Everyone at Tesco has been busy since the beginning of October. Yike and Yixin are also working overtime for the Spring Festival activities in order to change the version of their communication software.
In overseas markets, Yike needs to prepare for the craziest "Black Friday Shopping Festival" of the year and Christmas in December, and all departments are equally prepared.
Fang Zhuo has always been an iron man, and he does not hesitate to devote himself to busy work. However, he is indeed too busy, and from time to time, various technical analyzes of ice cores are presented on his desk...
After staying up late, he accidentally felt a headache when he looked at the ice core documents.
"The temperature dropped yesterday, and it seemed like the wind was blowing. When did Changzhou say it would arrive?"
"Mr. Fang, it's 9 o'clock in the morning on the 30th, Wednesday the day after tomorrow." Secretary Liu Zonghong poured a cup of hot water for the boss, without making tea or coffee, so as not to irritate him again.
"Well, Infineon is coming soon. Do you think it's necessary for me to go there? They still hope that I can attend." Fang Zhuo held the cup thoughtfully.
Liu Zonghong did not answer. He generally does not answer such questions.
Sure enough, Fang Zhuo didn't ask any further questions and just fell into thinking.
Qimonda's bankruptcy happened from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Even CEO Luo Jianhua was laid off and re-employed in Bingxin. The bankruptcy committee has officially filed a lawsuit against Infineon. The attitudes of both parties sometimes eased, and sometimes they insisted on moving forward.
legal process.
The equipment upgrade of Bingxin's Lin'an factory is almost completed, but the finalized patent package of 100 million euros cannot yet complete the complicated procedures.
Luo Jianhua has been working hard on this, but Qimonda is more involved and still hasn't settled the matter.
According to his report, Qimonda's patent may be delayed until early next year.
Fang Zhuo's mentality is relatively stable. The global memory industry has rebounded in the middle of the year. Anyway, Bingxin Lin'an Factory cannot drink this soup, so it will be later.
Mainly, this invisible restriction on going abroad... is really annoying. Half a year has passed since the Yike Financial War, and some media still mention this matter.
Originally, Fang Zhuo estimated that he could hold another product launch conference in Silicon Valley next year, but now it seems that this launch conference related to important changes in Yike's flagship has to be left to Yu Hong.
If you think about it from another angle, it's okay. It can make everyone pay more attention to the product instead of focusing on the second best CEO in the world.
Many thoughts were swirling in his mind. Fang Zhuo drank half a glass of water and suddenly said: "Take down this calligraphy on the wall. I will write a new one later."
Liu Zonghong was a little surprised. Why did the boss suddenly want to withdraw from "Being kind to others"? Didn't he also want the last kindness?
"It's easy to get tired of reading your own handwriting for too long." Fang Zhuo rubbed his temples, "How is the site selection progress in Changzhou?"
"We have chosen three places, and we still have to decide which one is more suitable." Liu Zonghong replied, "The team from Changzhou will come over on Wednesday and should also express their opinions."
The relationship between Yike and Changzhou came from a meeting on the highway to attract investment.
Fang Zhuo went to Changzhou before and finalized a small warehouse. He felt that the leadership there was quite practical. It happened that Yike needed to upgrade the data center. Changzhou was very positive when he heard about it. After communication between the two parties, he considered a reliance
The lake water refrigeration plan plans to establish an Yike Taihu data center to process the overall data of the Yike system.
The construction area of this data center is planned to exceed 30,000 square meters, with several built-in lake water processors, which can save more than 80% of cooling energy consumption. It has received support from Su Province, which governs the entire Taihu Lake, and settling in Changzhou is a collaboration between the company and the local government.
promoted.
With the advent of communications, the development of cloud computing, and the rapid increase in the amount of data in the YMS ecosystem, the priority of data processing is still relatively high.
"Wednesday, the 30th, this month is almost over." Fang Zhuo sighed.
When Liu Zonghong heard this voice, he knew what his boss meant. On the 30th, it would be a full month since Yixin went online. This month has been so fast, but there has never been much movement from Penguin.
You can’t just watch Yike enter the communications field like this, right?
At this time, he said: "The further back Yi Xin goes, the more stable he will be."
Fang Zhuo nodded and said with a smile: "Yes."
No matter what happens to Penguin, Yi Xin will develop himself well first, and then he will try again later.
…
Soon on the 30th, at 9 o'clock in the morning, Fang Zhuo, who was in a good mood, welcomed the Changzhou leaders at the Yike headquarters at Hang Lung 23 and took them to visit the world-famous mobile finance company.
