Chapter 488 Two peaches kill three soldiers, Zhang Shuo uses a trick to bury another pit for Ah Li!
April 20, Monday, Guyu.
At the meeting, Senior Vice President Lu Qi focused on reporting on the latest progress in cooperation negotiations with Qiandu. "As for account interoperability, the group has signed a formal cooperation agreement with Qiandu."
"The key is copyright cooperation."
"As for copyright cooperation, Qiandu did not directly reject it like Tenda did. Instead, it put forward an additional condition, hoping that Qinghe Group would participate in Qiyi Video's B-round financing."
Qiandu has always been the controlling shareholder of Qiyi Video and the largest financial backer behind Qiyi Video.
At this time, he took the initiative to let Meiya participate in the financing of Qiyi Video. Obviously, he also wanted to form a deep bond with Meiya through cooperation in equity investment.
This will lay the foundation of trust between the two parties for cooperation in the copyright field.
"How big is the financing scale of Qiyi Video's current round?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"$350 million."
Lu Qi explained: "What Qiandu means is that we hope to lead the investment and subscribe for US$200 million, and we will obtain 5.714% of the equity of Qiyi Video's parent company and become one of the major shareholders."
"Can."
Zhang Shuo thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
In my impression, Yuanshikongqiyi Video should have carried out its B-round financing in November 2014. Xiaomi seemed to be the lead investor, and the financing scale was US$300 million.
The scale of financing in this life increased to 350 million, which was also delayed for less than half a year.
But it was Qinghe Group’s turn to lead the investment.
Although Qiyi Video has always been a super money-burning machine, it burned more than 40 billion in the original time and space, but it has not burned anything, and there is still no hope of profit.
But investing in Qiyi Video at this time is actually not a loss from an investment perspective.
Because Qiyi Video is expected to make a round of strategic investment of up to 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, and will then go public in the United States in March 2018.
At its peak, the market value even exceeded US$30 billion.
As for Qinghe Group's participation in the B-round financing, Qiyi Video's valuation is only US$3.5 billion. If appropriate reduction operations are carried out after listing, it can be regarded as a good financial investment.
The premise is to take action as soon as possible.
Because 21 years later, Qiyi Video’s stock price has continued to plummet, and its market value is less than US$1.8 billion.
It can be seen that the investors behind Qiyi Video actually don’t care at all whether Qiyi Video can achieve profitability, and they are afraid that they have already cashed out in the stock market.
All that is left is a group of stock investors who were cut off from their own money.
Fortunately, Qiyi Video is listed in the beautiful country, and the scammers are also crooked nuts.
Bashi!!
"correct."
Speaking of investing in Qiyi Video, Zhang Shuo thought of another thing, "Isn't Tenda pushing for the spin-off and listing of Tenda Video recently? Is it possible to make a round of strategic investment in Tenda Video before Tenda Video goes public? Follow Qiyi
Just like a video, we can indirectly achieve copyright cooperation through strategic investment."
The copyright that Tenda most wants to monopolize is in the field of music.
Now that Tenda Music has been listed, Qinghe Group can do the next best thing and reach a strategic cooperation with Tenda Video in the field of film and television drama copyright, so as to fill the loopholes in the secondary creation copyright of short videos in the future.
You know, Yuanshikong Tengda pursued Douyin fiercely. The infringement claims quickly soared from one or two million to tens of millions, and they also won the lawsuits.
Therefore, it is very necessary for Qinghe Group to reach copyright cooperation with Tenda.
"Then, after the investment is settled, I will arrange for someone to contact Tenda." Lu Qi also understood, and then asked: "Chairman, do you need to take the initiative to contact U Ku?"
At the moment, the relationship between Moe Ya and Ah Li is frozen.
"forget it."
Zhang Shuo shook his head. He didn't want to keep showing off his hot face, so he should put his relationship with Ah Li to dry.
If Qinghe Group really gets hold of Tenda Video and then joins forces with Qiyi Video, it has already obtained the majority of the secondary copyrights for film and television dramas, and it may not be able to keep U Ku down.
Ukuu itself is the weakest among the three major video websites, so it may not necessarily cooperate.
After discussing the cooperation with Qiandu, Senior Vice President Gu Mingzhang also reported good news, "Chairman, the commercial space launch center project jointly constructed by Nebula Group and China Aerospace will hold a groundbreaking ceremony this Friday. By then,
I don’t know, are you free to participate?”
"I won't go, let Mr. Lu go."
