Chapter 447 Never fought such a rich battle
Tuesday, November 1st.
At this time, the capital city has entered autumn. The scorching heat has faded and the weather is getting cooler. The leaves of the trees on both sides of the road are gradually turning yellow and falling down when blown by the wind.
The people walking on the street were wearing everything. Those who were cold-resistant were wearing short-sleeved thin shirts, and those who were afraid of the cold had already put on thin down jackets. However, windbreakers, jackets, and fur coats were the most worn. shirt.
On the university campus, the bell rang, and the last class in the morning ended. Students poured out of the teaching building like a tide and poured into the various cafeterias of the school.
Guan Rong had a meal in the cafeteria with her classmates, and packed another one before leaving.
After a while, she returned to the dormitory. After entering, she put the packed meal on the big table in the middle of the room, and then patted the bed next to the door.
“Get up, I brought lunch for you!”
A girl on the upper bunk wearing light yellow pajamas with messy hair opened her eyes, slowly sat up, and stretched. waist.
When she heard Guan Rong's words and saw the packed rice on the table, she smiled sweetly.
"Rong Rong, you are the best!"
As he said, he got up and got out of bed.
"Wow, Malatang~
I like it the most, and I happen to be hungry."
He took out his chopsticks and started to eat.
"By the way, Rongrong, have you called me for the two classes in the morning?"
Guan Rong sat in front of her bed and turned on the computer.
“I’ve already shouted for you. Fortunately, there were many people in class today, so the teacher didn’t care and just passed by.”
“Hehe, Rongrong, you are the most loyal!”< br>
“I asked you to control the time you spend playing games in the future. Forget about playing during the day and stay up all night. I’m afraid you’ll die suddenly before graduating from college.”
After hearing the advice from her best friend, the game girl Gong Miao was also a little embarrassed.
"I downloaded a dungeon with the guild last night, and then finished watching two episodes of the TV series. It was almost dawn when I realized what was going on. Please pay attention in the future."
Guan Rong didn't care about her either. , log in to Weibo on your own to see what news there is today.
“Huh? What APP is this?”
“What’s wrong?”
Hearing Guan Rong's voice, Gong Miao, who was eating spicy hotpot, raised his head and asked suspiciously.
“I saw that Gu Wei posted a new Weibo, saying that he opened his own account on [Douyin], and friends who like it can go to [Douyin] to see him.
[Douyin] What is it?”
“Let me see, let me see”
Gong Miao sat down next to Guan Rong with Malatang.
She and Guan Rong are both fans of Gu Wei. Whenever Gu Wei's new drama is released, they will watch it immediately. Gu Wei's Weibo is a place they must check every day.
However, in addition to chasing celebrities and watching TV series, she also likes to play games, while her best friend Guan Rong is not interested in games at all.
"It's true, it says it's a music short video APP, it should be similar to Kuaishou. Gu Wei's short-term video makes him a bit lowered."
Guan Rong took it from the bed. Pick up your cell phone.
“Don’t worry about so much, download it first.”
"Yes, yes, yes"
Gong Miao didn't care about eating. She returned to her bed, found her phone, entered the AppStore, found [Douyin] and started downloading.
After downloading the APP, she opened [Douyin], and after entering, Gu Wei's account automatically appeared in front of her.
On the mobile phone with a vertical screen, Gu Wei was wearing a light blue casual suit, with only his upper body exposed, and the background was a white wall.
He greeted with a smile.
"Hello, everyone, I am Gu Wei!
I am very happy to be the spokesperson of [Douyin]. I will officially join [Douyin] in the future. From now on, we will be a family. I hope everyone can pay more attention to it. Me, please give me likes, and then we can communicate more.
Remember to follow me~
Speak!"
Gu Wei raised an arm. He pinched his thumb and index finger together and made a heartfelt gesture towards the camera.
"Wow! Gu Wei is so handsome, what he said is so sweet, I want to follow him, I must follow him!!"
Gong Miao said, clicking on the red heart on the right side of the screen, and then focusing on him again .
Guan Rong did the same thing as Gong Miao. She watched Gu Wei's video several times, then swiped her finger upwards and started to browse other Douyin videos.
Soon, she was attracted by some interesting music videos. She felt that those videos were relatively simple and she could shoot them herself.
As soon as she thought of it, Guan Rong found a very popular video that only filmed finger dances on the upper body, and practiced according to the original version. After a while, she recorded a version that she was quite satisfied with.
I admired it a few times and then clicked send.
This is the first work she posted after downloading [Douyin].
"Rong Rong, there are classes this afternoon, aren't you going?"
Gong Miao's voice came, and Guan Rong reacted. She glanced at her phone, and it was already past one o'clock.
“Oops, I forgot the time while playing this [Douyin], I can’t be late!”
Guan Rong was a little worried.
