Back in the office, Lin Wei felt a little dazed looking at the familiar office in front of her.
With the continuous development of Ninetowns over the years, the entire company is no longer a small company that became famous thanks to "The Demon Realm". Although the current star-level companies in the domestic Internet industry are always suppressed by the superstar of Rising Sun Technology.
But Ninetowns is now a large company with more than 100 billion yuan, and has its own office building. It is no longer the small company that was crowded in a few small offices and stared at the backend data of the game every day.
Lin Wei clearly remembered how warmly the chairman and shareholders of Ninetowns welcomed her when she was introduced to Ninetowns by a headhunter, and how high-spirited she was.
Nearly ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and she has stayed in this spacious and bright office for more than three years. But compared to the spacious, bright, and fashionable modern office in front of her, she always feels that she was in the same place as before. The cramped little one-room office seemed warmer.
Perhaps this is also related to her current situation. The company is getting bigger and bigger, with more and more assets, but her status and power as the CEO in the company are getting smaller and smaller.
I vaguely remember that when I first came to the company, even some of her suggestions and plans for the company's future development were a bit blunt and even flawed.
Whether it is the chairman or the shareholders, they will patiently listen to her opinions, hold meetings to brainstorm ideas to improve, and then collectively encourage her to go boldly and do whatever difficulties and obstacles arise. The company is her solid backing.
And now, the suggestions she made were so correct and the plan was so perfect that there was no fault in it, but the eyes of those on the board of directors looked at her, their impatient expressions...
Lin Wei actually knew the reason for all this. The company wanted to pursue a listing!
That's right, The9 is now preparing to list in the United States, and then go public again in Xiangjiang to engage in a wave of showy operations. In the past, Ninetowns worked hard to surpass Xuri Technology. Even Xuri Technology, the boss, was not listed on the market. If you did, all the scumbags would drown you.
This is also the reason why many game companies hate Sunrise Technology. Some old Internet companies that go public early are fine, but Ninetowns, which is late in the city, has always been overwhelmed by Sunrise Technology. When seeking to go public, it is always beaten by some investment companies. and stock investors have greatly suppressed the market value.
Now, whether it is Ninetowns or other domestic game companies, there is already a sense of despair that they cannot browse the mountain of Rising Sun Technology.
Since the goal cannot be achieved and it is impossible to surpass Xuri Technology in a lifetime, then going public to make more money has become the best choice for these companies.
So Ninetowns has become unpragmatic. It’s not that Ninetowns’ shareholders are fools who want to destroy the Great Wall. It’s that they want to seek a listing. They want their worth to increase more than ten times with the listing, from a billionaire to a billionaire. Rich people worth tens of billions, or even tens of billions.
They need to cooperate with Xinlang to improve their traffic data, and they need to invest in video websites to create new projects and new concepts to draw a bigger pie for investors, to increase their market value in the eyes of investors, and then realize their dream of becoming a wealthy person. .
Lin Wei understands these principles, and also understands that if she hadn't been so stubborn, she would have become a billionaire after the company went public.
But if she wasn't so stubborn, she wouldn't be Lin Wei, the CEO who is well-known in the domestic Internet industry for her IQ, ability, and beauty.
She couldn't bear to build such illusory castles in the air and go public with these paper tiger-like things to make money.
What she wants is a foundation for the company's development, a core that can go on for a long time and even go global, a company with real materials that can withstand the test of risks and has enough muscle and combat power.
Instead of the current situation, after a wave of money is collected, the company's bubble is at risk of bursting, and then the company's market value suddenly shrinks, and shareholders make a lot of money, leaving chicken feathers everywhere.
Standing and looking down from the window of a building with dozens of floors, Lin Wei's eyes showed an exhaustion that had never appeared before.
In the past, no matter how the board of directors refused to listen to advice or how her power in the company was squeezed, she had never thought of leaving her job.
