Chapter 44: A Dime a Dime
Shi Zhiwen left, and when he left, he cried like a tearful man. Approaching the middle of September, the school's final reporting time is approaching, and if you don't leave, it will affect the registration for the second semester. Chen Bo touched his head to comfort him, ate his body fat, and learned the technique well. Skynet always welcomed him back, and then reluctantly left. Before leaving, he still didn't forget to take away the signed CD of Huang Jiaju that Chen Bo bought from Time Warner.
Since the launch of the "Pepsi Cola Huaxia Music Billboard" on September 1, the traffic of the website has increased by leaps and bounds. The number of daily hits has reached 2.2 million, the number of unique visitors is close to 400,000, and the highest number of simultaneous online users is 180,000.
At the same time, because only registered users can participate in various bonus activities, the number of registered members has exceeded 150,000, and the data is like a rocket, turning over and up.
With the completion of the six server hosting centers, the access speed of Skynet has been greatly improved, and the average time to open the website during peak visitor hours was about 5 seconds, but now it has been reduced to 2.5 seconds.
EMI Records announced its sales figures two weeks after Wang Fei's new album "Fable", which was released in September, and it was popular across the board. In the mainland market alone, "Fable" sold 350,000 records. After the news was released, it shocked the music scene. The data in just two weeks is so crazy, you must know that Wang Fei's album "Singing Tour" released in 98 sold 2.5 million copies in Asia, and it took 2 and a half years to do it.
According to the current sales trend, it is completely possible to surpass the previous work and sit firmly on the first throne of Asian divas.
Of course, this can't all be the credit of Sky.com, there are many publicity channels, even if there is no online publicity, the sales of this record will not be too low, but now this explosive growth is unexpected by many people. More entertainment media began to explore the role played by Sky.com, and Guangguang Media even produced a long-form program of nearly 20 minutes to boost the influence of Sky.com, which was also one of the contents of the original strategic partnership agreement.
With the coverage of various publicity channels, the "Pepsi Cola Huaxia Music Billboard" is well-known by more and more fans. Guangguang Media even recorded a promotional video for all the well-known singers to face the camera and call on fans to try out their latest music on Sky.com to increase their rankings.
The fans who flocked to the scene for a while were very crazy, and they built thousands of high-rise buildings in the singer's comment area. The hottest single Wang Fei's "Cambrian" has been nearly 10 million auditions on demand, which is a rhythm against the sky. At least half of the visitors will choose to audition, and the influence of the diva is gone.
At the same time, after a series of news events, Pepsi proudly announced to the media that Pepsi's shipments rose by 5 percentage points against the pressure of the other two companies, which was another piece of news that shocked the business community.
The center of the eye of the storm of all events is on Sky.com, an Internet company that has created countless miracles in less than two months since its establishment.
And Mo Fei has changed significantly compared to his previous state of being idle. Now he is haggling with different companies every day with his newly recruited employees, and Sky.com has recently received money and received soft hands.
Procter & Gamble's Yangcheng Procter & Gamble company, the U.S. branch in China, has long had experience in touching the Internet, and they have already had in-depth cooperation with Yahoo when they were in the United States, and this time they are familiar with it. Pengcheng's local skin cosmetics brand Little Nurse, the king of kings in online games, etc., the commercial value of Sky.com is being reflected one by one.
Compared with the heat of the Sky Network, the Nasdaq stock index has fallen from more than 5,000 points in March to more than 1,000 points, shrinking more than three times, and nearly a trillion dollars have been evaporated by the market. Internet concept stocks are in a stagnant pool in the financial market, and there is even a wave of delisting and delisting of many enterprises.
The domestic Internet market is not without big news, September 14. Superfox used 4 million shares on the NASDAQ, which is about $30 million in market value. Acquired the one-year-old HuaxiaRen community, the largest community website for young people in China, making it the top portal site. After the merger, the number of hits on the whole site of Suhu has climbed to 44 million people per day. Secure the number one position.
In Yangcheng, the capital of Lingnan Province, the office of the CEO of Wange, you can see the endless flow of vehicles and pedestrians on the road under the large floor-to-ceiling windows.
Ding Lei, the founder of the company, stood by the window, looking down on the common people. It wasn't until the office door was pushed open and several company executives rushed in that he came to his senses.
"In the current situation, I don't think I have to do it." After everyone sat down, Ding Lei said with a serious face: "The company's stock price is less than a dollar. ”
The atmosphere in the office was oppressive and dreary, and only the whimpering exhaust sound of the old central air conditioner could be heard in the quiet room. On the wall behind Ding Lei hangs the latest propaganda poster, "Net E, the power of the net gathers people." ”
The sunlight outside the window is gradually covered by dark clouds, Yangcheng is a rainy city, in the summer season, there will often be a burst of pouring rain, when the sun shines again, the whole Yangcheng is like a steamer, damp and hot abnormal. But all they felt was cold inside.