"It's okay, it's still too late now. If you want to play for a while, you won't have to rush."
Gong Miao reminded at the side.
“Aren’t you going to go in the afternoon?”
Guan Rong asked as she packed her things and took out the books she was going to bring to class in the afternoon.
"Hehe, I won't go. I didn't go in the morning anyway, so I'll give myself a day off.
Hey Rongrong, if the teacher doesn't pay attention to the experimental class in the afternoon, please sign your name for me. .”
“I’m really impressed with you.”
Guan Rong waved her hand to express her understanding, and then walked out of the dormitory quickly.
Starting from the first day of November, more than a dozen celebrity artists including Gu Wei have entered [Douyin]. Among them, Gu Wei and Yang Mi have super traffic with tens of millions of Weibo fans. , there are also new first-line actresses in the industry such as Naza and Zhang Tianai. They jointly entered a newly launched APP and immediately attracted widespread attention from fans and netizens.
The number of downloads of the [Douyin] APP has surged since the 1st. From the beginning, there were only a few hundred thousand downloads. In just ten days, the number of downloads exceeded 10 million, with hundreds of thousands of daily active users. Although it is far from the leader in the short video field, [Kuaishou] ], [Miaopai], [Meipai], etc. are still some distance away, but the catching up speed is amazing, and it has become a software with great potential recognized by the industry.
Beijing [ByteDance] headquarters.
"Mr. Gu, thank you very much this time. News came from [Sequoia Fund] this morning. They have almost recognized the current valuation of [ByteDance] of 11 billion, and hope we can launch it as soon as possible. The procedure for the D round of financing. "In the president's office, Zhang Yiming and Gu Wei sat opposite each other. He took a sip of the coffee in front of him with a smile on his face. He was obviously in a good mood.
"[Sequoia Fund] is wise. No matter whether it is 10 billion US dollars or 11 billion US dollars, they will definitely not lose money in leading the D round of investment now, and they will continue to do so in the future because of this Invest and make big money! ”
"Haha~ Mr. Gu, to be honest, I like this about you.
Every time I chat with you, I feel that you, as an investor and major shareholder, have more confidence in [ByteDance] than I do in this company. The founders are all taller!”
Gu Wei smiled slightly, of course he was confident that no one in the world knew better than him how influential [Douyin] would be in the future, and [ByteDance] 】What a behemoth it has grown into.
“Now the top spot in the short video field has been firmly occupied by [Kuaishou]. So far, it has more than 300 million registered users, more than 40 million daily users, and has also cultivated many Internet celebrities. , MC Tianyou is very famous this year. I have heard his song "Drunken by One Person", and the number of single fans has exceeded 10 million.
Although we are off to a good start, we are still not as good as [Kuaishou]. There is a big gap, and we need to increase investment in the future to catch up with the opponent step by step and finally surpass.”
Zhang Yiming smiled and nodded.
“Don’t worry, our team has the technology, strength and confidence. This month [Douyin] has added the function of searching the address book, opened QQ and Weibo ports, and has the guidance of Mr. Gu and many celebrities. , I believe that by the beginning of next year, it will not be a problem for APP downloads to exceed 100 million.
And we will soon launch a new recommendation mechanism and support plan: [Centralized operation model]
This model is more advanced. Focusing on giving priority to supporting some users to become popular, and then driving ordinary users by increasing the creative enthusiasm and stickiness of top users.
Coupled with the financial support of US$1 billion after the D round of financing, the company will invest hugely. The publicity resources are transferred to the operation of [Douyin]
In the future [Douyin] will definitely become the real leader in the field of short videos! ”
Now Zhang Yiming is full of confidence. He feels that he has a good hand. It would be unreasonable not to win.
[ByteDance] itself has technology and unique Algorithms and push technology are also unique in the industry.
Gu Wei, a major shareholder from the outside, is sending traffic. With Gu Wei's popularity and popularity, he will "support" [Douyin], a newly launched APP. , the traffic is like a river pouring in. You can imagine how jealous other companies in the same industry are now.
The final D round of financing has brought a large amount of funds to the company, so that he does not have to worry about future development. Money to worry about.
It can be said that the time, location, people and people are all right now. He, Zhang Yiming, has never fought such a wealthy battle.
"You are so confident, I feel relieved. If you need any help in the future, you can always come to me."
Gu Wei picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip, his elegant demeanor He Fengshen's handsome appearance made Zhang Yingming across from him admire him in his heart. He is indeed the most popular star in the country. This appearance is totally worthy of God's favor. If he is not popular, who else will be popular.
“By the way, when our D round of financing is completed, the market value of your shares will be close to 10 billion yuan. You will be the first tens of billions in China in your twenties, tsk tsk.”
Gu Wei raised his head, picked up the paper towel on the table and wiped the corners of his mouth stained with coffee foam.
