China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 557 "The Richest Man" and the Harem of Class 96

In the past two years, China's Internet has developed faster and faster.

In 2006, there were only a handful of Internet companies with a market capitalization exceeding US$50 billion. Just one year later, several Internet companies exceeded US$[-] billion.

In particular, when Alibaba went public in 2007, its market value took off immediately. At the beginning of 2007, there was no shadow of Alibaba in the top ten. After its listing, its market value soared by more than 280 billion US dollars.

At that time, apart from Penguin, Baidu, Box, and Shanda, the market value of Alibaba alone was comparable to the sum of other Internet companies.

From the second half of 2007 to the first half of 2008, Alibaba dominated the market.

Whether it's Sohu's Zhang Huhu, or NetEase's director Ding, or Shanda Chen Tianqiao who almost became the richest man in the mainland, or Shi Juren, who turned his back on melatonin.

The C position of the entire Chinese Internet is the eloquent Jack Ma from Hangzhou who looks like an alien.

For a time, Jack Ma became the new faucet in the entertainment industry, and Boss Cao, who deliberately kept a low profile, was covered by him.

However, Alibaba's market capitalization basically comes from the stock market, and it has a lot of water. When it was listed, it was regarded as a bubble by the American media.

Although there was no crash later, after entering the second half of 2008, the stock market hustle and bustle passed, and Alibaba's market value fell all the way.

From the peak market value of 280 billion + US dollars, in the summer of 2009, the market value was less than 140 billion US dollars.

When Alibaba fell from the miracle, Penguin began to rise in an all-round way.

In fact, Penguin has been on the rise for a long time. Since the blog was launched in January 2004, Penguin has been ranked among the top three in the market value of the Internet.

Occasionally, it was overtaken by several companies such as Netease, Shanda, Baidu, etc., and quickly regained it.

When the blog became the hottest social platform, at the same time Box Games began to jointly operate games with Penguin, coupled with its own business, Penguin's market value was basically firmly established in the first echelon.

From the second half of 2005 to the listing of Alibaba, most of Penguins have been firmly seated at the top of the Internet market value during this period.

After the second half of 2008, Penguin broke out completely.

Its own user base exceeds [-] million, and its influence spreads all over the entire network; the blog is upgraded to Weibo, supplemented by QQ personal space, and Penguin completely monopolizes the social platform; and box games launched "World of Warcraft", "Dungeon and Warriors", "Cross Fire" and other multiple The hot game has become the most prominent game company; the layout of music, news, video sites, browsers and other fields...

If Alibaba's success comes from the stock market, then Penguin's outbreak is a visible successful project.

This also caused Penguin's market value to go crazy. In the second half of 2008, it overtook Alibaba, which was still at its peak. Since 2009, it has been even more impressive.

By June 2009, Penguin's market capitalization had exceeded $6 billion.

Almost the sum of the second ranked Baidu [145 billion], the third Alibaba [140 billion], the fourth Netease [45 billion], and the fifth Ctrip [42 billion].

Brother Pony personally holds about 14% of the shares and is the second largest shareholder of Penguin.

According to the calculation of Penguin's market value, his net worth is almost 400 billion + RMB.

If nothing else happens, by the end of the year he will surpass BYD's boss Wang, Wahaha Zong's boss, Dongfang Hope's boss Liu, and become the richest man in the Mainland.

You know, the original space-time pony brother fought with Xu Belt, Jack Ma, and Lao Wang for many years, and only updated it in real time in 2017. It was not until 2019 that he officially became the richest person on the annual list.

Now, Brother Ma has fulfilled his dream of being the richest man ten years ahead of schedule.

Of course, the premise is that he doesn't bother with another second-rate singer who owns 35% of Penguin's shares...

However, although he has become the richest man, Brother Xiao Ma is still relatively low-key.

On the one hand, it is because of his own personality, and on the other hand, he also uses Cao Xuan as an example.

Others don't know, but Xiao Ma, whether it's a personal relationship or a company cooperation, is very close to the Cao Xuanfan Galaxy, so he can naturally figure out some real situations.

The outside world regards him as a myth of wealth, but Boss Cao's penguin shares are more than double that of Xiao Ma.

In addition, Cao Xuan has two companies with a market value of at least tens of billions of dollars in Fanxing and Box Games, plus a large number of other miscellaneous high-quality assets.

Brother Ma once asked Cao Xuan if his net worth was ten times higher than his own, and Cao Xuan pondered for a while.

"Whether it is 10 times or not is hard to say, but 7 to 8 times should be no problem."

With Cao Xuan's net worth, he still keeps a low schedule, and his little brother Ma, whose assets are far inferior to his, can't even float. He also learns from Cao Xuan and is cautious and steady.

