Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1546 Lao Zhang, I care about you very much
The online disk business cannot be done, the main reason is that the threshold for this thing is too low.

Network cloud disk is a low-end cloud computing, only "cloud", no "computing".Moreover, because it is a personal-oriented storage business, the requirements for security and stability are not so high, and the technical difficulty is even lower.

If the threshold is low, it is easy to attract vicious competition.

The main reason why overseas online disk business can start is because Silicon Valley giants have a bottom line in competition, and they all understand the truth of killing one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred, and they don't play too much.

Apple cloud disk, Google cloud disk, Microsoft cloud disk, etc. basically only have 5g-10g free storage space. If you want better service and more space, users have to pay for it.

But it is different in China. Internet companies found out that this track is very hot, so they rushed into it frantically.

Whether it is a giant or a new company, there is a mentality of fighting bloody battles.

If you give 5g, I will give 10g, if you give 100g, I will give 500g, if you give 1T, I will give 2T, if you give 3T, I will give 5T!

Basically, they would rather die by themselves than make the other party feel better.

Then, they died collectively.

There is only one Baidu Netdisk that has a lot of money and only gives away 2T free space. It loses more than one billion yuan every year for this business, lingering in the controversy and criticism.

After Zhou Buqi started his business in Silicon Valley, his biggest impression is that doing business in Silicon Valley is so harmonious. There has never been such a desperate attitude of bayonets. They both maintain a certain bottom line.

Whoever has a good product and whose product users like more can stand out, and no one should play tricks.

For example, the promotion of Helo on the Android side. If Google were a domestic company, Helo would have been blocked by Android long ago.Because Google also has a mobile phone social product Google talk, which is in competition with Helo.

Google did not curb the development of Helo because of this level of competition. Instead, it worked hard to promote Helo because of its popularity with users.Their own Google talk is not recognized by the market, so there is no recommendation.

The rules of the domestic Internet industry are really bad. There are vicious competitions everywhere, technology blocking, malicious blocking, induced uninstallation, black public relations and rumors. The most exaggerated is the Internet education and training industry later.

Because the education and training industry is aimed at primary and middle school students, information health is very important.In order to crack down on competitors, they deliberately released pornographic information on the other party's platform to pollute primary and middle school students, and then reported it to the authorities, causing a very sensational social incident.The other party's reputation became bad, and the parents and students all ran to their own platform.

The results of it?
Just like the online disk industry... No, it's worse than the online disk industry.There is only one Baidu online disk left in the online disk industry, and the education and training industry is completely dead, and there is no one to survive.

Vicious competition in the Internet industry hurts competitors, itself, and the entire industry.

In the past few years, Zhou Buqi would fight with other competitors and play some behind-the-scenes tricks.Not anymore, it is better to develop peacefully and compete fairly, if you can avoid fighting, then don’t fight.Whether it is competing with Penguin's cloud computing or Baidu's security industry, we must be friendly.

Zhou Buqi, like Ziweixing, is also growing up slowly, with a higher perspective and specifications.

After hearing such an analysis, Zhang Chaoyang was silent for a long time, and then asked: "What about you? Can you make a network disk?"

Zhou Buqi said: "No."

"Really not?" Zhang Chaoyang was a little surprised. "This direction is very good, especially mobile phones. Aren't you very optimistic about mobile terminals? The storage space of mobile phones is too small, and the network disk is a necessity for smartphones."

Zhou Buqi said: "The threshold of this thing is too low, and you can't even touch the edge of cloud computing. There are too many people pouring in, and stampedes are prone to happen. Let's talk about it in ten or eight years, when the tide recedes Now, let’s study whether to enter or not.”

Zhang Chaoyang asked: "Aren't you afraid of being robbed of the track?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It's like in a martial arts conference, a group of young people fight first. The big boss appears last."

Zhang Chaoyang shook his head, "The cost of data migration is very high! If a user locks a network disk product and stores all the data in it, it will be difficult to replace it."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Old Zhang, how much does this kind of storage service cost? You do Sohu Video, don't you understand? If there is no sufficient source of income for this thing, it will not work at all. Let alone the Internet In my opinion, your online video business should be shut down quickly. If you can’t collect enough service fees from users, this kind of asset-heavy industry can’t work at all!”

After a pause, Zhou Buqi continued: "Why is Ziwei Cloud's model acceptable? Because Ziwei Cloud is aimed at enterprise-level users and provides storage services to enterprises. Enterprises have the financial resources to pay for it. Individual users, let alone online After buying the service, I don’t even want to pay the courier fee for e-commerce. The monthly income of 9 million farmers is less than 1000 yuan, so don’t think too far.”

