China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 717. Douyin overseas version is officially launched, short video storm is coming

The next morning, as soon as Cao Yu got up, he received a reply from home.

Although great progress has been made in the research on the synthesis of artificial diamonds in recent years, with current technology, gem-grade diamonds have not yet been successfully synthesized.

Cao Yu was slightly disappointed with this answer.

He couldn't remember the exact year when synthetic diamonds broke the monopoly of natural diamonds, but it now seemed that it would take several years.

However, this did not matter to him for the time being; uncovering the diamond scam was enough.

At the same time, he also asked the company to help him train some retired soldiers as bodyguards.

If you touch someone's cake, these people might become desperate and do something desperate. Your own safety is the first priority.

After breakfast, he went to Universal Pictures with the scripts of "Despicable Me 3" and "The Revenant".

Bob had been waiting in the company for a long time. The two signed the contract for the third "Minions" movie, and Bob gave Cao Yu three more points of the box office share.

"Cao, do you have any good scripts that could win an Oscar?"

After signing the contract, Bob still wanted to win an Oscar. After all, the Oscar is the best award to reflect the strength of a film company.

Cao Yu laughed and said, "Bob, I knew you would ask that."

After saying that, he took the script of "The Revenant" from his secretary and handed it to Bob.

"Really?"

Bob was very surprised. This Chinese Cao was really nice.

He quickly read the story of the script and couldn't help but admire Cao Yu from the bottom of his heart.

"The Revenant" is a complete action blockbuster with the soul of an art film. If it is well made, winning one or two awards will be a piece of cake.

After reading the plot, he asked, "Cao, who are you going to let play the role?"

"Little Plum."

"You like him so much?"

"Actually, I like beautiful women."

"Ha ha."

With this smile, Bob's gloomy mood for more than a year was swept away.

The two joked for a while, and Cao Yu said with a smile: "This year, my Feiyu Entertainment will shoot an action suspense movie. When the time comes, you can help me promote it in the United States. I want to get more overseas box office."

"I will definitely help with your movie."

"Thanks in advance."

Cao Yu plans to release "Ghost Blows Out the Light" worldwide, so that Chinese films can continue to go global.

On the way back, Cao Yu kept thinking about who should be the director of this film.

Although the original director of this movie had some ideas, he turned such a good novel as "Ghost Blows Out the Light" into a bad movie with a stiff plot.

Although the box office revenue exceeded 1.6 billion yuan, many viewers went to the cinema just to see "Yang Tianbao".

But her acting was a complete disaster.

As for special effects, it is only slightly better than 50 cents, at most 60 cents.

The only part that left some impression on people was the part where Da Jin Ya and Sister Xiao Qing took off their hair, which is still memorable.

"Go back and talk to Director Zhang Yimou to see if he's interested in directing."

In fact, Cao Yu was still worried. Zhang Yimou had never made a film like this before, and he didn't know if he could handle it.

At this time, there are only a dozen days left before the overseas version of Douyin is launched.

During this period, in addition to vacation, Cao Yu also met with several friends, and the company also sent invitations to some celebrities.

More than ten days passed quickly. On April 30th, Cao Yu, Cai Chongxin, Lu Huateng, Ren Zhengfei, Lee Boo-jin and others, as well as guests such as Lee Jae-yong of Samsung, Cook of Apple, Larry Page of Google, Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Musk of Tesla, all came to the Tok Tik company in Los Angeles.

Even Trump, who loves to wear red ties, came with his daughter to support Boss Cao after receiving the invitation.

This guest lineup alone is enough to attract the attention of many media around the world.

In addition to these bigwigs, there are also many guests from the financial, media, business and entertainment circles.

At exactly twelve noon, under the gazes of countless flashes of light and all the guests, Cao Yu slowly placed his hand on a globe-shaped controller.

"Oh!"

The moment Cao Yu's hand touched the ball, the sound of music and fireworks rang out throughout the company.

"Congratulations! The Tok Tik short video platform is officially launched globally!"

Following Tsai Chongxin’s announcement, the entire hall burst into applause.

Amid applause, Huawei's Hongmeng, Microsoft's system, Google's system, Apple's IOS system, and Samsung's Android also launched this software as soon as possible.

On the big screen in the hall, a number began to jump wildly.

As soon as the applause died down, the number reached 30,000, which means that 30,000 users around the world have downloaded Tok Tik.

