The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 818: Money Can't Buy My Happiness

"There's already a lot of noise outside, but you two seem to be taking it easy."

Qian Jiang, who had been helping Zhou Yi in China, held up his potbelly, took out Zhou Yi's schedule for the next three months under Sun Yanzi's expectant gaze, and added a few things to it - about her.

"What can we do? Shut them up."

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Zhou Yi mumbled incoherently while eating the breakfast bought by Sun Yanzi.

This is inconsistent with his image as a person without any internet trolls.

"This year is different from the past. Baidu has something. They have a product called Tieba, which has developed rapidly since the beginning of this year..."

Qian Jiang shook his head and expressed his concern about Zhou Yi's optimism.

Apart from anything else, the main reason is that Baidu Tieba is developing extremely rapidly. The Diba established to discredit Zhou Yi can almost be said to have become the base camp for Zhou Yi's black fans.

Unlike established forums such as Tianya and Mop, Baidu Tieba has been developing at a breakneck speed since it held its 1st anniversary celebration at the end of last year. In just over three months, the traffic has surged.

Coupled with Baidu's current leadership in the field of Internet search and its crazy traffic diversion, Baidu Tieba, which was established only a year ago, seems to be on the verge of dominating the market. Various types of Tieba have emerged one after another, and countless netizens are surfing in them intensively, sharing their hobbies.

In the vertical segment of the Internet, Baidu Tieba is far ahead of its peers, at least it has surpassed the leader Tianya.

The most typical example is Diba——

There is no need for a chat room, and there is no need to search for sub-forums in the forum. Diba is Diba, and it is right here. You don’t even need to search the main interface of Tieba, because there is a direct entrance to Tieba on the Baidu homepage, and you can enter with just one click.

Then search for Diba, enter Tieba, and then you will become a good and friendly partner in criticizing Zhouyi.

The convenience is terrifying.

It is precisely because of this reason that the difficulty of manipulating Internet public opinion has suddenly become much higher. Even Wang Xiaoyu is actively adapting to this new round of changes.

"This is not a big problem. Instead, we can take advantage of this wave of popularity to release news about QQ Music as a warm-up."

Zhou Yi knew too well how to guide this group of forum brothers, so he waved his hand to indicate that they didn't need to worry about it.

The little black guys gathered together are also a force, and if used well, they can often provide him with unexpected help.

"QQ Music? The Internet music platform you mentioned before?"

Sun Yanzi on the side suddenly became energetic.

Guiyi, a subsidiary of Zhouyi, has jointly established a platform called QQ Music with Tencent. Its main concept is authentic Internet music. This has been in progress before, is it completed now?
"Yes, the reason why Lao Qian stayed in China before was to deal with the music copyright licensing."

Zhou Yi nodded.

One is one and two is two. Although Warner also belongs to him, the copyright terms still need to be sorted out. After all, it involves copyright fees, and he also contacted the three major record companies EMI, Universal and Sony.

Although everyone is a competitor in the physical record market, Zhouyi does not want to have a monopoly on the Internet market. Instead, it is trying to make the pie as big as possible.

"It's a pity that of the three Tencents, we only reached an agreement with EMI. This was decided by Yao Qian who gritted his teeth and forcibly suppressed the opposition. Otherwise, it would probably only be Warner and some small and medium-sized record companies in the mainland that have the copyright."

When Qian Jiang talked about this matter, there was a hint of disappointment in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

In 2005, the domestic Internet music market had actually formed a situation of one super and one strong.

After being criticized by Zhou Yi, he became timid and began to slowly negotiate authorization and acquired Baidu Music, which owned Qianqian Jingting, as well as Kugou Music, which emerged last year thanks to piracy.

QQ Music, which entered the market at this time, is actually a latecomer, so it is normal that it is not favored.

Even though it is named after Zhouyi and everyone knows that Zhouyi is the main promoter behind QQ Music, Universal and Sony still prefer Baidu Music to discuss copyright licensing.

