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Chapter 155 Let the era of ring tones come soon

Author: Knight Confused 2023

Chapter 155 Let the era of ring tones come soon

After signing a contract with Huang Bo and waiting for him to leave with satisfaction, Qi Wei called his music director Song Bin into his office.

"How are the conditions of those people I asked you to pay attention to before?" Qi Wei asked.

Although Song Bin has been busy with his own records during this period, he has always taken what Qi Wei told him to heart.

After thinking briefly, he replied: "That Li Jiang just graduated from Tsinghua University and is now a network engineer at the Radio, Film and Television Bureau. I have contacted him many times and invited him. You also know that singing is just for him.

hobby, he is still hesitant about entering the music industry

The lead singer of the band Baojia Street No. 43, their band is preparing for their second album, and they have no idea of ​​going solo for the time being, so they declined directly."

Things didn't go as smoothly as I imagined.

Qi Wei nodded after understanding the situation and said: "These people are pretty good and have good creative abilities. You also know how important a musician with creative abilities is. I am a good example. I hope I can give them

If there is an opportunity to perform, then they must be willing to give themselves this opportunity and continue to keep in touch, without being too attentive."

Qi Wei only thought of this when he met Huang Bo by chance this time. It would be best for them to come, and Qi Wei would not feel any regrets if they could not come.

With the success of his career, many things that Qi Wei originally cared about are no longer too important to him.

Take Huang Bo for example, if he hadn't met Qi Wei by chance this time, he wouldn't have deliberately sought him out.

When Li Jian, Qi Wei and others started setting up the record company, they really wanted to bring more like-minded people on board.

But now, Qi Wei is becoming more and more successful, and more and more "like-minded" people will take the initiative to defect.

They no longer matter.

Of course, there is still the icing on the cake, and Qi Wei doesn't mind if the company becomes even better.

After the explanation, Qi Wei left the company. In the evening, Qi Wei went to Gao Yuanyuan's apartment.

In the study room, Qi Wei sat in front of a large computer and operated.

The door to the study room was opened, and Gao Yuanyuan came in with a smile and a fruit plate.

"Here, take a bite."

Gao Yuanyuan inserted a toothpick into the cut watermelon on the plate and placed it in front of Qi Wei's mouth.

Qi Wei stared at the computer screen and bit forward with his mouth.

"Yeah, it's so sweet!" Qi Wei praised sincerely.

It is now July, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Even if the temperature drops at night, it still makes people feel unbearably hot.

Eating some iced watermelon is definitely a pleasure.

Qi Wei turned to look at Gao Yuanyuan, looking at her smiling sweetly, and couldn't help but kiss her lips.

He licked his tongue proudly and said with a smile: "You are sweeter."

"Really?" Gao Yuanyuan smiled even happier, raised her eyebrows and said seductively: "Then remember to eat me tonight."

She has always been bold when alone with Qi Wei.

"Don't worry, I won't forget it."

Looking at her who was dressed in cool clothes and looming inside, Qi Wei swallowed his saliva and looked like he was about to move, "Hey, I will eat you when I finish my work. I will finish my work soon."

As he spoke, he continued working on the keyboard.

Gao Yuanyuan sat obediently next to Qi Wei, eating watermelon and feeding it to Qi Wei from time to time, while curiously looking at what Qi Wei was doing on the computer.

As soon as Qi Wei arrived at Gao Yuanyuan's apartment, he hurriedly went to the study room and turned on the computer.

Gao Yuanyuan originally thought that Qi Wei would open the novel website to read the novels she wrote, but found that this was not the case.

Qi Wei first opened his mailbox, opened a file, and downloaded a software according to the above steps.

"Dear, why didn't I realize that you use your computer so well before?" Gao Yuanyuan asked in surprise while waiting for the download.

"I have so many advantages, and there are many that you haven't noticed. Let me tell you, this computer will become a trend in the future and will become an indispensable thing in our lives. You must also learn from it." Qi Wei

Said with a smile.

"Yeah, I've been learning. Now I use the computer to write novels, and I've started uploading novels myself." Gao Yuanyuan nodded obediently, and stuffed another piece of watermelon into Qi Wei's mouth.

"You can't slack off." Qi Wei reminded.

Gao Yuanyuan wrote such a long novel, but uploaded less than 100,000 words in total. This was under the supervision of Qi Wei and finding someone to help her polish it.

Really. Qi Wei didn't know what to say about her.

"I know." Gao Yuanyuan stuck out her tongue cutely.

After a while, it was finally downloaded.

After a somewhat tedious installation operation, a square and very original interface appeared in front of Qi Wei.

It feels very familiar, but also a little strange.

