Chapter 552: Step by Step, Alliance

Living room of a luxury house in Seongbuk-dong.

“You should choose a partner, use their money through formal channels, buy local copyrights, complete the last piece of the FBTV puzzle, first take over the market, and then kick them out.”

When Zhang Wei learned that Li Mingyang wanted to go to war with iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, she firmly opposed it and gave an optimal solution.

“Kick away? Why?” Li Mingyang shook his head.

“You and I can’t do it, but CJ can. You don’t think Li Meijin is some kind of good man, do you?”

Li Meijin is awesome!

But her good days are coming to an end, and she is about to be beaten up!

The returning Lee Mi Jin is the real godmother of Korean Wave and the godmother of Asian entertainment!

“We can’t pry open the local film and television copyrights of South Korea, but Penguin and iQiyi have already done so. If we don’t confuse the situation now, we will be squeezed to death later.”

“How to fight?”

It’s not that Zhang Wei doesn’t want to fight, but how to fight is a big problem.

In early 2012, Youku Co., Ltd. and Tudou Co., Ltd. merged through a 100% stock swap, accounting for nearly 70% of the market share.

As of May, iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video have monopolized the streaming media market in Dongda, with a market share of over 90%.

With Dongda’s market share as a bargaining chip, coupled with its financial strength, it is really a dimensionality-reducing attack on Korean entertainment.

The three major TV stations knelt down really quickly.

In less than three months, they compromised and used local Korean film sources.

How to fight?
Of course it is to form alliances!

Unite all those who can be united, and drive out iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video first!

……

5 month 26 day.

Huabu Technology and Kakao unilaterally terminated their cooperation.

Although Lao Jin tried his best to retain her, Zhang Wei understood that Lao Jin was not optimistic about FBTV. He was only optimistic about FBTV after merging with Penguin.

After ending the cooperation with Kakao, the most suitable partner is naturally another Internet giant NAVER.

But Huahua Technology did not cooperate with NAVER. Instead, it skipped NAVER and directly cooperated with Samsung Mobile!

Pay up to 30% Samsung tax.

This operation directly caused other streaming media software to curse collectively!

Because all software in Samsung’s mobile app store has not been subject to Apple’s tax.

But with someone taking the lead, Samsung was only too happy to do so. It directly issued an ultimatum to other similar software, requiring all streaming media to pay taxes like FBTV.

The focus is on YouTube.

Just when others were expecting Google to hit Samsung, YouTube was the first to respond!

Software tax is a commission on sales paid by users, while YouTube’s income mainly comes from advertising, so it doesn’t have to pay a penny.

This tax collection model is aimed at long video platforms, and iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are directly hit.

For iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, taxation will not have much impact for the time being because their profits are low, but once they start making money, they will face high commissions.

This method of dying together is so disgusting.

Although iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are powerful, they cannot defeat the local tyrants, let alone Samsung, the most unruly local tyrant.

Should I pay this tax?
There are many different voices within iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video.

Then… Youku ran away first! I don’t want to play anymore!

Koreans are too averse to streaming media. They want to sell crappy copyrights at high prices and sell them in packages. It’s disgusting.

Youku just came to join in the fun, but when it saw that there was no advantage to be gained, it returned to Tokyo University to be the boss.

Not long after Youku ran away, Penguin and iQiyi accepted the Samsung tax.

But, it’s not 30%, it’s 15%.

Halved.

Penguin and iQiyi are determined to take root in South Korea!

Especially penguins!
South Korea’s gaming industry is the most developed in Asia, and Penguin has long started investing in South Korea’s gaming industry.

Li Mingyang went to Korea to develop streaming media, and Penguin followed closely and soon discovered a new world.

Although South Korea’s streaming media market is small, it has a large number of legitimate users, a high payment rate, and rapid elimination of pirated content, making it very suitable for the development of streaming media.

Penguin and iQiyi have set up overseas departments specifically to develop the Korean market.

