Chapter 207 Mr. Qin returns to China!
“It’s hard to find, but you have to look for it.” Qin Shaoyan said seriously, “The diseases you mentioned are not rare. There are countless major laboratories of pharmaceutical companies that study these diseases. These diseases are not at all rare. There is no shortage of research and development funds."
"We need to find diseases that are unknown to the public and look very tragic."
"Only in this way can the Ice Bucket Challenge be possible. The purpose is to educate the public about rare diseases, hoping to attract public attention and raise research and development funds for the treatment of rare diseases.”
Ley Meng was a little confused and blinked.
Mr. Adams reacted much faster and said immediately: "We understand, don't worry, we will look for this kind of patient right now."
Raymond was a little confused, "But Dad, there is no one I know. People with this disease."
"There will be one soon." Mr. Adams patted his son on the shoulder, "Don't worry about these details and finish today's work according to the script, okay? !”
“OK!” Raymond nodded obediently.
Adams turned around and took out his cell phone and started calling his friends to inquire.
This kind of thing is easy to check. As long as you find the relationship, you can enter the hospital database and query it.
Raymond, on the other hand, sat obediently on the chair and started reading the lines based on the teleprompter in the distance. After finishing reading, he happily picked up the iron bucket filled with ice water and poured it on himself. head on.
The sour stimulation made Raymond couldn't help shouting, jumping up and shaking.
Soon the two assistants nearby rushed forward, wrapped Raymond in a blanket, and wiped the water stains on his body with a dry towel.
Mr. Adams frowned when he saw it, "No, no, no, Raymond can't do this. Why are you jumping up? You'd better sit there and don't move like a tough guy."
"Director, let's do it again."
Qin Shaoyan stretched out his hand to stop him: "That's good, the reaction is very real. If he doesn't jump up, some people will question the fraud."
"Leimeng doesn't What kind of tough guy character is needed? He just needs to act in his true colors and impress people with sincerity."
Mr. Adams hesitated, "Is this okay?"
"Of course, sincerity will play a role. Unexpected effect." Qin Shaoyan said casually.
He feels that with Raymond's acting skills, it's better not to create any character settings, otherwise he will ruin the performance for you in a matter of minutes.
It’s still possible to play the role as he is, at least the chance of being gangstered is smaller.
Actually, what Qin Shaoyan wants to say most is, Raymond, you are different from others, don’t waste time and resources on this road.
But Mr. Adams obviously wanted to spend money and resources to support him, so Qin Shaoyan just pretended to be confused and cooperated.
Mr. Adams asked: "What do we do next? Do we just need to put the video online?"
"No, now is not the time." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "We need to hype things up first, and then start the ice bucket challenge."
"Hype?" Mr. Adams thought for a moment, "Well , I have some friends in the media and CNN."
"That's even better." Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "We have to make use of these relationships, but our first step is to hype it up on the Internet."
“The story of Raymond and his ALS patient friends needs to be well prepared and touching, and then Internet celebrities will spread the touching story and attract the attention of reporters.”
< br>Mr. Adams’s eyes lit up, “This script is very natural, just follow this.”
"After Raymond launches the challenge in front of the camera, the rest is up to Mr. Adams to persuade some influential people to participate." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "It doesn't need to be too famous. Mainly in the entertainment industry. Film and television stars or models are fine, as are sports stars."
Mr. Adams thought for a while, "Do people in the political world also need it? How many city councilors do I know?"
"Those people are not important." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "Let's start with the entertainment industry and let them taste the benefits first. Then celebrities will naturally join in voluntarily."
"Benefits?" Mr. Adams was a little surprised. Apart from gaining a reputation as a public-spirited person, what other benefits can come from participating in such an event?
"Of course there are benefits. Who would be willing to participate if there are no benefits?" Qin Shaoyan smiled pretending to be mysterious.
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The incidence rate of ALS is about three in 100,000. The common group of patients is men aged 40 to 50, but there are also adolescent patients.
Mr. Adams's network quickly found a suitable candidate, a 22-year-old young college student named Steve. Last year he could run and jump like a normal person, but now he can only sit in a wheelchair.
The originally infinitely beautiful life ended like this, and it was very sad to have to die at the very beginning of life.
