What’s Wrong With Me Being a Rich Man? - Chapter 248

Chapter 248 Eve (4k)

Mr. Yu is in action.

Dr. Yu is telling a joke.

Yu Liangxin is attending the wedding.

Yu Xing is very busy, so busy that he has no time to reply to WeChat…?

Liu Jiankai is very skeptical about this.

Regarding the tracking of the WeChat project, Xu Xin of Today Capital sent it to Liu Jiankai, who also accepted it happily and was also very curious about the final fate of this software.

However, WeChat companies have no obligation to disclose information to the outside world. Baixiaosheng Forum is upgrading its technology again. The Android application market is diverse, and Apple phones sell too little in China. Therefore, Liu Jiankai still tried to get the most authoritative data from Yu Xing’s mouth. .

However, none of the three messages within two days received a reply, especially when you can see new updates on Yu Xing’s Weibo, which is a bit annoying.

Liu Jiankai couldn’t help but post a blunt message: I saw you update your Weibo! Reply to my message! How many users are there in WeChat? !

After a while, when he couldn’t help but call, the reply came late.

Yu Xing: You are so annoying. How many users can you have just started? I’ll make you ten million?

Liu Jiankai asked: How many?

Yu Xing did not answer this question: Don’t be upset, you’re upset.

Liu Jiankai sent several WeChat messages in a row, but there was no response again.

He felt a slump in his heart when Mr. Yu was worried about Bai Xiaosheng’s technological upgrade, and he looked at his optimistic fighting spirit that was full of Weibo and programs…

Then, I can only be bothered with WeChat.

Technical issues? Market response?

Most likely, the latter.

Liu Jiankai silently calculated that he felt that the money raised by WeChat should not have any financial problems at this stage, so he inexplicably felt a sense of empathy.

However, today’s vice president of capital cannot be put into practice, and Yu Xing’s worries and worries are very real.

Li Shanyou, who is negotiating cooperation on behalf of WeChat, has already negotiated with MediaTek twice, and the difference between these two times is that there are big differences in the cooperation prices between the two parties.

There is no problem with the unit price of pre-installed software given by MediaTek. One unit is $0.5, which is the current normal market situation, but it requires the cooperation scale of WeChat companies to be around 5 million Huaxia coins.

This means that MediaTek wants to reach a pre-installed cooperation of at least 1.4 million units.

The cooperation strategies of WeChat companies from internal testing to formal release were all small and beautiful attempts. Suddenly, a pre-installed investment of 5 million was not something that could not be afforded, but… some doubts about the final effect.

MediaTek’s chips are relatively low-end and now occupy most of the counterfeit phone market in mainland China.

From “factory pre-installation” to “registered use”, this money can only be used in the former, and the proportion of the latter is really unknown.

Assume that only 10%, only 140,000 users will be exchanged for 5 million Chinese coins.

Therefore, Yu Xing hopes to conduct small-scale tests before deciding what level of investment to make.

In addition to the cost-effectiveness of this kind of fund use, the adaptability of counterfeit phones will inevitably bring more pressure, which will be more troublesome compared to iOS, Android and even Symbian.

The only relief is that although there are many brands of counterfeit machines, MediaTek provides the so-called “Turnkey model”, which provides a highly integrated solution, and then the counterfeit machine assembles the screen, battery, shell and other components, which completes the production of mobile phones. .

In addition, MediaTek’s MTK platform is relatively simple, and WeChat can do simplified development similar to mobile QQ, which is not that difficult.

The difficulty is not high, debugging is troublesome, the effect is unknown, and the efficient use of funds is also needed.

Li Shanyou, who is on Baodao, is very hesitant, and Yu Xing, who heard the report, is also hesitant. One factor he needs to consider is whether MediaTek’s platform can support subsequent voice functions.

Technical Director Ge Zhijie gave a more affirmative answer.

It’s hard to support.

The hardware is weak, MediaTek’s processor is very low-end, and it will be difficult to handle real-time audio encoding, decoding and other operations, which can easily lead to lag.

The system is incomplete, far less than Android and iOS. Without a mature audio processing framework and network communication interface, it is very difficult to develop and adapt.

In addition, MediaTek’s counterfeit phone market is still mainly 2G, and WeChat’s voice function requires relatively high network stability, otherwise it is easy to have problems such as voice interruption and data loss.

Therefore, MediaTek’s pre-installation is destined to be a castrated version.

This also means that the users attracted by this cannot obtain iterative services.

Yu Xing knew the general direction, but this kind of detail of weighing the pros and cons is still very important. In the end… he decided to finalize this cooperation on the day when Bai Xiaosheng’s technology upgrade ended.

