Chapter 590: 74,000 units a day, is that bad? Zhou Hongyi: What’s wrong with me hanging out with my elder brother?

On the last day of March, Liu Qiangdong rushed to New York to officially start the IPO roadshow and obtained the stock code 'JD'.

Due to the deep cooperation between Yidong and Pinbei, investment institutions in North America have higher expectations for Yidong's valuation.

At the same time, Cao Weiguo of Sina Weibo also announced its listing plan, which will be listed on Nasdaq on April 17.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Weibo users suddenly discovered that the WeChat public account articles previously shared on their personal homepages could no longer be opened, but they were normal in the WeChat environment.

The keyword "Weibo bans WeChat" quickly made headlines on major news websites.

"Could it be that Weibo is going public, so it doesn't even care about Penguin anymore?"

"Ma Liyun: WeChat blocked Taobao links. I used Weibo to block WeChat links. Is there any problem?"

"Weibo: I only listen to what Papa Ma says!"

Netizens made jokes.

After seeing the comments, many people suddenly realized that Weibo had long become Ali's "godson".

Soon after, a large number of users discovered that on the Shenma search results page, if content from Qiandu Tieba, Qiandu Zhidao or Qiandu Baike appeared, a pop-up window would immediately appear after clicking it: "The search engine you are using is not recognized, please switch to the safer mobile Qiandu."

To put it bluntly, in order to prevent user loss, Qiandu has stopped pretending and is using methods such as forcibly hijacking traffic and kidnapping users to move UC Browser users home.

According to the explicit regulations of the China Association of Industry and Information Technology, Internet information service providers shall not maliciously interfere with user terminals' use of services provided by other Internet information service providers.

Li Yanhong's move clearly shows a lack of ethics, and he treats the "Internet Search Engine Service Self-Discipline Convention" signed last year as a piece of toilet paper.

It is obvious that Qiandu is furious!

Yu Yongfu, who just became the chairman of UC, blasted Li Yanhong on Weibo for not treating users as human beings, hijacking the traffic of Shenma Search, and engaging in unfair competition.

Qiandu's official Weibo account responded with a long article, publishing a document titled "Five Sins of UC Browser and Shenma Search in Infringement of Qiandu", which listed evidence of Shenma Search's infringement of Qiandu's intellectual property rights from five aspects.

Half an hour later, Yu Yongfu refuted the five accusations listed by Qiandu one by one.

For a time, the three giants BAT were caught in a melee.

Ma Liyun is competing against two opponents at the same time: he is competing with Penguin in the fields of instant messaging, e-commerce and Internet finance; and he is competing with Baidu in the search engine industry.

Ma Wenteng looks low-key, but he is ruthless in his actions. He completely banned all product links of the Ali series on QQ and WeChat.

The combined efforts of Penguin Soso and Sogou Search are no less effective than 360 Search in grabbing market share.

Li Yanhong suffered the most. On the surface, it seemed like a melee among three companies, but in fact, it was Qiandu.com that was unilaterally hit.

Once Shenma Search takes away some of the market share, Qiandu Search's market share will fall below 30%.

Therefore, Li Yanhong issued a strict order not to give Shenma Search a chance to rise.

But Shenma Search is backed by UC Browser and has 500 million users worldwide. As long as the entrance to the search service is changed, Qiandu Search's market share will decline.

Just as the two Ma's and one Li were fighting each other, Orange Technology was busy moving.

Senlian Capital Headquarters, Baohe District, Luzhou.

In front of a skyscraper about 100 meters high, Zhou Shouzhi, Wang Teng, Yan Peng, He Shuang, Ding Houmeng, Wang Xueting and other senior executives all looked at the camera with bright smiles on their faces.

Chen Yansen was wearing a white shirt and holding a glass of lemonade, standing in the middle.

With a "click", the photographer pressed the shutter button.

At this time, all six office buildings of the first phase of the project have been put into use. Building No. 1 is the main building, with a total of 27 floors and a height of 108 meters, representing the group's external image.

The offices of Orange Technology, Tiangong Technology, and Chen Yansen are all in Building 1;

Pinbei Mall is in Building 2;

Today's Technology is in Building 3;

Orange Payment is in Building 4;

Semir Online has moved into Building No. 5;

Orange Communications is in Building No. 6.

Buildings 2 to 6 are medium-sized office buildings, all with 13 floors, mainly for core business units.

The seven small office buildings in the second phase of the project are designed with 8 floors and are about 32 meters high. They are currently idle.

In addition, there are three three-story supporting buildings, namely the cafeteria, park shopping mall and gym.

After taking the group photo, Chen Yansen walked into the first-floor lobby and took the elevator to the office on the top floor.

The money tree that was originally placed in Xucheng was also packed up and brought over by the administrative department and was now placed on the table in the office.

Compared with the office in Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park, this one is obviously several times larger, with an area of ​​more than 200 square meters. In addition to the water bar, meeting area, office area and leisure area, a one-bedroom temporary rest area is also specially installed.

Of course, although it is a temporary rest area, the space inside the house is not small at all. Even the bed is 1.8 meters in size, big and soft.

Chen Yansen walked to the computer and sat down, opened the editor, and continued to write the unfinished architecture design module.

at the same time.

The 360 ​​V1 beauty phone is now online, which can provide users with facial optimization processing such as skin smoothing, whitening, face slimming, eye enhancement, etc. through built-in algorithms. It has a 16-megapixel camera on the front and back and supports 12 levels of adjustable beauty mode.

It is equipped with Tiangong A100 chip, 5.7-inch touch screen, 2GB plus 32GB memory configuration, and is priced at 3,999 yuan.

