Chapter 88 A career that is advancing by leaps and bounds
At 10:00 a.m. on May 4, 2005, a unique press conference was being held at the Peking Hotel.
Inside the magnificent venue, the magnificent decorations sparkle, creating an unparalleled sense of luxury and solemnity.
Every detail of the venue revealed the organizers' careful preparation and ultimate pursuit of this reception. The reporters present could all feel the grand and solemn atmosphere.
In early April, after a series of careful preparations, Zhang Yong went to New York, USA, to negotiate cooperation with the NBA on behalf of Tenda Group.
After three weeks of difficult negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement. Tenda Group won the exclusive online broadcasting rights and event-related operating rights for NBA events in Greater China for 50 million US dollars over 7 years.
At this time, Zhang Yong on the stage was full of energy and enthusiasm. He switched between Chinese and English freely and answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters together with NBA League Vice President of International Affairs Mai Shili.
Zhang Yong was dressed in a suit and tie, looking elegant, steady and graceful. As the CEO of Tengda Group, he was the protagonist of the reception. Facing all kinds of tricky questions from reporters, he was calm and confident, and handled them with ease.
Song Ci in the audience was also excited. Zhang Yong had indeed made great contributions to the strategic cooperation between Tengda Group and the NBA, so it was natural for him to give Zhang Yong this opportunity to become famous.
Tenda Group has successfully won the broadcasting rights for NBA league events. If it can cooperate with any of the five major European football leagues, Toutiao.com will have no rivals in the domestic sports channel, and the overall user base of the website will be improved to a higher level.
"Today is the May Fourth Youth Day. There will be a commemorative event at Peking University this afternoon. Mr. Zhang will host the press conference. I will go back to school first."
As the press conference was drawing to a close, Song Ci, Wang Jing beside him, and several company executives said goodbye and prepared to leave.
The head teacher Qin Chaoyang repeatedly asked him to participate in today's May Fourth Youth Day activities, saying that he wanted to introduce school leaders to him.
Song Ci really couldn't refuse, and thought it was also an opportunity to build up his network. Since everything was going well at the venue, he prepared to rush back to school.
After saying that, he stood up, straightened his wrinkled suit, and was about to leave early.
Wang Jing saw this and quickly followed him, "I'll take you there!"
Song Ci nodded slightly and did not reject Wang Jing's kindness, and the two walked out of the venue together.
Just as he was leaving the venue, Wang Jing suddenly remembered the schedule of several NBA representatives and asked Song Ci for instructions:
"There will be a welcome reception tonight. Leaders from the sports department and the Beiping government will be in attendance. Do you want to attend, Mr. Song?"
Song Ci thought for a moment and nodded to Wang Jing. Although he didn't like socializing, he decided to attend the welcome reception. In China, people pay attention to personal relationships and social etiquette when doing things. As the host, it would be okay for him to meet with government leaders and those NBA people.
The two walked side by side, and Song Ci immediately asked, "What time does the party start?"
Wang Jing replied: "7pm, the location is the banquet hall next to the press conference."
Song Ci breathed a sigh of relief. The Peking University event would be over by 5pm, so there was plenty of time. "It's still in time. I'll come after the school event is over."
The cooperation between Tenda Group and the NBA has far-reaching impact and has caused a huge shock to the entire domestic Internet industry.
An investment of 40 million US dollars is one of the largest investments in the history of the domestic Internet. When various Internet companies and countless netizens have not yet digested and reacted to this matter, Tengda Group has made new moves.
In mid-May, two Korean online games represented by Tengda Group, "Audition" and "Hot Blooded Jianghu", and the self-made card game "Three Kingdoms Online", were launched on the TD game platform for public beta testing.
After nearly a year of accumulation and dormancy, and the completion of the construction of online network distribution, offline point card recharge and other channels, Tengda Group finally began to fully enter the field of online games.
"The domestic Internet industry is about to change!" This is what a NetEase executive said in an interview with a reporter.
Toutiao.com and TD Game Platform, both owned by Tenda Group, have a high degree of business overlap with the three major established portals, NetEase, Sohu and Sina. These three companies were the first to face pressure from Tenda Group.
However, the three major portals have a large number of users and are large in scale, so the impact will not be obvious for a while. Compared with the three major portals, the worst hit are the small and medium-sized websites.
Since its launch in 2004, Toutiao.com has been operating self-made content, cooperating with traditional media for mutual benefit, improving the quality and depth of news, and thereby increasing user stickiness.
