Chapter 245 Public Opinion (5k)
A report from "Computer World" is not uncommon in terms of content. The cases it lists are all content mentioned by many media in the past.
However, its criticism after integrating the reports is unprecedented!
This led to the short-term login of homepages of major portal websites, occupying popular topics on Weibo, flooding the pages of Baixiaosheng Forum, and Jishi.com, the online media platform of "Computer World", was once squeezed out of the way.
"Computer World" is a well-established newspaper founded in 1980 and is also the first industry newspaper in the country. At the same time, due to the times and policy background, it is also the only Sino-foreign joint venture newspaper approved by the competent authorities so far.
In 1991, it first opened a computer market information quotation page, and announced the quotations of major computer products and accessories in major cities every week, which made many people at that time go to the computer city with newspapers and negotiate prices based on the price list.
Shi Yuzhu had no money back then, so he tried to spend half a page of the advertisement on "Computer World" on credit. Zhou Hongyi, a junior high school student, often studied this newspaper when she was learning programming language by herself.
Even in 1995, 24-year-old Ma Huateng published an article titled "BBS and FidoNet" in the newspaper.
At that time, the penguin had not been founded.
Such a newspaper that witnessed the Chinese Internet industry and even influenced many industry celebrities, for the first time, ended in this way of fighting. Its finger was pointed at the Internet giant company that has been criticized in recent years but has the highest market value. It may not even itself expect it to cause such an uproar!
Public opinion is crazy, no, it can be said to be crazy!
The most direct impact of this is that Penguin''s stock price fell 5.3% during the day, and its market value evaporated by US$1.723 billion, equivalent to 11.54 billion in China Coin!
This situation immediately increased everyone''s heated discussion and participation.
As one of the public opinion platforms, Bai Xiaosheng received more than one pressure call from Yu Xing, which was considered to be a part-time participation. Liu Wanying, the short behind the scenes who was also caught off guard when she was also concerned about the situation, could not help but make a profit when she saw Penguin’s stock price drop like this, which was considered a moderate participation.
The newspaper that is the real party involved may be to show its attitude, or to notice the influence of the sky. It issued a statement late at night saying that "disputes and objections are unavoidable objective things for Penguin and "Computer World". Therefore, choose to be loyal to the mission of the media, choose to face the objective problems of the industry faithfully, choose to break the window and face the disputes directly."
At the same time, the newspaper is also willing to "listen to opinions from all walks of life humbly, uphold the concept of independent and objective reporting that has been consistent for 30 years, and strive to provide the public with more exciting and valuable content."
Yu Xing estimated that the pressure of this public opinion influence must also affect the newspaper itself, but it should be able to withstand it.
What’s more interesting is that the people mentioned in this report have spoken out to a greater or lesser extent, some still criticized Penguin, some believe that the report is just integration and has no practical meaning, and some are... curiously looking for identity.
The report mentioned a vice president of a well-known investment institution, describing his style of "seeing his eyes on the road and cursing his mother secretly".
It’s not that this point is so noticeable, but that the public opinion is too high this time. If only 100 people participated, no one might try to analyze the details, but 100,000, 100,000, 1 million... there are always people paying attention to scraps.
Liu Jiankai felt that he was really cheated by Yu Xing.
He was completely stunned after seeing the report at the first time!
Others don’t know, but they don’t know who the “Vice President of a well-known investment institution” mentioned in “Computer World” is!
He called Yu Xing with some anxiety the second time: "Damn, Mr. Yu, you...have you seen the report on Penguin? I actually mentioned me. You... This is the interview you introduced to...What should I do?"
"What should I do?" Yu Xing asked back, "Didn''t you mention your name? Why are you panic?"
"I didn''t mention it, but I asked not to mention it when I was interviewed, but this description... Damn, our circle is very small, and more than one person needs to review the writing of the reporter. Can the draft of this thing be as good as me? Will it be revealed?" Liu Jiankai was really panicked.
Yu Xing said calmly: "What are you? He just mentioned my name directly, and he even first released on the Baixiaosheng Forum. Penguin has already looked for me."
"What do you say when Penguin is looking for you?" Liu Jiankai vaguely guessed the answer and said helplessly, "I''m not afraid of you, you are just that kind of virtue. I still have to stay in the circle..."
