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

Chapter 200: Five hundred million in cash, WeChat chat with you!
In response to the contestants reviewed by the media, several portal websites such as Tencent, NetEase, Sohu and Sina have successively launched voting such as "Who is the real king of mobile social networking?" But what is interesting is that their own contestants are basically far ahead and have the home advantage.

But coincidentally, in these voting rankings, WeChat on the other side is at the bottom.

According to some media analysis, although WeChat and Weilian have taken an early start and are ahead of all new mobile social software, the others are also confident that they will catch up soon. After all, this is not a short-distance race, but a marathon that tests comprehensive abilities.

Being fast for a moment is not fast. Being fast and persistent is the key to becoming the ultimate winner.

In particular, Bian'an, which is currently in first place, has the smallest scale among all the contestants. Except for Bian Technology, its valuation is only 3 million US dollars. Even Sohu, which is the most lagging behind among these companies, currently has a market value of 40 billion US dollars, ten times that of Bian.

The strongest Tencent has a market value of US$400 billion, which is ten times larger than Sohu and a hundred times larger than Bi'an Technology.

The authoritative Internet magazine "Internet Weekly" also reported on the "war" in the mobile social field, and even made corresponding winning rate predictions at the end based on various trend analysis and evaluations.

Tencent has occupied a unique position with its Mobile QQ and WeChat Chat, followed by Fetion, Wangxin, Weimi, YiXin, MSN and TalkBox.

WeChat is at the bottom. The conclusion is that although its innovation is commendable, this is a capital market. When capital comes in, all the advantages created by WeChat will disappear and it will be crushed and destroyed.
Countless cases in history have proven that market competition is never fair.
An unfair competition began like this.

The starting gun was fired on April 4th.
April 4, Thursday, is a good day to post content online, but avoid any hostility.

For the first time, Weilian and WeChat released new versions at the same time, starting the first round of confrontation.

In the following days, WeChat users continued to experience the app while cursing online.

"People nearby on WeChat, people around you, WeChat shakes, you shake, I have to say it's quite a juxtaposition~"

"The little songwriter above has a lot of different lyrics. How come you are also a rapper?"

"I asked you to copy it, and you actually did it. Do you have any backbone?"

"That's right, following behind others will always lead to being in trouble. Even I, who never went to college, know this, so why don't you know it on WeChat?"

"Hey, everyone, stop scolding me. There are still some differences. This shake function can play random songs. It is actually connected with QQ Music. Hmm, that's interesting."

"It doesn't seem to work either. I can only listen to music on WIFI. 3G is still a bit laggy, and the fees are very expensive. I only have to pay a few bucks for a few songs. Who can stand this?"

"Anyway, I feel that this version is much better than the previous one."

"I second that. That is indeed much better than some micro chat show."

The situation on WeChat is like heaven and hell, but the scenery on Wechat is unique.

"Haha, this emoticon pack is so funny. I don't have to type so much when chatting in the future."

"You can also add pictures from the Internet to your emojis, so you can play pranks on them later. This feature is fun."

"Also, I found that I can check the distance between my friends and me, and the distance is also displayed when I shake the phone, which is quite interesting."

Since WeChat launched emoticons and distance markings, these functions are good, but as the user base becomes large, the style of use has gradually deviated.

There are even many jokes on Weibo that were created after the new version of WeChat was updated.

"There was a boy and a girl who were in a long-distance relationship. On WeChat, the distance between them was always 1314KM. Due to the long-term separation, the girl couldn't stand it and proposed to break up.
The next night, when the girl opened WeChat again, she found that the distance between them had become 1.1KM, and then 0.9KM0.5KM.
The girl seemed to realize something, opened the door and leaned against it, waiting for the boy to appear with tears streaming down her face.
Late at night, the distance between the two became -13CM"

"WeChat is awesome. We were very happy as a couple. But after the update, my wife told me that she was going on a business trip with her boss. During these two days, I found that the distance between us was still only a few kilometers. When I finally found out that it was a hotel based on the distance, I realized it."

"I just updated the new version. When I returned to the dormitory at night, I wanted to use the shake function to flirt with someone. I ended up shaking a girl. Something scary happened. The distance was 3m. Remember, we were in a male dormitory."

It has aroused heated discussions among many netizens.

"WeChat is the only reliable way to catch an adulterer."

"In fact, there is a sequel to the first joke. In the end, the girl resolutely proposed to break up. A few days after the boy left sadly, the distance between the girl and another WeChat friend was -20CM. Tiger whip emperor pills are longer and more lasting. You can add VX: XXXXX to purchase them."

"It's just a joke, how can it be so accurate? I tried it and the error is estimated to be dozens of meters."

"There is no other way. Currently, we need to rely on communication base stations for positioning. The infrastructure is not yet complete, but it is generally accurate. In the future, it may be able to be accurate to the CM level."

"At least every update of WeChat is fun, no matter if it's useful or not. Today, my friend and I spent the whole day just posting pictures to compete with each other, and now I'm in an Internet cafe downloading all kinds of emoticon packs~"

"It's a pity that there are too few ready-made pictures. It would be great if there was an emoji package that can be imported directly with one click." "Take your time. Rome wasn't built in a day."

