Volume 4 Crazy Growth 2017 Chapter 877
People come and go in the world, and profit is the most important thing. After all, times have changed. It is obviously no longer an era where one can survive in the world just by being righteous.
This world is very big, covering all corners of the world, but it can also be very small, and you can get a glimpse of it just from this small dining table.
Although a group of people led by Pony Ma have left one after another , what is obviously not lacking in Wuzhen at present is people from all walks of life in the Internet industry.
The rest of the people called their friends and easily filled the vacancies. They continued drinking and dancing. There was not much change on everyone's face. They still had sincere smiles on their faces. They toasted each other and talked to each other from the heart.
As for what he was thinking deep down, there was naturally no way of knowing, but at least on the surface everything seemed fine.
However, for the media friends who were watching from the sidelines, this was no less than a bombshell. Although it was impossible to see such a group of big men fighting each other, after all, they were all decent people.
But there is no doubt that the actions of Xiao Ma Ge and his group walking out of Jinyi Inn one after another were enough to make a group of writers imagine and come up with thousands of scenarios.
Moreover, the Internet is extremely developed nowadays, and both sides obviously had no intention of hiding anything, and it didn’t take long before a group photo of a group of bigwigs from the "Dongxing Bureau" was posted on the Internet.
In addition, the unique "Zhaoming Internet Menu" was also exposed in advance by Mr. Lei through his personal Weibo, who was eager to watch the fun.
Whether it is the word "Zhaoming" or each main dish, they all uniquely use the company name as the first word, which undoubtedly makes this "Dongxing Bureau" the focus of everyone's attention.
In comparison, the previously informal dinner in Wuzhen was more like a reunion of old friends, where they had a few drinks and talked about industry anecdotes.
And such a "Dongxing Bureau", from the style to the menu, everything seemed to be carefully arranged and the result of long-term preparation. If it had not been prepared in advance, there would not have been such a beautiful menu.
You know, the menu of the Wuzhen dinner is still written in a very down-to-earth way. If you don’t know, you might think it’s a food stall.
There are 14 main dishes on the menu, starting with "Tengda Four Seas Steamed Lobster", followed by "Meituan Liangchen Fresh Soup", "JD Purple Snowflake Beef" and "Xiaomi Firewood and Cinnamon Fragrant Abalone".
Just from the first four main dishes, the order of priority of the dinner has been established. Even those seated at the back are not ordinary people.
For example, Hillhouse Capital, although ranked later, has an active presence behind more than half of the companies on the entire menu, and the companies it invested in are almost all well-known companies.
Even the Toutiao system that follows closely behind is no exception, which may be the main reason why Zhang Yiming appears here.
You should know that not long ago, Zhang Yiming, who had just been interviewed by external media, just said that "for the time being, I have no intention of clinging to the three Internet giants BAT", but wants to develop Toutiao with his own ideas.
It is obvious that he is determined to become a fresh force on the Internet.
Perhaps it was because he was different from other slutty girls. He did not become unable to walk when he saw Tengda's thighs, but instead actively leaned forward to hug him. Therefore, he successfully attracted Xiao Ma Ge's attention.
Even the carefully prepared menu reserves a mid-level spot for headlines, and it is not difficult to see that Pony Ma is trying to recruit them.
In addition, even the currently popular companies such as Mobike and Kuaishou are all on the menu. The dinner ends with two dishes, "Joining Hands with Others" and "Cooperation for Win-Win Results", which are like the finishing touch to interpret the profound meaning of this dinner.
For a time, the already highly anticipated Wuzhen Night, with the collapse of the Wuzhen dinner party, gave rise to the Dongxing drama, which made it difficult for the general public not to imagine.
Especially for the spectators who like to watch the fun, they were so excited that they almost shouted: Fight, fight!
After all, if the big guys don’t fight, how can they watch the good show?
Just like the 3Q war back then... most netizens who truly experienced that Internet war will still remember it vividly.
Even today, even if the big guys don’t want to be decent, they have to learn to be decent under the threat of the iron fist. Such a far-reaching event is obviously unlikely to repeat itself.