Raymond quickly made friends with the ALS patient, and they shot several funny videos together, which were then uploaded to the YouTube website.
After that, these videos "accidentally" appeared on the daily recommendation list, and the number of views soared.
Next, several Internet celebrities on Facebook began to repost it, and then soft articles modified by professional writers began to appear.
The emotions written in the soft article are sincere and tear-jerking. It uses delicate writing to describe the touching friendship between Raymond and Steve, and expresses regret and regret for Steve's unfortunate experience.
Intentionally or unintentionally, this high-quality article began to circulate on the Internet and even appeared in newspapers.
In less than three days, a CNN reporter came to interview Raymond and Steve.
Raymond faced the camera and said honestly that he must do something for his friend and could not just watch his best friend live in pain and suffering.
So Raymond directly carried a bucket of ice water and poured himself into a drowned rat in front of the reporter, which scared the reporter and screamed.
Shivering from the cold, Raymond stammered the concept of the ice bucket challenge, and then named three of his friends.
After the news was broadcast, the three friends who were named readily accepted the challenge and followed the rules by naming three other people and uploaded the video to YouTube.
This event spread quickly, especially on Facebook. Various Internet celebrities joined in either for charity or to prank their friends.
For a time, young people in the United States regarded the ice bucket challenge as a fashion.
Of course, these energetic people are not enthusiastic about charity, most of them are just doing it as a prank.
It is quite a sour feeling to pour a bucket of ice water on a friend in the winter, and it is still teasing people in the name of charity. Young people simply cannot resist this temptation.
On campuses across the United States, the supply of ice water soon exceeded the demand. You can see a group of people standing on the snow dousing themselves with ice water everywhere.
In less than a week, tens of thousands of Ice Bucket Challenge videos appeared on YouTube, the vast majority of which are mainly teenagers.
With such a mass base, Mr. Adams's lobbying work went very smoothly.
His friends refused at first. It was already November, and pouring a bucket of ice water on yourself in the winter would be a sin.
Whoever likes to engage in such ridiculous public welfare activities.
But they soon discovered that pouring ice water has become a new fashionable activity. Now that the atmosphere has been set up, it would be inappropriate to refuse to agree. YouTube immediately followed up and paid special attention to these people. They all underwent real-name authentication. The more prestigious and famous people are, the more important they are to be recommended.
One of them, a third-tier Hollywood actress, curiously participated once. After uploading the video to the website, it quickly became popular on the Internet.
The website not only highlighted her videos, but also excerpted clips from the movies she starred in.
Several Internet celebrities then forwarded the video of her participating in the ice bucket challenge to Facebook, and attached a lot of praise.
The actress looked bewildered as she saw that she had gained 70,000 fans online within a few days. Then she felt so ecstatic that she specially shot a video and posted it online to thank her fans.
The actress's fame has also continued to rise, and the discussion online has soared to the level of first-tier treatment. As she becomes popular online, she is also constantly being invited to audition in real life.
With the power of role models, from politicians who are interested in running for elections to small stars and models below the third tier, they who are eager for traffic and attention have joined in one after another.
Soon, Hollywood's second-tier stars could no longer sit still, and took the initiative to contact the YouTube website, register an account, and start uploading their own Ice Bucket Challenge videos.
The snowball effect of the "Ice Bucket Challenge" became more and more obvious, starting from campus and spreading to Hollywood, and then to sports stars.
Seeing YouTube's fame growing, Sequoia and Microsoft Ventures were ecstatic.
Taylor exclaimed to Qin Shaoyan: "YouTube is not the project with the highest return rate I have ever invested in, but it is definitely the project with the shortest return period."
"John, you are such a genius." Microsoft's Davis also kept patting Qin Shaoyan, "If you have any good projects, you must tell me, we at Microsoft will be the first to invest."
< br>"Thank you." Qin Shaoyan accepted their compliments calmly, "I will definitely inform you of any good projects next time."
In fact, as soon as Davis finished speaking, Qin Shaoyan had already had several thoughts in his mind. It's a project, but it's a pity that the conditions are not mature now, otherwise they would be dragged into the trap.
Tyler said excitedly: "John, do you have any plans next? As long as you ask, we will definitely cooperate."
