In two days, Lu Fei took time out of his busy schedule to personally take Li Fuzhen to visit the Penguin branch in Beijing, as well as Feigou.com and Zhongtong Logistics. The scale was far beyond her imagination, but it was not all of the empire.
On the 4th, she flew to Pengcheng to inspect Echeng, but Mr. Lu did not accompany her. After arriving at the airport, she immediately transferred to Dajue Temple in Xishan.
Minghui Tea House is quiet and quiet.
The ancient trees are blooming with magnolia, and the fragrance is mixed with the charming fragrance of various flowers, slowly drifting into Siyi Hall. This small courtyard upon entering is surrounded by wing rooms on both sides, with the main room in the middle.
Lu Fei stepped across the threshold and saw Yihong and the restless Zhou Hongyi at a glance in the antique interior. If not to give IDG some face, he would rather accompany Li Fuzhen than see Master Zhou.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
This leader is simply the leader of an internet cult.
The millennium is the prehistoric era of the Internet. Most netizens have to enter the URL when surfing the Internet. There are too many URLs to remember, but the advantage of 3721 is that you can directly enter Chinese in the address bar and go directly to the web page.
In essence, it is also a search engine, but it takes a wrong path.
Malicious inducement to install plug-ins, forced installation dialog boxes, advertising pop-ups, and a lot of confusing close keys...
In short, the small websites of later generations were almost the disciples of Master Zhou. Later, when the cult continued to flourish, the leader apostatized and "returned to righteousness" and established 360, which specializes in killing rogue software, but secretly installed his own rogue software.
Typically, only the leader is allowed to eat spicy food, and followers are not allowed to drink spicy food.
Just a gangster, but he still fights against the strong and fierce, fighting against IC, fighting against Baidu, fighting against anti-virus software, fighting against penguins, tearing apart Luyun...
Just like the name 3721, no matter what happens, just fight to the fullest and be done with it!
"Mr. Lu, please sit down, sit down!"
Zhou Hongyi had an earnest expression and looked like he was thirsty for talents.
Lu Fei shook hands with them, and as soon as he sat down, Yihong immediately stood up and made tea.
Pour Biluochun into a clean and transparent glass, and the tea will sink to the bottom. In an instant, white clouds will roll, snowflakes will dance, and the fragrance will be astonishing.
Zhou Hongyi raised his glass with both hands, "I have not served many people in my life, but you are one, Mr. Lu. I am here to toast you with tea instead of wine."
"I don't dare to take it seriously." Lu Fei clinked glasses and sipped tea lightly.
Zhou Hongyi drank it all in one gulp, feeling rather reckless.
Guo Yihong looked at both sides and said: "I invite Mr. Lu to have tea this time. I actually want you to help Boss Zhou with his advice.
"Yeah."
Zhou Hongyi tentatively asked a simple question.
Entrances for search engines to compete for traffic include the IE address bar, desktop clients, pop-up plug-ins, and portal search boxes, which are excellent advertising spaces.
But 3721 only won Sohu. No matter how much money they spent, the other three companies remained unmoved. NetArt and Penguin were fine. They were major shareholders, but New Wolf was only a minority shareholder. Why?
Lu Fei smiled and said: "This is not about money, New Wolf, NetEase is the strategic investor introduced by Sogou in its new round of financing."
"No wonder! No wonder I spent 2 million to no avail."
Zhou Hongyi was so excited that he inexplicably revealed the results of 3721, with hundreds of millions of flows. Last year, the revenue was more than 200 million, and the net profit was more than 60 million RMB...
Lu Fei frowned, feeling like he was on a blind date.
Under the witness of IDG, the man introduced the situation, and then the woman made some conditions. From this situation, I suddenly guessed the real purpose.
Zhou Hongyi's mouth was like a machine gun, he said everything he could say, how to promote 3721, how to make plug-ins, blah blah blah, when it came to the climax of excitement, but then——
Lu Fei was not moved at all, showing a Buddhist smile and enjoying the scenery and drinking tea.
Zhou Hongyi scratched his head and cheeks anxiously, "Mr. Lu, what do you think of 3721?"
