The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 732 Boycott PPS
"I am guilty and I repent."

"I can't quit. I really can't quit at all."

At ten o'clock in the evening, Tang Xu returned to his residence, took a shower and went to bed. After a week, he downloaded QVOD again.

Tang Xu's high school grades were not ideal, so he was admitted to a technical college.

He had lofty ambitions, and from the day he entered university, he always told himself that he wanted to pursue undergraduate studies.

Unfortunately, his talent is limited and difficult problems always give him a headache. In order to further improve his grades, he goes online to watch various teaching videos and learn knowledge.

Many teachers will post their teaching videos on the Internet, such as Bilibili.

But the information was scattered and not easy to find, and some of it required payment. Fortunately, his roommate told him that there was a software called QVOD.

It does not provide content, but it has a unique skill: powerful search capabilities. Almost all videos can be watched in pirated form, and it is completely free and has no advertisements. The more users watch it, the faster the cache speed.

So, in his freshman year, Tang Xu became a QVOD user.

Being a man of keen interest, he soon discovered the hidden functions of Qvod and became addicted to it. He was fascinated by the courseware.

He loves learning and wants to learn everything, but he ends up learning everything but is not good at anything.

As expected, the upgrade from junior college to university ended in failure.

When the scores came out, he felt mixed emotions. What on earth did he learn? He was only in his twenties, but his memory was declining, his back was sore, and his legs were weak.
For a moment, I wished that KuaiBo would go bankrupt as soon as possible.

But the reality is just the opposite. Since 2007, the market share of Qvod has been growing bigger and bigger.

Tang Xu watched as this video player continued to surpass its older competitors on the market and climb to the top. It now has 3.7 million users.

What is this concept?
The current number of Internet users in China is only 5.89 million. It is no exaggeration to say that almost every male has the QVOD player installed on his smartphone.

"Learn it one last time, and then delete it all."

Looking at the Qvod software that was finally downloaded, Tang Xu advised himself in his heart.

He said similar words countless times, but it was of no use. He was just comforting himself, and he knew it himself.

But when he opened QVOD, he suddenly discovered that some of his previous collections were gone.

He rubbed his eyes unwillingly, restarted the software, and logged into his account again, but still couldn't find a single hair.

"what's the situation!"

"Where's my information? The information I've saved since freshman year!!!"

"Even though I uninstalled Qvod N times, I didn't dare to delete any of them. Not even one."

"I haven't celebrated Teacher's Day 2014 with you yet."

"Do not!!"

After searching in vain, Tang Xu hurriedly logged into his Tieba account to seek help from his powerful friends on Tieba.

However, it was discovered that the Kuaibo forum was already in an uproar, with thousands of floors of discussion, and users were extremely emotional, discussing the issue of Kuaibo being reported.

Tang Xu's heart sank. He read on and finally understood the whole story.

10 month 19 day.

A reporter noticed at QVOD that many Shenzhen police officers and security guards entered the building to investigate, and some management were taken away.

Qvod employees were free to come and go, and there was no tense atmosphere on site. Qvod employees were told that "it is best not to touch the computers" at the moment.

Qvod later issued a statement saying that the online rumors that Qvod was surrounded by police and some people were arrested were pure rumors. It admitted that police did come to Qvod in the morning to understand some of the situation and that the company is currently operating normally.

But since that day, some websites could no longer open the videos when clicking on Qvod for online playback, and the download progress on the PC client always showed as 0.

On the 20th, the doors of QVOD company were closed, but employees inside were working as usual and the police had evacuated the scene.

On the 22nd, according to the news released by the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau, based on reports from the public, Shenzhen Kuaibo Technology Co., Ltd. is suspected of spreading sexual information.

On the 23rd, QVOD was asked to actively and seriously rectify the existing problems.

Tang Xu quickly looked through the users' comments.

A cup of black coffee: "I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't steal, I don't rob, I don't take drugs, I don't gamble, I just have this little hobby occasionally, and you guys are still like this. Although this thing may affect the minds of teenagers, I'm in my thirties, I'm not a child anymore. I want it to affect me, but it has to be able to affect me!"

Then he felt uncomfortable: "Leaving aside the legal aspect, I personally think that Qvod is a good product that meets the needs of different people and updates the film source very quickly. What impressed me even more is that the radar function of the Qvod app is innovative. I strongly oppose piracy, but at the same time I think I will not watch Chinese films even if they are genuine! As for color, this is human nature and cannot be eradicated, but can only be channeled."

