Rebirth 98, the rise starts from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 773

Author: Linjiangxian

Chapter 773

Seeing the hesitant expression on Jack Ma's face, Lu Yiming said: "What? Are you still worried that someone will use your data? We can set up a special supervision agency to prohibit the leakage of this data, and never allow anyone to use this data

It is used as a weapon in commercial competition, but can only be used in research and development in the field of artificial intelligence."

"All right."

Jack Ma didn't put up much resistance. After all, Lu Yiming was the major shareholder of Alibaba, so his objection was of no use. If Lu Yiming was upset and the two sides were estranged, the gains would outweigh the losses.

Lu Yiming himself is not afraid of these data leaks, so Jack Ma naturally has no reason to hide it anymore. Lu Yiming will not dig a hole for Ali to jump into, right?

Of course, the most important thing is that Lu Yiming has invested in big data and cloud computing for several years and spent a lot of money. He is so far ahead in technology that he has to agree. Otherwise, even if Ali tries to catch up, he will have to

You may not be able to catch up even if you wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

If you can't beat it, just join.

Lu Yiming's promotion of QQ one-click login has caused far more commotion on the Internet.

Although this function has brought many customers to the products under his name, many users have also used this function to register partner products. It can be said that the function launched by Lu Yiming has achieved this to a certain extent.

A certain degree of equality.

People who originally questioned Lu Yiming's monopoly were all surprised, because this wave of operations is equivalent to Lu Yiming taking all the user traffic that originally belonged to QQ and giving it to other platforms and websites for free.

Although the user stickiness of QQ has also increased, in the final analysis, it is still paying more and receiving less. Because all functions are performed by QQ, and other software is just access. This part of the cost, Lu Yiming is

Not at all.

For a time, many people who slandered Lu Yiming silently shut up.

Many people even think that Lu Yiming has suffered huge losses this time because he is just making wedding clothes for others. Because the number of QQ users is now very objective, and many platforms are still very small. After connecting to QQ, you can log in with one click.

, which is equivalent to gaining countless potential users. However, QQ itself did not attract many new users because of this operation.

Beijing, the headquarters of Microsoft Xia Kingdom.

"Mr. Chen, are you looking for me?"

"Lao Luo, sit down."

Appearing in front of Chen Yongzheng was Luo Chuan, deputy general manager and director of MSN Business Unit Greater China.

Chen Yongzheng asked with a serious expression: "Lao Luo, what's going on recently? Why did MSN's data drop so sharply?"

Luo Chuan frowned slightly and said with some confusion: "There are still new users every day, and the data has not dropped."

MSN entered the Xiaguo market. Relying on the basic operating system, its promotion has been very smooth. MSN has become a chat and communication software favored by many white-collar workers and petty bourgeoisie.

Many people who use MSN despise QQ, thinking that QQ is low-end and is used by country bumpkins. High-end people like them must use foreign products to fit their status.

Chen Yongzheng said with a serious face: "Although the absolute number of users is increasing, the growth rate is falling off a cliff, and the entire market share is shrinking. You can't deny this, right? So can you tell me what happened?

What’s the matter? The cake is getting bigger and bigger, but our share is not expanding, but is shrinking.”

Luo Chuan felt sweat on his forehead when he was asked, and finally had no choice but to say: "Mr. Chen, you have seen the big moves that Yixun has made recently. What can I do? We can't use the means that the richest man Lu can use."

The platforms that implement the one-click login function are all Internet companies invested by Lu Yiming. At this point, although MSN has Microsoft as its backer, there is absolutely nothing they can do about it.

In order not to take the blame, Luo Chuan said to Chen Yongzheng: "Actually, I have tried to talk to Ma Jieke and others and expressed their intention to cooperate, but they did not talk to me. What do you think I can do?

Well."

Chen Yongzheng knew that Luo Chuan was telling the truth, but he always emphasized the difficulties and obviously could not communicate with the head office. Moreover, when he came to Luo Chuan today, he actually had something very important to announce: "Actually, I came to see you today.

I want to tell you that someone from the headquarters may be parachuted down to take over your current job."

When Luo Chuan heard this, he immediately became anxious and hurriedly defended: "What's going on? How can you just change it? I already told you that he didn't blame me."

He is now the head of the department, and it is true that he has great power, just below Chen Yongzheng. Now the headquarters has to parachute someone to take over, so it goes without saying that the level must be above him.

This was hard for him to accept for a while.

