Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

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When Lou Hongfei heard that Zou Huaiwen agreed, he immediately smiled, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Boss Zou, happy cooperation!"

As everyone knows, due to the rampant piracy in China and even Southeast Asia, Wujiang Group does not want to spend a lot of money to buy copyrights. Such a method of sharing and cooperation according to the ratio will allow Golden Harvest to make a little money at the beginning.

With the emergence of pirated discs in the future, genuine discs will lose their competitiveness, resulting in weak follow-up of genuine discs.

The video halls opened by Wujiang Group will gradually lose their competitiveness. At that time, Wujiang Group will find a suitable time to transfer them to others at a high price.

Of course, this is limited to the Asian region.

In Europe and the United States, because these countries pay more attention to intellectual copyright, Wujiang can directly buy the copyright at a high price, but this will cost a high price.Moreover, Hollywood film companies generally do not sell copyrights on a large scale, and usually share them through cooperation.

They are well aware of the value of film and television copyright.

Moreover, it is difficult to develop foreign video studios. Foreigners are relatively rich, and usually buy DVD players directly, and then consume them at video rental shops.Therefore, if you open a video disc rental store, it will be very profitable, and it will also help Wujiang Group to promote super VCD or DVD in Europe and America in the future.

In the future, when the Internet comes, it will transform into an online video rental company, such as Netflix and Netflix.

In fact, Lou Hongfei had already been instructed by Zhao Ye that if the copyright cannot be bought at a low price, it is best to choose the method of sharing.

In this way, Wujiang Group has acquired all the film and television copyrights of the film company from the very beginning. When customers come to the Wujiang Video Hall, they can choose from a wealth of film and television resources.

Zou Huaiwen didn't know the plan of Wujiang Group, and thought that sharing and cooperation would bring huge benefits to Golden Harvest. He was very happy for a while, and quickly reached out to shake hands with Lou Hongfei and said, "Mr. Lou, happy cooperation!"

Of course, it's not that the Wujiang Group cheated him.

Piracy is really as fierce as a tiger, and Wujiang Group can't do anything about it.

In the future, with the advent of the Internet age, piracy will become more ferocious, coupled with the decline of Hong Kong movies, then will be the best time to acquire copyrights.After all, if you don't sell to Wujiang Company, then the copyrights of those old movies really won't make any money at all.

Nowadays, Hong Kong movies are extremely prosperous, and the price of purchasing copyright at this time will undoubtedly be very high.

That afternoon, Lou Hongfei signed a cooperation agreement with Golden Harvest on behalf of Wujiang VCD Company.

From the next day, Lou Hongfei went to major film companies in Hong Kong one after another to discuss copyright cooperation.

Usually, as soon as Golden Harvest's agreement is brought out, other film companies will also think that this cooperation plan is very good. Even Golden Harvest agrees, so what do I disagree with?

Even Shaw Brothers Film and Television Company and Wireless TVB are willing to cooperate with Wujiang VCD Company.

In less than half a month, Lou Hongfei's mission in Hong Kong was completed.

As long as there are Hong Kong film and television resources in China, it is enough to attract users.

Lou Hongfei then went back home and returned to Chongqing.

Next, as long as VCD is successful in China and other developing countries, Hollywood studios will not put on a superior attitude when super VCD enters Europe and the United States in the future.

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6 month 28 number.

Wujiang Group spokesperson Fu Xiaoyue suddenly announced that Wujiang Group will hold a product launch event on the evening of June 6th!
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the whole country and even the whole world.

No one knows what product Wujiang has invented this time, and whether it will become popular all over the world again.

The world's major media have published various speculations on this.

No way, Wujiang is just so awesome.

Many products have amazed the world, which has created a good story of "produced by Wujiang, which must be a high-quality product".

Soon, two days passed.

March 6 at 30 o'clock in the evening.

Hundreds of domestic and foreign media gathered at the Wujiang press conference.

To the surprise of many people, the press conference was arranged in Chongqing.

Many people can't help but realize that this is by no means an ordinary arrangement, and there must be something profound about it.

At this time, there was a soft sound of the piano, and the stage of the press conference was suddenly lit up, and then Lou Hongfei was seen walking quickly to the middle of the stage in a suit and leather shoes.

"Who is this person? I don't think I've seen it before. Is there such a person in the upper echelons of Wujiang?"

When everyone saw Lou Hongfei, they were puzzled.