At 10 o'clock, just as Fang Zhuo was sitting with his leaders in Yike's R&D office, his cell phone kept vibrating, and then a call came to secretary Liu Zonghong's cell phone.
Fang Zhuo apologized to the leaders, then spent two minutes dealing with the matter, and continued to introduce some of Yike's current projects and prospects for future mobile phone functions.
However, this free conversation did not last long and was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Mr. Fang, if you have anything to do, just go ahead and let's go shopping by ourselves." Zhao Weihua, the leader of Changzhou, was the one who recruited the richest man in the mainland on the expressway. He also came to visit this time and saw such an unusual behavior.
Opened his mouth.
"They are already taking care of this little thing." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "We will take a bus to see the cloud computing department later. Yike's sign is hanging at Hang Lung 23, but in fact, our company departments are scattered around the surrounding area.
of."
Zhao Weihua knew that Yike was building a new headquarters and thought that this problem would be solved soon.
A group of people were chatting and laughing, but soon the Changzhou team knew what had happened. Penguin had already posted an article on its portal website accusing Yike of unfair competition.
The reason is that the software update it submitted on the 29th did not pass the review of the Yike Software Store, and at 7 o'clock in the morning on the 30th today, the new version of QQ has been released on all other platforms, and advertisements have also been displayed. This is a lack of user experience.
Brand new version.
Logically speaking, there is no Android, there is Symbian, and there is WM, and because of the direct competition between Yixin, Penguin will not be so angry to advertise its opponents through the official website.
In terms of volume, users in the Android camp are far inferior to users of other domestic systems.
However, after observing the response to the release of the new version, Penguin found that QQ, which can also add acquaintances, did not achieve the expected public response.
In addition, Sina Weibo, Zhihu and other platforms have obvious popularity reduction.
However, three hours later, the Apple mobile phone store that had just entered China also removed QQ from the shelves, and the same situation occurred with Samsung mobile phones that were not part of the YMS ecosystem.
Forget about Sina Weibo, the CEO Wang Xing is half crazy, and he didn’t directly block Penguin, which is considered good. Zhihu... I can also understand that the guy named Xiong is a black man, and he is not a good person.
But why did Apple suddenly come out like this? Samsung is also a competitor of Yike, so why did it also remove it from QQ?
Penguin believes that this is all Yike's pressure and Yike's mischief behind his back.
As for whether Yike can do this...even Yixin can tinker with the launch of the Saipan platform, which is a life-and-death platform. Who knows what kind of exchange of interests there is in private?
What worries Penguin the most is that Yike's black hands may not give up just yet, and will continue to put pressure on Nokia, thereby cutting off the counterattack of its own new software.
Based on various considerations, Penguin angrily shouted to Yike on its official website, hoping that the other party would jointly promote the healthy development of mobile Internet business.
It was this open letter exposing the dispute between giants that rekindled public opinion.
This is right!
How could you two giants be so calm when they were fighting?
However, Penguin publicly called out his opponent, but Yike did not give any response.
Fang Zhuo received a report from the YMS application review department yesterday, which involved an update application for the new version of QQ.
In the past month, QQ has also had content updates, but YMS did not block them. All were processed and passed as normal. Generally speaking, the YMS software store has expedited review for influential software updates. This requirement is
Within one working day.
Because this is not the first launch of the software, but a version change, and large customers also have inter-department communication channels.
However, this time... the YMS application review department expedited the rejection, with the reason being that "it violates the first criterion of the review guidelines - developers who upgrade products must disclose and obtain information in a timely manner if there is any information collection behavior that is not approved by users."
User Authorization".
Penguin never expected this... The first reaction was that your software store is too dark. Before, I just considered not providing traffic diversion, but I didn't expect that it would not be launched directly...
The second reaction is, if you do this, aren't you afraid that other developers will be embarrassed?
The third reaction was that it was indeed a software store named Fang, and its true nature was revealed at the critical moment!
As for this "timely disclosure and obtaining user authorization", it was only regarded as a pretext. Penguin promised to submit a new version during the continuous review and communication on the 29th, but in the second expedited processing, there were only minor changes and no involvement.
key point.
So, of course, it was rejected for the second time.
Fang Zhuo witnessed the entire process yesterday and was not surprised by QQ's response. However, he did not expect that there would be a public announcement from the other side today.
This disclosure... really needs to take into account the relative objectivity of the YMS ecosystem to give an answer.
But what is the situation with Apple and Samsung?
Fang Zhuo requested that these matters be clarified before a public reply can be given.
