What’s Wrong With Me Being a Rich Man?

Chapter 244 Smoke

Yu Xing felt the obvious changes from investors.

One phone call is not obvious, two phone calls are still greetings, three phone calls are different.

But unlike the previous product that could not be produced, Yu Xing was more anxious at that time. WeChat, which is now in internal testing, has polished the outline before it was put into the market. Not to mention the disparity between the host and the guest, there is really no need to be so anxious.

What's more, WeChat only received $5 million in financing openly, and secretly added a surprise short selling on Huaxia Forest, and there was still $3.5 million in reserve funds.

Therefore, Yu Xing and investors' previous ideas tend to be consistent - we must always look at market performance.

The market will adjust after it is shown. This is not only responsible to investors, the company, and the options in the hands of employees.

Liu Wanying raised a small question about this kind of remark.

"You don't have the feeling of rejection because of their previous attitude?"

Yu Xing's answer was: "If you think there is, there is, if there is no, there is no. Similarly, they think there is, if there is no, there is no. There are so many projects in the world, and there is so much money in the world. It's a two-way choice. .”

Liu Wanying felt that she had already got the answer, so she smiled knowingly and stopped mentioning this matter.

However, Liu Jiankai still couldn't help but run to Bai Xiaosheng.

When Yu Xing faced Vice President Liu's smile and asked helplessly, "What reason? What reason do you want to hear? When you reject me, I won't ask for any reason."

Liu Jiankai heard some emotions and advised: "Mr. Yu, don't be tempted, we are all for the development of the project."

"I'm not acting irritantly, I just think you investors are really like springs." Yu Xing stretched out his right hand and waved from left to right in the air, and from right to left, "I understand you, you understand me."

Liu Jiankai frowned slightly, if you are stronger, it will be weaker than the spring...

"I won't talk about this anymore. Mr. Xiong called me. I have the same attitude. Let's wait and talk about it." Yu Xing expressed his attitude.

Liu Jiankai said in surprise: "Mr. Xiong called you too?"

Yu Xing nodded and said, "I was quite surprised. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Xiong both called me. Have you ever communicated with each other? Forget it, why did they suddenly have some different considerations?"

Liu Jiankai was silent for a while and talked about the competitive situation between Sina Weibo and Penguin Weibo. This is a highly anticipated competition now.

Yu Xing suddenly realized and said in surprise: "Are you so sensitive? How many users are there on Sina Weibo now?"

He did not follow the development of Sina Weibo, but knew the end of this competition.

"Sina Weibo released data in April, saying that users have exceeded 10 million." Liu Jiankai was very familiar with the data, and paused and said, "According to the data we learned from third-party institutions, Sina Weibo estimates, Sina Weibo Bo’s user base this month is between 18 million and 20 million.”

Yu Xing exclaimed: "This is a very powerful growth."

The official data in April was only 10 million, and in just two months, there were 8-10 million more, which was soaring.

Liu Jiankai nodded and said, "Yes, this growth is really too strong! Moreover, this is not only a problem of user scale, but also a problem of its active user and platform content. Penguin sets an icon and a speech synchronizes it. Not to mention that the user scale has not yet caught up, its 'inbreeding' content that is rooted in QQ users themselves is much inferior."

The content posted by QQ users in QQ space is synchronized to Penguin Weibo. Maybe the data is good, but the quality is completely different.

Yu Xing said curiously: "Just based on this, do you want to try the prospects of the WeChat project?"

"It's not just that, but Mr. Yu, your efforts in the past four months are admirable. The vitality shown by WeChat companies impressed me." Liu Jiankai said sincerely, "If it were other venture capitalists, they wouldn't Understanding the amazing achievements Mr. Yu has shown during this period, it is difficult for them to have the determination to invest and maintain support based on Weibo competition alone."

Yu Xing felt the lobbying of Vice President Liu and said with a smile: "According to what you said, except for you three, I can't find any other funds that I am willing to take risks?"

"Mr. Yu, we did have any differences in the incubation of this project in the past. There is a saying in the stock market that buying is in the difference. In fact, buying is in the difference and consistency. Now is the moment when we move from disagreement to consistency." Liu Jiankai said with great thoughts. "Instead of wasting energy on funds, you should focus on the preliminary verification of WeChat products. Besides, whose money is not money? Money will not change its own value because of love or disgust."

