Chapter 17 Cooperation with Jingshan
The popularity of Vientiane Chat has also attracted the attention of some manufacturers.
"Jingshan is willing to invest 50 million to acquire our Wanxiang Technology!?"
Xu Cong also showed a look of astonishment after receiving the news from Zhang Yong.
To be honest, he did not expect that his company would be noticed by the industry so quickly.
The first person who wanted to acquire his own company was Jingshan.
Jingshan, as an ancient company of the Internet, is also one of the first technology companies to reap the dividends of the Internet.
With office software as its main business, other businesses cover the entire Internet, including games, e-commerce, etc., Jingshan is involved.
And now the person in charge of Jingshan, Rebus, is also one of the first batch of technicians to achieve class leaps through the Internet industry.
Now Jingshan values the potential of Wanxiang Technology and actually wants to invest in acquiring Wanxiang Technology.
"Reject Jingshan directly..."
"Wait a minute...even if we can't acquire it, we can still cooperate if we should!"
Xu Cong originally wanted to reject the other party directly and decisively, but after thinking about it, he suddenly had another idea.
Acquisition is impossible, but Internet companies still have the option of cooperation.
Jingshan office software is actually very good, but most of the current computer office software comes from foreign Microsoft companies.
It just so happens that our own chat software can add a Jingshan Office component.
File transfer is carried out through Vientiane Chat. These transfer software can be opened, viewed and modified directly through Kingsoft's office software without downloading.
Although this is a very small revision, it can even be said to be an insignificant change.
However, this can change the corresponding application software usage habits of some office workers, and at the same time, it can also allow both Jingshan Office Software and Wanxiang Chat to gain recognition among corporate white-collar workers and industries.
This is a win-win situation!
Xu Cong also sent his ideas directly to Jingshan Company via email, and included some suggestions for Jingshan office software.
To be honest, Xu Cong is also capable of deploying the office software industry.
However, Xu Chongmingbai’s current company’s energy is limited, and if it develops on multiple fronts, it will inevitably outweigh the gains.
Besides, leave professional matters to professional companies. Wanxiang Technology only needs to grasp the mainstream areas of Internet development.
After all, as the old saying goes, biting off more than you can chew does not necessarily mean you do it right.
In the Jingshan Chairman's Office, as the person in charge of the entire company, Rebus has already achieved financial freedom and has become the most famous angel investor in the industry.
When company managers checked the company's mailbox, they also discovered the email issued by Xu Cong on behalf of Wanxiang Technology Company, and forwarded it directly to Rebus out of consideration for the company.
"This Xu Cong is quite capable!"
After reading the email, Rebus couldn't help but sigh.
Obviously Rebus is excited about this collaboration.
In addition to cooperation, Xu Cong's suggestions for his own software also impressed Rebus.
New typesetting and layout function!
More shortcut key designs!
Rebus benefited greatly from many of the suggestions for his company's software.
If Xu Cong's suggestions are followed, all office software in Jingshan will undergo a very major revision.
The biggest change in the corresponding office software after the revision is that most operations have gradually become "foolish"!
"Foolish"!
In the Internet industry, this word is not a derogatory term, on the contrary, it is a good adjective.
Being fool-proof means that the difficulty for ordinary users to get started will be greatly reduced. This reduction will encourage more users to choose this software.
And the first fool-proof software of a certain type actually has more advantages.
After all, corresponding fool-proof software can attract more users and allow these users to gradually develop habits in the process of using the software.
When other software of the same type also begins to "foolish", they are essentially eating the leftovers left by the previous application.
"Send it to the software department and ask them to modify the software according to this suggestion! Try to make the modification within half a month!"
"In addition, I have to go personally to the Wanxiang Technology Cooperation matter!"
Originally, Rebus wanted to leave the cooperation to his subordinates, but after thinking for a long time, Rebus decided to take action himself.
After all, on the one hand, this cooperation and the revision of software applications will affect the company's subsequent development.
At the same time, Rebus also wanted to meet Xu Cong, the founder and helmsman of Wanxiang Technology. Going in person this time could also express Jingshan's sincerity.
Rebus is bound to win this cooperation!
On the other side, at the headquarters of Penguin Company in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Penguin Company finally received financing and was finally saved from the brink of collapse.
Just when Penguin was preparing to flex its muscles, the popularity of Vientiane chat software directly affected the data of Penguin's Penguin Chat.
In just one week, the number of daily online users of the Penguin Chat application has been reduced by half, from tens of millions of daily users to more than five million users.
Penguin Technology is one of the first companies in China to develop social applications, among which Penguin Chat is also one of the better social applications in the industry.
And after several years of operation, the number of registered users of the corresponding application has exceeded 40 million, and the number of daily online users has reached 10 million, and it has the potential to dominate the field of social software.
