"What the hell? Free?"

Chen Li looked at Ma Xiaoyun diagonally across from him in shock, and almost dropped the wine glass in his hand.

Don't blame him for being excited, the main reason that Ma Xiaoyun said free is not that the meal is free, but that this guy is planning to let the red pony security guard be free.

To be honest~ If it were his previous life, Chen Li would not be surprised at all, because in his previous life, Zhou Hongyi had won the domestic security software market by relying on the free security guard and anti-virus software.

But when the time period when these words were said was moved to now, the person who said these words was changed from Zhou Hongyi to Ma Xiaoyun, which made Chen Li's jaw drop.

You know, the reason why Zhou Hongyi was free in his previous life was because he had to do it!

At that time, the domestic Internet security industry market had basically been divided up by several security software companies.

At that time, Zhou Hongyi wanted to enter the safe market. Without some heavy drugs and some blood, it was impossible to open the market.

But what year is it now? It’s only 1999, a time when security software was very popular.

You must know that at this time, a set of anti-virus software can cost hundreds of dollars.

As the domestic personal computer business gradually improves, this market share will also become larger and larger.

The bigger the market, the more benefits there will be in the security software market.

And based on the performance of the red pony safety guard that has been improved by the system, let alone selling it more expensively than others, as long as it is sold at the same price as other companies, then who will the customer choose? There is no need to think about it at all, right?

At this time, Ma Xiaoyun suddenly jumped out and said that he would make the security guards free.

Chen Li looked at Ma Xiaoyun diagonally opposite, and the expression on his face became serious.

"Ahem~uh~Chen Li, that's it!"

"You also know that the performance of our security guards is very good."

"But...those users don't know!"

"If there is a charge, it is estimated that many users will not choose to use our Red Pony products."

"We have previously thought about whether to engage in a price war with other competitors."

"But later~Both Mr. Zhou and I felt that it was unreliable."

"Because we have lowered prices, other competitors are bound to follow suit, because if they don't lower their prices, they will have no choice but to wait for death."

"In this case, it is easy to form vicious competition."

"so."

The expression on Ma Xiaoyun's face was a little embarrassed. He knew very well that his decision would be difficult to get Chen Li's approval.

As expected, he was interrupted by Chen Li before he finished speaking.

"So if it's free~ it won't create vicious competition?"

Chen Li looked at Ma Xiaoyun expressionlessly, because at this moment, Chen Li had an idea that made him a little annoyed.

Ma Xiaoyun. This is cutting off his financial path.

You should know that this "Red Pony Security Guard" was given by Chen Li to Red Pony Technology Co., Ltd. in the name of the "team" behind it.

Although the original purpose was just to cope with the original Internet war.

But later Ma Xiaoyun said that he wanted to put the security guard into commercial operation, so Chen Li followed the other party's arrangement and handed over the security guard to Red Pony.

Because the security guard provided by Chen Li is already a mature security software, this saves Red Pony a lot of research and development funds and time.

That’s all about funds, but time is hard to say.

Not to mention that the performance of the security guard is already considered top-notch in the industry, which brings infinite advantages to the red pony.

It was precisely because of the maturity of this product that Chen Li had an agreement with Ma Xiaoyun from the beginning.

Chen Li will take 70% of the direct income from "Red Pony Security Guard". This is because Chen Li is responsible for the "team" behind it.

Ma Xiaoyun agreed very happily at that time ~ because he also knew very well that the direct benefits brought by this software were what Chen Li and his team deserved.

Not to mention 70%, even if Chen Li took it all, Ma Xiaoyun felt it was worth it.

The reason is very simple. The indirect benefits brought by this mature product are actually far greater than the direct benefits.

You can certainly make a lot of money by simply selling security guards, but this product was originally developed by Chen Li's team.

However, if Red Pony can make reasonable use of this product, it will directly allow Red Pony Technology Co., Ltd. to gain a foothold in the Internet security industry.

Yes~ As an insider, Ma Xiaoyun now has enough understanding of the Internet security industry.

In addition, there is Zhou Hongyi beside him, so Ma Xiaoyun knows very well how much impact this product can have on the current Internet security industry.

