"Yuanzhong, you can tell me more specifically."

Dong Wu was obviously a little more interested, and said to Gu Yuanzhong, the director of the project department.

"Okay, Mr. Dong."

Gu Yuanzhong nodded, looked at everyone present, and said slowly: "A week ago, a company in Hongcheng called Zhulang Technology registered the Double 11 trademark, and according to reliable sources, the person in charge of Taobao of Ali is currently in Hongcheng to negotiate the trademark, at the same time, there are Baidu, Penguin and other companies that have done e-commerce, and they also came to Hongcheng to negotiate the acquisition of trademarks. ”

"It's just that this Zhulang Technology did not agree to their conditions, and the trademark acquisition is still in a deadlock stage, if we can acquire the Double 11 trademark and give it to Ali, I think Ali will be willing to help us 360." Gu Yuanzhong explained.

Dong Wu: "That's what I said, but none of these companies have won the trademark, so why can we 360 win it." ”

Other responsible persons also agreed.

To put it bluntly, they 360 is an antivirus software company, even if it occupies a high market share on the computer side, but in terms of volume, it really can't be compared with Baidu Ali and Penguin.

Since these companies can't get a trademark, they 360 in the past, isn't it in vain.

Gu Yuanzhong shook his head: "It's different, since Zhulang Technology has not let go, it means that the conditions given by these companies have not satisfied Zhulang Technology, this is our opportunity, if we can rely on the trademark to get the help of Ali, let our company get out of the current predicament, it is worth the price, and even we can use Ali's resources to enter e-commerce." ”

"At the same time, Penguin and Baidu both want to get involved in e-commerce, and I think Ali will need us as an ally backed by traffic." Gu Yuanzhong added.

Hearing Gu Yuanzhong's words, the people in charge present also lit up.

Their most needed ally at the moment is Ali, if Ali mediates, the penguins may really let them go 360 yards, and now the penguins have imposed sanctions on their 360, not only the stock market is turbulent, but the traffic on which they 360 live is also shaking.

"Yuanzhong is right, these companies are too large, and they don't look up to the small company of Zhulang Technology, and the conditions are also a little troublesome, just now I asked a friend in Baidu, and I heard him say that Baidu paid four million and a senior recommendation to acquire the trademark, and Penguin only paid two million, and Ali Company obviously attached great importance to this trademark, and made six million acquisitions." The director of the technical department also added at this time.

Every company in the area of technical operations will have a few acquaintances, and the director of the technical department has obviously learned about this aspect of the news.

Dong Wu listened to the quotation of the tripartite company said by the technical director, and had a little understanding in his heart.

In his opinion, the conditions offered are indeed a bit petty.

But.

"Yuanzhong, does Ali really care about this Double 11 trademark? What if we spend a lot of money to acquire the trademark, but Ali doesn't buy it? Dong Wu asked this question.

Gu Yuanzhong: "Mr. Dong, just like you said, our company has reached a critical point of survival, no matter what method you have to try, let's be a dead horse doctor, and the internal processes of those large companies are complicated, and the application chips will definitely not be as neat as our company, this is our natural advantage." ”

Because there are too many projects, the resources for a project are bound to be limited, and the same is true for this trademark acquisition, if you want to increase the bargaining chips in the negotiations, these large companies will need more review time.

Everything has to go through the process, and for them 360, there is no difference between millions and tens of millions, as long as the goal can be achieved, you can increase the size at any time.

Dong Wu was obviously also a little moved, and he said to Gu Yuanzhong: "Yuanzhong, you are fully responsible for the acquisition of the trademark, and you must get the trademark of Double 11 before Baidu and Penguin." ”

"Okay Mr. Dong, but Mr. Dong, in addition to the trademark acquisition, we must continue to increase public opinion, as long as the incident continues to ferment, I think the official will come forward to mediate, a day of delay is tens of millions of traffic losses, we can't afford to lose." Gu Yuanzhong said with some seriousness.

Dong Wu nodded and looked at the manager of the public relations department: "Continue to increase the public opinion offensive, although our 360 temple is small, it has been suppressed by penguins, not only a few companies in the anti-penguin alliance, contact more companies, we want penguins to completely lose ground in public opinion." ”

"Okay, Mr. Dong, I'll arrange it." The manager of the public relations department nodded and said solemnly.

Dong Wu stood up, his gaze was firm, and his voice was loud: "Colleagues, this time we 360 will definitely be able to unite and overcome the difficulties together." ”

In the conference room, the previous pessimistic atmosphere was swept away, and everyone's eyes were a little more determined.

