Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 712 Dingding, it hasn’t even started yet, but it’s already over!
There is really no need to struggle with Dingding!
Even the entire business unit no longer needs to exist!

When I heard Wang Yi finally announce: "Feishu, the world's first enterprise social software, is officially launched today!"

"Higher efficiency and more convenient communication, with Lark, a new era of enterprise social networking begins!"

Especially when he heard the words "It will be online today!", Jack Ma, who had been sitting upright, suddenly leaned back in his boss chair.

Lie flat!
Alibaba's DingTalk will not be completed and launched until the end of the year, and it only has 20% of the functions of Feishu, but Feishu is on the market now.

Is it still necessary for DingTalk to exist?

Is it still necessary to do it?

Similar questions arise in the minds of all Alibaba executives and the entire Feishu team.

The difference between the two is not just the time gap, the strategic gap, but also the generation gap in technology!

A room full of Alibaba executives looked at each other.

They looked at each other without saying a word, and the silence remained.

At this moment, Alibaba’s senior management, major shareholders, and developers from the DingTalk team were all silent.

Don't even know what to say.

Even the secretary next to him was extremely panicked and had no idea how today's Alibaba high-level meeting would end.

Lost!

What an ugly loss!

After a long while, Jack Ma broke the silence:

"Okay, everyone has watched the Feishu press conference of Xingyi Technology."

"Everyone knows how much worse our DingTalk is than Feishu."

"To put it simply, Xingyi Technology has already developed and launched things and functions that we haven't even conceived yet."

"To be frank, the difference between our DingTalk and Feishu is like the difference between a shared apartment in a village and a large flat or high-end villa. The gap is too big."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

The DingTalk team looked livid, but they were unable to refute.

The gap is really too big, so big that it makes people despair.

“So the only question now is, is it necessary for us to continue to develop DingTalk?”

Jack Ma was so straightforward that he lost all patience for the last bit of tact.

Song Lixin, director of the DingTalk business unit, was sweating profusely, and his expression was extremely complicated.

Previously, he was a well-known figure in Tencent and a technical expert. He was poached by Alibaba Vice President Mo Yi to work on Alibaba's social network, Laiwang.

But the relationship failed and he was almost laid off.

Later, Mo Yi stepped in and merged Laiwang into Alibaba Smart Healthcare to build a bridge for communication between doctors and patients. Song Lixin escaped the disaster and continued to serve as the top leader.

But Alibaba Smart Healthcare failed again, and Song Lixin faced layoffs again.

At the critical moment, Mo Yi took action again and proposed to do corporate social networking...

The Laiwang team was once again secured, and Song Lixin became the president of DingTalk.

After so many twists and turns, I thought it would finally succeed this time.

DingTalk will become the number one enterprise social platform, and Song Lixin will be able to become a legend in one fell swoop, gaining both fame and fortune.

Unexpectedly, before DingTalk was launched, Xingyi Technology had already developed Feishu, which was so successful that it ruined the future of DingTalk.

In this way, Alibaba’s enterprise social software can be said to have ended before it even began.

Then their entire team would be laid off, and Song Lixin would also be kicked out.

Now Jack Ma asked directly, is DingTalk still necessary to exist?

That's the decision.

There is no need for it to exist anymore.

Song Lixin understood this, Vice President Mo Yi understood this, and everyone understood this.

If we give it another chance, the question we’ll ask is not “Does DingTalk still need to exist?” but “How can DingTalk catch up?”

In response to this, everyone in the room either remained silent or shook their heads, and no one spoke well of DingTalk.

Song Lixin's head was as big as a bucket, and he knew in his heart:

"It's over. This time, it's really over."

"There is no chance of resurrection."

But Song Lixin didn't want to give up until it was absolutely necessary, and couldn't help but look at the man who saved him time and time again - Vice President Mo Yi.

With a one in ten thousand hope, he hoped that Mo Yi would make another move and save him once more!
But this time, Mo Yi just had a calm expression and didn't even look at Song Lixin, as if it had nothing to do with him and he was indifferent.

Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

I've saved you twice. I've done my best.

To succeed, one needs not only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but also strong enough strength and luck.

But unfortunately, Song Lixin got the opportunity, but he did not have enough strength and his luck was extremely bad.

If there was no Feishu from Xingyi Technology, Mo Yi believed that Song Lixin's DingTalk would be able to succeed and even become bigger.

But with the example of Feishu, which was launched nearly a year earlier, DingTalk was ruined, completely ruined.

