Who doesn’t want to make money after being reborn?

Chapter 106: Show the sword! (Please subscribe! Please vote!)

The download volume of WeChat has skyrocketed, even faster than when the original space and time was in the hands of Fat Penguin, and the future looks bright.

The advertising money just spent went round and round and came back to the account.

Plus liquidated damages.

Overall, not only did I not spend any money, I actually made a lot of money.

Luo Hui happily hummed the made-up ballad and began to compile the second piece of soft-spoken article - "No way, no way, there are people who really don't like money, right?" 》

That's right.

The content he used to quarrel was that more than 200 portal websites and Internet media collectively refunded advertising fees and compensated liquidated damages.

Of course, we cannot accuse Fat Penguin by name of being unethical and using money to hit these advertisers, forcing them to remove their ads and refund their advertising fees.

Liquidated damages were also paid.

It is inappropriate and has no evidence. Instead, it will turn yourself and WeChat into villains. .

Moreover, writing like this cannot arouse the sympathy of netizens and cannot attract traffic.

Traffic is king.

His purpose is to increase the download volume of WeChat through the traffic of Fat Penguin.

I didn't mean to make Brother Ma jealous.

——Things that are meaningless are not worth doing.

He was thinking hard about the ridiculous essays he had seen in his previous life, taking advantage of the beautiful moment before smartphones became popular, and prepared to give Fat Penguin some shocking education...

the other side.

While Xiao Ma was busy directing the fierce 3Q war, he also asked his secretary to keep an eye on the changes in public opinion in the Internet space and report to him every half hour.

It seems that WeChat is treated as a competitor at the same level.

There is no slight intention.

"Mr. Ma, the situation is a bit out of control."

Zhang Long opened the door again and said: "WeChat ranked No. 1 in terms of downloads in the domestic Apple App Store, with more than 300 million downloads in three hours."

More than 300 million?

Xiao Ma, who was busy staring at the computer screen, hurriedly turned his head, with questions written all over his face: The result that QQ took more than half a year to achieve was actually surpassed by others in three hours?

What a joke.

While feeling uneasy, I didn't have time to ask for details, so I hurriedly picked up my Ai Kuang 4 and opened the Apple App Store to check.

That’s right, download ranking No. 1.

The data... is still growing rapidly, with nearly 380 million downloads.

Brother Xiao Ma was a little confused: "Didn't you say that WeChat's ads have been replaced? Why did the number of downloads increase instead? Our 30 billion advertising fees were wasted?"

"Mr. Ma, it may not be the advertising problem, it may be the crazy downloads prompted by the letter asking for advice."

After hearing Zhang Long's explanation, Xiao Ma suddenly realized.

He was so angry that he slapped his thigh: "Damn it, we were fooled, that little bastard just wanted to take advantage of our traffic!"

The principle is not complicated.

In the content of that short essay, he was a high school student and he was developing software alone.

The little bastard describes himself as a pure white lotus.

She also has a special talent for programming.

He also puts his identity in a vulnerable position that can easily arouse sympathy, and then uses "ignorant" questions about the law to arouse netizens' desire for protection.

What else can netizens do if they feel protective?
In addition to downloading WeChat, I just scold Penguin Group.

Aren’t the terrifying download numbers coming?

"That... our advertisement... is wrong. Our advertisement cannot be withdrawn."

Just when he thought of a remedy, Xiao Ma suddenly realized that he couldn't stop spending money to remove WeChat ads.

Removing QQ ads is even more troublesome.

Not only will I have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages, but I will also completely offend all the online media and portal websites that place advertisements.

The removal of the advertisement is purely out of character.

Especially the key stall that is currently fighting against Zhou Hongyi must not set up a strong enemy again.

"Mr. Ma, how about I try to contact Mr. Luo to propose the terms of the merger?"

Zhang Long saw his boss was indecisive and hurriedly offered suggestions.

He also knew.

Proposing to acquire Penguin Group at this time will definitely come at a huge price.

The battle was not won, but it spawned a terrifying download volume of WeChat. At one time, most of the domestic Ai Kuang 4 users had WeChat installed.

It has the tendency to become a new generation of national mobile communication software.

Initiating a merger and acquisition under a weak situation is like sticking your head out to let the other party chop you.

"Boss Horse!"

Before Brother Ma could express his position, the secretary who had been quietly staying at the desk next to him stood up and reported: "Zhou Hongyi is also gone. His personal account just posted a blog post saying that he is willing to provide legal support and network security support for WeChat. He is also willing to Provide a large amount of financing. He is going to personally visit Mr. Luo of WeChat."

What to be afraid of, what to come.

Jack Ma's ending has already muddied the waters, and adding Zhou Hongyi to the mix... WeChat is really unstoppable.

Brother Ma rubbed his temples with one hand and stood up to pace.

Melancholy!

What to do?

After thinking for a moment, he came to a conclusion: "Zhang Long, contact Mr. Luo and ask him to set conditions. As long as he can get the controlling stake, the money matter will be easy to negotiate."

"Okay, Mr. Ma! Our Fetion has just finished its internal testing. Do you want to put it on the shelves and replace QQ ads with Fetion?"