That morning, Gu Yuanzhong went to Hongcheng, but before going to Chase Wave Technology, he still investigated Chase Wave Technology clearly.

A college student startup at Hongcheng University.

The main business is a service-oriented app for college students on mobile phones, which has little to do with e-commerce.

But it was this company that registered the trademark of Double 11 in advance and took Ali into the army.

Before going, Gu Yuanzhong still went to inquire about the news.

Including the specific location of Zhulang Technology, as well as the main business.

"Quick app?"

Gu Yuanzhong also downloaded the quick-use app of Zhulang Technology, which is the app that Baidu and Penguin promised to recommend.

However, after logging in and taking a look, Gu Yuanzhong's eyebrows became tighter and tighter.

It's a free app store for mobile, but it has the same features as 360 on desktop.

Clean up garbage and antivirus.

It's just that this function is very simple, and you can achieve one-click antivirus with just one click, which is obviously more efficient than 360.

Although this anti-virus function relies on this quick app, and it is on the mobile phone, there is no direct business conflict with 360, but Gu Yuanzhong still has a sense of crisis.

If such a very simple and efficient antivirus software appears on the computer side, will it quickly seize the market size of antivirus software?

I don't know.

However, Gu Yuanzhong knew that today's purpose was not this.

It's just a matter of keeping an eye on it.

Gu Yuanzhong downloaded another piece of software from Zhulang Technology, but when he saw the relevant information of college students on the login page, he also laughed: "The threshold is quite high." ”

Soon, Gu Yuanzhong came to the place where Chase Wave Technology was located.

Hongcheng University.

Looking at the students coming and going at the school gate, Gu Yuanzhong's eyes also had a little more nostalgia.

It's hard to imagine that a company that left Ali at a loss could have been founded by a college student.

Gu Yuanzhong knows that this company is mainly engaged in the business of mobile phones, and the leading domestic Internet companies are all focusing on the market competition on the computer side.

I don't know if this is a vision or a recklessness.

Gu Yuanzhong shook his head, and finally walked in.

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Chase Wave Technology, Meeting Room

When Zhang Long saw Gu Yuanzhong who came over, he also smiled and stretched out his hand: "Manager Gu, welcome." ”

This time, it was Gu Yuanzhong's turn to be stunned, and he said, "I've seen you, are you...... That Zhang Long of the penguin? ”

"You know me?" Zhang Long was also a little surprised.

"The foxmail that was developed sold for 10 million dollars, how could I not know it."

Gu Yuanzhong was a little puzzled: "Zhang Long, why are you in Chasing Waves Technology, are you in Penguin?" ”

"Pretty much."

Zhang Long smiled helplessly: "Manager Gu, let's talk about trademark acquisition."

"Okay."

Gu Yuanzhong didn't want to waste time, after all, every minute and every second of time is very precious to 360 now, and he also said straight to the point: "Zhang Long, you give my brother a bottom, we 360 want to buy the trademark of Double Eleven, what kind of chips do we need to pay." ”

Zhang Long didn't answer Gu Yuanzhong's question, but asked: "Manager Gu, I remember that 360 doesn't seem to be doing e-commerce business, and I don't know what the acquisition of trademarks is for?" ”

Gu Yuanzhong heard Zhang Long's words, and also smiled bitterly: "Zhang Long, you should know, now Penguin is fully sanctioning our company, and the number of uninstalled users is breaking 10 million every day, and if it goes on like this, our company is really not far from bankruptcy, we hope to exchange Ali's help through the sincerity of the Double Eleven trademark, and now Penguin is pressing step by step, and we 360 really have no way to come to Hongcheng to talk about this trademark business." ”

Originally, Gu Yuanzhong would not explain so much.

But the vice president of Chalang Technology is Zhang Long, and he also talked a little more about the situation of 369.

Who is Long Zhang?

Zhang Long is an old man on the Internet, even if he has not been famous, but his strength is strong, when Zhang Long resigned from Penguin, Gu Yuanzhong never expected to join this Chase Wave Technology in Hongcheng.

In his opinion, Zhang Longbao is not old, and there should be many large companies that extend olive branches to him, including 360, and have also sent offers, but they were rejected by Zhang Long.

Thinking about the news that Zhang Long joined Hongcheng Chase Wave Technology, if it is known by others, it may really be shocking.

Chalang Technology is just an Internet start-up founded by college students, and He De can be favored by Zhang Long.

Even Gu Yuanzhong speculated further.

This time, the reason why Zhulang Technology preemptively registered the trademark of Double 11 on the eve of Ali's Double 11 is probably Zhang Long's idea.

