Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2985 Small and Beautiful

This year's Changyou opening board meeting will be held in New York.

Zhou Buqi called Ning Lu, Gu Zanli, Yan Qiqi and Zhang Zetian, four female secretaries, to accompany him and boarded the plane to the East Coast. Because he was too tired last night, he went to the bedroom and fell asleep as soon as he got on the plane.

When I opened my eyes, the plane was already over New York.

After getting up and walking out of the bedroom, he saw the four female secretaries surrounding the computer, watching very carefully without saying a word. That scene... made Zhou Buqi recall the scenes on the university campus. There would always be such scenes in the boys' dormitories at that time.

A boy risked being poisoned and downloaded a short movie at an extremely slow internet speed. Then four guys in the dormitory gathered around him in complete silence, taking it as seriously as they could.

This scene really looks like it.

"What are you looking at?"

Zhou Buqi didn't believe that these female secretaries would do such a tasteless thing. If they wanted to see it, Boss Zhou could demonstrate it to them personally in the evening.

Yan Qiqi turned around and smiled, "Senior, come here quickly! Look!"

Zhou Buqi leaned over and asked, "What?"

Yan Qiqi said: "It's an approval document sent to you by the President's Office."

"What's so strange about this?"

Zhou Buqi is a little strange.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Ziweixing International.

At least dozens of documents need to be read and reviewed every day.

Yan Qiqi said angrily: "This is different, look!"

She made room for him.

A computer screen was displayed, which was a micro-book document.

In the first line of the proposer column, it was clearly written "Julia Wen".

This is actually a document written by Wen Zhixia!

Couldn't it be through the back door?

Look at the review column...

  Ho!

A total of eight senior executives gave instructions and responded in agreement. The names of Zheng Xiaoli, Thompson, Xu Liangjie, Gary Ward, Alex Jones, Gore Louis, Lu Qi and other senior executives were all on the list.

This is amazing!

You know, Teacher Wen's position is only Zheng Xiaoli's assistant, and her position is not even at the middle level. However, a report she wrote can be passed up layer by layer until it was approved by the President's Office and finally reached the CEO Zhou Buqi!

It's like playing a game, and you can make it to the last level by defeating all the enemies.

Zhou Buqi was also a little excited, so he squeezed over, put his left hand around Mai Feixue's waist, and put his right hand under her thighs, hugging her alive. Then he sat in her seat and let her sit on his lap, "What document is this?"

Ning Lu said: "A proposal for acquisition."

"Acquisition?"

“Well, an educational product.”

"Oh!"

Zhou Buqi immediately remembered what Teacher Wen had told him three days ago.

She has been paying attention to the online education market.

I wrote a report and submitted it.

Zhou Buqi didn't care too much at the time.

After all, she is a foreigner and doesn't know much about the United States. What insights can she have on such a new business? Unexpectedly, her report was submitted step by step according to the process. It seems that Teacher Wen has made progress.

Zhou Buqi's English level, even for daily communication, is much lower than that of professionals like Ning Lu, Gu Zanli and Zhang Zetian.

Especially when reading English articles, the gap is even greater.

When reading Chinese, he can read ten lines at a glance.

Quick and efficient.

It’s not the same when reading in English. Not only is the reading speed slow, but you also have to read carefully and understand the meaning of each word.

Ning Lu knew that his level was not good enough, so she pointed out the key points directly to him, "Teacher Wen said that he wanted to acquire a website... Look, this is it, Lynda.com. This is an old website, which has been established for 18 years. It is also quite famous in the industry."

Zhou Buqi had never heard of it. "Which direction?" Ning Lu controlled the mouse, showing him the content of the article, and said, "Here... Look, this is an educational resource website, which mainly shares some educational videos on programming, software, business, technology and creative skills. It also says here that the videos are mainly from industry experts, professionals and experienced teachers. There are more than 2400 hours of video content here, and 90% of the content is produced and uploaded by Lynda."

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Such a large amount..."

Ning Lu said: "It's been a long time. This website was founded in 95. We have accumulated a lot over the years. Now we have more than 70 users."

Zhang Zetian said with a smile: "I used the network disk to download a lot of learning materials in China, including many courses on science and technology business. I just found out that the source of those pirated educational resources in China is actually from here."

Zhou Buqi was not satisfied. "Only 70 users? How come?"

