April 30, Hailong Building large conference room.
“At this anti-piracy alliance conference led by Penguin, Feigou.com will announce the ‘video + e-commerce’ cooperation, and join everyone in the audience to launch a new business model, video shopping!”
Liu Edong stood beside the projection screen, pointed the laser pointer in his hand directly at the PPT, and described the grand blueprint vividly.
After he finished speaking, Lu Fei turned half around, glanced at Gu Yongqiang, Wang Wei, Cao Guowei, and PPS President Zhang Hongyu one by one, cleared his throat and added:
"This year marks the 5th anniversary of Feigou.com, and this year's Double Eleven is also the first time we have used this model. We hope everyone will actively cooperate."
"Mr. Lu, please rest assured, I will definitely cooperate!"
Gu Yongqiang was the first to speak, and Cao Guowei and the others immediately rushed to express their determination.
"Win-win is the best glue. Feigou.com can gain channel traffic, and you can get advertising revenue." Lu Fei suddenly changed the topic, "But, all this must be based on strengthening the genuine version. Yongqiang, it seems that even
Penguin Video has also been involved in many infringement lawsuits recently, is this the case?"
"Yes, but those lawsuits are completely framed!"
Gu Yongqiang said angrily: "We have never done this before. It's all Sohu's mischief. They made a batch of vests and uploaded pirated versions. We blocked a batch, and they replaced a batch."
"Mr. Lu, I can vouch for Mr. Gu, because the same thing happened to Tudou.com. What was even more outrageous was that the pirated version was uploaded at 9 o'clock. At 9:30, Sohu went to notarize it. It was so shameless. It was just a matter of time.
The word 'culprit' is written on his face."
Wang Wei was so angry that his teeth chattered.
"Generally, how will the court rule in this situation?"
Lu Fei looked left and right.
"Most of this kind of infringement cases still allow the infringed party to win, but the judge is not a fool. If he notices this kind of malicious uploading of competitors, the penalty will be reduced or reduced, just like the recent case Sohu sued us, and only compensated
30,000 yuan.”
Cao Guowei curled his lips and sneered.
Wang Wei slammed his fist on the table, "Although 30,000 is not a big amount, it is enough to buy a TV series with more than 20 episodes, and there is not just one lawsuit, but more than a hundred!"
Gu Yongqiang said angrily: "In addition to compensation, there are also maintenance and operating costs. One of my subordinates at Sohu said that they now have KPIs and at least 5 pirated copies are uploaded a day. Even if we delete them in time, the workload alone will increase every day.
Four to five thousand."
"This is quite a wicked move."
Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, never expecting that Zhang Chaoyang, who always considered himself a good guy, would come up with such a sinister trick. It seemed that he really wanted to fight with him.
Wang Wei suddenly raised his head, "Mr. Lu, since Zhang Chaoyang has done this, let's do the same, tit for tat. There are more people than there are people. Sohu's anti-piracy alliance can only have three companies and a thousand people. Can it be as many as us?"
"
Lu Fei shook his head as if he was disapproving, "It's time, Gaodong, to make an appointment with Deputy Director Zhang of Optoelectronics for dinner in the evening. When we talk about 'optoelectronics + e-commerce', we can also talk about where the video website should go."
"I'll make arrangements right away."
Looking at Liu Yidong who responded, Wang Wei was full of doubts. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Cao Guowei and Gu Yongqiang smiling without saying a word. He was even more confused and asked: "Mr. Lu, how come there is something about optoelectronics between us and Sohu?"
?”
Lu Fei raised a mysterious smile, but did not answer. He just left Zhang Hongyu alone to discuss the second round of financing for PPS. Everyone else was asked to leave the conference room.
"Mr. Cao, Mr. Gu, and Mr. Lu, what do you mean?"
Wang Wei was confused and completely confused.
For his own sake, Cao Guowei said: "Mr. Wang, who wouldn't be greedy for such a big piece of cake like the video website? The photonics department is also watching, isn't Shanghai Media and Radio the pioneer?
Not surprisingly, sooner or later, the mango and blueberry families will get involved, but the current situation is too chaotic, and they all hope that someone can bring order to the chaos, and Mr. Lu is the person they want."
