"Far, you can talk about it in detail."

Dong Wu obviously became more interested and said to Gu Yuanzhong, the project department director.

"Okay, Mr. Dong."

Gu Yuanzhong nodded, looked at everyone present and said slowly: "A week ago, a company called Zhulang Technology in Hongcheng registered a Double Eleven trademark. According to reliable information, Alibaba's Taobao manager is currently negotiating trademark in Hongcheng. At the same time, Baidu, Penguin and other e-commerce companies also came to Hongcheng to negotiate trademark acquisition."

"It's just that Zhulang Technology has not agreed to their conditions. The trademark acquisition is still in a stalemate. If we can acquire the Double Eleven trademark and give it to Alibaba, I think Alibaba will be willing to help us 360." Gu Yuanzhong explained.

Dong Wu: "That's true, but none of these companies have acquired the trademark. Why can we get it at 360?"

Other persons in charge also agreed.

To put it bluntly, their 360 is an antivirus software company. Even if it occupies a high market share on the computer, it really cannot be compared with Baidu, Alibaba and Penguin in terms of size.

Since these companies cannot get trademarks, they will be futile if they have gone 360.

Gu Yuanzhong shook his head: "It's different. Since Zhulang Technology has not let go, it means that the conditions given by these companies have not satisfied Zhulang Technology. This is our opportunity. If we can get help from Alibaba through trademarks and get our company out of the current predicament, it is worth it to pay. We can even use Alibaba's resources to enter e-commerce."

"At the same time, Penguin and Baidu want to get involved in e-commerce. I think Alibaba will need us, an ally who is backed by traffic." Gu Yuanzhong added.

Hearing Gu Yuanzhong's words, the person in charge here also lit up.

The allies they need most at the moment are Alibaba. If Alibaba mediates it, Penguin might really let them go 360 per digit. Now Penguin imposes sanctions on them 360, which is not only the stock market turmoil, but the traffic on which their 360 relies on is also shaken.

"Yuanzhong is right. These companies are too large and do not look down on the small company Zhulang Technology. The conditions offered are also a little bit small. I just asked a friend at Baidu and heard that Baidu paid 4 million and a high-level recommended acquisition trademark, while Penguin only paid 2 million. Alibaba obviously attaches great importance to this trademark and bought 6 million." The director of the technical department also added at this time.

Every company has several acquaintances in technology operations, and the director of the technical department has obviously learned about this.

Dong Wu felt a little clear about the quotation of the three-party company that the technical director said.

In his opinion, the conditions offered were indeed a little silly.

but.

"Full Zhong, will Alibaba really care about this Double Eleven trademark? What if we buy the trademark at a huge cost and Alibaba doesn't buy it?" Dong Wu asked this question.

Gu Yuanzhong: "Mr. Dong, as you said, our company has reached a critical moment of survival. No matter what method, we have to try it out. Let's take care of it. Moreover, the internal processes of those large companies are complicated, so the application chips will definitely not be as neat as our company. This is our natural advantage."

Because there are too many projects, the resource tilt for a project will inevitably be limited, and the same is true for this trademark acquisition. If we want to increase the bargaining chips for negotiation, these large companies will need more review time.

Everything has to follow the process, and for them 360, there is no difference between millions and tens of millions. As long as the goal can be achieved, you can increase your investment at any time.

Dong Wu was obviously a little moved, and he said to Gu Yuanzhong: "Yuanzhong, you are fully responsible for the acquisition of the trademark. Be sure to get the Double Eleven trademark before Baidu and Penguin."

"Okay, Mr. Dong, but Mr. Dong, in addition to trademark acquisition, we must continue to increase public opinion momentum. As long as the incident continues to ferment, I think the official will mediate. If the delay of a day will result in tens of millions of traffic losses, we cannot afford to lose." Gu Yuanzhong said seriously.

Dong Wu nodded and looked at the public relations manager: "Continue to increase the public opinion offensive. Although our 360 temple is small, the penguin has not only been suppressed by Penguin. Contact more companies. We want Penguin to completely lose power in public opinion."

"Okay, Mr. Dong, I'll continue to arrange this." The public relations manager nodded and said solemnly.

Dong Wu stood up, his eyes firm and his voice was loud: "College, this time we will definitely be united as one of 360 to overcome difficulties together."

In the conference room, the previous pessimistic atmosphere was swept away, and everyone's eyes were also a little more firm.

That morning, Gu Yuanzhong went to Hongcheng, but before going to Zhulang Technology, he had investigated Zhulang Technology clearly.

A college student startup company at Hongcheng University.

The main business is a mobile-mobile college student service app, which has nothing to do with e-commerce.

But it was this company that registered the Double Eleven trademark in advance and brought Alibaba Yijun.

Before going, Gu Yuanzhong went to inquire about the news first.

Including the specific location of Zhulang Technology and its main business.

“Use the app quickly?”

Gu Yuanzhong also downloaded Zhulang Technology's quick-use app, which is the app that Baidu and Penguin promised to recommend.

However, after Deng went in and looked, Gu Yuanzhong's eyebrows became tighter and tighter.

