Chapter 1499 I Would Rather Die Standing Up!
The last day of April did not calm down as night fell.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Yuanfang Group released an announcement on all major platforms!
PP registered users reached 500 million, at 6 o'clock in the evening, because PP has an hourly event at 6 o'clock, and at its peak, the number of simultaneous online users reached 52 million!
This move is to tell the outside world that PP has surpassed QQ and has become the world's number one instant messaging software!
Although QQ claims to have 800 million registered users, during the 10th anniversary celebration in February not long ago, QQ launched a series of activities. At its peak, the number of concurrent online users only reached 50 million.
One is the 10th anniversary celebration, and the other is an ordinary hourly event.
Just promotion and publicity are not at the same level.
However, PP has done it. Based on the data of 500 million registered users, the peak number of online users is 52 million, and it has completely abused QQ in terms of user activity.
Shortly after Yuanfang released the announcement, Teng Xun responded.
Teng Xun officials even outspokenly pointed out that the data in the distance is falsified!
The so-called 500 million users of Yuanfang PP actually cover the users of all Yuanfang's industries including malls, Weibo, and Wanka.
Because Yuanfang adopts the general function of No. 1, all users who register on Weibo and the mall are also counted in the ranking of PP.
As for the so-called 52 million, it is a joke!
According to the relevant data report of Teng Xun's technical department, the number of online users at Yuanfang PP peak will not exceed 30 million!
After Teng Xun's official explanation, Ma Huateng also posted a meaningful sentence on Teng Xun and Sina Weibo: "Some people become accustomed to blowing.
No one in the industry knows how much water is in it, and the 200% increase is almost a common method. "
Some of the people Ma Huateng mentioned almost didn't need anyone to explain, the first thing everyone thought of was Li Dong.
Not long after Ma Huateng's news was released, some business big shots joined in.
Ma Yun replied under Ma Huateng's Weibo: "Just get used to it. Even if he said 10 billion, we have to admit it."
Sina Cao Guowei, who had never been too confrontational with Ma Huateng in the past, was the first to choose to stand in the battle between Teng Xun and Yuanfang this time.
At this moment, Cao Guowei also replied immediately on the platform: "52 million, this number is auspicious. The richest man always likes this kind of auspicious number. If you say it casually and make an announcement, who can go to trouble?"
Su Lin and Zhang Jindong acted like a good old man, seemingly impartially replied: "Li Dong has such a temperament, everyone knows him, there is no need to get angry about this matter, come out for a glass of wine together when you have time, after drinking It's over."
In addition to these people, other people such as Netease Ding Lei and Ninetowns Zhu Jun also had conflicts with Li Dong because of the game agency rights.
At this time, one after another came forward to stand for Ma Huateng.
All of a sudden, giants in the IT industry and industrial giants showed up one after another.
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And not long after Ma Huateng posted on Weibo, Li Dong also posted a message on Weibo from afar: "True gold is not afraid of fire, the real can't be fake, and the fake can't be real.
As a public figure, talk nonsense, be careful I will sue you for defamation! "
As the world's richest man and a legend in the Chinese business community, although Li Dong has not accumulated capital for a long time, it does not mean that he is lonely.
Not long after Weibo was released, a group of business giants also came to the platform.
Li Yanhong from Baidu, Chen Tianqiao from Shanda, Xu Shengzhe from Longhua, Wu Yajun from Longhu... including the always low-key Wahaha Zhong Qinghou, these veteran industrial giants also appeared one after another.
For a moment, the onlookers were dazzled.
Some people disliked the trouble of logging in to Weibo on both sides, and many people reposted and compared the words of both sides on forums or a Weibo.
However, some entrepreneurs from the platform Ma Huateng are justifiable, but some entrepreneurs from the platform Li Dong are puzzled.
Soon, however, some people explained why.
Li Dong and Li Yanhong,
It seems that there is not much involved, but in fact the cooperation between the two parties is much deeper than others.
Li Dong holds a lot of Baidu shares, and Li Yanhong also holds Weibo shares.
On Shanda's side, Chen Tianqiao is determined to build China's Disney entertainment empire this year and get involved in many industries, some of which will cooperate with distant parties.
As for the others, that's easy too.
On the one hand, it is a personal relationship, and on the other hand, it is selling Li Dong's face.
