Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 502: Dare not win, Xiaomi and Huawei postpone the release!

"QQ, with 5 million users, is our mainstay. WeChat has been overwhelmed by Changliao and has no future."

"WeChat can test the message read function for QQ, which is a great achievement. I'm sure Director Zhang won't mind, right? After all, the overall situation is more important!"

As they spoke, everyone looked at Zhang Long with different expressions.

The corners of Zhang Long's mouth twitched, his expression became extremely ugly, and he had an extremely ominous premonition in his heart.

Could it be that the chairman will also agree to WeChat launching the message read function to test the waters for QQ?

If this is the case, QQ may be safe, but WeChat, which is already half-dead, will be really finished.

But whatever you fear, will come to you.

Even Mr. Ma thought this suggestion was very good.

In the past, WeChat was extremely powerful. WeChat was the core, and QQ had to take a back seat.

But now, WeChat has only 100 million users, while Changliao and QQ have more than 500 million users each, which is completely different.

To put it bluntly, WeChat’s strategic position is far less important than QQ at the moment.

It would be fine if we could give QQ a try.

Thinking of this, Director Ma looked at Zhang Long and said, "Director Zhang, what do you think about this?"

"I..." Zhang Long was speechless for a moment.

On the surface, Mr. Ma was asking for his opinion.

In fact, it was just to make myself agree.

Zhang Long does have this level of emotional intelligence.

But he was not the type to sit there and wait for death, so he stood up decisively:

"Mr. Ma, I'm a little tired recently and I'm afraid I can no longer be the director of WeChat. And President Wei has a unique view on social networking and thinks WeChat should launch a message reading function. Why don't we let President Wei be the director of WeChat and I can take a vacation."

Director Ma's expression changed slightly, but he was still optimistic about Zhang Long: "Director Zhang, you..."

"Boss Ma, I'm really a little tired. I haven't had a vacation for a long time. It's time to rest up."

"This..." Seeing that Zhang Long was not retreating to advance, Mr. Ma simply agreed:
"Okay, let's make some adjustments. Vice President Wei will concurrently serve as the head of the WeChat department. Director Zhang will resign from the position of director of the WeChat department and become the new vice president. As for the specific business, we will discuss it after Director Zhang finishes his vacation."

"Chairman, you..." Zhang Long was full of disbelief.

After WeChat was defeated by Changliao, Zhang Long thought he would be kicked out and leave Tencent.

However, he did not expect that he would be promoted by Mr. Ma and become the new vice president.

This is incredible.

Others were also very jealous because Mr. Ma was too good to Zhang Long and cared too much about him.

Even Wei Liang's expression changed slightly, and he snorted in his heart: "Humph! Even if he becomes the vice president, it is just a promotion in name only, a demotion in reality, and a vice president without real power."

But Zhang Long knew clearly that Mr. Ma would not do such a thing, he just had not decided what he should do.

Maybe there will be new business soon.

"Is everyone okay with this arrangement?" Mr. Ma said calmly.

Wei Liang spoke first: "Thank you for the chairman's trust. Now that I have become the director of WeChat, I will definitely make drastic reforms. Within half a year, the number of WeChat users will exceed 2 million, and within a year, it will exceed 3 million!"

Zhang Long was speechless: "..."

This guy is really bragging.

Do you really think that you are useless because WeChat can’t take off?
Isn’t it because the opponent is too strong?
But this has nothing to do with me. As long as WeChat doesn’t die in my hands, it’s fine.

He simply smiled and said, "Then wait for President Wei to succeed. Then I'll treat you to a meal to celebrate his success!"

"Then I have to toast Director Zhang, no, President Zhang!" Wei Liang said with a smile.

Looking at the two people confronting each other, Mr. Ma had a calm expression.

It is normal for subordinates to fight among themselves. If they are all united, I will not be able to sleep or eat well.

Then he added: "Your other suggestion is also correct. For payment, we can directly develop it into QQ payment. WeChat will also adapt it synchronously and launch it when the time comes."

