Reinventing the Millennium

360 and Penguin fight, Yike looms.

No matter 3 or goose, both families noticed Yi Ke's graceful figure. The former verified Mr. Fang's attitude and hesitated, while the latter was habitually vigilant.

However, the anti-software industry became particularly excited and proactive after Penguin quickly finalized the acquisition of Jiang Min. They sent senior executives to contact Yi Ke, thinking that they could get in touch with Jiang Min or sell it at the same high price as Jiang Min.

Yike didn't refuse anyone who came, so he just talked and didn't really take action anyway, just to listen to the fun at close range.

Most of them are worried about the development of 360. Ya's installed base is growing too fast and has already formed a development wave. The 6.0 version of Security Guard and the 1.0 version of the anti-virus software are indeed very technically advanced, and I'm afraid only the giants can produce them.

As for whether this giant is Penguin or Yi Ke...

Of course, tell who you are in front of everyone.

Because the news circulating shows that Yike is interested in cross-border cooperation, everyone is starting from this angle and thinking of stuffing things into the YMS ecosystem.

On August 21, the middle of the month ended, there was no new conflict between Penguin and 360. Fang Zhuo, who was watching the game, was considering whether to postpone the launch of Yixin.

He has always been patient, but looking at the original 3Q war, it seemed to be a battle that lasted from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. It is unknown to what extent the current two companies will fight and when the intensity will increase.

It would be okay if there was no arrangement by Yixin. The problem is that Yixin needs to cooperate with the Spring Festival Gala activities, and the more users there are before then, the more fission effect will be produced.

Fang Zhuo felt that he couldn't delay his business just to watch the fun.

After much thought, he finally took out his cell phone, found Pony's number, and called the Penguin Master.

The two have actually known each other for a long time, and Fang Zhuo still uses the QQ account that Pony gave him. However, due to some strange combination of circumstances, communication between them was cut off.

The call was answered almost at the last second before it was automatically hung up.

"Hi, Pony, how are you doing?" Fang Zhuo seemed to be still drinking together.

Ma Huateng held the phone, feeling a little dazed, and then calmly replied: "Not bad, how about you?"

"I'm okay, but it's not convenient to go abroad now. I'm traveling between Shencheng and Luzhou, and I'm busy with a lot of things. I also did some internal work in the company before, and I'm wondering if the new organizational structure will be more conducive to development. ." Fang Zhuo talked eloquently, just like old friends reminiscing about the past.

Listening to Mr. Fang's talk, Ma Huateng suddenly remembered the scene of selecting the new five talents described at the end of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Everyone selected the new "Supernatural Power" and deliberately did not mention Zhou Botong for the sake of fun, but Zhou Botong did not mind at all. .

Medicine Master Dongxiehuang was impressed when he saw this. He felt that he was indifferent to names, and believed that even the monk Yideng Master regarded names as illusory, while Zhou Botong was the only one who had an empty heart and did not have the idea of ​​"name", which was superior.

Now, Ma Huateng answered Mr. Fang's call. He thought he had a normal heart, but he didn't expect Mr. Fang on the other side to be even better. He seemed to have no heart at all.

This is either a sign of being open-minded, or a person who is as thick-skinned as a master.

He listened silently for a while to President Fang's internal improvements and thoughts on Yike, and couldn't help but comment a little. After all, Yike is also a giant, and this kind of organizational structure exchange is extremely rare.

"I heard that after you took down Chen Weixiang, the vice president of Yike, there was a big shock within you. Did you deliberately put it before the structural adjustment?" Ma Huateng asked about the rumor.

"This is really not true, but it may be that we are facing structural adjustments. Therefore, some people think that it is easy for me to be cruel to Chen Weixiang at this time. I was hesitant about this matter. In the end... I can barely describe it as going along with the flow. ." Fang Zhuo's main focus is sincerity.

Ma Huateng frowned attentively. He could feel the situation in the head position after the company expanded. This was a kind of empathy.

"Internal changes are not easy," he sighed.

Ma Huateng looked at the time. The two had been chatting for a long time. He asked, "Mr. Fang, did you call me today just to chat?"

"Oh, yes, I would have forgotten it if you didn't tell me." Fang Zhuo asked in a smooth tone, "I saw that Yike's acquisition of Jiangmin failed, and I wanted to ask you. In fact, I am more familiar with the security field of the Internet. If you hesitate, you can go in, or you can’t go in. If you go in, 360 will already be very large, and Penguin seems to have failed this time. Will you intensify competition in the future?"

Ma Huateng listened halfway and heard Mr. Fang mention Penguin's efforts in Internet security this time. He expected to hear the clichéd Penguin traffic strategy, but unexpectedly he was asked about Penguin's subsequent actions.

He didn't answer immediately. He thought about it briefly. The company's goal this time was to curb the development of 360 and prevent the computer client from having a large amount of traffic. It would not be a good thing if Yike came out to disrupt the situation at this time.

