Chapter 416 Partners
What Xiong Xiaoge ate during this meal was like a stick stuck in his throat, like a thorn in his back, and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
He thought Davis was prey and was stupidly singing a double act.
In the end, Qin Shaoyan saw that the target was aimed at him.
But don't tell me, Qin Shaoyan is getting more and more skilled in painting cakes.
In the past, he would tell you about combo boxing, top-level design, and underlying logic.
Now he is making cakes for others to eat, and then invites you to watch.
Not only does it let you watch, but it even lets you participate in the painting, and you get involved in it by accident.
But, what Qin Shaoyan said makes sense.
If this trick really lets him play, then all the original rules of the entire entertainment industry will be broken and turned into a puppet manipulated by the Internet.
"From high-quality IP to big data mining stars, to production and broadcast platforms." Qin Shaoyan put chopsticks, cups, plates and bowls together, "This is a one-stop service for upstream and downstream industries."
"When can you build this dragon?" Xiong Xiaoge glanced at Qin Shaoyan.
"Five years." Qin Shaoyan thought about it for a moment, "It will almost have initial results."
"Five years..." Xiong Xiaoge pondered for two seconds, "It's already very fast."
"Actually, I plan to complete the entire closed loop in ten years." Qin Shaoyan said enthusiastically, "But the ten-year cycle is too long, and I'm afraid that investors won't be able to wait, so I plan to run fast in small steps and iterate quickly."< br>
"We have accumulated a lot of experience in the early stage to build an excellent film and television production team, and then focus on exploring high-quality content IP and penetrate into the film and television drama industry from traditional methods."
"The two TV series we recently invested in have been sold and we have made good profits."
"I know this." Xiong Xiaoge sent his deputy Zhou Dao to personally investigate. Qvod Film and Television is really doing business and there is no problem.
It did make money, although it wasn't much, but for a newly established film and television company, the first project it produced was considered a success if it didn't make a loss.
Qvod.com is using Qvod Film and Television to penetrate into the entertainment industry. This move is obvious.
It’s unclear how far Qvod Films can go in the entertainment industry, but it’s established after all.
"Why do you focus on the entertainment industry?" Xiong Xiaoge asked.
"Because I am optimistic about the future of video websites." Qin Shaoyan said firmly, "In the future, Huli.com video will definitely replace TV and become the mainstream."
"Movies and TV dramas will inevitably become important content for video websites. We must start from the source to prevent content providers from being controlled and monopolized."
“Have Mr. Xiong seen Shanda’s layout?”
"Shangda's dream is to become an online Disney. We have acquired a series of online literature websites and are preparing to control IP from the source."
"Another US$450 million was spent to build Shanda Box, which integrates movie watching, web browsing, radio, games and other functions into one, and actively builds its own ecosystem around the theme of "family interactive entertainment"."
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“Recently, Shanda has begun planning to acquire video websites to supplement its commercial copyright ecosystem.”
"Internet users will see a huge increase every year, which shows that the country's living standards are constantly improving. The number of Internet users will reach 500 million in five years, which is larger than the population of the United States."
"As the economy continues to develop, Internet users' entertainment consumption will naturally continue to improve. In the future, the entertainment field will be a large market worth hundreds of billions."
"From social platforms to games, literature, movies, and TV series, I am building a pan-entertainment entire industry chain."
"Stop, stop!" Xiong Xiaoge interrupted Qin Shaoyan directly, "Don't draw cakes for me."
Listen, listen!
Qin Shaoyan is already a habitual offender.
From IP hype, to big data mining and traffic stars, to the entire pan-entertainment industry chain, these concepts are presented one after another, and Xiong Xiaoge is a little confused.
"This is just a preliminary strategic idea of mine. I will make a PPT for Mr. Xiong later to elaborate on it." Qin Shaoyan stopped talking, "Of course, the first step of this strategy starts with IP operations."
"Mr. Xiong, do you want to consider this gambling agreement?"
"No, I won't consider it!" Xiong Xiaoge said decisively.
If it had been anyone else, Xiong Xiaoge might have agreed immediately.
But Qin Shaoyan is different from others.
He is so capable of living!
If you are not careful, he will give you a whole unimaginable job.
Moreover, Qin Shaoyan's thinking is wild and unconstrained, and his understanding of the Internet surpasses ordinary people.
He is extremely skilled at telling stories and speculating on concepts. He is also a marketing genius and likes to take unconventional paths.
You don't even know how many stories and concepts he has in his mind. He talks about high-level things that you can't understand. Novel ideas pop up one after another.
With such a character, signing a gambling agreement with him is equivalent to giving away benefits for free.
The domestic Internet market is developing so fast. Even if Qin Shaoyan does nothing, let alone Qin Shaoyan, Qiubo.com can rise to a market value of 3 billion.
Qin Shaoyan sighed, looking full of regret, "Mr. Xiong, if you don't invest again, Qvod's valuation will rise to US$1.2 billion next time."
"Can you please stop being too outrageous?" Xiong Xiaoge was almost speechless.
"Isn't my story about the entire pan-entertainment industry chain worth US$1.2 billion?" Qin Shaoyan asked rhetorically, "I succeeded in hyping my IP, and then I started to engage in big data mining for stars."
