Rebirth: I Want to Surf

That night, everyone met Yao Yuan in the banquet hall of the Peninsula Hotel.

This is the first time many people see the true face of the big boss.

It is said to be the Hugelive annual meeting, but it is indeed sitting together to eat and drink, with heads or executives from fifty countries and regions, distributed in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Yao Yuan said some heartfelt words and left after eating.

But the next morning, there was another meeting.

…

Around 9 o'clock.

Zhang Xiaoyan came to the small conference room. They all arrived in twos and threes. There was no name tag and they sat casually. She glanced at it and sat next to Jin Minyong, whom she still knew.

"Good morning!"

"Good morning!"

Not long after, Ken Kitano from Japan came in with a nod and hunched over, and sat down on the other side of Zhang Xiaoyan - the sandwich between Japan and South Korea was born.

Jin Minyong and Kitano Ken started chatting.

"We were recently discussing the copyright of "One Piece". Mr. Oda didn't believe that "One Piece" could be adapted into a live-action version. Director Tsui Hark suggested that I show him "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu", and maybe there would be a change.

All in all, it is very difficult, but I am confident that I can win it and make a work that will be loved by the whole world! "

Ken Kitano is quite proud, because "One Piece" is indeed an IP with huge influence, and it is a great honor to be able to bloom in his own hands.

"..."

Jin Minyong was a little jealous. The Korean comic industry is not bad, but it cannot compare with Japan, which is full of two-dimensional attributes. He said: "I am working on a spin-off of "Train to Busan", and Hong Kong has a lot of scenes."

"Have the actors been chosen?"

"Not yet. This is a big project."

"That little girl is going to show it?"

"Of course, that's the survivor. She will be the heroine of the show."

The two talked about big business, and Zhang Xiaoyan was extremely embarrassed. The dramas she took on were all very small, and even the spin-off series of "Train to Busan" didn't include Taiwan.

After a while, the conversation at the scene suddenly disappeared.

Another person came in outside the door. He was wearing the iconic white shirt. He was very tall. He didn't have the greasiness of middle age at all, but was refreshing. It was Boss Yao.

"..."

He sat in front and glanced around. There were no more than 50 people, but there were men and women, Eastern and Western, and various ethnic groups. The occasion seemed a bit grand.

“Since Hugelive was founded, it has 57 million paid members, including about 20 million in North America and 20 million in Asia, ranking second only to Netflix, ranking second in global streaming media.

But our gap is shrinking every year. In order to maintain a good development momentum, the headquarters will increase its efforts next year and invest US$3 billion in drama production. "

Wow!

Everyone is excited.

In the future era of streaming media competition, Netflix’s annual investment reaches 10 billion US dollars, which can scare people to death.

But it’s not that big yet, and Hugelive’s model is unique: Yao Yuan conquered Hong Kong and asked Hong Kong practitioners to unite East and Southeast Asia to produce works that are suitable for this area and can be accepted by the audience. This cost is much lower than Netflix.

Immediately afterwards, Yao Yuan talked about a lot of current achievements and shortcomings, as well as future prospects.

"..."

It's not surprising that there are people down there who are a little impatient with these things. There's no need to go to all the trouble of bringing everyone in for a meeting. And just when more and more people had such thoughts, Yao Yuan suddenly changed the subject.

“Next year there will be a new project, using Hugelive to incubate a short video product called TikTok!

How to incubate it specifically?

Just download TikTok and get a free one-month membership to Hugelive.

TikTok branches must be set up in countries and regions where Hugelive is rolled out. Your current task is to help collect short video materials to enrich TikTok’s database.

To give a few examples, we have accumulated a large amount of copyrights, cut these works into slices, and uploaded them to TikTok.

Go to YouTube to poach your local influencers and let them join TikTok. Our cash rewards will be higher than YouTube.

Discover your local new talents and cultivate them yourself, whether it is music, dance, food, technology, travel, comedy, beauty, even if you just love sharing your daily life, then dig them all..."

"Yao, what we do is Hugelive, you can't arrange extra work for us!"

“Why should we waste time and energy doing other departments’ things?”

Before he finished speaking, there were a lot of doubts below.

Yao Yuan glanced at them and continued: "TikTok has its own operations, but in order to promote it online as quickly as possible, I need your help, and you will have work intersections in the future. I hope we can cooperate in a friendly manner and don't cause trouble for me. .”

"But……"

"The reward is a small stake in Hugelive."

Ga!

Everyone shut up.

Heads are spinning rapidly. If TikTok becomes Hugelive, the stock price will definitely skyrocket. Even if you have 0.01% of the shares, it is estimated to be worth millions, or even tens of millions of dollars.

"..."

Yao Yuan looked at their expressions and rolled his eyes secretly. There will be a lot of work overlap between long and short videos. If he wants to develop smoothly, he must appease these long video guys.

Even if he messed with Mi Dou, he still had to appease Xu Meng.

People's hearts are wandering, this thing sounds very hollow, but by the time you feel it, it may be too late.

Yao Yuan explained the situation clearly and everyone expressed their willingness to support him.

And this is only part of the preparation, the more important thing is to establish tiktok's positioning and audience.

First of all, Yao Yuan wants to make the operation easier. Whether it is adding music, using filters, or changing the video speed, it must be done with one click. In this way, people who are generally dyslexic and receive happy education can use it easily.

Secondly, the audience is naturally young people.

He wants to copy the route he took to start his business and sell characters all over the world, especially the United States.

What character?

A holy place for young people! The hope of the people at the bottom! A free spiritual home! A platform to express yourself to your heart’s content! There’s so much money to be made!

It means transplanting the process of building wheat nests and wheat grains to the United States for localization.

Don't think it's useless to win over the bottom class of the United States. When TikTok was sanctioned in later generations, it went through many lawsuits and hearings. The attitude and voice of these Internet celebrities played a big role.

"Mr. Jin Minyong, wait a moment!"

When the meeting was over, Yao Yuan stopped Jin Minyong.

This guy was flattered and stayed, saying, "May I ask if you have any other instructions?"

"Oh, just chat."

Yao Yuan asked him to sit down and asked: "The Han Ling incident has been very troublesome recently. What is the situation on your side?"

"The major media are hyping it like crazy, and entertainment companies are very pessimistic, thinking that they have lost the market. The public sentiment is quite good, and there is no violent reaction."

"Does it have any impact on Hugelive?"

"No, absolutely not!"

“It’s been half a year since Netflix launched in South Korea. In your opinion, what do they think?”

"..."

Jin Minyong thought about it for a moment and said: "Netflix is ​​still exploring. They bought some copyrights and asked TV stations to cooperate in making series, but I feel that they are very unfamiliar with the environment, and the concepts of the series are very bad, not as good as ours.

However, Netflix is ​​willing to spend money and attract a large number of practitioners. When they become familiar with the market, they will become a powerful enemy. "

That's quite objective.

"I think so too. In order to compete for the Korean market, we must have a battle with Netflix..."

Yao Yuan looked at the other party and said with a smile: "How about letting you be the godfather of Korean entertainment?"

(No more...

Four chapters tomorrow)