However, at noon, Yike held a banquet to entertain the visiting team from Changzhou. Just after the 5th wine tour, Fang Zhuo received a familiar call, which was still from the leadership secretary of Gongxin.
"He complained about us?"
"Why?"
"Aren't you just making mud?"
"That's not how peace works!"
Fang Zhuo's voice on the phone was slightly louder, and the sound at the dinner table disappeared unconsciously.
He noticed this, apologized, and temporarily left the meeting to finish the phone call.
The meaning of the phone call is very simple. The last communication meeting between 360 and Penguin was just held, and the competition between the two parties was just settled. This time there is another commotion. Yike still needs to learn from experience.
Moreover, Penguin’s complaint is very specific, and it believes that Yike’s software store is blatantly unfair competition.
"Mr. Fang, I heard that there is something going on between Penguin and you?" Zhao Weihua from Changzhou took the initiative to mention what was happening outside after Mr. Fang returned.
"Originally it was just a small situation, but Penguin felt guilty and felt that we were bent on harming him and wanted to turn a small situation into a big one." Fang Zhuo shook his head, "He actually went to the leadership department to complain. I never expected that this evil person would
File a complaint first!"
Zhao Weihua is concentrating, and it is not true that he is bent on harming him. I heard that it is true that he is bent on doing it.
"Have a meal, leaders, this is probably an eventful time. In the afternoon, Mr. Liao will take everyone to Dr. Wang's place for me. I also have to give him a response and a statement to prove my innocence." Fang Zhuo apologized.
Toast.
Everyone expressed their understanding, and instead of visiting Yike's cloud computing department, they suddenly felt that it might be more interesting to witness Mr. Fang's innocence together.
The luncheon was shortened, and Yike temporarily invited the media to attend the press conference and confirm the status of Apple and Samsung's software stores.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the public opinion caused by Penguin was still fermenting.
It's not that the penguin seems to be on the right side because it is on the right side. The impact of the previous 3Q war is still there, and it is still ridiculed this time, similar to the gloating of "you too have today".
However, Penguin may be used to being ridiculed, and Yike was dragged into the water.
According to Penguin's bombardment, Yike is indeed engaged in unfair competition, and has also won praises such as "There is no good thing among giants", "Dog eats dog", "Yike has been like this for a long time", "Who can be a good person who can kill hedge funds" and other praises.
No matter what the facts are, since Yike is building a platform and an ecology, it will always refute this kind of bombardment.
On October 30, at 3:10 pm, exactly one month after Yike entered the communications field, Fang Zhuo faced the public media lens for the second time.
This time the scale is much larger than the last Sina and Sogou interviews.
Many reporters are very excited. Even 360 and Penguin have launched such a big battle. Can a giant like Yike come up with something more exciting?
Can someone forcefully break in during the media conference? Just like what happened at Hang Lung 23 in the legend.
Of course, if you think about it, sitting at the Yike headquarters, you know that it would be difficult for something like that to happen.
Fang Zhuo sat firmly and turned on the microphone. His first words made many people smile.
"Hello everyone, I didn't expect it to be our Yike's turn this time."
"Today we noticed the open letter published by Penguin on the portal website. We originally did not want to respond or occupy public space. However, there are many distorted contents in it. After comprehensive consideration, we will only respond this time."
Fang Zhuo didn't want to talk about these things in front of the camera again and again, so he first clarified the situation of this press conference.
After he said this, the staff issued the "Yike Software Store Review Guidelines", and the reporters flipped through it and found that it was divided into items and it was a guideline for developers.
"Today I won't talk about hard decisions and easy decisions. I will talk about the principles and purposes of our software store based on Penguin Software."
"Everyone, please turn to page 23 and take a look at the description of the content of the 1 criterion above."
Fang Zhuo waited for the reporters to take action, then slowed down his speech and read out the content: "Developers who upgrade products must promptly disclose and obtain user authorization if there is any information collection behavior that is not approved by users."
"In fact, as stated in Penguin's open letter, our review department has given a rejection opinion since yesterday, saying that the content of this QQ update does not meet the requirements of our software store."
"What exactly is the software? Penguin obtained the user's address book information without disclosing this behavior, nor did it actively apply for authorization from the user."
"It's that simple. Take a look again. This is a synchronized email receipt from our review department. It clearly informs the other party why this update cannot be put on the Yike store."
Following Fang Zhuo's words, another printed version of the email was sent. The content and time on it were the communication with the Penguin docking department yesterday.
"This is Yike's protection of users' right to know, and it is an extremely legitimate behavior. Therefore, I am extremely puzzled as to why this situation occurs."
Fang Zhuo spread his hands with a helpless expression.
