The feeling of being threatened was very unpleasant. Even if Liu Zhiping spoke calmly, it still made Zhang Yida frown.
Although Penguin is the second largest shareholder of Zhonghe Group after Zhang Yida, all it holds are A shares and does not have much voting rights, so it has basically not interfered with the daily management and operations of Zhonghe Group.
I couldn't interfere before, and I certainly can't now.
What really worries Zhang Yida is Penguin’s traffic blocking.
DouShi and Kuaishou have grown up, but they are not afraid of being banned by Penguin.
The only thing I have to worry about is Pinduoduo. As a social e-commerce company, it relies heavily on WeChat traffic.
In the competition with Pinduoduo, Zhang Yida knew very well how Pinhaohuo lost.
Although Pinduoduo is also trying to find ways to divert users to its own independent app, users have already developed a habit of shopping on WeChat.
Official accounts, mini programs, and Zodiac are so convenient for placing orders, why bother downloading another app that takes up memory space?
Liu Zhiping and Ren Yu did not push Zhang Yida too much. They sat on the sofa and drank tea with smiles. They believed that Zhang Yida would make the right choice.
"Do we have to acquire Blue Hole? Is it okay to buy shares and act as an agent for the national service?"
Zhang Yida weighed the pros and cons and tried to postpone the conflict with Penguin for a while.
But Penguin is not stupid. He has already been fooled twice by Ruixiang and Zhonghe, and he will not be fooled a third time.
Therefore, Liu Zhiping said in a very firm tone: "It is impossible to make financial investment anymore, at least we have to hold a controlling stake."
He looked at Zhang Yida again, "I know what you are thinking, but I am sorry to tell you that Pony is very angry this time and will never give in."
The good old man Ren Yu also came out to advise Zhang Yida: "The domestic game pattern has basically been fixed. How much market can Zhonghe take in this muddy water?
The right way is to do e-commerce and advertising well."
Zhang Yida rubbed his face, it was really embarrassing. It seemed that he really made the penguin anxious this time.
But Zhang Yida is still determined and wants to continue to grow, and conflicts with Penguin will happen sooner or later.
Penguin is definitely not as noble as they say. You can make short videos, and we can just make games.
It can be seen from the resurrection micro-view that Penguin is also a two-faced master.
Huang Xin said it very well: Competition and cooperation are the new normal in the future.
Competition is accompanied by cooperation, and cooperation is accompanied by competition.
"The Blue Hole will not be sold, which disappoints both of you."
To say this, Zhang Yida also used all his courage.
Because he knew what the consequences would be if he said this.
Sure enough, Ren Yu and Liu Zhiping's expressions changed when they heard this sentence.
Liu Zhiping suppressed his anger and asked coldly: "Do you know what the consequences of this will be?"
Now that he has decided to face Penguin, Zhang Yida doesn't have so many worries.
"I know, but so what?"
Liu Zhiping was extremely angry and laughed, "Okay, very good. It turns out that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!"
The anger in his heart was actually ready to burst out, but in order to maintain a good demeanor, he did not curse.
When did Zhang Yida dare to talk to him in this tone? Now it seems that his wings have really grown hard and he wants to kick the penguin away.
Ren Yu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Liu Zhiping glared at him and he swallowed it again.
Liu Zhiping called Ren Yu and prepared to leave directly.
Since Zhang Yida is talking about this, there is nothing to be polite about.
Before leaving, Liu Zhiping turned around and glanced at Zhang Yida, "I hope you won't regret it!"
"There is no word regret in my life dictionary!"
There was madness in Zhang Yida's eyes, he was really risking his life.
Even if Pinduoduo is defeated, he will not let Penguin have an easy time.
To live peacefully with penguins, unless you are willing to be your little brother for the rest of your life.
If you don’t want to be the younger brother, then you have to fight hard.
Today Penguin dares to ask for the removal of Blue Hole, but tomorrow it might break up Zhonghe Group.
Why should we develop within the limits of Penguin?
Living like this, how is it any different from Koreans?
Liu Zhiping took Ren Yu and left Zhang Yida's office angrily.
Outside the chairman's office is the secretary's office. When several secretaries heard the quarrel, they all looked around.
Song Caiwei also felt that something was not right. Every time Liu Zhiping or Ren Yu left with a smile on their face, they were not as cold as today.
It seems that you had a quarrel with Mr. Zhang?
Several newly hired secretaries quietly approached Song Caiwei and asked: "Sister Caiwei, just now..."
Song Caiwei scolded: "Just do your job and don't pry about things you shouldn't pry about.
Also, I don’t want what happened today to spread everywhere.”
Looking at the majestic Song Caiwei, several secretaries nodded quickly like chickens pecking at rice.
Song Caiwei turned around and approached Zhang Yida's office, knocked on the door, "Mr. Zhang, can I come in?"
"Come in!"
As soon as Song Caiwei entered the door, she saw Zhang Yida writing and drawing in a notebook, very seriously, without even raising his head.
"Mr. Zhang, just now...Mr. Liu and Mr. Ren seemed very angry. Did something happen?"
