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Chapter 450: Industry Myths Are Designed to Be Broken

Xia Lian could be said to be in high spirits at this time. Since joining Qvod, she originally thought that she had switched careers to the Internet industry and would have to say goodbye to the skills she had learned in the past.

Unexpectedly, after some operations on Qvod, his dark and bleak career suddenly became smooth.

In a trance, I had the illusion that I was being carried away while lying down.

After investing in two hit TV series, "Bright Sword" and "Wulin Waijia", Xia Lian has also gained a certain degree of fame in the film and television industry.

Of course, Xia Lian also knew that she was just a tool.

All her achievements were due to her boss's instructions, and she only needed to follow the rules.

Although the boss is often weird, he has good vision and money.

The boss decided the plan, provided the funds, and Xia Lian gained the fame herself. Where can you find such a good boss?

"Hello, Mr. Qin!" Xia Lian greeted him respectfully with a sweet smile, "I have completed what you asked me to do."

"What matter?" Qin Shaoyan asked casually.

"It's the novel 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' serialized on Tianya." Xia Lian hastily reminded that President Qin is very busy and it is impossible for him to remember everything. As a subordinate, he must find out the omissions and fill them in time.

"Oh, that one." Qin Shaoyan remembered the several IPs that he had asked Xia Lian to pay attention to before. Now that "The Three-Body Problem" is in his hands, he will also get "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

Works of different themes should be collected to enrich the IP library and provide more options for subsequent IP development.

The novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is good and can be regarded as having created a new genre. However, after the author sold the adaptation rights of the work, the work was quickly ruined by capital.

The movie was a complete mess, and the online game was copied from the DNF model and quickly flopped as well.

Later, the company managed to regain some of its reputation through online dramas, but due to different producers, the quality varied greatly.

There are also many online movies that used "Ghost Blows Out the Light" to produce a series of bad movies that didn't even make a splash.

On the contrary, "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", a book that relied on the popularity of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in the early days, became very popular. It has been making money by selling homosexuality and a series of operations. The author himself made a lot of money, but the book was badly written.

What is most confusing is that many cultural relics protection units have frequently cooperated with "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" in order to increase traffic.

It is quite incredible that archaeology and tomb-robbing propaganda are mixed together.

Seeing that Mr. Qin was not in high spirits, Xia Lian reported carefully, "I spent a total of two million and bought out the copyright directly because the other party refused to give in."

"Well, money is a small matter, just get it." Qin Shaoyan was not interested in how much money was spent. Instead, he reminded, "Remember to contact the law firm and ask them to issue a report on how to properly handle IP copyright protection."

There has always been a legend on the Internet that the author of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" sold the copyright for only 100,000 yuan after getting drunk.

Later, according to a copyright document from the court, the actual amount was 40 million plus 2007% of the film and television adaptation remuneration. In , this was not a small amount of money.

"Okay, Mr. Qin." Xia Lian wrote down what Qin Shaoyan had asked her to do in a small notebook, and then continued to look at him.

Qin Shaoyan frowned and asked, "What else do you want?"

"Boss Qin, where is the script you promised me?" Xia Lian asked directly, "You told me there was a spy war script."

"Oh, I forgot." Qin Shaoyan patted his forehead with a regretful expression, "Next time, I will definitely do it next time!"

"There can't be a next time. You always say next time!" Xia Lian has heard Qin Shaoyan's empty promises so many times that she has become immune to it and directly asks him for more updates in person.

"I have written the outline of the script, but it is not yet complete." Qin Shaoyan promised, "I will give it to you next time."

"Really?" Xia Lian sneered, "I don't believe it."

"Then I'll dictate it to you now!" Qin Shaoyan said immediately, "Bring the whiteboard over here, I'll write down all the character backgrounds and draw a character relationship diagram for you to see."

As Qin Shaoyan spoke, he picked up a pen and started writing and drawing on the whiteboard, outlining the main characters of the entire "The Hidden".

As Qin Shaoyan continued to explain, Xia Lian discovered that the boss was not just speaking casually, but was well prepared.

The script has a complete story, conflicts, and character relationships, and it sounds good.

"Then boss, please sort it out quickly." Xia Lian urged, "We will recruit people and start the project right away."

"I have a lot of things to do. I need to focus on the IPO." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Go find someone to improve the script and give it to me to take a look at."