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, I think you are the most diligent person in Capital today." Yu Xing smiled, "Look at the time you ran around, you are really the bad guy of Capital today."

Liu Jiankai was not angry: "I am willing to look at the situation more, for fear that a good project will not get the right funds because of my narrow personal gaze. It will be a pity for both parties."

"That's it, Mr. Liu, I'm very grateful for your willingness to pay attention to us so much, but I also know that everyone is still doubtful. According to your words, the consistency of the transfer is not consistent enough. As long as the market has data performance, I believe we can have a more consistent assessment." Yu Xing stretched out his right hand and suggested, "Do you want to go to the fourth floor to take a look?"

Liu Jiankai looked at Mr. Yu's expression and felt that he didn't invest money this time, so he was probably just a long night and dreaming.

He can only make up for sincerity: "Okay, if there is any help or lack of resources on WeChat, just tell me on WeChat. Putting aside the relationship between today's capital, I personally would be happy to see Penguin touch it. Severe challenges.”

Yu Xing smiled slightly and took Vice President Liu downstairs to observe the WeChat company.

This observation was actually not very different in the environment, but in Liu Jiankai's eyes, the discussions between these employees seemed to have become golden.

"Mr. Xu is okay?" Yu Xing asked this when he sent Liu Jiankai downstairs.

"It's pretty good, and I'm also full of praise for WeChat." Liu Jiankai replied.

Yu Xing smiled and said, "I thought I refused her on the phone, and she had to scold me again."

Liu Jiankai shook his head and said, "No, Xu is always very graceful."

Yu Xing laughed loudly.

Liu Jiankai controlled himself not to laugh, otherwise he would seem to have agreed to the other party's expression.

He stood downstairs and remembered another thing: "Oh yes, I heard that Sina Weibo and the big blogger are doing exclusive contracts. Mr. Yu, have you received the contract as well?"

"Yes." Yu Xing replied, "I also asked specifically because I have Bai Xiaosheng here. As a result, Sina said it is exclusive to Weibo platforms, and they are also very straightforward. It's mainly aimed at penguins."

Liu Jiankai nodded slightly, feeling more and more that Sina Weibo's competitive prospects are very good.

Before leaving, he finally greeted him: "Mr. Yu has been very busy recently, so he should also pay attention to his health."

"It's okay, I just eat too much big fish and meat, and I feel like I need to exercise more." Yu Xing said honestly, "I'm not really busy lately."

He recently attended the wedding of a former client several times, and then posted the relevant news to Renren.com to show that he is serious about starting a business with such a conscience and good reputation feedback.

Liu Jiankai gave his own understanding: "The tranquility before the storm! Mr. Yu, come on!"

Yu Xing didn't even cheer up like this in WeChat company, and he only gave him a polite smile when he heard this.

The storm is indeed approaching. But it is not the storm of WeChat competing with Penguins, but the storm of Penguins competing with 360.

Last month, Penguin launched the "QQ Computer Manager" with similar functions as 360 Security Guard, which was protested by Zhou Hongyi on Weibo.

On June 22, Yu Xing, who had been paying attention to this matter, received a report from his secretary that the "QQ Doctor" included in the QQ computer was automatically upgraded to "QQ Computer Manager", and no prompt information was received during this installation.

Obviously, QQ's move will greatly increase the installation volume and market share of the new version of security software in the computer.

After receiving the report, Yu Xing did not immediately expose it, but asked about the employees' situation, searched for similar information on the Baixiaosheng Forum, and then posted a comment on Weibo about this situation.

As a result, the complaints of his million-dollar V appeared on the hot search again.

Yu Xing really felt it was inexplicable this time. He once suspected that Sina Weibo had a screening mechanism for its competitor information and would push information in this regard.

Then, he remembered the agreement with Li Song of Zhenai.com and sent a message to the other party on WeChat: "I complain about Penguin's computer manager, how can this be a hot topic?"

Li Song replied: "I probably didn't pay attention. I got it up when I saw you have any updates."

Yu Xing was speechless: "Can you still have a little more teamwork?"

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Li Song apologized: "After all, I'm not a professional, I'll be reborn and I'll be familiar with each other."

But no matter what, such a hot topic has indeed attracted many users with similar situations to complain, which also made 360's boss Zhou Hongyi speak out again, condemning the QQ computer manager for such improper competition in silent installation.

