Tencent's actions were very fast.
After all, the other party was an Internet giant for many years. Moreover, Ma Huateng had already made up his mind. There was no delay this time.
On the 23rd, Li Dong had just arrived at the company.
Not long after, Liu Hong and Zhang Xiaolong arrived together. Both of them looked a little nervous.
As soon as they entered, Zhang Xiaolong said in a deep voice, "General Manager Li, Tencent should have realized what was going on!
In the morning, Tencent updated the WeChat version and added a lot of new things.
The other party also copied our function of searching for nearby people.
Previously, the other party had concerns and was afraid that we would cause trouble. Therefore, they should have prepared to improve it before going online. Now, they did not make any improvements and went online directly. Obviously, they are not prepared to wait.
In addition, QQ has also begun to promote it!
At present, the new version of WeChat is no longer the same as before. You must use your mobile phone to register. Instead, you can use your QQ account to log in directly. This is also proof that QQ has officially entered WeChat.
Also … "
As he spoke, there was a sudden knock on the office door.
Bai Su rushed in and said, "General Manager Li, CEO Liu, Far away Technology just called. QQ has launched a pop-up window promotion on the PC side, promoting WeChat. Also, their mobile QQ homepage has embedded a download link for WeChat. Tencent's portal has also updated its content. The homepage is about WeChat promotion … "
Zhang Xiaolong and the others frowned. Then, Liu Hong said, "It seems that the other party has officially started to promote it! WeChat has only been online for a week. Logically speaking, Tencent should not be promoting it at this time. Now that they have used QQ's resources, if WeChat is not accepted by the market in the future, it is very likely that QQ will be attacked. With Ma Huateng's personality, he should not be so extreme. Far away is still in the market testing stage. The other party directly used their trump card in a week. Obviously, they are aware of our intentions. "
Zhang Xiaolong also added, "Indeed. Within Tencent, it has only been a week, and the product has not passed the open beta period. It's too fast to promote it now. "
Li Dong listened to their conversation and nodded slightly. "It seems like Ma Huateng has realized it.
Originally, I wanted to delay it until May. Now, it seems like there are no changes to the plan. Let's start our drainage plan immediately!
We're not afraid of him when it comes to marketing and attracting traffic.
Weibo, Mall, Peapod, PP, pop-up windows, Wan Toon … Promote them all!
Also, prepare for the release of the new version.
This time, there was no need to procrastinate. Let's just get straight to the point and go live with the voice version.
In addition, the QR code scanning, adding friends, WeChat red packets, and WeChat payments were all ready to be updated at any time.
Finally, his WeChat Moments were always ready.
What can Ma Huateng use to compete with me if I play everything in one go?
In terms of preparation, I'm much earlier than him!
That's right, once they've lost on the mobile platform, it's very likely that they'll be able to get back at the PC platform.
Activate our previous plan. Forget about the companies that we've negotiated with before. If we haven't, throw more money at them!
I'll get all the games on Tencent's side to go offline. All the music won't be licensed to them. Without value-added services, let's see how they can still charge fees.
On PP's side, we'll start the free policy on May 1st. All value-added services will be free for three months!
Publicize to the public and celebrate Labor Day and the fifth anniversary of Far away's establishment!
Also, send all kinds of red packets and coupons to PP and WeChat. Immediately go online on Wan Toon. We've been preparing to do some promotional activities, and now is the right time.
This time, we won't do any big promotions on other platforms. We'll do it on our own platform.
Give more discounts!
On the capital side, there are still 2.5 billion yuan on the books. Throw it all in!
Tencent has 2 billion yuan. Push them to death!
Leak the news to the public. Tencent has no liquid funds. How much is their annual revenue?
Although the market value is not low, the market value is not real money. Tencent can try to cash out if they have the ability!
Finally, when it's necessary, release the news. Far away and Tencent will die. Create a large-scale panic in Xiangjiang.
I don't need to teach you how to do it.
Let the shareholders panic, sell their shares, and pull down Tencent's stock price. Just use Ali as a comparison. Xiangjiang now hates Ali. Tencent will be the next Ali! "
Because Ali privatized Ali Network at the issue price, it caused some shareholders to suffer heavy losses. Now, it is very unpopular in Xiangjiang.
