China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 683. Shared bike plan; Zhou Di, Big Fish
During the sword fight on Peach Blossom Island, Ma Yun's insincere words made Cao Yu very angry.

He came from a farming family and could understand the suffering of the common people. He naturally hated the exploitation of the lower-class workers.

As for Huabei's pre-consumption, people who earn three or four thousand yuan a month will spend tens of thousands of yuan, thus falling into the consumption trap created by capital.

Therefore, he plans to launch Douyin, which may better guide people to establish correct concepts.

Only by taking control of traffic in your own hands can you be invincible!
As for Zhi Fubao sponsoring "China Music Show", he naturally did not agree.

Although he is a shareholder of Zhifubao, he has no intention of making money from it.

After seeing Ma Yun off, Cao Yu was just about to leave Peach Blossom Island to visit the crew of "Three Lives Three Worlds" in Xiangshan when Ouyang Changlin from Mango TV called and invited him to Changsha.

This year, Mango TV’s “Super Boy” has been heavily promoted, and some changes have been made to the format of the show, in an attempt to recreate the glory of “Super Girl”.

However, since Fei'e Video's "China Music Show" is broadcast live and has become China's number one singing program, Mango TV also wants to learn this format, so it invited Cao Yu to Changsha to discuss it.

Cao Yu also wanted to see if Mango TV had any shady dealings in response to the invitation.

When he arrived at Mango TV, Ouyang Changlin recognized Zhang Xiaotian following Cao Yu at a glance.

"Boss Cao, is she the milk tea girl from back then?"

Especially when he saw Milk Tea Sister in a professional suit, Ouyang Changlin was even more surprised. Boss Cao actually let such a girl be his secretary?

Cao Yu laughed and said, "Director Ouyang still remembers it? It's been almost four years."

"Back then, I thought this girl looked like a star and it would be a shame if she didn't become an actress. I didn't expect that she would be admitted to Shuimu. She is indeed a person of both beauty and intelligence."

Ouyang Changlin casually praised them and asked them to sit down. Then he said, "Boss Cao, after May Day, the Happy Boys will start the auditions. We are also considering whether to use the previous recorded broadcast format or the live broadcast format. Boss Cao, do you have any suggestions?"

“In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you broadcast live or recorded. Live broadcasting is risky, but fans feel more involved.”

Cao Yu paused and said with a smile: "For live broadcast, there is no problem with the technology, but I hope the program can be fairer, and I don't want Fei'e Video to be affected."

"We will of course try to be fair..."

The two of them were also acquaintances, and Ouyang Changlin did not hide it, and said with a smile: "However, the show needs topics, so as to attract audiences. As long as the topics are popular, more people will pay attention."

"Director Ouyang is indeed very insightful in variety shows."

If Cao Yu had not heard about Mango TV's style, he would have been fooled by Director Ouyang's words.

What he meant was that when it comes to topic popularity, fairness and the like have to take a back seat.

Ouyang Changlin didn't hear the sarcasm in Cao Yu's words, and said smugly and politely: "Boss Cao, you are too kind. Boss Cao is more worthy of our learning in variety shows. This time, I invited Boss Cao here just to hear your opinion."

"Then let me first listen to the specific plan of the program."

After hearing what Cao Yu said, Director Ouyang immediately asked his assistant to invite the director of "Super Boy" over.

As soon as the assistant opened the door, Cao Yu saw a dark and thin boy wearing glasses, accompanied by a middle-aged man, passing by the door of the reception room in the corridor outside.

"Is he really here? And he's here so early?"

When Cao Yu saw the boy, his eyes narrowed slightly. Wasn’t that the champion of this year’s “Super Boy”, Hua Chenyu?
However, Hua Chenyu and he were just passing by and did not notice Cao Yu.

"Mango TV wants to make him famous?"

Looking at Hua Chenyu's back, Cao Yu frowned. His first reaction was that this year's Super Boy would probably still have the same old formula, with a familiar taste.

Not long after, the director of Super Boy came and introduced the format of the program in detail.

Although Cao Yu was too lazy to listen to his chatter because he had just seen Hua Chenyu.

He was thinking whether to let Ou Hao, who had already signed a contract with the company, compete with Hua Chenyu again, or find someone else.
He really couldn't appreciate the wizard's soul-calling music.

After a while, he sent a message to the company, asking them to call back Zhou Di who was studying abroad immediately.

