Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 504 Immortals fight, mortals suffer (4K)

On April 4th, the large conference room of Hailong Building.

"At the press conference of the anti-piracy alliance led by Penguin, Feigou.com will announce the cooperation of 'video + e-commerce', and start a new business model with everyone in the audience, video shopping!"

Standing by the projection screen, Liu Yidong pointed the laser pointer directly at the PPT, talking about the grand blueprint vividly.

After he finished speaking, Lu Fei half turned around, glanced at Gu Yongqiang, Wang Wei, Cao Guowei, and Zhang Hongyu, the president of PPS, cleared his throat and added:

"This year marks the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Feigo.com. This year's Double Eleven is also the first time we have used this model. I hope everyone will actively cooperate."

"President Lu, please rest assured, I will definitely cooperate!"

Gu Yongqiang was the first to speak, and Cao Guowei and the three immediately rushed to express their determination.

"Win-win is the best glue. Feigou.com can reap channel traffic, and you can get advertising revenue." Lu Fei suddenly changed the topic, "However, all of this must be based on strengthening the original version. Yongqiang, it seems that even Penguin Video has also had a lot of infringement lawsuits recently, is there such a thing?"

"Yes, but those lawsuits are completely framed!"

Gu Yongqiang said indignantly: "We have never done this before, it was Sohu who made troubles, got a batch of vests and uploaded pirated versions, we blocked a batch, and they changed a batch."

"Mr. Lu, I can testify to Mr. Gu, because the same thing happened to Tudou.com. What's more, the pirated version was uploaded at 9:9, and Sohu went to the notarization at [-]:[-]. 'The culprit' was written all over his face."

Wang Wei was so angry that his teeth chattered.

"In general, how will the court judge in this case?"

Lu Fei looked left and right.

"Most of these infringement cases still allow the infringed party to win the case, but the judge is not a fool. When he realizes this kind of malicious uploading of competitors, the penalty will be reduced or exempted. Just like what Sohu recently sued us, only compensation 3 yuan."

Cao Guowei curled his lips and scoffed.

Wang Wei slammed his fist on the table, "Although 3 is not a big amount, it is still enough to buy a TV series with more than 20 episodes, and there are not only one lawsuit, but more than 100!"

Gu Yongqiang said angrily: "In addition to compensation, there are also maintenance and operating costs. One of my subordinates at Sohu said that they now have KPIs, and at least 5 pirated copies are uploaded a day. Even if we delete them in time, the daily workload will increase. Four or five thousand."

"This trick is quite wicked."

Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that Zhang Chaoyang, who always regarded himself as a good man, would come up with such a sinister trick, it seemed that he really wanted to fight himself.

Wang Wei raised his head sharply, "Boss Lu, since Zhang Chaoyang has already done this, let's do the same. Let's fight tit for tat. There are more people than people. Sohu's anti-piracy alliance has at most three companies with thousands of people. Can we have as many as us? "

Lu Fei seemed to shake his head disapprovingly, "It's time, Dong Dong, I have dinner with Deputy Director Zhang of Optoelectronics tonight, and when we talk about 'Optoelectronics + E-commerce', let's talk about the future of video websites."

"I'll arrange it right away."

Looking at Liu Mandong who responded, Wang Wei was full of doubts. From the corner of his eye, he saw Cao Guowei and Gu Yongqiang smiling without saying a word, and he was even more confused. He asked, "Mr. Lu, what is the matter between us and Sohu? ?”

Lu Fei raised a mysterious smile, but did not answer. He just left Zhang Hongyu alone to talk about the second round of financing of PPS. Everyone else was asked to leave the conference room.

"Mr. Cao, Mr. Gu, what does Mr. Lu mean?"

Wang Wei was in a daze, completely confused.

For his own sake, Cao Guowei nodded, "Mr. Wang, who wouldn't be greedy for such a big piece of cake from a video website, and the Department of Optoelectronics is also staring at it. Isn't Shanghai Wenguang a pioneer!

