"I didn't expect Huanyu Technologies to be one step ahead of us."
Shin-Lang and Chen Tong were a little upset when they saw YY's traffic skyrocket because of a celebrity photo.
If Shin-Lang hadn't put all his efforts into online gaming, YY wouldn't have existed.
However, Chen Tong was Shin-Lang's editor-in-chief after all. He was in charge of the content.
Although YY had started in the entertainment industry, Shin-Lang still had a chance.
They were still the number one portal in China.
Moreover, the entertainment industry was very simple.
As long as there was fresh content, he could attract the interest of users.
Just like this kind of entertainment photo.
For this reason, Chen Tong also adopted Huanyu Technologies' approach and prepared to cooperate with a certain Xiangjiang paparazzi.
"Boss Chen, long time no see."
"Yes, Boss Zhang, long time no see. I've been reading your newspaper recently. You've done well. "
"Haha, it's not bad, but the expenses are also high. You know, we've recently hired dozens of paparazzi to wait at the homes of A-list celebrities. "
"Tsk tsk, looks like Boss Zhang is spending a lot of money. How about it, can you give us Shin-Lang's latest photo? "
"Sure, we're old acquaintances. But the price has risen quite a bit recently. "
"How much?"
"It's hard to say. It depends on what kind of photo you take."
"Like the photo that YY released a while ago."
"Oh, that's expensive."
"Name a price."
"One million."
"Damn …"
Chen Yu vomited blood. "Boss Zhang, one photo costs one million. This is daylight robbery."
"Bro, the market is like this. You also know that for people like us, one of the costs is high, and the other is taking a bigger risk. Let me show you one of my brothers. "
Boss Zhang took out a photo.
"Why is his leg broken?"
"Someone hit him."
"Who hit him?"
"Who else are you talking about?"
Boss Zhang said helplessly, "Do you think it's easy for us to be paparazzi? Those celebrities are human beings too. It's immoral for us to take their private photos. Do you think those celebrities will be polite to us?"
"But 1 million is too expensive."
"Hey bro, Shin-Lang is the number one household in the country. Don't tell me you can't even afford one million?"
"How could this be …"
Chen Tong was a little embarrassed.
It wasn't that they couldn't afford it.
The problem was that during the last meeting, the higher-ups had only given him five million yuan.
This 5 million yuan still had to be taken care of in various places, such as manpower costs, editing costs, ordinary gossip costs … and so on.
Now, one photo was worth one million yuan. The entire section didn't have to do anything.
"Alright, that's it. We'll contact you when we get the photos."
Seeing Chen Tong's reaction, Boss Zhang didn't say anything else.
In any case, once the YY portal came, these paparazzi were injected with chicken blood.
As long as they were able to take some sensational photos, they were not afraid that there would be no place to sell them.
If Shin-Lang didn't want to fork out the money, someone else would.
…
"Crash test?"
"Buying a real car on the market for a crash test?"
"Interesting."
On the other side, other than Huanyu Technologies's entertainment section, Huanyu Technologies also began to set up the automotive section.
Li Xuelin quickly sent people to contact the five major insurance companies.
The five major insurance companies were very interested in the crash test proposed by Huanyu Technologies.
This was a very novel idea.
One had to know that the major insurance companies used to calculate the insurance fees for cars based on the car's performance, maintenance funds, and so on. However, this kind of calculation was only an estimate and wasn't particularly accurate. They weren't experts in cars either. Even if they were experts in cars, they wouldn't be able to give a more professional evaluation.
Take Volkswagen and Toyota as a comparison. Who was safer?
In theory, Volkswagen was stronger and Toyota was more fuel-efficient.
But was it true or not?
Not necessarily.
If one only looked at the data on the surface, that might be the case.
But if they really took it to the scene, the results would be out.
Of course, there was another reason why they agreed so quickly. In any case, they didn't have to pay for the car, and they could get more professional evaluation data. Why wouldn't they cooperate?
As for Huanyu Technologies, they weren't spendthrifts either.
It seemed that all the expenses, including the collision and the purchase of the car, were paid for by themselves.
But that didn't matter.
This sum of money wasn't much, but it was still worth it to use this sum of money to buy an authority.
As long as such data was released, all the friends who bought cars in the future would log in to the YY portal immediately.
One had to know that this kind of authority couldn't be bought with money in the future.
…
"Boss Chen, I don't understand. According to our model, won't users all go offline to pick up goods in the future?"
After communicating with Yong Le, Chen Yu returned to the e-commerce branch of Huanyu Technologies in Hang City.
"Not really."
Chen Yu shook his head. "For example, you're very worried when you buy goods online for the first time, so you'll think of picking them up offline. But after you buy the goods for the second time, will you still pick them up offline?
"Of course, you might do it the second time, but what about the third or fourth time?"
Actually, placing an order online and picking up goods offline was to solve the user's offline experience.
Of course, this was also to solve the user's first payment.
As long as they paid, as long as they trusted the website.
Then, it didn't matter whether there was an offline experience in the future.
It was like buying Jingdong and Tmall products in the future. It didn't matter whether there was an offline experience or not.
Everyone was used to it.
The things bought online might not be worse than in reality. They might even be better.
Therefore, Huanyu Technologies had to rely on the offline store to give users trust in the early stage.
Once such trust was established …
Then, it didn't matter whether there was an offline store or not.
"I understand."
Chen Yu only said a few words, and Huang Zheng immediately came to a realization.
He had thought that Huanyu Mall would lose a lot of money with this model.
Of course, they would lose money in the beginning.
But it didn't matter.
If they lost money the first time, they might not lose money the second time.
The third time, they might be profitable.
"Huanyu Mall will be online next month. Huang Zheng, are you ready?"
"Next month?"
Huang Zheng was a little surprised. "Boss Chen, isn't it too fast? Our offline channels, logistics, and so on haven't been fully established."
"How long do you think it will take to fully establish it? One year, two years, three years, or five years? "
To be honest …
To fully establish their own channels, five years might not be enough.
This was also the reason why Chen Yu didn't set up a physical store right away.
Although the physical Shang Chao had its own unique aspects, the construction was simply too slow.
This involved too many talents, energy, policies … There were too many of them.
Huanyu Technologies didn't have the energy or the talent now.
The development of e-commerce had always been about perfecting the offline system as it developed.
By the time everything was done offline, the e-commerce market would have long been gone.
Just like Suning.com in the previous life.
Suning.com had always been doing offline, channels, logistics, and after-sales. They were all done thoroughly.
When they were all done, they began to work on the line.
Although they were doing well online too.
But it was useless no matter how good they were.
There was a limit to the ceiling.
When others reached the ceiling, no matter how well Suning.com did, they would only be second-tier.
"Boss Chen, we won't let you down."
Huang Zheng clenched his fist and said.
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