What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 258 Monster Appearance (6k)

The 3Q war resulted in a situation that Yu Xing had not expected.

It's so arrogant!

That’s too bad!
As Yu Xing was still shocked, he quickly convened an emergency mobilization meeting on the fourth floor and gave his own judgment.

Being caught is worse than not being caught!

The commercial competition that has lasted since the Spring Festival has changed, which is still the most worrying direction.

360 has been trying to occupy the moral high ground, but due to the dirty deeds of its founder and company in the past, many people are disdainful and opposed to it. However, Penguin made such a move at the time when the pop-up window received the most attention from all employees...

What 360 failed to do was accomplished by Penguin!

How will things end next?
Not to mention what to do with those in red, 360, which has already retreated, will probably have to enter a state of victory under the pressure of the enemy.

At 11 a.m., Liu Chang, general manager of Penguin Public Relations, explained yesterday's "difficult decision" at a press conference, playing the sympathy card and saying in tears, "From the CEO to the grassroots employees, more than 10,000 colleagues in the company almost stayed up all night, especially those in the product team... I want to tell everyone how difficult and helpless it is for us to make such a decision."

However, this behavior was not understood by the media present, and instead reporters asked questions that were not in accordance with the pre-set procedures.

"Was the action taken against Red also part of your difficult decision?"

Liu Chang was caught off guard and was stunned for two seconds before he could answer the question.

But the more she did this, the more questions came to her like cold arrows.

There was no arrangement for reporters to ask questions at this press conference, and security guards came forward upon seeing this situation.

However, the reporter struggled and shouted: "What does this mean? Mr. Liu, can you answer me? Will I lose contact too?"

Liu Chang was unable to answer the first question, nor the last question, much less the arrows of solidarity that the media on the scene had mobilized to attack him, and in the end all he got was a messy reverse press conference.

Bad PR deserves lost publicity.

And, in just three hours, 360 company put QQ Bodyguard on the shelves again, withdrew the open letter it had previously issued, and updated it with an urgent letter for help. On the one hand, it hoped to confirm the boss's safety, and on the other hand, it called on netizens to stop using competing products within three days.

Different from before, this time 360 ​​is making a request to all netizens "for the future of Internet security."

Also different from before, the Bai Xiaosheng Forum also showed a one-sided situation. Many users who opposed 360 "turned from darkness to light" and firmly opposed this disturbing spread of power.

At this point, this horrific war that has swept the Internet has reached a point where it has left a deep mark in the history of the industry.

Although business has always liked to make peace with XX, its appearance under such high attention was still shocking, and it set off an extremely surging wave of public opinion.

Yu Xing's reaction was the fastest, and his "heartless" evaluation was quickly and directly quoted by many portal websites.

In addition to small names like the founder of Bai Xiaosheng, many big names from inside and outside the industry who were originally just watching the fun also made their appearances and even criticized directly by name.

"I heard about what just happened and I was surprised and disappointed. It is one of the best cities for doing business in the country and there should not be such unprocedural actions."

"I'm deeply saddened. You are Pengcheng!"

When voices of doubt and criticism spread from the enterprise to the city, and when everyone was not accustomed to being publicly watched like this, several departments in the city had to hold meetings.

Yu Xing noticed the relevant news and knew that the strange nature of this matter was...

You can do it, but you can't do it in front of so many people and let others talk about it!
There are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames, just like the reputation of Pizza Hut is gradually enjoyed by different people, just like a revolving door that only flashes for a while and then is drowned in dense information.

The Internet is in an uproar. Public opinion is never the most turbulent, only getting more turbulent, especially on Weibo.

This year can be called the "first year of Weibo". Sina Weibo has attracted a lot of attention and discussion from netizens due to many hot events. The representative slogan "Attention is power" has emerged, which makes everyone believe in the onlookers' effect of this implicit supervision mechanism.

So, when the war reached its peak, the discussion on Sina Weibo was the most heated.

Similarly, the Penguin Weibo, which was previously calm, was destined to be screenshotted and ridiculed for its performance at this moment.

