novelslam Chapter 1098 Electronic Red Envelope (5K)
Chapter 1098 Electronic Red Envelope (5K)
Fang Zhuo's walks in the capital quickly met expectations, which freed up time instead.
He didn't want to go to Sina to listen to the affairs, nor did he want to listen to Zhang Chaoyang's singing. After contacting CCTV to inquire about the Spring Festival Gala activities, he got an invitation to watch the rehearsal, and it hit it off.
Since it is the first time to watch the Spring Festival Gala live, it is also the first time to watch the rehearsal.
On February 2th, Fang Zhuo arrived at the CCTV No. 9 studio hall with the technical team of Yike Jingcheng. Today there is a makeup rehearsal here.
Yike has set up technical teams in the three cities. There are 6 access clusters and 200 servers in Beijing to process the expected data of the Spring Festival Gala. This is not the first time they have come to the rehearsal site.
However, Fang Zhuo was here for the first time, and he was also a patron, so he was warmly received and arranged a good viewing position for him.
But soon, he saw that Zhang Chaoyang from Sohu was also received in, and he was arranged next to him.
"Hey, Mr. Fang, when did you come to the capital? Why didn't you ask me to drink?" Zhang Chaoyang was surprised to see Mr. Fang here.
"Not long after I came to the capital, I came here for the Spring Festival Gala. I thought I would give you New Year's greetings in a few days." Fang Zhuo got up to welcome his good friend.
"The Chinese New Year will be in a few days, and you are looking for me?" Zhang Chaoyang is not stupid.
Fang Zhuo pointed to the stage: "Hurry up and sit down, don't talk, let's start."
Zhang Chaoyang muttered, "What's so interesting about the announcement?"
However, the people around him had already quieted down, so he didn't make a sound.
When Zhou Tao started interacting with the audience on stage, Zhang Chaoyang said: "Mr. Fang, you're getting rich again. How many planes can you buy if you sell Yongke! You won't turn around and treat Sogou like this, will you?"
"You have so many shares in Sogou and it's not listed. I don't think it's okay to operate like that." Fang Zhuo shook his head, already accustomed to the impact of the Morning Star incident.
Zhang Chaoyang nodded: "Yes."
Fang Zhuo added: "Unless Sohu can't continue to play, it needs to sell assets."
"President Fang, it's Chinese New Year's Eve." Zhang Chaoyang glanced sideways, "Can't you say something nice?"
Fang Zhuo is as good as a gentleman: "You sing really well, hurry up and catch up..."
He pointed to the queen who was waiting to take the stage: "Faye Wong."
Zhang Chaoyang did his part, he was definitely not as professional as he was, but he still had skills.
"Oh yes, why did you come to the rehearsal all of a sudden?" Fang Zhuo remembered this.
"I think it's normal. We're going to praise Wang Lanfei, a contracted singer of our Sohu Music this year. She also has a show. I think she can be popular." Zhang Chaoyang said.
Fang Zhuo was at a loss, Wang Lanfei?Never heard of it.
"I have to thank you, Xiao Wang took the song from Jay Chou and Fang Wenshan, it's not bad." Zhang Chaoyang said again.
Fang Zhuo remained silent, um, if you have any thanks, take it on.
He knows that Sohu is tossing in the direction of entertainment, but this is not something he is familiar with and concerned about, and he doesn't know if they can break new ground.
Zhang Chaoyang glanced at President Fang and sighed, "I can't compare to you."
Fang Zhuo didn't know why he said such a sentence suddenly.
Zhang Chaoyang took out the Mars3 mobile phone and asked, "How many users does Yixin have now?"
"Hush, Faye Wong is singing." Fang Zhuo muttered, showing respect for the singer.
Zhang Chaoyang looked at the stands. He had been here several times and knew that "Legend" was going to be sung, but the sequence seemed to be different from the previous rehearsal.
After singing a song, Fang Zhuo said with emotion: "This is the song."
Zhang Chaoyang: "Huh?"
"I mean, it's pretty good to listen to music live. In the early years, I often used iMusic to listen to music." Fang Zhuo said with a smile. He used to listen to music when he was making a player.
Zhang Chaoyang nodded, this is natural, Yike has not given up on this aspect, the overseas market of hardware is still contributing revenue, not to mention the software iMusic.
The rehearsal on stage was still going on, and the two of them would chat a few words every time a program was over, watching and chatting for a while, and the rehearsal reached halftime.
Fang Zhuo stood up and moved his body, and said with a smile: "Watching the show live is much better than watching it on TV. Hey, I shouldn't come to this rehearsal. There will be no surprises at the Spring Festival Gala."
