"Pony, what's wrong?" Zhang Zhidong asked.

"It's okay." Xiaoma shook her head, calmed her mind, downloaded QQ, registered her account, and experienced it carefully.

A few minutes later, Zhang Zhidong smiled bitterly and said, "How is it? Are you doing better than us?"

Xiaoma nodded seriously. Although he was a little hit, he had to admit that in terms of product functions and production standards, Tiansheng's QQ is better than their OICQ.

"We can't sit still and wait for death, we have to find a way to deal with it, otherwise it will be no problem for Tiansheng to continue to grow beyond us. At that time, our situation will be difficult." Zhang Zhidong said solemnly.

Xiao Ma agreed deeply, pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "We can't sit and wait for death. Before QQ has grown up, we still have an advantage in the social field. We have to kill it in the cradle first.

I have tried it just now. QQ is indeed better than us, but it is not much better. There are only two remarkable points: the first group chat function and the second product appearance.

The difficulty is not very high. Since they have it, we can do it too, let the artist put some effort into optimizing the appearance, and then add the group chat function to wait for the next version to be released together.

As long as the product is not worse than QQ and it is better to consolidate users, it will not be so easy for Tiansheng to surpass us."

Zhang Zhidong nodded and said in a deep voice: "I can only do this, and it must be fast, otherwise it will be too late to wait until the user is attracted by QQ and we will make up for it."

Xiaoma said decisively: "Then don't delay it. Notify the R&D team and ask them to step up their R&D."

...

Time unconsciously enters July.

The main structure of Nanhua Hongxing Plaza, which has been under construction for more than October, is finally close to completion.

Wang Liu attached great importance to the first major project since the establishment of the company, a test-and-transformation work with an investment of over 100 million yuan, and brought a group of senior executives to the scene to inspect.

Feng Zhanguo was with him and introduced the situation: "The shopping malls and hotels have been capped, and apartments and office buildings can be capped at another week at the latest.

If Mr. Wang is in a hurry, I can arrange for workers to work overtime, up to four days to ensure completion."

"Don't worry, just build normally. I'll wait for more, it's not the next two days." Wang Liu smiled, turned his head and ordered Yang Kai:

"The building is ready, and it's time to arrange a second fine decoration. You should hurry up and arrange bidding, invite the decoration company to bid, determine the construction party as soon as possible, and arrange for the decoration directly after the project is completed."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements later." Yang Kai nodded in response.

"It's only July now, and it's still early to celebrate the New Year. Take some time to decorate. The opening before the New Year should not be a big problem." Wang Zhixin interrupted.

Wang Liu nodded and ordered: "The merchants also go and say hello, let them prepare early, maintain communication and coordinate well. If the progress goes well, try to open on New Year's Day."

"Leave this matter to me, I'll contact them." Wang Zhixin took the initiative to take on the task.

After inspecting the scene, Li Xiangtao was about to leave, but suddenly called. Wang Liu answered it casually and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I just saw the news that Tencent updated the new version of OICQ this morning, optimized the appearance design, and added group chat functions, which are almost the same as us. It seems that we copied our design and will compete head-on with us." Li Xiangtao said in a deep voice.

The reaction was quite fast... Wang Liu blinked, not only not angry, but also had a little joy in his heart. He is worthy of being you, Xiao Ma. I have just published it not long ago, you copied it so quickly... No, I have learned and applied it, and I am decisive enough.

"How is our new version developing?"

"It's almost done."

"Where are users? How many are there now?"

"QQ? The number of registered people has exceeded six million, and the average number of online people is close to four hundred thousand, and the situation is not bad."

Less than a month after it was launched, the number of registered users exceeded 6 million, and the number of online users was close to 400,000. With the current number of netizens, the situation is indeed pretty good... Wang Liu nodded with satisfaction and ordered:

"Hurry up and finish the new version, then release it as soon as possible, increase the promotion efforts, and strive to surpass Tencent as soon as possible in terms of the number of users."

"It's easy to develop a new version, and it's okay to release it as soon as possible, but it's probably not easy to surpass Tencent as soon as possible." Li Xiangtao hesitated:

"They are still the first in online communications at present, and have noticed us, so they will definitely take strict precautions. This time, they copied our functions and waited for the new version to be released, and they will probably copy the new functions we designed.

If the products are comparable, with the advantages they have now, it may be a bit difficult for us to catch up in a short period of time."

Be confident and remove 80% of them. That's 10% of them. Wang Liu complained in his heart, but he also understood that Xiaoma was understandable. It's not unreasonable to do this. The mall is the battlefield. If you want to survive, it's normal to use any means. It's just a design, which is not worth mentioning.

But if you want to suppress him like this, you will be a little too much.

"Don't worry about them. If you want to copy, let them copy them. We just need to do our own. When the new version is released, we will continue to develop the next version. When they copy it, we will also launch the next version.

As long as we always keep one version ahead of them, we can have a steady advantage. Even if we copy them, we can only follow our butts. It is only a matter of time before we surpass them.

Moreover, it won’t take long to help us. Even if he wants to copy it, he probably won’t copy it for long.”

"Help?" Li Xiangtao was stunned: "Do we still have helpers? Who is it?"

Internet bubble!

Calculate the time, the Internet bubble in the United States is probably about to explode, and the entire Internet industry will enter a cold winter. Companies like Tencent that have not yet found a profit point and rely solely on spending money to support them will be conservative.

It is easy to engage in R&D competitions with him, but R&D costs money. Just by raising more than 10 million from Child Superman and IDG, how long can Xiaoma burn?

When he burns out his money, the Internet winter will come again, and venture capitalists will not be able to withdraw their investments. Who will raise him again?

If you can't raise money and continue to support it, then he doesn't have to do it, and Tencent will collapse.

Therefore, Wang Liu was simply unlucky to copy design and engage in research and development competitions with him.

"Of course, there will be helpers, but I won't tell you now. You will know when the time comes. Remember, starting from the next version, increase the R&D efforts, add a few more functions, and develop which one is expensive to develop, don't be afraid of spending money."

Wang Liu gave a serious reminder, and thought to himself: "Don't you like to copy, then increase your efforts and see how long your little money can last for Xiaoma."
Chapter completed!