Chapter 339: Xiao Liu

The party ended quickly.

Reporters surrounded the *Twilight* protagonist group, who were destined to be popular, for a hot interview, and asked Director Catherine and original author Stephenie about the adaptation direction and release time of *Twilight 2*, before leaving fully loaded.

It's just that the media were a little strange; why was Kristen, a rising star whose Twitter followers were skyrocketing, looking absent-minded?

This was like two different people from when she confidently walked onto the red carpet of the party just now.

Naturally, they didn't know that Kristen's cautious probing just now was met with a big move from the Chinese girl, which directly made her submissive and put away her little thoughts.

These little thoughts didn't completely vanish until she saw Liu Yifei say something to the housekeeper Martha and turn around to go upstairs to rest.

She was simply too ridiculous!

She seems to be the hostess of this mansion!

Kristen, who wished she could gulp down a few mouthfuls of strong liquor now, felt a little lingering fear; fortunately, she had just expressed her opinion from the perspective of the film and didn't even mention the name of this Blue Moon.

The Twitter people also stayed behind to close the door and chat about company affairs.

This was also a work task given to her by the washing machine before returning to the country; there were some decision-making problems that needed her to make the final decision on his behalf.

Huang Anna, Chen Shijun, and Sun Wenwen sat on the single sofas in the living room, and the housekeeper Martha brought all kinds of tea drinks.

Liu Yifei glanced at the various American-style fierce drinks: "Brew the Chinese green tea I brought and let everyone have a taste."

"Yes, Madam."

Huang Anna couldn't help but probe: "Crystal, the adaptation you just mentioned..."

"Fake, a joke." Xiao Liu smiled and shook her head.

This kind of role had no challenge for her anymore.

Not to mention if she still had to have large-scale kissing and intimate scenes like Bella, it was even more impossible.

Sun Wenwen was quick-witted and knew Boss Lu's role and positioning for sending her to North America, so she took the initiative to propose:

"Kristen's performance just now seems a bit immature; Anna, are there any other suitable candidates for the female lead in *Twilight 2*?"

Huang Anna sighed in her heart, knowing that she was trying to vent her anger for the boss's scandalous girlfriend: "Better not; her popularity is relatively high now, and changing people for a sequel is a big taboo."

The current Xiao Liu is naturally clear about the hidden rules hidden between the lines.

She smiled, picked up the teacup, and took the initiative to clear up the misunderstanding: "Wenwen, Kristen is just an immature actress; don't mind it."

Huang Anna and Chen Shijun had just settled down, but then they heard her turn around.

"However..."

"The value of this role and actor is not cheap; I think the company should sign a contract with her for a longer binding time."

Liu Yifei added: "In addition, Kristen's traffic-driving and marketing accounts on major social platforms using the role of Bella in *Twilight*, even if they are beneficial to us, must also hand over ownership!"

"On this point, I think it should be reflected in the renewal contract, including the little werewolf and that whatever vampire."

"We must clearly tell these immature young actors that their popularity is the labor result of the original author, the film company, and the marketing company, not a pie falling from the sky!"

Sun Wenwen's eyes lit up as she looked at the young girl in front of her, whose temperament was cold and whose words were calm, with a shallow smile on her lips, more beautiful than white jade.

But the words she said gave her the illusion of returning to Boss Lu's president's office.

When you grow up, you become him.

Chen Shijun laughed: "That's a good idea; the role of this account seems to have yet to be reflected, but what about after this IP becomes popular?"

Xiao Liu also got this inspiration from Boss Lu.

A very direct example—after she broke up with Wenjie on her birthday last year, she was surprised to find that the ownership of the MyTube account was not in the hands of the studio!

It was only by continuing to cooperate in promoting the MyTube account that she obtained partial ownership.

These were all the bitterness and pits she had eaten and fallen into in the washing machine's hands!

But now she wants to pass it on to Kristen to have a taste.

Xiao Liu: Because I was rained on back then, now I want to overturn your umbrella.

Huang Anna naturally agreed: "It should indeed be planned early; I had dinner with colleagues from my old company, Google, some time ago, and many Indian bloggers are entangled with them, demanding higher advertising revenue sharing."

