Chapter 1525： Internet Age

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On February 12, the Grammy Awards will begin at 5:00 p.m. at Staples Arena in Los Angeles, but at 8:00 a.m., Evan Bell is not in Los Angeles at all, but is in a car Dusty SUVs driving on Interstate 5 three hundred miles from Los Angeles, looking out the window as the scenery gradually changes with the car

Interstate 5 is the westernmost north-south highway in the United States. It starts from the border between Washington State and Canada in the south and ends at the border between San Diego and Mexico in the north. On this straight highway, you can reach San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco unimpeded. , Seattle and other cities

Evan Bell started from San Francisco after watching the sun rise slowly over the horizon, driving eighty miles along Interstate 580 before turning onto Interstate 5. , then headed south towards Los Angeles

The morning sun was still very thin and not hot, and the light wind mixed with the warm current of the west coast blew recklessly into the cab along the lines of the sun, blowing Evan Bell's short hair that was gradually growing into a mess, But he didn't have any expression, just stared at the road ahead intently, driving silently in the quiet cab, so quiet that he could even clearly hear the wind whistling in his ears, the silence dyed by the sun seemed a little heavy

Today is the 49th Grammy Awards ceremony. Evan Bell has always been a person who keeps his promises. Since he has agreed to attend the awards ceremony, he will not embarrass the organizing committee, so why does he do this? Running wild on Interstate 5?

Turning the hour hand back two days ago, after the Diamond Record certification press conference, Evan Bell received two bad news, both related to utube. The first was Steve Chen, that is, Chen Shijun was leaving utube; The two are utube product manager Baitina Martin, who was poached by the opposing alliance and left.

If it's just these two news, it's not enough to make Evan Bell mess up, but the point is, the reason why Steve Chen left is that he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which made Evan Bell Immediately drove to Palo Alto, three hundred and eighty-two miles from Los Angeles.

Teddy Bell originally wanted to go together, but on the one hand, Eden Hudson is now in Palo Alto and can take care of each other; on the one hand, things here in Los Angeles need Teddy Bell to handle, and the opposing league has The utube crackdown begins, teddy bell must stay to gather more information to come up with a countermeasure

The opposition alliance has finally started to fight back. Although Disney and Universal Pictures have recently had a lot of trouble over the lighting entertainment company, they all know that Evan Bell has played a role in sowing discord and fueling the flames, which cannot be ignored. What's more, the video website prepared by the opposition alliance will be launched in early March. Taking this opportunity to crack down on utube can gain an advantage for the video website of the opposition alliance, and can also give Evan Bell a small lesson. This kills two birds with one stone. matter, the opposing alliances were settled with almost no disputes.

The opposing alliance chose to launch an attack at this time. There are actually many reasons. The intensification of the conflict by the lighting entertainment company is only a very insignificant part of the reason. The real reason is a matter of interest. When Evan Bell attended the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Second, the video website of the opposition alliance will be launched in two weeks, and now we have poached the product manager of utube, which can not only deal a blow to utube, but also invest in preparations for our own video website; third, a major event has occurred recently. , so that the status of the video website has suddenly improved a lot, which also makes the opposition alliance pay more attention to this interest.

If we restore everything, we can start from the rise of the Internet in 2006. The prosperity of a number of sharing websites and social networks such as Youtube, Facebook, Juyou.com can be condensed into the "you" selected by "Time" Weekly. In 2005, "Time" Weekly's Person of the Year was Evan Bell, who praised him for his contribution to the Cultural Revolution, including the part of the Internet; in 2006, every netizen who used sharing websites and social networks became "Time" Weekly. person of the year, which also pushed the Internet era to a full peak

Under this influence, even the Grammys have joined the trend of the Internet. After the nomination list was announced, the Grammys launched an online selection activity, in which they borrowed the rules of "American Idol" and Youtube Collaboration, all grassroots singers upload their own singing videos, and the final vote winner can win the opportunity to perform with Justin Timberlake at the Grammys

This is also considered to be an effort by Grammys to show their favor to the Internet. Whether it is the voting rules of "American Idol" or the platform of Youtube, it can be considered that Grammys, who are nearly half a hundred years old, are trying to keep up with the pace of the times.

