Winning the new financial era

Chapter 307

"Mr. Chen, let me ask you a question. What is your vision for the future of Station B?" Zhang Yida asked seriously.

"position."

Chen Rui muttered this word, and said after a while: "Be the largest Two-dimensional community in China."

"It is now!" Zhang Yida shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm asking about the future."

"In the future, we will continue to make efforts in several aspects such as social networking, games, animation, and comics."

Zhang Yida sighed in his heart, it is really Buddhist, no wonder there are few advertisements on station B, and the commercialization is slow.

Someone in the previous life analyzed that the two biggest outlets missed by station B are short videos and live broadcasts.

"Have you ever thought about becoming China's Netflix or Youtube?"

Chen Rui shook his head with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, your goal is too ambitious. For the time being, we just want to do a good job in the Two-dimensional community and maintain the content and community atmosphere."

"The animations, comics, and games of Station B are all pretty good, and there is also a national style. Have you ever thought about exporting culture in reverse?"

Chen Rui didn't understand what Zhang Yida said, and asked, "Mr. Zhang, do you mean exporting culture to Japan in reverse?"

"Not only Japan, but also South Korea and Southeast Asia! Let Bilibili go overseas and export Chinese animation, comics, and national culture to the world."

Xu Yi, the president of the company, couldn't help but uttered, "Mr. Zhang, you are too whimsical!

In terms of games, we are no match for South Korea.Anime, we can't compare to Japan.What reverse output ah? "

"I see that you have been investing in animation and comic companies in the past two years. In addition to the upstream layout, you also mean to incubate these companies?"

"Yes, content will always be one of the ceilings that shackles the development of Bilibili."

Li Ni, the only woman among the three founders, spoke. She is the vice chairman and COO of the company and has been in charge of the operation of the entire Bilibili.

"The animation in our country is indeed inferior to that of foreign countries, but hasn't it been catching up?
China, as a great country, has been exported by small countries such as Japan and South Korea.

It's not that I'm angry, it's that I feel really sad when I see it! "

Zhang Yida continued: "Novels, comics, animations, movies, and games can all be classified into culture.

I think Station B has a great opportunity to revive Chinese culture.

Although our country has become rich economically, it has not yet become culturally rich. "

Li Ni wanted to laugh when he heard this, and said that he is not a cynical youth, what is this not a cynical youth?
"Mr. Zhang, your idea is quite good, but we really don't have the ability to do this well at present."

Chen Rui is a very pragmatic person, and he won't just listen to Zhang Yida's words.

He used to be the product manager of Kingsoft Antivirus and served as Lei Jun's right-hand man.

Later, he became the co-founder of Cheetah Mobile. After Cheetah went public, he left and joined Bilibili.

Although he joined Station B halfway, he is an ashes of Station B, one of the [-] seed users, and an angel investor of Station B.

It can be seen that he really has feelings for Station B.

"Why don't you have the patience?"

Zhang Yida frowned and said: "In the upstream novels, comics, animation and other fields, Ruixiang can set up a special cultural investment fund to help Bilibili to incubate.

My short video company, Musical.ly, has entered North America, Europe and other regions, and will enter Southeast Asia in the next step. It is very influential among teenagers in various regions.

If station B wants to go to sea, Musical.ly can provide full help. "

Is it that good?Chen Rui didn't believe that there was a free lunch in the world, so he guessed that Zhang Yida must have something in mind.

So he said: "Mr. Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

"I want to buy Bilibili!"

Zhang Yida picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip and said calmly.

"Impossible! We will not sell Bilibili."

Xu Yi, the otaku with glasses, was the first to jump out. He was the founder of Station B in the true sense, and Chen Rui came in later as an investor.

So the one with the deepest affection for Station B is Xu Yi.

"Listen to me first, okay? I also like station B very much. If I come to take the helm of station B, in addition to bringing more overseas resources to station B, I will invest a lot of money to develop the company.

I have completed the industrial chains of novels, comics, animation, games, and film and television for Bilibili.

In the next 10 years, the cumulative investment in Bilibili will be no less than 500 billion! "

500 billion!

Chen Rui was also a little confused and asked, "Mr. Zhang, do you like Station B so much? Internet finance is your main business?"

"Isn't it possible for a person to have a little pursuit in life? Internet finance is my tool for making money! That's right!
I want station B to be a tool for me to spend money.Are the Lord of the Rings trilogy atmospheric?

Can our Chinese company do it?The plot of the story can definitely be achieved, or even far exceeded, but the special effects cannot.

It doesn't matter, we can invite foreign special effects teams.

It doesn't matter if the box office doesn't make it back, as long as it can promote Chinese culture around the world and make the Chinese feel proud, I'm willing to pretend to be this B. "

"Film and TV company, does this have anything to do with Station B?" Li Ni asked.

