Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo had not been to the capital for a while. Although he was called here to be a representative this time, he felt very cordial when he met the leader.

When the leader invites him to eat in the canteen, he goes to the canteen to eat.

When the leader invited him to sit in the office after dinner, he went to sit there.

The leader asked about the work he was doing now. He asked the leader if he had anything to do in the afternoon. The leader said no, so he chatted all afternoon.

From the lunch meal to the evening meal, Fang Zhuo still had more to say, but the leader never mentioned the dinner in the cafeteria in the evening, so he had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

"Mr. Fang, you are really good at talking." Secretary Zhao, who had called to inform Mr. Fang before, sent a message to Mr. Fang and said with a bit of laughter, "The leaders are scratching their heads."

"I just improvised and briefly talked about two points." Fang Zhuo smiled, "One is the subversion of the mobile Internet, and the other is the subversion of the Yike YMS ecosystem on the company's development."

There is a lot of content in both topics, and half a day would pass just by chatting casually.

Secretary Zhao nodded silently: "Well, I don't quite understand this."

But he could tell that Fang always didn't feel bored at all and was still enjoying it.

This afternoon's work was originally reserved for the communication meeting on the 3Q war, but it was completed early in the morning and turned into Mr. Fang's Yike work meeting.

When he sent Mr. Fang to the car, he suddenly asked: "Mr. Fang, is the YMS software store's listing process so complicated?"

Fang Zhuo smiled, Secretary Zhao, you still said you didn’t understand.

Although it was difficult to guess the meaning of his sudden voice at this time, he sat up straight and told people everything he wanted to say: "The software store is a very important part of the Android system. Only this part has strict review, and the ecosystem of the entire system Only then can we get better.”

"Whether it is a developer, our own company's software, or software from competitors in other businesses, as long as it meets the requirements, it can be put on the shelves."

"These are clearly written in detail. All developers should read and implement them carefully. I will not make temporary changes or deliberately make things difficult. I will just strictly implement what we have set."

Secretary Zhao thought carefully for a while and tried to understand: "Is this all agreed in advance?"

"No, that's all agreed upon in advance. It's clear that no one can be deceived." Fang Zhuo was very sure of this.

In fact, these rules are very simple to say.

First, users are required to have the right to know, and second, software is required not to abuse permissions.

Take... Take QQ as an example. You used to have good ABC permissions, but suddenly you require the user's mobile phone to provide D permissions for the address book. You need to inform the user, right?

Users can choose to accept or not accept it after knowing it, right?

I have to accept your new D permission, so you will stop all the original services to threaten users to activate D permission before using it, right?

This is a requirement of the YMS software store, which has been clear from the first day when YMS was launched. It is a rule designed to maintain the system ecology and user interests.

Fang Zhuo even thinks that this should be regarded as the basic interests of users.

Of course, the software side can think that the rules of the YMS platform are too complicated and the requirements are too strict, so they choose other platforms. This is a two-way thing.

In addition, YMS will also communicate with developers who raise objections or have questions to determine issues such as basic permissions, additional permissions, abuse, etc. There is a series of processes for this.

Secretary Zhao could hear Mr. Fang's firmness and magnanimity, and nodded: "That's good. Mr. Fang's mobile phone is very easy to use, and more and more people around us are switching from Nokia to Yike."

He plans to carefully study the relevant requirements of the YMS software store tonight, which is a bit of personal interest and... the scope of work that may be involved in the future.

Today's 360 and Penguin Communication will be the end of a competition in the past. The current Yike and Penguin will never be so calm no matter how you think about it.

"Nokia's products are actually good, but times have changed." Fang Zhuo sighed, "I spoke Mandarin with Nokia's new CEO Elo Mandarin the day before yesterday. This is the third CEO I have communicated with in the past few years. So, times have changed. It’s changing so fast.”

It’s so fast that even Nokia is shaking, which is undoubtedly a giant.

Unlike the previous two CEOs, Nokia under Elop's leadership is bound to undergo a major change.

Fang Zhuo chatted with Secretary Zhao for a few more words before saying goodbye and getting in the car.

"Mr. Fang, why don't we go back to the hotel?" Secretary Liu Zonghong asked.

"Blow the air first. I'll call Pony. I've come to the capital now and we met during the day. Let's have a meal and chat." Fang Zhuo put down the car window and took out his mobile phone.