Not surprisingly, mango and blueberry will be mixed in sooner or later, but the current situation is too chaotic, and they all hope that someone can make things right, and Mr. Lu is the one they want. "

"If you want to set things right, you can't condone Sohu, right?" Wang Wei was very depressed, "How can we bear with such indiscriminate means?"

"Boss Lu didn't say to be patient." Gu Yongqiang said with a smile.

Wang Wei was taken aback, "Didn't President Lu say anything?"

"Is there any objection?" Cao Guowei smiled like an old fox.

"No."

Wang Wei suddenly realized that if he didn't object, he would acquiesce.

Gu Yongqiang and Cao Guowei looked at each other, shaking their heads and laughing.

How could the righteous and dignified master Lu express such an unstyled trick? It is all up to the subordinates to understand it, just like an accountant who has two sets of accounts. It has nothing to do with the boss, and it is not my instruction.

"I see, hehe."

Wang Wei rubbed his hands, Sohu, you wait for me!

…………

Overnight, the number of pirated versions of Sohu videos soared by tens of thousands, and Sohu's deletion and cleaning operations were completely overloaded.

Immediately afterwards, Tudou.com officially issued an announcement, announcing that it would launch a comprehensive rights protection against Sohu Video, seeking an explanation for [-] pirated TV dramas and variety shows.

Sohu hit back immediately, aren't you bullying honest people!

Would my majestic leader of the anti-piracy alliance do such a thing?It is obvious that you deliberately made a bunch of vests to carry out a sneak attack, you don't talk about martial arts at all!
Tudou went back, slander, he slander me!

Wang Wei personally said on Wangyi and Xinlang blogs: "These uploads are entirely the behavior of netizens, or they may be tricks written and directed by someone. In short, Tudou.com can't do such a wicked thing. Sohu is deliberately spreading false rumors of 'mutual infringement'."

Gu Yongqiang, Cao Guowei and others liked and commented one after another. In an instant, the reading volume of blog articles soared by one million, and the war escalated accordingly. Sohuhu alone had 18 complaints to be received in the Shanghai court.

The second child and the third child fight in the online video. Ku6, 56.com, 楽TV, PPTV and other colleagues thought they could watch the fire from the other side, but they never expected that the anti-piracy war would become a big one, and Penguin, PPS and Xinlang would be involved one after another Among them, very soon, the video sites at the head and even the waist were all involved in the vigorous "de-piracy" melee.

Sometimes as a plaintiff, sometimes as a defendant.

The entire video website market instantly became a mess.

Up and down, almost well-known video sites have sat in the dock. Under the overwhelming battle between gods and Buddhas, small fish and shrimps are both innocent and pitiful, and sites with no money, power, and technology have fallen one after another.

Eden Film and Television, Holy City Home, Film and Television Empire...

A large number of resource websites are either ordered to be blocked because of piracy and copyright infringement, or they cannot afford to sue and pay compensation, so they have to close down. In addition to pornography and gambling, advertisers withdraw their sponsorship, have no money to earn, and can’t find money Burn, the capital chain is completely broken.

During the May 30st period alone, more than [-] websites died!

The video sites next to the waist are also getting more and more powerless. For example, Liu Yan of Liujianfang, although he has the foresight to hoard a batch of TV series and movie copyrights, can't keep up with the bandwidth burning speed. In just 5 minutes, it will cost More than 10M.

Not HD and Blu-ray yet, just 320P.

In the end, the bandwidth was burned out, and the advertising fee was not earned back. After hearing the news, the creditor who sold the bandwidth came to the door and blocked Liujianfang Company.

Liu Yan is also very bachelor, completely lying down, whether he wants money or not, he can sue casually, and the court often summons Liu Yan, and he is always on call. Just when he thought that he would never turn over for the rest of his life, the grand Chen Tianqiao suddenly sent a text message——

Grandpa wants to buy you!
Two days later, I watched.

Jia Paiting crossed his hands and sat in front of the computer desk.

He stared straight at the news this morning, "Shanda bought 800% of the shares of Liujianfang for 80 million yuan", his forehead was covered with black lines, his face was covered with haze, and the weather was uncertain.

His situation is a little bit better than that of Six Rooms, and the hoarded copyright and cash can last for half a year, but it is clear that this copyright war between the bigwigs will not stop easily.

