Chapter 355: Pingguo 5 is on sale, Maili X1 is shot while lying down, and Moya and Qiandu reach a deal!
"Mr. Zhang, hello!"
Olivia is not only proficient in English, German, and French, but also speaks fluent Chinese.
This is one of the reasons why she was selected by Zhang Shuo.
Although Zhang Shuo can already communicate with foreign friends very fluently in English, of course he still hopes to be able to communicate in Chinese if possible.
Moreover.
Being able to speak Chinese will also be of great help to Olivia in carrying out her work in Marina City.
You can't always bring a translator with you when you go out.
"Hello!"
Zhang Shuo smiled and asked Olivia to sit down on the sofa, and said proactively: "About your proposal to establish a sprout board of directors, Mr. Lu has already reported to me, and I agree."
"That's great."
Olivia then explained: "But don't get me wrong, our proposal to establish a board of directors does not mean to intervene in the daily business affairs of Germination, but only to exercise the most basic supervisory powers in accordance with business rules."
She didn't want Zhang Shuo to misunderstand.
Although she is an executive of the Dream Fund, Olivia is not very clear about the specific investment relationship between the Dream Fund and Germination. Even Howard is not clear about it.
All I know is that for the Dream Fund, being able to pick the unicorn with the highest valuation in the world, Moya, is definitely a big win, so why not maintain the relationship with Zhang Shuo?
In the final analysis.
The controlling stake in Bu Ya is still in the hands of Zhang Shuo. If Zhang Shuo really wants to do something bad and kick Dream Fund out of the game, it is not completely impossible.
Therefore, Olivia, including Howard, cannot stand up in front of Zhang Shuo.
"I know."
Zhang Shuo smiled and nodded, "I hope that in terms of investment business, the Dream Fund can develop in-depth cooperation with Sprout. For example, this time it is targeting the acquisition of Licheng Technology and Jili Storage."
"I understand that I came to see you this time to discuss the joint due diligence investigation on Licheng Technology." Although Olivia let Zhang Shuo go on the weekend, she was still very happy once she got into work mode.
Professional quality is really good.
"That's good."
Zhang Shuo admired the officer's decisiveness. After a brief chat with Olivia, he introduced Lu Kai to her. Lu Kai would then be responsible for one-to-one communication with Olivia.
………
the next day.
Pingguo 5 was officially launched at the Jingshi flagship store. Before dawn, a long queue formed in front of the store, attracting passers-by to watch, and it quickly spread throughout the Internet.
have to say.
This is another place where Pingguo is clever. He created a beautiful marketing campaign without spending a penny.
Even with the stunning performance of Maili x1, domestic people like and even admire Pingguo. They think that using Pingguo phones means they are high-end and have a good reputation, and foreign phones are good consumers.
There are still a lot of people there, grabbing a lot of them.
It was originally planned that Pingguo would be released in the capital on December 14th, but due to the sudden appearance of Maili x1, it was released in the capital a full month in advance.
This is going to be a tough time for scalpers.
These scalpers took advantage of the time difference between the launch of Pingguo 5 and hoarded a large number of Pingguo 5 from overseas in Xiangjiang. They took it to the inland market and sold it at a price of six to seven thousand.
Make a lot of money.
However, as Pingguo 5 was released in the capital in advance, it immediately broke the rice bowl of many scalpers. Some greedy scalpers were so angry that they couldn't sell because they had too much stock.
Just barely jumped off the building.
The most outrageous thing is that these scalpers cursed not only Ping Guo, but also Mai Li and Zhang Shuo.
"It's all because of wheat grain x1, which caused us to make so much less money."
"That is, if there were no wheat grains x1, how could Pingguo attach so much importance to the Chinese market? What a thief!"
"Zhang Shuo is not a son of man!"
Another reason why scalpers scolded Zhang Shuo is that Maili x1 was the first to be released in the Chinese market, and it exclusively favored Chinese consumers, making it impossible for them to profit from it.
Can you not scold me?
Of course, netizens were not used to these ugly scalpers, so they criticized them on the spot.
"You are a bunch of trash, you should be punished to death."
"The most humble person is invincible."
"Scalpers should be damned, damn it. Last week I just spent 6,500 yuan to buy Pingguo 5 from scalpers. This week Pingguo 5 will be on sale in the capital. I lost 1,000 yuan from labor and capital. Damn it!!!"
"Haha, you deserve it upstairs, wheat grain x1, doesn't it smell good?"
It's just inevitable that because Pingguo 5 was launched in China ahead of schedule, it must have brought a lot of pressure to the popular Maili x1.
Some people don't believe it in their bones, saying that domestic mobile phones can be made well.
………
Even when Pingguo is enjoying great success, Maili Group is not doing nothing.
This morning.
San Ye personally led a team to Binhai City to discuss cooperation matters with Maili Group. The focus of the cooperation between the two parties was around the emerging frog browser.
Before the release of Maili x1, Qiandu had thought about buying the search box location of Frog Browser.
It’s just that Zhang Shuo didn’t agree at that time and said he would talk about it after Maili x1 is launched.
The result is.
As soon as Mai Li x1 was released, it skyrocketed, with sales approaching the 10 million mark.
The price is naturally different from what it used to be.
Fortunately, Qiandu is not a money-hungry owner, and the two parties reached an agreement without much delay. According to the cooperation memorandum, Qiandu will win the search box position of Frog Browser for the next year at a "friendly price" of 850 million.
Yes, that's right.
Maili Group and Qiandu have an annual contract, and the reason is very simple. Maili Mobile releases at least one new model every year, and the number of devices in operation also doubles every year.
It makes no sense to sign a contract for several years.
The completion of the transaction also officially opened the era of charging for Maili mobile phone services.