After a moment, he sighed: "I seem to have been blocked by Pony, this..."

Liu Zonghong remained silent, as if he should be surprised but not surprised.

Fang Zhuo was stunned for a few seconds, but his friend actually blocked him. He shook his head and said: "Forget it, if you don't block him this time, you will have to block him in the future. Let's ask Lao Xiong to come out for barbecue."

After a moment, he said in shock: "Why can't Lao Xiong's phone call go through?"

Liu Zonghong was also shocked. What did Mr. Fang do to Mr. Xiong again?

Fortunately, the call went through the second time and I was not blocked.

Fang Zhuo calmed down. He couldn't live without friends for a barbecue.

But, just have a barbecue.

Xiong Xiaoge came over excitedly. He expected to hear the secret of today's meeting, but he didn't expect that it was just for dinner. Several questions he asked were answered with neither salt nor salt.

"How many registrations does Yixin have now?" Xiong Xiaoge asked a question that attracted many speculations.

Fang Zhuo sighed and replied: "Only one or two million."

Xiong Xiaoge nodded inwardly. Three to four million words is quite outstanding and worthy of this public opinion storm.

Listen twice as much to Mr. Fang’s words.

He picked up a bunch of mutton and said with emotion: "Fortunately, this matter is over. The software is compatible, Mr. Zhou is fine, and Yixin has also received a lot of registrations."

Fang Zhuo also sighed with emotion: "Yeah, no one expected that things would turn out like this. Mr. Zhou must be very scared. Hey, when there is a problem, you should think about solving the problem, not the other party."

Xiong Xiaoge and Zhou Hongyi have known each other for a long time. The latter was a partner of IDG, and IDG also invested in 360. When he heard about the unexpected incident at Hang Lung 23, he was very worried about Mr. Zhou.

Not only was he afraid that Penguin would cause chaos, but he was also afraid that Mr. Fang would take advantage of the situation and cause chaos.

Fortunately, it ended without any danger.

"President Fang, here's to you." Xiong Xiaoge raised his beer glass happily, "This time Yixin Baima Yingun has entered the communications market, and this field will dominate the world from now on."

Fang Zhuo clinked the wine glasses with a smile and nodded: "Yes, Penguin should not be underestimated, Feixin should not be underestimated, Yixin is very weak, and everyone in the company is very satisfied with being able to become the Shu Kingdom."

At the beginning of Yi Xin's career, the two seniors in front are still very strong. He still needs to learn more. This gap will take a long time to catch up.

Well, Mr. Wu Yunjun, who is visiting China Unicom tomorrow, also said the same thing.

At 8:30 a.m. the next day, Fang Zhuo saw the joint statement from 360 and Penguin, apologizing to the users affected this time and saying that they would strengthen self-discipline and maintain the healthy development of the industry.

When Fang Zhuo arrived at the office of China Unicom Vice President Wu Yunjun, he immediately heard the other party mention the end of this tortuous competition after two sentences.

"This result is not bad. In addition to the two of them, we at Yike have also learned lessons from this incident. We must put the interests of users first." Fang Zhuo is very serious.

Wu Yunjun laughed when he heard this high-sounding statement and said, "Yike takes advantage of the situation to launch Yixin this time. Who doesn't admire Mr. Fang's choice of timing?"

"It can be considered a coincidence." Fang Zhuo said, "We were a little hasty and went into battle with guns at short notice."

Wu Yunjun smiled and said, "I'm still a little confused about Yi Xin. Can Mr. Fang talk to us?"

Fang Zhuo came to China Unicom just to reduce the resistance of Yixin among operators, and it was natural.

However, he was organizing his words in his mind, but was interrupted by Wu Yunjun just as he was about to speak.

"Mr. Fang, let's go to the conference room next door." Wu Yunjun stood up and extended his right hand to invite the head of Yike to change places.

When Fang Zhuo followed the vice president of China Unicom to the next door, he saw nearly ten people sitting in a square place, as if they were ready.

Fang Zhuo laughed and said, "Mr. Wu, why is there such a big battle? What does this mean?"

He only brought a secretary to China Unicom this time. It was an informal visit to see Wu Yunjun, because the vice president cooperated well with Yike's mobile phone business and just wanted to have a chat first.

Unexpectedly, they are already waiting here.

