Chapter 299: Digging the Corner of Station B!
Zheng Wentong participated in the first and second World Internet Conference, and was invited last year, but did not come, and this year is the third time to participate.
The Wuzhen Summit in the past two years has been quite lively, and the bigwigs in the Internet industry have basically arrived, and Zheng Wentong's appearance has attracted the attention of many reporters.
The reporter asked Zheng Wentong about the filming progress of "The Legend of Mulan", and Zheng Wentong was surprised, "Aren't you financial reporters? Why do you still have time to care about the entertainment version?"
The female reporter smiled, "I am indeed a financial reporter, but my daughter is a fan of Xiaolu, so I took the opportunity to ask, anyway, the news of the financial version is much the same."
Zheng Wentong said: "At present, the filming progress is relatively smooth, and I thank you for your concern, thank you."
Yang Ji waited for Zheng Wentong to finish the interview, and Zheng Wentong was going to invite Cai Haoyu from miHoYo to dinner in the evening. Chen Rui and Xu Yi from Station B have also arrived, but Zheng Wentong's relationship with Station B is tense now, so Chen Rui and Xu Yi were not invited tonight.
The China Video Partner Program launched by Micro Ke Xinke this year allows more self-media creators to share videos on Micro Toutiao and Weiyin, and this plan and Bilibili constitute a de facto competitive relationship. The reason why Zheng Wentong made an appointment with Cai Haoyu was to let miHoYo reduce the amount of advertising on station B.
Zheng Wentong first facilitated the cooperation between Bilibili and miHoYo, and the distribution of "Honkai Impact 2" by Bilibili created good revenue for both companies. Zheng Wentong also became the third largest individual shareholder of miHoYo because he facilitated the cooperation between Bilibili and miHoYo, and promised to invest at least 100 million yuan to build the overseas publicity and distribution channel of miHoYo mobile game.
miHoYo released "Honkai Impact 3" last year, and in view of the good relationship between the two companies before, Bilibili also acted as an agent for the game distribution of "Honkai Impact 3". Zheng Wentong now asks Cai Haoyu to give up the cooperative relationship between miHoYo and Station B, which undoubtedly gives people a feeling of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.
Zheng Wentong's inn is set at Jimengju Inn in Wuzhen, which is a chain store of Jimeng, a high-end homestay brand of Jijia Real Estate. Since Zheng Wentong plans to talk about cooperation with Cai Haoyu, he naturally wants to choose an inn with better privacy, and his own homestay is of course more assured.
Cai Haoyu arrived earlier than Zheng Wentong, Zheng Wentong asked the clerk to help with a pot of dragon wells first, "I'm sorry, Haoyu, I was delayed by the reporter just now, did I wait for a long time?"
Cai Haoyu said that he understands that in the domestic Internet industry, Zheng Wentong has received no less attention than Erma. "It's okay, I've just been here for a while."
The clerk just brought the tea, Zheng Wentong scalded the teacup in an orderly manner, and then helped Cai Haoyu make tea.
Cai Haoyu took a sip of tea, "When we met customers in Puhai, we basically drank coffee, and when we came to Wuzhen, we felt that everyone was drinking tea. People are still the same people, and the taste of drinking suddenly changes."
"Follow the customs, there is a Starbucks outside the Wuzhen Scenic Area, and it is crowded inside. However, as soon as I entered the scenic spot and saw this scenery of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, I instantly felt that drinking tea was more suitable for the current environment." Zheng Wentong picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly. This shop provides a special grade dragon well, and if it weren't for Zheng Wentong coming over, it wouldn't have been taken out to entertain guests.
Cai Haoyu saw Zheng Wentong sitting firmly in Diaoyutai and didn't get into the topic for a long time, so he took the initiative to ask Zheng Wentong, "Zheng Dong, you asked me to meet, is there something wrong?"
Zheng Wentong organized the language, "After our Weke Xinke acquired Mutong Technology this year, the promotion effect of "Endless Duel" on TikTok is very good, I think "Honkai Impact 3" still has a lot of potential to tap in the Japanese and Korean markets, so TikTok wants to arrange a special promotion activity for "Honkai Impact 3", so I want to talk to Haoyu about cooperation."
Cai Haoyu saw that Zheng Wentong had not yet given the truth, and continued to ask, "Of course, cooperation is a great thing, but there will be no pie in the sky, Zheng Dong, you have to tell me, we have to do something, right?" If you don't tell me the truth, it's hard for me to settle down."
