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Chapter 385 Pay for the genuine version

Zhang Chaoyang rushed to the campus network company excitedly and was taken into the reception room by Qin Shaoyan's secretary.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qin Shaoyan and an unfamiliar foreigner sitting on the sofa. There was coffee and various exquisite snacks on the table.

The two of them sat lazily on the sofa, chatting happily in English.

When Zhang Chaoyang saw this scene, he immediately became more energetic.

This is the style I like best.

On a leisurely afternoon, with comfortable sofas and exquisite snacks, three or five high-end friends gathered together to drink tea and chat, how pleasant.

Qin Shaoyan did not stand up either. He raised his hand and greeted in Mandarin, "Mr. Zhang is here. Come and sit over here."

Zhang Chaoyang didn't care and walked over to find a seat to sit down.

Qin Shaoyan immediately introduced Davis in English, "This is Sohu CEO, Mr. Zhang Chaoyang, you can call him Charles."

"This is Mr. Davis Hansen from Microsoft, responsible for YouTube."

The two of them smiled, shook hands with each other, exchanged a few words, and became acquainted.

Zhang Chaoyang is a PhD from MIT and has spent several years in the United States, so his English is naturally not bad.

Qin Shaoyan had no problem speaking general English, so the three of them didn't need a translator and just started talking about business.

Davis first proposed: "We should form an anti-piracy alliance."

Zhang Chaoyang immediately said, "This is a very good idea. I fully agree with it. We at Sohu Video are willing to join the anti-piracy alliance."

"Great, now our anti-piracy alliance has three members." Qin Shaoyan said happily, "I should be able to attract a few more websites."

Davis didn't care and agreed casually, "That's fine."

Zhang Chaoyang felt that the three of them were enough, and if more people were brought in, they would just be small websites, and would not have much weight in terms of size and influence.

However, since Qin Shaoyan had proposed it, Zhang Chaoyang couldn't refute it. Besides, it would always be good to have more people to strengthen the momentum.

Look at the “Anti-Qvod Alliance”, they can pull in any website, and small websites don’t need to do anything, they just need to follow the lead and cheer.

"Since we have formed an alliance, let's first draw up some charters. After all, we need to work together in a unified way, and we can't do without rules," Qin Shaoyan suggested seriously.

"That's natural," Zhang Chaoyang echoed, "You have to have rules before doing things."

Davis also nodded, motioning Qin Shaoyan to continue.

Qin Shaoyan hesitated for two seconds and said slowly: "First of all, anti-piracy is a serious matter. To show our justice, we must start with ourselves."

"Starting from signing the Anti-Piracy Alliance, we will remove pirated resources from our own video website and promise not to use pirated resources."

"This is a must." Zhang Chaoyang said seriously, "The iron must be strong itself. We must not give others a reason to criticize us when we set up the anti-piracy alliance."

Qin Shaoyan continued, "Secondly, we must act in unison. We should not fight alone, but concentrate our strength."

"The fight against piracy requires close cooperation and the flow of information between each other."

Qin Shaoyan carefully stated several rules in succession, and Zhang Chaoyang added some more, which basically finalized the charter of the "Anti-Piracy Alliance".

The atmosphere of the salon symposium became increasingly heated, and the three people were in high spirits.

Qin Shaoyan picked up his coffee and clinked it with Davis, then said with a smile, "Qvod's staff has sorted out the film and television resource library. We can quickly hand over the hard disk storing the resources to Yiku.com. Once the agreement is signed, the hard disk will be sent to Yiku.com's server immediately."

"No problem." Davis was also very happy. After all, this was a big deal. "Mr. Bill Gates also supports Yiku.com's practice of purchasing genuine film and television resources and fully agrees with our agreement."

"As long as the contract is reviewed by the legal department, I will sign it immediately."

"I believe our cooperation is a win-win choice." Qin Shaoyan said happily, "In fact, buying genuine resources is not sustainable if it is only a one-way transaction. We should learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's resources."

