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Chapter 483 WPS Mobile Copyright

"?" Cheng Yi hung up the phone and found that Lei Jun had missed the call. He felt a little guilty. He still lacked self-control. If he had been a few seconds later, he could have gained the upper hand in the negotiation.

At the same time, Lei Jun was also secretly blaming himself.

After hesitating for a while, he called Cheng Yi again.

As soon as the call connected, he and Cheng Yi said together, "President Cheng/President Lei, you just called me?"

Soon, the two fell into a brief silence.

Cheng Yi broke the deadlock first, saying, "President Lei, I think we should stop scheming against each other. We haven't even started fighting with Microsoft yet, and we're just wasting our energy here. We might as well focus our energy on Microsoft."

Lei Jun laughed and said, "I have always come here with sincerity. Why would I want to fight with President Cheng? As long as the conditions are not too unreasonable, we are willing to accept them."

Although Lei Jun said that, his unwillingness to give WPS shares and his desire for Momo Group to invest in the company were both abnormal.

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "I know you must have your bottom line, and I have Momo Group's bottom line too. So let's reveal our bottom lines to each other and negotiate using them as a basis, what do you think?"

“Okay.” Lei Jun didn’t want the matter to fall through, so he said, “This time we’ve chosen to compete with Microsoft, which requires a large amount of money for promotion. Although Lianxiang Group has expressed its support for us, if our expenses are too high, we will also need to give up some shares to Lianxiang Group. Our request is simple: as long as you waive our internet cafe game revenue sharing fee for six months, we are willing to fight against Microsoft with you.”

Jinshan's bottom line is indeed very small.

Because now, apart from JX Online and MU Online, other games have been exempted from the internet cafe game revenue sharing fee for three months.

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "This condition is fine, Mr. Lei. Why don't we talk in person and discuss the next steps? I'll send a car to pick you up."

"No need, I'll just take a taxi." Lei Jun politely declined Cheng Yi's offer and hung up the phone.

Forty minutes later, Lei Jun and Chen Rui returned to the Momo Technology Industrial Park by taxi.

Cheng Yi personally welcomed the two into his office and said with a smile, "President Lei, I've been quite flustered since you left."

Standing next to Cheng Yi, Li Weiwei almost burst out laughing as she listened to his nonsensical ramblings.

Lei Jun was no longer in the mood to argue with Cheng Yi. He sat down on the sofa and said, "President Cheng, I've made our bottom line clear. You're not going to give us any more leeway, are you?"

“That won’t do,” Cheng Yi said seriously. “We’ll be all-weather partners from now on. Waiving six months’ share of your profits is too stingy. If you’re going to waive it, waive it for a whole year.”

"A year?" Lei Jun's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although their peak online viewership has decreased significantly, it still stands at 77.

That's a genuine fifth place in the domestic game industry.

First place: The Great Wilderness Chronicles.

Second place: Legend.

Third place: QQ Tang.

Fourth place: A Chinese Odyssey Part Two.

Fifth place: Swordsman Love Story.

Cheng Yi said, "You've stated your bottom line, so shouldn't we also state our bottom line?"

"Your bottom line?" Lei Jun was taken aback and said, "President Cheng, you waived our profit-sharing fees, and we chose to cooperate with you. Wasn't this matter already settled?"

"You've reached an agreement on your side, but we haven't," Cheng Yi said. "JX Online's monthly revenue is currently over 90 million. Based on a 30% revenue share, that's about 30 million. If we waive your revenue share for a year, that's nearly 400 million! With such a large sum, if we don't offer some conditions, we won't be able to explain it to Enze Capital."

Lei Jun's face was ashen as he said, "Fine, go ahead and say it, but if you still want shares in Jinshan or WPS, then I will still refuse."

"Don't worry, our Momo Group wouldn't even look at your current profits." Cheng Yi seemed indifferent.

The more indifferent he seemed, the more at ease Lei Jun felt.

Cheng Yi said, "We just want an excuse to get the board to approve it. I've thought about it carefully, why don't you sell us the mobile rights to WPS?"

"Mobile copyright?" Lei Jun wondered if he had misheard.

What is mobile copyright?
cell phone?

Lei Jun said, "The mobile copyright you're talking about isn't the copyright for laptops, is it?"