After receiving feedback from the operations department, in order to maintain the stability of a harmonious society, WeChat officially announced that the location function can be turned off and displayed according to user preferences through mobile phone authorization and WeChat settings.
These are the new version updates of the only two leading softwares from the new forces in mobile communications.

Judging from user reviews, WeChat is still the mainstream, while Weixin’s micro-chat is a follower.

However, this day's update prompted several other major manufacturers to quickly follow up and respond, turning them into precision machines that kept running.

Based on the functions that these companies have already developed, such as Shake and People Nearby, emoticons and location display have also been put on the research and development agenda.

These product managers are looking at WeChat with a magnifying glass in their hands, selecting the best features from various sources, and promoting a strategic idea of ​​"what you don't have, I have; what you have, I have better."

With Penguin's past shameful example in mind, these competitors have no psychological burden in copying it.

After all, how can it be considered plagiarism when it comes to the Internet? Anyway, if there is any problem, there is someone named Teng to take the blame.

Weimi's microblogization, Yixin's temporary social networking, Huyou's short-sighted social networking, Wangxin's e-commerce social networking
Each company has developed in a differentiated manner based on the WeChat-like approach and taking into account their own different genes.

Reference + micro-innovation + differentiation, this is the answer given by these companies.

Fetion was like a clumsy bear. It turned over from its nap and caught a glimpse of a few little guys playing in the distance.

It just glanced at it, and when it saw that it was still far away, it showed disdain, scratched itself, and went back to sleep.
After the WeChat micro-chat version was updated, the latest issue of "Internet Weekly" slightly increased the winning rate of Bi'an Technology from 4% to 5%, which is an increase of 1%.

The Sina Weibo topic list has long been updated with the latest information. Perhaps it was Chen Tong's "defection" to Bian'an that caused Bian Technology to be at the bottom of the winning rate on Sina Weibo, becoming the last one.

This caused protests and dissatisfaction among many WeChat supporters!

There was another chaotic battle among the fans of each group, causing the April wind to be a little noisy.

Shunwei Capital was not willing to be left out and joined in the fun.

At the end of the month, the first batch of strategic investment lists will be announced on Shunwei Fund’s official website, with a total investment of up to US$1 million:
饿了么（500万）、大疆（500万）、欢聚时代（1000万）、高德导航（2000万）、金山软件（2000万），91助手（4000万）。

The second batch of investment lists will be announced later, and iFLYTEK will be added to the second list.

Because Lei Jun has already begun to arrange the research and development of technologies such as speech-to-text, and he has found through research that fixed speech-to-text is relatively simple, but it is more complicated when combined with artificial intelligence, and iFLYTEK is a leader in this field in China.

After all, 99% of the problems in this world have standard answers. Some functions do not need to be done by oneself. All he needs is to cooperate with mature products.

Therefore, he considered investing in iFLYTEK. After communicating with Chen Mo and Xu Da and finding no problem, he let the latter take charge of it.

However, Chen Mo's thinking is different from Lei Jun's. With the opportunity of Shunwei's investment in 91, Chen Mo talked with the senior management of 91 and reached some cooperation.

Afterwards, Chen Mo ordered Xu Chaojun to lead the technical team to have some in-depth technical exchanges with 91, taking the opportunity to learn some of the other party's mature experience and transplant existing functional modules, and then come back to carry out research and development and transformation based on their own product needs, learning from the enemy's strengths to defeat the enemy and achieving twice the result with half the effort.

However, compared with the big whirlpools in the social wars, Shunwei’s announcement only caused a slightly bigger splash in the investment circle. Unexpectedly, Shunwei would either remain silent or make a big splash, but once it did, it would cause a series of hiccups.

In the entire Internet circle, the news of Shunwei’s investment is just an occasional and insignificant ripple.

Time flies, and it is early May.
It is interesting to see more players join the battle. Weimi (Sina) has updated the picture graffiti function, Wangxin’s new version has realized the one-stop communication function with Taobao Wangwang, and Yixin has launched “free text messages” and “phone message”.
There is actually some meaning of a hundred schools of thought contending in it.

Just when everyone thought that the competition among mobile social software was just a regular software update, competing for market users through product reputation.

On May 5, Tencent took the lead in changing its tactics, starting with a big attack instead of a normal attack.

Through its own media channels, it shouted the slogan "Use WeChat on May 5.26 to get 5 million in cash!" to the entire Internet.

Is there anything more tempting than money? Maybe, but definitely not much.
Whether you like playing games or surfing the Internet, everyone went crazy when they saw the event preview released by Tencent.

They don’t care what the event is called. They only have one impression: Tencent is giving out money! And it’s giving out 5 million~
Countless netizens are looking at the specific content and details of Tencent’s 5 million event. They swear that they were not so serious when they took the postgraduate entrance examination.

"5 million in cash, WeChat chat with you!"

(End of this chapter)