Yu Xing replied calmly: "No need to say anything."
He continued, "Don''t be anxious, don''t worry about it. If you really know, let''s talk about it."
Liu Jiankai calmed down and sighed, "The Penguin family has a great career. You are... hey, you can really withstand the pressure!"
Although this characteristic has been verified many times, I can’t help but mention it every time I’m verified. From working emperors, listed companies to investing in BOSSs and industry giants, I really have to say that Mr. Yu is indeed experienced in this area!
"Don''t be nervous. Judging from the public opinion situation this time, you are considered history... you won''t leave your name." Yu Xing paused, "It''s important to participate."
Liu Jiankai didn''t want to participate more seriously, and said helplessly: "It''s all your fault! You are free to introduce me to the interview, why are you doing..."
Yu Xing raised his voice and asked, "My introduction is my introduction, you can refuse the interview!"
Liu Jiankai: “…”
Yu Xing didn''t want to talk too much: "Okay, you are the vice president of a well-known investment institution. Be more energetic, don''t lose your share!"
Liu Jiankai ended the call with no words.
Yu Xing is actually quite busy. In addition to Bai Xiaosheng who needs to work overtime today, there is also work to deal with on the fourth floor. WeChat company was originally going to be put into the market internal testing this month as expected, but the technical director and deputy director reached an agreement that further debugging and solving the problem is needed, which is delayed again.
The main problem is that when WeChat is conducting stress tests for large-scale users online at the same time, the message queue service has seen a surge in delays, and the message delivery time has soared from an average of 200ms to more than 5 seconds. Some requests are even discarded due to timeouts.
This involves the actual experience of WeChat. Although it can be launched into the market first, Yu Xing hesitated and respected the unified opinions of the two technical leaders.
However, he was busy receiving another call from Liu Jiankai that was in dissipation.
"Vice President Liu, what''s wrong?" Yu Xingren was on the fourth floor, patted his colleague on the shoulder, and signaled himself to answer the phone first.
Liu Jiankai''s voice was a little furious: "There is someone from Bai Xiaosheng who said my name anonymously, please withdraw it quickly!"
Yu Xing was surprised: "Someone really took out a small shrimp like you?"
Public opinion is so booming that the details of the report are actually no longer important. No matter what the president or vice president said, it is worthwhile.
Of course, the parties involved may not feel that way.
"Nonsense! Hurry up!" Liu Jiankai urged.
Suddenly, a strange silence fell into the phone.
Silence itself is attitude, it is the answer.
Liu Jiankai suddenly realized who was opposite, and had a bad premonition in his heart, and quickly advised: "Mr. Yu, don''t do it. Such a small thing will not have any impact on Bai Xiaosheng at all. Now everyone is paying attention to Penguins and others. You are now hurting your friend by mistake!"
Yu Xing''s voice became unsalt and unpredictable: "Who is a friend?"
"You..." Liu Jiankai was shocked and angry. At this moment, it was only when things came to an end that he suddenly understood what President Xu felt when he encountered something. When he thought about it, President Xu was not petty at all, and he could even be said to be very arrogant.
He controlled his emotions and took a breath, but he still felt annoyed that he could not hide his anger: "Yu Xing, I''m a sucker, I don''t know you anymore!"
Yu Xing said "yes" and was still calm: "Don''t you know each other now?"
Liu Jiankai was a little out of control and called him from a distance from the phone: "Yu Xing!"
Yu Xing replied steadily: "Hey, here you are."
Liu Jiankai: “…”
Yu Xing waited for a while, and saw that there was no following, so he came up with an idea: "I just broke the news anonymously, and you also broke the news anonymously. Apart from yourself, not many people should care about this kind of irrelevant thing. I won''t delete that content or your content. I''ll just do it, and the water will be muddy."
Liu Jiankai didn''t expect that Yu Xing really gave him something seemingly feasible.
He hesitated, "Is this OK?"
"Can you do it? Anyway, the kind you want is not possible." Yu Xing replied.
Liu Jiankai was a little discouraged. At this time, he realized that the thin friendship he had recently established with Yu Xing was not as good as the influence of Mr. Xu, Penguin and other groups who had tried to exert pressure. Even they could not do it, and now they were helpless.
