"Okay, let's get down to business."
Chen Yu did not care whether Xie Zhenyi was awesome or not. He only wanted Xie Zhenyi to do his job.
"You did a good job in this copyright battle. I'll give you credit."
"Thank you, Boss Chen."
"But Li Nan and I are curious. Where did you get the information of the website owners?"
"This …"
Xie Zhenyi was a little embarrassed.
"What do you mean by this? Is there something you are embarrassed to say?"
"No, it's mainly because the methods used are a little disgraceful."
"Hehe, did you use hacking methods?"
Chen Yu guessed.
"No."
Xie Zhenyi shook his head. "Hacking is illegal. I'm a good young man."
"…"
"Just say it."
Li Nan saw that Chen Yu was having a headache and stared at Xie Zhenyi.
"Boss Chen, this is the case. We got this information through human flesh search."
"Human flesh search?"
Chen Yu could not help laughing.
He thought that Xie Zhenyi had used some awesome methods. He did not expect it to be this.
But it was true.
Human flesh search was simple and awesome.
This Xie Zhenyi was awesome. He already knew about human flesh search in 2002.
"Not bad."
Chen Yu praised.
Speaking of which, human flesh search was not complicated. An individual used all means on the Internet to find the information of the person involved.
If someone asked, could it be that there was information about these people on the Internet?
Of course, there was.
A person often read the news on the Internet, browsed forums, and interacted with netizens from time to time. Their information had long been spread to every corner of the Internet. Under normal circumstances, this information was of course useless and no one would search for it. However, a lot of information about you can be found when someone is searching for it.
For example, your name.
Your address.
Your cell phone number.
It was true. Some of this information was accidentally left on the Internet. Xie Zhenyi used this method to conduct human flesh search. Basically, he could find the information of most of the website owners. Moreover, Xie Zhenyi was involved in music websites. He was very clear about the behavior and hobbies of some of his peers. This efficiency of human flesh search was also new. It only took a few days to gather the information of these people …
Therefore …
Some of the website owners were still wondering why Huanyu Technologies had access to their information.
What they didn't know was that they had accidentally leaked the information while surfing the internet.
"That's a good move, but don't use it too often in the future."
Chen Yu nodded.
There was nothing wrong with using some methods to deal with competitors, but if this method was used for personal gain, then it was a little scary. In his previous life, once human flesh search became popular, it caused many netizens to break down. In fact, because of the horror of human flesh, the relevant departments in his previous life had even legislated human flesh search to prevent human flesh search for profit.
"Yes, Boss Chen. I understand."
Xie Zhenyi also knew that this move was not honorable, so he immediately promised, "I will never use this move for personal gain. Even if I have to use it in the end, it won't involve personal morals, family style, or other issues."
"Alright, continue to work on the content management."
After receiving his answer, Chen Yu did not continue to stay in the YY Music Department.
So far, the effect was very good.
He had obtained the copyright and launched the YY Music Network. What was even more smooth was that he had solved most of the piracy problems without spending much effort. Although there were still some pirated music websites in the back, that was not a problem. In the end, he just had to fight them one by one. This was much easier than fighting thousands of websites.
Moreover, more than 90% of the pirated music websites had been shut down, and songs had been withdrawn. In fact, it could be said that the pirated music websites were almost completely destroyed. At least on the surface, many ordinary netizens could not find pirated music websites. As for why they could not find them, it was actually very simple. It was because these ordinary netizens only knew a little about computers.
If they were asked to chat about YY, watch movies, play games, or play cards, they might even know how to do it.
However, if they were asked to find pirated music, sorry, most of them could not find it.
This was just like the fight against piracy in the film industry in his previous life.
In his previous life, the fight against piracy in the film industry also began in the later stages.
Many pirated film websites were hit.
However, were all of them really hit?
Not really.
There were still pirated versions.
As long as you used a certain method, you could find it.
However, ordinary netizens were just ordinary netizens. How would they know how to find it?
Naturally, when they could not find it, they slowly became legitimate users.
Yes.
This was because they were forced to become legitimate users.
However, whether it was voluntary or forced, as long as they could be on the legitimate YY Music website, it was fine.
At the moment, the MP3 had not been officially launched. YY Music website had done the official publicity step by step.
When the MP3 was officially sold, the VIP music model would be officially launched.
However, while Huanyu Technologies was preparing for the VIP music model, the editor at Qidian sent a message to Chen Yu.
"White God, can you update a few chapters recently?"
"It's impossible to update. Don't you know that I'm very busy?"
"White God, don't be like this. We're going to launch the VIP model. You have to help us."
"The VIP model is going to be charged according to the chapter?"
He really didn't expect that before he had the chance to launch the music payment model, the VIP model would be immediately taken off the shelves.
"White God, you know?"
