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Chapter 3106 Confiscating Members

Zhou Buqi was really unwilling to use such fabricated methods to discredit his competitors.

If it is something that really happened and is serious, then it is fine to take advantage of it and hype it up. But if you take some mistakes that everyone can make and then magnify them infinitely and exaggerate them to smear them, this is really against the ethics of commercial competition.

This is not something a big boss of Zhou Buqi's level should do.

It's not just about morality.

Zhou Buqi is different from many of his domestic business peers. He is a world-class entrepreneur who also has huge businesses overseas. Even in terms of total scale, his overseas businesses are even larger than those in China. Other business peers can do anything they want in order to consolidate their base in the domestic market.

Anyway, this is our home court, the referee can be biased, and there is public opinion control. We can do whatever we want, with the right time, place and people, to attack competitors from all angles, especially foreign companies.

They don't have any business overseas.

No fear of retaliation.

Zhou Buqi would not be able to do that.

He uses some unfair competition methods in China, which is fine in China, but it is very troublesome overseas, and he is easily biased by the referee in the away game. This kind of thing happens a lot. Many companies are very successful in China, relying on some non-commercial competition to smash foreign companies. When their business develops overseas, others will also have various methods waiting for you.

When it comes to business competition, we still have to deal with the issues at hand.

This is very troublesome. How can iPhone 6 fight against it?

According to the plan, Astar will be listed next year. Astar's fiscal year is from April to March of the following year. The financial report of this fiscal year will play a crucial role in the issue price of Astar's IPO next year.

Otherwise Zhou Shaoning wouldn't be so anxious.

Zhou Shaoning said: "We must find a way to kill Apple's momentum!"

Zhou Buqi agreed.

Zhou Shaoning added: "If it really doesn't work, let's try it in the country first!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Let me first understand the situation and see if there are any real mistakes on Apple's side. It's a bit too low-level to make up something out of nothing to attack them."

Zhou Shaoning was very anxious, "Then hurry up!"

"What about Samsung?" Zhou Buqi asked, "What's going on with Samsung? Is Samsung just ignoring Apple and trying to take over the high-end phone market?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "Samsung has also taken action, mainly in terms of hardware innovation. Next, they will comprehensively promote OLED screens in high-end phones. iPhones all use LCD screens. They can rely on higher-end screens to find differentiation. They have issued an announcement, which I guess means they want to call on their peers to promote OLED screens together."

"Estar needs to follow up!"

Zhou Buqi made the decision without hesitation.

"You have already planned this."

Zhou Shaoning smiled.

I admire you so much in my heart.

I just think that Boss Zhou has such a sharp vision and a keen business sense. He can even judge the general trend of mobile phone screens. Fortunately, a few months ago, Boss Zhou, through Fu Sheng, got some OLED screen patents, laying the foundation for the subsequent screen supply of Astar.

Otherwise, when iPhone 6 comes out and Apple phones sweep the high-end market, Samsung might learn from its mistakes and make a huge bet and rush in. By then, even if Zhou Buqi and Estar are willing to follow up, Samsung will not give you a chance.

Zhou Buqi said, "Okay, let's do this for now. You have to keep an eye on the headphones and do a good job of debugging. The design is already perfect. Whether the product can be competitive and become an epoch-making headphone product depends on whether the technical problems can be overcome."

"There is no technical obstacle. This is not cutting-edge technology." Zhou Shaoning didn't want him to leave just like that. "Let's talk about the joint-branded mobile phone..."

"Next time, I have something else to do."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand to reject him.

Together with his secretary Zhao Limuge, he went to Yang Mi's parents' home to pick her and her daughter up.

In the car, Zhao Limuge said with a smile: "I know the charging and payment logic of WeChat!" Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Who did you ask?"

Zhao Limuge said: "No, I just read some product materials of the WeChat department and summarized it myself."

"Oh, tell me about it then."

"Many people's worries are unnecessary. WeChat will not charge any fees. WeChat is different from Helo. Helo may charge fees abroad, but WeChat will not charge fees in China!"

