When Lou Hongfei heard Zou Huaiwen agree, he immediately smiled, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Boss Zou, happy cooperation!" ”

As everyone knows, due to the rampant piracy in China and even Southeast Asia, Wujiang Group does not want to spend a lot of money to buy copyrights.

Later, with the emergence of pirated discs, genuine discs will no longer be competitive, resulting in the inability of genuine follow-up.

The video hall opened by the Wujiang Group will gradually lose its competitiveness, and at that time, the Wujiang Group will find a suitable time to transfer it to others at a high price.

Of course, this is limited to the Asian region.

In Europe and the United States, because these countries attach more importance to intellectual copyright, Wujiang can directly buy the copyright at a high price, but this has to cost a high price. Moreover, Hollywood studios generally do not sell copyrights on a large scale, and they usually cooperate to share.

They are well aware of the value of film and television copyrights.

Moreover, it is difficult for foreign video halls to develop, and foreigners are relatively wealthy, so they usually buy DVD players directly and then go to video rental stores to consume. Therefore, if it is to open a video rental store, it is very profitable, and it is also conducive to the promotion of super VCD or DVD in Europe and the United States in the future.

Later, when the Internet came, it transformed into an online video rental company, such as Netflix.

Lou Hongfei has actually been instructed by Zhao Ye that if you can't buy the copyright at a low price, it's best to choose the sharing method.

In this way, Wujiang Group is equivalent to obtaining all the film and television rights of the film company from the beginning, and customers come to Wujiang Video Hall for them to choose from rich film and television resources.

Zou Huaiwen didn't know the plan of Wujiang Group, and thought that the sharing and cooperation would bring huge benefits to Jiahe, so he was very happy for a while, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake hands with Lou Hongfei and said: "Mr. Lou, happy cooperation!" ”

Of course, this is not the Borderless Group cheating on him.

It's really piracy as fierce as a tiger, and there is nothing the Wujiang Group can do.

With the advent of the Internet age, piracy will become more ferocious, and Hong Kong films will decline, and then it will be the best time to acquire copyrights. After all, if you don't sell to Wujiang Company, then the copyright of those old movies really won't make any money at all.

Nowadays, Hong Kong films are extremely prosperous, and the price of acquiring copyrights at this time will undoubtedly be very high.

In the afternoon of the same day, Lou Hongfei signed a cooperation agreement with Golden Harvest on behalf of Wujiang VCD Company.

From the next day, Lou Hongfei went to major film companies in Hong Kong to discuss copyright cooperation.

Usually, as long as Golden Harvest's agreement is taken out, other film companies will also think that this cooperation plan is very good, and even Golden Harvest agrees, what do they disagree with.

Even Shaw Brothers Film and Television Company and TVB are willing to cooperate with Wujiang VCD Company.

In less than half a month, Lou Hongfei's mission in Hong Kong was completed.

As long as there are Hong Kong's film and television resources in China, it is enough to attract users.

Lou Hongfei then went home and returned to Chongqing.

Next, as long as VCD is successful in China and even other developing countries, then in the future, super VCD will enter Europe and the United States, and Hollywood studios will not put on a lofty posture.

……

June 28th.

Fu Xiaoyue, the spokesperson of Wujiang Group, suddenly announced that Wujiang Group will hold a product launch conference on the evening of June 30th!

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation throughout the country and even the world.

No one knows what products Wujiang has invented this time, and whether it will be popular all over the world.

The world's major media outlets have speculated on this.

No way, Boundless is so awesome.

Many products have amazed the world, thus creating a good story of "borderless products, must be high-quality".

Soon, two days passed.

June 30 at 8 p.m.

Hundreds of domestic and foreign media gathered at the press conference.

To the surprise of many people, this press conference was arranged in Chongqing.

Many people can't help but realize that this is by no means an ordinary arrangement, and there must be something profound.

At this time, a soft piano sounded, and the stage of the press conference suddenly lit up with lights, and then I saw Lou Hongfei in a suit and leather shoes, and quickly walked to the middle of the stage.

"Who is this man? I don't think I've seen it before, is there this person in the high-level of Boundless? ”

When everyone saw Lou Hongfei, they were puzzled.

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the product launch. First of all, I would like to introduce myself to you! ”

Lou Hongfei was full of smiles, full of aura, and he was not stage frightened at all.