"At this time, we must resist the pressure, implement the free mailbox as the traffic entrance, and adhere to the strategy of providing content well. Employees can have complaints, there are objections. But everyone here is in solidarity with the company, and we must not waver! ”
"Online games are the focus of the company's future, and Wanwang has already taken the first step. It's up to us from then on! Gather all the resources of the company to make our first game well. ”
Ding Lei's speech was not fast, but every word was sonorous and powerful. Remind all executives that the company is now at the most difficult time. The pressure on investors is even greater, as well as investors on the other side of the Pacific, and the shares of E-Net are now junk stocks.
"Mr. Ding, look at this." Someone handed over an Internet weekly, with a small page that read, "The new direction of the Internet, Sky Network is unique", and under the not-so-eye-catching headline, it briefly introduced that a small company that was only established for less than two months has carved out its own world with the fast knife of pop music.
Of course, Ding Lei of Skynet knows that NetE still has their drainage ads, and the monthly advertising fee is real money. But no one expected this small company to grow so quickly.
"Well, I see what you mean. The traffic advantage of network E cannot be wasted, but it can be tried. Just those two? Ding Lei hesitated slightly. What is a portal? It's the service provider of all the web content, so they can have a huge amount of traffic.
"Reliable information, those two companies are also being planned, we can't be left behind!"
"Okay, that's it. Zhou Feng, you can lead someone to form a team to do it. It's just a few servers, it's enough, and it doesn't cost much. After Ding Lei finished speaking, he looked south, which was the direction of Pengcheng. The sky in Yangcheng is full of rain, and there is already a ray of light under the dark clouds in the south.
At this time, two uninvited guests came to the sky network, a man and a woman.
"This is Mr. Chen." After getting Chen Bo's confirmation, he introduced himself: "We are the lawyer representing Samsung Electronics China. My surname is Ma, and this is my assistant, Kobayashi. ”
As soon as he heard that the person was from Samsung, Chen Bo knew it. If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, it must be for the purpose of registering a trademark, but I didn't expect Samsung Group to move quite fast. I have the impression that it should be a few years later that Samsung released Anycall, a common logo in the Asia-Pacific region, in order to expand its mobile phone business.
But it's not surprising. Many companies will make corresponding market and brand planning in advance, and there are few temporary cramming.
"I don't know what Lawyer Ma is doing this time?"
Chen Bo pretended not to know why, and at the same time thought about what price was right for him.
"The main reason for coming here this time is that my client hopes that Mr. Chen can transfer the trademark Anycall to Samsung Electronics."
"Oh, and how much is your client offering?"
Since it was simply direct, Chen Bo didn't beat around the bush with him, and asked directly.
"My client is willing to bid $1 million to get the ownership of the trademark in Mr. Chen's hands."
Well, 1 million US dollars, more than 8 million yuan, it sounds like a huge amount of money, and you can buy several houses in Yanjingjing. But for Samsung Group, which accounts for one-fifth of South Korea's total output value, this price is definitely a drop in the bucket.
And of course Chen Bo knows the value meaning of the trademark Anycall, although it is a very simple English word, but it perfectly matches the mobile phone manufacturer. Anycall Chinese means that you can call anywhere, which doesn't mean that the mobile phone is of good quality and the signal is strong. Which mobile phone manufacturer uses this brand, even if it is a sub-brand, it is very suitable.
"The dignified Samsung Electronics, I only want to spend 1 million US dollars to buy such a good trademark, the sincerity is not very sufficient." Chen Bo pretended to be dissatisfied and said, since his mouth is 1 million US dollars, the bottom line can rise a lot.
"Mr. Chen, this price is relatively not low. In Pengcheng, it is enough for you to buy a few good cars and a few good houses. Moreover, it only costs a few thousand yuan to register a trademark, and now it is a thousand times the profit when it changes hands. ”
"Well, you saw it too. I have my own company and I'm not short of money. And this trademark is not only Samsung, I now have several invitations in my hand, Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson. Who do you think I should work with? ”
Although Chen Bo deliberately brought out several giants in the mobile communications industry, this lawyer Ma did not change his face and said unhurriedly, "Within Samsung, there are now several plans. Anycall is just one of them, if Mr. Chen refuses to cut his love, then my client will have to choose another plan. ”
"Mr. Chen has been busy for a day, so I won't bother you, and please think about it by the way. Please let me know if you can, I will be in Pengcheng for three days. Lawyer Ma handed over the business card and walked away with his assistant.
Chen Bo thought to himself, dealing with people is really tiring. Everyone is playing with their hearts, or Zhang Yiming's kid is at ease, and it is easy to deal with a bunch of code. But who is Chen Bo, how can he let you lead the nose.
"But Lawyer Ma, there is something I want to remind you of. Although my company is not big, it has a good relationship with Sony Music. Please tell the person in charge of Samsung Electronics, he should know what I mean! ”