You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 547

On August 8, the opening ceremony of the 8th Olympic Games will officially begin in the evening.

Starting from early in the morning, all staff related to the Olympics began their busy preparations.

The entire capital city is dotted with Olympic-related elements. National flags and the Olympic rings can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and the melody of "Beijing Welcomes You" is floating everywhere.

Subways and buses are covered with various advertisements, and people traveling by are surrounded by slogans such as "Watch the Olympics on Weibo".

Weibo is now the most popular social platform, leaving the BBS and various forums of the early years far behind, with nearly 100 million active users addicted to it every day.

After spending a large sum of money to become a partner of the Olympic Games, most Weibo users have almost abandoned the traditional habit of obtaining information from portal websites and turned to Weibo to obtain information.

"Browsing Weibo" has become a daily habit for many netizens, just like chatting on QQ and searching on Baidu.

Today, the department in charge of Weibo business in Sentinel Technology Company was extremely busy. Almost everyone did not leave the company last night and were all working overtime.

Weibo's traffic was even higher than usual, with freezes occurring several times and the server almost crashing.

CTO Li Xiaoxiao and technical backbones keep a close eye on the situation at all times and investigate and repair problems as soon as they arise.

Qin Shaoyan brought several senior executives to inspect the company and cheer on the employees in the Weibo department.

"Today is a special day, so I won't say too much. Tonight is the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and we have been preparing for this day for a long time." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Weibo's 200 million users will get information on our website, and the pressure is huge, but I have confidence in you."

“When the Olympics are over, there will be bonuses and overseas travel!”

As soon as Qin Shaoyan finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out and cheers rang out throughout the hall.

Then, Qin Shaoyan personally distributed red envelopes to the employees present and gave them a few words of encouragement.

After sending out the red envelopes, Qin Shaoyan walked into CTO Li Xiaoxiao's office and asked directly, "It's not going to be easy tonight. It is expected that hundreds of millions of users will be browsing Weibo. Can you guys hold on?"

Zhang Pingyi said, "Server downtime is normal. When we were building the campus network, the server would go down several times every time we held an event."

"But." Zhang Pingyi's face changed, and he said seriously, "It's understandable that the website is stuck, but the server can't be down for too long. If a major accident occurs, you will hand in your resignation to me tomorrow."

Qin Shaoyan said, "Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity."

"Li Xiaoxiao, you are under a lot of pressure tonight. This is a big test for Weibo, and it is also a big test for you and your team. I hope you can hold on."

"Don't worry, Mr. Qin." Li Xiaoxiao said solemnly, "We have made sufficient preparations and will ensure the stability of the server."

"That's good." Qin Shaoyan nodded. "Recently, the company is considering splitting Weibo into a separate listing. Work hard and strive to ring the bell at Nasdaq in two years!"

"You'll all be billionaires by then."

Li Xiaoxiao grinned after hearing this, "That's great, thank you in advance, Mr. Qin. My family has been poor for generations, and this is a turnaround for me."

Qin Shaoyan smiled, patted Li Xiaoxiao on the shoulder, and then rushed to other departments.

In addition to Weibo, Qvod is also under great pressure tonight, as their Qvod Live is responsible for the online broadcast of the opening ceremony.

Kou Hongfei, the head of Qvod, is more anxious than Li Xiaoxiao, because Qvod is a listed company and tonight's data will have a real impact on the company's stock price.

Affected by the global economic crisis caused by the US subprime mortgage crisis, the stock price of QVOD inevitably fell, which made Kou Hongfei so worried that half of his hair turned white.

He attaches particular importance to today's online broadcast, hoping to make a comeback.

When Qin Shaoyan and Zhang Pingyi saw that the atmosphere was not right, they started distributing red envelopes without saying a word and gave everyone some words of encouragement.

"Boss Kou, please tell everyone to relax." Qin Shaoyan said softly, "Look how nervous everyone is."

Kou Hongfei smiled bitterly and said, "Boss Qin, it's not me who puts pressure on you. It's just that the company's performance has been bad recently, so you are all under pressure."

"Why?" Qin Shaoyan asked in surprise, "What pressure do they have?"

"I'm afraid of layoffs." Kou Hongfei sighed, "Some video websites have already started laying off employees. Our stock price has been falling, and everyone is inevitably a little panicked."