If you continue to be independent, you will definitely die, you must find a thigh!
At this moment, a QQ news popped up on the lower right foot, the content was as simple as a one-sentence summary, the second round of financing of Tudou.com received $1000 million from IDG, Wangyi, and Penguin.

"Fuck, why is Wang Wei able to hug the penguin's thigh!"

Jia Paiting was envious and jealous at the same time, and his mind was full of fantasies about how he would hug Master Lu's thigh tightly and stare at the prospect.

However, everything was daydreaming, sitting in the dusk, and did not receive a call from any VC or investor. The reason could not be simpler. In such a protracted melee, greedy and cowardly capital dare not invest Note.

The bold ones are also waiting for the end of the melee of raising Gu, and invest in video sites that have survived tenaciously.

Just at the bottom right, another message popped up on QQ, PPS got financing of 950 million US dollars from Feigou.com and Santi Fund.

"Ah! Why didn't Lu Fei choose me!"

Jia Paiting felt inexplicably sour, he was a dog, and Laishi was much better than PPS and Tudou, why not me?

When he was so worried about the prospect of Lishi that he was numb and desperate, he suddenly received two text messages on his mobile phone, which came from Ding Sanshi and Cao Guowei, saying that Wangyi and Xinlang would jointly inject capital and take him as a younger brother.

He was immediately filled with joy, it was an honor to be the younger brother of Master Lu's younger brother than to be Master Lu's younger brother.

I am proud!
At the same time, under the instruction of Lu Fei, Internet capital quietly opened its bloody mouth and devoured it.

Except for those like 56.com who would rather die than submit, they would not be acquired anyway. After Shanda took down Liujianfang, they acquired Ku6.com. Baidu’s appetite was not so big, so they gave up the acquisition and only invested in PPTV.

Under the order of Internet Capital, the controlled video website has been involved in the public opinion war of copyright litigation, and has clearly supported the camp headed by Penguin.

Gu Yongqiang, who used to be the president of Sohu, led the boss of Ku6.com, that is, the former vice president of Sohu and other Sohu veterans, blatantly attacked the old club Sohu, and fought a war of words——

The anti-piracy alliance headed by "Sohu" is completely using the banner of anti-piracy to maliciously suppress genuine double-standard dogs.

While complaining about websites such as Penguin and Tudou using the "safe harbor" principle to defend piracy, at the same time, I always use the "safe harbor" principle to defend myself in lawsuits.

While scolding Tudou, PPS and other websites for crazy piracy and zero-cost competition, their own copyrighted film and television content is less than one-thirtieth of Penguin and one-tenth of Tudou.

Double standards make such six, too shameless!
We have never seen such brazenness!
The defense was broken, and Zhang Chaoyang, who wanted to be skinny and shameless, completely broke the defense.

No more war of words, just overturned the table, completely broke out from a secret war to an open war, the two camps fought hard, but when Sohu went all out, the pig teammate finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Youpeng Pule was targeted by Xunlei and Huayi, and was fined as much as 121 million in compensation in the final judgment. It was the largest case of video piracy infringement, and it caused a sensation online and offline.

Even Sohu suffered a huge impact of negative public opinion. Sohu Video, which was originally ranked third, was squeezed out of the top three and barely ranked fifth, but its position is still in jeopardy.

With the blessing of Internet capital, Lushi, Ku6, and PPTV are eyeing up and want to pull Sohu down at any time.

At this moment, except for the two allies of the Anti-Piracy Alliance, Sohu has completely become a lonely family, besieged on all sides.

"Gu Yongqiang, Li Shanyou, these bastards!"

Zhang Chaoyang grabbed the water glass and slammed it on the ground.

With a bang, it shattered all over the ground, and the fragments splashed, some of which splashed at Gong Yu's feet. He watched quietly without saying a word.

"It's fine if you don't follow Sohu, but they are all standing on Lu Fei's side against me. It's a pity that I used them so much before!"

Zhang Chaoyang tore off his collar, and the first button snapped off.