He wants to give this year's Super Boy contestant, including Hua Chenyu, a dimensionality reduction attack.

Let’s see if Mango TV dares to engage in shady dealings in the future.

At noon, Cao Yu was having lunch with a group of people from Mango TV when he suddenly received a call from Lu Huateng.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"In Changsha, having dinner with friends."

"I'll come find you right away."

When Lu Huateng heard that Cao Yu was in Changsha, he immediately hung up the phone and rushed over.

"See you tonight."

From Lu Huateng's somewhat anxious tone, Cao Yu could tell that the reason he came to see him this time must be about Ahri.

Sure enough, after just over four hours, Lu Huateng arrived in Changsha.

“Is this the founder of QQ?”

When Zhang Xiaotian saw Lu Huateng, he once again lamented that the people his boss was in contact with were all Chinese business tycoons. It turned out that his father's small company was not even worthy of carrying his shoes.

This made her more determined to consolidate her position beside Cao Yu no matter what.

In the quiet teahouse, Lu Huateng just sat down and said anxiously: "Brother, Ali is going to do something big, do you know?"

Cao Yu nodded: "Of course I know, I met with Ma Yun a few days ago."

"Oh?"

Lu Huateng didn't expect Cao Yu to be more informed than he was, so he asked hurriedly, "What did he say?"

"It's nothing more than engaging in the food delivery industry and developing taxi-hailing software. Don't worry."

"How could I not worry?"

Lu Huateng hadn't even had a sip of tea yet, and said anxiously, "Their Ele.me is already online, and the price is much lower than ours, and you can only pay with Zhifubao. If they succeed, it will definitely squeeze WeChat's market space."

Cao Yu was not anxious at all, and asked calmly: "In terms of chatting, WeChat is already invincible. Are you worried that Meituan will make less money, or are you worried about WeChat's market space?"

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Lu Huateng was stumped by the question.

Since the birth of WeChat, after several years of development, it has indeed occupied the leading position in communication software and cannot be shaken at all.

Then what are you worried about?
I'm just worried that this guy Ma Yun will really make a comeback.

He thought for a moment and said, "Ma Yun is a very ambitious person. We must not take him lightly. His actions will affect our trading data. If Zhi Fubao accumulates enough funds, it will definitely be the biggest threat to us."

"I know."

Cao Yu agreed with this view and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, life is so boring without an opponent. If he wants to play, we can play with him slowly. What are we afraid of?"

Lu Huateng immediately said: "Brother, do you have a solution?"

Zhang Xiaotian, who was pouring tea for the two of them, also pricked up his ears when he heard this.

Following Cao Yu these two days, she also heard about Ali's incident. In her opinion, this incident will indeed affect Feiyu Group's business and seems to be very troublesome.

She also wanted to know what solution her boss had for this problem.

Cao Yu did not directly tell his plan, but pretended to be mysterious and said: "Brother Lu, do you want to increase the proportion of real-name registration on WeChat?"

"I want it so badly! Brother, do you have any good ideas?"

Although WeChat now has the functions of sending red envelopes, transferring money, and paying on online shopping platforms, most people still use it as a chat tool, and the proportion of real-name users is less than 50%.

Although the number of Alipay users is less than 20% of WeChat’s, almost 100% of its users are real-name registered.

Cao Yu smiled and said, "I'll go back and have someone contact a few bicycle manufacturers to place an order for three million bicycles first."

"Order a bicycle?"

Lu Huateng was a little confused and didn't understand why Brother Cao bought so many bicycles?
Zhang Xiaotian also looked confused. What does WeChat real-name registration have to do with bicycles?

Cao Yu did not want to keep the secret any longer and said with a smile, "We will deploy three million bicycles to fifty cities first, based on the size of the cities. By the end of the year, we will expand to all third-tier and above cities, with a minimum of 10 million bicycles."

"Brother, are you going to start a shared bike business?"

In some southern cities, there are indeed shared bicycles operated by the municipal government, but because the deposit is very high, they are not yet popular.

Moreover, this thing requires a large investment and the profit is very small, it is totally not cost-effective.

"Yes! Let's do shared bikes!"

Cao Yu nodded solemnly: "As long as you do real-name authentication on WeChat, you can scan the code and ride the bike without paying a deposit. It only costs one to three yuan per ride, and fifteen yuan a month if you subscribe to a monthly plan."

