Rebirth 2006, creating a super consortium

"Boss An, this is the end of the media incident, right?"

After hearing Zhao Rui's question, An Xin nodded very affirmatively and confirmed: "Yes, that's it!"

Since I had already agreed to the solution proposed by Wang Xing on the phone yesterday, I have to give him this face!

Besides, what Wang Xing said was right. His purpose of taking this opportunity to establish the media rules of Weibo has been achieved, and there is really no need to continue to expand it.

Otherwise, you might really be attacked by everyone!

If that happens, we will be in real trouble because there are too many variables!

After receiving An Xin's affirmative answer, Zhao Rui didn't say much, but his expression seemed thoughtful.

He vaguely guessed that there might be some unknown inside story.

But since the boss doesn't intend to explain, as an employee, I obviously can't be stupid enough to ask!

When He Weidong, who was sitting next to Zhao Rui, heard the news, his face was a little surprised. He obviously did not expect that the media incident would be resolved so abruptly.

An Xin noticed He Weidong's surprised expression and asked with a smile: "Weidong, what's wrong?"

"what?"

After hearing An Xin's question, He Weidong immediately came back to his senses, and then asked with a little doubt: "Mr. An, since the media incident is over, do we need to lift the ban on the accounts of those dozen media outlets?"

“Why do you want to unban your account?”

An Xin spread her hands in confusion and said, "If you do something wrong, you must accept the punishment. This is an iron rule!"

"Not only will we not lift the ban on these media accounts, but if we encounter other media that violate Weibo rules and publish illegal reports in the future, we will also ruthlessly ban the offending accounts permanently!"

"In short, whoever violates the rules will be banned! No room for negotiation!"

He Weidong was startled when he heard this. After pondering for a moment, he assured: "Boss An, don't worry, I will let the Information Review Department strictly handle the relevant situation according to the relevant rules!"

"That's good!" An Xin nodded with satisfaction. After a moment's silence, she added, "Weidong, you will issue a website-wide announcement in the name of Weibo. The announcement will reiterate Weibo's zero tolerance for false and malicious reports. The wording must be strong and must show Weibo's ruthless attitude towards such violations!"

He Weidong immediately replied: "Received!"

An Xin nodded slightly, then looked at the two of them and slowly said, "I have to go to Hong Kong for an urgent matter tomorrow, and I may not be back until December, so you must keep a close eye on the company's subsequent related affairs, and don't make any mistakes!"

An Xin received an urgent call from Lu Xi last night.

Lu Xi said on the phone that Andrew Forrest, CEO of Fortescue Metals Group, has arrived in Hong Kong, and it is clear that he wants to talk to the boss of Natural Resources, which holds a 25% stake in FMG!

An Xin knew exactly what Andrew Forrest wanted to talk about, so she had to go to Hong Kong!

Zhao Rui said hesitantly, "Boss An, JD.com should be able to sign the acquisition contract soon. After the contract is signed, Liu Lingdong will return to Shenzhen with Director Huang. If you are not there at that time, how will the e-commerce department handle the relevant work?"

An Xin shook her head slightly and explained: "This is just a small problem. I have already discussed it with Liu Lingdong last night. When he arrives in Shenzhen, he will be directly responsible for all the work of the e-commerce division!"

"Don't doubt people who are suspicious of you, don't be suspicious of people who are employed!"

"Since I hired Liu Lingdong, I believe he has the ability to handle all the work of the e-commerce division!"

Zhao Rui suddenly realized, and then said with a smile: "If there is an arrangement, then there will be no problem. Mr. An, please rest assured that we will definitely do a good job of coordinating the relevant work!"

He Weidong next to him added: "Yes, we will definitely cooperate well!"

An Xin was very satisfied with their statements and said with a smile, "Very good, do you have any other questions?"

He Weidong and Zhao Rui both shook their heads to indicate no.

"Okay, let's talk about other things next!"

As he said that, An Xin turned his head and looked at He Weidong: "Weidong, I have a project that needs the technical department to follow up!"

He Weidong straightened his face and said, "Boss An, please speak!"

“Video site!”

"Video website?" He Weidong was startled when he heard this, and then hesitantly asked, "Video website like 56.com or Tudou?"

An Xin nodded at first, but then shook her head and said, “Yes and no!”

"In fact, it's not just 56.com and Tudou.com. It can even be said that the positioning of all video websites on the market is very confusing!"

“They didn’t do a good job of categorizing the content, but just crudely piled all different types of videos into the same content channel!”

"My goodness, that looks like a pot of stew, a mess, it's really unbearable to watch!"

“And the video platform I want must do a good job of content channel segmentation!”

“For example, for individual users, we can set up a category channel, and under this category channel, we can continue to set up some related sub-channels based on the video content uploaded by the user!”