Ma Huateng thought this, but still did not answer directly, but laughed: "Mr. Fang, you ask me this, what do you want me to say? This is a question about the company's development, just like..."

He paused and continued: "Just like I asked you, will Yike make communication software in the future? Can you answer me?"

Fang Zhuo replied without thinking: "Yes, isn't YMS doing ecology? Isn't communication also an important part of ecology?"

Penguin has always regarded Yike as an important competitor. The most fundamental reasons are Yike's hardware foundation in the mobile Internet era and Mr. Fang's strong offensive personality.

There is nothing more impactful than confirming Yike's movements from Mr. Fang himself.

This is the collision of the company's major strategies!

Ma Huateng didn't expect to hear such news in this unexpected phone call, and was stunned for a moment.

Many thoughts come and go.

It happened that the secretary walked into the office and saw Mr. Ma's face becoming extremely serious.

Ma Huateng pointed to the door and motioned for his secretary to go out first. He took a breath and said with a smile, "Really?"

"What's the point of lying to you? Aren't you Penguins just guarding against me? Let's all compete fairly. Penguins have such a large amount of traffic, what are they afraid of? What we should be afraid of are challengers like us, Yike." Fang Zhuo disagreed and was very magnanimous.

Ma Huateng stopped laughing and asked immediately: "When will Yike start communicating?"

Fang Zhuo still said very frankly: "In the second half of next year or the year after next, it depends on the situation. I hope that the mobile Internet will develop further. The current Android foundation is still too weak."

The foundation of Android is relatively weak, so the Symbian version will be a powerful supplement.

Ma Huateng was hesitant. How much could he believe that Mr. Fang would give him a time directly?

He couldn't help but ask again: "Really?"

"Pony, from your tone, it sounds like Yike is the champion." Fang Zhuo did not answer directly this time, but joked, "Don't be nervous, I still say that we compete fairly."

It was not surprising that he knew nothing about the internal beta of Yixin. In fact, in order to keep it confidential, only a handful of people in China had tried Yixin, and the focus was on foreign employees.

Fang Zhuo asked again: "Is Penguin still afraid of challenges?"

Ma Huateng was in a serious mood and replied: "Of course Penguin is not afraid of challenges. As long as it is fair competition, we welcome any challenge."

He is not afraid of the challenge from Yike, but is a little worried about Mr. Fang's chaos.

Hardware issues have always been the focus of Penguin's internal discussions, and a lot can be written on this.

"Yes, fair competition. Speaking of this, Pony, I want to say, are your actions in the security field worthy of discussion this time?" Fang Zhuo brought the topic back.

Ma Huateng discussed the matter: "What kind of ethics are there with 360?"

Fang Zhuo was suddenly speechless.

He was quiet for a few seconds and then said: "It seems that you have made up your mind this time and are really going to hit the bottom with 360."

"Otherwise, why would we acquire Jiangmin?" Ma Huateng said without hiding anything. "QQ Doctor is being optimized. Jiangmin software itself is good. It will be a weapon to compete with 360 anti-virus. 360 uses it for free, so we will use it for free." alright."

Fang Zhuo also got the answer he wanted. The acquisition of the anti-virus engine would undoubtedly speed up Penguin's pace of action again. The failure of a charge only further aroused Penguin's ambition.

Then, you can still leave some time for old friends, not only to watch the excitement, but also to enter the market after competing for word-of-mouth.

"In this case..." Fang Zhuo thought for a while and said, "Then Yike will not get involved in this Internet segment. Firstly, it does not have the traffic of Penguin, and secondly, it does not have the strength of 360, so it is not interesting."

Ma Huateng felt a little weird. Is Mr. Fang so easy to talk to?

He said: "I won't hear the news about Yike's acquisition of Norton anti-virus software tonight, right?"

"Absolutely not, I just want to watch the excitement." Fang Zhuo said solemnly, "If Yike says it won't enter the field of Internet security, it means it won't enter. If it says it does communications, it will definitely do communications."

Ma Huateng's mood was mixed up.

The call between the two ended.

Penguin's president's office suddenly held an impromptu meeting.

In the CEO office of Yike, Fang Zhuo was spinning his pen in his hand and thinking about the information he got on the phone.

Judging from the current situation, Penguin is working hard. Well, if the other side feels the pressure of Yike's communication, I wonder if they will speed up their actions and speed up the battle in the field of Internet security.

Fang Zhuo was not being modest. Could this phone call go to one of Yike's public relations departments?

Judging from this, it should be worth waiting for Yixin's launch to be delayed by half a month and a month.

The aroma of tea lingers in the office.

The mobile phone on the table vibrated and a new message was received. Lei Jun's Mi Tuan.com was confirmed to be launched at the end of the month and would conduct a trial run of the group buying business in Shanghai, Beijing and Yangcheng - August 31st. Rice balls are coming.

