April 28th.
In the morning, when Li Dong had just arrived at the office, Bai Su reported, "General Manager Li, WeChat's domestic users have exceeded the 5 million mark, and the overseas users have also reached 2.2 million. And today's growth rate is even faster than two days ago! As the live broadcast time approaches, coupled with the appeal of the new version and other publicity, by 8 PM, Mr. Zhang previously said that the domestic users may reach 6 million … "
Li Dong did not care much about this, but asked, "Is there any movement from Tencent?"
Bai Su immediately said, "Yes, they have established a connection with Sina Weibo. Weibo users can enter WeChat through Weibo, and WeChat users can also share their activities on Weibo …"
"So fast?"
Li Dong was a little surprised. How many days had it been?
This kind of cooperation usually involved sharing of data. Under normal circumstances, these Internet companies valued their users' data more.
Now, in less than two days, both parties had established a barrier. It could be seen that they had really made up their minds this time.
Bai Su said, "In addition, on Ali's side, Taobao will be holding a large-scale promotion on May 1st, and many merchants will be participating. As for Taobao's merchants, they have reduced a lot of fees for Tmall merchants this time. Moreover, BAISHI announced its acquisition of Huitong this morning. Next, BAISHI, Huitong, and the newly established Xingchen Express will serve Tmall merchants together. In terms of B2C, Taobao is also going to adopt its own logistics model. "
Li Dong nodded slightly and said, "It was expected. Rookie's goal back then was this. In the end, Rookie was not Ali's rookie, so it did not succeed. Now that Ma Yun is doing his own logistics, it is normal for him to serve Tmall first. But in the end, there is one very important point … "
Seeing that Bai Su was listening attentively, Li Dong suddenly laughed and said, "The key is that Tmall is too weak! Just BAISHI and Huitong, together with the empty shell of Xingchen Express, can actually provide their own logistics services for Tmall Mall! If this news gets out, who wouldn't laugh their heads off? Three small delivery companies actually dared to say that they could satisfy Tmall's needs. How bad must their business be for them to do this … "
Bai Su was speechless at Li Dong's joke. Is this thing worth laughing at?
It's not like you don't know how strong Cat is. You're making it sound like this is the first time you've heard of it.
She didn't interrupt Li Dong's words. After he finished laughing, Bai Su continued, "Also, Suning is now stepping up the layout of the store system in the rural market.
With the help of the policy to promote home appliances to the countryside, the other party's layout was very fast. Gome's side was lagging behind due to funding issues.
In addition, Suning's online shopping center has also started to focus on the O2O route and has increased the promotion resources.
In addition, Best Buy and Suning had also started to receive renovations.
As for Five Star, Suning had also started negotiations and had the intention to acquire Five Star.
Bailian and Huarun Resources are consolidating their resources and continuing to expand. The northern market that we gave up, especially the capital market, is now occupied by them.
The Southern Market … "
Bai Su reported one by one, picking out the key points.
Li Dong had a lot of things to do. It was impossible for him to read all the documents and manage everything.
Now, he was not just an assistant to Bai Su. There were many people in the chairman's office. Their main task every day was to summarize the information, and then Bai Su would report to Li Dong.
Coupled with the establishment of the executive committee, Yuan Chengdao had also taken over a batch of affairs. Currently, Li Dong was relatively more relaxed than before.
If it wasn't for the recent events, he could have tried the taste of living in seclusion now.
After Bai Su finished her report, Liu Hong entered the office and smiled. "General Manager Li, the live broadcast room is ready. Do you want to take a look in advance?"
Li Dong was not in a hurry to take a look. Instead, he said, "Prepare for millions of people to enter. Is there any problem with the website?"
"Millions …"
Liu Hong was stunned for a moment. This lord was really confident!
However, Liu Hong immediately said, "No problem. The last live broadcast of the Olympic Games had more than millions of people watching. The website can handle it. The information processing will not be slow. Many of our data centers are in operation, and the data processing speed can keep up … "
This time, the live broadcast on the video website was different from some live broadcast platforms in the future.
Of course, this was also related to the fact that there were no relevant regulations in the field of online video.
Otherwise, audio-visual websites like PP Video would not allow individuals to directly broadcast.
Moreover, Li Dong's identity was not ordinary. Otherwise, even if there were no relevant regulations, he might not be able to directly broadcast on PP Video.
The licenses that PP Video and other websites had obtained did not include the business scope of personal live broadcast.
It was not impossible for anyone to directly stop Li Dong's live broadcast because of this point.
Of course, doing this at this time would really offend Li Dong.
Even if someone wanted to do it, the government would not do it.
