The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 167 Zhang Chen ignites the fire, netizens pour oil, and the scumbag suffers
On March 3, when the Chinese people were still talking about Zhang Baizhi's involvement in the "Feng Fei Love" yesterday.

Many Penguin users suddenly received a pop-up message:
[Dear Penguin users, Princess Wang's new song "Dignity" has been officially released on 'Morning Light Music'. Do you want to know what Princess Wang thinks? Quickly download 'Morning Light Music' and enjoy the stories brought by music with Zhang Chen! ]

This pop-up window was located in the lower right corner of the left side of the computer, along with a half-length photo of Zhang Chen.

The two merged into one, as if Zhang Chen's image was speaking.

"Zhang Chen recommended it? When did Zhang Chen become associated with penguins?"

"The princess released a new song?"

"'Morning Music'? What is that?"

"'Decent'? I want to hear how to be decent when a third party interferes."

Many Penguin users, out of curiosity, clicked on the attached download link.

The file is not large and it only takes a few minutes to download.

When the first batch of users finished downloading, they immediately found the song "Dignity" in the most prominent position on the homepage.

With the player's unique operational guidance for newly installed users, many users successfully listened to the princess's new song.

"Don't pile up nostalgia to make the plot become bloody
Why ruin the classic after loving it for so many years?

We are all adults, I don't owe you anything, I'd rather waste my time

Like an actor taking his final bow, watching the lights go out
Just keep the dignity of farewell

"

When the song was about to enter the chorus, a dialog box suddenly popped up:

[If you want to listen to the full song, please subscribe to Morning Light Membership. New users can enjoy the first three months for free! ]

"What the hell?! You have to pay to listen to music online?"

"Then I might as well listen to it on a pirated website."

"The first three months are free? If you round it up, isn't that free?"

The membership system really shocked many netizens, as it was the first time for them to have such an appointment.

However, when I was halfway through the song and looked at the subsequent lyrics of the song in the player, I really wanted to hear the princess sing them as soon as possible.

Moreover, they saw that the first three months were free, and thought that since it didn’t cost any money, most users just clicked to activate it.

The subsequent payment method for 'Morning Light Music' is also very simple, that is to use Q coins. Netizens are now familiar with the recharge of Q coins.

Before online banking is opened, Q coins are a more suitable payment method.

After becoming a member, they finally heard the full version of the song:

"

It's also decent to leave, so that I don't waste all these years
The scene of passionate love and serious dedication
The most familiar street, but the protagonist has changed
I cried until I was choked with sobs and my heart ached, just like breaking out of the cocoon

Goodbye, and don’t let the meeting go unfulfilled.”

The melody of the song is gentle and pleasant, sad yet free and easy, full of charm. The lyrics express the feelings of a lovelorn person who feels regretful and sad about the lost love but has to let go freely.

The princess has a good grasp of the song's overall rhythm, and her unique voice combines perfectly with the melody of the song, making the song extremely infectious.

Many people fell into a long silence after listening to the song.

Everyone has an unforgettable past, and the songs that are most likely to evoke memories among fans are often these sad love songs.

When they came to their senses, they discovered there was a comment section next to the song.

Driven by curiosity, they clicked on the comment section:

Zhang Chen: How about the song I wrote?
Xiaohua: Brother, when did you break up?

I'm not Xiaochubby: Sister Fei is so pitiful.

It’s Yuan, not Yuan: All scumbags deserve to die!
Zhou Xun: Huh? You can actually leave a message. Didn’t Zhang Chen and Zhang Yadong tell you that I also want to invite you to sing a song?
Oh, that’s not bad: Brother Chen is still the coolest!
Avril: Whats up?

@希望幸福: Why do I feel like those people in front are real celebrities?

@Reading too fast is because of lack of patience: Big stars collectively tear apart scumbags?

@0: Hug my sister Fei, you damn scumbag!

@古月唯歌LBJ: Didn’t you notice that this song was written by Zhang Chen?

