Millennium director

"Hey, Sissy."

"Yeah, as soon as the National Day is over, I will go to the United States."

"How are you doing?"

"Although New Line is only a second-tier film production company in Hollywood, its standards are still very strong, so don't worry too much."

"Brother Cheng Long is here too?"

"Huh, he does like to have a little fun, but he is still very dedicated to his work, so he will be fine."

"You should learn more from Brother Cheng Long. His kung fu is really nothing to say."

"Yeah, okay, be safe."

"I will."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan looked at the phone screen with a smile on his face, and the smile gradually disappeared.

"Hey, today's smart phones still can't make online videos, troublesome." He muttered softly.

Although the latest iPhone 3G version was released in June this year, China has not yet entered the era of smartphones, and the 3G network has just begun to be laid.

If you want to make video calls on your mobile phone, you have to wait until the 4G era to do it smoothly.

It has been a week since my little girlfriend went to the United States.

In the past, this kind of separation didn't seem to matter, but now as the relationship between him and Liu Yifei became closer and closer, and they became more and more inseparable, Wu Yuan was suddenly separated for ten days and a half, but Wu Yuan felt a little uncomfortable and missed her.

"Sure enough, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality!" He sighed again.

Obviously, I had slept alone for more than ten years without feeling anything wrong, but now I don’t have a good sleep at night. I hold my soft little girlfriend to sleep, but I feel uncomfortable!

Even if he talks to Liu Yifei on the phone every day, he still feels unhappy. Any distance that creates beauty is just bullshit!

Anyone who says this definitely doesn’t have a girlfriend as beautiful as a fairy!

"Dong dong..." There was a knock on the office door.

It was already late at night in Beijing time, but Wu Yuan still stayed in the company, naturally because there was something important waiting for him.

Li Xiaoping's secretary walked into the office and said softly: "Director Wu, "Soul Ferry" will be launched soon. Mr. Wang has invited you to come up and look at the data."

"Oh, I see."

Wu Yuan nodded, walked out of the office with his hands behind his back, and took the elevator to the 18th floor.

Like the special effects companies in the Light and Shadow Era, Light and Shadow Express, a subsidiary of Wu Yuan, is also in this CBD building.

Arriving at the computer room of Light and Shadow Quickcast with ease, Wu Yuan saw a group of programmers nervously doing the final inspection before the video went online.

Tonight at 12 o'clock exactly, "Soul Ferry" will premiere on the Light and Shadow Kuaibo platform.

This is the first tough battle for Guangying Kuaibo. It must ensure that no matter how many users watch the movie online at the same time at night, the server must support it so that everyone can watch it smoothly!

Once there is a large-scale lag or even a server crash, Light and Shadow Quickcast will die before it even gets started.

So even though it might be a waste of money, Wang Xin bought more than a dozen sets of servers.

"Director Wu, we now have 8.24 million registered users of Guangying Kuaibo, but nearly half of them have registered and logged in once and then never logged in again."

"Today, there are less than 2 million daily active users, and there are only more than 200,000 users who are still online."

Wang Xin sighed and said a little disappointed.

In fact, this data is already very good.

If it were a completely new video player software, it would have so many registered users and daily active users in just one week. This result would be enough to surpass other websites by 800 miles.

But what is called Guangying Kuaibo? It is not a software without background. Standing behind it is a leading film production company in China.

Since half a month ago, major forums on the Internet have been advertising "Soul Ferry" and "Light and Shadow Express" everywhere.

Light and Shadow Times is the first company in the entertainment industry to raise online trolls. Under the guidance of Wu Yuan, the company has been consciously recruiting people for the troll department since two years ago.

Now the company has a large number of influential troll accounts on major forums, post bars, and social platforms.

Since receiving the task of promoting "Soul Ferry", these trolls have been fully mobilized. They took posters and videos of the show, posted them everywhere, and built buildings to attract the attention of netizens.

Coupled with the trailers uploaded on major platforms, it can be said that half of Chinese netizens have actively or passively seen the promotion of "Soul Ferry" through various channels in the past week.

It's a pity that "online dramas" are so unfamiliar to netizens now, and many people still have only a vague understanding of them after reading the publicity.

A large number of netizens complied and downloaded Guangying Kuaibo, but found that this software is no different from ordinary video software, and the resources of the film library are not even one-tenth of other software.

The only advantage is that the resource resolution is very high-definition, which is clearer than other video software. However, no matter how clear you are, it is useless if there are not enough video sources.

After most people log in once and feel the novelty, they forget about Light and Shadow Quickcast.

There are only a very small number of netizens who really stay because of "Soul Ferry" and want to wait for this TV series to be released.

"Online exclusive drama, this thing is new!"

"According to what I saw on Tieba, this TV series can only be watched on Guangying Kuaibo, not on TV stations, nor on other video websites."

"Just showing it to us for free? How does the producer make money?"

"It relies on advertisements. Like other websites, Guangying Kuaibo has to watch 30 seconds of advertisements before watching a video."

"Shit, my friend's uncle is the head of the publicity department of a company. They have placed this kind of video advertisement on the Internet. It is very cheap. It doesn't cost much. How can you make so much money just by doing this!"

