"I want to take you to fly everywhere and travel around the world to see things. There will be no worries, no sorrow, and you will be free and cheerful..."
The lights were on in the bedroom, the computer had already entered screensaver mode, and "Zhang San's Song" was playing on the small speaker.
Yao Yuan was sitting on a chair, with one leg raised against the table, holding a notebook in his hand, writing a summary of last year's work as usual.
For 99 Network last year, "Audition" and CRBT brought in a total of 400 million in revenue. MaiMai's value-added services, including MaiMai Show, Audition Show, Platinum Membership, etc., have performed well since their launch, with about 90 million in revenue.
"Wulin Gaiden" has not yet entered the krypton gold model and has no income yet. "Grab a Parking Space" has just been launched in the mall, but it has not seen any results.
Today, 99 Network's business includes communities, Maimai, games, and ring tones. After excluding various costs, last year's net income was 160 million, and the expenditure was mainly used on promotion, technology upgrades and servers.
Compare it to Tencent.
Last year’s revenue was 2.8 billion and profit was 1.16 billion.
On the surface, there is a tenfold gap, but how many years has Tencent been in business? It has been providing value-added services for four years. It has more than 10 million stable monthly members. At 10 yuan a month, it can contribute more than one billion a year.
QQ currently has more than 500 million registered users, and the membership ratio is about 1:50.
Maimai has 90 million registered users. Half a year after its membership function was launched, it has grown to 3 million users, with a ratio of 1:30.
Looking at the game business again, Tencent Games' profit in 2006 was 2.71 million (this is the data I found), while Maimai can earn 200 million from just one "Audition" game.
Generally speaking, Tencent still relies on traditional value-added services, while Yao Yuan directly bet on the gaming industry.
In other respects, 99 Entertainment, led by Yu Jiajia, has revenue of 680 million, yes, that’s right.
Among them, 500 million was investment, and 202 million was spent to invest in Jiahe.
The other 180 million is still for organizing large-scale performances, commercial performances, endorsements, albums, etc., and at the same time, the proportion of film and television production and sales is gradually increasing. Why can it increase so much money?
It's very simple. Li Yuchun alone earned 70 million! Zhang Liangying made almost half, and the two of them only earned 100 million.
Qianqian Music Network, losing money, is supported by today’s capital.
Maoyan.com, losing money, Lei Juntuo's plate.
Orange Culture, the number one online marketing promoter in China, earned 20 million.
With the current situation, it can be said that Yao Yuan has achieved profitability in these businesses other than e-commerce and has a good development momentum.
Looking back at e-commerce, I feel that it is difficult to raise an adult.
Last year, Maiwo Mall's sales were 1.8 billion, 1 billion from Meizu's MP3, and 220 million from Maiker Eslite, an increase of 400% compared to 2005.
Steadyly occupying the top spot in B2C, far surpassing Dangdang and Joyo Amazon.
But this is also the reason why investment institutions are hesitant. Yao Yuan relies on sales of popular MP3 players and does not follow the rules, which makes investors feel frivolous.
E-commerce needs explosive products, but it is the last word to actually develop the market. Can you still create explosive products every year?
Eh!
Yao Yuan is really capable.
But he couldn't tell the investors.
"..."
It was late at night, and Zhong Zhentao's "Let Everything Follow the Wind" was playing on the speaker. Yao Yuan stood up and made a cup of tea, listening to the singing: "All kinds of emptiness, cold and cold, blowing and blowing, dreaming in the wind..."
It was a heart-wrenching, vicissitudes of life, and the charm of the old man's voice was fully revealed.
"Good guy, I've never married a prodigal daughter-in-law, so I can't sing like this!"
Yao Yuan complained, sat down again, and started making work plans for the new year.
…………
I went to work during the New Year and held meetings as usual.
Yao Yuan is not as meticulous as before. Now he mostly sets a task quota and lets his subordinates complete it.
"Can "Zhu Xian" be released to public beta this year?"
"Can!"
"The goal for the first half of "Wulin Gaiden" is to have 500,000 people online at the same time."
"The mission must be completed!"
"After reaching 500,000, I won't force it anymore. The upper limit of this game is not high. Just keep it up for me. "Audition"'s goal for the first half of the year is to have more than one million people online at the same time and revenue of 300 million. Are there any problems?
"
"No!"
"Then I'm waiting for good news from you."
"When will "Friend Buying and Selling" be launched?"
"It is expected to be before the Spring Festival."
"Yeah, okay."
When I think of social games, I think of stealing food. In fact, there are many popular ones. "Grab a Parking Space" is one, and "Friend Buying and Selling" is also one.
You can use your initial capital to buy a friend, become your slave, give him a funny name, and let him work to make money for you.
You own the slave for 3 hours, and then you have to sell it. Every time you sell the slave, the slave's value will increase, and you can earn the price difference.
Then buy more slaves and make more money.
These games are different from each other. The core rules are to allow users to interact and make friends.
"With "Grab a Parking Space", "Buy Friends" and "Burial of Love", I really don't know what bottlenecks can hinder us. QQ will run 39 meters first, it doesn't matter, our sword will only be 40 meters..."
Yao Yuan half-jokingly looked at Wu Jun and said: "I really hope that when I open my eyes tomorrow morning, Maimai users will exceed 100 million. If it exceeds 100 million, this will be the second instant messaging product in China to exceed 100 million.
We will move up to the first tier, instead of being tied with NetEase Bubble and MSN."
"Tomorrow is too late, but I guarantee that after the Spring Festival, the number of MaiMai users will exceed 100 million!"
Wu Jun knew he was joking, but he was also full of pressure.
Which instant messaging product from other companies has so many resources to support it? In other words, with such excellent resources to support it, even a dog can do a great job as a manager.
"Last year we leaned too much towards Mai Mai. This year we need to pay more attention to the community. There are new people every year, and the number of netizens is soaring. They are all potential users of the community... Okay, let's break up!"
After the meeting, Yao Yuan stretched his arms and wandered downstairs.
Liu Qiangdong had just finished a meeting with people in the mall and asked him: "Meet the investors this afternoon?"
"Yes, I'll be here around 2 o'clock."
"Is this the last round of talks?"
"I also hope that Tiger Fund is very cautious. The main reason is that we don't believe in our business capabilities and think that we are all taking a side door. What the hell is a side door? No matter the front door or the back door, the one that can get in is a good door!"
The old Dongzi driver smiled honestly and asked: "How sure are you of 1 billion US dollars?"
"I'll pay you back if the price rises. My bottom line is 600 million. Xiong Xiaoge said that the other party is very likely to bet against me. I believe in our strength, but I hope that if something happens, you can unswervingly unite the front with me."
Um?
Dongzi was stunned and nodded: "Of course!"
Then he thought about it again and said with a smile: "E-commerce really depends on money. With a large amount of funds, I can free my hands and feet to vigorously promote [Clothing Channel], as well as household appliances, daily necessities, and further upgrade the logistics system."
, build eight warehouses..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Yao Yuan interrupted him and said: "With funds, you should buy a building."
"Buy a building? Oh, that's right. There are more and more of us, and we are still crowded in this small place. We should have a building. The remaining money..."
"Stop!"
Yao Yuan interrupted him again and said: "Buy the building and then mortgage it."
"ah?"
"If you mortgage it, we'll spend the bank's money."
(No more!
Alas, this year is really the wheel of the times rolling forward...)