You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 208: When will domestic video websites be launched?

"A video website?" Xiong Xiaoge said with a smile, "It's YouTube, a very popular video website in the United States."

Qin Shaoyan looked surprised, "Then what does this have to do with China's video website?"

"Are you pretending to be confused with me?" Xiong Xiaoge was still smiling, "The United States has already told me."

"What did I tell you?" Qin Shaoyan asked curiously.

"Stop pretending." Xiong Xiaoge said, "You have launched another video website in the United States. It has been very successful. I heard that the data is very good."

"Now that you have started it in the United States, are you going to start a video website in China as well?"

Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds, "Well, I'm still thinking about it."

"What are you considering?" Xiong Xiaoge urged, "If you start it, I will invest money immediately."

"I'm not in a hurry about money." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "I started a video website in the United States mainly to build an ecological layout for Facebook, and videos are part of it."

As a result, Qin Shaoyan told himself that he didn't plan to start a video website.

"Campus Network is different from Facebook. Campus Network has its own business model layout and does not need to rely on video websites to tell stories."

"Yes." Qin Shaoyan nodded, "The campus network is deeply involved in the social field, carrying out sustainable operations in the vertical field, and accumulating potential energy."

"It's different." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "YouTube hired a very powerful person as CTO. Zhang Pingyi only assisted, and there were also twelve programmers seconded by Facebook."

"I first asked Zhang Pingyi to create a basic version. He was deeply involved in the YouTube project in the United States. Many functions were developed by him and I asked him to transplant it over."

Now on the entire Internet, only Qin Shaoyan and Qin Zong can do this, and others can't do it at all.

If you don’t plan to start a video website, why would you let Zhang Pingyi participate in YouTube?
Qin Shaoyan didn't explain, "It only takes three or two months."

"You are familiar with the internet speed in China. Let alone watching videos, it is difficult to open larger pictures at this speed. Watching videos is like watching PPT, which is very bad for the user experience."

"The video website can very well complement Facebook's social ecosystem, which is very beneficial to the listing valuation."

"Ultimately, we will feed back the social platform and jointly build a brand moat in depth."

"Yes, yes, that's it." Xiong Xiaoge nodded fiercely, investors loved hearing this.

Zhang Pingyi, the CTO of the campus network and Qin Shaoyan's absolute confidant, was completely involved in the YouTube website project.

"Create a social platform with the campus network as the core as the basic platform, take advantage of traffic distribution, and build a social ecosystem with a multi-dimensional and multi-brand product matrix."

"Why does it take so long?" Xiong Xiaoge was a little surprised, "You went to the United States for less than two months, and it didn't take two months to start YouTube from scratch."

"The reason for laying out the video website in advance is for that and that." Xiong Xiaoge scratched his head, "Oh, it's called ecological layout, right?"

Qin Shaoyan thought about it for a moment, "Besides, video websites still have a problem, which is the problem of network speed."

"Tell me how long it will take to get it done."

Xiong Xiaoge frowned and said seriously: "This is not a big problem, right? The domestic infrastructure is still developing, and the Internet speed will continue to accelerate."

Xiong Xiaoge showed a meaningful smile, stretched out his finger and tapped Qin Shaoyan, "Look, I know that you have been prepared for a long time, and you have hidden it from me."

"Actually, I have no plans to start this video website." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile: "But since Mr. Xiong is interested, we will discuss this matter in detail later. I haven't even prepared a PPT."

"You also know the situation on Facebook. Right now it only relies on advertising revenue, and other business models have not yet been developed."

"But there is only Zhang Pingyi here in China. He has to recruit people, organize training, and restructure the website."

Xiong Xiaoge felt relieved and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news after the new year."

"It's a deal." Qin Shaoyan pointed to the international summer camp plan with a smile, "Let's get down to business, let's talk about this big project."

Xiong Xiaoge opened the plan happily and read it carefully. "London, Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, New York..."

Xiong Xiaoge glanced around and found that in addition to visiting universities in various places, there were also tourist attractions, camping in national parks, then the Capitol Building, and finally the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The climax of this international summer camp study tour is at the United Nations Headquarters, where college students from all over the world will hold the "World Youth Representatives Summit".

The content of the summit includes theme discussions, youth roundtables, master dialogues and other forms.

Conduct dialogues around topics such as sustainable development, entrepreneurship and innovation, public welfare and social innovation.

Invited guests include famous scientists, media elites, investors, artists, charity leaders, multinational corporate executives, outstanding entrepreneurs, etc.

Finally, each country selects a representative student to deliver a speech and organize a moot debate.

"The content is really rich and colorful." Xiong Xiaoge sighed with emotion, "Have these projects been finalized?"

"Basically everything is finalized. The plan has been submitted to the United Nations. We will get a reply soon." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "I guess the problem is not big. The United Nations officials also spoke highly of our plan and said they would vigorously host.”

"That's good." Xiong Xiaoge nodded, "How do you plan to choose the members of the summer camp?"

Qin Shaoyan replied seriously: "Conduct an audition among campus network users, let users register online, and then draw lots one by one, and finally do a background review."

"Really drawing lots?" Xiong Xiaoge asked.

"Of course it's a real draw." Qin Shaoyan said firmly, "We will never cheat."

Xiong Xiaoge suddenly smiled and said, "Mr. Qin, you are very brave."

Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds and said slowly: "The drawing of lots is only part of the selection. We will also cooperate with some universities and they will recommend candidates to directly enter the finals."

“In the end, the teachers of the expert judging panel will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all the students who entered the finals and select the final list.”

"The entire selection process will be based on the principles of fairness and justice. All summer camp members will be selected by a panel of expert judges, and our website will never interfere."

"Of course, Campus Network, as the sponsor of the event, has the final right of interpretation."

Xiong Xiaoge still smiled and said nothing. After discussing a few issues with Qin Shaoyan, he stood up and left.

As soon as Xiong Xiaoge left, Qin Shaoyan immediately called Zhang Minyi over.

"Master Zhang, I have to work hard for you these two months." Qin Shaoyan smiled helplessly, "Let's build a video website."

Zhang Pingyi was stunned and found it a bit unbelievable, "Didn't you say you won't do it in China?"

"Xiong Xiaoge came just now and insisted that I do one in China." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "I am a soft-eared person, so I can't help but persuade."

"Since Mr. Xiong is so charitable, wouldn't it be too rude of me to refuse?"

Zhang Pingyi exclaimed: "This is really what Xiong Xiaoge asked for. Didn't you fool him?"

"What are you talking about?" Qin Shaoyan glared at Zhang Pingyi, "What's the benefit of me fooling him?"

Zhang Pingyi frowned, "Didn't you say before that video websites don't make money? Why are you still doing it?"

"It was Xiong Xiaoge who wanted to do it." Qin Shaoyan corrected, "I was forced to do it."

"Besides, no one knows whether video websites make money or not. They might make money."

"Even if you can't make money from users, you can still make money from American investors. No matter how bad it is, you can still make money from investors."

Zhang Pingyi was a little helpless, "What should investors do if they find out that the website is not profitable?"

Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "If the website doesn't make money, it must be because of the general environment. What does it have to do with me?"

(End of this chapter)