Steven Case actually does not think that Deep Space's move to cash out is to prepare for a head-on confrontation with AOL. Instead, it may be a signal that it is not optimistic about Amazon's future. After all, Amazon has not achieved profitability in the past few years.
Steven Case also conducted a careful investigation of Deep Space. He found that although Deep Space acquired Amazon a few years ago, it did not build the same type of website in China, nor did it allow
Amazon enters the Chinese market.
This is certainly due to the Chinese market itself, but it may also be that Deep Space is using Amazon to conduct experiments. If the effect is good, it will be copied in China. If the effect is not good, it will not be done.
Or maybe it's because some articles denigrating e-commerce have appeared recently, causing Shen Kong to lose confidence in e-commerce and want to take advantage of Amazon's high stock price to escape?
Steven Case has also read those articles that denigrate e-commerce. He believes that they are completely nonsense. The development of the e-commerce market in the next few years will definitely exceed that of the past few years, so the future of Amazon will definitely not be the same.
no problem.
Steven Case completely looked down on Deep Space's withdrawing behavior. Deep Space may have extraordinary vision and sensitivity in cultural entertainment, but it may not be interesting when it comes to the Internet.
In fact, AOL did not regard Deep Space as their main opponent. It was only after Deep Space said that it would launch Dongdong in the United States that Steven Case began to pay a lot of attention to it.
Originally, icq planned to launch the email sending and receiving function in the second half of the year, but because Dongdong was about to come in, they planned to add this function in June, so as to ensure that Dongdong had no chance of winning against icq.
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While AOL was still staring at Dongdong, Deep Space Company announced on April 20 that they would launch the Deep Space Tribe Network on June 1st. As for Dongdong, they had to wait until September
I won’t meet with American netizens until a few months later.
Although Deep Space Tribe will not be open to the public until June 1st, from May 1st, it will be open to specific groups of people for internal testing.
Deep Space did not explain the "specific group of people" in the announcement, nor did it introduce in detail what this Deep Space Tribe is, and it still maintains a sense of mystery.
But in fact, the "internal beta" has already started when the announcement was released.
Spielberg was the first person other than Deep Space staff to register for the Deep Space Tribe.
This was Spielberg's initiative. When he heard that Deep Space was going to release Deep Space Tribes, he expressed his hope to be one of the first users. Jimmy fulfilled his expectation and not only made him one of the first users.
, even the first one.
In the next week, the Deep Space Tribe will add five to ten users every day. These are not ordinary users, but writers, actors, directors and singers contracted by Deep Space.
Every star who registers for the Deep Space Tribe will receive a star certification symbol, which represents the star himself.
Although Spielberg was the first user to register a Deep Space tribe, it was George Martin who posted the first personal tribe.
This guy must have been in trouble recently. After registering an account, he wrote a blog post to complain.
[George Martin: Oh, God, is there a pen that can move by itself? 】
Originally, the Deep Space Tribe's homepage was empty. After George Martin's tribe was posted, there was an additional recommendation on the homepage.
After Matthew McConaughey boarded his deep space tribe, he happened to see this tribe just released by George R.R. Martin.
He smiled and clicked on George Martin's profile picture to enter George Martin's homepage.
George Martin's homepage is very simple. Apart from his personal profile, there is only one blog that he just posted.
After Matthew McConaughey clicked on it, he then commented under George Martin's tribe.
[Matthew McConaughey: Waiting for your new book, man.]
As soon as his comment was posted, several more comments appeared under this blog.
[JK Rowling: I guess, YU must have a pen like this in his hand. 】
[Spielberg: George, how did you post this? I didn’t follow you, so why did I see your tribe? 】
[Jimmy: Because there is no one on your following list, the official recommended the most popular tribe for you...and no one had posted a tribe before George, so his tribe became popular.]
[Spielberg: If I post a tribe now, will it also become popular? 】
[Jimmy: Probably.]
During the internal beta phase, there were few registered users in Deep Space Tribe, and many of them knew each other, so for a while Deep Space Tribe was like a "circle of friends". One person posted a message on the tribe, and other celebrities came to support it.