Thinking about the years of hard work and hard work in the company, no credit or hard work, now the head office is parachuted in, which means they don't take him seriously at all. He asked very unconvinced: "Who are you planning to send from the head office?

Come down?"

Chen Yongzheng glanced at Luo Chuan and said a name that made Luo Chuan's heart tremble: "Xiong Minghua."

Luo Chuan originally wanted to protest a few words, but after hearing the name Xiong Minghua, he swallowed all the prepared remarks.

Xiong Minghua received a bachelor's degree in information systems engineering from the National University of Defense Technology in 1987, and a master's degree in information search from the National Defense Science and Technology Information Center in 1990. He is a proven technical expert.

There is no doubt that the headquarters parachuted this big boss down just to compete head-on with QQ in terms of technology. After all, Microsoft relies on Windows as its big killer. If MSN still cannot compete with QQ, it will be very embarrassing in their eyes.

matter.

On this day, Lu Yiming was eating ice cream, blowing on the air conditioner and playing on the computer when he suddenly received a message from Zhang Xiaolong: "Mr. Lu, things are not going well."

Lu Yiming was slightly startled. Zhang Xiaolong is famous for being calm and calm. He has a "cold" personality. He rarely communicates with others, let alone any intense moments of emotion. But today he was able to say something like this,

Then something very serious must have happened.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with our company?"

After all, Zhang Xiaolong now controls QQ, MM and the future operating system. If something goes wrong, it will definitely not work. Lu Yiming rarely showed nervousness.

However, Zhang Xiaolong said: "The problem is not with our company, but with MSN. Xiong Minghua is coming."

Lu Yiming was relieved when he heard that there was no problem with Yi Xun Technology, but he was really surprised when he saw the words Xiong Minghua.

"he?"

In his previous life, he was a senior coder who was involved in the Internet circle. Others didn't know Xiong Minghua's identity, but Lu Yiming had heard of this big shot.

Xiong Minghua, who was born in 1965, is now in his prime. He is definitely in the prime of life, full of energy, experienced and well-qualified for scientific research.

He not only participated in the development of versions from IE3.5 to IE5.0 at Microsoft, but also witnessed the entire process of how Microsoft "strangled" Netscape. In 1999, he also entered the Microsoft Windows department and participated in the development of Windows 2000 and MSN.

Xiong Minghua is therefore considered the most senior product leader of Microsoft’s MSN business unit.

In his previous life, Xiong Minghua later directly joined Goose Factory as co-CTO. During his nine years at Goose Factory, he not only led QQ and WeChat to become the number one instant messaging software in Xia Guo and even the world, but also cultivated a team of

A large number of young and middle-aged cadres, these people later grew up to be the leaders of various departments of the Goose Factory.

I have to say, this is truly a talent.

What is the most expensive thing in the 21st century?

Talent!

Lu Yiming praised: "This is a great person. Microsoft actually released him. Good thing, great thing!"

"A great thing?"

Lu Yiming is not in front of Zhang Xiaolong now, otherwise Gao Gao would have to give him a big dick to check whether he has a fever before saying such nonsense.

Brother, MSN is our competitor. Now that they have replaced a great person in charge, shouldn't you say "fuck it's broken"? Can this be a good thing?

This is more or less outrageous.

"Mr. Lu, why can't I understand what you are saying? How can this be a good thing?"

Lu Yiming said confidently: "Of course it's a good thing. It would be a waste to put a top talent like Xiong Minghua in a place like MSN. We have to find a way to poach him. Yi Xun lacks such talent!"

Zhang Xiaolong was speechless for a long time after looking at the words Lu Yiming typed in the chat window. He really couldn't figure out where Lu Yiming got the confidence to go poach Xiong Minghua.

"Mr. Lu, I hope you will be more sensible. I am doing a good job at Microsoft and have a high position of authority. It is impossible for me to defect to Yixun. Although you are the richest man in Asia, you are now backed by Microsoft, the world's top high-tech company."

enterprise."

Lu Yiming said: "How do you know it doesn't work if you haven't tried it?"

Zhang Xiaolong:..."

Is there any point in trying this? Don’t you have any idea in your heart?

There is no doubt that Zhang Xiaolong does not believe that Lu Yiming can invite Xiong Minghua to come to Yi Xun.

Asking himself, he felt that if he were in Xiong Minghua's position, it would be absolutely impossible for him to switch from Microsoft to Yixun.