He thought about it and could only agree with such a suggestion and acted quickly.
Yu Xing dealt with the vice president of a well-known investment institution and continued to listen to WeChat''s work on the Android application market. This area was still smooth overall, because everyone is indeed short of revenue business establishment. Now some people are willing to pay for money, which is naturally a very popular cooperation.
However, in less than two hours, Liu Jiankai''s phone number came in again.
Yu Xing frowned this time and expressed his attitude in the first sentence: "So what''s wrong?"
Liu Jiankai was also helpless, but this time it was not his own business: "Penguin came to say hello to us."
Yu Xing: “…”
Liu Jiankai explained: "Today''s Capital is Bai Xiaosheng''s investor. It was the person over there who asked Mr. Xu to speak. Mr. Xu was too lazy to find you, so she arranged the work for me." Yu Xing said "Yeah" and said, "I understand."
Liu Jiankai asked, "Then why should I go back?"
Yu Xing replied, "Just say I''m cursing you secretly."
Liu Jiankai wanted to speak, but he heard the busy voice of the phone being hung up.
He put down his phone in disappointment, thought carefully, and then informed the Penguin of this usual response with as calm words as possible. Bai Xiaosheng didn''t buy it, Bai Xiaosheng didn''t buy it from the beginning...
In the end, the people on the Penguin did not show any other attitude.
Liu Jiankai thought that Penguin must be very busy now, and should be discussing how to deal with this overwhelming public opinion.
As expected, the Penguin only gave a statement slightly slow in the early morning, condemning the vicious words and poor illustrations of "Computer World", believing that it brutally hurts the feelings of Penguin users and reserves the right to pursue legal responsibility.
Even in the early morning, Bai Xiaosheng''s forum was still lively and quickly pushed up the latest news.
Yu Xing was also not sleeping. He looked carefully at the statement from Penguin and gave his own opinions in the comment section of the post: "A very empty statement, which basically did not respond to any questions, is a very negative public relations action."
Many users saw Dr. Yu appear and asked about the relevant situation, and some people asked whether Bai Xiaosheng was also under pressure from the giants.
Yu Xing did not answer any questions, but only gave a smiley expression.
However, perhaps because of the remarks being noticed, or perhaps because of the feedback from the previous unsatisfactory communication, a Penguin employee soon posted anonymously, claiming that he had received an urgent notice and could not register an account with Bai Xiaosheng.
In other words, Penguin was probably angry with Bai Xiaosheng''s performance or Yu Xing''s remarks quoted in the report, and informally unilaterally banned Bai Xiaosheng.
Yu Xing was going to sleep, but after seeing this situation, he expressed his attitude: "Bai Xiaosheng will firmly protect user information. There is no doubt about this. In addition, although it is not clear whether this is true, if this situation does occur, it can only be said that the report of "Computer World" will no longer cause such a big public opinion."
No matter what, Bai Xiaosheng, who has an anonymous mechanism, will protect user information. Penguin cannot read the backend data of Bai Xiaosheng, so it will definitely not be able to effectively restrain employee behavior.
This point... was more obvious after Yu Xing went to bed.
At three o''clock in the morning, the latest news about Penguin appeared on the forum page that had gradually returned to peace.
According to anonymous employees, Penguin President''s Office held an emergency meeting chaired by BOSS Ma Huateng. A copy was placed in front of each participant, which was the report of "Computer World".
However, no one spoke in the first or twenty minutes before the meeting, and finally Ma Huateng spoke.
——"How can they curse people?"
This description is vivid and vivid, as if it was seen with your own eyes.
Many users have issued similar inquiries: "Damn, who are you?"
When Yu Xing got up the next day and saw this revelation, he couldn''t help but look at the information in the other party''s backstage. He was an employee of Penguin Public Relations Department...
Uh, I can only say that public relations is work and eating melons is life.
Penguin’s statement judging from the public opinion the next day, it was obvious that it did not receive any resonance or sympathy, and as if it was also shocked by the latest revelations, Penguin’s intranet directly banned discussions on related situations.
At the same time, Bai Xiaosheng has some more news of informal bans.
