You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 387: Spending Money and Not Spending Money

Zhang Chaoyang was extremely happy, and all his previous depression was swept away.

There are indeed benefits to joining the "Anti-Piracy Alliance".

Isn't this the benefit?

What we just discussed were the charters and rules, which were useless.

No matter how detailed and perfect the rules are, you have to be practical.

If there are no benefits but only empty promises, the "Anti-Piracy Alliance" will not last long.

Qin Shaoyan is really generous. He provides free use of the film and television resource library for one year, which saves 15 million US dollars immediately.

Then Davis is being stingy. What's the point of just giving content to YouTube?

What I lack is content, what I lack is money.

While Zhang Chaoyang thanked Qin Shaoyan, he secretly criticized Davis and was still thinking about whether he could get any benefits in the future.

As for the limitation that the film and television resource library can only be used for one year, he doesn't care at all.

It is hard to say what the industry situation will be like in a year.

Maybe all those pirated colleagues are dead.

With a one-year buffer period, Sohu Video can also buy some film and television drama copyrights to fill the website, and can also try to make its own.

Zhang Chaoyang thought about it and found that buying copyrights was quite cheap, so he started with that.

Zhang Chaoyang left with a lot of gains, and he was no longer embarrassed to mention the online game he had collaborated with Qin Shaoyan on.

After all, it was a verbal agreement before, and now that they have gained benefits, they will naturally stop worrying about it.

……

Qin Shaoyan brought his secretary Xiao Chen to Qvod.com and immediately called a meeting of the company's senior executives.

Not only did Kou Hongfei and others attend the meeting, even Xia Lian, who had been running around outside, rushed back.

As the head of the film and television department of Qvod, it was the first time that Xia Lian got to know all the company's senior executives.

She often goes out to contact film and television companies, or stays at the shooting location, conscientiously supervising the filming work, and hardly ever sits in the office.

Other executives of Qvod were also curious about the director of the film and television department.

It’s not because she is the only female executive. After all, the current version is different from that of twenty years later.

Those who can become senior executives are either extremely capable, or have risen to the top purely through connections, or are just a vase. No matter which type they are, they are more principled and will not eat while betraying their boss.

Qvod is an Internet company, and naturally it is filled with a large number of programmers.

As we all know, programmers are mostly male. A girl suddenly appearing among a group of males will naturally be very eye-catching.

What's more, Xia Lian is in charge of film and television work and is specifically responsible for dealing with the entertainment industry.

Out of sheer spectatorship, everyone else was curious and wanted to ask her about some gossip in the entertainment industry.

After all, you can get first-hand information about the gossip.

When Qin Shaoyan just entered the meeting room, Xia Lian was exchanging business cards with others. At the same time, she was excitedly eating melon seeds and telling everyone rumors about certain celebrities.

For example, XXX cheated on his wife, a certain male star and a certain female star were kept by the same sponsor, XX was a drug addict, XX had an abnormal sexual orientation.

The programmers who heard this were stunned and their worldviews were shattered.

Holy shit, is the entertainment industry so extravagant?

Qin Shaoyan stood nearby and listened for a while, then found it boring.

These materials are outdated and not exciting at all.

So he interrupted and said, "Is there any information about Liu Tianxian?"

Xia Lian turned around and saw that it was the boss. She immediately became excited and said, "Boss, which part do you want to hear? I'll tell you..."

"I want to know about her mother." Qin Shaoyan said casually.

"Wait!" Kou Hongfei quickly interrupted the conversation between the two and waved his hands repeatedly, "Stop talking, stop talking, that's enough."

The other executives also looked devastated, and they echoed, "Don't talk about it, leave us something to think about."

Qin Shaoyan was very disdainful, "Look at your achievements. In the big dye vat of the entertainment industry, there is no such thing as a white lotus."

"If there are any, they are just trying to establish a persona. Don't imagine that there are any clean ones. They are just like the prostitutes in the past who said they only sell their art but not their bodies. They are just driving up the price."

Xia Lian followed suit and flattered him, "As expected of President Qin, you know so much and you have revealed the essence of the entertainment industry in one sentence."

"Okay, let's take a break and have a small meeting. I'll say a few words and the gossip show will resume later." Qin Shaoyan's expression became serious. "Our Qvod.com has reached an agreement with Yiku.com and Sohu Video."

