Chapter 792: Pure and Innocent Mr. Fang (Two in One)

Although Penguin's approach to Farmville was somewhat unexpected, the criticism it attracted was expected by both parties, whether it was QQ Space, Dating or a combination of the two.

But the heat may have exceeded each other's imagination.

This time, a victim directly stood up. Jian Jing, one of the founders of the Lianzhong game platform, accepted an interview with the media and directly accused Penguin's imitation strategy of being harmful to the development of China's Internet.

Jian Jing is one of the earliest programmers to become famous in China, and Lianzhong Games is the loser in Penguin's traffic competition.

Following Jian Jing's voice, a vice president of Shanda Company also accepted an interview and once again criticized Penguin's QQ Hall for imitating its own agent-operated Bubble Hall.

Not long after, it was said that Taobao executives were also complaining that Paipai.com imitated Taobao too "perfectly" in terms of product types, product quantity, popularity system, user interface, website interaction, inventory & RMA, credit evaluation system, guaranteed transaction system, payment, logistics, customer service, etc.

Financial media, portals, victims’ speeches…

For a time, Penguin was criticized by many parties.

At this time, Xu Chenye, Penguin’s chief information officer who is also responsible for the B4 online media business system, stood up.

He has an account on Zhihu, and he talked about his company’s competitive positioning quite frankly. The main point is that Internet companies in the early years could not find an effective way to use traffic to make profits. Now the situation is good, Penguin can use traffic to make profits and develop rapidly.

Finally, Xu Chenye also asked back, if you really, if x-on:Fang Zhuo really has Penguin’s traffic, can you give up the traffic advantage in your hands in commercial competition?

In fact, this hypothetical question is not the first time.

This time, it also won the support of some onlookers. What is not prohibited by law is allowed. How low is the bottom line of commercial competition...Others don’t know, don’t you people in the industry know it?

However, such support is only a small part, and most of the voices are on the opposite side.

——Who doesn’t let you use your advantages? Don’t imitate at the pixel level!

——Since Mr. Xu has x-on:Mr. Fang, can you also x-on:Mr. Zeng? I am more interested in Mr. Zeng's opinion than you.

——Mr. Xu said it well. Come on, let's cheer for Mr. Xu, encourage him, bang bang bang.

——I am afraid that I will be considered sour when I say this, but I still have to say that I hope to see the day when Penguin is competed by other companies using its traffic advantage. I wonder if Mr. Xu will still have such a sincere attitude at that time.

There are many voices, some of which are emotional venting, and some are just discussing the matter.

Among them, an answer that discusses the matter received a high number of praises.

——Compared with you, Mr. Fang is really pure and innocent.

Pure and innocent Mr. Fang!

Although Mr. Fang is not picky about meat and vegetables, whether he is competing with Sina, Sony, Cheung Kong, or Lehman, they are all well-known overlords.

You Penguins are reaching down again today. I dare not imagine what you can do in the future!

When Su Wei finished work and browsed Zhihu in a relaxed manner, she saw this answer and was completely amused.

Others may not know, but she knew whether this man was clean or not.

"Hey, pure and innocent boss, go up and face Mr. Xu's call." Su Wei picked up the notebook, walked barefoot to the living room, and put the screen in front of Fang Zhuo.

Fang Zhuo put down the file, glanced at it, and said, "Oh, I saw this, this guy seems to be an investor."

Su Wei was startled and smiled, "That's even funnier!"

Her eyes were curved into crescents when she laughed.

Fang Zhuo shrugged and said seriously, "I remember I told you that my "being kind to others" must be set off by my peers. Look, it's starting to work."

Su Wei remembered that the man in front of her did say this, and couldn't help laughing even louder.

This is so interesting. When investors start to say that Mr. Fang is pure and innocent, who has the right to blame him?

"Wait a minute, I'll show you something interesting." Fang Zhuo took his notebook from the left, logged into his email, and pulled out a routine work report from Yike Investment, handing it to Xiao Su.

Su Wei leaned over and saw that it was an investment report from Yike Investment.

There is a startup team in Pengcheng that studies drones. They approached several institutions including Yike Investment and Penguin Investment, but ultimately decided to accept Penguin's investment because they were all in Pengcheng.

Originally, this matter had come to an end.