All the situations were reflected, the penguin was confused and annoyed, and vaguely seemed quite panicked.
Attacks from all directions have given penguins several labels, such as "public enemy", "greed", "arrogance", etc.... The penguins'' past performance has also been taken out and re-examined.
For example, when he accepted the dialogue between the annual industry meeting in 2009, Ren Yuxin, the president of Penguin’s game, received a question from the host, “How to compete with Penguin”. At that time, his answer was extremely harsh under today’s public opinion.
Ren Yuxin''s response is that only by cooperating with Penguin, we can build the market together.
The same participants smiled bitterly when they heard such a proud answer.
Fragmented information that can arouse discussion among netizens is spreading rapidly, but Penguin''s stock price has risen a little oversold, showing the stability of its basic market.
Yu Xing observed the public opinion and did not make any statements. He was just worried about the progress of WeChat company''s debugging and optimization. He felt that it was a good opportunity now. Penguin''s attention must be on this matter. A small seedling in the instant messaging market will definitely not attract attention.
He kept quiet like this. Zhou Hongyi, who is now threatened by penguins, took the opportunity to speak frequently on Weibo, and her purpose was self-evident, trying to use such public opinion to persuade the penguins to get out of their arousal.
On June 29, the third day after the public opinion appeared, Yu Xing received a call from the Computer World newspaper and noticed the pressure the other party might be under.
"Mr. Yu, do you think our report on Bai Xiaosheng is appropriate?"
Yu Xing knew what was going on when he heard this.
His answer is very direct and simple: "There is no problem for your newspaper''s account to withdraw the article. It is free to send it, and withdraw it is also free, but there will still be other users reposting it on the forum, and their actions are also free."
There was a sigh at the other end of the phone and did not say anything further.
That afternoon, Liu Jiankai became in a bad mood. He thought that his little shrimp had already passed, but he didn''t expect... the previous post that named him actually posted the interview draft, and his name appeared on it.
This kind of thing is very embarrassing.
What’s even more embarrassing is that Liu Jiankai also received a text message from the Penguin executive she had contacted before, with a sentence on it: “Mr. Liu, if you have any opinions, you can ask them in person, why bother to do those tricks behind your back.”
He was unable to defend himself.
Then there was an inquiry from the BOSS Xu Xin.
"Is it the interview you accepted?" Xu Xin was surprised, "You... why didn''t you say it?"
Liu Jiankai didn''t know what he could say, so he could only smile bitterly.
The investment circle is not big, and this time I was really hurt by a large wave of public opinion.
He adjusted his mood and sent a WeChat message without calling Yu Xing: "Mr. Yu, I really have no shame to see people in the future."
Yu Xing asked about the situation a little and learned the whole story.
Then, he replied to Vice President Liu: "If you can''t make it through today''s capital, then come to my side. In addition, the newspaper is under greater pressure, and Penguin''s offensive against 360 has not slowed down. Even the relevant information about small shrimps like you are obviously staring at me, and I seem to smell the danger."
After three days of public opinion, the information on the Internet has changed rapidly and has slowed down. Penguin seems to be trying to make some calculations. Bai Xiaosheng was asked again and again before, which is still very dazzling.
Liu Jiankai seized the opportunity and replied: "It''s dangerous or not, Mr. Yu, it''s time."
Yu Xing didn''t say it was wrong, it was the intention of someone to mess with you, and you would be able to mess with others.
On June 30, not particularly late, Bai Xiaosheng received a call from the competent department.
Yu Xing did not go, so he directly asked Chairman Song Yufeng to deal with this situation.
As a result, according to Song Yufeng''s feedback, the attitude of this brief exchange was very bad, and he himself was also subjected to a fierce attack.
——"You, as the chairman, are neither sensible nor care about things. What are you doing?"
The above knew who the person in charge of Bai Xiaosheng was, and was not satisfied with Song Yufeng''s response, so he asked him to come over and explain the situation the next day.
Yu Xing inevitably needs to come forward this time.
However, when he was on the road, a message from technical director Ge Zhijie made him smile.
On the first day of July, the iOS version of WeChat passed the review of the Apple Store and can be put on the shelves at any time.
The seeds of WeChat company finally sprouted.
(This chapter ends)