Chapter 231 Invitation to Weibo Night

After Yang Xiao's explanation, Zhang Yue also understood what he meant.

To put it bluntly, not only is Yang Xiao's personal copyright being operated, it is also being used for external cooperation.

Similarly, you can also purchase other people’s copyrights, hoard them, and operate them to make money!

This is very necessary.

Nowadays, Yang Xiao has a lot of plans.

For example, the [one day] APP is about to be released, which will involve the copyright of some literary works. If a certain author’s work becomes popular in the future, it can be adapted into film and television.

He also has a new media company under his control, and has a good way to go about it, whether it is selling copyrights or trying to adapt them into film and television.

In addition, there is MiHoYo’s game company. If nothing unexpected happens, we will be able to acquire a portion of its shares and try to make some gamification adaptations in the future.

Copyright development, then subsidiaries digest each other's content, forming a perfect closed loop!
Now Shiguang Culture Media is making a lot of profit and has plenty of money in its account to spend, but if it really wants to buy copyrights on a large scale, it can't actually buy much.

Of course, there must be a focus.

The first to be affected are naturally the big IPs.

If it had been two years earlier, in 2009, Yang Xiao could have approached Liu Cixin in advance and bought the film and television rights to "The Three-Body Problem" for 10 yuan.

By 2014, the price of "The Three-Body Problem" had become 1.2 million.

Well, let me interrupt here.

The company that spent 1.2 million to buy the copyright of The Three-Body Problem is called Youzu. Its boss was poisoned to death in a "real" business war.
At this time, Yang Xiao asked the waiter for a piece of paper and pen and wrote something on it.

After a moment, he handed it to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue picked it up and saw that they were some of the most popular novels at the time, one of which she had even heard of.

"Hey, there's actually a 'Grave Robbers' Chronicles'? I've read it, and my favorite character in it is Men Youping."

Zhang Yueyan couldn't hide her joy. She talked to herself while flipping through the budget at the back and was shocked.

"What? Boss, the budget for the film and television rights of this novel alone is about 500 to 700 million? Is it that high?"

"Well, let's talk about it. We think we are quite sincere at this price. Let's try to sign a longer copyright period. Mr. Fan from Wanhe Tianyi and I have agreed that in the next few years, we will focus on film and television development based on the IP of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles." Yang Xiao nodded and explained.

Originally, Nanpai Sanshu would sell the copyright of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" for five million at the end of next year.

Although the copyright period was only 6 years, Huanrui Film and Television made a lot of money.

The first online drama "Grave Robbers' Chronicles 1" starring Li Yifeng, Tang Yan and others alone made hundreds of millions of dollars.

Even when the film or TV show is almost developed, the copyright will be resold again for 100 or 200 million!
There are too many examples like this.

Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" sold 10, and Tian Xia Bachang's "Ghost Blows Out the Light" sold 150 million, both of which were huge losses.

With the experience of these people as a warning, Uncle San is being cautious enough this time.

But in the long run, it’s still a big loss!
Of course, the current market price of copyright is actually only worth this much.

It is simply impossible to sell it for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

It is only with the regulation of the copyright market that people realize the importance of hoarding copyrights and developing IP around copyrights.

When IP becomes popular in a few years, there will be a chance for it to sell well.

But the IP fever is actually just a flash in the pan, and the market price will gradually return to normal.

But now according to Yang Xiao's prediction.

It is not a problem to buy out most of the copyrights of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" which has been around for ten years for seven million.

As for the specific situation, it was left to Zhang Yue to ask her to find someone to negotiate the price with Nanpai Sanshu.

When it comes to business, the price should be the price.

Zhang Yue looked at them one by one. Yang Xiao also planned to buy:
"Grave Robbers' Chronicles", "Battle Through the Heavens", "Joy of Life", "Nirvana in Fire".
Most of them are online novels.

Moreover, most copyrights are not all copyrights. For example, "Fights Break Sphere" only purchased the rights for animation adaptation and game development.

"Joy of Life" and "Nirvana in Fire" have only been adapted into film and television.

"The Great Ruler" also has the rights to be adapted into anime and games.

In addition to a series of online novels, there is also a series of "online writers" and "literary writers".

These writers do not write online novels.

Instead, I write articles and stories online.

Some of them are Yang Xiao's imitators, and can be considered his disciples.

There are also a few other young writers who Yang Xiao found in his memory. They are not very popular at the moment, but will become a little famous in the future. They also plan to sign contracts with Time Media in advance.

