The unveiling of a new history in Chapter 072

This time in the dark war, Baidu was safe and sound, Spring and Autumn Software got lucky, and 3721 was caught in a tax evasion turmoil.

Wei Dongsheng clearly understood: the raid of the Local Taxation Bureau was the beginning of the war, not the end of the war.

The scale of the battle was expected to escalate rapidly.

On October 21, 2003, Yahoo announced that it would acquire Xiangjiang 3721 Network Software Technology Co., Ltd. for US$120 million in cash, and became a de facto subsidiary of Yanjing 3721 Technology Co., Ltd.

3721 faced repeated defeats in the Spring and Autumn Security Steward, and the outlook was very bleak, causing Zhou Hongyi, the head of 3721, to be restless all day long. Zhou Hongyi found out that Baidu was also in contact with Yahoo, and Yahoo also intended to acquire Baidu for $150 million. Zhou Hongyi did not dare to hesitate to delay time, quickly cut through the mess and quickly resolved the negotiation differences, and decisively sold 3721 to Yahoo for 120 million US dollars.

Spring and Autumn Network found more detailed information that the $120 million was not a one-time payment to the original shareholders of 3721. Yahoo and 3721 agreed that Zhou Hongyi would become the general manager of Yahoo Huaguo in the future, and 120 million US dollars would be paid to 3721 in three installments, Yahoo would pay 50% of the acquisition price first, and the rest would be paid separately according to the profits of Yahoo Huaguo during Zhou Hongyi's leadership. According to the acquisition agreement, Zhou Hongyi must lead Yahoo Huaguo to create a net profit of $10 million in the first year, and Yahoo will continue to pay 25%, and in the second year, Yahoo Huaguo's goal is to complete a net profit of $25 million, after which 3721 shareholders can get the remaining 25%.

Zhou Hongyi sold 3721 to Yahoo in the hope of introducing Yahoo's technical reserves and political and economic resources, erasing the natural shortcomings of 3721, and continuing to fight with Baidu and Spring Software. 3721 has become Yahoo, and there are many international venture capitals behind Baidu, all of which are international capital forces. Only Chunqiu Network and Chunqiu Software, which are currently controlled by Wei Dongsheng, Jing Minqiang, and Huo Yongshan, are pure domestic capital.

However, there is a way that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake. As long as Jing Minqiang's political and economic resources and the looming Gong family can be effectively utilized, the Spring and Autumn series of companies may not be able to resist the layers of network of venture capitalists, but they can ensure that they will not encounter difficulties from non-market factors in China, at least within the influence of the Gong family.

In the future war, Wei Dongsheng decided to take a defensive position in politics and devote himself to fairness and justice; In terms of the economic market, it has taken an offensive and is committed to completely defeating 3721, Baidu and HC Search in the search field.

Unfortunately, the war situation is not optimistic.

Summarize the battle reports of the Spring and Autumn series companies from August to October.

Thanks to the excellent effect of anti-rogue software, Spring and Autumn Security Manager ushered in the download peak, and its market share increased by leaps and bounds to 30%.

According to the 12th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China, as of July 21, 2003, there were 68 million Internet users and 25.72 million computers connected to the Internet. Compared with the 11th statistical report on January 16, 2003, the total number of Internet users increased by 8.9 million, and the total number of computers connected to the Internet increased by 4.89 million. Among these new netizens who have just come into contact with the Internet, seventy or eighty percent of them have chosen the easy-to-use and well-known Spring and Autumn Security Steward. And because new netizens are not sensitive to the installation and uninstallation of computer software, they think it is good to use it once, at least it will not affect the smooth operation of the computer, so they leave the Spring and Autumn Security Butler on the computer.

The spread of the Spring and Autumn Secure Browser is relatively slow.

From Wei Dongsheng's perspective, IE is simply terrible, and the differences between the versions can be regarded as different browsers.

Users Chinese the Motie network, open the page, right-click and select to view the source code, and will see four lines of conditional comments to judge the browser code: [if_It_IE_7] refers to IE7 and the versions below IE7 can be recognized; [if_IE_7] means that only IE7 is recognizable; [if_IE_8] means that only IE8 is recognized, and [if_gt_IE_8] means IE8 and above versions are recognized. The 2003 browser landscape was similar, with Microsoft launching IE6_SP1 on September 9, 2002, but many web structures still use the IE5 and IE4 standards.

When Wei Dong stepped into the Internet in his previous life, IE6's weak security, poor performance, and pathetic eb standards were so rotten that everyone didn't bother to complain. But in 2003, IE6, especially after IE6_SP1 became the exclusive browser for indos_XP, was still a trend of belief among ordinary netizens, and they generally felt that IE6 was very cool.

For example, the small optimization of Spring and Autumn Secure Browser.

Due to legal disputes between Microsoft and SUN over intellectual property, indos_XP did not bundle the Java emulator. For users who do not have basic computer knowledge, Tu Xinchao bought a indos_XP system computer, and when running IE6, he was shocked to find that the Java website could not be rendered, and the Java game could not be played normally. Spring Secure Browser is aware of this shortcoming and has integrated a solution that makes it unnecessary for Spring Secure Browser users to worry about it.