"My name is Lou Hongfei and I am the general manager of Wujiang VCD. Today's press conference is mainly to introduce to you a new product developed by Wujiang Group - VCD DVD player! ”

As soon as the words fell, a picture of the VCD player appeared on the big screen behind him.

Lou Hongfei paused, pointed to the picture of the VCD player behind him and introduced: "This is our company's new product, the "Borderless VCD" DVD player. ”

"The reason why it is called VCD is because its full English name is 'Video Compact Disc', and the Chinese name is video and audio disc!"

Speaking of which, everyone must know the characteristics of VCD players. Yes, it's just a CD player, but it can play video and audio, so it's called a VCD. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but express their amazement.

The CD music record was already very popular at this time, but I didn't expect that the Wujiang Group would put the video into the CD.

That's pretty good!!

At this time, Philips and Sony were confused, and it was clear that the two of us were the creators of the CD.

How is it that the Wujiang Group has surpassed us by a large margin......

Philips simply regretted it at the moment.

When it was sold to the GP patent license for the GC at one time, it never expected that the application development of CD by the GP would reach this point.

Philips feels that it is completely making a wedding dress for the Borderless Group.

CD-ROM drives, VCDs, etc., Wujiang Group has far surpassed Philips and Sony.

Now, if they want to enter the VCD industry, they will have to pay the patent fee to Wujiang Group!

At the press conference, everyone was very excited, and many people were amazed that Wujiang Group had really developed a shocking new invention!

Although there are video recorders on the market, VCDs are truly a remarkable invention.

At this time, I saw Lou Hongfei stretching out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Many people should be very puzzled, there are already video recorders on the market, and why does Wujiang Group develop similar products?" So, what are the advantages and disadvantages between VCD and video recorder? Hehe, don't worry, I'll answer your doubts one by one! ”

"Nowadays, most of the video recorders on the market are in VHS format, and its image resolution is only 200-250 lines, while the image resolution of VCD reaches about 240 lines. In other words, the picture quality of a VCR is similar to that of a VCD player. ”

"In the case of similar image quality, what are the advantages of VCD discs over videotapes?"

Lou Hongfei paused slightly and introduced, "First of all, the storage capacity of the disc is large; Secondly, the disc has a long storage time, is not easy to damage, and is easy to preserve; Finally, it's cheap. ”

"For consumers, the price aspect should be the first consideration, so consumers should prefer VCDs."

"As for the VHS tapes? It is relatively easy to mold and damage, the storage conditions are high, the service life is short, the operation failure is many, the storage capacity is relatively small, and the price is relatively high......"

Lou Hongfei smiled: "Of course, VHS tapes also have advantages, that is, it appeared early, and the current market share is large......"

Good guy, after listening to Lou Hongfei's words, everyone couldn't help but slander, this is all about the advantages of VCD, and then talking about the shortcomings of videotapes, I don't know if JVC, the company that invented the VHS video recorder, is watching this press conference, if you do, will your face turn blue?

On the contrary, Sony was a little gloating at this time, and the competition between Sony's Betamax recorder and JVC's VHS recorder, Sony's Betamax had completely lost and suffered heavy losses. So, on the contrary, Sony would like to see JVC deflated.

"Borderless VCD" will be the first to be released in China. Now, let's talk about its price. ”

"The price of each "Borderless VCD" DVD player is 4,999 yuan nationwide!"

"VCD video disc, the national unified retail price is 15 yuan. If you rent, you can rent a disc for only five wool a day, but you need to pay a deposit of 15 yuan! ”

"In addition, Wujiang Group has set up a large number of 'Wujiang VCD video hall' chain stores across the country, you don't need to buy VCD players, you can go directly to the video hall to watch the film, the price is also very cheap, and it only costs five wool to watch a movie!"

The country's economy is growing faster than in previous generations, and people's incomes are getting higher and higher.

The per capita monthly income of ordinary workers has exceeded 400 yuan.

In China, where there is a lack of entertainment methods, going to the video hall to watch movies will become one of the most common entertainment methods for the public.

In fact, at this time, there were already video halls in China, which were transmitted from Hong Kong, playing VHS tapes.

Wujiang Group is just carrying it forward.

Ten minutes later, the press conference ended, and the reporters hurried back home to write the news.

