Chapter 392
Qin Shaoyan took his secretary Xiao Chen straight to the Ministry of Information Industry and walked into the small conference room under the guidance of the staff.
This was his first time here. The last time the leader convened a meeting with video industry representatives, he was still in the United States, and Kou Hongfei came to attend.
Originally, Qin Shaoyan did not need to come to the video website industry meeting in person, but this time it was different from the last time.
Last time, it was just trivial matters such as monopoly in the industry. Today's meeting will discuss major issues of life and death for the entire industry.
As the father of video websites, a pioneer of new tracks, and the boss of the largest video website, Qin Shaoyan should attend both emotionally and logically.
What's more, Qin Shaoyan also wanted to do a good job for other colleagues at the meeting and help everyone have fun.
At this time, there were many people sitting in the conference room, which seemed a bit crowded.
As soon as Qin Shaoyan walked in, someone noticed him. The noisy chatter in the conference room quickly quieted down, and everyone looked at him.
The eyes of those people were curious, hostile, and surprised. Anyway, they were quite complicated.
Qin Shaoyan smiled and waved to everyone, "Hello everyone."
After saying that, he walked over and found a seat between Wang Wei and Gu Yongqiang.
"Long time no see, Mr. Wang." Qin Shaoyan greeted with a smile, "How is Tudou.com lately? Last time I read the industry development report, Tudou.com was developing well."
Wang Wei replied with a dark face, "Thanks to Mr. Qin, Tudou.com is about to be killed by you."
"Hey, what Mr. Wang said is biased." Qin Shaoyan was very surprised, "What do you mean you are about to be killed by me? Why don't you reflect on your management ability and have you improved yourself in such a long time?"
"Besides, aren't there so many video websites that are still alive and well? Why is Tudou.com about to die?"
"Tudou.com is going to die and you have to blame me. Tudou.com has been developing so well before. Why didn't you say it was my fault?"
These words almost made Wang Wei vomit blood, and he retorted angrily: "What does the development of Tudou.com have to do with you?"
"Why doesn't it matter?" Qin Shaoyan said plausibly, "If I hadn't convinced Bill Gates to spend $2.3 billion to acquire YouTube, there wouldn't be such a good market environment."
“Only when the market environment improves will people be willing to invest money in video websites.”
"You can't say that the video website is developing well because of your good management. If the video website is not developing well, it is my fault. How can this be true?"
Wang Wei was choked by Qin Shaoyan's words and didn't know how to answer him.
Frankly speaking, Qin Shaoyan's words do make some sense.
Although I don't want to admit it, the sudden popularity of video websites has a lot to do with Qin Shaoyan's hype.
So what if I don't admit it? I'm not here to argue with Qin Shaoyan today, not to mention that I may not be able to argue with him.
In the end, Wang Wei could only retaliate full of resentment: "I haven't thanked Mr. Qin for poaching people so that Tudou.com can develop so well."
"You're welcome. The team led by Mr. Wang has made Kuaibo.com number one in the industry. I would also like to thank Mr. Wang." Qin Shaoyan replied with a smile.
"..."
Gu Yong gave Wang Wei a strong hand and signaled him to stop engaging in unnecessary verbal disputes, which were meaningless.
But he didn't expect that Qin Shaoyan suddenly turned to look at him, then glanced at the sign in front of him that said "Youku.com", and said with a smile: "Is this Mr. Gu Yongqiang Gu?"
Gu Yongqiang nodded with a reserved face, "It's me."
"Hearing a hundred times is worth seeing once, admiring him for a long time." Qin Shaoyan took the initiative to extend his hand, "I have heard of Mr. Gu's name for a long time, but I have no chance to meet him."
Gu Yongqiang shook hands with Qin Shaoyan out of courtesy and said lightly: "Hello, Mr. Qin."
"I admire Mr. Gu's talent very much, but it's a pity that we don't communicate much. Do we have time to chat together?" Qin Shaoyan said enthusiastically, "Although we have different opinions, it is a dispute over the line. I still admire Mr. Gu very much."
"If there are only three video websites left in the future, Youku.com will definitely have a place."
These words instantly made Gu Yongqiang alert, and even Wang Wei next to him couldn't help but look at the two of them.
What does Qin Shaoyan mean by this?
There are only three video websites left. What is he hinting at?
Why three?
Qvod.com must be one of them, so what about the remaining two?
There are hundreds of video websites, but he said there are only three left, which means that Qvod.com will kill everyone and only three will remain to compete.
What a big appetite.