"Then we can't bring order to the chaos, so we can't condone Souhu, right?" Wang Wei was depressed, "How can we tolerate such despicable means?"
"Mr. Lu didn't say he had to endure it," Gu Yongqiang said with a smile.
Wang Wei was startled, "Didn't Mr. Lu say anything?"
"Is there any objection?" Cao Guowei smiled like an old fox.
"No."
Wang Wei suddenly realized that if he didn't object, he would acquiesce.
Gu Yongqiang and Cao Guowei looked at each other, shook their heads and laughed.
How could the just and awe-inspiring Mr. Lu expressly express such an unstyled move? It all depends on the subordinates' own opinions. It's like an accountant doing two sets of accounts. It has nothing to do with the boss, and it's not my instructions.
"I understand, hehe."
Wang Wei rubbed his hands, Sohu, just wait for me!
…………
Overnight, the number of pirated videos on Sohu increased by tens of thousands, and Sohu's deletion and cleaning operations were completely overloaded.
Immediately afterwards, Tudou officially issued an announcement, announcing that it would launch a comprehensive rights protection against Sohu Video and seek an explanation for the 100 stolen movies, TV series, and variety shows.
Sohu immediately responded, "Aren't you bullying an honest person?"
Would my dignified leader of the anti-piracy alliance do such a thing? You obviously deliberately made a bunch of vests for a sneak attack. You have no moral ethics at all!
Tudou responded, slandering me, he slandered me!
Wang Wei personally said on NetArt and New Wolf Blog: "These uploads are completely the behavior of netizens, or they may be a trick written and directed by someone. In short, Tudou cannot do such unscrupulous things. Sohu is
Deliberately spreading false rumors of 'mutual infringement'."
Gu Yongqiang, Cao Guowei and others liked and left comments one after another. In an instant, the number of reads of the blog article soared by one million, and the war escalated. Sohu alone had to face 18 complaints in the Shanghai Court.
The second best and third best online videos are fighting. Ku6, 56.com, 楽TV, PPTV and other colleagues thought they could watch the fire from afar, but they never expected that the anti-piracy war would become a big one, with Penguin, PPS, and New Wolf involved one after another.
Among them, very soon, no video websites on the head or even the waist were spared, and they were all involved in the vigorous "de-piracy" melee.
Sometimes you are the plaintiff, sometimes you are the defendant.
The entire video website market was instantly thrown into chaos.
Up and down, almost all the famous video websites were in the dock. Under the battle between gods and Buddhas, small fish and shrimps were both innocent and pitiful. Websites with no money, power and technology fell one after another.
Eden Film and Television, Holy City Home, Film and Television Empire...
A large number of resource websites were either ordered to be closed due to piracy or infringement, or they could not afford the lawsuits and compensation, so they had to close down. In addition to pornography and gambling, advertisers withdrew their sponsorships, leaving them with no money to make and no money to be found.
Burned, the capital chain was completely broken.
During the May Day period alone, more than 30 websites were destroyed!
Then the video websites around the waist are becoming increasingly overwhelmed. For example, Liu Yan from Six Rooms, although he has the foresight to hoard the copyrights of a number of TV series and movies, cannot withstand the speed of bandwidth consumption. In just 5 minutes, he will be
More than 10M.
It’s not HD or Blu-ray, it’s just 320P.
In the end, the bandwidth was burned out and the advertising fees were not earned back. The creditor who sold the bandwidth came to the house after hearing the news and blocked the Liujian Room Company.
Liu Yan was also a bachelor. He was completely at peace. He had no money and he could sue as he pleased. The court often summoned Liu Yan and he was always on call. Just when he thought he would never be able to turn over, Shanda Chen Tianqiao suddenly sent a text message——
I want to buy you!
Two days later, watch.
Jia Pauting crossed his arms and sat at the computer desk.
His eyes were fixed on this morning's news, "Shanda bought 80% of the shares of Six Rooms for 8 million." His forehead was covered with black lines, and his face was covered with haze, uncertain.
His situation is only a little better than that of Six Rooms, and the copyrights and cash he has accumulated can last for half a year, but it is obvious that this copyright war between the big guys will not let up easily.