Otherwise, just relying on those college students, they should not have such a far-sighted vision to play the abacus of Ali's Double 11 trademark.

After listening to Gu Yuanzhong's explanation, Zhang Long also nodded: "So that's the case, the penguin is indeed a bit of a bully on this issue." ”

Gu Yuanzhong sighed lightly, and he said: "Brother Zhang, just say it, what is the price to pay for acquiring the trademark, we 360 really can't afford it now." ”

"Manager Gu, I'll tell you too, the trademark hasn't been sold yet." Zhang Long said.

"Not in time?"

Gu Yuanzhong carefully figured out the meaning of Zhang Long's words, and secretly thought in his heart that Chalang Technology would not plan to sell it on Double 11.

It's also possible.

After all, when the time comes, if the sales data of Double 11 is good, then the trademark of Double 11 will naturally rise.

If that's the case, then maybe they really can't buy the trademark.

Time is not waiting, Gu Yuanzhong's heart is also a little more urgent, he looked at Zhang Long: "Brother Zhang, we are all cheerful people, fifteen million, plus our 360 omni-channel promotion, I don't know if it is enough for this Double 11 trademark." ”

Zhang Long was also a little surprised.

He didn't expect 360 to be so arrogant.

Directly on the basis of Ali increased the chips by 10 million.

Of course, he also knew that the 3Q battle made 360 a little panicked, otherwise he wouldn't have seen anything like a lifesaver.

Zhang Long thought for a while and said: "Although Ali can compete with penguins, but Double 11 is coming, they may not interrupt their cooperation with penguins for the sake of 360, for them, penguin traffic is also what they need most, so it is best to think carefully." ”

Gu Yuanzhong said helplessly: "If the company did not form an anti-penguin alliance, the two would still have room for discussion, and now the contradiction is getting bigger and bigger, we can only seek strength to confront the penguins, there is no other way."

Zhang Long saw Gu Yuanzhong's insistence, and he knew that this incident could not be resolved by simple mediation.

Although the size of 360 is not as large as that of penguins, it is also a situation of dying with penguin fish, Zhang Long believes that this situation will not last long, but this is from the perspective of a bystander.

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If he is the president of 360 and sees a large number of users uninstalling 360, it is estimated that he will not remain calm.

The best way is actually to compromise like a penguin, but 360 is so strong, and now it is really difficult to save the situation.

Zhang Long thought for a while and said to Gu Yuanzhong: "Manager Gu, my suggestion is to wait and see for a few more days, maybe things will take a turn for the better."

Gu Yuanzhong shook his head: "Manager Zhang, I don't have so much time to wait and see, the company is still waiting for my reply, this trademark matter, I hope you can think about it again, no matter what the conditions, our company will consider it." ”

Zhang Long looked at Gu Yuanzhong's insistence and nodded: "Manager Gu has said so, then meet with our president and see his attitude." ”

Gu Yuanzhong was also excited when he heard this, he knew that things had taken a turn for the better, and he also excitedly shook Zhang Long's hand: "Zhang Long, thank you, thank you." ”

Soon, Gu Yuanzhong was arranged to meet Zhou Yan.

When Gu Yuanzhong saw that the president of Chase Wave Technology was a somewhat handsome young man, he was also slightly surprised.

He knew that Chase Wave Technology was founded by a college student, but he didn't expect this college student to be so young.

He didn't know what kind of charm Zhou Yan had, so that Zhang Long, who was competing for many large companies, would be willing to come here and start over.

"Hello, I'm Gu Yuanzhong, the project manager of Qihoo 360." When Gu Yuanzhong saw Zhou Yan, he said without the slightest arrogance.

The fate is really wonderful, Zhou Yan is still thinking about how to fool the 360 on the front foot, but the 360 back foot is coming to the wave technology.

The technology company, which accounts for half of the antivirus software on the Internet, did not show its later decline.

Even if it is sanctioned by the penguins now, it is still fighting with an iron-clad attitude.

And it was because of these two defeat-lose styles of play that 360 finally came out safe and sound in this sanction of the penguins.

But this was later, and no one knows how the current tension will evolve.

And Zhou Yan also waited for this big fish, if it works well, it will definitely let Chase Wave Technology get the greatest benefit in the next dispute.

Zhou Yan held Gu Yuanzhong's hand and said with a smile: "I am Zhou Yan, the president of Zhulang Technology, Zhang Long has already told me about it, is Manager Gu sure that he wants to acquire the trademark of Double Eleven?" ”