Chinese Entertainment: Starting from 1996

Chapter 499: The Surging Netizens

Liu Zhou looked in the direction of the voice and saw Yu Dong with a wry smile on his face.

Seeing that it was him, Liu Zhou immediately put on a smile and said:

"Boss Yu, how can you say that I have caused you so much suffering?"

"What do you think? Now I am being scolded by those netizens. It was you who initiated the lawsuit against Qvod and asked it to pay copyright fees. Now Bona and I are being targeted by them."

"Mr. Yu, what you said is a bit unreasonable. I didn't force you to take the lead in the beginning. It was you who took the initiative to lead the film and television industry to file a lawsuit against Qvod."

After hearing what Liu Zhou said, Yu Dong was speechless. It was indeed he who took the initiative to do this in order to spread Bona's influence.

But at that time he never imagined that standing out would cause such a big stir.

There is influence now, but it is all negative.

At the beginning of the month, at the call of Liu Zhou, the video industry and the film and television industry, led by Youku's Gu Yongjiang and Bona's Yu Dong respectively, prepared to take action against Kuaibo.

After nearly a week of preparation, the vast majority of video websites in the industry jointly reported to the Copyright Bureau that Qvod was spreading pirated content.

At that time, "Interstellar" was striving to catch up with the box office record of "Avatar", but this incident also grabbed a lot of entertainment news coverage. After all, the connection between video websites and the film and television industry is becoming closer and closer.

The entertainment media was like this, and the Internet industry caused an even greater sensation. Even the battle between Dangdang and Jingdong at that time could not compare to it. A large number of media were reporting on this matter.

"Another earthquake in the video website industry, Youku and other major websites jointly reported Qvod for spreading pirated content!"

"Qvod is being targeted by its entire industry and may be in danger!"

"The video player with the largest number of installations in China was reported. Is it for justice or for peer oppression?"

"Today, Youku Video, the largest video website in my country, joined Tudou, LeTV, Sina Video, Penguin Video, Ku56, Liufang, iQiyi, .com and other major domestic video websites to report to the National Copyright Administration that Qvod is profiting from the dissemination of pirated videos!"

"Qvod is being envied, and many video websites are joining forces to suppress it!"

"The Internet industry is in turmoil again, and Qvod has become the target of public criticism!"

"Youku founder and board chairman Gu Yongjiang strongly condemned Qvod's illegal profiteering through piracy when interviewed by reporters.

And if Qvod does not stop the infringement as soon as possible, Youku and other video websites will not rule out using legal means to protect their rights. "

……

This time the commotion was a big deal.

Youku and Tudou were both listed not long ago and are very popular. Coupled with the "magic weapon" software Qvod, and the participation of two major Internet groups, Penguin and Sina, this event has become the most anticipated event in the Internet industry.

After all, this may determine the life and death of the country's number one video player. Qvod is being targeted by its entire peer group, and it is obvious that they are preparing to kill Qvod.

Just as everyone was paying close attention to the follow-up of the many video websites' crackdown on Kuaibo, Kuaibo suffered another heavy blow.

After major video websites led by Youku jointly reported to the Copyright Bureau, the next day, more than a dozen domestic film and television production companies including Bona, Guangguang, Golden Harvest, Huace, Xinbaoyuan, Tangren, and Rongxinda collectively filed a lawsuit in court, accusing QVOD of infringement and seeking to recover copyright fees of up to 10 billion yuan!
If it was only a matter of the Internet industry before, now it is obvious that the entire entertainment industry has also gotten involved.

Moreover, the film and television companies in the entertainment industry are not as gentle as the major video websites. They resorted to litigation right from the start, and it seems that they are more enthusiastic about this matter than several video websites that have direct competing relationships with them.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows why these film and television companies are so anxious.

With the implementation of the national copyright law, the prices paid by major video websites for the online copyrights of film and television dramas have become increasingly high.

This has become an important source of income for film and television companies, and it is related to their direct interests.

If we can take advantage of this incident to completely formalize copyright, the income in this area will increase in the future.

Not only in the future, but also the copyrights of previous film and television dramas can allow them to make a fortune.

A film and television company that was established earlier would have at least 20 to 30 TV series and a dozen movies. Even if they were cheap, it would still be a considerable income.

