Barrage video sites, which are not new on the Internet.

Japan's Niconico Animation is the first barrage video website, and the domestic AcFun was also established in June 2007 in a very low-key manner.

It's just that both of these sites do two-dimensional anime-related subcultures.

Niconico animation is still well-known in Japan, and AcFun is still a very, very niche small website in China.

As for Station B, which will become the leader of the barrage video website in the future, it has not yet been hatched, let alone breaking the subculture into the mainstream sight.

For the current mainstream netizens in the mainland, nine out of ten have never been exposed to the interactive video function of "barrage".

A mainstream video platform, if you can use the function of barrage, it will definitely attract many users to use and try it.

And this taste, that's a pit.

Once you enter the pit, it is not easy to get out of the pit, because other platforms do not have a barrage system!

Wu Yuan still attaches great importance to this, and after watching Wang Xin test the barrage system with his own eyes, and make sure that it is almost the same as the barrage of Station B in his impression, he nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad." ”

However, Wang Xin's face was a little embarrassed: "Director Wu, this barrage system is good, it can increase user stickiness, but it has a large load on bandwidth." ”

"After all, this is data to be uploaded in real time, and it also needs to be consistent for all users to see the barrage."

"This is a test of the server's information processing ability, and once there are too many users watching online at the same time, it is easy to collapse."

"If we were to implement the barrage system, we would have to prepare half as many servers as expected."

Wu Yuan tapped his head as he listened.

The current Niconico animation,Because of the equipment、Broadband load and other factors,It is stipulated that those who watch the film must register an account,And according to the order of registration,Some users can use it all day,Some users are restricted during the peak traffic period from 19 o'clock in the evening to 2 o'clock in the morning,Can't log in。

This is because the server load is too high, and there is no way to allow all users to watch videos on the website normally during peak periods, so they can only limit the stream.

Of course, Wu Yuan couldn't do such a childish thing.

Niconico Animation is a niche site, and the initial operation manager was purely private and didn't have much money on hand.

Wu Yuan just injected $200 million into Light and Shadow Express, and there is nothing else, just a lot of money!

"Plus!" He doesn't mind saying, "If you add more servers, you can handle two million users watching videos at the same time at the peak." ”

Don't underestimate the number of 2 million online at the same time.

At present, a server for large-scale online games can generally only accommodate tens of thousands of people online at the same time, which is not more than ten or two hundred thousand.

Although the data interaction requirements of video websites are not as high as those of games, it is already an exaggerated server capacity that can withstand 2 million users watching videos at the same time.

2 million online at the same time does not mean that only 2 million people can use light and shadow fast broadcasting, this is the peak data.

Just like a scenic spot can accommodate a maximum of 500,000 tourists, it doesn't mean that only 500,000 people can enter the scenic spot in a day.

In fact, there are people who quit the software or join the software all the time, and on a daily basis, at least 20 million or 30 million daily active users can be accommodated.

With the current Internet ecology in the mainland, it shouldn't be that more than 2 million people will watch videos at the same time during the peak period, right?

Probably not, right?

Throwing out all the distractions in his head, Wu Yuan came back to his senses and patted Wang Xin's shoulder with a smile: "Mr. Wang, the company's publicity team will take over the publicity work of light and shadow broadcasting, you don't have to worry about other things, just grasp the technology." ”

Wang Xin is definitely a technical boss, the first person in China in the field of P2P video, but people like them who engage in technology are indeed relatively simple, and the experience in commercial means is still insufficient.

Light and Shadow Express has a propaganda team drawn from the era of light and shadow, and it is better to let professionals take charge of professional things.

Now, though, is not a good time to get the word out.

Now it's the end of July, the beginning of August.

The whole of China is looking forward to a big event!

2008 Beijing Olympics!

The entire capital has now become a sea of volunteers.

The volunteers wearing blue and white uniforms form a beautiful scenery in the capital.

Countless foreign visitors have also come to the capital to visit and understand this modern Chinese capital under the reception of volunteers.

Now the whole of China is busy with the Olympics-related matters, all entertainment has to give way to the Olympics, and all the media and newspapers broadcast all the Olympics-related news.

No one has the time or interest to focus on things that have nothing to do with the Olympics.

Even "Gravity", an officially promoted and popular movie by the whole people, is no longer the center of everyone's attention and has been replaced by the Olympic Games.

In this case, if Wu Yuan wants to promote the light and shadow express, it is completely a meat bun beating a dog, a pure waste of money!

Not only the light and shadow broadcast, but all the artists under the light and shadow era have basically suspended their work and made concessions for the Olympic Games.

Except for the artists who are joining the group, the other idle artists have been given almost a month's vacation, and there will be no announcement activities in the next month.

No brand or show will try to compete with the Olympics for attention at this time.