They even chatted in the comments section of the tribe.
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Yu Dong and the others arrived at Treasure Island two days in advance.
As soon as they checked into the hotel, Zhou Jianhui and his assistant knocked on the door of Yu Dong's room.
Originally, Yu Dong thought that Zhou Jianhui just came to say hello and left. After all, he, the boss, usually didn't care about Deep Space Music's business.
But what he didn't expect was that Zhou Jianhui directly brought two plans over, promising to discuss the deep space music business with Yu Dong.
Seeing him like this, Yu Dong hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhou, you can make the decision regarding Deep Space Music. You don't need to ask me."
Zhou Jianhui smiled and said: "Boss, although Deep Space Music is not as good as other branches, the palms and backs of your hands are full of flesh. You can't favor one thing over another. These are some young people our company has recently recruited."
Yu Dong looked at his wife who was not far away, sighed slightly, and took the information from Zhou Jianhui's hand.
When he came to Baodao this time, Yu Dong told Cheng Yanqiu that he would spend more time with her for shopping and asked nothing else. However, he did not expect to be blocked by Zhou Jianhui as soon as he arrived.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Speaking of which, how could a person as smart as Zhou Jianhui become a light bulb without realizing it?
In fact, Zhou Jianhui also knew that he was a light bulb, and he could see that Yu Dong wanted to see him off, but he still stayed with a very thick skin.
Zhou Jianhui is really convinced by Dong's vision now. Let's not talk about discovering Jay Chou. Something happened some time ago that gave him a deeper understanding of Dong's vision.
Near the end of last year, Yu Dong told him to pay more attention to a band that the Rolling Stones had just signed.
Having learned from the past experience of missing Jay Chou, Zhou Jianhui did not take care this time and carefully investigated Mayday. When he found out that Mayday had just entered Rolling Stone and had not yet been taken seriously, he took action decisively and dragged these young men to Deep Space Music.
Come.
When I arrived, Mayday had already written several songs for the new album. After listening to it, Zhou Jianhui was very satisfied and believed that this group would definitely have great achievements in the future.
So later on, Zhou Jianhui would often send the information about new artists collected by Deep Space Music to Yu Dong and ask him for his opinions. Since the Chinese New Year, Yu Dong has received two pieces of information.
Yu Dong didn't know much about music, so he basically looked to see if there were any familiar names on the list. If not, he gave the information to Cheng Yanqiu and asked her as a professional to give suggestions.
The two suggestions previously sent back to Deep Space Music were given by Cheng Yanqiu, but Zhou Jianhui and others did not know this and thought they were given by Yu Dong, so they referred to those suggestions very carefully.
This time they collected some new information. The information was very comprehensive. In addition to written information, there were also tapes and videos.
Yu Dongxian looked at the list. There were nine people, and none of them had a familiar name.
Then I played the tape of these people singing again, but I still felt nothing.
He looked at Cheng Yanqiu and said, "Teacher Cheng, how do you feel about these newcomers?"
Cheng Yanqiu held her chin and looked at the scenery outside the window. When she heard Yu Dong ask her, she said, "It's average."
Hearing that Cheng Yanqiu said it was average, Yu Dong smiled and returned the information to Zhou Jianhui, "Mr. Zhou, these newcomers are indeed average."
Zhou Jianhui was slightly disappointed, but he quickly recovered his mood. In fact, he also felt that these newcomers were average, but before he came, he was thinking that maybe Yu Dong's unusual eyes could see the shining points in these newcomers.
"Well, the level of this new batch of people is indeed not very high."
Yu Dong picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then said with a smile: "Actually, Deep Space Music now has Zhang Yu and Mayday, so it can be busy for a while. And I heard that you found one in Singapore before.
Is she a very nice little girl? She will be able to debut soon."
"That's only three." Zhou Jianhui smiled and shook his head. This was still far from the music kingdom he wanted to build.
Yu Dong smiled. He actually felt that if Shen Kong could fully tap Mayday, Zhang Yu and Sun Yanzi and train some second-tier singers, it would be able to support a large-scale music company.
