"Boss Chen."
"President Qiu, I've heard a lot about you."
Chen Yu and Qiu Bojun met in Qiu Bojun's office.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two of them looked at each other.
For Qiu Bojun, Chen Yu had surpassed everything he had done in the past ten years in just a few years.
More importantly, the gap between Jinshan and Huanyu Technologies was widening.
In fact, there was almost no comparison at all.
Similarly, for Chen Yu, Chen Yu was also recalling Qiu Bojun's IT career.
Qiu Bojun was one of the first IT professionals in the country.
In the IT industry, he started much earlier than many people.
His products, Jinshan Poison Tyrant, Jinshan Ci Tyrant, Jinshan Typing, and WPS, were all the rage.
Unfortunately, Jinshan's glory came too early and did not reflect much of its value.
After the rise of the domestic Internet industry, Jinshan had declined.
In his previous life, Qiu Bojun chose to retire after Penguin acquired Jinshan and left the IT industry.
At this point, there was not much news about Qiu Bojun.
"I should be the one who has heard a lot about you, Boss Chen."
The two of them had a lot of thoughts in their minds. Qiu Bojun said, "Boss Chen, can you answer a few questions for me?"
"Of course."
Chen Yu looked at Qiu Bojun, puzzled.
He did not know why he would ask this.
However, thinking about Jinshan's current situation, Chen Yu could understand.
"President Qiu, what is it?"
"Do you think Jinshan Poison Tyrant will have a chance in the future?"
The first one Qiu Bojun asked was Jinshan Poison Tyrant.
In the anti-virus software industry, Jinshan Poison Tyrant was one of Jinshan's core businesses.
Unfortunately, this business was forced to the market by this person in front of him.
Although they still had a certain market share, Qiu Bojun vaguely felt that Jinshan Poison Tyrant would be forced into a corner by 360 in the future.
"No."
Almost without thinking, Chen Yu answered the question as soon as it was asked.
After 360 was released, there would only be one antivirus software market in the future. There would be no Jinshan, no Jiang Min, and no Ruixing.
"Of course, there are still some opportunities for the enterprise-level gold mountain."
Chen Yu told the truth.
Qiu Bojun's heart sank. He did not argue with Chen Yu and continued to ask, "What do you think of West Mountain Residence?"
"West Mountain Residence is an excellent game production company, but it might not be an excellent game operation company."
Chen Yu was also telling the truth.
"Boss Chen doesn't mince his words."
"Since President Qiu asked, it would be my fault if I didn't tell you the truth."
"Thank you."
Qiu Bojun wasn't angry.
It was not a bad thing for Jinshan that Chen Yu could directly point out their shortcomings.
"What do you think of the Zhuo You Network we invested in?"
Zhuoyue Net was a B2C e-commerce website.
From the development of e-commerce, whether it was B2C or C2C, it did not make much money in the early stages.
Needless to say, in this life, Huanyu Mall had created a money-burning competition model. Zhuoyue Net was not able to withstand it.
The founders of Zhuoyue Net, Chen Nian, Lei Jun, and the investor, Jinshan, were all interested in making a move.
Furthermore, there was currently a very good candidate to take over.
Amazon from the United States.
Even so, Qiu Bojun was optimistic about the domestic e-commerce market.
If he sold Zhuoyue Net now, he might lose the opportunity to enter the e-commerce market in the future.
But if he didn't sell it, Zhuoyue Net would still be no match for Huanyu Mall.
This made Qiu Bojun very hesitant.
"Zhuoyue Net can't compete with Alibaba or Huanyu Mall. Why don't we sell it to Amazon?"
"Boss Chen received the news?"
"How could he not know such big news?"
"How much do you think Zhuoyue Net is worth?"
"Amazon might offer around $70 million, but you can insist on $100 million."
In his previous life, Amazon's purchase price for Zhuoyue Net was $75 million.
In this life, Amazon's price was about the same.
"Of course, if Amazon thinks the price is too high, I can help you raise the price."
Chen Yu liked to do such good deeds.
"Thank you."
Qiu Bojun thanked him again.
In the industry, Chen Yu had a nickname. He was called the Prince of Price Raising.
Previously, 3721 got involved and sold for tens of millions of USD.
Later, Chen Yu went to Blizzard's World of Warcraft to raise the price and cheated NetEase.
Now, Chen Yu wanted to play the role of the Prince of Price Raising.
Of course, some people might say that since they knew Chen Yu was here to raise the price, they should just ignore him.
But in fact, if they did that, they would lose more.
If they didn't buy it, Huanyu Technologies might really raise the price.
Whether it was 3721, Blizzard's World of Warcraft, or Zhuoyue Net.
Huanyu Technologies had a reason to buy it. Moreover, if they bought it, it would be a huge threat to others.
Because of that, even if you knew that Chen Yu was raising the price, you still had to jump into his trap.
This was also the reason why Qiu Bojun thanked Chen Yu again.
Although Chen Yu might not be helping Jinshan by raising the price, attacking Amazon was also beneficial to Huanyu Technologies.
"One more question …"
After asking a few questions, Qiu Bojun had some confidence.
But the more confident he was, the colder Qiu Bojun felt.
Jinshan seemed to be on the verge of collapsing.
This business was going to die, and that business was going to be sold. Even if it was a barely passable online game business, it would at most make some money. Other than that, Jinshan had another core business.
This business was the office software business — WPS.
WPS had achieved great results in the past.
Even Microsoft's Office was defeated by WPS in the domestic market.
However, as the office got better and better, almost no one cared about WPS anymore.
It was very awkward to say that WPS was Jinshan's core business.
WPS could no longer make any money for Jinshan. Not only could it not make any money, but it was also losing money.
It could not make any money, and there was no market. WPS could be said to be Jinshan's worst business … without a doubt.
"President Qiu, you want to ask about WPS?"
"It seems that Boss Chen has already guessed it."
"I'm not guessing. Actually, I'm here for WPS."
Chen Yu told Qiu Bojun the reason why he came to see him.
"You're here for WPS?"
Qiu Bojun was a little confused. "Boss Chen is also interested in office software?"
"Yes."
Chen Yu nodded. "I want to invest in your company's WPS."
"Invest?"
Qiu Bojun was a little surprised. "Boss Chen should know the market share of WPS."
"I know, the market share is less than 1%."
"Then Boss Chen is still thinking about investing?"
"I just want to say that this is temporary. Actually, I think WPS is doing very well. As long as they change the way they play, change the packaging, and change the way they advertise, they will become popular."
These were Chen Yu's heartfelt words.
In Chen Yu's heart, he had always thought that …
In fact, Jinshan's core business was not drug lord, not Xishan Residence, and not e-commerce, but WPS.
Because only WPS could compete with Microsoft's Office.
In his previous life, WPS successfully achieved this.
In 2019, WPS occupied 45% of the domestic market. It was a miracle.
If Chen Yu operated it, the market share would definitely exceed 50%.
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