Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 634: The Flood of Troubled Times, the Sewage Offensive

"The arrogant Baidu actually admitted its mistake. I've never seen such a thing before. The Pure Mode is just a last-ditch effort."

"I declare that 'Bi'an' is the Internet instructor. First it trained Tencent, now it's Baidu's turn, and I think Alibaba is not far behind."

"I think Bi'an is more like a street cleaner? First, it forced Sina Weibo to launch a clean version, and now Baidu has also been hit. Who will be the next one?"

"Chen Mo: What's the point of good money driving out bad money? It's fun to train bad money into good money!"

"Baidu's design of choosing one of two options is very clever. At least it gives the right of choice back to users, while also retaining a relatively commercial model."

“To be honest, Baidu has been with me throughout my youth.”

"If Google hadn't withdrawn, would Baidu have apologized earlier?"

"Let the bullet fly for a while. The key is to persist in the long term. Put in an eye and come back in a year to see what Baidu is like!"

Just a few hours later, 360 Search suddenly announced that it would be "permanently ad-free" in an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the search engine. However, it was criticized by netizens: "What were you doing before? Why are you trying to sell yourself now?"

On the same day, Baidu announced the "Statement on the Implementation of a $10 Billion Stock Repurchase Plan".
Dear Investors:
Based on the company's strong cash flow and management's strong confidence in Baidu's long-term value, the Board of Directors today approved a $10 billion stock repurchase program. The program is effective immediately and will be valid until December 2015, 12."

In the subsequent analyst conference call, Robin Li made a rare statement, which was disclosed by the media:

"This is not only an endorsement of the 'connecting people and services' strategy, but also a clear signal to the market that the current stock price seriously underestimates the value of Baidu's layout in AI, cloud computing and other fields."

He emphasized: "Our cash reserves are sufficient to support three fronts: guaranteeing shareholder returns, maintaining an annual 15% growth rate in research and development, and advancing our internationalization strategy."

Influenced by the series of good news, the stock market reacted even faster than the public, and the stock price, which had been falling, immediately rose rapidly.

The market finally closed up 0.3% against the trend, ending a downward trend that lasted for seven consecutive trading days.

Market sentiment has stabilized, but the real battle has just begun.

Li Yanhong put away his phone, turned and walked towards the strategic meeting room, where - a battle plan marked "Phase Two" was waiting for him to implement.

The Bi'an Technology Park is brightly lit late at night.

Chen Mo stood in front of the French window, and Zhou Shouzi's cautious voice came from the phone: "Moss, the paper profit has exceeded 10 billion US dollars. It's time to stop."

"Why are you in such a hurry? This scene has just begun. Wait for my order."

After hanging up the phone, he recalled the crucial conversation at the beginning of the year - when Li Jianchao resigned, he later talked with Zhou Shouzi and finalized the work handover arrangements for the two this year.

However, before taking office, Zhou Shouzi proposed a systematic capital operation compliance plan, namely: shorting listed companies through capital operations and avoiding legal risks, and building a multi-level "market awareness-capital linkage-compliance protection" strategy system.

Because Zhou Shouzi keenly observed that the Bi'an has the characteristic of drawing blood whenever it is unsheathed, which is an invincible weapon for the capital market.

It would be fine if the other party is not listed, but if it is listed, in Zhou Shouzi's eyes it would be a huge opportunity to harvest capital.

After learning that the group's New Year plan included the intention to "take action" against Baidu, Zhou Shouzi had already begun planning for it. This plan was repeatedly deduced, modified and improved by Tianji Pavilion and then approved.

One month before the launch of Bi'an Search, Zhou Shouzi laid out a four-fold fund network through an offshore structure, like an elaborately woven spider web, just waiting for Baidu, the mosquito, to fall into the trap. Now it is not good for this mosquito to suck too much blood, so for the sake of its health, let's help it bleed.

After all, Bi'an Search is operating at a loss, and it would be more satisfying to steal the blood of the opponent than to give it a transfusion.

As for how billions of funds will be repatriated, at this stage there are still many compliant ways to play with capital, the only difference being the amount of "handling fees".

After Zhou Shouzi's reminder, Chen Mo began to reflect that he had previously only focused on the product level, which was a bit narrow-minded.

After all, the capital market is an arena for mixed martial arts. It is not enough to just fight with standing still and hard skills. Ground skills are equally important.

Just across the street is Baidu headquarters.

Li Yanhong finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the data improve, but he knew that this was a critical moment and he couldn't relax.

What follows is the key to success or failure.

"Implementation progress?" he asked without raising his head. The responsible persons began to report the progress.
"[The Flood of Troubled Times] has been fully activated, and the public opinion front can be deployed within 48 hours."

"[Data Gap] and [Pad the Sky] will be launched as planned at the end of the month"

"The financial department has already allocated 3 billion yuan in subsidies."

"it is good!"

Li Yanhong noted the corresponding progress for each question and nodded with satisfaction at the end.

This "Nirvana Plan 2.0" covers all aspects, including the [data gap] he just mentioned: dynamic encryption of BAT platform content to prevent crawlers from the other side from crawling (only Baidu can parse it), and linkage among multiple companies.

[Bu Tian]: Baidu will invest 3 billion into the market to subsidize users and take back the market share.

[Turbulent Times]: PR wars use the public opinion of the Internet to seize the initiative from the public opinion level. [Traffic Cutoff]: Negotiate with mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Baidu Search and receive a subsidy of 3 yuan per mobile phone (currently Huawei, Meizu, and OV have verbally agreed)
Operators: Baidu search will be the default choice for the three major 4G networks (under negotiation)

[Baidu Alliance], with the help of Alibaba and Sohu, contacted 360 and Sogou to build the Baidu Alliance, jointly blocked crawlers and monopolized index resources, opened some Aladdin data to 360/Sogou, and jointly built the anti-other shore content pool.