However, the current situation is indeed the most advantageous for Qvod.com, which not only occupies more than half of the market share, but also controls the largest copyright of film and television resources, almost monopolizing the genuine resources of the entire video website.
The copyright stick is really coming down, and everyone will have to look at the face of Qvod.com.
Including which website to disappear and which website to stay.
Is he hinting that he can stay as long as he cooperates with Youku.com?
No, Qin Shaoyan is sowing discord!
Gu Yongqiang reacted quickly and immediately replied: "Mr. Qin is joking. There are at least more than 300 video websites in the country. How can there be only three left? This is not conducive to the development of the Internet industry."
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He hinted to Qin Shaoyan not to go too far. He had killed more than 300 websites and the administrative agencies could not agree to it.
"With market competition, nothing is impossible." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, but he did not continue the topic. Instead, he changed the topic, "Why haven't the two bosses stopped talking in the group recently? They were still very active before."< br>
Gu Yongqiang was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What group?"
"The anti-quick broadcast alliance group." Qin Shaoyan said naturally, "Don't we usually talk about everything in the group? Even if something as important as the anti-piracy alliance is not announced in the group."
The expressions of Gu Yongqiang and Wang Wei suddenly froze, and they looked at each other in confusion.
"How did you know... No!" Gu Yongqiang reacted quickly and said with a look of surprise, "Are you in the group too?"
"Yes." Qin Shaoyan replied confidently, "The Anti-Quick Broadcast Alliance is the largest industry information exchange group, so of course I have to be in it."
"Mr. Gu, you kicked me several times. I hope this won't happen. The Internet advocates openness and tolerance, and the anti-Qvod alliance group should also promote this spirit."
Open and tolerant as hell!
Why should the Anti-Quabo Alliance be open and inclusive to Kuaibo Network? Then wouldn’t we be rebelling in vain?
Wang was so arrogant, Qin Shaoyan was so shameless, yet he had the nerve to sneak into the group.
"Which one are you?" Wang Wei couldn't help but ask, and at the same time he was determined to clean him out.
"Pilipili, we are still good friends." Qin Shaoyan replied, "Mr. Wang should help me join the group."
This time, Wang Wei is completely out of control. It turns out that you are the two-dimensional psychopath.
When I got back, I immediately kicked him out, deleted his friends, and couldn't get the original QQ account anymore.
Wang Wei made up his mind to change his QQ account and create a new QQ account after he returned. Wang Wei is now a little suspicious of Qin Shaoyan's mental state. They have organized an "Anti-Quabo Alliance" to oppose him.
It turned out that he was doing well. Not only did he shamelessly open a trumpet account and sneak into the group to eavesdrop, he also jumped up and down to give them ideas and teach them how to deal with Qvod.com.
It is difficult for normal people to understand this kind of thinking.
Just when Wang Wei and Gu Yongqiang were thinking wildly, the staff appeared with another heavyweight.
As soon as Zhang Chaoyang's face appeared, several old acquaintances at the scene twisted their bodies subconsciously.
Well, these are all from Sohu.
As soon as Zhang Chaoyang entered the conference room, he followed the staff to the seat and sat down. Then he raised his head and glanced, and was very surprised to find Qin Shaoyan sitting opposite.
The seating arrangements for meetings are very particular, including the position ordering of leaders and so on.
Take this meeting as an example. The staff very considerately arranged the two camps separately. On one side were several websites of the "Anti-Piracy Alliance" and on the other side were other video websites.
And the leaders of the ministries sit in the middle.
There were only three companies sitting next to Zhang Chaoyang. A strange executive came from Yiku.com, and Qin Shaoyan sat directly with Wang Wei and Gu Yongqiang.
"Mr. Qin." Zhang Chaoyang greeted, "Why are you sitting over there?"
"It's good here. It's good to sit with my colleagues on the video website and communicate more." Qin Shaoyan replied with a smile.
"The anti-piracy alliance seats are over here, and the meeting is about to start." Zhang Chaoyang hinted to Qin Shaoyan not to sit crooked.
"That side is the anti-piracy alliance, and this side is the anti-quick broadcast alliance." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Both sides are my friends, which makes it difficult for me to choose."
This sentence directly burned Zhang Chaoyang's CPU. He thought for a long time and couldn't understand the logic of Qin Shaoyan's words.
Fortunately, someone quickly came forward to solve Qin Shaoyan's troubles. A staff member walked up to Qin Shaoyan and whispered: "Mr. Qin, the leader will be here soon. Please return to your seat and sit down."
