Rebirth starts from e-commerce

Chapter 433 Station B

The two largest video sites in China used to be Youku and Tudou.

After years of fighting, they decided to get married in 2012 and merged with 100% share exchange.

Their combination is equivalent to Lao Mei marrying Lao Su during the Cold War, and they have ruled the world ever since.

They also thought that after the merger of the two companies, it would be tantamount to monopolizing the domestic video websites, and from then on, one family would dominate.

However, the good times didn't last long, and iQiyi and Tencent Video seized the opportunity to rise rapidly.

Behind these three companies are the BAT Big Three, each of which is so poor that only money is left.

In order to staking the land, they fought to the death and suffered huge losses every year.

They all thought that if they fought their opponents to the death, they could monopolize the market and set prices at will.

It's a pity that the Internet market is not only a winner-take-all model, but also has multiple endings such as mutual loss and mutual killing.

Today there is a good-looking series here, and users come here; tomorrow there is a popular variety show over there, and users come back here.

They competed and robbed each other and burned each other's money, but they didn't really win the hearts of users.

Users are like water, flowing in and out.

Station B at this time is really just a small broken station.

In those mainstream fields, he knew that he could not compete with those giants, nor could he.

He can only pick up some food that others don't want to satisfy his hunger in the cracks between the big three.

I can only entertain myself in some niche areas, and slowly manage a piece of my own private land.

However, what is unexpected is that more and more niche cultures have come here to take root and sprout, establishing interest circles one after another.

With the growth of "Generation Z", the niche has gradually become the majority.

More importantly, users really regard this place as their "home" on the Internet.

He is digging a pond.

Once the water flows in, it can't get out.

Compared with other video sites, users of Station B have higher loyalty and will not leave easily.

I don't know when it started, the small broken station is no longer broken.

The market capitalization surpassed Youku and iQiyi one after another, and quickly widened the gap.

Instead of building a new video website to compete with the giants, Luo Xiu should directly invest in the existing Bilibili.

Of course, if he takes over the whole station B and does it himself, he may die.

The success of this small site is inseparable from the credit of one person, that is, the later chairman, Lao Chen.

Lao Chen, the co-founder of Kingsoft Network (Cheetah Mobile), became a die-hard user of Bilibili in 2010.

No matter how busy he is at work, he has to go to station B to browse several times every night, and he likes this website from the bottom of his heart.

In 2011, my country's GDP surpassed that of Japan and became the second largest economy in the world. Lao Chen realized that when the country's economy developed to a certain stage, there would be huge room for development in the cultural industry.

So he ran to meet the founder of station B, and the two chatted until 3 o'clock in the morning.

I don't know if they do anything else besides chatting.

At that time, the few start-ups at Station B were all young people in their early 20s. They were crowded into a house with a monthly rent of 3000 yuan. They had not yet received investment and relied entirely on generating electricity for love.

So Lao Chen became an angel investor at station B and served as a business consultant.

In 2014, Cheetah Mobile successfully listed in the US IPO.With money, Lao Chen chose to quit Cheetah, officially joined Station B, became a partner, and served as the chairman.

It was also because of Lao Chen's joining that Station B really began to operate as a company and created a business miracle.

It is now 2013, and Lao Chen is still in Cheetah.

It is estimated that at this time, he is only in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han.

When he learned that Luo Xiu was going to acquire Station B, he rushed over to meet Luo Xiu immediately.

For him, Station B is his home, and he doesn't want this home to be destroyed by capital.

"Hello Mr. Chen!"

Luo Xiu took Zhao Jianye to meet him.

The main reason is that Zhao Jianye is also a die-hard user of Station B and a Two-dimensional lover, so they can chat together until three o'clock in the morning.

The existence of Zhao Jianye can enhance the other party's goodwill, so that the other party will not hold too much hostility and wariness.

"Mr. Luo, I still can't figure it out, what is your intention for acquiring Station B?"

"I am optimistic about you and want to help you."

"Are you helping us like this?" Old Chen sounded a little funny.

It's as if the American police robbed and beat the boy to death in order to prevent the boy from committing suicide.

"I know you are short of money now, but I happen to have money."

"Although we are poor and broke now, we are not too poor to survive, and we don't compete with other video sites for food, so we don't have much to spend money on."

"That's not necessarily true." Luo Xiu smiled and said, "Don't you need money to buy copyright?"

Lao Chen's heart moved, but he still said calmly: "Why do you want to buy the copyright?"

It is still the world of piracy, and everyone does not have much copyright awareness.

However, Lao Chen knew that piracy was not far away, and he was moved to buy the copyright, but it was a pity that money was still tight.

"I have bought a lot of music copyrights in the past two years. I believe that the country will pay more attention to copyrights in the future, and I will buy them at that time, but it will not be at the current price. I believe that the same is true for animation copyrights. I should take advantage of the unaffordable price now. Stock up first."

Luo Xiu knows that when talking to a smart person, there is no need to hide it, it is better to get straight to the point and express his intentions directly.

"Well, I do have this plan, and I am also introducing venture capital. I also have some equity in Cheetah, and I will wait for next year..."

"Don't wait, let's do it now!" Luo Xiu said bluntly, "I won't wait for you until next year, or take my money and start doing it now, or I'll find someone else to do it."

"I don't want too much capital to intervene in the operation of the website."

"That's just right, you are still the second largest shareholder of the website, and at the same time, as the chairman, you are in charge of all affairs. How the website will develop in the future is entirely up to you to decide."

"I still have a job with Cheetah..."

After all, the IPO is imminent. At this time, as a co-founder, I will run away ahead of time. What do other investors think?
Luo Xiu said nonchalantly, "It's fine to hang up a false job over there."

"Boss Luo, you are asking me to give up a company that is about to go public for this little shit!" Old Chen smiled.

"Yeah, don't you want to?"

Luo Xiu looked convinced of him.

"It's not for the money, I'm here long ago."

Old Chen stretched out his hand to Luo Xiu, "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

……

Zhao Jianye didn't say a few words the whole time, and after they had almost finished talking, he hurriedly asked, "Is there anything wrong with my wives?"

"Hi, Mr. Zhao, it's our wives now."

Lao Chen stretched out his hand to Zhao Jianye, who shook his hand subconsciously.

Luo Xiu smiled and said, "Your relationship is really complicated, husbands of wives?"

(End of this chapter)