"In the future, the three video websites will form an anti-piracy alliance and jointly call for the promotion of the formalization of video websites, combat the proliferation of pirated resources, and purify the market environment."

"There will be some copyright exchanges between members of the Anti-Piracy Alliance. For example, we previously shared film and television resources with Yiku.com. In the future, Yiku.com will also provide us with some copyrighted content. Well, Sohu Video can probably provide it as well... right?"

Qin Shaoyan was a little uncertain. Who knew if Zhang Chaoyang could come up with something useful? So he just said that for now. Anyway, he didn't plan to buy anything produced by Sohu Video.

If you have that kind of money, why not just copy it?

"Boss Kou, have someone prepare an S-level package for the film and television resource library. Someone from Sohu Video will come to contact you in a while." Qin Shaoyan instructed, "When the time comes, have someone copy the content to Sohu Video's server."

Kou Hongfei asked with some surprise: "How much money did Sohu Video give, was it in US dollars?"

"What dollars?" Qin Shaoyan sneered, "They are given to them for free."

Kou Hongfei was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why?!"

"This is called a free trial." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "In the future, not only Sohu Video will be free, but other video websites will also be free. The entire industry will be free for three to six months."

"Ah?!" Not only Kou Hongfei was dumbfounded, but everyone else was also confused.

Mr. Qin must have been upset by something. He is going crazy.

Film and television resources are all purchased with money. Yiku.com spent 15 million US dollars to get them.

Why is it free for peers to use?

Qin Shaoyan laughed and said, "I want to tell my colleagues a truth: free things are the most expensive."

It is normal that the employees do not understand this tactic, because there is no awareness that "free is the most expensive".

Everyone goes online to get something for free. They think that things on the Internet are free and have no concept of paying.

The Internet should have a sharing spirit.

At this time, Internet companies were still thinking about how to get users to pay and how to get membership. Two years later, 360 used free antivirus software to kill all its competitors, which made everyone realize that the free strategy was so powerful.

"Of course, there must be a prerequisite for implementing the free trial strategy." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Next, we need to speed up our copyright procurement and buy all the copyrights we can."

"Whether it's a TV series, movie, variety show, documentary, cartoon, or even a song MV, we'll buy it even if the user wants to sell their own content."

"We use every possible means to hoard copyrights, making it impossible for others to buy the content."

“Once the free trial period is over, the Anti-Piracy Alliance will be able to exert its greatest power.”

This is Qin Shaoyan’s strategic goal, to occupy the moral high ground and paralyze his peers by giving them free trials of film and television resources.

During this period, the Anti-Piracy Alliance began to build momentum, actively engage in public relations, and reach a consensus with administrative agencies to promote the formalization of video websites.

After the administrative agency issues the document, other peers will either have to pay for the copyright or delete the pirated resources themselves to achieve self-purification.

It is said to be self-purification, but this is equivalent to bleeding yourself.

After hearing what Qin Shaoyan said, the people below were so shocked that they were speechless.

Mr. Qin's move was absolutely brilliant. It hit the weak spots of his peers precisely.

Nowadays, all the video websites are not clean, and there are a lot of pirated resources on every video website.

They all rely on these pirated resources to attract users, and it is extremely difficult to make them give up.

But Qin Shaoyan directly offered a free trial of the genuine resources. I have the genuine version for you to use for free, so it is unreasonable for you to use the pirated version.

It’s okay if you don’t clean it up. Once the administrative agency sends a document requiring crackdown on piracy, you will have to delete it even if you don’t want to.

At that time, these peers will have to let Qvod control them.

But these colleagues are completely helpless because this is an open conspiracy.

Kou Hongfei secretly admired him for a while, then hesitated and asked, "Boss Qin, if Yiku.com asks about this, how are we going to explain it?"

"What do you mean by explanation?" Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Why should we, Qvod, explain our actions to others? The copyright belongs to us, and we can use it however we want. Yiku has no right to make irresponsible remarks."

"No... Mr. Qin." Kou Hongfei was a little embarrassed. "After all, Yiku.com spent money. It cost 15 million US dollars."

"If you spend money, you can use the genuine version. If you don't spend money, you can also use the genuine version. Isn't this 15 million wasted?"

"This money is not wasted." Qin Shaoyan corrected, "This is a token of our loyalty, this is an attitude. It shows that Yiku.com respects intellectual property rights. This is the real value of 15 million US dollars."