This is a free app store on mobile phones, but it has the same function as 360 on the computer.

Clean up garbage and anti-virus.

However, this function is very simple. You can achieve one-click anti-virus with just a quick click. Compared with 360, it is obviously more efficient.

Although this antivirus function relies on this quick-use app and is on the mobile phone and does not have direct business conflicts with 360, Gu Yuanzhong still felt some sense of crisis.

If such a very simple and efficient antivirus software appears on the computer, will it quickly seize the market size of the antivirus software?

Can't say it's right.

But Gu Yuanzhong knew that this was not the purpose of today.

Just keep a little mind.

Gu Yuanzhong downloaded another software from Zhulang Technology. However, when he saw the information about college students on the login page filled in, he laughed: "The threshold is quite high."

Soon, Gu Yuanzhong arrived at the place where Zhulang Technology is located.

Hongcheng University.

Looking at the students coming and going at the school gate, Gu Yuanzhong also had a little more recollection in his eyes.

It is hard to imagine that a company that left Alibaba at a loss would be founded by a college student.

Gu Yuanzhong knew that this company mainly engaged in mobile phone business, and all domestic leading Internet companies focused on the competition for the computer market.

I don't know whether this is foresight or rash.

Gu Yuanzhong shook his head and finally walked in.

...

Zhulang Technology, reception room

When Zhang Long saw Gu Yuanzhong who came over, he also smiled and stretched out his hand: "Manager Gu, welcome."

This time, it was Gu Yuanzhong's turn to be stunned. He said, "I have seen you. Are you... the Zhang Long of the Penguin?"

"Do you know me?" Zhang Long was also a little surprised.

"How could I not recognize the foxmail developed, sold for 10 million yuan?"

Gu Yuanzhong was a little confused: "Zhang Long, why are you in Zhulang Technology? Are you unable to stay in Penguin?"

"It's almost the same."

Zhang Long smiled helplessly: "Manager Gu, let's talk about the issue of trademark acquisition."

"good."

Gu Yuanzhong didn't want to waste time. After all, every minute and every second is very precious to 360. He also said straight to the point: "Zhang Long, please tell me a brief explanation for my brother. What kind of chips do we need to pay if we want to buy the Double Eleven trademark."

Zhang Long did not answer Gu Yuanzhong's question, but asked: "Manager Gu, I remember that 360 does not seem to be in e-commerce business, and I don't know what the acquisition of trademarks is used for?"

When Gu Yuanzhong heard Zhang Long's words, he also smiled bitterly: "Zhang Long, you should know that Penguin is now fully sanctioning our company, and the uninstalling users exceeds tens of millions every day. If this continues, our company is really not far from bankruptcy. We hope to exchange Alibaba's help through the sincerity of the Double Eleven trademark. Now Penguin is pressing step by step, and we 360 ​​really have no choice but to come to Hongcheng to discuss this trademark business."

Originally, Gu Yuanzhong would not have explained so much.

But the vice president of Zhulang Technology is Zhang Long, and he also talked about the situation of 369.

Who is Zhang Long?

Zhang Long is an old man on the Internet. Even though he has never been famous, he is strong. When Zhang Long resigned from Penguin, Gu Yuanzhong never expected to join Zhulang Technology, a Hongcheng company.

In his opinion, Zhang Long's treasure sword is not old, so many large companies should extend olive branches to him, including 360, and have also sent offers, but was rejected by Zhang Long.

I think that if Zhang Long joined Hongcheng Zhulang Technology, if others know about it, it might be really shocking.

Zhulang Technology is just an Internet startup founded by college students, so He De and He were favored by Zhang Long.

Even Gu Yuanzhong went further to speculate.

This time, the reason why Zhulang Technology registered the Double Eleven trademark on the eve of Alibaba's Double Eleven is probably Zhang Long's idea.

Otherwise, relying solely on those college students, we would not have such a long-term vision to make a prediction of Alibaba’s Double Eleven trademark.

After hearing Gu Yuanzhong's explanation, Zhang Long nodded: "So that's the case. Penguin is indeed a bit bullying people on this issue."

Gu Yuanzhong sighed lightly and said, "Brother Zhang, tell me directly, what price does it cost to acquire the trademark? Our 360 is really unable to afford it now."

"Manager Gu, I'll tell you a briefing, the trademark is not yet time to be sold," said Zhang Long.

"Not the time?"

Gu Yuanzhong carefully understood what Zhang Long said, and thought to himself that Zhulang Technology might not be planning to sell it on Double Eleven.

It is also possible.

After all, if you look at the data, if the sales data on Double Eleven are good, then the trademark on Double Eleven will naturally rise.

If they really make this abacus, then maybe they really can't acquire the trademark.

Time is running out, and Gu Yuanzhong's heart is a little more urgent. He looks at Zhang Long: "Brother Zhang, we are all cheerful people, 15 million, plus our 360 omni-channel promotion, I wonder if it is enough for this Double Eleven trademark."

Zhang Long was also a little surprised.

He didn't expect 360 to be so generous.

Directly adding 10 million chips to Alibaba.
To be continued...