After just a few seconds, the number reached 50,000.

Such achievements are also due to the fact that this short video software has been widely promoted through Feie Video in the past few months.

Mastering traffic means mastering everything!
“Wow, that’s crazy.”

Zuckerberg felt unhappy as he watched the numbers rising on the screen.

Facebook is also a social software and also has a video sharing function. He is very worried that Cao Yu’s Douyin will pose a threat to Facebook.

Cao Yu looked back at the big screen and saw that the number was close to 100,000. He was satisfied and began to shake hands with the guests to express his gratitude.

At the same time, the staff began to bring up drinks and other things, and the launch site immediately turned into a cocktail party.

There was also a band on the original stage to perform for these celebrities.

In the crowd, Ouyang Nana was also there, holding a cello.

The little girl played the piano gracefully while looking at the people toasting each other below the stage, and she sighed in her heart that this was the real upper class.

When she saw the young boss Cao clinking glasses with everyone with ease, she was once again fascinated by his style.

“This is what a successful man is.”

The little girl couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Offstage, Cao Yu exchanged pleasantries with everyone, then walked up to Ren Zhengfei first.

"Mr. Ren, how are the mobile phone sales this year?"

In January this year, Huawei just released a new phone, which has adopted a large screen and fingerprint unlocking function.

But Cao Yu has been busy with Douyin recently and has not paid attention to Huawei's sales issues.

Ren Zhengfei glanced at Cook and Lee Jae-yong not far away and smiled: "Global shipments are not high at present. There were only more than 7 million units in the first quarter, a % decrease from last year."

"It's not bad."

Cao Yu nodded and understood why Ren Zhengfei was looking at his two competitors just now.

Ever since Cook agreed to lower Apple's tax, Penguin's software has returned to the iOS store, and Apple's sales in China have increased rapidly.

The extra-large screens of Samsung's Galaxy series of mobile phones also account for 10% of the market share in China, which should not be underestimated.

If it weren't for the impact of these two companies, the decline would not have been so drastic.

“Only when there is competition can there be progress.”

Cao Yu said, approaching Ren Zhengfei, and chuckled quietly, "Mr. Ren, when you go back, you can study facial recognition and add it to your phone."

"Wonderful!"

When Ren Zhengfei heard this, he almost couldn't help but slap his thigh.

Boss Cao’s idea is indeed very forward-looking.

With such a forward-looking vision, if he doesn’t make money, who will?
"Mr. Cao, Mr. Ren, what are you talking about so happily?"

At this time, John Waldron, the boss of Goldman Sachs, strolled over with a glass of wine.

Although this is a launch conference for Feiyu Group’s new products, it is actually also a business exchange meeting.

Of course, the bigwigs from the investment community will come, and they also want to see whether Boss Cao’s new project has a future.

Who among those present today is not a big shot?
Those so-called stars are just little Karami here.

"Mr. John, we are betting on which mobile phone system will have more users downloading Douyin."

Cao Yu clinked glasses with John Waldron and made up an excuse.

Ren Zhengfei wanted to laugh after listening to this. "Xiao Cao doesn't even blush when he tells lies. I like it. This is how you should deal with these people."

John, the boss of Goldman Sachs, laughed and said, "I think it will be Android. Currently, this system has the largest share in the world."

This person intentionally or unintentionally stepped on Huawei's foot, and then tentatively asked: "Mr. Cao, how big do you think the market prospect of your TikTok is?"

“It’s hard to say, but I’d be satisfied if I could have half the size of Twitter.”

Although Cao Yu made the Douyin launch event a big event, he did not want to expose his ambitions too much in front of these capital giants.

"Mr. Cao is too modest."

As soon as the Goldman Sachs boss finished speaking, the Sequoia Capital boss came over.

"Mr. John, do you want to invest a little?"

“Hehe, do you invest?”

John asked back, actually he was not optimistic about this platform called Tok Tik.

Today, the United States has Twitter and Facebook, and just in April, a short video software similar to Douyin appeared in the U.S. market.

Does this software you Chinese developed have a future in the world?
If it was Douyin from China, he would be interested in investing a little, but Boss Cao is now keeping a close eye on Chinese companies and does not accept any foreign investment.

Valentine, the boss of Sequoia Capital, smiled and said, "If Mr. Cao is willing to accept my money, I am willing to invest."

