Zhang Qianyang has been very annoyed recently, when Qiu Bosong, who was originally in 361, wanted to buy 123, he was happy to sell it at an offer price of 15 million.

After all, someone has asked him before to offer a price to 123 browsers, which has never been higher than 10 million. And 361 is menacing, backed by the behemoth of Dongxu Technology.

Unless you continue to raise money or find a more reliable backer, the share of the browser market will definitely be squeezed out by 361 companies, so 123 browsers are expected to rot in your hands It is better to sell them to 361, and it is not too good to make a net profit of more than 12 million in a year or two.

But just when he was talking to Qiu Bosong of 361, Baidu stepped in, originally he didn't want to pay attention to the other party, after all, 361 offered a price of 15 million very sincerely.

But in the end, he still didn't hold back his greed, and Baidu was favored by some venture capitalists after quickly providing supporting services to several major portals. And in order to arm yourself to get a more valuable proportion of venture capital financing, the acquisition of 123 is undoubtedly a good choice.

Therefore, Baidu came up and offered 16 million, directly increasing the negotiation by 1 million. However, there is one condition, that is, only 6 million can be paid in advance, and the next 10 million needs to be paid in installments after Baidu financing, and it will be paid within a year. This makes him still inclined to trade with 361.

After all, the bubble of Internet companies has just burst in the first half of this year, and we know whether this storm will sweep across the country, and a year is too unsafe in this industry. However, the increase of 1 million is also a lot, so he dragged the side of 361 a little.

Then 361 was added to 16 million to pay off directly, and Baidu raised the price of the 123 website to 20 million, which looked like it was determined to win.

This made Zhang Qianyang, who was originally inclined to trade with 361, no longer entangled in an instant, and began to sit firmly in Diaoyutai and watch the two families tear apart, and finally make a profit.

Although he knew that doing so might be dangerous, Zhang Qianyang also had his own confidence. After all, 123 is the absolute boss in the current domestic browser market, accounting for almost 53 of the market.

That is to say, at present, all netizens and users are generally using 123, although Qiu Bosong is menacing, but 361 has not yet been rolled out in the market after all.

Therefore, he wants to win 123 directly as a springboard, so waiting for a while is only good for him, and there is no harm in it, because with the retirement of time, the number of views of 123 is still steadily rising.

The further the negotiation time dragged on, the price of 123 also rose steadily, but what he didn't expect was that Baidu had just shouted a price of 20 million, and Qiu Bosong ignored him.

After waiting for a while and finding no results, Zhang Qianyang was ready to trade with Baidu, although the other party's installment payment was not what he liked, but after all, he was very satisfied with the transaction price of 20 million.

What he didn't expect was that Baidu, which was in the process of financing negotiations, should need the 123 browser as an important supplement, but after Qiu Bosong withdrew, Baidu's attitude instantly became ambiguous.

First, the progress of the negotiations was slow, and then they began to negotiate over the price. At this time, Zhang Qianyang found that something was wrong, so he went to Qiu Bosong again, but in the end, he only opened a price of 14 million, which was lower than the previous price.

At the beginning, watching the steady increase in browser views, although he was very unhappy with Baidu and Qiu Bosong's bargaining, Zhang Qianyang was not in a hurry. Because he is still the leader in the domestic browser market.

But for a period of time, the number of views was increasing, but the market share was not increasing, but it was decreasing, which made Zhang Qianyang feel as uneasy as grass.

At present, the number of domestic Internet users has skyrocketed from nearly 6 million at the beginning of the year to 8 million. It was originally expected that the number of domestic Internet users could exceed 10 million next year, and it may be achieved by the end of this year. Next year, we may be able to run towards the number of 20 million.

In this way, when the financial crisis broke out on the Internet all over the world, the Great Wall of the Internet in the Chinese market was like the Himalayas, blocking out the cold snap, and the domestic Internet market was a hot mess.

Therefore, as the leader in the browser market, with the increase of Internet users, the market share of browsers should gradually increase while the number of browser views increases.

But he found that this is not the case, first of all, the current domestic use is Microsoft's system, and Microsoft's system comes with a browser to occupy a part of the market.

Then Sohu browser inserted a foot here, and then 361 browser, although it did not acquire him, successfully expanded the market a little slowly, but people started with gamers, and there were cooperation with major Internet cafes across the country.

Whether it is the production of the page or the content design of the browser, it is very reasonable to do so, so many netizens who are used to surfing the Internet in Internet cafes will subconsciously choose to install 361 browsers when they buy computers, instead of 123.

As a result, 123 now has a market share of page views but does not increase. This made him smell a sense of crisis, after all, although the browser is mainly based on traffic.