"good idea!"

"Well, although Fetion was launched in a hurry and is not as smooth as WeChat in terms of functions, it can create an illusion for netizens. It makes them think that two new Internet companies are competing against each other."

"Smart, Zhang Long! I didn't realize that you also have a talent for business warfare, so I'll do as you say." "Then... what about the crusade from netizens? Our public relations team has not come up with a solution for a long time, so being beaten passively is not good for us. unfavorable."

"Mr. Peng is still unwilling to block that letter asking for advice?"

"Their bottom line is to suppress trending searches. The key is that the attention the letter for advice has attracted is too high, and Mr. Peng is worried about backlash."

"You're just pretending, when did they ever have such a noble thing as a bottom line? It's true that they want to extort money."

"Anyway, I offered [-] million, but they still didn't agree to block the letter asking for advice, let alone ban Mr. Luo's personal account."

"If two hundred million is not enough, how much do they want?"

"Well...I'm afraid you have to come in for an interview to find out the lowest price."

"..."

Before Xiao Ma and Zhang Long could find a way to deal with it, Luo Hui's second soft article was already online.

"No way, no way, there are really people who don't like money, right? 》

I never dreamed that the advertising fees invested would be refunded in the same way.

Not only were the advertising fees returned intact, but my dear advertisers actually took the initiative to pay huge liquidated damages.

210 six advertising agreements, with a total refund of 820 million yuan in prepaid advertising fees.

Liquidated damages of RMB 600 million will be paid.

Overall, our WeChat advertising investment not only cost us nothing, but actually earned us more than 2 million.

Thanks to the kind advertisers.

Thank you to the generous donor Dad.

Next time something like this happens again, please remember to wake me up!

It's too scary.

It turns out that our advertisers are so understanding of justice and regard money as dirt. I almost thought I was dreaming, running into a utopian world in my dream.

In this world, everyone is kind and friendly, everyone regards money as dirt, and everyone has noble moral character and noble sentiments.

pity.

I do not deserve!
I don’t deserve such a beautiful world, so I choose to wake up and devoutly kneel at the feet of advertisers and pray: Please let me spend my money.

seriously!
Our WeChat project received a huge financing of 120 billion in the first round of financing.

If I don’t spend such a huge amount of money, the shareholders will spank me!

It hurts!
——WeChat founder Luo Hui pays his respects.

A big internet celebrity who has become a millionaire fan, he just posted a sarcastic article and received an overwhelming number of messages and comments:

"Fat Penguin is really fat. How much will it cost to invest so heavily in blocking WeChat's advertising channels?"

"There's not a single word about the fat penguin in the whole article, but I can see that huge, fleshy figure."

"The boy who slayed the dragon turned into an evil dragon."

“Damn it, this WeChat is so awesome, how did it get such a big financing?”

"I want to die!"

"I want to die too. This child has hundreds of millions of dollars to open and shut. I...won't talk anymore. If I talk too much, I will shed tears."

"Who is so wise as to invest so much money in the first round of financing?"

"Is this wise? It's pure nonsense. I've used WeChat before and it feels good, but it's not worth the price."

"You've all been fooled. This kid is showing off his sword and showing off his wealth to warn Fat Penguin: I have a lot of money to burn with you."

"Idol, please tell me about your WeChat... No, it's ByteDance. Are you still recruiting?"

"It's interesting. This kid has mastered the art of taking retreat to make progress. On the surface, he's begging advertisers for a way out, but in fact, he's threatening: Don't you think about taking a big cake worth 120 billion?"

"evildoer!"

"..."

After being reminded by the secretary, Xiao Ma Ge and Zhang Long also crowded in front of the computer screen to watch Luo Hui's second tearful soft article.

Read the message after reading the text.

After reading the message, they looked at each other with the same two big words written on their faces: What to do?
"Cough cough!"

Zhang Long coughed twice, slowly turned around and came to the coffee table, pretending to make tea, and mentally analyzed the situation in front of him.

Not so good!

How come it's a bit like the stupid thing the third brother did back then.

It was obviously a war of invasion, but it suddenly turned into a war to defend the capital.

Obviously Penguin Group is the stronger party.

It should have been a normal scenario to suppress WeChat, which was just born, and fight until the opponent was unable to fight back and raised the white flag to surrender.

The result... was not good.

Now the founder of WeChat is chasing the penguin alone, jumping up and down and shouting: Surrender with your hands up!
It's so unreasonable!
It seems... other than pushing Fetion to distract netizens' attention, there is no other good way.

"We don't have time to make mistakes!"

Brother Ma looked stern and waved his hand decisively: "This little guy can dance as much as he wants. We ignore him and don't give him a chance to take advantage of the traffic."

"Replace all QQ ads with Fetion ads."

"Now."

"immediately."

"Do it now!"

"At the same time, we provide technical support to Fetion and can share QQ's user base."

"With QQ's huge basic user base, Fetion's download volume will surpass WeChat in a short period of time, turning it into worthless garbage."

"We will make acquisitions when the time comes."

"Our energy should be put on Zhou Hongyi, which is related to the future development direction of the group and cannot disrupt the rhythm."

(End of this chapter)