@白月光小鱼儿℃: The reputation of Quickshooter is well-deserved. Only one day has passed and he has a song that suits the princess’ mood?
@薰勿空: Brothers, there is a special section for Xie Tingfeng’s songs, go and watch him!

"Boss Du, what are the data?"

Now, two hours have passed since "Morning Light Music" was officially launched. Zhang Chen gave Du Zhining a hint and started to pay attention to data from all aspects.

"The number of software downloads has exceeded 100 million, the number of membership activations is about the same, and the number of comments has successfully exceeded 20. All data are increasing at an astonishing rate. In addition, the number of people who purchased the single has also reached nearly 20."

“Can the server handle it?”

"The boss spent so much money to build a server, if it can't even handle this amount of traffic, then the money would be wasted."

"That's good. If there is any latest news, please report to me at any time."

Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief after listening to the report. Such impressive data in just one hour showed that the promotion of the player was very successful.

The number of members and paid downloads also proves that many netizens can accept the price of 2 yuan for a song.

At the beginning, he was worried whether the price would be too high.

But at present, those paying users are often Internet users who have home computers.

For people like them who come from wealthy families, this is just a small amount of money.

In 02, MP3 entered the Chinese market, and it was also the first year of the rise of pirated digital music on the Internet. Many music lovers or young people have already started using MP3, and now "Morning Light Music", which has music resources from all over the world, has given them the best channel to download their favorite music.

However, due to Zhang Chen's actions, many music piracy resource websites have either been shut down or are on the way to being shut down.

Although it cannot be completely banned, some portal websites that originally provided a large number of free music resources have begun to remove the music on their websites.

"Morning Light Music" is obviously Zhang Chen's company. Considering the recent rumors, they dare not challenge Zhang Chen.

Just like that, when the trend of Internet piracy had not yet emerged in China, Zhang Chen's launch of a music player strangled this trend in the cradle.

Of course, there are some people who are not afraid of being held accountable or who think they have hidden themselves very deeply and think that there is no problem, but they are small in size and cannot shake the market at all.

With the support of Penguin's huge user base, "Morning Light Music" has firmly occupied the leading position in the industry on the first day of its listing.

"Sister Fei, look, netizens are all standing up for you."

After taking care of the company's affairs, Zhang Chen sat on the computer and started to check netizens' reactions after the song was released.

"Is this what you've been preparing for all these years?"

"Yes, the Internet is developing faster and faster now. You should have noticed that physical records are becoming increasingly difficult to sell."

"Indeed, I've heard from many singers that their records are running out of sales, and the internet is full of resources for their new songs."

"So if we want to continue making money, we need to keep up with the times and look more towards the Internet."

"So you are using me as an experiment?" The princess glanced at Zhang Chen. She felt that her guess was most likely the main purpose of Zhang Chen writing a song for her.

"How can that be possible? I'm just trying to help Sister Fei. Look at the netizens' calls!"

"I don't care what you think, but your player has indeed made a song popular all over the country at the fastest speed. Compared with the sale of physical albums, it saves a lot of manpower and resources."

“So I say we should keep our eyes on emerging things in the world.”

The impact of the princess' song goes far beyond this.

Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Baizhi, who were far away in Thailand, also received international long-distance calls from China.

"Tingfeng, come back quickly, something happened!"

"what happened?"

While Xie Tingfeng was listening to Yang Shoucheng's phone call, he was still thinking about how to deal with the Hong Kong media.

A few days ago, he was driving his newly bought Ferrari sports car and crashed into a roadside fence. As the accident happened suddenly and he had other things to deal with, he asked his assistant to stay at the scene to handle the matter.

As a result, two days ago, the Hong Kong police transferred the case to the Independent Commission Against Corruption for investigation on the grounds of "arranging someone to take the blame".

He is now hiding in Thailand, and was accidentally photographed by paparazzi holding hands with Zhang Baizhi.

It can be said that March was a completely unlucky month for him.

Now Yang Shoucheng asked him to go back, but the two issues have not been properly resolved. Isn't this asking him to walk into a trap?
"Zhang Chen wrote a song for the princess, and now the internet is full of people cursing you. They dug up your recent case and jointly requested that your case be tried in public!"

