Early in the morning, the relevant leaders encountered a troublesome thing: Penguin reported 99 for unfair competition, suppressed their own products, and forced them to choose one of the two!
Dreaming back to last year.
Last year's 3Q war caused outrage and outrage across the entire network. Officials had to step aside to stop the fight and calm down the storm... but it happened again this year!
99 and Tencent are both giants, and the department did not dare to neglect it. They quickly researched and found that this matter was very difficult to handle.
First of all, although 99 is an Internet company, the fight is about mobile phones and apps, and also involves operators such as China Unicom and China Telecom.
The superior of the operator is also the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which is under the management of a different department/bureau from the Internet. It is complicated and complicated, and it is very troublesome.
Moreover, the field of App is in the stage of barbaric development, and the regulations are not perfect yet.
Secondly, 99 has no explicit illegal or disciplinary behavior. If you say it is unfair competition and it is determined that strict investigation and trial are required, then legal procedures must be followed - unlike 360 and Tencent, which kidnap users and directly expose them to the public.
The department receives similar complaints and reports every year.
Essentially, it's two children fighting. If one of them can't fight, they come to the teacher for comment. The teacher's logic is very simple. No matter what dispute you have, treat it as a fight.
It ranges from talking and mediating, to the more severe, each person fights fifty times and calls for a cessation of war.
This is exactly what Xiao Ma wants. He wants the authorities to come to an end again and forcefully stop WeChat from tying up China Unicom and China Telecom - of course this is the most ideal result.
Relevant leaders held a half-day meeting and finally decided: "Let's inquire first, and send a team to each company to understand and communicate with each other."
"good!"
So we took action immediately, one group went to Tencent, and the other group went to 99.
Under normal circumstances, China is very tolerant of large companies. Ant Financial and Didi, for example, have not been completely punished even if they committed such serious crimes.
Therefore, 99 and Tencent are not a problem at all. The idea of the departments is to coordinate and coordinate, and make money through harmony.
Then, they discovered...
"What? Going to the United States?!"
The inquiry team arrived at Yingshi Building and wanted to meet Yao Yuan, but they were told, "Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. Yao is not here!"
"When did he leave?"
"The day before yesterday!"
"When are you coming back?"
"That's not certain. The group has been talking about several overseas acquisitions, which have been almost finalized recently. Yao always has to go to the last ditch and may have to prepare for a signing ceremony or something."
Tsk!
The questioning officer was suspicious and asked: "What about the other relevant persons in charge? I want to meet them."
"WeChat is a project directly managed by Mr. Yao, and all matters are handled by him and Cheng Wei."
"What about Cheng Wei?"
"Cheng Wei went to the United States with us."
"I'm warning you, don't play tricks on me. This is a very serious investigation procedure! If I find any problems, I will deal with them strictly!"
"I know, what I said is true... Oh, there is a person who is also responsible for part of the activities. He is in the company."
"Then invite him over. I want to have a chat with him."
"OK!"
The inquiry process involves asking the top person in charge, the middle-level, the backbone, and the grassroots. But if the department wants to mediate, it mainly has to talk to Yao Yuan. Since Yao Yuan is not here, it is of little significance.
After waiting for a short while, Jiang Chao wandered in.
He sat very reservedly, with his hands between his thighs, his head tucked in and his chest down, like a quail.
He first introduced himself and said he was Mr. Yao's new assistant Balabala. The investigator asked: "Have you participated in the entire competition between WeChat and WeChat?"
"Involved in most of it."
"What content are you responsible for?"
"It's mainly for publicity and promotion, through some news to enhance the influence of WeChat and attract more users to download."
"For example, let's talk about it in detail."
"It's just a bottle and a shake. It became very popular after it was launched. News often broke out in various places, so I amplified it and spread it on the Internet..."
Jiang Chao got excited and said excitedly: "For example, a man from Shandong shakes his hand and gets a shemale; a man from Chengdu goes on a business trip to Guangzhou, and the drifting bottle is jumped by a fairy; a woman from Shanghai asks a netizen to meet, and finds that there are three people on the other side who want to turn off the lights and take turns...
"
"Stop!"
The investigator frowned and shouted to stop. Looking at Jiang Chao's clear and stupid eyes, he finally realized: 99 has been prepared!
…
Yao Yuan really went to the United States to prepare for signing a contract.
After talking for almost a year, three projects finally came to fruition: Hugelive entered North America, acquired Dcp, and bought a building!
Not only him, but also Yu Jiajia, ICBC representatives who provided the loan, official publicity personnel, and a large number of dozens of people.
Of course, he deliberately chose this time.
With the penguin's urine, if he loses, he will definitely cry to the teacher. The teacher doesn't care what the micro chat means to you, he just wants to make peace with you.
So he went out for a while, leaving Jiang Chao to act stupid and ask Brother Chang from the Ministry of Commerce.
The Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are not next to each other, but many of 99 Group's businesses are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce. Brother Chang has enough reasons to make a call to the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: "You don't need to contact Yao Yuan specifically for an inquiry procedure!"
"US$700 million in overseas acquisitions!"
"In the future, you can watch the Golden Globe Awards live in China, and you can see our video in the United States!"
The implication is that Yao Yuan is conducting final negotiations in the United States, so don’t mess up this matter!
These days, everything is focused on the overall situation.
What is the overall situation?
Economy!
With Yao Yuan's size, the authorities can't say anything as long as he stays in the United States and doesn't come back. Coupled with Brother Chang's explanation, it is even more inconvenient for him to return to China just to undergo an inquiry process - he is not Accountant Jia.
That’s right!
This is procrastination! Brother Ma wanted the officials to reconcile with Xini, so Yao Yuan delayed it, making it impossible for Xini to reconcile.
In the blink of an eye, in late December, news broke out one after another: "After almost a year of arduous negotiations, 99 Group and American DCP finally reached an agreement and finalized the acquisition of US$370 million!
99 Group will own more than 20 copyrights including the Golden Globe Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, American Country Music Awards, New York New Year Countdown Party, etc.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association expresses its appreciation for this and believes that the Golden Globe Awards will usher in a new era!"
“Jiahe’s video platform Hugelive has passed the policy approvals of the United States and Canada, and has made preliminary preparations and will be officially launched on Christmas!
Hugelive owns tens of thousands of Chinese-language movies, more than 100,000 episodes of Chinese-language TV series, and 5,000 English, Japanese and Korean film copyrights, and will work closely with 99 Entertainment and Rogge Films to produce high-quality works for the world!"
"99 Group purchased a real estate in Silicon Valley and rented two buildings in prime locations in Los Angeles to serve as Hugelive's North American headquarters. The total price is approximately US$320 million and will provide at least 1,000 jobs."
"Hugelive's first self-produced American drama "Black Robe Picket" is expected to be launched early next year!"
From the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Yao Yuan used a series of news to turn the awesomeness he boasted into reality. Domestic movie fans rejoiced and shouted, "Master Yao is here, the sky will be bright! China Entertainment is saved!"
This is not over yet.
Yao Yuan spent more than half a month in the United States, and finally sent a message on purpose, giving a big gift to Brother Ma with a sense of ceremony: "As of December 22, the number of WeChat users has reached 50 million!"