Chapter 194 Battle with Zhou Hongyi

Qualcomm is eager to unify the communications chip market and is not indifferent to competition from Samsung and MediaTek.

Meizu will have no problem negotiating cooperation with it, but Bai Yongxiang will have to act like a grandson and try to get a decent price.

Xie Jingxing spent another two days to finish the work. When Mr. Ma came back from New York, he and Huang Zhang completely unified their strategic thinking, and the Meizu project came to a temporary end.

He then set off for Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen to discuss customized software cooperation with WeChat.

"Boss Xie, why don't you just be listed as a director of our company?"

Chen Fan traveled with him. Goodix Technologies was also in Shenzhen, and they signed the investment agreement this time.

Taihe Capital led the investment with 2 million yuan to acquire a 10% stake, and Meizu Group followed with an investment of 1 million yuan to acquire a 5% stake. The valuation is low based on the company's revenue, but it is almost enough for strategic financing.

Chen Fan values ​​Xie Jingxing's all-round influence, especially the fierce battle on Weibo at this time, which makes him, as a technology manufacturing industrial entrepreneur, truly realize the role of Internet popularity.

"We need two board seats. I'll be the nominal one, and you can coordinate with Bai Yongxiang on the specific business." Xie Jingxing's ten fingers moved flexibly like a pianist tapping on a mobile phone screen.

Seeing this, Chen Fan said nothing more. Just being a figurehead was enough. He didn't really want to invite a father home. He still remembered Huang Zhang's green face during the meeting two days ago.

Mr. Xie is good in every way except that he is too strong. No matter whether they are respected seniors or old-timers with a long history, he will beat them up with a heavy blow without mercy once he catches them.

The high-speed rail carriage was silent and quiet. He lay back in his seat, closed his eyes and dozed off, then quietly took out his cell phone to watch a video.

Chen Fan first checked Huang Zhang’s Weibo, and it was still on the post from last night, a photo with Xie Jingxing and Teacher Ma, with a short caption: [Benefited a lot].

And in the comment section, he replied to netizens who didn’t like the products of other competitors, and Meizu’s next new product will give everyone better things.

Then he used his phone to open Zhou Hongyi's Weibo, and reposted Huang Zhang's Weibo late last night, commenting: [Huang Zhang said that there are only three people in China who can make mobile phones, him, me and Lei Jun. I want to say that it is very regrettable that there are only two people in China who can make mobile phones now. ]

This Weibo post received 50,000 likes, in stark contrast to his usual Weibo posts that only received a few thousand likes. Thousands of comments below expressed pessimism about Meizu's future after introducing capital and its inability to maintain its aloof style.

[Pony Ma said that if Tencent had insisted on the "choose one of two" strategy for another week, 360 would have been dead. I'm going to Tencent today, and I'll persuade Pony Ma not to think like that. Some companies seem to be alive but are actually dead, and they just want to throw a tantrum and not go to the grave.]

Xie Jingxing commented on this on Weibo, and the number of likes exceeded 200,000 in just three hours.

When 360 and Tencent were fighting, they first accused QQ of stealing user computer information. Not only did they help uninstall the QQ program, they also created a third-party software to connect to QQ and reversely grab data.

Pony Ma was furious and reported the case to the police to have someone arrested. Zhou Hongyi quickly fled to Hong Kong Island to give remote commands. This led to the familiar joke - we made a difficult decision.

Computers with 360 Security Manager installed cannot run QQ. Hundreds of millions of netizens are upset. Information leakage can affect online romance!

In just a few days, more than 360 million users uninstalled . Zhou Hongyi, who was once in the limelight on the eve of his listing in the United States, suddenly became timid. Underwriters of the U.S. stock market put pressure on him to either eat up his own shit or go back to where he came from.

The cardinal had no choice but to wage a public opinion war, play the victim and gain sympathy while looking for people to plead for mercy, which led to the female executive of Tencent who came out to hold a clarification conference being scolded and cried by netizens on the spot.