It was Qi Wei who asked Xiao Ma to develop the instant messaging software.

It has to be said that Xiao Ma's team is quite technical. In less than a month, Xiao Ma developed the initial version of the software.

Qi Wei successfully registered an account number "666666", and after sending a message to Brother Xiao Ma's account, he received a message back soon.

This is considered a success.

Qi Wei breathed a sigh of relief, then showed a satisfied smile, and then called Brother Xiao Ma.

After the call was connected, Qi Wei gave himself some advice as an experiencer:

"How should I put it, I feel very good, this software is good, but now, there are several instant messaging software on the market, we want to bring it to the market, if you want to be competitive, I think you can make the software

Optimize it again and make it take up less memory. You all know the current Internet speed and the slow download speed. When I just downloaded it, I was a little impatient to wait."

As soon as these words were said, Brother Xiaoma and others immediately understood that, not to mention the era when the network card was scolded when the computer was released a few years ago, the speed of dial-up Internet at this time is even slower, and downloading a thing usually only takes a few kb per second.

If the software capacity is slightly larger, the download waiting time will be extremely fast.

Now, with the same functional software, the smaller the capacity, the more competitive it is.

"Okay, I'll write it down." Xiao Ma on the other end of the phone nodded and responded, and someone next to him wrote it down.

Qi Wei thought for a while and continued: "There is also this interface. I have seen several similar software. The interfaces are all flashy and have advertisements. It is dazzling and annoying. I think the interface is so simple.

Just keep it simple”

Brother Xiao Ma suddenly became a little worried and said: "If there are no ads on the interface, a lot of advertising revenue will be lost."

The only profit points that Xiao Ma can think of now are advertising and future membership fees.

Qi Wei simply shook his head and laughed and said: "Can you compete with those portal websites for advertising revenue? You can't compete. With the current Internet user base, the amount of advertising that businesses can invest in the emerging industry of the Internet is limited.

, the cake you can share is too small. With this advertising fee, can you ensure a balance of payments? It can't be guaranteed. In this case, what does it matter if there is less advertising fee?

The key now is how to attract more users, have a huge user group, and have traffic so that we can do more things."

"Can you do more?" Xiao Ma looked a little confused.

In later generations, he failed to figure out how to monetize his huge user base for a long time. As the user base continued to increase, operating expenses also continued to increase. The long-term losses almost made him sell Penguin at a bargain price.

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Qi Wei pretended to think deeply for a moment, then said: "I haven't figured it out now. I just thought that users of my novel website usually register via email, but I think if you have more users of this software, you can also use it.

Register your software"

Qi Wei just mentioned it a little bit and didn't want to say more.

In fact, Qi Wei, who has the memory of later generations, is very clear about Penguin's development route and also knows some of its profit methods.

Of course, with the current domestic Internet user base of less than 2 million, some profit methods of later generations will not work now.

But Qi Wei doesn't want to tell Brother Ma in advance.

Qi Wei is wary.

If Xiao Ma knew Penguin's profit method, it would be easier to attract investment from elsewhere when funds are tight, and he would not be as dependent on himself as he is now.

This is good now, and you will have a better chance of retaining or increasing your shares in the future.

Brother Xiao Ma fell into a brief thought. He couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he nodded and asked people to write down what Qi Wei said.

He also hopes that after the launch of his software, he can attract more users. The more users, the better. As for the increased development and operating expenses after the number of users increases,

If there is no money, isn’t there still a big water pipe in Qiwei?

Brother Xiao Ma didn't hesitate, and suddenly made a somewhat unspeakable request:

"When software is launched on the market, it needs to be promoted. I think it will be easier to gain popularity if there is a popular spokesperson to help promote it."

The meaning of this statement is very obvious.

In fact, Xiao Ma was able to attract enough investment when he started the company. The reason why he approached Qi Wei to invest was because of Qi Wei's popularity.

At this time, the domestic Internet was in an era of barbaric growth, and the software developed was borrowed from the United States. Even if there were innovative things, they could easily be copied by others.

When everyone has similar skills, it is difficult to widen the gap.

If a software wants to be successful, it is more important to publicize and promote it.

Qi Wei understood everything and replied with a smile: "Do you know that my endorsement fee is very expensive, at least several million a year, can you afford it?"

Qi Wei is telling the truth. When Wahaha offered Qi Wei a sky-high one million endorsement fee, it shocked many people. They all thought that Qi Wei got a huge advantage. However, with the release of Qi Wei's second album

It was a great success, but in turn everyone thought that Wahaha had a good eye for it and had taken advantage of it.

Of course, Qi Wei also knows how to be measured and reciprocate. As he becomes more famous, he does not ask Wahaha to increase his endorsement fees.