"As for the official video sources, we will set up a classified channel, and under this classified channel, we will directly set up sub-channels such as TV series, movies, music, and variety shows!"

"In this way, our platform is not only very simple in function, but also does not cause any confusion in the content flow. For users, it will be a more user-friendly experience!"

He Weidong nodded after hearing this, and after a moment's silence, he said with a smile: "Mr. An, if you think about it, the platform you described is a bit like a combination of YouTube and Netflix!"

An Xin's eyes lit up, and she nodded slightly and said, "Eh? You know what, they really do look a bit alike!"

"So what do you mean? Is it difficult to implement the technology?"

He Weidong smiled and said with great ease: "It is not difficult to realize the technology of video website. It is just that the content transmission and playback functions of the website need to be further optimized, which may take more time."

"But we need to pay special attention to the server problem. You know, video websites are big spenders in this area!"

When An Xin heard He Weidong talking about the server problem, she immediately felt a headache!

Currently, Micro Times Company has to spend several million per month on server costs for the Weibo project alone!

If we take into account the video platform, e-commerce radio station, game platform, email and other businesses that will be launched soon, the server expenditure will be an astronomical figure!

If only there was a cloud server...

Eh?

Cloud Server?

After quickly sorting out the relevant thoughts, An Xin looked at He Weidong and asked, "Weidong, have you heard of cloud servers?"

“Cloud server?”

He Weidong frowned and asked hesitantly, "Is it a virtualized basic server?"

“Yes, do you think cloud servers are a good option?”

After carefully recalling the relevant concepts and functions of cloud servers, He Weidong nodded and said, "It's possible. I even think that cloud servers may become the core component of the future Internet!"

He Weidong guessed right!

In just fifteen years, cloud servers have become a core segment of the Internet sector, and almost all Internet companies cannot do without cloud servers!

This is a super big cake!

An Xin quickly regained her composure. The cloud server is indeed a huge piece of cake, but one still has to be down-to-earth to have a chance to eat this big cake.

"Weidong, can we build our own cloud server?"

After hearing An Xin's somewhat ignorant question, He Weidong shook his head helplessly and said, "Mr. An, you should know that cloud servers cover many fields such as data storage, computing, application development, network security, management, etc., and also involve more advanced cloud computing concepts. This is not something we can just start now!"

"hehe!"

An Xin smiled awkwardly and said, "You know I don't really understand technology, so I'll have to rely on you to check the technical matters!"

He Weidong shook his head and said nothing more. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, "Boss An, although the cloud server cannot be set up for a while, we can set up a relevant department and spend some money to entrust a few universities to do relevant research and do relevant tests first!"

"In this way, if there are no accidents, we can find a more feasible way in about a year!"

An Xin's heart moved, and she immediately responded: "Okay, then you will be in charge of this matter!"

"To be honest, I don't care how much money I have to spend on this. As long as I can achieve results, I'm willing to spend any amount of money!"

He Weidong had no doubts about this arrangement: "Okay, I will handle this matter seriously. If there is any progress by then, I will inform Mr. An in time!"

"Very good!" An Xin nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at Zhao Rui who looked a little bored next to her: "Zhao Rui, I'll assign you a task!"

Zhao Rui immediately corrected his attitude: "Boss An, you go ahead!"

"Make full use of your personal network and immediately start buying up the Internet copyrights of domestic TV series and variety shows in large quantities!"

Zhao Rui was slightly startled, and said hesitantly: "Acquire the Internet copyrights of domestic film and television dramas and variety shows?"

"Yes, what's the problem?"

Zhao Rui nodded and smiled bitterly: "Boss An, as far as I know, there is already a company doing this!"

"Oh?"

An Xin frowned when she heard that and asked, "Which company?"

"LeTV!"

"LeTV?" An Xin was a little surprised and immediately asked, "Has LeTV already started acquiring relevant copyrights?"

To be honest, I know that LeTV does like to hoard film and television copyrights, but I didn’t know that LeTV actually started acquiring related copyrights so early!

Zhao Rui nodded and said, "Yes, when I was working at Huayi, LeTV's boss Jia wanted to talk to Xiao Wang several times about acquiring Internet copyrights for movies and TV series, but without exception, Xiao Wang refused all of them!"

"But Boss Jia didn't give up. He found a big shot from somewhere and invited the two kings to come out for a talk. The two kings couldn't refuse and had to go to the banquet!"

"What can I say? Anyway, after the banquet, the two Wangs came back to the company and started to curse at Boss Jia in front of us, saying that Boss Jia was robbing people, that he looked down on others, and that he had no respect for the Beijing community!"

