What’s Wrong With Me Being a Rich Man? - Chapter 277

Chapter 277 Outlook

Yu Xing, who is in Lin’an, briefly explained blockchain to Liu Jiankai, who is in Shencheng, on WeChat, and planned to meet in detail later.

However, three hours later, Liu Jiankai became a man in Lin’an as he flew into the flames.

Yu Xing was surprised and amused when he saw the bright former vice president of Today Capital in front of him: “Mr. Liu, I believe you can quarrel with me in your dream now.”

“Cough.” Liu Jiankai turned to face the West Lake in the sunset and explained his behavior, “I was idle at home, and I had nothing to do anyway, so I just came to take a look.”

Yu Xing didn’t expect that he would be so urgent and would be so interested in blockchain technology. He couldn’t help but secretly praised his keenness in his heart.

Don’t think that you are a little cowardly in normal times, you really have execution ability at this time.

He thought briefly and talked about blockchain that is easily understood by Liu Jiankai. This topic comes from the information decentralization that he talked about with Baidu Director before, so naturally he focused on “decentralization”.

In addition, Yu Xing had nothing to do this year and chatted with the company. A related entry point is that the WeChat system architecture design is a combination of layered and distributed, so he has a good understanding of the application of distributed technology.

Distributed technology is to distribute data or computing tasks to multiple nodes for collaborative processing, and blockchain technology is a typical application and innovative expansion of distributed technology.

Based on the former, the latter uses complex encryption technology to encrypt data to ensure security and privacy, and replaces central authority with mathematical rules to realize consensus algorithms, completing the decentralized trust mechanism.

Liu Jiankai became more confused the more he listened.

Seeing this, Yu Xing made an example: “The distributed system used in WeChat system is like a chain supermarket. Each branch sells the same thing, but the headquarters still purchases and price them. Blockchain is like a large farmers’ market. Each stall holds the account independently, but the account book is openly hung on the wall. Everyone votes together to confirm that the transaction is valid. If you want to change, more than half of the stall owners need to agree.”

Liu Jiankai pondered: “I roughly understand this difference, but it is not safe. If the encryption is cracked, it will be completely over.”

Yu Xing said patiently: “Like the Bitcoin I mentioned just now, its encryption algorithm uses hash functions, which is unidirectional and irreversible. It outputs a fixed 32 bytes whenever you input anything. If you want to crack it, you may have to use a quantum computer.”

Liu Jiankai shook his head and said, “When the quantum computer comes, won’t this collapse?”

Yu Xing smiled and said, “Quantum computers must also…”

He was about to talk about his outlook on this aspect, but suddenly he stopped what he said and turned it into various thoughts in his mind.

Perhaps there is always a mountain to support and work in secret. When certain problems arise in the heart, they are easily extended to attack and destruction. If there is no disaster, disaster will be caused.

WeChat’s development is becoming more and more in line with the original design. What can be manufactured or utilized in the future development of technology?

Yu Xing frowned, thought for a while, and murmured, “If you say that, if I have money, I have to invest in quantum computers and pay attention to the progress in this regard.”

Liu Jiankai laughed: “Yes, Mr. Yu, sometimes you are prone to stubbornness, sometimes you are easily convinced.”

“I just want to explore different possibilities.” Yu Xing shook his head, “Anyway, if you don’t have anything you want to do, you can pay more attention to this aspect. If you can do it, Liu Wanying has a good relationship overseas and may be able to attract funds.”

Liu Jiankai hesitated and did not express his opinion. He semi-passively ended the acquisition of new knowledge and instead asked about the situation of what he actually cares about most – WeChat.

From the beginning of the month to the end of the month, it is no secret that Mr. Yu went out to find the action of fighting against Penguin traffic, and it is said that there has been considerable progress. In addition, the WeChat server has crashed twice this month, which has also become a key point to be discussed in this round of competition.

It is capital, traffic, and technology confrontation.

Perhaps, there is also an innovative confrontation, but this point undoubtedly comes to the end, because Penguin does not allow innovation that is conducive to users to be not popularized.

“It’s not that good, nor that bad.” Yu Xing pondered, “Anyway, the capital vacancy today can be filled.”

He sighed again when he said this: “However, I didn’t expect Alibaba to have no idea at all. I just asked it for some traffic, but I refused them all.”

This not only makes WeChat still weaker than Penguin in terms of traffic, but also makes the final design come to nothing.

Ma Yi is not in China and I don’t know when he will come back. If the people on Alibaba are indifferent even if they are blocked, things will be very troublesome.

Yu Xing’s thoughts on this made him look solemn.

Liu Jiankai noticed Mr. Yu’s changes and said tactfully: “Mr. Yu, I have talked with Mr. Xu many times. Sometimes I feel that you want to do most of the things according to your own ideas, so… many things can be as good as your wishes? I think you can be sharp, but not as sharp as it is obvious. You can be stubborn, but you can also be more artistic.”

Yu Xing sneered: “It’s all my fault that I trust Xu Xin too much. She lied to me from the beginning.”

