You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 380 Davis Asks for Advice

While Qvod was celebrating, other video sites were in dead silence.

Everyone seemed to be in a state of panic. The employees carefully observed the movements in the boss' office, while secretly opening a small window to watch the "Super Girl" national finals on QVOD.

At this time, the office of the CEO of Tudou.com was pitch black. Only the light from the computer screen was reflected on the face of Wang Wei, the boss of Tudou.com, flickering.

Wang Wei lit a cigarette dejectedly, took a few deep puffs, and sent a message to Gu Yongqiang, the CEO of Youku.com, on QQ.

"Boss Gu, what do you think?"

There was no reply from the other party for several minutes, as if he was not online.

This old fox is pretending to be dead again. I wonder how long you can keep this up.

If you keep pretending, you guys will really die!

Not just you, but others too!
Wang Wei put out the cigarette with some hatred, and looked at the "Anti-Qvod Alliance" group. There were a few people chatting, but they were all talking nonsense, and no one mentioned Qvod.

I took a look at the IDs of the people chatting, and they were all from unknown small websites, some of which I had never heard of.

You can’t rely on these rotten fish and shrimp at all, you still have to rely on a few large video websites.

Wang Wei glanced at his friend list. The avatars of the bosses of Youku.com, 56.com, and Ku6.com were still lit, but there was no movement.

His gaze turned to another friend's avatar, which had been gray for a long time and had never lit up.

That was Chen Guangxia’s QQ number. Yiku.com had been sold to YouTube, and the new CEO of Yiku.com had ignored them and seemed disdainful of being associated with them.

Wang Wei frowned, then laughed at himself. After all, they were an American Internet company, backed by Microsoft and YouTube, so they naturally had reason to be proud.

I just don’t know what means Yiku.com will use to deal with Qvod.com. I’m really looking forward to it.

I have to find an opportunity to interact more with Yiku.com. Before, because of the relationship with Chen Guangxia, I couldn't establish any relationship with Yiku.com.

Now Chen Guangxia has been kicked out, Yiku.com has been acquired, and it has nothing to do with Qin Shaoyan anymore.

At this time, Yiku.com was already sitting on the same side as Tudou.com, and they could work together to deal with Qvod.com.

Now that Yiku.com has joined the "Anti-Qvod Alliance", I wonder how long Qvod.com can continue to be so arrogant!
Wang Wei sneered.

……

"How should I watch it? Of course I watched it while sitting down." Gu Yongqiang sneered a few times, then turned his head to look at the TV.

The live broadcast of the "Super Girl" national finals was being played on the TV screen. Looking at the number of votes via mobile phone text messages, Gu Yongqiang felt melancholy.

MD, this time Qvod has grabbed the spotlight again!

Unexpectedly, Qvod.com quietly gave their peers a big job, as if silently mocking them.

Previously, they launched a "video podcast" plan with Tudou, Ku6 and other websites to promote user-generated content, but after two months, they didn't achieve anything significant.

Most of the website's traffic is still supported by pirated movies and TV series. The videos uploaded by users are not very nutritious and not many people watch them.

Occasionally, there are videos of higher quality, but they are short-lived and the number of views does not increase.

This is because the website has few users. Fewer users lead to users being unwilling to upload content. Without users being unwilling to upload content, there will be no high-quality content. Without high-quality content, there will be no way to attract more users.

It's an endless loop.

While there is still no movement on the “video podcast” front, Qvod.com has already produced a self-made documentary called “Show You the World”.

As soon as this show came out, Gu Yongqiang knew it was going to be bad.

Because they want content, quality picture, gimmicks, and all kinds of elements.

As expected, "Showing You the World" instantly became popular on the Internet. It was forwarded on major community platforms and people could be seen discussing it everywhere.

After all, the moon is rounder in foreign countries. Although most people cannot go there, being able to watch the scenery of foreign countries through videos can be considered a spiritual tourism.

Soon after, Qvod.com launched its client, linked up with the most popular variety show at the moment, “Super Girl,” and live-broadcasted the finals on the Qvod client.

This time the popularity exploded.

Qvod.com just released a celebratory poster, and the number of people online exceeded 208W.

208W!
It has more monthly active users than Youku.com.

This is just the performance of the Qvod client. If this continues, other video website competitors will have to give up and sell their websites as soon as possible.