"This spy drama is the main work promoted by Qvod after its listing. It has something to do with Qvod's stock price and your money."

“We must strictly control the quality and make it carefully.”

"I understand, Mr. Qin." Xia Lian quickly agreed, and then began to look forward to it. "Qvod will be listed next year. I haven't seen what it looks like to ring the bell on Nasdaq."

"If you work hard, I'll take you to ring the bell next year." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "As long as you work hard, you will get options, bonuses, year-end bonuses, and team building in the Maldives."

Before Qin Shaoyan could continue with his PUA, his phone rang.

He was about to hang up, but when he saw that it was Xiong Xiaoge's number, he immediately answered it, "Hello, Mr. Xiong, any good news?"

"No good news." Xiong Xiaoge said directly, "How is your PPT preparation going?"

"Oh, I'm in the process of preparing for it. Next time, definitely next time." Qin Shaoyan said casually.

"You've said several times that you'll definitely do it next time." Xiong Xiaoge said dissatisfiedly, "You're the CEO, you should take the roadshow seriously. Hurry up and come up with something so that Mr. Zheng from Sequoia and I can listen to it first."

"Well, let's make an appointment some other day. I will definitely tell you about it." Qin Shaoyan hesitated for two seconds. "The theme is the social platform 2.0. What do you think?"

"Social Platform 2.0, sounds good." Xiong Xiaoge was reluctantly satisfied, "I have found the person you asked me to find for you."

"Really?" Qin Shaoyan was overjoyed. "Then give me the contact information immediately. I want to talk to this person in person."

……

There is a teahouse with private rooms on the second floor.

The rising mist was mixed with a faint tea fragrance. The beautiful tea artist skillfully fiddled with the tea set, then poured the tea into the cup and served it to the guests.

Qin Shaoyan took a look at the engineer recommended by Xiong Xiaoge. He was in his forties, but his hair was already gray. He wore gold-rimmed glasses, was dressed very formally, and looked in good spirits.

"Yuan Jiaxuan, Yuan Gong." Qin Shaoyan smiled and stretched out his hand. "My name is Qin Shaoyan, Shaoyan means taciturn."

"Hello, Mr. Qin." Yuan Jiaxuan shook hands with Qin Shaoyan. Seeing the young man, he was very confused. "Mr. Qin, I heard that you are in the Internet industry. Why did you come to me?"

"I've suddenly become interested in electronic products recently, so I wanted to find an expert in this field to learn more about it." Qin Shaoyan asked directly.

"Electronic products?" Yuan Jiaxuan was very surprised and even more puzzled, "The leap from the Internet to electronic products is a bit far." Qin Shaoyan did not answer, but asked back: "Mr. Yuan has made mobile phones, right?"

"I worked at Bird for three years, and then switched to Meizu in 02 and started making MP3 players." Yuan Jiaxuan was a little confused as to why the young man in front of him asked about mobile phones again.

“It’s not easy to make MP3.”

"Uh." Yuan Jiaxuan hesitated for a moment, "It's okay. Compared with previous years, I didn't make that much money."

The world's first MP3 player was born in South Korea. It was launched by Saehan Corporation in 1998, code-named MPman F10 and priced at US$69.

But what really made MP3 popular was the Rio 1998 Walkman launched by the American company Diamond in late 300, which sold more than units in three weeks.

In 2001, Apple launched the iPod, which was compact, easy to use, had an astonishing storage capacity of 5G, and was priced at an astonishing $399.

However, the sound quality is very average, and you cannot download music using the Windows system.

After 2003, MP3 entered its golden age, with the United States, Japan and South Korea forming a three-way competition and various brands competing fiercely.

As foreign brands’ prices are out of touch with reality, domestic MP3 players have emerged one after another, mainly focusing on products priced below 500 yuan. There are so many MP3 brands that it is dizzying, and this has also brought new life to a number of domestic technology companies.

But the good times didn’t last for more than two years, and the market soon became increasingly competitive.

As competition increased, price wars naturally ensued, and then profits became smaller and smaller, and soon a number of factories went bankrupt.

Meizu launched its MP2003 player in 3 and quickly gained a leading edge in the fierce market competition. However, the current situation can only be said that there is still profit to be made, but the market has shown signs of decline.

