Rebirth of the Thousand-Faced Movie King

"Xuelin, how is our video business going?"

"Mr. Chen, after we launched the short video business, our Huanyu Video has already left YouTube for some distance."

"I'm talking about the domestic video business."

Luahlu, 1 million people online at the same time did not let Chen Yu stop there.

The threat from Microsoft is simply too great.

Compared with the entire operating system market, there is still a big gap between 1 million people online at the same time.

If Chen Yu just wants to play games, he can naturally sit back and relax.

Chen Yu believes that Lualu can reach new heights in the future.

But if Chen Yu wants to engage in operating system business, millions of people online at the same time are just the beginning.

At this time, Chen Yu set his sights on the video business.

"Domestic video business?"

There is something strange about Li Linxue.

Why is Mr. Chen paying attention to the domestic video business?

You must know that the domestic video business is limited by network speed and other reasons. It has just developed and has not had much influence.

For example, short video business. This area cannot be launched domestically because of insufficient bandwidth.

It’s not that such a function can’t be made, but the network speed is too slow and the short video refresh is too slow, and sometimes it can’t be refreshed at all.

“Our domestic video business remains the leader for the time being, but we are not far behind Tudou and Youku.”

"Um."

Chen Yu nodded.

Although he doesn't pay much attention to the domestic video business, Chen Yu also understands the domestic video business.

At present, the domestic video business mainly focuses on watching movies and TV series online, and there are no other innovative methods of live broadcasting.

Therefore, the IP access of several websites is similar, and there is not much distance.

In addition, all major video websites are losing money now, and there is no profitable business.

Therefore, major websites have not put much effort into video business, and even have a certain tacit understanding.

Anyway, I can't get the video business started, so I'm just going to do it slowly now. When the country's internet speed picks up, it won't be too late to get serious about it.

Of course, when Chen Yu focuses on the video business, he does not want to develop the domestic video sector.

Affected by the bandwidth, even if Chen Yu, the big boss, wanted to vigorously develop the video business in China, he would not be able to come up with many tricks.

Chen Yu pays attention to the video business because he wants the video business to once again drive the improvement of Lualu’s simultaneous online business.

"Open the video homepage."

Chen Yu asked Li Xuelin to open the video website.

"Didn't we have a game commentary column before?"

"Mr. Chen, here."

"It doesn't look like it's going to be very effective."

Chen Yu clicked and took a look.

Although there are many game commentary videos, they are not particularly lively.

"Xuelin, I think we can add barrage to our game commentary."

"Barrage, what barrage?"

"This is a new feature."

Chen Yu explained: "For example, when we watch a video and see excitement, we will leave a message, but our message can only appear in the comment area, but what if our message is directly inserted into the video."

"Insert into the video?"

Li Xuelin didn't know how to understand it.

This is also normal.

The barrage function first appeared in Japan in 2006.

At that time, it was only experimental, and I didn’t think this barrage had any effect.

Even after it was launched, it took many years before it was slowly accepted by the public.

Now that Chen Yu has said the barrage, it is normal not to know what he means.

However, although the barrage is a new content, it is actually not complicated at all. As long as it is explained clearly, anyone will understand what the barrage does.

After thinking about it, Chen Yu continued: "Currently, the bandwidth in our country is limited, and it is difficult to launch live video content for the time being. So when you watch movies and TV series, you may always feel that you are watching alone. Such an experience The speed is not enough. But if we insert a barrage on the video, for example, I write a sentence at the 10-minute mark. The next other netizen can also see this sentence at the 10-minute mark. A word."

"Mr. Chen, please wait a moment. I will immediately ask the technology to build this function first."

Li Xuelin was a little touched.

He felt as if he understood what this barrage meant.

But this can only be thought about in the mind, and it is not intuitive enough.

Immediately, Li Xuelin called the chief technician over immediately.

Let the technician introduce this function.

Although the technical side cannot fully understand the use of this function for the time being.

But it doesn't matter, he just needs to launch this function in the background first.

It only took half an hour for the barrage function to appear.

"Yes, this technology is good. Xuelin, would you like to consider a salary increase?"

Chen Yu praised.

This made the technical person in charge who created the barrage function so excited that he could not help himself.

Although he is the chief technical person in charge of video, Huanyu Technology is too big and he is only responsible for the technology of Huanyu portal video business.

He has been in the company for so long and has never spoken to Chen Yu.

Unexpectedly, I was really lucky today and received praise from the big boss.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I'll talk to the finance department soon."

What's the point of a salary increase?

Immediately, the two began to test the barrage.

"Mr. Chen, this barrage is very fun and highly interactive."

"Not only is there interaction, but when you look at the barrage, you will feel that it is not just one person watching the video, but a group of people watching it, as if they are watching a live broadcast."

"Yes, yes, I feel that way."

If Li Xuelin didn't have a special understanding of this barrage just now.

But after this new feature appeared, he suddenly understood the role of barrages.

