Chapter 335: Names and Tree Shadows
Chapter 335: Names and Tree Shadows
Guo Shanfeng is suspected of facing regulatory pressure, which makes Yu Xing quite worried.
However, this matter is not so urgent, and there are many ways to deal with it. Most importantly, Tsai Ing-wen’s attitude is reassuring.
The male and female thieves who crossed the mountain chatted secretly for a long time. Although the joy of successfully shorting NetQin had faded a little, they were still happy after all. At least it was a perfect end to 2011.
Before leaving the financial center, Yu Xing met Qi Miaohan, the assistant he had assigned to do industry research. She was quite annoyed, feeling that her slow actions had delayed her boss's work.
"Sorry, Mr. Yu, I wanted to send you the research results in two days, but... Guo Shanfeng launched a short-selling campaign against NetQin." Qi Miaohan was very depressed.
Yu Xing joked: "You haven't sent it to me for so long, did you not send it or did you not write it?"
Qi Miaohan pointed in the direction of the office: "It's all in the notebook, but the security software part is really useless. Now everyone knows the situation of NetQin. The data that Guo Shanfeng has produced is more comprehensive and authoritative than ours."
"It's okay. This also proves that we are sensitive to mobile Internet projects to a certain extent." Yu Xing comforted him, "You don't have to delete it. Just send it to me. I won't use it for publicity or hype. I just have an idea in mind."
Qi Miaohan did feel a little comforted. Although she seldom saw her boss, she knew that Mr. Yu had a lot of followers online and would sometimes be interviewed or record shows. She thought the research she had would be useful in that regard.
Since only the boss himself reviewed it, the small team not only conducted security software, but also conducted research and analysis on Mogujie and Meilishuo, which can be considered relatively detailed.
She finally said: "NetQin is too embarrassed to provoke Ad Buster again. Guo Shanfeng is just the right person to help us vent our anger this time."
Yu Xing hummed, and said uprightly: "NetQin is a scam, but Guo Shanfeng is not a good thing either."
Qi Miaohan agreed politely. What good could come of short sellers chasing profits?
"Oh yes, I'm currently short of someone to take the lead in investment. You can come and take over before the New Year." Yu Xing remembered the vacancy left by Liu Jiankai when he took his people to the United States. Although someone has taken over, the effect is probably not as good as Liu's.
I have to say that Liu, who has been trained at Today Capital, is indeed useful.
After hearing what Yu Xing said, he even thought that Liu Gugan could set up a formal hedge fund, but then he changed his mind and thought... after witnessing the rise in the value of Bitcoin, he would definitely be willing to make achievements in related fields.
It would be great if we could find a few more suitable versatile people like this.
The last few days of 2011 passed in a flash, and NetQin was in a state of panic. Although the short selling at the peak had ended, after this exposure, both institutional shareholders and internal employees were pessimistic about the company's future, which led to a continued decline in stock prices and employee resignations.
And then, the US SEC investigation followed.
On the first day of 2012, Carbon Silicon Data Corporation welcomed the withdrawal of the lawsuit by NetQin. This was insignificant in itself, and it only made the mood within the company more intense, with some people even betting on the time of NetQin's delisting and bankruptcy.
However, on the first day of the Gregorian New Year, the update of Ali WeChat is very important to Carbon Silicon Data Company.
To the surprise of users, media and Penguin Micro Chat, WeChat, which has always been pursuing a follow-up strategy, actually took the initiative to update its functions on January 1, adding an information portal for "Latest Hotspots" under the "Friends Circle" function.
Regardless of whether the content of the information is good or bad, the mere fact that the attitude changed from passive to active made all parties who were accustomed to it exclaim in disbelief, and then they gave advice almost in unison.
——How confused!
Ali, you are confused! Just follow the WeChat chat of Penguin!
Just be your Nan Murong, otherwise, do you really want to be Bei Qiao Feng? ?
As soon as WeChat updated its features, the majority of the criticisms were voiced. This change gave Penguin a boost, and it even held a top-level meeting of the general office to discuss the changes in strategic competition with Alibaba in mobile communications.
The year 2011 that just passed was definitely an extremely torturous year for Penguin. WeChat, which was thought to have been easily defeated, was taken over by Alibaba, which adopted a strategy of "returning the favor in their own way", making it as tricky as a hedgehog.
However, Alibaba chose the first day of the new year to proactively update the app, which most likely means that this rival has made some inappropriate moves.
Pony Ma listened to the analysis of many senior executives, looked at the mainstream public opinion and the opinions of active users, and also felt that the changes in WeChat were a good thing.
"Now there is a new question." CEO Martin Lau raised a question that made everyone confused, "Will WeChat Chat follow the new features of WeChat?"
This question almost seems like a lifetime ago!
The WeChat chat has been going on for more than half a year, which is obviously not a very long time, but this strategic competition concerning the future has made everyone a little numb, so numb that they seem to have forgotten their identity as Murong Fu!
No matter how we update WeChat, no matter how we communicate with Alibaba, no matter how we criticize with press releases, they just won’t let up, and now they’ve suddenly let up... should we bite back?
As the person in charge of the WeChat chat, Lu Shan just laughed. He was so angry that he laughed!
He firmly objected: "No! It's so hard to differentiate between functions, and it's so hard to get rid of the dilemma of public opinion. We definitely don't need to follow this. We just want to make the most convenient mobile communication software!"
Once Lu Shan took the lead, more similar opinions emerged.
The most important thing is that a feature like WeChat is not well supported by current users, and it seems to be a stupid move.
Liu Chih-Ping listened to everyone's discussion and expressed his respect for the opinions of Lu Shan, the person in charge.
The general office meeting lasted for a long time, and just when it was about to end, a new piece of news was delivered to everyone.
——According to Alibaba, the latest function of WeChat is supported by a third-party company, and Yu Xing is the one who operates this company.
In addition to this extremely certain news, there is also less certain news that this strategic change and functional update of WeChat is the result of direct communication between Yu Xing and Ma Dian. Some people saw Yu Xing being sent out of the company by Ma Dian.
A rather strange atmosphere of silence appeared in the general office meeting room.
It’s Yu Xing’s...old friend.
He used a bad trick before leaving WeChat. After such a long time, can he still convince Ma Dian? Doesn’t WeChat have a lot of independent operating authority?
This matter seems a little different.
It was CEO Martin Lau who broke the silence in the conference room again, asking the same question as before: "Will WeChat still support WeChat Chat with the new features?"
He looked directly at Lu Shan, who had just strongly opposed it.
Unlike his previous determination, Lu Shan seemed quite hesitant this time. He avoided Liu Chih-Ping's gaze, frowned, and said nothing.
He had many deep impressions of Yu Xing, including the time when he ran to him and interrogated him, the crying horse that witnessed him coming to the penguin, and the helplessness of Murong Fu fighting Murong Fu. Now, such a person came up with such an inexplicable idea...
People’s names and tree shadows, is Yu Xing’s operational capability still there?
Lu Shan let out a breath and became inexplicably anxious.
(End of this chapter)