Chapter 341: I Won’t Sell My Conscience (4527)
Ysou holds a 31.01% market share, 720 17.23%, Biying 16.59%, Sogou 15.38%, and Shenma 13.22%.
Y search market share is 31%? (Look, there are a few more characters than Arabic numerals, right?)
When Zhang Xiangzheng saw this number, he almost swore!
The peak number of visits per second exceeds 42,800?
The market share of 42,800 times is 31%?
what the hell?
Under normal circumstances, the entire Da Zhou search industry combined would only have more than 75,000 visits per second during peak hours, right?
With over 42,000 sales, the market share is already over 60%! Why is it showing 31%?
There must be something wrong!
Absolutely not 31%!
It is even more impossible to be more than 42,000 times!
Wait, 16,000 of them came from overseas, so the number of visits from the Greater Zhou region was 26,000, so the market share is 31%?
Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Xiangzheng's head.
Their market share website is built in cooperation with a large ISP, which provides them with real-time user network traffic, which helps them understand which search engines users use, and real-time traffic data.
This cooperation model is very sensitive, and only a few company managers have the authority to view it on July 20.
He knew that Ysou had been eating up the traffic and popularity of "Devil's Island" on the external network these days. Although several senior executives of 720 Search had held meetings to discuss it, they had never taken it seriously.
First of all, no matter how much traffic is consumed on the external network, it is basically useless for Dazhou Internet Company at this stage.
Secondly, the traffic from Devil's Island will eventually go there, and after that, Google will still be the same Google. Ysou will have to pay back as much as it takes in.
Almost all application account logins for overseas users are linked to Google, and it is impossible to break away from Google.
If these users cannot be truly converted into Ysou users, it will be difficult for Ysou to gain commercial benefits overseas.
In other words, Ysou is losing money to gain publicity, spending a lot of real money to support overseas users' visits, but in the end these people will still run away.
Therefore, he doesn't care how popular Ysou is overseas, and he even feels a little gloating.
But what is going on with domestic user access now?
The logic for domestic user access and overseas user access is different.
Google has monopolized the "account login" hegemony by relying on email accounts, but due to different user habits in China, users do not attach importance to email at all. On the contrary, most applications are registered with mobile phone numbers.
In this case, the problem of "account hegemony" of large companies can be avoided to a considerable extent.
Therefore, these users converted from Qianxun are real users who can truly generate benefits!
But how did Ysou attract so many users?
Just as he was puzzled, he saw that the data on the screen, which was refreshed every 30 seconds, had changed again.
The curve of Y search continues to rise, 31.33%!
Within half an hour, the market share increased by 0.03%! ?
what happened! ?
How could it be rising so fast?!
But it’s not over yet. When the next refresh was done, Ysou’s market share increased by another 0.2%!
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the market share of 720 has actually dropped by one thousandth!
The market share of its fellow sufferers such as Sogou, Biying, Shenma, etc. is also declining!
Zhang Xiangzheng immediately realized that the traffic Ysou had taken from Qianxun was approaching its limit, and it turned around and started to take the traffic from these little Karamis!
Even if Qianxun is inaccessible, its 3 billion daily searches will not be completely transferred to other search engines. At most, only 60% of the search behaviors will be transferred to other search engines.
Users' search needs can be divided into three categories: strong needs (users really need to search for something), weak needs (temporary searches driven by curiosity), and pseudo needs (incorrect or induced search behaviors).
Pseudo-demand accounts for about 20% of the total search volume and is usually triggered by the device's default search engine, Qianxun.
When Qianxun is inaccessible, pseudo-demand will hardly be transferred to other search engines.
Weak demand accounts for about 50%. When Qixun is not available, about half of the weak demand users will choose to give up the search and will not switch to the default search engine.
Only strong demand users, accounting for about 30%, have enough motivation to switch search engines.
Therefore, out of the peak search volume of 75,000 searches per second on Qianxun, only 40,000 searches per second will be transferred, and the rest of the search behaviors will disappear out of thin air.
what does that mean! ?
This means that Ysou has taken over more than half of Qianxun’s strong-demand users and at least 20% of its weak-demand users!
Eating all of this wasn’t enough, now they turned around and started eating their cakes too!
Go! Go! Go!
Zhang Xiangzheng was shocked and angry. He had originally expected that the 10,000 additional second visits would at least double 720's advertising revenue. Now, every time Ysou took away some visits from them, it meant a decrease in their advertising revenue.
"Old Zhang! Ysou has become a trending search on Weibo! I sent it to you on WeChat, take a look. Damn! Weibo, Toutiao and Moments are all full of news about Ysou." A cry of surprise came from the phone, and Zhang Xiangzheng realized that he had not hung up the phone yet.
