He seems to have heard of this company, but it doesn't seem to be very well-known.
Three seven twenty-one!
3721!
This was one of the largest rogue companies in the Xia Kingdom in the late 1990s and early 21st century.
The founder was Zhou Hong, the future CEO of 306 anti-virus software company.
The 3721 plug-in can be said to be the originator of Xia Guo rogue software.
It is the predecessor of the plug-in Family Bucket.
Computer users around 2000, without exception, hated this plug-in.
Before Chen Xiao was reborn, from 2002 to 2003, in order to compete with Baidu in the search engine market, 3721 spent a lot of money to cooperate with many websites. As long as users opened these websites, advertisements for 3721 Assistant would pop up.
And 3721 will be installed on your computer without you knowing it.
At that time, after some users were forced to install 3721 Internet Assistant, more than 20 URL lists were implanted in the browser address bar without notice, and the content was nothing more than pornography, gambling and drugs.
Porn, gambling and drugs are a profitable tool in any era.
Moreover, 3721 also prevents users from uninstalling or deleting it through various technical barriers.
In addition, 3721 also uses old rogue methods to delete and tamper with competitors' products.
Zhou Hong also used this method to achieve an installed base of nearly 70 million in 2003 when the number of Internet users in Xia was less than 80 million.
This kind of behavior disgusted the older generation of netizens in Xia State and called them hooligans.
Later, 3721 Company was at a disadvantage in the competition with Baidu and was acquired by Yahoo for US$120 million.
Later, Zhou Hong founded 306 Company and became famous in the Internet world for its free security assistant to help users eliminate viruses.
Many new-age netizens have gradually forgotten that Zhou Hong is actually an Internet hooligan leader of the older generation.
They also regard 306 anti-virus software as a savior and believe that it has changed the payment history of the anti-virus software market.
Little did they know that when 306 software took over the market in large quantities for free.
Zhou Hong's rogue nature was revealed again.
He uses 306 anti-virus software as a new platform, forcing users to install 306 browser, 306 application market, 306 mobile assistant, 306 game assistant, 306 Internet assistant, 306 decompression and so on without knowing it.
And from time to time, some disgusting ads will pop up for you, and you will continue to make money in this rogue way.
The user still couldn't turn off the ads no matter how hard he tried, so he turned to 306 anti-virus software for help.
As a result, 306 promoted users to install one of FamilyMart’s rogue software-Software Manager, and now there were more ads...
User: "I XXXX your xxx!"
However, in this era, some changes have occurred in history due to Chen Xiao's rebirth.
The 11181 website founded by Chen Xiao and the deeply optimized Windows XP system secretly created have occupied a large number of markets.
According to statistics from Wang Xiang, the number of IE homepages locked by the 11181 website has increased from less than 1 million at the beginning to nearly 70 million at present.
That is to say, Changtian Technology’s 11181 accounts for more than 85% of Xia Guo’s users.
And because Changtian Technology cooperates with Baidu, the search engine that comes with the 11181 website is Baidu’s search engine.
It is this kind of cooperation between the two parties, as well as the terrifying installed capacity of the 11181 website, just advertising or promotion, and Baidu's dividends, which can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Changtian Technology every year.
The better the 11181 website lives, the more miserable the 3721 website will live.
3721 modification and locking of IE homepage and other technologies are nothing more than child's play here at Changtian Technology.
So even though Zhou Hong spent a lot of money to cooperate with the website, users accidentally downloaded 3721 Assistant.
But there is no way for 3721 Assistant to compete with 11181 plug-ins.
In terms of hooliganism, Chen Xiao after his rebirth is certainly more hooligan than Zhou Hong.
And Chen Xiao understands technology better than Zhou Hong.
I'm just afraid that the gangsters are educated!
Therefore, in this era, the current installed base of 3721 Assistant is less than 1 million, and its valuation has also plummeted.
Not to mention being acquired by Yahoo for US$120 million.
Zhou Hong was still a young boy at this time, after failing in the competition with Baidu and the 11181 website.
He was very worried at this time and planned to sell the 3721 website and think of other ways to make money.
But 3721 can’t be sold for much money now, and even 10 million is a sky-high price.
It was because of Chen Xiao's rebirth that Wang Xiang had heard of the name 3721, but was not familiar with it.
Chen Xiao asked Wang Xiang to go to Yanjing to negotiate with Zhou Hong just to take advantage of Zhou Hong's rogue character.
This kind of rogue talent is also needed to deal with a company like Jingshan that is always afraid of the wolf and the tiger behind.
Last year, Microsoft attacked the deeply optimized pirated Windows 98 system. Changtian Technology had predicted the relevant news in advance, so it activated the firewall function of the deeply optimized system.
And it is quite targeted to prevent Microsoft's attack.
But this behavior is definitely not sustainable. Changtian Technology has limited manpower, and it is impossible to spend a lot of manpower and energy guarding this pirated system, always looking for hackers or Trojan attacks.
Therefore, current users who use deeply optimized Windows systems still need to install anti-virus software.
We must quickly occupy the anti-virus software market and squeeze Jingshan's living space.
Chen Xiao is about to enter the anti-virus software market.
Changtian Technology has technology, but no talent.
Zhou Hong is a talent, but he currently has no skills.
Of course, Chen Xiao can do it by herself when it comes to free anti-virus software.
But wouldn’t it be nice to spend some money and ask Zhou Hong to help?
"You mean to fully acquire 3721?" Wang Xiang was a little confused.
Whether it is negotiating with Jingshan or quickly developing a simple version of word software, Wang Xiang can understand that this is Changtian Technology's strategy to deal with Jingshan.
But suddenly acquiring a rogue plug-in company, what does this have to do with dealing with Jingshan?
"Yes, acquire this company and let their boss work at Changtian Technology."
Chen Xiao still gave Zhou Hong some leeway.
"You can leave 10% to 20% of Zhou Hong's shares. It's up to him to choose."
Currently, 3721 is in dire straits, and no company or capital in the world is interested in this company or Zhou Hong.
Chen Xiao is absolutely sure that he can acquire 3721 in a very short period of time.
Although Wang Xiang didn't know what kind of medicine Chen Xiao bought in his stomach, he still followed Chen Xiao's orders.
Wang Xiang and Yang Fei went to Yanjing at the same time.
Wang Xiang is going to negotiate with 3721, while Yang Fei is going to talk with Jingshan.
Chen Xiao stayed in Jiangzhou and personally supervised the development process of the office.
Both sides are racing against time.
Chen Xiao drank all the tea in the cup. Changtian Technology was not strong enough, otherwise it would not be controlled by Microsoft.
Yang Fei has arrived at Yanjing Jingshan headquarters.
He was originally full of hope that he could negotiate with Jingshan, after all, both parties were Xia Guo's companies.
But it was rejected.
With no other option, Changtian Technology also found a middleman, Dean Qian of the Xia Academy of Sciences.
Dean Qian of the Xia Academy of Sciences also personally spoke to Jingshan’s boss, prompting a meeting between Jingshan’s boss and the new CEOs Zou Hai and Yang Fei.