"Yes!" Zhang Yida said with a smile, "The box office has not been recovered after the installation of B, the effect of cultural output must be achieved!

Isn't Bilibili a community?It’s okay to set up a Chinese-style community overseas! "

"Is this interesting? To make such a big circle and spend so much money, just to promote Chinese culture?"

Chen Rui felt that Zhang Yida's brain circuit was too strange!

"What effect do you think the Marvel series has achieved besides making money?" Zhang Yida asked Chen Rui.

"Brainwashing the world? Americans saving the world?"

Zhang Yida nodded, "That's right! If our country wants to expand its influence in the world, cultural soft power must keep up."

Chen Rui understands Zhang Yida's thinking a little bit. The upstream is the fairy tales and martial arts novels that promote Chinese culture, followed by national style animations and comics, and then these IPs are made into games and movies and spread to the world.

To promote these things, the short video platform can be regarded as a good carrier, and station B will follow behind to build a national style cultural community.

However, to do this well, there is a lot of resistance from various aspects, among other things, I am afraid that European and American countries will be the first to jump out and make trouble.

There is also a movie, even if it is made, and it is shot well, it doesn't mean that it can be shown all over the world if it wants to be released all over the world.

"To be honest, Mr. Zhang, with your idea, I don't see any hope of success in the short term."

Chen Rui's evaluation was still very objective, and Zhang Yida didn't take it seriously, and continued: "It's difficult, but we can't give up either!
In what year was Station B established? Year 2009.

How long did it take to get to today?seven years.

I'm still young, only 21 years old, and if I live long enough, I can fight for another 70 years in this cause.

This is all far fetched.Let's start analyzing from some small places!

Musical.ly has tens of millions of teenage users overseas, and this number only took one year.

In the future, reaching hundreds of millions of users should be a matter of course.

Relying on Musical.ly, Bilibili can promote Chinese novels, comics, animations, or short films.

Do things step by step!
Chinese comics and animation are not very good now, haven't you been working hard?I think there will definitely be a chance to reach the world's top level in the future.

China now lacks a kind of cultural self-confidence, and all hopes are pinned on Bilibili. "

"Mr. Zhang, do you really want to invest 10 billion in the next 500 years?" Xu Yi, an otaku, thinks that Zhang Yida's imagination is very interesting, and the reverse export of culture is exciting to think about.

"That's right! If Ruixiang, Pinduoduo, and Doushi develop well enough, I think they may invest more."

"Mr. Zhang, I understand that you have a "big entertainment" heart, but Bilibili also has its own development direction.

As one of the few video platforms in China where the management and discourse rights of the enterprise are still in the hands of the management team, we also have our persistence. "

Chen Rui continued: "We don't want to be kidnapped by capital, that will ruin station B and the current community atmosphere."

"After Ruixiang acquires Station B, we can continue to hand over the management rights to you, and we will not intervene in specific operations."

Zhang Yida's own big entertainment strategy is not without Bilibili. Companies such as novel websites, game companies, and film and television companies can build and buy by themselves.

The main reason is that Zhang Yida wanted to see what kind of effect the community atmosphere of station B would have if he took it abroad.
"Mr. Zhang, I wonder how much you value Station B?" Chen Rui asked.

"$10 billion!"

Ruixiang is also a shareholder of Bilibili. He is very clear about the financial situation, various operating data and valuation of Bilibili.

Regarding the valuation of unicorns, Chen Rui is quite satisfied with this valuation, which is similar to the valuation of their upcoming C round of financing.

But Chen Rui hesitated to sell the company.

Although he joined Station B halfway, he took it as his lifelong career to fight for.

In Kingsoft and Cheetah Mobile, he is only a co-founder with little authority.

But at station B, he is really in power.After selling the company, although you can cash out hundreds of millions of dollars, you have changed from a leader to a migrant worker.

Zhang Yida saw his hesitation, and added: "Tikvision has completed Series A financing of US$10 billion, with a valuation of more than US$70 billion.

In my conception, DouTV and Bilibili are subsidiaries of big entertainment groups.

The goal of the big entertainment group is a market value of [-] billion U.S. dollars, and the helm is selected from the management of Bilibili or DouTV. "

Chen Rui had heard about Douvision's financing, but Douvision was very low-key and the news was tightly blocked. Only then did he know that it had raised $10 billion.

This is the A round of financing, and the scale of this financing amount is rare in the world.

Chen Rui glanced at Xu Yi, who was a little moved, and Li Ni, who was expressionless, and said to Zhang Yida:

"Mr. Zhang, this matter is too big! We need to discuss it internally, and we will give you an answer as soon as possible."

"can."

Zhang Yida has pretty much said what he should say, whether it's feelings, money, or the future power of a giant company.

If station B is still unwilling to be acquired, then Zhang Yida will not continue to force others.

Zhang Yida, Lan Lan and the three founders shook hands one by one before leaving Bilibili.

(End of this chapter)