"That's the theory, but don't you really want to do something exciting? I can give you a discount..."
"no, I'm fine!"
"Well, this isn't really a business at all. It's just a consulting case at most. I thought I could take on a big job."
Bernard looked very disappointed.
Yao Yuan laughed twice and did not answer. The reason why he asked this was because he also wanted to acquire it. There were tens of millions of users. Who wouldn't want it?
Historically, ByteDance acquired and developed rapidly, but it also hid a hidden danger: if a foreign company acquires American products and enters the market, it may have evil intentions and affect national security, and it can be questioned legally.
But now, Yao Yuan is establishing TikTok under Hugelive, and the nature is different.
"So we've closed our first deal?"
"Achieved!"
Bernard stood up and said with a smile: "I hope that next time we meet, you can do some serious business. It's too simple."
"Definitely, maybe it will be available soon."
Yao Yuan smiled and shook hands with him.
After Bernard left, Yao Yuan took a bath, ordered three midnight snacks, and ate them with Jiang Chao and Xiao Mo.
Jiang Chao was a bit elated and said with a bad mouth: "Boss, I have fallen in love with you. I used to think that your skill in cutting leeks was top-notch, but now I find that you have a world-wide mind. Good guy, has it reached the level of partisanship?
"
"What does this involve? I just asked about it."
"Hey, this kind of consultation is no longer something ordinary people can do. Those guys only dare to show off their power in the country. It's not an exaggeration to say that you are a destined person!"
"Eat your food!"
Yao Yuan was already accustomed to his nine thousand-year-old, Jiang Daban, and treacherous style, and was too lazy to respond to these.
What kind of bullshit is this destined person?
What do I rely on to be where I am today? I rely entirely on my own talent and hard work... Deep blue, add some points!
"I think Brother Chao is right!"
Xiao Mo unexpectedly intervened and said: "You do always have a heart for external expansion. You were like this when the country was not so involved, and you know so much about the United States... Tell me something you don't like to hear, you
If I were an American, I might be able to become president!"
"I'm just a bastard, I don't care about you."
Yao Yuan rolled his eyes and said to himself, I just want to save 200 billion to withdraw... Huh? It seems to be achieved now. He has always used this goal as his mantra, but now he is entangled again, how about 300 billion? 300 billion more
retreat.
There's still a lot of things that haven't been done.
After having a meal, we continued to work again, and before we knew it, it was already dawn.
Yao Yuan showed no signs of fatigue and continued issuing instructions one after another: "Go online!"
…………
"Bang bang!"
"boom!"
"Boom boom boom!"
On a vast farm, a huge open-top off-road vehicle rolled around in a cloud of dust and smoke for several times. The father was driving the car, and his 18-year-old son Andrew was holding a gun, shooting at the Texas specialty, braised chicken, that was escaping in the field.
No, wild boar!
"Yeah, I hit it!"
"I killed several of them!"
"Your accuracy is terrible. You need to practice more. When I was young, your grandfather took me hunting wild boars for the first time. The carcasses were piled up like a hill."
Texas is rich in martial arts, and his father taught earnestly and continued the fine tradition.
This is a typical red neck family.
Red necks are named after poor farmers in the United States who have worked in the fields for a long time and whose necks were reddened by the sun. The meaning has evolved many times and now generally refers to white people in the southern United States who support the Republican Party.
Generally refers to conservatives.
The father and son returned home, the father went out to meet friends again, and Andrew played online by himself.
He is a member of Generation Z, which refers to teenagers born between 1995 and 2009 who like newer, more entertaining and interesting things, so he is very dissatisfied with the current Internet products in the United States.
Facebook started with college students, but now it has become a world for adults, where people post their kids every day.
Twitter is full of political trolling between the two parties, or netizens around the world trolling each other.
Instagram is the world of white-collar workers, who show off their exquisite lives every day.
Gen Z doesn't like this.
"They are all old antiques surfing the Internet. They are not interesting at all. Why is there no world for us young people... What is this?"
Andrew muttered while scrolling through Facebook, and suddenly saw an advertisement.
TikTok!
Make Your Day!(Light up your day)
"..."
He researched it and found that it was a new short video product.
He had played it before and was quite addicted at first, but then he found out that it was all about music and lip-syncing, and he gradually lost interest. It was the same at the moment, and he simply ignored it.
But there was nothing interesting about Facebook, so he watched Netflix again, and after watching Netflix, he watched Hugelive.
"Huh? Why is there still more?"
Surprisingly, Hugelive, which has not advertised for 800 years, actually pushed an advertisement: Sign up for TikTok and get a free one-month membership!
Is this a Hugelive product?
Andrew became interested and downloaded one.
After registering, open it. Just like Douyin, no process is required. A video will appear, and then it will prompt: slide up and down.
"How come it's also lip-syncing? It's boring!"
Andrew swiped his finger and instantly skipped the first video, but the second one was different.
It’s none other than the newly-won Best Actress, the heroine of “La La Land”, Emma Stone!
She seemed to be in the hotel bathroom, wrapped in a bathrobe, facing a mirror, pulling out a tissue and just wiping the mirror.
I changed my clothes.
After another wipe, I changed my clothes again, and the music clicked, which seemed novel and interesting.
I changed it four times in this way, and in the last one, it turned into the super cool look of Charlize Theron in "Mad Max 4".
"OH!"
Andrew's eyes lit up and his fingers continued to slide.
The third one was for comedy, the fourth one was for beauty... After a few passes, he actually landed on Charlize Theron.
Theron is 42 years old this year, and she is still so sexy and charming. She seems to be responding to Emmaster by starting to clean the mirror and change her appearance.
The last outfit is Alicia Vikander's look in "Ex Machina".
"..."
Andrew could see clearly that these Hollywood stars were taking over, but what he didn't notice was that these looks were all produced by Rogge Films and Hugelive.
One of TikTok's success factors is the combination of algorithms and interesting videos.
This kind of gameplay is very easy to solve the cold start. When new users come on board, they don't have to think about "what should I watch", let alone "what should I post", because a large number of short videos encourage users to join and imitate.
Andrew likes to watch movies and TV shows, but he has fallen into the trap without realizing it.
He eagerly clicked the button to publish new works. After reading some reminders, the camera turned and he appeared on the screen of his mobile phone.
He wants to imitate the mirror-wiping game, but needs to study it first.
This surprised him because he found that there were so many small special effects inside, including the special effects from "Ex Machina", which allowed him to transform himself into the robot shape inside.
Although the effect is very simple and crude, far inferior to that of movies, it is interesting!
"Andrew, what are you doing?"
His father's voice suddenly interrupted him.
"I, I'm taking a video..."
Andrew was suddenly shocked when he responded, Fuck, he had been playing all afternoon without knowing it!