"QQ, which has 500 million users, is our backbone. WeChat is being abused by Changchao and has no future."
"It is a great achievement that WeChat can test the message read function for QQ. Director Zhang will not mind, right? After all, the overall situation is the most important thing!"
As he said that, everyone looked at Zhang Long with different expressions.
The corners of Zhang Long's mouth twitched, his face turned extremely ugly, and he had an extremely ominous premonition in his heart.
Will the chairman also agree to launch the read message function on WeChat to test the waters of QQ?
If this is the case, QQ may be safe and sound, but WeChat, which is already half-dead, is really doomed.
But what are you afraid of, what will come.
Even Chairman Ma thinks this suggestion is very good.
In the previous life, WeChat was extremely powerful, WeChat was the core, and QQ had to take a back seat.
But now, WeChat only has 100 million users, and Changchao and QQ both have more than 500 million users, which is completely different.
To put it bluntly, WeChat’s strategic position is far less important than QQ’s right now.
If you can give QQ a try, that's not a problem.
After thinking about this, Director Ma looked at Zhang Long: "Director Zhang, what do you think about this matter?"
"I..." Zhang Long was speechless for a moment.
On the surface, Chairman Ma is asking for his opinion.
In fact, it's just about making yourself agree.
Zhang Long still has this bit of emotional intelligence.
However, he was not the type to sit still and wait for death. He stood up decisively:
"Dr. Ma, I've been a little tired recently, and I'm afraid I won't be able to serve as the director of WeChat anymore. President Wei has a unique view on social networking and thinks WeChat should launch a read message function. Why not let President Wei serve as the director of WeChat? I just have a rest.
A holiday."
Director Ma's expression changed slightly, and he was quite optimistic about Zhang Long: "Director Zhang, you..."
"Dr. Ma, I'm really a little tired. I haven't taken a vacation for a long time. I should recuperate."
"This..." Ma Dong saw that Zhang Long was not retreating in order to advance, so he simply agreed:
"Okay, let's make some adjustments. Vice President Wei is also the head of the WeChat department. Director Zhang resigned from the position of director of the WeChat department and became the new vice president. As for the specific business, we will wait until Director Zhang finishes his vacation."
"Chairman, you..." Zhang Long was in disbelief.
After losing to Changchao on WeChat, Zhang Long thought he would be kicked out and leave the goose factory.
Unexpectedly, he was promoted by Director Ma and became the new vice president.
This is simply incredible.
Others were also very jealous. Ma Dong was too kind to Zhang Long and paid too much attention to him.
Even Wei Liang's expression changed slightly, and he snorted coldly in his heart: "Humph! Even if he becomes a vice president, he is just a vice president who rises up and down without real power."
But Zhang Long knew that Chairman Ma would not do anything unnecessary, he just didn't think about what he was asked to do.
Maybe there will be new business soon.
"Everyone has no objection to this arrangement, right?" Ma Dong said calmly.
Wei Liang was the first to speak: "Thanks to the chairman for trusting me, I have become the director of WeChat. I will definitely carry out drastic reforms. Within half a year, the number of WeChat users exceeded 200 million, and within a year it exceeded 300 million!"
Zhang Long was speechless: "..."
This bullshit is really big.
Do you really think you are a loser if you can’t get up WeChat?
Isn’t the opponent too strong?
But this has nothing to do with me. As long as WeChat doesn't die in my hands, that's fine.
He simply said with a smile: "Then just wait and wait for President Wei to succeed immediately. Then I will treat you to a treat to celebrate Director Wei!"
"Then I have to pay more respect to Director Zhang, no, how many drinks to President Zhang!" Wei Liang said with a smile.
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two, Ma Dong had a calm expression.
It is normal for subordinates to fight among themselves. If they are all monolithic, I will have trouble sleeping and eating.
Then he added: "The other suggestion you mentioned is also right. Payment should be directly developed into QQ payment. WeChat will adapt it simultaneously and will launch it depending on the situation."
If WeChat users reach two to three billion, WeChat Pay will inevitably be launched.
If the number of active WeChat users is only 100 million, or even less than 100 million, then what WeChat Pay cannot pay will not matter.
The key to this kind of free social software depends on the size of its users.
If the user scale is high, it will work; if the user scale is low, it will be useless.
