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Chapter 151: Opening my eyes, I see all the trump cards [Subscribe]

The filming of "Dying to Survive" was running smoothly.

On March 3, the popularity of "Dark Glory" exploded on the Internet, both inside and outside the Great Firewall.

Beijing TV acquired the broadcasting rights on March 3, and the show was broadcast on the evening of March 21, the same day Murdoch bought the US broadcasting rights.

One episode a day!
This kind of experience of being oppressed and bullied can make countless, almost all ordinary people and people at the bottom of society empathize, even if most of the lower classes are not bullied as badly as the heroine Zhang Bozhi.

The heroine played by Azhi was so miserable at the beginning.

After being bullied, even her own mother would accept the money thrown by the rich and beautiful girl played by Yang Xi and help the villain suppress Azhi.

This kind of misery is all-encompassing.

Coupled with Azhi's own beautiful appearance, she is so pitiful.

The TV series' first episode had a viewership rating of 21%, surpassing the 18.5% of the premiere of "My Love from the Star".

However, during the period when countless people were staying at home, "You Are the Star" achieved a peak viewership of 42% in the rebroadcast on CCTV, which is a rise against the times.

The second episode dropped to 19.5% on the second day, and to 17% on the third day.

But on the 25th and 26th, as the plot of the TV series progresses, the heroine Azhi finds other ordinary people who have been oppressed one after another.

Let us all unite and say no to evil and take action together.

This sense of teamwork, tacit understanding, and the collaboration of ordinary people are really exciting.

Just yesterday, on the 26th, Beijing TV’s highest ratings reached 25%, setting the film and television industry on fire again.

This is the villain played by Yang Di, the most evil white, rich and beautiful woman who married her ideal tall, rich and handsome boss and had a lovely daughter.

The heroine Azhi wants to return from her studies and destroy everything the female villain has done, making her deserted by everyone.

The content of the fifth episode has progressed to the point where Azhi knows that the domineering boss Liu Yijun likes to play Go. She has also learned Go from the male protagonist for a long time, and goes to Liu Yijun to use her beauty trap.

And Liu Yijun also began to fall into the trap.

This is the key step to destroy Yang Xi!

Azhi used the beauty trap not to seduce Liu Yijun herself, that was too low-level.

The purpose is to help Liu Yijun uncover the truth, let him know how vicious and vicious his beloved daughter-in-law is, tear off her mask, and break up Yang Xi's seemingly happy marriage.

Azhi also became the teacher of Yang Xi's daughter.

This includes Wen Zhang, the yellow-haired little brother who is trying to incite the big villain's team to rebel. Wen Zhang is also a villain, but he has always been the despised lackey at the bottom of the food chain.

The heroine told Wen Zhang that the girl who fell to her death was killed by the female villain after being beaten and killed by her own hands. After so many years, the other party's body is still in the hospital cold storage and can be examined.

This can do a lot of things.

The plot has progressed to this point, which really makes countless viewers very excited and anxious. They can't wait to follow it and see how Azhi lives as an ordinary person.

After studying hard for several years, we will launch a net-like encirclement against the biggest evil flower, buy at the bottom and then take revenge.

After five consecutive days of broadcast in mainland China.

Azhi’s popularity is simply beyond words. The (Dark Glory) campus network rating section has just been launched.

There are already tens of thousands of new ratings added every day, and most of them are striving for a score of 9 or above. Long and short reviews are also accumulated screen by screen.

This completely broke the defenses of South Korean netizens outside the Great Firewall.

Obviously, South Korea bought it first, and they also followed it very enthusiastically. After all, the highest ratings in South Korea have exceeded 60%.

This can only mean that South Korea is a bit magical.

In an era when ratings are plummeting across the board in China, viewers have countless new things to choose from and are collectively declining.

But the South Korean original drama Stairway to Heaven and Full House in 2004 both had peak viewership ratings exceeding 47%!

It’s not surprising that Dark Glory breaks 60% now.

Following closely, local teams from Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Thailand and the Philippines, were also bought by TV stations and began broadcasting.

For example, in Thailand, the show started with a viewership rating of 30%.

Thailand offered a price of 150 million RMB per episode, and also included the condition that Thailand remake the Thai version. Li Wenyu certainly didn't mind.

150 million per episode, 16 episodes and another 2400 million in revenue, a remake? Thailand has remade many classic Chinese TV series.

After the second episode was aired in Thailand, the ratings broke 50%. The original track of Full House was able to reach 64% ratings there.

The Philippines... The netizens from the Philippines browsed Weibo and saw that all the netizens from other countries were discussing Dark Glory. They felt like they were abandoned by the region because they had never seen it.

Countless netizens rushed to the official Weibo accounts of various television organizations and filled their screens with messages urging them to continue.

This was already in 2004, long before the official Weibo accounts of the Time of Rebirth crew were released, responding to the public @公公.