If the number of WeChat users reaches 200 million or 300 million, WeChat Pay will definitely be launched.

If the number of active WeChat users is only 100 million, or even less than 100 million, then it doesn’t matter whether WeChat Pay is available or not.

For this kind of free social software, the key lies in the user scale.

If the user scale is high, then it’s fine. But if the user scale is low, then it’s useless.

On the contrary, paid social software like Tantan is completely different. Even if it has tens of millions of members, it 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 and launched the message read function.

In terms of time, it’s the same day as Alipay!
I’m just afraid of being accused of plagiarizing Alipay.

The two giants have all launched the message read function, which has once again caused a sensation:
"What's going on? Alipay released the message read function this morning, and WeChat also released it this evening."

"It's a bit strange. Could it be that the two companies have agreed to develop and release it together?"

"Who knows. Maybe a new era of social media has arrived."

"What about Changchat? Will Changchat also launch this feature?"

"I don't know. But Mr. Wang should not bother to copy the functions of other brands."

"Changchat plagiarized? Funny. As an industry insider, I can only tell you that the first to develop the message read function was not Alipay or WeChat, but Changchat."

"??? What do you mean?"

"The new chat function was copied by Alipay and WeChat? And they launched it first? Really? Fake?"

“Will Changchat still be launched?”

"It will not be launched. Changchat has already started investigating the leaker and will deal with the matter seriously. Changchat will not launch the message reading function in the future, and it is estimated that it will be transferred to Douyin."

"I see. It's just right that the chat is not online and the messages have been read. I don't like this feature."

“To be honest, I don’t like this feature either.”

"I don't like +1. There are some messages I don't want to reply to, so I can only pretend I didn't see them. He made me see the message as read. Isn't this fatal?"

"That's right. I don't know why this function was released. How can it be considered a sincere social function? Please, this world cannot be absolutely honest. I saw it, and not replying is the best way to be decent."

"Yeah, who doesn't have a few people they don't want to care about? I don't know why this feature came out."

……

Seeing that WeChat had 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 changed completely.

Originally, the applause and support were all first-class.

But now, many people have begun to question and criticize.

However, this is no longer Wang Yi’s business.

Cai Zisong called Wang Yi and said, "Chairman, how do we handle the message read function?"

Wang Yi smiled faintly: "Don't worry about it, Changliao will not launch this stupid function."

“???” Cai Zisong was confused and thought of a lot of things at once.

"Could it be that the chairman had no intention of launching the message-reading feature on Changchat from the beginning? Was it developed to dig holes for Alipay and WeChat?"

Wang Yi sneered: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not that dishonest."

"The message read function was developed not for chatting, but for TikTok. Let's assign it to TikTok."

"Yes!" Cai Zisong replied, not sure what Wang Yi meant.

Although the message read feature is a good one, Mr. Wang never considered launching this feature on Changliao.

It seems like a crappy feature to say that messages have been read, but it has been assigned to TikTok!
Cai Zisong, the person in charge, couldn't tell the difference between true and false, real and fake.

The next day, Douyin launched the message read function in a low-key manner, but Changliao did not take any action, as if it had abandoned the function.

Now, both Alipay and Tencent are confused.

Goose Factory Headquarters.

Mr. Ma frowned slightly. “As soon as WeChat launched the message read function, many people started to complain. Could it be that this is really a big pit?”

Zhang Long sneered in his heart, but said: "Who knows? I was not optimistic from the beginning."

The meaning is very simple, what you let go has nothing to do with me.

For this reason, I even resigned from my position as WeChat Director!
Mr. Ma recalled Zhang Long's series of reactions and was immediately shocked: "Could it be that this is really a trap set by Xingyi Technology? Specifically set up to trap us on WeChat?"

Wei Liang quickly retorted: "No, Chairman, don't forget, their Douyin has also launched this function."

"Yes, if there is a problem, Douyin will not be online. Then why is Changliao not online?"

"I guess they saw that we had already released it, so they wanted to be different."

"Also, Alipay was the first to launch the product. They must have done market research before launching it, so there won't be any problems."

