You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 377

As the sky gradually darkened, the streets had entered the evening rush hour, and the traffic on the road had been jammed into a long queue several kilometers long.

The lights in the Qvod company are already brightly on, and all employees are busy at their workstations, with no sign of leaving get off work.

From time to time, you can see product managers and programmers from several departments get together to discuss issues.

Kou Hongfei, the CEO of Qvod, stood behind a programmer with a serious expression, carefully watching the various data on the computer screen.

Standing next to Kou Hongfei were several other executives of Qvod.com, all of them were silent, looking at the computer screen together.

Occasionally someone would discuss in a low voice, and then it would soon fall silent.

There were two chairs next to the programmer. The two people sitting on them had relaxed expressions and were even joking around, which formed a sharp contrast with the people around them.

Xu Lei, who was transferred from the campus network for support, walked over quickly and whispered a few words in Kou Hongfei's ear.

Kou Hongfei nodded, then bent down and approached Qin Shaoyan who was sitting on the chair, "Boss Qin, we can start over there."

"Then you guys can get started." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "You guys just do your thing, don't worry about me, I'm just here to cheer you up, not to supervise you."

"You don't have to be so tense."

"Okay, Mr. Qin." Kou Hongfei agreed.

That being said, even if the boss brings the investors to the scene to watch and says nothing, the employees will still feel psychological pressure.

Xiong Xiaoge sat calmly on the side, occasionally glancing at the computer screen.

Although he was close to the others and could clearly see the data above, he was not interested in those things because he couldn't understand most of them.

But mainly the atmosphere is right.

There were several large color TVs in the office area, all of which were tuned to the same channel - Xiangnan TV.

Including Xiong Xiaoge's assistant, many people who were just there to watch were watching TV while eating melon seeds and snacks.

Tonight is the national finals of "Super Girl", and Qvod will broadcast it live online.

Xiong Xiaoge glanced at the TV and asked, "How long will it take to reach one million online users tonight?"

Kou Hongfei quickly said: "According to the background data, there are already 1.02 million people online."

Xiong Xiaoge was a little surprised, "So many?"

Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Qvod's client has been downloaded by nearly three million users. It's not surprising that one million people are watching online."

"It would be strange if there weren't one million users online. This shows that the client-side approach is not feasible. We should immediately shut it down."

Xiong Xiaoge glanced at Qin Shaoyan and saw that he didn't seem to be joking. He muttered, "You are really cruel. Aren't you a bit too arbitrary? You don't even give me a chance to cultivate the market."

"I have to be responsible for the investors." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Besides, the client is not as convenient as the web page, so it seems useless."

"If there weren't some objective reasons that forced me to go to the client, I wouldn't push this."

Xiong Xiaoge was very surprised. "Aren't you going to develop new ecological content to create a video client?"

"Well, that's what I said before?" Qin Shaoyan asked casually, then smiled, "It's not important. The client is indeed a part of the video website ecosystem now. It's good for attracting user retention, so let's try it first and then see if we should keep it."

Xiong Xiaoge frowned and asked, "Are you so sure?"

Qin Shaoyan said confidently: "Of course, when have you ever seen me fail?"

Xiong Xiaoge was very disdainful. "You told me before that video websites have no future. Aren't they extremely popular now? What do you think of this?"

"I mean there is no money to be made." Qin Shaoyan emphasized, "What's the use of fire? The more users you have, the more you lose, and you don't make much money."

Xiong Xiaoge felt that Qin Shaoyan's words were simply unbelievable, and retorted with a look of astonishment: "What's wrong with you?"

"Other entrepreneurs are eager to praise their products to the sky. If other video websites can achieve your success, they will die of laughter in their dreams. Why do you still despise it?"

"As long as there are users, there is money to be made. Look at Penguin, which had tens of millions of users and was worried about making money. Now, isn't it profitable?"

Qin Shaoyan rolled his eyes. "If I had tens of millions of users now, I would sell Qvod immediately for a billion dollars, share the money with you investors, and move on to the next project."

"......" Xiong Xiaoge couldn't understand Qin Shaoyan's attitude of looking down on video websites.

The concept of video websites was hyped up by this guy. He then sold YouTube for a sky-high price, which gave a great stimulus to the domestic Internet industry. They all wanted to switch to running video websites.