Many people said, "It's hard for me to not use Communications, and products like its Weibo will never appear on my computer again."

As more and more people were drawn into the discussion, there was a passionate discussion in the WeChat company’s conference room about what actions should be taken next.

Vice President Li Shanyou felt as if he was ten years younger and said passionately that now was the best time for WeChat to make its debut.

And he was very happy to see that his boss agreed.

At 1:30 pm, the impromptu meeting ended without even having lunch. After everyone else left, Li Shanyou said to his boss with some flattery: "Boss Yu, there is indeed no one who is more sharp than you. This is a godsend opportunity!"

Yu Xing was still in shock and shook his head, "I didn't expect him to lose contact. How could he...how could he?"

"Why not?" Li Shanyou couldn't hide his excitement. "The penguin sent people, so it must want to catch someone. This is not a play, and there is no rehearsal. This is the result it wants."

Yu Xing knew that others could digest the news better than he did, so he could only agree that there is no rehearsal in life.

"Mr. Yu, how do you think is the best way to announce the news of WeChat's entry into the general public? We have to take advantage of the highest level of attention now to achieve the greatest publicity effect." Li Shanyou asked again.

Yu Xing pondered for a moment, with all kinds of ideas running through his mind. Finally, he said, "How about I wear a red shirt, take a photo with the WeChat company name, and then announce our user scale?"

Li Shanyou looked at the boss in astonishment. This... he caught the wrong person in red clothes. The one who should have been caught is here.

It can not only occupy a high point to express dissatisfaction, but also inspire netizens to spread it.

He gave a thumbs up: "Boss Yu, that's great!"

Yu Xing took a breath and said, "Well, then we'll send it out at 8 o'clock in the evening. Go ahead. We'll also start the promotion in Guangdong Province quickly."

This is an area that WeChat has previously avoided to avoid the attention of Penguins.

Li Shanyou left in a hurry.

Yu Xing reached out for a cigarette but found nothing. He went to the office to charge his phone. He smoked half a cigarette and saw several message alerts on the lit screen. It was the WeChat company financing group he had created earlier.

This group only had some mutual sarcasm at the beginning of its establishment, and then fell silent.

But today, it suddenly became active.

Xu Xin: Mr. Yu, should we do something?
Xu Xin: I never thought that penguins would do this...

Zhang Suyang: Mr. Yu, the public opinion of this 3Q war is the best opportunity for promoting WeChat, and we cannot waste it.

Zhang Suyang: Mr. Yu, WeChat company can stop remaining silent.

Xu Xin: @Yu Xing
Liu Jiankai: @Yu Xing
After a short period of silence in the group chat, perhaps it was an attempt to guess and speculate on the mentality, or perhaps it was a private communication, and when the message appeared again, it was an earnest persuasion.

Xu Xin: Mr. Yu, you should not have the slightest mentality of taking advantage of someone's misfortune by taking action at this time. The appearance of WeChat at this time will not only not affect your and Bai Xiaosheng's reputation, but will also add to its glory. Think about how Penguin treats your Bai Xiaosheng.

Previously, Penguin informally asked employees not to use the Baixiaosheng website.

Zhang Suyang also had a similar argument: If you don't take what heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences. Mr. Yu, there will be no more opportunities after this opportunity. You must put the overall interests of WeChat Company first!

There were five people in the WeChat group, including Yu Xing and two other shareholders. They all urged WeChat to take action at this time.

Yu Xing briefly glanced at the message and replied: I've been busy and my phone is out of battery. OK, I got it.

When Yu Xing appeared in the WeChat group, a wave of messages appeared instantly.

Yu Xing did not reply, but simply ate a bite of lunch, and asked Lu Haiying from the sixth floor to come down to cooperate with the fourth floor in the in-site promotion.

The past two days are the peak of public attention on this wave of 3Q war. After that, no matter what Zhou Hongyi does, its momentum will weaken.

Therefore, WeChat should take advantage of the current situation to launch all promotional activities, including personal account fans on Weibo, workplace user groups on Baixiaosheng, program promotion on Dragon TV, advertisements on major portals, offline campus promotion, SEO optimization of search engines...