In the end, the situation was resolved only after the official mediation and the order that 360 should pay 500 million yuan in compensation to Tencent.

It was from that time that the Internet industry began to form cliques. Zhang Chaoyang and Li Yanhong joined the game. Everyone cared about their dignity, and few people mentioned this bad thing afterwards.

But Xie Jingxing didn't care. Everyone knew that he was young and full of energy. He could have passionately poked Zhou Hongyi in the lungs with the microphone. There were countless people who would be happy to watch the fun.

[Old Zhou, run! Brother Xiao Ma is going to arrest you again! ]

[Zhou Hongyi, Zhou Hongyi, why did you mess with Xie Jingxing? ]

[Zhou Paopao, I heard that you are a 100-meter athlete. Tencent tried to catch you twice but failed, right? ]

Zhou Hongyi sent three consecutive Weibo posts to denounce the young people for their lack of martial ethics. The comment section was full of interesting comments, with people having fun and black fans celebrating wildly.

Xie Jingxing's WeChat also exploded. Many people in the circle thought that something happened between him and the cardinal. Cheng Wei took the initiative to ask if he needed help.

[Mr. Zhou and I had no previous contact, and there will be no contact in the future. As a young person, I prefer to listen to the advice of my seniors rather than point fingers at them. It is better for the seniors to retire and enjoy their old age. It is wrong for you to come out and take advantage of the popularity of young people. Take my advice, the Internet is too deep and you cannot control it. ]

Xie Jingxing simultaneously posted a dynamic statement on Weibo and WeChat Moments, and commented separately on Weibo: [Repost this Weibo to enter a random draw and receive 100 new Meizu MX4Pro phones. ]

Internet marketing at that time was still very rudimentary, and most people had no idea of ​​the value of Internet popularity, let alone being proficient in it.

Zhou Hongyi had several rounds of discussions with him, but he only knew how to take advantage of the popularity and didn't know how to use it. However, he would not ignore the great opportunity for advertising.

"Lao Zhou is a good man. I will thank him in person next time I have the chance."

When the high-speed train arrived at the station, Xie Jingxing put away his phone and joked.

Zhang Fan laughed awkwardly: "Mr. Zhou is always quite direct in his public statements."

"You can go back to the company directly. I have booked an online taxi in advance."

Xie Jingxing didn't make it difficult for him. This guy not only had the pragmatic temperament of a science and engineering major, but also possessed the delicate mind of a southern entrepreneur.

Most of the tickets on my phone were second-class seats, but I booked a business class seat this time. "Okay, I'll report back to you after I finish talking to Mr. Shen about the contract."

Zhang Fan restrained his expression and nodded seriously. Shen Xin led the team to conduct due diligence in the company first.

Moreover, Xie Jingxing posted several Weibo posts this morning mentioning the name of Goodix Technologies. Just now, the company's business manager sent him a message to report that he had received several calls inquiring about orders.

He was in a hurry to get back to the company to learn more details, so he skipped the formalities and said goodbye. Xie Jingxing took an online taxi to the Tencent headquarters building. On the way, he browsed Weibo and interacted with netizens in his spare time.

[Mr. Xie, the Didi red envelope subsidy amount has been reduced again. I am still waiting to pay my phone bill. If it is reduced again, I will use Amap. ]

[Boss, please give me some face and let me report the situation to Cheng Wei so that we can increase the amount of red envelopes next month.]

[Your Majesty, I have a petition. Can we change the name of our League of Legends team? It's too tacky.]

[The club is managed by classmate Xiao Song. Your Majesty's words are useless. You can go and ask her for advice.]

[Xiao Xie, what's wrong with you? Can 'Bu Du Milk Tea' still be run? If you don't open a store in Beijing, I will cry. ]

[@崔阿柳, let President Cui do some research. In order to give you the best consumer experience, Budu Milk Tea has a high management cost and needs to be opened carefully. ]

Xie Jingxing is much younger than Lei Jun, and he is more effective in interacting with netizens by lowering his status. It feels really great to be able to call a top boss of the same age "Xiao Xie" and get a response from him.

