Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 729 The sun also rises
The leaders present watched these people accuse each other the whole time, and did not take sides and say anyone was wrong.

His face showed no joy or worry, and nothing could be seen.

Those three people just disliked each other, so they all kept quiet.

Having said that, there is nothing more to say.

"I finally understand what happened today. One did it for his wife, one did it for his son, and one just wanted to stir up trouble because he couldn't bear to see others doing well." The leader summarized it simply.

This last sentence made Jack Ma look a little embarrassed, but the other two leaders found it funny and laughed.

Fang Hong and Mr. Wang were both very silent. This was the essence of the situation. Otherwise, the two would not have fought each other. They were both very restrained.

"The essence of today's matter is for mediation. Since you have personal grudges, just deal with them. But let me put it here. Whoever engages in malicious competition and causes chaos in the market with corpses everywhere will be dealt with severely." The leader's words were a bit harsh.

That is, there can be limited competition, but the market cannot be disrupted so as to affect many small and medium-sized platforms and ordinary people.

For people like the principal and Mr. Wang, restricting a cinema's film source is within the controllable range and within the tolerable range, so let's just ignore it. It's your own personal grudge.

This competition has basically no impact on ordinary people. Who wins and who loses is nothing more than a reshuffle of the industry. If you fail, there will naturally be others to fill your position. It is not a negative thing, and there is no monopoly.

The copyright war was too negative. A large number of people died, and even ordinary creators were affected.

Everyone present nodded silently!

"Then leader, our Wanda Cinema Line has been restricted in traffic, and limiting the film source will affect the development of the cinema." Mr. Wang was a little panicked.

In this case, Jack Ma and Tony Ma will not be so aggressive towards the principal, and he will have to deal with the principal's attack alone.

The principal has money and movie sources, and can restrict him in every way.

"Then let your son apologize to the woman's wife. How could your son scold her for nothing?" The leader said it directly without any official tone.

It's a simple matter, but it's made very complicated.

No one would be happy if this happened to them. No one would like their family to be scolded.

"Yes, Minister." Mr. Wang also heard that his leader was a little impatient with him.

I was already upset when I heard about large amounts of money acquiring overseas companies. All the money was being thrown overseas. What is going on?

"Okay, you can all go. Let's stop here for today." The leader said nothing more and signaled that they could leave.

Just be more restrained when it comes to copyright issues. Whoever crosses the line will be punished. It has been made very clear.

Everyone present looked at each other, Tony Ma said "hello" to the leaders, then stood up and walked out without hesitation.

Sun Zhonghuai stood up and hurriedly followed, taking a few steps forward to help Boss Ma open the door.

Jack Ma and Fan Luyuan also stood up and walked out; Fang Hong bowed to the leaders, and then walked out with Chen Zhixi.

Others including Ding Sanshi also said "hello" to their leaders and left.

Lao Wang is always the last one to leave. He is very unwilling to accept this. Everything is back to the starting point and all his efforts are in vain.

It was sunny outside. Jack Ma was walking down the steps in front of the General Administration Building. Suddenly he turned around and said, "Principal, you won again."

"Hey, I don't want to win either. Being invincible is a kind of loneliness!" Fang Hong stood above and sighed condescendingly.

This made Ding Sanshi and others, as well as Fan Luyuan and others, look at him. It was obvious that this man did it on purpose.

Chen Zhixi was also quite moved when he saw the principal. Not long ago, they could only be humble and submissive, but now they can sit at the same table with these big guys.

Tony Ma couldn't help but stop and look up. He was at the bottom of the stairs, wearing transparent gold-rimmed glasses and looking gentle.

"Principal, there's still a long time to go. It's far from the end of the play. It's too early to be sentimental." He raised his voice.

This means that it is too early for you to show off. The copyright war is not over, infringement is always there, and music can still be restricted on platforms such as Tik Tok, Toutiao, and Bilibili.