"The bargaining power of these head video bloggers is getting higher and higher; I believe that Twitter's future head clients will also covet the huge commercial value."

Liu Yifei nodded: "Before MyTube became popular, no one realized the profit potential of these social accounts."

"I think Twitter's mature profit model in the future will inevitably have to deal with these head clients; let's start this collection of rights and profits from this movie!"

In the short twenty-minute informal business talk, except for Sun Wenwen's usual respectful attitude, Chen Shijun and Huang Anna also became more respectful.

Xiao Liu looked at her watch: "We have other agendas, right?"

Chen Shijun laughed: "Yes, Crystal, Boss Lu asked us to report and communicate directly with you, and then form a written document for him to review."

"What is it?"

"It's related to the problem you just talked about, that is, how we maintain popularity and continue to drive traffic during the interval between the first and second installments of the *Twilight* movie."

"According to the figures from Stephenie's book publisher, the total sales of the first two installments are nearly 20 million copies; this time we were able to achieve 220 million in box office, which is also the help of this batch of users."

"And Twitter's current user scale of 10 million is also largely due to this, especially the high activity of book fans in forwarding, commenting, and chasing stars."

Liu Yifei nodded: "That means there is still a lot of room! We can make more articles."

Huang Anna held a notebook: "Crystal, you are a big blogger on Blog China in the country, and also on MyTube; you have experienced the growth of this kind of internet product throughout, do you have any marketing ideas?"

The young girl pondered for a few seconds, recalling the development history of Blog China in the country.

The strategies of entertainment stars, cultural stars, and grassroots stars need not be mentioned.

Domestic ones are easy to copy, but Wenjie abroad doesn't have so many resources; only superstars like Leonardo, Tom Cruise, and Tom Hanks, whom they have cooperated with, can provide some help.

After the star effect becomes prominent, their brokerage companies and teams will definitely demand higher advertising revenue sharing.

But the combination of the entertainment industry and the internet is the foundation of the start of this kind of internet product...

The three people on the sofa watched her eyes lowered, her lips pursed, as if she was deliberating and thinking about something.

"How about hyping up scandals?"

Three faces were dumbfounded.

Hype whose? How to hype?

"The love triangle between Kristen, Robert, and Jacob in the movie hasn't been seen enough, so extend it to reality!"

"It's nothing more than letting them act on Twitter again; for example, put up some blurred videos of Kristen and Jacob returning late at night after acting, triggering speculation of 'Bella's emotional shift'."

"Then set up some functions like voting and taking sides on Twitter..."

Liu Yifei pondered for two seconds and suddenly said to Chen Shijun, who was from a technical background: "Can we launch two sets of dress themes, forest and vampire, for Twitter users to use as avatars and homepage UI?"

"Then engage in some paid voting props, letting the audience pay for this drama of ghosts and wolves fighting for a wife."

Chen Shijun slapped the table: "This is a good idea; our current profit model is still too single; this is a new direction."

Twitter is definitely still in the stage of crazy burning money.

Early profit means are mainly certification fees for corporate accounts, providing blue V certification services to brands, celebrities, media, etc.

Secondly, data interface charging, opening API interfaces to third-party developers, and charging according to the number of calls.

And regular advertising revenue sharing, based on user interest tags to deliver display ads, with CPM (cost per thousand impressions) pricing around $5-10.

This unit price is okay, but because the user scale group is small, the overall figure is still quite shabby.

But this Chinese girl sent by Boss Lu to be a supervisor eunuch opened up a new way of thinking for them!

Chen Shijun, Huang Anna, and others have seen a lot of the madness of book fans and movie fans from MyTube to Twitter; the cultivation of the payment willingness and consumption habits of these adolescent groups is relatively easy.

Moreover, how high can the unit price of paid props be?

Even engaging in a monthly SMS SP package similar to the domestic one for daily gifting is possible.

As if opening Pandora's box, the four people on the scene began to plan the details item by item.

Until September 4th, Boss Lu, who was with Xiao Liu returning to the Jin Ling Shi Jiao Film and Television Base in Beijing, looked at the plan in his hand, dumbfounded.