"Yes, there is a real problem. Alibaba has already killed this feature."

Mr. Ma nodded and said, "Ali must have done market research to be so bold in launching the product."

Mr. Ma chose to believe Jack Ma.

New features are generally tested internally and then adjusted based on market feedback.

But Mr. Ma could not have imagined that in order to launch the new function before Changchat, Alibaba did not conduct internal testing at all and launched it directly...

Ali headquarters.

Jack Ma called several senior executives:
"There's something wrong with the public opinion online. Yesterday everyone was supporting the message, but today so many people are boycotting it? Is this a trap? A trap that Wang Yi dug for us?"

"It shouldn't be. If it was a big scam, Xingyi Technology's Douyin would not have simultaneously launched the message reading function."

"Yes, TikTok is also the core business of Xingyi Technology, so it is still listed as a read message!"

Jack Ma nodded: "That's true. I think I'm overthinking it. 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 the message read function, while others oppose it. This is normal."

"That's good." Jack Ma breathed a sigh of relief.

In this matter, he chose to trust the professionalism of Tencent!
But Vice President Mo Yi had a bad feeling. He felt that this matter was not that simple and that Alipay’s social networking function might not be successful.

He simply said, "Chairman, through this incident, I see more and more the importance of social networking. Tencent has QQ and WeChat, and Xingyi Technology has Changchat and Douyin. We at Alibaba should also develop a professional social networking software."

Jack Ma nodded: "You are right, we must develop it. President Mo, do you have any ideas?"

Mo Yi smiled and said, "In terms of functions, we can refer to Changchat, and then make our own innovations. If we develop it now, it will take half a year to complete and be released on National Day. During the Chinese New Year, we will send red envelopes through Alipay to grab users, let's do it."

"Okay. What about the name of the platform? Do you have any idea?" Jack Ma asked.

"I have an idea, Chairman. How about calling it 'Laiwang'?"

"Laiwang?" Jack Ma's eyes sparkled: "This is a good name, very good, let's call it Laiwang!"

"Do you have any idea on how to do this?"

Mo Yi nodded: "We can make use of Alibaba's strengths and connect it with Alipay and Taobao Wangwang in the future. Not only can we socialize with acquaintances, but it will also facilitate users to shop online..." "It's a good idea to combine with e-commerce. If it works, Alibaba's social networking will be stable."

Jack Ma agreed: "President Mo, it's a great idea. I'll leave the business to you. If you need anything, the group will fully support you! I only have one request, it must be done before the National Day!"

"Yes!" Mo Yi had an idea in his mind.

This is his chance.

As for Alipay social?
At most, it will be just like Want Want and will never amount to anything.

Several giants have placed their bets, and controversy over the message-read function has arisen one after another.

But Lei Bush was a little unhappy:

"We at Xiaomi just arranged a hot search for the upcoming release of the Xiaomi Mi 700 powered by Kunpeng 3, but then Alibaba created a red envelope plagiarism controversy, followed by the message read controversy. Now everyone is discussing the message read function, either supporting or criticizing it, and no one is paying attention to our Xiaomi Mi at all!"

Lao Li also had a complicated expression: "Ali is not particular, and they are stealing our trending searches. And the message reading function was first developed by us, Mi Chat, but now they are taking turns to be on the trending searches!"

"That's right. When we developed the message read feature, no one cared. Now that Xingyi Technology has developed the message read feature, Alipay and WeChat are rushing to release it. It's really unethical."

Lei Jun was furious: "We can't do this. We need to arrange a hot search and officially announce that we, Mi Chat, are the creators of the message read function."

Lao Li was a little worried: "Chairman, this function is a little controversial now, should we be more cautious?"

Lei Jun waved his hand and said, "No need. If there is controversy, there will be traffic. Besides, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xingyi Technology have already gone online. What are we worried about?"

"More importantly, MiTalk needs popularity. Now everyone is discussing Xingyi Technology's Changchat and Douyin, Tencent's QQ and WeChat, and Alibaba's Alipay. Who will mention our MiTalk?"