However, the executive in charge of this matter at Yike Investment suddenly received a call from the founder two days ago, and the other party changed his mind and planned to take money from Yike Investment.

The executive was naturally curious about this change, and after asking, the answer he got was "I just don't feel comfortable, anyway, it's money no matter whose money you take."

As for why this startup team felt uncomfortable taking Penguin's money, anyway, Yike's executives thought this matter was very interesting and reported it to the boss via email.

Su Wei read it from top to bottom and couldn't help laughing as she commented: "This entrepreneur named Wang Tao has a very simple sentiment."

"Yeah, I think so too. He doesn't think too much. He just thinks that what you did is not very authentic, especially since you clearly agreed in the meeting and then turned around and increased your efforts to make micro-innovations." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "But Penguin is also very strange. I'm afraid there are some disputes within the company. Otherwise, there would be no reason to launch QQ Space first and then the two together."

If it was harmonious, the two companies should have shared data for the farm game from the beginning, rather than QQ Space announcing it one day first and then bringing it to QQ Dating.

The signal revealed by this action itself is very subtle.

Su Wei put down her notebook and suddenly thought of the entrepreneurial project she had just seen. She asked casually, "Isn't investing in drones a bit avant-garde?"

"So, Wang Tao has both simple feelings and romantic ideals." Fang Zhuo said, "It's just 600,000 yuan. Their team has also raised a lot of money. It depends on the development in the future."

Su Wei nodded, without asking more about this ordinary investment, and said, "The term micro-innovation is really going to be played out, but the competitive situation of Friends.com is not optimistic."

"Who said it's not? I don't know who is in charge of the data sharing between QQ Space and QQ Friends. It's really decisive." Fang Zhuo pondered, "It doesn't seem like Zeng Liqing. I don't know if it was Xu Chenye who set the tone."

He shook his head: "Public opinion is public opinion. Even if micro-innovation is criticized, the users of Space and Friends are real. I can't let the data of Sina Blog and Friends.com be shared, right?"

Although Sina participated in the investment in Friends.com and sent a senior management team, it is not a company after all.

Penguin has a kind of "you criticize yours, I compete with mine" spirit.

In fact, in addition to developing farm games, Sina also has a parking space grabbing game ready to go.

But looking at the current situation, one more game will not change the severity of the competition.

Although these are expected, it is still a bit helpless when the real fight starts. The activity and growth rate stimulated by the Friends Farm are already quite amazing, but the situation is still gradually tilting towards competitors.

"Otherwise, how can it be said to be the No. 1 traffic in China." Su Wei smiled, "No matter how many tricks you use, I will only punch you with traffic."

Fang Zhuo shook his head slightly, rubbed his temples, and sighed: "Penguin's traffic is really terrible. It is the kind of data that can be supported by traffic spreading to different tracks at the same time. The problem of Friends Network has to be left to Wang Xing to worry about."

Su Wei took two steps and stretched out her hand to help him rub his temples: "At least in the e-commerce track, the power of traffic has been weakened. Paipai.com's performance is not as expected. Now Friends Network is facing Penguin's strengths. Can it really succeed in the end..."

She pondered for a moment: "Didn't you also say that there is a problem with the pseudo-real-name system of QQ dating? If the child is wrong, can he really go right? "

Fang Zhuo leaned back and closed his eyes: "Domestic users are very tolerant. If Penguin can calm down, it may not be impossible to succeed."

Su Wei asked: "Even if you stab it with Sina in the end, can it still calm down and continue to succeed?"

"Don't make me sound so hateful. I am a person who is certified by investors." Fang Zhuo looked up, "This is just normal business competition. Penguin competes in the social track with traffic, and I compete with new projects. It's all normal."

"So, if you really want to answer Xu Chenye's question, what is your answer?" Su Wei asked curiously.

Fang Zhuo thought about it, and just as he was about to answer, he heard the phone on the table ring.

He glanced over and found that it was a call from New York.

After the call was connected, it was the latest news from a competitor-Apple has confirmed that it will hold a product launch conference on January 9 next year, and has begun to send letters to invite media guests.

That is, Apple phones are coming!

Fang Zhuo put down his phone and relayed the news to Xiao Su.

"You seem to be a little refreshed." Su Wei described her feelings and asked, "Is the iPhone coming out faster than you expected?"

