As an old hand in the industry, Xie Guomin knows Ma Huateng's current status in the Internet circle.

Anyway, in the past two years, the position of leader of the martial arts world and number one in the world has been taken turns by these two people with the surname Ma.

Given his cooperative relationship with Yang Xiao, it was normal for him to feel a little worried about Yang Xiao.

The most important thing is that he has filed copyright lawsuits against major platforms in the name of [Time Music Group], but this will not have any effect in the short term.

"Alas, I am also familiar with the usual routines of these online music platforms. No matter how we sue them, they always use the same word - drag it out for one or two years. In the end, they just pay some insignificant copyright infringement fees."

Xie Guomin sighed and felt a little lacking in confidence.

In his opinion, the copyright lawsuit is currently a confusing matter.

If you are determined to make a big fight, you can indeed win, and even make the other party pay some money.

For example, Xie Guomin once won a lawsuit against Kugou and forced the other party to pay millions of dollars in compensation, but what effect did it have?

Their original intention in establishing this company was not to file a lawsuit for compensation, but to make "online music" truly bigger and stronger.

Once they are caught up in this endless prosecution storm, it will go against their original intention.

"Mr. Xie, why do you have to say such discouraging words? This time we are regrouping and we want to eradicate the piracy in the industry. This road is long and tortuous."

After Yang Xiao encouraged him, he made a substantial promise and said, "From now on, I will regularly inject 10 million in cash into [Time Music Group] every month to be used for company development and copyright purchases. So, be optimistic, we can all afford it! I firmly believe that dawn will eventually come!"

"Wow, 10 million in cash every month? Where do you get so much money?"

Xie Guomin was surprised when he heard this.

After hearing the first half of Yang Xiao's sentence, I thought he was trying to encourage him, but I didn't expect that Yang Xiao was serious at this time?
Yang Xiao did not answer where the money came from, but said seriously:

"Boss Xie, this is my most important business. It's not a joke. Even if I have to sell other companies in the end, I will definitely make Time Music Group a success!"

"Haha, to be honest, Mr. Yang, you really don't have any inside information?" Xie Guomin laughed and rolled his eyes.

"Not a little bit, to be honest." Yang Xiao spread his hands, looking sincere and trustworthy.

Xie Guomin couldn't do anything about him. Yang Xiao's nonsense about "selling the company" really made him laugh.

But Yang Xiao's actual actions made him love and hate him.

Turtle, ten million per month?

Does this game company make so much money?

Xie Guomin is also online, following the movements of his partner.

If we talk about domestic PC games, Tencent has occupied 90% of the market.

As for the domestic mobile game market, 95% is dominated by Yinhan!

Whether it is the previous "Train Surfers" or the currently popular "Time and Space Hunter", a small memory casual game or a large-scale fighting mobile game, most users basically play one of them!
Just as Xie Guomin guessed, Yang Xiao’s dividends from Yinhan Technology are now over 2000 million every month!
It’s not a full dividend yet, most of the funds are used for expenses and the research and development of new games!

If he was still short of money last year and needed to raise money from everywhere, he would have to spend.

This year, we can say that we have a good harvest.

So, this is also where his confidence comes from!
When Xie Guomin heard that Yang Xiao was going to continue to inject capital, he straightened his back and said excitedly:

"Mr. Yang, I have a suggestion. While sending a lawyer's letter to all platforms, we can use one platform as an example of copyright infringement and sue it to get a large number of songs removed from the shelves. How about that? After we win, we can cooperate with the media to report and hype it up."

"Oh? Mr. Xie, since you said that, I guess you already have a target?"

"Well, why not just strike hard at Kuwo Music first! Even if we acquire Kuwo Music directly, we can show our determination to the outside world!"

"Cool me? Why did you pick it?"

In fact, Xie Guomin’s [Ocean Music] in his previous life followed this path. It first acquired [Kuwo Music] and then integrated [Kugou]. Now the strategy is exactly the same, which makes Yang Xiao a little curious.

Xie Guomin paused and explained, "Well, I also want to sue Kugou first, but as far as I know, its music library copyrights are much larger than Kuwo. In addition, I also want to sue QQ Music, but it is also purchasing copyrights. To be honest, it is more difficult to deal with. In addition, Tencent is rich and powerful. A lawsuit with them is a tug-of-war. There is no need to confront them head-on for the time being. Just give your senior brother some face."