Fight against the other side!

"Chen Mo, if you want to fight, then fight!"

Li Yanhong's eyes were slightly cold, and the glass curtain wall reflected his stern profile.

This time, Baidu is no longer fighting alone. The power of half of the technology circle, including Huawei, OV, Alibaba, Sohu, Sina, and 360, is gathering in his hands.

With so many players fighting against each other, I wonder if the small body of Bi'an Search can withstand it.

When the spring breeze of April passed through mid-month, the Internet's public opinion field suddenly set off a storm against Bi'an Technology.

This storm came unexpectedly but was extremely violent.

First, it appeared out of nowhere, and many victims claimed that "Bian'an Search is collecting user privacy data under the guise of an ad-free model."

Many screenshots of WeChat chats subsequently circulated online, pointing the finger at "a senior executive of Bi'an Search came from Baidu, and Bi'an Search's underlying architecture was Baidu's."

A discussion topic "Pure search is a fake demand" immediately appeared on Zhihu and quickly climbed to the top of the hot list.

What is even more intriguing is that mainstream video platforms such as Youku, iQiyi, and Bilibili almost simultaneously launched a "documentary" about Chen Mo.

This well-made short film begins with a powerful montage:

First, the krypton gold screen and revenue data of the other side mobile game were displayed, and then the camera switched to a Gulfstream private jet, exposing the luxurious interior, marking the amount of up to hundreds of millions, and captioned "Your recharge, his private jet";
The film then interspersed clips of Chen Mo speaking out for workers in public speeches, which formed a stark contrast with the images of him living in a 1.2 million yuan villa in Ziyu Villa and frequently visiting high-end clubs.

The subtitles repeatedly emphasize: "Someone's casual meal is equal to a white-collar worker's monthly salary, and equal to the annual income of an ordinary farmer's family."

The most heartbreaking thing is the "emotional scandal" exposed in the film: Chen Mo once publicly criticized Weibo as a "cesspool", but was photographed returning to his residence with two young women wearing masks.

This carefully choreographed contrast brings Chen Mo’s hypocritical personality to a climax.

Public opinion quickly boiled over.
"Come to think of it, why should capitalists who earn billions of dollars a year empathize with us, the working people?"

"People just say some slogans and go home to eat shark fin and abalone, surrounded by beauties, and some people are actually grateful. It's ridiculous."

"I just realized now that Chen Mo's spring live broadcast was just for everyone to see the large flat. It turns out he also knew that he would be criticized for live broadcasting the villa."

"I can accept that capitalists make money, but I cannot accept that you make money from me and want to cheat on our relationship."

Tags such as "Internet Yue Buqun" and "The Other Shore White Lotus" dominated the hot searches. A certain Internet tycoon posted in his circle of friends "Finally someone dared to expose Chen Buqun's true face" with a picture of the leader of the Huashan School in "Swordsman".

This post was then widely circulated in the circle of friends, and the person in the screenshot later posted a blog to refute the rumor, saying that it was maliciously photoshopped by netizens, but the volume of the refutation was less than one-tenth of the rumor.

In this tsunami of public opinion, emotions replaced rationality and labels obscured the truth.

This sudden storm is testing the judgment of every Internet user - in the era of information cocoons, are we convinced by the truth or are we swept away by our emotions?

A huge dark cloud on the Internet swept towards Chen Mo with the force of a dark cloud.
The growth curve of Bi'an Search stagnated for the first time, and even Bi'an's entire product matrix was affected to a certain extent.

Seeing the uproar on the Internet, even Zhou Hongyi, who was not involved, felt a chill down her spine.

The drastic measures demonstrated by Baidu this time are completely different from the "small fight" with 360 back then - it turned out that they were not serious at all at that time.

Chen Mo is afraid that he will fall flat on his face this time. The olive branch extended by Baidu the day before yesterday made him earn a lot of money. As for the "national little Mo".
The business world is like a battlefield. If you want to blame someone, blame him for being too naive.

Thinking of this, Zhou Hongyi unconsciously raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip, and the image of Chen Mo's anxious look at the moment emerged in his mind.

That scene must have been wonderful.
at the same time.

When Chen Tong saw the public opinion on the Internet, and through data analysis and as a senior person in the industry, he sensitively realized that this time it was not just one party that was targeting Bi'an, but several parties that were working together to take advantage of this opportunity to target Bi'an.

After all, Bi'an has made countless enemies in the past few years. Now that there is an opportunity for everyone to push down the wall, why shouldn't the friendly competitors do their best?

Putting himself in her shoes, Chen Tong, who claims to be an old media person, can't help but feel overwhelmed. If his boss is so young, it would be bad if he couldn't help but speak out impulsively online.
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, he immediately ran to the chairman's office, and Chen Tong was dumbfounded.
Chen Mo was not as furious as Lao Zhou had imagined. Instead, he was leaning back in his chair, playing games on his phone, and even muttering, "Samsung. Samsung."

Chen Tong couldn't help but click his tongue. Is this what the book says about being calm in times of crisis?
"My boss! You are almost blacklisted by the whole internet, and you still have the mood to play games."

Chen Mo glanced at Chen Tong and said nonchalantly, "Why should I consider other people's feelings? Aren't you tired?"

"You... you have such a good attitude!"

(End of this chapter)