In fact, from the mainland to Hong Kong and Macau, there are some island and Korean units and institutions.

They have also started to register official certified accounts a long time ago.

Although the languages ​​are mixed, as long as you use English or Traditional Chinese, you can still easily find some translators who bring their own practical knowledge under the comments of different dynamics.

This wave of enthusiasm has spread to the American Internet.

At least countless overseas Chinese, international students studying in the US, and tourists are curious about the charm of the drama king that has attracted people from East Asia and Southeast Asia to flock to it.

…………

At noon on March 3, Li Wenyu called for everyone to call it a day and take a break.

The entire crew of "Dying to Survive" finally relaxed.

Bi Zhifei, who was still the errand assistant, quickly came over with Zhou Hongyi. The red-clothed man greeted him from a distance, "Mr. Li, our 360 Antivirus has released a beta version."

"I've used it a few times and it feels pretty good. When will it be tested on a large scale?"

1月6号到3月27，红衣哥已经被永久免费的杀毒魔音，轰炸了2个多月了。

He was so excited that he couldn't sleep during this period.

I can stay up for two days and two nights and can't stop.

He knows that forever free is just a mushroom egg!

Kingsoft Antivirus has risen to prominence under Lei Jun's leadership. How does it fare in terms of hardware-based antivirus software? Setting that aside, Zhou Hongyi is confident he's no less capable than Lei.

At this stage, Kingsoft mainly relies on free trials for a period of time, coupled with a price that is 50% cheaper than other antivirus software, to enter the market.

For example, Rising costs 99 yuan a year, and Kingsoft Antivirus costs 50 yuan a year.

The original years of 04 and 05 were also a period of rapid development for Kingsoft. The Blue Fire Plan expanded the corporate market and promoted the drug enforcement program online and offline.

Then they sold Kingsoft Antivirus 99 and Kingsoft PowerWord in packages for 6 yuan to attract consumers.

All in all.

None of them can compare to one that is permanently free!

Mushrooms are permanently free!

In addition to the huge scale of Weibo with 2 million registered users, how can big stars like Li Jiaxin or Gao Yuanyuan promote it?
The red-shirted brother could only say that when Lao Li first tricked him with the promise of 1000 million new users a month, that was way too small. Lao Li was being too modest.

Li Wenyu announced the end of work at noon because the red-shirted brother was coming to report.

When he came over and shook hands with the red-shirted guy and passed out cigarettes, he smiled and said, "Old Lei, do you know the gimmick of permanently free things?"

He knew that since Brother Hongyi formed his own new team and new company, the outside world gradually learned that it was invested by Li Wenyu.

Lei Zi often brought his wife to visit Brother Hongyi's house to drink.

Zhou Hongyi hurriedly shook his head, "No, I'm not stupid. I'll keep it a secret for as long as I can."

The concept of permanent free was put forward, and Kingsoft, Kaspersky, Jiangmin, Rising, etc. had to learn from it if they didn’t want to die.

But it takes time for them to learn and adjust.

In the past, they relied on sales to ensure their business growth. While they were considering how to survive by going free forever, the Weibo platform and its star-studded lineup were enough to make Time 360 ​​the largest, just like Penguin dominated the chat market.

During this process, the only thing Lao Zhou has to do is to ensure that the antivirus team's technical strength is among the best in the country.

His own level is not particularly important, what matters is that the big team is strong!
Li Wenyu smiled and nodded. "Regarding server and broadband expenses, we will follow the current campus network standards from the beginning."

"Weibo announced that it was launching an internal test, and anyone who wanted to try it out could easily recruit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of users."

"You can use it right away after downloading it. This is much more convenient than Kingsoft and other companies that rely on selling physical discs and serial number verification to activate the system."

This is another advantage.

In 2004, online transactions and other sales models had many processes.

This process is very unfamiliar to netizens a few years later.

For example, Shanda sells point cards, and Fantasy Westward Journey’s recharge transaction model, etc.

Once you download Time 360 ​​and install it, it can help you detect and kill viruses and block viruses. It is so convenient.

When time ends, it sweeps away at the beginning.

It will quickly sweep away many users who are still relatively new to the Internet.

Next, Lao Li took the team out for dinner and then gave real authorization to Brother Red.

The US$10 million investment was not given to Lao Zhou in full at once for him to do with as he pleased.

Now Lao Zhou’s team is only responsible for technology, the financial affairs are all handled by Lao Li’s people, and Brother Hongyi is the antivirus guard.

Lao Li is in charge of the construction of the 360 ​​community website, managing the server and broadband, etc.

These service frameworks have been prepared long ago and are just waiting for virus scanning.

…………

It was 3 days later, March 3th at 30 am.

The drama Dark Glory is still bombarding the ratings across East Asia and Southeast Asia, making the TV dramas of the same period tremble.

The popularity of actors such as Zhang Bozhi and Wang Kai has skyrocketed.

