The game "Fantasy Westward Journey" by NetEase has been absolutely wildly successful in the domestic game market for the past month.
In just twenty days since the open beta began, the number of online users has exceeded 100,000, 68 servers have been opened, and immigration has been opened three times in a row.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Fantasy Westward Journey is poised to become the most popular domestically produced online game of the next year.
During this period, Ding Lei focused almost all his energy on the game's public beta, leaving other business operations of the company to others.
When Chu Yang asked him about search engines, he was stunned for several seconds before he reacted.
"Do we have a search engine business?... Oh yes, we do!"
It can only be said that this business is not their main focus, and he has hardly ever been to the department.
"Interested in taking this opportunity? While Baidu is still struggling to catch its breath, let's grab a piece of the cake." Chu Yang's tone was calm, as if he were genuinely talking about eating cake.
Ding Lei, however, keenly sensed that something was amiss.
He was naturally aware of Baidu's copyright infringement case and was amazed by Chu Yang's brilliant tactics. By using copyright orders and lawsuits, along with media and public opinion, he launched a three-pronged attack, bringing the once-powerful Baidu to its knees.
Then CoolCat Music took off, and user registrations skyrocketed.
Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Chu Yang had a backup plan.
He also wants to get into the search engine business!
Ding Lei was naturally very tempted. After all, Baidu was currently in a slump, which was a good opportunity for search engines to seize the market. If he didn't do it, someone else would.
So he pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Chu, do you mean... to invest?"
“Yes, investment, and investment with creativity and planning. My older brother will also join. We won’t have to worry about money or planning. You provide the technical staff and the venue. Take advantage of this great opportunity to develop the online search business. The future market prospects are very promising,” Chu Yang said.
With the cake practically offered and the words already spoken, Ding Lei had no reason not to accept.
"No problem, Mr. Chu. Your joining and Mr. Shen's addition give me the most confidence! I'll call a department meeting right away!"
"Okay, but there's one more thing I need you to do."
"What is it, Mr. Chu? Please give me your instructions!"
"Let's find a way to poach some people from Baidu, especially the core technical staff."
"...President Chu, that move was absolutely brilliant, it was fucking awesome!"
"Ha ha……"
On the other end of the phone, Chu Yang hung up, went to his computer, and opened his stock account.
Then he said to Shen Nansheng, "Brother, there are a little over 200 million in the account right now. Do you have any money there? If not, you can withdraw it from here."
There was less than 100 million in the account before, which was earned from buying Amazon stock.
In a short period of time, through Chu Yang's various precise timing operations, the account had grown to 200 million.
If the stock market hadn't been performing poorly, it could have tripled or even increased in value by five times.
Now, not counting investments, Chu Yang's cash assets amount to 100 million yuan, achieving a small goal.
That's more than enough to invest in a search engine.
“No need, second brother. I have money here. Don’t touch the money in the stock market. Let it continue to generate more money,” Shen Nansheng said generously.
Chu Yang pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, brother, let's not invest in Wangyi anymore. Let Ding Lei spin off the search engine department and start a new company. Let's partner with him and invest 100 million yuan together. We won't take more than 25% each."
Shen Nansheng was slightly taken aback: "Second brother thinks so highly of this project?"
Chu Yang nodded: "Search engines are definitely one of the biggest needs on the Internet. In fact, if Li Yanhong hadn't made a mistake and tried to take shortcuts, Baidu would have been established sooner or later. Apart from Google, no other search engine in China can compete with it."
"Baidu is currently in a slump, and there are basically no other companies that can take advantage of this opportunity, or rather, they don't have the awareness yet. Take Ding Lei, for example. If we hadn't talked to him, he might have forgotten that NetEase even has a search engine department."
“Okay, let’s do it that way. I trust your judgment, brother,” Shen Nansheng said.
And so the matter was settled.
Over the next few days, they worked tirelessly, assembling a team with Ding Lei to establish a new company, optimize search engine pages, deeply improve technology, and increase product and service content.
The planning of product and service content was all proposed by Chu Yang.
Image search and news search are just basic operations.
When Ding Lei and his team presented the innovative features of Baidu Tieba, Baidu Zhidao, Baidu Baike, Baidu Maps, and Baidu Translate, they were immediately impressed.
Thus, the search engine business that NetEase only began to focus on in 2007 was launched five years ahead of schedule!
However, Chu Yang did not suggest naming it "Youdao" but instead called it "Baidao".
It's estimated that once it goes online, it will make Li Yanhong so disgusted that he won't be able to eat for three days.
…
"You think you'll know just by reading a hundred lines?"
When Li Yanhong learned about this, it was already a week after Youdao Search was launched.
He thought he was seeing things, and suddenly it felt like he was seeing a future version of Baidu.
He was stunned by the sophisticated and minimalist interface and the diverse and creative functions.
"And this advertising slogan, if I were to create it, if I were to create it..."
Li Yanhong simply couldn't imagine how high Baidu would rise to if he were to implement these product features. Google would be kicked out of the domestic market in no time!
But now, he can't do it.
The company's reputation was severely damaged, its vitality was greatly weakened, and more than half of the technical staff left, all of them poached by other companies...
Instinctively, he immediately checked the information of "Baidao" company and saw the names of the legal representative and shareholders.
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