Chapter 448 "Moon"
"The money to acquire copyright is enough for the time being, but I want to acquire another streaming platform..." Chen Xi suddenly said.
Zhang Chen stopped and said, "Didn't you tell you that something is too expensive. With Jiahe's current market value, you can't hold on. You should still acquire copyright.
If I expected it well, in a while, those streaming platforms will definitely have a major reshuffle. There are too many streaming software on the market at present.
After they were reshuffled, it was the best time for us to enter the market. At that time, it was almost time for the country to require authenticity. We held copyright in our hands. At that time, it would not be we begging others, but others begging us..." Zhang Chen was actually talking about the major reshuffle in 2008. Before 2008, many people were optimistic about the video industry and felt that it was definitely the next trend.
Especially after YouTube was acquired, everyone seemed to smell the bloody shark, and hot money poured into this industry.
The most direct manifestation is that more than 400 video websites sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and when it was the hottest, 30 could appear in a day.
The best I did in the early stage were 56.com, Youku, and Tudou, and a lot of video websites were learned from the latter.
This situation is bound to be reshuffled. The cake in the entire industry is so big. Everyone wants to eat it, which means that no one has to eat it.
In those years, there was a news a few days later. Which video website raised how much money? There was no way, the video website was just burning money.
If you want to occupy the market, you must burn money. Once the money is gone, you can only continue to raise funds.
Why burn money? Because it requires technical support.
The so-called technical support is actually bandwidth and server.
The server is fine, but the bandwidth cost is very high.
The basic expenses of a video website are spent on bandwidth and servers, at least $4 million per month.
What is this not burning money?
One of the big reasons Youku can maintain one of the three troikas is that Youku has a person who is very familiar with the field of telecommunications infrastructure, and he can get bandwidth at super low prices.
The price you received in Youku that year was between one-third and one-half of that of potatoes.
It is precisely because of the high bandwidth costs that after the financial crisis in 2008, those video websites could not raise money.
Zhang Chen's plan was to wait for the financial crisis in 2008 to kill a large number of video websites, and then he joined forces with several capable companies to fight another copyright war, and the final pattern was almost decided.
Chen Xi nodded, and it was obvious that she was a little unwilling to accept it, but Zhang Chen was the big boss. "But you can first understand which platforms and do some back-tuning. Which one do you like, and which one we will directly acquire..."
"I've finished this a long time ago..."
As he said, Chen Xi took out a piece of information from his bag: "I'm more optimistic about 56.com and have also come into contact with Zhou Juan. He is a very powerful woman~"
Zhou Juan is indeed amazing. She was originally from NetEase, responsible for technology and products. Then in 2005, he recruited three generals of NetEase to establish 56.com.
In the early days, he was indeed an amazing woman who could dominate the world with Youku and Tudou.
Chen Xi herself is also a strong woman, so it is normal for her to appreciate each other.
However, 56.com encountered a crisis in 2008. Because the license was still a review issue, it was forced to shut down for one month, losing nearly one-third of its users, which was directly damaged.
At this moment of competition, being shut down for one month is basically equivalent to being sentenced to death.
Its market was quickly divided by other similar products, coupled with the financial crisis, financing difficulties, and completely lost the possibility of IPO. "Well, 56.com is developing well now, but the Internet is changing rapidly. No one can tell what will happen in the future. You can prepare first and learn more about a few more companies..."
In fact, Zhang Chen, the current three-horse leader, has no hope.
56.com was suspended for trading. The surface reason was because of license issues, but no one knew the deep-seated reasons. Even if it was a reborn person, he could do nothing.
Potatoes are completely because of the strong internal struggle.
The couple plotted against each other, and later staged a series of annual shows such as grabbing official seals, which added a lot of fun to netizens' bored life.
Internal disagreement is not only Wang Wei and his wife, but also Wanwan executives.
In 2009, the General Administration issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Internet Audio-Visual Programs", stipulating that film and television content without a license shall not be spread on the Internet.
But Tudou's Taiwanese executives ignored the interests of the company and purchased large quantities of Japanese and Taiwanese programs.
These programs are not only ridiculously expensive, but also without licenses, and tens of millions of dollars are wasted...
The founders are busy seizing power, while other shareholders are busy making money.
Zhang Chen is not a sucker, and he will only invest in such a company if he is so smart.
As for Youku, that is from Alibaba.
If Zhang Chen really wants to join the game, he will only consider other platforms.
But the acquisition of copyright cannot be stopped.
"By the way, don't miss overseas dramas, such as "Prison Break" which was very popular some time ago."
"Then are going to compete directly with Sohu?"