At the same time, Zhou Hongyi also announced her communication with Penguin BOSS Ma Huateng, condemning the other party for not keeping her promise.

He said that Ma Huateng promised not to put 360 to death, but now this silent installation based on QQ's huge traffic is a lifelong goal for 360 company!

Sina Weibo is quite lively.

However, as before, Penguin did not respond in any public way and still maintained its silence as a giant.

It silently and resolutely implemented its competitive strategy, and finally forced 360 Company to become anxious.

As a paparazzi platform with a keen workplace, there was a less noticeable revelation on the Baixiaosheng Forum, saying that 360 Company has a team in retreat to consider competitive measures.

As for the countermeasures, this is too confidential to be known.

However, Yu Xing knew that it must be the secret weapon that made the Penguin release a difficult decision to choose one of two.

"I feel that 360 will be bad this time." Liu Wanying gave her impression of this competition in the security software field on WeChat.

"Looking at Zhou Hongyi's past experience, I can already smell the smoke of gunpowder." Yu Xing replied.

No matter what the facts were, Liu Wanying praised him when she came up, "It's a good nose, she deserves to be a commercial shepherd."

"Just watch it, there must be a lot of fun." Yu Xing also talked about the company's launch when talking about this matter. "Our marketing department is already taking action. This week, we will do publicity in the campus ecology, and the banner we have put forward is not Benchmarking against QQ, but benchmarking against Feixin, will be a free text message software that is better used than Feixin."

Benchmarking against QQ is likely to attract unnecessary attention, so it would be much better to use Fein as a post.

"Is there any growth now?" Liu Wanying asked.

Yu Xing replied: "There hasn't been taken yet, and the initial movement will not be big. We need to make gradual feedback and optimization of the growing user scale."

Although the technical team of WeChat has handled the work very well, and the three investment institutions are impressed by each other, the time is not long enough, and related service support needs to be debugged step by step.

At the same time, for the same reason, WeChat's publicity on campus ecology is only in Beijing, Lin'an and East China.

Liu Wanying felt that with the necessity of real work, the time node of shorting Penguin may be delayed, and this requires the funds to be adjusted accordingly.

However, before she could start to adjust, a named report from "Computer World" made everyone excited.

On June 26, "Computer World" published a headline article on the cover titled "Dog Day XX", telling the story of the giant company's imitation, bloodbathing, killing, slamming, and tiger sighting...

Among them, it quoted the remarks of many founders of the company who had head-on competition with Penguin, and also mentioned the remarks of a vice president of a well-known investment institution, describing it as "the road is aimed at, and the mother is secretly cursing."

Yu Xing was very sure that the content of this report must be different from the original one, because it also mentioned his discussion on TV programs, and there was a question of "Does Penguin have ideals now?"

Of course, the overall style has not changed, and it is strongly almost roughly criticized.

As someone who was interviewed before and had psychological expectations, how can I say it...

Yu Xing knew the influence of this report, so he could only say...is quite honored.

What's even more honorable is that "Computer World" registered the Baixiaosheng Forum account and launched this report simultaneously, and instantly it became the most popular topic of the day in the forum.

The online users of Baixiaosheng Forum therefore directly broke the record high...

Sohu, NetEase and other portals are reprinting without any serious concerns. Weibo and Bai Xiaosheng's comments are exported back and forth to domestic sales, and many tourist accounts have also undergone real-name and work certification.

Officials, companies, and melon-eating people are simply a rare grand occasion!

In just three hours, Yu Xing received a call from Penguin Vice President Ye Huayu, who politely made a request to ask Bai Xiaosheng to withdraw the article.

"What?" Yu Xing knew that a small website like him would definitely not be valued by giants, and the other party was probably not aware of his style and was too lazy to talk nonsense. "I can't do it, don't go through the process, just send a letter."

Ye Huayu was stunned when he heard this: "Mr. Yu, what do you mean?"

"It's just that I can't do it." Yu Xing expressed his attitude again, "I can't do it, I can't withdraw it, I can't handle it."

After a silence on the phone, he said, "Mr. Yu, the penguins are family..."

Yu Xing interrupted directly, "What? Can you still build a Bai Xiaosheng competitive website? Come on, you definitely don't mind building another one anyway, come on!"

The other end of the phone was silent for only three seconds before the fruitless call ended.

It was not fruitless, and it put pressure on it, but it did not give it to the side and... rebounded.

(End of this chapter)