"Mr. Fang, we don't know much about this kind of business. It just so happens that you are here this time. We also want Mr. Fang to give us some advice to avoid any mistakes in our work." Wu Yunjun said with a smile.

Fang Zhuo glanced at the conference room and pondered for a moment: "Okay, Mr. Wu said so. I actually want to communicate with you about this."

Wu Yunjun asked Mr. Fang and his secretary to take a seat, and then introduced the senior executives present.

Yike is a giant, and the timing of choosing Yike to enter this time is very tricky. Although China Unicom and Yike have cooperated well, they need to be cautious when it comes to other businesses.

Moreover, Mr. Fang, as a person, must act cautiously.

Wu Yunjun did this half-actively and half-passively. He couldn't have the final say in China Unicom. Now there was Li Yunmao, the executive in charge of the SMS business, in the conference room.

Who makes the competition between Yi Ke and Penguin so eye-catching and Mr. Fang has a black aura?

Fang Zhuo sat down and saw that no one else spoke, so he "coughed" first - not to mention, this "cough" suddenly felt like being in the Hang Lung 23 conference room.

"Yesterday I spent an afternoon chatting with the leaders at Industry and Information Technology, and what we were talking about was the development of the mobile Internet. When I came to China Unicom today, I was actually very emotional."

"From the launch of 3G pilot cities for the Olympic Games last year, to October this year, the total number of base stations exceeded 100,000, and the 3G network covered 335 cities across the country. China Unicom is developing rapidly, and everyone is doing a good job."

"We at Yike Mobile would like to thank you all. Without cooperation with China Unicom, Yike would not have been able to achieve such great achievements in the mainland."

Although Fang Zhuo was impromptu, he came right out of his mouth. He mentioned leadership first, then talked about China Unicom's work, and expressed his gratitude for Yike's achievements.

After these words, the tension in the conference room dissipated a lot.

"What specifically did my leader and I talk about yesterday? In fact, the core is very simple. It is that mobile Internet is a new era, a subversion of the past computers, and many new opportunities will inevitably arise."

“Compared with computers and PCs, the threshold for mobile phones is getting lower and lower, and its built-in cameras, sensors, and microphones, along with more and more abundant software applications, are beginning to become the eyes, ears, nose and tongue of users in the online world. "

"What does a smartphone look like? It's like an external organ of a human being."

"In the past, Internet companies used to modify things on the computer and put them on mobile phones when developing projects, but like the Yixin we launched this time, it was developed entirely based on the logic of mobile phones and is something unique to the mobile Internet."

"This is a new project logic, just like the mobile Internet's subversion of the Internet. Specific to the product Yixin, it will inevitably subvert the fields it involves."

Fang Zhuo habitually tapped the table with his knuckles, reminding the China Unicom executives: "This is the inevitable outcome of the times."

Although it was just a meeting, the head of Yike spoke very slowly and his words were very contagious.

Just a few seconds later, Li Yunmao, who was in charge of the SMS business, saw that the others were silent and smiled: "Mr. Fang, according to this, I have to prepare my resume as soon as possible. The inevitable of the times? Then I, the SMS person, will be eliminated."

"If Mr. Li is willing, our Yixin project is really short of leaders. We don't need resumes. I will meet you one-on-one in Mr. Wu's office later." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Li Yunmao did not succumb to the temptation. He was a person within China Unicom who was wary of Yixin. He had already made an analysis report on Yixin before and believed that its development would indeed damage SMS business revenue.

"Mr. Fang, what you said incidentally set Yixin's tone so high. If that's the case, why don't we China Unicom just make such software ourselves?"

Fang Zhuo glanced at the different expressions of different people and smiled at Li Yunmao: "I particularly welcome this kind of competition. NetEase has launched their product MSG. If not unexpected, Penguin is also fast, China Mobile and Fetion, the market is It comes from competition, and I am happy to see China Unicom seize the opportunity."

"So, Mr. Li doesn't need to prepare a resume and can directly start making a competing product. I believe there are great development prospects."

Li Yunmao said "Huh". He didn't think it was a good idea. None of these companies sounded like competition, so he just wanted to maintain the current situation. The SMS business provided a steady stream of revenue.

“Mr. Fang’s statement about ‘external organs’ just now is interesting.” Another executive, Feng Jishan, interjected, “But this is not subversion. The Internet is still said to subvert traditional enterprises.”