Y search has become a hot search?
Are Weibo trending searches so effective? Can they drive such a large number of searches?
Zhang Xiangzheng said a few words hurriedly and hung up the phone.
He basically spent the entire afternoon dealing with contracts, attending meetings, and making phone calls about Chihiro's affairs, and he really didn't pay any attention to the online public opinion.
He opened Weibo and searched, and the message from Ysou appeared on his phone screen.
In fact, there is no need to search at all, the headlines of hot searches will appear directly.
Ysou’s marketing is quite costly.
"Ysou CEO confronts BlackRock"
"The most handsome CEO"
"The Real Overbearing President"
???
What the hell is this?
Zhang Xiangzheng selected a video with the highest number of views and clicked play. It seemed to be a negotiation scene, with several foreigners in suits and several men and women who looked like Da Zhou appearing in the video.
"Zhou, you know me well. I don't like beating around the bush. Please immediately ban all false and harmful information from spreading on Ysou. If you don't immediately ban the spread of this information, BlackRock and its affiliates will never participate in Ysou's future financing plans."
"I must remind you that Ysou's tolerance of 'false and harmful information' is completely inconsistent with our ESG standards."
A fifty-year-old woman from the Great Zhou Dynasty with triangular eyes spoke English and arrogantly threw the folder in her hand onto the conference table.
Sitting opposite her was a young man who looked to be in his early thirties, wearing a standard three-piece suit, with a handsome face and a standard figure.
Is this the CFO of Rice whom I just met last year?
It seems that Lei Jun admires him very much. Did he switch to Ysou?
Zhang Xiangzheng muttered to himself.
He had met Zhou Shuzi once last year when he and Boss Qiu attended the Qingzhen Internet Conference, and he had some impression of him.
In the video, facing the middle-aged woman's aggressiveness, Zhou Shuzi just calmly picked up the water on the table and took a sip without making any statement.
"Sally, Mr. Zhou, we have also invested in Yuzi Technology. We are very aware that with Yuzi Technology's current financial situation, it cannot support your current R&D and operating expenses."
A middle-aged white man with neatly combed hair was playing with the Vantage fountain pen in his hand and spoke in a gentle manner.
"We can promise that if Ysou makes greater changes in controlling 'false and harmful information' and fulfills more social responsibilities, BlackRock can provide Ysou with more financing support."
"A standard loan of $300 million, or an equivalent 10% equity financing. Zhou, you should know that BlackRock rarely gets involved in projects at this stage."
"Furthermore, a valuation of 3 billion dollars far exceeds the actual value of Ysou."
"Zhou, with this money, Ysou's cash flow crisis will be immediately alleviated, enough to support you through the first 18 months of the dangerous period."
Before Zhou Shuzi could say anything, the Zhou woman named Sally reacted violently and slammed the table. "Robert, I didn't agree to this arrangement! This is within my authority!"
The middle-aged white man named Robert raised his right hand and pressed it down. "Sally, don't get excited yet. If you don't agree, I'll hand this investment over to the Alternative Investment Department. You won't need to use your budget."
The middle-aged white man was obviously the good guy, and he and the bad guy, the woman named Sally from Da Zhou, sang in unison, and they worked in perfect harmony.
"Mr. Goldstein, thank you very much for BlackRock's consideration."
Zhou Shuzi, who was also wearing a high-end three-piece suit, remained calm and composed.
"But I still don't understand what 'false and harmful information' Ms. Huang and Mr. Goldstein keep talking about."
"Ysou is just a search engine and a commercial company. We do not make any moral judgments and do not have any bias towards Zheng Zhi."
"All the information users find on our search engine is already available on the internet. We don't produce information; we are just an aggregator of it."
"At the same time, we will comply with all laws of the countries where Y operates. As far as I know, Y has never violated the laws and regulations of any country where it operates."
Zhou Shuzi was talking while flipping through the documents in his hand.
The fifty-something Da Zhou woman is a powerful figure in BlackRock's Da Zhou district. Her name is Huang Shasha, and her English name is Sally. The white man is Robert Goldstein, BlackRock's chief operating officer.
BlackRock's Greater China headquarters is in Newport. Zhou Shuzi was still very surprised when he saw Goldstein in the BlackRock Greater China conference room on the 16th floor of the Dajiang Group Center on Queen's Road Central.
Robert Goldstein is the chief operating officer of BlackRock. He is basically the fourth most important person in BlackRock after BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink, Vice Chairman Hillibrand, and President Rob Capito.
If we talk about actual business, Goldstein might move up one or two places in the rankings.
Such a person actually appeared in BlackRock's Newport headquarters today to communicate with me about the information of "Devil's Island"!
