Chapter 504: A Big Game of Chess
When Bald Beast heard that Master Huan was going to invest in Baozou Comics, he was filled with envy and jealousy.
They are also short of money now and hope someone can invest and give them a hand.
So, when Lao Wang next door shouted "no" rudely, the three brothers almost went crazy, just like they wanted to imitate the runaway Iori Yagami, and grabbed the big-headed monster baby in front of them and threw it left and right.
You bastard, you started to flatter me when we met just now, but now you act so noble.
Do you really need to?
But when this thought flashed through their minds, Lao Wang next door immediately started to smile with his face licked.
"Master Huan, just say what you want, and we'll do it. I agree to your investment!"
This time the three bald beast brothers were unhappy again.
Damn it, you agreed so quickly, can't you have some backbone?
As a human being, could you please not be so spineless?
Others pay you some money to shoot a video for you, and you just go along with them eagerly. Is that ok?
If Wang Nima knew this, he would definitely collapse.
What can I do to satisfy you three gentlemen?
"Okay, then we have settled this matter. I'll send someone to find you later!"
"Okay, definitely, definitely!"
Yang Huan turned around and looked at the three people from Wanxing Culture. He didn't know the other two, but he knew the bald beast.
"The beast!" Yang Huan pointed at the bald beast and stretched out his hand with a smile.
It seems that they are much more enthusiastic than they are towards Mr. Wang next door.
"It's me, it's me, Young Master Huan!" The bald beast quickly stretched out his hands, held Young Master Huan's hands, and smiled happily.
"Jiaoshou, I've been following your show, but why do I feel like you're not funny anymore lately?"
Yang Huan asked curiously.
He is indeed a fan of Bald Beast's videos and has been watching his shows, but he does feel that Bald Beast's shows are not funny, at least not on the same level as his earlier works and the "Never Expected" that Yang Huan had seen in his previous life!
The smile on the bald beast's face froze. Is this considered a constructive criticism from Master Huan?
"Master Huan, you don't know that in our circle, being funny has no status. People look down on it. They think your funny stuff is just a copycat, a spoof, and pure nonsense. No one respects you!"
Yang Huan was unhappy when he heard this. I also started out by making pranks, okay?
"Who said that?"
When the bald beast saw Master Huan's unfriendly expression, he immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing and could only mutter something.
"That's what the so-called professionals said anyway!"
"Fuck you!" Young Master Huan was immediately furious. "Those experts and scholars know nothing. They can only act superior and seem to be very impressive. But in fact, apart from themselves, who would be willing to watch the things they shoot?"
"They still look down on comedians. Let me tell you, it's much harder to make people laugh than to make them cry. Why do they look down on them? At least our spoofs can entertain the public and make them laugh from the bottom of their hearts in their stressful lives. But those crappy movies and articles they make are just disgusting. They have no social value or significance and are only suitable for their own entertainment in their own small circle!"
Not to mention the bald beast, even Wang Nima couldn't help but applaud after hearing it.
But only Young Master Huan can say these words, and small people like them cannot say them.
If you say it out loud, you will offend a lot of people and there will be no place to collect your body after you die!
"I heard from Xiao Deng that you guys have been in trouble recently?" Yang Huan asked again.
Xiao Deng?
The three bald beasts were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that Master Huan was talking about Director Deng.
My God, isn't the gap too big?
It's simply out of reach!
Director Deng, who is already very high and mighty in our eyes, has become Little Deng in the eyes of Young Master Huan!
"Yes, Master Huan, we made a mistake in our decision, so..."
Yang Huan nodded, "Jiaoshou, I really admire the talents of you and your team. It's such a waste for you to shoot those serious things. Come back and shoot spoofs instead of advertising videos. Just shoot a TV series. I've even thought of a name for you. It's called Never Expected."
"Never expected this?" The bald beast's eyes lit up immediately when he heard the name.
Master Huan is so talented, this is such a good name that comes out of his mouth immediately!
"Yes, that's the name. The male lead is called Wang Dachui. Don't worry about the traditional TV series. Just do whatever you want to make fun of. You can even add some sarcasm. For example, those movie makers with such bad special effects still have the nerve to call themselves special effects blockbusters. You can ridicule them to death!"
The bald beast and his two partners looked at each other, all wanting to smile bitterly, but also feeling like they could let out a sigh of relief.
Haven't there been rumors recently that they want to ban them?
These guys look down on their spoofs and copycats, so we will use spoofs and copycats to satirize them!
See who can beat who!
"Master Huan, how do we make money?" Old Fan asked.
"This is easy, it's product placement!"
Yang Huan said this with a chuckle, "Let me tell you, don't think that users are resistant to ads. That's because you shoot the ads too insincerely. As long as you shoot the ads with more sincerity, or even make them funny, do you think the audience will resist them?"
The bald beast, his two partners, and Wang Nima, all looked at each other with shining eyes.
Speaking of product placement, there are tons of product placements in the films directed by Master Huan.