"It doesn't exist in isolation, but interacts with each other. In fact, we can know the trend of this wave by looking at the statistical data. According to current statistics, the average time each person uses a computer is almost 3 hours, but what about mobile phones?" Fang Zhuo said Tan said, "It is compact and lightweight, and can be carried with you at all times. A person leaves the computer as soon as he leaves, but he can use his mobile phone at any time. How different is the scenario of this usage?"

"From 2G to 3G, there are bound to be great changes. Yixin is just one part of it. Without Yixin, there will be difficulty. This market is here."

"If China Unicom doesn't do it, China Telecom might get it. If China Telecom doesn't do it, China Mobile might change Fetion and get it."

"How big is Penguin with QQ as its core now?"

"This kind of communication product has a very high limit."

Fang Zhuo talked a lot, picked up the teacup and drank two sips of water.

"Your business must be carried out on our operator's network, which in turn will damage the interests of our business." Li Yunmao pointed out this point and said, "Today you think text messages are outdated, will Yixin also do voice messages tomorrow?" , are you going to impact our call business again?"

Fang Zhuo didn't answer immediately.

Li Yunmao suddenly seemed to smell something, and immediately asked: "Mr. Fang, may I ask, does Yi Xin still have plans to make voice calls?"

His question made Qin Ximing, another vice president related to the call business, also turn his attention to Mr. Fang. This revenue was more important than text messages.

Fang Zhuo gave the answer and said in surprise: "Mr. Li, I didn't think of this originally, but you really reminded me that Yi Xin originally just wanted to communicate like a penguin. This... I have to think about this carefully. .”

Wu Yunjun said cheerfully: "Mr. Fang, have you really never thought about it? Then we have to send Mr. Li to Yi Xin."

Fang Zhuo shook his head: "After all, time is short. We Yike is just a mobile phone company. This time we are involved in new business. It is also an attempt to get involved in new business. The public opinion and everyone's battles today are beyond my expectation. However, since Mr. Li raised it Yes, I must admit, this is a very good direction.”

Li Yunmao had a cold face and didn't quite believe this statement.

"Just like Mr. Li reminded me, in fact, the emergence of Yixin must also remind other entrepreneurs to pay attention to the new needs of users in the 3G era. Yixin has just started, and today I understand what everyone means, okay, after I go back Let them stop doing it, but can China Unicom not let Penguin do it? Penguin has such a huge traffic, after realizing this challenge, can it just let it go?" Fang Zhuo asked the question.

Wu Yunjun's status on this occasion makes it difficult to warn Penguin about the red line, but others don't have so many concerns.

Vice President Qin Ximing said bluntly: "We have already talked with Penguin. We cannot accept its traffic."

"Does Pony accept your rejection?" Fang Zhuo smiled, "If he accepts it, I can consider it."

Qin Ximing said solemnly: "If Mr. Fang accepts it, Mr. Ma can also accept it."

"I don't have that much traffic, why should I accept it?" Fang Zhuo asked, "If you accept it, we can have another meeting like today."

Qin Ximing wanted to speak, but suddenly realized that this was a strange circle. He was silent for a few seconds and expressed his attitude: "As for Yixin, my bottom line is that you cannot do voice call business."

Li Yunmao quickly said: "Wait..."

Why did it suddenly become a voice call service? The bottom line for me is the SMS business.

"Mr. Qin, the bottom line is always worthless when you put it out there. You draw the line for Penguin, and you draw the line for Yike. This..." Fang Zhuo shook his head, "Let's let the facts speak for themselves."

Qin Ximing gave a compromise suggestion: "Mr. Fang, since you insist on doing communications, that's fine, but you, Yixin, can't do it for free. Isn't it enough to offer a monthly package or something like that? "

"Mr. Qin, you will come up with ideas. Come and see me some other time." Fang Zhuo had no choice but to stand up and said, "Let's speak with the facts."

Wu Yunjun asked at this time: "Mr. Fang, how many users does Yixin have?"

Fang Zhuo pondered, not only afraid of scaring China Unicom, but also afraid of not being able to scare China Unicom.

He said: "Let's go, Mr. Wu, that's all for today, I'm going back first."

Wu Yunjun understood the meaning and stood up to see Mr. Fang out of the conference room.