Editor Hu Shuo was a little surprised.
"Previously, your boss seemed to have mentioned that Qidian was going to launch a VIP model."
"Oh, so that's it."
Editor Hu Shuo understood when he said this.
At that time, the major original works stations had met to discuss the future trends.
Many websites felt that it was more reliable to take the publishing route. However, Qidian's website owner shook his head and felt that the publishing route was too narrow. The physical market was already in a slump, let alone the internet. Publishing on the internet was very difficult. Secondly, the internet could not be promoted by the mainstream. It could only guard the small market in Taiwan. It was not enough to maintain the operation of the entire website.
Most importantly, more than 99% of online literature was not suitable for publication.
However, the content that online literature websites relied on for a living was 99% of these unpublishable online literature.
If they wanted the entire website to go further, not only did the website have to be profitable, but the authors also had to be profitable.
Was it possible to ask the authors to update the website on an empty stomach?
In the end, Qidian's higher-ups came up with the VIP model.
This model used the electronic payment method online. It was calculated on a chapter by chapter basis. Every chapter subscribed would be paid once.
The platform and the authors would sign a contract and cooperate, and take a 50-50 split.
This way, every time the readers subscribed a chapter, the authors would receive a profit.
However, the people in charge of the major websites did not agree with this model.
They felt that first, how could there be a reason to pay online?
Wasn't it free?
It was like listening to music. There was no justice in charging for it. It was not like they were buying physical books.
If they wanted to charge for physical books, they could only charge for physical books. E-books could be seen but not touched. Users would not accept such a fee.
Moreover, even if they forcefully introduced the VIP model, there would be pirated copies online.
Users would only look at the pirated copies and would not look at the paid chapters. It would be useless to push them out.
Finally, even if there was user support, it would only be a very small portion.
If one or two people paid a few cents each to give it to you, the authors would only earn a few dozen yuan a month. It was no different from writing for free.
However, although the people in charge of the websites made sense, Qidian still decided to try the VIP model.
"Haha, Master Nonsense, your boss is amazing. He actually introduced the electronic payment model. Aren't you afraid that no one will subscribe?"
"We've already made plans for this. In the beginning, there might be very few people subscribing. However, as long as we persist on this path, more and more people will subscribe. "
"That makes sense."
Chen Yu nodded as well.
This was also the case for electronic music.
In the beginning, there would definitely be very few people subscribing. However, would they stop just because there were very few people subscribing?
As long as they persisted, they would be able to reap the rewards.
In this aspect, Qidian Chinese Network had already proven their success in his previous life.
Similarly, the video website's payment model had also proven its feasibility.
Although the music industry was not good enough in his previous life, it was not impossible for Chen Yu to do it in advance.
"Alright, I'll support you."
This also made Chen Yu even more determined to make electronic music payments.
"That's great. White God, I'll talk to the higher-ups. With you joining us, we'll definitely be able to get off to a good start."
"Sure."
Chen Yu had no objections.
He had been ejecting for a while and did need to update a few chapters.
"Boss Chen, Qidian Chinese Network wants to use our PayPal. Should we authorize them?"
After chatting with Hu Shuo, Zhang Jianming came to Chen Yu's office after a while.
"Why are they using our PayPal?"
PayPal was a third-party guarantee program from 5173.
Users could transfer money to the third-party program when they bought a product. After receiving the product, the third-party guarantee program would transfer the money to the seller's account. At this point, the only thing Chen Yu had done was to separate the third-party guarantee program and create a payment system.
Through PayPal, users could purchase items from any website under Huanyu Technologies.
This included cards, YY coins, virtual props, 5173 electronic product transactions, and so on. …
Originally, PayPal was for Huanyu Technologies' own use. They had no plans to release it for the time being.
The reason why they did not release it was because PayPal had not received a payment license yet.
However, it seemed that the higher-ups did not intend to issue a payment license for the time being.
They would not restrict you from using it, but the higher-ups were still considering the payment license.
Another reason was that Chen Yu's side was not ready to use e-commerce for the time being.
However, he did not expect Qidian to contact him at this time and want to use PayPal.
"Oh … I understand."
Chen Yu thought about it and remembered what 'nonsense' had just said. He finally understood.
They wanted PayPal to help them complete the payment.
This was normal.
In 2002, Qidian Chinese Network had just been established and was not very strong.
In addition, they did not make any money and did not have any channels.
If they wanted to create a VIP model, the first thing they had to solve was the payment problem.
Although it was not a problem for them to create their own payment program, it was a little difficult to establish a payment channel.
"It's not a problem to give them the payment license."
"What about our One-card?"
"They can use it if they want, but they have to charge a service fee."
"Okay."
Chen Yu treated all companies equally.
One-card could be used by all companies, but they also had to charge a service fee.
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