Reborn with Consumption System

Han Lie pretended not to hear, the sound of the water washing the fruit was too loud!

Once they separated, Han Lie came out with the fruit, piqued their curiosity just right, and naturally handed them each a glass of champagne.

The atmosphere immediately relaxed by half.

Tang Xintian was indeed thirsty and downed the glass in one go.

She wanted to pour more, but Han Lie took the bottle away and handed her a large mango instead.

"Drink less, did you forget how crazy you got last time you were drunk?"

Dog Lie’s smile was infuriating, causing Sister Da Tang’s face to turn bright red: "You..."

Who’s the master of blame-shifting?

Dog Lie from Magic Capital beats Lanxiang!

He twisted the story, making it seem like it was all Tang Xintian’s fault last time, turning the pure-hearted youth Lie into the victim.

Then Gu Zicheng couldn’t help but tease from the side: "Yo? That night, was she really that wild? What a pity I missed it, or she wouldn’t have any face to call me shameless!"

Sister Da Tang was nearly fuming with anger.

But she really didn’t have the energy to quarrel with Gu Zicheng, and couldn’t win even if she tried, so she had to change the subject with a flushed face.

"I was asking you something!"

"What?"

"Why are you going to the Imperial Capital?"

"Oh!"

Dog Lie replied nonchalantly: "My equity investment fund is set up, planning to invest in an internet company to give it a go, going to chat with their founder tomorrow."

This topic was of great interest to the two beautiful women.

Tang Xintian, strong and independent, is very career-minded and cares a lot about the realization of self-worth.

Gu Zicheng aspires to power, has a strong desire to dominate, and wants to be the queen of the entertainment industry.

In short, they both like such substantial conversations.

"Are you planning to venture into venture capital now? Isn’t that a bit rushed?"

"Which company did you pick?"

Han Lie responded one by one: "No, initially it’s just a framework, investing in a company that can become a flagship, to pave the way for large-scale transformation in the future. The company is called ByteDance, have you used Toutiao?"

The result was quite unexpected—they both actually had it on their phones.

However, their evaluations were completely different.

Tang Xintian frowned: "I don’t like it; it keeps recommending very homogenized content."

Gu Zicheng clapped: "It’s quite interesting, once you start swiping, you can’t stop."

The two exchanged glances, sparks flying.

Humph!

A new round of confrontation, unexpectedly, started again.

Tang Xintian directly raised a question: "Why invest in this kind of content aggregation platform? Personally, I feel that as its users grow, Toutiao will eventually be caught in the public opinion whirlpool of allegedly infringing media copyrights.

Last year, when I first used it, I found that it would immediately capture various media’s original content, most of which should be unauthorized.

The legal risks of such actions are extremely severe abroad.

In China, there seems to be no clear protection for now, but as its influence grows, getting into trouble seems inevitable."

Wow!

Such sharp insight...

In fact, similar issues have been mentioned in the report provided by Panzi and Yu Ping’an.

Last year, The Beijing News, Guangzhou Daily, Chutian Metropolis Daily, and other media outlets almost sued Toutiao for infringement issues.

Even though Zhang Yiming minimized the impact to the lowest, the problem always exists.

And this is one of the important reasons why ByteDance’s valuation is currently only 500 million.

Just as Han Lie was about to commend Sister Da Tang, Gu Zicheng immediately gave him another surprise.

"The shy guy’s view has some merits.

In fact, short news apps once stirred up a wave in America, but the trend quickly died down, after all, large American media companies and news platforms all have their own subscription-based software, and aggregate apps find it difficult to reach agreements on copyright issues with each company...

No, to be precise, they simply do not have the ability to negotiate properly with the large media groups.

The American media groups never seek win-win situations, but aim to gather and control the discourse power as much as possible.

Therefore, at most, similar platforms can only strike deals with some media from one camp and cannot integrate all the content, thus failing to attract enough ad users, and soon declining.

But this problem can be solved in China—

Comprehensive copyright cooperation!

Our domestic environment determines that news media neither have, nor can they have such big ambitions.

So it’s quite possible to negotiate commercially.

News media provide content, Toutiao offers traffic and precise distribution capabilities, increasing the influence of quality content, making the pie bigger to enhance monetization, and achieving a commercial win-win.

My little husband, when you negotiate with the other party, you can use this as a bargaining chip.

In Shanghai, my father can influence several top media.

If ByteDance is willing to cooperate with you, we can help them settle the copyright cooperation.

Otherwise... then just file copyright lawsuits in Magic Capital!

Aren’t you tight with Liu Dalue?

If four or five top media simultaneously sue this medium-sized company, and they are sure to win, it will be a heavy blow for them..."

Goodness!

Orange Jelly, you’ve got these skills?!

Han Lie was genuinely amazed by her, simultaneously feeling huge delight.

This perspective was something he hadn’t even thought of.

Fresh, substantial, full of wisdom and insight.

Although her original intention might have been just to hit back at Tang Xintian and compete with her, the result of their female rivalry benefited Han Lie, which was just too pleasing.