"Has Engineer Yuan ever thought about making a new mobile phone?" Qin Shaoyan looked at him with a smile.

"Making mobile phones?" Yuan Jiaxuan frowned. He suddenly realized something and looked at Qin Shaoyan in shock. "You want to make mobile phones?"

"That's right." Qin Shaoyan admitted frankly, "Otherwise why would I specially ask you, Mr. Yuan, to come and meet me?"

"Stop joking, Mr. Qin." Yuan Jiaxuan waved his hand, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"The mobile phone market is even more competitive. Nokia is now the king of the world. In the eyes of all mobile phone companies, it is a giant."

"You're telling me you want to make mobile phones?" Yuan Jiaxuan's expression seemed to ask if you were seriously ill. "Boss Qin, there's no way to make a living by making mobile phones."

At this time, Nokia was at its peak and had absolute dominance in the mobile phone field.

It is no exaggeration to say that Nokia has absolute dominance in the industry. Even Apple, which opened the era of smartphones, cannot achieve this level.

Nokia's mobile phones have accounted for more than 70% of sales in the global mobile phone market. It has been the world's top-selling mobile phone brand for more than ten years in a row.

And its models cover all levels, from high, medium and low-end, there is always a Nokia phone that suits you.

At that time, there were only two types of mobile phones, one was Nokia and the other was other mobile phones.

All the mobile phone manufacturers in the world combined cannot beat this giant. It is a real industry legend.

This is an insurmountable mountain.

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "I never believe in any industry myths. After all, industry myths are meant to be broken."

"Nokia is indeed a behemoth, but this is precisely its most fatal flaw."

"The times are changing, and technology is advancing." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "There used to be many legends in the industry, but they were all eliminated by the times."

"Nokia is the same, and it's time for it to be phased out."

"Nokia is running out of time."

"..." Yuan Jiaxuan was silent for a while, "Boss Qin is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers."

"Mr. Yuan is in the MP3 business, so you should know how Sony's walkman was eliminated." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "When MP3 appeared, walkman and cassette tapes became obsolete."

"All it takes now is one revolutionary phone to replace Nokia."

Yuan Jiaxuan remained silent. After a long while, he spoke, "So what kind of revolutionary mobile phone can replace Nokia?"

"Excuse me, although I haven't made mobile phones for a few years, I have been following the industry trends. I can't think of what kind of mobile phone it is."

"Then let's put aside the topic of mobile phones for now." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "Let's imagine what we are going to make as an electronic product."

"First of all, it can take pictures and play music."

"Nokia has all these," Yuan Jiaxuan replied.

“I can play games and surf the Internet.”

“I have these too.”

"Then what about removing the buttons and antenna?" Qin Shaoyan continued.

"That's impossible. How can you make a call without an antenna?" Yuan Jiaxuan retorted directly, "How can you make a call if you cancel the button?"

"I just said that, let's put aside the issue of making mobile phones for now." Qin Shaoyan said as he drew on the paper, "Use a full touch screen instead of a stylus. Users only need to use their fingers to operate it."

"Well, this is called a capacitive screen, right? It supports multi-touch."

"We then removed the cheap plastic casing and replaced it with a metal frame and glass on the front and back."

"Do you think we can use the metal frame as a cell phone antenna?"

Yuan Jiaxuan was already stunned at this time. He was stunned for several seconds when he heard Qin Shaoyan's question. "Metal frame as antenna? This... this is really a bold design."

"3.5-inch screen, 960×640 resolution, less than 10mm thick." Qin Shaoyan continued to ask, "Can it be done?"

"No, Mr. Qin." Yuan Jiaxuan looked at the diagram on the white paper, sweat dripping down his head. "The design of removing buttons and antennas is too... too advanced. Nowadays, mobile phone manufacturers are indeed moving towards larger screens, but they still retain buttons and use styluses."

"I think your design..."

"I don't care what you think, I care what I think." Qin Shaoyan interrupted the other party directly, "What is in front of you now is an epoch-making electronic product, it cannot be called a mobile phone."

"I call it a personal smart terminal. Don't think of it as a mobile phone, but an electronic product with mobile phone functions."

"Now, with the smart terminal and the mobile phone, is there any use for it?"

Yuan Jiaxuan fell silent.

(End of this chapter)