When Li Dong heard that there was no problem, he got up and said, "Let's go take a look and familiarize ourselves with the operation. If there are too many people, I don't know what to do. This is my first time, I have to commemorate it … "
As he said that, someone suddenly laughed at the door. "First time, Li Dong. You still have your first time? That means you are still a virgin? "
Li Dong glanced at him and frowned. "How did you come in?"
Hsu Shengzhe shrugged. "I didn't see Bai Su, so I came in directly."
"F * ck, do you have any professional ethics? I am talking about trade secrets, and you came in without knocking? "
Li Dong cursed. Bai Su was not around, but there were still people outside. However, everyone knew that Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe had a good relationship.
Furthermore, this fellow had entered without any hesitation. It was not appropriate for the others to stop him, and it was too late for them to do so.
After being scolded by Li Dong, Hsu Shengzhe was speechless. "Trade secrets, my ass. I heard that you are going to do a live broadcast. It sounds interesting, so I came to take a look. Why? Bring me to take a look? "
"What's there to see?"
Li Dong said perfunctorily, then said, "Don't try to learn from me. I am different from you. I am the richest man in the world, a business legend, the nation's prince charming … When I do a live broadcast, no matter what I do, even if I go to the toilet, countless people will be willing to watch. If you want to use this method to promote Longhua, just wash up and go to sleep. It would be a wonder if anyone would care about you! "
Li Dong did not lie. He was doing his own thing. His reputation was greater than the biggest international star. In the business world, there were not many business tycoons who were more famous than him.
Bill Gates was one, and Warren Buffett was barely one.
As for the other business tycoons, famous people in the future, many of them had not fully risen yet.
Zuckerberg, Ma Yun, and Gang Leader Qiao were far less famous than Li Dong at this time.
As for Hsu Shengzhe, many people in Jiangbei did not know him, much less the entire world.
Hsu Shengzhe was a little tired. "Did I say I want to do a live broadcast? I just want to see something interesting. Do you have to be so mean to me? Yes, you are famous. Even if you go to the toilet, people will watch. Why? Do you want to try doing it tonight? "
"Don't provoke me …"
"General Manager Li!"
Liu Hong could not help but shout. His face was a little helpless. What was the point of competing!
If he was provoked to do a live broadcast in the toilet, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
Li Dong coughed lightly and did not continue. He took a step and said, "I can't be bothered with you. Let's go to the live broadcast room. The other preparations are done. Tonight's main goal is to promote WeChat, not to chat with everyone. Oh, Hsu Shengzhe, if you have nothing to do, cooperate with me. I will also help you increase your reputation. "
Hsu Shengzhe said warily, "Don't think of tricking me! I don't care about other times. But this time, there will be a lot of people watching. If I get tricked by you, I will fight you to the death! "
If it was other times, it did not matter if they talked in private.
If they were to be tricked by Li Dong in public, it would be very embarrassing.
Other entrepreneurs would not do such things, but it was hard to say for Li Dong.
This was not the first time Li Dong tricked people. During his previous interview, he tricked many people.
But at that time, no one was present, and they treated it as gossip. This time, he was tricked in person. That would be terrible.
Li Dong said with a dark expression, "Do you want to do it or not? I'm just thinking that Long Hua has a lot of plans recently, and I have shares in it. I can help you increase your popularity and save some advertising fees, but you don't want to. Also, if you want to go public in Hong Kong, can you do it without fame? Without fame, who knows who you are? Who knows who you are? But if you do the live broadcast with me, even if you are just a temporary supporting role with ordinary props, it will be different. At least you can be a supporting role for me, Li Dong, and your status will be elevated all of a sudden … "
Hsu Shengzhe's face was even darker than his face. He said angrily, "Am I so miserable? I am a billionaire, and I own one of the top ten real estate companies in the country. Why do you say that I am worse than a beggar? "
"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't want to do it, then forget it …"
Li Dong did not continue and followed Liu Hong out of the office.
Hsu Shengzhe gritted his teeth and followed them. He said suspiciously, "Are you sure you won't trick me?"
"Get lost!"
"Be civilized. This is your company. Isn't it shameful? If you really don't want to trick me, tell me, how can I cooperate? Also, I will do some advertising for Longhua. What do you think? Longhua is having a hard time now, so we should save as much as we can. After all, you have shares in the company. Don't you think so? "
"…"
When Liu Hong, who was at the side, heard their conversation, he felt a little tired.
These two were both tycoons. No one would underestimate them no matter where they were.
But what happened?
The two were discussing how to save advertising fees. Was it necessary?
…
In Shenzhen.
As time passed, the smoke in the office became more and more dense.
Ma Huateng smoked one cigarette after another. He was a heavy smoker, but he usually did not smoke like this.
Today, Ma Huateng's mood was exceptionally agitated.
After a while, Ma Huateng suddenly shouted. "Ask the rest to come to my office for a meeting!"