But the traffic is not fixed on his website, but can be transferred. The adhesion of browsers to bind users is really poor, and the traffic looks good today, and tomorrow it may fall off a cliff.

So at this time, Zhang Qianyang wanted to speed up the negotiations with Baidu, and even made concessions on the promised price of the other party before, but Baidu's negotiations were still tepid, and he hoped that he would drop it again.

At this time, he felt that he had been tricked, so he began to look for Qiu Bosong again. As a result, Qiu Baisong's offer was only 12 million, and the reason given was very simple, 361 now has a certain market share.

And they also have their own plans, even if they don't acquire 123, they are confident that they will become the boss of the browser within two years. The acquisition of 123 is just to speed up this kind of entry into the city, and they have no financing pressure at all backed by Dongxu Technology, so it is not so important whether it is fast or not.

"MD!" In the office of 123 company, Zhang Qianyang hung up the phone and scolded fiercely.

On his side, he has reduced the price promised by the other party to 18 million, but Baidu still doesn't want to talk about it. It seems that they also perceive that the 361 browser has entered the market and the results have begun to grow steadily, and the demand for 123 is not as urgent as before, and they naturally don't want to make so much money without competitors.

And Baidu's side actually didn't want to talk about it, they were really sincere in acquiring 123 before, because it was related to their second financing.

But recently, they have found a new monetization channel, 'search engine bidding ranking', which is the operating model of the top search on spam ads that have been angered by countless online games in later generations.

In fact, this operating model was not pioneered by Baidu, but made by Google. Google is also a search engine, so this effect is very good when it comes to Baidu.

Therefore, after having their own profit model, they have begun to become stronger, and it seems a bit unnecessary to spend nearly 20 million to buy a coat to disguise themselves, after all, when they acquired 123 before, it was just for financing, and they didn't want to be a browser.

After all, at present, in the search market, there is not only Baidu, but also Yahoo and Google are also eyeing it, and Baidu is not the only one, and he also has competitors who can't distract themselves.

Therefore, they have a stronger profit model, coupled with the withdrawal of 361 Company, they are naturally not as active in negotiating with 123 as before.

When Zhang Qianyang was scolding, Yang Dongxu and Qiu Bosong were doing a good job in the game department of Rising Sun Technology, and now Rising Sun Technology has established its third game department - Web Game Department.

According to the general framework mentioned by Yang Dongxu, with the current sufficient number of programmers, this strategic web game has been designed in more than a month and is now underway.

"Zhang Qianyang is calling again, and you want to resume negotiations with us?" Qiu Bosong stood beside Yang Dongxu, and the two of them were watching several programmers working on the inside of the web game.

"Baidu can't look down on him anymore?"

"Baidu got a bidding ranking over there, and the second financing negotiation went more smoothly than expected. After all, both Google and Yahoo now do English searches.

Baidu is the largest Chinese search engine in the world, coupled with the soaring number of Internet users in China and the solitude in this wave of Internet bubbles, so many venture capitalists are optimistic about Baidu, and he does not need to bundle a browser on his body. Qiu Bosong said.

"10 million, if he sells it at this price, if he doesn't sell it, he will pull it down. Yang Dongxu thought about it and said.

In fact, the acquisition of 123 is just to promote 361 as a foreshadowing, and the browser is not very profitable in China, even if it is 360, which will dominate the rivers and lakes in later generations, it is always difficult to find various profit channels.

According to the history of the development of the domestic Internet, the three major portals have reached the peak of the historical period, and the entire Internet market will transition from 1.0 to 2.0 in the future.

At this time, the portal began to decline, the search engine began to prevail, and Baidu also took advantage of this opportunity to rise completely.

But whether it is 1.0, or 2.0, or the era of Internet 3.0 after 08, the browser is only an important component of the Internet, but it has never played a core role.

Yang Dongxu wants to be a browser, but he is actually going to the comprehensive development chain of security guards, portals and videos. Relying on the browser alone to make money, to be honest, he might as well go to the ring with Baidu to do a search.

"12 million, this price should be acceptable to him, even if it is the market price, there is no premium. Qiu Bosong said, and then guttered at the browser game he was testing.

If the web game does not appear, then he will definitely tend to continue to reduce the price, anyway, now the 361 browser is promoting well, and it is not a big difference whether to acquire 123 or not.

But web games are a little different, and this thing eats the market share of browsers. And because the threshold is not too high, they can do it if they don't acquire 123 at that time.

"I almost forgot about it. Yang Dongxu rubbed his chin, "You look at it and talk about it, take it down before the game's open beta."

In this way, when the game is in open beta, all computer users who use the 361 browser will pop a link on the web page, just like MM and CC, and at the same time, we will also have an authorized login, and the number of players of Legends and Swordsman also has a base of several million. ”

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