The location of the commercial space launch center is located in Qiongzhou Province. Germinal Group does not have much business in Qiongzhou. Zhang Shuo does not want to go alone, not because he is tired, but because he is afraid of being entangled by Qiongzhou.
The same goes for Lu Kai.
………
After the meeting, Zhang Shuo returned to the office and the system prompt sounded again in his ears.
“The Vision Fund has been prepared and established, please check the panel for details!”
"So fast?"
Zhang Shuo was quite surprised. It had only been twenty days since the system established the Vision Fund.
Sure enough, the money making ability is amazing!
Opening the system panel, Zhang Shuo noticed that the Vision Fund's headquarters was located in Wolf Street, and the CEO it hired was Martin, a senior investment manager from Wolf Street.
The employees of the Vision Fund are basically poached from investment banks on Wolf Street.
Although the newly established Vision Fund is still relatively unknown in Wolf Street, a city full of funds and investment banks, the registered capital of up to US$6 billion is still very attractive to Wolf Street employees.
In the venture capital circle, qualifications are very important, but the most important thing is financial strength.
The Vision Fund undoubtedly has this strength.
After checking the basic information of the Vision Fund, Zhang Shuo did not hesitate and gave Martin the first instruction - "Contact the Dream Fund and participate in the acquisition of Dongzhi's flash memory chip business."
Compared with letting the Vision Fund make money in the stock market, the acquisition of Dongzhi's flash memory chip business is the top priority.
In order to make this instruction not too abrupt, Zhang Shuo had already instructed Dream Fund President Howard to spread the news on Wolf Street as early as half a month ago.
Said that it intends to find partners to jointly participate in the acquisition of Dongzhi's flash memory chip business.
With this foreshadowing, Vision Fund, as a newbie in the global venture capital circle, had no reason to refuse an invitation from a large private equity fund like Dream Fund.
I might even say that I think this is a good opportunity.
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When I got home in the evening, my wife Gu Xiaoxi found Zhang Shuo to talk to.
"Ever since you transferred the shares of Germination to me and received more than 2 billion in dividends, people from my hometown have been contacting me. Some have invited me to visit my hometown, and some want to come to Binhai City to see me."
This situation was obviously something Gu Xiaoxi had never encountered before.
So it seems very cramped.
For Gu Xiaoxi, who is half-social, how to deal with the relationship with people in his hometown is probably much more difficult than doing math problems.
"What do you think?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"I just want to help everyone and do what I can, but I'm afraid I won't do it well."
Gu Xiaoxi was still not confident.
"If you want to do it, then go ahead and do it. In this area, you can ask dad for more advice. He is very good at handling our family affairs." Zhang Shuo smiled and gave Gu Xiaoxi advice.
He originally wanted to suggest that Gu Xiaoxi set up a fund by himself and conduct professional management. But then he thought about it, and with Gu Xiaoxi's character, it was better not to worry about it.
Gu Xiaoxi only needs to simply throw coins, and let those who should worry about the rest worry about it.
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Thursday, April 23rd.
Qinghe Group completed the B-round financing of Qiyi Video and signed the investment contract. The two parties held a brief press conference to announce that the two parties would conduct strategic cooperation in the field of film and television drama copyright.
The main content of the cooperation is——
In the next five years, all the film and television drama copyrights purchased by Qiyi Video will be released to Moyin Technology, a subsidiary of Qinghe Group, for the secondary creation copyright of film and television dramas at an agreed price.
If the cooperation is satisfactory, Moyin Technology will also have the priority to renew the contract after the five-year period.
In 2015, as the three major video websites fell in love with each other and the rise of the VIP payment model, the online copyrights of film and television dramas have ushered in a rising cycle.
The price of online copyrights for popular movies and TV series is rising day by day.
but!
This is limited to popular movies and TV series. For old movies, old TV series, including the secondary creation of movie and TV series, there are actually many loopholes in the relevant copyright protection.
All kinds of piracy and free use are still common.
Under such circumstances, Moyin Technology took the initiative to reach a strategic cooperation with Qiyi Video and actively paid for the secondary creation copyright of film and television dramas, which can be said to be a breath of fresh air in the industry.
"Qinghe Group has money to burn. I've never heard of it. You have to pay copyright fees for secondary creations."
"Isn't this bad?"
"Qinghe Group pays for the copyright, and then provides it to secondary creators for free, allowing secondary creators to avoid legal risks. It's heartwarming, okay?"
"I'm not saying it's bad, I just don't think it's necessary."
Let alone 2015, even in 22, the Internet has different opinions on whether the secondary creation of film and television dramas involves infringement.