"I'm passing by to grab some soy sauce~"

"Hey, is it our turn to worry about this? The producers won't share the money with us. We should just look forward to the release of "Soul Ferry". There are only two hours left!"

Wu Yuan sat in front of the computer and browsed the discussion posts in the Light and Shadow Kuaibo user community.

There is no doubt that this last person must be the company's troll lurking in the user community. No matter what the topic is, he will eventually lead to "pay attention to the launch of "Soul Ferry"".

Although the technique is very tough, it works!

The next topic of this discussion thread is back to the drama "Soul Ferry", with various discussions and speculations about the plot content.

Wu Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief. It seemed that at least the netizens who stayed in Guangying Kuaibo were looking forward to "Soul Ferry".

This is enough!

He didn't expect that "Soul Ferry" would sweep the entire internet and become an instant hit on the day it was released. This was unrealistic.

There is not much soil for online dramas at the moment, to be precise, there is no soil yet, and "Soul Ferry" is the first to try it.

As long as 100,000 or 200,000 netizens notice this online drama when it first airs, try to watch it, and become viewers of this drama, then the subsequent word-of-mouth will naturally grow.

He does not require that a raging fire can be ignited from the beginning, but as long as a spark can be ignited, it will naturally start a prairie fire!

Wu Yuan turned to Wang Xin, who was equally nervous, and said, "Mr. Wang, the premiere is actually not the point. The real pressure will come in a week or two."

The screening mode of "Soul Ferry" is two episodes every other day.

Four episodes will be released in one go on October 1st, then 2 more episodes on the 3rd, and 2 more episodes on the 5th, until the finale is aired on October 17th.

Except that it went online at 12 a.m. on the 1st, after that, two episodes were released on time at 7 p.m. every time.

For Light and Shadow Express, the pressure on the server on the first day of the broadcast will not be very great. After all, there are not many people who try crabs in the first wave, just hundreds of thousands of people.

The real test will be when the show's reputation grows and becomes popular on the Internet. A large influx of new viewers will put a burden on the server.

One thing these netizens said in their discussions in the user community is really right.

"Soul Ferry" really doesn't make money, and during the broadcast period, the more viewers it attracts, the more money it loses.

After all, the more people watching online at the same time, the more servers are needed, and the cost of renting servers will continue to rise.

And that little bit of advertising revenue is really just a drop in the bucket.

What we really want to make a profit is to wait until the update of "Soul Ferry" is completed. In the next year or even years, people will continue to watch it repeatedly, or new viewers will join, and the advertising fees will continue to be generated.

Even so, it is difficult to get back the money.

However, Wu Yuan was mentally prepared for this. Who can make money on a video website these days?

"Be prepared to lose him thirty to fifty million in the first fiscal year!" Wu Yuan crossed his hands on the table and told Wang Xin a number that made him tremble.

"Before October next year, try to have 30 million registered users and 3 million daily active users!"

"Mr. Wang, are you confident?"

Faced with Wu Yuan's bold words, Wang Xin really didn't dare to give a guarantee. He considered and said: "It depends on the effect of the solo broadcast of "Soul Ferry", and in the future we will have more solo dramas that can attract audiences and continue to be launched. , it is possible to achieve this result.”

"Don't worry." Wu Yuan smiled: "Light and Shadow Times is already filming a new drama."

"Some are for sale by TV stations, but there is also a solo drama specially prepared for Light and Shadow Express."

"Furthermore, I believe that "Soul Ferry" will give a perfect answer. When the time comes, you can use the broadcast data of this TV series to go to advertisers to ask for money, and the next solo series will not lose a lot."

"Although we may still lose money, it would be nice to lose less. The landlord doesn't have any food left at home."

"By the way, how's the overseas site I asked you to do going?"

"..."

In the small computer room, Wu Yuan and Wang Xin chatted about the future development of the light and shadow era, passing the last time before the broadcast of "Soul Ferry".

Soon, as the two were chatting, the time came to 00:00 in the morning on October 1st, China's important National Day.

On time and on time, "Soul Ferry" was launched on the software of Guangying Kuaibo.

On the home page, the cover recommendation is already the poster of "Soul Ferry".

A staff member who had been keeping an eye on the background data shouted excitedly: "Director Wu, Mr. Wang! "Soul Ferry" has been successfully launched!"

"The number of background user logins is increasing rapidly!"

"The number of on-demand views of the first episode of "Soul Ferry" is also increasing rapidly!"

"Ten thousand, thirty thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand!"

"Within two minutes, 100,000 users were already watching the first episode at the same time!"

"Through P2P technology, all users who watch online, the video is loaded smoothly and smoothly!"

P2P technology is a good thing. The more users who watch the same episode and the same drama online at the same time, everyone will share their own bandwidth, which will make the video loading and playback faster and smoother!

"Data loads smoothly!"

"Server interaction is normal!"

"We made it!"

The staff reported excitedly, and cheers suddenly resounded in the small computer room. Every staff member had an excited smile on their face, and Wu Yuan also smiled and clapped.

"very good!"

"It looks like we got a good start!" (End of Chapter)