In Fang Tian's previous life, playing videos online was no longer a problem. But in this era, it was impossible.
You could only download it and save it locally before playing it.
Yang Fan frowned and said, "The internet speed now is as slow as a tortoise. It's impossible to play videos online."
Many households' internet speed was less than 1 megabyte. Could one watch videos online with such internet speed?
Fang Tian said, "The internet speed is one thing, but the current media playback technology is also not good. As a software company, we can develop a more advanced media playback technology."
"Even if the user's internet speed is very poor, we can still play our videos smoothly."
"What technology?" Yang Fan, Zhang Xiaoyuan, and the others asked in unison.
Fang Tian pursed his lips and thought for a while, then said, "We don't have to think about this for now. Let's build the video website first."
He had already instructed Zhang Xiaoyuan to do it in advance. Fang Tian looked at him and asked, "How's the development progress?"
Zhang Xiaoyuan said, "We've already completed 30% of the task."
Fang Tian thought for a while and said, "Soft cloud videos will be made in two versions. One for the web and one for the client. Yang Fan, you'll do the web version. Zhang Xiaoyuan, you'll do the client. No problem, right? "
"No problem!" Yang Fan and Zhang Xiaoyuan replied in unison.
"Oh right." Zhang Xiaoyuan suddenly thought of something and looked at Fang Tian and asked, "Why isn't our video website called YY Video but Soft cloud Video? I feel that the former is more interesting and more attractive to young people. "
Fang Tian laughed and said, "Video is not just a simple entertainment product. It's also a news media product. Think about it. "
"A netizen was looking at Soft cloud news. It was about our country's women's volleyball team winning the world championship."
"When he opened the video, it was actually news from YY Video."
"Is this real news, or is it made up by the editor?"
Zhang Xiaoyuan laughed and understood. YY's entertainment flavor was too strong and would inevitably affect the credibility of the news.
Fang Tian cleared his throat and Lin Keqing passed him the lemon tea.
Fang Tian took a sip and sat down.
Lin Keqing said, "Regiment Leader, I don't remember any of the video hosting websites being profitable, be it in China or overseas."
Fang Tian: "Yeah, the biggest problem with a video website is that the cost is too high. No website in the world can make money."
Thinking back to Youku and Tudou, they had been operating video websites for more than ten years, and they were all losing money.
Even the famous YouTube overseas was the same.
There were all kinds of media products, music, literature, pictures, but the most expensive one was video.
The size of the video was huge and required a huge amount of server space. There was also the need for broadband. Buying the film rights was also a huge expense. This was the reason why it was difficult for video websites to make a profit.
Lin Keqing frowned and asked, "Then why do you still want to make a video website?"
Fang Tian took a sip of tea and said in a heavy tone, "Build an ecosystem at all costs!"
No one said anything as they watched him continue.
Fang Tian said slowly, "I've said before that what we need to do now is to build an Internet media empire.
"News, music, games, literature, pictures, these make up the complete media ecosystem of Soft cloud. They are linked to each other to form a complete ecosystem.
"It's like watching the news on Soft cloud. Other than text and pictures, how can there be no video?"
"Don't you consider the issue of profit for this video website?" Lin Keqing asked.
"Yes, although Soft cloud videos can't make a profit for the time being, they have a special feature. They have a lot of traffic and can be online for a long time. They can help our Soft cloud ecosystem!"
Ecosystem ecosystem?
Everyone's eyes lit up!
To put it bluntly, Soft cloud videos needed to win users, gather popularity, and expand traffic. Most importantly, they needed to surpass Ocean waves, the number one video website in China.
Fang Tian stood up and wrote a line of words on the small blackboard with a piece of chalk in his hand.
"Either don't do it or be number one!"
The core team nodded. But how could it be so easy?
…
At two o 'clock in the afternoon, Fang Tian arrived at the Sky Building.
This was another big plan he had laid out — the operating system.
The application ecosystem, the operating system, and the Never Setting Sun factory — the three major plans were in progress!
After a while, he would also go to the Never Setting Sun factory to take a look and see what the MP3 players there were like.
"Mr. Fang, you're here?" Gao Yun saw Fang Tian walk in and greeted him with a smile.
Fang Tian nodded and asked, "How's the project going now?"
Gao Yun said, "It's going smoothly. Some time ago, Boss Lin allocated 800 million yuan. Now, the entire development team has more than a thousand people!"
Under Gao Yun's lead, Fang Tian walked into Room 302. This was a team that specialized in developing the system's notification bar.
Every module of the system had a special team responsible for it. Desktop, notification bar, file management, system firewall …
At this time, the programmers and engineers were sitting in front of the computer, busy. In the room, the sound of typing on the keyboard was endless.
As soon as they saw Fang Tian come in, they were all in awe. "Hello, CEO Fang, hello, CEO Fang …"
Fang Tian waved his hand and smiled. "I'm just here to be a bystander. Continue."
Everyone smiled and began to get busy again.
The notification bar system module looked simple, but it was quite complicated to make. How to achieve the best user experience was difficult for many engineers.
Fang Tian walked over, looked at the notification bar they had designed, and gave them some pointers. The advanced concepts were all from the future, and it was definitely better and better than the current Microsoft design.
Walking out of Room 303, Fang Tian and Gao Yun walked in the corridor.
Looking sideways, the sky outside was clear.
Fang Tian: "Do you know why I sent you here to distribute the operating system?"
"I can guess," Gao Yun responded simply. He had always been a man of few words, and his words were relatively short.
Fang Tian said, "I have taken a fancy to your powerful cloud technology."
Gao Yun vaguely guessed something. "What do you mean?"
Fang Tian stood in front of the guardrail and looked at the sky outside. "What I mean is, you want to use your technology award system to make a 'cloud system'!"
What was a "cloud"? To put it simply, it was a remote service anytime, anywhere.
By connecting the operating system with the cloud service of Soft cloud, users could enjoy the convenience of the cloud service when using the Soft cloud system.
For example, games were not like Microsoft's system, which could only play cards. Local standalone games like Minesweeper could be connected to the Internet and the game cloud.
The advantage of this was that Soft cloud could completely rely on software services to make money, making the operating system free, and allowing the operating system to be promoted quickly.
Microsoft's original system cost more than 1,000 yuan. Although most users in China used pirated versions, big brand computer manufacturers, such as Lenovo, spent a huge sum of money every year to buy the original system.
If the Soft cloud computer system was free, it could be promoted quickly.
Gao Yun understood what Fang Tian meant and clapped his hands excitedly. "This idea is great!"
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