What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 240: Meeting in the Mortal World and Smiling
May 2010, 5, Sunday, the third day of the fourth month in the Gengyin year, is a good day for marriage.

Early in the morning that day, Zhong Zhiling followed his senior brother to someone else's wedding, which made him feel strange.

Last weekend, I rushed back and forth to get my household registration booklet, and on Monday I got my marriage certificate. Then I returned to work as if nothing had happened, but yesterday I was suddenly called by my senior to attend the wedding of a client I had a previous relationship contract with...

"Brother Xing, if you want to send flowers, just send flowers. If you want to express your feelings, just express your feelings. Why should we go to the scene when we have no relationship with them at all?" Zhong Zhiling didn't understand.

Yu Xing's answer was: "You and Xiaoying have already obtained your marriage certificate, so you can go and see how other people hold their weddings."

Zhong Zhiling didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, Yu Xing explained the real reason on the way: "WeChat needs to find a group of the most active users for its operations. College students are poor but have time and enthusiasm. When we were doing Guiai.com before, we did a lot of social surveys. This time, it has been nearly two years and it is just right to use the Internet to create a good image."

"The effect of the image issue on different groups is still very different. This time we may need to compete with penguins, which may have a miraculous effect."

Zhong Zhiling smiled and said, "Brother Xing, I admire your ability to use whatever resources you can get."

Yu Xing laughed: "Right, anyway, no matter how it is done, as long as the effect presented is positive, it's fine. If there is more money, I would like to spend money to recruit people, but that is a road of no return. It is difficult to handle it with my current ability."

Zhong Zhiling nodded, and keenly noticed what his senior brother said. This was a road of no return for "now"... If he could get support, he didn't know if he could play a game, but...

All in all, it’s because the competitors are too strong. Even if Penguin can get support from investors, it is not short of money. On the contrary, it is even more powerful.

This puts us in a dilemma, as whatever we show can be counterattacked by the Penguins.

Zhong Zhiling sighed silently when he thought of this, and couldn't help but frowned and said: "The college student group is also the most covered by instant messaging such as QQ. Calculating the time, QQ's ten years of growth just covered their high school to college, and I'm afraid it has been deeply rooted."

"This idea is correct, but QQ's mobile development is not outstanding. I have been using Android and iOS mobile QQ every day for the past two months, and I found that sometimes there are obvious delays and freezes, which surprised me." Yu Xing discussed, "Do you think a giant like Penguin can't make mobile QQ better? At least, it should be used without freezes and delays."

Zhong Zhiling was quite surprised and said bluntly: "Will there be delays and lags? This is different from my impression."

Yu Xing nodded in confirmation. In fact, this was different from his previous impression, but he did not realize the problem until he used it for a long time.

He continued: "I have been thinking about why this problem occurs. For a giant like Penguin, it must be because the internal resources are not concentrated enough and the attention is not paid enough. So why is it not enough?"

"Besides the fact that mobile Internet still seems to be in the future, Penguin makes too much money on PC, which is also an important reason."

"PC is the crown prince of Penguin, at least, that's how much revenue it currently generates. So, other projects have to give way, including Mobile QQ, which has a certain degree of internal competition."

“That’s a big company.”

Yu Xing listed some specific figures and asked, "If it were you, your revenue from PC value-added services would account for 80%, your mobile phone business would account for less than 15%, and the rest would be advertising revenue. Would you give in to your PC business?"

The numbers he listed are not accurate, but combined with the study of Penguin's Q1 financial report, the error is not large.

Penguin is a giant, not a small company, not a challenger. The allocation and competition of internal resources are self-evident.

Apart from these reasons, he doesn't think Penguin is unable to optimize the performance of mobile products.

Zhong Zhiling was stunned for a moment after hearing such a number, and then answered honestly: "There is no need to choose, but... well, I still think that QQ's brand is too strong. WeChat may need to do its best to have a chance, but Penguin just needs to not make any mistakes."

Yu Xing nodded and agreed, "That's right. In fact, many business competitions in the past have proved that the organizational inertia of a large company's transformation is far more difficult to overcome than technical problems. I kind of hope that Penguin can't overcome this inertia and give it more time, but it's really a luxury. On the other hand, if it weren't for the development of smartphones, I wouldn't even have this luxury. This is actually a rare opportunity."

If PC is not transformed into mobile, there will be no chance of success.

Yu Xing found a parking space and slowly backed into the garage. Before getting out of the car, he quoted a quote from Penguin CEO Ma: "Don't worry too much about whether college students or young people can accept new communication software. Even if QQ has done nothing wrong, it may just be too old."

He could talk a lot about the current status of mobile QQ. Just as PC is the prince of Penguin, Symbian, which still occupies 40% of the market this year, is the focus of mobile QQ. It is very slow to adapt to Android and iOS. Moreover, due to the importance of PC revenue, mobile QQ must retain a large number of paid entrances, and it is difficult to have a simple experience like WeChat that is completely focused on communication tools.

