Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 812 Gang Operations (Two in One)

First, Penguin acquired Friends.com, and then Sina launched Weibo.

First, the Penguin stock price rose, and then the market made a correction.

First, Mr. Fang was separated by a layer, and then he left directly.

On the morning of February 2, different from the reticence at the temporary meeting yesterday, Ma Huateng reviewed Penguin's recent acquisitions at the beginning.

First of all, he took the responsibility and confirmed that the acquisition of Friends.com was a key decision made by himself.

Second, he responded to certain situations of concern throughout the company.

For example, Wang Xing, the former president of Youyou.com, and Wang Gaofei, the vice president, changed their appearance and directly became the leaders of the Weibo company.

Looking forward at the time point when Weibo was launched, many strange things have become easily resolved.

Wang Gaofei, who performed well in the competition between Friends.com and Dating.com, thought he had joined Friends.com from Sina, but for nearly a year, Wang Gaofei was always an employee of Sina and received money from Sina.

What does Penguin's acquisition of Friends.com have to do with Sina executive Wang Gaofei and the Sina volunteer team he led?
And including friends.com executives, mainly Wang Xing's non-compete agreement...

Putting aside the "cognitive difference" between Ma Huateng and Fang Zhuo, Penguin's acquisition of Friends.com requires its more than 3000 million real-name users to fill its own social track, completely strangling opponents and dominating the domestic arena in this field.

This is the biggest gain.

Whether Wang Xing, Wang Gaofei, Sina, or Yike, when Penguin gathers the high-quality user groups of Friends.com and the traffic imported by its own dating network, they have become nothing to worry about, and it is impossible for anyone Become a competitive opponent of Penguin in the social field of acquaintances.

Without the first-mover advantage, the track traffic is sold, development time is lost, and it is difficult to produce popular social games such as farms. Even if all the employees of Friends.com migrate collectively, even if Fang Zhuo is the president himself, there will be no more friends.com No. [-] Two.

Other considerations, such as the negative emotions of the Friends.com team in competition, and the seller's total face, are secondary factors.

However, I never expected that there was no movement in the social field of acquaintances, but the social interaction of strangers popped up!

Without Friends.com being number two, Weibo suddenly became number one!

This is a completely unexpected trend!

Facebook is famous abroad. Don’t our acquaintances refer to it for socializing?

You suddenly created a Weibo that focuses on another direction, have you considered the prospects and risks?
But no matter what, Weibo went online in an orderly manner, and the previous things became clear. This was a well-planned and premeditated action.

For Sina, it's best to beat the opponent, if you can't beat it, just fight it yourself.

For Penguin, it is really unexpected that the other party has a complete backup route.

For Ma Huateng...pure fraud!
He didn't think Wang Xing, a project founder who had just stepped out of campus for a year or two, was letting the tiger go back to the mountain. The biggest feeling was that Mr. Fang was a tiger ready to move, and he imagined that the other party had become a sheep.

During this process, including the news and attitude that President Liu Chiping received from Goldman Sachs, there may be great distortion.

Goldman Sachs and former employees wear a pair of pants?
No, Goldman Sachs is working with Fang Zhuo!
An organized, premeditated, and planned fraud gang headed by Fang Zhuo!
Ma Huateng sat at the head of the meeting room, and his mood fluctuated again.

He drank two sips of coffee to calm down, and finally injected positive energy into the low morale in the conference room: "The launch of Weibo did catch us by surprise, but thinking about it carefully, Sina opened another track precisely because it couldn't compete with Our Eastern Fb competition."

"Hong Kong stocks rose yesterday, acknowledging our progress on social networks."

"Opening this morning, the stock price has corrected, but it is still higher than before the acquisition."

"Have we lost? We can't take less profit as a loss, and we can't get confused because of unexpected competitive trends."

"Earn more and earn less, as long as it is earning, we are all on the right path."

"Martin and I agree that there is no problem with the strategic direction of Penguin Social Networks."

"Now, Penguin is the leader of domestic social networking platforms, and Weibo is the challenger."

Ma Huateng's meeting style today is different from usual, and it is rare to see such a lengthy speech.

The more he talked, the more transparent his mood became.

Penguin holds a unified domestic acquaintance social user group, occupying a one-year starting time, and has the most active farm and other social games. The advantage is mine, how can I lose?
The atmosphere in the meeting room has improved significantly.

