You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 554

"I have never seen such a shameless person!" Qin Shaoyan sighed, "He copied my software and still wants to ban it."

Zhang Pingyi's face was solemn. "The penguin is coming with great force this time, and its first move is a killing move."

A rather humorous thing is that QQ has played an indispensable role in the rapid rise of “Meitu Magic Tool”.

A considerable number of early users of "Meitu Shenqi" were obtained through QQ Space Album. After uploading photos with retouched effects to Space Album, other QQ friends followed suit.

Through word of mouth spread through QQ software, the number of users of "Meitu Shenqi" increased rapidly.

With the help of the largest social platform website and the largest chat software in the country, "Meitu Shenqi" became popular in a very short time, becoming a phenomenal software and even an indispensable software for netizens to surf the Internet.

QQ has just remembered to ban it, but it cannot be any later. The reaction arc is longer than the equator.

But it is better to ban it late than not to ban it at all.

On the one hand, the penguin is showing a tough attitude, and on the other hand, it is trying to make up for the loss.

If we don’t ban the “beauty tool” on QQ, how can our own “beauty show” become popular?

Zhang Pingyi knew very well what the penguin was doing, so he was a little anxious.

"Boss Qin, we have to prepare countermeasures." Zhang Pingyi suggested directly, "If they ban it, we should do the same."

Qin Shaoyan glanced at him and asked, "What should we do?"

"VV also blocks the URL and keywords of Meiyanxiu, and VV space prohibits the use of photos shared using Meiyanxiu software." Zhang Pingyi quickly gave several measures, "and the campus network and Weibo platform are also completely banned."

"We control the largest social platform in the country. If a war really breaks out, we are not afraid at all."

Others echoed that the main purpose of sharing photos is to socialize.

Sentinel Technologies’ biggest advantage is its social platform, and it can be said that it has the strength to compete head-on with Penguin.

"Yes, with the penguin!"

"Penguin has gone too far, even resorting to such a lousy method as banning. We must fight back."

"If we don't stand up a little, the other side will think we are weak and can be bullied."

Faced with his excited subordinates, Qin Shaoyan remained very stable.

"Let's forget about the ban." Qin Shaoyan said generously, "Penguins are ignorant, but we can't be ignorant."

"As a mature Internet company, we should face the world with an inclusive and open mind."

"Banning friendly companies at every turn is a very childish behavior."

Qin Shaoyan's statement made everyone feel incredible. When did President Qin become so easy to talk to?

This is not like his character.

Zhang Pingyi was also stunned. He couldn't figure out what Qin Shaoyan was thinking, so he asked, "Then what do you have in mind?"

"When facing the unreasonable behavior of Penguin, we should not fall into a low-level business war with them. What we should do now is to condemn it and criticize it." Qin Shaoyan said in a sincere tone, "Educate it, let it recognize its mistakes, and then correct them."

Everyone in the president's office looked at each other in confusion. What was President Qin talking about?

Still criticizing education?
If the penguin could realize its mistake, could it do this?
"Are we really not going to fight back?" Zhang Pingyi couldn't help but ask.

"We must fight back, but we won't retaliate in kind," Qin Shaoyan replied. "We just need to condemn through public opinion."

"We must work hard to spread the word and let netizens know the truth. Justice and truth are on our side."

Yang Ke from the Marketing Department immediately understood what he meant. "I understand, Mr. Qin." "We will make some public relations plans right away. Please approve them, Mr. Qin."

Qin Shaoyan looked at him with satisfaction and said, "Very good. Remember to be reasonable and well-reasoned. We are the victims. We need to publicize this matter."

"As for the media, you need to explain it clearly to our media friends and ask them to give us justice."

"You can report any expenses you need directly to me and go through the special approval process."

Yang Ke asked again, "Do you want to talk about Penguin's plagiarism?"

Qin Shaoyan glanced at him and smiled, "News reports must be objective and truthful. We cannot control how our media friends write."

Yang Ke now fully understood Mr. Qin's instructions and quickly wrote them down in his notebook.

"Other departments must cooperate closely. We are standing on the moral high ground this time." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "There are some things that we don't need to say. Someone will naturally say them for us."

"The rest is to test the penguin's ability to withstand pressure."

After his subordinates left the president's office, Zhang Pingyi still sat on the sofa without moving, as if he was thinking about something.

Qin Shaoyan glanced at him and said, "Master Zhang, what are you thinking about?"

"I feel like it's not right for Penguin to launch this beauty show." Zhang Pingyi frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"This BeautyShow was launched too quickly." Zhang Pingyi said seriously, "It's only been a short time since our Meitu Magic Tool was launched, and it's been less than half a year since Penguin launched the same competing product. From the perspective of R&D speed, it's a bit too fast."

Qin Shaoyan asked back, "You think there's something wrong with their beauty show, right?"

"It's hard to say." Zhang Pingyi shook his head, "I have to take a look at the software first."

Qin Shaoyan asked tentatively: "If it plagiarized our code, can you find it?"

Zhang Pingyi was stunned for a moment, then he became a little suspicious, "I didn't say they plagiarized, why are you asking?"

"I just made a guess."

"Did you set a trap for the penguin?" Zhang Pingyi frowned.

"How is that possible?" Qin Shaoyan answered calmly, "Even if I have a plan, I can't give my code to the other party for free."

"I also have doubts. They were able to produce a software so quickly and with such a high degree of completion. Could they have done it without some extraordinary means?"

Zhang Pingyi thought for a moment, "Who in the Beauty Tool project team has access to the code?"

“Anyone who does research and development can get in touch with it.”

"Have any core members resigned recently?" Zhang Pingyi continued to ask.

"No core members, but I'm not sure about the others." Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment, "I'll ask the HR over there to investigate. It seems that many people who were doing peripheral functions have left."

"Okay, tell me the results of your investigation." Zhang Pingyi thought for a moment, "I'll find two people to look at the code of the beauty show together."

"Then remember to secure the evidence first if you find anything." Qin Shaoyan was eager to try, "I'll see what Penguin says then."

Zhang Pingyi was a little surprised. "What are you going to do if you find out that they used our code?"

"Of course we should call the police directly." Qin Shaoyan replied, "They are stealing! They are commercial espionage!"

(End of this chapter)