"Mr. Ding Lei, nice to meet you."
"Mr. Bill, nice to meet you."
Very surprising.
Today, NetEase had an uninvited guest.
And this uninvited guest was strangely familiar.
This uninvited guest was the founder of Microsoft and the current CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates.
Although Ding Lei had dealt with Bill before and had chatted with him for a while during the last West Lake Sword Theory Forum, Ding Lei had never met Bill before. However, Ding Lei was still surprised by Bill's unexpected visit.
But no matter what, he was surprised.
Microsoft was the world's most famous IT giant.
Whether it was its fame or status, it was influential in the world.
Bill's visit to NetEase was obviously not just for a visit.
"Mr. Ding Lei, NetEase is one of the most famous Internet companies in China. I really like NetEase."
"Mr. Bill, you're too kind. Microsoft has always been our learning partner."
"Mr. Ding Lei, I'm an American. I like to be direct. I'm here today because I want to cooperate with NetEase."
"Please go ahead."
This was exactly what Ding Lei wanted.
He was wondering why Bill was looking for him.
"I want to ask, how many users does your company have of NetEase Bubbles?"
"This …"
Ding Lei didn't immediately answer this question.
NetEase had been in the instant messaging business for a few years.
Their NetEase Bubbles was NetEase's instant messaging software.
However, after a round of competition with Huanyu Technology's YY, their NetEase Bubble had long become a marginal product.
"Mr. Ding Lei, I don't mean anything else. I just want to know more."
Bill saw Ding Lei's hesitation and explained.
"Although we still have some users of NetEase Bubbles, it has become a niche product with only a few hundred thousand users online."
This kind of data could be easily found by careful investigation.
Not to mention Microsoft's capabilities. Ding Lei thought for a while and decided not to hide anything.
After saying that, Ding Lei subconsciously looked at Bill. "Mr. Bill, are you planning to do instant messaging?"
"Mr. Ding Lei, Microsoft has been doing instant messaging since last year."
Bill smiled.
"Oh, yes, you have MSN, the instant messenger."
Although Microsoft was an operating system company, Microsoft was involved in more than just operating systems.
Microsoft has operations in browsers, databases, office software, instant messaging, etc., etc., and many other areas.
MSN was first launched in 1995.
However, at that time, MSN was mainly used for dial-up Internet access.
Later, MSN slowly became a portal website platform.
Last year, 2003, Microsoft entered the instant messaging market and launched MSN instant messaging software.
However, at that time, MSN mainly served Europe and America, and did not launch a Chinese version.
This time, it was obviously referring to the China market.
"Mr. Bill, you have too many businesses. You already monopolized the operating system market, why are you interested in instant messaging?"
"I wasn't particularly interested in instant messaging before, but then I participated in the West Lake Sword Conference. Mr. Ding Lei, you were also there."
"Mr. Bill, you were in attendance at the time."
"Yes, although I didn't express my opinion, I focused on one person."
"Chen Yu?"
"Yes, him."
Bill smiled and said, "It was Chen Yu. He made me realize the importance of instant messaging."
"Indeed."
Ding Lei sighed.
In fact, he had realized the importance of instant messaging a long time ago.
Therefore, NetEase had made plans for instant messaging early on.
Unfortunately, it didn't mean that you could succeed just because you realized the importance of instant messaging.
When they competed with Huanyu Technologies, their NetEase bubble was half-dead.
In other words, they didn't really compete with Huanyu Technologies.
At that time, Huanyu Technologies was competing with Penguin's QQ.
However, when Huanyu Technologies defeated QQ, their NetEase bubble was also destroyed.
Some of them were caught in the crossfire.
However, Ding Lei knew that this was just self-consolation. The real reason was that NetEase bubble wasn't doing well.
"Therefore, we want to cooperate with your company."
"We want to acquire NetEase bubble. Of course, we can also compensate you. NetEase can own a portion of MSN's shares. Of course, the shares won't be a lot. I hope Mr. Ding Lei can understand. "
"Acquire?"