No, Youku.com must make some noise, otherwise it will have no material to tell its story next time it raises funds.

Gu Yongqiang immediately called the operations director in and asked, "How was the activity for grassroots DV directors that I asked you to organize last time?"

"We've made some progress," the operations director said quickly. "We found a director who is a college student. He likes to shoot things with a DV and is a bit famous on the Internet."

"What about the content of the filming? How is the quality?" Gu Yongqiang continued to ask.

"The quality is very high, the story looks very good, and there is a lot of suspense." The operations director couldn't help but smile, "It was shot in the style of a documentary, it looks very real and very immersive, this movie will definitely be a hit."

"Very good." Gu Yongqiang nodded, "Spend 100,000 yuan to buy it, operate it well, and get the data up before the end of the year!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Gu. Leave this matter to me." The operations director assured confidently.

The operations director walked out of the office and immediately found an empty conference room to make a phone call. "Hey, Xiao Zhang, the film you recommended looks good. President Gu said he would buy it for 50,000 yuan. I'll leave this to you. You must do a good job."

……

Qin Shaoyan was alone in the office at this time, typing on the computer with great interest. Unlike before when he could not write a few words for a long time, he was now full of inspiration and typed out words right away on the keyboard.

A few hours later, he finished writing the first part of the novel, which was nearly 40,000 words.

"Well, that's about it. You can ask professional astrophysicists about the content related to Mars." Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment and called his secretary Xiao Chen in. "Please help me find a few astrophysicists, especially those who study Mars. PhD students and postgraduates are fine. Spend some money on a meal. I want to talk to them."

Xiao Chen was stunned. How did Mr. Qin's business expand into the universe?

"What are you still standing there for?" Qin Shaoyan urged, "Go quickly, I'm waiting, this is urgent."

Xiao Chen quickly agreed, turned around and left the office with a bitter face, then walked straight to the office lobby and found a place where programmers gathered. "Programmer brother, does anyone know anyone who studies Mars?"

The programmers looked at each other in confusion. Researching Mars?
We know almost everyone who studies Martian language.

Several programmers immediately started discussing it. After all, the girl asked for help, so they had to come up with a solution.

"I need to ask the observatory about this, right?"

“The Chinese Academy of Sciences definitely has it.”

"You are stupid. We are a campus network that deals with universities. There must be talents in this field in universities. Can't we just post a message and ask?"

"Oh, that's right." Xiao Chen's eyes lit up. "Thank you, programmer brother. Then you can help me post a message. It's better to pin it to the top. I don't have administrator privileges."

A programmer was impatient and said, "Why don't I give you administrator privileges and post the message yourself?"

"Then how do we turn the title red?" Xiao Chen continued to ask humbly.

"Just edit it with HTML. If you don't know how to do it, check Baidu. There are tutorials there." The programmer answered bluntly.

Xiao Chen's teeth were about to break, but he still managed to maintain a smile. "Thank you, brother!"

Xiao Chen turned around and rolled her eyes helplessly. She had given up on the programmers in the company.

Qin Shaoyan stood at the door of the office and saw this scene, and smiled knowingly.

These programmers in the company are really full of stereotypes.

Secretary Xiao Chen was speechless about Mr. Qin's behavior of watching the fun. This boss is good in every way, but why is he so gossipy?
While thinking, he picked up Mr. Qin's phone call and quickly got back to his serious work state.

"Boss Qin, Davis from Microsoft just arrived. He wants to meet you."

Ok?
Qin Shaoyan was stunned. Why did Davis come to China instead of enjoying his billionaire life?
Could it be that something happened and he ran here to seek refuge?

Of course this is impossible. It is unreasonable for someone to commit a crime and run to China.

Qin Shaoyan thought randomly while glancing at his schedule, "Then let's have a welcoming banquet for him at noon today. Go and order a table of roast duck for me and notify Mr. Zhang."

……

Davis came to the appointment alone with a smile on his face, and he looked much better than before.

It really is true that money feeds people.

After Davis became rich, he became full of energy and seemed ten years younger.

"John, it's great to see you." Davis came up and gave him a warm hug.

Qin Shaoyan was a little embarrassed and responded perfunctorily: "Why did you come to China again? Are you here for vacation?"

"No, no, no, it's not just a vacation. I also have some company matters to deal with." Davis said with a smile, "Every time I see you, you always bring me good luck. I can't wait to see you."