Every task requires someone to take charge and push it forward.

After Lv Haiying came down and listened to his senior brother's instructions, he suddenly said, "This is the second time that Bai Xiaosheng has sent private messages to all users on the site. The last time, it was called '72-hour life-threatening hunt'. Isn't this also a Jianghu Hunting Order?"

Yu Xing was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "If that's the case, the Jianghu Hunting Order is indeed not issued easily."

Lv Haiying nodded, and when she was about to go back, she asked again, "Brother, does WeChat company give money?"

Yu Xing hesitated for two seconds: "Can I not give it to you?"

Lv Haiying expressed his own opinion: "Brothers should be clear about accounts. Brother, you can't just think about the brothers and sisters on the fourth floor and only give them money, and forget about our old buddies on the sixth floor."

After thinking about it, Yu Xing said, "Junior sister, you are right, but I will keep it on credit for now and settle the bill as soon as WeChat's next round of financing is in place."

Seeing that Lv Haiying still wanted to speak, he gave the ultimate answer: "This sentence is said in the capacity of CEO of Bai Xiaosheng."

Lu Haiying was executed unconditionally.

The fourth, fifth and sixth floors of Pegatron International have become busy. Due to public opinion, Bai Xiaosheng also needs to work overtime today.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Xing, who was confirming the key tasks one by one, unexpectedly saw Zhang Suyang from IDG coming again.

"Uh, Mr. Zhang, don't tell me you came here on short notice again. Can it be that fast?" Yu Xing was very surprised and said with a smile, "You didn't come here just to urge WeChat, did you?"

Zhang Suyang shook his hand with a smile on his face: "I didn't fly here. I just happened to finish dealing with things in Jinling and drove here directly. President Yu and President Xu will be here soon. This is really the best opportunity. I'm afraid you don't take it seriously enough!"

Yu Xing was a little helpless, and extended his hand to invite him: "Sit down, Mr. Zhang, please go to the conference room to have some tea first, and I will finish the work on hand."

Zhang Suyang nodded and led people into the meeting room.

It was already half past five when Xu Xin and Liu Jiankai arrived at the WeChat company's meeting room, but they noticed something discordant as soon as they entered the door.

She looked at Hu Xubo of Qiming Venture Partners who was sitting in the conference room, and asked Yu Xing in confusion: "Why is he here too?"

Without waiting for Yu Xing to answer, Hu Xubo stood up: "Mr. Xu, you can ask me directly!!"

Xu Xin asked again: "Why are you here too? Shouldn't this be a communication between shareholders?"

Hu Xubo: "You..." Yu Xing gave the answer at this time: "Qiming Venture Capital is at the top of the list for the next round of financing. Mr. Hu has always firmly supported Bai Xiaosheng and me. We will continue this relationship in WeChat."

Xu Xin shrugged: "Then we should wait until the next round."

Yu Xing changed his answer and said simply: "I was too busy today and I didn't bother to let Mr. Hu in. Mr. Hu said he wanted to learn from you like last time."

Xu Xin: “…”

She was satisfied, thinking that it was right to learn from the best.

Seeing that Xu Xin had no objection, Yu Xing directly informed: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Xu, Mr. Hu, I know why you are here. In fact, there is no need to make this extra trip. WeChat company has decided to release a stronger promotion signal in the evening and will use this public opinion to try to acquire more customers."

The bosses of the three institutions exchanged glances, and even Hu Xubo, who had not successfully invested, had obvious joy on his face.

Zhang Suyang smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Yu, let's make a decisive decision! Next, we will challenge Penguin head-on. It still has at least some time to develop. Our goal should be at least 500 million users before it has a formal competitor."

Yu Xing corrected: "No, it is we who need to face the direct challenge of the penguin!"

Zhang Suyang was stunned for a moment, then he applauded. Now he needed Mr. Yu to have this kind of energy.

He also agreed before that WeChat should be developed as low-key as possible, but first there was the widespread spread of "Damn XX", and then there was the attention accumulated by the prolonged 3Q war, and now there is the rough treatment of capturing the leader first. At this time, direct competition can already obtain greater benefits.