Zhang Yida raised his head, looked at the senior sister and secretary who had been with him for several years, and said with a smile: "If Zhonghe Group goes bankrupt, have you thought about your future?"
What does this mean? How could Zhonghe Group go bankrupt at a time when it is prospering?
Is it to test my own loyalty? No way!
Afraid of answering wrongly, Song Caiwei simply shook her head.
Seeing this, Zhang Yida smiled and said: "It's just a joke, just answer whatever you want."
Song Caiwei thought for a while and replied: "Then I will find a new job.
I have so many years of work experience and following you, I feel that my ability and vision have been greatly improved.
You will definitely be able to find a job that you are more satisfied with.
If it doesn’t work out, I’ll go home and help my dad collect the rent.”
Zhang Yida nodded and said no more.
Song Caiwei worked part-time for several years and got promoted. And the same happened to herself. Even if she went bankrupt, she wouldn't starve to death, right?
"Mr. Zhang~"
Seeing that Zhang Yida was distracted and didn't know what he was thinking, Song Caiwei shouted several times before waking him up.
"Mr. Zhang, you don't look good. Is it really nothing?"
Zhang Yida shook his head, "It's okay!"
In fact, his heart is far from as peaceful as he appears on the surface, and the penguin is definitely not as harmless to humans and animals as the fat penguin in their LOGO.
Now that we have broken up with each other, the opponent's counterattack will definitely be sharp and ferocious.
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In September, the Internet exploded again.
Many Pinduoduo users complained that they could no longer use the Pinduoduo official account and mini-programs. The group-building links they shared did not pop up with prompts suspected of inducing users to share them, and they were blocked anyway.
How can we organize group shopping? Didn’t it say on TV that 300 million people are shopping together? There are not even enough people to join the group shopping.
Many users cannot find WeChat customer service, so they keep calling Pinduoduo customer service.
They also threatened that if the problem was not solved quickly, they would go back to Taobao to shop.
Immediately afterwards, users of DouShi, Kuaishou, and Rocket Video also broke the news that they could no longer share videos to Moments.
What's going on? Are Penguin and Zhonghe Group completely at odds?
The Internet is full of self-media articles discussing this matter.
Combined with Zhonghe Group’s actions during this period, the answer is readily apparent. This is the cheese that has touched the penguin!
Zhonghe Group held an emergency board meeting.
Most of the directors present were keeping their noses and mouths in mind. Only BlackRock's Bao Zheyu shouted, "Mr. Zhang, don't forget to bet against us!"
Zhang Yida smiled and said: "I can't forget it. It's written in black and white. I can't cheat even if I want to!"
Bao Zheyu nodded, "That's good. Let's talk about Pinduoduo. GMV has dropped by more than 20%. What's going on?"
The other directors turned their attention to Liu Zhiping, and they obviously knew what was going on.
Bao Zheyu is far away in Hong Kong, but he also knows a thing or two about what is happening in the mainland.
He looked at Liu Zhiping and asked: "Mr. Liu, don't you Chinese people pay attention to harmony and wealth? Why do you want to fight against Duoduo? If there is any conflict, can't we just communicate and resolve it privately?"
Liu Zhiping waved his hand, "We did not target Pinduoduo, it was Pinduoduo himself who violated WeChat management regulations.
We have always treated everyone equally. Even if a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penguin violates the management regulations, we will still punish them.
As for negotiation, we have also negotiated with Mr. Zhang.
Penguin means to acquire Blue Hole Studio, but Mr. Zhang is reluctant to part with it!"
Bao Zheyu asked: "What kind of company is Blue Hole Studio?"
Zhang Liping from Blackstone Group knew the inside story better and explained it to him.
"Then Mr. Zhang, wouldn't it be great if you sold Blue Hole Studio to Penguin?"
Bao Zheyu's words also expressed the thoughts of other directors.
No matter how good the Blue Hole is, does it have anything to do with them?
Since it doesn't matter, they will naturally feel at ease if they sacrifice Zhang Yida's interests to protect their interests.
As soon as Bao Zheyu took the lead, other directors also began to take issue and persuaded Zhang Yida to sell Blue Hole.
Liu Zhiping is very satisfied with the current results and wants to put pressure on Zhang Yida in all aspects to make him retreat.
Don’t you just want benefits? Yes, I’ll give it to you.
Zhang Yida sent a material to each director, which introduced various data about Blue Hole Studio and the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds game.
"My God, the game is so profitable. This game generated $988 million in revenue a year."
Bao Zheyu looked at the materials and sighed.
Liu Zhiping was also shocked, even though Penguin had four games in his hands: Honor of Kings, Dungeon Fighter, CrossFire, and League of Legends.
Each model generates revenue ranging from one billion to more than two billion US dollars.
But Penguin has only had four big hit products in the past ten years.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has only been online for a year, and it is still a paid game on PC.
If we launch another mobile game with Chinese server, is it still a good idea?
Zhang Yida said with a smile: "This game has exploded all over the world, and it will be launched as a mobile game soon.
The goal next year is to double revenue to $2 billion."
Bao Zheyu didn't remember his face just now, and asked Zhang Yida very happily: "Zhonghe Group is going to acquire Blue Hole. Should we operate this mobile game ourselves?"