Link's practice of turning ShowYou into an advertising platform has indeed caused many netizens to complain.

A lot of people are pouring bitter water: "Give us back that pure showyou, damn Link actually started to put ads in this only pure place, didn't he take into account the feelings of our users?" ”

"Yes, one of the big things I like about ShowYou is because it has no ads. And now even showyou has begun to appear in advertisements, which immediately made my favorability of it drop countless times. ”

"Favorable? No, I only have disgust and disgust right now. ”

In addition to those who complained, many media people also publicly ridiculed Link's practice as an act of 'overconfidence'.

"Mainstream advertising platforms can never have a place on the Internet, if they can make money by relying on online advertising, then is there still a need for TV stations to exist? Is there still a need for newspapers? Why are so many advertisers flocking to those open-air advertising screens that cost tens of thousands of dollars a minute? ”

"Excessive self-confidence is conceit. Who doesn't know that the web is an emerging medium? If it were really that easy to make a profit, Microsoft wouldn't be making software, but selling advertising. ”

Not only media professionals, but also online professionals were shocked, and Google's head of advertising said: "As a new type of network, Google has been developing for so many years, but it is still exploring the monetization of advertising. Advertising behavior like Link, which disregards the user's feelings, is analyzed from a professional point of view. Definitely an irrational act. The user's experience is affected, which naturally affects the user's loyalty, which in turn leads to a loss of interest in the site. This is a big taboo in doing networking. ”

When big companies like Google came forward and professionally rejected Link's approach, even the CAA media group began to split into two factions.

CAA TV resolutely opposed Link's behavior of turning ShowYou into an online platform, and even Fat Jack, who has been blindly supporting Link, began to shake his head this time.

"As I said a long time ago, the network department is a garbage department that burns money and doesn't make money. Or old Polk was right. It's long overdue to sell it. ”

Rust was a little more serious, and his speech was much softer: "Even if the network department is not profitable, as long as you don't mess with this kind of advertising platform." It's still acceptable. But now there are a lot of users who have stopped complaining, and I am afraid it will have a great impact on the number of users. ”

Link shook his head absently at the objections of the two of them: "That's right, you're all right. But. Have you ever thought about a question? ”

When everyone cast a puzzled look. Link smiled and said, "If users don't visit ShowYou, do they have any other video sites to choose from?" ”

Link's words immediately stunned everyone.

And Link's speech continued: "ShowYou is the overlord of the video station, and at present, in the entire network, in addition to ShowYou, there is no second video station with a huge user base like us." ”

Speaking of this, Link smiled confidently again: "Even if there is really a video site that is more popular than ShowYou, that website is definitely not our opponent." ”

"Why?"

"Because they don't have a showme."

Fahrenheit Media Network has two websites. A video station, a Weibo station.

The two sites appear to be separate from each other. But not one of them.

This unbreakable interdependence, with its own separate website, is the source of Link's confidence.

Seeing that Lu Si and the others were still a little confused, Link didn't want to explain too much, but said, "Don't worry, I have a complete plan in mind." "Prison Break" is not just an American drama, but also a turning point, which will make the Internet Department the first profitable video website and Weibo website. If you don't believe me, let's see. ”

When Link put this sentence aside, no one objected. Even if it is opposed, it is estimated that the small boss will continue to do it stubbornly.

When several executives left, Link sat on the couch and laughed: "Google? Hehe, you have too many competitors doing searches, so you will look ahead. I don't need to, because my website has no competitors, I'm the frontrunner in this field, and people will target my website in the future. It's just that I hope I won't copy my development strategy, otherwise, they will die a miserable death. ”

Regarding Link's behavior of turning the ShowYou video station into an advertising platform, many video stations that have only recently established the site have extended olive branches.

Google has only recently launched a Google TV with Sony, which relies on Google's powerful search engine and integrates a large amount of video content.

After seeing a large number of users of Showme start complaining about Link's behavior, many video websites, including Google Video, have declared: "There are no ads here, this is a pure place to watch videos, everyone come quickly." ”

Sure enough, a large number of showyou users ran over, still complaining in Weibo before leaving.