I don’t mean to look down on Yixun, but compared with the world’s top companies like Microsoft, whether it is social status or development prospects, they are not on the same level at all.

This is reality.

However, Zhang Xiaolong will not persuade Lu Yiming or anything. After all, Lu Yiming is the boss. He is just a wage earner. The boss can think whatever he wants.

A plane landed at the Capital International Airport. After a long flight, Xiong Minghua finally set foot on the land of Xia Kingdom again. He walked out of the international arrivals gate with his suitcase, and he soon saw a welcome sign with his name written on it.

He picked up the card and walked over.

"Hello, are you Mr. Xiong Minghua? I am the driver at Microsoft's Xiaguo headquarters, and my surname is Song."

"Hello, Master Song, I am Xiong Minghua, and this is my passport."

"Please get in the car. I'll get your luggage."

"Thanks."

Xiong Minghua sat in the car and looked at the busy scene outside the window. After ten years, he once again set foot in his hometown, which made him feel melancholy. He said: "The motherland has changed a lot in these years."

Master Song responded with a smile: "Isn't that right? There are frequent traffic jams in Beijing now. The streets are full of cars, and everyone's life is much more promising."

Xiong Minghua was silent for a moment. He has been busy working since graduating with a master's degree. He first went to IBM's New York headquarters and served as a senior engineer in the Internet department, where he participated in the development of the first generation of Internet-based personalized news and business information delivery systems.

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In 1992, he served as the manager of the software development department in a Sino-US joint venture affiliated to the Software Research Institute of the Xia Academy of Sciences, responsible for the development of graphics-based automatic testing software.

A year later, he went to KT International Company in Connecticut as a software architect and developed a number of software products with invention patents.

It was not until 1996 that he joined Microsoft America as a project manager, and his work gradually stabilized. He was successively responsible for the development, management and design of major core products such as the Internet Explorer, Windows 2000 and MSN, becoming the most senior Chinese senior executive at Microsoft.

One of the project managers.

This time, Xiong Minghua was sent by Microsoft headquarters to be responsible for the localization development and transformation of MSN Xia Guo.

Everyone knows that Microsoft's arrangement is to let MSN and QQ compete in the Xiaguo Internet market.

The car quickly arrived at the Microsoft Xia Country Headquarters. Banners had already been hung at the entrance of the headquarters, and a group of executives stood at the door waiting for Xiong Minghua's arrival.

Xiong Minghua got out of the car, and Chen Yongzheng hurriedly greeted him and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Xiong, long time no see. Welcome Mr. Xiong back to Xia Country to take charge of the work. This is Mr. Luo Chuan. You two should see each other less often, right?"

Xiong Minghua nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to Luo Chuan, and said, "Mr. Luo, nice to meet you."

Luo Chuan was certainly unhappy when facing Xiong Minghua, the man who came to seize power from him, but after all, at this level, he still had the decency he should have. He immediately shook hands with Xiong Minghua without a smile.

Say: "Welcome."

Chen Yongzheng said: "Mr. Xiong, you haven't been back for so many years. I specially prepared a reception banquet for you tonight..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xiong Minghua: "Let's not rush about eating. I just came back from abroad and I don't know the specific situation of MSN in China. Can you let me know the current situation first?

"

Chen Yongzheng did not speak, but turned to look at Luo Chuan.

Luo Chuan had no choice but to say: "Based on the current situation, in the domestic instant messaging market, MSN is about 50-50 equal to QQ, but QQ has recently launched a one-click login function, which has opened up many channels, which has led to

Many users are more willing to register for QQ instead of using our MSN."

Although no one stipulates that people who have registered QQ cannot register MSN, but now QQ has more application scenarios than MSN, and it is more convenient to use. People are more willing to use QQ instead of MSN. Under this trend, time

Over time, MSN will definitely be marginalized.

Luo Chuan and Xiong Minghua analyzed the current situation, and quickly comforted them: "Mr. Xiong, please rest assured that we have stabilized MSN's basic market in Xia Guo. For example, white-collar workers and office workers in the city like it very much."

Use our MSN.”

By saying this, I naturally want to prove to the head office that I am not just a freeloader, but have also made achievements.

The reason why the current situation is unfavorable is not that I am incompetent, but that my opponent is too powerful.

Inside and outside the words, they are all scapegoat skills in the workplace.

Xiong Minghua obviously couldn't accept this explanation, but he didn't get angry on the spot. After all, the head office sent him here to clean up the mess, not to make it worse.