In 2009, it was not the era when the giants of the IT industry ruled the roost. At this time, the industrial giants were the real masters of the business world.
Compared with Ma Huateng, Li Dong's current status is much higher than him, and his influence is also much greater.
For Ma Huateng, the battle between Yuanfang and Teng Xun was a battle of life and death, but for Yuanfang, it was just a battle for one of its subsidiaries.
These two are not the same.
Li Dong can lose, and if he loses, there may be a chain reaction, but maybe it's just a possibility, not a certainty.
With Yuanfang's scale, even if he loses this time, as long as Yuanfang is stable, it won't be hurt.
But once Teng Xun loses, that is death!
The eyes of the big guys are sharp, unless they really have a good personal relationship with Ma Huateng, or have a stake in it, otherwise, there is no need to offend Li Dong on Ma Huateng's platform at this time.
It's a big deal, everyone just sit on the sidelines and don't participate.
Like Liu Chuanzhi, Guo Guangchang... These business leaders hardly made a sound.
On the one hand, they have a good relationship with people like Li Dong and Er Ma in private, so it's not easy to favor anyone else.
On the other hand, the matter is very important this time, but it has little to do with them. It's okay to be right at this time, but if you are wrong, you may offend both sides, so there is no need for this.
Others came forward to stand on the platform because of related interests.
Including some industrial giants, this time they stand up, in fact, it is also related to interests.
If you really want to have nothing to do with yourself, who will get involved in this.
Cao Guowei waved the flag for Teng Xun. Could it be that Cao Guowei is so stupid to help Teng Xun for no reason?
The key lies in that Yuanfang is encroaching on some of Sina's interests.
Weibo, portal websites and other industries are currently being developed by many Internet companies, including Teng Xun, but none of them are as fast and strong as Yuanfang.
So strong that everyone realized that if this continues, their living space will be completely squeezed.
The two sides put a few words on the public opinion platform, but they didn't go deeper.
While the people who eat melons are still talking about this matter, the bosses have already shifted the battlefield.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, almost all the distant users received the news push from the distant place.
News headlines are eye-catching!
"The stock price of Teng Xun's crisis series plummeted!"
In the article, the stock price changes of Teng Xun in the past few days are introduced in detail, including the rating adjustments of some large institutions, and some relatively sharp analyst comments are also adopted.
As of the close of the Hong Kong stock market on April 30, Teng Xun's stock price plummeted from 82 Hong Kong dollars to 62 Hong Kong dollars.
With a drop of more than 24%, Teng Xun's market value has evaporated by a quarter, reaching nearly US$5 billion and HK$38 billion.
It includes some clips of interviews with shareholders who hold Teng Xun shares. Almost all of them have a pessimistic attitude. Some experts have also suggested that investors cut their meat and stop losses.
At the end of the article, some well-known international institutions that sold Teng Xun's stock were even listed.
As for the two major shareholders of Teng Xun, MIH and ABSABank, the article also briefly analyzes the measures that the two companies may take in the future.
According to their agreement with Teng Xun, although they usually only have the right to dividends.
But once Teng Xun’s rate of return fails to meet expectations, it is not ruled out that the two companies will take some measures to take back the voting rights and management rights in the hands of Ma Huateng’s team.
In the end, if an agreement cannot be reached, it is not even ruled out that the two companies will choose to withdraw from Teng Xun.
As soon as this article came out, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people.
For ordinary people, they don't care too much about other data of the enterprise. In the impression of ordinary people, the only thing worth paying attention to is the value of the enterprise.
For listed companies, the greatest value is reflected in the market value.
Teng Xun's original market value reached more than 150 billion Hong Kong dollars, nearly 20 billion U.S. dollars, but in a few days, 38 billion Hong Kong dollars evaporated. In everyone's eyes, Teng Xun was at a loss.
In fact, they don't really understand that it's just a change in numbers.
Did Teng Xun really suffer?
No!
At least compared to before, because of a series of activities, a number of users have returned, including the new product Weichat, and the number of users has also increased a lot.
Compared with a few days ago, Teng Xun's value has actually increased.
However, judging from the overall environment, Teng Xun is indeed at a loss.
Of course, people who eat melons don't care about these things. There are discussions everywhere on the Internet about the capital crisis facing Teng Xun.
