warrior godfather

Chapter 667 Indifferent
Haidian District, ByteDance headquarters.

In a plainly decorated office, Zhang Yiming, the CEO of ByteDance, is receiving reports from his subordinates:
"According to the analysis of the number of game viewers in the past, the number of people watching the NBA Finals G4 broadcast through Tencent Sports will eventually exceed 2600 million. This will be the game with the largest number of viewers in the history of Tencent Sports, and this trend is very It may continue into next season, and the Warriors will continue to absorb traffic this summer..."

Zhang Yiming sat in front of the desk whose paint was peeling off, and the chair was also an old Herman Miller ergonomic chair, listening intently.

This chair has been with Zhang Yiming for six years, costing 7000 yuan, and he has been reluctant to change it.

ByteDance's newly developed Douyin app has been online for less than half a year, and it is in a state of rapid development. It is burning money everywhere to attract short video users with Kuaishou.

As the CEO of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming must lead by example, work frugally, and use all funds wisely.

In this era of booming Internet industry, financing is easy, but it is also very difficult.

Investors don't have much patience. They can tolerate a huge loss for a product, but they must seize the market quickly and see the bright prospect of future listing.

Now no one makes money from the profit of the company. They invest, burn money, divert people, and seize the market. After the company goes public, it cashes out and makes money by financial means.

The same is true for ByteDance investors. Investors such as Sequoia Capital, DST, and Heiner Asia are all waiting for the day when ByteDance goes public.

The same is true for Venus Capital, which has participated in the A-round investment.

Zhang Yiming had just established ByteDance, Venus Capital came to him and offered to provide A-round investment. Since then, he has led every round of investment. He is currently the shareholder with the largest shareholding in ByteDance, and has a great voice in the board of directors. Right, but Zhang Yiming holds the founder's shares, has weighted voting rights, and can also ensure control of the board of directors.

However, Venus Capital is not the kind of short-sighted investor. They provided Zhang Yiming with many useful suggestions, which played an important role in the development of Toutiao and Douyin. There were many detours.

With the continuous increase of the total investment, the relationship between Venus Capital and ByteDance is getting closer and closer. Zhang Yiming attaches great importance to the cooperation with Venus Capital. He also reciprocated the favor before, and drained Zhang Yu and Warriors on Toutiao and Douyin.

It was only then that Zhang Yiming knew that behind Venus Capital was Zhang Yu, the owner of the Warriors and head coach of Huaxia.

Subsequently, Mark Baum, another shareholder of Venus Capital, had a detailed discussion with Zhang Yiming, which aroused Zhang Yiming's interest in NBA digital media broadcasting rights, and this report came about.

Although Douyin has just started, and ByteDance is far from being able to compare with a giant like Tencent, Zhang Yiming is extremely confident in the future development of Douyin. It is not yet possible to challenge Tencent, but it does not mean that it will not be possible in the future.

After his subordinates finished reporting, Zhang Yiming nodded slightly, pondered for a while, and said
"Okay, go ahead and get busy first. After this game is over, a detailed ratings analysis report will be published."

"Yes." The subordinate respectfully responded and left the office.

Zhang Yiming looked at the slowly closing door, and the blueprint drawn by Mark Baum emerged in his mind:
"In the next few years, with the popularization of smart phones, the number of NBA fans in China will continue to increase. With Ronan's presence, the Warriors will attract the most fans, just like the Rockets before, and the Warriors will be stronger. Will win more championships. Stephen is a superstar. His fans in China will only increase. If Douyin can win the NBA’s exclusive broadcast rights and short video copyrights, and then cooperate with NBA officials to incubate China The basketball net red will attract all young users who love basketball, and then live broadcast with goods..."

This blueprint made him very excited, and the huge flow that the Warriors can bring has been fully demonstrated in the past few days.

Zhang Yu's Chinese identity makes him as popular as a superstar. As the No.1 in the league, Curry has a very high popularity among Chinese basketball fans. The combination of the two is no less than Yao Ming's love for the NBA in China. Spreading effect.

If we can create a chain that integrates NBA live broadcasts, short videos, basketball internet celebrities, and live broadcasts with goods...

Zhang Yiming didn't know how promising the "live streaming" proposed by Mark Baum would be, but after listening to Mark Baum's detailed description, his intuition told him that this may be an important part of the realization of Douyin's traffic in the future. Instruct the Douyin operation department to discuss and start developing this related function.

Thoughts surged in Zhang Yiming's mind, and after a long time, he whispered to himself:
"In any case, we must pay attention to the opinions of Venus, and pay close attention to the development of the NBA in China first, and then decide whether to make a move when the time comes..."

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When the waves and undercurrents in China were turbulent, on the far side of the Pacific Ocean, G4 of the finals finally started.

Even though the big score is 0:3 behind, the Quicken Loans Center is still an empty seat, and the Cleveland fans have shown their loyalty. In this game that may be the last game of the season, they will never leave and stand with the team , face this difficult battle together.