【*Twilight* IP Linked Twitter Paid Props and Voting PK Plan Design】

Core gameplay design: Create a love triangle relationship in the movie and reality, trigger the fanatical fans' obsession with pairing, and then drive more book fans and movie fans to transform into Twitter users and increase daily activity.

Basic settings:

After users register a Twitter account, they can choose to join the "Vampire Camp" (#teamedward) or "Werewolf Camp" (#teamjacob), each camp has an exclusive logo (such as vampire badge, wolf claw mark).

Battle mechanism:

Launch time-limited PK tasks every day, such as "Who is more suitable to protect Bella?", users buy props to vote for the supported camp;

Camp points are updated in real-time, and the winning camp can get exclusive rewards, such as unreleased movie behind-the-scenes.

In addition, there is the setting of the paid prop system.

Basic props include: "Moonlight Stone" ($0.99), which can add 10 points to the camp;

"Blood Contract" ($1.99), which can add 30 points to the supported camp and trigger exclusive flash effects (such as vampire fang animation).

Advanced props include: "Eternal Love" ($4.99), add 90 points to the supported camp and unlock Bella's exclusive picture blessing;

"Wolf Glory" ($4.99), add 90 points to the supported camp and unlock Jacob's exclusive picture blessing.

There are also more expensive time-limited props like "Full Moon Power" ($9.99, limited to 1 hour before PK ends).

It also detailed the focus of each activity stage:

Warm-up period, release camp promotional videos, leads record call videos, open camp pre-registration, and choose in advance to get exclusive titles.

Explosion period, combine with classic movie scenes, launch theme PK tasks every day.

Long-tail period, launch "Twilight Memoirs", users can review PK battle records and redeem peripheral prizes, etc.

The activity plan, which was more than ten pages long, made Boss Lu, who was sipping green tea early in the morning, feel a little trance-like.

He looked at the young girl in front of him carefully again.

"Xiao Liu."

"Hmm?"

"You aren't Ma Huateng's cousin, or Shi Yuzhu's niece, are you?"

Combining the avatar dressing, custom UI, and paid props, this has the shadow of Penguin Show, Penguin Space, and *Zheng Tu*!

Liu Yifei, biting the orange juice straw, looked at Boss Lu with her smooth eyebrows frowned: "What weird words are you saying again?"

The young director nodded: "Nothing, I'm praising you."

"First hype up scandals to hang the fans' appetite, stir up the opposition of book fans in different camps, and then provide them with a path to express their opinions and increase participation through paid props."

"Xiao Liu, don't be an actress anymore, come and... no, come and work with me!"

"You have the potential to be a top-tier treacherous merchant in the internet era!"

The young girl made a gesture to throw the cup at him: "You are the treacherous merchant; I am just providing a way for *Twilight* fans to play."

"How about it? Did you look at me with admiration this time?"

Boss Lu nodded, flipped to the last page, and closed the plan: "It's passable, but not perfect."

"Then you add to it? I'm all ears."

Boss Lu smiled and began to use the rhetoric he learned in the MBA program at Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in his previous life to fool her:

"Isn't your mentor at Booth School of Business a psychology expert? Haven't you learned any consumer psychology or behavioral economics?"

Liu Yifei saw him speaking seriously and shook her head ignorantly: "I still have half a year of schooling; my credits aren't enough, and I've already fallen behind a lot."

"I'll give you a few examples and you'll understand."

"I'll add an interactive gameplay to this plan for you; for example, every newly registered *Twilight* fan can receive a novice gift pack."

"Register and get basic benefits including 1 Moonlight Stone, camp selection right, etc."

"Invite friends to register and get a Blood Contract; get 1 for every successful invitation."

Xiao Liu had already racked her brains for this plan, and the flow design before and after was extremely familiar; hearing this, she said excitedly: "This move is okay! Small things that aren't worth money, but everyone has the psychology of taking advantage; why not take it!"

Lu Kuan laughed: "That's right."

"Users don't want to miss free rewards; this is called loss aversion in *Behavioral Economics*."

"After users get the camp selection right, users will have a sense of belonging to the chosen camp, thus being more willing to invest time and money for it; this is called the endowment effect."