At the current stage of smartphone development, lightness and simplicity are also important experiences that users pursue.

WeChat, which is vertical enough in the communications business, can actually bring a completely different user experience.

Yu Xing has been working hard on vertical segmentation for two consecutive years. Although he is not the best in the country in this dimension of thinking, he is very skilled at it.

Unfortunately……

It is almost impossible for Penguin to fight back using only QQ. These advantages from WeChat can only provide some advantages that are difficult to notice in the initial stage.

Not bad either.

Yu Xing's mind was full of enemy and us feelings, but it soon turned into love with lights and decorations, and he met the father of the groom who was getting married today...

"Are you here to deliver flowers? Did Ma Zhenrui tell you how to arrange the flowers? Hey, where are your flowers? Have they arrived? Hurry up."

The groom's father was the contact person today. Seeing that the two people came empty-handed, he seemed a little anxious.

"We are..." Zhong Zhiling wanted to explain but was interrupted.

"Uncle, we're on the way. We'll be there in half an hour. We won't be late. We'll definitely arrange everything perfectly for you." Yu Xing patted his junior's arm, promised the groom's father cheerfully, and handed him a cigarette. "Thank you for your hard work. You must have been very busy recently."

The groom's father's expression relaxed. He took the cigarette and exchanged a few words before being called away to get back to work.

Zhong Zhiling said in a low voice: "Free flowers, um, I didn't say I would give you two pieces of candy."

"Everyone getting married is busy. I don't know how the groom talked to his father, but he must be picking up the bride right now. But it doesn't matter. We also have our own wishes. Just smile more on your happy day. No problem." Yu Xing took out his cell phone and prepared to ask where the flower delivery car had arrived.

After confirming that the flowers would arrive soon, Yu Xing breathed a sigh of relief and summed up his experience: "Next time, I can call a few more people to help them."

Zhong Zhiling smiled and said, "Brother Xing, remember to pay overtime."

Yu Xing thought for a moment and said, "Just call me cousin. No need to pay him overtime."

Zhong Zhiling praised: "Brother Xing, you are really his brother."

Catching flowers, arranging things, distributing candy, moving things, and even greeting relatives and friends.

Adhering to the mentality of "since we are here already" and "we might as well just sit back and do nothing", the two grooms from Bai Xiaosheng worked diligently at the wedding scene.

Relatives and friends are smiling, friends are reunited, there are joyful blessings, children are playing, and the house is full of flowers.

Zhong Zhiling, who was sweating all over, looked at the wedding scene and couldn't help complaining: "Brother Xing, are you afraid of me getting married or what? If you bring me to do this kind of work a few more times, I might really not have a wedding banquet." Yu Xing laughed.

Zhong Zhiling was busy for a while and really wanted to take some time off, so he could only find his senior brother and try to talk about the competition with Penguin.

He recalled the unforgettable words he heard during dinner, and said jokingly, "Brother Xing, I see that you care more about WeChat than our Bai Xiaosheng recently. You are speculating on the movements and products of Penguin. You are so deliberate. The people of Penguin are also brothers and sisters."

Yu Xing nodded, acknowledging this, and then smiled and said, "This requires another philosophy. As the saying goes, brothers should be clear about their accounts."

Zhong Zhiling was stunned and had to admit defeat.

They were so busy until almost noon, and the two finally met the groom Ma Zhenrui.

Yu Xing handed the phone to his junior, then walked up to the groom to take a photo and revealed his identity.

Ma Zhenrui has been so busy preparing for his wedding these days that he didn't notice that 999 roses had already been arranged at the hotel. After "recognizing" Yu Xing, he looked at the red roses and remembered the youthfulness of his girlfriend and their marriage now, and his heart was suddenly moved.

“Oh, Brother, you, I, oh…” Ma Zhenrui was not good at expressing himself, but the emotion in his few words was already there, and it eventually turned into gratitude, “Brother, thank you so much, you are so polite!”

In fact, it has not been two years since he and his girlfriend bought the dating contract as a trial. He just thought of this when preparing for the wedding, and posted it on Weibo, and then Yu Xing sent a private message, which led to this incident.

"Junior brother, congratulations on your success." Yu Xing smiled and shook hands with Ma Zhenrui, saying sincerely, "We originally made the dating contract because we wanted to do some social research. Although we stopped doing it later, we have been paying close attention to our classmates. To be honest, it must not be easy for you to get to where you are today. You are really a minority among the minority. So, today I am definitely not speaking as an elder, nor as a senior brother."

"I just want to congratulate you with the actual probability. You have overcome the erosion of time, withstood the pressure of reality, and tolerated the trivialities of life. In the end, you made such a small probability event become a reality. This is nothing more than because of your love."