Facts have proved that Toutiao's development strategy is correct. The number of users and website visits have hit new highs, and advertising revenue has continued to rise, with the company having the potential to become China's largest portal.
The successful rise of Toutiao.com represents that the entire Internet portal business is about to enter a new stage.
This means that the days when major portals could just reprint some news and make up some gossip to earn traffic are gone forever.
Only by continuously creating high-quality content and providing more and richer information can portal websites win the favor of users.
If websites want to obtain high-quality content efficiently and comprehensively, it means more investment. Small and medium-sized portals are limited by scale and funding, and cannot keep up and fall behind step by step. Basically, they can only follow behind large portals and eat leftovers. A reshuffle of the entire portal industry is inevitable.
Users don’t care whether the industry is reshuffled or not. They will go to the website that can provide the latest and most complete information.
Now that Toutiao.com has won the broadcasting rights for NBA events, the effect has been immediate: countless basketball fans have become excited and are flocking to Toutiao.com, and the number of website users has experienced another explosive growth.
On May 15, TT Video, a subsidiary of Tenda Group, was launched online, marking Tenda's entry into the online video platform business.
On the same day, Tengda Group and Hunan Satellite TV signed an agreement to acquire the online broadcasting rights for the second season of "Super Girl" and the operating rights of unlimited value-added services for 5 million yuan.
Users can watch the highlights of the program's audition phase on tt video.
During the national finals, viewers who missed the live broadcast on TV can watch the online rebroadcast on tt.com the next day and vote for their favorite contestants on Toutiao.com.
The talent show "Super Girl" hosted by Hunan Satellite TV received a mediocre response in the first season. Netizens argued online for a long time but still could not figure out why Tengda Group spent a huge amount of money to purchase the online copyright for the second season. They could only sigh that Tengda is really rich.
In May, Tengda Group kept releasing breaking news. Near the end of the month, there was no new move by Tengda for more than ten days. When peer companies and netizens thought that Tengda Group had finally gone quiet, on the last day of May, another piece of news that shocked the entire network came out.
Tengda Group acquired the music player software Qianqian Jingting for RMB 12 million and established Qianqian Music Network, an interactive Chinese music community.
After completing the acquisition, Tenda Group announced that it would retain the Qianqian Jingting brand and develop software online playback technology, while strengthening the acquisition of digital music copyrights, gradually allowing Qianqian Jingting to embark on a genuine and legal path.
At this moment, people realized that Tenda Group had unknowingly become an emerging Internet giant spanning multiple fields such as portals, games, music, film and television, and interested people finally began to notice the young founder of the group!
After the climax, things will eventually calm down. Tengda Group has been making big moves throughout May, and the company has been developing rapidly.
However, it also consumes most of the group's reserve funds, which requires time to settle and digest in order to ensure the smooth and healthy operation of the group.
June comes in the blink of an eye, summer is gone in a hurry, a small fan brings a slight coolness, and the summer days are long and leisurely.
Liu Shishi has been busy rehearsing recently, preparing to participate in the art performance.
Song Ci has been busy with his studies recently and is preparing to take his final exams.
On June 5, CCTV Art Center will join hands with graduating students from nine higher art schools, including the Peking Film Academy, Peking Dance Academy, and the Central Conservatory of Music, to co-host the country's first large-scale art evening party "2005 Graduation Song" to report on the graduation of higher art schools.
The party not only invited presidents and other school leaders from various universities, but also specially invited relevant leaders from the education department, cultural department, and the General Administration of Optoelectronics to attend, making the party grand and solemn.
Therefore, the leaders of the Peking Dance Academy attached great importance to this art performance, and the students who performed on stage rehearsed day and night and worked extremely hard.
Liu Shishi was fortunate enough to be selected to participate in a group dance program. She rehearsed until very late every day, and fell asleep on the bed when she returned to the dormitory. She no longer had time to care about the romantic life with the campus handsome boy of Song University.
June 4th was a leisurely Saturday. The morning light was warm and poetic. The four students from Songci dormitory went to the school library early in the morning.
Liu Shishi needs to rehearse and perform over the weekend, so Song Ci doesn't have to accompany his girlfriend, and he has nothing to do at the company for the time being, so he takes some time out from his busy schedule and prepares to write his new book in the library today.
Just as I was about to step into the library door, a clear and graceful voice with a hint of surprise came from behind me, "Song Ci, long time no see!"
It was a familiar feeling. Song Ci turned around and saw that it was Shen Sisi walking towards him slowly.
Song Ci nodded to Miss Shen and smiled, “Long time no see, Sisi!”