Afterwards, Yang Shoucheng explained to him what had happened in the past two days.

Especially the song written by Zhang Chen, sung by the princess, the release of "Morning Light Music Player", and the heated discussion among netizens.

These things combined have pushed Xie Tingfeng to the forefront.

If Xie Tingfeng still hides in Thailand and does not return, it will inevitably trigger an even more violent public opinion storm.

"That damn Zhang Chen, why does he keep staring at me?"

Of course, Zhang Chen did not consider Xie Tingfeng's feelings. He did this entirely for the development of his own company.

If Xie Tingfeng had not done these things, it would not be Zhang Chen's turn to take advantage of the situation.

All we can say is that Xie Tingfeng was unlucky as he happened to run into Zhang Chen's publicity plan and they used his affairs to make a fuss.

As April came, "Morning Light Music" became popular again in a way that Zhang Chen had not expected.

"Do netizens treat every song as a gathering place for chatting?"

Zhang Chen curiously checked the comments under every song he had released.

Especially those sweet songs, many netizens started sharing their love experiences below.

And underneath those sad love songs he sang, there were various netizens’ experiences of heartbreak.

This suddenly reminded him of a company that he had been considering but had no chance to join.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen picked up the phone again and called Du Zhining who was far away in Shenzhen.

"Boss, what are your orders?"

"You go make a feature. I need to separate the comment area in the player into a special area for artists to share, and also add a topic function."

The phone call was very long, and Zhang Chen explained to Du Zhining some of the main functions of Weibo that he remembered.

We don’t know what the final product will be like, nor what the effect will be, but this is an attempt by Zhang Chen.

After owning his own technology company, he also found that his thinking began to change.

He no longer passively waits for the rise of a certain company, but instead implements some functions that he thinks are useful through his own technical team.

This may bring some changes to Internet companies in China and even the world that would never have happened in history.

"Boss, if we add these features, our servers may not be enough."

"Buy more. The last thing your boss lacks right now is money."

This is a new era. Zhang Chen’s cash flow is fully capable of supporting the money burning of an Internet company.

And most importantly, it has no competitors and does not need to attract users by spending money, so the main flow of funds is still into R&D and servers.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen began to recall some software from Internet companies that were useful to him.

First of all, we must have control over Weibo and other functions that control public opinion. This is the uncrowned king of the entertainment industry.

Secondly, there are platforms such as music players and video players, which are terminal sales points and an important component for gaining the right to speak in the future.

Other things cannot be fully realized with the current Internet.

Especially those APPs on mobile phones. Now there are not even decent smartphones available and the Internet speed cannot keep up, so it is too early to talk about this.

"I said I would be in the entertainment industry, but I ended up accidentally stepping into the Internet industry."

Zhang Chen chuckled and shook his head. He felt that he had more and more things to worry about.

He was thinking about the things he should pay attention to recently, and suddenly remembered that the results of the art exam a while ago should be announced?

Thinking of this, he returned to the computer.

After skillfully opening Penguin, I found Liu Yifei's profile picture.

Zhang Chen: [Are you there?]

After so many years, Zhang Chen still hasn't changed his opening remarks when chatting online.

Liu Yifei: [You can see that my profile picture is lit up, which means I am online. You even asked me if I was there. ]

Zhang Chen: [The Beijing Film Academy should have announced the results, how are the results? ]

Liu Yifei: [Haha, you finally care about my grades? ]

Zhang Chen: [What are you saying? When have I ever stopped paying attention to your affairs? ]

Liu Yifei: [Not accompanying your sister Fei anymore? ]

Zhang Chen looked at the words on the screen, and after confirming them several times, he found that he was not dazzled.

Zhang Chen: [You reminded me. I'm going to find the princess right now. I have something to discuss with her.]

Liu Yifei: [Zhang! Chen!]

Zhang Chen took his hands off the keyboard, stroked his newly grown sparse beard, and stared at the chat box on the screen thoughtfully.

Liu Yifei: [Where are the people? ]

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(End of this chapter)