Major shareholders withdrew their capital, small shareholders sold off, and the stock price plummeted, which clearly showed signs of a collapse.
But Yuanfang didn't stop here, and it wasn't just Yuanfang, various posts appeared in some other forums.
"The mobile strategy of Teng Xun's crisis series has failed!"
"Teng Xun Crisis Series Internal Trouble!"
"People in the Teng Xun crisis series betrayed their relatives!"
Weichat lost to WeChat, Teng Xun panicked, some executives left, ran out of funds, faced collective lawsuits from hundreds of small and medium-sized companies, and countless third-party products faced the crisis of being removed from the shelves...
Everything that everyone knows and doesn't know has been made public.
For some sensitive topics, Yuanfang did not post them on the platform, but some so-called "insiders" spontaneously posted them on major forums and platforms.
For a while, Teng Xun was about to go bankrupt and liquidated, and the news of his imminent bankruptcy became everyone's first impression.
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Even though it's getting late.
Teng Xun also quickly gave an official response, and a lot of unfavorable news about Yuanfang appeared on the Internet.
In this regard, according to Li Dong's statement: "Change the topic, avoid the truth and attack the fiction, but it is all nonsense!"
Both sides are building momentum in public opinion. Although public opinion is sometimes useless, sometimes it is very useful.
Yuanfang's purpose is obvious, to let everyone know the real situation of Teng Xun and make everyone feel a sense of crisis.
As a listed company, Teng Xun faced some troubles more prominently at this time.
Once there is uneasiness and panic in the hearts of the people, and Teng Xun's stock is sold off in large quantities, and no one takes over, Teng Xun is likely to collapse in the stock market.
Once it collapses, Teng Xun is almost over.
At this time, Teng Xun could only use the few funds in his hands to choose to buy back these stocks by himself.
If a listed company crashes in the stock market, it will generally stop trading or delist.
Whether it is suspension or delisting, it is unbearable pressure for Teng Xun.
In this regard, the distance is fine.
Yuanfang has no listed industries, and there is no suspension or delisting situation, so even if there are some crises, Yuanfang can solve them internally.
But Teng Xun is different. During the period when the other party is suspended, if the situation cannot be reversed, once it is passively delisted, the brand and reputation that Teng Xun has built for many years will almost be over.
At this moment, Teng Xun urgently needs the support of these things.
If even these are lost, after the delisting, the brand effect is lost, and Teng Xun really can only be slaughtered by the distance.
In fact, Guomei was in the same situation at the time. If Guomei had not been suspended, it would have been difficult for Li Dong to obtain a controlling stake in Guomei through some means.
If Teng Xun is suspended, the brand effect will be lost, and the credibility and strength of the company will also be seriously questioned.
Banks do not lend, bettors do not increase capital, and capital institutions dare not enter the market...
The biggest possibility is that because there is no money for development, employees and executives lose confidence in the company, a large number of people leave, and the scale of the company is getting smaller and smaller...
This kind of vicious circle generally appears among these companies that are passively suspended and delisted.
If Teng Xun does not want to face this kind of crisis, he can only choose to buy back shares in the secondary market.
But it's back to square one, lack of money.
Internet companies, because the market value is too high and the stock price is too high, once they face a crisis of collapse, it is difficult for them to save themselves.
Unlike industry, the possibility of self-help is greater.
These difficulties are the difficulties Teng Xun is currently facing.
Yuanfang focuses on their weakness instead of competing in other statistics, which is also a point that makes Teng Xun extremely helpless.
If it is really fake news, Teng Xun can refute it and appeal.
But most of the news on the Internet today is true news.
It is a fact that Teng Xun's stock price has plummeted, and it is also a fact that many institutions have sold their stocks. It is also a fact that the strategic layout of the mobile terminal is currently being suppressed by Yuanfang.
And the resignation of other executives, the appeal of hundreds of companies, and the withdrawal of products are all facts!
Based on the existence of this series of facts, even if Teng Xun is eloquent, he cannot deny them all.
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Shenzhen.
Ma Huateng was a little tired.
In fact, he is different from Ma Yun. Ma Yun is not from a technical background. That guy is similar to Li Dong, and he is all talkative.
