Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 135: 3Q War Reignites

At the same time, the lunatic Zhou Hongyi mentioned was leading all the colleagues in the WeChat project team to sharpen their knives.

After knowing that the two bosses had reached an agreement, Chen Mo sent technical personnel to conduct technical docking with 360.

What is the connection? Of course, it is the migration of some "critical" data.

On the other hand, we will strengthen the infrastructure construction of WeChat, that is, expand the capacity of the server.

Since WeChat was launched, after a period of full-scale promotion and word-of-mouth spread among users, the number of registered users has exceeded one million in just one month.

Chen Mo looked at the data statistics in the background and found that the number of registrations was increasing over time.

If the promotion effect is just an all-out assault, it will increase in a step-by-step manner instead of being so smooth. This shows that the quality and product scenarios of WeChat have met the needs of users and have been recognized by them.

Once the product quality is excellent, the next step is exposure.

In addition to traditional publicity and promotion, there is another good way to overtake others and that is to take advantage of traffic!

When the traffic comes, it takes skill to be able to catch it.

Chen Mo is not worried about traffic problems because he is more worried about server problems than traffic problems.

For this purpose, he specifically requested that the WeChat server be expanded to be able to carry tens of millions of users, which stunned the company's operation and maintenance colleagues.

Server expansion requires approval from leaders before they can proceed.

Classmate Xiao Lei is not in the company most of the time recently. He appears and disappears like a ghost. If we wait for him to finish reviewing the work, it will be too late.

At this time, Chen Mo's privilege as vice president came into play, and he directly picked up the pen and signed to expand the capacity.

Most of the company's existing redundant servers were used directly.

Chen Mo thought about it and decided to synchronize the current plan with Xiao Lei. After all, there were some key links that still required him to open up and align, after some phone communication.

Apart from being accused of having evil ambitions, Lei Jun finally approved Chen Mo's plan.

After listening to Chen Mo's entire plan, Lei Jun thought for a long time, but still gritted his teeth, found the phone number he thought he would never call again, and dialed it.

"Hello? Zhou Hongyi, do you want me, Lei Jun, to join forces with you?"

After a few seconds of silence on the phone, a low and slightly hoarse voice came out, "OK!"

After hanging up the phone, Lei Jun was not surprised by the other party's answer. He guessed that Zhou Hongyi hesitated for a few seconds thinking whether he was setting a trap for him. Fortunately, this guy was not confused.

After all, this is what I thought after hearing Chen Mo’s plan.

360 has no way out. As long as there is a handrail, it will try every means to grab it. WeChat is naturally hostile to QQ. This is also a prerequisite for Zhou Hongyi and I to stand together. Everyone gets what they need.

Sympathy is a temporary emotion, while interests are long-term rationality.

The two bosses agreed that the only issue left was the execution level.

WeChat has gradually opened its arms, ready to welcome new friends.

Zhou Hongyi is waiting, Chen Mo and Lei Jun are also waiting.

Waiting for an opportunity to come.

On October 10, Tencent, together with Kingsoft, Kenniu, Baidu, and Maxthon, issued a joint statement exposing and condemning 27's unfair competition.

It goes without saying that Niu and Kingsoft were successful under Lei Jun's help, but Amoy has always been at odds with 360, after all, its own browser has been eroded by 360 Browser.

As for Baidu, Tencent has search but it is self-sufficient and not a business focus, but it is not at the same level as Baidu.

But 360 Search is different. It poses a challenge to Baidu. Adhering to the strategy of "the enemy of my enemy is my ally", it is reasonable for Baidu to join.

Originally, Tencent and 360 were not in the same weight class, just like a boxing match where heavyweights compete against flyweights. It would be amazing if the flyweights could perform a few moves on the stage and last the next round.

Now that several heavyweight and light heavyweight fighters have announced plans for a group fight, the situation has become completely one-sided.

Just when everyone thought the game was over,
The flyweight fighter, who was forced into the corner of the ring, pulled out a gun from his back, looked at his opponent within seven steps, and pulled the trigger.

The 3Q war has reignited.

On October 10, QQ Bodyguard was officially released!

As early as the day before, that is, on October 10, Zhou Hongyi went to Hong Kong to hold a board meeting to study the possibility of 28's listing. After discussion, they came to a unanimous conclusion that if the current situation continued, the chances of 360's listing were very slim.

This became the last straw that broke the camel's back for Zhou Hongyi, and October 10th was exactly Xiao Ma Ge's 29th birthday.

Zhou Hongyi gritted his teeth. Although the other party did not invite him, he still decided to give a big gift to his "close friend".

After QQ Bodyguard was officially released, all major application markets simultaneously launched it, and it began to spread like a wildfire that could not be extinguished.

For today's netizens, QQ has become a national-level chat software. Even some 6- or 7-digit QQ numbers with lucky numbers can be sold at sky-high prices and appear in online news from time to time.

After several years of development, as Tencent's business has become more mature, QQ has changed from a pure chat tool into a "monster" that integrates dozens of large functional modules, resulting in the occupation of too many system resources.