"This is truly precious, Junior Brother. I believe that even if your married life is stressful and trivial, your care for each other will still shine through in the daily necessities of life."

"congratulations!"

The groom Ma Zhenrui was quite excited when he heard these words, and finally said: "Brother, you really should go on stage and say it!"

"Haha, I can't take over the job of the MC." Yu Xing let go of his hand and said with a smile, "You go ahead and do your thing. We are here today to witness an amazing achievement and, by the way, enjoy your wedding banquet."

Ma Zhenrui heard someone calling him from the other side. There was no way to chat much at this time, so he sincerely asked this senior brother to take a seat.

The groom left in a hurry.

Zhong Zhiling put away the recording phone, came over and said: "Fuck! Brother, don't say anything. When I have my wedding banquet, you can go on stage and say this. Oh, yes, I have to exchange the roses too! If not you, I'll go to Zhenai.com to exchange them!"

"I'm telling the truth. This is a small probability to begin with. Moreover, I estimate that this probability is even smaller than what we originally considered." Yu Xing said with a smile, "However, I searched for a testimony last night, just in case I really had nothing to say on stage. It seems that I don't need to do that today."

He then asked, "You are looking for Zhenai.com? Do you have a formal contract?"

Zhong Zhiling was stunned, thinking back to when he was the first customer of the dating contract. It was a handwritten contract written by his senior, and now he didn't know where he put it...

He talked about the situation and suspected that he was not alone.

"Well, many people may have forgotten this." Yu Xing said, "So, when WeChat is in beta, I will mention it on Weibo and Renren.com. Guiai.com also copied the data before it was sold to Zhenai.com. I have the contact information. To be honest, I am actually curious about the marriage probability. I suspect it is less than 1%."

After hearing this estimate, Zhong Zhiling turned to look at the groom and felt that it was truly a miracle for a campus couple to be together in this sense.

Then, he thought of his senior brother's nominal social research review, which was not only to fulfill the promise made in the contract, but also to touch the true feelings of the clients back then and the college students now...

In addition, Weibo is developing very fast, and my senior brother is also a top internet celebrity. This kind of planned dissemination...

Zhong Zhiling said sincerely: "Brother Xing, I think for someone like you, even if you don't work as a knowledgeable person or run a WeChat company, you should be able to do planning."

Yu Xing smiled slightly: "The dishes are served, let's eat. I'll take a photo with the bride and groom later."

The two of them were busy for a long time and were really hungry.

The wedding went on, the master of ceremonies came on stage, the bride entered, and the ceremony went smoothly.

However, in the eyes of Yu Xing and Zhong Zhiling, all of this really looks like a concrete presentation of a probability number.

When Yu Xing took the photo, he felt that the bride, Ke Yujia, was much more cheerful than the groom, and was quite outspoken.

"Dr. Yu, oh, thank you. When Ma Zhenrui told me about this, I thought he was joking." Ke Yujia didn't call him "senior brother", but called him by another gangster nickname. "I had forgotten about this contract from two years ago, and later I thought it was a scam."

Yu Xing said with a smile: "We are so happy that we can't wait to share in the good fortune. There is no need to lie to others. Congratulations, may you live happily ever after."

The three of them took a group photo together. They still felt novel about trying out the new products back then and now they were exchanging them, but their smiles in joy were particularly sincere.

Sitting in the car on the way back, Zhong Zhiling thought about today's wedding and couldn't help but sigh: "It's good, it's really good."

"I'd better post a Weibo as soon as I get back from dinner. Well, no need to say too much, just post the photo and add congratulations." Yu Xing pondered while driving, "and try to get some trending searches."

Zhong Zhiling turned his head to glance at his senior brother.

Yu Xing drove for a while, then suddenly took out his phone from his pocket and handed it to his junior brother in the passenger seat: "Find Li Song's number at Zhenai.com and call him."

While Zhong Zhiling was looking for him, he asked in surprise: "Brother Xing, what are you looking for him for?"

Yu Xing calmly replied: "Any savings is a good thing. This can also help promote Zhenai.com. The money from the hot searches will naturally be paid by him."

Zhong Zhiling: “…”

He dialed the number, turned on the speaker, and held up the phone to let his senior brother communicate with the financial sponsor.

It was simple and direct, the communication was efficient, and we hit it off immediately. The entire promotional plan was paid for by Mr. Li.

Even so, at the end of the call, Li Song expressed his gratitude enthusiastically: "Mr. Yu, thank you."

Yu Xing said with a smile: "Hey, Brother Song, why are you being so polite to me? Whether it's Zhenai.com acquiring Guiai.com or Sister Xin investing in my company, I can't thank you enough. Even if we have some different opinions, that's a business matter. We brothers should just laugh it off."

Li Song laughed, hung up the phone, and laughed again thinking about Yu Gou's face.

When we meet in this world, we are all brothers, we are all brothers, let's laugh together, laugh together.

(End of this chapter)