Rebirth began in 2004

"Aunt Yang, actually, how much money do you make from selling mobile phones? You only earn a few hundred yuan from selling a mobile phone. This is because there are relatively few smartphone manufacturers now, and there are only two domestic smartphone manufacturers: us and Meizu."

"But this situation will definitely not last for too long. In two years' time, a large number of smartphone manufacturers will inevitably appear, and price wars will inevitably begin."

"Instead of waiting until then, I will lower the price of smartphones first."

"Let more people use smartphones, and we will make money from the software."

Nowadays, all smartphones are priced at a high price, with prices ranging from two thousand to three thousand being the norm, and none at a low price.

The high price is not conducive to the popularity of smart phones.

What does Chen Wei want to do?

He wants to lay out the mobile Internet in advance!

For example, Beijing Dog.

Jinggou, as uni1, comes with its own factory software, which directly brings hundreds of thousands of users to Jinggou.

These hundreds of thousands of new users are not extremely poor people. People who can afford a mobile phone costing two to three thousand yuan have much stronger spending power.

As a result, Jinggou’s valuation has risen a lot.

Isn’t this more profitable than selling mobile phones?

There is also WeChat.

WeChat now has more than five million users, and WeChat is becoming a way of chatting among young people.

WeChat uses the mobile phone number as the registered account and directly imports the mobile phone address book.

In terms of positioning, WeChat is still a social software for acquaintances.

The walkie-talkie communication function of WeChat is now popular among young people. It is very fun to send voice directly without typing.

And in terms of user growth, the trend of WeChat is obviously rising.

WeChat is about to update a new feature, that is: people nearby.

As a smartphone software, many functions of WeChat rely on mobile phone functions.

Smartphones basically have GPS functionality.

WeChat will officially transform from an acquaintance chat tool into a real social software.

Especially for LSP, the human function here is quite...

Anyway, when I got up early, many people had a lot of fun using this function.

If these people have fun, they will attract more people who want to play to use WeChat.

There are quite a few similar apps to WeChat, which focus on the function of making friends with strangers, and they are all developing quite well.

If there is supply, it means there is demand in the market.

WeChat's R&D team has all moved to the capital, and is actively recruiting staff in the capital.

WeChat's servers are also built ahead of time for one purpose, to ensure the user experience of WeChat users.

Don't chat all day long and get stuck.

Chen Wei knows how important WeChat will be and spares no effort to support the development of WeChat.

It's not like Mi Liao, who rushed to the early market but didn't catch anything.

What Chen Wei is most worried about now is the reaction of Penguin and QQ's huge user base. If it gets involved, Chen Wei is really not sure that he can withstand it.

Therefore, Chen Wei did a lot of things.

The first is the function of WeChat. If you can apply for a patent, then resolutely apply for a patent.

Directly build a patent wall to prevent Penguin from copying.

It must be said that at this time, WeChat is the first instant messaging software designed specifically for smartphones in the world.

According to the original history, the earliest similar software was called kik. Its biggest feature was that it used matching with mobile phone address books to establish a communication method based on real identity.

And kik will not be released until 2010.

And now, naturally, WeChat has become the first software in the world to do this.

WeChat currently does not announce its user number at all, nor does it announce monthly new users.

There is only one purpose, not to attract the attention of giants.

After all, WeChat does not need to raise funds from the outside now, and Hengtong Group no longer needs to give Hengtong electronic money, so it will naturally increase its investment in the WeChat project.

You can tell by looking at the size of the WeChat team. There are already hundreds of R&D personnel!

"What are your plans for WeChat?"

Yang Hongmei always felt that Chen Wei would not always be running WeChat.

How should I put this?

It's just a feeling.

Chen Wei: "Aunt Yang, who do you think is the dominant player in the field of instant messaging software now?"

"Of course it's the penguin."

"Indeed, it's Penguin. Penguin now relies on the huge number of QQ users, and it can be said that it is invincible. But now Penguin can also be called a stupid goose. It doesn't know what it wants. When it sees a good project, it will

I want to intervene."

"I don't have a clear mind and don't have a good development strategy."

Yang Hongmei frowned slightly, so did this.

Today's Penguin doesn't have a good reputation on the Internet.

I hate it but can't live without it, which is very annoying.

"I think this way, QQ is the dominant instant messaging software on the computer side, and WeChat will be the dominant one on the smartphone side. By then, WeChat can also launch a computer version."

Nowadays, it is obvious that Penguin has not focused on the mobile Internet at all, but on the PC side.

This is also normal.

Even though uni1 sold 1 million mobile phones, Nokia is still the dominant player in the domestic mobile phone market.

Domestic smartphone shipments in a quarter also reached more than 7 million units.

Yes, smartphones have long been available in the domestic market, and there are still many users.

But the proportion is not high, not more than half.

But the number of users has increased quite rapidly.

Yang Hongmei: "Do you really want to defeat Penguin?"

"Why should we defeat it? Why not defeat it first, inflict pain on it, and then merge it? I always feel uncomfortable with such an important company like Penguin, but the shares are not controlled by the Chinese people."

Yang Hongmei was stunned for a moment and fell silent. Using WeChat as a bargaining chip, could she control most of Penguin's equity?

Maybe, there really is a chance.

The premise is that WeChat can really develop.

WeChat is still very weak now and has not attracted much attention from Penguin, but what about some time later?

As WeChat users increase, Penguin will definitely feel threatened.

When the time comes, Penguin's response methods will be quite simple and straightforward.

Can WeChat survive the competition from Penguin?

"Don't worry, Aunt Yang, WeChat will add new functions soon. After this function is launched, WeChat users will inevitably experience a rapid growth."

Chen Wei is not worried at all about whether his WeChat will win the competition. He has used all WeChat.

WeChat is not just a software, but a way of life.

It is easy to make a piece of software, but it is especially difficult to make a piece of software that changes people's lifestyle.

After listening to Chen Wei's introduction to the new functions, Yang Hongmei couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Yang Mengxiao complained: "Mom, I think it was Chen Dawei who thought of it himself, so he asked someone to develop this function."

Chen Wei naturally refused to admit it: "Nonsense, this function appears just to allow everyone to make friends all over the world. It's like watching Venus. Some people can only see pornography, but people like me can

See art.”