On the contrary, paid social software like Tantan is completely different. With tens of millions of members, you can make a lot of money.
"Okay, this meeting is over. The WeChat message read function will be launched as soon as possible."
"yes!"
Everyone responded one after another.
That night, WeChat officially launched the new WeChat 5.0, which launched the message read function.
Time-wise, it’s the same day as Alipay!
I am just afraid that I will be accused of plagiarizing Alipay.
The two giants all launched the message read function, causing a stir again:
"What's going on? Alipay released the message read function in the morning, and WeChat also released it in the evening."
"It's a bit strange. Could it be that the two parties have discussed it, developed it together, and released it together?"
"Who knows. Maybe the new era of social media has arrived."
"What about Changchat? Will Changchat also launch this feature?"
"I don't know. But Mr. Wang should disdain copying other brands' functions."
"Plagiarism from Changchao? It's funny. As an industry insider, I can only tell you that the first person to develop the read message function was not Alipay or WeChat, but Changchao."
"???What does it mean?"
“Has Changchat’s new feature been copied by Alipay and WeChat? And it was launched first? Is it true or false?”
"Then will Changchat be launched again?"
"It will not be launched. Changchao has internally begun investigating the leaker and will deal with the matter seriously. The message read function will not be launched on Changchao in the future, and it is expected to be transferred to Douyin."
"So that's it, the messages that are not available online in Chat are read just fine. I don't like this feature."
"Frankly, I don't like this feature either."
"I don't like +1. Some messages I don't want to reply to can only be treated as if I haven't seen them. He told me that the messages have been read. Isn't this fatal?"
"Even so, I don't know why this kind of function is available, but you still want to socialize sincerely? Please, you can't be absolutely honest in this world. I saw it, and not replying is the best way to behave."
"Yeah, who doesn't have a few people that they don't want to pay attention to? I really don't know how this function came about."
…
Seeing that WeChat has launched the message read function, Wang Yi immediately asked Cai Zisong to stop the activity of giving positive reviews to Alipay's new function.
Public opinion online has also completely changed.
Originally it was all top-notch praise and support.
But now, many people are beginning to question and criticize.
However, this does not care about Wang Yi.
Cai Zisong dialed Wang Yi's phone: "Chairman, what do we do with the message read function?"
Wang Yi smiled faintly: "Ignore it, Changchat will not launch this stupid function."
"???" Cai Zisong was confused and thought of many things at once.
"Is it possible that the chairman didn't plan to let Changchao go online from the beginning? Did it develop it to dig holes for Alipay and WeChat?"
Wang Yi smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not that unreasonable."
"The message read function was developed not for chatting, but for Douyin. Let's arrange it for Douyin."
"Yes!" Cai Zisong responded, not knowing what Wang Yi meant.
Saying that messages have been read is a good feature, but Mr. Wang has never considered adding this feature to Changchat.
Saying that a message has been read is a cheating feature, but it was assigned to Douyin!
The person in charge, Cai Zisong, couldn't tell the difference between true and false, false and true.
The next day, Douyin launched the message read function in a very low-key manner, but Changchao did not take any action and seemed to abandon the function.
Now, both Alipay and Tencent are confused.
Goose Factory Headquarters.
Director Ma frowned slightly: "WeChat just launched the message read function, and many people started to complain. Is it really a big trap?"
Zhang Long sneered in his heart, but said: "Who knows, I was not optimistic about it from the beginning."
The meaning is very simple, what you give me has nothing to do with me.
For this reason, I resigned from the position of WeChat director!
Director Ma thought of Zhang Long's series of reactions and was immediately horrified: "Is it possible that this is really a big hole dug by Xingyi Technology? It is specifically designed to trap our WeChat?"
Wei Liang quickly retorted: "No, Chairman, don't forget, their Douyin has also launched this function."
"Yes, if there is really a problem, Douyin will not be online. Then why is Changchao not online?"
“I guess it’s because we’ve all released it and we want to be different.”
"And Alipay was the first to launch it. They must have done market research before launching it. There will be no problems."
"Yes, there is a real problem. Alibaba has killed this feature long ago."
Director Ma nodded: "If Alibaba dares to launch it directly, it should have done market research."