As mentioned earlier, the three major advantages of Penguin Video, apart from hardware and software, the third is the introduction of a barrage mechanism that allows users to interact.

This bullet chatting mechanism already exists in Station A in China, but in 2009, Station A has not been out of the circle yet, and bullet chatting is still a new thing for many netizens.

Some people are willing to try it and find it interesting, while some people feel that this thing bothers watching videos and is superfluous.

Cao Xuan is not in a hurry, even if there are still people who don't like barrage in 2022, slowly try to change everyone's habits, anyway, you can choose to turn it off if you don't like it.

And if everyone gets used to the appearance of bullet screens and likes the feeling of chasing dramas with sand sculpture netizens, then it will be a big blow to the TV station.

The main force of drama chasing in later generations can be transferred from TV to the Internet. Although it is the general trend of the mobile Internet, the contribution of barrage is also worth mentioning.

The strong interactivity brought by the barrage can sometimes play a stronger role than the work itself.

Even web novels, web comics, and even some games follow the example of barrage to enhance interactivity.

At present, the appearance of barrage is more to enhance the user experience and stickiness. Whether one of the three advantages is enough depends on the follow-up development.

Leaving aside the barrage, the first two advantages are already very sharp compared to other video websites. Except for a few large websites, they can still fight hard, and the small and medium-sized video websites are directly left behind.

However, Penguin Video also has two super advantages that other sites cannot do.

Penguin drainage + star publicity.

You know, in 2009, the combined user data of Penguin and Weibo amounted to over [-] million daily active users. With such a large user traffic pool, success in attracting traffic can be described as terrifying.

At the same time, Fanxing also has a huge star lineup and media matrix.

After the launch of Penguin Star, the stars of all major star systems began to promote online and offline, and various related media also carried out a large amount of exposure based on the publicity of the stars.

In terms of quantity, it is definitely not comparable to Penguin's drainage. However, most of the star-targeted fans and people who eat melons are film and entertainment enthusiasts. Much higher.

Crazy drainage and momentum on both sides made Penguin Star just go online and get out of the circle.

In just one day, the number of Penguin Video users registered as many as 400 million, of which about 12 users chose to open VIP.

Opening VIP on Penguin Star has many functions, the first is free of advertisements, the second is the definition permission, the third is that there is an additional badge on the QQ account, and the fourth is that you can watch VIP episodes.

Needless to say, the first two are needless to say. The third VIP of QQ Star Music and Weibo also has this treatment. It may seem a bit tasteless, but in fact, many people buy VIP specifically for the QQ account, and what they want is a VIP. row noodles.

Just like the live broadcast website, the big brother of the list has special effects when he appears on the stage, and there are titles such as [Baiyin Dameng] and [Leader] behind the reader ID of the rich online writers, in order to satisfy the vanity of some users.

The many VIP badges on the QQ account light up, which symbolizes at least dozens of monthly expenditures. In 2009, it is definitely a representative of the rich.

The fourth function is also very easy to watch VIP dramas. In order to attract new users, more than 80% of the resources of Penguin Star are free.

The VIP of Penguin Star is not expensive. There are miscellaneous discounts for newcomers and continuous monthly subscription discounts. You can activate it with a maximum of 5 yuan and a minimum of 2.5 yuan. You can use online banking, SMS, Tenpay (Penguin), and Alipay.

Of course, at the very beginning, the website was not obsessed with making money from VIPs.

As long as users share or do tasks, they can actually get free short-term VIP. Weibo, QQ, Penguin Games and other products of Penguin, Fanxing and some partners have VIP time limit gifts.

The reason why there are so many tricks, one is to increase user activity, and the other is to cultivate users to consolidate the habit of using VIP.

In addition to the above functions, VIP also has various other benefits, and the follow-up is also continuously optimized and developed.

The 12 VIP account just can't bear the trouble, so it saves money and saves trouble, and it also makes Penguin Xiaoxiao a fortune.

Youku and other websites don’t care about making this little money, but Penguin Star’s potential and momentum have shocked them and frightened them, and they came out to scold plagiarism, and it’s not that they don’t have other careful thoughts.

However, Cao Xuan and Penguin are not vegetarians. If they really play tricks, it is definitely not Penguin who suffers.

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Cao Xuan experienced the website for one night by himself, and he is quite satisfied with the hardware and software. Personally, he is most interested in the barrage.

He picked "When Men Are in Love" starring him and clicked on it. It wasn't too crowded, but it wasn't too few bullet screens to float across the screen slowly.

【What is this, it's fun】

[How to turn it off, it affects watching movies too much]

[The transparency and speed can be adjusted, tutorial...]