Fat man in bed: "Qvod has been reported or closed down, and Sino-Japanese relations are over."

Tang Xu looked at these messages, and his excited mood was instantly poured with a bucket of cold water, and he couldn't help but type to ask.

I have an incompatible relationship with gambling and drugs: "Who reported Qvod?"

Yes, who reported Qvod? This is the problem facing all Qvod users at the moment.

Tang Xu wandered aimlessly in the forum like a lonely ghost, until a post suddenly topped the list.

#The mastermind behind the reported Qvod——PPS#
"I always believe that when something is confusing and people can't figure it out, from the perspective of vested interests, the person who benefits the most is often the most suspicious."

"As Qvod Technology was growing wildly, China's intellectual property protection environment was changing, and the business model of video websites was also changing."

"After several rounds of video wars, the domestic online video industry has entered the copyright era. Youku Tudou, PPS, iQiyi, Sohu, Tencent and others are spending big bucks to buy copyrights for big productions and are constantly increasing their investment in self-made content to compete for differentiation."

"This copyright war that lasted for several years has cost a huge amount of money, and several companies have not yet made a profit. As all parties fought to the bitter end, Qvod used technology as an excuse to continue to do its own thing, relying on piracy to secretly earn profits that do not belong to it."

"Times have changed, and so have the laws of the jungle. With such behavior, Qvod is constantly challenging the bottom line of major video websites. It is only a matter of time before it becomes the target of public criticism. Qvod is doomed to not last long." "In fact, as early as 2012, an anti-piracy alliance led by Tencent, Sohu, LeTV and other companies, has begun to report Qvod one after another, but these reports seem to have no effect on Qvod and have not affected its piracy at all."

"Why was it that only this incident in 2013 had such a big impact, not only was the management of Qvod brought in for questioning, but the software was also required to be rectified?"

"I think it's because in 2013, a new player emerged in the online video field. No, strictly speaking, it's not a new player, but there is no doubt that this player is very strong, that is PPS."

"Before writing this post, I consulted a lot of information and reviewed the development history of PPS since 2012."

"In 2012, Blueprint Copyright, which shared the copyright market with LeTV and was even more powerful than LeTV, ended its partnership with iQiyi that had lasted for several years."

"At that time, PPS faced the same problems as most online video companies, lacking content, copyright reserves, and insufficient funds. It had no choice but to sell itself. iQiyi, Tencent, LeTV, and PPTV all contacted it."

"But the final ownership of PPS exceeded everyone's expectations. Blueprint, a copyright company, quietly acquired a stake in PPS."

"According to the information I found, the legal representative of this company has changed many times, and its registered place is in the Cayman Islands. It is impossible to find specific shareholder information. Players who have invested in PPS include vivo and OPPO under BBK, as well as Shanghai SMG Group. This does not explain the ambiguous relationship between PPS and Dragon TV."

"This was an acquisition of PPS. After that, PPS was silent for more than half a year. It was not until August this year that it returned to the market with the romantic idol drama "My Love from the Star" starring Lu Yuan, the most popular and powerful actor in the mainland. It was a blockbuster and opened the era of paid video networks in China. The number of PPS paid members exceeded 8 million, becoming the first in the industry!!"

"In just three months from August to October, PPS has produced many hits, including "My Love from the Star", "Soul Ferry", "Let's Get Married", "Never Expected", "Run", "Where Are We Going, Dad", and "Zombie."

"Next, PPS will also have Eternal Love, starring Liu Shishi, which will be aired soon, The Cliff, starring Lu Yuan, the ceiling of spy dramas, and Hot Mom, Sun Li's first TV series after The Legend of Zhen Huan."

"From August to October, the number of PPS's paid members has grown to 8 million. Other domestic online video companies have been trampled under the feet of PPS and have no power to fight back."

"According to my investigation, these popular contents on PPS are also very popular on Qvod. The online movie "Zombie" is said to be the last glimmer of Hong Kong horror movies after Lin Zhengying. It has 500 million viewers on PPS, which is equivalent to 5000 million in box office."

"But what I want to say is that the number of views of Zombie on Qvod is as high as 4500 million. If we use the PPS viewing fee of 10 yuan per person, that would be 4.5 million!!"