But I didn’t see any objections from users. Instead, many people were talking about it with great relish!
From this we can see that even though they are both product placements, there are actually differences in quality.
"It's like doing... um... WeChat advertising. You could say that a senior official from WeChat came to your company with a large stack of money and asked you to shoot an advertisement. As a result, you said in a very pretentious way that for the sake of the audience experience, you would not accept advertisements. However, the lines, subtitles, and even the background are all advertisements. How do you think the audience would feel?"
"Yes!" The bald beast immediately slapped his thigh hard.
This is a great idea, it's definitely possible!
"Master Huan, we can actually put an ad in the beginning of the show, similar to the ones in the old TV series. This show is sponsored by Cha Cha, and the ad slogans can be written in a funny and funny way to make people laugh. That will definitely be a big laugh point!"
Yang Huan smiled and nodded, "This is good, very interesting!"
So, this bald beast is really a talent!
"You guys are responsible for the details. We at WeChat Video will not interfere. We are only responsible for investment. We will still hold 50% of Wanxing Culture's shares, and all the programs you produce will be broadcast on our WeChat Video!"
The bald beast, Lao Fan and the old man looked at each other and all thought this was interesting.
"Master Huan, I wonder what big plan WeChat Video has this time?" Old Fan became more careful and asked with concern.
"It's not really a big plan. It's mainly to support some original programs. For example, just now Fatty Luo said he wanted to start a self-media company, so I invested in their company. It wasn't much money, but we will set up a department on WeChat Video to be responsible for this business."
To support original programs, to put it bluntly, is investment!
"As everyone knows, we currently have 700 to 800 million WeChat users worldwide, and more than 300 million in China. The number of users is huge, and with WeChat, it is more convenient for you to interact with users. I believe that in this regard, no other video platform can compete with us!"
Bald Beast and others had to admit this.
For example, recently, WeChat announced that WeChat will only support WeChat videos in the future.
In other words, in the future, WeChat will no longer have video links from other websites including Youdou, Fanshu.com, and Baidu.
This is indeed very overbearing, but what can you do?
If you have this ability, go and create a WeChat account yourself!
But the social networking industry is inherently monopolistic, and no one can copy WeChat.
All of these are unique advantages for WeChat video!
"We have done internal statistics and found that in the next year, the video traffic from our celebrity accounts alone will be able to reach or even exceed the traffic level of Youdou. Coupled with the advantages of social networks, we are very confident that this area will develop very rapidly!"
After hearing what Master Huan said, everyone was stunned.
It's really unbelievable.
Can the video traffic of a celebrity account catch up with Youdou?
Isn’t this too scary?
"In addition to strongly supporting original videos, we will also develop cooperation with TV stations. For example, we will cooperate with Mango TV to jointly produce two variety shows [I Am a Singer] and [Where Are We Going, Dad], cooperate with Blueberry TV to produce [Running Man] and [Goddess' New Clothes], and cooperate with Lizhi TV on [The Brain] and [Fall in Love with Supermodel]."
"After these programs are broadcast on TV, WeChat Video will be their exclusive online broadcasting platform. In addition, we also have our own video programs [Lovers Travel], [Are You Normal], [Big Brands Arrive], etc!"
The bald beast and others were all dumbfounded.
WeChat Video is planning to challenge the leading position in the domestic video industry in the next one or two years.
You have to know that the competition between domestic video companies is all about content. The audience will follow whoever has the advantage in content.
In terms of content, many traditional film and television companies and TV stations have also learned to be smart. They either license a work to multiple companies to maximize profits, or simply charge sky-high prices.
This creates a situation where you have it, I have it, and everyone has it.
In this situation, if you want to break through the siege, you have to rely on exclusive advantages.
There is no doubt that these strategies of WeChat video are all deadly moves!
"In addition, we will broadcast the Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 from 2013. The Premier League, Ligue 1 and La Liga are all exclusive online rights. We will also broadcast the NBA, which is also a focus of our efforts."
"As for TV series, in addition to focusing on domestic and Hong Kong dramas, we will also increase our efforts to introduce Korean and American dramas. We will even consider cooperating with them to obtain exclusive copyrights!"
Exclusive copyright again!
The bald beast had become numb after listening to it!
But I feel extremely excited!
Because he discovered that WeChat Video is playing a very big game.
If it is really as Young Master Huan said, how huge a sum of money would be needed to operate it?
It’s exciting just to think about it!
It was only at this time that they realized why so many leaders of local satellite TV stations, as well as core executives of Ali Baba and Jingdong, had come.
The reason is very simple, they all want to cooperate with WeChat!
In this situation, as an insignificant small company, Wanxing Culture has only one way to go.
That is to cling to Young Master Huan's strong thigh regardless of everything and quickly become Young Master Huan's own person. Only in this way can you get as much benefit as possible from this big storm in the field of online video.
By the time everything is settled, it will be too late!
Thinking of this, the bald beast and old man Fan nodded at the same time and shouted in unison.
"Master Huan, we have decided to follow you!"