You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 381 Professional Partner

"Copyright?" Davis was a little surprised and puzzled. "Why copyright?"

It's obvious at first glance that Davis knows nothing about video websites, and doesn't even understand the market situation in China.

I don’t know whether it was his assistant’s mistake or his contempt and arrogance towards the Chinese market, but this is a good thing for Qin Shaoyan.

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said enthusiastically: "Regarding the issue of copyright, we have to first talk about how competitive the domestic video website market is."

"According to incomplete statistics, there are now more than 200 video websites, with dozens of new ones launched every month. This track is crowded with too many entrepreneurs."

“But no matter how big or small the site is, they all have a common problem: a lack of quality content.”

"Video websites have not been around for long and do not have many users, so they are still lacking in terms of users sharing their own content."

"In order to make up for the lack of content, video websites have all tacitly allowed some users to upload large amounts of content without the copyright holder's authorization."

"These include movies, TV series, variety shows, music videos, documentaries and even a large number of foreign films and TV series."

"They use a lot of pirated content to fill their content libraries to attract users, which has almost become their most important means of attracting users."

"You have to know," Qin Shaoyan said very sincerely, "Davis, it is unethical to use these contents without permission."

Davis was stunned and asked, "I remember that YouTube also has a lot of unauthorized film and television content?"

"Oh, that's not illegal." Qin Shaoyan immediately added, "We won the copyright lawsuit in the California court."

Davis immediately remembered the incident, and after some clever maneuvering and legal donations, YouTube won the copyright case.

From now on, YouTube can legally use the high-quality content uploaded by users.

Although it is certainly immoral, it is not illegal.

"China is different from the United States." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "This is not only immoral in China, but also illegal."

"China's legal system is completely different from that of the United States," Qin Shaoyan added.

There is no such thing as case law in the continental legal system, so YouTube's approach simply won't work.

Davis frowned. "You mean using legal means to fight your competitors?"

"Is this okay?" Davis couldn't help but wonder, "I mean, you know, China's judicial system, I'm afraid it won't be very effective, right?"

Well, Qin Shaoyan knows more about judicial issues than Davis, so it is normal for the other party to have doubts.

This era so-called "free and open" is indeed too free and open, it is simply too unscrupulous.

Dean Chen, who loves learning foreign languages, speaks the truth.

However, Davis has a natural advantage. He is a foreigner, a very prestigious foreigner. With the support of Microsoft, a world-renowned company, it is much easier for him to get things done than for Chinese people.

"Respecting intellectual property rights and cracking down on piracy is politically correct," Qin Shaoyan said meaningfully. "The administrative agencies will definitely support it. At least they are on our side in terms of stance."

Whether it is to prevent allies from being surprised or to consider the "business environment", Davis will encounter much less resistance.

It has not even been four years since China joined the WTO, and intellectual property protection is an important part of it.

Davis gradually smiled. He seemed to understand what Qin Shaoyan meant. "You mean, we can get our competitors into trouble by filing a lawsuit?"

"No, no, no." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand and said sincerely, "In the Chinese business world, harmony brings wealth. There is no need to do this if you are in the same business as me. Because in the Chinese mindset, getting involved in a lawsuit is very troublesome. They won't use this method unless they have a complete break." Davis frowned, a little puzzled, "Then what do you mean?"

"Lawsuits are just a deterrent. As long as the administrative agencies come out and make a statement, we don't even need to go that far, our competitors will bleed themselves." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "We should take the initiative to come out and make a statement, use practical actions to support genuine products, and then talk about piracy as a harm to the industry."

“First fill the content resource library with genuine high-quality content, build a copyright barrier, and then attack the opponent.”

Davis' eyes lit up. This plan was so brilliant that it would not only win praise from Bill Gates and the board of directors, but would also be a good way to attack competitors.

Simply kill two birds with one stone.

Davis picked up his coffee cup and said, "Then the next step is to acquire the copyrights of movies and TV series, and try to collect as many copyrights as possible in the shortest possible time."

"Well, I hope to buy at least 2,000 TV series and 500 movies in the next year. It looks like I need to expand Yiku.com as soon as possible. The copyright negotiations will keep them busy."

"No, Davis." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "It's not that troublesome at all. You don't need to negotiate."

"Besides, you can't buy any TV drama copyrights now, because most of the TV drama online broadcasting rights are in my hands, and they are exclusive authorizations."

Davis was stunned, a little surprised, "Waterfake?"

"Since the establishment of Qvod, we have been acquiring exclusive online broadcasting rights everywhere." Qin Shaoyan smiled faintly, "We have tens of thousands of movies and TV series. There is no more comprehensive content resource library than ours."

"John, you are a real business genius." Davis praised helplessly, "You have built up enough copyright barriers."

"No, it should be us." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "I can't do it alone. Only with Yiku.com joining in can the copyright barrier be more solid."

Davis smiled, "So what's the price?"

"Yiku.com only needs to pay the copyright fee to Qvod.com to get the authorization from Qvod.com." Qin Shaoyan spread his hands with a smile, "We provide various package services, such as Package A, which includes 3,000 TV series and 600 movies, and Package B, which includes 5,000 TV series and 1,000 movies."

"So is there a more luxurious VIP package?" Davis asked directly, "I hope to get more and better services."

"For 100 million yuan, we will completely share our content resource library with Yiku.com." Qin Shaoyan replied.

"One hundred million dollars?" Davis frowned. "This price is too high. The boss won't approve it."

"No, it's 100 million RMB, which is about 10 million US dollars." Qin Shaoyan immediately added an explanation.

"More than 10 million dollars?" Davis perked up. "This price is very reasonable."

"I mean every year." Qin Shaoyan emphasized.

"What else?" Davis was surprised. "John, I'm not a rookie without business sense. Fifteen million dollars a year to get the shared authorization of Qvod's content resource library is a reasonable price."

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "I also think that $15 million is very reasonable."

"By the way, Davis, do you know any professional business consulting companies? I would like to purchase their services. The budget is $5 million per year."

"Well, I happen to know a business consulting company like that." Davis picked up his coffee with a smile, "It's very professional."

"Great, I like dealing with professionals." Qin Shaoyan also smiled knowingly and picked up the coffee, "Let's have a toast."

It's so easy to deal with a professional partner.

(End of this chapter)