Chapter 346: Variety Show
"It's been 5 months, and it's only 10 million daily active users, what are you eating?"
In the headline high-level conference room, Zhang Ming coldly swept around the executives.
As far as the eye could see, everyone lowered their heads.
"Mr. Zhang, we can't help it, many female anchors and MCN agencies are willing to shake the eyes, because they give more money and are more happy. ”
Some executives were bold and began to complain.
They are also very aggrieved in their hearts! This is an era of looking at money, if you don't spend money, who will follow you?
"In addition to female anchors, don't you know to go to college to discover some beautiful girls?"
The headline executive shook his head, "Yes, but our 1 billion creation subsidy is not attractive enough at all."
The Shake side is directly based on the number of likes and playbacks. Cash prizes are awarded.
We have some traffic promotion resources here, so we can't keep people, and it won't be long before people go to Doushi. ”
Zhang Ming has a headache, without good creative content, he can't retain ordinary users, and he also knows this.
But the headlines didn't look at the wealth! They only raised $1 billion and acquired Station B, and the most important thing they lacked was money.
Crucially, Jitter was launched almost a year before their headline video.
The gap is really desperate.
However, Zhang Ming will not admit defeat so easily, he said: "Is it possible to keep good creators as long as the creation subsidy is supplemented?"
"This is not necessarily, looking at the most popular Internet celebrities over there, Daigula K, Brother Li has tens of millions of fans.
In contrast, very few of the top influencers on our headline videos have millions of followers.
So, for talented, ambitious people, our platform is not attractive enough. ”
Some executives retorted: "It didn't take a year and a half to reach today's scale.
I think we still have a chance to counterattack, as long as the number of users slowly increases, and the creation subsidy is in place, we can definitely compete with Doushi!"
Zhang Ming thought for a moment and said: "Let's hold on first, think of a way, and we must catch up with the pace of Shake Vision."
At the very least, not too far behind them.
After a while, Toutiao will start the D round of financing, and when the financing is in place, we will compete with Doushi!"
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While Doushi is talking about integration with Pinduoduo, his own work has not been left behind.
first spent a huge amount of money to win the naming rights of the first season of Zhejiang Satellite TV's "China's New Singing", and then launched a series of cooperation with the happy base camp of the toilet counter.
"Authentic good video, authentic good voice, welcome to watch the new Chinese song of Douyin short video named by the leading short video brand Douyin as your title......"
When Hua Shao spoke at a super-fast speed and read the impassioned advertising slogan, the audience and the audience in front of the TV were surprised.
Where's my JDB? What the hell is this jitter?
The audience watched with doubt.
A fair-looking, tall, thin boy walked onto the stage.
"When, walk on the empty street!"
As soon as the deep baritone spoke, the audience was stunned.
"Sounds good!"
Na Ying, who was sitting on an electric chair with her back to the stage, was the first to speak.
"The voice is very good, and it has strong plasticity!"
Yu Chengqing listened with his eyes closed, and shook his head and commented.
"I think it's more suitable for my team, don't you all grab it from me!"
Wang Feng looked at the other three mentors with a smile.
As soon as the words fell, with a "snap", Jay Chou directly slapped the button next to the seat and turned around!
A touch of excitement flashed in Liu Yuning's eyes, controlling his excited heart and continuing to sing.
The broadcast screen cut into the family waiting room, and the host excitedly said to a gray-haired old man: "Turn around, the first mentor has turned around!"
The old man didn't particularly know what this "turn" meant, and kept staring intently at his grandson on the big screen.
Before the song was finished, the other three mentors also turned around and kept watching Liu Yuning on the stage singing there.
At the end of the song, the audience burst into warm applause.
"Haha, I just said it's a handsome guy, you still don't believe it!"
Na Ying turned her head to look at the other three mentors.
"It's really handsome, when I was young, I was a little worse than him!" Yu Chengqing also joked humorously.
"Tell me about yourself!" Wang Feng said as he looked at Liu Yuning on the stage.
"Hello four mentors, audience!"
Liu Yuning bowed and said, "My name is Liu Yuning, and I am from Dandong City, Liaoning Province. ”
Na Ying asked, "What kind of occupation are you doing now?"
Liu Yuning said: "Anchor, sing live on the Internet!"
"What's the name of this song, is it your original?" Jay asked.
"It's called 'Mountains and Seas,' and I wrote it with a few other band mates. ”
"What's the name of your band?" asked Wang Feng.
"Our band is called 'Modern Brothers', and I'm the lead singer!"
Following the mentor's question, Liu Yuning began to talk about his life experience.
His father died when he was 4 years old, so he lived with his grandparents, and when his grandmother died, he lived with his grandfather......
The bumpy life experience won the sympathy of the audience, and Na Ying shed two tears of emotion.
Then Liu Yuning began to tell his music story again.
When I was a child, I dreamed of being a singer, but because of my poor family, I never received professional music training.