However, commercial competition within a normal range is naturally inevitable. Even though the domestic market has a huge user base of 1.4 billion people, the cake is ultimately limited.
Even with further development of mobile Internet, no matter how much the number of Internet users grows, the upper limit is there and it is impossible to create something out of nothing.
The time each user spends online is also limited, just as the upper limit for each person's time in a day is always 24 hours and never 25 hours.
Although the time allocated to the Internet varies from person to person, there is always an upper limit, and it is not difficult to draw a conclusion.
That is, the market pie is only so big. If you take a bigger bite, others will naturally have to eat less.
Therefore, whether for the sake of survival or to grow stronger, every Internet company has to compete, compete for users and grab users' attention, and do everything possible to lock users' minds on themselves.
However, user needs are diverse, so if the company wants to achieve this as much as possible, its development must naturally move in a diversified direction. Only by creating a complete ecological matrix can it be possible to completely lock users into its own camp.
Once the purpose of the competition is clear, it will not be difficult to understand the context behind it and the competitive relationship between major Internet companies.
To put it bluntly, if we have to fight, we will not fight in one aspect, but in all aspects. From games to social networking, to payment and many other ecosystems, there are traces of conflicts among various companies.
Just as the world is not black and white but a delicate gray, the competitive relationship between companies is not a state of complete hostility where one side fights to the death.
Although they may fight to the death in some aspects, it does not prevent them from working together for mutual benefit in other aspects. After all, in the world of martial arts, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
The competition and cooperation between QQ and Tencent has almost never stopped since the Internet era. With the two sides contacting each other in various fields in recent years, it has become more and more intense.
Among them, the music dispute is particularly fierce. The two companies have already been beaten to a bloody pulp in the outside world. After all, as the top two in the music field, it is natural that there will be friction and conflict between them.
As the apple of Zhuchang's eye, after the setback in the music business, it is natural that it has to make up for the setback in other aspects. Relying on the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has undoubtedly successfully allowed Zhuchang to vent its anger.
Although Zhuchang only holds one-tenth of the shares of the parent company behind it, both the game operation and the subsequent development of the chicken-eating mobile game are undoubtedly led by the experienced Zhuchang.
In order to achieve the goal of win-win cooperation, it is natural that appropriate concessions must be made to the pig factory. The pig factory can take a small share of the PC game revenue, but the pig factory, which is the sole leader in the mobile game business, has done its best. If Zhou Dongsheng is blinded by his own greed and still pretends to be confused...
Then I'm afraid this boat of interests may capsize at any time.
Of course, no matter what, Zhou Dongsheng would not give up the lion's share. At most, he would change it from "90% to 100%", and then consider transitioning to "30% to 70%".
First, make the big money in the front. As for the distribution of benefits in the subsequent sustainable development, it still depends on the operation of the pig factory, especially the opening of the treasure pavilion, which has injected huge vitality into the jewelry trading of "PUBG"...
Therefore, relying on the free mode + accessories trading and other multi-point blessings, the current "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has become so popular that it is "better than the original".
It can be expected that with the official launch of the mobile game, with the further support of mobile traffic, the popularity of the "PUBG" IP will undoubtedly reach a new level.
Holding the hit game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" undoubtedly allowed ETtoday to be proud of itself, and finally won back a point against Tencent.
Especially as Tencent's introduction of "H1Z1" suffered setbacks, the subsequent chicken-eating mobile game developed on this basis did not meet Tencent's expectations.
Especially with the arrival of the game license winter, it is still unknown whether this unreleased chicken-eating mobile game can get a license. Even with Tencent's three invincible social axes, can it take advantage of the globally popular IP "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds"...
Obviously, it is hard to say. After all, Tencent’s games have never been omnipotent. If the three tricks don’t work, it is possible that they will fail.
However, watching the pig factories eating chicken and enjoying themselves, and watching competitors making money, is even more painful than losing money yourself.