Moreover, perhaps even Penguin itself is already paying attention to WeChat, and such a head-on collision is inevitable sooner or later. In this case, we must seize the opportunity now.

"Mr. Yu, do you have any more information about this incident?" Seeing that the purpose of this trip had actually been achieved, Xu Xin asked about the most eye-catching gossip of the day.

Yu Xing thought for a moment and replied, "I didn't pay much attention to the revelations in the forum today, but there was some news that I didn't know whether it was true or not. Penguin was caught off guard by QQ bodyguard. It is said that Pony's face turned pale when he received the news, and the first thing he said was, 'I never thought he would do such a thing.'"

Xu Xin sneered: "You sound very convincing, is that true?"

Yu Xing shook his head: "I don't know, but he is..."

He was halfway through his speech when he noticed that everyone in the conference room was looking at him seriously, and he immediately stopped talking: "Hmm, maybe it's fake."

Everyone who was ready to hear the identity of the whistleblower sighed in disappointment. Damn, looking at Bai Xiaosheng's reaction, it's almost certain!

Yu Xing stood up and said, "Okay, I have to be busy. Whether we can successfully complete the next round of financing depends on the results of this action. Mr. Zhang, Mr. Xu, Mr. Hu, I will fire all my bullets this time!"

The two shareholders and one prospective shareholder nodded in encouragement to President Yu.

Just as Yu Xing was about to make a final greeting, his cell phone suddenly rang.

He glanced at the name and pressed the answer button.

"Mr. Yu, I have good news for you." Lei Weiming, the vice president transferred from Bai Xiaosheng, announced happily.

Yu Xing said, "Hmm," "What good news?"

Lei Weiming said: "I was looking for Baidu's search optimization, and they asked me if it was true that I was benchmarking QQ. I said it was true, and guess what happened?"

Yu Xing made a bold guess: "It was given away for free?"

"Uh..." Lei Weiming didn't expect the boss to be so bold in guessing, "It's not that generous, it just gave me a 15% discount without much effort."

Yu Xing simply ended the call and casually told the people in the conference room the news.

Zhang Suyang immediately said: "Boss Yu, those who are righteous will have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous will have few supporters!"

Xu Xin also laughed and said, "This is a good sign!"

Yu Xing just smiled and wanted to see them off from the company with courtesy.

However, none of them were willing to leave immediately. Moreover, after hearing the signal of the attack on Weibo in the evening, they wanted to stay in the company to witness this scene together.

Yu Xing thought about it and did not refuse, but asked his secretary to prepare a few more lunch boxes.

Zhou Hongyi's whereabouts are unknown, QQ Bodyguard is back online, Penguin has encountered one-sided criticism, and the entire network has maintained a lively discussion.

At eight o'clock that evening, Yu Xing updated his Weibo.

"From this perspective, entrepreneurs really have to face three things: life, death, and a certain company. Oh, of course, I'm talking about Samsung."

The former jokester reappeared, and his target was clearly "Samsung", which made the still enthusiastic spectators start to repost and comment on his updates, and he easily became popular.

Less than ten minutes later, Yu Xing updated his second status, this time just expressing his feelings.

"We still have to get out of the campus. You can't see this kind of scene on campus!"

As for what kind of scene it is, everyone knows it.

The third update was a bit slow, and was not published until fifteen minutes later.

This time, Yu Xing added a photo in which he was wearing a red shirt, pointing with his right hand at the words "WeChat Company" on the wall, with a simple smile on his face.

The text that appeared at the same time was, "Welcome everyone to use our mobile chat tool WeChat. By the way, if you catch him, you can't catch me."

This time the updates are both informative and playful.

It is easy for everyone to understand the latter, but the former's statement seems a bit overestimating one's own capabilities.

Penguin's reputation has indeed hit rock bottom, but its strength remains strong.

At such a moment, promoting one's own communication tools in this way, even if it occupies the moral high ground, seems like an ant trying to shake a tree.

