Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

The release of Cheetah Browser on April Fool's Day in 2008 put great pressure on Robin Li. But he didn't know that Google in the United States was actually the group of people who felt huge pressure after the release of Cheetah Browser.

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In two weeks, Larry Page watched the traffic drop by as much as 30%. He could only slump on the stool helplessly, with some signs of numbness in the muscles on his face.

/*Here it comes, updated today.

Recently, I only have enough energy to update once a day. The main reason is that I didn't write anything between 2005 and 2008, so I have to find a way to incorporate it into the article.

It seems that the pace is fast and slow, but these chapters will make up for this time.

But after writing the last 10 chapters, we are about to enter the mobile Internet era.

*/

Larry Page felt a bit bitter in his mouth, "In the competition for social Internet traffic entrance, we Google lost. Now, Bing continues to dominate the largest browser traffic entrance..."

Being powerless is Larry Page's biggest feeling. Logically speaking, as the backbone of the company, he shouldn't speak like this. But he can't control that much, because these days, Hans and Sergey are probably used to him.

of complaints.

Although we haven't said anything in recent days, we are all facing the same pressure.

Perhaps, by doing this, he can also lift the same frustration that has condensed in everyone's hearts.

The things they worried about on April Fool's Day have finally unfolded in front of them in the past two weeks. And the plummeting traffic is like a mountain weighing on the top, making them breathless.

On April 1, Yahoo China, a subsidiary of China's Emperor Penguin Group, released a browser product, Cheetah Browser.

Two weeks ago, not many Westerners knew such a company existed.

But it has been a while since the release of Cheetah Browser that many people have gradually learned some facts.

In fact, many professional developers have participated in the development and testing process of Cheetah Browser a long time ago. However, in the past year or so, not many people really paid attention to this small-scale test. Until it was actually

Only when it was released and presented to the world did everyone realize the existence of such a project belatedly.

Feeling the helplessness in the heart of his old friend Larry Page, Sergey Brin also sighed in his heart.

He is also helpless about the current situation the company is facing.

It’s not that they didn’t work hard enough on Google,

But the layout of Cheetah Browser is too far-reaching.

"Our people mobilized all their efforts to discover the origin of Cheetah Browser. It was first launched two years ago. This website secretly recruited dozens of part-time workers to participate in development on a small scale, and a year ago they

Only then did we gradually gather a group of independent developers to conduct testing.”

Sergey Brin pushed the information on the table in front of Larry Page, and after he picked it up, he continued, "Our people have been digging for a long time to understand some of the superficial situation. We really need to pursue it.

The layout of this Cheetah browser may not be ready until 2006."

"In other words, the founder of Cheetah Browser had already gathered many independent developers' connections before 2006?" Larry Page asked, raising his head.

Looking at his listless face, Sergey Brin nodded.

Larry Page frowned when he heard this, "Maybe it is possible. Because the membership system of Cheetah Browser integrates software such as Gmail, Dropbox, and Feixun. Now not only ordinary users are using Cheetah, but also many professionals

of developers also view Cheetah as something beyond Internet Explorer."

Is it admiration or jealousy?

Larry Page also felt unclear about his thoughts at the moment.

Perhaps, I have already made one thing clear in my mind.

When competitors join forces, Google, which is inferior in all aspects, no longer needs to work hard.

Leaning back in his chair, Larry Page looked up at the dazzling lights on the ceiling and murmured, "In 2004, we achieved sales of more than 2 billion. In 2005, after our sales were taken over by Bing, we could only do

to sales of less than 3 billion.

Next year, sales of 3 billion will stand there like an insurmountable mountain. Even though we see it close at hand, it is blocked by a barrier called bing."

Finally sighing, Larry Page shook his head helplessly, "Perhaps, we are not far from delisting..."

Sergey Brin raised his head when he heard this, but in the end, he still did not look at his old friend.

The future that they are unwilling to touch but have to admit,

Indeed, after the Cheetah browser appeared,

Getting closer to them!