As the situation continued to develop, it even attracted the attention of Xiao Ma Ge, and the key figure "Zhou Dongsheng" naturally caught his attention.
Perhaps Xiao Ma himself did not expect that the young fellow villager whom he first met at a dinner party in Wuzhen three years ago would rise so quickly.
Not only did he hold many bargaining chips that even he himself was tempted by, but Zhou Dongsheng's status also rose accordingly, although it did not reach the exaggerated level of being on par with himself...
But they are already the younger generation that he has to face up to. As the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one. After the 3Q war, Pony Ma has gained enlightenment after this battle and completely changed his approach.
The company changed its style from "making enemies all over the world" to "making friends widely", casting a wide net to catch more fish, and consolidating the foundation of the Tengda Empire step by step through many means such as investment, shareholding, or acquisition.
It can be said that the red-robed leader Zhou Hongyi taught Pony Ma a solid lesson, allowing the Tengda Empire to transform from a self-contained and closed empire to an open ecosystem that embraces all.
By changing their mindset and using a combination of hard and soft tactics, the Tengda Empire actually further established its status in the world.
Having tasted the sweetness, Xiao Ma Ge naturally chose to go all the way and use the "iron chain" to tie everyone to the Tengda warship. With common interests as the basis, he can naturally rest assured.
And you can naturally hide behind the scenes, so why not do it?
Just like the "Dongxing Bureau", Xiao Ma Ge is firmly in the main position, and the two "kings standing side by side" on the left and right come forward to preside over the overall situation, with a full pomp and circumstance.
In addition to old friends, there were also candidates that Xiao Ma Ge wanted to win over at the dinner party, and Toutiao, who had great potential, was undoubtedly one of them.
Unfortunately, he failed to win over the promising young man Zhou Dongsheng.
However, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Now that the situation has been made clear and the boundaries have been drawn, there will obviously be plenty of opportunities for both sides to fight each other.
Along with the collapse of the Wuzhen dinner, this may also be an important landmark event, marking that the Chinese Internet era has officially entered the second half.
Back then, as an Internet bubble swept the world, the nascent Internet era experienced a wave of industry winter, and then ushered in more than a decade of rapid development.
However, as time goes by, spring goes and autumn comes, the changing of seasons is just like the ebb and flow of the tides, which is a law that cannot be changed by human power.
After experiencing the baptism of spring and summer, China's Internet industry seems to be gradually feeling a chill, which is beginning to spread throughout the industry.
Even if the second battlefield of mobile Internet is opened up, it will only slightly delay the pace of the Internet industry's transition from the incremental market to the stock market.
There is no doubt that the competition in the latter is exponentially more intense than that in the former. In order to protect themselves, a number of industry giants have no choice but to bite the bullet and fight with bayonets.
The ups and downs of the Internet industry can perhaps be glimpsed from the changes on this small dining table.
At the dinner, everyone drank and chatted happily, clinked glasses, and talked and talked like brothers.
But outside the dinner party, when it comes to conflicts of interest, they still confront each other in the way they should, without any ambiguity or mercy.
Although everyone is smiling at the dinner table, it is obvious that none of those sitting here are good people.
No matter what people outside talked about, because the gossip dinner caused a lot of uproar, both the guests and hosts at the dinner were very happy.
But all good things must come to an end. No matter how lively the night in Wuzhen is, it will eventually come to an end.
After all, there was a meeting the next day, so the bosses just stopped at that point.
What's more, there are so many guns and cannons outside. If you get drunk and make a fool of yourself...
You might be the one on the hot search list tomorrow.
After eating and drinking, the group naturally dispersed and went back to their homes and mothers.
Ding Sanshi, whose face was red from drinking, was still very sober and pulled Zhou Dongsheng to talk.
"Don't you like drinking tea? Why don't you come sit at my place for a while? I have some top-quality West Lake Longjing tea, just right for sobering up..."
Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but feel moved. It seemed that this dinner party also had a second half.
For this reason, Zhou Dongsheng naturally had no reason to refuse, so he just followed the advice.
"Then I won't be polite to Brother Ding..."
