole - at least the name of "running fast" was given out.

In the news circle, there is a joke that ATV reporters can run faster than the paparazzi.

"Actually, we downloaded those clips from the Internet."

Chen Fang looked at Su Yuanshan, his eyes shining: "In the days that followed 914, many videos taken by people with mobile phones, cameras, camcorders, etc. were uploaded to the forum..."

"Continue." Su Yuanshan's eyes gradually brightened.

"Then, I have been paying attention to these forums and discussion groups for more than half a year. I feel that if there can be a dedicated website to allow users to upload their own videos - including but not limited to such breaking news videos , then there will definitely be a user group.”

A smile slowly appeared at the corner of Su Yuanshan's mouth.

It turns out to be YouTube...

"Mr. Shan, the reason why I thought of this is because of it."

As he spoke, Chen Fang took out Yidoo3 and put it on the table, with a stern look in his eyes: "Nowadays, almost all high-end mobile phones are equipped with cameras. At the same time, 3G is being popularized all over the world, which solves the problems of shooting and uploading. At the very least, It is the direction of future development, right? But the problem now is that there is no professional website for people to share videos..."

Chen Fang said and took a deep breath: "So, I think we can make one!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Su Yuanshan expectantly and uneasily.

——In order to prepare for today’s meeting, he had done a lot of work in advance and even asked friends who were Internet entrepreneurs to learn how to persuade investors.

But even so, he still had no idea.

Because...it's a good thing that he didn't find friends on the Internet. When he did, he found out that in the field of the Internet, Mr. Shan was as good as a godfather, with extremely accurate vision!

As a "non-IT person", he just came up with the idea because of his work... He really didn't know whether he could impress Mr. Shan, or whether it could be successful.

"Yeah, okay."

Su Yuanshan didn't let Chen Fang wait too long before he nodded with a smile.

"May I?"

"Okay." Su Yuanshan nodded again: "This is a very good idea. In addition to broadcasting, Internet services also have interactions - such as discussion groups and forums, which are the earliest interactions."

"It's great to use video content to provide user interaction - it will not only create a new field, it should even be the most important part of the future ecology of the Internet."

"Even..." Su Yuanshan stopped talking, exhaled softly, and shook his head with a smile.

Text, pictures, videos. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube - these successful companies may seem accidental, but in fact they are manifestations and inevitable consequences of people's thirst for information.

Even if YouTube-like video interactive (not interactive video) websites and applications are included, including Douyin and the like, then the market value of the video camp must be greater than that of the picture camp, and greater than the text camp - this also shows that people are more interested in Level of information receptivity and desire.

Of course, these words are not suitable to be said now, here.

So Su Yuanshan immediately brought the topic back.

"In short, although it seems a bit early now - after all, 3G tariffs are not cheap, and the upload speed is not very satisfactory. But no one knows better than us that technology is always improving. Don't look at the current transmission A 10MB file will take half a day, but if it takes a few years, it will take less than ten seconds."

"Easier said than done..." Su Yuanshan squinted his eyes and sighed softly: "There are too many ideas, and in the end they just stop at the idea stage."

//Lao Tiao and I once discussed a social APP, which probably focused on personality and three views on fate... ennn Of course, we only stayed at the discussion. About a year later, an APP with exactly the same idea as ours was launched. . .

"Then..." Chen Fang was obviously inexperienced. After receiving Su Yuanshan's affirmative answer, he was at a loss. Some people looked to Wan Yongliang for help.

Wan Yongliang also looked back at him with a smile: "Since President Shan has agreed, then feel free to do it - but you should consider whether you will do it in your own name or in the name of our ATV." Dry."

Chen Fang hesitated: "I..."

Wan Yongliang didn't wait for Chen Fang and continued to smile: "I have no other meaning. If you do it yourself, you are starting a business. If you do it in the name of ATV, you are responsible for the subsidiary company - in fact, it is almost like starting a business. But no matter how you choose , will not affect Yuanxin and ATV’s investment in the project.”

Wan Yongliang looked at Su Yuanshan as he spoke.

