Chapter 324 is a bit confusing
“The real predator?” Zhang Minyi was very surprised.
Zhang Pingyi felt that Qin Shaoyan was making a fuss out of a molehill, but he could indeed feel that Qin Shaoyan seemed a little nervous.
Qin Shaoyan said with a serious face: "There are ten or twenty video websites online every day, and by the end of the year the number will probably exceed 200."
"But haven't you noticed a problem? ? These video websites are basically established by entrepreneurial teams, with no background behind them. ”
"Only the bosses of Youku.com and Ku6.com are from Sohu, but these two websites have nothing to do with Sohu."
Zhang Pingyi frowned and immediately understood the meaning of Qin Shao's words, " Are you worried about the three major portals? ”
Sina, NetEase, and Sohu. They are the three largest portals of China Internet and are also listed companies on the US stock market. They can be said to be the signature facade of China Internet.
In the early Internet industry, these three major portals were all respected by their peers.
Although the Internet bubble almost severely damaged their vitality, the rapid development of the domestic Internet in recent years has allowed them to quickly recover.
As a listed company, it must continue to expand new businesses and give shareholders an explanation, and the profitability of portal websites alone is too thin.
Video websites are the hottest concept right now, and the rhetoric made by video website entrepreneurs all point to portal websites. Replacing text pages with videos seems to be the mainstream in the future.
Logically speaking, portal websites have considerable advantages in engaging in video business.
The portal website is visited by a large number of users every day, and its traffic is definitely among the first echelon of the Internet.
Sina and Sohu both have SP businesses. NetEase is making money crazily through online games, and Sohu is also engaged in online games. They are definitely not short of funds.
Faced with this situation, the portal websites seemed a little indifferent and did not take any action. NetEase was still concentrating on online games, and Sina did not take any action.
Only Sohu followed the trend and launched Sohu Video, and Qvod.com was also on the same footing.
But Sohu doesn’t seem to be very concerned about this business. It hasn’t invested any resources at all and just built a video website.
The video website track is in full swing, with a large number of entrepreneurs pouring in, but it is strange that the three major portal websites have not responded.
Qin Shaoyan shook his head, "I'm not worried about these three companies, I'm worried about the other three."
Zhang Pingyi was a little confused, "There are three more?"
"BAT is our biggest opponent in the future." Qin Shaoyan sighed.
"What is BAT?" Zhang Minyi was even more confused, feeling that he and Mr. Qin were not in the same dimension when talking.
“They are Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent.” Qin Shaoyan gave Zhang Pingyi some science knowledge, “These three will be the Internet giants in the next few years.”
BAT’s statement is still unclear at this time. No, but these three companies have already revealed their impressive bodies.
Baidu IPOed on Nasdaq in the United States in August 2005, ranking first in China Internet in terms of market value, three times that of Tencent.
On the night of listing, Baidu created 7 billionaires and hundreds of multi-millionaires.
"Baidu has the search engine as a super traffic tool, and QQ claimed to have 300 million registered users in 2004. In February 2005, the number of people online at the same time on QQ exceeded 10 million." Qin Shaoyan said with emotion, " There are 10 million people online, which is more than the registered users of the campus network.”
“Is Alibaba’s e-commerce a threat?” Zhang Pingyi was confused, “We are not in the same industry. ”
Zhang Pingyi can easily understand Baidu and Tencent as threats. Both are listed companies and control super traffic.
Just relying on search engines and QQ traffic can support a video website of the same size as Qvod.com.
Qubao.com says it accounts for half of the market’s users, but this data is watertight and everyone understands it.
And there are too many video websites, and a large number of users have been diverted.
Some small websites are very wild and unrestrained in their work. They will do anything to attract users. They are no longer satisfied with using ordinary pirated movies and TV series to attract traffic. Instead, they have introduced a large number of websites from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States. Small-budget films from other regions.
It is impossible to count the number of users of these small websites, and other larger websites cover the data very tightly.