It can be said that this is enough opportunity for the red pony to become the dominant player in the Internet security industry!

Compared with this opportunity, the direct benefits generated by security guards can only be considered small.

Ma Xiaoyun has even made a plan to enter the Internet security industry with this security guard, then develop other peripheral supporting software, and at the same time raise funds, and finally achieve the goal of going public.

Once the red pony is successfully launched, the direct benefits generated by the security guards will not be worth mentioning at all.

As for Chen Li, he is not a fool either.

He is also very clear that his choice to only take 70% of the direct benefits is actually not a very cost-effective deal.

But Chen Li doesn’t care!

Although at the beginning, Ma Xiaoyun planned to let the team behind Chen Li use the software "Red Pony Security Guard" as a technology investment, Ma Xiaoyun was even willing to allocate 10% of his own shares.

In terms of value, the direct benefits generated by Security Guards cannot be compared with the 10% shares of Red Pony.

After all, direct benefits are considered a one-time sale, while shares are held for a long time.

Moreover, Chen Liben already owns 20% of the shares of Red Pony. If you add this 10%, it will be 30%.

However, this proposal was still rejected by Chen Li.

Regarding the shares of Red Pony, Chen Li was unwilling to take more shares. Otherwise, when the company was founded, Chen Li would have had the opportunity to get 50% of the shares of Red Pony with him and the team behind him.

But Chen Li knows very well that he doesn’t have that much energy! For the Internet, he prefers to only invest and not work!

So at that time, Chen Li, faced with Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi's proposal to drag him and the "team" behind him down, directly chose to reject it.

Although 50% of the shares is good, the "team" behind Chen Li needs to participate.

But that team didn't exist at all, so in the end Chen Li only chose to take 20%.

That's why Chen Li had a lot of shares in the original Guofeng Software, Zhou Hongyi's 3721.

Without this part of the shares, Chen Li would probably have even fewer shares in the end.

The advantage of doing this is that Chen Li freed himself and the "team" behind him.

Even if the red pony encounters any trouble in the future, it will be the problem of Ma Xiaoyun, Zhou Hongyi and Chen Li themselves.

Chen Li had agreed from the beginning that he would not participate in the company's operations and would only take shares.

So in fact, Chen Li picked himself very "cleanly"!

Of course ~ The reason why I put it in quotation marks is because cleanness is only relative.

Because if the red pony really needs help, Chen Li is unlikely to ignore it. But by picking it up like this, Chen Li can save a lot of trouble about the team behind him.

So in the end, Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun reached an agreement, and the team behind him chose to take away 70% of the direct benefits.

But here comes the problem~ Now Ma Xiaoyun suddenly told Chen Li that he was going to launch Security Guard in free mode.

Since it is free, Security Guard naturally cannot generate direct benefits.

What's going on?

As for Ma Xiaoyun's worry about causing vicious competition, it is pure nonsense, because it is free. In fact, it will cause vicious competition.

What do you think? Everyone charges fees. It’s just a matter of who makes more and who makes less.

But if a red pony suddenly appears and does something for free, then it is not a question of making more or less, but a question of destroying people's wealth and destroying their families.

That's it~ Ma Xiaoyun told himself that it was to avoid vicious competition? Chen Li really wanted to spit on Ma Xiaoyun's face.

"Mr. Chen~ Just wait until I finish!"

Ma Xiaoyun was also a little depressed. When he was talking about the key point, he was interrupted by Chen Li.

It is indeed easy for people to misunderstand at this point, so Ma Xiaoyun quickly waved his hand and continued:

"Of course I know that free operation is definitely more cruel than vicious competition."

"But... I just want to make this industry more cruel."

"Mr. Chen may not know much about the current domestic Internet security industry. In my opinion, it is a bit like a stagnant water."

"Take anti-virus software as an example. In fact, many people are aware of the tricks played by those security software companies."

"Everyone seems to be used to creating problems, then solving them, and profiting from them."

"But this has caused these companies to focus on how to make profits."

"So if you look at our domestic anti-virus software, there has been basically no progress in the past few years."

Ma Xiaoyun began to talk eloquently, but Chen Li, who was diagonally across from him, was speechless, or even speechless.
To be continued...