What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 260 Obligation
The penguins' rapid movements are indeed rapid.

Come in a hurry and go in a rush.

Yu Xing had to complain to his senior colleagues about the acquisition he encountered, and asked investors in the financing group: "Who would do this? Is this an acquisition?"

Zhang Suyang: "People who feel good about themselves or are really awesome usually behave like this."

Xu Xin added: "Normally speaking, the vice president of Penguin is really impressive. He probably wants to launch a surprise attack."

Yu Xing replied: "Oh, so, what kind of people are you?"

With this casual remark, the WeChat group immediately fell silent.

The flaw of text messages is that sometimes it is impossible to fully understand the tone of voice. In addition, Mr. Yu is sometimes not a human being. He might have been driven crazy by the penguin.

It took Xu Xin a long time to break the situation and replied: "We are the ones who are easily injured by mistake."

Then, she didn't see Yu Xing reply again.

Xu Xin waited and waited, resisting the urge to directly @ him, thinking that the shortcoming of non-face-to-face communication was that he could not call him a bastard in person, which was simply infected with the Ah Q spirit.

The acquisition contact with Penguin failed and a "complaint" was received in return.

Liu Chih-ping felt helpless but also had a fresh feeling.

After thinking for a while, he murmured, "What kind of person is this Yu Xing?"

The information about Yu Xing was already on the table, but the text looked quite complicated... and this phone call immediately made the text pale in comparison.

Secretary Hu Manmei, who was standing next to him, saw this and said indignantly, "Boss Liu, Yu Xing really doesn't know how to show respect."

She is not so reserved when talking in private, and she speaks her most direct feelings.

Not only this time, but also the role that Bai Xiaosheng played in the public opinion of "Computer World" last time and Yu Xing's performance were both ungrateful!
Not to mention running away, where is the minimum respect for the giants?

Rather...

The workplace platform is indeed an area that Penguin finds difficult to intervene in.

Liu Chih-Ping glanced at the secretary and said calmly, "So what do you want to do? Arrest him again?"

Hu Manmei sensed the dissatisfaction in Mr. Liu's words, and immediately stopped what she wanted to say, saying instead: "As long as we make an effort, Yu Xing will know why Penguin is the largest Internet company in China!"

The company is already developing products urgently, and she is quite confident in Penguin's competitive ability with reference points. Maybe it doesn't sound so good, but who cares whether it sounds good or not in business competition.

Liu Chih-ping was silent for a moment and commented: "We still need to pay attention to it. Yu Xing's WeChat is more threatening than Zhou Hongyi's 360."

Hu Manmei looked at the president in surprise and confusion. She didn't expect him to give such a high evaluation.

You know, 360, which successively launched the Privacy Protector and QQ Bodyguard, has forced the company to make a "choice between the two" decision, and even had to take it offline!

The WeChat company was established not long ago. How could it be more threatening than it?

Two million users are certainly a lot, but compared to the hundreds of millions of users in the instant messaging field, it is just a drizzle.

Hu Manmei doesn't think she is arrogant. One is 100 million, the other is 1 million, that's the difference between heaven and earth. Besides, it will never take more than one month for Penguin to launch a competing product!

"WeChat is very resilient. The company was registered in February, launched in July, and launched large-scale offline promotion in September. Have you read the research report?" Liu Chih-ping asked, "What do you think is the most intuitive point in the report?"

Hu Manmei hesitated for a moment and then said, "It quietly took a group of users from the campus?"

Liu Chih-ping expressed his own opinion: "It is because it is popular among young people."

He said with emotion: "Whoever can gain the use of young people will be the future."

Hu Manmei respects the president's opinion, but...

She still feels that this is not objective enough. This problem is not unsolvable. Instead, it is very easy to solve. Since WeChat is popular among young people, Penguin should just follow suit.

Is this difficult?

"Our company has come to this difficult position in public opinion today. This is..." Liu Chih-ping wanted to give his own in-depth thoughts on the preferences of young people and the turmoil encountered this year, but when he saw Hu Manmei's eyes, he became bored and just asked, "Where is Pony?"

Hu Manmei replied: "He is meeting Wang Gongquan."

Liu Chih-Ping sighed and decided to wait until Pony finished talking with Mr. Wang before discussing the company's strategy in a systematic manner.

Wave after wave, it turns out that the company's current strategy is problematic.

He had not approved of such rough actions before, but... now that things have come to this, he should pay attention to new threats.

Liu Chih-Ping thought so and did not waste time to organize his thoughts in the email.

Regarding the emergence and size of WeChat, in addition to the recognition of young people, Yu Xing's operation also reflects something. He obviously reserved some strength and did not start to introduce Bai Xiaosheng's traffic and carry out large-scale promotion until it was actually launched.

WeChat had 200 million users before this, how many does it have now?
After Liu Chih-Ping finished explaining this paragraph, he thought for a moment and mentioned the latest valuation of WeChat in the email. Although the acquisition contact failed, the company still received a valuation of 1 million US dollars, which proved that the investors behind WeChat had reached a consensus to give it a try.

With the initial users, the consensus of investors, the experienced founders, and the public image of Penguin hitting the bottom...