The next morning, major newspapers reported on the "Borderless VCD" DVD player on the front page.

At the same time, the advertising endorsement video of "Borderless VCD" was also officially broadcast on CCTV.

The advertisement is very simple, during the break after filming on the set, Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai, and Wang Xifeng came to the house, and then brought a "Borderless VCD" DVD player and started to play the video.

By the time the TV shows the picture, the ad is almost over.

At this time, a line of large characters and a voiceover appeared on the advertising screen: "Boundless VCD, happy to watch blockbusters!" ”

After reading this advertisement, there should be no one who doesn't know what VCDs are used for.

This day is the day when "Dream of Red Mansions" was broadcast, and when the TV series was broadcast, it could be described as an empty alley, and its influence was no worse than that of "Journey to the West".

The actors in "Dream of Red Mansions" became popular overnight.

In the days that followed, the actors turned purple red.

And the "Borderless VCD" they endorsed naturally attracted the attention of many fans.

The outside of the flagship store is crowded with people, and now more and more people come here to join in the fun and see the freshness. The Wujiang flagship store also has a special display area to introduce VCD to the public.

Although there are many people who can't afford to buy "Borderless VCD", there are also many rich people, and there are always people who are willing to buy it.

So far, about 250,000 units of "Borderless VCD" have been sold nationwide.

Of course, there are also many VCDs that have been bought by domestic and foreign manufacturers.

They bought the VCD back and dismantled it for research, intending to engage in piracy.

Wujiang Group doesn't care about this, you can do it, but you have to buy Wujiang MPEG-1 decoding chip, as well as CD drives.

Most of the profits have been eaten by the Wujiang Group, and at most there is a little soup left.

……

Compared with "Borderless VCD", Borderless Video Hall seems to be more popular.

Every Borderless video hall is almost full, the supply exceeds demand, and there is also a situation where the package is overnight.

Although it's only 5 yarns to watch a movie, I can't stand a lot of people.

The profits are also quite substantial.

Before piracy appeared, the Borderless Video Hall was a big profit.

Wujiang Group has sufficient manpower, with hundreds of video halls in first-tier cities, 80 video halls in second-tier cities, 50 video halls in third-tier cities, 30 video halls in fourth-tier cities, and 20 video halls in fifth-tier cities......

As for the townships and rural areas, according to the actual situation, the number of video halls is less than ten.

Up to now, Wujiang Group has 12,000 video halls, each of which uses as few as four VCD players and as many as 10 VCD players, and has solved more than 80,000 VCD players for self-production and self-sale.

At present, Wujiang Group is also expanding the number of Wujiang video halls, especially in the vast rural areas, and the market potential is huge.

You must know that the cost of investing in movie theaters is very high, and the cost of investing in video halls is extremely low.

At this time, the countryside was also different from the countryside in the previous life, many people worked at home, and there were not many people who went out to work.

As a result, the rural population is now very large, and the business of video halls is too good to be good.

Half a month later.

"Borderless VCD" has resounded all over the country, in addition to advertising playing a certain role, Borderless Video Hall is also indispensable.

Many people go to the video hall to consume, then tell their relatives and friends, and then invite each other to watch a movie in the video hall.

One to ten, ten to hundred, "Boundless VCD" will be on fire.

In the previous life, when Wanyan Company promoted VCD, how could there be such conditions, just to let the people of the whole country know what VCD is, it would cost a huge amount of money to promote. As a result, because he did not have a registered patent, he made a wedding dress for others.

Wujiang Group has a professional patent management department, and whenever a new technology appears in the group, it will apply for a patent as soon as possible.

Therefore, those small factories that engage in piracy in China, Wujiang has no way to take them, but if you become bigger and stronger, Wujiang will have to use the knife.

As for those foreign companies, such as Philips, Sony and other companies, if they dare to develop and produce VCDs without paying patent fees, Wujiang will let them know why flowers are so popular!

……

"Yes, in just half a month, a total of 1.6 million units of "Borderless VCD" have been sold, and it seems that there are still a lot of rich people in China." Zhao Ye looked at the document, and a smile appeared on his face.

China has a population of more than one billion, and Chinese have the habit of saving money, and they did not spend it before because they were reluctant, but the emergence of "borderless VCD" is too tempting for them.

Think about it, who doesn't love watching movies and TV series?

