Chapter 445: Unanimous external communication, acquisition encounters setbacks, Moyin is about to be released to public beta!
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Although Gu Ge continued to put pressure on Maili Group, they were easily resolved by Gu Mingzhang.
There is no need to even report to Zhang Shuo's level.
Gu Mingzhang’s solution is to enlist other mobile phone manufacturers to jointly fight against Gu Ge’s “tyranny”.
Warwick was the first to stand up.
Said that Guge's move seriously violated the relevant agreement, and expressed concern.
Unsurprisingly, two major mobile phone manufacturers, Xiaomi and OV, have also stepped forward to support Maili Group and oppose Guge’s unilateral restrictions on the permissions to change the Android system.
Not only is the lip and teeth cold, but it is also taking the opportunity to show favor to the Maili Group.
With the advent of the Xirang operating system, Maili Group, backed by its parent company Germination Group, not only controls China's smartphone industry chain, but also dominates the two major weapons of chips and operating systems.
It seems that it has firmly established itself as the leader in the smartphone industry.
Under this situation, neither Xiaomi's Rebus nor OV's boss is stupid. Instead of continuing to be in a stalemate with Maili Group, it is better to take the opportunity to ease the relationship between them.
It can be regarded as leaving a way out for myself.
Unlike Don't Dare to Think, the two companies of Meili are already completely tied up. Even if they show friendship to the Maili Group, Maili is not willing to deal with them.
What's more, to this day, I dare not imagine that Mei's market share has been compressed to a new low, and even the newly-emerged Kuqi, Smartisan, etc. are challenging the status of these two companies.
Whether you express support or not, it actually doesn’t matter anymore.
Facing the joint boycott of Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, Guge had no choice but to give in.
The result is that, in the eyes of the outside world, it has been concluded that there is nothing Gu Ge can do about it, especially as relevant information about the Xirang operating system continues to be disclosed.
It is almost an established fact that Maili Mobile will give up the Android system and switch to the Xilan system.
Unknowingly.
Another wave of presence on Maili mobile phones.
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Monday, March 24th.
The time soon came to mid-March, and Jifu Ross really changed, which also cleared the biggest obstacle for the acquisition of Mada Qiqi by Germinal Group and the Dream Fund.
Subsequent acquisition negotiations will immediately enter the fast lane.
At the same time, under the chairmanship of Gu Mingzhang, the registration work of Nebula Group has been completed, and negotiations with Shancheng to establish an aero-engine industry base are also in progress.
As expected, the attitude of Shancheng was very positive.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhang Shuo came to the company as usual and found that the office was extremely clean and the documents on the table were neatly stacked, as if they were coded.
Then he saw a tall beauty wearing a black professional skirt walking in with a cup of hot tea. When she bent down, she inadvertently showed off her graceful lines in front of Zhang Shuo.
"Chairman, your tea!"
The beautiful woman's voice is pleasant to the ears, but it does not contain any coquettish sounds.
This is Tang Lili, the new secretary assigned to Zhang Shuo by the President's Office.
With the promotion of Dai Yutong to the director of the President's Office, his position is equivalent to that of the big housekeeper next to Zhang Shuo. He is responsible for a large number of people and things. It is not appropriate to serve Zhang Shuo with tea and water.
Therefore, an administrative secretary was re-employed.
In order to select a new secretary for Zhang Shuo, not only Dai Yutong, but also Jiang Yue, the executive vice president in charge of the group's administrative affairs, has spent a lot of time in the past half month.
First of all, to be Zhang Shuo's secretary, you must know the basics.
You can't have a time bomb lying around.
For this reason, Jiang Yue even asked Li Feng to check Tang Lili's resume, interpersonal relationships, etc., inside and out, to ensure that there would be no mistakes.
A special confidentiality agreement was also signed.
In addition to knowing the basics, being a secretary to the chairman of the board requires that you neither look too ordinary nor be too coquettish. The right balance is a test of aesthetics.
Just like Tang Lili in front of me.
Her figure is absolutely slim, but not too exaggerated, and her face is also attractive.
A typical Chinese classical beauty.
Zhang Shuo picked up the tea cup and began to read the work briefing without any expression.
Tang Lili quietly stepped back.
Last Friday, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, a subsidiary of Qinghe Group, released another mobile game masterpiece - the mobile version of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", which not only consolidates the popularity of the "Absolute Survival" PC game, but also attracts a large amount of money.
You know, the "Absolute Survival"-like mobile game developed by Yuanshikong Tengda is also a huge money-making tool. In terms of revenue, it is almost comparable to "King of Pesticide".
In this life, Tengda will naturally not take advantage.
Whether it is Tenda or Wangyi, if they develop similar mobile games, they will face intellectual property litigation from Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment. After all, the latter owns all the original copyrights of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
The legal department of Sprout Group is also notoriously strong.
In addition to the launch of the mobile game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", also last week, the overseas agency rights of another old mobile game "Temple Run" under Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment expired and the contract was renewed in advance.