"If this continues, won't our MiChat be over?"

"These days, if you don't have popularity, you'll die!"

"Arrange hot searches as soon as possible. Mi Chat also needs popularity and traffic to let users know about our existence."

"Yes!"

Lao Li could only make arrangements quickly.

That night, another piece of news became a hot topic:
[Shocked, the pioneer of the message read function turned out to be Mi Chat! ]

This incident once again caused an uproar.

At this point, several major social media platforms have all placed their bets, either in support or against it.

Users can also filter according to their own wishes.

If you like to see messages read, go to WeChat or MiTalk.

If you don’t like this feature, just go and chat.

As for Alipay and TikTok, they cannot be considered pure social software, and users will not use them as social tools.

Xingyi Technology Headquarters.

Jian Ziyan approached Wang Yi and said, "Chairman, the message read function has been making a lot of noise. Aren't you worried that the other party will win and WeChat will rise as a result?"

Wang Yi didn't care: "Don't worry, it's impossible. Let alone making WeChat rise, it's impossible to increase the number of WeChat users."

This feature has just been launched and there are no major disadvantages yet.

But it didn't take long for the lethality of this function to become apparent.

This is how Mi Chat ended in its previous life.

Wang Yi had no doubt about the destructive power of the "Message Read" function.

"What if?" Jian Ziyan said stubbornly.

"Nothing unexpected."

"How about we make a bet?" Jian Ziyan suggested.

"Okay, if the message read function increases the number of WeChat users, I lose, and you don't have to pay back the money I lent you." Wang Yi said with a smile, "But what if you lose?"

"I..." Jian Ziyan was speechless for a moment, then smiled and said, "If I lose, I will give birth to a child for you."

"Go, just think about good things!"

Wang Yi knocked on Jian Ziyan's head and turned away.

Jian Ziyan curled her lips and chased after him: "Chairman, the press conference is ready. Do you want to make an official announcement?"

"Let's make it official."

Wang Yi said calmly: "The storm over the message has been read and it's time to end. What remains is to collect their bodies."

As long as this function exists, Mi Chat won’t be able to take off, Alipay social networking won’t be able to take off, and WeChat will be finished.

As for Tik Tok, it doesn’t matter.

Tik Tok is inherently open and a platform for stranger social interaction that is all about pursuing exposure and traffic.

Chat and WeChat are all ways to socialize among acquaintances.

When it comes to social networking among acquaintances, if a message has been read, that’s like cutting off one’s own arm!

Now that the storm 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:
[Xingyi Technology's spring conference will be held at the Jeju Meiyou Exhibition Center on April 4. 】

Seeing this hot search, many netizens were excited.

"Xingyi Technology hasn't held a press conference for three months, and it's finally here!"

"It's true. The last press conference was January before the New Year."

"I guess they're going to release the Xphone 2 Pro this time. It's already been four months this year, so it's time to release a new phone."

"The Xphone 2 is extremely powerful, and the Xphone 2 Pro is even more worth looking forward to."

"Xingyi Technology's press conferences never disappoint. I'm looking forward to it."

……

Unlike users’ high expectations, Lei Jun felt that the sky had fallen:
"It's over, Xiaomi 3 press conference collides with Xphone 2 Pro, it's over!"

"It's only three days away, everyone is going to see the Xphone 2 Pro, 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."

Lei Jun nodded and said, "Well, we originally planned to release Xiaomi Mi 13 on the 2th, but now it seems that's not possible. It's too close to Xphone 20 Pro, and we won't be able to appear on the hot searches in those days. Why not postpone it for a week and release it on the th!"

“The 20th is a good date, it will be released on the 20th, pre-sales will start, and it will be available on May 5th.”

"Okay." Lei Jun made the decision immediately, and there was no choice but to postpone it.

Xingyi Technology released the xphone 11pro on the 2th. Who dares to release a new phone within ten days?

There is no way, no popularity, no traffic.

In these ten days, everyone has been discussing xphone 2 pro and rushing to buy xphone 2 pro. Who cares about Xiaomi ?
Huawei headquarters.

