Not only Zhang Xuanlong objected, but even Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun couldn't help but shake their heads, feeling that Fang Chen's statement that Microsoft would be free was delusional.

Not to mention that software payment has formed a system in the Western world and is accepted by the public, the most important thing is that if the office software is free, what does Microsoft rely on to make money?

Microsoft is crazy to throw away billions of dollars in revenue every year, because this is suicide!

Even if you want to contribute to the people of the world, you don't do it.

This is simply more fantastical than Fang Chen's sale of WPS to Microsoft, which is incredible.

Microsoft is such a promising high-tech enterprise with a promising future, earning tens of billions of dollars, or even hundreds of billions of dollars, and it is also the so-called operating system monopolist in Fang Chen's mouth, the real personal computer overlord.

With their barren imaginations, they really can't imagine any reason for Microsoft to make its flagship product available to customers for free.

Fang Chen raised his eyebrows, three points of sarcasm, and three points of self-deprecation: "Microsoft naturally will not take the initiative to be free, after all, this is undoubtedly suicide, but what if it is forced to be helpless?

Zhang Xuanlong and the three of them looked at each other, they didn't know what to say, they now felt that the three of them were three fools, and they didn't even know what Fang Chen meant.

After dozens of breaths, Lei Jun's eyes narrowed slightly, he seemed to understand a little bit of what Fang Chen meant, but he couldn't say how to describe it, this bit of aura was like a cloud hidden above the nine heavens, ethereal, slippery, and ungraspable.

"I mean, what if Microsoft's free is only for the Chinese region, and on the surface, it's still a helpless free one?" Fang Chen said.

Zhang Xuanlong swallowed and spitted at the mouth and said, "Dong Fang, can you say it more clearly, I don't understand it very well." ”

Fang Chen smiled, "Then let me change the question, what do you think about piracy?"

"Piracy is so hateful, let me tell you, now in China, WPS has at least three million users, but in fact, our WPS has only sold less than 100,000 copies in the past three years, and at least nearly half of these 100,000 copies are sold to Xiangjiang and Wanwan, that is to say, for every genuine user, there will be 50 pirated users. ”

Qiu Bojun, who was silent for a long time and couldn't speak for a long time, suddenly said with great excitement at this time.

For WPS's feelings, no one is as good as him, after all, WPS is a child written by him, the original version of 120,000 lines of code, he was in four hundred days and nights, eating instant noodles code, even hepatitis committed, living in the hospital, he did not give up the code code, saying that WPS contains his blood and tears, absolutely not an exaggeration.

And WPS was pirated, and he was naturally the most heart-wrenching.

It can be said that if WPS is not pirated, then WPS users will be 50 times more, Kingsoft's revenue will be 50 times more, and it will earn at least 3 billion a year.

It can be said that piracy has reduced Jinshan by three billion, how can he not be heartbroken with such a huge income.

Looking at Qiu Bojun's excited heart and trembling hands, Fang Chen slightly soothed the little heart he was scared just now.

Qiu Bojun hadn't spoken before, and he was about to ignore it, but now he was suddenly so excited, it was really a little scary.

Fang Chen had a sense of déjà vu when he saw the corpse with his own eyes.

At this time, Zhang Xuanlong looked at Fang Chen with understanding, he seemed to understand something.

"So, the three of them are the people who hate piracy the most in China and know the power of piracy the most, so let me ask you, do you think Microsoft's operating system will be pirated in China?" Fang Chen asked.

"Yes, definitely!" said Lei Jun categorically.

Domestic software pirates, he is very clear, after all, there is a very important part of his work, that is, to encrypt the software, try to delay the pirate to steal WPS, so that the genuine WPS can be sold for a few more days.

This is very important for WPS, if he does a good job of anti-theft, he can make piracy appear five days late, and he can sell the normal month's volume in these five days, earning an extra five or six million.

It can be said that the battle of wits and courage with pirates is a history of blood and tears between him and Jinshan.

"Does Microsoft have a way to prevent piracy, and does it have a way to stop the spread of piracy?" Fang Chen asked.