After a while, he walked back in with a strange look on his face.

No one else in the conference room has left yet.

Wu Yunjun sat down, thought about it, and said, "How about we discuss this wave."

Li Yunmao said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wu, how many users does Yixin have now?"

"It's quite a lot." Wu Yunjun breathed out, "It's quite a lot. I'll talk to Mr. Chang later."

He wanted to talk to the leader about this, which always felt like a huge shock.

How about letting China Unicom try to get some shares?

Wu Yunjun looked uncertain, and the others looked at each other in confusion. How much is this "a lot"?

…

Pengcheng, Penguin headquarters.

After the meeting in Beijing, Ma Huateng and Xu Chenye flew back non-stop. The first thing they did was to pay attention to the development progress of QQ and new products.

QQ needs to load the address book of acquaintances and directly use its own traffic to divide Yixin's lineup.

The new products align with Yixin's positioning and compete head-to-head with each other in this field.

The former is progressing relatively quickly and is expected to be online by the end of the month, while the latter is slightly slower and will not be available until late November at the earliest.

However, even though QQ went smoothly, there were still some doubts during the meeting at the general office.

Since its launch at the end of September, the features of Yixin's software have been particularly distinctive...so simple.

In particular, when everyone holds their own QQ and then uses competitors' products, the comparison looks completely different.

"Do you think this Yixin is too simple?" Xu Chenye wondered, "It doesn't even have a group. Is it really convenient? The premise of its functionality is that both parties must register. After the tide of public opinion recedes, can it be done? Form the most basic scale threshold?”

Yixin is different from the popular software styles today.

Xu Chenye was used to the trends in the industry, but when he used Yixin again, he felt naked and awkward.

However, before anyone else could express their opinions, several new messages appeared on their phones.

They lowered their heads in unison and raised their heads in unison. When their eyes intertwined, they knew that everyone had received the same message.

Nokia's Symbian platform accidentally announced the download numbers of Exin.

In two weeks from September 30th to October 14th, Yixin downloads exceeded 2.6 million.

It was as if Nokia also participated in the general office meeting and gave Xu Chenye a direct reply. It seemed that there was no need to worry about Yi Xin.

"This data..." Ren Yuxi looked at the phone hesitantly.

"It should be no problem. The YMS software store has changed to not display the download volume of Yixin. Nokia... conveniently released its data." Liu Chiping guessed.

Although I don’t know how Yike hooked up with Nokia this time, the two competitors can’t be so close to each other.

However, in this way, in just two weeks, Symbian alone had 2.6 million downloads. How many downloads did Yixin have among Yike and YMS ecosystem manufacturers?

This data can be estimated. Meizu, Hanwang, and Kesheng in the YMS ecosystem have successively launched mobile phones this year. The three of them are positioned as entry-level Android phones, and their combined sales volume is about 2.3 million units.

As for Yike, which is now the king of Android phones, according to its data, from the pilot operation last year to October now, domestic sales of Mars 1, 2, 3 and Selfy are around 7 million units.

This is the number of users that Yike's Yixin utilization system hardware can directly reach, about 9 million.

As for how many of the 9 million have accepted push notifications, downloaded and registered, only Yike knows the exact number.

However, based on the popularity of public opinion, Yixin may have four to five million registered users today.

Considering that today's users who are willing to try and use Android systems are usually more active, Yixin can be said to be very dynamic based on this foundation.

Someone said: "If we were bolder and imagined Yike's Android system to be more active, Yike's user level might have reached five to six million."

He was originally half-joking, but no one in the general office conference room refuted it, and the atmosphere became a bit stiff and uneasy.

How far can the public opinion driven by an unconventional competition performed on computers of hundreds of millions of users be driven by Yixin, which was launched to take advantage of the situation?

President Liu Chiping is extremely hopeful at this moment that he had pressed the veto button on attacking the Internet security field.

According to the development momentum of Yixin... I am afraid that a large chunk of the communications market will be taken away.

"So, this is Yike, no matter how much we value it, we can't overestimate it."

Seeing that Pony was silent, Liu Chiping announced the launch time of the new version of QQ: "On October 30, our QQ will be updated on all platforms, so everyone is ready."

Everyone in the conference room was refreshed. It was finally here to clear up the decline and revive the stock price on the 30th.