The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 228
The news of Weibo Technology's second round of financing naturally attracted the attention of some media.

Although some traditional people believe that the Internet economy is overheated and the hype is excessive, the fact is that this industry has repeatedly exploded with large-scale financing, allowing Internet giants to emerge one after another, enjoying the joy of getting rich on the wind, and making ordinary People wish they could replace it with their own bodies.

What's more, the protagonist of "getting rich" this time is still Wang Wei!

At this moment, "Fortune Weekly" added another fire, or in other words, took the opportunity to gain popularity.

——"Fortune Weekly" released last year's "World Celebrity Earnings Rankings", Wang Wei, with a personal income of one billion yuan, undoubtedly leads the world's entertainment industry!

As soon as the list was announced, it caused quite a stir.

There are not a few people who are worth more than Wang Wei, but many people also know that it is very common for a rich man worth tens of billions to not be able to spend [-] million in cash.

And Wang Wei's personal income, theoretically, is cash that can flow--it's all money that can be spent!
Looking at the huge movie dividends on the list, many people couldn't help but want to invest in the Chinese entertainment industry - although they also knew that this was an exception.

But in the eyes of big shots in the venture capital circle, many people sneered, is this what Wang Wei relies on?Does it mean he is not short of money?

If it is consumption, then he can indeed say that; but if he wants to support an Internet start-up that burns money every second... I can only say that he is very courageous.

Just when the big shots in the venture capital circle were despising or continuing to argue, Penguin Communication launched "Penguin Space"!
The first version of Penguin Space is a bit like a multi-functional personal homepage system, with more than ten functions such as skin change, log, photo album, message board, music box, and interaction;
But it has more social attributes than a personal homepage, such as "friend dynamics"-on the friend list of the Penguin client, whenever a friend updates a log or sends a photo to the space, the star next to the friend's avatar will flash to guide friends Go to View & Comment...

As soon as Penguin Space was launched, the activity was very high, and a large amount of user-generated content was generated, especially the upload volume of photos, which increased geometrically; on the second day after the launch, all the servers allocated to the Penguin Space project were fully loaded, and the technical team continued to optimize. But it will soon face the danger of bursting again.

To this end, Wang Wei approved the expansion of hundreds of servers at one time.

If that's the case, Weibo Technology has developed a good new product at best, but with the addition of the "membership system" launched at the same time, Penguin Space has suddenly become a strategic product——

Users can purchase virtual "e-coins" by recharging, and then use e-coins to recharge members or purchase various personalized virtual items, such as space skins, photo ID stickers, personalized signatures, dynamic photo albums, etc.;
Being able to personalize their space has quickly captured the hearts of young people; these young users are unwilling to pay for registering a Penguin account, but are willing to pay for a virtual skin or a virtual prop. pay.

"Penguin Space" + "Membership System" has only been online for a week, and 30 users have paid, with an average cost of 5 yuan per person...

As soon as this data was released, it shocked the industry!
It’s not how huge this income is—in fact, even if it doubles again, it can’t cover Weibo Technology’s current expenditure;
But this means that Weibo Technology has found another effective profit model besides advertising.

This point makes the Internet industry more ecstatic than the income!

After all, Internet companies all over the world are struggling with one point: the free model is not profitable, and the paid model is not popular; and the advertising profit model that is generally relied on now, and the Internet advertising soil is very thin, which may be very different in the future, but the current thin It is thin.

As soon as the new Internet profit model came out, Weibo Technology undoubtedly won the favor of more capital, and even a number of international capital frequently knocked on Wang Wei's door, scrambling to send money for him to burn.

Ten billion valuation?
This price, which was considered overestimated by most of the VC circles at the beginning, is now considered to be relatively fair by the entire industry——Pengcheng VC Fund’s change of attitude is still the most sloppy!
But when these people desperately wanted to see Wang Wei, they realized...he was not available!

What is this guy busy doing?
Still "grabbing money"!
——After May [-]st, all the films released will inevitably begin to decline, but "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" still maintains its dominance.

Driven by the Internet, those picturesque stalks continue to ferment—the dogs all over the country are called Wangcai, and the cockroaches all over the world are collectively called Xiaoqiang; The ups and downs of life are so exciting" and so on, have become the daily mantras of young people...

This caused the film's box office to decline, but the rate of decline was appallingly slow: the box office in the second week was 1.8 million, and the box office in the third week was 1.5 million, firmly climbing towards one billion!
The film was also shown overseas at the same time, but due to the natural geographical limitations of comedy, its overseas box office is not significant, but the global box office has already exceeded one billion yuan.

This must be one of the top box office results this year - and so far, every year since Wang Wei's debut, he has won the top ten box office revenues of the year, and his profitability is the highest in the Chinese entertainment industry!
It can be said that stealing money is really not as efficient as him making money!
But the companies in the industry can't care about envy or praise, because they have also seen that the reason why the movie "Tang Bohu" can accurately grasp the spirit of the times and the public's mentality is that apart from Wang Wei's script, it is also inseparable from Zhou Qiming's vivid writing. Personal acting style.

Times don't pass by in a flash, which means that Zhou Qiming will be a box office guarantee for the next few years; whoever can catch him can occupy a gold mine.

Companies in the industry contacted Zhou Qiming's agent Yu Li one after another, only to find out that this guy's film appointment with Dunhuang was scheduled for three years later!
——There is no doubt that this is Wang Wei's handwriting.

Nima, can you give others a way out? !
Countless colleagues wailed.

Dunhuang's answer is yes!

——Dunhuang can produce scripts and people, and other investors will contribute money, so everyone can make money beautifully together.

Of course, except for the big five with deep pockets.

The Big Five didn’t really care about it at first, it’s just a few projects, the Big Five has no shortage of high-quality projects, well, at least that’s what it says.

But when they saw all the mid- and low-level companies in the circle flocking to Dunhuang for cooperation opportunities, they suddenly realized that Dunhuang was preparing to "struggle the weak to resist the top five"?
If you cooperate with him, you will make money; if you don’t cooperate with him, he will go to your competitor; if you don’t make money, your opponent will make it, and you will be thrown away... This is a double loss!
Of course, I don't know how effective it will be, but Dunhuang and Wang Wei's reputation in the circle has become unprecedentedly good——

"The future of China Entertainment is in the hands of Dunhuang..."

"Wang Wei's progress is unstoppable..."

Seeing this scene, everyone in the venture capital circle who "has nowhere to send money" fell into deep thinking——

Is giving money so expensive these days?

Paying money is not enough, do you want to add crazy flattery?
Gan!In terms of flattery, which circle can compare to the entertainment circle?
……

　Although only a little bit long, there is a kind of inexplicable pride~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)