The two families don’t care about money at all, nor do they care about being cheated.

There is only one thought, and that is to grab the market!

Zhang Wei held a banquet at the Shilla Hotel and invited members of the review committee and agents of the chaebol.

The interests involved were explained at the banquet, but these people just paid lip service to the invitation to invest in FBTV, and no one was willing to do so.

The chaebols have their own ideas. They care more about the Tokyo market and it is more in their interests to cooperate with iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video.

There was no other choice, so Zhang Wei went to find Jin Jae-jun again and asked Jin Jae-jun to contact the chaebol directly, invite him to invest and cooperate, and give out more than 50% of the shares.

And a very alternative gambling agreement, which is to create a new streaming media platform while ensuring that the interests of the three major TV stations are not harmed, so as to jointly generate revenue and make money together.

Jin Zaijun took the money and did the job.

However, after working hard for most of the day, I returned empty-handed.

Not to mention the three major TV stations, even CJ’s TVN and Mnet, as well as JTBC disagree.

The president of TVN even advised Zhang Wei to cooperate with Penguin…

It was not until this time that Zhang Wei discovered that the smooth development of FBTV was due to the tacit approval of the chaebol and the support of Dongda Media.

They have been in cahoots for a long time.

FBTV has reached a critical moment of transformation, which led to Kakao’s downfall.

There is no unbreakable cooperation. Even within the chaebol, there are various factions.

Every decision made by the company does not necessarily represent everyone’s position.

The next day, August 5th.

Zhang Wei adopted a strategy of conquering each one piece at a time, starting with the directors of the three major TV stations.

In her communication with the directors, Zhang Wei discovered that these people did not refuse to cooperate, but they were all greedy for money.

Everything will be easy once the money is in place.

When each of them is greedier than Jin Langjun!

You can’t compete with money and flowers.

Even all the local chaebols in Korea combined cannot beat BAT!

“President Zhang, come, drink this glass of wine first, then we can have a deeper talk.” An old director with gray hair smiled and urged her to drink, while touching Zhang Wei’s thigh.

Zhang Wei snatched the wine glass, poured the wine on the other person’s face, stood up and left.

The angry old director slammed the table and wanted to keep Zhang Wei.

The two big men immediately stopped Zhang Wei and wouldn’t let her leave.

Zhang Wei didn’t expect to encounter this, but she was not afraid.

“Director Jin, do you have a son?” Zhang Wei said lightly.

Director Jin was stunned by the question, but he was excited to see the prey and liked strong women like Zhang Wei who looked cold and indifferent.

He gave his men a look, asking them to take Zhang Wei to a room on the third floor and have some fun with her.

“I am an external director of CJ. You need to think clearly about the consequences.”

“How could you be an external director of CJ? Even if you are, so what? Li Meijin can still turn against you.”

Zhang Wei was just bluffing, but she didn’t expect that someone would actually not give CJ face.

There was no choice, she threw away the bag in her hand and raised her hand to unbutton her white shirt. Just when the old director thought Zhang Wei had given in.

Zhang Wei suddenly covered her ears and screamed hysterically!

“what!”

Just when the people in the private room were confused, footsteps were suddenly heard outside.

Bang!
The door of the private room was kicked open and a group of uniformed waiters rushed in.

When he saw two men who looked like thugs at the door, he started beating them up without saying a word.

Zhang Wei closed her mouth upon seeing this, pushed back the strands of hair in front of her eyes, glanced at the old director with cold eyes, and after remembering his appearance, she asked the bodyguard to stop.

Then he picked up the bag on the ground and left Kim Jae-joon’s Japanese tavern.

Fortunately, this happened here. If it happened somewhere else, Zhang Wei would really be helpless.

The more she thought about it, the more scared she became, so Zhang Wei called Jin Jae-jun.