"Hi everyone, welcome to Wujiang's product launch event. First of all, I would like to introduce myself to you all!"

Lou Hongfei smiled all over his face, full of aura, without any stage fright.

"My name is Lou Hongfei, and I'm the general manager of Wujiang VCD Company. Today's press conference is mainly to introduce a new product developed by Wujiang Group - VCD player!"

As soon as the voice fell, a picture of a VCD player appeared on the big screen behind him.

Lou Hongfei paused, pointed to the picture of the VCD player behind him and introduced: "This is our company's new product, the "Borderless VCD" player. "

"The reason why it is called VCD is because its full English name is 'Video Compact Disc', and its Chinese name is video disc!"

"Speaking of this, everyone must know the characteristics of the VCD player. Yes, it is a CD player, but it can play audio and video, so it is called VCD."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help expressing their amazement.

CD music records were already very popular at this time, but Wujiang Group unexpectedly put the video into the CD.

This is awesome! ! !

At this time, Philips and Sony looked confused, obviously we are the creators of CD.

Why is the Wujiang Group surpassing us by a large margin...

Philips regretted it very much at the moment.

When it sold the CD patent license to Wujiang Group at one time, it never expected that Wujiang Group's CD application development would reach this point.

Philips felt that he was making a wedding dress for Wujiang Group.

In terms of CD-ROM drive, VCD, etc., Wujiang Group has far surpassed Philips and Sony.

Now, if they want to enter the VCD industry, they have to pay Wujiang Group patent fees instead!
At the press conference, everyone was very excited, and many people were amazed that Wujiang Group had developed a shocking new invention!

Although there are video recorders on the market, VCD is indeed a remarkable invention.

At this time, I saw Lou Hongfei reaching out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Many people should be very puzzled. There are already video recorders on the market, but why does Wujiang Group develop similar products? Then, what is the difference between VCD and video recorders?" Advantages and disadvantages? Hehe, don't worry, I will explain to you one by one!"

"Now, most of the video recorders on the market are in the VHS format, and its image resolution is only 200-250 lines, while the image resolution of VCD has reached about 240 lines. That is to say, the picture quality of video recorders and VCD players is similar. .”

"In the case of similar picture quality, what advantages does VCD disc have over video tape?"

Lou Hongfei paused slightly, and introduced, "First, the storage capacity of the disc is large; second, the storage time of the disc is long, it is not easy to be damaged, and it is convenient to store; lastly, the price is cheap."

"For consumers, price should be the first factor to consider, so consumers should prefer VCD."

"As for VHS video tapes? They are more prone to mold and damage, require higher storage conditions, have a short service life, have many operating failures, relatively small storage capacity, and relatively high prices..."

Lou Hongfei smiled: "Of course, VHS video tapes also have advantages, that is, they appeared earlier and have a relatively large market share..."

Good guy, after listening to Lou Hongfei's words, everyone couldn't help but slander. This is all about the advantages of VCD, and then the disadvantages of video tapes. , Will his face turn livid?
On the contrary, Sony was a little gloating at this time. In the competition between Sony Betamax video recorders and JVC's VHS video recorders, Sony Betamax had completely lost and suffered heavy losses.Therefore, Sony hopes to see JVC deflated instead.

""Borderless VCD" will be the first to be released in China.Now, let's talk about its price. "

"The price of each "Borderless VCD" DVD player is 4999 yuan nationwide! "

"VCD audio-visual discs, the national unified retail price is 15 yuan. If you rent a disc, it only costs 15 cents a day to rent a disc, but you need to pay a deposit of [-] yuan!"

"In addition, Wujiang Group has established a large number of 'Wujiang VCD Video Hall' chain stores across the country. People don't need to buy VCD players, they can go directly to the video hall to watch movies. The price is also very cheap. Watching a movie only costs [-] cents !"

The domestic economy is developing faster than in previous lives, and people's income is getting higher and higher.

The per capita monthly income of ordinary workers has exceeded RMB 400.

In China, which currently lacks entertainment methods, going to the video theater to watch movies will become one of the most common entertainment methods for the public.

In fact, at this time, there were already video halls in China, which were transmitted from Hong Kong to play VHS video tapes.

Wujiang Group just carried it forward.

Ten minutes later, the press conference was over, and the reporters hurried back home to write news.

The next morning, major newspapers reported on the headlines of the "Borderless VCD" video player.