If Ali was facing such a crisis, Ma Yun could speak well, maybe he was still arguing with Li Dong, or boosting morale in the group, or looking for other investors to continue to seek a way out.
But Ma Huateng is actually different from Ma Yun.
He came out of serious technology, and he is usually reticent.
He has made a lot of changes in the dispute between Yuanfang and Teng Xun this time, including making some counterattacks on the Internet, which he would never do in the past.
He prefers to do it silently, rather than talking before doing it.
But the opponent he faced was none other than Yuan Fang, who was countless times stronger than Teng Xun, Li Dong, the poisonous tongue king in the industry, and Li Dong was also good at psychological tactics and public opinion tactics.
In addition, Teng Xun was originally in a passive position, so he didn't have the opportunity to do it silently at this time.
Li Dong will not give him a chance, and give him time to develop with peace of mind.
Ma Huateng, with a tired face, smoked again.
In the smog, Ma Huateng glanced at the few people opposite, and said in a low voice: "The longer the time delays, the more trouble we will have.
Start repurchasing the stocks that have been sold in the secondary market, and the stock price cannot continue to fall!
And as time goes by, our last advantage will be gradually smoothed out by the distance.
So, there are not many choices for us now.
Investors are watching, stockholders are watching, our users are watching, and the whole world is watching!
If we continue to fall into the disadvantaged and be constantly suppressed, then everyone will lose the last confidence in us!
We have to fight with our backs while they still have confidence in us, maybe there is still a chance to turn around, otherwise, Teng Xun... has no way out. "
As soon as these words came out, several people looked dignified.
After a while, Zhang Zidong said slowly: "You mean, when our user base is still there, let them make a choice?
Choose one of the two, help us, and also help a distant place, do it once? "
Ma Huateng nodded lightly and said: "The time given to us by the distance is too short, otherwise, we can develop silently and stand up again!
But now, he doesn't give us this chance.
For the current plan, only when we are not at the end of the mountain, we will have a chance.
Otherwise, the stock price will continue to plummet, the brand effect will be severely damaged, and users will continue to be lost. In the end, we will really become the turtle in the urn.
At that time, we wanted to fight hard, but we didn't have any chance.
While the effect of emotional cards is still there, we let users make choices, which is our only chance. "
Zhang Zidong sighed softly: "But you have to understand that this will also disgust countless people.
Including some of our loyal users!
Even if they are inclined to us in their hearts, for users, they actually don't like to passively accept the arrangement and then choose.
In this way, we will also lose some user groups..."
Ma Huateng laughed at himself: "If you don't lose it now, you will lose it sooner or later.
Do you really think that love can last for a long time?
Yuanfang is constantly burning money, and it is also developing continuously, attracting new user groups to join.
And Teng Xun, if we only place our hopes on our existing users, even if we don’t lose them, it will be a stagnant pool. Such a company will not last long without fresh blood injection.
Perhaps, if this continues, we may be delayed for three to five years, or even slowly weakened, and then be forgotten by distant places and no longer target us.
But are we who have reached the pinnacle of glory willing to be the foils?
Do you hope that Teng Xun will be forgotten by the world and die quietly like the opponents we have defeated?
Rather than die in silence, I would rather die vigorously! "
When Ma Huateng said this, his eyes were sharp and he said: "Even if Teng Xun dies, he won't die without a name!
Even if it dies, I hope that in ten years, twenty years, or even a hundred years, someone will remember Teng Xun!
In the past, in the field of instant messaging and the Internet, a vigorous decisive battle broke out, instead of passively waiting for death to come as it is now! "
Although the words were not very loud, the blood of the few people present was boiling.
Xu Chenye clenched his fists and said, "Pony is right!
Even if you die, you have to die standing up!
Whether it is notoriety or a new era, Teng Xun will not become a dead unknown person in the corner!
What's more, we are not guaranteed to lose!
We still have a chance, a chance to defeat the distant! "
"That's right, the matter has come to this, we can only fight hard, this is our only chance!"
"Pony, do it!"
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Everyone quickly unified their opinions, and now, they can't delay any longer.
Ma Huateng looked at the crowd, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, wait another week!
When I look for an opportunity, borrow Yu'e Bao to inflict heavy damage on Yuanfang, and then counterattack in one fell swoop, victory or defeat depends on one fell swoop! "