"At the technical level, no, even Microsoft can't make an encryption method that has not been cracked, as for stopping the spread of piracy, if we can stop it, we Kingsoft will not stop it sooner. Lei Jun said half helplessly, half painfully.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves, no matter how powerful the secrecy technology is, it is only a matter of time before it is stolen.

Hearing this, Fang Chen let out a long sigh and fell silent.

The dissemination of technology in China, especially the protection of intellectual property rights, is very imperfect even in later generations, let alone now.

To put it mildly, the protection of intellectual property rights in China is basically equal to zero at this time.

And the disregard for the theft of intellectual property rights is not only a harm to the intellectual property makers and inventors, but also a harm to genuine users.

Of course, Fang Chen also knew that for a new country, the imperfection of the law was inevitable, after all, Rome was not built in a day.

At this time, there was silence in the room, and even the most wooden Qiu Bojun knew what Fang Chen meant.

"With these pirates, it can be said that the possibility of Microsoft receiving money from Huaxia is basically equal to zero, so what is the difference between this and free. But the problem is that Microsoft has a big business, and a country in China can still bear it, and can still withstand it, and can Jinshan withstand Microsoft's free offensive?" Fang Chen said in a deep voice.

Immediately afterwards, a strange smile flashed at the corner of Fang Chen's mouth, "Besides, Microsoft may not want to kill the pirated in Huaxia." ”

Hearing Fang Chen say this, Zhang Xuanlong and the three couldn't help but froze, the first paragraph Fang Chen said, they could probably understand it, after all, they still knew the strength of Huaxia pirates very well.

Relying on people's lack of attention to intellectual property rights and the lack of corresponding laws and regulations, pirates are simply unscrupulous.

Their software has just been released, or a week, the piracy will come out, and then a week basically all the computer cities across the country have their latest version of the software.

As enterprises, they do not have any law enforcement power to speak of, and they can only turn to local business authorities for help when they encounter piracy.

If Xiangzhou is local, as a high-tech enterprise invited by the city to invest in the construction of enterprises, it has also made a lot of contributions to the city's tax revenue, and the relevant institutions in Xiangzhou can still give some face, so the proportion of genuine WPS in Xiangzhou is obviously much higher than that of the country.

But out of Xiangzhou, especially out of Lingnan, it will be completely helpless, just like a wild horse that has escaped, it is out of control, and no one cares.

After all, no one pays attention to it, and there are no corresponding regulations, so law enforcement agencies are naturally lazy.

As a banner of Huaxia's software industry, Jinshan also contributes a lot of taxes every year, and Zhang Xuanlong and Fang Chen are naturally incomparable, but they are also a little energetic in China, and there is still no way to deal with those pirates, let alone Microsoft.

Although Microsoft is powerful, the volume is more than 100 times that of Jinshan, but you must know that Huaxia has a national situation, even if Microsoft can say which deputy cabinet to move and say two words for him, but if it wants to be implemented, it still depends on the specific implementation of the following places.

Microsoft, an outsider, crossed the river, where did he have such a big face to make the following willing to be its precursor?

He believes that in order to eradicate piracy, people must first pay attention to intellectual property rights, be willing to pay for knowledge products, and recognize that knowledge is valuable and the labor of intellectuals is valuable.

The second is the corresponding legislation.

But how difficult it is, first of all, the first one is almost impossible, take WPS as an example, not to mention the price of 2200, it is ten yuan, and most domestic users are unwilling to take it out of their pockets.

With these ten yuan, isn't it fragrant to buy three catties of pork ribs to eat at home?

Of course, he didn't mean to blame everyone, for the Chinese people who had just escaped from the famine era and barely fed up, it was simply impossible to make them understand that they had to pay for knowledge.

As soon as the thought moved, Zhang Xuanlong glanced at Fang Chen, I am afraid that conventional means cannot stop piracy, but if Fang Chen is willing, he may be able to make a difference......

As for the second paragraph that Fang Chen said, Microsoft is unwilling to crack down on pirated versions of Microsoft's operating system in Huaxia, so they can't understand it, it's too contrary to common sense.