Skip all the first plans and go straight to the second plan!
Report with real name! Three major TV stations are involved in corruption and bribery!
The three major wireless TV stations are not without people who can take control of them. The first to be hit are the two major limited TV stations.

Especially JTBC.

CJ and JTBC, the limited television stations in South Korea, have the final say.

JTBC is the most rebellious!
JTBC was formerly known as Toyo Broadcasting Corporation.

How rebellious is this TV station…

During the reign of Quan Xiaojiang, this TV station exposed Quan Xiaojiang’s atrocities every day, which made Quan Xiaojiang very embarrassed. It was forcibly suspended by Quan Xiaojiang’s government on the grounds of “abolishing and unifying speech.”

This show has been off the air for more than 30 years and only officially started broadcasting last year.

Backed by Korea’s Central Daily News, one of Korea’s largest media outlets, it is affiliated to the Samsung Group.

Then the funny thing happened… In the process of bringing down Ms. Park, CJ was suppressed badly, and it was JTBC that jumped out and exposed Ms. Park’s best friend and her daughter.

No JTBC ‘found’ an old tablet of Choi’s girlfriend.

There are more than 200 government documents in it, and 44 of them are speeches by then-President Park.

It was confirmed that Ms. Park’s speech was arbitrarily modified by a person who had no connection with politics.

If it weren’t for JTBC’s divine assistance, Ms. Park would not have been impeached at all, nor would she have been brought down so quickly.

And the big boss of JTBC is Samsung…

JTBC is going crazy and even its boss has been exposed.

The prosecutor was incompetent and could not find evidence of the boss’ guilt. In the end, JTBC produced evidence that the boss bribed Ms. Park and convicted the boss… In the Cheongdam-dong slum demolition incident, it was three reporters from JTBC who were at the forefront of the exposure.

Zhang Wei found these three reporters from JTBC who like to expose chaebols.

He directly gave the three reporters the evidence of his bribery of the three major TV stations.

This move scared the three reporters to death.

Even the usually calm Kim Jae-jun was shocked.

He guessed that Zhang Wei had evidence in her hands, but he didn’t expect that Zhang Wei would use herself as evidence.

“President Zhang, I want to remind you that even if you are a member of the Dongda University, you are still subject to our legal sanctions.”

“I have already chosen the detention center.”

Jin Jae-jun was speechless. This woman is quite cruel!

Of course, the one in Cannes is even more ruthless. He is so crazy and ruthless! He is just going against the chaebol!
“Well…there’s no need to do that. If it gets out, it’ll make our reputation bad.” said the older reporter.

“Yes!”

“Isn’t this the old bastard named Jin? I have photos of him whoring.”

“Let me take a look. It seems I have some dirty laundry on these people.”

“I have this.”

The three reporters were talking at the same time and had a lot of dirty information in their hands, so they didn’t want to use what Zhang Wei gave them.

Now it was Zhang Wei and Jin Jae-jun’s turn to be confused.

These three took the lead in the Cheongdam-dong demolition incident and had strong incitement capabilities.

The older reporter was particularly stubborn and fought with the police, suffering a broken bone.

He suddenly became so docile that prosecutor Kim Jae-joon, who was handling the Cheongdam-dong demolition case at the time, was quite confused.

Jin Jae-jun poured a glass of wine for the three of them. The evidence has been given to them, so why don’t you accept it?

The five of them are now teammates in the same trench.

The two young reporters looked at their master, Song Duyuan.

Song Duyuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip. “Ha… I really admire Li Mingyang. When I was young, I also wanted to be a director, but… well, in the end, I could only make a living as a reporter. Damn it! How can we pay if those chaebols don’t show us some color? They owe us more than 20 million in hush money! How can we get the money if we don’t work hard to expose it!”

“Shit, we really need foreign investment. The entire Republic of Korea was built on the basis of foreign investment, which is why it can develop so fast… Each of these chaebol lackeys is guilty and deserves the punishment. They should not drag down President Zhang and hurt the friendship between the two countries.”