Even if gods came, they couldn’t save him.

"Okay, that's it."

Jack Ma said calmly: "The DingTalk project has been completely stopped and all business units have been disbanded."

"The meeting is dismissed!"

Everyone left, sighing.

Only Song Lixin remained sitting there. Even after everyone in the room had left, he still sat there, as if petrified.

This was his last time in this conference room and Ali's last day.

DingTalk is finished, the business unit will be disbanded, and he, the president who has been defeated time and time again, will also be kicked out.

Even outside of Alibaba, no one outside of the company knows about the existence of the DingTalk project.

Who would pay attention to a project that ended before it even started?
Nvidia is also in a difficult situation.

Recently, Lao Huang's temper has been getting worse and worse:
"These bastards have all joined Xingyi Technology. Seeing our GTX 970 fail, these PC manufacturers have all started buying Xingyi RTX 970. Graphics card manufacturers have also started buying RTX 970 GPU chips to make non-official Xingyi graphics cards. They are really unreliable!"

"Alas, the Xingyi RTX 970 is already a hot seller, and with additional orders from graphics card manufacturers and computer manufacturers, the sales of the Xingyi RTX 970 are even higher. Our GTX 970 is completely useless."

"It would be fine if they were just scrapped, but what's even worse is that the GTX 970 graphics cards that have already been sold have also run into major problems. GTX 970 graphics card users have started to defend their rights and demand a full recall."

Old Huang was furious: "It's damned! It's damned!"

"Isn't it just that the GTX 970 failed a little? It's not unusable!"

"Chairman, that's what you said, but the problem is that if the GTX 970 issue is not handled properly, it will have a great impact on NVIDIA's reputation. Now many users say that they will always hate NVIDIA because of the GTX 970."

"Many fans have turned into haters because of this and switched to Xingyi graphics cards."

"That's right. If this matter is not handled properly, it will not only affect the sales of the first generation of GTX 970 graphics cards, but also the subsequent sales."

"The worst thing is that many users have started to sue us and demand that we recall all the products!"

"What? You're suing us?" Old Huang was shocked and angry.

Previously, users jointly defended their rights, but they were just making a fuss. Nvidia ignored them and did not respond. It was just a non-issue.

But now that users are joining together to defend their rights and file lawsuits, it will be difficult to handle.

"Chairman, many GTX 970 users have united and sued us in federal court. If this matter goes to court, we will be in a passive position."

"Even if we win the case in the end, the impact of the incident will be very bad, especially since the litigation process will be reported by the media many times and become a hot topic. If the situation worsens, it will seriously affect Nvidia's reputation and subsequent sales."

"If we lose the lawsuit, we will have to recall all GTX 970 graphics cards, which will cause even greater losses."

"It can be said that whether you win or lose, it is not a good thing. I suggest that you deal with it immediately and not delay it."

Old Huang nodded: "You are right. If it really goes to court, it will be a big trouble."

"In this way, when we release an announcement, we admit that there is a problem with the GTX 970, but we definitely do not admit that there is a hardware defect. We will push it through OTA and optimize the driver to solve this problem."

"Okay, this is also a solution. I hope it can stabilize those users."

"That's right. It will be easy if we can keep users from suing us." Huang said with melancholy, "We also have to push forward the release of GTX 960. With the RTX 970, GTX 970 is useless. GTX 960 should be released as soon as possible and prepared as soon as possible. Notify major graphics card manufacturers and ask them to purchase GTX 960 GPU chips. Also, ask PC manufacturers to place orders for OEM GTX 960 graphics cards."

"Yes!"

Soon, Nvidia released a statement admitting that there was a problem with the GTX 970 and that it would solve it by pushing driver optimization...

Looking at this scene, Wang Yi laughed:

"It's really interesting. Even after the memory issue broke out, they still don't admit that there is a hardware defect. This kind of hardware defect cannot be solved by a push."

"Yes, Chairman, NVIDIA is still talking tough, but it doesn't know that the cost of talking tough is even greater. I don't think consumers will buy it, and neither will graphics card manufacturers," said Yu Longxing with a smile.

“That’s for sure. But our RTX 960 and RTX 950 will also be launched next,” said Wang Yi.

New year, new start.

It is a good time for Xingyi Semiconductor to show its strength!

As expected, Nvidia's driver optimization has little effect. Users are not buying it at all.

There is no way around it. The outbreak of the video memory scandal has exposed the defects of GTX 970.

