Rebirth: I Want to Surf

"Today, on the 14th, everyone has to pay the Yao family!"

"I'm the biggest here, let me tell you if it's not nice, from this month, I'll be the first to pay!"

After Yu Jiajia finished talking, Yao Yuan seemed to be Ni Yongxiao in "Infernal Affairs 2". The first person who responded was Youku, expressing his willingness to buy a package, the kind of 30 million.

Youku is the strongest and has some spare money.

Others are also willing to buy, but they asked to wait for a few months after obtaining the license, because the financing can only be continued after obtaining the license, and financing can make money.

Yu Jiajia also agreed.

In contrast, potatoes are poor now!

...

On the third day after meeting Yu Jiajia, Wang Wei came to the American Club again.

The people who had dinner today were Xiong Xiaoge and Xu Xin.

The fourth round of financing for Tudou.com is already in the works. Kaixin Asia and Venrock, an investment company of the Rockefeller family, are interested in joining. However, the negotiation process is slow. This year, due to the tightening of policies, they are also on the sidelines.

Although the United States is in chaos, it will not collapse until after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, so there is still some spare money.

"Both of you, please sit down!"

"Speaking of which, it's our first meeting in the new year!"

Wang Wei was quite happy, thinking that it would bring some good news, but when Xiong Xiaoge opened his mouth, his heart sank.

"Mr. Wang, we have dealt with each other a lot, so I will speak bluntly.

According to the current situation, I don’t think that Tudou.com will have a good development in the wave of the video industry. In fact, I don’t feel safe. The license application of the head website has not been passed. You are officially named. It is believed that the industrial environment has deteriorated, and it is not suitable to follow up in the short term..."

Wang Wei was upset, but unfortunately he still heard the other party's words: "That's why IDG decided to divest Tudou!"

"Boss Bear!"

"According to the agreement, we can divest in this situation."

"No, no, Mr. Xiong! Now it's just a matter of the license. Once the rectification is completed, Tudou.com will definitely be able to apply. Please give me some time."

"Even if you apply, what will happen next? What are you going to do next?"

"I have a complete plan. I plan to launch a super channel [Black Bean], which will broadcast high-definition genuine videos, and then hold a Tudou Film Festival to encourage original works, so that more netizens can participate..."

"OK OK!"

Xiong Xiaoge interrupted him and asked, "Where does the copyright come from?"

"Buy it yourself, or buy a distribution from 99."

"How much is the asking price for 99?"

"10-30 million!"

"10-30 million..."

Xiong Xiaoge nodded and said, "This is the current price, so let me ask you, if you buy it yourself, can you beat 99 entertainment?"

"this……"

Wang Wei didn't have much confidence, but at this time, he had to pat his chest and promise, but before he could speak, Xiong Xiaoge asked again: "Or put it this way, what do you use against the wheat grain video?"

"..."

Wang Wei stopped talking.

In terms of copyright, the number of people hoarding is the first; in terms of strength, it is backed by 99 Group; in terms of drainage, there are two powerful tools: the community and Mai Mai;

Let alone the stickiness of netizens!

At the New Year's Eve party not long ago, Yao Yuan made it clear that he will vigorously develop video websites this year! So, what does Tudou use to fight the wheat grain video?

Wang Wei was silent for a while, then suddenly recalled, and said, "Mr. Xu, do you mean the same thing?"

"Yes!"

Xu Xin nodded.

"It seems that you want to divest, not only because you lack confidence in the environment, but also because you lack confidence in me."

"Actually, our investment involves many industries, and we can understand it anywhere? The key factor is to look at people. To be honest, since you were sued last year, your series of performances have disappointed us very much."

Xiong Xiaoge sighed, and said: "Since we invested in Tudou, it means we are very optimistic about you and are not willing to give up easily. We will give you time, and if you have better plans, we can continue to cooperate."

The meal broke up badly.

After leaving the American Club, Xiong Xiaoge made a phone call and said with a smile, "Brother Yao, you must be very busy recently, right?"

"Don't mention it, your feet don't touch the ground!"

"Heh, I just met Wang Wei, and I made everything clear."

"Oh? Sorry for your trouble. I have to finish this part before I can deal with it. Let Yu Jiajia talk to you first?"

"Okay, don't rush, don't rush!"

...

Yingshi Building.

As the inspection date got closer, Yao Yuan even stayed up late and worked overtime. He hung up the phone, took a sip of health-preserving tea, and rubbed his temples to rest for a while.

For quite a long period of time, hoarding copyrights was indeed a good way to make a fortune. Many companies started their businesses by relying on this, earning hundreds of millions in vain every year, and once planned to go public.

Later, the capital giants went out, and these companies did not lose money. For example, there is a company called Huashi Wangju, and Tencent spent 1.8 billion to buy the copyrights of more than 6,000 old films.

In the first few years, the video platform was at its peak.

Tencent, Youku, Qiyi, Bilibili, Mango, and Watermelon Video backed by Byte are all rich and powerful. Xu Zheng sold "囧Mom" to ByteDance for a sky-high price of 630 million, setting a domestic record.

However, this behavior of selling sky-high prices has not become the norm. One of the reasons is that domestic theaters are very powerful and protected by policies.

This has led to a big gap between the status of movies and TV dramas in the video field. For example, "Three-Body Problem", whether it is broadcast on TV stations or webcasts, has little impact-anyway, its audience basically watches it online.

But "Man Jianghong" will not be released in theaters, but will be broadcast directly on the web. How many people disagree? How many people are offended?

America is different.

During the epidemic in the United States, theaters were in a downturn, and all major giants were engaged in streaming media, and the fight was fierce. Their theater chains are the weak side, and the big factories are the masters. Although the theater chains are also protesting, they are passive in the end.

The giants have all set a streaming media development strategy, and the reason is the same in the final analysis: their streaming media can pass through the world (except the mainland), whether it is used as a traffic entrance, or an ideological output, or to raise the stock price to cut leeks, it is very convenient!

"..."

Yao Yuan despises those platforms that are doing domestic rolls, they just roll, and feed shit every day, that’s all, and on behalf of the audience, they say that shit is delicious.

His original goal was to go to sea, regardless of Europe, America, Latin, Africa, and East Asia, he must go out.

"Boss Yao!"

After really thinking about it, Cheng Wei asked cautiously, "Do you want to buy potatoes?"

"how?"

"I, I think Maili Video is so powerful that there is no need to acquire it."

"Oh, two different things..."

Seeing that he had misunderstood, Yao Yuan smiled and said, "Tudou's brand and user base are great. I want Tudou to do something else."

"Can you tell me?"

"You don't need to be like this. I mentioned you to my side because I am optimistic about your potential. If you have any questions, feel free to talk, we are also a process of discussion."

Cheng Wei was too cautious, and Yao Yuan couldn't help educating him, saying: "This thing is related to audio-visual, let's count it as a branch, I call it the live broadcast industry!"

(besides……)