Qin Shaoyan hesitated for two seconds, "The video website is a long-term project. As the largest shareholder, I can tell you that I will not ask you to make a profit within five years at least."

"Ah?" Kou Hongfei was stunned. He was obviously quite surprised by Qin Shaoyan's words.

"The competition among video websites is not over. On the contrary, the real competition has not yet begun." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Don't look down on those small video websites. They are just cannon fodder. No matter how many die, it will not affect the competition among the top giants."

"Rivals like Youku, Tudou, and Sohu Video are not going to be a big threat in the future. Our real rivals have not even appeared yet."

Kou Hongfei was a little confused. The current video website market is in a state of mourning, with video websites dying every day, which is in stark contrast to the initial booming development.

Under the impact of the economic crisis, investment institutions do not have much surplus and have become more cautious in their investments.

The video websites that were unable to make ends meet could no longer sustain themselves even after receiving investments, and they couldn’t even sell their products.

In the current video website market, it can be said that QVOD.com is the only dominant player. In the early stage, it received a large amount of capital transfusion from Qin Shaoyan, and then it made a lot of money after its listing. It is enough to support itself for three years without doing anything.

Qvod has already taken up nearly 70% of the market, leaving sites like Youku, Tudou, and Sohu Video to eat leftovers and barely survive.

Under such circumstances, Kou Hongfei couldn't think of any threatening competitors.

Qin Shaoyan didn't say much, but just reminded: "In the future, Qvod.com should work hard to improve its internal strength and build its own brand. Three years later, when the Internet infrastructure is more complete, the Internet speed is faster, and there are more netizens, that's when we can use you."

Kou Hongfei nodded, not quite understanding. He couldn't guess what President Qin was thinking, but it seemed that President Qin was quite confident in Qvod.com.

After taking the reassurance pill, Kou Hongfei's mood immediately improved a lot.

After inspecting Qvod, Qin Shaoyan transferred to the chat software department.

The "Collect Five Blessings" prize draw will be held at twelve o'clock tonight, so the people on VV's side naturally cannot be idle.

In addition to watching the "Olympic Opening Ceremony", netizens across the Internet are also keeping an eye on who will share the 20 million cash tonight.

Zhang Pingyi took a look at the background data statistics and was immediately shocked. VV now has a total of 1.2 million users online.

"Why so many?"

Qin Shaoyan didn't care. "I guess many users leave their smurf accounts idle. It's good enough that the actual number of users can reach 80 million." "80 million concurrent online users is also quite impressive." Zhang Pingyi exclaimed. "How long has VV been online? It has achieved this result."

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "Half of the credit here goes to the beauty tool. We caught QQ off guard in the early stage, and after a while, President Ma reacted. At that time, VV's life became difficult."

"With this user base, VV has a promising future." Zhang Pingyi is still quite optimistic. "Boss Qin, you should make more efforts and try to surpass Penguin in two years."

"Two years, you are too optimistic." Qin Shaoyan shook his head. "Penguin has been deeply involved in the field of chat software for many years, and its roots are deep. Our VV is a latecomer, and it is a pleasant surprise that we can occupy a piece of the market."

"The competition between VV and QQ will be a long-term tug-of-war, and QQ's user base is several times ours, so the competition will be even more intense in the future."

"It's definitely going to be fierce." Zhang Pingyi said with a smile, "After all, QQ is the foundation of Penguin, and Pony Ma won't give it up easily."

"It's quite interesting to think about it. On the one hand, they cooperate with Penguin to make money by making online games, and on the other hand, they compete head-on in the field of chat software. What is this?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "You have to make money and get things done. Let's put things in perspective."

Zhang Pingyi thought about it and suddenly said, "Although the two online games we gave to Penguin are quite profitable, I don't think Brother Xiao Ma will let us hold his purse forever. I guess he is trying to find a substitute."

"Don't worry about it." Qin Shaoyan was very calm. "The two online games I developed are not so easy to replace. Even if he wants to find a replacement, it will take him a year or two. By that time, the situation will be different."

"Counter-Terrorism OL" produced by Qin Shaoyan is based on "Cross Fire", and the engine is more powerful than the original version. It can be said to be an enhanced version of "Cross Fire".

The FPS online game "Cross Fire" is an evergreen game with considerable vitality. In its previous life, Penguin has also thought about finding a substitute for it.