There are many similar small optimizations in the Spring and Autumn Secure Browser, making it easier for novice users to surf the Internet cheaper.

However, the good and the bad are contrasted.

White users don't understand the rot of IE6, so they don't know how much effort is wasted on optimizing it, and it is normal to think that the good of Spring and Autumn Security Browser is a matter of course. Another group of novice users, who don't understand the rot of IE6, think that IE6 is rotten is such a normal phenomenon, and they are afraid of Microsoft's prestige and decided to use it until the end of the day. In all of this, the promotion of Spring and Autumn Security Browser basically depends on the recommendation of Spring and Autumn Security Butler channels, and the effect is very limited.

As of October 13, 2003, the market share of Spring and Autumn Security Browser was only 4.64%.

Spring and Autumn Take a look, search engines are more difficult to promote than Spring and Autumn Secure Browser.

This is because the vast majority of netizens in 2003 did not understand what a search engine was or what it was for, and the overall impression of a search engine had not yet been established in their minds. Actually, it's not just netizens! As a venture capital, IDG was at a loss to understand the prospect of 3721, and investors such as Wang Gongquan and Guo Yihong desperately promoted Yahoo's acquisition of 3721 and cashed out this investment; As a member of the search engine market, HC Search racked its brains to reach agreements with Sina, Sohu, NetEase, TOM and other portals, thinking that with the support of portals, HC Search is the first Chinese search engine with a market share of 80%.

In this context, there are very few users who are accustomed to the portal and Baidu, who are accustomed to Baidu, and are willing to try the spring and autumn to take a look at the search engine. Even with the bundled marketing of the search box of the Spring and Autumn Secure Browser, as of October 13, 2003, the market share of the Spring and Autumn Search Engine was only 3.84%.

What is the concept of 3.84%?

In December 2016, the PC market share of China's domestic search engines was 4.82% for Google, 4.27% for Sogou and 3.1% for Bing. Take a look at the market share of search engines in the spring and autumn period, between Bing and Sogou search, and its impression in the hearts of today's netizens is higher than Bing and lower than Sogou search.

Of course, the problem of Spring and Autumn Secure Browser and Spring and Autumn Look at the search engine is slow to develop, not permanently stagnant to this extent. With the extension of time, as the reputation of Spring and Autumn Security Steward becomes more and more stable, Spring and Autumn Browser will definitely be able to attract more users, and the market share of Spring and Autumn Search Engine will slowly increase.

Spring and Autumn Security Butler and Spring and Autumn Security Browser are both free software, because Wei Dongsheng is cautious about advertising cooperation, these two projects and Spring and Autumn take a look, and they are currently in a state of loss. The security protection of Chinese netizens, the Spring and Autumn Security Browser and the promotion of the Spring and Autumn Search Engine almost all depend on the operating income of the "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms".

"Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" is the foundation of the existence of the Spring and Autumn series of companies.

"Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" is a veritable cash cow.

In order to ensure the victory of the rogue software lawsuit, and in order to ensure the confidence of the domestic and foreign aid in the camp, Wei Dongsheng can only take advantage of the "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" to further assist. After the raid by the Local Taxation Bureau, the Spring and Autumn Network immediately released the operating data for September, showing the rich capital reserves of the Spring and Autumn series companies to the outside world: "The daily sales of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" increased from 1.718 million yuan on August 31 to 2.314 million yuan on September 30, with a total sales of 58.6 million yuan in August. ”

Breaking 30 million grades in July, 40 million grades in August, 5,000 grades in September and 60 million grades are almost within reach.

"Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" unexpectedly continues its miracle.

When the time came to October, few people questioned the profitability of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms", but the monthly sales of 58.6 million still deeply shocked the entire online game circle. More critically, Shanda Network acknowledged the impact of "Legend 3" on "Legend of Blood" and lowered the operating income of "Legend of Blood" in the third quarter. "Legend of Blood" is subtracted here, and "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" is added here, and the two rise and fall, resulting in "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" becoming the most profitable online game in the Chinese online game market.

This is the first place.

1st place in the country.

After the madness of 2002, "Legend of Blood" was finally beheaded by "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms".

It is the end of a history and the beginning of a new one.

Since ancient times, the runner-up has been forgotten, but the champion has always been remembered. Just like looking back on the history of the development of online games in China, you can't get around "Legend" in any case, and the same is true of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms", which has also become an important turning point in the history of online games in China today.

Legendary players are indignant and dissatisfied with such a result, or proudly say that if it weren't for the legend being divided into three, there would be no "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms"; Or verbally attack "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms", and contemptively: What kind of garbage game is this. However, at this time, the player base of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" has been stable and growing, and they have begun to spontaneously defend the honor of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms", and fiercely fight with legendary players in major forums.

During the tearing period, in order to make up for the unfriendliness of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" to real free players, some players of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" raised the controversy to the level of national culture, believing that the victory of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" over "Legend of Blood" was the victory of national games against Korean games; Legendary players and some time-paid gamers ridiculed: "If domestic games have to be like this to win, I'd rather domestic games never come out." Wait for domestic games to make masterpieces like "Legend of Blood", and then talk about the victory of national games. As for now, I'd rather have the grass of Korean games than the seedlings of domestic games. ”