But what Penguin never expected was that a chat application called Wanxiang suddenly entered the field of social applications.
And it took half a month to directly capture a part of the market, and with the continued popularity of Vientiane Chat, the senior Penguin Chat began to feel a little weak.
In the meeting room of Penguin Headquarters.
At this time, Brother Xiao Ma is conducting an in-depth analysis of Wanxiang Chat, a popular social application, to many core executives.
And compare this application with our own company's Penguin Chat.
"In terms of design, functionality, and even detailed performance, Wanxiang Chat has been a relatively mature social application since its release!"
"It's even a more mature application than our Penguin Chat!"
After a series of analyses, Xiao Ma had to come to a pertinent conclusion.
The rising star of Vientiane Chat has surpassed Penguin Chat, and even Penguin Chat is inferior to Vientiane Chat in many aspects of functionality and details.
The company's executives were also unusually silent. They had just solved the company's financial problem, but unexpectedly they encountered a powerful enemy that suddenly appeared.
To be honest, this is simply very uncomfortable.
"However, from the current point of view, our Penguin Chat still has a very large basic user group. Years of intensive cultivation of social applications have also made our Penguin Chat far surpass Wanxiang Chat in terms of popularity!"
"Of course we must firmly grasp our advantages, but we also need to make up for our shortcomings at the same time! Know our own shortcomings and make up for our shortcomings!"
Brother Xiao Ma still maintains his confidence, even in Wanxiang Chat, it has already become a big hit.
However, Penguin Chat has a history of several years. As a veteran social application, it naturally has a foundation and a group of loyal users.
And judging from the current trend, Penguin Chat still has a chance to prevent Wanxiang Chat from becoming popular.
Even this is an opportunity for Penguin.
"We can learn from Wanxiang Chat, learn from its good points, take the essence and discard the dross, and try our best to make breakthroughs in the next version of Penguin Chat!"
"Of course, time waits for no one now. The hot trend of Vientiane Chat is already here. I hope that the internal employees of the company can work overtime and produce a new version of our Penguin Chat within this month!"
Xiao Ma naturally has his own set of ideas, and this set of ideas is also a relatively mature one.
Exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses, absorb the advantages of opponents, and then combine them with the foundation of your own application to achieve the upgrade of your own application.
Under the mobilization of Xiao Ma, Penguin Company also began to conduct in-depth discussions on Vientiane Chat, and made large-scale modifications to the original code of Penguin Chat.
On the other side, five days after Xu Cong sent the email, Xu Cong finally met Rebus, a legend in the Internet industry.
Start from scratch, start with technology!
Rebus's experience may be said to be based on the template of the novel's male protagonist.
Compared with the Rebus in Xu Cong's impression, the Rebus in front of him was much younger and more energetic.
When Rebus came to Wanxiang Technology, he was shocked by the "simple" working environment of Wanxiang Technology.
Although he was shocked by the company's environment, Rebus also understood that "golden scales are not a thing in the pond." As long as Wanxiang Technology does not make any fundamental mistakes, Wanxiang Technology's future will be unlimited.
In this negotiation and cooperation, Jingshan showed full sincerity.
The cooperation negotiations went so smoothly that even Xu Cong was a little surprised.
Jingshan is willing to pay a fee of one million per year, and Wanxiang Chat not only needs to set up a download entrance for Jingshan on the corresponding home page interface, but also needs to integrate the framework of Jingshan office software in application transmission.
The software teams of the two companies will also collaborate through the Internet to gradually achieve more perfect compatibility between Jingshan and Vientiane.
In addition to the cooperation between the two companies, Rebus also expressed his desire to invite Xu Cong and Zhang Yong to have a meal.
However, due to host etiquette, Xu Cong finally found a place and invited Rebus to have a meal at the best restaurant in Hangzhou.
The dining table is the best place for people to communicate with each other.
While changing cups, Rebus and Xu Cong also talked about many things about the Internet.
Although Xu Cong deliberately concealed most of the news about the future development of the Internet, Rebus also gained some useful things from Xu Cong's words.
During the banquet chat, Rebus also recognized that Xu Cong is a genius in the Internet industry.
He even expressed to Xu Cong that he was willing to invest a sum of money in Xu Cong and Wanxiang Technology in the form of a private angel investor.
Regarding the investment from Rebus, an angel investor, Xu Cong chose to politely refuse.
After all, partners in the Internet industry often compete with each other. Partners who were dining at the same table one moment may become rivals not long after.
If he accepts this angel investment from the other party, Xu Cong will not only owe Rebus a favor, but also a part of the company's future earnings will also be shared with the other party.
Xu Cong really doesn’t want to make this investment, and even dare not accept it.
Chapter completed!