"Okay, okay." Xiong Xiaoge interrupted Qin Shaoyan directly, "Let's do this, Qvod.com is valued at US$900 million, so I will invest."
Qin Shaoyan said nothing, staring straight at Xiong Xiaoge, which made Xiong Xiaoge feel a little guilty.
After a while, Qin Shaoyan sighed faintly, "That is to say, Mr. Xiong, please speak up, otherwise I will never agree."
"I'll give you 90 million U.S. dollars in financing, which will be enough for you for two years, right?" Xiong Xiaoge asked.
"That should be enough." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile.
Xiong Xiaoge looked at Qin Shaoyan seriously, "This IP operation must be successful, otherwise I will reconsider the financing."
"Bill Gates has joined, are you still worried about whether you can succeed?" Qin Shaoyan smiled, "What you should consider is how high the valuation of Qvod Network will be this time."
"I hope that the market value of Qvod.com will reach US$1.5 billion when it goes public." Xiong Xiaoge raised his glass.
"At least two billion US dollars." Qin Shaoyan was full of confidence, "Let's celebrate in advance."
When Youku went public in his previous life, it had a market capitalization of US$3 billion. How could Qvod.com be better than them?
As a cliff-leading leader in the video industry, it is normal for the premium to be higher.
Xiong Xiaoge was a little heartbroken beside him. He didn't expect that the valuation of the video website had expanded too fast. It was only US$300 million when the investment was originally made, but now it has increased to US$900 million.
Of course he knows that video websites have high premiums, and high premiums are not a problem. As long as the capital market recognizes them, the higher the premiums, the more money they will make.
It's just that Qin Shaoyan played too hard, and he was a little worried about the risks.
So Xiong Xiaoge began to think about whether to transfer part of his equity to SoftBank before going public and get some of the money back.
Xiong Xiaoge will not invest all of this financing alone. IDG will contribute up to US$30 million, and other venture capital institutions will participate in the remaining share.
Qin Shaoyan didn't object at all. Anyway, as long as someone paid, it would be fine. It would be good to get a few more people on the bus.
He still remembered that Tudou.com in his previous life had invested US$19 million in the third round of financing from five VC institutions. In the fourth round, it raised US$56.8 million, of which Kaixin Asia invested US$30 million, and the remaining share was Five VC institutions were divided.
No matter how much Xiong Xiaoge trusted Qin Shaoyan's ability, he would not be able to give him a hard time. He also had to consider the financial risks.
Moreover, if so much money is invested in one company, other entrepreneurs looking for investment will get less and have fewer opportunities to make money.
Taking out 30 million US dollars is already the greatest trust in Qin Shaoyan.
Davis, who was drinking happily next to him, sat over and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, it's about financing." Qin Shaoyan said casually.
"Then why don't you call me." Davis patted Qin Shaoyan on the shoulder and said, "I can also invest for you."
"Hey, didn't you transfer to YouTube as the president? I thought you didn't care about investment anymore." Qin Shaoyan showed a very surprised expression. "I can also do investment." Davis said, patting his chest, "I have many friends in the investment department."
"Next time, definitely next time!" Qin Shaoyan said solemnly.
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After finishing the meal, Kou Hongfei, CEO of Qvod.com, took the initiative to settle the bill.
After all, the main discussion today is how to find money for Qvod.com. Naturally, the campus network cannot pay for this meal.
Although they are both the same boss, they are brothers who settle the accounts clearly.
Edward carried Davis and followed everyone back to the campus network. At this time, the people from Yiku.com had already returned. Seeing that his boss was drunk, he quickly stepped forward to help him.
Everyone returned to the conference room, and the hot tea was served.
After drinking a cup of tea, everyone dispersed. After all, they all had a lot of things to deal with.
As soon as Xiong Xiaoge and Davis left, Charles Zhang from Sohu rushed over excitedly, "Mr. Qin, good news."
"What's the good news?" Qin Shaoyan asked casually.
"Other video websites have already given in. They have signed the anti-piracy alliance agreement." Zhang Sohu was very excited.
He is having a great time being the leader of the martial arts league recently, wielding a moral and legal stick to oppress other video websites.
In order to quickly solve the crisis caused by piracy, video websites had to delete a large number of pirated content overnight.
For a time, the traffic of major video websites plummeted and users were gradually lost.
Zhang Sohu has already made preparations, aggressively advertising and promoting Sohu videos, and ruthlessly intercepting users.
Most of the lost users went to Kuaibo.com, and some went to Sohu Video. Recently, the number of users of Sohu Video has doubled.
"Now that websites such as Tudou.com and Youku.com have signed up, I estimate that they will soon come to Mr. Qin to ask for genuine resources." Zhang Sohu lowered his voice, "Mr. Qin can let them go if there is only a slight lag. All users are lost.”
"Isn't that good?" Qin Shaoyan hesitated for a moment, "The condition for joining the anti-piracy alliance is that I provide them with a genuine resource library. This has been agreed a long time ago. Even if it is delayed, it will not be delayed for long. If it does not go well, it will be led. Called for tea and chat.”
