Chapter 261 Film for me, Zhou Dongyu

"Haha, I've already lost once, so there's nothing to be afraid of. Why not gamble with Mr. Yang again?"

At this time, Xie Guomin was infected by Yang Xiao's passion, and he also smiled heroically and said.

What he didn't know was that the young man in front of him actually already knew the development progress of online music, so he dared to bring chips to the gambling table.

For Yang Xiao, this was a gamble without suspense.

He just needs to go out there with more chips.

Three years later, in 2015, the country will issue the "strictest copyright notice in history."

At that time, any platform that puts songs on the shelves without the copyright will face huge compensation and announcements of banning them from being put on the shelves.

As far as he knows, Kugou had "committed a crime against the wind" at this time, because it infringed on 300 songs of NetEase Cloud Music, and was sued for 3 million yuan, well, a total of 10,000 yuan per song.

At the same time, it openly infringed the copyright of "The Voice of China" and put it online. The state required it to make immediate rectifications, but it was directly banned and removed from the shelves for several months!

Therefore, KuGou was finally forced to give Xie Guomin an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and the two parties quickly exchanged shares secretly and thus integrated together.

In this stock swap transaction, Kugou must have suffered a huge loss.

But it has no choice but to sacrifice the car to save the king!

Otherwise, it will not be able to escape the same fate of extinction as "Tian Tian Dong Ting".

However, apart from Yang Xiao, no one knew the direction of these things.

Therefore, Yang Xiao admired Xie Guomin very much. He dared to take such a big gamble without knowing the situation and only relied on the currently imperfect legal provisions. He risked his life and invested a huge amount of money. It was really courageous.

Xie Guomin has already agreed to join, but Yang Xiao is still encouraging this partner:
“Although it’s a big gamble, I’m not afraid of losing, because even if I lose, I won’t lose everything, so what do I have to worry about?
To take a step back, even if I really fail, it will only be a small failure for me. I still have other businesses. I can make a promise to Mr. Xie here that if this online music business fails, my [Kuaiya Technology] and [Qingsong Internet Technology Company], although they are not as big as Sina, the positions of the two CEOs will be chosen by you, Mr. Xie.

But to put it another way, if I win the bet, then they will all be eliminated!

It's ironic that the development of online music in China is based on pirated music. They have made the pie so big without my noticing. I'm afraid I'll be the only one to enjoy it. It's really embarrassing."

"Okay, then I will risk my life to accompany you. When we are at our wit's end, Mr. Yang must leave me a bowl of rice to eat."

Xie Guomin thought that Yang Xiao's words were really too arrogant, and it was a perfect expression of the words "young and hot-tempered".

But combined with his young face, Xie Guomin also felt inexplicably excited!
Sometimes, starting a business really requires this kind of fearless spirit.

And as Yang Xiao said, once this is done, the benefits behind it will be too huge!

If the day ever comes when the copyright market is fully standardized, Yang Xiao can be said to have monopolized the entire online music market!

Yes, you heard it right, it’s a monopoly!

They will be the ones who make the rules and have the sole say!

The era of comprehensive membership fees for online music platforms was only fully launched after Xie Guomin integrated the market.

This is also the reason why Yang Xiao did not spend money to promote [Shiguang Cloud Music] before.

No matter how much money you spend in the early stage, it’s useless!
Why spend this money?
By then, copyright will become a weapon, no matter whether it is QQ Music, Kugou or Xiami.

As songs that users love are taken off the shelves and become grayed out, users can no longer hear the songs they want to listen to, so they will simply switch to other platforms in droves without any reluctance to leave.

All promotions, tactics, and experiences will become worthless!
No matter how much advertising you put in before, it’s all in vain!

I have what others don’t. When the time comes, as long as Yang Xiao has the copyright, there is no need to advertise, users will come uninvited!

This is how Xie Guomin, in his previous life, left Sina in 2012 and founded the Ocean Music Group, which began to acquire copyrights on a large scale. He reached copyright cooperation with nearly 40 record companies, and has long-term exclusive contracts with more than 20 music and copyright agencies, including more than 2000 companies with exclusive copyrights, and owns nearly million genuine songs.

Twenty million songs!

And among these 20 million songs, most of them are the hottest hits!
What the hell is this concept?

Occupying 40% of the user market share, it has no rivals in the market.