The crowd can all laugh together at jokes and teasing, but when it comes to specific information, they will become divided. Someone commented under this Weibo post: "Others are fighting the 3Q war, and you are jumping around here?"
但五分钟之后，俞兴又贴出了微信软件的最新用户数据，截止到2010年11月6日晚上的8点37分，微信的用户总数是2073819。

An emerging mobile instant messaging software that is not well known to most people has 207 million users?
This news surprised many people, but the real shock were the Internet industry manufacturers of all sizes. How could a communication software with more than two million users suddenly appear out of nowhere?

What does the size of two million represent?
The previously mocking comments under Yu Xing’s Weibo quickly changed their attitude, with the most eye-catching one being: “Mr. Yu, the weather is getting cold, and red clothes are too conspicuous. Put on this yellow dress quickly!”
At almost the same time, the temporary command office on the 37th floor of Penguin Building was still holding meetings for several consecutive days.

Tough decisions were made.

However, the effect does not seem to be very good.

Pony was not as happy as expected. Instead, he felt a lot of pressure this afternoon.

He did not say much at the meeting, mainly listening to the direction of public opinion online.

The wind direction was obviously not good either.

Liu Chang, the general manager of the PR department, did not perform well at today's press conference. Seeing his boss's frown, he pretended to be relaxed while reading the message and said, "All kinds of monsters are coming out now. Yu Xing, the know-it-all, actually dared to come out and make communication software!"

She saw that the latest Weibo update was the one where Yu Xing posted the photo, but she didn’t mention the joke about the red clothes afterwards.

Liu Chih-Ping shook his head and did not comment, but his expression was obviously more relaxed. Public opinion is public opinion, and products are products. These are two different things.

Liu Chang noticed the change in the president's expression and continued to read a comment with many likes in a vivid way: "There is a comment below saying that we are competing with 360, and Yu Xing is jumping up and down."

Pony still showed no interest after hearing this. He stood up and said, "That's all for today."

The senior executives in the conference room stood up one after another.

However, just when everyone walked to the door, Liu Chang suddenly exclaimed.

This kind of reaction often symbolizes unfavorable news, which has occurred in different departments in the past few days, causing the top management to sensitively stop and take action.

Liu Chang hesitated and did not immediately tell everyone the latest developments he had seen.

Seeing this, CEO Liu Chih-ping urged directly: "Just tell me what you want to say. Is there anything you can't say?"

Liu Chang pursed his lips and said suspiciously and bewilderedly: "Yu Xing posted the number of backend users of his communication software, which shows that there are already 207 million..."

207?
Everyone’s first reaction was disbelief. How could it be possible?

Liu Chih-ping shook his head and said, "It's just to attract attention. Isn't this the software we just made?"

Liu Chang flipped through the comments section and said hesitantly, "This WeChat seems to have been around on campus for a while. Someone mentioned it below."

Pony walked back to his seat in silence.

Seeing this, other senior executives also took their seats.

At this time, Yin Yu, who was in charge of instant messaging, suddenly asked, "What's the name of this software? WeChat? I think someone mentioned it before."

Liu Chang confirmed that the name of the software is WeChat.

This reminded Yin Yu of the report he received before National Day, and he quickly found it.

This is an investigation report from Peng Rongxian, deputy director of game promotion. It mentions his investigation on the circulation of "WeChat" in the campus environment, his personal experience of using it, as well as some data analysis of the Apple Store and Android App Store. The final conclusion is that the user scale is likely to have exceeded one million.

After the report was quickly copied and distributed to everyone, everyone quickly read it and frowned at the same time.

This report of delayed discovery proves one thing.

The WeChat user figures announced by Yu Xing are very likely to be true!

If he did not cheat or attract attention, then what does it mean that an instant messaging software for mobile phones has unknowingly acquired 207 million users?
Pony Ma slowly put down the report in his hand and looked at President Liu Chih-Ping.

Liu Chih-Ping read it twice, looked at his boss, and then looked around at everyone present. He commented: "If WeChat really has so many users and has really done this right under our noses, then it..."

He pounded the table lightly with his right fist: "I can only describe it in two words: monster!"

It's a monster!

It's the monster that appears after the fog clears!!
(End of this chapter)