Chapter 430: Various Choices
( ) In the office building of the Penguin Group, there is a busy scene at the moment. The expressions on the faces of the employees who occasionally walk through the corridor are not very good-looking. The continuous decline in performance made them faintly sense the crisis of layoffs.
Yes, the days of qq have not been easy recently.
Since the launch of the Future People 1.0 chat function last year, the number of active users of QQ has been showing a weak trend. The person in charge of the qq project department was almost dying, and he couldn't think of any good way to win back.
What? You said user stickiness? That's right, when your relatives, friends and even netizens all use QQ, it's really not easy for you to change chat tools. But when your relatives, friends and netizens basically have Future People 1.0 installed in their mobile phones, and Future People 1.0 also comes with a chat function, is QQ really irreplaceable?
In particular, Futureman Technology has resorted to a very "insidious" trick, the friend synchronization technology!
Wechat and qq can synchronize the contact lists of mobile phones, and Future People 1.0 very domineeringly synchronized the friend lists of wechat and qq. That is to say, any user who has downloaded Futureren 1.0, QQ, and WeChat at the same time can synchronize friends in the list of Futureren 1.0 with one click, and intelligently group them according to user habits.
This trick made the person in charge of the QQ project department scold his mother, but he couldn't help it. Future People Technology has not violated any laws, and the copying has not been affected by the normal operation of qq, and has not violated the relevant laws restricting vicious competition.
At least half of the mobile phone communication software market share has been taken away by Future Technology. Fortunately, QQ is still supported, but WeChat, whose performance has always been good, is miserable.
The foundation supporting the building of Penguin Empire is the QQ number, and any of its products are built on this foundation.
And now, Future Man 1.0 has begun to extend its hand to the building itself.
"Boss, there is a new move in future technology." A secretary wearing square glasses walked into the office and gently placed a document on Ma Huateng's desk.
The old horse sat in front of the desk with a sinking face, his eyes never leaving the screen of the notebook.
It was an article reproduced by News Network.
[The closed beta of the virtual reality masterpiece "God-level Continent" has started, and Futureman Technology has invited two thousand players from all over the world to board a luxury cruise ship. 】
Futuristics has been building momentum for virtual reality these days. Ma Huateng was very suspicious. Future people's technology is so overwhelmingly publicized, will it be possible to earn back the cost of the publicity in the end?
Regarding virtual reality technology,
He still knows something. Although China has made some achievements in the field of virtual reality, there is still a big gap compared with Internet giants such as Microsoft and Google.
Even foreign virtual reality online games are in their infancy. Why are you so hasty to rush forward? After people have eaten the meat, take the leftover rice and fry it. Isn't it delicious? Why do you have to research, innovate and invent? Anyway, in this 1.3 billion market, copyright is nothing.
Simply stupid. Tsk tsk, no business.
Ma Huateng shook his head.
But having said that, Futureman Technology's move still caused a lot of trouble for Penguin. If the virtual reality online game that has entered the internal testing stage is as mysterious as they boast, it will undoubtedly be an unprecedented breakthrough for any "traditional online game" on any terminal or mobile terminal.
What makes people distressed is that the test location of "God-Class Continent" was selected in the Panu Islands. Media interviews were not accepted, and no photos were leaked. Penguin has too little information.
Is it a traditional somatosensory VR device or a legendary immersive VR device? Even online there is a lot of controversy. Many people (Shui Jun) who claim to be internal beta players posted that it is actually a somatosensory device. But there are also people who claim to be internal beta players. What Futureman Technology has developed is the legendary immersive device.
The so-called no-picture hanging, because there are no photos leaked, making everything in the God-level Continent seem confusing.
"Boss?" the secretary asked tentatively.
"Is there any well-known virtual reality company in China?" Ma Huateng said with a sigh.
"Wanghai Lexiang Technology Co., Ltd. launched the dp virtual reality device last year. It uses a Samsung-1080p-full high-definition screen, a refresh rate of up to 75hz and a wide viewing angle of 120 degrees. It performed well in last year's CES exhibition."
"Send someone to discuss the acquisition." Ma Huateng waved his hand and said.
"Yes." The secretary nodded, turned around and walked out the door quickly.
Acquisition should not be very difficult. The domestic virtual reality industry has been tepid, and lukewarm means that there is little capital to chase. If someone is willing to pay for their idea. I believe they will be happy to realize the technology in their hands.
Ma Huateng stood up and walked to the French window of the office.
Looking down at the street scene of Shenzhen City and his own reflection on the floor-to-ceiling windows, his eyes narrowed slightly.
very good. Now that your future technology has announced that you have entered the era of virtual reality, then I will come to play with you!
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The so-called Icarus paradox means that enterprises with a monopoly position are afraid of change and are unwilling to update their management, technology, and business models. And this will make it difficult for them to adapt to the rapidly changing environment and lose their advantages in the new competition.
So what is the Icarus effect? That is, companies that already have a monopoly position in the current market will spare no effort to use their own resources. to prevent this change. Just like energy giants withdrawing capital from new energy development, hostile acquisitions of new energy vehicle companies, etc.
However, the shareholding structure of Future Ren Technology is stable, and its operating conditions are extremely good, which makes many Internet giants feel helpless.
