These top R&D Ph.D.s poached back, even if one of them is a calf among twenty, they will all make a profit.

If a big star emerges, it will be even more profitable.

Of course, even if you don’t have a big cow or a little cow, it doesn’t matter, at least you are a qualified senior engineer.

After all, the benefits of the Spark Project are very good and the threshold is also very high.

Those who are not qualified are not wanted at all.

What's more, it's very difficult for PhD students from prestigious foreign science and engineering universities to graduate. Without any real skills, they can't graduate even after eight years of study.

On the contrary, people who have received doctorates from top science and engineering universities at a young age are basically cutting-edge talents with promising futures and easy control.

On the contrary, Wang Yi is not interested in those who drop out of school and start their own businesses.

This kind of people are ambitious and unstable. Even if they join Xingyi Technology, they will think of quitting their jobs and starting a business.

They will even use the company's resources to develop their own business.

As an investor, Wang Yi likes this type of entrepreneur.

But as a boss, Wang Yi doesn't like his subordinates to act erratically.

After all, it was not easy to train them and wait for them to create value for the company in return. As a result, they directly resigned and started a business, and even became a competitor of Xingyi Technology.

Then Xingyi Technology suffered a huge loss.

Wang Yi doesn't want to be the Whampoa Military Academy.

Of course, subsequent Spark plans will also consider setting up R&D centers overseas, but they will only be sub-centers.

The simplest thing is that once relations with US imperialism are at odds and sanctions are imposed, overseas R&D centers can be wiped out.

Even core data and technology can be taken away by the FBI in the name of investigation and handed over to American imperial companies.

That would undoubtedly be a disaster for Xingyi Technology.

Others don't know the virtues of the American emperor, but Wang Yi understands them very well.

Branches can be placed in the United States or overseas, and all they do are mid- to low-end cattle and horse business.

This type of work is actually not a problem in China. Domestic talents can also do it, and the price/performance ratio is even higher.

But the most core R&D center, the most cutting-edge R&D projects, and the core factory must not be placed in the US emperor, unless you want to be taken over by the US emperor!

In Wang Yi's mind, Mei Di and Asan are basically on the same moral level.

People dare to illegally detain you and prevent you from coming back. It is also commonplace to seize overseas R&D centers and confiscate overseas R&D results.

Arrange a random charge and detain the top leaders and senior executives of overseas R&D centers. The FBI will come and take away all the data and conduct a comprehensive investigation. Under coercion and inducement, all overseas institutions will have to account for their R&D results.

Xingyi Technology was forced to pay a sum of money to redeem the person and was fined.

We really lost both results and money, and the losses were heavy.

Wang Yi will not be stupid. He would rather put in more effort to bring all the talents back to China, or put the core R&D center in China!

Five days later, on June 26, Xingyi TV Factory officially started mass production of Xingyi TVs.

Wang Yi didn't pay much attention to this. Instead, he was preparing for the final two exams.

The exam month in college is indeed a headache.

Until July 1, Wang Yi finished the last subject and ushered in the summer vacation.

As for the results, of course, they all passed and the scores were good, especially the scores for the subjective questions, which were all very high.

As for whether it's because of Wang Yi's strength or Wang Yi's strength, it's hard to say.

Sigma men don't look at the process, only the results.

Back at Lin Shu's house, Lin Shu was sitting on the sofa, watching TV.

But it’s not the previous Sony TV, but a prototype of the Xingyi Smart TV X50.

As early as after the prototype rolled off the production line, Wang Yi brought one back to test it.

It's very good to use, similar to the previous LeTV TV, but the system is better optimized.

This X50 is a 50-inch, 1080P resolution, Nvidia quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 2G memory, 8G storage, positioned as a mid-range TV, priced at 5,999!

With this configuration, let alone 2012, even in 2018, it is first-rate.

It won't get stuck after ten years of use.

The price of 5,999 may seem expensive ten years later, but in 2012 it can only be said to be very cost-effective.

In 2012, 40-inch TVs were considered large-screen TVs, and 50-inch TVs were considered giant screens.

There is no 60-inch model made in China, and only a few brands around the world are making it, and the prices are more than 10,000!

These days, 50-inch non-smart TVs start at RMB 5,000 and are equipped with 512M+4G and dual-core processors.