This kind of barrage that inserts videos in real time is not only more interactive than message boards, but also greatly improves the video experience. Especially when looking at the climax, although this barrage function has not yet been officially launched, Li Xuelin believes that once such a function is released, it will definitely get them excited. It's like everyone in a cinema watching a movie. When they see the climax, they all utter exclamations and other words in unison.

"Mr. Chen, will this barrage affect users' viewing of videos?"

After calming down, Li Xuelin looked at a text inserted on the screen, and then asked with some worry.

"Won't."

Chen Yu shook his head: "It is impossible for the user's eyes to only focus on this text."

“But what if there are too many barrages?”

"No."

Chen Yu still shook his head: "After watching it too much, you may develop a magical skill."

"Magical power?"

Li Xuelin was stunned.

Can you still practice magical skills by watching a video?

"When you want to watch a video, what you see is the video. When you want to watch the barrage, what you see is the barrage."

In fact, major websites have been hesitant about whether barrages will affect video viewing.

In the previous life, Station A was the first to engage in barrage, and Station B followed suit.

But even so, some major video websites like Penguin and iQiyi have been cautious and did not follow suit immediately.

But even though they didn't get into it right away, the advantages of barrage were so strong that in the end almost all video websites launched the barrage function.

However, there will be some controversy when this feature is first launched. At the same time, some users may not like the barrage, and then Chen Yu said: "If you are really worried, you can set an on/off button on the video. If you want to watch the barrage, click on it. If you don't want to watch it, just turn it off."

"Mr. Chen, this is a good idea."

"Okay, Xuelin, please optimize this barrage and launch the barrage function as soon as possible."

"yes."

The barrage technology is very simple, and the technical side has been developed in the background.

However, in the end it is applied to the entire site.

Regarding the effect of barrage fonts, the optimization of network speed by barrage, etc., all must be considered.

Three days later, Huanyu Video Game Channel launched the barrage function.

"What is this? Why do fonts appear on the video?"

"Hey, I think I can send one too."

"Haha, fun."

Netizens who like to watch videos fell in love with the new barrage function as soon as it appeared.

This makes them feel fresh and very exciting at the same time.

"I used to watch the video alone, but now I realize that so many people are watching it with me."

"This feature is really great, I have to support it."

"This game commentator is really confident. I agree with it and like it."

The barrage function is very simple, so simple that everyone will know what it is as soon as it is released.

And, it won’t take long to get involved.

This gives users a completely new experience.

You must know that before, they just watched the video, and at most they left a message in the comment area after watching it. There were still some stand-alone videos.

But now watching a video is not just for one person, he can also add a sentence to the video after watching it.

Sometimes his words are more interesting than the videos.

Just like this game video, the commentator was accidentally killed by the opponent at the beginning of the game.

At this time, a netizen wrote directly on the barrage: "Angrily give me blood."

moment.

"Send Blood in Anger" suddenly became popular.

So... for a period of time, the player seemed to be cheating.

With the support of the barrage function, a series of divine comments appeared one after another.

"Don't be a coward. If you don't accept it, just do it."

"The key to return to the city has been removed. You will not go home until you die."

"Come on, jerk off."

"Milk me, milk me."

"I sat in the Internet cafe for five consecutive times and never won."

The new barrage function instantly made Huanyu Video’s game commentary section popular all over the Internet.

Originally, there was not much difference between domestic Huanyu Video and Tudou Youku, but with the support of the barrage function, Huanyu domestic video was the best, leaving the two competitors far behind.

That's not all.

Benefiting from the influence of game commentary barrage, more and more game commentary videos are released.

At the same time, a series of commentator stars who were influential in later generations were also born.

Like a beautiful little ***.

Of course, that's not all.

With the emergence of the barrage function, he also led the entire Lualu professional league.

In fact, before Lualu, Dota had a professional league.

However, the professional league at that time was still a niche, and public participation was not high.

Moreover, it cannot be broadcast live on the same video website, so the influence is limited.

But the emergence of the barrage instantly pushed the Lualu Professional League to a peak.

It’s not even a professional league.

Just in the first phase of the campus competition held by Lualu, he attracted the support of thousands of students.

"I support Peking University."

"I support Tsinghua."

"I support Nankai."

"Damn it, isn't anyone bullying our big Lan Xiang?"

"When it comes to learning, we are not as good as Peking University. When it comes to performance, who have we at New Oriental ever conquered?"

"Get lost, I, the Beida Jade Bird, don't accept it..."

"Ah, Beida Jade Bird is also from Beida?"

"This, it seems so."

Just one month later, Lualu’s official website changed the number of people online at the same time from the original 1 million to the current 2 million.

Benefiting from the rapid rise of Lualu, the number of domestic Internet cafes has increased by more than 3,000 in this month.

As for why it is growing so fast?

In addition to the fact that more and more users are accessing the Internet.

What's more important is that more and more players are pouring into Internet cafes to play games.

Especially Lu, Lu, Lu.

Basically, people play in groups, sometimes two people, sometimes three people, and sometimes four or five people.