Qin Shaoyan sat down and asked casually, "How have you been lately?"

"It's better than before." Davis said proudly, "Since YouTube acquired Yiku.com, I have never felt that life has been so wonderful. The money, honor, and status came too quickly and too suddenly. Oh, God, I don't think I'm ready to become a billionaire yet."

"Well, wealth always comes so suddenly." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile.

This guy made at least $100 million from the acquisition plan. Maybe it was because the money came too easily and too much, which made Davis a little overwhelmed and he started to show off.

He felt that this was real life.

After getting the money, Davis began to plan where to buy a mansion, a yacht, and some beautiful women.

After working hard for half your life, can’t you enjoy yourself?

If Davis wasn't afraid that the money would be too eye-catching, he would have invited his friends to have a party.

Davis even started thinking about how to write his resignation letter so that he could live a good life with the money.

It was just a small accident that forced him to temporarily change his resignation plan.

"What business do you have in China this time?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

"It's still about Yiku.com. After the acquisition, the management will have to change." Davis didn't care and told Qin Shaoyan about Yiku.com without reservation. "YouTube is still discussing whether to set up a headquarters in China. Some people suggested that it should be managed by YouTube headquarters."

“It’s a mess.”

Davis laughed. "It's an acquisition. After the change of boss, there will inevitably be some chaos in the company, but they are all minor matters."

"But the most important thing is to make Yiku.com open up and achieve some results urgently."

Davis' smile faded. "John, what do you suggest?"

"You're asking me about Yiku.com?" Qin Shaoyan was very surprised. "I shouldn't even know about this kind of thing."

He has no relationship with Yiku.com. Although it is a subsidiary of YouTube after the acquisition, Qin Shaoyan is no longer a shareholder of YouTube.

What's more, he is the boss of Qvod.com, and the two parties are competitors.

It is neither reasonable nor moral to ask Qin Shaoyan.

"Come on, John." Davis said nonchalantly, "We are friends. I have nothing to hide from you."

"Then again, Yiku.com belongs to YouTube, and I work for Microsoft. In terms of affiliation, Yiku.com has nothing to do with me."

"But Bill has been very optimistic about me recently. He gave me a promotion and a raise, and asked me to look after YouTube. I am really overwhelmed."

"No one on the entire Internet knows more about video website operations than you. Just consider it as helping me. I owe you a favor."

Originally, after YouTube completed the acquisition, Davis could have just walked away.

But Bill Gates thought Davis had great vision and that the acquisition of YouTube went very smoothly, so he thought this guy was a talent.

After discussion by the board of directors, YouTube was handed over to Davis for management.

Davis was very tempted by the high annual salary and option rewards, so he decided not to resign for the time being.

Apart from the management restructuring, YouTube is developing smoothly in the United States and there are no major achievements to be explored.

Since there was no eye-catching PPT for the local business goals, Davis turned his attention to outside the United States.

As soon as he took office, he planned to learn from Facebook's model and promote YouTube to other countries, starting with English-speaking areas such as Canada.

After all, this is relatively simple, can produce results quickly, and the performance looks good.

But some people have expressed different opinions, believing that the Asian region is also important, especially China.

The Internet in China is developing very rapidly, and there are already 100 million Internet users. Everyone is optimistic about this market with huge potential.

I think the English-speaking area is not worth spending too much money on, and we should start with the Chinese-speaking area first.

Because there is a Yiku.com in China, which is YouTube's strategic foothold, and judging from the data, Yiku.com has developed very well in China's Internet.

So many people suggested starting with Yiku.com, and this plan attracted so many people that Davis couldn't refuse.

So he could only arrange people to go to Canada to develop the market, and then personally bring people to China.

Because the problems at Yiku.com are very troublesome, we must not let anyone else go there, otherwise it will be exposed.

Davis knows best whether there are any problems with Yiku.com's data.

Others saw Yiku.com’s impressive performance and thought it was very capable, but in fact it was at the bottom.

How to expand the Chinese region with such a mess?

So Davis had to ask Qin Shaoyan for help.

Qin Shaoyan hesitated for two seconds, "I do have an immature plan for Yiku.com."

Davis' eyes lit up and he laughed, "I knew you had a way. Tell me now."

Qin Shaoyan said seriously: "I think you can start with copyright."

(End of this chapter)