This is actually the same principle as his control over fan economy in his public relations work in his previous life.

"Through principles such as loss aversion and endowment effect, we can lower the user decision threshold and make your so-called book fan conversion efficiency higher, or even attract passersby."

Liu Yifei listened fascinatedly, the straw in her mouth was bitten into pits, and she suddenly slapped the table: "You are the big treacherous merchant!"

"Let me give you another trick." Boss Lu decided to take out the whole set of web games from his previous life to let North American users have a taste.

"Besides the novice gift pack, let's do a forwarding fission!"

"Forward the official PK Twitter results or your activity content, and users can get points."

"You generate an invitation code for each user; they invite book fan friends to register a Twitter account, and the inviting user can also get points."

"Let's do a check-in system, let these paying users check in every day to get points and rewards, and design levels every week, month, and quarter!"

Boss Lu already saw a lot of US dollars in front of him: "Keep playing until *Twilight 2* is released and pulled from theaters, and then change to a wheelchair next year to continue earning fans' money!"

Xiao Liu was already dumbfounded; if it weren't for the gameplay she planned, she would have been moved just by hearing these.

The leek-cutting gameplay that works every time in the later life, who can stop it now.

It's just that the conditions for this kind of gameplay are relatively harsh; one must have a platform, and two must have an IP.

Twitter and *Twilight* are a perfect match.

The two chatted for a while and were about to pack their luggage and rush to the airport, but Boss Lu received a long-lost phone call.

"Hello?"

"Hello Boss Lu, Li Jingyi from the Ministry of Information Industry; you haven't deleted the number, have you?"

Lu Kuan raised his eyebrows: "How could that be, Secretary Li; what made you think of calling me?"

Li Jingyi spoke to this richest man in the mainland with a close tone: "Boss Lu, you busy person, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, right? Don't you even bring me to call and ask?"

"Haha, what are you saying; I'm in Beijing now; how about I call Zhuang Xu at noon, and you, a great beauty, spend some time with us?"

Li Jingyi pretended to be angry: "Too insincere; what time is it, how can you make an appointment like this."

"Hehe, no kidding, I am requested by the leader to specially and specifically invite you, this great tycoon and great director, to attend this year's China Internet Conference."

Boss Lu had a headache; he had already declined for two years: "This... better forget it? Wenjie is still a film company; how can I have the nerve to go there and deal with all the internet big shots?"

"This won't do!"

Li Jingyi began to exert the advantages of a workplace woman: "If you don't come, I'll go to your house today and not leave! If you don't agree, it won't work!"

Xiao Liu on the opposite side frowned; where did someone else pop out from?

Thinking of her identity, Boss Lu couldn't be too pretentious: "Okay, for the specific date and location, please have the conference group connect with the company office."

"Eh! That's right; my task is considered complete; let's do this first, bye."

"Okay, goodbye."

Boss Lu hung up the phone: "It seems I can't accompany you back; I have to be two days late."

"What's wrong, who is this?"

"Li Jingyi, from the Ministry of Information Industry." The young director paused: "The Ministry of Information Industry is rumored to be reorganized into the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the internet part will temporarily be managed by them."

The Ministry of Information Industry is the predecessor of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; before the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was established in 2008, the Ministry of Information Industry was responsible for the relevant functions of the latter.

And the China Internet Conference that Li Jingyi entangled him to attend is currently the most official and authoritative internet industry conference in the country.

More than ten government departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Culture, and the General Administration of Press and Publication will attend, plus representatives of international organizations and nearly ten thousand people from domestic and foreign enterprises, highlighting the policy level's emphasis on the internet.

As for her own identity, Boss Lu didn't say it clearly; it was obviously not that simple.

Liu Yifei said "Oh" unhappily, and then stood up gracefully: "Then I'll go back and pack my things myself."

"Wait."

Xiao Liu turned her head abruptly, with a little expectation in her heart that he would keep her.

Boss Lu smiled: "Modify the plan I just said, hurry up and rake money from the pockets of these foreign devils!"

"Bah! Treacherous merchant!" Xiao Liu left without looking back.

——

In September 2006, at the Beijing International Convention Center, the 5th China Internet Conference opened grandly.