There are actually two ways to make money from Internet products, one is to sell services, and the other is to make money from advertising for free.

Over the past few years, Zhou Buqi has gradually come to the conclusion that the domestic Internet profit model must be more streamlined than that of foreign countries, subject to consumption power.

If you are selling services and products, you must target enterprise users, and only enterprises can afford to pay;

Individual-oriented products should still be based on the "free + advertising" model.But relying on advertising fees alone, the income is very limited, which means that asset-heavy projects such as online disks and streaming videos are difficult to generate profits.With that little advertising fee income, you can only play platform-type asset-light projects.

Netflix's model can be played well abroad, but there is no way out in China. There are too few paying users, and the advertising fee cannot meet the operating consumption of heavy assets.

Zhang Chaoyang sat on the lounge chair with a white towel covering his lap, watching Yang Mi and the other girls playing bowling in tight sportswear, he felt a little uncomfortable, and sighed, "That game What about it? Are games asset-light or asset-heavy?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Asset-light, it is divided into so many districts. The current mainstream game mode is to attract players for free, and then use comparison and superiority to stimulate some players to pay."

"Correct."

"I recently worked on a new project."

"what?"

"Blockchain."

Zhou Buqi has worked hard to study the blockchain for half a month, how can he just give up?If you can't convince everyone inside Ziweixing, then go and fool Lao Zhang.

It's best to succeed, but if you fail... If you fail, you will fail. Anyway, Lao Zhang has failed in everything these years, and he is used to it.

Zhang Chaoyang froze for a moment, "What is a blockchain?"

Zhou Buqi exhausted his eloquence and spent 5 minutes explaining to him briefly, "You don't need to understand the specific future applications, you just need to know that there is a market for virtual encrypted coins. As long as Bitcoin is hyped, I believe there will be more blockchain-based cryptocurrencies in the market.”

"So what?"

Zhang Chaoyang didn't understand what he meant.

Zhou Buqi said: "It all depends on how big your old Zhang's ambition is!"

"What do you mean?"

"Now you don't worry about food, clothes, women, social status, what you want, do you still have the fighting spirit to conquer the world? Do you want to enjoy yourself now, or do you want to achieve a greater cause? "

"Stop teasing me."

Zhang Chaoyang doesn't like this.

Zhou Buqi snorted and said, "I can tell you that Jieyu Media's business has reached Hollywood. My blind box business is about to reach the whole world. Sohu is hopeless, but Changyou has a chance. Changyou Do you want to live and work in the domestic market and enjoy a good life, or do you want to compete with world-class game giants like EA and Blizzard in the world?"

Zhang Chaoyang was amused, "You kid is better at fooling than a qigong master!"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Who fooled you? I'm doing this for your own good!"

Zhang Chaoyang pouted, "For my own good?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, "Old Zhang, you are the patriarch of our domestic Internet, you are the number one person. When you succeeded, I was still in junior high school, and Ali, Penguin, and Baidu were not worthy to carry your shoes. I don't believe you don't have any thoughts in your heart. Times have changed now, and I care about you too."

This is really caring.

Don't look at Lao Zhang's day-to-day calm, as if he doesn't care about anything, but is it really like this?Just when Sohu was lonely and was surpassed by more and more Internet companies, he fell ill and suffered from severe depression.Obviously he has everything, but he is not happy.

Those who have climbed to the top of the mountain fell to the bottom of the mountain. This sense of loss cannot be experienced by those who have been at the bottom of the mountain.

Zhou Buqi is on the top of the mountain, so he can empathize with it.

Zhang Chaoyang was silent for a long time, sighed deeply, with a feeling of loneliness between his brows, and asked self-deprecatingly: "Who can be convinced?"

"That's what I'm talking about!" Zhou Buqi clenched his fists, "Since you are not convinced, then do it! What's the use of sighing, take a step forward and go out! I have already figured out a little way in overseas markets, Europe, America, Korea and Japan The layout of the building is basically completed. I will give you a front stop, and you follow me and rush out!"

Zhang Chaoyang was surprised, "For overseas markets? For games?"

Zhou Buqi said: "That's right, games! DOTA2 has been developed and is about to be released globally. Isn't Changyou a multinational company? There is also "League of Legends", which may also be successful. In the short term I need to find another company to act as an agent. When Changyou’s business develops in Europe and the United States, I don’t need other agents. However, whether it’s "DOTA2" or "League of Legends", it’s nothing to do with it. , what I want to tell you is a new online game model based on the blockchain concept! It is much better than "World of Warcraft", "FIFAonline" and "Aion"!"

Zhang Chaoyang was excited and very interested, "Tell me more about it!"

(End of this chapter)