Although it cannot be said to be exclusive, it is still possible to increase the copyright fee, but to make it so that you cannot afford it.

Moreover, the competition between Tencent and Chang'e is far from over. The rise of TikTok has exceeded his expectations and poses a huge threat.

Now, Douyin has surpassed Kuaishou to become the number one in the industry, with daily active users exceeding 1.5 million and monthly active users exceeding 4 million.

Open information flow advertising has also skyrocketed, reaching US$2 million, or about 14 billion, per month. The original advertising system has also been changed. The Star Map platform allows brand owners to cooperate directly with influencers.

This is even more powerful than WeChat in the past, which currently has only 4.2 million daily active users. This is already half of the level of WeChat.

But WeChat is just a social platform that is used less frequently, while TikTok really takes up users’ time.

"Yes, there is still a long time, and the play is far from over." Fang Hong raised his head and looked at the distant sky.

Tony Ma ignored him and got into his business car and drove away. It was not possible to make these people quiet down with just one talk.

Their conflicts of interest are not limited to copyright, but also include market share, short video market share, social market share, etc.

If you don't compete, you will lose your market share.

"Principal, to be honest, if possible, I really want to have a drink with you and talk about heroes over wine." Jack Ma said as he walked down the stairs.

"There will be a chance when we all retire." Fang Hong said.

"Hahaha, I'm almost there, it just depends on when you retire." Jack Ma laughed.

"I'm almost there too." Fang Hong said.

This made everyone who heard it a little surprised and a little skeptical. Is it true? If the principal retired, there would be a lot less trouble.

Chen Zhixi was also confused, but it was not a good idea to ask in this situation.

Only Fang Hong knew that his work was almost done and there was nothing left to do. He could retire after choosing a successor.

In the future, it will not be a good thing to be so high-profile. The big guys have all been defeated, and he has no one to fight with him. It will be too lonely for him to be alone.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Jack Ma grinned, his face full of wrinkles, then got in the car and left.

The two are just competing in business. This is inevitable competition and there is no escape because the market is so big that it is inevitable to encounter each other.

But there is no personal grudge between the two!

"Principal, I think we need to talk." Mr. Wang stood next to Fang Hong.

"What do you want to talk about?" Fang Hong resumed his respectful address because he found that the old man seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit at once.

Obviously, he was under a lot of pressure during this interview.

Although the leaders didn't say anything, it was obvious that they didn't like him. Everyone else's problems were solved except his.

Anyone can compete, but he will be beaten.

If Mr. Wang had been sensible and wise, he would have realized that the feud between the two should end here and that continuing the fight would lead to nothing good.

Because no one is on his side anymore!

Look at Jack Ma, he left without saying a word to him. This is a good proof that people have a very sensitive sense of smell.

"I'll set the table. You can bring your family and we'll have a meal together." Mr. Wang said.

"Okay, my wife likes to eat hairy crabs!" Fang Hong said.

Mr. Wang looked up at the sky. It seemed that the sky had changed, the sky of the entertainment industry had changed, and the era of the three major Internet industries was coming. This was what he saw.

Then he walked down the stairs, and his followers saw him and hurried over to help him.

"Mr. Chen, help Mr. Wang down." Fang Hong said.

Chen Zhixi didn't know what it meant, so he hurried down the stairs and walked down the stairs holding Mr. Wang's arm.

"It's okay, I'm not that old yet." Old Wang glanced at the girl and didn't understand what the principal meant.

"You need help." Fang Hong said.

What they didn't know was that this was the man Fang Hong had chosen for him as the future chairman of Wanda Films.

Wanda will suffer a series of setbacks every year after this year, until it sells its Wanda Films. Who else in this circle can take over Wanda Films? Only Yutu.

Mr. Wang was somewhat flattered by Fang Hong's sudden show of goodwill. You know, they had cursed each other before and wanted to stab each other's ancestors.

But now she is trying to be nice to him. Who can adapt to this?