"Have you installed QQ on your computer? The latest version. I want to experience this QQ first. After all, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle."

Although QQ is now very popular in China, it has not launched an international version, so Xiong Minghua has not used this thing yet.

After listening to Xiong Minghua's words, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to speak. After all, MSN and QQ are sworn enemies, and of course their employees use MSN.

However, someone shouted: "Li Zhengkai has installed it on his computer."

Among the crowd, a young man heard this and was so frightened that he peed.

He is Li Zhengkai, Lu Yiming’s high school classmate.

He turned back to look at the source of the sound, but he only saw a pile of black heads, and he had no idea who was calling.

On the contrary, the eyes of everyone around him were focused on Li Zhengkai.

I work at Microsoft, but I installed a competitor’s social software on my computer, and my colleagues discovered it while I was still using it...

No matter how you look at it, this is an act of seeking death, right?

Li Zhengkai raised his head and saw Luo Chuan's obviously unkind eyes, and secretly screamed in his heart: "Fuck, Lu Yiming, I'm really going to be harmed by you this time!"

After graduating from college, Li Zhengkai finally passed the interview and joined Microsoft. He didn't want to lose his job because of such a trivial matter.

Lu Yiming in the distance had no idea that he would be blamed again for no apparent reason.

However, Xiong Minghua is not a person who is good at office politics. His obsession with technology is relatively pure. He doesn't even think there is anything wrong with Li Zhengkai's approach.

After entering the company, Xiong Minghua came to Li Zhengkai's workstation and asked Li Zhengkai to log in to his QQ.

Facing the leaders around him, Li Zhengkai felt as if he was being publicly executed. But now that the atmosphere had reached this point, he had no other choice but to bite the bullet and log in to his QQ.

Luo Chuan gritted his teeth and looked at Li Zhengkai: "You are quite skilled, boy. It seems you use QQ a lot on weekdays!"

Just when Li Zhengkai was about to quibble, Xiong Minghua asked: "How is the experience of using QQ? Compared with our MSN, what are the advantages?"

Hearing Xiong Minghua's question, Li Zhengkai suddenly broke into a cold sweat and said quickly: "Our MSN is definitely better to use. It has a simple style and looks very classy and international. As for QQ, it is used by students in the school."

I use it occasionally to contact my classmates in college and high school, but I rarely use it."

Xiong Minghua raised his head and looked hard at Li Zhengkai's eyes: "In front of me, there is no need to tell lies. What I want is the truth."

Li Zhengkai was speechless. He was not a fool. He naturally knew that the "truth" Xiong Minghua wanted to hear was definitely not the real "truth".

But as an excellent employee, Li Zhengkai still showed his professional attitude and said: "Mr. Xiong, MSN is currently more popular in the business field. Our main user group is also mainly white-collar elites, because it promotes

The real-name system is used, so most professionals prefer to use our MSN for business meetings and work communications.”

"As for QQ, it is a social software for young people, and its style is more entertainment-oriented. And because it uses an online name, many people regard QQ as a tool for picking up girls."

This is actually very euphemistic. At this time, QQ was used by many young people to make appointments with P.

In fact, in Microsoft's eyes, real-name system is king, because only real-name system can bring the most direct business benefits.

After all, those who use MSN are white-collar elites and business people. Although the quantity is small, the quality cannot be maintained.

Compared with student users of QQ, office workers are of course richer and have more spending power.

After listening to Li Zhengkai's analysis, Xiong Minghua's serious expression suddenly relaxed and said, "You did a good job in your analysis. It seems that you have put in a lot of effort in your work."

Li Zhengkai was very excited to receive Xiong Minghua's praise. At the same time, he was relieved to be recognized by Xiong Minghua. It seems that the fact that he installed QQ will not be the reason for him to be expelled from Microsoft.

I am studying my opponent!

When he heard Xiong Minghua's praise of Li Zhengkai, the expression on Chen Yongzheng's face softened a lot, and he hurriedly expressed his position: "Li Zhengkai installed QQ on the computer probably to study his opponents. Mr. Luo, don't be too nervous."

Luo Chuan suddenly felt his scalp numb.

Does this concern me?

Other employees who originally wanted to see Li Zhengkai's joke immediately felt a little sour. They did not expect that Li Zhengkai could actually be appreciated by Xiong Minghua, who was airborne.

(End of chapter)