At the same time, the "Borderless VCD" advertising endorsement short film was officially broadcast on CCTV.

The advertisement is very simple. During the break after filming on the set, Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai, and Wang Xifeng came to the house, and then brought a "Borderless VCD" DVD player and started playing videos. How to use "Borderless VCD", It has been demonstrated to the audience in the short film, lest the audience do not understand what a VCD is.

By the time the TV shows the video screen, the commercial is almost over.

At this time, a line of large characters and a voice-over voice appeared on the advertisement screen: "Wujiang VCD, watch blockbuster movies happily!"

After reading this advertisement, there should be no one who doesn't know what VCD is used for.

This day is also the day when "Dream of Red Mansions" started broadcasting. When the TV series was broadcast, it could be said that everyone was empty-handed, and its influence was no worse than "Journey to the West".

The actors in "A Dream of Red Mansions" became popular overnight.

In the next few days, these actors became popular.

And the "Borderless VCD" they endorsed naturally attracted the attention of many fans.

There are huge crowds of people outside the Wujiang flagship store, and now more and more people come here to join in the fun and watch something new.The Wujiang flagship store also set aside a dedicated display area to introduce VCDs to everyone.

Although there are many people who cannot afford "Wujiang VCD", there are also many rich people, and there are always people who are willing to buy it.

So far, about 25 "Borderless VCDs" have been sold nationwide.

Of course, many VCDs were bought by manufacturers at home and abroad.

They bought the VCD and disassembled it for research, planning to engage in piracy.

Wujiang Group doesn't care about this, you can do whatever you want, but you have to buy Wujiang's MPEG-1 decoder chip and CD drive.

Most of the profits have been eaten by the Wujiang Group, and there is at most a little soup left.

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Compared with "Borderless VCD", the Borderless Video Hall seems to be more popular.

Every Wujiang video hall is almost full, the supply is in short supply, and there are also cases of overnight reservations.

Although it's only 5 cents to watch a movie, it can't stand the crowd.

Profits are also considerable.

Before the emergence of piracy, Wujiang Video Hall can be said to have made a lot of money.

Wujiang Group has sufficient manpower. Hundreds of video halls have been established in first-tier cities, [-] video halls in second-tier cities, [-] video halls in third-tier cities, [-] video halls in fourth-tier cities, and [-] video halls in fifth-tier cities. home video hall...

As for towns and villages, according to the actual situation, the number of video halls is less than ten.

Up to now, Wujiang Group has 1.2 Wujiang video halls, and each video hall uses at least four VCD players, and at most ten VCD players. Only self-produced and self-sold, more than 8 VCDs have been solved. DVD player.

At present, Wujiang Group is still expanding the number of Wujiang video halls, especially in the vast rural areas, where the market potential is huge.

You must know that the cost of investing in movie theaters is very high, while the cost of investing in video halls is extremely low. Setting up video halls in rural areas is very in line with the actual situation.

The countryside at this time is also different from the countryside in the previous life. Many people work at home, and not many people go out to work.

Therefore, the current rural population is very large, and the business of video halls is too good.

After half a month.

"Borderless VCD" has already spread across the country. In addition to the advertisements playing a certain role, the Wujiang Video Hall also contributed a lot.

Many people go to the video hall to consume, then tell their relatives and friends, and then invite them to go to the video hall to watch movies together.

Once spread ten, ten spread hundreds, "Wujiang VCD" became popular.

In the previous life, when Wanyan Company promoted VCD, there was no such condition. Just to let the people of the whole country know what VCD is, it had to spend a huge amount of money on promotion.In the end, because the patent was not registered, he made a wedding dress for others.

Wujiang Group has a professional patent management department. Whenever a new technology appears in the group, it will apply for a patent as soon as possible.

Therefore, Wujiang has nothing to do with those small factories that engage in piracy in China, but if you become bigger and stronger, Wujiang will take action.

As for those foreign companies, such as Philips, Sony and other companies, if they dare to develop and produce VCD without paying patent fees, Wujiang will let them know why Huaer is so popular!

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"Yes, in just half a month, a total of 160 million "Borderless VCDs" were sold. It seems that there are quite a lot of rich people in China. Zhao Ye looked at the document with a smile on his face.

China has a population of more than one billion, and Chinese people have the habit of saving money. They didn't spend it before because they were reluctant, but the appearance of "Borderless VCD" is too tempting for them.

