You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 331 Industry Report
When Qin Shaoyan heard this, his face darkened and he retorted, "What do you mean by again? You're making me sound like a professional liar."

Zhang Pingyi looked at him with disdain. Others may not understand you, but as someone who started a business with you, I know you very well.

Apart from anything else, the incident of the Olympic public welfare publicity network is still fresh in my memory, and it was only two years ago.

forget? !
Zhang Pingyi said expressionlessly: "Whose money are you going to cheat this time?"

"It has nothing to do with money." Qin Shaoyan defended, "Is there no trust between us at all?"

"Haha." Zhang Pingyi smiled without saying anything.

"This website of mine is the official website for the China Internet Development Research Association." Qin Shaoyan explained patiently.

Zhang Pingyi asked in return: "What kind of organization is this China Internet Research Association?"

“It is a think tank research institution that specializes in studying the development of the domestic Internet.”

"I don't think I've heard of it." Zhang Pingyi frowned, "When were they founded?"

"Yes, it was established this year." Qin Shaoyan replied.

Zhang Pingyi asked again with concern: "Is it a legitimate organization?"

"Of course it's a legitimate organization." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "The vice presidents of the association are Mr. Ma from Penguin, Mr. Ding from NetEase, and Mr. Zhang from Sohu."

"Huh?" Zhang Pingyi was a little surprised. "This thing really looks like that. Didn't they ask you to be the vice president or something?"

"They invited me, but I declined." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "I'm not being modest. How can I be on equal footing with these Internet giants from listed companies? But they gave me the title of honorary director, and I felt that I couldn't get it for free, so I thought I should help them build an official website to promote it."

Zhang Pingyi nodded, but he always felt something was wrong.

Qin Shaoyan directly pulled Zhang Pingyi to sit down, pushed the laptop away from him, and urged: "Come on, hurry up and finish this. The sooner you finish it, the sooner it will be over."

Zhang Pingyi turned on the computer in a daze and asked subconsciously: "What are the requirements for this website?"

"There are no special requirements. It's just an ordinary website with some photos on it." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "You can just use the website template for the Olympic Games public welfare promotion."

"Is it okay for you to fool people like this?" Zhang Pingyi asked back.

"They don't understand anyway, so it's fine as long as the website can be used." Qin Shaoyan also got busy, "Let's put it on the company server."

In a trance, Zhang Pingyi seemed to be back in the private room of the small Internet cafe two years ago, where the two of them were sitting side by side, studying the website together.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

But the identities of the two people are very different.

……

Wang Wei, CEO of Tudou.com, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him wearing a shirt and glasses, then looked at the ID in his hand, and became a little wary.

"You are from the Internet Research Association?"

"It's the China Internet Development Research Association." Xun Ziliang corrected.

Wang Wei asked curiously: "So what do you usually study?"

"The research is mainly conducted in combination with relevant government policies and the development of the domestic Internet." Xun Ziliang talked about "Internet forward-looking innovation, domestic Internet development trends, various data dynamics, in-depth analysis of the problems exposed in the development of the Internet, and analysis of the laws and regulations issued by the administrative department."

"Usually, I just inspect the development of various Internet companies, write some research reports, and give them to the leaders of relevant departments for reference."

Wang Wei nodded, not quite understanding, as he had no idea where the other party was coming from.

It's just that the name of "China Internet Development Research Association" is too intimidating, and it is a research institute under a certain think tank, so he has to be careful in dealing with it.

Xun Ziliang took the briefcase from the secretary, took out a few pages of paper from it and handed it over, "Please fill out this questionnaire when you have time, Mr. Wang."

Wang Wei took it and looked at it, and found that there were a lot of questions written densely on it. Fortunately, they were all multiple-choice questions, otherwise he would have to throw it back on the spot.

"Secretary General Xun, do we need to fill this out now?"

"That's not necessary. Mr. Wang, just take some time to write it down. Once you're done, you can mail or fax it to the address above." Xun Ziliang added, "This is a voluntary survey. It would be best if you could participate."

Wang Wei quickly glanced at the questionnaire and found that the questions covered a very wide range.

From the current situation of the Internet industry to the company's operating philosophy, there are also certain aspects that we have encountered various difficulties and urgently hope to improve.