In late 2006, in preparation for the 2008 presidential election, the entire political spectrum became active; in January 2007, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois decided to run for president, and he and Hillary Clinton raised funds in the primary The situation took the lead. Barack Obama had raised nearly 10 million US dollars in campaign funds in January alone, which immediately attracted a lot of attention; in early February 2007, Barack Obama met with Steve - Chen, Chad Haley, and Judd Karim, the three founders of utube, then met with Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. He also said that in this election, the Internet is the Decisive force; on February 10th, Barack Obama officially announced his candidacy, the same day Evan Bell was certified as a diamond record

Under the propaganda of Barack Obama, the presidential candidate, the network that had accumulated enough power in the past two years finally began to shine. If Facebook and Juyou.com are still fighting, then utube is in the The video network is completely dominated by one company, which also makes huge profits in the field of Chinese websites. On February 10th, the day Barack Obama officially announced his candidacy, the opposition coalition will be more concerned about the video website that will be launched in March. Eye-catching, the importance is absolutely incomparable, this is an opportunity for opposing alliances, if their video sites can be linked to the presidential election, then it is not a fantasy to compete with utube

Two flowers, one for each, Steve Chen passed out in the room after meeting with Barack Obama, which shocked fellow Chad Holley and Judd Karim immediately. Steve-Chen was sent to the hospital and the hospital initially diagnosed Steve-Chen as suffering from a brain tumor. After the second examination, the diagnosis was confirmed.

The brain tumor, whose full name is "Giant Thrombotic Aneurysm", plunged Steve Chen into an unknown fear. His first reaction was annoyance, and his second reaction was fear. Before that, all efforts, all Staying up all night, all the code, all the courage, all the enthusiasm, including the gains achieved by utube in the past two years, are all no longer important, in the face of the fear of disease, everything outside is like a sandcastle, and the wind blows and it dissipates , and then disappeared without a trace

After a few days of struggle and hesitation, Steve-Chen decided to temporarily stop his work, leave utube, and be admitted to the hospital to treat his illness wholeheartedly. As for the future, whether to come back to utube again, or what to do is not sure because he can't even be sure do you have a future

February 10 Steve Chen personally called Evan Bell about his decision

Evan Bell didn't say anything on the phone but just let Steve Chen have a good rest, then discussed with Eden Hudson and decided to go to Palo Alto in person not to keep Steve Chen , but to express their support for the Grammy Awards, no matter how important it is, it cannot be compared to a fresh life, not to mention that they have been partners who have fought side by side for the past two years.

Then, Eden Hudson brought the second bad news, and the opposition alliance sensed the opportunity-the news of Steve Chen's brain tumor was no longer a secret inside utube a few days ago. After getting Barack- After the news that Obama was going to run for president, the opposition alliance made a decisive decision. When Evan Bell was still gagging with reporters at the press conference, the product manager Bettina Martin, who grew up with utube, handed in his resignation, and even resigned. Submitted liquidated damages - ironic, then turned around and left utube's still not-so-luxurious office, and entered the preparatory team of the rival league video site just two streets away with nothing.

Baitina Martin is only 30 years old this year. Although her personal ability is not earth-shattering, she is also very outstanding. As a utube product manager, she faithfully implemented Evan Bell's plan for advertising revenue, and now utube More than half of her advertising business is executed by her own hands. So, even if Bettina-Martin left with nothing, even if Bettina-Martin signed with Eleven Studio Confidentiality agreement, but her connections, her wisdom, and her knowledge were irresistibly hidden in her brain, and she walked into the production team of the opposing alliance.

For utube, which is about to face a formidable competitor, this will undoubtedly make things worse. The opposition alliance has never been an opponent that can be ignored. Apart from other things, their four companies have joined forces to have a quarter of the video resources in the United States. Even though utube has now reached resource sharing agreements with more than 300 companies, a quarter of the opposing alliances are still uneatable grapes

Objectively speaking, the rich resources of Universal Music, Sony and Bertelsmann can barely equalize after the combination; Universal Pictures and Disney's copyrights, even among the six major film companies, are in the forefront; plus a The TV station that has been winning for many years, you must know that before 2005, the TV station has been entrenched in the position of the king of ratings for many years...

utube, now not only have to face the impact of opposing alliances, but also deal with the chaos within the company, the situation is really bad

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