Four people were standing at the side door of the convention center smoking.

Liu Hong of Wenjie Video, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wenjie—that is, the senior executive of CCTV who helped Accountant Jia collect copyrights everywhere in the later life.

The other three were naturally Lu Kuan, Dongzi, and Zhuang Xu of Blog China.

Liu Hong and Liu Qiangdong naturally didn't know the ownership of Blog China, but after these few years, they could see clearly that everyone was wearing the same pair of pants, so they became closer to Zhuang Xu.

Furthermore, whether it was Wenjie Video or the mall, there were many business cooperations with Blog China on weekdays, and they were very familiar with each other.

Zhuang Xu laughed: "Now news is coming from all sides that the Ministry of Information Industry is being reorganized, and Boss Li from PetroChina is coming to take the burden."

"This Li Jingyi is his eldest niece; she invited you with all her strength, so you, the great director, have to come, right?"

Liu Qiangdong took the opportunity to gossip: "I heard that this person entered the ministry just two years after graduation; she is beautiful and has a strong personality; she is a flower and a little chili of the Ministry of Information Industry."

Dongzi teased: "Boss Lu, Li Jingyi is only twenty-seven or twenty-eight; if a woman is three years older, she holds a gold brick; why don't you sacrifice yourself for righteousness? What will our video and mall worry about in the future!"

Liu Hong knew that his boss was big-hearted and easy-going, so he followed up with a joke: "I think it works."

The two looked at Zhuang Xu together, and the latter helplessly took a puff of smoke, looking at Boss Lu and sneering: "Then what should I do? Should I pay the gift in advance today?"

Boss Lu saw Zhuang Xu reaching into his pocket for his wallet and punched him in the chest: "Get out of here, why don't you go and sacrifice."

Liu Qiangdong's flattery was like a rainbow: "Damn! Say that, if I, Old Liu, had your face, I would have rushed up long ago."

Several people laughed loudly, and Boss Lu thought to himself that you, Dongzi, are indeed reckless enough.

Especially after drinking, he rushed himself in directly.

The four of them watched the big shots enter the venue from the side, and Boss Lu asked: "You have been here for two or three sessions; what is the procedure for this meeting?"

Zhuang Xu was strange: "Li Jingyi didn't let you speak?"

"She said it, I pushed it; I just finished showing off at the Film Academy, better not be too high-profile."

Boss Lu laughed: "The internet is different from the entertainment industry; the entertainment industry must set up a persona for itself, after all, it is active in front of the camera for a long time."

"As for the internet, if there are good things and good ideas, go into the village quietly, don't shoot, otherwise it will be learned by others soon."

Zhuang Xu explained: "The theme of this session is innovation—opportunities brought by the internet; Vice Premier Zeng will speak, and there will be some international internet high-level summits, sub-forums, etc."

"As for the significance, it exists, but it's not big; after all, it's just a weather vane."

Boss Lu nodded clearly, preparing to mix for this day and return to Jin Ling.

Looking at the time, several people tidied up their clothes and prepared to enter the venue.

The sun shone on the silver-gray outer wall of the Beijing International Convention Center, and the glass curtain wall reflected dazzling light, as if predicting the extraordinary nature of this day.

Outside the venue, red banners were hung high.

At the entrance, the etiquette ladies in cheongsams were elegant.

Boss Lu separated from the three, and the conference staff didn't even need to check the documents, leading him to sit in the second row respectfully and familiarly.

Glancing at the seats in front, behind, and beside him, they were basically first-line companies at the forefront of the industry; it seems that he will meet many big shots he has heard of in his previous life but has never seen today.

After sitting down, he opened the conference manual, and his eyes stayed on the "Opening Ceremony Agenda" column.

12321 National Anti-Spam Mobilization;

Institutions such as the Korea Software Promotion Institute and the Japan Broadband Association participated to promote cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea in the fields of broadband and digital content, division of labor in the digital content industry chain, etc.;

3G application development and mobile internet integration.

This one made him quite interested.

Even if he can already foresee the historical process of the next ten years, the details are different when he is personally integrated and tasted now.

The relationship between the internet and the entertainment industry is inseparable, becoming the two legs he used to open up his career in this life.