Just think, who doesn't love to watch movies and TV shows?
Especially those Hong Kong film and television dramas are so good, the actress is so sexy and enchanting, with all kinds of flair and flair, the mainlanders can't help saying "I can't stand it", don't stop...

The Wujiang Video Hall is fairly formal.

But in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, there are so many informal video halls. When the night comes, they start to play salty and wet movies. Every night, the business is booming.

"Boss, according to the survey report, many people have seen the popularity of the Wujiang video studio, so they bought "Wujiang VCD" one after another, and then planned to open a video studio.In addition, many people have purchased CD production equipment from Wujiang Group and are quietly recording pirated VCDs. "Liu Yinyin held a report and said.

"For those people who are engaged in the pirated DVD industry, we must strongly support them behind the scenes, and the suppression cannot be suppressed. Not only we can produce CD production equipment, but many foreign manufacturers can also produce it. If they don't buy our equipment, they will buy it. Foreign equipment. From this point of view, it is better for us to actively sell production equipment to them. At least our production equipment is used. The quality of VCD pirated video discs will be very good, which will help us promote "Borderless VCD"! "Zhao Ye smiled and said.

When pirated DVDs become a disaster, Wujiang Video Hall can retire and transfer them at a high price.

The genuine ones can't handle pirated ones, not to mention that others can put salty and wet movies. If Wujiang put salty and wet movies, it will have a bad reputation.

The video hall is not easy to operate, but the transformation and development of the audio-visual store is not bad.However, Zhao Ye had no idea about this.

In the 90s, Wujiang Group did not plan to enter the record industry in China.

When the Internet era came, the record industry became sluggish again, and offline audiovisual stores naturally closed down one after another.

Therefore, Zhao Ye didn't have the heart to do this at all.

"Use the channel of Wujiang Group to start selling "Wujiang VCD" in Southeast Asia, India, South America, Africa and other places, and try to get cooperation with local film and television companies.In addition, they sent people to covertly publicize the profits of pirated VCDs, there are no pirated VCDs, and "Borderless VCDs" are not easy to sell..."

Liu Yinyin covered her mouth and smiled lightly, nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I'll notify Mr. Lou immediately!"

……

"Mr. Duan, do you really want to leave Xiaobawang's company?"

"Mr. Duan, if you want to leave, we'll follow suit, at worst, start over!"

"Yes, Mr. Duan, we are all willing to go with you!"

"..."

Duan Yongping was very moved when he saw the dozen or so confidantes in front of him.

He wants to leave Xiaobawang Company, because the treatment given to him by Xiaobawang Company is really bad, with a monthly salary of only 2000 yuan. He has reported to the leader many times, hoping that Xiaobawang Company can improve his salary and issue shares.

However, the leaders at the top strongly disagree, thinking that his behavior is tantamount to a crime and robbing the interests of state-owned enterprises.

After repeated talks to no avail, Duan Yongping decided to leave Xiaobawang Company and start his own business.

Many people are attracted by Duan Yongping's charisma and leadership, and are determined to follow him.

Right now, Duan Yongping just discovered another huge business opportunity, which is to make pirated VCD players.

Therefore, at this time, he decisively submitted a letter of resignation to the above.

Although the leaders above are also very dissatisfied with Duan Yongping, they cannot deny Duan Yongping's ability.He tried to persuade him to stay again and again, but Duan Yongping's attitude was very firm.

Either the company will give me 10% of the shares, or I will leave!
Return 10% of the shares, if you want to eat farts, let's go!

Leaders approved Duan Yongping's resignation.

After hearing the news, more than a dozen people said on the spot that they would work together with Duan Yongping.

Seeing this, Duan Yongping was filled with fighting spirit.

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come over, let's have a big fight together!"

Not many days later, a company named Backgammon was established, and the legal person of the company was none other than Duan Yongping.BBK's first product was the copycat "Wujiang VCD".

In addition, Duan Yongping also wants to enter the counterfeit game console industry, and it is best to get rid of the little bully learning machine of his old company.

At this time, Duan Yongping was full of pride. Standing in the clean and brightly decorated office of the new company, looking at the busy traffic outside the window, he couldn't help recalling his unwillingness to leave Xiaobawang's company, so he couldn't help but said firmly: "Xiaobawang The Overlord Learning Machine was born because of me, and it will also be destroyed because of me. Duan Yongping will succeed, and Duan Yongping will lose!"

(End of this chapter)