Chapter 32 Planting Thorns
"Lao Fang, how many clicks did you click on "Never Expected"?"
As soon as I got to work on Tuesday, the boss of the oil depot asked the manager of the video department. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Mr. Gu, as of nine o'clock in the morning, it is already two million .46 million." Manager Fang said, "Tudou has 800,000 clicks, Sohu has 600,000 clicks, and several other reprinted websites also have tens of thousands of clicks......
"Four or five million in total? Heh......" Mr. Gu said with a playful smile, "Has their promotion stopped?" β
"After 10 o'clock last night, the promotion stopped." Manager Fang said.
"Well, it seems that our analysis is correct, they are all students, and the lights go out in the dormitory after ten o'clock, so they can't be promoted, hehe." Mr. Gu said with a smile.
"Would you like to contact them later?" Manager Fang said.
Mr. Gu tapped his finger on the table and said, "Don't worry, let's see if they will promote it in the afternoon." In addition, pay attention to the data and movements of Tudou and Sohu, and it is best to find out if they will bid and how much. β
"Mr. Gu, it's just a five-minute short film, is it necessary to be so tight?" Manager Fang said.
"In less than a day, more than two million clicks, do you think it is necessary to tighten?" Ancient General Road.
"The self-made drama department we invested in has not yet filmed the work, and they have already uploaded it, which is ahead of us." Mr. Gu said, "Originally, this market was blank, and we could take our time, but now that they have come out, such a big data is easy to wake up competitors." It's a small thing for this drama to be signed away by other websites, but once they taste the sweetness, it will be troublesome to start opening up the self-made drama market. Therefore, we must take down "Never Expected" and establish the orthodox status of the pioneer of our online self-made dramas! β
"Understood......" Manager Fang nodded in response.
The oil depot was going to stretch, but Lin Yi waited all morning, and he didn't wait for the news of the oil depot, but he couldn't help but be a little anxious.
You must know that it is now 09 years, not only has the era of online dramas not yet come, but even the concept of copyright has not been completely established. Most of the many video websites are still in the stage of piracy, only Sohu took the lead in acquiring some film and television drama copyrights, and began to play the concept of genuine versions, the video website copyright war has just begun, who cares about the copyright of online dramas in the form of short films?
Not to mention anything else, just look at "Never Expected" has been reprinted by many video websites in less than 24 hours after it was uploaded? In addition to the promotion, in addition to the oil depot, Tudou and Sohu uploaded by Lin Yi, other large and small video websites have also been reprinted, and some websites have even been pushed to the top of the list and recommended by the editor!
So far, only the oil depot network has put forward a proposal to sign a contract, and there has been no movement on other websites, and after the oil depot network quoted, Lin Yi asked the boss to respond to the proposal of not transferring the copyright, but only giving the right to broadcast on the network, and did not receive a reply, which made people uncomfortable.
It seems that I was too optimistic at the beginning and didn't think about the issue of copyright awareness......
"Linzi, why don't you sign with the oil depot?" The Boss said.
"No," Lin Yi frowned and said, "In this way, fourth, you will do the promotion later, and all the link addresses will be replaced by Sohu's!" β
"Change Sohu? Why? Wang Chenyang said.
"Plant thorns." Lin Yi said with a profound smile.
Sohu and the oil depot have a long history of grievances, the founder of the oil depot Gu Yongqiang was originally Sohu's COO, Sohu Broadband as the first streaming media portal in China, when exploring the video industry, Gu Yongqiang resigned to run the oil depot, directly and Sohu Video started a ring, and developed rapidly, so that the old club Zhang Chaoyang was very angry, and the two pinched each other.
In Lin Yi's view, if he wants to make money through online dramas, the most suitable partner is either the oil depot that first tried the online drama model, or the first to start paying attention to online film and television copyrights.
If "Never Expected" suddenly moved closer to Sohu, would the oil depot not be in a hurry? If it can become the sweets of the competition between these two companies, do you still have to worry about not being able to raise the price?
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the number of hits on the oil depot network reached 3.7 million, while Sohu, which originally had only 600,000 hits, skyrocketed to 1.9 million. Although the growth rate is basically the same as that of the oil depot, the growth rate is much higher!
"It's coming!" The boss looked at the new email reminder and shouted excitedly.
According to Lin Yi's confession, the video website accounts uploaded by "Never Expected" are all newly registered, and their names are all called "Tianyi Culture", and there is no mobile phone number left in the registration information, only a newly registered email number is left as a unified contact method. Including yesterday's liaison and negotiation with the oil depot, it was all carried out by e-mail.
The boss clicked on the new email, but found that it was not from the oil depot, but Sohu noticed that the video clicks had skyrocketed, and finally there was movement.
Lin Yi read the email at a glance, skipped the clichΓ© part directly, and paid attention to the key points of the email - the signing mode and the offer, but in the end he found that although the other party intended to sign the contract, he did not make an offer.
Lin Yi asked the boss to reply that he was willing to transfer the exclusive broadcast rights of the Internet and let Sohu make a bid.
A few minutes later, the other party quoted 2,000 per episode, and relied on the resources of the Sohu portal to vigorously promote "Never Expected".
"Damn, it's not as high as the oil depot." The boss scolded.
"They only need the right to broadcast online, which is more than the oil depot." Lin Yi said with a smile.
"What then? To sell or not to sell? β
"Don't rush, tell them that the price is too low to cover our production costs."
A few minutes later, the other party replied, hoping to negotiate a specific price, and Sohu was willing to reimburse the travel expenses.
Lin Yi replied that he would think about it later, and then waited for the news from the oil depot. Sure enough, half an hour later, a new email finally came from the oil depot.
"Exam, in-depth cooperation, set up a video production company? What do you mean? The Boss read the email and exclaimed.
Lin Yi read the email again, and suddenly laughed.
"A good thing?" The boss wondered.
"Whether it's a good thing or not depends on how you talk about it." Lin Yi smiled, "Reply to them, you can consider their proposal, let them say a general plan for us to refer to." β
Lin Yi's biggest problem now is that the start-up capital is limited, although he has a large number of projects in his head that can explode, but he has no money to carry them out. Not to mention anything else, just talk about film and television, if you have funds and connections, you can start a large number of popular works in later generations.
If you only rely on "Never Expected" to slowly accumulate capital and contacts, and when you grow strong enough to start a big project, it is estimated that the daylily will be cold.
Therefore, Lin Yi's proposal at the oil depot was very exciting.
But the problem is that with his current strength, cooperating with the oil depot is like a little kid who wants to rob robbers, and he is not on the same order of magnitude at all, can he get cheap? If you don't do it, you will be eaten alive and skinned alive, and you won't even have bones left......