"If Qvod goes bankrupt, even if only a small portion of these 4500 million people go to PPS to pay, it will be an astronomical figure."

"So I have a reasonable suspicion that the biggest culprit behind the report on Qvod is PPS. The losses caused to PPS by Qvod are in the billions. If I were PPS, I would want to get rid of it as soon as possible!"

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After reading the post, Tang Xu's opinion of PPS plummeted.

But when he noticed the messages from netizens, he, who had been surfing the Internet for many years, keenly sensed that something was wrong.

First of all, according to the information released by the police, it was reported by enthusiastic members of the public that QVOD was suspected of spreading obscene information.

However, this post did not mention Qvod's alleged involvement in spreading obscene information, and only discussed copyright issues.

In addition, the messages left by users on the forum are also very strange.

Ha Mimi: "PPS is full and has nothing better to do, why did they report QVOD?"

A Dabulu said: "Fuck you, Hypocritical Feng, you bastard, did Qvod provoke you? I will never let you go!"

In the long run: "Why are you still watching the useless "Eternal Love"? Brothers, why not go to iQiyi and watch "Gu Jian Qi Tan" instead?"

Quickly get on the bus: "I solemnly declare that PPS has reported Qvod. If I continue to use PPS, I am not a human being. Let me start by boycotting PPS and see how long it takes for you to finish."

Teacher Cang: “Boycott!”

The Chinese teacher is Matsushima-style: "Boycott PPS!"

From here on out, there is a constant stream of resistance, as if it were copied and pasted.

Tang Xu clicked on them one by one and found that most of these accounts were registered not long ago, or were zombie accounts that never posted comments or had not been online for a long time.

Thousands of floors were built in half a minute.

There was definitely something wrong here, he smelled a conspiracy.

Starting from Baidu Tieba, the post #PPS is the mastermind behind the report of Qvod# was quickly forwarded by netizens and began to ferment across the entire network.

Weibo, WeChat, QQ, Zhihu, Tianya, and Bilibili are all filled with discussions about this matter.

Including the Weibo of PPS President Xu Weifeng, there are also messages condemning Kuaibo, and some netizens even named him "Hypocritical Peak"!
Some people have called for a boycott of PPS, and naturally there are also many people who stand on PPS's side.

"If you have children and watch them browsing these apps, I believe you won't be so supportive of Kuaibo! Pornography, gambling and drugs must be banned!"

"Qvod deserves it. It's justified to pirate. People worked hard to buy the copyright, why does it quietly take it away to make profits? Do you know how much it costs to buy the online broadcast rights of a drama now? Tens of millions. Don't you know how much it made from pirated broadcasts of "My Love from the Star" in August?"

Some netizens retorted: "You are talking nonsense. I have never spent a penny on Qvod and have never seen any ads. Qvod doesn't make a dime from me. I don't understand how you can seek profit."

"The above poster is either stupid or evil. There are tens of thousands of websites in China that rely solely on Qvod to produce pirated film and television content, and nearly 10 of them have annual revenues of more than million yuan. This is only the case for pirated movie websites, and there is no way to count the pornographic websites that are more covert and have stronger money-making capabilities."

"What pornography? If you insist that Qvod is spreading pornographic videos, you can also see pornographic videos through Baidu, BT search sites, Xunlei and Baofengyingyin. Why don't you report these four companies?"

How could Weibo miss this topic carnival, so it cunningly organized a national vote.

Some netizens think that Qvod is a tool for otakus, saying that they will have to endure the lonely and cold days in the future alone. The biggest regret is that they did not find a home for the girls they downloaded on Qvod.

Some netizens said that they would resolutely crack down on the spread of pornographic news. The law of nature should be preserved, and human desires should be eliminated. Therefore, if you want to make achievements in your future studies and life, you must not be involved in pornography.

Some netizens also strongly supported the investigation of Qvod, saying that Qvod had no copyright awareness and should have been blocked.

The rest of the netizens said that it doesn’t matter, there are still other options even if Kuaibo is gone.

At this moment, PPS was caught off guard by the sudden slander.

PS: I could have continued writing, but as I was writing a few ideas suddenly popped into my mind, which made me sort them out and look up some information to see if I could connect them together.

(End of this chapter)