"Ah~"

Gong Yu sighed, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

The disciples of other families are very self-conscious, and leave some food for the master. When it is Gu Yongqiang's turn, in addition to putting on Zhang Chaoyang a high hat of the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy in the video, he should grab food as usual, and fight as usual. The battle is more intense than Tudou and PPS.

Fanatical converts!

"Gong Yu, if you leave Sohu one day, will you stand against me and Sohu?"

There was a trace of suspicion in Zhang Chaoyang's angry eyes.

Gong Yu frowned, "Mr. Zhang, if you feel uneasy, I can sign a non-competition agreement with Sohu before leaving, and I will not set foot in the field of video websites for at least two years."

"Haha, just kidding, I believe you won't."

Zhang Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "Come on, let's discuss what we should do next?"

"Mr. Zhang, I think the most important thing now is to immediately stop uploading pirated copies to other websites, then withdraw several lawsuits to show our favor, and reach a settlement with Penguin and Tudou."

"What did you say? Reconciliation?"

"We have been hated by too many peers, especially PPTV, Ku6, Liujianfang, 56.com, and LeTV. I have checked them all. In the past half month, we have been acquired by Baidu and Shanda. Either buy shares, and all go to Penguin."

Gong Yu smacked his lips, outnumbered and outnumbered, and continued to hurt each other. Obviously, the one who hurt the most was Sohu, and the gain outweighed the loss.

He even vaguely smelled a hint of conspiracy.

"In this situation, do you think they will reconcile?"

Zhang Chaoyang gritted his teeth.

"Yes! Sohu's original intention is to fight piracy, and Penguin and the others are also fighting piracy. There should be no conflict, but cooperation."

Gong Yu thought seriously: "And no matter what, Yong Qiang and the others are also people from Sohu, and they still have some kind of favor. I think for Zhang Zong's sake, it shouldn't be difficult to reconcile."

Can this be called reconciliation?
Zhang Chaoyang felt very uncomfortable, and completely surrendered!

Gong Yu said: "Continuing to fight will only hurt both sides, Mr. Zhang, it's better to spend the compensation money on copyright."

Zhang Chaoyang put He Jiefang aside, "Your words have reminded me why Sohu's copyrights are still so few. I clearly said a long time ago that I would buy more. What's going on?"

"They refused to sell." Gong Yu rolled his eyes.

"Refused to sell, why?" Zhang Chaoyang's eyes widened. "They think the price we quoted is too low?"

"Mr. Zhang, the current price of copyright has risen more terrifyingly than the stock market and real estate market."

Gong Yu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. In the past, the online copyright of a popular series was only 2000 yuan, but now it has risen to 5 to 10 yuan. Recently, some TV dramas even reached [-] to [-] yuan per episode, and participated in the buyout of copyright There are more and more rivals bidding, and the buyout price will naturally rise.

"What? So expensive!"

Zhang Chaoyang took a breath, "Wait a minute, aren't they afraid that we will directly upload pirated versions?"

Gong Yu rolled his eyes, "Mr. Zhang, with the support of the 'Anti-Piracy Alliance' organized by Huayi and Hantang, as well as Penguin and Tudou's vigorous purchase of genuine copies, I don't care at all, even because we got a lot of money with rogue offers before." The copyright has been blacklisted in the film and television industry, and no company is willing to sell it to Sohu no matter how high the price is.”

"This this……"

Zhang Chaoyang opened his mouth, but was speechless.

"What I am most afraid of is that they are all on the side of Penguin. In the lawsuits received these days, many new companies have been added, such as Tangren, Shanghai Film, and China Film. You don't know that Lu Fei and Gao Yuanyuan are in the entertainment industry. How deep is the influence of the circle?"

Gong Yu just wanted to say, I don’t want to fight to the death, Your Majesty hasten to surrender, it’s so embarrassing, let’s reopen the five throws!
Zhang Chaoyang paced back and forth in front of him, was silent for a while, and finally lowered his head and sighed:

"Okay, you can talk to Gu Yongqiang, and I will also go to Ding Sanshi to reconcile with..."

　Thank you for the 1000 starting coins of the sad Jianghu.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)