At the same time, the development cycle is tentatively set to one month, which means that by late August, a simplified version of the counterfeit WeChat is expected to be launched.

Yu Xing’s entanglement ended.

If the effect is not effective, you have signed all the text in black and white, so I hope the pre-installed registration and use ratio can be higher.

On July 23, Baixiaosheng’s website technology was upgraded.

As Yu Xing judged, Bai Xiaosheng, who had no competitors in China, did not lose much activity after such a short-term upgrade, but perhaps it was because the popularity had really passed, or maybe it was because everyone realized that it needed to protect the tea room. There is not much discussion about Penguin in the forum page, and it is replaced by a collection of jokes similar to Weibo.

The public opinion of “Dog Day” is very fierce. It has imposed Penguin’s label into the hearts of many Internet users. However, this has not shaken the fundamentals of Penguin’s business. The rebound and rising stock price proves the continued optimism of the capital market.

Yu Xing didn’t find anything unexpected.

What surprised him was that as soon as the website was restored, a party involved in the important news came to him in his private message.

Yang Lei contacted Yu Xing.

This is the ex-wife of the founder of Tudou.com.

How to say it.

Yu Xing was not looking forward to this person’s contact for consideration of investor relations, but he did know who was holding something at the moment he saw the name.

He asked the other party in a private message: “Why did you look for me? You can also post it directly on Weibo.”

“You are willing to bear the pressure of Penguin and have not given up to investors before. I believe you are the same this time, but I don’t know the Weibo platform. I still hope to create enough influence.” Yang Lei was very Be honest.

She was not on a whim, but was thinking about how to get back her own property.

Bai Xiaosheng’s Dr. Yu is famous in the world, especially if he doesn’t make the website **** this time, he will not give in, so he is naturally trustworthy.

If Dr. Yu rejected it, she may not choose Weibo, but instead announces the lawsuit through the media.

Yu Xing had nothing to ask, and he also assured the objectivity of the platform to the party for being “debunked by reputation”.

When he finished his communication with Yang Lei, he flipped through the address book on WeChat and fell into deep thought.

Last time I seemed to have agreed to vent my breath with Xu Xin in advance.

This is ahead of time…

Yu Xing thought about it and said that Bai Xiaosheng didn’t seem to have received the help of investors during this technological upgrade. He would ventilate five minutes in advance, which would be considered as a violation of the previous words. Let this matter be put aside for the time being, and it will not happen until Tudou.com announces its IPO, but it is not far away.

Well, she has dealt with Mr. Xu a lot, so she should be able to adapt.

Yu Xing did not care about this matter, but only marked it in brief terms on his mobile phone.

Li Shanyou and MediaTek finalized a cooperation agreement and successfully spent the largest expenditure of WeChat company at the market level. He immediately returned from Baodao and then negotiated the same pre-installed cooperation with mobile phone brands such as ZTE and Huawei.

Unlike MediaTek’s platform that still needs to be developed, cooperation between this type of manufacturer is very simple. Just integrate the software into the system and then produce it.

There are no high-end brands of Android phones in China, so it is not a problem to cooperate with such pre-installation. It is always good for mobile phone manufacturers to earn more. But surprisingly, their prices are 50 cents lower than MediaTek. , the cost-effectiveness is very high.

Customers are slowly accumulating, the technical team is silently debugging, mobile phone brands are visiting one by one, and capital expenditure is gradually increasing.

MediaTek spent 5 million, which was like opening the valve of market investment, and soon saw a new high and climbing to 10 million per transaction.

The total funds used by WeChat companies for market actions are US$5 million, which is 34 million Huaxia coins.

From late July to mid-August, with the finalization of brands such as MediaTek, ZTE, Huawei, Samsung, HTC, etc., the money in the company’s accounts is also almost exhausted.

When Li Shanyou returned to Shencheng and saw Yu Xing, he only had a feeling: “Mr. Yu, it’s satisfying!”

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

“Since it’s so satisfying, why can’t Motorola and LG negotiate?” Yu Xing didn’t care about funds at this time. Now it’s a bit like Bai Xiaosheng’s advertising through Fenzhong Media before. Since he has made a call, he has to go through it.

Li Shanyou’s answer is very simple: “They don’t like it, they are too lazy to talk about it, and they look down on it. If they want to negotiate, the price will be very high.”

Not all negotiations went smoothly, and WeChat didn’t have that much bargaining chip.

Yu Xing was not angry and nodded, “It depends on marketing and app stores.”

Li Shanyou asked a key question: “The remaining funds…”

“Kestaffa is willing to invest another $5 million, which is the last ammunition at this stage.” Yu Xing said calmly, “It can be said that it is basically a stutter.”