There are more than a dozen competing products alone, but none of them are truly threatening, which is enough to prove the strength of this game.

Finding a substitute is a very difficult task. The most likely thing is that they will copy "Counter-Strike OL" one-to-one, and then find ways to support it to squeeze out the market of the original version.

But it is hard to say whether this strategy will succeed.

Qin Shaoyan also made a plan for this.

If the relationship with Penguin really reaches a complete breaking point and the two parties completely terminate cooperation in the online game field, we will take over the two online games operated by Penguin and do it ourselves.

Originally, these two online games were copied from the original versions in order to occupy an ecological niche, and now they have exceeded their goals.

What's more, the longer Penguin operates, the greater the loss will be when it is cut off. It will depend on whether Mr. Ma has the determination at that time.

In fact, the best time for both parties to cut ties is now, but the two online games became so popular and made so much money that Penguin is reluctant to let go.

They must be thinking about making money quickly first, and then wait until the game's revenue capacity declines in two years, when new main forces will come in.

Therefore, Qin Shaoyan was not in a hurry at all.

……

Beijing, Bird's Nest Stadium.

It was already dark at this time. Qin Shaoyan hurriedly squeezed into the stands and came to his seat. "Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road. I'm late."

Mother Xun Xiaohui complained: "You have been in Beijing for so many years, don't you know that there will be traffic jams at night? Why didn't you come earlier? You made Mingyue's family wait for you for a long time."

Mingyue smiled sweetly, "It's okay, Auntie. Ah Yan is usually busy with work, and he's even busier today. It's not easy for him to come here."

Qin Shaoyan smiled shyly and greeted his grandma who was sitting next to Mingyue, "Hello, grandma."

"Okay, all is well." Grandma said with a smile, "Sit down quickly."

Qin Shaoyan quickly took out a can of drink from the thermos bag and handed it to grandma attentively, "Grandma, the weather is hot, you should drink some mung bean soup. I asked someone to cook this this afternoon, and it's still warm."

"Oh, thank you. And please bring me some mung bean soup." Grandma took it.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's not a trouble." Qin Shaoyan took out two more spoons and handed them over.

Mingyue took the spoon, unscrewed the lid, scooped a spoonful and tasted it, then smiled, "Grandma, try it, it's delicious."

My mother Xun Xiaohui said with a sigh, "You only brought one can?"

"How can that be possible." Qin Shaoyan took out a few more cans from his bag, "There are more. I asked someone to cook a lot more."

After distributing the soup to his father, mother and Mingyue, Qin Shaoyan sat down and relaxed. As soon as he turned around, Mingyue came over with a spoon full of mung bean soup.

"Open your mouth!"

Qin Shaoyan took a big sip of iced mung bean soup and felt relaxed all over. Mingyue took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"I saw that there was only half an hour left, and I thought you were not coming tonight."

"I came here right after I finished dealing with things at the company." Qin Shaoyan explained, "I had to come here today no matter what. I didn't have time to get this ticket."

In his previous life, Qin Shaoyan had no chance to watch the opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest. But now it is different. Not only is he there, he is also sitting in the VIP seat.

"Look, fireworks!"

The fireworks formed a huge footprint, moving step by step from the Yongding River in the south along the central axis of the ancient capital, towards the Bird's Nest Stadium.

When the "big footprints" bloomed over the "Bird's Nest", countless small stars in the sky lightly fell into the "Bird's Nest". As the small stars fell, several "flying celestial beings" descended from the sky, and the "small stars" scattered in the field gradually gathered together miraculously and turned into the glittering silver Olympic rings.

To the sound of "Singing the Motherland", 56 children in national costumes walked around the national flag.

One wonderful show after another was performed, especially when the huge scroll on the venue slowly unfolded. Although Qin Shaoyan had seen it many times, he was still shocked.

"It's so beautiful." Qin Shaoyan exclaimed.

"Yes." Mingyue also nodded, "It's so beautiful."

"Watch it more, you won't see such a wonderful Olympic opening ceremony in the future." Qin Shaoyan sighed.

"What nonsense are you talking about." Mingyue didn't care, her eyes were fixed on the center of the venue, "Are you going home after the opening ceremony?"

"No." Qin Shaoyan shook his head. "I have to go back to the company. The prize draw will be tonight, and I have to keep an eye on it."

(End of this chapter)