Most of the names on this list were provided by Li Zhuofan.

They are all small bloggers who are not very famous and have fans ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands. They come from Douban, Tieba, Tianya and the like.

It is mainly to provide content support for [one day] in the future.

The copyright of this contract is controlled by Shiguang Culture Media.

Including follow-up expenses, there will also be expenses such as advertising and promotion, which all need to be clearly settled between brothers.

The shares of Li Zhuofan and others are destined to be diluted to a pitiful level.

After Yang Xiao explained one by one, Zhang Yue also understood what he meant.

They are originally a media company. They first hoard copyrights, and then they can digest them internally if they have the Wanhetianyi approach!

If you can’t digest it, it’s not too late to conduct business cooperation with other companies.

According to the list, the budget for purchasing the copyrights of these works is as much as 35 million!
What a huge deal!
Of course, the bulk of the money is spent on the work.

Because works like "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" are quite famous in the novel circle and are very expensive.

As for the others, don’t look at the long list of dozens of writers that follow.

In fact, their works can be bought out for tens of thousands of dollars, and there may even be subsequent content supply contracts.

These are worthless!

After reading it, Zhang Yue gave Yang Xiao a positive reply:

"I understand, Boss. After the holidays, I will arrange for someone to purchase the copyright as soon as possible, complete the contract, and then set up a new copyright operation department."

"Okay, as soon as possible."

After the funds for purchasing the copyright are spent, it is unknown how much will be left from the company's dividends at the end of the year. Yang Xiao does not have high expectations for this money.

If we cut off the dividends from this big source, we will have no source of income.

Yang Xiao gradually became anxious.

I have to find a way to raise some money.

Otherwise, no one would dare to take any big action.

Fortunately, I don’t have anything that requires urgent money.

Also.

Regarding WiFi Master Key, since it rejected venture capital last time, there are already followers appearing in the market today.

The names are all imitating theirs, what is it called - WIFI unlock tool.

This is the news Huang Zhengfei told him.

Only operates in one province.

The database is not complete and only covers a few cities, but this initial sign still makes Huang Zhengfei's team feel a sense of crisis.

After all, if the other party accepts venture capital, development will catch up quickly.

Yang Xiao didn't take this competitor seriously at all.

I've never heard of the name! The famous 360WIFI and Cheetah WIFI haven't even appeared yet.

The giants haven't left yet, what are you afraid of?
One step at a time, one step at a time.

Yang Xiao is destined to be the one who eats meat, while the others can only drink wind.

Of course, Yang Xiao was not not afraid at all.

If Yang Xiao really encountered a big boss who was desperate to crash the market, he would still feel a little guilty.

Yang Xiao can choose to accept venture capital financing at any time, but for now, he has not reached that final step.

Not urgent!
According to his estimation, it can last at least two or three months.

But despite this, Yang Xiao has tried his best.

The current strategy adopted by Qingsong Internet Company is to invest all advertising profits into publicity and market expansion.

But similarly, apart from the necessary daily expenses, there is no dividend payment for the time being.

What they need to do is to strive to ensure that every user uses the "WIFI Master Key".

Only in this way can its value be maximized!
The book "The Ferryman" will be on the market soon, probably in November.

Many stories have not been published online, and Yang Xiao has kept them in his hands as manuscripts.

Since the launch time of the software [one day] is expected to be at the end of October, some of the content in this book will be used to attract traffic at that time.

As a literary and artistic APP, the gimmick of the entry of the big boss of "Time" is better than anything else.

In the unicorn field, coupled with the celebrity effect, the number of downloads will definitely be guaranteed by then.

I’ll take the opportunity to launch the new book then!

By sharing each other's traffic and pre-promoting through multiple channels, the sales volume of the new book will certainly not be low.

Zhang Yue suddenly seemed to think of something and looked at Yang Xiao:

"Oh, sir, I just remembered there's one more thing about you."

Yang Xiao asked: "About me? What's the matter?"

"The staff at Weibo has sent you a formal invitation letter, wanting to invite you to participate in the first Weibo Night at the end of this year. The staff revealed that you have a great chance of winning."

"Weibo Night?"

Except for the occasional time when Yang Xiao logs in to interact with netizens, his Weibo account is basically operated by a dedicated person in the company.

This time, the invitation letter was sent directly to the address of Shiguang Culture Media Company.

Yang Xiao is somewhat familiar with this Weibo Night.