"Haha, do you mean to pick a weakling first?"

Yang Xiao smiled. He actually wanted to say that there was no need to give him this face, but now that he was suddenly facing this "Nanshan Pizza Hut", it was indeed a bit too stubborn.

"That's about right." Xie Guomin was not embarrassed and nodded very pragmatically.

Yang Xiao had no objection. In this regard, it was Xie Guomin who made the decisions, giving the latter great autonomy.

The current strategy of [Time Music Group] is "attack and defense".

Although the current attack power is very limited, it is only because there are not enough copyrights and the weapons are not that sharp.

Once we get the copyrights of most of the popular singers, that will be a qualitative change.

According to Yang Xiao's estimation, this process will take at least more than a year.

But the second "Thousand Sounds War" without the smoke of gunpowder has actually begun quietly.

In addition, not long ago, Yang Xiao merged [Shiguang Cloud Music] into [Shiguang Music Group], and his and Xie Guomin's shares were divided again.

Including the capital injection every month thereafter, his shareholding ratio will increase from the initial 60:40 ratio.

"Okay, let's do it this way. I'm leaving now, Mr. Xie."

"You came all the way to Yanjing this time. You're not here to talk to me about the past, are you?"

"Of course, I came here for you, Mr. Xie. I'm giving you money and fighting with you. As your partner, I think that's good enough, right?"

"Come on, you've only been sitting here for less than half an hour. Why should I trust you?"

Xie Guomin smiled and sent Yang Xiao away, complaining, "You are so young and yet you are full of nonsense. Mr. Yang, you are indeed a natural Internet practitioner. I don't think you are Xiao Ma's junior brother, but more like the junior brother of Da Ma in Hangzhou."

After saying goodbye to Xie Guomin, Yang Xiao came to Zhichun Road as if he was familiar with the route.

He informed Zhang Yiming in advance, and the latter was very obedient this time and actually went downstairs early to wait for Yang Xiao.

"Hey, Brother Zhang, long time no see, I missed you so much."

"Mr. Yang, welcome. I'm sorry for not coming in person."

Zhang Yiming personally led Yang Xiao back to the office. Along the way, Yang Xiao looked around and suddenly said something that seemed to have a profound meaning:
"Brother Zhang, I haven't seen you for a year. Your place is several times busier than last year. You have a lot more employees."

"Haha, aren't we working on a new project?"

Zhang Yiming was sweating profusely at this time. He could even imagine the question Yang Xiao was going to ask next. It was nothing more than a casual question like "What is the project?"

Being not good at speaking, he decided to tell the truth. It was an idea that Yang Xiao had proposed last year, a "news information" APP.

He even came up with a name, which is "Today's Headlines".

Although he didn't want to admit that this idea was inspired by Yang Xiao, but Yang Xiao didn't do it, he did it, so whoever did it gets the credit.

However, Yang Xiao did not play according to the routine next.

Straight to the point: "Brother Zhang, do you remember the idea I gave you last year, about making an APP that integrates "news information"?"

"Uh"

Zhang Yiming hesitated and was ready to tell the truth, but Yang Xiao didn't wait for him to continue, and said:
"I have already found the people and even the professional production team for the content. I have also planned the channels for advertising. I am ready to do a big job. Are you interested in joining me?"

"???"

Zhang Yiming was a little stunned. This Mr. Yang must be trying to cheat him.

[Today's Headlines] He had been working on it a few months ago, but it had not been officially launched. This was not a secret at all in the Internet circle in Yanjing. It was impossible for Yang Xiao not to know about it!

"Boss Yang, please stop teasing me. Have you already developed a similar software?"

Zhang Yiming smiled bitterly at this time, "If that's the case, just tell me directly, and let's not engage in vicious competition."

Yang Xiao laughed and said, "Look, what are you talking about, Brother Zhang? Vicious competition is here. I was the one who first proposed the concept of 'news information', right? I just never had the time to implement it."

Zhang Yiming was speechless after hearing what Yang Xiao said.

Indeed, what Yang Xiao said is correct!

The idea was even proposed by Yang Xiao, but it just happened to coincide with his!
He had been paying attention to whether Yang Xiao had taken any action in this regard. Even before this, he had secretly investigated the market and found that there were indeed no similar apps on the market, so he felt relieved to do it.