In a sense, the future internet industry entering the 3.0 era is also subversive to the film industry.

That's why he had to lay out streaming media in North America in advance and invest in Android to prepare for the mobile internet era.

"Hey, when did you come." Li Jingyi patted Lu Kuan from behind.

"Whoa! How much did you smoke; this smell."

Standing in front of him was a beautiful woman with long hair, a big wave full of the sense of the era, eyes clear as water, smiling, not looking like a female comrade in the system at all.

Boss Lu stood up and shook hands with her: "I didn't dare to recognize Secretary Li on the road! When will you guest star in my movie."

Li Jingyi covered her mouth and giggled: "Is it a deal?"

"No pay."

"Deal!"

Suddenly an alien interrupted their conversation: "Director Li?"

"Zhen Zhiping?"

Boss Lu looked dissatisfied: "Ma Zong, you call yourself Feng Qingyang, and call me Zhen Zhiping; is the gap between us a bit big?"

"Haha, joke! Joke! The key is that Zhen Zhiping is a lucky person who steals jade and fragrance; I envy him too! Should I exchange with you?"

Ma Yun had a conversation with Liu Chuanzhi in his previous life, with a lot of foul language in his mouth, and he was a bit unconstrained when he was with people of equal status.

Li Jingyi spat: "You men, hey!"

"Since you know each other, I won't introduce you; let's eat together when you have time!"

After saying that, she left swinging her big waves.

Ma Yun reached out to invite Boss Lu to sit down, and the latter then teased: "I don't want to give up the title of Zhen Zhiping."

"If Ma Zong is interested in stealing jade and fragrance, why not be Tian Boguang."

"Hahaha! Interesting!" The alien was used to seeing rigid internet entrepreneurs and was very interested in this young director who was active in entertainment news all year round.

Of course, as smart as he is, he naturally knows what it means that the title of Zhen Zhiping is not willing to be given up.

It involves the scandalous girlfriend Little Dragon Girl, those who understand understand!

Ma Yun sighed: "Our circle is just too dead."

"Look at Old Liu, Penguin Ma Zong, even the returnee Robin from Baidu, they are all like modest gentlemen and successful people all day long, too unable to let go."

"Why do I still envy you, Boss Lu; the entertainment industry is so wonderful!"

There is no waste in the dialogue of figures of this level.

Whether it is using Feng Qingyang against Zhen Zhiping, or mentioning the entertainment industry just now.

This is paving the way.

Then came the main topic: "The two Boss Wangs of Yanda Huayi came to me again last month, saying they wanted the two companies to cooperate more closely."

"I was a bit hesitant at first, but they took the cooperation between Wenjie and Blog China as an example, and I couldn't hold back."

Ma Yun leaned over and whispered: "Boss Lu, I'll give you a bottom line in advance."

He stared at Boss Lu's expression carefully: "Ali, is preparing to take over Yahoo China's shares in Yanda Huayi, and the two companies will carry out closer cooperation!"

"In the future, we will really be eating in the same circle; you are the boss of the domestic entertainment industry, so we have to take care of each other!"

Boss Lu was naturally light and breezy: "I heard, what is that called Search Star, right?"

"Yahoo Search Star, but it has been changed now, called Ali Search Star, sponsorship fee 30 million."

"Boss Lu, you are an expert; I will have someone report to you when we eat tonight, you help give some ideas!"

Old Ma looks like a passionate person, and it seems that he will occasionally speak without thinking and bring disaster upon himself.

But most of the time, the various emotions he expresses externally are just tools for rhetoric.

For example, now he is revealing the so-called undisclosed industry secrets, and then staring at Boss Lu's expression.

He wants to see for himself Wenjie and Lu Kuan's attitude toward Yanda Huayi now, and know what reaction the latter will have after having a powerful aid like Ali.

This is a preliminary judgment on the strength of the enemy and ourselves.

It's just that how could the Berlin Film Emperor let him see the clues, he smiled and pointed his finger at him: "Old Ma, Old Ma, it looks like you really want to be Tian Boguang."

"Yanda Huayi has quite a few orioles and swallows; you are old, pay attention to your body, pay attention to your body."