"YouTube and Yiku.com should also set up their own content resource libraries and control a number of content resources that belong to their websites."

"Then we can purchase genuine content from YouTube." Davis was a little confused. YouTube is mainly a place where users upload and share content, and all the content is produced by users themselves.

The content uploaded by YouTube itself is all pirated TV programs and Hollywood movies, and they don't pay any copyright fees.

What kind of content can YouTube have of its own? It can't just sell other people's stuff to Qvod and get some money.

While waving the banner of "anti-piracy" in China, they are making money from pirated American content.

Although it is said that capital does not care about face issues at all for the sake of profit, this job is somewhat too abstract.

Davis was afraid that American TV stations and Hollywood would find out about this and file a lawsuit against YouTube, but there was nothing wrong with filing a lawsuit.

The problem is that getting involved in a copyright dispute in the United States would make it impossible to implement China's anti-piracy strategy, which would affect the interests of Davis and Yiku.com.

This is absolutely not okay.

However, Qin Shaoyan said that YouTube should produce its own genuine content. Although Davis did not understand, he gave him full respect.

After all, the person in front of you may be the one who knows the most about video websites in the world.

Davis then asked again, "Now all the content on YouTube is shared by users, and the copyright belongs to the users themselves, so how does YouTube obtain the content that belongs to its own copyright?"

"We can't just follow the TV stations or Hollywood and make our own TV shows, right?"

"Why not?" Qin Shaoyan asked back, "In the future, the Internet will be the mainstream, and YouTube will replace TV stations and Hollywood theaters and become the most important channel."

"No, no, no." Davis shook his head quickly. "We can't compete with TV stations and Hollywood. They have a lot of power. This won't work at all."

YouTube is still in its infancy, and its size and influence are still too small. TV stations and Hollywood have not yet realized the power of the Internet, otherwise they would not have allowed this threat to grow.

Taking too big a step can easily lead to pulling your balls.

Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment and said, "Then we can start with user-generated content."

"YouTube can set up an advertising sharing plan to encourage users to upload more high-quality content, and then share the advertising revenue with users based on the number of views, so that users can gain benefits, which will make users more motivated to create and upload high-quality content."

"You can add a clause to the advertising sharing plan that the copyright of the content added to the sharing plan belongs to YouTube, so that YouTube can make profits from this content."

Davis agreed with a smile: "That's a good idea!"

"This way YouTube can try a new business model," Qin Shaoyan said. "At the same time, Qvod can use the content shared by YouTube without any worries. We pay for it."

"It's really a win-win situation, hahaha." Davis laughed. "The advertising sharing plan is a great idea."

The plan was indeed great, and now it was mine, and Davis was already thinking about how to write a report to Bill Gates to take credit for it.

Davis said excitedly: "Members of the Anti-Piracy Alliance can purchase premium content from YouTube first, and we will provide discounts. How about that?"

"Very good." Qin Shaoyan nodded.

Davis looked at Zhang Chaoyang again, "Charles, what do you think?"

Zhang Chaoyang was confused. What the hell was this?
We were supposed to be discussing anti-piracy, so why are we talking about buying legitimate content again?

Why should I buy any premium content from YouTube? Can't I just copy whatever is there?
Now I am asked to buy it with money, what kind of operation is this?
I joined the anti-piracy alliance to fight against competitors, not to spend money.

Qin Shaoyan immediately responded, "Mr. Zhang is of course supportive. He has clearly expressed his support for protecting intellectual property rights before, and he was also the one who proposed the Anti-Piracy Alliance."

"How about this, we anti-piracy alliance share legitimate content at a preferential price?"

Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Chaoyang again, "Mr. Zhang, Yiku.com has already purchased the film and television resource library of Qvod.com, do you want to buy it too?"

"Ah?!" Zhang Chaoyang was stunned and asked subconsciously, "How much?"

"Fifteen million dollars." Qin Shaoyan added, "One year."

"……" Zhang Chaoyang was silenced.

(End of this chapter)