"Of course not, I'm talking about mobile phone copyright," Cheng Yi said.

"This phone can install WPS? You're not kidding me, are you?" Lei Jun frowned slightly.

He was really afraid that Cheng Yi would say, "You were the one who joked first."

Fortunately, Cheng Yi didn't say those words. Instead, he said very seriously, "As I just said, this is just an excuse to get the board of directors to agree. You can consider it."

"No need to think about it anymore," Lei Jun said. "No problem, when do we sign the contract?"

Lei Jun had absolutely no interest in the mobile platform that Cheng Yi mentioned.

How could WPS possibly be installed on such a small phone? That's a joke.

"I've prepared the contract." Cheng Yi waved to Li Weiwei and said, "Bring the contract over and let President Lei review it."

"Yes!" Li Weiwei immediately retrieved the contract and handed it to Lei Jun with both hands.

Lei Jun carefully read through the contract and nodded in satisfaction.

The contract was written very professionally. Even the areas involving mobile copyright were described in detail, and the scope of the mobile copyright was clearly marked.

Lei Jun signed the document readily and said, "President Cheng, although we are joining forces to fight against Microsoft, do you have a general plan in mind? Microsoft is not so easy to deal with."

Cheng Yi signed the contract first and said, "Without the right skills, how could I dare to take on this difficult task?"

He laughed and said, "I have already applied to IBM for a software library. Once IBM approves it, our Momo system, together with your WPS, will be able to compete with Microsoft in government and enterprise procurement."

"Oh?" Lei Jun's eyes suddenly lit up.

This is quite a pleasant surprise.

Cheng Yi said, "However, you have to be strong yourself to succeed. Whether it's our Momo system or your WPS, you have to come up with the best products. So in the next month, we will continue to refine the system and WPS, and then perfectly adapt them to the Momo system. We will also conduct in-depth optimization of your WPS to ensure smooth operation. Our first move will be to strike Microsoft where it hurts the most and stir up the waters of the procurement market."

"Okay," Lei Jun replied excitedly.

This procurement market is huge.

The procurement volume for education alone can easily reach hundreds of millions of US dollars.

Not to mention other fields.

Even capturing just one-fifth of the procurement market would be enough to make them incredibly wealthy.

At the very least, it won't be in this half-dead state anymore.

Cheng Yi continued, "In addition, we'll use methods like on-the-ground promotion to advertise WPS, especially on university campuses. I'll have Renren (a Chinese social networking site) assist with the promotion. Once university students accept WPS, then your market will truly be open. Of course, you'll have to bear the costs of on-the-ground promotion yourself, but I can waive the promotion fees provided by Momo Internet Cafe and Renren." "No problem," Lei Jun replied excitedly.

He came with a "let's give it a try" attitude, but now he feels that this decision was damn wise.

Although Cheng Yi is cunning and treacherous, it must be said that a person's ability and character are indeed inversely proportional.

Cheng Yi discussed some details of the cooperation with Lei Jun. After everything was settled, Lei Jun, who was full of energy, boarded a plane back to Yanjing City.

They are confident of winning this battle.

This winter in Jingzhou was rather cold, but the swirling snowflakes and biting wind outside couldn't suppress the palpable killing intent emanating from the Momo Building's command center.

On December 30, Momo Group established a combat command center.

All of the group's senior executives became command advisors in the command center, jointly discussing the battle against Microsoft.

As the battle between Microsoft and IBM intensifies, many investment institutions in Europe and the United States have set their sights on the stock prices of both companies.

Microsoft and IBM are so large that even a slight movement from them can generate enormous profits.

Following Enze Capital's acquisition, numerous European and American financial groups rushed in, not to be outdone.

They weren't greedy; they simply wanted to create hype to cause IBM's stock price to drop slightly, then quickly buy back in and create momentum to push the price up again.

This cycle repeated itself, and many investment institutions made a fortune.

Even the investment institutions that were initially responsible for mediating couldn't resist joining in the hype and constantly fanning the flames.

Currently, the commercial versions of Momo and WPS are undergoing intensive optimization. Before the students' holidays, Cheng Yi plans to conduct a systematic on-the-ground promotion for WPS.

On the wall behind him hung a huge national map, covered with countless red dots.

This refers to over 14 internet cafes that have installed the Momo operating system.

These internet cafes are like an invisible giant net, covering every corner of China.

