Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 804 Name Tree Shadow (Two in One)

As the Spring Festival approaches, the penguins have been on vacation one after another.

However, as Fang Zhuo flew to the capital, Penguin temporarily and urgently held a high-level meeting and asked some executives to return to work.

On the morning of February 2, all the old members of the "Penguin Five Tigers" and the new top management headed by Liu Chiping attended the meeting and had an intense and serious discussion.

Originally, just competing with Friends.com would not be of such a high standard.

Originally, the anti-trend softwareization of Friends.com alone would not have such a high standard.

However, adding a person's name to these requires more attention.

In the past two years, Penguin has been almost invincible with its traffic tactics. The traffic of communication software is the basic disk, and any external challenges to this field must be strictly guarded against!
What's more, this challenge may come from Mr. Fang.

It is definitely a "wonderful idea" in two senses that Friends.com wants to reverse software by relying on the number of users!
It looks bold and daring, and it's hard, hard, hard to pull off.

Communication software on the Internet has long been dominated by Penguin, and there will be no similar competing products on the PC side. Even if it does, it will not receive large-scale investment and good development-this is almost the consensus of the industry.

However, this consensus has been broken today.

Regardless of whether the "friend communication software" was created by Mr. Fang, just look at Mr. Fang, is he the same as the normal person who would never consider investing in PC communication?

For a person like Mr. Fang, it's hard to say whether there is a "consensus" in his mind!

"If I were Fang Zhuo, any executive who proposed to me to make communication software should be fired. How could this be possible? Well, friends.com, right? As of today, it has a peak of 3000 million registered users, while What about our penguins? The number of registrations is approaching 7 million, and the number of online users is also breaking through 3000 million, which is not an order of magnitude at all!"

Zeng Liqing, as one of the "Penguin Five Tigers", also presided over the competition between Dating.com and Youyou.com, directly gave his own views.

When he heard the news, he was confused, surprised and funny. Friends.com can't even compete with Dating.com, so how can they leapfrog to attack?

Xu Chenye is also one of the five tigers. The usual smiling good-natured guy did not show up today, but was very solemn: "Let's first discuss whether this possibility really exists, and then talk about this kind of competition at different levels."

Zhang Zhidong, who is at the same level, expressed his opinion slowly: "It is worth noting that Friends.com has always adhered to the real-name system, and its user group is correspondingly more sticky, which is different from our Penguin."

Chen Yidan, who is currently the chief administrative officer and one of the five tigers, observes the expressions of his colleagues, and his tone is relatively relaxed: "This move by Youyou.com is quite unexpected. We can discuss it, but we don't have to go too far."

Four of the "Penguin Five Tigers" spoke out, but Ma Huateng didn't mean to speak, but just listened silently.

Zheng Zhihao, who is in charge of QQ Zone, expressed his opinion: "I was shocked to hear such news, but after the shock, I felt it was a delusion. Just now Mr. Zhang said that our two users have different tonality. I agree, but I agree. I think that QQ is a state of inclusion for Friends.com users, QQ is not only for adding strangers, classmates, friends, and relatives can also use it, Friends.com cannot compete with Dating.com, and this may be just a futile struggle.”

Ren Yuxi is the person in charge of the interactive entertainment business. He agrees with this statement: "Yes, it is difficult for Friends.com to make a comeback when the number of users is falling behind. No matter its farms and parking spaces are not enough to make a comeback. It is not so much a friend. It’s a futile struggle, it’s better to say it’s a threat from Boss Fang.”

The high-level executives in the conference room all had slight expressions changes when they heard the word "intimidation", some were thinking, some were frowning, and some were nodding frequently.

At this time, the president Liu Chiping repeated the word: "Intimidation."

His expression was calm, unable to tell what it meant.

"It doesn't matter if it's intimidation or not. The most important thing is whether this person can realize what he said, even if it's only a part of it. I believe this is what everyone doesn't want to see." Liu Chengmin, another executive in charge of the wireless business, said Said, "If it were someone else, I would agree with Mr. Ren's words, but if it were Mr. Fang, I have to say that I admire him in my heart."

Ignoring the gazes of some colleagues, Liu Chengmin continued: "It is said that it is a whimsical idea, but in fact, a few years ago, people saw our penguins as a whimsical idea. If you talk about it, people always think that Fang is going to make that ice core. It’s also a whimsical idea, a little closer, isn’t it a whimsical idea to short Lehman?”

"If you take Mr. Fang's whimsy as a threat, you can't say it's unreasonable, but you still have to give the necessary respect."

Ren Yuxi spread his hands helplessly: "Yes, I'm about to board the plane and go on vacation. I rushed back as soon as I heard the call. I don't disrespect Mr. Fang, I respect him too much!"

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, which happened a lot.

Liu Chengmin nodded: "So, Boss Fang can't be judged by common sense. Let me say a compliment, Boss Fang is not a normal person."

Xu Chenye said with a smile: "Then I want to say something derogatory, Mr. Fang is really abnormal, can't we have a good Chinese New Year? We must be forced to work overtime temporarily."