The general view is that copyright protection is possible, but it cannot be protected indefinitely. An appropriate period needs to be set. Otherwise, the real benefit is not the copyright creator, but the platform that purchases the copyright.
In the end, it is the consumers who suffer.
No matter what netizens say, Qinghe Group will always open its door to all major platforms in terms of copyright cooperation, and it immediately entered into negotiations with the two major video websites, Tenda and Sadness.
We hope to reach a strategic cooperation similar to that of Qiyi Video.
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Friday, April 24th.
Faced with the olive branch of cooperation offered by Qinghe Group, Erye rarely hesitated.
"Boss, I think it's a good thing."
Upon seeing this, Lu Jian immediately expressed his opinion, "Qinghe Group is willing to participate in Tenda Video's strategic investment, which will not only help ease our relationship with Sprout, but also help Tenda Video's spin-off and listing."
It can also be regarded as a disguised endorsement of Tenda Video.
"As for copyright cooperation, since it is limited to secondary creation and is limited to the field of film and television dramas, it will not have any substantial impact on our large-scale entertainment strategy."
"Everything you said is right."
The second master didn't know, "But the problem is, Qinghe Group has clearly suffered losses, so why are they rushing to cooperate with us? Don't forget, we took the initiative to ask for investment in Sprout, but Sprout refused."
"Well…"
Lu Jian was also obviously taken aback, and said subconsciously: "Maybe at that time, Qinghe Group had not yet launched the short video business, so there was no need to cooperate with Tenda Video in the copyright field."
"You got to the point."
Erye's eyes flashed, "Qinghe Group is making such a big show of investing in Qiyi Video and Tenda Video. It has only one fundamental purpose, which is to serve its short video business. What does this mean?"
"Explain that Qinghe Group pays special attention to the short video business?" Lu Jian is not stupid.
"It's very, very important."
The second master looked solemn and said, "Perhaps our previous contempt for the short video business was wrong."
"Isn't this the case?"
Lu Jian disagreed, "Qinghe Group's decisions may not all be correct, right?"
"My point of view is that Qinghe Group is now a big business, rich and financially powerful. It has achieved the ultimate in the fields of games, social networking, news, browsers, etc. In order to develop new businesses, it has turned to short videos
It is completely understandable that more resources will be allocated to the business." Lu Jianyue said, but he felt even more uncomfortable.
Why?
Because the current situation of Qinghe Group is simply the future that Tenda planned for itself, dominating the world in the two major fields of gaming and social networking, and then branching into other application scenarios.
There are also sufficient resources for trial and error for possible next trends and tracks.
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The expression on the second master's face is also unpredictable. Lu Jian can think of it, how could he not feel the same?
It’s really hard to stretch!!!
"Then, do you want to cooperate with Qinghe Group, or refuse?" Lu Jian asked cautiously.
"what is your opinion?"
The second master was in a rare state of confusion.
"I think we can still cooperate."
Lu Jian still adheres to his previous point of view, "Compared with the unclear short video track, with the endorsement of Qinghe Group, promoting the spin-off and listing of Tenda Video is the group's top priority right now. In the face of the spin-off and listing,
Everything else can be done later."
No wonder Lu Jianhui thinks so.
As the new CEO of Tenda, Lu Jian has already encountered unprecedented pressure on the board of directors due to the withdrawal of South Philippine Newspapers. With the appointment of new shareholders and new directors, Lu Jian must make a difference.
Otherwise, you will inevitably be dismissed.
Faced with the current mess of Tenda, the only thing Lu Jian could think of that could achieve results in a short period of time was to continue to bet on the big entertainment industry, follow Tenda Music, and complete the division of Tenda Video and Tenda Literature in one go.
Delisted.
Making money for shareholders is his most important responsibility.
In order to achieve this goal, he would not hesitate to cooperate with Mo Ya, whom Lu Jian had previously disliked.
This is called professionalism!
As for the short video track, it may have great development prospects in the future, or it may be the next trend, but with the resources and funds that Tenda can currently use, it is really unable to compete head-on with Qinghe Group in this track.
It's better to say let it go first.
The worst thing is, once the prospects of the short video industry become clear, Tenda will resort to another trick to catch up from behind.
Wouldn’t it be better to copy it?
After all, no matter how little Tenda pays attention to the short video business, it actually has Tenda Video as its support, as well as short video platforms such as Weishi. It is actually not too difficult to develop the short video business.
"Okay, you'll be responsible for this."
The second master took a deep look at Lu Jian, his heart full of exhaustion.