Just as Zhang Chaoyang was about to speak, he saw Faye Wong, who had sung before, and Eason Chan, who hadn't sung, walking along the aisle, and he looked at Mr. Fang.
Fang Zhuo saw two well-known singers coming this way, and also looked at Zhang Chaoyang, who is probably half an insider, and seems to be indeed influential now.
Unexpectedly, when Faye Wong and Eason Chan came over, the first thing they did was to shake hands and greet them.
Fang Zhuo chatted a little bit in surprise, changed his mind, and said with a smile: "I liked listening to your songs when I first started the company. If your contract expires in the future, we can develop together."
As soon as these words came out, Faye Wong and Eason Chan looked at each other in dismay, and Zhang Chaoyang who was next to him also burst out laughing after being stunned.
Faye Wong didn't speak.
Eason Chan said in embarrassment: "Mr. Fang, my contract is now with Sony Echo Music."
Fang Zhuo was stunned, oh, is that so...
He looked at Faye Wong.
"Yeah." Faye Wong nodded lightly. She is half-retired now, but the contract is still with Sony.
Faye Wong was in EMI before, and joined Sony in 02. In recent years, she has not focused on music. Eason Chan joined Universal's Xinyibao in 05, and was pulled into Sony by Jay Chou at the beginning of last year. Echo Music Company.
Sony Bertelsmann Music Company→Sony Music→Sony Echo Music, because Sony Music has sold its shares, and Echo Music has developed very strongly in recent years, and the decision-making power of Huaxia’s music subsidiary has been transferred.
These two just saw the boss of the company and thought about not being rude to come over to pay New Year's greetings, but... the richest man in the mainland has a big business, so he didn't know the situation at all, so they dug people on their own heads.
The two singers left silently.
Zhang Chaoyang couldn't stop laughing, such an embarrassing moment for Mr. Fang was rare.
"That's enough, that's enough, I'm not interested in the entertainment industry, and I can't be familiar with every job." Fang Zhuo stopped Zhang Chaoyang's ridicule aloud.
"Yes, Mr. Fang is not interested, but the people under your command are doing quite well, right?" Zhang Chaoyang couldn't help smiling.
Fang Zhuo shook his head and sighed: "It's okay that Sony signed someone. Uh, I didn't expect that Jay Chou would recruit people to the company. It's really worthwhile to invite him to watch the game."
This is Jay Chou's subjective initiative.
"I'll post a Weibo first." Zhang Chaoyang took out his phone and thought this was very interesting.
"No, I seldom use social media recently." Fang Zhuo stretched out his hand to stop him, and changed the subject, "Seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, I still want to give Pony a New Year greeting this year, maybe I have to change my phone card He called."
Zhang Chaoyang shook his mobile phone: "It's better to get rid of enemies than to tie them up. I will act as a middleman and help you send your blessings to him through Yixin."
Fang Zhuo just changed the subject, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly said in surprise, "You used Yixin to send it to him? Do you have his Yixin friends?"
He was not surprised that Zhang Chaoyang used Yixin, but what was strange was that Ma Huateng also used Yixin, and added friends to each other.
"Aren't you, Yixin, a registered friend in the recommended address book?" Zhang Chaoyang knew what Mr. Fang was surprised, and said with a smile, "I saw that it was displayed on my account, so he tried to add it, and it really passed."
He continued: "It is said that people know themselves and know the enemy, and they will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."
Fang Zhuo was dumbfounded: "This can be spread and publicized..."
"Hey, Mr. Fang, what came out of my mouth is not authentic." Zhang Chaoyang persuaded, "Competition in the company, personal relationships don't have to be so tense, just find an opportunity to talk about it during the Chinese New Year."
Fang Zhuo didn't have to be nervous, it was the opportunity of Chinese New Year...not a good opportunity.
He shook his head: "Let's talk later."
Zhang Chaoyang is a warm-hearted person. He still remembers drinking together in the capital. There was Mr. Fang, Ma Dian, Ma Huateng, and Li Yanhong.
He thought about this matter in his heart, since Mr. Fang intends to ease the relationship but he can't hide his face, then he will send a blessing during the New Year, and mention Mr. Fang's New Year's greetings by the way, so that it can be eased a little bit.
Company competition belongs to company competition, and there will be no non-contact in private.
Zhang Chaoyang stopped mentioning it, and brought the topic back to the number of users of Yixin.
