Yao Yuan was noncommittal and continued to ask: "What if they force us to sell our shares and it must be operated by American companies?"
"So awesome?"
"You act like this!"
"this……"
Song Dazhuang grinned and said: "This is too complicated. I need detailed case information and a large amount of legal basis. I can't answer it for the moment. I feel ashamed!"
"It's okay, just chatting and drinking tea!"
Yao Yuan raised his glass, and Song Dazhuang quickly picked it up and took a sip. He couldn't help but ask: "Are you prepared for any danger?"
"That's right!"
The two chatted for a while, and Song Dazhuang talked about a case.
That was in 2012, when Sany Heavy Industry's U.S. subsidiary acquired four wind farm projects in Oregon. Because the site was located close to the U.S. Navy weapons training facility, Obama issued a presidential order, and Sany Heavy Industry was banned.
Afterwards, Sany Group sued Obama and CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States), believing that the ban they issued violated procedural justice.
It was not until 2015, this year, that the two sides reached a settlement and the US government lifted the ban.
"Sany Heavy Industry seems to have won, but in fact, its investment was completely ruined. It has made no profits in the past three years and has to pay huge litigation costs.
This is a common practice among Americans. They have to follow procedures for everything, but legal procedures can be played out in their hands and they can always achieve their own goals. You have to be careful!"
"I know in my heart that if you have any lawyer friends who are proficient in this field, you can find them. I should have many places to consult in the future."
"Okay, definitely!"
After chatting until late at night, Song Dazhuang got up and left.
Yao Yuan was lying on the bed, thinking about this matter. He asked these questions not only for hugelive, but also for future short videos.
Historically, short videos will only rise next year, but he wants to do it this year, both at home and abroad.
Speaking of the development of short videos, it is quite complicated.
The first one was made by a German company. The product is called Dubsmash. It has only one function, which is to lip-sync to music and movie and TV drama lines.
Each video is 15 seconds long.
It quickly became popular in the United States.
Immediately afterwards, two Chinese people, Zhu Jun and Yang Luyu, launched a similar product called Musical.ly, but the product was launched in the United States and not in China.
Douyin won’t be released until 2016.
At that time, there were many competing products in China, such as Xiaokaxiu. Everyone knows it, right? Many celebrities imitated it on Weibo. One of the most popular jokes was Jin Xing’s:
"Hey, little girl, there are two faces in the movie!"
"Orange juice!"
However, Xiaokaxiu focused too much on star power and ignored ordinary users. After a while, it became popular and disappeared. In the end, Douyin won.
After Douyin won, it planned to expand overseas and spent US$1 billion to acquire Musical.ly. At that time, Musical.ly had 100 million users in North America, and all of these 100 million users belonged to TikTok.
TikTok has grown rapidly, but it also has hidden dangers.
For example, in this acquisition case, the concept of foreign capital entering the United States to develop itself is different from acquiring an American product and then developing it. People will say that you have other purposes.
Of course, this is just an introduction. The main reason is that if you understand the king, you will want to cause trouble.
In 2020, Mr. Wang signed two presidential orders: one is to completely shut down TikTok’s US business, and the other is that ByteDance must sell or divest TikTok’s US business.
There are three reasons:
TikTok may collect users’ personal information and send it to the Chinese government, posing a potential threat to U.S. national security.
The algorithm used by TikTok is controlled by the Chinese government, and its data processing results may be used to seek political or military advantage.
TikTok could interfere with U.S. elections.
Yao Yuan was not surprised that his short video would be treated in this way, so he first thought of a way, not to say that the confrontation was successful, but at least he had to fight, and he would not surrender as soon as the United States launched an attack.
"..."
In the dead of night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He only initially thought about separating domestic and foreign short videos from the beginning, doing domestic ones and foreign ones.
Emotionally, in the 99 industry, he values Hugelive and future short videos the most.
Because along the way, he copied products that were highly successful in later generations, with the exception of Hugelive, which was his "original". Short videos are the core element for going overseas and the last piece of the puzzle for his career.
"well!"
Yao Yuan turned on the light and saw that it was 2 o'clock in the morning. He was still not sleepy, so he simply got up and made another pot of tea.
Then he lay on the bed, playing with his mobile phone, browsing Weibo, wheat grains, and wheat dimensions. Those otakus were still calling out for the anime blacklist.
"Watching anime is like watching porn movies!"
"Who has the resources to pass it on to me!"
“Add your email address if you want, 38 copies are available!”
In fact, he didn't care. He browsed for a long time and then opened a certain site to see what the latest online novels were.
""The King of the World", "I Want to Seal the Heaven", "Go Back in Time and Become a Cat", "I'm Really a Big Star"... My dear, are we almost here?"
"Well, "The Age of Literature and Art"?"
Yao Yuan casually clicked on a book, read a few chapters and curled his lips, "Who the hell would think of Fan Xiaopang as the heroine? I couldn't see it."
…………
"Didi!"
Xiao Mo drove the car and stopped at the entrance of Xiangshan Villa. Yao Yuan got out of the car, still a little tired of the journey.
He was on a business trip for a month, and it was already midsummer when he came back. He entered the gate and wanted to call someone, but a furry thing came quickly and barked "woof, woof, woof".
That is a big dog!
The hair is thick, black, white and yellow. It has a long face, strong and flexible. It is more than half a meter tall. It rushes over with its mouth open.
"What the hell!"
Yao Yuan frowned and protected Xiao Mo in front of him.
After all, Xiao Mo is loyal to Xiao Mo. He started to fight, and then he heard Yinyin call: "Xiao Wu, come back!"
Ga!
The big dog braked suddenly and ran back. Yinyin touched its head, looking very affectionate, and said: "Didn't you tell me to buy a Su Mu? I bought it. This dog is really good and smart.
He is obedient and likes children."
"Then tell me and scare me."
Yao Yuan also touched it and felt it was quite good, and said: "Why is it called Xiao Wu?"
"Don't you think it looks like Takeshi Kaneshiro?"
"How does it resemble Takeshi Kaneshiro???"
"You have a long face!"
Fine.
Yao Yuan entered the house without arguing, and the first thing he did was look for the child.
Yao Xiaobao was sitting on the bed blowing bubbles when he felt being picked up by a pair of familiar arms. He immediately giggled and said: "Ba! Ba!"
"Can she talk?"
"That's not called speaking. You can only pronounce the monosyllables ma and ba."
“That’s great too!”
Yao Yuan felt pain for a while, and Yao Xiaobao was also very happy. She said, "This child's feelings are becoming more and more obvious. She was very depressed when you were away, and she is happy when you come back."
I still work during the day, and she becomes even more bored, eh..."
Yinyin poked him and said, "I want to have another one to keep her company. What do you think?"
"Well, that can't happen now. You should rest for at least 2 years before talking."
"Okay! Then you..."
"I know I know how to prepare for pregnancy. Once you have a baby, you will have a baby again. I can do it myself this time."
Yao Yuan wiped his sweat.
(My back hurts when I sit, but it’s gone today...
There is one more chapter, I will update it tomorrow)