It covers everything from network communication infrastructure to taxation and policies and regulations.

In short, it’s just one word: professional!
Wang Wei pondered for a moment, "Secretary-General Xun, how do you need us at Tudou.com to cooperate?"

"This inspection is mainly to understand the development speed of the video website. It would be best if you can provide some data of the website this quarter." Xun Ziliang asked tentatively, "I wonder if Fang Bu is convenient."

"Oh, by the way." Xun Ziliang added, "The investigation report will be published on our association's official website. If it involves company secrets, President Wang can refuse to provide it."

"Hey, you have an official website." Wang Wei thought for a moment and said with a smile, "These data are not secrets. You can publish them at will, but I have to sort them out."

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your support for our work." Xun Ziliang stood up, shook hands with Wang Wei vigorously, and took out a business card and handed it to him.

“Once the data is organized, it can be sent to my work email.”

"Okay, no problem." Wang Wei also stood up and sent Xun Ziliang out of the office.

Wang Wei turned around and opened the IE browser, and opened the official website of the "China Internet Development Research Association" according to the URL on Xun Ziliang's business card.

At first glance, the webpage looks very plain and ordinary, without any fancy pictures, it is just a simple webpage.

There were a few photos on it, basically photos of the main members of the association, and one photo that looked like the administrative department was meeting in the auditorium.

There are various web links below. When you open them, they are all Internet-related things, including various Internet data from previous years, predictions on Internet development prospects, and Internet-related laws and regulations.

Looking at the list of main members of this association, in addition to the secretary-general Xun Ziliang, the vice presidents include Ma Huateng of Penguin, Ding Sanshi of NetEase, and Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu.

Wang Wei was stunned by this lineup. This Development Research Association must be quite powerful.

He then searched again and actually found related news on NetEase and Sohu.

NetEase’s news simply wrote that Ding Sanshi was hired as vice president, and attached a photo of Xun Ziliang and Ding Sanshi.

Sohu’s is similar, but the protagonist becomes Zhang Chaoyang.

After reading this, Wang Wei no longer had any doubts. He immediately retrieved various data from Tudou.com from the background and began to organize it.

It was inevitably beautified and modified before being sent to Secretary-General Xun's email.

……

After Secretary-General Xun's hard work, he finally collected data from more than a dozen larger video websites, and the results were quite fruitful.

Looking at the thick stack of printed reports, Qin Shaoyan was very satisfied.

It’s not as convenient to get data these days as it is in later generations, so you can only find a way yourself.

Especially this first-hand information is extremely valuable.

The name of "China Internet Development Research Association" is still very useful. Qin Shaoyan decided to let this organization exist for a few more years and use it to its full potential. There are similar organizations that look high-end everywhere, and they sound more intimidating than the other. Even after more than a decade, it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

For example, the "Chinese XX Society" and the "National Dental Prevention Group" have deceived everyone for a long time.

Soon Qin Shaoyan was attracted by the research report in his hand. After some study, he frowned.

"Alas, it seems that the situation of other colleagues is really not optimistic."

Qin Shaoyan put down the report in his hand with great melancholy and sighed heavily.

The data report in hand has been beautified by the website itself, but it still looks not presentable.

"This won't work." Qin Shaoyan decisively picked up the pen and made some corrections and adjustments to the data.

After a slight addition, Qin Shaoyan compiled a new data report.

According to this "authoritative" report issued by the "China Internet Development Research Association", the number of domestic video websites has reached 216, of which have more than one million users.

Qvod has taken the lead in terms of the number of users, reaching 10 million.

The second place, Yiku.com, has only 5.6 million users, less than 60% of Qvod.com.

Tudou ranked third with 4.8 million.

The fourth place is Youku.com, which is not far behind Tudou.com and also has 3.9 million users.

After compiling the report, Qin Shaoyan picked up his phone with satisfaction.

"Hey, Bingbing, I have a survey report on domestic video websites. Can you help me find some media and magazines?"

"Yes, no need to make it a front page, as long as it can be published."

"You asked about the source of the data. These are all data provided by the websites themselves. They are absolutely true. You can indicate the source. The data is for reference only."

……

Soon, the "Domestic Video Website Development Report" written by the "China Internet Development Research Association" appeared in the media and magazines, and even Sina, NetEase and Sohu reprinted the news.