Zheng Wentong said: "Let me tell you this, at this Internet conference, I plan to talk to Ahri, and I plan to take over Station A, the attitude of Cai Dongqing, the major shareholder of Station A, has been loosened, and now Station A looks half-dead, I am willing to take over, Ahri and Cai Dongqing have to thank God."
Thank you."
"Station A and Station B are the same type of websites, and I don't expect miHoYo to put the game on Station A to promote. Station B previously represented "Honkai Impact 2" and "Honkai Impact 3", and I don't want to ask about the cooperation agreement you reached before."
"I have two requests, miHoYo publishes Genshin Impact, this mobile game cannot be continued to be an agent of Bilibili, and second, after the game agency agreement between Bilibili and miHoYo expires next year, miHoYo will give up renewing the contract with Bilibili. In return, TikTok can focus on promoting the two mobile games "Honkai Impact 3" and "Genshin Impact" in the Japanese and Korean markets, and miHoYo can enjoy a 50% discount on the advertising and marketing fees paid to TikTok, and our cooperation agreement is valid for three years, and we will negotiate whether to renew the contract after three years." Zheng Wentong said.
Cai Haoyu asked Zheng Wentong, "Slope Group is also the main shareholder of Station B, and in the first half of next year, Station B will be ready to be listed on the US stock market. Zheng Dong, you are so confident that in just three years, you will lead Station A to surpass Station B?"
Cheng said, "Before I took over Pony Galloping, no one thought that Pony Galloping would become the largest film and television company in mainland China by market capitalization. I wanted to buy Station A for a long time, but Cai Dongqing has always refused to let go, if it weren't for Ahri's life, Station A would have closed down."
Cai Haoyu thought about it for a while, miHoYo Mobile Game now has multiple agency channels, and reducing the one agent channel of Station B next year will not make the company hurt. Zheng Wentong's cooperation plan is also more sincere, and many domestic game manufacturers already plan to promote their mobile games through TikTok.
Penguin's market value exceeded $500 billion this year, becoming the first technology company in Asia with a market value of more than $500 billion, but echat's development performance in overseas markets is still unsatisfactory, and "Honor of Kings" is inferior to "Mobile Showdown" in the Southeast Asian market.
Cai Haoyu said: "To be honest, Station B's agent "Honkai Impact 2" helped us through the most difficult period for miHoYo, and the drainage effect of Station B is still very significant. Canceling the cooperation with Station B next year will make it difficult for me to face Mr. Chen and Mr. Xu at Station B."
Zheng Wentong smiled, "Bussinessi***ussiness. If you haven't learned to betray by the age of thirty, you will definitely not be a qualified businessman."
"Today is our Weke Xinke digging the corner of Station B, if in two years, miHoYo has a better partner, you leave Weike Xinke and switch to other parties, I fully understand. This kind of fairy tale from the beginning to the end should not exist in a shopping mall." Zheng Wentong said.
Cai Haoyu knew that Zheng Wentong was right, although Zheng Wentong was younger than Cai Haoyu, he was more like an old fritter who had been immersed in the business world for decades. Even if he digs into the corner of his partner, Zheng Wentong's expression is very natural.
After talking to Cai Haoyu, the next step is to enter the dining link, the ingredients of Jimengju Inn are also from the Li Ziqi Ecological Farm in Hangzhou, whether it is chicken, duck and fish, or fresh fruits and vegetables, they are all supplied by the ecological farm, and the main land is green and healthy.
Cai Haoyu said: "I have always heard that the staff canteen of the slope group is very good, and today I have seen that good ingredients can cook delicious food. In fact, Zheng Dong can also set up a dinner in Wuzhen next year, and the dinner venue will be set up in Jimengju, which can be regarded as helping this inn advertise."
The manager of the inn in Jimengju was a little moved, looking at Zheng Wentong, if Zheng Wentong could invite Mr. Ma and Ding Sanshi, Internet bigwigs to the inn for dinner, and leave a group photo at that time, the inn's business would immediately explode, and maybe someone would make a special trip to check in.
Zheng Wentong had his own considerations, and said to the store manager: "Don't listen to Mr. Cai's nonsense, if I invite them to dinner, if they know that this store is opened by our company, you can expect them to pay for it, and when the time comes, contact me, do I give them a free order, or do I give them a free order?"