【Fucking around, messing around】

[It's very interesting, it's like watching a movie together, it feels absolutely different from watching it by yourself]

[Watched "When a Man is in Love" countless times, favorite movie]

【Me too, I really want to see Cao Xuan and Hu Jing act in another romance movie】

[Although Cao Xuan is a scumbag, because of this movie, I still can't hate him]

[This version is so high-resolution, I have collected it]

[Why prostitute VIP for nothing? 】

【…】

There was a lot of noise in the first few minutes. After about ten minutes, everything that should be left has left, and the movie has officially entered the plot. The barrage is relatively refreshing. It is mainly aimed at the movie itself, and there are discussions with each other.

As far as Cao Xuan's personal movie-watching habits are concerned, he tends to watch them with bullet screens, especially comedies and variety shows.

However, for suspenseful, plot-like movies and TV shows, to prevent spoilers, it is best not to open the barrage for the first time. After watching it, you may wish to confirm it with the netizens on the barrage when you revisit the plot and explore the details for the second time.

Cao Xuan also watched the replay of the Chinese Super League. Luneng played very fiercely against Guoan. The whole game had five yellows and one red, and finally drew 2:2.

In my impression, Luneng didn't seem to play particularly well this season, but Guoan competed with Changchun Yatai this season and finally won the first league championship in team history.

Although Cao Xuan watches football, he is too busy with time. It is considered a high profile to watch 15 live broadcasts of Manchester United games in a season, let alone the domestic league.

However, Luneng is a hometown team after all, and Cao Xuan will also pay attention to the Super League rankings from time to time. If Luneng plays against Guoan, he will watch the game if conditions permit.

The war between Beijing and Lu is very beautiful!
However, Cao Xuan seldom goes to the domestic league matches, not because he doesn’t want to go, but when he goes, he is always asked if he wants to invest in football.

Let’s talk about investment. Cao Xuan really doesn’t want to throw money away for nothing. He donated a few football fields to the Hope Primary School, which is more meaningful than building a club in the Chinese Super League.

But saying no to invest, a group of people began to play with rhythm in various ways. After all, Cao Xuan is a self-proclaimed fan, but he doesn't know how to contribute to Chinese football. He is simply rich and unkind.

This is really not an exaggeration. From time to time, there are similar remarks under Cao Xuan's Weibo comments.

However, Cao Xuan was determined not to venture into the muddy waters of domestic professional football. After all, Lao Zhao’s tragic past in Liaozu was in front of him. Lao Wang and Jack Ma, two generations of richest men, entered the field with great glory, and then left in despair. .

If it doesn't work, Cao Xuan will donate to build some football fields, and even spend money to invest in some youth training institutions and schools, as for the others, he will be exempted.

Domestic football is too muddy, and foreign football is afraid that it may be sanctioned one day.

Of course, if the Glazer family is willing to sell Manchester United, Cao Xuan will risk being Abramovich, so he will buy it, but Glazer will definitely not hand over the cornucopia to others, so he should just be a fan honestly...

Penguin has just been launched, Cao Xuan attaches great importance to it, but still patiently gives enough room for development.

At least this year is still in its infancy, mainly based on various feedback adjustments, and at the same time constantly filling the film and television resource library. Next year, the popular film and television webcasts, online dramas, online comprehensives, and competitions will be launched one after another, which is when Penguin Star will really rise.

Of course, it would be better if we can win the copyrights of some popular dramas online in the second half of the year. No matter what the website is, I will never dislike my low traffic.

.........

On June 6, Cao Li, who had just passed his birthday, became a "left-behind child". Cao Xuan and Zeng Li came to Fanxing Film and Television City to film "Sword Rain".

At this time, "Taken 2" has not yet been fully drawn, and the global box office is approaching 3 million US dollars, making Boss Cao very popular now.

The American media publicly referred to Cao Xuan as a new generation of Chinese kung fu superstars, and domestically, it was a collective climax, stepping on Cheng Long and demoting Lianjie, blowing Cao Xuan into the sky.

However, Cao Xuan is very humble, feeling that the outside world has praised him too much, and even corrected the words used by the media.

He himself was not born in martial arts, and he became a monk halfway through playing dramas, and his action style is not traditional Chinese Kung Fu, and he is more inclined to fighting and fighting suitable for film and television shooting.

He thinks he can't afford to be a kung fu star. Although he knows some routines, kicks and weapons, and he is proficient in practice, he is not as good as other children's kung fu after all.

So Cao Xuan felt that he could be regarded as an action star, not a kung fu star/superstar, so that those who practice martial arts would not accept it and come to fight him again.

Although Cao Xuan is not afraid, he is such an actor that he is not interested in the entanglements in the martial arts world. If he has the opportunity, he can promote Chinese Kung Fu as the best, but he does not think that he can represent Chinese Kung Fu.

But no matter what, the appearance of Cao Xuan also brought great enthusiasm to the new movie "Sword Rain".

On the day of the opening, a large number of media came to the crew, and the strength of the team made many actors who were working with Cao Xuan for the first time marvel.