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"When is the earliest time to contact independent developers?" Ning Zimo looked at Zhou Hongyi curiously, "Why are you asking this question?"

"I'm curious, Master." Zhou Hongyi put his hands on the table and leaned forward, "The promotion speed of Cheetah Browser is really too fast, and it quickly grabbed the European and American browser market without using much promotion expenses.

One-fourth of the share.”

Zhou Hongyi rolled his eyes, "It's only been two weeks! Such a growth rate is unheard of. In addition, you contacted a group of outstanding independent developers in 2005, and the group of testers you organized in 2007.

If you say you didn’t plan ahead, who would believe it?”

Ning Zimo smiled when he heard this, "Now that the result is like this, why are we still talking about this? Are these issues important?"

"Important! Quite important!" Zhou Hongyi said firmly, "Otherwise I can only pry open your brain and study it on my own."

"Oh," Ning Zimo said in surprise, "You want to pry open the slices of my brain for cell analysis?"

He looked at Zhou Hongyi, who nodded like a yes-man after he finished speaking, and Han Qinghua, who kept smiling at the side.

Ning Zimo could only shrug and whispered to Han Qinghua, "It's actually a long story. The earliest trace back to it is from the first project 'Nuwa' that Brother Han and the others joined in 2001."

"'Nuwa?'" Zhou Hongyi rolled his eyes upwards, suddenly realizing, "The software prototype development tool we use was actually developed by you?"

Ning Zimo smiled and started counting with his fingers, "When I was doing project planning, Brother Han was the project leader. Ma Jin, Mo Fan, and Lu Zhenyu were all the earliest participants. Even Lin Changxin had gotten success from the time he came into contact with the software."

Nuwa’s hands-on development of some functional modules.”

Although [Nuwa] is now an essential tool for all Internet and software projects of Emperor Penguin, this is the first time Ning Zimo mentioned this period of history.

When he thought that this tool that had been launched a long time ago was actually made by a master, Zhou Hongyi couldn't help but look forward to talking.

"6 people! 01 years! 7 years ago?"

These words were divided into several paragraphs before Zhou Hongyi finished speaking the entire paragraph. Seeing his appearance, Ning Zimo did not whet his appetite any more.

"Yes, as early as 2001 when I started developing 'Nuwa', I had already gathered a group of insiders in developer forums in Europe and the United States. From 'Nuwa' to 'Pangu' to 'Queqiao', we have

In the past few years, I have accumulated a lot of contacts among independent developers using products that are very helpful to developers.

So by the time we launched the Cheetah Browser project in 2005, although we, Emperor Penguin, had not made our name public, the ID we had operated in professional forums in the early years already had quite a lot of fans."

Ning Zimo paused, pointed at the website on the laptop screen and smiled, "The reason why we have accumulated so many developer fan resources is to integrate global developers outside the company into our open source development system as much as possible.

Whether it is the Cheetah browser, the qnx system, or our iPhone's Wandoujia system, or even the python language, we need to involve as many developers as possible from around the world. Only when this scope is large enough can we truly work together.

function.

Therefore, the version control system (vcs) based on gi came into being. We are equivalent to doing something that combines the minds of global developers to build a platform for various global users, and then serve global customers.

things."

Looking at the dumbfounded Zhou Hongyi, Ning Zimo curled his lips and said, "There are many kinds of business models, and not everything we do must be for profit. But after putting our platform model, based on free and open source

Under the platform model, we can extract the truly profitable part from it.”

As Ning Zimo spoke, he raised his arm and pointed at Zhou Hongyi and continued, "Just like the product Security Guard, we never consider profitability when it comes to end consumers. But based on consumers' usage habits, they are used to using Security Guard

users, after joining the company system, they will choose Security Guard’s commercial products because they trust Security Guard.