Li Dong said, "Also, when the time comes, try to contact the two major shareholders of Tencent. Everyone can sit down and talk. Although we can't directly raise Tencent now, we can invite them to talk. As long as they accept, we can hype it up! There's no need for a real merger, and there's no such possibility. Far away and Tencent's resources don't complement each other that much. What they have, we have. Their users have a high degree of overlap with ours. If we kill them, these users will be ours sooner or later, including their resources! "
Li Dong listed out the plans one by one. These had been prepared long ago, but now the plan was advanced. Liu Hong and Li Dong were not surprised.
Just when the two thought it was over, Li Dong suddenly said, "One more thing. The final competition will definitely spread to the PC side. At that time, if we can't win quickly, we will use technical interference if necessary! "
The two's faces changed. Liu Hong hurriedly said, "In this way, it will inevitably cause a large number of users to resent us. Users may have reverse psychology, causing a completely opposite outcome. We and Tencent don't have to Far away … "
Li Dong said in a deep voice, "I know. I didn't say PP. I said Far away all the software!"
It would have been better if he didn't say it. After he said it, Liu Hong was even more shocked. "No! If we do this, our opponents may hit us when we are down. Taobao, Sina Weibo, Alipay, these platforms can't wait to occupy our market and divide our resources … "
Li Dong waved his hand and said, "I said this is the last thing we need to do. Furthermore, even if we don't do it, it doesn't mean that Tencent won't do it. In short, I don't want Far away to be tainted. It's best if Tencent can take the initiative to do it. If not, then we will do it. But don't be too obvious. If we do it so that people can't figure out who did it first. When that time comes, we will put the blame on Tencent. At most, we will just have a war of words with each other. We will talk about this later. Go and assign the tasks first. "
Seeing that Li Dong seemed to have made up his mind, Liu Hong and Zhang Xiaolong had no choice but to leave the office together.
…
On the 23rd, Tencent started a large-scale promotion of Weibo.
QQ was the industry leader after all. It claimed that Tencent had 600 million users. Although the actual number of users was far from this number, it still had around 200 million users.
A large-scale promotion, even if it was only 1%, was not to be underestimated.
On the 23rd, the number of Weibo users increased by more than 600 thousand!
In one day, Weibo, which had only been online for a week, had more than 800 thousand users, narrowing the gap with WeChat.
Moreover, this kind of promotion would not be effective in a day. It might continue to grow in the future.
At the same time, Far away was not idle.
On the 23rd, not long after Tencent's large-scale promotion, Far Away also responded.
Far Away's Internet industry, almost all the platforms had pinned WeChat's message.
In an instant, the number of WeChat users began to skyrocket.
…
Amateurs were really watching the show.
To ordinary people, it was normal for two companies to promote their new products.
Although one was WeChat and the other was Weibo, it felt similar, even similar to PP and QQ. Ordinary people would not care about these. They just wanted to play. If it was not fun, they did not play. It was not a big deal.
However, the two companies promoting the same type of products at the same time attracted the attention of many people in the industry.
…
Lin 'an.
Ma Yun tapped the table lightly and said after a long while, "A storm is coming. It seems that I did not guess wrong. Li Dong's target is still Tencent!
Ma Huateng had already reacted. The two sides would fight each other. This time would not be too fast.
This is also our opportunity!
While they are fighting, we can develop ourselves and find a chance to stab Yuanfu in the back!
I don't believe that in the face of the attack of many companies, Li Dong can still sit on the fishing platform so calmly!
Although he was bewitching Tencent before, it also exposed that he could pose a threat to a certain industry at any time. Now, everyone is afraid of him.
This time he targeted Tencent. What about next time?
Are we going to defend like this every time and wait for him to attack us?
It seems that I have to find someone to talk to. Let's join hands to kill Far Away and divide the fruits of victory Far Away. That is the real harvest!
Always pay attention to the situation of Far Away and Tencent. No matter what, report to me at any time. "
Everyone agreed and then went to busy themselves with the preparation.
…
At the same time.