In Hollywood, the most valuable asset of the giants besides their publicity and distribution channels is their film library. With nearly a hundred years of accumulation, there are thousands of movies, and the annual revenue from the Internet, television, and videotape copyrights of these movies alone is over 100 million US dollars.

Moreover, they have been given a good demonstration in North America. Several major media groups in Hollywood have sued YouTube. Even though Google is behind YouTube, it cannot withstand the joint attack of those major media groups.

For this, Google had to pay Hollywood more than $1 billion in copyright fees.

Domestic copyright protection has just begun, and it is certainly not possible to achieve such great results as in North America, and domestic film and television companies are certainly not comparable to Hollywood giants.

They certainly wouldn't dare to ask for more than one billion US dollars, let alone the ten billion RMB that the lion's mouth calls out. But even if they could get more than one hundred million RMB in the end, they would be satisfied, not to mention the subsequent steady income after the copyright is formalized.

Film and television companies cannot be compared with Internet companies. Although the market value of Golden Harvest is close to 100 billion yuan, it is the only one. Many film and television companies are also short of money, unlike Internet companies which are wealthy.

Therefore, they are extremely keen on anything that can expand their sources of income, so under the leadership of Yu Dong, they resorted to litigation right from the start.

The collective attack from the entertainment industry has undoubtedly added fuel to the already hot topic of the Kuaibo incident.

Such a big thing happening between the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival periods is enough to provide the media with a feast.

This resulted in less attention being paid to the fact that "Interstellar" was slowly approaching the box office record of "Avatar", and more media outlets were reporting on the QVOD incident.

"The film and television industry dealt a fatal blow to Qvod and demanded sky-high copyright compensation!"

"Qvod will be doomed to be attacked from both sides by the Internet industry and the film and television industry."

"More than a dozen film and television companies jointly sued Qvod, and Qvod is in turmoil and may go bankrupt."

"Following the joint complaint by major video websites, the largest private film and television company in China, Bona Group, together with Enlight Media, Huayi Brothers, Golden Harvest Group, Xiaoma Pentium Film and Television, and Huace Film and Television, filed a lawsuit against Qvod!"

"When the wall falls, everyone pushes it down. The country is committed to promoting the formalization of online copyright. Qvod will become a warning to others."

……

In just one or two days, all kinds of shocking news broke out one after another, leaving many netizens dazzled and confused for a while.

But with the extensive media coverage, everyone has come to understand one thing: twenty or thirty companies in the Internet industry and the film and television industry have joined forces to develop QVOD.

And this time it seems that they are serious about it, unlike before when they just dealt with it in a small way by fining two or three hundred thousand yuan.

This hit the G-spot of most netizens and made them excited immediately.

What is QVOD?
Anyone who has a computer can choose not to install video sites such as Youku, Tudou, and Sina, and can even choose not to install games, but QVOD is absolutely essential.

In this era, people's awareness of genuine copyright is not strong enough. For many people, they still choose to watch free movies on their computers. Only a few very favorite movies will be watched in the cinema. Of course, for the majority of male netizens, Qvod is still their main channel for obtaining resources.

Now Qvod is going to be destroyed, even to the point of being killed. At first they were a little bit unconvinced, but slowly as more and more news came out and dozens of companies came forward, netizens began to believe it.

How can I bear this?
……

In a university dormitory, Zhang Wei is playing the online game "Douluo Dalu" which was recently launched by Sina Games.

Regardless of how Tang San is regarded in later generations, it is undeniable that his masterpiece is still very popular.

Since it began serialization in 08, it became a huge hit in 09 and became another internet masterpiece that broke through the circle.

Tang San in the original time and space made a lot of money with this series, but this time Liu Zhou asked Singularity to buy out the copyright of "Douluo Dalu" early on. I don't know if Tang San will not write a sequel because of this.

However, considering the current popularity of "Douluo Dalu" and Singularity's copyright operation, I think he would be reluctant to give up the huge profits in it.

After Singularity obtained all the copyrights of "Douluo Dalu", the first thing it developed was to cooperate with Sina Games to develop an online game of the same name.

Sina Games has now completely transformed itself and no longer develops original games or represents overseas online games. It only produces online games adapted from popular online novels.

Currently, Sina Games has developed two outstanding games, "Zhu Xian" and "Shen Mu".

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Especially "Zhu Xian", as the first online literary masterpiece to break the circle, it is jointly operated by Sina Group and Zhoushan Literature. Not only the animation is a big hit, but the online game is also equally popular.