Liu Chih-Ping came from Goldman Sachs, and it seems that even from his own perspective, he might be willing to take a chance.

Despite such worries, the president of Penguin wrote this email in one go and then sent it directly to Pony, asking him to read it before discussing it.

When Pony Ma received the email, his communication with Wang Gongquan had already come to an end.

This is the second time I have met an old friend since the 3Q war. In fact, it has only been a few days, but the situation is completely different.

The 3Q war was heating up, and this incident shook the business world. As one of the "Six Gentlemen of Wantong", Wang Gongquan had a certain reputation in the circle. He was an early investor in both 360 and Penguin. He once held a meeting overnight to help Pony Ma explore the company's business model.

Because of this connection, Wang Gongquan wanted to act as a middleman and specifically found Pony Ma to talk to him for two hours.

During these two hours, Pony Ma talked a lot, sticking to his guns and refusing to compromise at all.

However, this time when they talked again, Pony was much quieter.

Wang Gongquan noticed this obvious change and knew that both public opinion and the new opponent had given Pony something to think about, so he stepped up his efforts to persuade Penguin to release the player and take the initiative to calm the situation.

"Pony, I told you last time that your ever-declining competition is very dangerous. Not only will it affect public opinion and undermine the stability of the industry, but there will also be people who want to take advantage of the situation."

"I asked Mr. Xiong before I came here. Do you know what he said?"

"He said he is very optimistic about Yuxing and WeChat!"

Wang Gongquan mentioned IDG, which once held shares in Penguin.

Pony sighed, and his attitude softened. "I have no problem with Mr. Zhou. I just want to protect my company. It's a matter of life and death."

Wang Gongquan swallowed what he wanted to say in his throat. Those who had no objections were disconnected. What would you do if you had an objection?

He only said: "That was a matter of life and death just now. What about WeChat's life and death? Pony, everyone is watching, not just netizens, not just public opinion!"

That was really too much!

Pony Ma knew what Mr. Wang meant, and after thinking for a while, he nodded.

Indeed, the 3Q dispute needs to end, and Penguin needs to face up to another emerging rival.

The popularity of Sina Weibo this year has actually put Penguin under pressure, because it is a threat to social platforms, and instant messaging such as WeChat goes a step further and directly blocks the ecological position of the mobile Internet.

This requires us to be extremely alert.

Pony Ma ended his second exchange with Wang Gongquan, tacitly acknowledging that the historic market battle would end quickly.

Finally, he couldn't help but ask Wang Gongquan again: "Mr. Wang, what do you think of this WeChat?"

"How is it?" Wang Gongquan was stunned for a moment, then said, "I can't say how it will be, but it is indeed very convenient to use. I think it is more convenient than QQ."

Pony horse sent Wang Gongquan away.

Then, he saw the email from Liu Chih-ping and had to agree with his idea. Whether it was being publicly insulted by Computerworld or being dragged into public opinion by 360 and forced to choose between the two, Pony Ma was mentally very painful. Looking back on these things now, Penguin may have reached a point where it has to change.

Pony Ma called Liu Chih-Ping and said simply: "I've added you on WeChat. Let's chat on WeChat."

Competition in the field of instant messaging deserves to be taken seriously, and the first step to take it seriously is to use your competitors' software.

……

News in the industry always travels fast.

On the first working day after the National Day holiday, Yu Xing saw the latest gossip in the "WeChat Financing Group" while on his way to record a program on Dragon TV.

Zhang Suyang: I heard from Mr. Xiong that Wang Gongquan went to meet with Mr. Ma again, and the 3Q war is expected to have a conclusion soon.

Xu Xin: What was the result? Did they shoot the red-shirted man?

Zhang Suyang: ...

After a while, Xu Xin also had news and directly @ed Yu Xing.

Xu Xin: @Yu Xing, a friend of mine saw Mr. Ma’s registration in his address book.

Zhang Suyang: Hahaha, it’s probably true. He will definitely try it. Hey, Mr. Yu, quickly ask the backstage to check and see if there is any WeChat group of Penguin’s general office. Maybe they will discuss how to deal with you in it.

Yu Xing replied: WeChat absolutely protects users' information. What's so good about this? Just come on.

He replied, put down his phone and told his secretary: "Lingling, call the company and ask them to search and see if they can see Pony Ma's information. WeChat already has so many users, so it still needs to conduct a sound health information review."

A sound mechanism, starting with the Pony horse.

However, Yu Xing felt that even if this person wanted to try WeChat, he would not talk about anything too sensitive. He himself was a QQ user and would definitely pay attention to this aspect.

When they arrived at Dragon TV, Yu Xing suddenly remembered who Wang Gongquan Zhang Suyang mentioned was.

Isn’t this the eloper emperor who publicly eloped on Weibo?
From this perspective, he has a lot of face?
Yu Xing thought again of the vice president who came yesterday, and felt more and more disenchanted.

Dragon TV's "If You Are The One" is being recorded as usual.

However, the treatment for recording on this day was completely different from before.