"I'm leaving this hellish place, and if Link doesn't smash ShowYou's advertising platform for a day, I won't come back for a day."

"That's right, I'm rooting for you, and I'm leaving. Anyway, there are so many video stations to choose from, why do you have to hang yourself on the tree of showyou? ”

"Boycott ShowYou, I decided to never log in to ShowYou again. If possible, I'll even wipe my account out of ShowYou's registration vault. ”

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Regardless of whether there are no other websites in Weibo, ShowYou's traffic has indeed been affected to a certain extent anyway, and the number of visits has dropped significantly compared to usual.

Data never lies, and Andrew, who was confident at first, was taken aback and hurriedly found Link.

"Little boss, I was wrong, I overestimated myself. Let's quickly tear off ShowYou's advertising platform, otherwise users will continue to decline. ”

Seeing Andrew's nervous look, Link couldn't help but kick him: "Look at what you look like now?" Wasn't it ambitious before? Why are you scared like this now? ”

Andrew had a bitter face: "I...... I'm scared, I'm afraid that ShowYou will be ruined by the advertising platform. If that were the case, I wouldn't even have the courage to live. ”

Andrew clearly knew that Link had invested a lot of money in the network department, and if it really caused irreparable damage because of this incident, then it would be over.

Link glared at him helplessly: "I agreed to the advertising platform, even if ShowYou is ruined because of this, it is my own deserving, and it is not your penny." ”

With that, Link kicked Andrew out.

"Mom. , is it so unconfident in me, the hype grandfather? ”

Link pouted and sent the prepared agreement to the top 100 'Internet celebrities' with the most attention in ShowYou.

After doing this, Link was comfortable in the seat, staring at the computer screen and smiling to himself: "As a hegemon, you must have the courage of a hegemon." What is the loss of a few users? I'll let each of them bring me back a few dozen more users. ”

A noisy day passed.

In the evening, it is the peak period for netizens to surf the Internet, and it is also the time period with the highest traffic at the SHOE Weibo station.

When Jordon, who had been busy all day, was looking for a few interesting videos to watch, he suddenly found that there was a 30-second ad that was suddenly added to ShowYou, and he began to complain.

"Damn, there's an advertisement? Luckily, it's only 30 seconds, which is just an advertisement. ”

But the video he's about to watch is a funny video uploaded by his favorite 'instrumental music'.

"'Instrumental Things' is my favorite guy, this guy is just. It's a, every new video will make people laugh, I hope he won't disappoint me with this new video. ”

After a short 30-second wait, Jordon finally waited for the video to begin.

The familiar black face in the video has come out again, and the funny facial features are put together, even if you don't speak, it will make people feel the urge to laugh.

"Hi guys. My new video has been uploaded, thank you for watching! Link added an ad to my video this time, and this ad will also give me a share of the advertising fee, so my fans, please don't complain too much. For the sake of making so many videos for everyone for free before, please continue to support me. Oh yes, it's said that if you click on that 30-second ad, you have a chance to get $1 million, guys, let's try your luck. ”

"Holy, a million dollars?" Jordon hurriedly pressed the pause button and casually opened a video uploaded by Instrumental Things, and this time he noticed the content of the ad.

"It turned out to be Link's new American drama "Prison Break"." Jordon muttered, then clicked on the ad page, and a new page popped up.

Jordon squinted his eyes and looked at it, and sure enough, he found that the phrase was written on this website: "Welcome to the 'Fox River' prison, now you have the following props......"

Qiao Deng casually looked at the props one by one, and then found that there were still a few lines behind them: "Are you mentally prepared now?" Then click on the 'Prison Break Novel' below, and as long as the prison break is successful, you can get a million dollars from CAA Media in a few days. What are you waiting for? Let's get started. ”

"Is there really a million?" Jordon couldn't help laughing: "Haha, isn't it just a novel with a prison escape theme?" Is it still hard to get me? A million, a million, you'll be mine in no time. (To be continued......)