Especially how good-looking those Hong Kong film and television dramas are, the actress is called a sexy and enchanting, with every gesture and all kinds of amorous, which can't help but make mainlanders shout "can't stand it", don't stop......

The Borderless Video Hall is relatively formal.

In Shenzhen and Guangzhou, there are many irregular video halls, and whenever late at night, they start to play salty and wet films, and every night, business is so good that it explodes.

"Boss, according to the investigation report, many people now see that the Borderless video hall is very popular, so they have purchased the "Borderless VCD", and then plan to open the video hall as well. In addition, there are many people who have purchased CD production equipment from Wujiang Group and are quietly recording pirated VCD discs. Liu Yinyin took a report and said.

"For these people who are engaged in the pirated video industry, we must vigorously support them behind the scenes, and we can't suppress them. CD production equipment is not only we can produce, there are also many foreign manufacturers can also produce, they do not buy our equipment, they will buy foreign equipment. In this way, it is better for us to take the initiative to sell the production equipment to them, at least with our production equipment, the quality of VCD pirated DVDs will be very good, which will help us promote "Borderless VCD"! Zhao Ye smiled and said.

When pirated DVDs are flooded, the Borderless Video Hall can retire and transfer it at a high price.

Genuine copies can't be pirated, not to mention that others can still put salty wet tablets, if you put salty wet tablets without borders, your reputation will stink.

The video hall is not good, but the transformation and development of the video store is okay. However, Zhao Ye had no idea in this regard.

In the eighties and nineties, Wujiang Group did not plan to set foot in the record industry in China.

When the Internet era came, the record industry became sluggish again, and offline video stores naturally closed down one after another.

Therefore, Zhao Ye didn't have any intention of doing this.

"Let's use the channels of Wujiang Group to start selling "Wujiang VCD" in Southeast Asia, India, South America, Africa and other places, and try to get cooperation with local film and television companies. In addition, people are sent to implicitly advertise the profits of pirated VCDs, and without pirated VCD DVDs, "Borderless VCDs" are not easy to sell......"

Liu Yinyin covered her mouth and chuckled, nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I'll go and inform Mr. Lou immediately!" ”

……

"Mr. Duan, do you really want to leave Xiaobawang Company?"

"Mr. Duan, if you want to leave, we will follow suit, it's a big deal to start over!"

"That's right, Mr. Duan, we're all willing to go with you!"

“……”

Duan Yongping was very moved when he saw more than a dozen henchmen in front of him.

He wants to leave Xiaobawang Company, because the treatment given to him by Xiaobawang Company is really bad, and the monthly salary is only 2,000 yuan.

However, the leaders above resolutely disagreed, believing that his behavior was tantamount to a crime and robbing the interests of state-owned enterprises.

After many fruitless conversations, Duan Yongping decided to leave Xiaobawang Company and start his own business.

Many people were attracted by Duan Yongping's charisma and leadership, and were determined to follow him.

Right now, Duan Yongping just found a huge business opportunity, that is, to make pirated VCD players.

So, at this time, he decisively submitted his resignation letter to the above.

Although the leaders above were also very dissatisfied with Duan Yongping, they couldn't deny Duan Yongping's ability. kept it again and again, but Duan Yongping's attitude was very resolute.

Either the company will give me 10% of the shares, or I will leave!

Also 10% of the shares, you want to fart, you go!

The leadership approved Duan Yongping's resignation.

More than a dozen people who heard the news said on the spot that they wanted to work with Duan Yongping.

Seeing this, Duan Yongping's heart was suddenly full of fighting spirit.

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come over, let's have a big fight together!"

Not many days later, a company named BBK was established, and the legal person of the company was none other than Duan Yongping. BBK's first product is the copycat "Borderless VCD".

In addition, Duan Yongping also wants to enter the copycat game console industry, and it is best to be able to take the old club's Xiaobawang learning machine down.

At this time, Duan Yongping was arrogant, he stood in the office of the new company with clean and bright decoration, looked at the traffic outside the window, and couldn't help but recall his unwillingness to leave the Xiaobawang company, and suddenly couldn't help but say in a firm tone: "The Xiaobawang learning machine started because of me, and it will also be destroyed because of me." Cheng also Duan Yongping, defeat also Duan Yongping! ”

(End of chapter)