A reporter below spoke boldly: "Mr. Fang, if Penguin notifies users, can it be put on the shelves of Yike Mobile?"
"Of course, Penguin software has always been used normally on our platform. Our principle is based on the interests of users, not for an easy competition as Penguin described." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "Besides, Apple and Samsung
Not directly competing with penguins, right? What are they for?"
Another reporter said: "I heard that he was under pressure."
"Just say it, Penguin is hinting that there is pressure from Yike." Fang Zhuo said simply, "But where does Yike get this kind of pressure? Although I really hope for Yike, there is really no such thing."
He laughed again and said: "However, I was also curious about why Apple and Samsung were also removed from the shelves, so I went directly to ask about the situation of those two companies."
After saying this, the reporters became curious. Is there any inside story?
"Here, send two more copies, I'll print them out." Fang Zhuo directed the distribution of materials.
Soon, reporters saw the inside story.
Apple entered the Chinese market in August this year, and its software store is also subject to review. The reason for delisting Penguin this time is that it requires Penguin to provide a travel mode to ensure that users can make full use of it when registering accounts without providing private information.
All functions of the app.
Obviously, this is an act similar to the review of Yike store rules.
However, when reporters looked at the second report on Samsung, their expressions were much more exciting.
——Samsung Software Review Department XXX: I made the decision to remove it, because I am also righteous.
A reporter from "China Securities News" asked in shock: "Mr. Fang, what does this mean? What does Samsung mean?"
"Yike cannot control Samsung, but it seems that this is a personal act. This unnamed Samsung employee removed the Penguin software updated today because of these original words." Fang Zhuo shrugged, "He
Very righteous."
Samsung employees with a sense of justice removed communications software that competed with Samsung's competitors.
This seems to be a bit of black humor.
Fang Zhuo noticed the subtle expressions of the reporters in the audience and took the initiative to provide assurance: "Things are often so unexpected. Penguin thought this was a means of communication between Yike and Samsung, but in fact, Penguin's reputation made this matter particularly interesting.
, it can verify its authenticity on its own.”
When the richest man in the Mainland said this, most reporters accepted this reason.
Fang Zhuo looked at everyone's hands that were still raising and didn't ask any questions. He changed his mind and said impromptu: "Forget it, I'll call Pony directly and tell him about the situation and let him verify it."
He carefully took out his mobile phone, dialed the number, and pressed the voice tone.
The scene quickly fell silent. It is rare for business leaders to communicate directly on the phone in front of the media, especially between two parties who are in serious conflict.
All, automatically hang up.
Fang Zhuo hit him a second time.
It said "du" again, and then hung up automatically.
In front of the reporters, Fang Zhuo wondered: "Huh? They may be busy over there and the phone is not available."
He pressed it a third time.
This time, a reporter finally did not want Mr. Fang to be kept in the dark and pointed out a possibility: "Mr. Fang, this...maybe the number has been blocked."
Fang Zhuo was shocked. He held his cell phone and froze in front of the reporters.
The head of Yike was blocked on the phone by the head of Penguin.
Reporters took photos one after another and captured Mr. Fang’s astonishment.
"This..." Fang Zhuo put down his phone, came back to his senses, and sighed, "I am willing to actively dialogue with Penguin on behalf of Yike Software Store, but this very effective channel has been temporarily blocked at some point. Well, wait
After the press conference is over, I’ll see what happens.”
It seems that because his number was blocked, Fang Zhuo's next words were very straightforward: "Although I am not responsible for the review of the software, I think there is no problem if it did not pass the Penguin version update this time."
"The reason why Yike has come so far is because it pays attention to safeguarding the rights and interests of users, and the reason why Penguin is in its current situation, even imagining that there is a powerful behind-the-scenes manipulator, leading to its public opinion dilemma, I think it is also related to the rights and interests of users."
"Since I can't get through Pony's phone, I'll just talk to him here."
Fang Zhuo was silent for a moment, and then said: "Don't blame Yike, look at yourself first."
The reporters took pictures again. This was because Mr. Fang was angry.
"Don't imagine that there is a big devil. Water can carry a boat and capsize it. If Penguin insists on such fantasy, he can also treat the user as a big devil."
"Yike is not the mastermind behind the scenes, nor is he the big devil."
"I sincerely hope that developers will consciously abide by the development requirements of Yike Store and maintain respect for the rights and interests of users."
"If you deviate from our requirements, no matter who it is, even Penguin, the standards will be the same."
Fang Zhuo publicized a wave of strict requirements for YMS stores.