Li Shanyou looked at the young boss in front of him and exhaled: “This is really a stumbling…”

He couldn’t help asking, “What are the conditions for Kestrel?”

“Take a try and see if we can get new funds after we spend the money.” Yu Xing pondered, “Horse has invested money in Bai Xiaosheng before, and then handed over the shares to IDG and others. This time, …”

He didn’t say too much, shook his head and said, “It depends on the market performance anyway.”

The cooperation Li Shanyou negotiated during this round of going out did not start immediately. First, he was waiting for the start of school season in September, second, there was still time for development and debugging, and third, changing the change was more suitable for concentrated publicity.

Yu Xing also made an appointment to record “You’re the One” at the end of August. At that time, he will mention the benchmarking between WeChat and Feixin, and will also use his own Weibo to promote it.

That is, the end of August is the time when WeChat has put forward the banner.

If the penguin doesn’t care, WeChat will take more time. If the penguin cares, WeChat can also have at least more than a month of its development cycle.

By then, personal reputation, Weibo platform, Baixiaosheng users, college student groups, Android application market, iOS store, MediaTek and the mobile phone brand that just talked about will form a joint force.

Work together to kill Xiang Feixin!

Yu Xing will keep the last amount of publicity funds in his hand. When the 3Q war begins, he will change his flag and fight at the penguin.

The key point at that stage depends on whether there is new funds coming in.

Yu Xing felt that there was a risk, but judging from the previous round of calls from Today Capital, this risk has been reduced.

It is difficult for Li Shanyou not to ask: “Mr. Yu, what should I do if Soha loses?”

“The opponent is Penguin, isn’t it normal to lose?” Yu Xing asked back.

Li Shanyou shook his head and said, “Where is the money? What should I do if the money I invested in?”

“Just get out of here.” Yu Xing said lightly, “If you lose, you lose. Can you still refuse to admit it? If you lose, there will be Bai Xiaosheng. Bai Xiaosheng still has hope of going public. As long as it goes public, you can continue to have money to make ends meet. .”

Li Shanyou looked at the young man in front of him and gave a thumbs up: “Okay, Mr. Yu, my trip is really in vain.”

If you spend money, you can still see the results of the trouble.

He felt that the depression of leaving Ku6.com was wiped out.

“Work work. I was very anxious at the end of last month, but now looking at the increase in WeChat users, it is actually quite good. After all, we are controlling its publicity and investment.” Yu Xing rubbed his temples.

Li Shanyou asked, “How many users are there today?”

Yu Xing gave an accurate number: “306,800.”

In the 13 days after the release on the 5th of last month, it was 80,000, and from the 18th to the 16th of today, there was an increase of 226,800, and the average daily increase has risen to 8,100.

Considering that there are some promotional activities during the first launch, there will be a significant increase after removing this factor, which is the effect of the product itself.

After calculating the numbers, Li Shanyou said, “There is still some gap. The key is the effect of September promotion.”

According to the original plan, the best effect of WeChat’s financing was 3 million users in three months, and now this natural growth is at most over 1 million in three months.

Although the threshold for entering IDG negotiations, the funds required to compete with Penguin must be more.

“The pre-installed registration ratio is uncertain, the effect of campus promotion is unknown, and the continuity of the application market is worrying.” Yu Xing frowned and mentioned the pressure that kept lingering in his mind, and smiled, “But there is something that can be confirmed. , WeChat is indeed easier to use than Fexin.”

From the 5th of last month to the 16th of this month, the 306,800 customers we have obtained are all for the name of “Feixin”, and their high active proportion proves one thing.

Easy to use.

It’s indeed better than Fexin.

This is the real review that Yu Xing saw from the comment sections of different application markets.

Users will not analyze what competition, what market to consider, or what giants to worry about. They only have simple experience in using it, and this easy to use can obviously be transplanted to a certain extent to compare with QQ.

WeChat only considers instant messaging, and QQ has more things to consider.

In August 2010, Yu Xing, who gradually became an internet celebrity in the first half of the month, suddenly kept a low profile in the second half of the month, no longer creating new jokes or talking about previous public opinion, as if he had already separated from Penguin.

However, his side is wider and the penguin’s muscles have not finished showing off.

In the last week of August, Bai Xiaosheng users reported that a larger area of ​​QQ doctor was silently upgraded to a computer manager without any prompts.

Once the public opinion passes, the stock price is the same as before and the behavior remains unchanged.

Penguin’s market share in Internet security software has increased significantly.

It’s tolerant, but Zhou Hongyi can’t bear it.

(End of this chapter)