Qin Shaoyan never wanted to beat his colleagues to death with a stick. That would be too detrimental to Qvod.com.
He needs other video sites alive.
Zhang Sohu has been enjoying all the traffic lately, and he wants to drive all his peers out of business and then take over all of them.
Qin Shaoyan will not cooperate with him in this. He has more important things now.
Zhang Sohu felt a little regretful when he saw that Qin Shaoyan refused to fall for the trap.
"The film and television resource library was just used by them in vain." Zhang Sohu said a little sourly, "It's really a pity."
Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are a little late."
"Huh?" Zhang Sohu was stunned for a moment.
"Davis and Xiong Xiaoge have just left, and you are here." Qin Shaoyan said, "We got together at noon today and had a good time drinking and talking."
"Oh, you must call me next time you get together." Zhang Sohu felt very regretful, "What did you talk about today?"
"I recently wrote a novel, which I plan to translate into English and send to the United States." Qin Shaoyan said simply, "Davis decided to show this book to Bill Gates and ask him to recommend it. It’s an advertisement.”
"I haven't figured out how to do it here in China. Now that Mr. Zhang is here, I think this matter can be left to you."
Zhang Sohu's eyes lit up, "Okay, okay, Bill Gates recommended it in the United States, and I, Zhang Chaoyang, recommended it in China. It can be considered a literary legend."
"Hey, what book did you write?"
"The science fiction novel "I Grow Potatoes on Mars", the English version is going to be called The Martian."
"Eh?!" Zhang Sohu was startled and looked at Qin Shaoyan in surprise, "So this novel was written by you."
"Mr. Zhang also knows about this novel?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised.
"The most popular thing on the Internet recently is this novel. I heard that it will be adapted into an animation." Zhang Sohu said excitedly, "I heard that the animation has also been sold to YouTube."
"Well, YouTube bought the rights to the animated version for US$2 million." Qin Shaoyan said casually.
The animation adaptation of a novel sold for two million US dollars. This money came in too fast.
Zhang Sohu was a little jealous, but he was keenly aware that something was wrong and looked at Qin Shaoyan suspiciously.
"By the way, Mr. Zhang." Qin Shaoyan said as he took out a piece of information, "I will leave the marketing and promotion of my novel to Sohu. You are a portal website, and the advertising effect is much better than our campus network. .”
"We will pay the advertising fees as normal, so Mr. Zhang please be more considerate."
"It's easy to talk about." Zhang Sohu immediately nodded in agreement, "I'll have someone come over immediately to discuss with Mr. Qin. Sohu News can also publish an exclusive interview with the author. Is Mr. Qin willing to be interviewed?"
"Forget the interview, but I will give you a piece of information and let the editor of Sohu News compile it according to the information." Qin Shaoyan thanked Zhang Sohu again, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."
"These are all trivial matters, not worth mentioning."
"By the way, Mr. Zhang." Qin Shaoyan continued, "There is another business. The online games operated by our campus network will have to undergo a closed test before the end of the year. We also have to rely on Sohu for advertising."
Zhang Sohu perked up, "Is it the online game you've been talking about before?"
After receiving a positive reply, Zhang Sohu also became excited, "I've heard you say how good this online game is. This time I have to experience it myself. Then give me a beta account."
"No problem." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, please give me more opinions."
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Davis returned to the rented villa and wrote a report overnight, and boarded a flight back to the United States the next day.
After returning to Microsoft headquarters, Davis personally handed the report he wrote to Chairman Bill Gates.
Bill Gates was very happy after reading Davis's report and greatly appreciated the strategic plan he proposed.
I think Davis has a very good business vision, and YouTube's future strategic planning is also very well-organized.
"David, you did a great job with this report." Bill Gates said with satisfaction, "I will support you on the board of directors."
"Thank you, Mr. Gates." Davis straightened his back, already feeling happy.
"Especially the IP strategy you mentioned, I think this matter is more important than legalization." Bill Gates changed the topic and said seriously, "Do you think this matter can be successful?"
"Mr. Qin's plan is perfect, and he has already tried it in China and achieved sensational results." Davis said sincerely, "I think this plan can be replicated successfully in the United States."
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"And with Facebook as an ally, this novel has no obstacles on social platforms."
"We only need to cooperate with Facebook for marketing, and we will have a great chance of bringing this novel to Hollywood."
Bill Gates did not speak, but thought quietly for a while, "This big data... what do you think?"
"A great idea, simply a genius idea." Davis hesitated, "I think Qin is right, big data is the key and password to the future."
"So, this key must be in our hands." Bill Gates suddenly said, "Have we ever invested in Facebook?"
"Yes, Mr. Gates." Davis quickly replied, "It is my finalized investment."
"Very good." Bill Gates laughed, "Davis, you are simply an investment genius."
"How likely do you think we are to buy Facebook?"
"This..." Davis hesitated, "I have to go back and investigate to find out. After all, Facebook has grown to a very large scale."
"Okay, you go back and write a report for me." Bill Gates nodded, and then added, "Davis, I'm very optimistic about you, do a good job."
"Thank you Mr. Gates."
(End of chapter)