my return 2002

Chapter 256 Completely Exited
After talking about the business, Jack Ma chatted with Shen Lang again.

"Mr. Shen, CCTV's Win in China column team invited me to be a guest in the show's top 36 competition. I heard from them that you were also invited?"

Shen Lang nodded: "Well, there is such a thing. The column team talked with me, but I didn't expect Mr. Ma to go, so I just said that it's boring to be alone."

Jack Ma smiled, and then tentatively asked: "Mr. Shen, I heard that you recently launched a new 360-series product? It focuses on electronic payment?"

Shen Lang secretly sighed, Jack Ma's sense of smell is really keen, 360 payment was just launched within the company, and he didn't make any publicity outside, so he was following him.

"Yes, Mr. Ma, you also know that the business of NetDragon Technology is to sell point cards, and the cost of sales has always been high. It is not just thinking of making an electronic payment product, so that users can obtain more convenient recharge channels. It can also save part of the sales cost, alas, it is too expensive to do the Internet these days, and it is not easy to make some money."

Seeing that Shen Lang kept crying for poverty, Jack Ma rolled his eyes for a while. If you say that the Internet industry burns money, it will definitely burn money. Ali burned so much that he almost went bankrupt, but if you say that Shen Lang is short of money, it is purely a lie .

The advertising revenue brought by the 360 ​​series ecological chain is enough to support the product, and Shen Lang also holds a very profitable online game in his hand, with a net profit of several hundred million per year, which is definitely the best cash flow among domestic Internet companies One of the companies, the other two are NetEase and Penguin.

Jack Ma tentatively said to Shen Lang: "Mr. Shen, the electronic payment industry is facing too much policy risk, or you should outsource the business directly to us. Don't worry, Alipay will never take a cent of commission."

Shen Lang almost kicked him directly, to put it nicely, how much is the commission worth?The user is the king, coauthoring this guy is still dreaming, wanting to let him give the user?I'm afraid I'm not thinking blindly.

"Hey, Mr. Ma, I am also worried about policy risks. If you think about it, if Alipay dominates, it is likely to be blocked by the higher authorities. 360 payment can help distract some attention, and it can also reduce some of Mr. Ma's risks. After all, the law does not blame the public."

As soon as the words fell, Jack Ma's face became very strange, he could only cover up the teacup, and said with a sneer.

"It's Mr. Shen's thoughtful consideration."

After this Taijiquan fight, Jack Ma saw that he couldn't take advantage of it, so he offered to treat Shen Lang to dinner. Shen Lang waved his hand quickly, expressing that he still had important matters to rush back to the magic capital.

Just kidding, he didn't bring Lei Jun this time, just a Jack Ma is enough to drink him down, Jack Ma is obviously not at ease.

Jack Ma personally sent Shen Lang downstairs, but by coincidence, he ran into MSN's Xiong Minghua, and the scene was embarrassing for a while.

Seeing that Shen Lang had already met Jack Ma before him, Xiong Minghua's expression became ugly.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Xiong? I didn't expect to meet you here, and you also came to chat with Mr. Ma? That's such a coincidence, I've finished chatting, you guys take your time." Shen Lang said. Get in the car and walk away.

Xiong Minghua was so angry that he threw the briefcase he was carrying on the ground: "The villain succeeds!"

Jack Ma was extremely embarrassed by the side, which was too small. Originally, he planned that if Xiong Minghua came to the door, he would find an excuse to go out for inspection and hide, and let Cai Chongxin deal with him.

As a result, it was a coincidence that they bumped into each other directly, and there was no way to hide now, so I could only bite the bullet and invite Xiong Minghua to my office.

As soon as Xiong Minghua sat down, he urgently said to Jack Ma: "Mr. Ma, we are the alliance relationship. You must not be instigated by that kid surnamed Shen."

Jack Ma felt bored for a while, is he the kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation because of petty gains?The reason why he gave up MSN is because he knows very well that MSN can't beat YY at all, just like eBay was beaten all over the place by Taobao. This kind of large multinational companies have a common problem, that is, the bureaucracy is too serious. The tube has no decision-making power at all.

"Ahem, Mr. Xiong, don't get excited. This time, Mr. Shen was actually invited by me. You also know that QQ is going to make a big move into e-commerce. I have to be on guard."