Zhang Wei and Jin Zaijun could tell that this person was a nationalist, and he was so aggressive, but it turned out that the chaebol was refusing to pay the hush money…

The two were just a little confused at first, and became even more confused after hearing it.

Then the three of them left to get the black material, and when they came back, they brought back a schoolbag full of black material.

It’s not free, you have to pay!
If you want some dirty laundry on someone, just provide a photo and information and we will provide you with a systematic quote.

Zhang Wei was shocked.

Kim Jae-joon realized that these three might be from some assassins’ league, and they made a living by secretly taking photos of chaebols, celebrities, and companies.

It’s not possible to sink the Han River, because there are people behind you.

The fastest growing one is D agency.

CJ is one of the bosses behind Disco.

Zhang Wei spent more than 300 million won to buy the black material, so she doesn’t have to experience the hotel cell in Korea.

So she adjusted her original plan and decided not to meet with Kim Jae-jun’s leader.

He went to Shilla Hotel and met with Lee Boo-jin, and borrowed 20 billion won from her using % ​​of the shares of Huashu Technology.

Annual interest rate is as high as 35%! Pay off within one year.

Although Lee Boo-jin’s business is limited to Shilla Hotels, she can still make the decision when investing her own money.

Borrowing money is not the point, cooperation is the point.

She then used the same operation to borrow money from CJ and SK.

Annual interest rate as high as 35%!

Li Mingyang’s reputation is good, everyone is willing to lend him money, and no one can resist money.

With the money, Zhang Wei’s first thing was to go to the Penguin Bang branch to discuss copyright cooperation.

iQiyi and Penguin used money to break the bottom line of the three major TV stations.

The door to buying dramas has been opened, and the only issue left is the price.

Not pursuing exclusivity, but co-purchasing a drama by several companies is most in line with the Internet’s concept of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

Zhang Wei was full of confidence at first, but who knew that the person she was talking to was Liu Chunning, the president of Penguin Video.

The head of Penguin Video actually appeared in South Korea.

This made Zhang Wei very nervous, but after talking for more than ten minutes, Zhang Wei suddenly gained confidence, because the other party was an executor who only looked at data.

Zhang Wei changed the negotiation strategy and used data to speak, which made Liu Chunning, who was saying “I am in Penguin, but like a spy for Alibaba, and I am in Alibaba, but like a spy for Penguin”, very happy and nodded repeatedly.

The cooperation was reached without much thought.

After both parties signed the letter of intent, Zhang Wei took the letter of intent to find the person in charge of iQiyi’s Korean branch. Before she could say a few more words, Gong Yu appeared.

“Manager Zhang, I don’t know how you convinced Penguin Video, and I’m not interested in knowing.”

Gong Yu threw the agreement aside, lit a cigar, and said slowly: “Let me be frank. As long as we cooperate, we will have no rivals even in Korea. It’s difficult to stand alone, so cooperation is beneficial to both sides. You don’t have that much money, so don’t waste it by fighting with us for copyright.”

“How do you know if you haven’t tried it?” said Zhang Wei.

“You used to be from Youku, I think I’ve seen you before.” Gong Yu said.

“Ah.”

“Among those guys at Youku who can only make PPT, there is unexpectedly an expert like you who is good at operations. Is Lao Gu blind?” Gong Yu praised Zhang Wei and did not forget to scold his old colleague.

“It’s really surprising that Zhang Chaoyang’s Whampoa Military Academy trained ungrateful people like you.”

“He just took advantage of the times, but forgot why he succeeded. He will be eliminated sooner or later if he crosses the river and then burns the bridge.” Gong Yu took a deep puff of his cigar, with a hint of admiration in his eyes. “You are the second person who dares to talk to me like this. I admire you very much. If you can help me reach a cooperation, you will be the person in charge of Bangzi.”

“How much can you give me?”