In 2005, the number of Internet users in my country exceeded 100 million. According to official statistics, there were 32 million online video users, accounting for 29% of my country's Internet users.
Qin Shaoyan doesn’t know if this data is accurate. Anyway, there are only six to seven million users of Qvod.com.
Although the number of users has been growing rapidly, it is still a little short of half of the online video users.
Qin Shaoyan did not explain anything, his face was still solemn.
Zhang Pingyi forced a smile and said consolingly, "Are you exaggerating a bit? Isn't Qvod Network developing well now? All of its peers are active and active. By the time they enter the market, the market will be early. Divided up.”
Qin Shaoyan shook his head, "Those of our colleagues, if they can survive for more than three years, it is quite remarkable. Most of them are cannon fodder. They are of no use at all except to make up the numbers."
"Tudou, Youku These larger websites can only last a few more years. In the face of the absolute advantages of predators in terms of traffic and funds, they have no ability to defend themselves.” It doesn't matter, strength is everything."
Zhang Pingyi asked in confusion: "Then why don't they end now?"
Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Are they waiting and watching? Because the video website industry has just emerged, they still need to wait and see. A large group of cannon fodder will cause too much chaos here. In addition to wasting resources, it may also be plotted, and the gain outweighs the loss.”
"Another point is that the market is not yet mature. Even though the concept of video websites is very popular, there is no way to say whether or how to make money."
"Before the millennium, you could make money just by relying on the concept. The gameplay is no longer working. The only way to make money is for the website, and the concept cannot be eaten as food.”
The acquisition of YouTube and Qvod.com has been very popular, and the valuation is very high, but the valuation is so. The things are very empty. If you look at the blooming flowers today, the value may be reduced by half the next day.
I am afraid only Qin Shaoyan understands how to operate a video website. Whether it can make money, and how to make money is not clear.
At least everyone knows that advertising on pages alone is far from enough to recover costs. "There are demons in the industry now, and they are using all kinds of tricks to acquire users. This situation will definitely not last long." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "At that time, the administrative agencies will inevitably take action to rectify, and the industry will face a major reshuffle."
“When most of our colleagues are dead and the moat is broken, the predators will figure out the situation and end it.”
Hearing what Qin Shaoyan said, Zhang Ping Yi also fell silent.
He has always believed in Qin Shaoyan's analysis and judgment of the situation, which has been verified many times.
And Zhang Pingyi is no longer a college student who knows nothing at this time. After having an in-depth understanding of the industry, he can also foresee that it is inevitable for the administrative department to take action.
The concept of video websites is so popular that hundreds of websites have been launched together, trying to attract users.
That’s not just jumping around in a gray area. Some of them are stepping on black industries. It would be strange if they don’t receive an iron fist.
Thinking of this, Zhang Pingyi also became worried. When the industry is reshuffled, it is hard to say whether Qvod.com will also be implicated.
What if it’s one size fits all.
Money is a trivial matter, after all, it is all venture capital money.
But the hard work everyone put in was in vain, which is priceless.
Qin Shaoyan saw that Zhang Minyi was silent and thought he was also worried, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are still quite safe until our colleagues are dead. We still have time."
Zhang Pingyi was a little dumbfounded, "Why do you think your words are so weird? It sounds like you are using your colleagues as a shield."
"Is it weird? What's wrong? I'm doing this. "Good intentions." Qin Shaoyan joked, "Others treat my peers as enemies, but I only treat them as brothers."
When Qin Shaoyan was talking to Zhang Pingyi, secretary Xiao Chen suddenly announced, "Mr. Qin, IDG's Xiong." Always coming.”
"Hey, the God of Wealth has arrived, please come in." Qin Shaoyan was overjoyed.
Xiong Xiaoge walked in quickly, "It's rare to hear Mr. Qin praise me. I hope you really treat me as the God of Wealth instead of taking advantage of you."