So much so that all users know that the GTX 970 memory problem is a hardware design flaw that cannot be solved by driver updates at all.

Especially after NVIDIA pushed the driver optimization, many users found that there was not much improvement.

Many bloggers continue to test games such as "Assassin's Creed" in a targeted manner, but the results are still unsuccessful.

This is a slap in the face!

However, misfortunes never come singly.

Soon, the hot search [Nvidia’s ineffective optimization, GTX 970 memory scandal continues] made headlines and became popular around the world.

The following comments are even more interesting:

"The GTX 970 memory issue is clearly a hardware design flaw, but Nvidia is trying to get away with it by using driver optimization, which is really ridiculous."

"Is Nvidia's engineers mentally retarded to use driver optimization to solve hardware defects, or are they treating users as mentally retarded?"

"Crap GTX 970, crap Nvidia, not a responsible big business at all."

"There is no solution to the GTX 970 crash unless there is a full recall!"

"Nvidia is using driver optimization to cover up the issue, but still refuses to recall the product. This is extremely irresponsible."

"If you want a high-end graphics card, you have to get the RTX 970. The GTX 970 memory issue is unsolvable. Nvidia is garbage."

"Protect your rights, sue Nvidia together, and demand a full recall!"

"Yes, let's go to the federal court and sue together!"

……

Looking at these public opinions, Lao Huang has a headache:

"Fuck! These users are so difficult to deal with, I can't fool them at all!"

The vice president was also helpless: "Our driver optimization has some effect, but it still can't solve the memory gate defect."

"Yeah, unless they recall all of them and launch a brand new GTX 970 that doesn't fail."

Huang was very sad: "Although the GTX 970 that didn't fail is already under development and will be available soon, we can't recall the failed graphics cards, nor can we sell the GTX 970 that didn't fail publicly. We can only make it into OEM graphics cards and sell it to third parties."

"That's right. If the new GTX 970 that doesn't fail is not sold, and the market is full of failed GTX 970, it's easy to solve the problem if consumers complain. Once the non-failed version starts to be sold, and two different specifications of GTX 970 graphics cards are on sale in the market, then consumers will sue and complain, which will be a big problem."

"Besides, we will only make OEM graphics cards for the new GTX 970, which will help us win back some OEM graphics card orders from computer manufacturers. We can also slowly ship out the GTX 970s that have failed in stock. We still have two million in the warehouse, and we have to sell them all."

"Although this is passive, it is the best result."

Old Huang was filled with emotion, and still took the route that Wang Yi had guessed!

The repaired version of GTX 970 will not be sold to the public, but will only be made into OEM graphics cards to win back orders from computer manufacturers.

The public version GTX 970 sold subsequently and the non-public version GTX 970 sold at retail are still the overturned versions of the inventory!

Lao Huang sighed: "GTX 970 is useless. Retail channels are no match for Xingyi RTX 970. Let's push GTX 960! Use the super high cost performance of GTX 960 to impact Xingyi Xingyi RTX 970!"

The vice president's eyes lit up:
"Good idea! Although the performance of Xingyi RTX 970 is stronger than that of GTX 960 4G version, it is expensive, priced at 2499. Our GTX 960 4G version is only 1799-1999, which is more cost-effective."

"The most important thing is that Xingyi Technology does not have a mid-range graphics card comparable to the GTX 960, so they have a blank market!"

"Yes, this is our best chance!"

Huang is in a good mood: "The high-end graphics card market is in decline, it's time to make a comeback in the mid-range graphics card market!"

On the 22nd, NVIDIA released the GTX 960.

2G version 1499-1699.

4G version 1799-1999.

However, the GTX 960 public version is not available for sale in the country, and is only available as OEM graphics cards to major computer manufacturers.

But unfortunately, due to the previous GTX 970 incident, NVIDIA refused to recall and refused to cut or reduce orders, causing unpleasantness with major computer manufacturers. As a result, major manufacturers did not place many orders for GTX 960 OEM graphics cards.

In particular, there are some overturned GTX 970 OEM graphics cards rotting in the warehouse, which is a headache for all major manufacturers and they are still thinking about continuing to defend their rights against NVIDIA.

It would be best if Nvidia could solve or partially solve the problems of these failed 970 graphics cards.

If NVIDIA still doesn't take responsibility and doesn't provide a solution in the end, these manufacturers will have no choice but to accept it and downgrade these failed GTX 970s and use them as GTX 960s!

It's just that the GTX 2499 purchased at 970 is used as a GTX 1799 worth 960. It is definitely a loss, and a big one.