Later, Xie Guomin took advantage of the many exclusive copyrights in his hands to acquire Kuwo Music, and then integrated it with Kugou Music, becoming an industry giant.

This is the power of exclusive copyright weapons.

Here we can talk about the "benefits" of exclusive copyright. Some of the exclusive copyrights acquired by Xie Guomin also include personal copyrights of lyrics and music.

Because the composer and singer are not the same person.

Many times, the original singers of some songs, even top stars like Jay Chou, Eason Chan, etc., are not qualified to sing publicly without the authorization of Xie Guomin’s company!

For example, in variety shows like "Singer" and "The Voice of China", some of the guests they invited wanted to sing these songs, and they also bought the copyrights from Xie Guomin.

Xie Guomin not only sells to online music platforms, he is also a pure middleman!

And generally these songs are very popular and sell at very high prices!
I can only say that the exclusive copyright after a few years is so damn important, it’s like having one’s lifeline strangled!

Xie Guomin's move stunned and confused this group of people.

After Kuwo Music was acquired by Xie Guomin, the founder of Kuwo Music was forced out. He said helplessly: "Now music has completely become an ecological game of copyright, and I am an engineer. I have decided to gradually withdraw from the management."

Another person who was also depressed was Wang Hao, the founder of Xiami Music.

After he sold himself to Alibaba, he watched his "own son" Xiami Music die.

Then netizens took to Weibo to question him and ask him what he thought.

Faced with netizens' behavior of rubbing salt into his wounds, he simply replied, "If it's gone, it's gone," but anyone could see the helplessness in his words.

Speaking of this, Alibaba's online music is now a complete joke and loser in the industry.

First, it acquired Tiantian Dongting, but then Tiantian Dongting was shelved. Then it invited someone like Gao Xiaosong to take charge, and the layman guided the professionals to create Alibaba Cloud Planet, which died in less than 7 months!
Then it acquired Xiami Music. Although Xiami Music survived for many years, it eventually died suddenly.

But in the final analysis, the fundamental reason for their death was that they had no copyright, and their death was too light.

The only winner is Tencent.

At the end of the copyright war in the previous life, it was the wealthy Tencent that spent a huge amount of money to acquire the Ocean Music Group, which led to the current situation where QQ Music has become a giant in the industry.

There was no way, he gave too much, the acquisition amount was as high as 100 billion! It was a big deal!
But it must be said that making this decision actually requires great courage.

But things are different now. Yang Xiao has undoubtedly seized the initiative by bringing Xie Guomin into the game at this point in time.

He just wants to be a rude troublemaker!
Even later, he will continue to increase financing and strive to buy more exclusive agency copyrights!
And don't forget, he also has a powerful weapon, which is his own [Time Cloud Music].

It can be said that these "wedding dresses" purchased at a huge price were all prepared by Yang Xiao!

By then, the giant position may not necessarily be Tencent's QQ Music.

Yang Xiao’s goal from the beginning to the end is to be No. 1 in the online music industry!

It is hard to say. When Yang Xiao faces media interviews, he may only be able to say

——"Brother Xiao Ma, I accept your offer."

Yang Xiao has only reached a preliminary cooperation with Xie Guomin today, and there will definitely be other detailed communications and supplements in the future.

There was one thing that left Xie Guomin speechless for a long time.

What Yang Xiao had just promised, whether it was an initial investment of 100 million or 50 million, turned out to be all bullshit and just a blank check.

He simply can't come up with so much money at once!

We have to give him some time.

But this is actually not that important, because he promised to transfer the money to the corporate account in installments within the next few months.

Currently, his personal account has only a balance of about 20 million yuan. Together with the 50 million yuan invested by Xie Guomin, if all of these are invested, it will be enough to sustain for a while.

Yang Xiao originally planned to wait until the game "Train Parkour" was launched. If it became a big hit, the monthly cash dividends would be enough for him to make a lot of money.

If Xie Guomin had initially planned to go for the first option and let Yang Xiao invest 100 million yuan, Yang Xiao would have had an even bigger headache as he would probably have to mortgage his company to the bank and really need a loan to do business.

But the rhythm is very good now, and Yang Xiao can still hold on for now!

Of course, if you can’t hold on, you have to find a way to hold on!

But there is another reason that makes Yang Xiao feel fortunate.

Since the record industry is currently impacted by pirated music, everything is now being sold at low prices!
And they are all very cheap!
This means that Yang Xiao and Xie Guomin have no pressure on their initial funding.