Ma Yun was born in 1964, more than twenty years older than Boss Lu; he didn't mind being called Old Ma; his wealth and status are there.

However, teasing him for entering the entertainment industry to fish for color at his age made him eat a bit of a shriveled look, and his expression was a bit awkward: "That's not the case, I can't compare with you young people."

"Hahaha!" Boss Lu patted him on the shoulder heroically.

"Eh? Is that Zhou Hongyi?"

Watching Zhou Hongyi really walk toward them, Old Ma's face changed slightly, and he straightened the wrinkles on his suit: "It's him."

"Oh, Ma Zong is here too!" Zhou Hongyi didn't know if it was intentional or intentional, and stretched his hands toward Lu Kuan: "Boss Lu, I have long admired your name!"

"Oh? Zhou Zong and I have never met, and we don't eat from the same trough; how can you have long admired my name?"

Zhou Hongyi has been fighting with Ma Yun recently, and he also deliberately ignored him at this moment, turning to flatter Lu Kuan.

"My old company is really blind; just to save those few melons and dates, they gave your MyTube to Google; it's so stupid!"

The Red-Clad Sect Leader was an executive at Yahoo and evaluated the Yahoo China management team below Jerry Yang as two words—SB.

"I, Old Zhou, also mixed in the United States back then; that place is very exclusive; you, Boss Lu, were able to create such a huge family business in North America; that is the first person on the domestic internet!"

Zhou Hongyi gave him a thumbs up as if flattery didn't cost money, but how could Boss Lu let him use himself as a gun.

"This is not right."

"I am just a film director in the country; the video website also serves film and television production, including the mall project."

Boss Lu was humble: "To be honest, I am not qualified to come here; I came with the purpose of learning."

"The real internet trendsetters in our country have to count you, Zhou Zong, and our Ma Zong."

The young director smiled and patted Old Ma, who looked depressed: "Ma Zong, why are you suddenly inactive; chat with Zhou Zong too!"

As soon as this was said, the industry insiders watching the fun laughed in their hearts.

Zhuang Xu, who was chatting with Ma Huateng, shook his head and smiled, thinking that these two people still wanted to tease this fox, which was also looking for the wrong person.

Old Ma looked up suspiciously, not knowing whether this bad young director was pretending not to know, or pretending not to know.

Definitely intentional!

This involves a small conflict between Ma Yun and Zhou Hongyi two weeks ago.

In August 2005, Zhou Hongyi gave up the 18 months he had been in charge of Yahoo China and changed his career to a professional investor with a huge bonus.

In August 2006, he acquired Qihu 360 Technology Co., Ltd. and served as chairman.

Coincidentally, Qihu 360 pulled Yahoo China's most profitable software "Yahoo Assistant" into the rogue software list, which can allow users to clear it with one click.

After this incident, both sides sued and blocked each other, and high-profile announced that they would not communicate with each other until they died.

Because of the close relationship with Yahoo China, two weeks ago, Ma Zong said that all subsidiaries and business departments of Alibaba are strictly prohibited from having business dealings with companies related to Zhou Hongyi from now on.

Old Zhou is still a relatively pragmatic person, and later he was the one who went to Lin'an to plead guilty; taking advantage of this opportunity, he probed: "Ma Zong, are you free to have a meal together tonight?"

Under the eyes of everyone, Old Ma sat on the chair without moving: "I have an appointment with Boss Lu tonight."

"Together!"

Boss Lu watched the fun and didn't think it was a big deal: "I'll arrange it, I'll arrange it!"

He looked up and saw Zhuang Xu and Ma Huateng talking, thinking that it would be great to get these people together tonight to have fun and watch the live broadcast.

"Boss Zhuang, if you and Penguin Ma Zong have nothing to do tonight, why don't you sit together?"

"Okay, definitely! We still have to rub the meal of your richest man!" Zhuang Xu directly answered for Ma Huateng, and the latter was a little helpless.

Receiving the invitation, Brother Pony also walked over politely: "Boss Lu, first time meeting, long admired your name."

"However, I haven't missed a single one of your movies; I watched *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* three times, and it has a shocking power!"