Some small and medium-sized game companies and entertainment companies received calls from Far Away.
They removed the games, music, movies and other products developed by themselves from Tencent.
As for the liquidated damages, Far Away would compensate them!
Meanwhile, on Distance's side, they had also offered a higher price tag and were even willing to sign a long-term cooperation agreement.
Far Away did not find large companies, and it was useless to find them. Large companies would not bet at this time. Once they failed at this time and Tencent won in the end, they would be in trouble.
Moreover, this was not good for the company's reputation. Far Away's increased bargaining chips were not enough to recover the loss.
But in fact, what Li Dong wanted was not really their agreement.
Even if they breached the contract, Tencent would not take it down. There would be a lawsuit. Tencent was not stupid. Taking down the third party's products at this time was really asking for death. Far Away's malicious competition was inevitable.
The reason why Li Dong did this was to build momentum.
To give the outside world the impression that Tencent had been deserted. Even if they survived now, they would not be able to survive in the future.
…
Other than promoting, both sides had other strategies.
April 24th. Tencent's research and development department. Three senior technical staff submitted their resignation reports!
The moment he received the resignation report, Ma Huateng said with a cold face, "I will not agree! Even if I agree, it will not be now! I will not stop them from going higher, but at this time, we are competing with Far Away. According to the original non-compete agreement, even if I resign, I will not let them enter Far Away! "
After Ma Huateng finished speaking, Xu Chenye sighed, "The non-compete agreement has been signed, but don't forget Chen Lang. Also, if we don't agree to their resignation now, their hearts will not be here. In the end, they will inevitably blame us. If their hearts are not here, what's the point of being here? "
Ma Huateng snorted coldly, "Then let Li Dong spend money to poach people! I want to see how much money he has to poach people! A compensation of a few million, how much money does he have to compensate us? Li Dong is unscrupulous. He has no bottom line, including encouraging our partners to break the contract. This is unfair competition! Immediately sue them in court! "
As he said this, the secretary rushed in. "Chairman, Jiangbei's court just received news. Far Away has sued us! They are suing us for multiple infringements, including the red packet system and QR code technology. Some small and medium-sized enterprises are also suing us for multiple infringements … "
When this was said, Ma Huateng was a little embarrassed. Xu Chenye was also a little embarrassed.
Motherf * cker, they had just said that they would sue Distance Shooting Range, but before they could do anything, Distance Shooting Range had made the first move!
Ma Huateng exhaled and said, "They will sue them, and we will sue us.
The court will not make a decision so soon, and this is not urgent.
Oh, how are the negotiations with Sina going?
If Sina still does not agree to this, they will not be any better off if we fail this time.
Everyone knows about Li Dong's ambition!
If Sina Weibo and their web portals want to survive, they won't let anyone else grow big unless they deal a heavy blow to Li Dong and Distance! "
Xu Chenye quickly said, "We have started the negotiations, but not so soon. We need to wait a little longer."
"Increase the efficiency!"
"I know. Don't worry."
"… …"
… …
April 25th. Not only the industry insiders, but even ordinary netizens also noticed something amiss.
Far Away and Tencent started a war of words.
Ma Huateng had publicly accused Li Dong of using improper means to disrupt Tencent's operations.
Li Dong also retaliated on Weibo, claiming that he had sued Tencent for unfair competition and technology infringement, and Jiangbei's courts had accepted the case.
Suddenly, the netizens were overwhelmed.
Many people started discussing. "What's going on? Didn't both parties cooperate a few days ago? Tencent had invested in Far Away Mall, and Far Away had accepted Tenpay. They even held a press conference, and QQ will open a port to Far Away Mall in May … "
"That's right. Their attitude changed too fast. They were still good buddies a few days ago, and now they are falling out so quickly? "
"Is it because of Wechat and Weibo? I heard that these two products are similar, and they had advertised together. Could it be that they are fighting over this? "
"Who knows? Now we realized that these big bosses are not good people. They change their attitude faster than flipping a book. In a few days, they will be in a good relationship again. I really don't understand them. "
The netizens discussed among themselves, and the business world and other industries turned their attention to these two companies.
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