Damn, after Yang Xiao specially asked someone to find out about the situation, he was so moved that he wanted to cry!

Although they have disrupted the market order, there are both advantages and disadvantages.

At least this is the case in China. It is precisely because of their existence that the price of online music has been easily lowered!
He really wants to thank these "robbers" who pirate music!
In his previous life, Xie Guomin was frantically buying at low prices at this time!

This is called spending little money to do big things.
After saying goodbye to Xie Guomin, Yang Xiao hurried out, planning to meet up with Zhang Yue, Luo Yao and others.

But when he reached the exit of the venue, due to the dim lighting, Yang Xiao was in a hurry and almost bumped into a girl.

Yang Xiao immediately apologized: "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Hey, are you Mr. Yang?"

The other party also hurried to apologize at this time. Hearing this, Yang Xiao took a closer look and found that this girl was about the same age as him, with light makeup on, and was petite overall. She was not particularly pretty, but pure and lovely, giving people a fresh feeling.

It is the little yellow duck Zhou Dongyu, and her current identity is the famous "Mou Girl".

Yang Xiao took a closer look. Although she was not a great beauty, she was much prettier than some plastic surgery faces. At least she had her own characteristics and was more attractive.

"Um, are you here alone?"

Yang Xiao was a little puzzled as he didn't see Zhang Yimou today.

"Uh, I came here with my company's people to take a look. After the show, I'm waiting for my agent to go back with me."

Zhou Dongyu didn't expect Yang Xiao to ask such an abrupt question, and she answered nervously.

She had seen Yang Xiao's performance on the stage just now. He was the boss of an Internet company, as well as a media company and a film and television company that were booming. They had to be treated with respect.

Yang Xiao then asked, "By the way, is your agency contract with Huayi Brothers?"

"Um"

The little yellow duck answered every question from the big boss.

Although she was nervous, Yang Xiao was young and did not give her as much pressure as some of the old hands.

Looking at the little yellow duck's expression, Yang Xiao roughly understood that he probably came here with people from the company to walk the red carpet for exposure.

Yang Xiao looked at her a few more times and had to say, the little yellow duck's youthful face looked too much like a high school student. She didn't even need to pretend. She was perfect for filming campus youth films!

It just so happened that Yang Xiao had hoarded a lot of copyrights of youth literature before, and this girl is definitely the heroine!

I remember that in her previous life, Xiao Huangya made her debut as a Mou Girl in "Under the Hawthorn Tree". Later, she was fined 724 million yuan for having more children than allowed by Mou, which led to her being out of work for a long time. But in fact, this period of time seems to be her low point.

It was not until the filming of "You Are the One" that he became popular again.

"Well, I'll write a script for you. How about you come to my place and make a movie?"

"Ah? I need to discuss this with my agent."

The little yellow duck was so frightened that he couldn't speak and didn't dare to agree rashly.

"How about this, you can be the heroine of my youth campus film. Go back and think about it. I'll have my company staff communicate with you later."

Yang Xiao knew that this was a bit presumptuous, but he didn't have the patience to argue with this little actor. He simply threw her a business card and turned away. "Of course, you can tell me directly if you have made up your mind."

These days, youth campus literature and its adapted movies are very popular.

At worst, I can just use the plot of "You Are the One Sitting Next to Me".

The most we could do is buy Lao Lang’s song of the same name as the theme song.

It’s still those elements of campus, love, third party interference, abortion, growing up, and inviting the non-original spouse to marriage.

These things are becoming formulaic so quickly. Yang Xiao doesn’t even have to think hard when writing them himself. He can write ten different ones a day!
If it were handed over to the writers at Shiguang Culture Media Company, they would probably be able to wholesale the scripts on the market!

Although these plots are cliché, the current market just buys into them!
This taste is still fresh and fresh for the public, and not boring!
Any random movie, with any somewhat famous novel IP, can rake in hundreds of millions at the box office, and the shooting cycle of this thing is not even as long as that of making a game.

Yang Xiao slapped his forehead, he was really confused.

I almost forgot my original business that made my fortune!
Nowadays, there is no need to hire big names as actors in youth campus films. They are all low-cost productions with high returns. This is the real way to pick up money with a sack!
He only remembered this when he bumped into the little yellow duck.