Unlike Old Ma's heroism and emotional extroversion, Brother Pony looks more cautious, low-key, and pragmatic.

It's just that these are all disguises of these entrepreneurs who fought out of the internet grassroots era.

Inside, they are all wise and capable people of the world.

Zhuang Xu laughed from the side: "Boss Lu, just now Zhang Chaoyang found Liu Hong, saying he wanted to talk to you about the copyright issue of internet video websites, to see if he can knock on the side drum with the leaders at the conference."

"Oh! I've heard of it before, it's worth caring about."

Since Wenjie Video appeared, domestic video websites have exploded.

Tudou, 56. com, LeTV last year.

Youku, Ku6, etc., established in June this year.

The biggest ones besides Wenjie are Sohu Video and Sina Video, which developed based on portal websites.

Among them, besides Wenjie, Sohu and LeTV are obsessed with copyright, and Zhang Chaoyang's concern about copyright issues is also a matter of course.

"That's just right! Call them together."

The young director turned into a young entrepreneur today: "Gentlemen, it's settled for tonight."

"Don't go anywhere; I have a courtyard in Gongjian Hutong; let's have fun together tonight."

Old Ma was the only one who hesitated; he didn't want to sit at the same table with some people: "Boss Lu, I might really be..."

"Eh! Ma Zong, listen to me; I have always been particularly curious about you leaders of the domestic internet."

"I have an idea, let's make a movie in the future, called *Internet Godfather*; you guys have to provide me with some material, right?"

Boss Lu used CPU means on Ma Yun: "Especially you, Ma Zong, I appreciate and agree with your Ali Jin Yong culture very much, and the various anecdotes from your own entrepreneurship are also talked about."

"I have some old wine collected by the owner of a European castle there, are you sure you don't want to taste it?"

Old Ma was just ridiculed by his dark sarcasm, but these two sentences were still comfortable in his heart.

He himself is an entrepreneur who likes to socialize and has a strong desire to express, and immediately heroically wanted to be the guest:

"*Internet Godfather* is over, how about we have an internet forum for Huashan Sword Discussion? Once a year in the future."

"This year, Director Lu is the host, we rub food and drink, next time we go to Lin'an, go to Pengcheng, right? Peers should communicate more!"

Boss Lu was naturally indifferent; Old Ma likes to talk about fancy things, whatever you call the forum.

Several people laughed and agreed, and today's meeting was declared open.

First, Vice Premier Zeng of the State Council took the stage to speak, congratulating and emphasizing the role of the internet in economic development and social progress, and calling for the construction of a "sunny network, green network."

Subsequently, core issues such as 3G, digital content, and network security becoming the core track for the next ten years.

In terms of the e-commerce industry, Old Ma took the stage to explain the huge driving role of Alipay on the e-commerce industry since its independent operation in 2004.

Liu Qiangdong of Wenjie Mall reported the company's achievements in logistics construction since last year, saying that he would provide more stable and efficient delivery services for industry colleagues.

Subsequently, video client companies such as Storm Player and PPS spoke together, predicting that "clients will replace web pages as the entrance," and the competition with video websites such as Youku and Wenjie began to emerge.

In fact, this China Internet Conference in 2006 is of far-reaching significance.

The Asia-Pacific regional cooperation forum organized by the official was established, and Chinese internet companies began to try to integrate into the global industry chain, moving from barbaric growth to standardization and internationalization.

If you use the summary statement of middle school history and politics:

This conference provided policy and resource support for the subsequent rise of BAT, and at the same time laid the foundation for the appearance of second-generation internet leaders such as Zhou Hongyi and Lei Jun.

And for Boss Lu, this reborn person also felt the upcoming internet tide at close range for the first time.

This tide is very closely related to the entertainment industry and the film industry.

Taking Ali, which is about to reach a strategic cooperation with Yanda Huayi, as a mirror:

He must make arrangements and deployments before the industrial transformation triggered by the entry of coal boss funds and the invasion of internet capital, to ensure the core competitiveness of Wenjie Holdings in the entertainment industry and the internet industry.

After Wenjie has been the only one to show off for these years, powerful commercial challengers from black gold and the internet are about to appear!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 340 =====