February 1st, the tenth day of the first lunar month.

After attending the Shanghai Stock Exchange Headlines Headquarters and receiving a call from Zhou Juan, Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "Happy Twist has signed a contract with us. If the actors say that, it will be decided this month. I guess the filming will start at the end of the month."

Lin Youde said: "Charlotte is worried that this movie is all about daily life plots. If the filming is fast, it will probably take a few months. With the subsequent promotion, it will probably be released in the summer season."

"It's almost the same. The summer vacation is a prime time, so you still have to urge Zhou Juan to let her control her time arrangements and budgets. Don't worry too much, it doesn't matter if you have more." Zhou Yujie said with a smile.

"Charlotte's Troubles" was released in the summer. In addition to making more box offices in this prime time, it also cooperates with 56.com's development plan. In the long-term absence of content, even with the full support of Toutiao, it will become increasingly uneven.

Of course, it is impossible to get any content with a movie, but it is the fastest entertainment method to make money. With enough funds, the follow-up will be like fish in water.

As for the budget, the filming cost of "Charlotte's Troubles" in later generations was 21 million yuan, and the box office was as high as 1.44 billion yuan. Happy Twist made a net profit of 558 million yuan, and the return rate was so high that it was enough to rank among the top ten in domestic film history.

This was the result of insufficient promotional power due to insufficient budget in the early stage. Now, as long as the filming is completed, Toutiao will spread the word to promote and attract traffic. There are basically no one who dislikes comedy movies, and the promotion effect is definitely much stronger than in previous lives.

With your own movies or TV series, Toutiao's traffic monetization ability will be further improved. After all, selling advertising is the lowest level, and guiding users to other products in your own home that can make more money is the best way to monetize.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Lin, the time is almost over." The assistant next to him reminded.

Zhou Yujie nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."

This time I went out with Lin Youde to meet Wang Xing, a monopoly in the group buying field, who has already held a sumptuous dinner at the Peace Hotel.

When they arrived at the hotel, the waiter led the way, and Zhou Yujie and the other two arrived in a private room with excellent privacy.

"Mr. Zhou, it's been a long time since we saw the two." After Wang Xing saw them, he stood up with a smile, and Wang Huiwen beside him was the same.

"Mr. Wang." Zhou Yujie smiled and shook hands with the two, and Lin Youde was the same.

After the four of them sat down, Wang Xing smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, have you ordered some dishes casually to see if they fit the taste?"

"The food at Peace Hotel is not as good as the taste," Zhou Yujie said with a smile.

A top-level hotel, except for the personal hobbies of ups and downs, cannot be liked by everyone, all the others can basically meet most of the taste requirements. Zhou Yujie has often tasted various delicacies in recent times.

After serving a few hot dishes, the waiter left the private room and closed the door at the same time.

After opening a bottle of red wine, Wang Huiwen filled the wine glasses for everyone.

"Come on, let's not talk about anything else, I'll give you a cup." Wang Xing said with a smile.

"Okay." Zhou Yujie also agreed with a smile.

After drinking a sip of red wine, Wang Xing asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, we have had a pleasant cooperation experience, so I just said that today's Youxuan and Meituan's current struggle is completely unnecessary and meaningless. The market outside is still very large. If we use internal friction like this, we will only make others cheaper in the end."

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "I heard that Meituan is talking about a large financing recently, and it should be almost done now, right? With such a large amount of funds, Meituan should not be short of money anymore, right?"

Wang Xing said lightly: "Not short of money, it doesn't mean you can spend money meaninglessly. I don't know why Mr. Zhou targets Meituan, but I just want to say that this is meaningless, because for Mr. Zhou, the takeaway market is not the most important thing, right?"

"What does this have to do with Quxin?" Zhou Yujie frowned. Quxin has only occasionally pushed today's preferred takeaway coupons to some users during this period. Although it has a certain drainage effect, the scale will not be large. Too many traffic-driving advertisements will seriously affect Quxin's user experience.

Wang Xing smiled and asked, "Mr. Zhou should have known about the delivery of food in Hankou City, right?"

"I know." Zhou Yujie nodded.

Wang Xing continued: "When Shipeng, this company was started, today Youxuan just started to become famous in Shanghai. During that time, almost everyone in the industry focused on group buying, but the team was able to immediately decide to start a business and do takeaway, which is enough to show that they have strong vision and execution. They have controlled the takeaway market in Hankou, which is the most direct evidence.

Among the six founders who were born in Meituan, one of them was from me. Just a few days ago, I sent a colleague of his former to Hankou to acquire or invest in this company, but they refused."

"Coincidentally, I have this idea, but unfortunately the result is the same." Zhou Yujie said with a smile.

"Does Mr. Zhou know why Shanshuang rejected our proposal?" Wang Xing asked indifferently.

"Mr. Wang should just say it straight. I don't like to beat around the bush." ​​Zhou Yujie said bluntly.

Wang Xing smiled and said, "Actually, I sent someone to Hankou, but I didn't really want to acquire it, but just wanted to understand the actual situation of this company in advance.

Their business model is actually very similar to the current preferred ones, but they changed the data stream recommendation of Toutiao to using the navy to spread on local forums and QQ groups. This is a good idea. The cost is much lower than that of subway promotion.

But this is not the most important thing. My people also discovered one thing. Tengxun’s people are already negotiating financing with Shanshuang.”

"Teng Xun actually found the Shuangshuang first? This surprised me a little." Zhou Yujie nodded and said, "This explains why they refuse to accept our acquisition or investment."

In fact, most people’s ultimate goal is not to reach the highest throne in the industry. Some news in later generations widely publicize the stories of the founders of some Internet giants refusing to surrender to their ultimate success in entrepreneurship, but these are actually isolated cases, and many people may give up when they encounter setbacks.

The most famous one is Brother Ma. If no one was optimistic about Teng Xun at that time, I'm afraid the Internet industry in later generations would have been another story.

The same is true for Baidu. Li Yanhong once had the idea of ​​selling Baidu to Yahoo, but Yahoo refused. After all, it was a big company that once refused to acquire Google and Facebook. It was not surprising that he looked down on Baidu.

More well-known entrepreneurs have also accepted many acquisitions. For example, after the development of his Firefox Email, Zhang Xiaolong was acquired by Teng Xun after his Firefox Email developed, and his business was merged into QQ Email. He also became the head of Teng Xun's email business, and successfully defeated NetEase within two years and became the overlord of the email industry.

Therefore, even if anyone with a discerning eye knows that whether it is Meituan or Today Youxuan, it will definitely be repaid and flipped after the acquisition, but it does not mean that the founder will definitely persevere. After all, in the history of the Internet, there are many cases of being forced by giants and then selling themselves, such as Facebook's acquisition of What'sAPP, Google's acquisition of YouTube, etc.

Selling oneself is involuntarily, and there is no choice when the giant sticks and carrots are added. Although today's Youxuan and Meituan are in great power, if you have Teng Xun's support, as long as the founder of Flash Express is a little ambitious, he will naturally not give up easily.

Wang Xing continued: "Teng Xun is not just about contacting flash delivery, like me, line zero, and green Tao.com Teng Xun has not let go. Teng Xun should want to make a comprehensive investment in these takeaway platforms with some achievements.
Chapter completed!