You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 395: Equal Rights Movement of Yiku.com
Driver Hao Dashan drove the brand new Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan steadily, weaving through the busy roads.

Qin Shaoyan and Zhang Chaoyang sat in the back seat, both thinking about something.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry." Qin Shaoyan suddenly sighed and apologized sincerely.

"Huh?" Zhang Chaoyang was stunned, a little confused, "Why did Mr. Qin apologize?"

"Just now, something urgent happened. I didn't have time to discuss it with you, so I took the initiative to launch a free sharing plan." Qin Shaoyan said sincerely, "You also saw what happened today. I had no choice but to make this decision."

"It doesn't matter. We just have to make decisions in an emergency." Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile, "But to be honest, Mr. Qin, your plan really shocked me."

"It doesn't sound like much at first, but the more I think about it, the more I think your trick is really amazing."

When Zhang Chaoyang first heard that Qin Shaoyan opened up his film and television resource library to others for free, he felt a little unhappy.

Whether it is cooperation or free use of the film and television resource library, it was obviously me who came here first.

It was agreed that I alone would receive special treatment, how did things turn out like this?

But he was very clear about what today's meeting meant to the Anti-Piracy Alliance.

The official attitude is very clear without having to say it explicitly. They do not want the "Anti-Piracy Alliance" to continue making trouble.

This means that Zhang Chaoyang’s plan is not feasible, and his dream of beating other peers to the ground by fighting piracy and legal proceedings is basically impossible.

Sohu Video's plan to gain market share by squeezing out its competitors was about to fail, and then Qin Shaoyan suddenly proposed the plan of "free shared film and television resource library".

He thought about it carefully and suddenly felt that this tactic of "retreating to advance" was brilliant.

Aren’t you saying that you can’t find genuine resources or that genuine resources are too expensive? Well, I’ll give them to you for free and package them up for you. That way, you have no reason to refuse “anti-piracy”.

This will completely block competitors from other video sites, leaving them with no excuse to oppose.

The most amazing thing is Qin Shaoyan’s next condition. It’s okay to enjoy free genuine film and television resources, but you have to join the "Anti-Piracy Alliance" first, and you must eliminate piracy.

What's good about this condition?

Of course, the good thing is that other peers must join the "Anti-Piracy Alliance".

This "Anti-Piracy Alliance" was initiated by Sohu Video, and Zhang Chaoyang is the leader of the alliance, equivalent to the leader of the martial arts world.

Now other colleagues who want to get free film and television resources must go through his review, this is power!
The time required to clear pirated resources and review and join the "Anti-Piracy Alliance" is enough to give other video websites a hard time, which also gives Sohu Video a rare strategic opportunity.

Does Zhang Chaoyang really want to “fight against piracy”?

Of course not.

He doesn't have the courage to kill other competitors by using anti-piracy measures, but he does have the courage to gain benefits by using anti-piracy measures.

And it's huge.

If you want to do good things, you have to do it in a legitimate way.

His anti-piracy efforts are intended to carve out a market share for Sohu Video. The current plan can achieve the goal, so what else is he dissatisfied with?

As for whether Zhang Chaoyang will be scolded for "blocking the review" and "tripping up" his peers...

It's about making money, why do you care about this?
Who cares about reputation when working in the Internet these days?

Besides, since the establishment of the "Anti-Piracy Alliance", Zhang Chaoyang has been very clear about his position.

The three companies cooperated, with Yiku.com providing the money and Qvod.com providing the legitimate resources, and Sohu Video had to contribute.

This is the job we do that gets us scolded.

Zhang Chaoyang was somewhat excited, and had already begun to plan how to use the "Anti-Piracy Alliance" to scare other peers.

"Hey, Mr. Qin." Zhang Chaoyang showed a worried look on his face, "I can understand your idea of ​​giving other colleagues free trials of film and television resources, but Yiku.com..."

"After all, they spent real money. Davis won't be angry, right?"

"I'll go and explain this to Davis in person." Qin Shaoyan ignored Zhang Chaoyang's gossip, "We are friends, he will still give me this face, I'll try my best to find a way to compensate him."

"That's good." Zhang Chaoyang sighed, "I'm just worried that it will affect your relationship."

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Qin Shaoyan said very calmly.

……

As soon as the two entered the campus network company, the front desk came over to report, "Boss Qin, there is a foreigner named Davis Hansen waiting for you in the reception room."

Ok?
How come he came just as I mentioned him?