After all, she is one of the witnesses to the creation of Jiucheng from scratch. She has put in too much effort in this company. At such an old age, she has not even had a good relationship, let alone get married.
She put all her energy and time into the development of Ninetowns Company, and she was just a CEO with a few option shares. She was not the founder of the company, and she did not get the original shares of the company. This is definitely a trend in the industry. An example of professionalism.
But at this time, this role model was heartbroken.
Seeing that the company she had put so much energy and effort into was being changed to a state of disrepair day by day, the feeling of knowing she was wrong but unable to fix it made her feel a deep sense of frustration.
This feeling was something she had never experienced before, because no matter how difficult the obstacles or how powerful the opponent she faced before, she would always rush forward unyieldingly, even if she couldn't run, she still had to brave the blizzard and move forward.
but now......
"It's time to leave!" Looking at the scenery outside the window, Lin Wei took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, turned around and sat back on the work chair, and began to immerse herself in the documents in her hands.
Even if you leave your job, you should still handle the work that needs to be handled. This is the most basic professional quality.
Of course, after finishing the work at hand today, she will hand-write a resignation letter and hand it to the chairman's office before leaving get off work. Presumably, those who are getting more and more tired of herself may even want to take back her shares and sell them after the listing. The shareholders who made a lot of money in the stock market must be very happy to see this resignation letter.
Lin Wei started working on her job and typing out her resignation letter. Yang Dongxu, who was sitting in the office, looked at the report on the current Millennium Supermarket case and the latest developments of Internet peers in his hand, making a tut-tutting sound and shaking his head.
"You completely missed the point!"
Forget it about the Millennium Supermarket case. After all, it is really difficult for people to guess his purpose before it is announced.
But his colleagues from Internet companies began to follow the trend of 361 Film and Television's layout. This was something he did not expect, nor did he expect that these peers would not only follow, but also be so passionate and active.
Because in his opinion, the various live broadcast technologies on the Internet are just like the technology of smartphones. As long as the window paper is broken, this technology will soon become popular.
For example, the major domestic smartphone brands that used to be relied upon by others now still need to rely on Xuri Technology for their core technology. After all, smartphone systems are not something that can just be invented. But some common technologies can already be mastered by oneself, and each has its own characteristics of mobile phones.
Online video live broadcast technology is not a core technology, and the real core thing of a video website should not be this, it should be the content.
Because in addition to earning traffic as a video website, the most important monetization method is to create content. Spending a lot of money to obtain the exclusive rights to live sports broadcasts can indeed attract a lot of traffic, but it is not the most cost-effective way to make money.
After all, as a popular sports project, people don’t know how much their products are worth?
If they sell you the exclusive live broadcast rights, they will definitely make a big profit and you will get a small profit.
The core profit model of video websites should be to produce various high-quality online dramas, TV series and movies, and allowing netizens to become members to watch videos and earn some traffic while also making money is the direct and long-term way to monetize.
Because as long as a netizen opens a membership to watch a certain TV series or movie, the membership money belongs to you and does not need to be shared with other people.
Therefore, it is completely unnecessary for these peers to develop real-time live broadcast technology with great fanfare. If they have the money, they might as well invest in the core content of the video website.
As long as the content is good enough and attractive enough. With the current spread speed of online media, if you just find a few big Vs, or find some places where traffic gathers and buy a few top ads, the traffic of this drama will become popular in an instant.
There is no need to spend a lot of money to develop technology, and then spend a lot of money to buy popular sports live broadcasts to generate traffic.
It is not unusual for a good drama to attract hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of members at once.
Then wait for this drama to finish, and then connect to the next good drama. While this attracts new members to recharge, old members will also pay accordingly. This continuous reciprocation is the way to survive for video websites.
Even now that it is becoming popular, if you use a few IPs to hype them up and make them into TV series, it will be more cost-effective than investing in the research and development of live broadcast technology or spending money on popular programs to attract traffic. Nowadays, IPs are very cheap!