But there is no other way. It is better to downgrade and use it than to let it rot in the warehouse. It can also be regarded as stopping the loss in time.

It is a last resort measure in the worst situation.

There are so many failed GTX 970s that have been downgraded to be used as GTX 960s. Under this situation, major manufacturers will not place more orders for GTX 960 OEM graphics cards.

Graphics card manufacturers such as ASUS and Gigabyte have similar ideas.

If Nvidia insists on refusing to be responsible for the GTX 970, it can only downgrade it and sell it as GTX 960, and will not place more orders for GTX 960 GPU chips.

As you can imagine, orders for GTX 960 OEM graphics cards and GPU chips are very few.

This gave Old Huang a headache: "How could this happen?"

“GTX 960 hasn’t failed, so why are its sales so poor?”

“Why don’t graphics card manufacturers place more orders?”

The marketing director hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Chairman, I think he plans to wait and see the market situation after the GTX 960 retail non-official version goes on sale early next month before deciding to place an order."

"Is that so?" Old Huang frowned. "That's not right. Those graphics card manufacturers who don't place orders can be said to be waiting and watching. But why don't those computer manufacturers place more orders? Or even no orders?"

"Graphics card manufacturers didn't place many orders, but at least they placed some orders. Some computer manufacturers didn't place any orders at all! What were they thinking?"

"This..." The marketing director was also confused: "How do you explain this?"

The situation this year is completely different from previous years.

GTX 960 is a mid-range graphics card and also a mainstream graphics card!
In previous years, before Nvidia’s mainstream graphics cards were released, major graphics card manufacturers and major computer manufacturers would rush to place large-scale orders and grab orders!
But now, graphics card manufacturers place fewer orders, and computer manufacturers almost do not place any orders!
Isn't this useless?

"Chairman, could it be that the failure of the GTX 970 has cast a shadow on major computer manufacturers?"

"So I plan to wait and see if the GTX 960 is a failure before placing an order?"

"???"

The corner of Lao Huang's mouth twitched, and his expression became very interesting: "In terms of relationships, our Yingwei has become a professional failure?"

"You have so little trust in NVIDIA?"

The subordinate sighed, "There's nothing we can do, Chairman. After all, the high-end GTX 970 graphics card has failed, so it's understandable that customers are questioning the mid-range GTX 960 graphics card."

"Well, I hope so."

Old Huang snorted coldly, very displeased.

I sighed in my heart:

'I'm afraid things aren't that simple!'

"We are afraid that those damn customers will threaten us by not placing orders for GTX 960, put pressure on us, and try to control us and make us responsible for GTX 970!"

"If that's the case, then we're in big trouble!"

Other Nvidia executives also had complicated expressions.

They finally realized AMD's pain.

In previous years, when new graphics cards were released, customers were not active in placing orders, and that was AMD’s treatment.

Now it’s Nvidia’s turn!

"Chairman, please don't worry. True gold is not afraid of fire. Our GTX 960 has no hardware defects and will not fail."

The subordinate consoled him: "Once customers have finished testing and find that the GTX 960 is very powerful and will not fail, they will naturally place large orders. In addition, Xingyi Technology does not have mid-range graphics cards, so there is a gap in the market and it will not impact the GTX 960."

"Yeah." Old Huang nodded and then breathed a sigh of relief.

However, there are always more surprises than surprises.

The next day, Xingyi Technology officially announced the New Year Festival strategic new product launch conference, which will be held on January 1.

This statement quickly became a hot topic, overshadowing the recent release of Nvidia GTX 960.

After all, NVIDIA only released a mid-range graphics card, while Xingyi Technology’s press conference featured a large number of new products and a big investment.

The current Xingyi Technology style is very unique. It is not a nationwide blockbuster product and will not be released on a large scale, but in a small press conference.

Just like the Feishu press conference at the beginning of the month, which was aimed at corporate customers, it was just a specialized and regular press conference for major enterprises, nothing more.

This time, the New Year Goods Festival launch conference was grand in scale and grand in style, and its meaning was completely different.

Looking at the Internet full of hot searches about Xingyi Technology's New Year Goods Festival press conference, a senior executive twitched his mouth:
“What will be released at the New Year Goods Festival press conference?”

"Wouldn't there be a mid-range graphics card?"

Hearing this, other senior executives also became extremely excited: "!!!"

Old Huang's face changed drastically: "!!!"

This is very possible!

Very big!
So big it’s scary!

(End of this chapter)