"[ByteDance] will not be listed in a short time, and I can't transfer my shares. It doesn't make any difference to me whether it's one billion or ten billion. It's just some paper wealth.
I also There’s no shortage of money.”
Gu Wei’s speech was a bit pretentious, but he also told the truth.
Compared with the economic value of [ByteDance] shares, he actually values the right to speak as a major shareholder of [ByteDance] more.
You must know that Weibo is also one of the shareholders of Byte. These two future network traffic pools will play a very strong role in publicity. As the major shareholder, Gu Wei will not say anything about manipulating public opinion in the future. In the end, At least there's nothing wrong with protecting yourself from harm.
Although [Douyin] has its unique underlying push algorithm, if [Byte] manually intervenes to prevent a piece of news from fermenting, it will take no effort at all.
“I have forgotten that with your current fame, your annual income is probably higher than the annual net profit of many listed companies. You are definitely not short of money.
And I I remember that the movie "Detective Chinatown 2" you filmed a few months ago was produced by your own company, and it had a box office of 3.9 billion. Although I don't know your background in the entertainment industry, I also know that you must have made a lot of money from that movie. "
Gu Wei touched his chin.
“Okay, after excluding the costs and all the shares, [Tang Detective 2] will probably still have a net profit of more than 800 million yuan”
In fact, when filming "Tang Detective 2", Gu Wei was also the director, screenwriter, and starring, and received a total salary of 60 million yuan.
Coupled with the various product placements in the movie, the investment in [Wei Tianxia] was almost paid back during filming.
The subsequent box office split is almost all pure profit.
Zhang Yiyi took a breath after hearing what Gu Wei said.
It’s not that he has never seen the world. This round of [ByteDance] is valued at 11 billion U.S. dollars. He, Lao Zhang, is also worth more than 10 billion yuan, but his billionaire status is all based on the company’s valuation. Now it is difficult for him to shell out 100 million in cash.
Even if there is an immediate financing of one billion US dollars, it is still money in the company's account, not his personal wealth.
Of course, if the company goes public later, he can cash out a little casually and get a lot of cash. This is why all business bosses want their companies to go public. As long as the company goes public, they can cash out their shares. Achieve financial freedom instantly.
After chatting with Zhang Yiming for a while, Gu Wei declined his dinner and came out of [ByteDance].
Getting into the shiny black Rolls-Royce that he owned in Beijing, he drove to the Peninsula Hotel in Beijing.
[Operation Mekong River] The celebration banquet for breaking the 2 billion mark was held there today.
The banquet was about to start when Gu Wei arrived, and Yu Dong went outside to greet him in person.
"Yu Dong, don't be so polite, you've made me very scared."
Gui Wei outside the banquet hall looked at Yu Dong who came to pick him up and smiled politely.
"No way, Mr. Gu, we are the closest partners, and this is what I should do."
With a smile on his face, Yu Dong welcomed Gu Wei in with great enthusiasm.
Different from the previous celebration party of [Tang Detective 2], [Bona Film and Television] invited many media to attend today. The entire celebration party is more of a publicity than a celebration.
The creative team stood in the center of the stage.
Yu Dong stood in the middle, with Lin Chaoxian and Gu Wei standing on his left and right respectively.
The staff pushed up a large sculpture made of ice, with a 2 in the front and 9 zeros in the back.
Then under the witness of the media, everyone swung the small hammers in their hands to smash the ice sculpture.
".[Operation Mekong] is a blockbuster with the main theme. It was unexpected to be able to sell 2 billion at the box office. To be honest, it is unexpected, but it is reasonable.
Thanks to Director Lin, Gu Wei, Han Yu and everyone The main creative staff of the movie, it is your hard work that made such an excellent work possible.
I would like to announce something here. During the National Day holiday, public security officers, armed police officers and fire fighters across the country are on duty. At that time, many of them had no time to watch "Operation Mekong" because of their busy work.
In response to this situation, [Bona Films] decided to thank the public security officers, armed police officers, and fire fighters for their service to the country. Contribution to the people through hard work.
From tomorrow, public security officers, armed police officers, and fire fighters across the country can watch the movie "Operation Mekong" for free at Bona's cinemas with their IDs.
[Bona Films] hopes to pay tribute to those anti-drug police officers who are fighting on the front line in this way. I hope that more compatriots can see this film to show the spirit of "never forget history, heroes will always be there" . ”
After Yu Dong finished speaking, everyone at the scene, including the media, burst into warm applause.
After he finished speaking, the microphone was handed to Lin Chaoxian’s hand, and Director Lin also made a speech
Originally Yu Dong wanted Gu Wei to say a few words, but he smiled and shook his head and refused
[Operation Mekong] was a hit. He has already attracted enough attention, there is no need to say anything more at the celebration
(End of this chapter)