Ding Lei was surprised, "Microsoft's strength is obvious. With Microsoft's strength, you can launch your own instant messaging software. It doesn't matter if you acquire NetEase bubble or not."
Although Ding Lei said this, he was actually reluctant to sell NetEase bubble.
Regardless of whether NetEase bubble was a fringe product, it was still a part of NetEase's instant messaging business.
No matter how bad it was, it could be considered a strategic arrangement.
"Haha, I know Mr. Ding Lei is reluctant. However, I've studied Huanyu Technologies. They're not an easy company to deal with. "
"Sorry, I can't reply to you right now."
"Mr. Ding Lei, please consider it. We are very sincere."
Although Ding Lei didn't accept, Bill wasn't angry. He smiled and left NetEase.
…
"Brothers, is anyone playing World of Warcraft?"
"What's so fun about World of Warcraft? We're playing Kyushu."
"F * ck, Kyushu is trash. You guys are playing Kyushu?"
"Trash?"
"Isn't it?"
In a gaming group, a hardcore World of Warcraft fan recommended World of Warcraft.
He loved World of Warcraft too much.
This wasn't only because he was a World of Warcraft fan, but also because World of Warcraft was the best in the world.
He had played Kyushu OL before. Compared to World of Warcraft, it was simply trash.
"F * ck, can't you speak properly?"
"I'm speaking properly. I know you guys aren't convinced, but I can prove it to you. For example, in terms of graphics, can Kyushu OL compare to World of Warcraft? "
In order to convince them, this friend took two screenshots of the game.
Indeed, from the screenshots, although Kyushu OL was impressive, the graphics were a bit rough.
However, as Kyushu fans, of course they weren't happy. They immediately said, "Fine, fine, fine. Your graphics are very good. Why is the number of people online so much lower than Kyushu OL?"
"Then you can only blame NetEase. It's NetEase's fault. It has nothing to do with World of Warcraft. Alright, let's talk about skills. World of Warcraft's skills are linked. Every class has its own characteristics and counters each other. In addition, this is also reflected in the equipment. May I ask, does Kyushu OL have such skills? "
"Don't talk nonsense. We just want to ask, why are there so few people online in World of Warcraft?"
"Uh … Let's talk about the map system. World of Warcraft has achieved a seamless map system. Does Kyushu have such a system?"
"The number of people online in Kyushu is almost 700,000."
"World of Warcraft has a bigger background than Kyushu."
"The number of people online in Kyushu is almost 700,000."
"Our quest system is much better than Kyushu."
"The number of people online in Kyushu is almost 700,000."
"F * ck … can you stop talking about the number of people online?"
"Okay."
"World of Warcraft's PVE system is the most powerful among all online games."
"The number of people online in Kyushu is almost 700,000."
"…"
This friend who recommended World of Warcraft in the group didn't feel good.
No matter what he said about World of Warcraft, the other party only said the same thing about the number of people online in Kyushu.
Yes.
This friend admitted that Kyushu had a lot of people online, much more than World of Warcraft.
But did having a lot of people online mean that Kyushu was better than World of Warcraft?
No, that wasn't the case.
"Brothers, we have to start a wave of publicity online."
This friend was somewhat excited. He felt that he had to contribute to the publicity of World of Warcraft.
Those guys were really retarded. They had to do something big.
"How are we going to publicize? NetEase made such a big publicity campaign, but it was useless. Can we do it?"
"Why can't we? NetEase is too trashy. If we rely on them, World of Warcraft's popularity will drop. Rather than that, we, the real players, might as well do it. We'll go to various websites, circles, forums, YY groups, blogs … and publicize everything. "
"Publicize what?"
"Publicize the comparison between World of Warcraft and Kyushu OL. Let all the players know whether World of Warcraft or Kyushu OL is more fun. Tonight, I'll write a comprehensive review post. You can copy it and post it. "
"Okay, we'll wait for your review."
Many hardcore fans of World of Warcraft were looking forward to it.
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