Yu Xing arrived on time despite the traffic jam on the road. As soon as he arrived and took his seat, before he even said hello, he heard warm applause from the audience. He also noticed the strange looks from almost all the BOSS guests.

The host Zhang Shaogang introduced the guests as usual, and Yu Xingshi's voice was particularly loud: "Welcome Mr. Yu Xing, CEO of WeChat."

Yu Xing held the microphone and nodded in greeting.

The ratings of "If You Are the One" are still good and it is also quite popular among young people. The ratings of this episode are expected to be full.

Yu Xing received a call from the producer yesterday. The other party was afraid that he would not come today, so he sincerely invited him to come and tried to play the favor. It was obvious that he did not want to miss such a great opportunity.

As expected, before the job applicants even came on stage, the host directly mentioned the recent business competition.

Zhang Shaogang first talked about 3Q, then WeChat. As soon as he mentioned WeChat, he asked Yu Xing: "Mr. Yu, can we talk about WeChat directly? Do you mind?"

Yu Xing shook his head.

"Okay, Mr. Yu has launched WeChat. Compared to the university student group he promoted here before, the WeChat that came back this holiday has begun to compete with QQ. So, do you think WeChat can survive in the end?" Zhang Shaogang asked the audience, "Please raise your hands if you agree."

After he said this, Yu Xing also looked at the audience curiously.

As a result, almost everyone raised their hands.

Zhang Shaogang was surprised and said, "That's what the people want. So, what do the bosses here think of the challenge to Penguin from the person next to you? President Yu has allowed us to speak freely."

The BOSS guests were silent for a short while, and then Mu Yan from Baihe.com spoke.

"Boss Yu, this is what Shao Gang asked. If you want to hit him, then hit him. But if you hit him, you can't hit me." Mu Yan made everyone laugh. "I have tried WeChat since Boss Yu first took the stage as the CEO of WeChat. It is indeed a good mobile phone software. However, objectively speaking, I think there is no chance in the domestic instant messaging field."

He said: "Penguin has already accumulated monopoly in this market, and can rely on this accumulation to continuously attack other markets. Its status is evident. WeChat's courage is worthy of praise, but... I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

Mu Yan was pessimistic, and others expressed similar views.

On the one hand, we all run companies and are well aware of how fierce the competition is. Don’t be fooled by how well you look in front of the camera; you are a world away from a company like Penguin!

On the other hand, they are all people sitting here on the same stage, so why did Yu Xing jump out to work for Penguin? This awkward mentality is also very subtle.

"Stop, stop." Li Song of Zhenai.com heard the opinions of his peers and called for a stop when it was his turn. He also said, "I don't understand the future of WeChat. I just want to know, what was Mr. Yu thinking when he first created the instant messaging product?"

The bosses talked for a while at the scene, all talking about competition and products, and the parties involved didn't say anything yet.

The camera is aimed and the gaze shifts.

Yu Xing felt everyone's expectations and said with a smile: "If a company like Penguin can do it, why can't I?"

When Li Song heard this, he immediately gave a serious evaluation of two words: "Arrogant!"

The next second, he stood up from his seat and waved to the audience with both hands: "Applause for Arrogance!"

There was extremely warm applause at the scene, and the young audience present liked this tune.

Arrogant indeed!

What kind of company is that?!

However, such words under such public opinion, combined with young and sharp entrepreneurs, the two complement each other.

Zhang Shaogang followed the applause and took the gift from the audience. After the applause died down, he smiled and said, "Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu, today's show has a gift for you."

Yu Xing asked curiously: "What gift?"

Zhang Shaogang trotted over and took the gift out of the bag when he reached Yu Xing. It was a yellow long-sleeved shirt.

He smiled and said, "The temperature has dropped recently, and many viewers are concerned about your health, so our program team will give you a warm long-sleeved shirt."

Yu Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and declined, "Okay, okay, I understand, let's record the show."

"Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu, come, come." The more Zhang Shaogang saw him refuse, the more he wanted to put his long sleeves on him.

There was continuous laughter at the scene.

The more these two people refuse, the better the show will be.

Yu Xing had no choice but to follow the program crew's wishes and even put on the oversized long-sleeved shirt outside.

With this set of moves, the laughter from the recording site attracted everyone outside to come and take a look.

There is a line on the back of the yellow long-sleeved shirt - If you catch him, you can't catch me anymore.

On the front are four words - Protect Penguins.

Yu Xing spread his hands. It was the first time he had heard such laughter at a recording session.

Zhang Shaogang scored twice and sent a second gift, this time it was a hat with two words on it - WeChat.

With WeChat on his head, Yu Xing is protected from being grabbed from behind and from the front, welcoming everyone’s warmest laughter and applause.

He couldn't help it, so he turned around and asked loudly: "This segment can't be broadcast? Can you broadcast it?"

The producer, who was also laughing, gave an OK gesture.

However, regardless of whether it can be broadcast or not, this image has already been posted on Weibo, becoming the top trending topic and being circulated wildly by users from all walks of life.

Yu Xing estimated that this image of his would be remembered for a long time, but the free dissemination effect would definitely be very good, so he had no choice but to sacrifice himself and protect the penguins.

(End of this chapter)