Needless to say, another considerable amount of agency fees was recorded.
Today, it is no exaggeration to say that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is making money every day. Mobile games such as "Clash Royale" and "King of Pesticide", which were released at the end of last year, are gradually releasing their gold-making potential.
It has made game companies around the world jealous, but they can only be envious.
No way!
After reading the work briefing, Zhang Shuo went to the conference room next door to attend the regular meeting on Monday.
Lu Kai, the president of the group, took the lead in reporting on the progress of the acquisition of two overseas companies, Matacic and SanDisk. “The acquisition of Matacic is affected by the situation in Jifu Ross, and there are still some uncertainties.
factors, but fortunately, they are still within control."
"If it's quick, it is expected that a formal acquisition agreement will be signed within the next two months."
"On the other hand, the acquisition of SanDisk encountered a lot of resistance. This resistance came not only from SanDisk's board of directors, but also from the regulatory authorities of the United States, who all raised objections to this."
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"More importantly, our contact with SanDisk has attracted the attention of Akane Data, who has also joined in the harvesting operation against SanDisk, which has added many variables."
In the previous acquisition of Japan Storage, Akane Data had a hand in it.
Come again now.
Unlike the acquisition of Jili Storage, this time, Qianbu Data has an absolute home field advantage.
It's even harder to do.
"Let's talk about it first. If that doesn't work, we can suggest that Dream Fund make equity investment in SanDisk and try to get at least one seat on SanDisk's board of directors so as to exert influence on SanDisk."
Zhang Shuo didn't have high expectations originally.
After all, in the original time and space, Akane Data successfully acquired SanDisk.
In this world, the early emergence of Yangtze River Storage, coupled with the successful acquisition of Japan Storage, has been enough to arouse the vigilance of Xibu Data, including Wolf Street Capital.
As a result, the acquisition of SanDisk has become more difficult.
Therefore, Zhang Shuo could only settle for the next best thing.
Let the Dream Fund invest in SanDisk by taking advantage of its "identity" without seeking acquisitions or even holdings. It only seeks to obtain part of the equity of SanDisk to promote subsequent strategic cooperation between SanDisk and Yangtze Memory.
Of course more importantly.
Once the Dream Fund successfully invests in SanDisk, it can effectively prevent Akane Data from acquiring SanDisk.
If you can't get it from Germination, you can't take advantage of your competitors.
"This is a good idea."
Lu Kai's eyes also lit up and he said with a smile: "I will contact the Dream Fund later."
"Um."
Zhang Shuo nodded slightly, and then warned: "I still say what I said, the acquisition of SanDisk can be put aside, but for Mada Qiqi, we must ensure that nothing goes wrong."
He didn't want to make it into uncooked rice.
"clear!"
Seeing that the big boss was serious about his matter, Lu Kai also knew the weight of it.
After Lu Kai, Senior Vice President Gu Mingzhang briefly reported on the competition with ancient songs, "Basically, the ancient songs have died down, and the April developer conference has been well prepared."
"very good!"
Zhang Shuo strongly agreed with Gu Mingzhang's approach of inviting Warwick, Xiaomi and other friendly businesses to the platform, and said with a smile: "If we have any friction with Xiaomi, OV, it is just an internal conflict. At critical moments, we still have to fight
We are unanimous in speaking to the outside world. As for saying that we don’t dare to think about it, just let it go!”
"Everyone is shouting at these two families now." Gu Mingzhang agreed with a smile.
The eyes of the masses are sharp.
Guge's sudden "sanctions" on Maili Group this time have actually further stimulated the local sentiments of Chinese consumers and become loyal fans of Maili mobile phones.
This is probably something Gu Ge and his ilk would never have expected.
"During this period, there is another small episode."
Gu Mingzhang added with a smile, "While we were fighting against Guge, Samsung and Factory H were cheering for Guge and supporting Guge's so-called reasonable demands against us."
"Just a clown."
When Zhang Shuo heard this, he just shook his head in amusement.
Let’s not talk about Samsung. On the surface, it is a Korean chaebol, but in fact, the big financier behind it is Wolf Street Capital. At critical moments, it is natural to obey the instructions of the fathers.
This is beyond reproach.
The key is that Factory H has long lost its glory two years ago and looks like a down-and-out noble. It can only bark twice at this time to make its presence felt.
But that's all.
Not to mention competing with Maili mobile phones, today's H factory is inferior to emerging mobile phone manufacturers such as Xiaomi and Huawei. What kind of waves can it cause?
After Gu Mingzhang finished talking, Senior Vice President Lu Qi followed up with a report.
"Chairman, the spin-off work of Qingcheng Taxi, including the introduction of strategic investors, has basically come to an end and has achieved phased results."
"very good!"
Zhang Shuo also admired Qingcheng Group's work efficiency.
This matter is simple and easy to say, but in actual operation, it has to connect with many provinces and cities. Being able to negotiate a deal in such a short period of time still tests the execution ability.
Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that when Qingcheng Group developed its takeaway, tourism and other businesses, it established branches in almost all major provinces and cities and established deep personal relationships.
Only in this way can the matter be finalized in such a short period of time.
"Is the subsidy war between Didi and Kuaidi still going on?" Zhang Shuo asked with a smile.
"They are still competing with each other, but the intensity of subsidies is no longer as fierce as in February."
This is also normal.
Yi Tengda does not have as strong financial resources as Yuan Shikong, and cannot withstand heavy consumption.
Secondly, due to the existence of Weixin Pay, in itself, the taxi-hailing war, whether it is for Ali or Tenda, has greatly reduced its demonstration effect on offline payment.
Naturally, it's not worth spending too much money.
In addition, Qingcheng Taxi is watching eagerly from the side. Ahri and Tenda have also eased some relations through the merger of Arnold Group, so it is naturally unlikely that they will fight to the end.
Both sides are consciously controlling the intensity of competition to avoid damaging the harmony.
certainly.
What I worry about the most is letting Green Orange Fisherman benefit.
"It's almost time."
Zhang Shuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and the biggest significance of this round of subsidy war between Tiktak and Kuaidi is not to promote offline payment, but to popularize online ride-hailing.
In a very short period of time, consumers’ habits were “re-educated”.
The result is that in first- and second-tier cities, and even in some third- and fourth-tier cities, taking a taxi is no longer a taxi, but rather subconsciously taking out your mobile phone and booking an online ride-hailing service.
At the same time, it has also caused a sharp expansion in the number of online ride-hailing drivers.
It is the same in any industry. Once the entry threshold is lowered, the number of practitioners increases, and the platform lacks the willingness to supervise, it will inevitably lead to a mixed supply of online ride-hailing drivers.
It can be said that everything is mud and sand.
As time goes by, something will happen sooner or later.
As soon as the opportunity comes, Zhang Shuo has reason to believe that Lingnan Province will take the lead in setting an example in the shortest possible time and become deeply involved in the supervision of the online ride-hailing industry.
Pour a bucket of cold water on the online ride-hailing industry.
"cough."
Lu Qi then reported and said with a smile: "Moyin app has completed two rounds of internal testing. It plans to launch the Android Beta version next month and officially open the public beta."
"sure."
Zhang Shuo had no objection, "An ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her parents-in-law."
Having said that, Zhang Shuo is very confident in the quality of the Moyin app, including the quality of its content, because he participated in the entire internal testing of the Moyin app.
Compared to the version of the original time and space, it is only stronger but not weaker.
Of course, the public beta is a public beta. Just like the previous Weixin, in the early stage, neither Qinghe Group nor Germination Group will tilt too many resources towards Moyin App.
In the early stage, the focus was still on “self-reliance”.
While accepting the user's test, while completing the version update iteration, while running into the team.
By the end of the year, we will be able to launch a big Spring Festival marketing campaign based on the character jumps of the original time and space, establishing Moyin's leading position in the short video field in one fell swoop.
That is to say.
Wait until next year, when the magic sound will really explode.
It's still in the incubation stage...
As for whether such a long incubation period will be copied by Tengda and others, Zhang Shuo is actually not too worried. If Tengda had this vision and awareness, Original Time and Space would not have failed so miserably.
Sometimes, learning from others is also a technical job!
At the end of the meeting, Zhang Shuo specifically mentioned one thing, "I noticed that in recent times, there have been a sudden increase in the number of employees within the company who are speculating in stocks. This should arouse the vigilance of the management."
“Ting!
"
Hearing this, Lu Kai, Jiang Yue and others felt a little embarrassed because they were also involved.
In fact, the so-called bull market is coming, and those with the most sensitive sense of smell are not ordinary people, but people like Lu Kai and Jiang Yue who are in high-end business circles and are better informed.
Of course, it will end earlier.
I just didn't expect that the big boss would suddenly mention this.
Zhang Shuo's perception was so sharp that he noticed the strangeness of Lu Kai, Jiang Yue and others almost immediately. He seemed to have guessed something, but he did not say anything to point it out. He just said——
"Of course the group has no authority and no position to prohibit employees from stock trading."
"But I still suggest that the President's Office issue a reminder letter to remind group employees that no matter what level they are, stock trading is okay, but they must do so rationally."
"You can neither engage in stud games nor borrow money to speculate in stocks, let alone engage in any leverage."
"The best thing is that the funds invested in the stock market are within the range of losses you can bear. Even if you lose all of them, it will not affect your normal living expenses."
As a "experienced person", Zhang Shuo really doesn't want his employees to be cut off.
In fact, due to the generous salaries of Sprout Group, at this stage, investing in real estate is still the best investment channel for employees who have spare money.
In the worst case, you can also buy the corporate bonds issued by the group, and you will definitely make a profit without losing money.
In comparison.
Especially for novices, the risks of the stock market are too great.
"I agree to send reminder letters."
As the executive vice president in charge of administrative affairs, Jiang Yue was also the first to express support.