So you can often see people in a row of Internet cafes playing together.

Sometimes there are even dozens of them, and they can form two teams to start a group fight.

Such a chance of success has also greatly stimulated the investment enthusiasm of many Internet cafe owners, and they have opened new stores one after another.

Of course, it's not just Internet cafes that are affected by this.

For home PC users, many people have slowly begun to embrace the Universal System.

Especially those who are buying new PC computers.

They don't care about Windows or not. They just want to know whether the computer he bought can play games.

If you can play it, then you can consider buying it.

If you can't play.

Sorry, why should I buy your computer?

What.

You said buying a computer to study?

Feel sorry.

Studying is only secondary, playing games is the most important.

Although many times people buy a computer for the purpose of learning.

But basically most of the time, studying only accounts for a very small proportion, and playing games takes up the vast majority of time.

This is like a Xiaobawang learning machine.

Is buying Xiaobawang really just for studying?

…

"What, He Lefu, you said Huanyu Technology's Luahulu exceeded 2 million online at the same time?"

"Yes."

“Why do Chinese people like online games so much?”

Microsoft CEO Steve is a little confused.

Although 2 million people are online at the same time, it does not threaten the status of Microsoft Windows.

But this has increasingly threatened them.

Even the fact that Luahulu exceeded 2 million users online at the same time announced that Microsoft’s previous ban on Huanyu Technology had completely failed.

You can ban my game.

Then I don’t need your windows system. Huanyu Technology can also achieve millions of online services at the same time.

Moreover, as Lualu continues to become popular, many users have spontaneously replaced Windows.

"Steve, the Chinese are indeed more interested in online games than other countries. Huanyu Technology is taking advantage of this. They want to attack the system through the game ecosystem."

"This is impossible. No matter how popular their game is, can it be played by tens of millions of people around the world?"

"Mr. Steve, although this is impossible, it has affected our Windows market share."

He Lefu took out a document.

The document above shows the latest survey of the PC operating system market share in China.

Windows still occupies an absolute dominant position in the market, with a market share of 90%.

The Huanyu system only accounts for 9%, and other systems account for 1%.

However, this is only the last month's statistics.

The month is only half over and the data is not out yet.

However, according to current statistical data, the market share of Huanyu System has increased to 10%.

Although it only increased by 1 point, it was already extremely terrifying.

Especially for this 1-point share, many are home PC users.

"He Lefu, isn't there anything you can do?"

"I……"

He Lefu had a headache.

Although he is the president of Microsoft China, he is only responsible for the operating system business.

He really doesn't understand the game.

Not only does he not understand, but he also has a headache with Huanyu Technology even in the operating system.

Otherwise, he would not have reported it to the headquarters.

However, although He Lefu had no idea, he still had some ideas.

After thinking about it, He Lefu said: "I think our previous strategy of uniting with a number of game companies in China was right. However, Huanyu Technology is the No. 1 player in the game industry in China, and it is difficult to shake their position for the time being. In fact, we can find Cooperate with other game companies..."

"You mean looking for Blizzard?"

"Yes."

He Lefu nodded.

"Zou Tao, let's go to the nearby Internet cafe."

"OK."

Since Chen Yu focused on gaming, the place he often goes to recently is Internet cafes.

This somewhat made Chen Yu feel like he was back to the state he was in when he was making games.

Although Huanyu Technology is no longer what it used to be, games are still the most important business of Huanyu Technology.

But actually it’s normal to think about it.

In the previous life, Penguin opened up so many businesses, but the game business was always in its hands.

This is not only the profit he contributed, but also the gaming ecosystem he created for Penguin.

At this time, Chen Yu wants to rely on the game ecosystem to counterattack Microsoft, so he naturally values ​​games even more.

Although he is the founder of the company, Chen Yu has always liked to go to the front lines of the market to investigate.

Only by thoroughly understanding the market can we truly conquer the market.

"Boss, turn on three machines."

"OK, masturbate?"

"Required."

The popularity of stroking did not surprise Chen Yu.

Chen Yu was somewhat relieved to see all the players in the Internet cafe turning on their computers and playing straight away.

Zou Tao on the other side was extremely excited: "Mr. Chen, I really didn't expect our League of Legends to develop so fast. I predict that next year, our number of simultaneous online users will exceed 3 million or even 4 million."

"Um."

Chen Yu nodded lightly.

Although having 3 to 4 million people online at the same time seems scary, the sex games in the previous life were even more terrifying.

Let alone 3-4 million, in my previous life, I would have exceeded 10 million online at the same time.

The number of people online at the same time has exceeded 10 million. You can imagine the concept.

When the time comes when you enter an Internet cafe, you will find that the entire Internet cafe is full of people having fun.

"Let's go to Computer City and have a look."

After visiting several Internet cafes, Chen Yu and Zou Tao went to the Computer City.

At this time, the brands Universal Computer and Shenzhou Computer were both in prominent positions, and of course there were a few Acer laptops with Universal systems installed.