Who could have thought that Yang Xiao would suddenly do this?
Things are different now. Yang Xiao is no longer the Internet newcomer who launched WIFI Master Key not long ago.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is a big shot in the industry.

He has control over multiple channels and his net worth is hundreds of times that of Zhang Yiming. If someone were to intervene to target him, Zhang Yiming would really have no way to deal with it.

"Brother Zhang, to be honest, I do have this idea. You know, I'm short of all kinds of talent, except for those who can create text content."

Yang Xiao laughed: "As for news, I don't know much about it, but I have two new media companies under my control, and I started out as a writer. I think it should be the same as novels. Whoever writes a good title and interesting content should have more readers, right? Right, Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Yiming continued to remain silent. Yang Xiao's words were like a heavy hammer, making him break into a cold sweat.

It is indeed as Yang Xiao said, in recent years the news media's "UC Shock Department" has already begun to show signs of being on the Internet.

All major portals are doing this.

In the final analysis, Zhang Yiming was just playing the "mobile version" and was a plagiarist, reaping the benefits of being a pioneer.

But Yang Xiao is a master who knows this well!

Not only is he involved in fan culture, he is also privately dubbed the "head of the water army" by the industry, and has long been famous!

They have trained a large number of "writers" under their command, so they have innate advantages when it comes to developing news and information APPs. Coupled with the promotion channels led by WIFI Master Key, they can crush other APPs without leaving any residue.

So, how could Yang Xiao’s words not make him nervous?
Zhang Yiming simply went straight to the point and said, "Boss Yang, you came here well prepared today."

"No, no, I came here specially to see you, Brother Zhang. I heard that Brother Zhang only got 5 million in investment for his business?"

"good."

"Brother Zhang, you should know that I made a little money from making games recently, right?"

"I know. It's the mobile game "Time and Space Hunter" that we made together with Tencent. Many employees in my company are also playing it. It's well-deserved to be the number one in China."

“I don’t care whether I’m number one or not, but once people make some money, they want to start something that they didn’t have time to do before, such as the news and information track.”

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "But, I heard that Brother Zhang is already working on it, so I wondered if I could cooperate with you and give you a hand. Of course, if it works, then it works. If it doesn't, then forget it. It doesn't matter. Brother Zhang, we won't force it."

Yang Xiao called Zhang "Brother" all the time, and was very sweet-spoken, like a very polite young man.

However, Zhang Yiming, with his small stature, felt very uncomfortable when he looked at Yang Xiao through his glasses.

This is simply a naked threat!

The weather in July was already scorching hot, but the chill in Yang Xiao's words seemed to make him shiver.

But Zhang Yiming had no choice but to surrender!

"Mr. Yang, I plan to launch the first version of the [Today's Headlines] APP next month, and then I will start advertising. However, the company is still in its infancy and really needs funding. Can you use your channels to help me?"

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Then I won't keep you in suspense. How about investing 45 million first? In addition, whether it is content supply or channel distribution, we can share resources. I don't want too much shares, just give me %."

"Ah??? You only want 45% of million?"

Zhang Yiming was a little surprised. With this money, he could obviously buy out ByteDance, so why did they only want less than 50% of the shares?
"Brother Zhang, don't you understand? I'm not investing this money in this app, but because I believe in your ability. I think you can do no worse than me."

"Then I will do my best next time and will not let you down, Mr. Yang."

For some reason, Zhang Yiming suddenly felt relieved. He had originally planned to sell himself to Yang Xiao.

At worst, I can finish [Toutiao] and leave [ByteDance] after reporting to Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao also thought so.

He knew that if he took full control of ByteDance at this time, the company might die!
Therefore, it is enough to hold such a high equity.

As a major shareholder of this level, it is not an exaggeration to say that they hold the lifeblood of ByteDance.

Although Yang Xiao was aiming for the future [Tik Tok].

But Douyin actually has little to do with Zhang Yiming. It is mainly a product created by the acquisition of Musical.ly.

He is now just trying to stabilize the morale of the troops!
No matter what, Zhang Yiming is still a top talent in the field of "recommendation algorithm"!
The subsequent [Connotation Jokes] and so on also had astonishing traffic!

We must keep Zhang Yiming no matter what!
(End of this chapter)