Are you going to call me to task? You're trying to put me in a bad light right after I praised you, right?

Qin Shaoyan walked towards the reception room with an expressionless face, while Zhang Chaoyang followed behind with a meaningful expression, not knowing what he was thinking about.

As I stepped into the reception room, I saw Davis sitting on the sofa, deep in thought over the coffee on the table.

Davis looked up when he heard footsteps, "John, you're back. How was the meeting today?"

"There were a few small setbacks. You know, the anti-piracy campaign has damaged the interests of other video websites." Qin Shaoyan smiled. "Of course they won't accept this, so they put up some small obstacles. Fortunately, Charles and I have solved it."

"We adjusted our plans a little bit to ensure that other competitors would not affect us."

"Oh, that's good." Davis nodded, not seeming to care much about the meeting.

Qin Shaoyan sighed softly, "Davis, in order to convince the administrative agency to support us at the meeting today, I made a decision without authorization."

"I plan to share the Qvod video library with other video sites for free in exchange for their agreement to delete pirated resources."

"Huh?" Davis was stunned. "Free?"

"Yes, it's free." Qin Shaoyan replied, "But the treatment for free customers is completely different from that for paying customers. They can only get genuine resources, and Yiku.com will get all the genuine resources of Qvod.com. We will update the resource library in a timely manner to ensure that Yiku.com and Qvod.com have the latest film and television resources at the same time."

"Also, we will use all of the $15 million to purchase legitimate resources to help Qvod and Yiku obtain more legitimate content."

"Oh, that's good." Davis nodded. "I know you won't treat me badly, John."

"Of course, we are friends." Qin Shaoyan laughed.

Zhang Chaoyang was stunned watching from the side. Is that it?

The friendship between you two is too good. You just let this matter go without any bargaining?
Ask yourself, if Zhang Chaoyang were in Davis's position, he would not only express his dissatisfaction, but also make a big profit from Kuaibo.com.

Why are you so calm?
Davis suddenly glanced at Zhang Chaoyang and said, "Charles, John and I have something to discuss alone. Please go out for a moment."

Zhang Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, then agreed, stood up reluctantly and walked out of the reception room.

It seems that the relationship between the two is really good.

Davis glanced at the tightly closed door of the reception room and sighed softly, "John, I'm going back to the United States next week."

"Eh, so fast?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "Have you dealt with the things in China?"

"No, the situation here is a little more complicated than I thought." Davis was a little depressed. "I not only have to deal with the company's daily affairs and formulate operational strategies, but also reconcile the conflicts between the company's departments." "Oh my God, the documents I have to deal with every day are one foot high. I haven't even finished writing the report for Bill Gates. They take up too much of my working time."

"That's too bad." Qin Shaoyan said sympathetically.

"It's very bad." Davis looked at Qin Shaoyan seriously, "So you have to help me."

"Help you?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised. "That's not good. I mean, it's okay to help you with ideas, but it's absolutely not okay for you to ask me to help you write a report."

"I think you can include the anti-piracy alliance in your report and have a good talk with Bill Gates about the market competition in China's video websites. This may be a good reference for YouTube."

"Reference?" Davis was a little confused. "What reference can I get? Didn't YouTube win the copyright lawsuit in the California court?"

"But this doesn't mean we can sit back and relax. We have only won part of the prize. What if the copyright holder is a company like Disney?" Qin Shaoyan asked, "YouTube can't possibly offend all TV media and Hollywood. That would be too disadvantageous for YouTube."

"And what if they follow Sohu's example and sue the advertisers as well? No advertiser wants to get into this kind of trouble."

"It's a huge vulnerability. It's YouTube's Achilles heel."

"Bill Gates just needs to figure it out, but you have a lot more to think about when writing a report. This is a very important matter, believe me."

There was a copyright war between YouTube, the originator of video websites, and Hulu, a rising star in the industry.

When it was first founded, Hulu only accounted for 2.6% of the market share of the online video industry, while YouTube was almost synonymous with online video at the time.

But two years later, because all Hulu programs were genuine TV movies from NBC and Fox, 2% of their programs received advertising, while copyright risks meant that YouTube's advertising volume was only 80%.

Qin Shaoyan doesn’t care at all whether YouTube should resolve the copyright issue or not. Anyway, he is no longer a shareholder of YouTube.

When writing a report, you have to be alarmist and have gimmicks, otherwise how can your boss remember you? You have to make your presence felt.