The Huaxia market still has a certain value, WPS can still get 60 million revenue a year, if Microsoft really monopolizes the world's personal computer operating system, then it should be no problem to earn 500 million or 600 million in Huaxia, which is not a small amount of money.

And you must know that these five or six billion are basically pure profits, after all, the marginal cost of Microsoft's operating system in China is basically zero.

Is there a Chinese market, how much does it cost or how much does it cost for Microsoft to develop an operating system?

"Probably because I'm afraid that there will be a second gold mountain in Huaxia. ”

Looking at the confused expressions of the three of them, Fang Chen said faintly.

Zhang Xuanlong and the three of them blinked their eyes, although they didn't understand the meaning of Fang Chen's words, but they didn't know how, a trace of inexplicable pride arose from the inside out of their hearts, and they even involuntarily puffed up their chests.

As a small company, Kingsoft can make Microsoft like a big enemy, and they don't even want the income of their main business, how can they not be proud.

Seeing this, Fang Chen raised his eyebrows, how did he feel that these brothers had misunderstood his words, he was talking about the second Jinshan, but he didn't mean it, he was referring to Jinshan, an office software company in Jinshan, why did it pose a threat to Microsoft's operating system.

But after thinking about it, Fang Chen smiled self-deprecatingly in his heart, office software is also Microsoft's main business, and piracy is everywhere in Huaxia, and it has not been able to charge on a large scale, from this point of view, Zhang Xuanlong and the three of them still have reason to be proud.

And what he said is that Microsoft deliberately did not crack down on China's pirates, which is also reasonable, especially after Huaxia became the country with the most personal computers in the world.

Microsoft achieves its monopoly on all PC operating systems by near-zero user costs.

After all, you must know that Microsoft's operating system is so expensive, if you can only buy a genuine operating system, it means that a large number of users will switch to other companies, so that other operating system software companies have a respite, or even a chance to rise.

The market in China is huge, the number of users is about twice that of the United States, the second largest market, and the per capita income is not high, is simply the most fertile soil for cultivating another operating system software company.

As for why Fang Chen thinks that Microsoft's competitor will be in Huaxia.

In the previous life, the United States accounted for 11 of the world's top 21 Internet companies, and the remaining 10 were all Chinese enterprises.

Whether it is Google, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet giants, foreign countries can basically find corresponding Internet giants in Huaxia.

And in all fairness, Fang Chen has always believed that the products made by domestic Internet companies give users a far better experience than those similar foreign companies.

It's just that because of the constraints of the environment, the volume of Huaxia is too small to get out of Huaxia.

After all, the hegemon of the world is the United States, and the common language of the world is English.

But even so, there are successful products like Douyin that have successfully entered the Western market.

Therefore, if this world is born a software company that poses a threat to Microsoft's operating system, it must be in China.

"I've always believed that if someone can pose a lethal threat to Microsoft, then this company will definitely be in China. Fang Chen said categorically.

Seeing Fang Chen's undoubted and extremely confident face, especially his face full of juvenile feeling, Zhang Xuanlong and the three of them really felt like they were shocked in their hearts, and they were even a little ashamed.

As the No. 1 software company in China, the chairman and deputy general manager of Kingsoft, they really don't have the confidence and courage to say such things.

If Fang Chen didn't know how powerful Microsoft was, that's it, they could have assumed that Fang Chen was just arrogant and ignorant, not knowing how high the sky was and how deep the sea was.

But Fang Chen has already praised Microsoft in the sky and in the ground, but he still has such self-confidence, which is amazing and terrifying.

At this time, they seemed to have a vague understanding of how Fang Chen was able to start from scratch and build such a huge business empire.

"But I would prefer this company to be a gold mountain ......"

Speaking of this, Fang Chen glanced at Zhang Xuanlong and the three of them deeply.

"Fang Dong, you are so confident. Zhang Xuanlong said with a wry smile.

What to kill Microsoft, he really can't think now, it would be good to be able to pass the crisis in front of him.

If it is really as Fang Chen said, Microsoft integrates its own office software into the system, and it is free and does not cost money.

That's a piece of!

Waiting for Jinshan must be a dead end, it is better to dissolve on the spot.