“Vice President and stock options of iQiyi, as well as the right to appoint all the owners of the Korean branch.”

“You didn’t give enough.”

“Director Li gives a lot, but if it can’t be realized, it’s all empty talk. If we work together, then everything is not empty talk.”

Gong Yu’s words were very misleading, and he had already reached the highest level of his authority.

Zhang Wei was not in favor of competing with iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, and was very hesitant.

Seeing this, Gong Yu continued to persuade him, “Manager Zhang, Mr. Lei from Xiaomi and I are old friends. We have common friends, and he also thinks that we can cooperate. There is no need to fight with each other and hurt the relationship.”

“Lei Jun?”

“Yes, we are discussing cooperation. It won’t be long before we become a family.”

“Lei Jun and everyone are family.”

“Ha ha!”

Zhang Wei hesitated for a moment, then went out and called Li Mingyang.

Gong Yu was determined to win the cooperation, and he had accumulated a lot of cards in his hand before he came.

Except for Lei Jun of Xiaomi, he has basically won over all of Li Mingyang’s partners, including Guangxian, LeTV, Tangren, Huace, SM…

He didn’t want to fight a copyright war with Li Mingyang in Korea. There would be no winner and both sides would lose everything.

Baidu cares more about the domestic market, and does not value the Korean market as much as outsiders see. If Li Mingyang had not come to Korea to develop streaming media, it would have developed quite well.

He couldn’t convince Li Yanhong at all.

However, Gong Yu had made all the calculations, but he did not expect that Li Mingyang, who put profit above all else, was determined to fight this time.

Even if the capital chain is imperfect and domestic and foreign capital are being cut, the fight still has to happen.

“I know what Director Li relies on. If that’s the case, let’s have a fight. But I still say that cooperation can lead to win-win results. No matter what the fight turns out to be, we can always cooperate.”

Gong Yu asked his men to prepare the agreement and left the meeting room with regret.

Zhang Wei was a little confused. Rely on? What do you rely on?
CJ?

Li Mei Jin was the one most opposed to selling the copyright to FBTV.

CJ is a limited television station. Its operation logic is similar to streaming media, but its portability of watching anytime and anywhere far exceeds that of limited television stations.

Streaming is the upgraded version of cable TV!
The three major TV stations compromised, and CJ and JTBC were not even willing to talk.

At around seven o’clock in the evening, Zhang Wei returned to Huahua Technology. After a short rest, she began to organize the information at hand, and then started a video conference to discuss the purchase of the drama with a group of subordinates.

After understanding the regular price of stick copyright.

Zhang Wei immediately called Gong Yu to hold a video conference to discuss the purchase of the drama.

Gong Yu nodded twice and suggested bringing Liu Chunning in.

Buying all three together can really save you a lot of money.

But what is infuriating and ridiculous is that.

Gong Yu made more than a dozen phone calls but couldn’t find the other party. Finally, the person in charge of Penguin Video Stick held a video conference with the two of them.

They are all workaholics, they are all in the company, and there are several people sitting behind them, ready to provide supplements at any time.

The three parties chatted for more than three hours, and Gong Yu suddenly turned around and asked his secretary, “Is Cannes over yet?”

The secretary was stunned by the question and didn’t react for a moment. Gong Yu glared at him and he left the meeting room in shame.

The secretary has just left the meeting room.

Zhang Wei’s cell phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Li Xiucheng calling.

“Hey……”

“President Zhang, the boss won an award! Wow! This is awesome! New World actually won the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes!”

At the same time, Gong Yu’s secretary came back and said that Li Mingyang won an award in Cannes.

Gong Yu was so shocked that his cigar dropped to the ground.

“The Palme d’Or?”

“This…” The secretary read on the phone, “It’s the Best Screenwriter Award.”

“That’s not bad…” Gong Yu had a complicated expression and gave a bitter smile. He suddenly lost interest in talking and asked his secretary to book a flight back home.

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(End of this chapter)