"Besides, can the treatment be the same whether you spend money or not?"

"Yiku.com can use all the content in our film and television resource library. Other websites can only enjoy the A and B package services according to their cooperation level, and the genuine content they can use is limited."

Expressing attitude is one thing, and enjoying different treatment is another.

Those who pay money and those who get it for free should be treated differently. We need to provide good service to customers while also providing enough emotional value.

Besides, if e-cool didn't spend $15 million to buy the copyright, how would Davis earn $5 million in consulting fees?

Of course, this small objective factor is not something that can be told to outsiders.

Someone cautiously interrupted and asked, "Boss Qin, other video websites all have A and B packages, why do they give Sohu Video an S package? They didn't spend any money."

"Sohu Video is different." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "They are my dearest friends, brothers, and sisters, so naturally they are treated better than others."

After all, if we expect Zhang Chaoyang to take the lead and confront the entire industry, he won't be willing to put in any effort unless there are some benefits.

As for how hard Zhang Chaoyang works, Qin Shaoyan is not worried. As long as Zhang Chaoyang fires the first shot, the media and public opinion will naturally promote him as the leader.

Qvod.com doesn't even need to fan the flames, Yiku.com will be eager to follow suit.

After all, Yiku.com really spent money. If I don’t get rid of those of you who use pirated products, wouldn’t my $15 million be wasted?

In another time and space, when Zhang Chaoyang set up the anti-piracy alliance, the entrepreneurs of other video websites were very confused.

You are all running a video website, what good will anti-piracy do for you?

However, Zhang Chaoyang still resolutely launched an anti-piracy alliance with the Internet TV service provider Youku and Xunlei, accusing them of piracy and demanding 1 million yuan in compensation.

The worst thing is that they also sued Youku’s advertiser Coca-Cola, which made it impossible for Youku CEO Gu Yongqiang to do anything about it.

On the one hand, Zhang Chaoyang needs to rely on anti-piracy to eliminate competitors for Sohu Video, and on the other hand, there are personal grudges involved.

After all, several founders of the video website left Sohu. Out of anger at those who betrayed and fled, Zhang Chaoyang naturally wanted to take revenge.

As for whether Charles Zhang really wants to promote the cause of copyright protection, that is not important.

Of course, Qvod is not doing nothing. It will still be needed to make a few comments when the time comes.

Otherwise, how would Sohu Video and Yiku.com view him? They would think he was going to reap the benefits.

I, Young Master Qin, am upright in my words and deeds, and I am not that kind of person!

After Qin Shaoyan prepared himself mentally, he glanced at the faces of the many employees who were talking about the topic. He found that everyone's expressions were still positive, and he was immediately very satisfied.

"Director Xia, you have a heavy task ahead of you." Qin Shaoyan directly called out Xia Lian.

"Ah?!" Xia Lian was a little confused. How come she had to deal with anti-piracy as well?

"Boss." Xia Lian asked cautiously, "What can I do? Contact the film and television companies and ask them to speak out together?"

"It's great that you thought of this, which shows that you have fully exerted your subjective initiative." Qin Shaoyan was very satisfied with Xia Lian's attitude and praised her greatly. "This kind of public relations contact is indeed necessary, but it is not the main thing."

"I have a project here that you need to focus on."

"This is a science fiction novel I wrote recently. Take a look at it and find a capable screenwriter to turn it into a film or TV script for me."

"Science fiction?" Xia Lian was shocked. What the hell is wrong with President Qin?

Why write novels instead of pursuing a good career?

It's still a science fiction novel, and the most outrageous thing is that it has been adapted into a film or television script.

The whole thing sounds much more sci-fi than the novel itself.

Because the Chinese film and television industry currently does not have the ability to produce science fiction films, fantasy films are just fine.

Xia Lian flipped through the book, "I Plant Potatoes on Mars"?
Well, the book is well written. I didn’t expect Mr. Qin to have such skill.

"This science fiction drama is planned to be the signature project of Qvod.com, so we must do it well and carefully." Qin Shaoyan urged, "Don't consider the project cycle, you only need to consider the quality, and don't consider the cost."

"This sci-fi drama is very complex and difficult to produce, so I'll start with the script, then find someone to shoot a 10-second trailer, and then slowly polish the rest."

Make the PPT first, then raise money, as for the project.

Don’t ask, the answer is to polish it carefully.

(End of this chapter)