If you continue to be independent, you will definitely die. You must find someone to help you!
At this moment, QQ news popped up on the lower right foot. The content was as simple as a sentence. Tudou received US$10 million in its second round of financing from IDG, NetArt, and Penguin.
"Fuck, why can Wang Wei hug Penguin's thigh!"
Jia Paoting was envious and jealous at the same time, and his mind was filled with fantasies about what the prospect would be like if he hugged Mr. Lu's thigh firmly.
However, everything is just a daydream. I have been sitting at dusk and have not received any calls from any venture capital or investors. The reason is simple. In such a long-lasting melee, greedy and timid capital dare not invest.
Note.
Those who are bold are also waiting for the end of this melee to raise voodoos, and invest in video websites that survive tenaciously.
Just below the right corner, another message popped up on QQ, saying that PPS had received US$9.5 million in financing from Feigou.com and Trisolaris Fund.
"Ah! Why didn't Lu Fei choose me?"
Jia Paoting felt inexplicably sour in his heart. They were all being treated like dogs. Yushi was much better than PPS and Tudou. Why not me?
When he was worried to the point of numbness and despair about the future of the company, he suddenly received two text messages on his mobile phone. They were from Ding Sanshi and Cao Guowei, saying that NetArt and New Wolf were going to jointly inject capital and become their younger brothers.
He was immediately filled with joy. Not only could he be Mr. Lu's younger brother, but it would also be an honor to be Mr. Lu's younger brother.
I am proud!
At the same time, Internet capital, under Lu Fei's instructions, silently opened its mouth and devoured everything.
Except for the likes of 56.com, which would rather die than surrender and refuse to be acquired at any cost. After Shanda acquired Six Rooms, it acquired Ku6.com. Baidu's appetite was not so big, so it gave up the acquisition and only invested in PPTV.
The controlled video websites, under the orders of Internet capital, threw themselves into the public opinion battle over copyright litigation and clearly supported the camp led by Penguin.
Gu Yongqiang, who used to be the president of Sohu, led the boss of Ku6.com, the former vice president of Sohu, and other former Sohu generals to brazenly attack his old employer Sohu and engage in a fierce war of words——
The anti-piracy alliance headed by "Sohu" is completely using the banner of anti-piracy to maliciously suppress genuine double-standard dogs.
While websites such as Penguin and Tudou use the "safe harbor" principle to defend piracy, they themselves always use the "safe harbor" principle to defend and defend themselves in lawsuits.
While scolding Tudou, PPS and other websites for crazy piracy and zero-cost competition, their own copyrighted film and television content is less than one-thirtieth of Penguin's and one-tenth of Tudou's.
Double standards make it so shameless!
We have never seen such a shameless person!
The defense was broken. Zhang Chaoyang, who wanted skin and shame, completely broke the defense.
Instead of a war of words, they simply overturned the table, and the secret war broke out into an open war. The two camps fought fiercely, but just when Sohu went all out, the pig teammates finally couldn't stand it anymore.
Youpeng Pule was targeted by Xunlei and Huayi, and the final judgment resulted in a fine of up to 1.21 million yuan in compensation. It was the largest case of video piracy and infringement, and it immediately caused a sensation online and offline.
Sohu has also suffered a huge negative public opinion impact. Sohu Video, which was originally ranked third, was squeezed out of the top three and barely ranked fifth, but its position is still precarious.
With the support of Internet capital, Keshi, Ku6, and PPTV are eyeing the situation and are ready to unseat Sohu at any time.
At this moment, except for the two allies of the anti-piracy alliance, Sohu has become completely alone and surrounded by enemies.
"Gu Yongqiang, Li Shanyou, these bastards!"
Zhang Chaoyang grabbed the water glass and smashed it on the ground.
With a snap, it shattered all over the ground, and the fragments and slag flew, some of which hit Gong Yu's feet. He said nothing and watched quietly.
"It's okay if you don't follow Souhu, but they are all siding with Lu Fei to oppose me. It's a shame I used them so much before!"
Zhang Chaoyang pulled open his collar, and the first button broke immediately.