But as for other merchants who want to be endorsed by Qi Wei, Qi Wei will not take a serious look at them without millions of endorsement fees.

Qi Wei couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the later generations of people such as Brother Ma and others who dressed up as women to chat to attract users.

Xiaoma Ge and others on the other end of the phone didn't know what was going on, so they also started to giggle along with it.

Qi Wei suppressed his smile and continued: "Well, I still like your software very much. After all, it is my career. I can offer you a friendly price. If you need my cooperation at that time, just give it to me.

Call up"

"We can't afford the friendly price," Xiao Ma replied awkwardly.

"Well, how about this? If you do another job for me, it will be regarded as giving me endorsement fees. What do you think?" Qi Wei thought for a while and suggested.

"Of course, I wonder what you need us to do?"

"Well, what I asked you to do for me is to develop a ringtone software."

Qi Wei organized his language a little and continued: "What is a ringback tone? When you call the user's mobile phone and wait for the connection, what you hear is no longer the "beep." ringback tone, but a piece of music instead."

Qi Wei talked about it in a lengthy manner, and Brother Ma probably understood what it was about.

Brother Xiao Ma discussed it with his technical partners and then replied:

"This ring tone software should be a communication service, which requires cooperation with communication providers. This is a bit troublesome and may take some time."

"If I need time, I can relax until the end of the year. I hope to see a result by the end of the year. If you have any financial difficulties, you can mention it to me and I can help you solve it."

After ending the phone call with Brother Xiao Ma, Qi Wei suddenly felt relieved.

Not only because it feels so good to command Xiao Ma, but also because he wants to bring the era of ring tones ahead of schedule.

Since his rebirth, Qi Wei has been paying attention to market changes.

The past two years have been the peak of the domestic record market. Starting next year, the record market will gradually decline.

There is no other reason than rampant piracy.

With the innovation of piracy technology, there will be no barriers to piracy, which will make piracy even more rampant, so rampant that it will cut off the livelihood of physical records.

Of course, there was still a market for physical records before the millennium, and genuine records could still sell for a certain amount of sales.

But if you want to go to the next level, you can only hope for a miracle to happen.

Qi Wei needs to plan ahead and find a way out for his music career.

If the era of ringback tones can come early, there will be an additional monetization channel for song copyrights. With the addition of these double buffs, the value of music will be greatly increased.

Qi Wei, who masters this channel, will gain more say and become a decisive figure in the recording industry.

Qi Wei remembers many Internet songs that could sell "100 million a piece" in the era of ring tones.

Songs such as "Mouse Loves Rice" and "Two Butterflies" are all too familiar. Qi Wei had already restored these songs and registered the copyright.

These songs can be sung by Huang Bo and others, and of course the leader must be from the company.

If the era of ring tones comes early and these songs can be monetized early, then Qi Wei will have more sufficient funds to carry out his business layout.

There is no need to be so hasty in exploring the European and American music markets.

The more he thought about it, the brighter the smile on Qi Wei's face became.

The more excited I am, the more restless my heart becomes.

He couldn't help but kiss the beauty next to him.

Gao Yuanyuan was a little caught off guard, but immediately responded with the highest enthusiasm.

"Crack!"

The computer case was knocked over by the entangled two people.

There was no power outage, but the magnetic head of your Quantum 2.1G hard drive lost its protection due to vibration, fell off, and soon came into contact with the spotless hard drive, making an abnormal sound similar to a knocking sound.

"Click, click, click."

The hard disk platter rotates as high as 5,400 times per minute. Even if there is a slight physical contact, it will break down very quickly. As it comes into contact with the magnetic head again and again, the abnormal noise will become louder and louder. It is rhythmic at first, but the smooth disk

A large number of scratches gradually appeared on the body, which interfered with the rotation of the magnetic head. Some harsh metal friction sounds appeared. The magnetic head also lost its vibration pattern due to the scratches. Finally, both of them made a series of noisy whines, and the magnetic head completely fell off.

, stuck together with the cracked disk.

"What does it smell like?"

Qi Wei sniffed and smelled a bit of burning smell. He left Gao Yuanyuan who was caressing her chest and went limp. Following the smell, he finally found a wisp of smoke coming out of the computer case and quickly unplugged the power cord.

If the hard drive is broken, it's broken. There's nothing important in it anyway. Qi Wei doesn't know how to repair it, so the worst thing is to replace it.

After a long time, Gao Yuanyuan came back to her senses and looked at Qi Wei affectionately, licked her lips, and looked at Qi Wei with pleading eyes, as if she knew the taste but still wanted to challenge.

Tonight is still a long night, and we still have to fight.

(End of chapter)