I was definitely going for the Meitu 1 Pro, which is 889 yuan cheaper!

Zhou Hongyi launched the beauty version before Xiaomi 3 Pro.

The first batch is limited to 100,000 units!

But one hour after the sale started, only more than 4,000 units were sold.

Logically speaking, the sales volume is also good.

But compared with beautiful pictures, it was instantly reduced to rubbish.

When Wu Hongxin learned about it, he smiled disdainfully.

The reason why Meitu phones are so popular is that they have accumulated hundreds of millions of potential users, and invited Yang Tianbao to be their spokesperson, who posts promotional videos on Douyin, Kuaishou and Meipai all day long.

The overlap between Zhou Hongyi's 360 users and users of beauty phones is not high. Although he spent a lot of money to find some beautiful female celebrities to endorse his products, such as Dilraba Dilmurat and Guli Nazha, the effect was far below expectations.

More importantly, Meitu has been deeply engaged in the field of image beautification for many years. From Meitu XiuXiu to Meipai, it has long planted the concept of "professional beauty" in the minds of users. This kind of brand accumulation cannot be achieved by hiring celebrities for short-term endorsements.

Although 360 V1 and Meitu 1 Pro use the same set of algorithms, users feel that Meitu is more professional than 360.

Until five o'clock in the afternoon, after a total of seven hours, 360 V1 had not sold 50,000 units.

Some media outlets published articles criticizing the company, but Zhou Hongyi responded online with a rebuke: "49,000 units in 7 hours, is that bad? Well, let me ask you, some competitors can't even sell 50,000 units a month. Shouldn't that mean they should exit the mobile phone market?"

After seeing this, netizens immediately tagged Luo Yonghao of Smartisan.

The reason is very simple. Among all mobile phone manufacturers, the sales of Hammer phones are the worst. Since its launch, the total shipments in the eight months before and after were only 300,000 units. On average, only more than 30,000 units were sold each month.

It just fits the role of "friendly competitor" mentioned by Zhou Hongyi!

After finishing his work, Luo Yonghao opened Weibo as usual, ready to check out the hot news, but after seeing Zhou Hongyi's Weibo, his face immediately turned green.

The other party's curses were too foul, and he had no way to refute them.

But he couldn't swallow this.

Luo Yonghao held his phone tightly, his knuckles turning white. He looked at the sales report of Hammer phones on the computer screen, then at Zhou Hongyi's provocative Weibo post, and a surge of anger rose in his chest.

It is obvious that Zhou Hongyi is using the Hammer phone as a stepping stone, stepping on his failure to cover up the declining sales of 360 V1. This is more painful than directly scolding him.

In his opinion, Zhou Hongyi was just Chen Yansen's little follower, and it was only by relying on his big brother that the 360 ​​mobile phone business became so successful.

"Is Zhou Hongyi going crazy? His beauty phone isn't selling well, so he's taking it out on us?"

The assistant beside him couldn't help but complain.

Luo Yonghao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He knew that if he argued with Zhou Hongyi, he would only fall into his trap. Not only would he appear narrow-minded, but the Hammer phone would also become a laughing stock in the industry.

But if there is no response, netizens will think that Hammer Phone has accepted the label of "poor sales", and it will be more difficult to open up the market in the future.

He opened the Weibo input box, his fingers hovered on the keyboard for a long time, and deleted again and again.

Finally, he typed out a paragraph without any curse words but full of sarcasm: "Some manufacturers, making mobile phones are just like joining the trend. Seeing that beauty is a trend, they rushed into it. As a result, sales have fallen. Instead of reflecting on the problems of their own products, they use others as targets.

While Smartisan smartphone sales aren't top-tier, each one embodies our dedication to exquisite design and user experience. Compared to some of the rubbish that seeks attention by undercutting competitors, we at least live up to the motto of 'making smartphones with dedication.'"

After this Weibo post was published, it immediately became popular.

"As the saying goes, if you're not going in the right direction, all your efforts will go to waste! I don't know if Smartisan Technology is 'serious about making phones,' but the Smartisan phone is fucking garbage!"

"Xiao Heizi, have you ever used a Smartisan phone? I have, so I have the right to speak. The Smartisan phone's system is a piece of shit. I don't know where Luo Yonghao got the courage to create his own Smartisan OS operating system."

"Teacher Luo, listen, let's not make mobile phones anymore. You don't have the talent for it."

At least 30% of netizens in the comment section were cursing Luo Yonghao.

The Smartisan OS system of the Hammer phone is essentially a skinned version of Android 4.4, with some UI style changes and some added ecological applications.

In addition, the optimization level was average, and before the Deep Blue battery was launched, it barely sold more than 200,000 units; after the Deep Blue battery was launched, it could not even sell 20,000 units per month.

Seeing Luo Yonghao dare to scold him, Zhou Hongyi laughed instantly and retorted: "I didn't say it was a Hammer phone. Some people shouldn't be so sensitive. In fact, if you hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have known there was a mobile phone brand called Hammer in China."

After reading Zhou Hongyi's response, Luo Yonghao's face became even uglier.

A former New Oriental lecturer with a masterful tongue, he immediately demanded sarcastically, "Does the 360 ​​phone have anything to do with 360? It's a clone, a special edition! From the operating system to the hardware configuration, how could it be separated from Orange Technology?"

"I don't want to bother with you, you're just trying to get traffic everywhere."

Zhou Hongyi replied very arrogantly.

Luo Yonghao's face was dark and his defense was broken!

The two of them exchanged words, contributing to the most exciting verbal battle at the end of March.

At 24:00 on the same day, the total sales of 360 V1 reached 74,000.

(End of this chapter)