"What kind of words are you calling this. "Qin Shaoyan was stunned, "What does it mean to be taken advantage of? If you invest money in me, it's a mutual achievement. How can you be taken advantage of?"
Xiong Xiaoge sat down on his own, "Don't talk about mutual achievement. You didn't take me for granted, you treated me like a cash machine, asking for money."
"You're not a venture capitalist, you just do the work of spreading money." Qin Shaoyan laughed. Said, "Xiao Chen, serve tea to Mr. Xiong, serve good tea."
"Of course I have no money, so I have to ask you for it. How can I make money for you if you don't invest money?"
"Come on, I have invested so much money for you, but I haven't seen any money back." Come on." Xiong Xiaoge mocked.
“Mr. Xiong, please tell me based on your own conscience.” Qin Shaoyan retorted unhappily, “Didn’t you make a small profit from the artificial intelligence project?”
Xiong Xiaoge was speechless for a moment, and still As for your bad artificial intelligence, I don't even bother to talk about you.
Xiong Xiaoge said sternly: "The video website is good, why do you want to raise funds again?"
Qin Shaoyan replied confidently: "It is precisely because we are developing well that we need financing. How can we get to a higher level without financing? How can we double our valuation without financing."
"Stop doing this. ." Xiong Xiaoge interrupted Qin Shaoyan, "Now in the video website field, you, Kuaibo.com, have no rivals. The funds you have can last until next year at least."
"Why do you suddenly want it again. Financing? "
"Mr. Xiong, why are you such an amateur? The more the video website develops, the more money it needs," Qin Shaoyan said aggrievedly, "The more users there are, the more bandwidth costs will rise. "That's a lot."
Xiong Xiaoge snorted, "No matter how much broadband costs increase, it won't run out of money all at once, right?"
"In addition to buying broadband, you also need to set aside a certain amount of money for activities." Qin Shaoyan said sincerely, "According to reliable information, Tudou and Youku have established an anti-Qvod alliance. They are making new investments to cooperate with Qvod "Anti-Quick Broadcast Alliance?" Xiong Xiaoge was stunned for a moment and asked with a frown, "Where did you hear the rumor?"
"How can this be considered?" "What about the gossip?" Qin Shaoyan retorted, "I am still the deputy leader of the Anti-Kuaibo Alliance." What the hell is the deputy leader of the Broadcasting Alliance?
But Xiong Xiaoge felt that this seemed to be something Qin Shaoyan could do.
"Master Zhang, show Mr. Xiong the group on Tudou.com." Qin Shaoyan made a gesture.
Zhang Pingyi immediately walked to the computer, logged in to his QQ account, opened the "Anti-Quabo Alliance" group, and then showed it to Xiong Xiaoge.
Xiong Xiaoge looked at it for a long time with a puzzled expression, and looked at Qin Shaoyan with suspicion, "These people are not the actors you are looking for, are they?"
"What is this word?" Qin Shaoyan Very indignant, "I can't lie to anyone. Besides, this matter is easy to verify. You can verify it by just finding the owner of a video website."
"I have the phone number of the CEO of Yiku.com. If you don't believe me, ask Ask him.”
"Forget it, forget it." Xiong Xiaoge waved his hand and did not pursue the details. He looked thoughtfully at the lively chat in the QQ group and smiled, "You people can always give me something new. Tricks."
"Is their anti-QBO alliance useful?"
"Of course it is," Qin Shaoyan said immediately, "I was almost scared to death. They are the public enemies of the industry, Mr. Xiong, for the sake of campus network and Qvod.com, please help me!”
Xiong Xiaoge smiled disdainfully, “These people are just a bunch of chickens and dogs, Qin! They can be wiped out easily, why do you need my help?”
“The army has not moved yet, let’s go ahead, Mr. Xiong,” Mr. Qin said sincerely.
"I don't think they are a threat." Xiong Xiaoge refused to let go.
(End of this chapter)