Sequoia has previously invested in Feie Video and has made hundreds of times the money. Although he doesn't know how far Tok Tik can develop, he is optimistic about Cao Yu. Cao Yu smiled and said, "Tok Tik is still developing. Since Mr. Valentine is optimistic about it, we certainly welcome it."

"As for the specific investment matters, we will discuss them slowly after the reception."

After Valentine finished speaking, he clinked glasses with Cao Yu.

As long as Goldman Sachs doesn't invest, he can invest more.

This Chinese guy has made such a big fuss, he guessed that Tok Tik must be the direction that Feiyu Group wants to develop in the future.

John from Goldman Sachs felt somewhat disdainful.

He had heard that Japan's Toho spent 3 billion to get a % stake.

This Chinese Cao is very good at bragging, and you will probably be taken advantage of and ripped off by him.

But at this moment, someone cried out in surprise.

“Downloads exceeded one million!”

"Wow! Two million!"

"what happened?"

Everyone was attracted by the sound. It turned out that the number jumping on the big screen had exceeded two million and was still rising.

"five million!"

While people were still in shock, in just a few seconds, the number of users jumped and the number of downloads reached five million!
Everyone present was confused.

How could it possibly rise so fast?
Tok Tik has only been online for less than half an hour. What kind of magic did this Chinese Cao use?
Some of the guests present have already downloaded this video software.

They opened the software and found that the first picture was a dark-looking man performing a magical dance at the door of a white house.

This video alone has received more than three million likes.

"What fack?"

Everyone was shocked. No wonder the number of tok tik downloads has increased exponentially. It turns out that even the president is using this app?

Soon, under the president's call, the number of users in the United States exceeded five million.

In Japan and South Korea, although it is still early morning, the numbers are still rising.

No one dared to imagine what the scene would be like one day later.

John, a senior executive at Goldman Sachs, looked at the number that was about to break 10 million and began to regret it.

If I had known this platform was so powerful, I should have talked to Cao Yu earlier. If I want to invest now, I will probably have to pay more money.

But it's worth the money.

However, he couldn’t understand how Boss Cao got in touch with the president.
He then glanced at Larry Page of Google and Elon Musk of Tesla and seemed to understand something.

These two people have a good relationship with the president.

Thinking of this, John immediately came over to Cao Yu and said, "This project looks good. Let's talk about it later."

Are there still people trying to steal business?

The boss of Sequoia is unhappy. Didn’t you just look down on Tok Tik?
he tui!

Aren’t you afraid of being slapped in the face?

But he also understood that when it comes to interests, what does a slap in the face mean?
Under the stage, Mr. Trump, wearing a red tie, looked at the numbers on the screen, downloaded Douyin, and then posted a video of himself grooming his golden retriever, accompanied by some flirty music.

“It’s really fun and more convenient.”

Trump immediately fell in love with the software, and the number of likes on the video he posted soon reached tens of thousands.

He used to be a reality show host, and he was happy to see that Douyin was so popular.

If this thing becomes popular, it might help me a lot when I run for election in two years.

Thinking of this, he said to his daughter Yin Fanka beside him: "You got married too early."

After that, in the confused eyes of his daughter, he walked to Cao Yu and said, "Cao, congratulations."

"Hello, Jianguo!"

When Cao Yu saw this man coming over, they clinked their glasses and then asked in the tone of old friends, "What have you been busy with recently?"

“I’m doing research recently.”

King Dong was very happy to see that the richest man was so friendly.

"If Jianguo needs anything in the future, just come to me directly. I will definitely help if I can."

"Thanks in advance."

The two exchanged a few words, and Cao Yu called on other people.

If I can get close to the King of Understanding, stir up some trouble on this matter, and invest some money in the future, it will probably be easier for me to transfer the funds back to China.

The United States also values ​​social conventions.

After the cocktail party, Ouyang Nana originally wanted to stay and have dinner with Boss Cao, but was ruthlessly kicked out.

On that day, Tok Tik had over 100 million downloads worldwide.

This is entirely due to the fact that Cao Yu had made sufficient preparations before. Not only did he spend a lot of money on advertising, he also invited popular stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow from "Game of Thrones", and Robert Downey Jr. who played Iron Man, to star in the advertisement.

In addition, he also asked Musk to show off in front of the president on TikTok, which led to the number of download users in the United States reaching more than 30 million on the first day.