"Xingyi Technology is suddenly going to release a new phone. Should we postpone the release of the P15, which was originally scheduled for the 2th, for a week?"

Facing his subordinates' questions, Yu Dong also had a complicated expression.

According to Huawei's wolf culture, that cannot be postponed.

But if there is no extension, the situation will be very bad.

It will definitely be compared with the xphone 2 pro at that time.

After some hesitation, Yu Dong said in a deep voice: "These two years have been the most difficult for Huawei. K3v1 failed. Although K3v2 was successful, 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, it will only take the last six months for the transition. Next year, Huawei will definitely rise!"

The subordinate also laughed and said, "How about we move this press conference from the 15th to the 25th?"

"Okay, let's go with the 25th."

Under pressure from processor performance, Huawei also chose to postpone the release.

Avoid Xingyi Technology for half a month. By then, the brilliance of Huawei's new phones will not be so great that they will not make any splash at all.

But if they are released right after each other, there will definitely 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 HiSilicon's R&D center.

Nowadays, most domestic mobile phones are assembled, and various components are mostly 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 again to see the progress of Kirin 910!" He Ting, head of HiSilicon, came up to him with a smile.

"I'm just concerned about the progress of our next generation of chips." Yu Dong said a little embarrassedly. He often came here like a debt collector. He has come here many times.

He Ting shook her head, somewhat helplessly: "Okay, I'll give you a clear answer this time. The development of Kirin 910 is progressing smoothly. If there are no problems with the verification, it will be able to be taped out in the second half of the year. If everything goes well, mass production will be achieved by the end of the year."

"Really?" Yu Dong's eyebrows were full of joy. "Doesn't that mean that the 28nm Kirin 910 will be available at the beginning of next year?"

"That's right. Are you relieved now?" He Ting said with a smile.

"Don't worry, President He, you are my savior. If Kirin 910 is not mass-produced, Huawei phones will be defeated by Xingyi phones and become Others." Yu Dong was filled with emotion.

Two years ago, the domestic mobile phone market was still dominated by the four giants of China Cool Alliance.

Only one company called Meizu made M8 after M9, but it didn’t have much impact.

But later, xphone 1 came out, starting at 3299 yuan, and the entire domestic mobile phone market changed.

ZTE, Huawei, Coolpad, Lenovo, all were beaten to pieces.

The three thousand dollar xphone 1 can crush the five thousand dollar iPhone 4s.

However, the China Cool Alliance flagship phone, which cost 4 yuan, was crushed by the iPhone S.

As you can imagine, the xphone 1 is a hot seller, taking up almost half of the market share of domestic high-end mobile phones.

The situation of China Cool Alliance is terrible, with smartphones being unsalable across the board, and they have to cut prices for promotions.

Fortunately, the prices of xphone 1pro and xphone 2, which were released later, increased to around yuan, so giants such as China Coolpad could breathe a sigh of relief and sell well.

As long as the starting price of xphone 1pro and xphone 2 continues to be 3299, China Cool Alliance will be finished.

Just like the iPhone 4s, if the launch price starts at 3299, then the first generation Xiaomi phone priced at 1999 will not be able to be sold.

Even so, sales of high-end smartphones from several major giants still plummeted.

They rely entirely on low-end smartphones and feature phones to maintain their final dignity.

Even Huawei is in trouble.

Just wait for Kirin 910 in half a year, to fight back and turn the tide!

After all, the performance of Kirin 910 is still much more powerful than K3V2.

"President He, can the performance of Kirin 910 catch up with Kunpeng 702?" Yu Dong couldn't help asking.

He Ting sighed: "It's difficult."

"Is it not as good as the 702-bit bonus of Kunpeng 64?"

He Ting waved her hand: "No, even without the 64-bit bonus, Kirin 910 is still slightly inferior to Kunpeng 702. The performance of Kirin 910 is about the same as Snapdragon 600, and there is still a gap compared to Kunpeng 702. If the 64-bit bonus is taken into account, there is a generation gap."

(End of this chapter)