How did the current situation where hundreds of video websites in China are competing with each other come about?

The instigator was Qin Shaoyan, who at that time praised videos as the future of the Internet.

What evolved from text to pictures, and then from pictures to video images.

Then when Xiong Xiaoge found him and asked when the domestic video website would be launched, he started to make excuses again and insisted that video websites had no future.

He was the only one who could say good or bad things.

Although he said there was no future in the industry, he worked harder than anyone else. He made Qvod the number one video website in China and sold YouTube for 2 billion US dollars.

What’s even more infuriating is that Qin Shaoyan was not at all stingy when asking for money for financing, and his valuations were getting higher and higher.

Although you say no, your body is very honest.

But then again, video websites do cost a lot of money, much more than other websites.

If it weren’t for the outstanding performance of Qvod, Xiong Xiaoge would really have to think carefully about whether to continue investing in the next round.

Thinking of this, Xiong Xiaoge said with emotion: "I heard that your film and television company is making money?"

"The money we earn is small, maybe 10 or 20 million." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "We just started this year, and we are not familiar with everything yet."

"It's already pretty good." Xiong Xiaoge was very pleased. "For a newly established film and television company, and not even in the industry, it's pretty good to have reached this level."

"Well, once you are familiar with everything, it will be difficult to make money." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Nowadays, film and television companies..."

This period was a rare golden age for TV dramas, with classic TV dramas of various types and themes appearing in large numbers. It can be said that it was a time of thriving vitality and flourishing.

And then nothing happened. Ten years later, the TV drama industry started to deteriorate beyond recognition.

"Qvod.com, a film and television company, will focus on production in the future, creating high-quality dramas, and its scale is unlikely to grow very large." Qin Shaoyan said after two seconds of silence, "Qvod.com is still mainly focused on purchasing copyrights in the film and television field, and will not make any major moves for the time being."

“We will strive to buy all the copyrights we can and build Qvod into the largest Internet film and television resource library in China.”

Xiong Xiaoge was a little curious, "You bought so many film and television copyrights. Are you really planning to monopolize all copyright resources on the Internet in the future?"

"How is that possible?!" Qin Shaoyan was surprised. "Old Bear, I find you are even more extreme than me. This kind of thing is possible in the United States, but not in China."

"As the competition in the video website market continues, there will never be a single dominant player. There will always be at least one or two competitors."

"As long as there are competitors, copyright monopoly will not be allowed to occur."

"I am hoarding so many legitimate resources, waiting for the right opportunity to sublease them to other video websites, which will bring me a lot of income."

Xiong Xiaoge was shocked, "Sublease?!" He originally wanted to ask who would rent your genuine resource, but he suddenly remembered what Qin Shaoyan and Zhang Chaoyang said that day.

Qin Shaoyan urged Zhang Chaoyang, saying that the future lies in producing genuine products.

Xiong Xiaoge could tell at that moment that Qin Shaoyan might be planning something bad.

Combining what Qin Shaoyan said just now, Xiong Xiaoge suddenly understood.

Qin Shaoyan is going to use the banner of anti-piracy to attack his peers.

Xiong Xiaoge asked tentatively: "It's a bit difficult to get other peers to pay for the genuine product."

"It doesn't matter. Let's start by cultivating the awareness of paying for genuine products." Qin Shaoyan said slowly, "I believe my colleagues will learn quickly."

Xiong Xiaoge was startled. "When are you and Zhang Chaoyang going to start?"

"Take action? What kind of action?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised.

"Aren't you planning to join forces with Zhang Chaoyang to crack down on piracy?" Xiong Xiaoge frowned, a little puzzled.

"No, no, no, in the business world, harmony brings wealth. It's all about brains, not violence." Qin Shaoyan denied it flatly, "I don't have the time to fight piracy."

"How can I be so worthy of such a task? This matter can only be pushed forward by the national administrative agencies."

"Huh?!" Xiong Xiaoge was very surprised and couldn't figure out what Qin Shaoyan was trying to do.

Could it be that there is a big hand behind him pushing this?
However, it is obvious that the current model of video websites growing wildly and being piracy-ridden cannot last long, and the industry will soon be reshuffled.