In South Korea, there are also promotions by T-ARA, Girls' Generation, EXO, Song Hye Kyo and others, with more than 10 million users.

Japan is not faring badly either. Toho, Toei, Sony, Avex, and FNC's Nogimoto46 also vigorously promoted this short video platform. In just one day, the number of users exceeded million.

Adding other countries, 100 million is not a big problem at all.

However, the biggest gain of the day was meeting Trump and successfully raising 5 billion US dollars from Sequoia and Goldman Sachs.

With this funding, Cao Yu plans to use faster and more powerful methods to make this software the best in the world.

Goldman Sachs and Sequoia are not stupid either. According to TikTok's current development trend, the number of global users will exceed one billion within a year.

With such a huge market size, coupled with the influence of Boss Cao, and the live broadcast and cross-border e-commerce functions to be launched in the future, it is entirely possible for the company's market value to reach 500 billion or even 1 trillion.

But Cao Yu also promised that the company will definitely go public before 2019.

It's not that he lacks the money, it's mainly in the capital market. If you don't tie yourself up with the financial giants on Wall Street, you will be targeted.

Of course, except in China.

Three days later, Douyin had more than 70 million users in the United States and 300 million worldwide.

The short video storm, a trend sweeping the world, is taking shape…

The popularity of tok tik makes Facebook's Zuckerberg even more uncomfortable.

Back then, I worked hard and it took me five or six years to develop Facebook.

But in Cao Yu's hands, Tok Tik achieved the scale that took him several years to achieve in just a few days.

Who can I go to for justice?

No, I must deal with Cao Yu. Otherwise, if his wealth continues to increase, what shall I do in the future?
He has completely forgotten that he was looking for money everywhere back then, but no one was willing to invest. It was Boss Cao who gave him one million US dollars, which enabled him to have what he has today.

In Zuckerberg's blood, they are the snake that the farmer saved.

But what to do?

Although Cao Yu does not manage Facebook, he is the second largest shareholder of the company and takes away hundreds of millions of US dollars in dividends every year.
Moreover, the other party's connections in the United States seem to be quite good, and he even knows the president.
"It seems that the only way is to lower the Facebook stock price a little, let him sell his shares to me, and then let the stock price go up again."

Zuckerberg didn't dare to deal with Cao Yu openly, so he could only use financial means to make Cao Yu give up his shares and then make him pay a large amount of tax.
He will only be happy when he sees Cao Yu being humiliated.

At this time, Cao Yu didn't know Zuckerberg's plan. After finishing his work in the United States, he returned to Tokyo on the evening of May 5th.

At this time, the number of Douyin users in Japan has already exceeded 30 million, completing the goal of the first phase ahead of schedule.

Therefore, the selection of the most beautiful idol and school beauty has been launched vigorously according to the activities.

Toho and Sony do have a strong influence in Japan, and it took only three days to hype up this beauty pageant.

Both men and women are very active in selecting beauties, so almost all registered users of Tok Tik have started to participate in the selection and voting, which has also caused widespread debate on the Internet.

"Ishihara Satomi is the most beautiful idol in Japan!"

"I still think that Ishihara Satomi is far behind Nakamori Akina!"

"How old is Akina Nakamori? I still like Yui Aragaki, she's young and cute, muah."

"How old are you? In the entertainment industry right now, Kanna Hashimoto is the most beautiful. She's a beauty that's been around for four thousand years."

"Hashimoto Kanna? Are you kidding me? Saito Asuka is the most beautiful, no objection!"

"I support Hamabe Minami!"

"I like Nozomi Sasaki!"

"You are all wrong. I am most optimistic about Mr. Cang!"

……

The influence of beautiful women is indeed great. After the economic bubble burst, Japan almost entered an era of universal entertainment, and everyone was very active in selecting "school beauties" and "idols".

Some people even analyzed the height, measurements and other data of these selected candidates online.

In addition to the most beautiful idols, the most beautiful "school beauties" are also very popular.

Middle school and college students all posted the beauties recognized by their schools on Tok Tik for everyone to vote.

If they are selected, they will naturally be proud of being the most beautiful alumni on campus.

This also made Douyin take off directly in Japan!

Of course, what everyone is most concerned about is which lucky girl will become the final winner.

But only a few people can see that there will definitely be only one winner in the end, and that is the Chinese man named Cao Yu!

(End of this chapter)