This sentence made half of the people sigh. Mr. Ma even gave out red envelopes, but he still couldn't take a vacation.

As soon as the resentment of working overtime was aroused, the discussion atmosphere in the meeting room became much more relaxed.

Everyone brainstormed about Mr. Fang and Friends.com.

And, by the way, I followed the current hot spots and talked about shorting Lehman, the market value of Yike, the mobile phone project, and the shock wave of technical adjustments.

Seeing that there were more and more topics, and a tea party was about to be held in the conference room, Xu Chenye went to accept the topics.

"Do you think Friends.com is talking to Facebook? Raise your hand if you agree."

He wanted to vote to see the general opinion.

Most of the people in the conference room raised their hands. They entered the market by acquiring large-scale domestic companies. Amazon did this, and eBay did this. It is not surprising that Fb is interested.

Xu Chenye nodded slightly, and asked again: "Do you think Mr. Fang really wants to promote communication software through Friends.com or Sina blog?"

This is the topic of today's discussion, and it is also very serious.

Everyone raised their hands more cautiously, and there were occasional small discussions among neighbors.

In the end, to Xu Chenye's surprise, the ratio of hands raised and hands not raised was almost the same.

He looked at Ma Huateng, who had been silent all this time, and Liu Chiping, who had spoken briefly, and asked, "Pony, Martin, what do you two think?"

Ma Huateng still didn't speak, but only looked at Liu Chiping.

In fact, Liu Chiping was a little unsure, he said slowly: "The Fang in my impression is always a person with courage, execution and resources, just like Liu Chengmin, Mr. Liu said, if replaced by other people, in fact We don't need to discuss it here."

"Because today's communication software is not the environment of Penguin, and now it has to spend a lot of money to make it possible."

"However, Mr. Fang is not only rich himself, he also has a group of investors who trust him very much. He is not like Wang Xing of Friends.com. He dares to spend money and is good at spending money. This is very troublesome."

He changed his perspective: "The market value of Yike is continuing to decline today, and its competitors have launched mobile phones with integrated music players. If Yike's mobile phone fails, Fang will not work hard to promote Yike to share a New story? Perhaps Friends.com didn’t sell it to Fb, but sold it directly to Yike?”

"The business logic of communication software has already worked out. Mr. Fang let the company deal with operators as early as Sina. He has no shortcomings in all aspects."

"Considering this matter comprehensively, if I were Mr. Fang, I would take communication software as a development plan, not necessarily to replace QQ, but maybe just a new gadget that takes social and communication into consideration."

Liu Chiping made a complete expression.

The eyes in the conference room turned to Ma Huateng after the president finished speaking.

Ma Huateng pondered for a long time, and said, "Why don't I call Mr. Fang and ask?"

Everyone: "..."

OK, that might be an idea.

Seeing that no one objected, Ma Huateng took out his mobile phone and dialed a number he hadn't contacted for a long time.

Just before the Spring Festival, he just chatted a few words about the festival.

Then, without beating around the bush, Ma Huateng asked directly: "Mr. Fang, I heard that you want to use Friends.com as a chat software? The success of this matter is not big, right?"

"It's not big, I'll fuck you penguin, what's the matter?" Fang Zhuo laughed.

Ma Huateng wanted to hear the truth: "Really, Mr. Fang, I'm not joking. Is this a rumor or did someone really mention it to you?"

"I won't tell you, what's the matter?" Fang Zhuo still smiled.

Ma Huateng was helpless: "I was just shocked when I heard the news. Isn't Yike making mobile phones? It's not easy to make communication software on the computer side."

"It's really not easy, I like to do difficult things, what's the matter?" Fang Zhuo said indifferently.

Ma Huateng was convinced: "Mr. Fang, happy new year, meet and chat when you have time."

"Happy, happy, HSBC happy, Lehman happy, Penguin happy, chat when you are free." Fang Zhuo ended the call with a joke.

There was silence in the conference room.

Mr. Ma and Mr. Fang know each other very well. We all know this, but do they actually communicate in this way?
Ma Huateng glanced at the executives and asked, "What do you think?"

In the minds of all the executives, there is still a sentence from Mr. Fang, "what's the matter?".

Liu Chiping drank two sips of water, pondered: "I'm afraid there are various plans in front of Mr. Fang. He has to make decisions according to the situation. After all, Friends.com is not Yike, and it depends on the opinions of Wang Xing and investors. Just now Pony said Meet and chat, let me say, choosing a date is worse than bumping into it, let’s talk face to face before the Spring Festival.”

Liu Chiping, who was born in Goldman Sachs, paused, and continued: "I heard that Goldman Sachs has also invested in Youyou. If possible, if Youyou.com has the option of selling to Fb, instead of having more international competitors come in, it is better for us to acquire it."

"In this way, the shortcut of Fb will be eliminated, and Mr. Fang will be prevented from making trouble."

Ma Huateng thought for a while, then discussed with several senior executives, and said: "Martin, you are familiar with Goldman Sachs, see if you can say hello first, let's sit down and talk."