Wang Yi's fully upgraded smart TV with 2G+8G and quad-core processor only costs 5,999, which is really cheap.

At this time, "The King of Masked Singer" was being broadcast on TV.

Lin Shu stood up and hugged Wang Yi: "Brother, look, I know who this person is even if he is wearing a mask. He sounds like a gangster when he opens his mouth, and anyone can guess it."

"Haha, yes." Wang Yixiao said, "The program team must be more careful next time."

The guest in this issue is Brother Xiao Qi. It would be better if he sings other songs. When he sings a martial arts song, his identity will be exposed as soon as he opens his mouth.

Brother Xiao Qi's unique martial arts style and charlatanism are hard to hide.

After "The Masked Singer" aired, its ratings exploded and it became one of the most popular variety shows.

Even the popular "Kuaiben" had to stay away.

Even if "The Masked Singer" is distributed on several satellite TV stations, it will not affect its popularity.

A little trivia: Variety shows these days can be distributed.

In a previous life, at the end of 2013, iQiyi spent 200 million yuan to buy the exclusive online rights to six popular programs including Mango TV's "Where Are We Going, Dad 2".

LeTV also paid more than 100 million to acquire the exclusive online broadcast rights of "I Am a Singer 2".

As a result, "Where Are We Going, Dad 2" alone brought 66 million yuan in sponsorship fees to iQiyi, not to mention the other five movies, which made a huge amount of money.

The sponsorship fee for "I Am a Singer 2" directly exceeded 200 million.

These two incidents completely shocked Mango TV. They could actually make so much money from the online copyrights they distributed!

How can this be done?

How can such fat meat be fed to other people? It must rot in the pot.

So in 2014, Mango TV began to develop a long-form video platform and launched Mango TV.

After that, all variety shows on Mango TV stopped being distributed to third-party platforms and were instead broadcast exclusively on Mango TV. Gradually, variety shows no longer had to be distributed, and major platforms could only make their own.

Xingyi Video is just the opposite. It has a blockbuster variety show, but there is no satellite TV to broadcast it. It can only be broadcast exclusively on Xingyi Video network.

But no one was willing to earn less if they could earn an extra penny, so Wang Yi chose to distribute "The King of Masked Singer" to satellite TV.

If it is sold to a satellite TV for exclusive broadcast, even CCTV will not be willing to pay a copyright fee of 100 million, so it is better to distribute it to four satellite TVs.

You're a bastard who doesn't make money.

Wang Yi sold the rights to CCTV, Suzhou Satellite TV, and Lu Provincial Satellite TV for a royalties of 50 million.

Several companies competed for the last spot, and Dragon TV finally won it with 70 million.

The joint broadcast of the four major TV stations + Xingyi Video can also maximize the popularity and audience of "The King of Masked Singer".

This is very good publicity for Xingyi Video, Xingyi Media, Xingyi Mobile, etc.

As a result, "The King of Masked Singer", which cost 50 million, had already received 220 million in copyright fees before it was aired.

Coupled with Xingyi Video's own platform naming fees and sponsorship fees, it reached 80 million before the broadcast, and it is still increasing in the future.

At present, the total revenue has exceeded 300 million, and the net profit has exceeded 250 million.

This deal is not an ordinary bargain.

However, the profit of 250 million is just the beginning, and the subsequent revenue will be even more terrifying.

Most directly, since the first episode was aired at the end of June, the ratings of "The Masked Singer" have exploded.

Even a week after the screening, the online on-demand volume of the first episode ranked first among variety shows. The number of new members brought to Xingyi Video exceeded 4 million, and the membership income was another 60 million.

Seeing that this variety show is so popular, major brands that originally didn't want to sponsor it have rushed over to sponsor it.

For this new variety show, initially no brand was willing to pay tens of millions in exclusive naming fees, so the title could only be sold in installments.

Fortunately, there is no exclusive title. Now I can make more money by selling the title fee in installments.

Not to mention 50 million, if this continues, the annual sponsorship fee may exceed 150 million!

And the online reputation is also top-notch.

Other singing variety shows are all amateur contestants, while The Masked Singer is a superstar, a veteran singer, or even a king.

For example, Brother Xiao Qi, who appeared in the second episode, is a superstar who once became popular in Asia.
To be continued...