Chapter 6 Is it the Layshi that makes potato chips?
When Meng Bai returned to the table, Li Qin was on the phone.
"Aunt Li, are you busy... Yes, I have something to discuss with you... OK, I'll go over in a few days... Okay, OK, OK."
The person on the other end of the phone said something else, and Li Qin kept responding, and finally hung up after a while.
After putting down the phone, he looked up and saw a strange smile on Meng Bai's face. He asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of a joke." Meng Bai said casually. Seeing Li Qin looking at him without moving his eyes, he had to continue, "Someone asked what is the difference between beggars making money in the past and workers making money now?"
"Beggars and workers?" Li Qin pursed her lips, thought for a long time, and said hesitantly, "...One wants money, and the other is a job?"
Meng Bai shook his head, looked at Li Qin's curious eyes, and smiled, "Beggars make money and say 'Master, please be kind'; workers make money and say 'Boss, yes, yes, yes'."
Li Qin was stunned at first, and then realized that Meng Bai was teasing her response when she called just now.
She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but then she felt a little funny. Her cheeks flushed, and after holding it in for a long time, she finally couldn't help
but say, "Bad guy!" Meng Bai took a deep breath, "It's you southern girls who can make people feel refreshed when they curse."
"We also have many unrefreshing ways to curse people - little bastard, ah, it's time to live!"
"Sorry, I don't understand."
"Then I'll change to something you can understand..."
"That's not necessary."
Meng Bai picked up the teapot and added tea to the two cups, and said, "Let's get back to the topic. Is it Director Li Shaohong who called just now?"
"Yes, she happened to be in BJ, and I made an appointment to meet her and tell her about the matter." Li Qin said, "But shouldn't you tell me first which video website you want to cooperate with? Otherwise, how can I tell Aunt Li tomorrow?"
Since the establishment of Tudou.com, the first video website in China in 2005, it has been nearly ten years. Video websites have also gone from the early grassroots to the new stage of capital entry and head gathering.
For example, among the mainstream video websites in China, the first tier is naturally Qiyi TV, which is backed by Baidu and has just acquired PPS, and Youku Tudou, which has joined forces and is in the limelight.
The second tier is the "old powerhouse" Souhu and the "rising star" Penguin Video.
As for the third tier, most of them are "outdated players" who have passed their peak or "grassroots people" without capital injection, such as 56.com, Ku6.com, PPTV, Liujianfang, Caoliu, etc.
In addition, there are A Station and B Station, which are "heretics" among video websites.
However, although there are many video websites, if we consider it from the perspective of investment and production, not all of them are suitable.
Video websites are a very money-burning business. Servers, bandwidth, copyrights... every point can be called a "gold-eating beast".
At present, the entire industry is still in the stage of "burning money to grab the market". Whether it is advertising revenue or user traffic, it is a drop in the bucket compared to the investment.
These mainstream video websites are basically still maintained by the capital behind them spending money and introducing new venture capital to raise funds.
But capital and venture capital money do not come from the wind. If you want to spend money, you must choose one with a lot of traffic and a big reputation.
In other words, only those websites in the first and second echelons are worth investing in.
As for the small websites after the third echelon, they will either be acquired and merged by the head websites like PPS, or no one will care about them and gradually disappear in the long river of time.
It is a problem for these small websites to maintain their own survival, so how can they have extra energy and capital to create original content.
Therefore, Meng Bai seems to have many choices, but the only ones that are really promising are those at the top.
Even these few companies have their own problems.
Penguin Video has just been established, and it continues its usual "buy, buy, buy" style in terms of content. Its main plan in the short term is to purchase the online copyrights of excellent film and television dramas, and it is not very interested in self-made content.
Sohu is a veteran video website. In the past two years, it has also produced self-made dramas such as "Diaosi Nanren", but it is just a test. The main strategy is more focused on overseas dramas such as Korean dramas, Japanese dramas, and American dramas.
Since the merger, Youku Tudou has been called the "king of the moment" in terms of funds and content. The "Never Expected" series has become an IP that has set off the entire network, but because of this, they prefer cost-effective short dramas in terms of self-made content, and are more cautious about medium and long dramas.
"So, doesn't that mean our only choice is Qiyi TV?" Li Qin frowned.
Meng Bai sighed: "Remember I told you that when I first met that liar Producer Lin, I had just been rejected by a video website, right?"
"It seems... I heard you mention it."
"The one that rejected me was Qiyi TV."
"..."
Li Qin leaned back speechlessly on the wooden chair, with a tired expression on her face: "Very good, all the options have been ruled out by you. Then may I ask why we are still here talking about these useless things?"
"Young people, you are impatient and anxious." Meng Bai said calmly with a calm expression: "I just said that Youku and Sohu are more difficult, but not impossible. In addition, there is another suitable website..."
"Another one?" Li Qin thought about it for a few seconds in his mind, but couldn't think of any other famous video website, so he couldn't help asking: "Which one?"
"Have you heard of Leshi?" "
The one that makes potato chips?"
"...Ahem!"
Li Qin looked at Meng Bai coughing because of the tea, and couldn't help but smile slyly.
Humph, I finally got back at you, so you always tease me!
Meng Bai coughed a few times and finally caught his breath. Looking at Li Qin, who still had a smile on her face, Meng Bai knew that she had done it on purpose.
Unexpectedly, this girl looked cold but lively.
Seeing Li Qin's smug look, Meng Bai felt amused, but he was too lazy to argue with her. He shook his head and continued, "I'm talking about Leshi Video, a video website under Leshi.com."
"I know. I bought the website of "The Legend of Zhen Huan." Seeing that Meng Bai didn't respond to what happened just now, Li Qin felt a little bored, so she returned to her normal state and said, "Many of my friends like to watch this drama while eating."
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" can be said to be the most popular "drama king" in the past two years, especially among young people, it is comparable to "Wulin Wai Zhuan".
At the beginning, Leshi spent 20 million to buy the exclusive online broadcast rights of "The Legend of Zhen Huan". It was originally just an ordinary copyright investment. Unexpectedly, the drama became a big hit and brought 2 billion traffic to Leshi in half a year.
Rumor has it that Leshi can earn tens of millions of yuan every year just from the drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which can be called a powerful cash flow machine.
For this reason, Leshi has started to collect various scripts and novels while marketing in the past two years, hoping to find the next "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
And this represents two good news for Meng Bai -
Leshi has sufficient funds and has the foundation for investment;
compared with other websites, Leshi is more willing to invest in self-made web dramas.
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