The two had indeed not seen each other for a long time. Ever since Shen Sisi's birthday, Song Ci had been busy making decisions on various affairs of the group throughout May, and in his spare time he had to accompany Liu Shishi.
In addition, Chen Sisi did not take the initiative to look for Song Ci as she did in the past, and before they knew it, more than a month had passed since they last saw each other.
Today, Shen Sisi is dressed simply and fashionably, with a white floral chiffon shirt on top and a pair of jeans on the bottom.
Her hair falls on her shoulders, her face is lightly powdered, and she wears light pink lipstick between her lips. She wears a jade bracelet on her fair wrists, which has a quiet luster, like a touch of autumn water.
Holding a few books in her hands and a pink bag slung across her shoulder, compared to her previous dignified and elegant appearance, Miss Shen's temperament today is more pure and well-behaved, exuding a strong bookish atmosphere from the inside out.
Shen Sisi walked up to Song Ci and the others with light steps, with a happy and gentle smile on her face.
Song Ci could even see his own figure in the other person's clear and bright eyes.
The two were very close, and Song Ci could smell the elegant fragrance coming from Miss Shen, which seemed to be the scent of Miaojing perfume.
Maybe the weather in June was a bit hot and humid. When Shen Sisi rushed to the library, she was sweating, and the smell of perfume made her feel even more refreshing.
The five of them crowded at the entrance of the library, attracting the attention of passing students, especially Song Ci and Shen Sisi. The Peking University campus hunk and campus belle were in the same frame, like a golden boy and a jade girl in a painting, which made the students who came to the library early in the morning look at them sideways.
Lu Yugang, who was standing by, saw that Shen Sisi seemed to have something to say to Song Ci, and thought that it was not a good idea for several people to block the door, and it was even more inappropriate for three grown men to act as light bulbs.
"Old Four, you guys chat, we'll go in first and save you a seat."
Lin Hao has been avoiding Shen Sisi's eyes since he saw her, fearing that Miss Shen's roommate would play a prank on him. He cleverly said, "Miss Shen, do you want us to save a seat for you as well?"
Shen Sisi nodded in satisfaction and replied sweetly, “Okay, thank you for your help.”
Lu Yuguang and the other two strode away and quickly left Song Ci behind, leaving him and Shen Sisi alone.
Shen Sisi approached Song Ci, strolled side by side with him, and asked with a sweet smile: "Song Ci, is it true that Little Lion said on the forum that you are going to publish a new book? We book fans have been looking forward to it for a long time."
Song Ci nodded in response: "Yes, the new book is still a historical novel."
Shen Sisi's eyes flickered, and she was curious: "Which dynasty is this story about?"
Talking about the new book, Song Ci's eyes were bright and he was confident and calm: "It is the story of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty!"
Unlike his previous novels which were copied from memory from his previous life, this new book will be his original work.
Song Ci has read a lot of books over the years. After several years of accumulation, his writing skills and style have matured. Coupled with his rich knowledge reserves, he is able to create an excellent work.
Shen Sisi said excitedly, "The new book is about the seventh emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen Tuoba Hong, who changed customs, moved the capital to Luoyang, and promoted national integration!"
Song Ci looked at Shen Sisi in surprise, he didn’t expect that Miss Shen could succinctly summarize the life of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in just a few words, and it was obvious that she had rich historical knowledge, which made him look at her with new eyes.
Seeing Song Ci looking at her with a hint of doubt and admiration, Shen Sisi smiled proudly and said, “I have been interested in history since I was a child.
So I have read a lot of historical books from various dynasties. I am very familiar with the history of the Northern Wei Dynasty. We can communicate more. Maybe I can provide you with some inspiration. "
Song Ci immediately felt admiration for Miss Shen. No wonder she could quote from classics and allusions when hosting the show. It can be imagined that her daily reading volume must be extremely huge.
When the two found the empty seat that Lu Yugang had helped to occupy, the three of them were already busy, reading books or solving problems with great concentration.
Song Ci didn't want to disturb them, so he quietly opened his laptop and prepared to type.
When Shen Sisi passed by Lin Hao, he gently patted his shoulder and pointedly asked, "Have you contacted your senior sister recently?"
Lin Hao gave a wry smile, at a loss as to what to do and remained silent.
Shen Sisi just wanted to warn Lin Hao. Song Ci's roommate had a flexible bottom line. On the one hand, he reported Song Ci's whereabouts to herself, and on the other hand, he reported it to Liu Shishi, trying to please both sides!
(End of this chapter)
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