Zhang Zetian quickly said, "It's different. We just logged in. This is a paid website. Users need to pay $25 per month to watch these educational videos."

Zhou Buqi was surprised and asked, "Are all users paying customers?"

Ning Lu said: "Well, there are no free users. This is because the company has not raised funds for more than ten years and has been self-reliant. It was not until last year that it finally completed its first round of financing and received $1 million in venture capital."

After hearing this, Zhou Buqi understood.

This is a traditional website.

This type of video website has too high operating costs. Once there are too many users, the server and bandwidth will not be able to handle it, causing the website to crash. In the early years, many dead video websites were because they could not sustain too many users.

The paid model can effectively limit this situation. Only paid users can watch, which will inevitably lead to a small number of users, making it easier to operate and greatly reducing website expenses. Coupled with the income from paying users, the website can survive well without external financing.

This type of model is actually more common on some high-quality adult video websites.

You need to pay to watch it.

This not only allows the website to earn paid income, but also reduces the pressure on the server and bandwidth caused by a large number of free users coming in to watch. With cloud computing services, it is easier to operate such a website.

Ziwei Cloud is the largest cloud service provider in this market.

In most developed countries, these types of websites are open and legal, and they can operate businesses with integrity and without any need to hide.

Because the DVD market is now in decline, the adult industry is gradually declining.

Many companies went bankrupt because they could no longer sell films.

Those outstanding actresses no longer sign with any company and are all working on their own on the Internet... Some business-minded ones can use Ziwei Cloud's services to create a small website, shoot their own videos and upload them, and then use social platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Helo, Ucgram, etc. to drive traffic to their personal small website.

Because it is a paid website, the operating costs are very low, allowing them to be self-reliant and have a more free career.

Many popular independent newcomers are beginning to adopt this small and beautiful model more and more.

You can easily make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

If she shoots a few popular short videos and makes her personal website popular, her annual income can even reach tens of millions of dollars, which is more than many Hollywood actresses. Backed by the Internet with cloud services, the new generation of adult actresses have income and freedom that their predecessors could never have imagined.

Under the guidance of Boss Zhou, Ziweiyun has firmly stepped on such a track and won the market of video content. Don't underestimate this market. There are tens of thousands of similar websites in this market, and the total traffic is not much worse than YouTube.

If each user pays Ziwei Cloud a service fee of $1000 to $5000 per month, Ziwei Cloud can earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year from this sector.

I can only say thank you to the young ladies from Europe, America, South Korea and Japan for your hard work, which has made a lot of money for Boss Zhou.

When Zhou Buqi saw this educational website called Lynda, he immediately set his sights on this market.

  Ah!

There must be quite a few paid educational websites like Lynda in the United States.

  It is impossible for Ziweixing International to monopolize the online education market. This field is destined to flourish. However, the logic of this industry is similar to that of the adult industry. We should find a way to bring all the video websites in the education industry to the Ziwei Cloud platform!

Mai Feixue sat in the big boss's arms, feeling dizzy and happy. She also wanted to show off herself. She pointed at the computer screen and said, "Boss, look, here are the data. Lynda currently has 70 users, but some of them won't continue to pay. There are currently about 40 paying users, and the monthly subscription fee is $25, which means the website's monthly subscription income is $1000 million, which is more than $1 million a year!"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, this is the secret of this small and beautiful paid website. There are few users, but the ability to generate income is very strong. Many girls who run personal websites drive Ferraris and Lamborghinis to travel around and have fun. They are as cool as they can be."

"What little girl?" Mai Feixue was slightly stunned, not understanding, "Boss, which little girl have you taken a fancy to this time?"

Zhou Buqi quickly said: "How is that possible? I haven't seen it!"

Then he quickly changed the subject and said seriously: "This educational website Lynda is indeed quite niche, with only more than 40 users. However, Mr. Wen has a unique vision. This is actually a gold mine that has not yet been mined. If it is operated well, there is a chance to create greater value!"

Zhang Zetian said softly, "Well, how can we rely on a paid model? It's not Netflix. I think Lynda should be fully open to free users and earn some advertising fees. Then, open a premium channel. Only the educational courses in the premium channel require users to subscribe to membership. If it is just pure payment, then the traffic will be too low, and it will be difficult to expand the online education business."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "There is progress."

Zhang Zetian was very happy and said happily: "Am I right?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, you are right!"

"Then should we approve Mr. Wen's proposal?"

"allow!"