Of course Liu Chiping has no problem.

Soon, he found someone from Goldman Sachs and wanted to talk about Friends.com.

In the conference room, discussions continued on Youyou.com, Yike, Mr. Fang, HSBC... Temporary overtime work was quite boundless.

Goldman Sachs did not immediately respond.

After lunch, in the afternoon, Goldman Sachs gave an attitude on behalf of the management of Youyou.com, and we can talk about it.

Liu Chiping also made a request: We want to talk to Mr. Fang.

In the evening, Friends.com agreed, which also meant that Mr. Fang should have agreed.

Talking about the acquisition, from the perspective of Dating.com, it means a phased victory, but the bigger goal of this acquisition is to avoid burning the flames of war to the base camp.

In order to show sincerity and general respect for the other side, Penguin sent out all the founding five tigers and the president Liu Chiping to fly to Beijing on an evening flight.

Only in the morning of the second day, the two sides met quickly.

"Pony, are you really here? Are you so sensitive to communication software?" Fang Zhuo appeared as an investor in the meeting room of Friends.com, but he obviously had greater decision-making power.

Ma Huateng shook hands with a smile, and said frankly: "In fact, we are also worried that Fang always wants to blackmail us, but after thinking about it, it shouldn't be so?"

Fang Zhuo let out a haha, and greeted Penguin executives in a circle.

Both sides are seated.

Except for Wang Xing, on Friends.com, investors are basically on the sidelines, while Penguin is the absolute top executive.

Wang Xing's expression was a little complicated. Although he had communicated earlier, the speed from communication to meeting the opponent was a bit too fast, it was the speed version of communication.

He talked about the good development of Youyou.com, the future prospects, and the competition with Dating.com.

As Wang Xing talked, he felt a little annoyed, thinking that the fake real name after the introduction of penguin traffic to Dating.com is not a good way to develop.

Xu Chenye responded in this regard: "Mr. Wang, there is no reason to tie your hands to compete with you in business competition. You think this is not an appropriate way of development. That is because Friends.com can't get so much traffic. We think that Dating.com The development is very good, otherwise, it would not be here today."

"Today, I don't want to talk about traffic. What I want to say is that the community atmosphere is an extremely important thing, and it may even be...forget it." Wang Xing looked at the smiling Xu Chenye, and suddenly lost the interest to continue criticizing and evaluating .

So far, what else is there to say?

The defeated general talks loudly about the victorious one?
Wang Xing sighed slightly. He didn't blame Mr. Fang and Mr. Xiong. He just regretted that Penguin traffic might not be compatible with Youyou. Even if Youren.com was sold to a company, it might be dead.

Liu Chiping looked at Mr. Fang: "Mr. Fang, we all recognize the value of Youyou.com, and admire its strength in competing with Dating.com. I came here today because I sincerely want to talk about acquisitions. Anyway, sell Giving it to Fb is also selling, why not give it to us?"

Fang Zhuo nodded: "Boss Liu is right, Fb offered 20 billion, how much did you offer?"

Liu Chiping was almost caught in his own breath. On the way here, he had discussed the purchase price. He felt that 5-7 million was a good price, but Fang always opened his mouth like this!
It is absolutely impossible for Fb to invest 20 billion!
He said angrily, "Boss Fang, I'm from Goldman Sachs, don't fool me with the price."

Fang Zhuo shook his head: "Mr. Liu, you are no longer sensitive to prices. Mr. Xu, tell me."

Xu Kaiwei from Goldman Sachs was also called over today. He said with a smile: "We negotiated acquisitions with Fb in dollars. Although Youyou.com really can't beat Dating.com, it still has the prospect of going public. You can't take the current Set the price hard, Mr. Ma, Mr. Liu, I won't lie to you with my background."

Ma Huateng frowned.

Liu Chiping suddenly hesitated, went ashore, dull?
"How much do you give?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Liu Chiping chose an intermediate psychological price: "6 million, this price is appropriate."

Fang Zhuo shook his head again: "Let's do this first, the difference is too much, everyone digests it."

He smiled and said, "Let's go, let's not talk, let's have a meal first."

Ma Huateng didn't get up, but also smiled and said: "Mr. Fang, don't worry, come here sincerely, can't you just pay back the price? There is no such reason."

"Let me do the math for you." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "The status quo of Youyou.com is worth 10 billion yuan, the listing prospect is worth 3 million yuan, Fb's willingness to acquire is worth 3 million yuan, and the hard work of investors is worth 2 million yuan. .”

Liu Chiping frowned and said, "It's only 18 billion."

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly: "You guys asked me to talk here. Is Fang Zhuo worth 2 million?"

Liu Chiping is at a loss for words, just make it up, you just make it up!

Ma Huateng got up and laughed loudly: "Okay, let's eat first, eat first, and have the strength to continue talking after eating."

Black, too dark, Mr. Fang is too dark, no wonder everyone calls Fang Heizi.

This is to slaughter us penguins as fat sheep!

(End of this chapter)