Fang Zhuo grabbed his cell phone and sent a message back to Lei Jun, wishing him good luck at the end of the month.

When he put down his phone, the opponent Penguin still appeared in his mind. He didn't know when Penguin would enter the group buying market. The Thousand Group War will probably end next year's four giants.

Boom, boom, boom.

Su Wei opened the door and looked at the situation in the office. She didn't see President Fangda handling business before walking in.

"Aren't you busy? Do you want to go shopping at the new headquarters? The limit will be reached in the next two weeks." Su Wei extended an invitation.

Fang Zhuo shook his head, showing little interest. He relayed the conversation just now to Mr. Su.

Su Wei heard the communication between the two giant leaders and commented: "You... you talk about fair competition as a courtesy."

Not to mention whether Penguin's recent actions are fair or not, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Yike to follow this principle.

When the stakes are high, flexibility is a must.

"You are the black man next to me." Fang Zhuo thought about the communication on the phone and sighed, "In just one phone call, Pony may have had murderous intentions towards me 10 times."

Su Wei immediately asked: "What about you? Did you touch him 11 times?"

Fang Zhuo: "..."

Armed with a sharp weapon, the murderous intention arises.

This time, Yi Ke and Penguin, both sides are probably very murderous.

Speaking of which, during the original 3Q war, there seemed to be some manufacturers taking advantage of the situation to launch instant messaging software. Fang Zhuo couldn't remember clearly. If he is right, it seemed that Sina had a hand in it.

However, Sina at that time and Yike now are completely different.

"How far do you think Yi Xin can do it?" Fang Zhuo asked Teacher Xiao Su.

"I don't know, Penguin is definitely going to fight you anyway." Su Wei suddenly frowned, "It's not like you have to implement the same safety standards abroad as you do at home, right?"

Fang Zhuo pondered, no, not the same, the impact is different, well, speaking of it, will Mr. Zhou be involved in a real business war this time? Will there be a chain reaction and no time to escape to Xiangjiang?

On the 21st, at the latest, Yixin will go online at the end of October, that is, there are still 71 days left. If Penguin does not launch a second attack by then, I am afraid that after seeing Yixin’s appearance, it will shrink its front and focus all its energy on its core business. The defense is on.

No matter how 360 builds clients, will it surprise Penguin that the giant Yike directly attacks the communication business?

Time waits for no one, so don’t let us down, old friends.

Yike watched the battle, which also cost a lot of money.

Fang Zhuo, with his blessings in mind, did not wait for Penguin's charge call until the end of the month. Instead, he first watched the low-key launch of "Mituan.com".

As the product of Lei Jun's visit to the United States to investigate Groupon, Mi Tuan, like many domestic Internet projects in the past, is also aligned with foreign countries in terms of page and model.

When Mi Tuan first launched, it acted very cautiously. For the time being, it only sold one highly discounted product a day and only placed 7 orders a week, but it covered different areas of food, drink, and entertainment.

To put it simply, compete for people and give discounts.

The domestic market has no concept of this model. Miduan.com needs to see how well merchants and users accept it. It also needs to solve unexpected and unexpected problems and accumulate experience in a small-scale operation.

Lei Jun started his own business again this time, not in a hurry, but very cautiously and carefully.

Fang Zhuo tentatively put together an order on September 2. The product was a branded cake. The original price was 120 yuan. If enough people could get 80 people, he would get a 50% discount, which would only cost 60 yuan.

Although the fight was successful, he did not go.

I paid the money but didn’t eat.

"Mr. Lei, I spent money on this order but didn't get anything to eat. Are you going to refund it? Did I buy the cake or the discount rights?" Fang Zhuo sent a message to Lei Jun.

After receiving the news, Lei Jun discovered a dilemma. The cake shop really prepared 80 cakes. If the customer doesn't pick them up, the cake will expire. Making another cake will increase the additional cost. Already...

How to solve this matter?

The Mi Tuan trial operation put Lei Jun in front of all the big and small problems.

The first week of September has passed, and the rice dumplings that opened business in three places have not made any waves. On the contrary, merchants and customers have a high rate of negative reviews.

Fang Zhuo occasionally listened to the comments of Wang Fengyi, who was also paying attention to the rice dumpling business, but he was still counting Penguin's time in his mind.

Penguin is so patient with his temper. Could it be that he really plans to delay it until the end of the year, then Yi Xin will not be able to find any convenience.

The second week of September passed peacefully again.

Just when Fang Zhuo thought he would find nothing again, on September 15th, QQ Doctor updated the version. This time, even the name was changed, and it was directly called QQ Computer Manager.

With the launch of QQ Computer Manager, the acquired Jiangmin anti-virus software also changed its name and was renamed QQ Anti-Virus. It was also announced to be free, targeting 360 Anti-Virus.

It's still background installation, it's still forced traffic diversion. After summing up its experience and lessons, Penguin once again launched a stranglehold on 360.