"But you have to say, this Wang Daxiao is quite tough. In the end, he resisted the pressure and rejected Boss Jia's acquisition offer!"

"But for other film and television companies, it's hard to say whether they can withstand the pressure from that big shot!"

LeTV?

Boss Jia?

Big man?

An Xin immediately thought of the major case in her previous life that had shocked the whole country!

It was this major case that caused a thriving political power to collapse in an instant.

After his backer fell, Boss Jia obviously no longer cared about continuing to suffocate everyone for their dreams, and chose to turn around and run away.

His departure left behind tens of billions of RMB in channel debts, a bunch of suffocating stockholder friends, and the classic internet meme of “returning to China next week”!

Oh, no!

In fact, there are still some LeTV employees who work leisurely relying on the film and television drama copyrights they had hoarded in the past.

If Boss Jia is a business genius, then the boss behind him is an absolute political genius.

Born in a poor family, he was promoted to the core position after being noticed by a big boss because of his good writing skills. From then on, he became a close associate of the big boss and gradually became a member of the T series.

Moreover, as time went on, he also formed a political faction with himself as the core, ready to attack a suitable high position.

If time stopped here, he would undoubtedly be very successful!

It’s a pity that time won’t stop.

Not only will it not stop, it will also abandon all losers halfway.

The force of thunder came down in an instant, and the people with promising future and the prosperous mountain collapsed in an instant.

An Xin shook her head to dispel this memory, turned her head to look at Zhao Rui and asked, "What price did Boss Jia offer to make the big and small Wang so angry?"

When Zhao Rui heard An Xin ask this, he couldn't hold back his expression and said with a smile on his face: "100 million RMB for all the Internet copyrights of Huayi's film and television dramas!"

"How many?"

"How many?"

An Xin and He Weidong were both shocked!

Zhao Rui laughed and repeated, "You heard it right. It's 100 million RMB for all the Internet copyrights of Huayi's films and TV series!"

An Xin pointed at her head and asked in confusion, "Could it be that Boss Jia has a serious brain disease?"

Zhao Rui smiled and shook his head: "Boss An, I don't know if Boss Jia has a problem with his brain, but I know that he was determined to get the price. Even the ultra-low price offered by Xiao Wang and Da Wang under pressure from that big boss was rejected by him!"

"Oh?"

An Xin was moved when she heard this, and immediately asked, "What price did the big and small kings offer at that time?"

"500 yuan!"

An Xin really didn't understand this: "This price is not high. There are dozens of movies, and some of them were once big hits. You know, the Internet copyright of such movies alone costs hundreds of thousands of yuan!"

Zhao Rui spread his hands and said, "The price is indeed not high. If we follow the normal market price, the Internet copyright of all Huayi's films and TV series will cost at least 10 or 20 million RMB!"

Although she didn't understand, An Xin didn't want to miss the chance to pick up a bargain, so she said to Zhao Rui, "Zhao Rui, how about this? I'll give you 2000 million RMB to get the Internet copyrights for all Huayi's films and TV series. Is there a problem?"

Zhao Rui agreed directly: "Boss An, leave this matter to me. I guarantee that I can do it properly. I don't even think it will cost 2000 million!"

An Xin laughed loudly and said, "In order to motivate you to acquire the Internet copyrights of these movies and TV series, I have set up a reward plan for you!"

"As long as you can obtain the Internet copyrights of 10 movies or TV series at a price at least 50% lower than the market price, the company will directly reward you 10 RMB. There is no upper limit to the reward. The more you take, the more you get!"

Zhao Rui's eyes lit up, and he asked anxiously, "Boss An, are you serious?"

As a former practitioner in the film and television industry, Zhao Rui knows that over the past few decades, state-owned and private film and television companies have produced at least thousands of film and television dramas!

Wow, let alone getting them all, even if you only get one or two thousand film and television dramas, you can get a reward of several million!

As for the purchase price requirement of at least 10% lower than the market price, let alone lower than 10%, even lower than 20% would not be a problem for Zhao Rui!

You have to know that there are many tricks in the film and television industry!

"Of course!"

An Xin nodded to confirm, but then said seriously: "Zhao Rui, the reward has been mentioned. Let me add one more thing. Just do it as it should be. Don't even think about tinkering with it and trying to siphon off company funds through related transactions!"

"If I catch you doing this, you will bear the consequences yourself!"

Zhao Rui immediately straightened his attitude and assured: "Boss An, I understand the situation and I promise I won't do anything about it!"

An Xin relaxed her expression and said in a deep voice: "It's good that you understand!"

"I've said all that needs to be said. Anyway, you must keep an eye on the company from now on. If there is anything urgent, just call me directly!"

"Okay, you all go get busy!"

"Ok!"

"understand!"

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