Therefore, as users use QQ for a longer time, it is inevitable that a lot of system garbage will be generated, and it is difficult to clear it. Over time, you will find that the system becomes more and more laggy. In addition, QQ's pop-up windows are also very annoying, and it is also very easy to block them. You have to pay to become a member, and if you don't have money, you can only endure it.

After all, most netizens only know how to use QQ for daily purposes and don’t know how to clean up system junk and optimize the system. It can be said that they have “suffered from QQ for a long time.”

So when QQ Bodyguard, which carries the concepts of "protecting QQ security", "improving user experience" and "slimming down QQ", came out on the 29th, it immediately received a warm response from the market.

Moreover, when many people see QQ Bodyguard, their first impression is that it is an official application produced by Tencent.

They also thought that Tencent had finally come to its senses and started making drastic reforms to QQ.

After installing it, eh? The effect is really improved, and they have a refreshing QQ.

After the release of QQ Bodyguard, the number of installations increased rapidly, reaching 5 million in just a few hours, and is heading towards the 10 million mark.
According to relevant media estimates, this may be the first domestic application software in history to exceed 10 million installations in the same day.

This time, public opinion was completely ignited.
How big of a sensation was it?

The sensation was so great that it even spread to Hong Kong Disneyland.

Xiao Ma Ge, who just turned 39, felt like he had a fake birthday.

In the morning, he was eating ice cream and singing with his wife and daughter, enjoying a rare family holiday at the amusement park.

After receiving the call in the afternoon, I boarded the nearest flight back to Shenzhen alone.

And the phone calls never stopped along the way.

Xiao Ma's temple was throbbing.

At 5 pm, Xiao Ma Ge finally arrived at the company headquarters, exhausted.

In the meeting room of the President's Office, all the staff were in a row. When they saw the protagonist enter, they stood up quickly as if they had seen a savior. Zhang Zhidong, the CTO of Tencent, looked extremely indignant, "Pony, you are finally back!"

Zhang Zhidong didn't say anything, he pushed Xiao Ma Ge to his seat and demonstrated and analyzed the functions and dangers of QQ Bodyguard to him.

Although QQ Bodyguard is under the banner of "improving user experience" and can deceive some novice users, it cannot deceive them. To put it bluntly, it is a plug-in that invades and hijacks QQ.

And to put it bluntly, no matter what the user experience of QQ is like, what its functions are like, or even if there are bugs, as a non-open source commercial software, these problems should be handled and solved by Tencent itself, or even more so, the industry should urge Tencent to solve them.

No other organization has the right to interfere with or invade other people's software, which has broken the bottom line of industry norms.

After analysis, Zhang Zhidong and his team found that when a computer has QQ, QQ Computer Manager and 360 Security Guard installed at the same time, if QQ Bodyguard is installed, clicking the "Security" module on the QQ interface will jump directly to 360 Security Guard.

The most important point is that if after scanning with QQ Bodyguard, the user chooses "Repair the system immediately", then after the repair is completed, QQ Computer Manager will disappear from this computer without leaving any trace, and will be completely replaced by 360 Security Guard.

This is not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is that they discovered that QQ’s user list was backed up by 360 Security Guards.

Tencent’s core moat is these user social relationships, and the replicability of social relationships means that the moat is gradually being filled.

Under the guise of doing justice, he first occupied the magpie's nest and then cut off the fuel supply. This "kick to cut off the offspring" three-step kick made Xiao Ma Ge's face pale and he was stunned for a long time without any reaction.

The usually gentle and calm Xiao Ma Ge was at a loss for a moment and panicked. He just stared blankly at the screen in front of him and muttered to himself, "How could he do this? It's so immoral!"

A few minutes later, after thinking about it, Xiao Ma Ge's eyes turned fierce and red, and he rarely cursed in public.

"Zhou Hongyi, I'm going to throw Lei Lou!"

After several hours and repeated discussions, everyone finally reached a consensus.

That evening, Tencent issued an urgent official statement, claiming that "QQ Bodyguard is not a software produced by Tencent, but an illegal plug-in. Please do not download it to avoid personal losses."

Then they split into two groups. On the one hand, they urgently contacted Kingsoft and Kenniu, and brought in the strongest security technicians from these two companies, together with their own technical staff, in an attempt to use technical means to counter QQ Bodyguard, but in a short period of time, the results were minimal.

On the other hand, they chose to sue the parents directly, calling the police on the 30th and 31st on the grounds of information security crime, and complaining to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

In just two days, the number of QQ Bodyguard users has exceeded 10 million and is heading towards an installed base of 20 million.

The situation has reversed!

At a time when Tencent’s survival was at stake, Tencent Research Center.

Zhang Xiaolong has been very anxious recently. He is also a veteran internet addict who surfs intensively.

Of course he knew what happened at the Shenzhen headquarters, but he was anxious because he knew it.

This means that he, who has not received any tasks, has been excluded from the core of Tencent's power, and he must achieve more important results in order to gain a foothold.

Otherwise, according to his estimation, his position as the boss of Guangyan Center would be over within two years.

So he has been thinking during this period, feeling that his previous path had gone astray and that he needed to find a new direction. However, he was not satisfied with any of the product prototypes he came up with, which made him very distressed.

Just then, the team's product manager knocked on the door and walked in.

"Boss, look what I found? I think you need to see this."

(End of this chapter)