From his perspective, every interaction is meaningful. Didi’s internal integration is about to be completed, Uber China is basically ready, and a new round of money-burning competition may start at any time.

In addition, the policy regulations for online car-hailing are about to be released, and the policy package of "building servers in China" that he prepared for Uber has been implemented.

Not only that, last month the Beijing conference directly expanded its scale to all industries.

The effect of Apple's early preparation in cooperation with Tencent to acquire WhatsApp last year is beginning to show. However, while they were setting up servers in China, it was revealed that there was a "backdoor" in the mobile phone system, and Apple could view user privacy data at any time.

For a time, many official media called on civil servants and state-owned enterprise employees to stop using Apple. Huawei has been busy with this matter recently, trying to break into the political and business market and break away from its strategy of being tied to operators.

In this regard, Xie Jingxing was indirectly helping his competitor.

The League of Legends team is not a big deal. The main thing is that Xiao Wang’s Panda Live platform is being prepared smoothly. He has cooperated with Douyin for technical support and signed a group of anchors. He is just waiting for the platform to be approved and launched in June.

Budu Milk Tea is very successful in its hunger marketing and is trying hard to maintain its Chinese-style trendy brand tone, but it has no plans to open any stores for the time being.

However, the number of 'Yinshan Tea Language' franchise stores is about to break 200. This year, it is expected to have a minimum of 800 franchise stores. Including self-operated stores, the annual plan is to have more than offline stores.

Xie Jingxing worked on Weibo all the way, and tried his best to give each project profit distribution and exposure.

After arriving at Tencent's headquarters, he immediately changed his status and talked business with Liu Chih-ping with a smile on his face.

"Brother Xiao Ma has gone for a physical examination. Let's wait for him to come back in the evening and have dinner together." Old Liu, who was abducted by him, followed suit and called him Brother Xiao Ma.

Xie Jing Xing familiarly dug out some snacks from the collection cabinet in the wine bar: "Then I won't eat at noon, and save them for a good meal in the evening."

"Go to the cafeteria and serve Mr. Xie a meal." Old Liu couldn't bear to see his bandit-like behavior.

The assistant quietly left the office, and Xie Jingxing made small talk: "Foreign companies are setting up servers in China. Has Apple contacted you?"

"They should have communicated with you in advance, right?" Lao Liu made a good pass.

Xie Jingxing shrugged and started the conversation: "I'm just an intermediary. It looks like I have many friends, but in fact, I'm just being polite to everyone. It's useless if I really want to do something."

"You kid, Zhou Hongyi doesn't really wrong you when he says you're a scoundrel," Old Liu said jokingly.

Xie Jing Xing fought back without blushing, “His original words were that a robber’s friend is a rogue. If you are the robbers and I am the rogue, it seems that there is nothing unacceptable.”

"By going along with you, the reputation that I have accumulated over my lifetime is ruined." Old Liu complained, but his attitude became more relaxed.

Tencent owns WeChat and QQ, and its App Store is also developing well. When it comes to software distribution, no mobile phone manufacturer will challenge them.

Even if the choice is between Apple and WeChat, and limited to domestic regions, Apple's performance will not be much better than 360.

Therefore, Tencent does not care much about the field of mobile hardware devices. The reason for investing in the "Big Q Phone" is still the same old reason: it does not care but cannot allow the possibility of being left behind by the market.

Compared to Xie Jingxing and Alibaba's joint investment in Meizu, Pony Ma himself is more concerned about the symbolic meaning of him and Mr. Ma holding hands.

"It's just a joke. There's no such thing as being in the same boat. We are clearly like-minded."

Xie Jingxing curled his lips in disdain: "Who is Zhou Hongyi? If he is qualified to judge you and me, then everything we have worked hard for for many years will become a joke."

"Why does this sound so awkward? Are you praising me or yourself?" Old Liu glanced at him.

Xie Jing Xing waved his hand cheerfully: "We are all friends, there is no need to distinguish so clearly, just think of it as a compliment."

(End of this chapter)