"Brother Big Pao, we have to communicate with the relevant departments tomorrow."
"Chen Yu, it's fine. The higher-ups are here to mediate. They won't do anything to us."
"I'm afraid it's not just mediating."
After receiving the call from the higher-ups, Chen Yu went to Bei City that day.
He contacted Zhou Hongyi first.
"Not mediating?"
Zhou Hongyi asked curiously, "Is there something else?"
Chen Yu took a sip of tea and said seriously, "Since the higher-ups introduced the Internet management method last year, the major Internet companies have not taken it seriously."
"This is normal. The management method is just a management method. They have not legislated it yet."
"Although there is no legislation, the management method was drafted by the higher-ups. It is basically equivalent to a law. However, we have been ignoring this law for a while. I'm worried … "
"You're worried that the higher-ups want to make an example out of us."
Zhou Hongyi was scared when he heard this.
Although the higher-ups usually do not care about you, if they really care about you, you will regret it.
"It can't be. Aren't the higher-ups still supporting the Internet?"
"The general direction is to support, but they have to support people who are obedient."
"That's true."
Chen Yu wasn't scaring himself with these words for no reason.
In his previous life, the higher-ups created a storm in 2003 to rectify the Internet.
Now, they were in a big battle with Baidu. Who knows if this storm will erupt from their side?
"Brother Chen Yu, what do you think we should do?"
"What can we do?"
Although Chen Yu was worried, he was not particularly nervous. He thought for a while and said, "Actually, the higher-ups want to show us that as long as we admit our mistakes and have a good attitude, there shouldn't be any big problems. But if we don't have a good attitude, then we will be in trouble. "
"You're right. I was a little arrogant yesterday."
Although Zhou Hongyi was arrogant, it depended on who he was dealing with.
Zhou Hongyi was more arrogant than anyone to his competitors and similar Internet companies.
But when faced with the higher-ups, how would he dare to be arrogant?
"So, we must let the higher-ups know our attitude tomorrow."
"I'll listen to you."
Zhou Hong nodded. "Then how are you going to deal with Baidu?"
"It's fine. We didn't think that we could keep changing our personal homepage. This method is too shady. The higher-ups definitely won't sit by and do nothing. Anyway, we've already stopped them a few times, and we've achieved our goal. "
Even if 3721 stopped modifying the homepage, Yi Search's market share would still increase to 35% -45%.
Of course, the market share might decrease after they stopped modifying the homepage.
But it didn't matter.
This was because Yi Suo already had enough strength to challenge Baidu.
"If that's the case, then I'll stop modifying my personal homepage at midnight tonight."
"Brother Big Pao, your attitude is very good."
Chen Yu's face was covered in tears.
This fellow admitted defeat even faster than him.
However, this was nothing.
Chen Yu liked to deal with such people.
Their discussion came to an end.
The next day, the higher-ups summoned the people in charge of Baidu, Huanyu Technologies, and 3721 for mediation.
Although it was said to be mediation, Chen Yu guessed what the higher-ups meant.
Of course, the higher-ups didn't want Baidu and Huanyu Technologies to continue fighting like this.
Both of them were relatively important enterprises.
One was a major search engine.
The other was an instant messaging company.
They played a vital role in the construction of the entire Internet.
But if they weren't regulated at all, then what was the use of them?
However, it was very strange that when Director Wang called the three parties together, Huanyu Technologies actually admitted their mistake first.
They admitted that they used unfair competition methods and were willing to accept punishment from the higher-ups.
At the same time, 3721 also said that 3721's illegal modification of their personal homepage violated the Internet Management Trial Measures issued last year. They were willing to accept punishment from the higher-ups and were also willing to accept supervision from the higher-ups. At the same time, Zhou Hong also said that they had completely stopped using unfair competition methods at midnight last night in order to express his attitude.
Although Director Wang felt that this attitude of admitting their mistake was a little strange, he understood that the two parties understood the situation clearly.
He felt a little gratified in his heart. He originally wanted to severely punish the two parties, but in the end, the matter was settled with a fine of 5 million yuan each.
As for Baidu …
Chen Yu and Zhou Hong didn't say anything bad about Baidu.
On the other hand, Li Yanhong felt that it was strange. He didn't understand why the two of them admitted defeat so quickly.
Could it be that they were pressured by the higher-ups?
It made sense when he thought about it this way. No matter how powerful the two companies were, they wouldn't dare to go against the higher-ups.
However, when Director Wang asked about Baidu's bidding ranking, Baidu's music, and Baidu's image allegedly infringing on intellectual property, Li Yanhong tried his best to defend himself. He emphasized that they didn't infringe on intellectual property. Baidu only provided search content and didn't have any source of content.
As for the bidding ranking, Li Yanhong also said that it was an inevitable result of market competition.
Director Wang didn't know if this was possible …
In the end, after this mediation, the Baidu incident came to an end.
3721 stopped modifying Baidu's and hao123's homepages. Baidu also recovered 80% of its traffic.
On the other hand, Huanyu Technologies and 3721 were also punished by the higher-ups. They didn't dare to compete unfairly anymore.
Everything proved that Baidu won this incident.
However, Baidu didn't expect this.
After the Baidu incident ended, the relevant departments from the higher-ups launched an internet rectification storm.
This rectification involved almost all of the well-known internet companies in the country.
This included web portals such as Shin-Lang, Sohu, and NetEase.
Of course, it also included e-commerce companies such as Alibaba, Ebay, Zhuo Duo, and Dangdang.
At the same time, there were also major forums and chat rooms.
Or you might ask, "Did so many companies violate the rules?"
Sorry, but the answer was, "Yes."
In the early days of the internet's development, there was basically no internet company that could remain unscathed.
For example, web portals that looked relatively healthy. Did they really think that they didn't violate the rules?
No, no, no … Look at their voice services. They cooperated with major telecommunications companies to deduct fees. There were hundreds and thousands of complaints every day. But there were still complaints. They were still doing it. Why? It was because the profits were very high. For example, the ringtone service. It cost five yuan a month. After the expiration date, it would continue to be deducted. Or it wouldn't notify you that it was due. It could even be deducted for ten years. It seemed that a month's fee was very little. Adding up to a few hundred months, hundreds of millions of people … it was simply terrifying.
Let's talk about e-commerce.
There were too many counterfeit products on e-commerce platforms.
Not to mention 2003, even in his previous life from 2005 to 2008, they were still around.
It was only after the B2C model exploded that the number of counterfeit products decreased significantly. But they still existed.
Or you might say that there shouldn't be any problems with the chat rooms, right?
They were just simple chat rooms. What problems could there be?
Thinking about it too simply.
Many of the chat rooms had all kinds of content on Weibo posts.
Alright.
With this rectification.
Almost 90% of the internet companies in the country lost at least 30% of their profits that year.
And all of this … the source of all of this started from Baidu's report to the relevant authorities.
So …
[Shin-Lang: Suspending business cooperation with Baidu.]
[NetEase: Actually, users can choose other search engines.]
[Sohu: Sohu will launch a new search engine in the next six months.]
[Yi Qu: Don't trust Baidu's search results too much.]
[Dangdang: Considering blocking Baidu's crawler program.]
[Alibaba: Can we report Baidu's bidding ranking?]
In one night.
Baidu became the public enemy.
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