After all, the market shares of the two are not at the same level. Baidu Music, which acquired the Qianqian Jingting team, is now an undisputed giant in the market, with a market share of more than 50%, while QQ Music has nothing now.

In terms of Internet status and traffic, Tencent is no match for Baidu.

Moreover, the revenue of Internet music is still a long-standing problem. Zhou Yi's desire to replicate the Apple Music Store abroad is a luxury. Who knows how many years it will take to make a profit at a loss. From this perspective, Baidu, which makes more money and has more cash flow, is more reliable.

Without the third eye, everyone would prefer Baidu Music.

After all, Baidu's current traffic is simply overflowing, and advertising fees are coming in one after another. Before long, even the moderator of the Li Yi Bar can earn tens or even millions of RMB a year by posting top advertisements.

Although Baidu Music has not made any money so far and is still suffering heavy losses.

"It doesn't matter. I have to spend all the money I earn. Just think of it as money can't buy my happiness."

Zhou Yi doesn't feel sorry at all when spending money.

As the current number one pop star in the country, this is his last wave.

Do your best.

Even if the green diamond is combined with QQ space as a means of krypton gold, it can actually only help QQ Music achieve its early market share goals and reduce its losses.

There is no way. In today's China, there is no soil for Internet music platforms to make profits.

The most true portrayal is that the last one standing is the winner.

A typical example is Xiami Music, which was launched in 2007. It also focused on genuine music from the beginning and added a niche market for musicians, which caused the average usage time of its software to rank first in the industry.

But soon, Xiami Music's finances deteriorated and it was on the verge of bankruptcy because it insisted on genuine music and was unable to achieve a profitable self-sustaining cycle. It was eventually acquired by Alibaba in 2013.

"You are the boss and you have the final say."

Qian Jiang shrugged, "But there is one thing you need to pay attention to. The Hurun Rich List and Forbes Rich List, which split up after entering the mainland, have both set their sights on you. They seem to be investigating the composition of your assets and have contacted me. Do you want to take the initiative to provide data to be included in the list?"

This kind of rich list is actually not very accurate at this stage, and it is just for fun.

Some people try to cover up their wealth, and when it is exposed, they criticize Hurun or Forbes for deliberately making rankings to exaggerate wealth and damage the environment.

Some people deliberately expose themselves to be on the list, seeking fame so that the company can benefit, thus forming a positive cycle - for example, Huang Guangyu, the CEO of Gome, who became the richest man in mainland China last year.

He became the richest man in his thirties, full of vigor and vitality, and his advertising effect was amazing. Even Wanda’s Wang looked like a bumpkin sitting next to him.

Zhou Yi was too lazy to pay attention to this group of people: "I'm not interested, they can investigate however they want."

He started his life from scratch and has a clean record!

"Also, when you went to the United States, a former president of Sohu contacted me and left a message, saying that he wanted to talk to you about investment and that he was planning to do a project."

"Sohu's president? Gu Yongqiang?"

The name and impression of this person instantly popped up in Zhou Yi's mind - a quiet bespectacled guy, but one of the great contributors behind Sohu's huge success.

Of course, compared to this low-key name, the general public is actually more familiar with Youku, a startup company that he founded after leaving Sohu.

Due to the previous good cooperation with Sohu, Zhou Yi had a pretty good impression of this person.

"Yes, specifically, you want to create a video website?"

"...Alright, make an appointment with his assistant and I can talk about it when I get back tomorrow."

Although Youku later became half-dead and was only kept alive by its copyright library, it was indeed very strong in the early and middle stages. As an investment return project, it would be an extremely good project as long as you exit at the right time.

This can be considered as the network of contacts accumulated after becoming the spokesperson for Sohu.

Lao Gu was very clear about the benefits that Zhou Yi could bring, so when he had a startup project, the first person he thought of was Zhou Yi, the guiding light of the domestic Internet, the eternal little angel, and the legendary investor.

(End of this chapter)