Liu Jiankai was puzzled: “What are you lying to?”

Yu Xing sighed, “She told me that she can bear pressure, but in fact, she can’t do it at all!”

Liu Jiankai: “…”

He rubbed his temples. Although he had left Today’s Capital and hated many of the projects he had encountered in the past month, he was standing in front of President Yu again at this moment, and the familiar and headache-provoking feeling was back.

“Forget it, you are no longer in today’s capital.” Yu Xing glanced at the WeChat message sent by Li Shanyou, “Ganji.com is harmful to its kind and has not agreed to cooperate with our traffic. Mr. Liu, if you have no place to go, come to WeChat to help me with work.”

Liu Jiankai finally heard the invitation he wanted to hear, facing West Lake, with his back to Mr. Yu, and said reservedly: “Ah? I just left Capital Today, I arrived at WeChat not long ago. This is not good.”

Yu Xing thought about it and it made sense, and the prospects of WeChat companies are indeed unknown.

He agreed, “Yes, that’s OK, let’s see again.”

Liu Jiankai turned around and frowned and said, “Mr. Yu, do you look down on me?”

Yu Xing said in surprise: “Why do you say this?”

“Otherwise, why did you just make a polite mistake just now and then disappear? Let’s not talk about my strong friend. I’m not careless about your affairs when I was in Capital today, right?” Liu Jiankai said dissatisfied, “If you want to do this, I still have to enter the WeChat company!”

Yu Xing looked at Liu Jiankai in front of him suspiciously and wondered, “You won’t think about coming to WeChat since Capital resigned today, right? I haven’t seen you look for me in the past 10 or 20 days.”

Liu Jiankai asked concisely: “Just say, will you collect it?”

Yu Xing hesitated for two seconds and said, “If you are willing to come, I will definitely welcome you.”

Liu Jiankai nodded with satisfaction when he heard the answer he wanted. This was what he deserved to be hanged at the door of Bai Xiaosheng’s office!

“But to be honest, after Penguin started to take a thorough action, the pressure on WeChat has become even greater.” Yu Xing handed a cigarette, not thinking about Liu Jiankai’s mentality, but just talking about the status quo. “Just like the company I visited this time, everyone may be dissatisfied with Penguin, but they are not as willing to help as much as they imagined. On the user group, Penguin also has a silent majority.”

Most of the silent vote with their feet.

Yu Xing only knows the attitude behind the silence when he comes to his door, and the competition between WeChat and WeChat is the increase in each other.

Liu Jiankai asked: “How many users are there in WeChat now? Can this be evaluated?”

Yu Xing was silent for a while and shook his head and said, “It is not announced, and it is difficult for the outside world to guess. If we follow our analysis and combined with the effect of Penguin’s past omni-channel promotion, its subsequent growth after its last release may be around 8.5 million to 11 million.”

He pondered for a moment and continued, “I personally guess that there may be about 13 million.”

Liu Jiankai couldn’t help swallowing: “WeChat was released on October 29, and it’s only the first day in December, this speed…”

“WeChat reached 3 million in the first ten days, and we were leading by 8 million at that time.” Yu Xing said lightly, “Penguin’s omni-channel promotion has a relatively peak in front, and there will be some declines in the future. However, in the middle and late last month, the advertisements for WeChat have been posted on channels such as Sohu and NetEase, which is a supplement. Therefore, the gap may be raised to about 4 million in a month.”

Liu Jiankai only had one feeling: “It’s terrifying…”

Immediately, he said almost complaining: “It’s okay if Sohu and NetEase don’t help, but this is still helping Penguin!”

Yu Xing gave an answer: “Penguin has a lot of money.”

Like Sohu, WeChat also sent advertisements there, but it was not exclusive, which caused Penguin to follow suit. Moreover, Yu Xing suspected that if WeChat hadn’t cooperated first, Penguin might have signed an exclusive cooperation.

 More money means master, and more money means company revenue, department performance, and employee bonus.

A company is composed of several departments. Even if other departments have objections and concerns their own interests, they will naturally try their best to promote it.

Yu Xing was silent for a while and suddenly laughed, “Look, is it your Mr. Xu who blamed you? If she hadn’t been urging her behind the scenes, WeChat would have to continue to hide development, and it would not have attracted a thunderous counterattack like the Penguin.”

Liu Jiankai was speechless.

Yu Xing estimated the situation and felt that Penguin had a more fierce counterattack against Xiaomi MiTalk in history, and this is likely to be the size presented by WeChat this wave that can touch its alert nerves more.

MiTalk is 20, and Penguin with 100 can complete the competition as long as it launches 70.

  Penguin with WeChat is 50, and 100 may be a competition of 90 or even 99.

The more preparations you prepare, the more you will be, the more you will be hit harder. This is a paradox.

Liu Jiankai still explained to his former boss: “It’s not only Mr. Xu who asked WeChat to come forward after 3Q, but IDG also did it.”

Yu Xing nodded and admitted, and said, “IDG didn’t make a fuss with me.”