Although it was not as popular as "Miracle" and "Dungeon & Fighter" which were the most popular at the time, it was also very popular for a while.

Although the online game "Shenmu" is not as popular as "Zhu Xian", it is also quite popular. It is not only supported by book fans, but also because of the good quality of the game itself.

Sina Games has become one of the top ten game manufacturers in China thanks to its two games, "Zhu Xian" and "Shen Mu".

"Douluo Dalu" is the third adapted online game launched by Sina Games. Judging from the performance in the previous public beta, even if it is not as good as "Zhu Xian", it is not much different.

However, after missing out on "League of Legends", Sina Games can only overtake by taking a detour if it wants to catch up with Penguin Games and NetEase Games.

In the second decade of the new century, apart from the most popular online game "League of Legends", the only remaining online game is "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". Currently, Liu Zhou has arranged for Sina Games to develop the "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" game and started to plan mobile games.

I believe that in a few years, Sina Games will become a gaming giant comparable to Penguin and NetEase.

"Douluo Dalu" was publicly tested in September last year and officially launched in mid-December. Now is also the time when the game is at its most popular.

The first batch of players must be European fans of the novel. Among them, Zhang Wei is an avid fan of the novel "Douluo Dalu". This is the first online novel he has come into contact with. After reading it, he was completely addicted to online novels and could not extricate himself.

So when the online game adapted from the novel came out, he started playing it immediately. He was not affected at all by his roommates' complaints about the mediocre quality of the game and continued to enjoy the game.

At this time, my roommate, sweating all over, wearing a Kobe jersey and holding a basketball, ran up, sat directly in front of the computer, and turned it on as quickly as possible.

"Wei Guo, how come you still have the mind to play games?"

"what happened?"

The game was about to begin. Zhang Wei tapped the keyboard quickly, moved skillfully, and replied without even turning his head.

The roommate drank a can of Pepsi in one breath, and then couldn't help but burp. At this time, the computer was already turned on, and he immediately opened QVOD.

At this time, Zhang Wei happened to glance sideways and saw the familiar interface. Zhang Wei couldn't help but swear:

"Fuck, you're watching this right after playing ball, aren't you afraid of getting exhausted?"

"What the hell, your uncle's Qvod is going to go bankrupt, and you still have the mood to play games? I have to download more and fill up my hard drive."

"Qvod went bankrupt? Why did it go bankrupt for no reason?"

"Don't you know? He's been sued by dozens of companies. I heard that Lao Wang is working on a sewing machine."

"Holy shit, is it true?"

"Why would I lie to you? Many media outlets have reported this. Stop playing now. Hurry up. Your computer's hard drive has more memory than mine. Download more and delete the duplicates."

……

This situation is not an exaggeration and has been happening all over the country.

Maybe they wouldn't be so excited even if Penguin's QQ was gone, because sooner or later there would be communication software like mono or pp to fill its place.

But because of the country’s crackdown on piracy, the magical tool Qvod is gone, and it’s really gone.

So when everyone was downloading resources in a hurry, they were also full of anger.

Since many news reports put Youku and Bona at the forefront, most of the criticism was directed at them.

In just two hours, there were tens of thousands of comments under the official Weibo accounts of the two companies, and almost all of them were cursing them. You can imagine how angry netizens are now.

"You villain Gu Yongjiang! Youku is rubbish!"

"Youku will be finished sooner or later. I will never use Youku to watch movies again."

"Gu Yong fucked me."

"Youku, go die. Give me back Kuaibo!"

"Damn Bona, Fatty Yu, why don't you just die? I will never watch Bona's movies again. Anyone who watches them is a dog."

"Rubbish General Gu Yong, rubbish Fatty Yu, I'm at your doorstep now, do you have the guts to report and sue me but not the guts to open the door?"

Youku and Bona were the ones criticized the most, but other companies were not spared either. However, because there were 20 or 30 companies, the firepower was dispersed and the impact was not too great.

But what’s interesting is that although LeTV did not take the lead this time, just like in the past, Lays was once again caught in the crossfire. Some netizens who were about to criticize LeTV went to Lays’ official Weibo account.

"Your chips are garbage, I will never eat them again"

"I didn't expect you to be the type who sells potato chips!"

"Just keep selling your potato chips and mind your own business!"

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(End of this chapter)