It is said that when the master summons his slaves, different dynasties had different reactions.
For example, the slaves of the Tang Dynasty: Here!
Servants of the Qing Dynasty: Cha!
And modern slaves: Don’t worry, I’ll receive it/okay/immediately/!
Yao Yuanzong did not inhumanely assign tasks in the middle of the night, or ask employees to work overtime on holidays, or even weirdly asked resigned employees to work... But out of love for him, everyone always replied: Close even if he was just convening a meeting.
It'll be there/okay/immediately/don't worry!
Morning, conference room.
Five or six people, including Yu Jiajia and the staff responsible for content and technology, Yao Yuan, came in and took nothing but a glass of water. It seemed like it was a small meeting.
"To put it simply, the company has officially established a video department, temporarily named Maili Video as the general manager.
In the past, new businesses were embedded in the community. This time it is different. A separate website is built. Accounts can be interconnected with one click, and all video creators in the community can be transferred to Maili.
It has been prepared for a long time. Let’s launch it before the Spring Festival. Everyone has nothing to do during the New Year and just watch the video and play.
Let’s talk about the key points below!”
Yao Yuan took a sip of water and continued: "The first priority for Maili's development is to remember one word, stability! We don't make any big publicity, we don't actively attract users, we don't strive to be the first, as long as we maintain a certain share in the video market.
Second, we hold a large amount of copyrights, but we do not publicize them, do not sue for infringement, and even pirate them ourselves.
Third, we divide the content into two parts, one is officially released movies and TV series, and the other is uploaded by netizens. Register a few more accounts and we will pretend to be netizens.
Fourth, original users are encouraged and included in the previous "incentive plan" to participate in the top 100 selections.
Fifth, pay attention to review, pornography, gambling and drugs must be banned!"
"..."
After saying that, everyone looked at each other.
This was the first time that Commander Yao had taken on a new business, but he asked for it to be low-profile. Yu Jiajia knew his general direction, but was confused by the details, and said, "You'd better explain!"
"According to the analysis of several official industry reports at the beginning of the year, domestic broadband users are growing day by day, and are predicted to reach 50 million+ this year, which means that broadband users will exceed dial-up Internet users.
This is the soil for video websites to survive.
I judge that video websites will be the next trend, and they will surely compete with each other..."
"But we are not afraid of them. If we want to do something, we must be the first!" someone said.
“But this first cost-effectiveness is too poor. Video websites are different from graphics and text. They consume unimaginable servers and bandwidth. The costs are huge. However, they lack a profit model and can only sell some advertisements.
You may ask, we have copyright, why don’t we have a membership system?
Let me tell you, copyright is of no use at all now. I collect copyright for the future, for the day when official policies will be issued to protect genuine online copyrights."
What Yao Yuan thought of at the beginning was this strategy: Gou!
The competition on the video website track is fierce. Tudou, Youku, 56, Ku6, Liujianfang, Sohu Video, etc. are fighting fiercely, and costs remain high. After raising funds, they continue to fight.
From 2005 to after 2011.
Tencent Video went online, Baidu invested in iQiyi, and copyright prices soared. Youku and Tudou, the former eldest and second eldest, were killed. As a result, they had to merge to protect themselves in the face of the power of capital, but in the end they were also
Acquisition by Alibaba.
In the end, only four companies survived: Tencent, iQiyi, Youku, and LeTV, which struggled from beginning to end.
That's right, LeTV didn't get involved in those bad things at all in the early days and quietly collected copyrights. When the copyright era came, it transformed into one of the giants.
And there is really no point in claiming genuine products now, and there is no point in filing a lawsuit - you can win, but it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and you will not get any compensation.
How rampant were the early video websites?
We use technology to directly search for programs on TV and movies on rival websites. There are no taboos about pornography, gambling, drugs, and any search will reveal revealing spots. There are Taiwanese variety shows, American dramas, everything.
Therefore, Yao Yuan's strategy is to develop slowly and stabilize.
At this stage, we are still improving the community ecology.
"Okay, let's talk briefly and let the meeting adjourn!"
Yao Yuan waved his hand and held the cup of black wolfberry water sipping. Yu Jiajia stayed a few steps and said, "You feel more relaxed this year?"
"how to say?"
"I calculated it and found that you don't have much work to do this year!"
"How new is it? I laid all the groundwork last year, but I can't reap the rewards this year? Besides, I'm a big CEO, so I can't do anything myself. I'm giving you shares to let you do the work!"
Yao Yuan snorted and dodged proudly.
There are indeed fewer projects that require his personal attention this year. Makker Eslite and M6 will not be released until at least the second half of the year. The video website is waiting for now, and Audition is preparing.
Only Maimai Space needs to be tightened up because it has to compete with QQ.
In the early days of starting a business, I wished I could be split in half and do everything by myself. Now that I have been working for 4 years, I am now the richest man in Tuanjie Lake. I have been on CCTV and I am a big figure.
…………
It's mid-January, just after the winter vacation.
Yao Yuemin and Yuan Liping came out of the train station with their aunt, as if they were fleeing.
The CCTV Annual Economic Figure Awards were broadcast once on December 31, and then rebroadcast twice. Various news also reported that the eldest son wearing glasses and his dog-like face appeared time and time again.
There is also a word next to it that says his son's name.
The old Yao family is so lively. Let’s put it this way, the GDP of that poor county last year was only 8 billion, agriculture accounted for more than half, and the annual investment promotion was only 1 billion...
If my parents didn't come over, the county magistrate would actually pay me a visit.
After all, there is Xiang Yu in Suqian, Liu Qiangdong is ranked second at most, but there is nothing in his hometown. Commander Yao will be included in the local records no matter how he develops.
"Dad! Mom!"
"Smash it!"
In front of the train station, relatives reunited, which was deeply touching. Xiao Mo chewed gum and thought of his uncle's crispy duck.
The group got in the car and headed back to Palm Springs.
"Have you got your passports ready?"
"It's done. I came over as soon as I got it."
"Okay, it's rare that I have the time to have fun, so I plan it for half a month in advance."
"We've never been abroad anyway, so you arrange..."
My parents were sitting in the back seat, chatting intermittently. Yuan Liping winked frequently, and Yao Yuemin asked: "Xiaoyuan, is that the person you are good with?"
"Well, everything is fine."
"She is 21 this year, is she going to graduate soon?"
"The second semester of my junior year will start, and my senior year will start in the second half of the year. Oops, I will graduate soon..."
Yao Yuan remembered that he first met Zhang Yin when she was still in high school, and his father continued to nag: "It was so fast back then. I graduated as soon as I said I would graduate. In the blink of an eye, I was 22, and she was already a big girl."
Um??
He was stunned, what do you mean?
I heard Yao Yuemin say: "Your mother and I have been together for a long time this time, and I feel that you are quite stable after being together for such a long time. If it is suitable, bring it to us for a look?"
Of course, your opinion is the main one."
"What should I do? But I have to ask what they mean. I'll make a call right now..."
With that said, Yao Yuan took out his cell phone and dialed Yinyin: "Hello? What are you doing... When are you going to grandpa's house? Oh, we have to wait a few days.
My parents are here and want to meet you, is it convenient for you?"
"Meet me???"
Yinyin was stuttering and said: "Then I, I, I..."
"Just have a meal, nothing happens, I'm here!"
"That's okay, you can set a time."
"..."
The son is on the phone, and his parents are fighting with emojis behind him.
Yuan Liping winked: Look, look, this is protecting me, and "I am here"! It seems like we are trying to eat people.
Yao Yuemin curled his lips: There is no other way, just follow me.