The action of Yike Department is tantamount to stabbing the penguin abruptly in the public, but Mr. Ma is right, the user group is real, the stock price rise is real, if the other party wants to fight, then win again.

Ma Huateng's speech is over.

As the president, Liu Chiping also expressed his opinion, and he also expressed his apology.

Penguin's acquisition of Youyou.com cannot be just Pony's fault. He also voted in favor of it, and communicated with both sides for this reason.

Today, it's like waking up from a dream. Whether it's a good reputation or a bad reputation, the famous Mr. Fang is obviously not just a brush, this time he has learned a lesson.

The second important part of the morning meeting was the change of positions after the unified recognition of the management. Zheng Zhihao, who is in charge of Qzone, officially took over the dating site and will be responsible for the specific implementation of a considerable part of Penguin's social strategy.

Zeng Liqing, who resigned, was awarded the title of "Lifetime Honorary Consultant".

Originally, Zeng Liqing left Penguin gracefully when Dating.com beat Friends.com, but now with the changing situation, this "winning" seemed a bit embarrassing. investment industry.

The last topic of the meeting was Penguin's relatively unfamiliar mobile phone field.

As the world's mobile device shipments are getting higher and higher, the future mobile market is clearly an important area, and Penguin is paying attention to it.

But when it comes to mobile phone manufacturing, it is relatively unfamiliar.

In order to answer the doubts from Pony, Xu Chenye specially invited executives from Motorola, a famous mobile phone manufacturer, and Amoi, a domestic mobile phone brand, to analyze the domestic and foreign markets from different angles.

No matter how you analyze it, the competitive environment of Yike Mobile is very severe.

Needless to say abroad, well-known brands such as Nuo, San, Suo, and Mo have dominated the market. In addition to these, domestic mobile phone manufacturers such as Amoi, Lenovo, and Tianyu are also fighting fiercely.

Regardless of either party, it is impossible to allow the rise of new competitors.

The conclusion is, don't worry about Yike mobile phone.

Professionals talked freely, which dispelled some of Ma Huateng's worries.

At noon, the high-level meeting ended, and several executives continued to hold a small meeting.

It has to be said that Fang Zhuo must pay enough attention to gaining wisdom through a pitfall.

However, after discussion and discussion, apart from cutting off the advertising business of Penguin Portal and Tesco, it is difficult to have any effective means of competition in other aspects.

Sina Portal and Penguin Portal are already in competition.

Sina Weibo and Dating.com belong to the social competition that has just begun.

Although Paipai.com and Tesco in the e-commerce field belong to a large track, there is no obvious counterpoint between the two.

What about Yike?Mainly in foreign markets.

What about ice cores?Not to mention.

"In the future, news of the competition with the Yike Department will be sent to the president's office in a hurry. The most important thing now is to consolidate our dating network."

"There will be a long time to come, don't be in a hurry at this moment."

Ma Huateng said with emotion and self-deprecation: "When I knew about the 'just be a penguin', I thought there was competition and ridicule. I didn't expect that it was the most serious competition from the beginning."

"I went to the office today and was still thinking about whether to write 'Just do Mr. Fang', but now I'm thinking about it..."

Just do Mr. Fang, there is no way to start.

"If it doesn't work, we will also invest in a fab." Liu Chiping joked.

Ma Huateng also ended with a joke: "Martin, you really are the ghost!"

That's it, the future is long, and if you don't know how to start, start slowly.

……

Just when Weibo launched its internal beta, Penguin held a meeting, and there were a lot of discussions in the industry, the Ali headquarters in Lin'an also chatted about the competition in the business.

An executive suggested that Taobao could try to attack Tesco this year, taking advantage of the escalating competition between Yike and Penguin.

The first domestic C2C is Taobao.

The No. 2 domestic B[-]C is Tesco.

With the weakening momentum of international giants, Ali can more and more feel that the important competitors in the field of e-commerce are not eBay, not Amazon, but Tesco.

Taobao is developing at a high speed, and e-buy is also developing at a high speed.

Taobao has June [-] in the first half of the year, and Tesco has Double Eleven in the second half of the year.

Taobao is backed by the soon-to-be-listed Alibaba, and Tesco has Yike, which has already been listed.

Can two companies that absorb nutrients from subdivided tracks continue to develop peacefully?
Should Taobao enter the hot B2C field?

Even if Taobao does not play B2C, who can guarantee that Tesco will not enter C2C in the future?