Ma Dong chose to believe in Jack Ma.
New features are generally tested internally and then adjusted based on market feedback.
However, Director Ma never imagined that in order to rush to launch new features before Changchao, Alibaba did not conduct internal testing at all and launched them directly...
Alibaba headquarters.
Jack Ma called over some senior executives:
"There is something wrong with the public opinion on the Internet. Yesterday they were still supporting the news. Why are so many people starting to resist today? Is it a big hole? A big hole dug by Wang Yi for us?"
"Probably not. If there is a big hole, Xingyi Technology's Douyin will not simultaneously launch the message read function."
"Yes, Douyin is also the core business of Xingyi Technology, so it is still on the news and has been read!"
Jack Ma nodded: "That's right. I probably think too much. If there is really a problem with this function, Douyin will not do it."
Liu Quanxin also said: "And WeChat has also been launched. Tencent specializes in social networking. If they dare to go online, it means there is no problem."
"Yes, everything has two sides. Some people support and some oppose the message read function. This is normal."
"That's good." Jackma breathed a sigh of relief.
In this matter, he chose to believe in the professionalism of Goose Factory!
But Vice President Mo Yi had an ominous premonition. He always felt that this matter was not that simple, and Alipay's social networking probably wouldn't be possible.
He simply said: "Chairman, through this incident, I see the importance of social networking more and more. Tencent has QQ WeChat, and Xingyi Technology has Changchatou. We at Alibaba should also develop a professional social software."
Jack Ma nodded: "You're right, it must be developed. President Mo, what do you have in mind?"
Mo Yi smiled and said: "In terms of functionality, we will refer to Changchao and then make our own innovations. If we develop it now, it will be completed in half a year and released on National Day. During the Chinese New Year, we will send out red envelopes through Alipay to grab users. Let's do it in a wave
.”
"Okay. What about the name of the platform? Do you have any ideas?" Jackma asked.
"I have an idea. Chairman, let's take a look. How about calling it 'Laihuang'?"
"Laihuang?" Jack Ma's eyes flashed with light: "That's a good name, very good, let's call it Lianghuang!"
"Do you have any ideas on how to do it specifically?"
Mo Yi nodded: "We can take advantage of Alibaba's strengths and connect WeChat with Alipay and Taobao Wangwang. Not only can we socialize with acquaintances, but it can also facilitate online shopping for users..."
"It's a good idea to join forces with e-commerce companies. If it works, Alibaba's social network will be stable."
Jack Ma agreed very much: "President Mo, you have a good idea. I will leave the business to you. Whatever is needed, the group will fully support it! There is only one request, and it must be done before the National Day!"
"Yes!" Mo Yi had some concerns in his mind.
This is his chance.
As for Alipay social networking?
At most, it is just like prosperous and cannot become a climate.
Several giants have made bets, and the message read function has been in turmoil one after another.
But Rebus was a little unhappy:
"We at Xiaomi have just arranged a hot search and are about to release Xiaomi 3 equipped with Kunpeng 700. As a result, Alibaba caused a red envelope plagiarism controversy, and then there was the message read controversy. So much so that now everyone is discussing the message read function, or support
, or criticize, no one pays attention to our Xiaomi Mi 3 at all!”
Lao Li also had a complicated look on his face: "Alibaba is not particular about it and steals our hot searches. Moreover, the news has been read. We, Mi Liao, developed it first, but now they are taking turns to be on the hot searches!"
"That's right, when we developed the message read function, no one cared about it. Now that Xingyi Technology has developed the message read function, Alipay and WeChat are all rushing to publish it. It really doesn't follow martial ethics."
Rebus was furious: "We can't do this. Arrange hot searches and officially announce that we, Miliao, are the founders of the message read function."
Lao Li was a little worried: "Chairman, this function is somewhat controversial now. Should we be more cautious?"
Rebus waved his hand: "No need. If there is controversy, there will be traffic, not to mention Alibaba, Tencent Xingyi Technology are all online, what should we worry about?"
"More importantly, MiLiao needs popularity. Now everyone is discussing Xingyi Technology's Changchao, Douyin, Goose Factory's QQ, WeChat, and Alibaba's Alipay. Who mentions our MiLiao?"
"If this continues, won't our chat be over?"