After saying this, he leaned back, indicating that he would leave the rest of the time for reporters to ask questions.
The reporters on the scene were very enthusiastic.
"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, what do you think about your phone being blocked?"
Fang Zhuo thought for a while and replied: "I will block him as well later."
Amidst the laughter, another reporter stood up and asked a more serious question: "Mr. Fang, Penguin accused Yi Ke of being both a player and a referee. Do you think this situation exists?"
"Penguin said something during the last competition with 360. It said that it takes the needs of users as its own responsibility." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I want to say that Yike also has this purpose."
This answer is somewhat teasing and does not have a positive response.
The reporters raised their hands very high.
Fang Zhuo casually ordered one from the back row.
The reporter in the back row was relatively young. He stood up suddenly and asked loudly: "Mr. Fang, Yike launches Yixin. Do you think Penguin will go bankrupt as a result?"
Even if it was Fang Zhuo, he almost choked, well...
He replied dumbfounded: "I'm very grateful for your confidence in Yike, but the giant is not as fragile as you think. Well, the best I can do is cut it in half."
The tone of the leader of Yike's answer was obviously a joke, but many reporters' eyes were shining.
After so many questions, a reporter focused on Yixin. He found that this blockbuster product from Yixin seemed to have been ignored, and Symbian had previously announced its download numbers.
"Mr. Fang, how is the development of Yixin? How many users does it have now?"
When Fang Zhuo heard this question, he was silent for ten seconds unexpectedly, and then gave a serious reply: "YiXin now has more than 8 million users, and we hope to complete 12 million registrations by the end of this year."
Official news, more than 8 million users!
The suddenly disclosed data shocked all the reporters. It has only been a month and Yi Xin has reached this level!
This... this is already the third largest instant messaging tool in China, right?!
The conference room became quiet for a while, and then more enthusiastic questions came.
Fang Zhuo gave a patient answer. Saipan has released the data, and everyone’s estimates may still be a little off, but attention has been paid to it, so let’s let the news reports help push it.
The question and answer session lasted for a long time.
Fang Zhuo finally ended the press conference with a sigh: "I still hope that everyone and users will focus on the products. Business competition is a matter between manufacturers. I hope users can put forward more suggestions for our products."
Thank you all for your opinions, that’s it for today.”
The head of Yike stood up and left his back to the media reporters to take pictures.
There is a lot to write about in this press conference.
——Mr. Fang’s phone number has been blocked!
——Fang Zhuo personally talks about the mastermind behind the scenes!
——Mr. Fang wants to cut Penguin in half!
——The richest man in the Mainland disappeared on the spot, and his former friends are now strangers!
——Samsung also has a righteous hippo man!
——The battle between the giants is stirring again, Yixin achieved 8 million achievements!
Just when Fang Zhuo returned to the CEO's office, many news flashes had been sent out. Not surprisingly, many reports were written around highlights. The software store's review response only took up a small space, but this is understandable.
Half an hour later, the landline of Yike's president's office rang, and the voice of the Penguin leader emerged from it.
"Fang Zhuo, let me ask you, is this fair competition? Do you, YMS, have fair competition in mind?" Ma Huateng asked, "You keep saying about timely disclosure and user authorization. Why did you just update the content?
Rejected again?”
Yike held a press conference, and when Fang Zhuo mentioned the details of the review guidelines, Penguin once again submitted the latest version, this time respecting the requirements of Guideline 1.
However, Penguin was rejected for the third time.
"Wait, let me take a look." Fang Zhuo calmly opened the email and informed, "This rejection is because you force users to have permission to read their address books, otherwise they will not be able to use Penguin, which violates our requirements.
"
This time it’s a new reason, requiring Penguin not to forcefully obtain additional permissions from the user’s phone through the use of main functions.
Ma Huateng heard this reason and raised his voice: "You are the referees on Yike Mobile. You can have 1,234,567 different reasons. Fang Zhuo, is this what you call fair competition?"
They had agreed to play fair on the phone before.
Fang Zhuo sighed, faced with the accusation from his old friend, and quoted his reply: "If you have to think so, if you have to think that this is Yike's deliberate targeting, then all I can say is, what kind of ethics are there with Penguin?
"
This was Ma Huateng’s reply to Fang Zhuo on the phone about the competition between Penguin and 360.
boom!
Ma Huateng hung up the phone without saying a word.
This time, he did not use his mobile phone to find the leader's number. He directly booked a flight to fly to the capital overnight and planned to complain to the leader in person. This is by no means fair competition for Yike!
Yike, you want to uphold justice in the world, you, you are not a penguin!
This chapter has been completed!