The difference in the flow of time between the two worlds was one to ten. Three days in Kamiyā Yuu's world meant one month in that world. Three days weren't enough for Kamiyā Yuu to reproduce the work results of the hundreds of programmers from the other world. During this period, he had also been desperately absorbing related knowledge himself. After all, he was the medium connecting the two worlds. If he didn't even understand the differences in that knowledge himself, how could he bring it into this world?
He habitually wanted to make everything absolutely perfect. However, given the three-day time limit—and the fact that he himself wouldn't actually be the one developing the danmaku website—Kamiyā Yuu planned to simply produce a rough but substantial proposal to bluff Lin Ye into agreement.
The initial investment budget was twenty million RMB. At the same time, Kamiyā Yuu would hold seventy percent of the shares, giving him absolute controlling power. If you ate the meat, you also had to leave some soup for others. Lin Ye would be responsible for managing and developing the company, along with utilizing the popularity accumulated by the video website he already operated. In exchange, he would receive twenty percent ownership and management rights over the company. As long as he didn't do anything outrageously excessive, Kamiyā Yuu, as the absolute controlling shareholder, would only be responsible for collecting profits.
The broadcasting rights for 'RWBY,' twenty million RMB in financing, a detailed and comprehensive development plan, and an incomparably bright future—this pie was already gigantic enough that Lin Ye couldn't possibly resist being tempted by it. The main reason Kamiyā Yuu was going through so much trouble to establish a danmaku video website was partly for nostalgia, and partly because he wanted to experience what it felt like to be the supreme overlord behind the scenes.
"In the future, every user who wants to become a formal member will have two choices: either take a test or pay 450."
"You really think you're a princess or something."
Reciting these two famous memes from Bilibili in his previous world made Kamiyā Yuu chuckle uncontrollably. Bilibili had been one of China's mainstream ACG communication websites in that world and practically represented the mainstream opinions of most Chinese otaku.
Speaking of which, the story of AcFun's decline and Bilibili's rise was also incredibly fascinating. Back in his previous world, Kamiyā Yuu frequently browsed both websites. As the first to eat the crab, AcFun became one of China's most famous ACG communication video sites in one fell swoop. Bilibili's founder, Xu Yi, had originally also been a member of AcFun.
However, AcFun's danmaku culture had never been properly managed. The toxicity spread from the article section to the video section, filling the entire site with chaos and filth until a huge number of users could no longer tolerate it and left in anger.
Bilibili seized this opportunity to rapidly develop itself. Its management measures were exceptionally clever. First, it didn't create an article section—the type of area most likely to provoke arguments and insults. Second, it strictly regulated danmaku comments and prohibited discussions of national political topics. Although this policy gave rise to certain bizarre trends that shattered people's values, it greatly improved the experience for ordinary users.
Bilibili's stationmaster Xu Yi was very skilled. He understood exactly what users wanted and combined that with his original intentions to create a healthy development cycle for the site. However, this clever approach was far from perfect. Because of these management policies, Bilibili was heavily criticized by veteran otaku, and after accepting investment from TX Company, some negative tendencies began to emerge as well.
After suffering repeated declines in popularity, AcFun experienced a series of incidents. Originally, it had barely maintained appearances through the popularity of its article section, but then, during a certain "Night of the Long Knives," part of its veteran users were banned from the article section. This suicidal move successfully enraged the old users who had remained attached to the article section.
To summarize AcFun in one sentence: success because of Xiao He, failure because of Xiao He. The article section once caused AcFun's popularity to soar, yet in the end, the very existence of the article section led to its decline.
Overall, the two danmaku websites were about equal. It was simply that Bilibili handled its methods, management, and timing a little better.
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Three days wasn't a very long time, yet Kamiyā Yuu felt as though he had walked through hell. Including after-work hours, all his time had been spent handling the large and small affairs of the 'Yosuganosora' animation production company, contacting law firms to explain the specific requirements of his contracts, and, most time-consuming of all, bringing the experience and achievements related to video danmaku websites from the other world into this one.
Seeing Lin Ye's expression grow increasingly grave and astonished, Kamiyā Yuu knew his efforts over the past three days had not been wasted.
It was still the same meeting room. Kamiyā Yuu opened his laptop and placed it before Lin Ye, gesturing for him to look through it freely. Displayed on the screen was the preliminary outline of the danmaku video website development plan drafted by Kamiyā Yuu. From development strategies to operational management, to website UI design and more, everything was explained in detail. It wasn't empty grandstanding—every point included explanations, annotations, and analysis.
A development proposal of this complexity required the ideas and revisions of many industry professionals, as well as investigations into optimal market structures, before it could be produced. How exactly had Kamiyā Yuu, living in Japan, managed to formulate such a plan? Or had he long intended to develop a danmaku website in China?
Faced with this beautiful vision constructed from tangible substance, Lin Ye's first reaction wasn't excitement or impatience, but deep helplessness. This development proposal practically stopped short of explicitly saying that he had no right to refuse.
Business cooperation was a gamble. As Kamiyā Yuu's wager, this proposal was simply too heavy, causing Lin Ye to lose the determination to place his own bet.
If he rejected Kamiyā Yuu's request, then, putting aside how he would explain things to the crowdfunding users of his video website after returning to China empty-handed, the video danmaku website he established first would be utterly incapable of competing with the monstrous entity described in this development outline. If Kamiyā Yuu chose to cooperate with someone else, this proposal alone would be enough to monopolize China's danmaku website market, and his own website would merely become a stepping stone for others.
"Mr. Lin Ye, have you reached a decision?" Half an hour later, Kamiyā Yuu glanced at Lin Ye, who was still intently browsing the development outline, and smiled faintly.
He wasn't worried that Lin Ye would memorize the contents and imitate them. This was only an outline. If Lin Ye could create the related technology simply by following the outline, he wouldn't have needed to seek out Kamiyā Yuu in the first place.
Lin Ye closed the laptop, rubbed his temples, and said with a helpless, bitter smile, "It seems Mr. Kamiyā came fully prepared. May I take a look at the specific investment contract?"
Kamiyā Yuu didn't hurry to respond. Instead, he pushed a thick investment contract across the table toward him and said seriously, "If Mr. Lin Ye has no objections, our company will dispatch representatives to accompany you back to China for the cooperation. Naturally, translators and lawyers will be arranged by my side as well."
Kamiyā Yuu wouldn't blindly trust Lin Ye and unconditionally hand over such a massive investment fund to him. It was necessary to arrange for a capable company representative whom he could trust to go to China and ensure everything proceeded properly.
Most of the upper management at the 'Yosuganosora' animation production company couldn't leave their positions. Among the regular employees, the only person Kamiyā Yuu trusted who also met the requirements was Uehara Etsuki's "bodyguard" — Busujima Murasaki.
Only after Uehara Etsuki repeatedly persuaded her did she reluctantly agree to go to China. The entourage accompanying her numbered more than ten people. Aside from translators, there were also contract lawyers, business consultants, and others. The total cost of hiring them to accompany the trip to China exceeded ten million yen.