Even Liu Yifei, who has been busy since the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", flying back and forth between China, the United States and Japan, also got a small long vacation and was able to return to China to spend a leisurely vacation with Wu Yuan.

has a fragrant girlfriend to hug, who still works?

Wu Yuan immediately threw down the work at hand and went home to accompany his girlfriend to make salted fish.

"Senior brother, the mainland box office of "Gravity" has reached 552 million yuan, right?"

Lying in Wu Yuan's arms, Liu Yifei said with a smile: "The Hong Kong Island market also received a box office of 28 million Hong Kong dollars, plus millions of dollars in Singapore and Malaysia, the total box office of "Gravity" will be 600 million. ”

"You are now the holder of the mainland box office record of Chinese films!"

"Coupled with the global box office record of Chinese films held by "Your Name", Ling is now the king of the domestic box office."

The expression on Liu Yifei's face is called pride, her boyfriend is really amazing!

When "Your Name" was released, although it did not break the box office record of "Hero" in China, the yen was still relatively valuable at that time, and the entire Asian market won a total of 224 million US dollars at the box office.

Two-thirds of it was contributed by the Japanese market, and 15 billion yen was not a small amount of money at the time.

This achievement also broke the record for the highest grossing Chinese film held by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000: $216 million.

It is worth mentioning that the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also relies almost entirely on overseas markets, even more exaggerated than "Your Name".

Of the $216 million box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", only $10 million was contributed by the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in China, and the rest was contributed by overseas markets.

Since "Your Name" broke the record of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", this hold has been maintained until now, and no one has broken it again.

Even "Gravity" is estimated to be difficult to break this record.

It can also be seen from this point that although sci-fi blockbusters are the "crown" of the film industry, the return on investment ratio of this type of movie is really the lowest among all movie themes.

Romance, comedy, horror and other low-budget movies have a much smaller return on investment than science fiction films, and they cost less money.

It's no wonder that only Hollywood, which has deep pockets and a broad enough market, can afford to play science fiction movies.

From a rational point of view, making Chinese science fiction films is indeed a thankless task.

With these 300 million yuan, Wu Yuan can shoot several "Hangovers".

But someone always has to open up the Chinese sci-fi market, just like someone has to stand up and make their own aero engine for Huaxia.

In the current Chinese film circle, only Wu Yuan has the ability to stand up and open up a precedent for Chinese science fiction films!

Judging by the results, he has done a good job and is proud enough.

Touching Liu Yifei's head with a smile, Wu Yuan said slightly teasingly: "Yes, our Qianqian is still the highest-grossing actress in China, and Gong Li can't surpass you!" ”

"If nothing else, you can hold this record for a long time!"

The box office of "Thai Embarrassment" in 2012 was only 1.267 billion, less than 200 million US dollars.

Without Wu Yuan's interference, it would not be until 2015 that there would be a movie in China that broke this record: "Monster Hunt".

Although the box office of "Monster Hunt" of 2.4 billion is full of moisture.

Even if Wu Yuan may break this record early, at least in the next two or three years, the mainland box office market will still not be able to support a Chinese-language film with a box office of more than 1.5 billion.

"Hehe, this is all good for my brother." Liu Yifei grinned, stretched out his hand and gestured with his little thumb: "I just made a little, insignificant contribution." ”

"Hey, you're quite sober." Wu Yuan laughed.

"Your Name" is good, more because the character design is good, the script story is touching enough, the actor's acting skills are actually not very important, as long as the image can fit the role, whoever plays it can actually get such a high box office, Liu Yifei is really not indispensable, at least not in terms of acting performance.

Unlike "Gravity", apart from Gong Li, Wu Yuan really can't think of any domestic actress who can play this heroine well.

However, after so many years of training, Liu Yifei's current acting skills are not Wuxia Ameng, at least much better than her original trajectory, not to mention being able to play with the actress, but among actresses of the same age, she is definitely outstanding.

As long as she exercises for a few more years, when she is twenty-five or sixteen years old, she can try to play a leading role in literary films, and she will be able to charge the actress trophy at the age of 30!

With an international director like Wu Yuan teaching by his side, and having a good film in the era of light and shadow, Liu Yifei's acting skills can't be exercised, so he really can't say it.

"By the way, the preparations for "Ace Agent" are almost done, right?"

"The film should be ready to shoot in the United States in October?"

"You're going to join the group again."

Suddenly remembering this, Wu Yuan tightened his hand and hugged Liu Yifei, "When the time comes, I'll go to the United States with you." ”

"Huh?" Liu Yifei raised his head and looked at Wu Yuan suspiciously.

"It's time for my next film."

"This will be a good Hollywood blockbuster, and if it goes well, it should be able to start next year."

(End of chapter)