"Principal, you're not going to play any unspoken rules with me, are you?" Mr. Wang glanced at Chen Zhixi, who looked okay.

"You think too much. I was just afraid that you would fall. Others wouldn't think that I pushed you down." Fang Hong said casually.

"Hehe, I don't think your principal would do such a thing." Mr. Wang thought he was just joking.

Come to think of it, how could the principal, a man with such a sense of dignity, do such a lowly thing? He should have just been disdainful.

Chen Zhixi blushed at the conversation between the two. She certainly knew what they meant.

Fang Hong watched Chen Zhixi help Old Wang down the stairs. Another enemy had been defeated. The fact that he could set up a table and invite him to dinner proved that Old Wang had compromised.

"The principal is standing here alone in the wind!" Zhang Hongsen appeared behind him.

Looking at the square below, I saw that luxury cars had already driven away and those familiar big guys were gone.

"The weather is getting colder, and it's time to change seasons." Fang Hong said.

"Yes, the times will eventually pass and the sun will rise as usual!" Zhang Hongsen also sighed.

He also witnessed the rise of the president. The once-mighty Huayi and Bona fell at his feet, and now even Wanda has to prostrate itself.

It also blocked the impact of the Internet.

The years that the principal has been in office have seen the greatest changes in the entire film and television entertainment industry.

"The sun rises as usual. I wonder if there will be a successor in the future that will replace Yutu," said Fang Hong.

"Hard to say."

Zhang Hongsen didn't know either, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. Right and wrong are determined by fate. Just do your own thing."

"Thank you, Director Zhang." Fang Hong was thanking him for his care over the years and for helping him through difficult times time and time again.

"This is my duty. There's no need to do this." Zhang Hongsen waved his hand.

He was promoted from deputy director to director, which can be regarded as a mutual achievement between the two of them. The film industry needs people like the principal.

"Then I'm leaving. We'll see each other again, Director Zhang." Fang Hong waved his hand, then quickly walked down the stairs to the square in front, which was also the parking lot.

Zhang Hongsen put his hands in his pockets and watched him go away.

Not long after the meeting, Tony Ma talked about music copyright in public, saying: "In the future, we will cooperate with industry partners in an open manner to jointly build a long-term development of the music content ecosystem."

This is a signal that music copyright should be opened up.

After all, the leaders had directly told him to open up music licensing, and that giants including NetEase and Alibaba should also license music to each other and not engage in any form of exclusive monopoly on music copyright.

This statement seemed to bring new vitality to the entire music market, and the Internet was full of jubilation.

However, they were happy too early, as Tencent only released the copyrights of non-core music, which were outdated music that almost no one listened to.

Those particularly popular music, such as the top music by Zhou Milk Tea and Mei Mei, are retained.

Moreover, those authorized songs require high copyright fees and the authorization also has harsh terms.

That is, you are not allowed to use copyright to develop competing businesses, such as live streaming, communities, etc.; you must direct users to QQ Music.

Even Jiemian News reported: "Geely Music's sub-licensing is a 'charitable opening', which restricts the development of competitors through clauses and consolidates its own monopoly position."

China Business News also reported: "After the re-licensing, NetEase Cloud Music still needs to remove 15% of the songs because Tencent refused to open up key copyrights."

This has resulted in platforms such as NetEase continuing to suffer, even worse than before, with over 30% of their users lost; Xiami's market share is only 3%, and it is only one step away from closure.

I knew that Tencent is not that honest. Although Tony Ma said it nicely, it is actually still thinking about how to kill its competitors and occupy the market.

Opening up is a strategic compromise, telling the superiors that if you ask me to relax the authorization, I will do so.

In fact, it is to circumvent supervision and continue to maintain control!
Don't think these big guys are too kind. They are full of tricks. If you hit them, they will move appropriately.

But your original intention was obviously not this, but he understood it this way.