Piracy is on the way out, and video websites that want to survive must go the legal route.

However, this road has been occupied by Qin Shaoyan, blocking any latecomers.

Either pay money to Qvod to get genuine resources, or create your own content.

In addition to these two paths, there is another way, which is to grab the copyrights of film and television dramas that have not been sold.

It is foreseeable that the online copyrights of film and television dramas will soar.

Thinking of this, Xiong Xiaoge glanced at Qin Shaoyan who was sitting next to him. Qin Shaoyan had a relaxed expression and looked like he never worried.

Xiong Xiaoge couldn't help but sigh that this guy had predicted it again and seized the market initiative.

What’s wrong with this brain? He always makes the right bet. This must be either luck or strength.

No matter which one it is, it's a good thing for Xiong Xiaoge.

Having such a partner is like winning the lottery for venture capitalists.

Now that I think about it, Qin Shaoyan’s idea of ​​creating a video website has always been very clear.

While transferring large amounts of high-quality content from YouTube, it also stockpiled film and television copyrights and slowly developed in the direction of film and television content.

At the same time, we also developed a Qvod client and connected with the TV station to obtain the qualification for online simulcasting, with both the web page and the client flourishing.

When Xiong Xiaoge's thoughts were drifting to who knows where, cheers suddenly came from the office area, attracting his attention.

I looked up at the TV and found that the "Super Girl" finals of Shonan TV had already begun.

Kou Hongfei was so excited that he almost glued his eyes to the computer screen, looking at the constantly changing data, and said excitedly: "It's up, it's up!"

"It has reached 1.5 million!"

"One million and eight hundred thousand!"

Xu Lei shouted, "It's almost two million!"

"It's broken! It's broken!"

“Two million are online!”

Other employees also started shouting, and instantly the entire office area was filled with a huge wave of noise.

While constantly shouting the number of people online, they cheered.

Kou Hongfei was surprised and happy at this moment. People around him kept patting him on the shoulders to congratulate him. While he was agreeing, his eyes were fixed on the server background.

The server's beating curve was like his electrocardiogram, and occasional network fluctuations could make him nervous for a while.

Qin Shaoyan also stood up happily at this time and led the applause.

Soon the applause began to spread from around Qin Shaoyan and spread to the entire company.

The applause and cheers from Qvod.com almost blew the roof off, causing the property management of the office building to be alarmed and come over to take a look.

Xiong Xiaoge also clapped his hands a few times, "Congratulations, Mr. Qin, you have succeeded again."

Qin Shaoyan laughed, "Well, this can only be regarded as a small step before success. It is still a long way to go."

"When the number of online users exceeds 10 million, it won't be too late for President Xiong to congratulate me."

Xiong Xiaoge nodded happily, "This goal should be achieved soon."

"How is your advertising business going? Can you consider adding ads to the client?"

Qin Shaoyan waved his hand. "It's less than 3 million downloads. It's too early to add ads now. Let's wait until it reaches 10 million. User experience comes first."

"But speaking of advertising, the number of views of our Qvod series of programs, 'Showing You the World', has exceeded 10 million."

"We have already received some contact from advertisers, so we can consider inserting some ads in it."

"We already have sponsors for the second summer camp next year, and the results are encouraging."

"Huh, really?" This really surprised Xiong Xiaoge. He didn't expect that the content produced by Qvod.com would be so popular.

Qvod has only 10 million users in total, and the number of views of "Showing You the World" has exceeded 10 million, which is equivalent to every user watching it once.

This program was extremely popular and was widely forwarded on campus networks and other social networking sites.

Especially on campus networks, discussions on the program have always been among the top.

There is a lack of information channels in China to understand foreign countries, and "Take You to See the World" uses a first-person perspective to take viewers on a close-up tour of foreign cultural and natural landscapes.

The people appearing in the film are ordinary college students, and the audience can easily find a sense of substitution and immerse themselves in it.

Through subtitles and narration, domestic college students learned about the real situation abroad from another perspective.

In particular, the scenes shown in the camera were completely different from those described in Yilin and Reader's Magazine, which gave many people a huge shock.

It is said that seeing is believing. Through the camera lens, the audience saw that the foreign world is completely different from what is described in the books.

(End of this chapter)