Can Fang Zhuo guarantee it?Who can guarantee that what he said is true?

Let Ma Huateng vouch for Fang Zhuo's words?
There is no doubt that there will be a battle in the field of e-commerce.

When is the timing of this battle?
Ali's high-level meeting had some serious discussions.

Ma Dian, Cai Chongxin, Peng Lei and many other core members talked about their opinions, and everyone felt that it seemed that they could give it a try.

Yike focuses on social networks. Although Yigou itself is the leader in B2C, its competitors also include powerful players such as Suning and Gome. It is rumored that these two companies may also have plans to test e-commerce.

Once Suning and Gome enter the e-commerce market, E-buy will be attacked from both sides.

If it can defeat or drag down e-buy, Taobao will surely be able to share a large wave of traffic.

Ma Dian was really moved.

While calculating the competition situation, he said with a smile: "Boss Fang is quite ruthless this time, I guess Pony won't be able to sleep well for a few days."

Cai Chongxin sipped his tea: "It's very fierce, as expected of Mr. Fang, this is also a warning to us, we can't take chances, we must compete to the end."

Just as Ma Dian was about to speak, he suddenly realized that Sun Tongyu, the CEO of Taobao, had relatively few words today, and asked, "God of Wealth, what do you think of our Taobao's source of wealth?"

The God of Wealth is Sun Tongyu's nickname in the company.

"I'm thinking about another possibility." Tongyu Sun pondered, "Alibaba can be listed on the Hong Kong stock market this year, and Taobao's growth rate will not be slow this year. If you want to start a war with Tesco, you can start after the listing."

Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, he continued, "Besides, since we are considering Yike's rivalry with Penguin and want to take action against Tesco, why don't we choose Paipai?"

"Penguin's Paipai.com has a direct competitive relationship with us in C2C, and it seems that it is not as strong as in other fields."

"We can do Paipai.com first, and then consider how to better compete with Tesco."

"After all, the B2C field requires heavy investment, and Taobao is still relatively unfamiliar."

B2C needs heavy capital, so of course the company will be more confident after going public.

Taobao can first use Paipai.com to warm up.

Ma Dian was even more tempted in an instant.

He self-examined his thoughts and said with a smile: "It's strange, why are everyone thinking about attacking E-buy so enthusiastically? The Yike department we mentioned just now is almost established for Penguin, and Paipai.com is still a Soft persimmon."

Cai Chongxin gave a reason: "Perhaps Mr. Fang is too dazzling and too hateful."

Ma Dian laughed, which made sense.

He did not insist on his own opinion, and discussed Taobao's competition with everyone again.

This time, everyone no longer focused on Mr. Fang, who is known to be brilliant, but proceeded from the overall perspective, planning to integrate C2C first, and then gather resources to prepare for competition with Tesco.

It's night, the discussion is over.

The organization has decided that the persimmons will be picked softly and patted first!
……

There are only 28 days in February, and in the last few days of this month, the online Weibo seems to show another way to play social networking for active netizens.

Yes, socializing on campus is quite interesting, but, in such a small circle, the topics among acquaintances always run dry.

Yes, socializing in the workplace can bring colleagues closer. However, you have to face those people at work all day long. Do you still have to contact those people after work?
Familiar faces offline, people you know offline, of course you can share your life and mood.

It's just that based on interests and unknowns, this kind of network status seems to be more free and colorful.

On Weibo, you can watch Jay Chou drink milk tea, watch Yao Ming fight World of Warcraft, watch Mr. Fang persuade him to buy a house, watch strangers chatting, watch film and television entertainment, share books, sell houses and sell short...

It seems that Weibo can bring more freshness and make people have a desire to explore.

It went live on the 23rd, and in less than a week, Weibo, which did not repeat the past track, initially showed the outline of a brand new social platform at a very fast speed.

3月4号是元宵，3月7号预告了京城奥运的采访分享，3月16号惯例的“易购揍当”读书节，3月下旬安排微博音乐评选活动……

In order to promote the development of Weibo, the official account "Sina Weibo" announced a series of arrangements for March.

However, on the day when Weibo celebrities celebrated Yuanxiao, a shocking news suddenly spread in the mainland semiconductor industry.

The ice core fab located in Luzhou successfully carried out 65nm risk trial production.

——65nm? 90nm?
——65nm.

Impossible, absolutely impossible, not even a risk trial production.

The night of the Lantern Festival shakes the industry!
(End of this chapter)