my return 2002

Chapter 385 WeChat
Soon Yang Yuanqing found an intermediary to express his desire to reconcile, and Yang Yuanqing was also very smart. The intermediary he found was Zhu Jun, who had always had a good relationship with Shen Lang.

To be honest, Shen Lang didn't like Yang Yuanqing or Lenovo at all, but this was indeed an opportunity to weaken the strength of the Android camp and at the same time release the inclusiveness of the Star system to the outside world.

Shen Lang said to Zhu Jun: "That's all right, you tell Yang Yuanqing that Hei Shi will join the gang and he will have to submit a certificate of approval. If Lenovo wants to join the star camp, it must make a break with Android."

Shen Lang knew very well that the reason why Yang Yuanqing wanted to reconcile, to put it bluntly, was that Lexiang mobile phones had too much inventory in his hands, and he wanted to return these mobile phones to the factory and flash them with the star system to re-launch.

If the batch of mobile phones in Lenovo's hands were smashed, it would be a loss of hundreds of millions, but if they could be sold, it would be a profit of more than one billion, and the gap between them would be huge.

Zhu Jun quickly brought the news to Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing couldn't help cursing Shen Lang as a little fox in his heart. He wouldn't hawk if he didn't see a rabbit, but on the surface he still said that he had to think about it.

Originally, according to Yang Yuanqing's idea, while pulling the Android system and the Xingchen system, both sides should win him over, but Shen Lang's answer directly poured a basin of cold water on him.

Obviously, Shen Lang is determined to squeeze the Android system out of the mainland market, and there is no possibility of any reconciliation between the two parties.

If it was only in the mainland market, Yang Yuanqing would definitely agree to Shen Lang's request without hesitation. However, the Android system is not only limited to the mainland market, and Lenovo mobile phones are not only sold in the mainland.

Yang Yuanqing went to test Jelson's tone again, and the result was the same. Jelson is not stupid, and the international market is not his performance, but the mainland market is. How could he agree to Lenovo's use of the Android system in the international market? , When it comes to the mainland market, it will change its door.

In the end, Yang Yuanqing gave up the chance to reconcile with Xingchen System. In his opinion, the international market is more important than the mainland market, which also echoes Lenovo's strategy.

Shen Lang saw that Yang Yuanqing didn't have anything to say, so he knew his choice, and he didn't care too much. He was a little bit afraid of Lenovo, but now that it's done, he doesn't have to worry about it. Later, he recognized Lenovo and went to death. Just do it.

Just after Xiaomi and Meizu released new high-end models, OPPO, Gionee, Tianyu and other mobile phone brands also began to release their new 3G mobile phones one after another.

It was at this time that many users discovered that the new mobile phone system came with a software called "WeChat". At first, many users did not know the difference between this software and YY, and the number of registered users was not large.

Since May 360st, this software called "WeChat" has been widely publicized. There are large advertisements on the 360 ​​video, [-] browser and other interfaces on the PC side, and it is directly on the app store on the mobile side. front page.

At the same time, in the traditional media, it even won the prime-time advertising space of CCTV and Mango TV in one fell swoop, and there are also "WeChat" billboards in some subways, bus stops, and elevator rooms.

Under such a powerful publicity campaign, the number of registered users of "WeChat" soon began to explode exponentially.

Of course, it is useless to push a software to become popular. It is also an instant messaging software. Why do users use "WeChat" instead of mature software such as YY and QQ?

"WeChat" naturally has its own characteristics. First of all, it is easy to register. YY and QQ both need to register an account, and the account is generated immediately, and there are very few accounts with five or six characters that are easy to remember. Eight or nine-digit account number, if it hadn't been used for a long time, who would remember such a long string of numbers.

But "WeChat" is different. You can directly use your mobile phone number to register with one click, and you only need to enter a verification code to log in easily.

At the same time, "WeChat" also has its own characteristics, that is, the voice system. Before, whether it is YY or QQ, it can only use text input, and it is sending pictures.