Liu Jiankai was completely convinced.

“We travel to West Lake at night, return to Shen tomorrow, and we can still struggle on WeChat.” Yu Xing took his last sip of cigarette and smiled, “No matter what, Mr. Liu is welcome to join.”

Liu Jiankai said a few polite words, but after all he was worried, he suddenly asked, “Mr. Yu, do you still have the information on today’s capital?”

Yu Xing hesitated for a second: “Well… it’s gone.”

Liu Jiankai was shocked: “No more… right?”

Yu Xing said simply: “No more.”

Liu Jiankai asked, “Is there any? Stop doing it…”

Yu Xing said impatiently: “It’s really gone, but whether you have a fate in the future depends on fate. Maybe you can meet it. You are no longer in today’s capital. Why do you care about this?”

The two of them sailed on a cruise ship in West Lake, leaving only the discussion of today’s capital in the wind.

 …

Penguin’s WeChat has launched a voice version, which has brought a new round of criticism.

However, business competition is always cruel.

On December 2, Sohu leader Zhang Chaoyang was also asked by reporters about the recent hot topics in the industry, how to view the competition between WeChat and WeChat.

“WeChat, I also met Yu Xing from WeChat last month. He is very good, really good, but you have also seen it. He is facing opponents like Penguin, and the result is imaginable.”

“Actually, I think that Penguin’s launch of a voice version of micro-chat means that the competition is over.”

Zhang Chaoyang spoke out bluntly and determined that WeChat failed.

For a time, the judgments from the Internet seniors became a cited discussion by many media, and were also circulated on platforms such as Weibo and Baixiaosheng.

The weapons of trial cannot replace the judgment of weapons.

The criticism of public opinion cannot support the narrowing gap between WeChat.

However, just the second day after Zhang Chaoyang made his judgment, WeChat once again ushered in a major update, launching “People Nearby” of 2.4.0, adding the development and playability of software functions.

Since its release, WeChat has been focusing on socializing acquaintances, and has quickly played the role of this positioning effect. With the help of 3Q public opinion, it has successfully piled up users quickly, becoming the third largest instant messaging software in China.

Since then, whether it is a major update like “voice message” or a small detail patching such as software optimization, it has been optimized around the initial positioning to optimize the user experience.

This time, the “people nearby” are different, and they are the expansion from acquaintances to strangers.

Penguin initially did not pay attention to the update of WeChat, and did not think there would be any threat. It was just a routine research function. However, in just two days, both Weibo and app stores showed obvious stimulation.

“Weibo’s discussion on WeChat rose by 36% in two days, and Apple and Android app stores increased by about 50%.

“This signal is very strong.”

“The market recognizes WeChat’s development this time.”

As the direct person in charge, Lu Shan quickly heard the team’s careful analysis, and at 12 o’clock in the evening, he presented the analysis to Pony and Zhang Zhidong.

 WeChat nowadays decision-making is relatively easy.

Pony and Zhang Zhidong successively reviewed the conclusion that “it is recommended to follow the update” in the document, and both expressed their agreement.

“If the market responds well, then we will do the same market. WeChat’s function will help us stabilize the mobile Internet market together.” Zhang Zhidong flipped through the document and said, “When WeChat and WeChat chat are fighting, there will be no one who can challenge us later.”

Pony Ma nodded slowly and asked Lu Shan: “I heard that WeChat companies have been trying to get more advertisements in the past month?”

Lu Shan confirmed: “Yes, from October 20th to now, WeChat has added two major channels: YY and Sogou, and has received stronger promotions in UC, Thunder and other companies. According to the circulating news, WeChat uses advertising for equity replacement, and this cooperation may continue for a period of time.”

He paused and continued, “What is gratifying is that neither Baidu nor Alibaba have new trends and are not interested in the cooperation of WeChat. I asked Baidu where they had a meeting to discuss, and the negative answer to that discussion should not change.”

Pony Ma showed a rare smile recently and nodded, “Baidu and Alibaba still know how to respect us.”

This is not respecting the friendship of the past, but respecting the strength and status of the penguin.

Zhang Zhidong asked at this time: “I feel that the size of WeChat is still valuable, but Yu Xing’s personality is not easy to do. I heard that he was invited to the strategic seminar. In this case, will he still come?”

Pony Ma thought for a moment: “It’s just a swearing person. I’ve been scolded a lot recently, so it doesn’t matter if one more or the other is less.”

Penguin invited Yu Xing to show determination and demeanor. If Yu Xing scolded in public, he would lose his demeanor.

As for some unpleasant and sarcastic aura, there may not be fewer people coming here this time than him.

Zhang Zhidong changed his mind and smiled and said, “I invited him, he may not come. If he doesn’t come, I will go to Shencheng when I have time to see what this person looks like in reality.”

Pony Ma did not comment. He was not interested in Yu Xing, but only cared about the company’s strategic transformation after the rapid end of competition.

He tapped the table with his finger and said simply: “Get the ticket to the mobile Internet as soon as possible.”

(This chapter ends)