Besides Cao Xuan himself, the main output point of the media is undoubtedly the heroine Zeng Li.

As a not-so-popular second-tier star, she is partnered with Cao Xuan as the male and female lead, and the popular big flower Fan Xiaopang treats her as a green leaf. It's no wonder the media is not curious about it.

The official caliber of the crew is that Zeng Li is suitable for the role, the literary drama is good, and the martial arts is better.

Anyway, Nishinomiya Niangniang is originally a star seedling advocated by many fans and fans, and it is not unusual to star in a martial arts theme.

As for Cao Xuan, Boss Cao is wayward and likes this movie script, do you need any other reasons?

There are also media who want to make a fuss about the scandal, but fortunately, it was under Cao Xuan's deliberate rhythm.

The outside world has begun to spread rumors that the film crew of "Sword Rain" intends to stir up scandals and promote marketing for Cao and Zeng.

This is the case with many people who eat melons. The more you hide them, the more they want to dig out shocking information. If you release some information and invite everyone to eat melons, they will lose interest.

In fact, Zeng Li has played the heroine of Cao Xuan's MV for many years, and had an affair with Cao Xuan for the first time in "Swordsman". Gossip.

Tianya Tieba’s microblog related revelations emerged one after another. Although Cao Xuan had muddled the water in various ways, the scandal between the two has long been an old melon.

Last time, if it wasn't for the rare photo of them traveling together in a foreign country, there wouldn't be any disturbances.

In fact, Mr. Cao's gossip is four figures, and everyone is basically immune to his gossip news.

Now everyone is more interested in who is Cao Xuan's real girlfriend.

After all, Cao Xuan admitted that he has a girlfriend. Of course, except that he is not single, he did not disclose any other information, but there are various speculations in the market, and everyone is waiting for an official confirmation.

Compared with the gossip targets who are tired of watching, the genuine Tian Wang's wife is the real big melon.

There are also many people guessing that there is more than one sister-in-law of the Heavenly King. After all, there are many people who have fun. With Cao Xuan's conditions and character, it is normal to step on a few more boats.

The East and West Palaces are outrageous enough, but in the guesswork of netizens, it is absolutely conservative.

According to the analysis of Boss Cao's harem group, there are rarely less than four, and the most are more than twenty.

If this is a real girlfriend, Cao Xuan will stop doing anything all year round, and work hard in the first half of the year, and concentrate on health in the second half of the year...

In these combinations, the Eastern and Western Palaces have actually appeared together many times, and some people said that all the girls in Class 96 of the Chinese Opera were taken down by Cao Daguan.

At this point, Boss Cao definitely wants to call Qu Qu.

As far as the matter is concerned, there is no personal attack. The few golden flowers in class 96, except for Zhang Tong, a strong contender for class flowers, are not bad, and the others do not conform to Cao Xuan's aesthetics.

For example, Mei Ting, although she is also beautiful, but he just doesn't feel it. Li Xinyu and Qin Hailu are even more talented, and even the latter was a little bit of a clown when he was young.

Yuan Quan is the wife of his good friend Xia Yu, not to mention the issue of violating the ancestors, the key point is that Yuan is too thin.

Although the international chapter is a bit flat, but regardless of prejudice, the appearance is not bad, but it is a pity that Cao Xuan can't put aside his prejudice, so forget it.

Cao Xuan from class 96 of the Chinese Opera specifically picked Dongxi and Ergong to start, not just getting to know them first, he knew it clearly.

The analysis of gossip and gossip is true and false, false and true, but when these people broke the news, they were so convincing and full of confidence.

Sometimes Cao Xuan himself was a little confused, wondering how they knew these so-called "details" and how they described them so vividly, maybe they hid them under the bed at that time...

Fan Xiaopang, another influential figure in the "Sword Rain" crew, has not joined the crew yet, and many media have focused their attention on director Su Zhaobin.

This Taiwanese director with almost no experience is almost the least famous director since Cao Xuan starred in the movie.

Even Lin Chaoxian was considered a second-tier director in Xiangjiang before, and he had some masterpieces.

The only thing worth mentioning about Su Zhaobin is that there was once a film shortlisted for the Golden Horse, and he was Wu Baige's half-student.

You must know that except for a few top directors who may be a bit reserved, other first-line directors are eager to chase and cooperate with Cao Xuan.

After all, many of the directors who have worked with Cao Xuan have improved their careers. The most worth mentioning is Lin Chaoxian, who has become an international famous director from the second-tier Xiangjiang River. If he hadn't made a series of movies, his reputation would have been even higher.

Su Zhaobin is an unknown person who directs Cao Xuan. It's just luck. I don't know how many directors and behind-the-scenes staff envy and hate him...

(End of this chapter)