But "WeChat" can send voice, which is very convenient, especially for some middle-aged and elderly people, typing is too difficult for them, the voice is different, and it is more convenient to send voice directly Especially when communicating with children, it is much more cordial than text chatting.

This brings up a more interesting phenomenon. Generally speaking, young people are the young people who are early adopters of this kind of emerging software. However, the user portraits of "WeChat" are middle-aged and elderly people over 40 years old, accounting for 55%.

Of course, there are also many middle-aged and elderly people who are recommended to them by their children.

The emergence of "WeChat" is disruptive to the entire instant messaging software industry. Not only is QQ greatly affected, but even its own YY ​​has seen a decline in daily active users.

About this point, Liang Han still complained to Shen Lang, and Shen Lang naturally ignored it. Originally, the emergence of "WeChat" not only attacked QQ, but also took on the task of spurring YY. Since the data of YY surpassed that of QQ, YY The team began to feel complacent, which is also related to the increasingly large system of Inspur Group.

The disease of large companies is inevitable in the process of enterprise development, and Shen Lang has no good way to deal with it. He can only introduce a competition mechanism to make the whole system run.

Of course, the emergence of "WeChat" is undoubtedly a thunderbolt for Penguin. Originally, QQ was already at a disadvantage in the competition against YY, but now there is another "WeChat".

Brother Xiao Ma was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, but he had no choice but to gather all the executives of Penguin together for a meeting.

The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit dull. Brother Xiao Ma talked about the impact of the decline of QQ on the entire Penguin Group, but none of the executives present said anything.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhidong cleared his throat and said, "The purpose of bringing everyone together today is to brainstorm ideas. If you have any ideas, you can speak up. It doesn't matter if you say something wrong. Brainstorming, you might as well be bold."

Finally someone reminded: "I remember, don't we have a research institute in Yangcheng, it seems that some time ago, someone named Zhang Xiaolong posted an email, saying that he wanted to make an epoch-making instant messaging app?"

Of course Xiao Ma knows about Zhang Xiaolong. In fact, Xiao Ma has always valued talents. In 05, Penguin bought Foxmail in order to make up for the shortcomings of e-mail, and Zhang Xiaolong is the founder of Foxmail.

Later, with the joining of Zhang Xiaolong, Penguin began to gradually improve the e-mail system and developed the QQ mailbox. Originally, according to Xiao Ma’s intention, he wanted Zhang Xiaolong to join Penguin to take up a more senior position, but Zhang Xiaolong was not very willing to work in Penguin. Building to work.

So Brother Xiaoma specifically asked him to be in charge of the Yangcheng branch, and also set up a research institute for him.

Raising soldiers for thousands of days and using them for a long time, Xiao Ma couldn't take care of much at the moment, so he came to Yangcheng immediately and called Zhang Xiaolong to the office.

Zhang Xiaolong didn't seem to wake up, he yawned when he came, and Brother Xiao Ma could only hold back his temper and ask.

"What do you think of WeChat?"

When Zhang Xiaolong heard this, he became energetic: "It is a good product."

"Then can you make a better product than this?" Ma asked eagerly.

Zhang Xiaolong said casually, "Let's try it."

If this is someone else, Xiao Ma, let him go, what are you kidding, it is a matter of life and death for the entire Penguin Group, you say try it?
But facing Zhang Xiaolong, Xiao Ma still said patiently: "We have no chance of trial and error. If we don't succeed, Penguin will be completely reduced to an existence like the three major portal websites."

Zhang Xiaolong said seriously: "I'm not 100% sure, after all, WeChat is already a very mature product, and we have to develop it from scratch, which is very difficult."

Whether a piece of software can be successful or not depends on many factors. The function, tonality, and design of the software are only a part, and they account for a very small part. The decisive factor is actually the market.

Take QQ as an example. At that time, there were at least [-] or [-] types of instant messaging software on the market, and some of them were very distinctive, such as UC, Netease Paobao, and Fetion. But why didn’t you do QQ?

To a large extent, QQ was the first to start and had a large enough user base. At the same time, in the market, Penguin did better than other companies in the same period. Relying on this routine, the penguins began to expand their territory continuously, and only then did the penguin empire later come into being.