The report not only clearly and in detail describes the origin and development of video websites, but also provides detailed data.

Includes the user growth rate curves of several top video websites, average daily visits, and number of active users.

The report also boldly predicts that by next year, the number of video websites in my country will reach more than 400, and industry competition will become increasingly fierce.

At the same time, the report is quite optimistic about the future prospects of video websites, believing that this will be a huge market worth hundreds of billions of yuan.

As soon as this report came out, colleagues in the video website industry were excited.

what is this?
This is good news released by the relevant departments in the industry, which shows that everyone is optimistic about the video website industry.

There is great potential for video websites, the market is worth tens of billions, why not invest now?

As for the fact that the data in the report did not match the data they provided, this small problem was tacitly ignored by everyone.

This is data provided by the "China Internet Development Research Association". Isn't it more authoritative than your small websites?

Qvod was also shocked when it saw the report. It originally thought that other peers were just as good as them and could easily defeat their competitors and just wait for an IPO.

It turns out that these colleagues are all hiding their secrets very well.

Kou Hongfei urgently went to see Mr. Qin and asked what the next plan would be.

Qin Shaoyan comforted Kou Hongfei and told him to complete the projects on hand and keep his footing, and the rest would be fine.

After sending him away, Qin Shaoyan's phone rang again.

After picking up the phone and seeing that the caller ID was Xiong Xiaoge, Qin Shaoyan hung up without thinking, threw the phone aside and ignored it.

Half an hour later, Zhang Pingyi walked into Qin Shaoyan's office with a puzzled look on his face, holding his cell phone.

"So you didn't go out." Zhang Pingyi was a little surprised, "Then why didn't you answer the phone?"

Qin Shaoyan immediately asked back: "Did Xiong Xiaoge call you?"

"Yes." Zhang Pingyi looked confused. "He asked me if I knew about the report."

"What did you say?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

"Of course I'm telling the truth. I don't know where this report came from." Zhang Pingyi frowned and said, "Xiong Xiaoge had doubts about the data in the report. I assured him that I don't know the situation of other websites, but there is absolutely no problem with the data on Qvod."

"If he doesn't believe me, I can show him the backend data."

Qin Shaoyan asked again: "What did Xiong Xiaoge say?"

"He didn't say anything, just asked if you were there." Zhang Pingyi was very puzzled, "What happened?"

Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "It's nothing. Xiong Xiaoge must suspect that this report has something to do with me."

"So is there any connection?" Zhang Pingyi asked back.

"Don't worry about these details." Qin Shaoyan coughed, "I just happen to have something important to discuss with you."

It would be strange if Xiong Xiaoge didn't have doubts.

He doesn't even need to investigate the details of the "China Internet Development Research Association". He can see the names of several vice presidents by just browsing the official website.

Just make a few more phone calls and you will find out that the position of vice president was recommended by Qin Shaoyan.

At this point, Xiong Xiaoge could figure out with his toes that this matter must be related to Qin Shaoyan.

However, Qin Shaoyan didn't care at all. The investigation report was not for Xiong Xiaoge to see, and domestic venture capitalists were not his target users.

"Master Zhang," Qin Shaoyan said solemnly, "I want to acquire Yiku.com. What do you think?"

"Yiku.com?" Zhang Pingyi was stunned for a few seconds, feeling puzzled. "Why did you acquire that thing?"

"Alas, Senior Brother Chen's development at Yiku.com is not going well, and I want to help him." Qin Shaoyan sighed.

"Really? I don't believe it." Zhang Pingyi sneered, "Who are you trying to fool?"

"I'm serious." Qin Shaoyan said, "Of course, this is mainly for our own good. Helping Senior Brother Chen is just a piece of cake."

Zhang Pingyi frowned and thought for a moment, "Is there anything in that crappy Yiku.com worth your attention?"

"Of course, it's invested by Microsoft." Qin Shaoyan laughed.

"What's wrong with Microsoft's investment?" Zhang Pingyi was still puzzled. "You don't want to waste this much money if you want to cooperate with Microsoft, right?"

"How much do you plan to spend on the acquisition?"

"I want Yiku.com, but I don't want to pay for it." Qin Shaoyan said calmly.

(End of this chapter)