"Well, this is a very important point." Davis nodded. He suddenly felt that his report could be improved. His inspiration was like a fountain.

Davis quickly put the matter behind him, "John, I didn't come to you to ask about your report. The report is not the main issue."

"The main problem I'm facing now is how to deal with the management issues of Qvod."

Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised. "What happened to the management of Qvod? Is there any problem?"

"There are a lot of problems." Davis was a little distressed. "If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have cleared out those people before Yiku.com was acquired."

"The management of Yiku.com is a bit complicated now."

It's more than complicated! It's simply more than that!

The management team of Yiku.com includes Chinese Americans, people from Hong Kong, people from Taiwan, and employees from the mainland.

Well, mainland employees are basically at the lower level, and those in management positions are all programmers. These people don’t have much say within the company, but they are the ones who do the main work.

Management has different ideas depending on the region of origin.

It's basically an internal fight between Hong Kong and Taiwan, and then they unite to attack Chinese Americans, while also guarding against local teams.

The discriminated local team naturally did not want to be manipulated, so they started to play badly technically.

The management was busy fighting with each other and had no time to pay attention to the local team which was performing poorly.

Davis didn't notice it either, because the mainland employees were really not valued and no one cared about them.

Well, these are all things that Chen Guangxia told Qin Shaoyan.

Although Chen Guangxia has left Yiku.com, his network of contacts is still there and he can often get inside information.

When Davis first arrived in China, he had great ambitions and planned to achieve some success on Qvod.com.

But when I actually started to operate it, I found that it was full of insects.

Moreover, Davis had long had the idea of ​​purging these people, and by the way, he wanted to put the blame for the data fraud on Yiku.com on them. This was a thorn in Davis's side.

However, there are certain ways and methods to fire people, and it is not enough to just fire them rudely.

You have to eliminate people quietly without making a fuss, and at the same time not let them resent Davis as their boss.

"So, what should I do?" Davis said with some worry, "John, you have the best solution."

"Uh." Qin Shaoyan said hesitantly, "This is your company's internal affairs, how can I have the nerve to interfere?"

"Come on, John, we are best friends." Davis said nonchalantly, "I often consult friends from different investment companies when I'm working, and Yiku.com has a history with you, too."

"Okay, okay." Qin Shaoyan sighed helplessly, "Then I'll help you think about it."

Qin Shaoyan hesitated for two seconds and said slowly: "What do you think of the equal rights movement?"

"What?" Davis was stunned. "What equal rights movement?"

"Don't you think there are too few female employees at Yiku.com?" Qin Shaoyan asked, "What percentage of the company's employees are female?"

"I haven't done any statistics, but there are indeed not many female employees in the company." Davis frowned.

"This is the biggest problem." Qin Shaoyan slapped his thigh, "E-ku.com may be involved in recruitment discrimination, and the proportion of women in the management of E-ku.com is too small, which does not meet the equal rights standards at all."

Davis suddenly understood something, and his eyes gradually brightened. "Are you saying that we should recruit more female employees?"

"This is for women's rights!" Qin Shaoyan said solemnly, "We should make Yiku.com a benchmark so that we can gain a good reputation in the United States."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Davis nodded vigorously. "The proportion of men in the company is too high. It's really not suitable. We need to recruit more women and maintain a one-to-one gender ratio in the management team!"

"Anyone who dares to oppose this is discriminating against women!"

"One to one is not enough!" Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "We need to have more women in the workplace, and we need to gradually increase the number! At the same time, we need to protect the rights and interests of female employees and establish a sound mechanism to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace."

"That's right!" Davis was instantly excited. "As long as there are more female employees, everything will be fine."

With female employees, there are more excuses to deal with those people.

Director X, you don't want the rumor about X harassing female employees to get out, so just resign.

What? You said you didn't harass me?

If you say you have it, then you have it. How can a girl slander you?

Davis has come up with several plans and the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks that this idea of ​​increasing the proportion of female employees is a very good one.

Qin Shaoyan also encouraged him, "Why don't you just come up with a slogan and build an all-female company? That will attract more attention."

"No, no, no, no." Davis shook his head quickly, "I still need Yiku.com to continue to operate normally. It is very important."

"Just keep the technical team, and other departments can be adjusted." Qin Shaoyan urged, "Nowadays, women's salaries are generally lower than men's. This can save a lot of expenses, and at the same time it can also show that Yiku.com values ​​women. It's a win-win situation!"

"Well, I think we can do it now." Davis said happily.

(End of this chapter)