Sohu's current film and television strategy is to bet on American dramas. "Prison Break", "Lost", "Hero" and later "The Walking Dead", they are the only genuine versions in China.
But in those two years, because the country did not pay attention to copyright issues, even if they sued, at most some large pirated websites did not have these resources, but the small ones were still repeatedly banned. "There is no need to compete directly. What they won is not the exclusive copyright. We just need to make sure we have it in our hands. There are also Japanese anime, "Naruto", "One Piece" and so on..."
Chen Xi's ambition did not receive support from Zhang Chen, so he could only continue to lie dormant.
As Zhang Chen is involved in more and more industries, he finds that he doesn't have enough time.
For example, in the past two days, I met Chen Xi again and decided to "Beauty's Scheming", all of which were to clarify the matters at hand before the filming of "Moon".
Not only this, Liu Daoqiang is still waiting to report to him about the construction progress of the theme park. "The first star home is expected to open next year~"
Zhang Chen only gave him 15 minutes, because he will rush to the set for the final inspection in 15 minutes, and "Moon" will officially start filming tomorrow. "Okay, I'm quite busy these days, and the theme park can only be more affected by you~"
"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on it and guarantee that there will be no problems." Liu Daoqiang is full of confidence. Zhang Chen drew a lot of cakes for him and promised to give it to the shares. He is ready to take this job as his career.
As soon as he got into the car, Ning Hao called again.
"What's the matter?"
"I heard that your science fiction film is about to start, and there is no shortage of assistant directors. I will be an assistant director for you for free..."
"Your "Racing" has finished?"
"I've finished working, I just submitted for review. I've been free these two days. I want to go and see how the science fiction films are filmed~"
"Then you can go directly to China Film Digital Base, I'm going to go there now."
"OK, see you later~"
Nin Hao finally asked his questions at China Film Digital Base.
"Writing on the moon?
What do you think?
So many science fiction angles can be written, why did you choose the moon?
If it is a distant interstellar, you can set it at will, aliens, alien monsters like "Alien", or alien Zergs like "Starry Team"... Even if you write about the earth, there are countless themes to play.
Only the moon~
The moon is too close to the earth. I can tell you a lot about the moon, but there is no sense of mystery at all.
In this case, it is difficult to write any outstanding story~"
"This is the script, you can read it yourself~"
Zhang Chen was too lazy to pay attention to him. After throwing the script to Ning Hao, he went to discuss tomorrow's shooting plan with Wu Shixian.
This is Ning Hao's first time seeing the script of "Moon". Open it and read it carefully:
The protagonist Sam is a miner. He signed a three-year contract with Moon Energy Company, and the reward was extremely generous.
But this job is a bit special, mining on the moon.
He is the only living person on the entire moon, and in addition to this, he is an intelligent robot to assist him.
The real-time communication system of the Moon Base was broken, and he could only receive videos sent by his wife regularly.
In the video, his daughter grows up.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
Sam relied on this longing for his wife and daughter, and was determined to be the boring work on the moon. He thought about the expiration of the three-year contract and returned to Earth to reunite with his wife and daughter.
But just two weeks before the contract expired, he had an accident while driving a lunar rover to mine. When he woke up again, he had already arrived at the medical room inside the base.
At the same time, he lost the memory of that period of accident.
Then I accidentally heard that the intelligent robot seemed to be talking to the headquarters in real time, and mentioned the loss of a lunar rover, a mining car and an employee.
This made the protagonist feel suspicious. Isn’t the real-time communication system broken?
Sam wanted to retrieve the lunar rover, but the intelligent robot said he wanted to ask the headquarters. The reply he received was to stay at the base and wait for the maintenance personnel to arrive.
This is very strange. You can do it yourself, but you have to repair the human eye from the Earth School.
Sam deliberately destroyed the base's oxygen supply system and finally had the opportunity to go out.
After leaving the base, he drove the lunar rover to the location of the accident.
Sam then saw the lunar rover that was damaged by an accident. He wiped away the dust from the glass, but found that there was a person who looked exactly the same as himself.
People are still alive.
He took the injured person back to the medical room and then naturally suspected that the other party was his clone?
Obviously, the company cloned itself and used it to mine~
The rescued person thought he was the original entity, and the reason was also very legitimate - because he had been working in the base for three years.
And he will communicate with his family regularly. He has a family, a wife, and a child, so the real clone should be the one who saves people.
Then the two of them reacted at the same time, maybe they were both clones~
The injured Sam wanted to view more video information but found that his permission was insufficient. At this time, the intelligent robot seemed to be on their side and took the initiative to enter his password.