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Qin Shaoyan then stood up and returned to the "Anti-Piracy Alliance".
He sat down next to Zhang Chaoyang, looked up, and found that there was another person beside Zhang Chaoyang.
"This is Gong Yu, my newly appointed senior vice president, who is in charge of the video website business." Zhang Chaoyang introduced.
"Hello, Mr. Qin." Gong Yu took the initiative to reach out and shook Qin Shaoyan's hand with a smile.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Qin Shaoyan said with emotion, "Mr. Zhang has so many talented people, it's really enviable."
What Qin Shaoyan said was not polite. In a few years, this person will leave Sohu and found iQiyi, becoming one of the three giants of video websites and competing with Tencent Video.
Previously, this was the vice president in charge of Focus Real Estate Network and Sohu's wireless business. He was promoted to senior vice president by Zhang Chaoyang, responsible for the new strategic direction.
It’s not without reason that Sohu is nicknamed the “Whampoa Military Academy” of the Internet. It has contributed several founders to the video website alone.
Originally, Zhang Chaoyang was personally responsible for the business of Sohu Video. However, in 2005, Sohu launched too many strategic directions. Big moves came one after another. Zhang Chaoyang was a little overwhelmed, so he brought Gong Yu over to assist.
Zhang Chaoyang raised his head and glanced at his counterpart across from him, and whispered to Qin Shaoyan: "I'm afraid it won't be a good meeting today."
The Anti-Piracy Alliance and other video websites are at loggerheads with each other, and they are even going to start going to court.
At this time, the leader of the administrative agency suddenly called everyone over for a meeting. It was obviously not to support the formalization of the video website.
Therefore, Zhang Chaoyang seemed a little worried.
Qin Shaoyan acted very relaxedly, "No matter how hard we try, we will never stop us from fighting piracy."
These words immediately made Zhang Chaoyang feel confident that anti-piracy was politically correct. Of course, it was impossible for the leader to say that anti-piracy was not allowed.
At this time, the conference room suddenly became quiet again.
Several leaders walked in with cheerful faces, and then sat on the main seats while waving their hands.
As usual, the largest leader made the opening speech. He first briefly talked about the development of video websites and praised everyone present for their contribution to the industry.
"Everyone here today is an outstanding representative and leader of video websites. I am convening this meeting mainly to hear your opinions and views on the development of the industry."
"Don't be restrained. You are welcome to speak freely and whatever you want."
The atmosphere was silent. No one spoke or had any intention of speaking actively.
Qin Shaoyan finally figured out the meaning of today's meeting.
To put it bluntly, the leaders of the ministries and commissions do not care about the problem of piracy, nor do they care about anti-piracy. They only care that the "anti-piracy alliance" does not wipe out the video website industry.
Although the video website has just appeared less than a year ago, it is developing very rapidly.
Online video users have accounted for more than 50% of the total number of Internet users, and have become one of the mainstream of the Internet.
In addition, there have been a series of hot topics about video websites recently, which has made the concept of video websites extremely popular.
Qin Shaoyan's Internet evolution trend of "text-picture-video" has been widely accepted by the public and has gradually become the consensus of the Internet industry.
There is another big difference between video websites and other Internet products. Products born on the Internet in China all learn from American models and imitate them later.
Video websites appeared almost simultaneously with similar products on the American Internet, and their founders were also Chinese.
It can be said that after nearly ten years of development, China's Internet finally has a track that is on the same starting line as the United States.
Therefore, video websites have also attracted major attention.
Originally, as an emerging industry classification, as long as no principled issues arise, administrative agencies will first observe and let it develop, and will not intervene in legislative supervision until a certain stage.
But the "Anti-Piracy Alliance" suddenly appeared, carrying the banner of anti-piracy and hammering the entire industry, almost putting other video websites to death.
When things got to this point, administrative agencies had to intervene to prevent the "anti-piracy alliance" from using too much force and really destroying the industry.
To put it bluntly, the purpose of today's meeting only has three words.
And thin mud.
The leader looked around and looked at Qin Shaoyan.
"You are Qin Shaoyan, the boss of Qvod.com, right."
Qin Shaoyan agreed, "It's me."
"I've heard of you." The leader said with a smile, "You are very famous. You are known as the father of video websites. You also created YouTube in the United States, and then you founded Qvod.com when you returned to China."
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"Qvod.com is the leader in video websites, and you are the person who knows the most about video websites. Please take the lead and say a few words."
(End of chapter)