The Cavaliers players who have been defeated repeatedly are also high-spirited. Lu's attention-diversion method has played a role. They shifted their focus from winning the championship to winning G4 and avoiding being swept away, and regained the motivation to fight on.

If we can't win the series, can we just win one game?
This kind of humble thought made the entire Cavaliers team feel a tragic atmosphere, feeling that they were "bullied" by the Warriors.

The battle of dignity, the underdog must win, the last stand... With the superposition of various buffs, the Cavaliers burst into powerful combat power after the opening game.

Irving and Love continued the excellent state of G3, scoring like cutting melons and vegetables.

There is no problem with the Warriors' defense, but Irving is able to hit the fairy ball, and Love's singles with the ball also reproduces the demeanor of the Timberwolves period, which is always unfavorable.

Even the role players of the Cavaliers are like divine help, such as strong three-pointers against the defense, breakthrough layups that carry opponents hard to the basket, and mid-range emergency stop jump shots after the rhythm changes...

These role players who did not have a high sense of presence on the offensive end in the first three games, the "CBA teammates" in the mouth of some Cavaliers fans, broke out collectively. On the edge of the cliff that the Cavaliers are about to be eliminated, in front of 20000 Cavaliers fans, they showed tenacious and unyielding spirit On the one hand, resist to the end.

Even if they still lose in the end, they can't go down in Cleveland.

The Warriors were caught off guard. Although Zhang Yu reminded everyone before the game to pay attention to the Cavaliers' counterattack, and the rich experience in the finals also made the Warriors players extra cautious and would not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy, but those unreasonable advances of the Cavaliers The ball still put the Warriors at a disadvantage.

In this game, Director Lu still adopted the defensive strategy of flanking Curry and then rotating to fill the position.

Anyway, no matter how you defend, you can't prevent the Warriors' offense. It's better to lock Curry and contain the Warriors' strongest scorer first.

The game can be lost, Curry must die.

Zhang Yu had expected this for a long time, and no one knew Curry's position in Director Lu's heart better than him.

After all, when Curry is standing next to Durant, Director Lu will still attack Curry without hesitation.

Even if Zhang Yu was in his position, he probably wouldn't do it.

This kind of "deep love" for Curry even surpassed reason. Zhang Yu doubted whether Director Lu would continue to pinch Curry if Curry and Jordan were on the same team.

There will never be an answer to this question, but now, flanking Curry will always be Lu's first choice, no matter who Curry's teammates are or how strong his scoring ability is.

Under the gravitational force of Ku, the rest of the Warriors got a lot of open opportunities. As in the previous games, the offense unfolded like clouds and flowing water.

However, the Cavaliers can always score all kinds of unreasonable goals, play with momentum, fight against the Warriors, and even overwhelm the Warriors.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Warriors by 36 points 32:4. This is the only time since four games that the Cavaliers have scored a single-quarter victory over the Warriors.

This is Owen twisting his body into twists and turns again and again, it is Love's turn-around jump shot time after time, it is Jefferson's breakthrough layup like carrying a dynamite bag again and again, and it is Smith's time and time again. Defensive strong three-pointers in exchange for.

They played blood and momentum, just waiting for the boss of the team to take the lead in the charge, and win this battle of dignity in one go.

However, when the Cavaliers looked forward to James, James was indifferent.

From the very beginning of the game, James was lazy, unable to cheer up, and didn't break through when he took the ball. He passed the ball with two dribbles, and then walked aside to watch others operate.

After Irving and Love played with the ball for a few rounds, they felt that it was James' turn to attack anyway. After passing the ball, James dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch at the top of the arc, made a stir fry, and then made a soft shot. The pull-up jumper.

Not to mention, Leonard always gives James a step to shoot the ball, mainly defending against breakthroughs. James pulls up a few times, and there is always a time to make a shot.

He made 4 of 2 shots in the first quarter, scored 5 points, made a three-pointer, and made a long two-pointer. The efficiency is not low.

But these 5 points had a side effect. Leonard found that James' desire to attack was not high, and his defense became more and more bold.

In the second quarter, Leonard let go of James several times to shrink the frame and rotate to fill in, strangled the Cavaliers' offense many times, and stagnated the Cavaliers' high momentum.

Looking back, James is not very active defensively. What he likes to do most is to shrink from the weak side to the basket, but without reaching out, he just stands there, looks up at the basket, and waits for the rebound to fall.

Leonard got a lot of open opportunities in the bottom corner. After receiving the ball from Green and Antetokounmpo, or receiving Curry's big cross across the bottom corner of the half court, he shot calmly and took the ball in the first half. It's 18 points.

At the end of the second quarter, the Warriors successfully overtook the score and led the Cavaliers by 65 points 60:5.

The Cavaliers are still so tenacious, but not everyone is so tenacious, and the most important person is not tenacious enough.

The morale that the knight had finally boosted was dissipating little by little.

(End of this chapter)