Apart from the more than 20,000 internet cafes directly affiliated with Momo Internet Cafe, the other 120,000 internet cafes are only in a cooperative relationship and are in a state of obeying orders but not directives.

Cheng Yi didn't kill the Time and Space Internet Cafe outright; he needed it to remain in this half-dead state.

The internet cafe industry must not be monopolized; once it is, there will be too many problems.

Unlike Lianjiang Internet Cafe, Shikong Internet Cafe operates entirely on a licensing model. Their biggest revenue source used to be the internet cafe management system, but now that the management system has been taken over by Momo, their only revenue source has become licensing to illegal internet cafes.

Authorizing illegal internet cafes is a very dangerous path; a slight misstep can lead to serious problems.

Therefore, Momo Group will definitely not take this path. Since Time and Space Internet Cafe wants to do it, let them do it for a while, since they have no control over these internet cafes at all.

Keeping them around has another major advantage: the number of internet cafes will increase.

The more internet cafes there are, the greater the coverage of the Momo system will be.

The current Shikuang Internet Cafe has essentially become a salesperson for the Momo system.

As for Lianjiang Internet Cafe, there was no impact whatsoever. They were operating on a direct-sales model, and the internet cafe version of the Momo system was free. In addition, the 30% revenue share did not need to be paid by the internet cafes. Therefore, Lianjiang Internet Cafe's revenue was not only unaffected, but also increased significantly due to the integration of Momo coins.

Due to the chain reaction brought about by Momo Internet Cafe, the number of Internet cafes in 2003 even surpassed that in 2008. The surge in the number of Internet cafes also led to a new phenomenon.

That means the personal PC market is starting to weaken.

This data has not been studied in detail by computer companies such as Lianxiang Group and Shenzhou Group.

Because their computer sales have been rising steadily.

However, a large portion of the soaring computer sales came from purchases by internet cafes.

In 2002, the number of computers sold nationwide was 900 million.

In 2003, the number of computers sold nationwide was 1100 million.

This seems like a significant increase, but the number of computers in internet cafes in 2003 actually increased by nearly 600 million units compared to 2002.

If we exclude those 600 million units, the total number of computers sold in 2003 should be around 600 million.

It's decreasing instead of increasing.

However, computer companies don't care about such small details; they only look at the big growth trends.

The reduction in internet cafe fees has led to a significant decrease in individuals' desire to purchase computers.

Aside from those who need computers for work or study, most other people use internet cafes.

Now, there is an even more pressing issue.

The Momo system does not have a home version, and most games can only run on the Momo system.

This, to some extent, deterred entertainment buyers who had the desire to purchase computers.

These chain reactions have not yet fully manifested. Cheng Yi guesses that within six months at most, computer companies like Lianxiang Group will discover this very serious problem.

Cheng Yi and all the consultants discussed the on-the-ground promotion process in detail. Many of the consultants present were elites in the sales industry and were much more professional than Cheng Yi.

Based on Cheng Yi's requirements, they quickly formulated a ground promotion plan.

The trial run of the plan was conducted in Jingzhou City.

A few days later, in an inconspicuous alley in the Shizhong District of Jingzhou City, an internet cafe called New Humans looked somewhat old under the afternoon sun.

In the internet cafe market of Handong Province, Momo Internet Cafe's market share dropped to 60%, while the remaining 40% was returned to the market.

The New Human Internet Cafe was filled with smoke, and the sounds of keyboards clattering and young people shouting mingled together.

At this moment, the network administrator, Xiao Chen, was smoking a cigarette, idly watching the flickering game screens on the CRT monitors.

Just then, the thick cotton curtain at the entrance of the internet cafe was lifted, and several technicians in blue overalls walked in.

The leader was a young man who looked very shrewd and capable.

Xiao Chen recognized these people; they were employees of Momo Group responsible for maintaining the system.

"Brother Chen, we're here to upgrade the system," the lead technician said with a smile.

Xiao Chen lazily pointed to the switchboard cabinet and said, "Same as always, just don't delay business."

"Don't worry." Several technicians quickly logged into the internet cafe's main computer. The lead technician took out several specially made CDs from his bag. The CD covers had a string of words printed on them.

WPS Office 2003 Internet Cafe Experience Edition.

(End of this chapter)