"Good idea!"

Lu Huateng suddenly realized that if no deposit was required, everyone would definitely be willing to ride.

In this way, the proportion of WeChat real-name authentication will definitely increase significantly, and the transaction data of WeChat payment will also increase.

But then he asked, "But if no deposit is required, what if the car is lost?" "Don't we have a partnership with AutoNavi? With a positioning system installed on the car, it doesn't matter even if some are lost at the beginning. Compared with the gains, this loss is nothing."

Cao Yu finished speaking, picked up the tea and took a sip: "Brother Lu, in addition to these, you can also add a payment function to WeChat, and then integrate it with the bus and subway card swiping business, and then find a way to get the highway toll business. Are you still worried that the real-name system will not work, and that the transaction volume will not increase?"

"Okay, great!"

When he heard that Cao Yu was planning, he immediately understood.

Although it will take time for these things to be popularized across the country, as long as they succeed, WeChat will have a bright future.

But soon Lu Huateng became worried again: "Even if the proportion of real-name registration increases, Ele.me will still affect our business. What should we do?"

"If the two companies compete in a healthy way, I have no objection, and I can also avoid people saying that we are a monopoly. If they dare to compete maliciously and disrupt the market, I will naturally fight back and make it impossible for them to survive through public opinion!"

Cao Yu has already thought about it. After Douyin goes online, combined with Weibo and Fei'e Video, he basically has mastered the traffic password.

If Ahri dares to mess around, she will ruin the other party's reputation!

Seeing his boss being calm and composed, and seeming to have the power to control everything while talking and laughing, Zhang Xiaotian was once again intoxicated by this charming charm.

“This is a real man.”

Staring blankly at Cao Yu, Zhang Xiaotian's eyes became a little hazy, and he completely forgot that there were women like Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi around him.

After listening to Cao Yu's words, Lu Huateng nodded and said, "Since you are so confident, I am relieved. Do you want me to invest a little in the bicycle business?"

"It doesn't matter. The estimated investment is only about 5 billion, which is not a lot of money."

"Haha, that's okay."

Lu Huateng didn't care. After all, this amount of money was nothing to Cao Yu.

But Zhang Xiaotian almost fell off his stool when he heard this. Five billion is not a lot of money?

It's so exciting.

After drinking tea for a while, Lu Huateng asked again: "Brother, Ali acquired Kuaidi, I plan to invest in Didi and compete with him? We must not let him dominate the market."

"You see."

Cao Yu didn't care about Lu Huateng's idea. Just take it if you want.

What he is worried about now is what Ali will do in the entertainment field.

He acted immediately. Before Cao Yu returned to Yanjing, he arranged for the company to contact domestic bicycle manufacturers to develop "Meituan Bike".

At the same time, Douyin Technology Company was established to further improve the Douyin software and prepare to launch it before the end of the year.

On the Ali side, Wang Xing is also working intensively according to his own plan, recruiting a large number of riders, signing merchants at a lower ratio, and eroding Meituan's market share with a low-price strategy.

In the entertainment company sector, Ali has also made considerable moves.

With a lot of funds, Zhao Yanzi used her resources in the entertainment industry to start collecting scripts.

She intends to use an excellent work to reverse the negative impact caused by "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain".

At the same time, in order to make Wu Yifan famous, Zhao Yanzi did not hesitate to bring money into the crew and invest in more movies. In order to make the movies more influential, she also continuously raised the actors' pay and invited first-line actors to act with Wu Yifan.

In addition to these, she also signed a number of students from Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theatre Academy as company artists.

For a time, Zhao Yanzi was very popular in the entertainment industry and became a new investment upstart.

"Should I go and seek refuge with Zhao Yanzi?"

Yang Ying, who has been having a hard time recently, has been looking for a way out in China.

Although her popularity is not as high as before, there is no negative news about her. It is only because of her poor acting skills and the influence of Cao Yu that no one dares to use this woman.

She thought that if she could join Zhao Yanzi Yunfeng Media, she might be able to make use of Zhao Yanzi's influence and Ma Yun behind her to become popular again.

So, Yang Ying contacted Zhao Yanzi and expressed her desire to join her team.

Zhao Yanzi hated Cao Yu, so she immediately agreed to the request.

She felt that accepting Yang Ying would be a slap in Cao Yu's face.