Fang Zhuo thought carefully for a few seconds and could no longer tell whether his judgment that the iPhone would be released in the first half of 2007 came from a real news source or his own memory, but the release date was indeed faster than expected.

Will the iPhone change? To what extent will it bring about competition? Will there be any chain changes?

And, the release of Yike phones will have to be accelerated.

Fang Zhuo had a few thoughts in his mind. Even after hearing the news about the Apple phone, he calmly said, "You really cheered me up when you said that. Apple is coming. I have to go to Silicon Valley next month to ask Google to announce the official establishment of the Open Handset Alliance before the Apple conference."

"Yike must also confirm that a mobile phone conference will be held in the middle of the year at the latest. Even if it is just a release without sales, a response must be given."

"Apple has invited the media. I wonder if I can find someone to take a picture of the scene to see what it looks like."

"I don't know what form Apple will take. Will it be released and sold at the same time or After a while?"

Su Wei patted the man on the shoulder: "That's good, it's going to be busy again. When will the plane that can carry you arrive?"

"Maybe it can catch my flight next month. Gulfstream has been cut by customers in the Middle East, so the speed should be much faster." Fang Zhuo raised his hand and took a sip of tea, exhaled deeply, "It will be busier indeed."

Su Wei made a little joke: "I heard that private jets can be named by themselves. How about calling this one Pu Tian Tong Qing Hao?"

"No, no, it doesn't sound good at all." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

"Really called it Qing Zi Hao? That sounds good, right?" Su Wei pointed out the name given by Mr. Fang before.

"How is that possible? I don't know how Qingzi would hate me. I haven't thought about this yet. I'll see when the time comes. Anything like Yike Yiguo Bingxin will do. You can also come up with a nice name." Fang Zhuo was thinking about mobile phones, and he simply decided, "Just name it. I don't want to bother."

Su Wei was really interested in this little thing. If she could please him, she would think about semiconductors. Otherwise, she could ask for a good idea about the future of mobile phones.

She saw that Mr. Fang had obviously started thinking about mobile phones, so she didn't talk much and went back to the room with her notebook on Zhihu page.

Apple's move is worth Yike's attention, and it will definitely make Mr. Fang invest a lot of energy quickly.

Wang Xing of Friends.com will probably have to bear a lot of pressure in the future. Penguin will definitely want to get back the points it lost in word of mouth through business, and Friends.com will have to burn more money.

Su Wei helped to put herself into the competition situation of Friends.com. After thinking about it, she felt that everyone's expectations for Mr. Fang's competition were relatively high.

She switched to her second account and wrote a long article about the dilemma faced by QQ Friends Network in real competition.

However, she added another sentence at the end.

"Competing with Mr. Fang, no matter what the final result is, even if Penguin really wins the competition in this social track, I think it will also be bitten off a piece of meat."

...

The public criticism faced by Penguin made the QQ Friends team quite embarrassed, but it did not stop competing.

The person in charge, Zeng Liqing, strictly implemented the decision from the general office after expressing opinions, high-level discussions, and voting decisions, and was also considering further importing more traffic from QQ so that QQ Friends Network could form an advantage as soon as possible.

He has made up his mind to leave Penguin after completing the vote for QQ Friends Network, which can be regarded as a complete beginning and an end, and also as an explanation to the competitor Mr. Fang.

Even if you, Mr. Fang, put me in a more embarrassing position, I will actually defeat you, and then leave gracefully.

Zeng Liqing declined media interviews and no longer attended industry conferences, only focusing on bringing QQ Friends Network to the position it should be.

Of course, he occasionally browses Zhihu to see how others evaluate him, such as "sweet words but sharp tongue", "business ethics", "sly old man"...

In fact, as long as you accept the problems of micro-innovation, your mentality is still invincible. You are right, but it can't change anything.

However, when he sees more and more people comparing Penguin and President Fang, he still feels a sense of tightness in his chest, not knowing whether they take the joke seriously and think that President Fang is "pure as ice and jade".

This world is too crazy, and the dangerous President Fang is about to become harmless. With my little skills, how can I bear the evaluation that originally belonged to President Fang? Ask Duan Yongji, Huang Guangyu, and Zhou Kaixuan. You should go and ask...