The same goes for Cheetah Browser. Although it is a free product, whether it is used as a new entrance to Bing's search traffic, or as a carrier of the Emperor Penguin One-Number One System, or as an entrance to Gmail, Duobao Box, or

It is our real traffic entrance for the Emperor Penguin series. After users enter through the Cheetah Browser platform, we will easily incorporate them into our user system to provide more services."

hiss……

The weather in the Special Administrative Region in April was already relatively warm, but Zhou Hongyi felt like he had taken a breath of cold air.

"In other words...that is to say, the boss...you were...planning...the things we have done in these years...when you were...17 years old..."

Zhou Hongyi felt that his words were not smooth. He always felt that the 25-year-old boss in front of him was a little...

"Do you think he is a monster?" Han Qinghua suddenly asked.

When Zhou Hongyi heard the word "monster", his eyes suddenly lit up and his head kept nodding.

At the end, he smiled bitterly, "Back then, when the boss acquired Yahoo China, I thought he was going to kick me out."

After a pause, Zhou Hongyi said to Ning Zimo with lingering fear, "If I hadn't accepted your original suggestion, I estimate that your successive plans in recent years would have crushed all the remaining resentments I had."

Crush them all?

Ning Zi thought for a while,

Zhou Hongyi’s false side,

This is really a possibility.

In his previous life, Zhou Hongyi founded Qihoo Company after leaving Yahoo China. But whether it was Qihoo's search or the later famous 360 Security Guard, because he had already planned a shocking battle, none of his things were

own opponent.

"It's a good thing you didn't do it, otherwise the new company you founded might not be able to bear the things that Baidu and Tencent are currently struggling with!" Ning Zimo smiled, spreading his hands.

Although it was a teasing joke, Zhou Hongyi still nodded.

"Wow, otherwise why would Baidu further announce its alliance plan, and Tencent also announced its entry into the Weibo industry with a high profile." Zhou Hongyi affirmed, "It is because they feel pressure that they have to find ways to find new breakthroughs."

Ning Zimo glanced at the words and curled his lips in disapproval.

Shortly after Emperor Penguin announced a new round of projects and products on April Fool's Day, Baidu and Tencent respectively announced their website alliance plans and Weibo plans with high profile in less than a week.

The former is to strengthen the breadth of its traffic entrance and wants to expand the traffic sources to counter Cheetah Browser by expanding the traffic of small and medium-sized websites.

The latter is to consolidate its membership system and compete with Emperor Penguin Yahoo One Number.

Thinking of this, Ning Zimo smiled and said, "If they are smarter, maybe they can put the browser plan on the plan. It may be more practical to change the current predicament by learning Penguin's model of controlling traffic entrances."

However, the mobile Internet era is coming.

Even Google is doing the same thing at this time,

They don’t have much chance to turn around!

…

Perhaps smart people can always think of something together. Just when Ning Zimo was looking forward to the possible next development of the two domestic companies, Robin Li and Ma Huateng said the same sentence loudly in the conference room:

"This browser development team will report directly to me. We must use all our strength to learn from Emperor Penguin's Cheetah browser and seize the real traffic entrance of the Internet!"

Everyone in the conference room was solemn. They all knew that this project must be implemented if the company's top leader personally spoke about it.

But they don't know that backwardness in the Internet era has always been a matter of wrong steps.

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Ah sneeze...

After sneezing, Ning Zimo quickly took a tissue and rubbed his nose.

After crumpling the paper into a ball and throwing it aside, he raised his head and asked Zhang Lihua, who had just entered the door, "What's wrong? You are a person who lives in the Quaternary Laboratory and doesn't go out much. How can you figure it out today?"

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After a pause, Ning Zimo, who had not seen Zhang Lihua for a long time, was suddenly stunned.

His surprised look, which he rarely showed to others, immediately aroused the curiosity of others in the office.

Everyone looked at him in confusion, but saw him asking Zhang Lihua with a face of surprise, "Has the iPhone's Antarctic SoC chip been successfully taped out?"

Zhang Lihua smiled and said nothing,

But her smile, which I haven’t seen for a long time,

Already given Ning Zimo the answer!