"Old Lei, how is our office software sales these few days?" Feng Yu called Lei Dajun and asked.
"The first three days of sales were good. But since the day before yesterday, there were some problems. It seems like Microsoft's pirated users had increased, and it affected our sales."
Huh? Microsoft's pirated users had increased? That was impossible, right? Microsoft had just introduced a new office software. How can it be cracked so quickly?
Even if it was a normal cracked version, without the activation code, it can only be used for a month. Also, when using Microsoft's operating system, it will be recorded automatically. Unless you reinstall the operating system, you cannot install the pirated version again. Are those people not afraid of trouble? Many people do not know how to reinstall the operating system, and they also need to spend money.
The WPS office software is only 69 RMB, and most people who use it often will choose to spend money to install it. Could it be that someone had created a fully cracked version?
"What's wrong? Do you know who had cracked Microsoft's protection program? Can we secretly poach him to our company? He's a talent. "
The people who made the Trojan horse and other viruses were also computer software experts. If such a person could walk the right path, the value he would create would definitely be very high.
"General Manager Feng, the situation is weird. There is a software called Office Activation Code Generator in the market. It can generate the activation code and activate the pirated Microsoft Office software. It is the same as the original version, and there are no restrictions!"
"We traced the initial appearance of this software, but what puzzled us was that this software suddenly appeared on the Internet the day before yesterday. Then, in a short period of time, a large number of major websites in the country were uploaded for free download. The first upload address is an internet cafe. "
"Someone had cracked it and uploaded it through the internet cafe. This is normal and understandable. But in less than two hours, it quickly appeared on many websites. This is very problematic. It means that someone is using the server to spread the news, letting many people know that there is such a free activation code generator! "
Feng Yu also felt something was wrong. Someone had cracked it, and they do not need to use it for profits. For example, they can charge 10 RMB for one activation code, and many people will be willing to try. Or, he could charge for the activation code generator. As long as he created a protection program, the activation code generator could only be used three times, or even once. Wouldn't he be able to earn a lot of money?
He didn't dare to say how many copies he could sell, but it shouldn't be a problem to sell tens of thousands of copies. That would be 100,000 yuan.
Even if this person does not want to make profits from this, he still let everyone know about this news. This is purposely targeting Microsoft. But the strangest thing is Microsoft did not say anything on the internet about Microsoft reprimanding or making a statement.
Normal companies would tell their consumers that this was a violation of the law and intellectual property rights. Even if Microsoft's software sales are not as good as Kingsoft, they can still sell a lot.
Even if there are 100,000 copies, based on Microsoft's previous selling price of 169 RMB, it will be more than 10 million USD.
Furthermore, how can Microsoft's sales be only 100,000 copies?
"You are saying this has something to do with Microsoft?" Feng Yu asked in shock.
"General Manager Feng, it's not that we are scheming. Just think about it. Microsoft's security program is one of the best in the world. This activation code generator should be one of Microsoft's core security programs. How can it be cracked so easily? If the person who cracked the activation code is a Microsoft developer, then it will be easy to explain. "
"Also, Microsoft did not do anything about this, and this is a form of tolerance. This way, more users will choose to download Microsoft Office software on the internet, and then download or get an activation code generator from their friends. "
"Although our office software is better than Microsoft's in some aspects, there are not many functions that are more useful. Moreover, it mainly added some advanced functions. Most people wouldn't be able to use those advanced functions. Although we are selling our products cheaply, who will be willing to spend money when there are free products? "
"But we still find it weird. If it is a Microsoft employee who did this, then it must be someone who hates Microsoft. But even so, Microsoft should also do something about it. Unless Microsoft wants to let piracy spread. But if they do this, it will affect the sales of our products, but what good will it do them? "
Feng Yu thought for a while. "This is beneficial to Microsoft. First, they can sue those who use pirated goods, especially those companies or even the government. Not only can they get compensation, but they can also expand their influence. "
"Secondly, they will let their users use Microsoft office software and abandon our office software. We had done a lot of marketing and effort to let the users get used to using our software. If the users do not buy our original software, then we will not be able to recoup our development costs and will incur losses. "
"Although Microsoft will also incur losses, they are a big company. It is not a problem for them to incur losses of 1 or 2 billion USD a year. If our Lenovo Kingsoft loses 1 or 2 billion RMB, the impact will be significant. "
Feng Yu understood what Microsoft is trying to do. They are trying to hurt each other.
Microsoft wants to use their stronger capital to defeat Lenovo Kingsoft, or at least make Lenovo Kingsoft suffer losses in their Office software. Without these profits, Lenovo Kingsoft's PC operating system and other software will be affected.
"Old Lei, have we recouped our development costs?" Feng Yu asked.
"We are not making any profits in the overseas market, and if we cannot sell our products in China, we might suffer some losses, but it will not be a significant amount. But based on our previous plans, we should have more than 500 million USD profits from our Office software. Without this money, all of our research and development plans will be seriously affected. "
"Our operating system is at a critical stage, and we need a large amount of funds. Our smartphone operating system is only used by Wind and Rain Mobile and Aiwa Mobile Phones. Also, our selling prices are not high, and there are not many profits. The competition in the anti-virus software market is too intense, and we can only rely on our enterprise level security to make some profits. Normal anti-virus software can only break even. "
Lenovo Kingsoft's development plans are in shambles.
But Microsoft had underestimated Lenovo Kingsoft, or rather, Feng Yu. It's just burning money. Everyone can afford it.
"I will return to China tomorrow and inform Old Liu to beg him to hold a meeting to declare war against Microsoft!"
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