Well, I'll communicate with Lao Fan when I have time later, and I'll also urge him to quickly film the story of "The Ferryman" that Yang Xiao wrote before.

In addition, we have to find a way to sign a few more outstanding youth film directors like Zhang Yibai, and take advantage of the emerging trend. The more films we make, the more money we can make!
After Yang Xiao left, the little yellow duck stood there in a daze holding his business card.

"Dong Yu, Dong Yu, why are you still here? Come with me to meet Mr. Wang. Hey, whose business card is that in your hand?"

A hurried shout was heard, and a figure came. It was Little Yellow Duck's female manager. She curiously took the business card from Little Yellow Duck and murmured, "Yang Xiao. Isn't this the boss of Time Culture Media? The one who just came on stage? Where are you from?"

"I just ran into him, Sister Yu. He just told me to transfer my agency contract to his company called Wanhe Tianyi, and he will tailor a movie for me with a female lead."

The little yellow duck has a very good relationship with his agent and they can talk about anything, so he immediately said everything out.

"This is good news! Good fellow, could it be that Mr. Yang has taken a fancy to you?"

"Ah? That shouldn't be the case? I'm not pretty."

"Indeed, Mr. Yang is handsome and young. From my experience, boys of this age probably don't have much interest in a high school student like you."

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The little yellow duck was speechless for a while, while the agent named Sister Yu was still imagining.

"If you ask me, young boys like these now like those mature and charming women around 30 years old. I guess Yang Mi and the like are the type of girls that young boys like him would like."

".Sister, can we talk about something serious?"

Sister Yu suddenly became interested and taught earnestly:
"Hey, how is this not serious? I tell you, if you want to get into this circle, you have to seize the opportunity. Some things, once you miss them, you will never get them again.

How about you try to contact Mr. Yang later and have some further discussions?
Dong Yu, tell me the truth, did he leave you any room card or anything like that?

You are not young anymore, you know a lot, I don't need to explain more, in fact, it is normal for men and women to love each other, and Ms. Yang is young and good-looking, I know it as someone who has been through it."

"Stop it. Where do you get all this nonsense from? Mr. Yang is not that kind of person."

"Really not?"

Sister Yu was still a little skeptical, so she handed over her business card and promised to play the leading role in a movie.

This is obviously an attempt to help her get promoted!

You really don't want anything? Not even your body?

"Dong Yu, you have to know that you have been playing minor roles for more than a year, almost two years. You can't waste your youth. Director Zhang hasn't given you any news yet. I am worried for you even if you are not!"

The little yellow duck said helplessly: "Sister Yu, I know, but Mr. Yang really doesn't seem to have that intention, I swear."

Hearing this, Sister Yu couldn't get any results from her test, so she looked at the little yellow duck's serious expression again to confirm that the other party was not lying.

So she sighed and said leisurely: "Alas, what a pity. If there was a man like this who liked me, I wouldn't have to worry about anything in my life."

"Alright, alright. I'll report this to the company later. Also, you can inform Director Zhang and ask for his opinion."

"Uh, okay."

Although Yang Xiao has already stepped into the entertainment industry, he is not interested in the little yellow duck.

He still knows a lot of secrets in this circle.

There are too many people who want to climb up the ladder through unspoken rules!
This industry is really about sex, and it’s not a bad idea to follow the saying “eat well and fuck sexy”.

The so-called stars are just playthings of capital. Yang Xiao will never worship anyone.

Here I will tell you a little gossip about Little Yellow Duck. A few months ago, she attended an event held by LV to give back to top domestic users. This event invited several celebrities to attend, and Little Yellow Duck was one of them.

The main theme of this kind of event is to let celebrities accompany these high-end customers.

These invited customers are all among the top LV brand consumers in China, with annual consumption exceeding 100 million yuan.
One of the customers was a girl, said to be a third-generation red.

The customer asked the little yellow duck to take a photo with him, but the little yellow duck didn’t hear him or something, so the customer pointed at its nose and scolded it, and it didn’t dare to say a word back.

The studio of Little Yellow Duck usually has a bunch of crazy fans, who often attack and hang up amateurs.

But in this matter, everyone was so scared that they dared not say a word.

What a shame!
Having said that, Yang Xiao threw down his business card and rushed to Luo Yao's side.

The latter immediately asked with concern: "Have you finished what you wanted to do?"

"Ah."

Yang Xiao responded to Luo Yao with a smile. This girl never asked him questions about his career.

