HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

The general manager of Jinjiang International Hotel was pulled outside the meeting room by the conference manager.

Looking at the table nameplates being held by the conference manager:

Sina Blog Strategy Vice President;

Chief Operating Officer of Tencent Qzone;

Head of Baidu Tieba Global Business;

General Manager of Sohu Entertainment Business;

Head of Sequoia Capital Greater China;

Head of IDG Investment Company;

. . . . . .

"Holy crap, why are so many top-tier players coming to my little temple?"

The hotel's general manager panicked. Was there some kind of top-level forum event going to happen?

Why didn't headquarters notify us?

If the hospitality is not handled well, Jinjiang's reputation could be ruined.

"Hurry up, pick the best concierges and waiters."

Replace the carpets in the hallways and meeting rooms with the best ones, and replace all the furniture, tables, and chairs inside with the newest ones.

...

While the hotel staff were busy, Xu Lang had already arrived at Mao Jian and Jiang Wei's room.

Including Zeng Jia, Xu Lang gave the three of them brief instructions, and finally said:

"In the meeting later, no matter what you hear, the three of you just need to keep your mouths shut."

As he spoke, he gave Jiang Wei and Mao Jian special instructions.

"Especially you two, be careful not to drool."

"Uh... okay, we'll try our best."

Xu Lang then instructed the three men to notify the various internet bigwigs to come to the conference room.

A moment later, he arrived at the conference room.

The meeting room was exceptionally bright and refreshed today.

Looking at the big shots sitting inside, Xu Lang couldn't help but feel excited, even though he was mentally prepared.

Any one of these people could shake the entire internet.

This was the first time these bigwigs had met Xu Lang.

"It's just a little kid who hasn't even grown all his hair yet?!"

For a time, everyone began to look down on Xu Lang.

Xu Lang and his men sat down in the middle of the conference room. He smiled and asked everyone,

"Everyone, I'm busy filming right now. I heard you were all looking for me urgently. Is there anything I can help you with?"

The people present exchanged glances, each silently cursing inwardly:

"Damn it, I've never heard of a meeting of this caliber being held in one conference room."

After a moment of silence, the operations manager of Tencent QQ Space said with a smirk:

"Mr. Xu, there are so many of us, we can't really talk things out. How about we go next door and get a room?"

"Book a room?"

Xu Lang frowned as he looked at the fat man, inwardly cursing:

"Damn, if you were a beautiful woman, we could get a room alone, but you're just a fatso, forget it!"

He cursed inwardly, but said it aloud.

"Everyone is busy, so let's not go from house to house and waste time. You are all very busy, and I can't afford to waste your time."

Upon hearing this, everyone present cursed inwardly.

"I've been waiting for almost half a month to see you, and now you're worried about wasting time?"

However, no one could do anything about what Xu Lang said.

In the past two weeks, they have all thoroughly studied Xu Lang's website.

They are also ordering their respective technical teams to tackle this related technology.

While the technical difficulty isn't particularly high, a delay of three to six months is certain.

Most importantly, Xu Lang Huaxu.com was the first to market, and even more importantly, it was also tied to the super IP of "Super Girl".

The combined effect of the two is simply terrifying.

Even six months later, when similar products from Tencent, Sina, Baidu, and others were launched, Xu Lang had already devoured most of the market share.

As long as no mistakes are made, everyone can foresee that Xu Lang's website will become a super behemoth in the future.

After all, this news website is far ahead of its time, both in terms of technology and products.

I won't even mention things like photo comments and SMS unlocking.

Take, for example, the "Weibo" product that Huaxu.com launched just half a month ago.

Unlike current blogging platforms like Sina Blog, Weibo limits characters to 140.

This change may seem minor, but this one move completely wiped out the blog, a product format that had been popular for several years.

It's very simple. In the past, to start a blog, you needed to build your own website. Although it was simple, it was still troublesome and had a learning curve.

Moreover, blogs are mostly used by professionals, who write very professional articles.

This immediately excluded the vast majority of ordinary people.

But "Weibo" is different. Anyone can register an account and write a sentence, even a piece of nonsense, and post it.

"Have you got a meal yet?"

In the early days of Weibo, there were many such one-sentence nonsense posts.

It may seem boring, but it has attracted all the ordinary people in it.

In the past, ordinary people were just passive viewers on the internet. Now, anyone can write and publish. Who wouldn't be tempted by that?

Even more problematic is that Xu Lang's "Weibo" has become intertwined with the entertainment industry.

Taking advantage of the massive traffic generated by "Super Girl," they practically created a typhoon-like opportunity.

Let alone half a year, even three months later, newcomers like Tencent, Sina, and Baidu will be left far behind.

This is absolutely unacceptable to all the internet gurus.

Seeing that Xu Lang was determined to bring everyone together for a meeting, the bigwigs were all calculating their own situations.

Xu Lang, however, had his own ulterior motives in bringing these people together.

"These people are all competitors, so putting them all together creates a sense of mutual respect and caution, which is a good thing."

As he was thinking, he heard the fat guy from Tencent speak.

"Alright, since Mr. Xu insists on having it together, let's talk about it together."

I won't hide it from you all, but Tencent has its eye on Mr. Xu's behind-the-scenes website and is willing to pay a high price of 1000 million to acquire it.

"1000 million?"

Before Xu Lang could react to the number, the people around him couldn't help but sneer.

"Ten million? You're going too far!"

"That's right, we'll contribute 2000 million."

"I have 3000 million!"

. . . . . .

Hearing the price increase by ten million each time, Mao Jian, Jiang Wei, and Zeng Jia all felt numb.

"This price increase is outrageous!"

Xu Lang, upon hearing the price of 1000 million, couldn't help but purse his lips.

Seemingly noticing Xu Lang's dissatisfaction, the chubby guy from Tencent smiled and said to the others:

"Everyone, think it through before you speak. The 1000 million I mentioned is in US dollars!"

"ah?!"

His words shocked everyone:

1000 million US dollars, that's 8000 million RMB!

Holy crap!

Now, Jiang Wei and Mao Jian understand why Xu Lang had told them to cover their mouths and not drool before they came.

"Damn, who could possibly be happy with that number?"