Qin Shaoyan looked at Taylor indifferently, "Taylor, Have you forgotten the most important thing?”
Taylor was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously: "What important thing?"
"Summer camp." Qin Shaoyan said angrily, "You promised to help me get it done before. Don't say you forgot. ?”
“I’ve done everything I promised you.”
Tyler coughed awkwardly, “I haven’t forgotten that I have been helping you run this thing recently. . ”
The summer camp activity involves many aspects and requires many relationships.
Among them, we persuade relevant cooperating universities to select guests for the summer camp.
For such a high-end international summer camp, it is natural that you cannot just find a few cats and dogs to come as guest speakers. You must have status and status.
There are also activities held by the summer camp involving some venues, which also need to be communicated in advance, such as national parks, museums, the Capitol Building, and the United Nations Headquarters.
Some things need to be solved by venture capital and Facebook. For things that cannot be solved with money, you have to use personal connections.
It didn’t go well at first, but Qin Shaoyan played the two cards of reality show and "Ice Bucket Challenge" consecutively, and achieved extremely shocking results.
This caused those "special families" who were waiting to put aside their doubts and began to actively contact them, hoping to participate in the summer camp activities.
With the help of these "special families", things went very smoothly, and even some minor problems were solved quickly.
Qin Shaoyan picked up the itinerary of the summer camp plan and began to check it with Taylor one by one until the last activity was checked.
"Basically, that's it. It may be deleted, but no more items will be added." Qin Shaoyan said while thinking, "After all, summer camp activities cannot be too long, two to three weeks. , too tight schedule will affect the students’ experience.”
“No matter what you do, you must put the user experience first.”
Taylor nodded, "Besides these, are there any other questions?"
"How is the progress in Europe? Do you want to invite some European political families to participate?" Qin Shaoyan asked.
Tyler shook his head, "It's better not to give it up, just find some random people, there is some chaos in Europe."
"Those political families have foundations specifically to connect with them, and those foundation backgrounds It's very complicated, and contacting those people rashly may cause some trouble."
Qin Shaoyan nodded and crossed out a line on the plan. He and Taylor had the same idea.
They just want to make money and not get involved in some trouble.
"The things here are almost settled, it's time for me to return to China." Qin Shaoyan put away the summer camp plan, "I'll ask you to help me with the YouTube matter."
Taylor was confident He said with satisfaction, "It's a trivial matter. Copyright litigation is not that easy. Even if someone sues, it will be difficult to win with evidence."
Microsoft's Davis said with a smile: "In a few days, California There will be a lawsuit against the video website in the court, and the judge will make a ruling in favor of our website. As long as there is this precedent, the rest of the matter will be much easier to handle."
Qin Shaoyan suddenly understood. Yes, this must be a lawsuit specially arranged by them.
After arranging things in the United States, Qin Shaoyan can finally return to China with peace of mind.
When Mr. Qin appeared in the campus network office again, the employees immediately got excited and started running around telling each other.
"Mr. Qin is back!"
The employees have figured out a pattern. Every time Mr. Qin comes back from a business trip to the United States, the company's development will reach a new level.
Seeing that the campus network is getting stronger and stronger, it has become the leading social networking site in China, and it is getting closer and closer to the goal of going public. Everyone is holding back their enthusiasm.
As soon as the company goes public, all we will spend is the money of American investors.
Not only are the employees happy when Qin Shaoyan returns to China, Xiong Xiaoge is even happier.
Mr. Xiong immediately appeared in Qin Shaoyan's office and greeted with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Qin. Did your trip to the United States go well?"
" It's okay, although there were some twists and turns, but things are still done." Qin Shaoyan threw the final version of the international summer camp plan on the table, "Mr. Xiong, you can read it yourself. If you have any questions, I will answer them for you."
Xiong Xiaoge held down the plan and did not move. Instead, he looked at Qin Shaoyan with a smile, "Don't worry about the plan. I have something else to ask Mr. Qin."
"What's going on?"
"When do you plan to launch China's video website?" Xiong Xiaoge looked at Qin Shaoyan expectantly.
“What the hell?!” Qin Shaoyan was stunned.
(End of this chapter)