"Alas~"
Gong Yu sighed, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Other disciples were very self-conscious and left some food for their master. When it was Gu Yongqiang's turn, in addition to giving Zhang Chaoyang the hat of the principal of Whampoa Military Academy, he still grabbed food when he should, and strangled when he should.
The battle between Tudou and PPS is fiercer.
What a fanatical convert!
"Gong Yu, if you leave Sohu one day, will you also stand on the opposite side of me and Sohu?"
There was a hint of suspicion in Zhang Chaoyang's angry eyes.
Gong Yu frowned and said, "Mr. Zhang, if you feel uneasy, I can sign a non-compete agreement with Sohu before leaving, and I will not get involved in the video website field for at least two years."
"Haha, just kidding, I believe you can't."
Zhang Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "Come, let's discuss what we should do next?"
"Mr. Zhang, I think the most important thing now is to immediately stop uploading pirated copies to other websites, then withdraw several lawsuits as a gesture of goodwill, and reach a settlement with Penguin and Tudou."
"What did you say? Reconciliation?"
"We are hated by too many peers, especially PPTV, Ku6, Liujianfang, 56.com, and JTV. I have checked them all. In the past half month, we have been acquired by Baidu and Shanda.
Either buy shares and everyone will go to Penguin."
Gong Yu smacked his lips. The enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered. We continued to hurt each other. Obviously, Souhu was hurt the most. The gain outweighed the loss.
Even vaguely, he smelled a hint of conspiracy.
"In this situation, do you think they will reconcile?"
Zhang Chaoyang gritted his teeth.
"Yes! Sohu's original intention is to fight against piracy, and Penguin and the others are also fighting against piracy. There should not be conflict in the first place, but cooperation."
Gong Yu thought seriously: "And anyway, Yongqiang and the others are also people who came out of Sohu, so they still have some favors. I think for your sake, Mr. Zhang, reconciliation shouldn't be difficult."
Can this be called reconciliation?
Zhang Chaoyang felt very uncomfortable, completely surrendering!
Gong Yu said: "If we continue to fight, both sides will lose. Mr. Zhang, it is better to spend the compensation on copyright."
Zhang Chaoyang put the reconciliation aside, "What you said reminds me why Sohu still has so few copyrights. I clearly said I would buy more a long time ago. What happened?"
"They refused to sell." Gong Yu rolled his eyes.
"Refuse to sell, why?" Zhang Chaoyang's eyes widened. "They think the price we quoted is too low, right?"
"Mr. Zhang, the current price of copyrights has risen more horribly than the stock market and property market."
Gong Yu couldn't help but sigh. In the past, the online copyright of a popular TV series was only one or two thousand yuan, but now it has risen to between 50,000 and 100,000. Recently, some TV series have even reached 7,800 or 8,000 yuan per episode, and they have participated in buyouts.
There are more and more opponents bidding for copyrights, and the buyout price has naturally increased.
"What? So expensive!"
Zhang Chaoyang took a breath and said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, aren't they afraid that we will upload pirated copies directly?"
Gong Yu rolled his eyes, "Mr. Zhang, with the support of Huayi, the 'Anti-Piracy Alliance' organized by the Han and Tang Dynasties, and Penguin, Tudou.com vigorously purchased genuine copies, and didn't care at all, even because we had obtained one through rogue quotations before.
The copyright has been blacklisted in the film and television industry. No matter how high the price is, no company is willing to sell it to Sohu."
"This this……"
Zhang Chaoyang opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
"What I'm most afraid of is that they all side with Penguin. Among the lawsuits received these days, there are many new companies, such as Tangren, Shanghai Film, and China Film. You don't know that Lu Fei and Gao Yuanyuan are in the entertainment industry
How deep is the circle’s influence?”
Gong Yu just said, "I don't want to fight to the death. Your Majesty, please surrender immediately. If you feel numb, let's start again with five shots!"
Zhang Chaoyang paced back and forth in front of him, remained silent for a long time, and finally lowered his head and sighed:
"Okay, you go talk to Gu Yongqiang, and I will go to Ding Sanshi and reconcile with...!"
Thanks to Anran Jianghu for the 1,000 starting coins.