"What's the reason?" Zhou Buqi asked, "Is it because domestic consumption capacity is weak?"

Zhao Limuge said: "It's not a question of consumption level, but product logic. Whether it's paid or free, the ultimate goal is to allow the product to occupy the market and make more money. However, there is a better business strategy than free or paid, which is monopoly!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "There is progress."

Zhao Limuge pursed her lips, looking a little proud. "Helo has many competitors in China, so in order to ensure Helo's market share, many product strategies are needed. Some places are paid, some places are free, some services are paid, and some services are free. But WeChat is different. WeChat is a monopoly-level product in China. With a monopoly, you can make money by doing anything. It doesn't matter whether it is free or paid."

Zhou Buqi nodded and said, "Monopoly is the most profitable way. The core logic of making products is to strive for a monopoly position first. If monopoly is really unattainable, then, like Helo's overseas strategy, various strategies are adopted to ensure that the existing market share does not shrink."

Zhao Limuge smiled and said, "In fact, I was worried before, but now I realize that I was completely wrong."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I am worried that if WeChat adopts a paid strategy, it will lead to the emergence of competitors. Many people also say that WeChat dare not charge."

"Ah."

"Now I understand that the logic is completely reversed." Zhao Limuge shook his head slightly. "If there were no competitors, WeChat would always be a monopoly product. Why charge a fee? Only when competitors emerge and put pressure on WeChat will WeChat launch paid services. Only then will it use payment to increase user stickiness and prevent user loss."

Zhou Buqi said: "It's just like the iPhone 6. If the market didn't put enough pressure on the iPhone, and it still maintained the world's highest sales and growth, Cook would not have changed Jobs' design concept and tried the Nordic style and large screen. Competitors are the driving force for change. WeChat has no competitors, so there is no need to change its product strategy."

"Yeah, it's just like Taobao. Taobao has competitors now. Taobao has also started to do membership business, and there are paid red envelopes and so on."

Following this line of thought, Zhao Limuge understood the promotion ideas of many Internet products.

Zhou Buqi nodded. "The same is true for Fantuan.com. If competition in the food delivery business becomes fierce, then they will definitely have to promote paid services. They will rely on paid memberships to attract users and increase product stickiness."

Zhao Limuge hummed and whispered, "Zhang Zetian and I have discussed this before. We both think that the Secretary Gang's assets should be confiscated."

"What?"

"Momo is going public. The Momo shares we hold may be worth tens of millions of dollars!"

"Not happy?"

Zhou Buqi turned his head to look at her.

Zhao Limuge said, "I don't feel very happy. Money... money or not, I'm not short of money now. Whether I have that money or not, it won't change my life. As long as I don't leave my big boss, I still have a private jet, a luxury yacht and a big villa every day, right? This kind of life, how can you enjoy it with just tens of millions of dollars? Right?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yes."

Zhao Limu said: "So I think we should hand over all the money. Whoever hands it over will be more devoted. Just like paying customers are more loyal and stickier. The proletariat is the most loyal. Otherwise, with so many beauties, we can't just rely on moral requirements to keep chastity, right? There must be institutional construction."

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up, "What did you think of?"

Zhao Limuge scratched his head, "Xiaotian said so."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "You were deceived by her. She came later, and the Momo stocks she held were less than half of those of you who came earlier! They were all confiscated, so she lost less."

Zhao Limuge said: "But I think it makes sense. Just keep some pocket money in your hand, and give all the big money to the family. I think this is a test. If anyone is unwilling, it means that he has two hearts and is not worthy of entering the Zhou family as a concubine. This can effectively screen the little vixens in the office. First give a large sum of money, and then see if she is willing to hand it over and confiscate it. From the product logic point of view, only paying users can be concubines. If it is confiscated, it is equivalent to buying a membership in the family."

"Are you willing to confiscate all your money?"

"Of course I am! I can't let my boss down, right?"