Yao Yuan now has three channels: Meizu Store, 360 Mobile Assistant, and Youyou.
Zhou Hongyi is crazily promoting 360 Mobile Assistant, showing off his rogue nature. He first installs it on the user's computer. As long as the user connects the phone with a data cable, the phone will automatically install it...
Some people hate it, but most people will keep it.
Because it is really easy to use and has fool-proof operation, it perfectly solves the worries of the vast majority of novices. And thanks to the impact of the 3Q war, 360's security also gives users confidence.
Apple, Samsung, and HTC all have their own stores, and Yao Yuan cannot get involved, but in the field of domestically produced mobile phones, his channels cover almost all of them.
Only one Wandoujia is not under the banner.
What he calls blocking is to prevent as many users as possible from seeing WeChat on domestic machines!
If WeChat wants to break through, the first is to build its own channels, but this will take time; the second is to pre-install software. What Yao Yuan is talking about now is pre-installation.
"Oh, this..."
The vice president looked embarrassed and said: "We have a cooperative relationship with mobile phone manufacturers, so we don't want to interfere too much, not to mention that it involves your business war with Tencent.
To put it bluntly, we are all third parties and neutral."
"Everyone wants to be neutral, but everyone has to take sides."
"You need to pay back for taking sides. You can't find China Mobile. China Mobile has Fetion and won't help you fight. You can only ask us, China Unicom, but you have no sincerity."
Yao Yuan's intention is to let China Unicom put pressure on those mobile phone manufacturers. They are all relying on contract phones. China Unicom dares not to listen when it speaks.
What if Yao Yuan went to talk to the mobile phone manufacturers himself and said, "Don't pre-install WeChat and I will give you money." That would work, but if you pay 99 yuan, Tencent can also give money. In the end, the manufacturer will be the cheapest.
So he went directly to the operators to put pressure. China Telecom was the first to agree, and now it's China Unicom's turn.
China Unicom is not willing to be a villain, so why do you treat me as a gunman?
Let's talk then and see if we have enough chips.
"..."
Yao Yuan looked at the other party and said: "The response to your WoPhone system was not good, sales dropped in the first half of the year, and Apple no longer cooperates exclusively with you.
As far as I know, China Mobile and Telecom are all competing for Apple 4S contracts, and Apple wants to sell products to three companies. So you urgently need a mobile phone to fill sales, and Meizu is naturally the best choice."
"I admit that China Unicom needs Meizu, but most manufacturers are our friends, and developing the market requires a huge base. It is impossible for me to offend those manufacturers for your sake."
"How about offending? You are the sponsors!"
"If we get those manufacturers to agree, we definitely can't take tough measures. We can only give away profits on subsidies and have a good discussion. China Unicom paid too much money for contract phones. You saw the announcement in the first half of the year and lost 3 billion."
whispering sound!
Yao Yuan rolled his eyes secretly, going around and around because it was still a matter of money, and said: "I don't care how much profit you give them, but I will give you 50 yuan for each machine at the price you purchase Meizu."
The vice president pondered.
The purchase price of Meizu is already high, so 50 yuan is not that low. But Meizu sells well. If China Unicom sells 3 million units, it will save 150 million!
Um?
The vice president felt weird again. Operators have always given subsidies to manufacturers. This is the first time I heard of manufacturers giving subsidies to operators!
This money will eventually be replenished to those manufacturers, but once China Unicom takes over, the nature changes, and WeChat cannot even be pre-installed.
But what is China Unicom?
There is a coffee table, and I want it to help, but this little money is not enough.
"I can promise that Meizu 3 will only be sold by China Telecom and China Unicom, and will not produce a mobile version."
"and this……"
Yao Yuan showed his trump card and took a prototype of Meizu and said: "This is a sub-brand of Meizu, specializing in the low-end market!"
Yo!
The vice president's eyes lit up, he quickly played with it in his hand, tested it, and asked: "How much does it cost?"
"Thousand-yuan machine!"
"Only for China Telecom and China Unicom?"
"Yes, but only for this first-generation machine."
"I promised!"
The vice president immediately made the decision.
Today's thousand-yuan contract phones are a pile of rubbish. It is completely conceivable that the release of Meilan will cause a big sensation and will definitely sweep the low-end market.
He wanted to keep Meizu with China Unicom, but he knew it was impossible. China Telecom had obtained the first batch of Meizu 3, and the negotiated conditions should be similar to his own.
This is okay. Among the three companies competing, China Mobile is the strongest. It is the common wish of China Unicom and China Telecom to keep China Mobile going...
After preliminary negotiations, Yao Yuan sent the other party away.
He did not return to the office, but sat alone in the reception room and thought quietly.
By taking over China Telecom and China Unicom’s domestic phone channels, and adding its own channels, WeChat’s survival space can be reduced to the greatest extent. It only takes half a year. As long as it can last for half a year, WeChat can kill WeChat!
…
The vice president left Yingshi Building and was thinking about this matter in the car. The market was very good in the first half of the year, and manufacturers were preparing to do something big in the second half of the year. What he knew about included: ZTE's mobile phone U880,
Telecom machine N880, China Unicom machine V880;
Huawei seems to be tinkering with a model called Honor. Note that it is a model, not a brand. Honor only became a sub-brand in 2013;
Coolpad has already sold three thousand-yuan phones with sales exceeding one million, and they will continue to do so in the second half of the year;
Gionee is preparing to launch seven smartphones at once;
Oppo prepares to release its first flagship smartphone Find;
BBK, which has not yet changed its name, has also prepared its first smartphone VivoV1...
These manufacturers look lively and lively, but the vice president knows very well that there is only one characteristic of their products: they suck! That’s why he loves Meilan so much.
He even had a premonition that Meilan would change the entire environment!
Just like Xiaomi and Redmi, even if they have been reviled countless times, their achievements cannot be denied: driving out the copycat phone market and improving the cost performance of mid-range and low-end phones.
"I spent so much effort for 99 yuan, but it's not for a mobile phone, but for an app."
The vice president shook his head. This was what shocked him the most. He suddenly sighed: "Business war, it's so dirty!"
…
That night.
Xiangshan Villa.
Little Black and Little White were lying on the floor, the four dogs staring at each other, angry and aggrieved, but they didn't dare to move, they only made a sound of "Uh-huh" in their mouths.
"Have you finished taking a shower?"
"finished Wash!"
"Come and take a look at this, it's beautiful!"
"What?"
Yinyin came out with her hair wrapped, sat down on the armrest of the sofa, looked at the laptop on Yao Yuan's lap, and said: "The Voice of China? Is it about to be broadcast?"
"Well, I asked them to re-edit the first issue, and now the effect is okay."
Yao Yuan started playing.
Yinyin stared at the computer attentively, sometimes excited, sometimes frowning, and said: "Isn't it too superficial?"
"How to say?"
"You will make the audience think that as long as you can sing high notes, you are a good singer."
"ha!"
Yao Yuan was overjoyed and said: "What do you think they think? That's their original idea. Whoever can sing high notes will be awesome. This is a mass entertainment program, not professional."
"Okay! Anyway, it looks like the atmosphere is pretty good, so it should be popular."
Yinyin shrugged and patted him again: "Take your feet away!!"
"oh……"
Yao Yuan retracted his two big feet.
Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, who had been pressed for a long time, ran over whining and rubbed Yin Yin's slippers. Look at your husband, he is worse than a dog!