Before, it was said that this was the first Weibo Night, but in fact it is the ninth.

It just wasn't called this name before.

It was previously called the "Sina Internet Festival", which is a comprehensive honor ceremony that counts popular figures and events of each year.

Well, it’s mainly awarding prizes.

The important awards of Weibo Night are: Movie of the Year, TV Series of the Year, and Director of the Year.

Weibo is a platform that pays the most attention to celebrity effect.

Since it was renamed Weibo Night, it has become unprecedentedly grand.

Countless celebrities attend each event, and the scale of the event is so grand that it is considered one of the best in the entire Internet.

The Weibo KING of the first Weibo Night was Feng Shaofeng.

The Queen is Yang Mi.

It’s mainly because of the huge popularity of “Palace”, which was the hottest show of the whole year. There’s nothing we can do about it.

Even Yao Dazui, the queen of Weibo at the time, did not get the title of "Queen" at the first Weibo Night.

It was during the second session that she was chosen because they couldn't save face.

I can only say it's a little embarrassing.
Yang Xiao thought that if he didn't get involved in the entertainment industry and couldn't get the title of Weibo King, he really didn't have much desire to go there.

According to Yang Xiao's guess, he might be awarded an honorary title such as "The Most Influential Cultural Figure on Weibo of the Year", "The Most Popular Writer on Weibo of the Year", or "Celebrity of the Year".

Yang Xiao didn't have much interest in these empty things.

Just go there for fun and meet some celebrities from the entertainment industry.

The most important thing is to show your face when you go on stage to receive the award!

What Yang Xiao was considering was whether he should take this opportunity to hype it up?
Having not yet made up his mind, Yang Xiao simply gave Zhang Yue an ambiguous answer:

"It's at the end of the lunar year, right? There's still more than three months left, so there's no rush. We'll talk about it then. You can go and see it when you have time."

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Okay, Boss. Many of our artists will be there anyway. I should be able to go with you and visit some seniors in the same industry."

Many of the artists under Shiguang Culture Media are capable of becoming the mainstays of the station if they are taken out individually.

Today, their company still has some reputation.

Since Zhang Yue took over as general manager, his abilities have been continuously improved. He is also well-known in the industry. As the top leader, he is becoming more and more majestic.

I just relaxed in front of Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao asked: "Which of our artists have received invitations?"

"Xiaochen, Wang Sulong, Xu Liang and others have all received invitations. The main purpose is to walk the red carpet and increase exposure. In addition, Lin Wantong has also received an invitation to perform on the show!"

"Well, take your time."

Zhang Yue nodded, knowing what Yang Xiao meant.

Benxi, Wang Sulong and Xu Liang have much more traffic than Lin Wantong, but the person who got the chance to perform on the show was Lin Wantong.

It has always been shown that non-mainstream music is still not recognized by the world in large occasions.

As I said, some of them are not worth mentioning!
But it doesn’t matter, now is the time to make money.

They are all still young. Wang Sulong and Xu Liang are just around 20 years old, and Benxi is only in her third year of high school.

In the future, we will just need to slowly change our style and gradually move towards popularity and internationalization.

The real future can be expected!
Not only Shiguang Culture Media, but also people like Yi Xiaoxing from Yang Xiao's Wanhe Tianyi Company received the invitation.

He was already a big internet celebrity before, and now he has become popular again online with "Never Expected", so it is understandable that he received the invitation.

Invite him and you may even have a chance to win a prize!
Soon.

A figure hurried over and greeted Yang Xiao and Zhang Yue. It was Huang Zhengfei.

"Boss Yang, Boss Zhang."

Yang Xiao nodded and got straight to the point: "Old Huang, I called you here this time to tell you something about the adjustment of the subsequent strategy of Easy Internet Access."

Huang Zhengfei heard this and sat up straight, saying, "Please go ahead, Mr. Yang."

"I plan to split Kuaiya out and set up a new company."

"Split?"

Huang Zhengfei was a little puzzled by this sudden news, but he didn't want to ask why.

He knew that Yang Xiao naturally had his reasons.

Anyway, their team also has 3% of the shares, so they are not afraid of letting Yang Xiao do whatever he wants. He won't sell it, right?
Although he was a little unsure, he felt it was unlikely.

Seeing that Huang Zhengfei had no objection, Yang Xiao assigned someone to do the handover.

Well, he did plan to find a buyer for Kuai Ya...

　Can't cut a bit...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)