Gao Yuanyuan posted on Shiguang Weibo, @阿志, @杨膤 and others, saying, "Shiguang has launched a new service. Download 360 PC Manager starting today."

"We will help netizens to eliminate viruses for free forever. We have just started the internal testing phase and have 5 spots available."

"Azhi, you are the most popular, come and help netizens experience the feeling."

Zhang Bozhi and Yang Xi of course responded quickly, both saying they were downloading.

A short time.

The entire Internet exploded.

Of course, countless ordinary netizens were surprised. As for viruses, even in a few years, all kinds of game players would have their accounts hacked by viruses.

Then the Penguin account was stolen.

If it then develops into bank card risks, it is something that everyone hates.

Other major antivirus companies, such as Kingsoft, have a certain free trial period, but after that you have to pay. Payment and activation are a series of issues.

This isn't a QR code you can just scan.

Free forever? Everyone was ecstatic.

…………

Beijing.

Lei Jun, who had been following the updates of his old friend Brother Hongyi and attached great importance to this guy's entry into the antivirus field with the support of Li Wenyu, was the first to be notified of the new news by phone.

I went online and saw the promotion and publicity of Time 360's permanent free service.

Lei Jun, who was already 35 years old, almost fainted.

"Fuck! I was wondering why Zhou Hongyi quit his job in search and took on the role of CEO of Yahoo China to suddenly come over and start working on antivirus."

"A huge pit, a huge pit!"

"Except for the free one, everything else in Jinshan is a dead end!"

Anyone who uses free things will know it. In 2001, the number of Penguin users increased, and in order to achieve profitability and avoid continuous losses.

Xiao Ma Ge has thought about letting Penguin charge a fee, like 2 yuan a month? ?

As soon as the cool moves came out, UC, NetEase Bubble, Yahoo Messenger, etc. almost killed Penguin.

If Pony Ma hadn't turned around in time, the policy of stopping charging would probably not be in place today.

Lei Jun didn’t know how Penguin, which has always been free, makes money.

But what about now? Penguin has basically completed the internal review process and is just waiting to apply for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Once it goes public, it’s all money.

First, grab users to form a giant platform, and then think of other ways to monetize. This has become an intuitive routine.

Kingsoft has come this far, relying not only on antivirus, but also on WPS and the Swordsman Love series of games. These are its pillars and the foundation for Kingsoft's pursuit of a listing.

When Lao Lei was the CEO, he still found time to found Joyo.com.

Joyo.com itself is also burning money. Lao Lei feels that he can no longer afford it and wants to sell it. He has even started negotiations with Amazon in the United States.

Just like Zhou Hongyi sold 3721.

After Lao Lei lit a cigarette to calm himself, he called Mr. Qiu and said, "Brother Jun, this is a big problem. The Time System has entered the antivirus market and is aiming for dominance from the start."

"Our group is seeking an IPO. Even if we make our antivirus software permanently free now, our market capitalization will be significantly lower in the future."

"You know Zhou Hongyi. He made his fortune selling antivirus cards while he was in school. He's got decent skills and a billionaire backing him."

"They also have the largest advertising platform, with over 200 million Weibo users, and Time Campus is spread across universities and high schools..."

Lao Lei just wants to say that Kingsoft is almost giving up on antivirus.

On the contrary, office software like WPS can continue to explore and develop and compete with Microsoft Word.

The other side of the phone, Qiu Zong, smiled dryly, "Let's take it one step at a time. Permanent free is too destructive."

We have money, platform and technology.

Lao Qiu couldn't imagine how Shi Guang would lose if he entered the antivirus field.

When I opened my eyes over there, I saw only trump cards!
Lei Jun took another puff of his cigarette and complained, "I also remembered a horror story, waiting for Xiao Ma Ge to push Penguin to go public."

"Given his habit of plagiarizing, he might even venture into the antivirus field. As long as many people use it and the results are good, this will also increase the market value, right?"

Original track Zhou Hongyi launched 360 in 2006.

Also in December 2006, Penguin launched QQ Doctor, which was upgraded to Penguin Computer Manager in 12.

Once such a large listed group gets involved, it will cause a major reshuffle in the industry.

Lao Qiu took a deep breath. "Penguin is currently applying for an IPO, so there won't be much movement in the short term. But Pony will probably be out there a few months later. He's as wealthy as Shi Guang."

"We can't rely on selling and charging fees to generate revenue. I'm sure our top technicians will be poached one by one."

Relying on games and WPS software?

How does this fight against time and penguins?
This was also the reason why Li Wenyu openly pressured Brother Red, but Brother Red did not choose to start his own business, but instead tried to negotiate the increase from 10% to 15%.

The big gangsters compete on platforms and burn money.

It would be fine if the big companies didn't pay attention, but once they did, it felt like the evil of the abyss staring down. Of course, Zhou Hongyi didn't know one thing.

Lao Li has long relied on plug-ins to become the world's most powerful hacker.

(End of this chapter)