Ever since Yixin announced 800 million users and a target of 1200 million registrations by the end of the year, no official data has been given. Calculating the time, according to Yixin's previous curve, there must be 1300 million now, right?
But it's hard to say, because the "Letter" launched by Penguin seems to be effectively dividing the Yixin market.
The two are destined to be a long-term lingering battle in the competition of mobile instant messaging.
However, Fang Zhuo did not give a positive response, but said: "Yixin is under a lot of pressure. The operator is difficult to deal with. Penguin is working hard again. Let's see after the new year."
Zhang Chaoyang heard the intention of prevarication, and said angrily: "I still need you to expose the fact that you can't recognize your own singer on the Internet."
"Isn't that good? You all know that I'm all focused on my career, unlike you who are filming and singing at the same time." Fang Zhuo has adjusted his mentality and said nonchalantly.
"I was filming for the company's business." Zhang Chaoyang spoke eloquently.
Fang Zhuo only gave a thumbs up and didn't worry about it.
Zhang Chaoyang wondered about the attitude of the richest man in the mainland, is this looking down on his own efforts in his career?
He watched the rehearsal, thinking about Yike's movements this year, and whether Sohu had something to prove, and before he knew it, he was waiting for Sohu Entertainment's new singer Wang Lanfei.
Sohu Entertainment is a wholly-owned subsidiary established by Sohu. In order to control the direction of the new Internet entertainment, Zhang Chaoyang personally served as the president, and picked many newcomers with his keen eyes.
Sohu Entertainment, Sohu Video.
This is the new development direction of Sohu given by him in the past year.
However, seeing Mr. Fang himself today, looking back at the end of the year, aside from Sogou, it seems that Sohu has not had much development in the mobile terminal unknowingly.
Zhang Chaoyang made a comparison in his heart, thinking about Yike's mobile hardware + YMS software ecology walking on two legs in the past year, and suddenly felt that the gap between them was getting wider and wider.
"Mr. Fang, I'll treat you to a drink tonight and ask you for advice." Zhang Chaoyang waited until the rehearsal was coming to an end and invited him to drink.
Fang Zhuo glanced at Zhang Chaoyang, and said with a smile, "Hey, why did I suddenly see respect in your eyes? Not tonight, CCTV has already made an appointment, and I don't want to miss the appointment when it's Chinese New Year."
"Then tomorrow." Zhang Chaoyang said again.
"Sina invited me to dinner tomorrow night." Fang Zhuo didn't wait for him to continue the invitation, and said with fingers, "I will go to China Unicom the day after tomorrow. There will be a small banquet for Gongxin the day after tomorrow. If you have something to say, you can also drink after the year."
Zhang Chaoyang thought for a while, then pointed to his phone: "Then I'll think about it, let's chat on Yixin."
Fang Zhuo let out a "huh", and suddenly thought about why he didn't see the recommendation from Pony's Yixin friend. Could it be that the other person found this problem and turned off the push from inside the software?
Zhang Chaoyang is approaching the end of the new year, and he feels something in his heart, but when he went back to the rehearsal and thought about it, he felt that the development foundation of Sohu and Yike was different, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. When he got out of this state of mind, it would be the 13th New Year's Eve. A time that is not suitable for talking about business.
He knew that Boss Fang would appear at the Spring Festival Gala this year, so he wanted to see him on TV and send a New Year text message, and make an appointment for a drink by the way.
However, before that, Zhang Chaoyang carefully considered the congratulatory text message sent to the head of Penguin, with a burst of inspiration and true feelings, it took him three full texts to complete.
Speaking of Huaxia Internet companies, Sohu was known as a giant earlier than Penguin, and everyone has experienced the stages of century bubble, painful exploration, and rapid development...
Recalling the past, Zhang Chaoyang mentioned that there were dinners with Zhang Sohu, Fang Sina, Ma Ali, Ding Netease, Li Baidu, and Ma Penguin. It was just after the bubble, and the spring of the industry had not yet come, but everyone invariably had an unparalleled love for the Internet. confidence.
The past of youth is always beautiful, but it is a bit embarrassing to look at the present.
Zhang Chaoyang naturally mentioned Mr. Fang in the text message—I saw Mr. Fang two days ago, and he also said that he would wish you a New Year greeting this year. It is not easy for everyone to come to this day. Competition is competition, and the relationship should still look forward.
He didn't really use Yixin, but sent a text message, and he felt moved after reading it again.
On the other side, the head of Penguin, Ma Huateng, was also watching the Spring Festival Gala sitting in front of the TV. He received a long blessing from Zhang Chaoyang from Sohu, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.