At the moment, far away in Microsoft headquarters in Seattle.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, is sitting at his desk, staring at the coffee on the table in silence, listening to the assistant's report with some distraction.
"...hls July sales as a whole rose 27%."
When he heard this, he came back to his senses.
hls, is a frame-based holographic glasses designed by microsoft. Since its release in 2016, the market response has been good, but such obvious sales fluctuations are really rare.
"...As of the close, the Nasdaq's virtual reality sector has risen across the board. Affected by the virtual reality business launched last year, our company's stock has also risen by 3%."
The 3% increase on the day is for Microsoft, which is a behemoth. It is already a very objective increase.
Nadella closed her eyes.
"Establish a subsidiary to be responsible for operating the hls project, and immediately release an announcement about the development of hls2."
The assistant stared at Nadella in disbelief.
"But hls just came out... Could it be—"
Nadella glanced at the assistant, but said nothing.
He knows what he wants to say. Build the shell. Announcements are made, and the subsidiary goes public. This is the rhythm of preparing to find a successor.
But the prospect of virtual reality is smooth, why do this.
"The board of directors will not agree." The assistant reminded cautiously.
"Don't think too much, I'm just getting ready." Nadella stood up. "I will explain to the board of directors, and I also need to ask Gates for his opinion."
After finishing speaking, Nadella left the office, leaving behind a shocked assistant.
Holding the document, the assistant stood there for a long time.
He didn't understand why, with Microsoft's strength, it was necessary to make two-handed preparations.
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In the office building of 361 Group.
"God-level continent? Virtual reality online game? Heh, interesting."
While browsing the webpage on the laptop screen, Zhou Hongwei was amazed.
"Boss, you don't seem to be in a hurry?" Standing by the desk, Zhang Jianfeng, his capable officer, said with a wry smile.
"What's the hurry?" Zhou Hongwei glanced at him. Leaning on the office chair, "Did this thing come out in a hurry? It's been more than half a year, and people in the future are about to update to 2.0, and the project department in charge of cracking hasn't produced any results yet. It really raised a group of people." waste."
Thinking of this, Zhou Hongwei became angry for a while.
Although 361 and Futureman Technology have cooperation on projects, Zhou Hongwei has never stopped cracking Futureman 1.0.
However, just a while ago, he completely gave up cracking Future Man 1.0 and disbanded the project department responsible for cracking Future Man 1.0. He knew very well that his company was definitely not the only one making this choice. The confidentiality measures of Future Man 1.0 are as hard as a turtle shell, making it impossible for him to speak.
I remember that at the beginning of the year, he also approached an old friend who worked in the patent office, and asked him to help copy some patent documents for future technology applications from the reference room. However, his old friend was very helpless. The people in their patent office have tried their best to persuade Future Technology to submit detailed technical information as soon as possible, and the benefits of applying for a patent, but Future Technology's answer is still so unreasonable.
--unnecessary.
A good one doesn't need it.
How contemptuous of those code farmers who are conscientiously facing the wall of Future Man 1.0.
But now, Futureman Technology is throwing out a smoke bomb of virtual reality. Zhou Hongwei couldn't help cursing in his heart: Can't you fucking throw out new technologies slowly? The previous ones haven't been cracked yet, so you just throw out a new thing. With such a big stride, I'm not afraid of scratching my head!
"Boss?" Seeing that the boss's face turned blue and white. Zhang Jianfeng asked tentatively.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Hongwei recovered from his distraction.
"I want to hear your opinion."
Zhang Jianfeng nodded, apparently he came prepared, and when the boss asked about his opinion, he immediately stated it.
"There are probably two roads ahead of us now. One is to acquire a ready-made virtual reality technology company, and see if we can take advantage of the virtual reality boom caused by future technology. The other is to let go of this time. Opportunities, after all, there is still a lot of room for development in the mobile phone and field markets. If all capital goes to chase the virtual reality industry, this will be a good opportunity for us to expand market share in the mobile phone and field.”
Zhou Hongwei closed his eyes and thought for a long time.
After a while, he sighed.
"I prefer the second option."
Zhang Jianfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
"I think so too."
Regardless of the fact that people in the future are crazy about virtual reality online games, whether such a big step will be ridiculous, but if 361 also takes such a big step, there is almost no doubt that it will be ridiculous.
It's better to be steady.
Even if virtual reality is miraculous, it is impossible to replace mobile phones. Compared with the big three bats, 361's strength still has a big gap. Even if Zhou Hongwei wanted to fight with them, the odds of winning would not be very high. Funding is one aspect, and technology is another aspect. 361 does not have an advantage in both aspects.
What it should do at this moment is not to follow the trend, but to take advantage of the capital flocking to the virtual reality industry to do the opposite and expand its market share on the mobile side. Hasn't 361 search gradually shaken Baidu's market share now? Put more effort into this, and let those big hooligans fight against the technology of future people, and we little hooligans are still stable.
After all, because of the Lingyu Technology incident last time, the cooperation between 361 and Future Technology is still close.
Zhou Hongwei sighed.
To be honest, he was really unwilling to make such a choice, but there was nothing he could do about it.
What he didn't know, however, was that just a few months later, he would be thankful for his choice. (To be continued.)
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