Then they discovered a terrible fact that every ex who completed a three-year contract entered the dormant warehouse, and one of them was about to return to the earth to meet his wife and daughter, but the result was that the dormant warehouse was an incinerator.
Below the dormant warehouse is the hidden cloning base, where the two protagonists also found countless clones waiting to be activated.
The injured Sam found a loophole in the communication system and finally called the home to a video call. The person who answered the call was an adult girl, and this was his daughter, but she didn't match the daughter in the video.
Sam asked the girl's mother how she was. The girl said that her mother had died of cancer a few years ago. At this time, a man's voice came from the other end of the phone, and the girl called the man Dad.
But that voice is clearly myself.
At this moment, the injured Sam understood everything.
It turned out that the real Sam's body had returned to Earth after the expiration of the contract in 15 years, and he was just the fifth clone of the body.
It turns out that all the videos he has watched over the past three years have been recorded in advance by the company. The company used this method to deceive one clone after another.
On the 5th, I feel that the sky has collapsed, but there is another crisis at present.
Clone is illegal. The maintenance personnel sent by the headquarters must be here to destroy the evidence. The drama is them...
The maintenance personnel will arrive in a few hours.
The No. 6 clone thought of a solution. He activated the No. 7 clone, then put the No. 7 clone back to the damaged lunar rover, and then let the No. 5 clone escape back to Earth on the only mine transport ship, while the No. 6 stayed at the base to deal with the maintenance personnel.
At this time, the body of clone No. 5 had declined to its limit. He knew that he would not live for a few days, so he was willing to give the chance of life to clone No. 6.
He himself returned to the damaged lunar rover to confuse the maintenance personnel, and asked the clone No. 6 to return to Earth on a mine transport ship, and let the 7 stay inside the base as a newly activated clone.
The last 6th is successfully returned to Earth, exposing the secret of Lunar Energy Company's illegal use of clones to mining, and Lunar Energy Company went bankrupt.
The story ends here.
Ning Hao was in deep shock.
"Moon" is pure soft science fiction, the kind that cannot be softer, relying solely on concept~
But this is a work that has been watched for a long time!
Why is the contract term of Lunar Energy Company three years?
Because the clone's life was only three years.
Several clones, including No. 5, had the same symptoms when the three-year period was almost over, such as vomiting blood, losing hair, and losing teeth~
This proves that the clone's life is only three years.
There is one thing in the movie that left a deep impression on him, which is the moment when every clone that expires in three years is about to return.
They will all smile foolishly and look at the photos of their wives and daughters, naively saying to the intelligent robot, have you seen it? I'm going back to see them!
Then happily wading into the dormant warehouse, and then it was burned with a bang?
The picture is not cruel, but it makes people think about it very terrifying.
Clone is sad, but clone No. 5 is the saddest because he knows everything.
He knew that he was a clone and knew that his wife and daughter, whom he had never belonged to him.
The most moving details in the movie are the different reactions of clones No. 5 and clones No. 6 when they learn about their wife's death.
When clone No. 5 heard the girl who answered the phone telling the news of his wife's death, he initially reacted in disbelief, and he would ask, "Are you sure?"
When clone No. 6 couldn't help but shake twice when he heard the news of his wife's death, he almost couldn't stand.
This subtle difference is the most normal reaction.
Because for clone No. 5, he and his wife have not seen each other for three years, and their relationship naturally became weak.
For clone No. 6, in his memory, he had just separated from his wife for a week. He suddenly heard the bad news about his wife, which was obviously a more intense blow to him than against No. 5.
So what is the most shocking thing about this movie?
Did you find that there is someone in the damaged lunar rover who looks exactly like you?
Or found that both of them were actually cloned, and there were countless cloned bodies in the basement?
Or the clones that have expired during the contract enter the dormant warehouse and suddenly become incinerated?
Ning Hao doesn't think it's not.
But clone No. 5 calls the Earth's home.
When I saw clone No. 5 calling home to get the video call and learn the truth.
It turns out that everything is fake. My wife and daughter are not my own, and my memories are also fake.
When Ning Hao saw this, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
The only motivation to support Sam in fighting loneliness is his wife and daughter, who thinks his wife and daughter need him and they are waiting for him to go back to reunite the family.
But at this moment you suddenly realized that everything was fake and no one needed you at all.
Sam's world must have collapsed at this moment, he lost the meaning of existence, and the people he cherished didn't even know his existence at all.
For Sam, the most precious thing is this memory, but it turns out that this memory does not belong to him...
So what is the meaning of his existence?
This is probably a question that every human and even every clone cannot understand.
(This chapter ends)