No matter what, Mr. Zhang Chaoyang Zhang is still a good person.
Ma Huateng is not easy to perfunctory in the face of other people's sincerity, thinking about how to reply.
On New Year's Eve, at eight o'clock in the evening, the Spring Festival Gala is scheduled, with singing and dancing first.
After the opening "Tiger Leaps and Dragons Announce the Coming of Spring", Ma Huateng typed a lot of words on his mobile phone.
Ren Luyu, who served as the host of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time this year, held a microphone with a smile on his face, and mentioned the innovation of the show: "Technology is developing and the times are advancing. This year we have brought new blessings to audiences and friends across the country. Ouyang Xiadan, you You know? We can now receive red envelopes through our smartphones."
Ouyang Xiadan, who also hosted the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, was surprised: "Can mobile phones also receive red envelopes?"
Ren Luyu took out the national brand Yike mobile phone and said with a smile: "This year, Yike mobile phone has brought us the blessing of technology. As long as you shake it through Yixin, you can receive and share 8.8 million cash red envelopes. Shake the red envelope and you can share it." Get red envelopes for relatives and friends."
Ouyang Xiadan took the phone, clicked Yixin on the screen, clicked on "I"-"Shake", and immediately heard the sound of coins clattering.
The subtitles of the event appear at the bottom of the TV at the right time. After each Spring Festival Gala program, you can use "Shake" and "Red Envelope Sharing" to receive a total of 880 cash red envelopes from Yike. The total amount of red envelopes is also a series of The 880 is in line with everyone's habit of lottery.
In addition to the red envelopes after each program, the "Everyone grabs red envelopes" can be opened on the hour, and there is a chance to get a single large red envelope of 8888 yuan.
The host of the Spring Festival Gala, Ouyang Xiadan, quickly understood how to play, and exclaimed to the camera: "The times are advancing, and red envelopes can also appear on mobile phones. This year is really a year of technology!"
After the host's introduction, the Yixin logo landed on the lower right corner of the screen, which also successfully aroused the curiosity of many viewers in front of the TV.
After a short oral broadcast, young people quickly understood the simple gameplay, while the middle-aged and elderly people who reunited and watched TV together were puzzled by this so-called software red envelope. Seeing their sons, daughters, grandchildren and grandchildren start to fiddle with their mobile phones, they quickly They were asked to use their mobile phones to try to "share and gain".
By the way, it has also been popularized that Yixin does not require money for sending text messages. If you don’t understand whether there is a red envelope or not, you will immediately understand that you do not need money for sending text messages.
Ma Huateng put down editing text messages when the host mentioned smartphones on TV, and began to listen to the oral broadcast seriously. He felt his inner emotions surging while listening.
Electronic red envelope?Share fission?
Yixin, who has deeply cultivated the relationship chain of acquaintances, carried out a wave of publicity to the greatest extent in the Spring Festival Gala, the stage where acquaintances are most easily connected?
He stared at the text message from the head of Sohu again. Is this the year Mr. Fang wants to wish himself?
Ma Huateng deleted the reply he drafted word by word. He should have known it earlier. Don't Sohu and Yike still have in-depth cooperation in search?
Shameless ugly thief, cronies.
He kept his last demeanor and replied with a brief greeting: "Mr. Zhang, I wish you a happy new year too."
Ma Huateng got up from the sofa, grabbed his coat, and called the members of the general office for an urgent online meeting. As soon as he saw the event, he knew it was a red envelope attack no less than the hippo incident!
While he was on the phone, the statement made by the head of Yike not long ago appeared in his mind-"Yixin's development must be done step by step", "We don't want to do it again", "Yixin is going to be a long-term competition"...
You can't believe a single word, and there's never been a single word that comes out of Fang's mouth!
Yixin red envelopes, penguins rush.
However, it wasn’t just the Penguin family that was moving at the same time. Ma Dian, the head of Ali, didn’t watch TV, and only opened the Spring Festival Gala after receiving a call later to try out Yixin’s marketing activities.
Unlike Ma Huateng, what Ma Dian sees is not Yixin, but the Yipay behind Yixin.
"Fang Zhuo came here for Alipay!"
"Yike is at war with us!"
Ma Dian feels like being attacked suddenly. Alipay relies on Taobao, and E-Pay relies on E-Go. Originally, the two sides have developed in peace, and the competition between them is also limited to the e-commerce level.
Now, this is the beginning of a war that touches a deeper level and spreads in more areas!
Spring Festival Gala stage, 8.8 million cash red envelopes, Fang Zhuo is directly burning money to start a war!