"Very good." Lu Fei took a sip of tea and spoke calmly.
"Mr. Lu thinks so too?"
Zhou Hongyi was surprised and delighted, "Now many companies want to acquire 3721, Xinlang, and Sohu. The highest bidder is Ali Baba. Lu Yun offered me US$60 million."
"Boss Zhou agrees?"
Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, Lu Yun was doing something secretly again!
Unlike the acquisition of eBay, it can at most expand the scale of e-commerce business and acquire 3721, which is equivalent to "e-commerce + search".
Not only can it import traffic to revitalize Taoduoduo, surpassing Joyo.com, but Taoduoduo avoided suspicion before and abolished "mandatory installation". Now it can rely on 3721 to revive its business.
"Not yet, Lu Yun just gave him a quotation, and I agreed with him to come to Hangzhou for a face-to-face meeting in a while."
Zhou Hongyi shook his head, "But I am more inclined to merge."
Lu Fei looked sideways: "Boss Zhou, do you know what is most important in the merger?"
"What?"
"Love!"
"Love?!"
"A merger is like a match. You have to find someone who is a good match, and you have to be willing to agree. Otherwise, the two couples are bound to quarrel and get divorced."
"Mr. Lu is unwilling?"
Zhou Hongyi asked without hesitation: "Are you the same as Li Yanhong who thinks 3721 has a bad reputation?"
You still know!
Lu Fei made an excuse and said: "That's wrong. Sogou has just completed the C round and raised US$15.5 million. Why is Sogou so anxious to merge?"
"3721 can help Sogou reach a higher level."
Zhou Hongyi said anxiously: "Mr. Lu, if our two companies merge, we can definitely achieve a hundred-fold increase by joining forces! The valuation will at least double!"
Lu Fei drank tea indifferently, "At that time, the big decision will be whether 3721 listens to Sogou, or Sogou listens to 3721?"
Zhou Hongyi said disapprovingly: "Is it necessary to make such a clear distinction? We are all one family, let's discuss it!"
Lu Fei glanced sideways at Yihong and smiled without saying a word.
Guo Yihong got excited and came out to smooth things over: "Old Zhou, how can we discuss it? The merger between companies cannot avoid the issue of dominance."
"Of course Mr. Lu takes the lead! I often tell people in the industry that Mr. Lu is my idol."
Zhou Hongyi said without saying a word, "Why don't I sell 3721 to Sogou and I'll work for Mr. Lu! I won't eat more and take more, so I'll convert it into shares at six thousand, no, fifty-five million US dollars."
"Hahaha, Boss Zhou, thank you."
Lu Fei's tone was extremely firm, "But I refuse."
Zhou Hongyi's eyes turned red. There are still people who reject this beautiful thing of "1+1 is greater than 2". Why!
Lu Fei asked instead, why are you so obsessed with the merger?
"Alas, now 3721 is facing a development bottleneck."
Zhou Hongyi couldn't help but feel discouraged and confided his worries. Even if he was on the IC side, the online real-name market was already saturated, and Chinese domain name registrations were far less popular than English domain names. New business growth points were urgently needed.
Lu Feixiao asked: "Boss Zhou, do you know what is the most important thing for search engines?"
Zhou Hongyi raised his head violently: "What?"
"technology."
“Isn’t forcing plug-ins technology?”
"Does Boss Zhou think plug-ins are technology?"
Lu Fei couldn't tell for a moment whether this person was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. I didn't expect that this person wanted Bilian more than I did!
"certainly!"
Zhou Hongyi was proud, "Without search technology, 3721's current market share is comparable to that of Baidu, and its profitability is even higher."
"Then with the addition of search technology, wouldn't it be possible to surpass Baidu?"
Lu Fei showed his trademark evil smile, "Why did Baidu refuse to merge with 3721? Because it believes that it is ahead of 3721 on a technical level. If Baidu also learns how to promote 3721 and compete with you, what will you do?"
Zhou Hongyi was silent for a while, "Mr. Lu said, sooner or later, 3721 and Baidu will fight?"