It seems that the "Devil's Island" incident caused by the mysterious ASF has a greater impact on "them" than they currently know and imagine.
But why is Huang Shasha joining in the fun?
Faced with Zhou Shuzi's calmness, Huang Shasha and Goldstein exchanged a glance. Goldstein then said, "To be precise, it's those unverified false news, such as those released by the 'ASF', which has been identified as a group of empty propaganda."
Zhou Shuzi nodded slightly. "I see. However, Mr. Goldstein, I must correct you. According to President Obama's public statement, the US Gov. identified the 'UN airstrike' as an airstrike, but did not identify the ASF as 'airstrike elements.'"
"Furthermore, pursuant to the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Ysou has not violated any U.S. law."
Obama’s statement on the airstrike is also very interesting.
He identified the entire incident as an "Kongbu attack", but did not identify the ASF as "Kongbu elements". At the same time, he did not identify the people on the list as "Kongbu attack victims".
This leaves many options for interpreting this statement.
The Jude people believe that since the whole incident has been identified as an airstrike, the ASF is the airstrike element and the people involved are the victims. All the revelations that are unfavorable to the victims are smears and should be banned.
Those who oppose the Judean view believe that the President has determined that the three Apaches under the control of Mossad that launched the Hellfire missiles were the executors of the Kongbu attack, while Mossad was the initiator of the terrorist attack, and the Emmanuel brothers and the Abstein couple were members of the Kongbu organization. Therefore, Mossad should be identified as the Kongbu organization, and Israel should be identified as an evil country.
The two sides were arguing fiercely. Of course, due to too much evidence, Mossad was basically hammered to death. It was called a quarrel, but it was basically Jude's people making unreasonable interference.
Because they had accumulated so much wealth and so much power over the past hundred years, they were still able to buy off and instigate a considerable number of people to speak for them. For a while, their voices seemed evenly matched.
Among the Judeans in Mai, there are two directions to whitewash the situation. One side is arrogant and unreasonable, saying that "they" are not wrong, and it is all due to anti-Jude consciousness, and demands that the government crack down on it severely.
The other group is the Maijudeans represented by Blackrock. On the one hand, they secretly use various connections to block and eliminate relevant information. On the other hand, they criticize Israel and try to show their attitude of decoupling from Israel, making others think that "they" are not in the same group and they do not support Israel's practices.
But how do you explain that you are also on the list of more than 3,000 people going to the island?
How do you explain the billions of dollars donated to Israel every year?
The most interesting person in this matter is Obama. After issuing the statement, he has not expressed any opinion on the interpretation of the statement by various parties, and has just sat on the sidelines watching the fight between the two tigers.
Therefore, Zhou Shuzi's rebuttal was well-reasoned and there was nothing wrong with it.
After hearing Zhou Shuzi's rebuttal, Goldstein frowned slightly and glanced at Susan.
Sally felt a little embarrassed. She knew very well what the relationship was between Ysou and Youzi Technology, but she didn't care at all.
In her opinion, as long as she put her name on the list and used BlackRock's platform, everyone would give her some face.
Sally slammed the table and stood up, glaring at Zhou Shuzi. Angwen stopped talking and turned to Zhou Wen: "What the hell are you guys pretending to be? Do you still want to raise funds? Do you still want to go public? I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense to me, it's useless! I'll crush you to death like a bug! I'll block you if I tell you to! Do you understand?"
Faced with Sally's shrew-like abuse, Zhou Shuzi was stunned at first, then smiled slightly, looked at Goldstein, and stood up: "Mr. Goldstein, I think it may be difficult for us to reach a consensus today. I am very happy to meet you in Newport. I hope we will have the opportunity to continue to cooperate in the future."
Goldstein quickly stood up and reached out to stop Zhou Shuzi: "Zhou, I don't know what Sally said, but I believe she was just excited for a moment."
"A three-year interest-free loan of one billion Malaysian dollars or a 20% equity investment will be provided to assist Ysou with its IPO within three years if its performance meets the requirements."
“That’s our bottom line.”
Zhou Shuzi nodded sincerely. "Mr. Goldstein, thank you very much for your honesty, but perhaps you have misunderstood. Ysou is not planning to go public, and will never go public."
"So, sorry, we're not ready to abandon our moral compass."
"We are a commercial company and a group of pure businessmen. Everything we have can be sold as a commodity, except for one thing."
“That’s our conscience.”
There is a recommendation on the 9th, and I have to take my son to the hospital tomorrow. Every time before or on the day of the recommendation, I happen to go to the hospital once a month. I am really impressed by my luck.
That's 4,000 today. I need to save up some manuscripts, otherwise I won't be able to keep up with my attendance tomorrow. I'll try to get 8,000 on the 9th.
(End of this chapter)
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