In fact, sometimes leaders don’t really understand these things. After all, they are new things and they are taught by these people.

Oh, you play like this, right? Then I will strengthen supervision. If you play like this, then I will fine you and strengthen supervision.

They are all shaped by hammering in this way, not just in one go!
Tencent will face several more interviews, but that is a story for the future and has nothing to do with Fang Hong.

Of course, the copyright war between the two sides is still going on, but it is not as intense as before. A lot of content has been removed because many of the videos on Douyin are edited, covered, and remixed and are non-profit.

It's just that they didn't make any money, so there's no way to sue for these things. If there's no profit, it doesn't constitute infringement, it only constitutes dissemination. But they've edited and remixed the content, making it unrecognizable.

Moreover, Chang'e has already adjusted its direction and built its own music distribution platform to help musicians distribute their works directly to global streaming media, thus reducing its reliance on traditional copyrights.

Later, "Along the Way to Flowers" and "Good Morning Longhui" were popular hits supported by Douyin.

Another thing is to cooperate with other record companies and NetEase to break the monopoly of Tencent as much as possible.

The next step is to provide tools through technology and provide copyright-free background music materials.

The only other way is to fight and talk at the same time.

If you want to wait for Tencent to be criticized and become obedient, then you can wait, but it will take several years for the criticism to be brought down.

Fang Hong was right when he said that he was the biggest copyright bully. Don’t be fooled by how much noise he, Jack Ma, and Lao Wang make, because they are actually not very aggressive!
As for online drama and film and television content, Fang Hong has been very open and does not impose any restrictions. Film and television companies can cooperate with whomever they want and can put their content on whichever platform they want.

He doesn't even care about distribution, but he demands an overall increase in film and television copyright fees. Copyrights that used to cost 1000 million now cost 3000 million or even 4000 million, infinitely raising the entry threshold.

Not only music has attracted sky-high copyright prices, but film and television content has also attracted sky-high copyright prices. Just let the capital pay for it, it doesn’t matter.

Anyway, the largest domestic film and television production in the future will be on Chang'e Yutu, and Chang'e Yutu has the capital to ask actors to pay a friendly price.

Their actions still make it difficult for small and medium-sized platforms to survive. There is nothing we can do about it. We can only say that they have been eliminated by the market and cannot be blamed on them.

In addition to the changes in the copyright landscape, a large number of lawsuits have been withdrawn, except for the payment of money to settle the matter, because many of them were intentional lawsuits.

However, surprisingly, stock prices in the film and television market rose across the board, with Tangde Film and Television soaring 600%; Ciwen Media soaring 539%; and Huace Film and Television 110%!

This is the frenzy of capital, and it is also caused by the bubble of sky-high copyright prices, and also the securitization of celebrities.

The winds of the entire entertainment sector have changed time and again, and although the copyright restrictions of those big guys have stopped, they have all increased their prices, which is very exciting. You might as well impose restrictions.

Of course, many wealthy people in the circle knew that they had been summoned for talks, and it became a topic of conversation among the wealthy after dinner.

"It is said that Blender and Bully are nicknames given to them by the principal." Someone joked.

"Why do you give them such a nickname?"

"The principal said that no matter what he did, Jack Ma was stirring it in the back, so he called him a blender; although Tony Ma didn't say it explicitly, when he was interviewed, he said that he controlled a lot of music copyrights, and privately called him a copyright bully."

"Hahaha!"

New nicknames for those big guys began to circulate among the people, even on the Internet, and were laughed at by netizens.

The news also reached the ears of Jack Ma and Tony Ma, and they just laughed it off.

Even Liu Tianxian leaned on his chest and asked, "Why are you called the weightlifting champion?"

"Because I have a strong physique." Fang Hong clenched his fist, showing his hard biceps.

"Really?" Liu Tianxian said coquettishly, reaching down to grasp the handle.

"You are provoking a wild bull, woooo!"

(End of this chapter)