"There is bound to be a battle. Boss Zhou had better make plans in advance."
Lu Fei is like a magic stick, his words are secretly poking at the ground and causing fire.
Zhou Hongyi said nonchalantly: "Is Mr. Lu exaggerating?"
Winter, winter, winter, there is a solemn and deep sound of bells not far away, echoing in the temple and echoing in everyone's heart.
After a while, Lu Fei casually found an excuse to leave, and did not bother to persuade him to put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately. Before leaving, he did not forget to whisper a warning:
"President, please advise Boss Zhou well and don't say you didn't predict what you said."
Guo Yihong looked at his retreating back, his head as big as a bucket, "Ahem, Lao Zhou, Ahli is not suitable for merging."
"Why?"
Zhou Hongyi glanced at the cup Lu Fei drank from, and suddenly realized, "Oh, Mr. Lu is afraid that the merger of 3721 and Taoduoduo will surpass Feigou.com?"
Then the logic was self-consistent: "Since you are worried about 3721, why don't you agree to merge with Sogou? After the merger, we will become one family. In the end, we still think that 3721 has a bad reputation."
Guo Yihong rolled his eyes, "Mr. Lu didn't say that."
Zhou Hongyi said unhappily: "But he must think so, I can feel it, hehe, he is noble and great."
Guo Yi said worriedly: "Lao Zhou, please don't recruit him. Aren't you afraid of forcing Sogou to Baidu's side and joining forces to deal with you?"
"You listen to his nonsense, it's impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Zhou Hongyi curled his lips and said, "It seems that the rumors have gone too far. When we met in person, even though he didn't let me go, I still went!"
Guo Yihong saw him being respectful and arrogant at the same time, and he was surprised by how quickly he changed his face: "One last piece of advice, don't mess with Lu Fei."
"What are you afraid of!"
Zhou Hongyi was as if he was possessed by the flat-headed brother, without giving up at all. At this moment, the mobile phone placed on the table buzzed and vibrated.
The caller was from his subordinate Fu Sheng, who opened his mouth with nervousness: "Boss, our old home was copied by Baidu! They hacked the client and address bar of 3721."
"What?!"
Zhou Hongyi's whole body trembled violently as if he had been struck by lightning.
Damn it, Master Lu has opened his mouth before, right?
He really got it right!
…………
Coming down the mountain from Dajue Temple, Lu Fei asked Wang Bi to drive towards Yanyuan and went directly to the Zizi Hotel.
"Mr. Lu, Baidu has taken action!"
After Wang Xiaochuan joined Sohu, Zhou Feng was transferred to take over the entire team, and supported Sogou with Yang Xin and others.
Lu Fei leaned in front of the computer screen and listened to them explain Baidu Souba's attack routine, which is called hitting the snake within seven inches——
The reason why 3721 is a rogue is that when 372 is installed, it will automatically install two independent programs of 3721, "Address Bar Search" and "Search Assistant". Even if one of them is uninstalled, the other will be self-repaired by the other two softwares.
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In other words, you must delete 3 plug-ins at once to eliminate the root cause.
Baidu Soba plays the role of powerful elimination. Once downloaded, it can replace all 3721 tools with Baidu plug-ins, thereby controlling the Internet access.
"Zhizhi."
Lu Fei smacked his lips. Sure enough, only magic can defeat magic, and gangsters have to deal with gangsters.
Yang Xin asked curiously: "Mr. Lu, are we really just going to sit back and watch?"
"Of course not, let's make a fire."
Lu Fei originally planned to do this, but who made 3721 and Ahli Baba flirt with each other?
He lowered his head and looked at the Sogou web page. The latest version already has the flavor of later generations. On the left are keyword search terms, and on the right are the rankings of hot search keywords...
Zhou Feng was very curious, "Mr. Lu, how do you do it?"
"First of all, the latest version of Tieba does not have a voting mechanism. It initiates a vote on Baidu War 3721 and creates confrontation..."
With a bad smile on his face, Lu Fei said the "shit stirrer" method.
For a moment, everyone in Zhou Feng looked at each other. Is it too unethical to cause such trouble?