But don’t underestimate service charges.
Taking Pingguo as an example, the proportion of content services in revenue has been increasing year by year. At one time, it was close to 20% of total revenue, exceeding the revenue of Mac and iPad combined.
It's basically a hugely profitable deal.
It is precisely because of the existence of content services that Pingguo's gross profit margin continues to rise, once exceeding 40%, or even close to 50%, far exceeding that of its competitors such as Sanxing.
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MaiLi mobile phone has been benchmarking Pingguo since its birth. Although MaiLi x1 relies on external suppliers for chips, operating systems and other aspects, it will become independent in the future.
Naturally, we need to put a lot of effort into content services.
Not to mention anything else, just the advertising revenue from Maili Mall, mobile game channel revenue and Weixin payment processing fees, etc., will be a huge amount of income after Maili mobile phone equipment increases to a certain number.
In the future, we can even consider launching software services such as streaming media and news push.
The signing is over.
Zhang Shuo invited Mr. San to sit in the office.
"Maili x1, it really amazes me." Mr. San showed the mobile phone he is currently using.
It’s just the grain of wheat x1.
Of course, this may also be a deliberate match made by him in order to get closer to Zhang Shuo. After all, it is normal for a big boss to own several mobile phones at the same time.
"It all depends on the support of my peers." Zhang Shuo is very humble.
"..."
The third master doesn't know what to say anymore, it seems like everything he says will offend others.
Only Zhang Shuo dares to talk so loudly.
Come to think of it, when we were still in the capital, Sanye, Zhang Shuo, and Rebus got together once. At that time, Zhang Shuo made it clear that Maili Phone and Xiaomi would not compete on the same track.
The result is indeed the case.
Even Maili x1 is even more stunning than Sanye imagined.
"Uh, Mr. Zhang, didn't you say before that Tiantian Toutiao, a subsidiary of Qinghe Technology, would be sold at the right time? Is that time now?" Third Master changed the subject.
This is also one of the main purposes of his visit to Binhai City this time.
Seeing that global smartphone sales continue to rise and the mobile Internet wave sweeps in with unstoppable momentum, to be honest, Mr. San is a little panicked.
Because this will shake Qiandu’s fundamentals.
In order to keep the traffic entrance on the mobile side, Qiandu has done a lot of things before, such as spending a lot of money to buy 71 Assistant from Sprout, and this time it made a deal with Frog Browser.
But they are not enough to completely consolidate Qiandu’s traffic advantage.
Especially 71 Assistant, which Qiandu has high hopes for. With the launch of Maili Mall, Xiaomi Mall, etc., the smart Qiandu has vaguely realized that the advantages of 71 Assistant are gradually being weakened.
It may even be quickly abandoned by the times.
This is very sad!
After all, it has only been more than two years since 71 Assistant was born.
But that's the cruel side of the internet.
If it is a physical manufacturing industry, such as Pepsi, Nike, Wahaha, etc., it is very likely that after launching a mature product and gaining market recognition, it can be sold for five years, ten years, or even longer.
There are even some people who have become the richest people by "acting as nature's porters".
But the Internet doesn't work.
This is an industry that is changing at any time. Even in the mobile Internet era, it can be subdivided into many small stages.
You may succeed at the previous stage, but fail at the next stage.
For example, the character jump of the original space and time quickly emerged in the middle and late stages of the mobile Internet. Tenda obtained the ticket to the mobile Internet through Weixin, but missed the short video trend.
Each segmentation stage may give rise to new unicorn companies.
corresponding.
Naturally, there will be companies of the older generation left behind.
Qiandu is pretty good now, and companies like Xingsheng Network, Juren, and Fox Group are increasingly showing that they are incompatible with the mobile Internet.
"Tiantian Toutiao is not considering selling it yet." Zhang Shuo's answer was destined to disappoint the third master.
"Why?" Third Master looked very anxious, "Qiandu is definitely sincere."
Although in retrospect, Qiandu seemed to have been tricked by Moya when it came to the 71 Assistant transaction, especially after the Maili x1 came out, Sanye didn't mention it at all.
This is how it is in the shopping mall. Once the transaction is completed, no one should blame anyone.
Not to mention that Qiandu couldn't produce evidence to prove that Mo Ya had the ability to "foresee the unknown" and was able to predict the huge sales of Mai Li x1 when he sold 71 Assistants.
Even if there is evidence, one can only admit defeat.
It can only be shown that Moya’s judgment on the general development trend of the mobile Internet is more accurate than Qiandu’s, and the future it can predict is also more distant.
It’s not unfair for Qiandu to be cheated.
To put it bluntly, Qiandu didn’t really suffer any loss when it came to acquiring 71 Assistant, except for paying a high premium during the quotation stage due to the sudden intervention of Ahri and Tengda.
At least the entrance traffic of 71 assistants is there.
If 71 Assistant is really abandoned by the times, it will be because Qiandu’s own operation level is not good. Just like Nomi.com, which was later acquired, has begun to show decline in the food delivery war.
This is the most deadly.
In the current food delivery market, Qingcheng Food Delivery of Qingcheng Group, with the help of Weixin's strong traffic support and its unique online and offline operating model, is naturally in a league of its own.
The original three-legged structure of Nomi.com, Ali Dianping, and Dacong Dianping was quietly changing.
Nomi.com is starting to fall behind.
"Of course I believe in Qiandu's sincerity, but from a budding perspective, Tiantian Toutiao is far from mature and there is still a lot of room for growth in the future, so I am not in a hurry to sell it." Zhang Shuo also told the truth.
Sprout is not short of money now either.
Of course, I won’t rush to sell Tiantian Toutiao.
"Ting!!!"
Facing Zhang Shuo's frankness, Mr. San was completely speechless.