Sometimes in the house in Shenzhen, when she saw him frowning, she would just quietly hold his hand and stay quietly beside Yang Xiao.

Or she would make him a cup of black coffee, which was his habit sometimes to do when he wanted to think quietly.

Yang Xiao smiled and took her hand, saying, "Let's go back to Lincheng tomorrow."

"Okay." Luo Yao nodded slightly in response.

"How about I go to your house and visit your parents then?"

"That's fine, whatever you want."

Hearing this, Luo Yao blushed slightly, bit her lip, and then said shyly, "You can go if you want. My parents care about you a lot. They even learned about the products you made and praised you for being very practical. You saved a lot of data for smartphone users. This is a good thing."

"Tsk tsk, it seems that they are quite satisfied with me as their future son-in-law, right?"

Yang Xiao said with a playful smile, "By the way, does your dad like to smoke Huazi or drink Maozi? If we're going to have sex tomorrow, I'd better prepare some in advance."

"My mom controls my dad's smoking and drinking. His only hobby is playing QQ games and playing cards. Also, they said that if you want to go, you don't need to bring any gifts."

"If your dad likes playing QQ games so much, I might as well top up his annual Blue Diamond account when I get home. My mom's store has discounts for top-up Q coins."

Luo Yao couldn't help laughing: "Not impossible, this might be more practical, and my mother wouldn't mind."

Jokes are jokes, but how could Yang Xiao take it seriously?
The first time you meet your future father-in-law, you definitely can’t show up empty-handed.

Some words are just polite words, but if you really do it, it seems a bit lacking in emotional intelligence. In China, these etiquettes are still indispensable.

He simply didn't discuss it with Luo Yao. When he had some free time, he would send a message to his cousin in Lincheng and ask him to buy some for him to keep in stock.

Yang Xiao suddenly thought of something and looked at Luo Yao with a smile, "Then do you want to go to Huicheng with me for two days?"

"Okay, I have to go see my grandma anyway."

"It's not just about visiting your grandma~" Yang Xiao joked.

Luo Yao naturally knew what Yang Xiao meant. With a blushing face, she said softly, "Your parents don't know me, right? What if they don't like me?"

"Ah? I didn't ask you to go visit my parents. I wanted to meet our old classmates. What are you thinking about? Do you want to meet their parents too?" Yang Xiao pretended to be stupid and continued to tease.

"I'll strangle you to death for talking nonsense!"

One of Luo Yao's hands was held by Yang Xiao, and the other hand reached out and pinched her hard, causing the latter to grimace in pain.

"Ahem. Sister, brother-in-law, are you going back tomorrow? Can't you stay a little longer?"

Li Rui, who was standing by, heard their conversation and flirting, and her face turned red with embarrassment.

At this moment, she seemed to feel that she, the light bulb, was somewhat redundant.

"Otherwise, after finishing my work, I have to go home. Besides, the weather here in Yanjing is too cold. I, a southerner, really can't stand it."

Li Rui said bitterly: "Sister, brother-in-law, you left after only two days. What if I miss you?"

"Don't play around anymore and focus on the college entrance examination." Luo Yao comforted.

"My mom is planning to enroll me in a tutoring class at New Oriental, woo woo woo."

"By the way, Xiaochen seems to be taking the college entrance examination with you? Why don't you take extra lessons with her? There will be a special tutor, and you can study with her and have a companion." Yang Xiao suddenly thought of this and said.

"This is not good." Li Rui immediately smiled.

"I had forgotten about this. Brother Xiao is right. Li Rui, why don't you come and take classes with me? Sometimes you can even run announcements with me."

"Okay! Hehe, I will be your agent from now on." The two hit it off immediately.

Yang Xiao was very satisfied with the result. Li Rui was an outsider and had a cheerful and lively personality. According to Luo Yao, Li Rui also helped to attack Benxi and confronted Benxi's black fans online.

Li Rui's more time with Benxi can have a positive impact on the latter and reduce the possibility of her committing suicide.

There's no way, Yang Xiao really cares about this child.

Putting aside the emotional reasons of having been together for so long, I treat her as my younger sister.

In addition, Benxi's personal business ability is also among the best.

As Lin Wantong said, she has the potential to be a female singer.

She herself has had a great start, and in the future she is aiming to become the queen of the Chinese pop music scene. This is where her future is truly promising!
(End of this chapter)