"These days, if there is no heat, you will die!"
"Arrange hot searches as soon as possible. MiLiao also needs popularity and traffic to let users know our existence."
"yes!"
Lao Li could only arrange it quickly.
That night, another piece of news hit the hot searches:
[Shocking, the pioneer of the message read function turned out to be MiLiao! 】
This incident once again caused an uproar.
At this point, all major social platforms have placed bets, either supporting or opposing it.
Users can also filter according to their own wishes.
If you like the message you have read, go to WeChat or MiChat.
If you don’t like this feature, just go to Chat.
As for Alipay and Douyin, they are not purely social software, and users do not use them as social tools.
Xingyi Technology Headquarters.
Jian Ziyan approached Wang Yi: "Chairman, if the message read function is getting popular, aren't you worried that the other party will win and WeChat will rise based on this?"
Wang Yi didn't care: "Don't worry, it's impossible. Let alone the rise of WeChat, it's impossible to increase the number of WeChat users."
This feature has just been launched and there are no major drawbacks yet.
But it won’t be long before the lethality of this function becomes apparent.
This is how Mi Liao ended in his previous life.
Wang Yi has no doubt about how destructive the ‘message has been read’ function is.
"What if?" Jian Ziyan said harshly.
"There is no such thing as a contingency."
"How about making a bet?" Jian Ziyan suggested.
"Okay, if the message read function increases the number of WeChat users, I lose. I don't have to pay back the money I lent you." Wang Yixiao said, "But what if you lose?"
"I..." Jian Ziyan was speechless for a moment, then smiled and said: "If I lose, I will give you a child."
"Go and think of good things!"
Wang Yi knocked Jian Ziyan on the head and turned to leave.
Jian Ziyan curled her lips and then chased after her: "Chairman, the press conference is ready. Do you want an official announcement?"
"Let's make it official."
Wang Yi said calmly: "The turmoil that the news has been read should be over. All that's left is to collect the bodies for them."
As long as this function is available, Mi Chat cannot be used, Alipay cannot socialize, and WeChat has to be finished.
As for TikTok, it doesn’t matter.
Douyin is meant to be open, to socialize with strangers, and to pursue exposure and traffic.
You can chat freely, use WeChat, etc. to socialize with acquaintances.
For socializing with acquaintances, if the message has been read, it means committing suicide with a sword!
Now that this turmoil has come to an end, it is time for Xingyi Technology to take action.
The next day, a piece of news shocked the entire Internet:
[The spring press conference of Xingyi Technology will be held at the Jeju Meiyou Exhibition and Sales Center on April 11th.]
Many netizens were excited after seeing this hot search.
"Xingyi Technology has not held a press conference for three months, and it is finally here!"
"It's true, the last press conference was in January of last year."
"It is expected that the xphone 2pro will be released this time. Four months have passed this year, and it is time to release a new mobile phone."
"Xphone 2 is extremely powerful, and Xphone 2pro is even more worth looking forward to."
“Xingyi Technology’s press conferences never disappoint, so look forward to them.”
…
Contrary to the users' full expectations, Rebus felt that the sky had fallen:
“It’s over, the Xiaomi Mi 3 launch conference has collided with the Xphone 2pro, it’s over!”
"We only have three days to go to see the xphone 2pro. Who cares about our Xiaomi 3?"
Lao Li also had a complicated expression: "Fortunately, there is no official announcement of the press conference date. It must be postponed. It must be postponed."
Rebus nodded: "Well, it was originally planned to release Xiaomi Mi 3 on the 13th, but now it looks like that won't work. It's too close to the Xphone 2pro, and we couldn't get on the hot searches in those days. It's better to postpone it for a week and release it on the 20th!
"
"The 20th is suitable, it will be released on the 20th, pre-sales will start, and it will be launched on May 10th."
"Okay." Rebus decided directly without delay.
Xingyi Technology releases the xphone 2pro on the 11th. Who dares to release the new phone within ten days?
There's no way, there's no heat, there's no flow.
In the past ten days, everyone has been discussing xphone 2pro and rushing to buy xphone 2pro. Who cares about Xiaomi Mi 3?
Huawei headquarters.
"Xingyi Technology is suddenly going to release a new phone. We originally planned to release the P2 on the 15th. Should we postpone it by a week?"
