Chapter 336: Making free antivirus software?

On August 4, Wu Fei and his family returned to the United States. The next time they met again is likely to be in 2007.

On August 5, Gaoyang held the first board of directors of 51 Group, which was an expanded meeting.

In addition to most of the directors, the group vice president participated, and the main personnel of the technical committee led by He Guangwen participated.

In 2005, in the past seven months, the development of various project companies of 51 Group has been on the road to prosperity.

The group's largest cash cow Jiaoyang Company, the operating data of the group as of the end of July, is preliminary statistics of more than 85 million, and is expected to reach 140 million or even 150 million for the whole year.

Yuanda Company and Yueju Company are not assets of 51 Group, but their operating conditions are also very good this year.

Yuanda Company's revenue in the first seven months has reached over 50 million, and may reach 80 million this year.

Yueju Company is expected to operate around 13 million this year. The focus is on opening up the situation in two first-tier cities, Magic City and the Special Administrative Region, and has opened more than 10 stores. In addition to the stores in Beijing, Yueju Company has nearly 40 stores.

51.com, Magic City Station and Special Zone Station, led by Chen Sen and Zhang Tao, have been online after the Spring Festival, and have more than 2 million registered users in both sub-stations, and have business cash flow in real estate and other industries.

In the first seven months of this year, the total user scale of 51.com has reached more than 23 million, and its revenue scale is expected to exceed 20 million this year.

51 Renren, with more than 45 million registered users, although they are very restrained in advertising and are unwilling to affect user experience, their advertising revenue this year is still expected to exceed 10 million.

51talk, the registered users have exceeded 42 million.

51 email users reached 16 million.

51 Fortune.com was launched for one month, and 51 Stock Bar registered users quickly exceeded 5 million.

Because A-shares successfully bottomed out in mid-July, the Shanghai Composite Index has rebounded to above 1100 points, and the market index has rebounded by 10%. Many individual stocks have risen by about 30% from the bottom.

51 Happy Farm is completely popular and has become the most popular web game this year. It has more than 30 million users and has more than 15 million DAU, which is very scary.

Every day, 51 Happy Farm is still spreading virally, with an average of millions of new users per day, driving the rapid development of 51talk's user registration.

In the past few days when Gao Yang returned to Beijing from Jinyang, he had received several calls from venture capital companies, but they were all tactfully blocked by Shao Hanyun.

Shao Hanyun responded in accordance with Gao Yang's instructions: "Thank you for your attention to 51 Group. At present, all project companies of 51 Group do not have funding needs, nor do they have plans to introduce angel investment. I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."

No matter how big these venture capital institutions are, they cannot even see Gao Yang's face.

Some people are friends with Ding Lei and Li Yan. They know that these two have a friendship with Gao Yang and want to have a dinner with Gao Yang through Ding Lei and Li Yan, but they still fail.

Ding Lei and Li Yan also think it's so amazing. Boss Gao is definitely the first person in history to start a business in the Internet circle and reject the favor of venture capital funds.

On the morning of August 5, Gao Yang and Shao Hanyun reported on the gratifying achievements made by the group's projects in the first seven months, and then Gao Yang spoke:

"Today's enlarged meeting of the board of directors is one issue:

51 Group wants to register an antivirus software company, set up a technical team, and develop free antivirus software.

I'll ask you to discuss two ideas: one is to directly acquire an antivirus software company with good technical strength, and the other is to introduce talents and build a self-built development team.

If you have relevant connections or know about the antivirus software circle, you can suggest it.

In addition, 51 Group now has an investment department, which is under the supervision of Wu Ruohan. However, the main energy of this investment department is to make securities investments for the group's project companies, and does not involve such project investment or external acquisitions.

Therefore, it is necessary to set up an investment company or a second investment department as soon as possible, introduce talents in this area, and form a team to be responsible for things like acquiring antivirus software companies.

At the same time, it is also responsible for paying attention to and inspecting start-up Internet projects with development potential and matching the development direction of 51 Group, and propose acquisition or investment proposals to the board of directors..."

After Gao Yang talked about the theme of today's conference, most of the people present were very surprised.

Are you going crazy? Acquire an antivirus software company and then make free antivirus software. Is this a burning thing for money?

He Guangwen first asked a question: "Gaoyang, the antivirus software market is developing very well. The two major brands in China, such as Ruixing and Jingshan, are quite profitable. We will enter this market where domestic brands are fiercely competitive and we also make free products. What is the specific significance?"

Gao Yang said: "The question raised by Guangwen may have similar questions, so I will explain it in detail.

Antivirus software is quite profitable. According to data released last year, there are more than 40 million computers connected to the Internet nationwide, and the number of netizens is close to 100 million.

But the statistics on the number of netizens are definitely inaccurate. For example, Tencent claimed that QQ users exceeded 300 million in April last year.

Let’s firstly, whether the user data of Tencent has moisture or not, our 51talk has developed more than 40 million users so quickly, which shows that the real number of netizens must be more than 300 million.

Many people have registered through Internet cafes, which is not surprising at all. I also registered QQ in Internet cafes back then.

The Internet has developed to the present, and its popularity has become faster and faster. Our understanding of Internet products cannot be limited to the thinking of whether we can make money directly.

Just like the 51 Happy Farm we launched, it was quickly popular, but we insisted on being free forever. This game has brought huge new traffic to our various platforms, and this is its core value.

At this stage, antivirus software should also be regarded as a traffic entrance, which is its most important core value.

Imagine that when there are over 100 million computers connected to the Internet in China, there are as many as 100 million netizens. We have an antivirus software that allows users to download and install for free, including an IM software like 51talk, and 51 Renren, 51.com, 51 Fortune and other platforms.

How large-scale popularity traffic will be under 51 Group?

51 Group does not lack funds, but what it lacks is traffic entrances and product platforms. With traffic and platforms, it is like a huge market, and there will be too many value-added service businesses that can be done in the future.

What is the most expensive thing in this world?

Free is the most expensive, and free can make users depend on it and enhance user stickiness.

If Tencent didn’t have a free IM product like QQ, can it develop to its current level?

The wool comes from the sheep, which is a traditional business thinking that should be abandoned.

The wool comes from the pig and then the puppy comes to pay for it. This is the essence of Internet business logic!”

Smack sex...

There was applause in the conference room.

Gao Yang's explanation made everyone realize it.

It's so fucking amazing!

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