Now that the positions are switched, "WeChat" is the first runner, and at the same time, it is backed by a powerful backer like Inspur Group. In terms of resources and understanding of the market, it is no worse than Penguin. It is really too difficult for Zhang Xiaolong to catch up from behind. .

Brother Xiaoma sighed secretly. He also knew that Zhang Xiaolong was not the kind of person who would run the train with his mouth full of words. He would not easily promise something that he was not sure about.

"Can't you take a shortcut?"

Time is really very important to Penguin. With the current development momentum of "WeChat", it will attract a large number of users to register and use it every day. It's useless.

Zhang Xiaolong naturally understood what the shortcut brother Ma said was nothing more than copying it, but Zhang Xiaolong refused without hesitation.

"If that's the case, Mr. Ma, you can talk to anyone you want."

Brother Xiao Ma was choked and speechless, so he had no choice but to say to him: "I can only buy you four months at most, if you still can't produce the product before September, I will just The project can be canceled."

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiaolong still gritted his teeth and took on this task. After working with the Yangcheng branch for so many years, he has long been bored.

After Xiao Ma returned to Pengcheng, he immediately handed over the same task to another project team. Of course, this time the project team's requirements were simpler, which was to copy "WeChat" and then modify it.

Whenever there is any news that Zhang Xiaolong's project is not going well, he will immediately straighten this project team. It is related to the life and death of Penguin, and he can't afford to bet on it.

For a time the whole penguin was shrouded in a layer of haze.

While the Penguin side is gloomy, the Inspur Group side is thriving. First of all, the battle between 360 Search and Baidu for the market vacated by Google has basically come to an end.

360 Search won 6% of the market share originally belonged to Google, while Baidu only got 3%. There is no absolute advantage.

In addition, after this battle, Li Yanhong also realized the threat, especially the threat from the mobile market. Li Yanhong took the initiative to find Shen Lang and discuss joining the Star System camp.

As for why he didn't join the Android camp, it depends on the current embarrassing situation of Penguin and Ali. Li Yanhong is not stupid. Joining the Android camp at this time will undoubtedly take over the death feud with Shen Lang.

On the contrary, if he joins the star camp, if the Android system can turn around in the future, he will also win over Baidu, and it will not be in his hands how to set the price at that time.

In fact, Brother Xiao Ma and Jack Ma also understand this truth, but Brother Xiao Ma and Shen Lang have deep grievances, and the competition between Penguin and Inspur Group is a head-on competition. and.

As for Jack Ma, he was a little depressed. He must have accidentally played a stinky chess game and wanted to blackmail Shen Lang with this, but he didn't expect that Shen Lang would not accept such a trick at all, and directly sent him from the star camp. removed.

Now that he has reached a cooperation with Li Yanhong, Shen Lang also lifted the 360 ​​browser's blockade of Baidu.

In addition to Baidu, some software and hardware manufacturers have also begun to take the initiative to move closer to the Star system. For example, the three major portals, Dangdang, Mecox Lane, Renren, and Kaixin.com have all begun to produce apps based on the Star system.

Time soon came to June, and the [League of Legends] professional league finally officially started. However, the influence of the [League of Legends] event at this time was not too great. It only caused a sensation in the player community, and the mainstream media hardly reported it. .

But this is actually a good thing for the entire competition. After all, most people have not yet formed the concept of e-sports in 2010. They think that playing games is not doing their job properly, and they are less explored by mainstream public opinion. It is not bad to let it develop slowly. .

Another thing that surprised Zhu Jun was that the national server of DOTA2 finally passed the review.

Last year, Ninetowns lost Warcraft, and the entire Ninetowns lost 95% of its revenue, and suddenly lost its source of income. If it weren't for Zhu Jun's relatively strong family background, it would have closed down on the spot. After a year, finally there is a product that can take Of course, Zhu Jun has invested heavily in DOTA2 for the products he has sold.

The server was purchased directly, and the translation and optimization were fully prepared. After passing the review, internal testing can be carried out at the end of June.

(End of this chapter)