After resting at home for two days, Yao Yuan came to Yingshi Building.
He would go out for a few months from time to time. In addition to doing business, he also wanted to see the internal operating mechanism, whether there was any impact during his absence, and where improvements needed to be made.
"Morning, Chao Zai!"
Yao Yuan stepped into the office and waved to Jiang Chao proudly. Jiang Chao greeted him quickly, shook the phone in his hand and said, "I just chatted with Brother Cheng for a while."
"Oh? How is he now? He hasn't contacted me yet."
"I said I haven't achieved any results yet. I feel sorry for you so I dare not contact you. I'm working hard!"
"It's only February that we have achieved some results. It will be great to have 10,000 users this year!"
Yao Yuan sat down calmly, took a sip of tea, picked up a thick pile of information on the table, and couldn't wait to read it. It is now early April, the first quarter has just ended, and the work has been summarized in stages.
Let’s talk about WeChat first.
Last year, we fought with Tencent for 6 months. We used all possible means to achieve a critical victory by reaching 50 million users by the end of the year - we almost had a real-person PK with Brother Ma, who was too timid.
Since the beginning of this year, the total sales of Meizu 3 has reached 5 million units. One month after Meizu was officially released, the sales volume is also an astonishing 3.1 million units. Adding in Meizu 2, this is a difference of more than 10 million.
Of course, the decisive factor is the blowout of the overall market.
In the first quarter, 50 million domestic smartphones were sold, which is more than double the same period last year. According to rough estimates, the current number of domestic smartphones is about 120 million to 130 million, which is growing very fast.
Among them, China Unicom and Telecom's thousand-yuan phones continued to jam, and the remaining platforms continued to compete with each other, one after another, and only then did he achieve his predetermined goal: 100 million users!
Following the game, Xigua Studio merged into Maiwo Network, so the total revenue of the game last year was 12.5 billion, and the net profit was 5.2 billion.
and Tencent occupy the top two places in terms of Internet money-making ability.
However, Yao Yuan knew that as Alibaba went public in 2014 and its financial resources exploded, it was expected to be a big crocodile.
"well!"
He knocked on the table and sighed: "When it comes to heroes in the world, there are only two heroes, Ma and Yao Er!"
"What about Baidu?" Jiang Chao answered.
"Baidu..."
Yao Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Baidu can't keep up! Meizu, Didi, and Yuetuan may all surpass it in the future. Of course, technically, I admit that Baidu is very awesome, but it's a pity that it doesn't have a good profit model.
unless……"
"Unless what?"
"They have made breakthroughs in certain technologies and created new situations, otherwise they will only slowly fall behind."
Robin Li is a technology tycoon after all, but he did not do his job and sold fake medicines to make money. Later he went to build cars and developed Wenxinyiyan. This was not a long-term vision that had been planned for a long time. It was just mixed in because it was a popular thing.
foot.
But having said that, Yao Yuan can stand up and talk without pain in his back. Research and development of technology requires huge funds, and he has no right to let Robin Li eat chaffy vegetables to play with technology...
He sorted out the next work and ordered: "Help me make an appointment with the boss of China Unicom and Telecom. I will treat him to a banquet separately. Thank you for the good cooperative relationship. It's time to wrap up."
“WeChat is no longer stuck?”
"We already won!"
…………
Tencent headquarters.
In the office, Zhang Xiaolong faced Brother Ma with a face of shame. Brother Ma looked gloomy and said nothing. Just now, WeChat released the latest user data, reaching 100 million people.
Two software are almost identical. The larger one will create a siphon, and users will make choices and slowly move to WeChat.
This means that WeChat has failed.
"..."
The silence in the room was terrifying. After a while, Brother Ma sighed and said: "It's not entirely your responsibility. I also have a problem. 99 dares to stake all the resources on Stud. I don't dare. It seems that we can't get it."
The first ticket in the mobile era.”
"Mr. Ma! I..."
"No need to say it!"
Brother Xiao Ma waved his hand and said: "It's too late for us to change direction now, reduce support for WeChat, and focus back on QQ. QQ is our foundation. If we do it well, even if it is not as good as WeChat, in the future
There is also a place for it.”
This will be the case in future generations.
WeChat unifies mobile social networking and has more than one billion users, but QQ has not declined as imagined. There are also hundreds of millions of users using QQ on mobile phones - such as my readership.
"You continue to be responsible for WeChat, and I will continue to hand over the previous email business to you. Okay, you can go out first!"
"Okay, Mr. Ma!"
Brother Xiao Ma's decision was undoubtedly correct, and Zhang Xiaolong knew it and had no choice but to walk out of the office.
Not long after he left, another person came in to report on his work.
"Maimaibao, headquartered in Wuxi, was established in 2006. It has received several rounds of investment and has annual sales of 2 billion. It targets farmers, migrant workers and consumer groups in third- and fourth-tier cities. It is an e-commerce website focusing on the sinking market.
The founder is very creative. In addition to selling things, he also produces mobile phones and creates a mobile phone + APP model. Currently, two models have been released, with an average sales volume of 200,000 units."
As he said that, two mobile phones were placed on Brother Xiao Ma's desk.
He picked it up and played around with it for a while, and quickly gave an evaluation: a low-end smart thousand-yuan phone!
“The success of Meizu and Meilan, as well as the huge sales of domestic thousand-yuan phones, all tell us a fact: the market for low-income groups is the blue ocean.
Maimaibao has always been deeply involved in low-income groups, has experience in making mobile phones, and needs financial support. It is our best choice at the moment!"
"What's the specific plan?"
"We invested in Maipai and jointly built the mobile phone 'Paipai' network headquarters in Wuxi to build the number one mobile phone shopping brand in China. At the same time, we produce our own mobile phones, which cost less than 1,000 yuan. We value cost-effectiveness and use our channels and Maipai's channels.
Spread out quickly..."
Brother Xiao Ma listened very seriously and asked: "Can't we just acquire it directly?"
"They only accept investments."
"Well, just go ahead and do it."
"Okay! By the way, we have tentatively decided on a few names for our first mobile phone, please take a look."
"name……"
Brother Xiao Ma received a document with a dozen candidates written on it. He felt that the mobile phone name should be simple, memorable and avoid being formal, so he settled on one: "Let's call it Big Q Mobile!"
"Big Q?"
"Okay, this name is catchy, easy to remember, and impressive. We originally liked another one, but it's not as good as your choice..."
This guy flattered me a few times and walked away in a hurry.
After he left, Xiao Ma leaned back on the chair and rubbed his temples. He had already been mentally prepared for WeChat's failure and it was not too exciting. The key was that it was not too late to make amends.
He believes that Yao Yuan can win this battle only because of his mobile phone and application channels.
Mobile phone suppliers, mobile phone manufacturers, operators, application channels, APPs, and users. In this ecological chain, Yao Yuan has three advantages, which in turn affects the overall dynamics and puts Tencent in a quagmire.
Tencent has developed App Store to make up for the disadvantages of the channel.
Investing in Maimai Bao and producing Big Q mobile phones is to make up for the lack of hardware. Brother Xiao Ma deeply realizes that it is really important to have his own mobile phone.