Of course, Su Yuanshan would not dismantle Wan Yongliang. He nodded with a smile and said, "Mr. Wan is right. No matter what, your idea is worth investing in."

"Can I... think about it?" Chen Fang pursed his lips and said after thinking for a few seconds.

"Yeah, okay." Su Yuanshan nodded again, and raised his wrist to look at the time.

Well, Fu Zhenhua's car should be waiting downstairs.

Seeing Su Yuanshan looking at his watch, Chen Fang stood up and prepared to leave.

Su Yuanshan also stood up and shook hands with him, smiling and saying: "Believe in yourself and believe in me."

"Thank you Mr. Shan!"

Chen Fang let go and turned towards the door.

But after a moment, his pace slowed down. When he reached the door of the office, he suddenly stopped, then turned around and looked at the two of them.

Su Yuanshan and Wan Yongliang had doubts in their eyes at the same time.

"Mr. Shan, Mr. Wan, I've thought about it."

"Oh? So fast?" Although Su Yuanshan answered with a smile, he couldn't help but look at each other with Wan Yongliang - this guy is really good at making plans.

Well, he is a man who does great things.

"Yeah, I've thought about it." After repeating the sentence, Chen Fang took a deep breath and said, "I'll set up the stand at ATV."

Su Yuanshan and Wan Yongliang looked at each other again. The moment they nodded at the same time, Wan Yongliang finally couldn't hold it back and asked with a smile: "Xiao Chen, why did you make a decision so quickly?"

"I believe in Yuan Xin." Chen Fang exhaled softly and replied with a smile.

——In fact, it was Su Yuanshan's last words of encouragement that suddenly made him think that the person standing in front of him was the godfather of the Internet!

What better way to have the best strategy and resources than to stay at ATV and stay under Yuanxin's system?

…

Su Yuanshan naturally didn't know what Chen Fang was thinking, but his words "I believe in Yuan Xin" really made him feel happy.

So much so that he called Huo Jianning directly in front of the two of them and said that he would invest 20 million yuan with ATV to directly establish a holding subsidiary.

At the same time, he also gave Chen Fang Zhang Xiaolong's contact information, so that if he had any questions or needed help, he could contact Zhang Xiaolong directly...

Of course, he did not forget to remind that since mobile phone users are to upload videos, it is best to develop an application suitable for mobile phones under the YOS framework.

Moreover, he also provided Chen Fang with a lot of suggestions from the perspective of a technician.

…

When Su Yuanshan returned home, it was already half past twelve.

At the dinner table, Su Yuanshan told Ye Rudai the reason why he stayed until now - of course, this was just because he was willing to share his joy with Ye Rudai, not because there were many beauties at ATV...

After listening, Ye Rudai looked at her husband blankly for a few seconds, and then said quietly and even somewhat sourly, "It is really an advantage to start a business under Yuanxin."

"The main thing is that the idea is very good, but he is not from a technical background. I am afraid that he will go astray."

"Well, indeed. But sometimes, the Internet does need a burst of creativity from so-called outsiders."

"Ah, who is not an outsider at the beginning? But compared to ordinary people, we have the skills, can do it ourselves, have enough food and clothing, and the cost of trial and error is smaller. Chen Fang has a good idea, but if If he can't find anyone to realize it...then he has no choice but to say it, and he may be tricked by technology. So from this point of view, it is actually very wise for him to choose to stay under the Yuanxin system."

Ye Rudai nodded and looked at him with a smile: "Then you also accepted ESO?"

"Ahem...don't be kidding, your valuation is almost 20 billion US dollars now." Su Yuanshan tilted his head and looked at his wife, and said cheerfully: "No wonder it cost millions of Hong Kong dollars to let go today. I forgot, my family My wife is a billionaire."

Ye Rudai: "...don't be poor, are you free tomorrow?"

"If you need it, you'll have it."

"..." Ye Rudai glared at him helplessly: "If you are free, meet the founder of Wikipedia with me tomorrow - you have a high reputation, I think you can persuade him."

Wikipedia? Su Yuanshan nodded immediately.

"good!"