And it's not difficult to praise a singer because he has Jay Chou in his hands.
When the time comes, we will find a few singers with good images and distinctive voices, and ask Jay Chou to help write a few songs. Even if they are not big hits, they will be a small hit.
Yu Dong has listened to many songs written by Jay Chou for others, and they are all very popular, such as "The One I Love", "Dear, That's Not Love", "Xiao Xiao", "Dao Ma Dan", etc.
There is also Mayday, they have also written many songs for others.
With Jay Chou and Mayday, if the Deep Space Company wants to create stars, it has a lot of room for maneuver.
This is why Yu Dong must find someone with this kind of creative ability, because this kind of creative person can firstly ensure the quality of his own works, and secondly, he can also help the company develop new people.
In fact, during this period of time, Zhou Jianhui sent information, and Yu Dong had been looking for Lin Junjie's name. If they could get Lin Junjie into their hands, they would have more room to operate.
But it is a pity that Lin Junjie's name never appeared in the information sent by Zhou Jianhui.
After talking to Zhou Jianhui for a few more words, Yu Dong picked up the tea cup and blew away the non-existent foam.
Zhou Jianhui understood this and knew that Yu Dong was serving tea to see off the guests. He smiled and stood up to say goodbye, "Boss, then I won't disturb you and the landlady."
Yu Dong smiled and nodded: "Well, I won't give it away."
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Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu spent two days shopping in Baodao. On the 30th, the couple set off for the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, the site of this year's Golden Melody Awards, at around four o'clock in the afternoon.
The scene of the Baodao Golden Melody Awards was much shabbier than Yu Dong imagined. The number of reporters present was not even a quarter of last year’s Deep Space Annual Conference.
There was no need to walk on the red carpet. After Yu Dong and others got off the car, they walked directly through the chaotic circle of reporters and entered the ceremony site.
When Yu Dong and the others arrived in front of the venue, the popular movie star Kim Sung Wu happened to be in front of them, so the reporters' attention was focused on him, but they did not notice Yu Dong and his wife, who were walking low-key.
When Yu Dong and the others were halfway through, a reporter shouted: "It's Yu Dong!"
Yu Dong was secretly glad to have escaped the disaster, but he didn't expect to be discovered.
After being discovered, the couple waved to the camera very generously and smiled.
"Mrs. Yu, are you here this time because Jielun is your student?"
Cheng Yanqiu smiled and said: "The Baodao Golden Melody Award is a very high-level award. Anyone who loves music is not willing to miss such an event."
"Then do you think your student Jie Lun can win the award this time?"
"I don't know if I can win any awards, but receiving five nominations, I think it is already a very good recognition."
After hearing Cheng Yanqiu's answer, a reporter had already written down in a notebook: Cheng Yanqiu admitted that Jay Chou was her student.
The reporters' logic is very clear, because they said that Jay Chou was Cheng Yanqiu's student, and Cheng Yanqiu did not deny it, which means that Cheng Yanqiu admitted that Jay Chou was her student.
Then the reporter turned to Yu Dong and asked, "Mr. Yu, is this your first time to participate in this type of music award ceremony?"
Yu Dong nodded: "Yes."
"Do you think there is any difference between a music award ceremony and a literary award ceremony?"
Yu Dong said seriously: "Literary award ceremonies usually award literary awards, while music award ceremonies usually award music awards."
The reporter who asked the question was stunned for a moment and then realized that Yu Dong said nonsense.
The key is that Yu Dong's expression is too serious, as if he is talking about something very serious.
"Mr. Yu, you really know how to joke."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "If you really want to know the difference between music award ceremonies and literary award ceremonies, I suggest you attend more literary award ceremonies."
"Mr. Yu, there are rumors that you are already the richest man in China. Is this true? In addition to royalties and various copyright fees, has the Deep Space Company brought you any profits?"
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows. The entertainment reporters here in Baodao were indeed "qualified". No reporter had ever asked this question before.
"It's really hard for me to answer this question, because I usually don't check how much money I have."
"Some people say that your current net worth exceeds one billion U.S. dollars. Is this true?"
Chapter completed!