Before becoming a singer, he worked as a chef, a waiter, distributed flyers, and sang in bars and hot pot restaurants.
On the cold streets of winter nights, this young man often sings live until late at night.
Even though his fate was so bumpy, he never gave up his music dream.
An aspiring young man who does not bow to fate and is indomitable has been imprinted into the hearts of all audiences.
Then the four instructors tried their best to compete for this student, and the audience watched with relish.
In an office behind Zhejiang Satellite TV, Zhang Yida and a middle-aged man were also chatting and laughing.
"Mr. Zhang, this young man is very good! The four mentors have all turned around for him!"
Zhang Yida thought to himself, isn't this arranged by you?
"Mr. Tian, from your professional point of view, do you also think Liu Yuning is good?"
Tian Ming nodded, "According to my experience in TV station and many years of program production, he is really good and very powerful, and he will definitely have a place in the top three this year!"
"Then thank you Mr. Tian, it's the first time we recommend artists to come over to participate in the show, you are so courteous, we are flattered!"
Tian Ming waved his hand, "Where is it! Mr. Zhang will support our work more in the future!"
Looking at the above, I see that there are so many young people who can sing and dance, and they can all come to participate in the show produced by our Canxing!"
Zhang Yida nodded, didn't speak again, and continued to watch the show.
The middle-aged man named Tian Ming next to him has a lot of background, and his position is the CEO of Star Chinese Media and the president of Canxing Culture.
And Canxing Culture is the producer of "China's New Singing".
Star Chinese Media is the parent company of Canxing Culture, and it has two strong shareholders, one is the Chinese Media Industry Investment Fund and the one-person News Group.
The Chinese Cultural Industry Investment Fund is a private equity fund, and the shareholders behind it are Oriental Huijin, China Development Bank Financial, Shanghai Volkswagen, China Merchants and so on.
News Corp. is a Fortune 500 company in the hands of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Canxing Culture is the No. 1 production company of variety shows in China, and in addition to "The Voice of China", it has also produced "China's Got Talent", "Dance Out of My Life", "Brilliant Chinese", and "The Masked Singer...... and a series of excellent variety shows.
Zhang Yida remembered one thing, it seems that in the past two years, Ahri and Penguin have been vying to invest in Canxing Culture, with a valuation of more than 20 billion.
The current valuation of Canxing Culture is only billions, and there is a certain room for return.
What's more, investing in Canxing Culture can strengthen the cooperation between Doushi and them.
Zhang Yida's heart to do big entertainment has not been extinguished, so he will naturally not let go of this good opportunity.
"Mr. Tian, does Canxing Culture accept investment?"
Tian Ming glanced at Zhang Yida in surprise and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, have you taken a fancy to our company?"
"Of course, Canxing Culture has a set of variety shows, and I think Doushi can strengthen cooperation with you.
We use the Internet platform to help Canxing Culture to promote its programs and sign artists.
Canxing Culture helps the grassroots artists on the screen to the screen and to the big stage. ”
Tian Ming lifted his glasses, "Sounds very good! However, this matter needs to be decided by Mr. Li." ”
Zhang Yida knew who the "Mr. Li" in Tian Ming's mouth was.
Li Ruigang served as the deputy secretary-general of the Modu Mansion, the director of the general office, and was half official and half businessman.
He is currently the Chairman of the Chinese Media Investment Fund, the Vice Chairman of TVB Hong Kong, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shaw Brothers Holdings Limited.
In the future, he will also take a stake in the world's largest brokerage company, CAA in the United States, and become a director of CAA.
I don't have much personal assets, because I have been working hard in state-owned enterprises and government units for the first half of my life.
Now his role is similar to Shen Beipeng, who controls a powerful fund, and as a fund manager, he has a lot of power and deserves the title of media tycoon.
"There's no problem with this, if it's convenient for Mr. Li, I can just go to the magic capital to pay a visit. ”
Tian Ming knew that Zhang Yida wanted to talk directly to Li Ruigang, and he didn't feel slighted.
Because the young man in front of him is the majority shareholder and chairman of two multibillion-dollar listed companies, as well as several well-known Internet companies.
Not long ago, I had a fight with Jack Ma. Don't belittle each other because of their age.
"Okay, Mr. Zhang, I will definitely convey it to you here!"
On the stage, the contestants' choice of mentors was also completed, and Liu Yuning finally chose Jay Chou as his mentor.
Jay Chou also said that he wanted to create a song with Liu Yuning, which pushed the atmosphere of the scene to a climax.
Then an advertisement was inserted, Hua Shao said: "Now let's pick up our mobile phones, download the Shake TV APP, shoot and upload short videos, and cheer for the players you support!"
There is also a chance to get a free riding card for Huimin bicycles and a free shopping coupon for Pindodo...... Wait for a gift package worth 1,000 yuan!"