According to Jack Ma's thinking, Xiong Minghua should have given up all the difficulties and retreated.

However, Xiong Minghua continued to put pressure on Jack Ma as if he didn't hear it: "Mr. Ma, Microsoft has just formed an alliance with Yahoo. When you make a decision, shouldn't you discuss it with Mr. Yang Zhiyuan in advance?"

Jack Ma almost cursed. Although Yahoo is Ali's major shareholder, Ali still has the final say. What's more, it is not up to an outsider to make irresponsible remarks about what decisions Ali makes.

"Hehe, I will naturally communicate with Mr. Yang, Mr. Xiong, I'm tired today, so let's do this first." Jack Ma picked up the teacup, obviously seeing off the guests.

Xiong Minghua stared at Jack Ma for a long time before walking away.

The moment the office door closed, Jack Ma spit out the tea in his mouth.

"What the hell, MSN is a subsidiary of Microsoft, but Ali is not a subsidiary of Yahoo, and I still have the final say on Ali!"

Jack Ma directly called Cai Chongxin in: "Immediately cut off all traffic support from Yahoo and Ali to MSN."

"Here, should we discuss it with Mr. Yang first?" Cai Chongxin hesitated.

Jack Ma waved his hand impatiently: "I will call him and tell him."

After Cai Chongxin left, Jack Ma calmed down, called Yang Zhiyuan overseas, and told Yang Zhiyuan about the situation.

Yang Zhiyuan also fell into deep thought when he heard the words: "Well, you are right, the enemy is now, and Shen Lang cannot be offended just because of a MSN Mainland project."

Hanging up the phone, although Yang Zhiyuan agreed with his approach, Jack Ma didn't feel any joy at all, but felt very irritated. Yahoo's 40% stake is too high, which is a very dangerous signal.

"It seems that we have to find a way to bring in new investors and dilute Yahoo's shares."

On the other side, Xiong Minghua had just returned to the hotel when he received a call from his subordinate.

"Mr. Xiong, just now Ali cut off all our traffic entrances, what should we do now?"

Xiong Minghua was so angry that he almost dropped his phone and hung up the phone. He immediately dialed the number of the president of Microsoft's Asia Pacific region. His boss also attached great importance to this matter and immediately reported it to the headquarters.

Xiong Minghua had been waiting for several hours before the phone rang again.

The boss said to Xiong Minghua in an extremely regretful tone: "Boss has already talked with Yang Zhiyuan, but they didn't reach an agreement. You have to find a way to handle the job yourself."

Xiong Minghua gritted his teeth and hung up the phone, lying down on the bed.

On the other side, after Shen Lang returned to Shanghai, posts like "Why MSN is not easy to use" and "MSN has never respected Chinese users" appeared on the Internet.

These posts began to spread on various forums, YY logs, Sina blogs, and even QQ logs at an extremely fast speed. Blogs also have communication attributes. Seeing competitors suffer, it is normal operation, right?

As a result, the overwhelming number of posts and articles began to detail the crimes committed by MSN. At the same time, they also tore away the glamorous appearance of the so-called elite white-collar class, revealing their most real and humble side to the majority of netizens.

One of the posts was the most widely circulated, titled "My Years in Foreign Enterprises".

The author of this post claimed to have worked in a foreign company for ten years, and even posted information such as his salary slip to prove it.

"As a so-called white-collar worker who has worked in a foreign company for ten years, I saw a lot of posts about MSN today and felt a lot of emotion after reading them, so I came up with this post."

"Perhaps in the eyes of many people, a white-collar worker in a foreign company should be a very prestigious profession with high wages and good benefits. Sitting in the office every day drinking coffee and typing on the keyboard, a day goes by."

"However, in fact, inland employees are like worker bees in foreign companies. They are so busy that they don't even have time to drink water. They often work overtime until eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening. What about the salary? It's only three months a month. Four thousand seems to be not bad, but what about the cost? Working in a foreign company requires formal attire. A set of clothes costs at least a thousand yuan. A person needs at least three sets of clothes. Women need to prepare at least seven sets. It is easy to be despised by colleagues and squeezed out.”