The secretary outside the door responded cautiously. Ma Huateng's temper was actually quite good, especially to his own people. Brother Ma had always been more protective.
But Brother Ma had been in a bad mood recently. Other than a few senior executives, the rest of the senior executives were afraid to meet him alone.
After about 10 minutes, the rest of the senior executives entered the office.
Zhang Zidong waved his hand the moment he entered the office. He frowned. "Pony, you should smoke less. Everyone is watching you. You are in a bad mood, and your emotions are unstable. It will affect the whole Tencent. Learn to control yourself. "
As one of the Five Tiger Generals, and other than Ma Huateng, Ma Huateng held the most shares, Zhang Zidong and Ma Huateng had always been on good terms.
Two years ago, there might have been some disputes.
But in the past two years, as Far away grew, the senior executives of the Tencent did not even have time to fight among themselves. Instead, their relationship became closer.
Hearing Zhang Zidong's words, Ma Huateng extinguished the cigarette in his hand and sighed. "Be careful next time. I was thinking about something just now and got a little distracted."
As he spoke, Ma Huateng gestured for the senior executives to sit down. He sighed. "Tencent is the most important bargaining chip. The entire group carried out a large-scale promotion, but the result was not as good as someone else's.
This live broadcast has not even started, but the industry, and even the whole world is looking forward to it.
It's just an advertisement. Do these people really think that Li Dong will teach them how to do business during a live broadcast?
I just looked at the data. WeChat has more than 5.5 million domestic users and 2.5 million foreign users.
The global users have exceeded the 8 million mark!
It shouldn't be too far away from 10 million. It might even be reached by tonight.
Also, the other party's new version made Li Dong pay so much attention to it. It's obviously not an ordinary change or improvement. I've been guessing that there's something different about the WeChat that Li Dong has high hopes for.
Combining some of the information we gathered over the past two days, as well as my own speculations, I can roughly guess their version mode.
The other party might be doing voice communication. "
Hearing Ma Huateng's words, everyone's expression changed. After a while, someone asked, "What kind of voice mode? Is it a direct call mode or a voice to data conversion mode? "
"I'm not sure. I'm just speculating. But we'll know everything tonight. Don't go back tonight. Also, the R&D and technical departments will be working overtime tonight. Let's watch Li Dong's live broadcast and analyze it. Far Away has definitely made extensive improvements to WeChat this time. Our only chance of survival is to catch up with them as fast as possible! "
Ma Huateng said a few words, but Zhang Zidong continued. "There shouldn't be any technical problems with WeChat's voice version. We can do it too. We've even tried it on QQ. We can do it on PC and mobile phones. But that's not the point … "
Ma Huateng said self-deprecatingly, "You're talking about the operators, right?
Didn't you see the rumors on the Internet?
Look at it now. Is anyone still talking about it?
Li Dong is more calculative than us. Moreover, he has more confidence than us. Although we're not weak in the IT industry, how can we compare to Far Away in terms of influence and overall strength?
The big operators are afraid of Li Dong, but that doesn't mean they're afraid of us.
Li Dong is doing it first. If he does it, we won't be under much pressure.
But if we do it first, you should understand how difficult it is. "
Everyone was speechless. This was the truth.
Li Dong did it because he had the confidence to do it and bear the burden.
The few mobile operators did not dare to challenge Li Dong. It was still the same saying, the strong are respected.
Faraway Group was strong, so they did not have to worry about certain things. But Tencent was different.
When you are weak, you have to endure. Even if Tencent's market value was more than 100 billion, the three major operators would not be too worried.
In his previous life, Tencent had a voice version before launching QQ For Pad. It was about 10 years ago.
But because of some policy reasons, they had to give it up.
Why give it up?
In fact, it was easy to understand. About 10 years ago, they did not have the strength to touch the core interests of the operators.
It was not until later that everyone was doing it. This model became a trend, and the operators could not reverse it. Hence, there were voice versions of WeChat and Mi Chuan.
Ma Huateng sighed for a while, then finally pulled himself together and said, "Let's not care so much. The main reason I called you here is for this! Li Dong, this guy, will definitely ridicule us tonight. We don't have to care about him. Let's watch the new version of WeChat seriously. When Far away updates the version, we will immediately start studying. We will strive to release the new version within a week! Once Mi Chuan fails … "
Ma Huateng did not say this for no reason. Li Dong's influence was greater than they thought.
WeChat's users were almost breaking 10 million. This was a terrifying figure.
On the mobile side, their failure rate now seemed to be as high as 90%.
Far away's movement was too fast. Tencent could not keep up in a short time. Ma Huateng paused and said in a slightly low voice, "If the mobile side fails, then prepare to compete on the PC side!"
Everyone's face turned serious. This was a matter of time, and everyone was mentally prepared.
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