After returning to Yanjing, Cao Yu looked at what had happened in the entertainment industry during this period and just sneered.

"If you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy!"

After turning off the computer, he went upstairs and came to Zhou Di's practice room.

Zhou Di's singing could be heard in the room.

"The waves silently submerge the night, flowing over the corners at the end of the sky. Big fish swim through the cracks in the dream, gazing at your sleeping outline."

Although Zhou Di only practiced this song for half a month, his voice was a gift from God, and Cao Yu already felt familiar with it.

Pushing open the door, Cao Yu motioned the staff to continue, pulled a chair and sat down, closing his eyes and listening quietly.

"Watching you fly away, watching you leave me, it turns out that you were born to belong to the sky. Every drop of my tears flows towards you, flowing back to our first encounter."

In Zhou Di's singing, Cao Yu seemed to see a big fish swimming in the sea.

Zhang Xiaotian, who has now become Cao Yu's little follower, was also attracted by the singing.

She really couldn't understand how a businessman like her boss, who was handsome and good at making money, could write such a charming song.

In Zhang Xiaotian's mind, apart from being very popular with women, his boss is simply the perfect man.

"Ah..."

When Zhou Di sang that part, Zhang Xiaotian instantly got goosebumps all over his body.

This is simply the chanting of gods.

The song is good and the singing is great. The boss is amazing to have found such an outstanding young singer.

If he participates in "Happy Boys", how will the other contestants survive?
After Zhou Di finished singing the song, he walked out of the studio and said to Cao Yu, "Mr. Cao, do you think there is anything wrong with what I just sang?"

"It's much better than last time, but there are still some details in the pitch, so I need to pay more attention to it."

Cao Yu made some suggestions, and then said: "You should not only practice this song, but also practice other cover songs. This song "Big Fish" is for the final championship."

After that, he added, "As for your backup singer, I plan to ask Li Keqin to sing with you. Your voices match well."

"I see."

Zhou Di nodded and said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Cao. I will definitely not let you down."

"Your contract with Feiyu has not been made public yet, and you are still an amateur, so you are participating in the competition as an individual this time. You may encounter setbacks, but I believe that with your ability, you should be able to make it to the end."

This time, Cao Yu asked Zhou Di to participate in "Happy Boys", but he did not intend to let him participate under the Feiyu banner, but to participate under his own name.

He just wanted to see how far such a talented singer could go without someone behind him, and whether he would be ruthlessly eliminated by Mango TV.

However, at the critical moment, if there is really a shady deal, he will still take action.

After giving instructions to Zhou Di, Cao Yu went to the screenwriter department and took a look at the new script of "Big Fish and Begonia".

The idea and script for this movie actually existed a long time ago, but it has never been filmed due to funding issues.

It just so happened that Cao Yu saw the crowdfunding campaign initiated by the screenwriter of this movie on the Internet, so he asked someone to find this team and let them work with Feiyu to make this movie.

However, Cao Yu asked the screenwriter department to make some changes to the controversial plot in the movie, making the plot of the movie look fuller and the characters more vivid.

By then, Zhou Di's "Big Fish" can be used as the theme song of this movie.

……

On April 3th, "Iron Man " was released.

Generally speaking, the May Day period is considered "useless" in China, so there are not many movies released during this period.

Therefore, after the release of "Iron Man 3", the box office was quite good, earning more than million on the first day, after all, this movie was produced by Boss Cao's company.

On May 2013st, the auditions for the Yanjing Division of " Happy Boys" began, and Zhou Di signed up to participate in the competition under the name of an online singer.

The next day, the long-awaited TV series "Startling by Each Step" finally aired.

Since it was Feiyu's work, Yanjing TV also vigorously promoted the drama in April. On the first day of its broadcast, the ratings were far ahead.

Liu Shishi's role as Maertai Ruoxi in the play not only amazed people, but her acting skills also received widespread praise.

In terms of TV dramas this year, there are two hits, one is "New Smiling Proud Wanderer" starring Jing Tian, ​​and the other is "Startling by Each Step". Both dramas are better than other TV dramas of the same period.

Anything produced by Feiyu must be high-quality, and it is indeed true.

Just this one role made the audience get to know Liu Shishi again.

However, a few days later, the most discussed topic among netizens changed from Maertai Ruoxi to a boy named Zhou Di, who was short, ordinary-looking but sang very well.

(End of this chapter)