"That's all. What's really disgusting is that the management system of foreign companies is, yes, what many people think is the advanced management system of foreign companies. In foreign companies, the boss of a foreigner is always right. It doesn’t matter if you are an ordinary employee or a management team, it’s the same.”

"What disgusts me even more is that many white-collar workers kneel and lick their foreigner bosses. In order to increase their value, they will study the interests and hobbies of their foreigner bosses, such as drinking the same coffee with their foreigner bosses, learning how to play golf and tennis, and even In the use of communication software, a chain of contempt has been formed. If anyone uses software such as QQ and YY in the company, he will be laughed at at the same time. Why? Because the boss of foreigners will never use these software, they will only use them. MSN, so MSN is tall.”

"In the eyes of these white-collar elites, those who don't know how to use MSN are idiots, just because they have low education and don't know English. They never tell netizens that MSN has no way to transfer large files until now, and they won't tell netizens either. MSN has a lot of bugs, which often make it impossible to log in."

"I don't know when it started. Many people started to advocate the West. Their culture is good, their system is advanced, and even their farts are delicious. Regarding this, I just want to say, those who put mud horses Shit! Go to hell, a bunch of foreign slaves!"

Xiong Minghua rushed back to Shanghai overnight. However, when he returned to MSN's mainland headquarters, the online public opinion became one-sided, and countless netizens began to criticize MSN.

When MSN first entered the mainland market, in order to quickly gain users of the urban white-collar class, it did do a lot of publicity to cater to them, and the advertisements and soft articles that were promoted before became strong evidence that netizens criticized MSN.

All of a sudden, an anti-MSN movement sprang up on the entire network, and some college users who had just acquired quickly uninstalled MSN and joined the camp criticizing MSN.

The reason is also very simple. These college students are not only against MSN, but against many so-called cultures of foreign companies. After all, they are all going to enter the workplace. Who wants to be a bull?
"MSN get out of the mainland, we have YY and QQ, we don't need you."

"Get the hell out, Spicy Chicken Software. It shows that the login is invalid every three days. If you don't make a good product, you engage in self-righteous marketing all day long. It's disgusting!"

Xiong Minghua was completely dumbfounded. In the Hangzhou hotel, he was still worried about losing Ali's traffic and making MSN lose the opportunity to catch up with YY in one fell swoop. Now it seems that he thought too much, and Shen Lang never gave him this opportunity at all!
"Mr. Xiong, what shall we do?" the subordinate asked.

Xiong Minghua gritted his teeth: "Immediately issue a statement condemning YY and QQ's bottomless competitive behavior!"

Of course, Xiong Minghua knew that such a statement was meaningless, so he called the three major portals, hoping that they could publish some articles beneficial to MSN on the portals.

However, the three major portals are not stupid. At this time, public opinion has been ignited. If they dare to go against the trend, they will definitely be sprayed into a sieve by netizens.

It was only then that Xiong Minghua realized that MSN in the mainland didn't even have a channel to speak out.

Although MSN urgently issued a statement, netizens did not believe it, and even netizens believed that MSN did not create a chain of contempt, but it is a fact that MSN is not easy to use. Many users who have used MSN came out to say that this hat is Can't take it off.

In just one night, MSN's market share fell by 30%. The original third place in instant messaging was also surpassed by Fetion.

However, the biggest winners are YY and QQ. Although many white-collar workers still use MSN, the market is no longer monolithic. Many white-collar users start to use MSN at work and YY or QQ in life. After the previous contempt chain was exposed, the atmosphere in the white-collar circle has improved a lot.

After all, in 2006, the hottest word was "human flesh search", and no one wanted to be exposed and lose their reputation.

More than that, in the next few days, MSN experienced a large number of user losses for several consecutive days. Compared with the previous user scale, it has directly shrunk by more than 60%, and its market share has even been surpassed by Netease Bubbles, completely losing track The possibility of YY and QQ competing for hegemony.

Microsoft executives were furious because of this, fired Xiong Minghua and at the same time kicked out all domestic MSN executives, and parachuted a group of executives from the United States. It is estimated that it will take several years to adapt to the environment.

This time, YY and QQ can be regarded as the same enemy, and they cooperated with each other very well, and both sides are very satisfied with the result.

(End of this chapter)