Facing the inquiries from his subordinates, Yu Dong also looked complicated.
According to Huawei's wolf culture, that cannot be postponed.
But if it is not postponed, the situation will be very bad.
It will definitely be compared with xphone 2pro at that time.
After some tangle, Yu Dong said in a deep voice: "These two years have been the most difficult years for Huawei. K3V1 failed. Although K3v2 succeeded, its performance was average and far inferior to Kunpeng 702. Even Kunpeng 700 is worse than us."
"But when our Kirin 910 is released early next year, everything will be completely different!"
"Yes, in the last half year of transition, Huawei will definitely rise next year!"
The subordinate also laughed and said: "How about this press conference is moved from the 15th to the 25th?"
"Okay, let's just take the 25th."
Due to the performance pressure of the processor, Huawei also chose to postpone the release.
After avoiding Xingyi Technology for half a month, the brilliance of Huawei's new phone will not be overwhelming at all.
But if they are released immediately, there will be heavy losses.
Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away.
There is nothing we can do about this.
Afterwards, Yu Dong went straight to the HiSilicon R&D Center.
These days, most domestically produced mobile phones are assembled machines, and most of the various components are purchased from third parties.
There are very few companies that can develop their own chips like Huawei and Xingyi Technology.
"President Yu, I'm here to see the progress of the Kirin 910 again!" He Ting, the person in charge of HiSilicon, greeted him with a smile.
"Aren't I concerned about the progress of our next-generation chips?" Yu Dong said with some embarrassment. It was often like a debt collection, and he had already come N times.
He Ting shook her head, feeling helpless: "Okay, I'll give you a clear answer this time. The research and development of Kirin 910 is going very smoothly. If there are no problems with the verification, it will be tape-out in the second half of the year. If everything goes well, it will be ready by the end of the year."
Achieve mass production.”
"Really?" Yu Dong said with joy: "Doesn't that mean that the 28nm Kirin 910 will be available early next year?"
"That's it. Are you relieved now?" He Ting said with a smile.
"Don't worry, President He, you are my savior. If the Kirin 910 is not mass-produced, Huawei phones will soon be turned into Others by Xingyi Phone." Yu Dong was filled with emotion.
The year before last, the domestic mobile phone market was still dominated by the four giants of China Kulian.
There is only one company called Meizu, which followed the M8 and made the M9, but it had little impact.
But later, xphone 1 came out, starting at 3299, and the entire domestic mobile phone market changed.
ZTE, Huawei, Coolpad, and Lenovo were all reduced to rubbish.
The Xphone 1, which costs 3,000 yuan, can crush the iPhone 4s, which costs more than 5,000 yuan.
However, the 3,000-brand flagship phone of China CoolLink was crushed by the iPhone 4S.
As you can imagine, the Xphone 1 is selling like crazy, accounting for almost half of all domestic high-end mobile phones.
China Cool Alliance was in disgrace. All its smartphones were unsaleable and had to cut prices for promotions.
Fortunately, the prices of the later released xphone 1pro and xphone 2 increased to about 5,000, so giants such as China Cool Alliance could breathe a sigh of relief and be able to sell them.
As long as xphone 1pro and xphone 2 continue to start at 3299, then China Cool Alliance will be finished.
Just like the iPhone 4s, if the launch price starts at 3299, then the 1999 Xiaomi generation will not be able to sell it.
Even so, sales of high-end smartphones from several major giants are still plummeting.
It relies entirely on low-end smartphones and feature phones to maintain its final dignity.
Even Huawei is Alexander.
Just wait for the Kirin 910 in half a year to fight back and make a comeback!
After all, the performance of Kirin 910 is still very powerful compared to K3V2.
"President He, can the performance of Kirin 910 keep up with Kunpeng 702?" Yu Dong couldn't help but ask.
He Ting sighed: "It's difficult."
"Is it not as good as the 64-bit bonus of Kunpeng 702?"
He Ting waved her hand: "No, even if the 64-bit bonus is not included, the Kirin 910 is slightly inferior to the Kunpeng 702. The performance of the Kirin 910 is about the same as the Snapdragon 600. Compared with the Kunpeng 702, there is still a slight gap. If it continues
Chapter completed!