"Of course there is a way. Meng Xiaobai has long thought about this problem, he elaborated: "First of all, we can buy the videos of those popular film and television works, and users download their video content to interact, which is also a good thing for them, and I believe that the copyright owner will not refuse." ”

"Second, we can turn on the charging model. For example, let some high-quality users become video authors, sign a licensing contract with them, and users need to pay for using their videos to swap faces, and this part of the cost is shared with them. ”

"Finally, we can also make our own video special effects for users to change faces or shoot!" Meng Xiaobai analyzed, "For example, Jimeng camera, which is produced by Feiyin's parent company, and many authors of Feiyin's short videos use Jimeng camera." It has similar features, such as anime stickers, cartoon face swap effects, and so on. We could have done better!"

After listening to him, Pan Yu first expressed his affirmation, "You are right, these are all methods that can be used to attract users." ”

"But have you thought about it, any of the points you said requires a lot of money! Buy copyrights? Do you know how much it costs to buy out the copyrights of hundreds of thousands of popular film and television works at one time? Let alone one billion!"

"Users pay to use videos, but ZAI is free, we pay, how can we compete with it? And how much does it cost to make our own video special effects?"

Pan Yu dismissed his suggestions one by one, "Xiao Meng, you only need to be responsible for technical matters, and you don't need to worry about operational matters, understand?"

Meng Xiaobai was silent for two seconds and said, "I don't care about the rest, I hope to apply for funds for the development of video special effects scenes." ”

"Okay, I'll apply to the company. Pan Yu agreed.

The conversation with Pan Yu was not pleasant, and Meng Xiaobai found that things were going in a direction he didn't want to see.

In the next week, the users of Baiyanxiu are still growing rapidly, and they have even begun to compete with ZAI-Fengyan Drama Software to compete for the user market.

The related topics of Baichangxiu software are also hot on the Internet, and some media even praised it as the most potential APP this year!

Therefore, Langya Company once again allocated 200 million yuan to the project department for the expenditure of servers. Because of the popularity of the Baibianxiu APP, the amount of money burned by the server every day has reached 2 million!

Meng Xiaobai is worried about copyright and user privacy violations, and the company seems to have chosen to turn a blind eye and has no awareness of improvement.

There has been no news of his application for funding for the production of special effects video scenes, but the cost of server expenses has been increasing.

Meng Xiaobai knows very well in his heart that the company's current goal is only one - to keep the number of users growing!

"Director, our application to list the Apple App Store has been denied. "The reason is that our software is suspected of violating user privacy." ”

"What did the operations department say?" Meng Xiaobai had already known that this would be the case, so he asked.

"There is no response, and it is estimated that they do not plan to launch the APP on the Apple App Store in the short term. Gan Huarong replied.

"I see, you can get busy. Meng Xiaobai said.

In the office, Meng Xiaobai sighed, the company's senior management didn't care about his thoughts, and he gradually had some other ideas in his heart.

Three days later, Meng Xiaobai was in the office, and suddenly Pan Yu suddenly came to his office and said, "Xiao Meng, quickly ask someone to interrupt the server connection and make an announcement to the outside world, just say urgent maintenance." ”

"What's wrong?" Meng Xiaobai said in surprise, "Why do you want to interrupt the server connection, there is no problem with the server?"

"If you have some trouble with the audit, you do it first. Pan Yu didn't explain much, but looking at his expression, it was not a good thing.

Meng Xiaobai asked people to do so, and soon, users of the Baibianxiu APP saw a notice that the software was urgently maintained and was expected to open again in three hours.

"What the hell happened?" Meng Xiaobai was puzzled, and he couldn't help but ask Gao Yuan.

"I can't say. Gao Yuan's expression was entangled.

"Sister Gao, I'm also from the project department, don't I have the right to know?" Meng Xiaobai asked rhetorically.

"This ...... Okay, don't tell Mr. Pan that I said it later. Gao Yuan closed the office door and explained to him.

"A few days ago, someone stole the portrait information of a female user on our software, and then changed it to that kind of indecent video of men and women through intelligent face swapping. The man also sent the video to the female user's family. ”

"Her family believed it, her husband asked for a divorce, and the user was also very distressed, so they approached the media for help, and planned to sue us for infringement. ”

"Sure enough, what I was most worried about happened!" Meng Xiaobai felt a little angry, "I said earlier that user privacy must be protected, and the user's portrait information cannot be used without permission!"

"It's not something we can control. Gao Yuan said helplessly.

"Then how to deal with it?" Meng Xiaobai then asked.

"What else can I do? Of course, hurry up and do public relations!" Gao Yuan said, "This time I found it early, and it has not yet spread on the Internet." The public relations department has asked the media to delete all the relevant reports, and we contacted the female user and reached a private settlement with her, presumably to compensate her tens of thousands of yuan for mental damages. ”

"And then?" Meng Xiaobai asked, "If this happens, aren't they going to change the user agreement?"

Gao Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "This is not something I can call the shots. ”

"No, I'm going to find Mr. Pan!" Meng Xiaobai couldn't sit still, he had a hunch, this was just the beginning, if he didn't change the user agreement for a day, and restricted the upload and review of the material library, there would be more and more such things.

"Hey...... Don't be impulsive!" Gao Yuan grabbed him and admonished: "Now the number of users of Baichangxiu is growing too fast, and everyone is turning a blind eye. Even if Mr. Pan agrees, other CEOs will not agree. ”

"I have to make it clear!" Meng Xiaobai said solemnly, "I developed this thing, and I have a certain responsibility." Think about it, if that user can't bear the pressure and looks for a short time? Or if the Internet fraudsters use this technology to defraud and extort, have you ever thought about how many bad incidents will be caused because of our inaction?"

"This ......" Gao Yuan was silent, she originally thought that things would not develop like this, but there was an example just now.

"There you go. She was silent for a moment and said, obviously supporting Meng Xiaobai's approach in her heart.

Meng Xiaobai went straight to Pan Yu's office, and at this time, there was another person in Pan Yu's office, another vice president of the Wolf Tooth Company, Wu Baiyu. Although the two often fight openly and secretly, it seems that both of them are in a good mood at this time.

"Good guys, according to this growth trend, it won't be long before the Baichangxiu APP will become the hottest new mobile phone app this year!" Wu Baiyu looked at the data displayed by Pan Yu and said with emotion.

"Yes, for sure!" Pan Yu said confidently, "Our technology is stronger than ZAI, and many ZAI users have already flowed to our APP." ”

"It seems that the establishment of the Variety Show project is a stroke of genius!" Wu Baiyu said, "I think this data can be shown to the directors of the head office, 100% can approve the independence of the Variety Show project and the establishment of a new variety show company!"

"Yes, with our current potential, our volume may not be smaller than the wolf tooth company in the future!" Referring to this, Pan Yu's tone was also excited, as long as the company was established, he would naturally be the president of the new company.

"You're doing a great job, I'll vote for you. Wu Baiyu said clearly. Now that the Variety Show project is going big, it is a sure thing, since this is the case, there is no need for him to fight Pan Yu, it is better to give him a favor. Besides, as long as Pan Yu is gone, he will be the biggest vice president of the wolf tooth company!

"Then I will thank Mr. Wu in advance!" Pan Yu said with a smile, and the two reached a cooperation.