Chapter 42 Talk Show
Zhang Yong also looked at Song Ci with a serious expression, wanting to hear his boss's opinion on the acquisition battle. Once Chen Tianqiao successfully acquired Sina, it would inevitably have a huge impact on the existing structure of portal networks.
Song Ci, who knew the outcome, said calmly, "Chen Tianqiao's efforts are doomed to fail. Although the people on the Sina board of directors are fighting among themselves, they will definitely resist Chen Tianqiao's acquisition for the sake of the power in their hands. They will probably launch a poison pill plan to dilute Chen Tianqiao's shares."
After hearing Song Ci's well-reasoned analysis, Zhang Yong thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "It seems that Boss Chen will get nothing this time."
Yang Junfeng breathed a sigh of relief, but he still felt a sense of urgency in his heart. He was the direct person in charge of Toutiao.com and knew the current situation of the domestic portal industry best. In addition to the three major old portals, Toutiao.com also had a potential rival.
Yang Junfeng looked worried, "Boss Song, actually I am most worried about Penguin Company. Their Penguin portal was launched last year and has a strong momentum of development. In addition, with QQ traffic, the number of visits is also growing rapidly.
Previously, Penguin was limited by profit pressure and gave priority to developing social products. Now that they have successfully gone public and their financial situation has gradually improved, they have begun to pay attention to the development of portal websites. "
Song Ci waved his hand and consoled him, "Don't worry. Social networking is a big piece of fat meat. There are too many people eyeing Penguin. Some companies will inevitably develop social products to distract Penguin's energy and prevent them from focusing on developing the portal website."
Song Ci didn't care about the hidden dangers mentioned by Yang Junfeng. Next year, the first real-name social networking platform in China, Xiaonei.com, will be launched and start competing with Penguin for the social market. By then, Penguin will devote all its energy to dealing with Xiaonei.com, which is a major threat.
Now thinking about it, the past two years were indeed the best time to develop Toutiao.com. After two years, if Weibo was developed ahead of time, Tenda Technology would have a core product and be able to gain a firm foothold.
Compared with Toutiao, Song Ci is most concerned about the TD gaming platform. Although he knows the operating status through daily work emails, he still can't help but give a few suggestions in person: "The promotion of the TD gaming platform needs to be strengthened, and we can cooperate more with Europe and the United States.
For popular games, the revenue share of game channels can be appropriately reduced. We must also ensure the security of platform user accounts, and quickly resolve any problems with plug-ins and viruses.”
Huang Sheng assured: "Please rest assured, Mr. Song, we have already obtained the copyright for the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill" that you are concerned about, and the online network version is being developed.
We are already in talks with the Korean agents for two games, Audition and Legend of Mir. If they can be launched next year, they will bring a lot of users to the TD platform. However, the Korean companies are offering high prices. "
Song Ci nodded, "We can make some concessions in the early stage, and wait until the TD platform develops. Then the game companies will beg us, and now we still need to use more popular games to attract customers."
In its previous life, the Steam platform was able to become the world's largest comprehensive digital distribution platform thanks to the huge success of "Half-Life 2".
TD game platform has the even more popular "Minecraft", plus the popular games and card games that will be launched next year, it is just around the corner for it to become the world's number one game distribution platform.
At this time, a female employee knocked on the door and came in, presenting a document to Zhang Yong for review. "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Yang, this is the first episode of Headline Star, with the latest data."
When Song Ci took a look, he found that it was an acquaintance, Song Xueying, a student union secretary and a senior from the same college whom he had met once at the school gate when he reported for school at the beginning of the semester.
Song Xueying obviously saw Song Ci as well, but since they were in the leader's office, it was inconvenient for her to speak, and she didn't know what Song Ci's situation was. She just suppressed her doubts and nodded politely to Song Ci.
After Song Xueying left the office, Yang Junfeng asked curiously, "Does Mr. Song know Song Xueying?"
Song Ci casually said, "I met a senior from Peking University at the beginning of the semester. Is she interning at the company?"
Yang Junfeng nodded and replied, "Yes, this girl is very capable and does things meticulously. Mr. Zhang arranged for her to work in the office and be responsible for organizing some important data and documents."
"It was a huge success. Yesterday, the first episode of our 'Headline Star' was an instant hit, and all the data exceeded expectations. Mr. Song, you can take a look too." Zhang Yong growled with a beaming eyebrow and handed the report in his hand to Song Ci.
I quickly scanned the Song Ci and found that the statistical data on the material were very encouraging. The number of visits, topic popularity, and forwarding volume all exceeded the company's expectations.
After reading it, Song Ci gave the materials to Yang Junfeng, who was already impatient, and said, "Starting from the second issue, we can start looking for a title sponsor for our Headline Star."
Yang Junfeng carefully looked at the data, his eyebrows were full of joy, and he complimented Song Ci: "It's all thanks to Mr. Song's planning to invite Liu Xiang to "Headline Star". He is an Olympic champion, the number one track and field athlete in China, and he is very popular. Liu Xiang accounts for 70% of the credit for the success of our first episode."
The leaders of Peking University have given great support to Song Ci's entrepreneurship and have done their best.
After discussing Liu Xiang's matter with Qin Chaoyang last time, a school leader found out about it and used his connections to contact an old classmate from the sports department to help Toutiao.com successfully make an appointment with Liu Xiang. This led to the successful start of the first issue of "Toutiao Star".
In response to Yang Junfeng's compliment, Song Ci just smiled faintly. There is no free lunch in the world, and favors owed must be repaid eventually.
"I'm curious, how did you manage to recruit Li Hong from CCTV?"
Zhang Yong smiled and replied, "Taking advantage of women's competitiveness and jealousy, the headhunter used Yang Lan to stimulate Li Hong. Plus, the money was also high. The signing fee alone was one million. But now it seems that it was all worth it."
Song Ci also felt that inviting Li Hong to host "Headline Star" was indeed a stroke of genius.
“I have arranged the interviewees for you for the first episode, but you will have to handle the rest on your own.
If we want to keep Headline Stars stable for a long time, we must carefully select the interviewees for each issue. "
Yang Junfeng said seriously, "Don't worry about this, Mr. Song. We have already found a professional agency to invite those celebrities. However, we estimate that the public relations fee for each celebrity will be around one million, so the financial pressure is not small."
Song Ci doesn't really care about the PR expenses. "As long as the show continues to be popular, there will be advertisers willing to sponsor it."
Yang Junfeng suddenly had an idea and suggested eagerly, "Mr. Song, why don't you be on the second interview show?
A famous best-selling author, the top scorer in the college entrance examination, and the most handsome man in Peking University, with multiple identities combined, the effect will not be worse than hiring Liu Xiang. For the development of the company, please support my work. "
(End of this chapter)
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