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Chapter 287 Thousand Degrees Severely Injured, Google Slightly Injured, Lingxi Wins a Minor Victory! Chen Yizhou: Why aren't you answering the phone!
At 10:30 a.m., Baidu lifted its ban on 360 products.

Ten minutes later, 360 synchronized Qiandu's operation.

The 3B war has come to an end, and the technical battles and public relations wars between the two companies have finally ended, but they have immediately entered the stage of legal battles.

Baidu is suing 360 for illegally scraping data by bypassing the Robots Exclusion Protocol in order to quickly obtain content, and is seeking 100 million yuan in damages.

360 countersued Baidu for using the Robots Exclusion Protocol to monopolize the search engine market.

Zhou Hongyi is not one to back down easily. While actively responding to the lawsuit, he also lashed out on Weibo: "Monopoly is the greatest evil in the world because it deprives users of choices! And Baidu's problems are not only monopoly, but also malicious software bundling, products that are difficult to uninstall, and products that cannot be completely deleted. Isn't this just rogue software?"

Commenters in the comments section joked: "This is truly a case of a monk scolding a bald thief, and a rogue beating a thug. In short, there are no righteous wars in the Spring and Autumn Period!"

The implication is that neither 360 nor Baidu are good companies.

But Zhou Hongyi didn't care, since 360 ​​Search had already won big.

Before the war, 360 Search had a market share of 0; after the war began, it reached 8.59%, making it the second largest search engine product in China.

the other side.

Xucheng, Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park, Building 9.

Chen Yansen sat in his office and opened the work email sent by Zhang Yiming.

Lingxi Browser has accumulated 6100 million users, with 3700 million active users, and a market share of 10.3%, ranking fourth. It is only behind UC Browser, QQ Browser, and Opera Browser, and ahead of Baidu Browser and Dolphin Browser.

Lingxi Search has a market share of 4.07%, just below Baidu, 360, and Sogou. Google's market share in Greater China has fallen to 3.49%, making it the fifth largest player in the industry.

Sogou Search's user usage rate remained relatively stable, but Baidu Search's market share plummeted from 75.44% in early August to 64.68%, a decrease of 14.26%.

Thousand Degrees suffered severe damage, Google suffered minor damage, and Sogou maintained stability.

Lingxi and 360 Search: a win-win situation!

"Zhou Hongyi may look simple-minded, but he's shrewder than anyone else. No wonder he's still making a living as an internet celebrity more than a decade later!"

Chen Yansen picked up his teacup, took a sip, and smiled faintly.

Lao Zhou graduated with a master's degree at the age of 25 and started as a programmer in a state-owned enterprise. A year later, he was promoted to department manager, and three years later, he went into business and founded the 3721 project. Five years later, he sold 3721 to Yahoo for $120 million, and personally received $80 million.

This was in 2003, and the average income per capita in Shanghai was less than 20,000 yuan.

However, in Chen Yansen's view, Zhou Hongyi's strategic planning ability is terrible. Perhaps it is a bad habit he developed as an investor in his early days. He does whatever is popular in the market, but he never dares to go all out.

Resources were scattered, ultimately leading to failure.

Their style of doing things is like a firecracker, it explodes at the slightest provocation!
In fact, Chen Yansen had no subjective feelings towards Zhou Hongyi, Lei Yijun, Ma Wenteng, Li Yanhong, or Ma Liyun.

For business people, profit is the only goal!

Of course, if you cross his line, he'll still beat you!

Li Yanhong's investment in Didi Chuxing caused him considerable trouble, so he immediately launched Lingxi Search, which snatched 4.07% of the market share from Baidu.

Just as he was pondering this, the cell phone on the table rang.

Chen Yansen snapped out of his daze, stretched out his hand, and his phone automatically flew into his palm. He glanced at the caller ID and then pressed the answer button.

"Boss, Baidu has acquired Lashou.com and added a 'Eat, Drink, and Play' section to Baidu Maps. Li Yanhong is shameless; he's copying Gaode Maps' O2O strategy one-to-one."

Xiao Jun went straight to the point, cursing fiercely.

"The same plan, when implemented by different people, often yields two completely opposite results. If you let someone copy it, whoever does it poorly will be embarrassed."

Chen Yansen didn't seem to care and spoke slowly and deliberately.

After all, there's not much copyright to speak of on the internet, especially in 2012.

“Okay, boss, I understand.” Xiao Jun replied through gritted teeth, intending to retaliate against Qiandu’s actions from a business perspective.

In the field of electronic maps and navigation software, Gaode is the undisputed leader.

Xiao Jun is confident that he will definitely not lose to Baidu Maps in terms of project operation.

Chen Yansen did not hang up the phone immediately, but instead inquired about the progress of Gaode Maps in local life scenarios.

After chatting for more than 20 minutes, Chen Yansen slowly put down his phone.

Two weeks ago, Zhu Xiaohu called him to test his bottom line on prices.

Chen Yansen initially quoted $2.4 million USD. This valuation was calculated by Gao Weilin based on Lashou.com's business and financial data, market share, industry prospects, and other information; it was not a price he made on a whim.

Since Sands Ventures, Meton Capital, and Renette Fund sold Lashou.com to Baidu, it's likely that Robin Li offered a higher price.

But he didn't care too much. There are several other group-buying websites similar to Lashou. If he missed Lashou, there are Nuomi, Dianping, Wowo, and even Meituan.

As for whether Wang Xin will sell Meituan?

Chen Yansen would not hesitate at all on this issue.

If KuaiPao and LaShou drive Meituan into a corner, and with a shortage of funds and no financing, Wang Xin will only have two choices: either die or sell the company.

When Baidu acquired Lashou.com, Wang Xin was the first person they wanted to target. Dianping was the second target, and KuaiPao was the third.

With that in mind, Chen Yansen turned on his computer and quickly found the relevant report on the homepage of Baidu News.

"Qiandu acquires Lashou.com for $4.2 million, setting a new record for the largest acquisition in the group-buying market!"

"Group buying + travel! Baidu is investing heavily to fully promote local life services!"

$4.2 billion?
Chen Yansen frowned slightly. He wasn't sure how much of the figure was inflated, but he estimated that the actual transaction amount should be around 4 million.

Two weeks ago, Zhu Xiaohu's offer was $3.2 million, and in the blink of an eye, it has increased by $1 million.

Li Yanhong is such a sucker!
Chen Yansen couldn't help but curse inwardly, if it weren't for Baidu's interference, Senlian Capital's influence in the ride-hailing and group-buying markets would certainly be far greater than its current state of development.

But then he thought about it again and instantly calmed down.

Even without Baidu, other large capital firms will emerge.

According to him, Zhu Nanli of Legend Capital had privately communicated with Xu Xin of Today Capital, Wang Qiong of SIG Asia, and Zhang Lei of Hillhouse Capital, hoping to push Liu Yiqing to the position of CEO of Didi Chuxing.

It's just that Qiandu's shareholding ratio was too high, so he didn't succeed.

With Liu Yiqing's network of connections, she could easily attract investment from Australia and Europe and the United States even without the help of Lenovo and the Liu family.

Having worked at Goldman Sachs for over a decade, the other party must possess a wealth of connections and resources.

Compared to Liu Yiqing, the indecisive Li Yanhong is clearly easier to deal with.

When the losses from the subsidy war reach Li Yanhong's psychological limit, that will be the beginning of peace talks between the two sides.

That afternoon, Kuaipao launched a meal card recharge event, with the same gameplay as Kuaidi Dache. Without any competitors, it generated a revenue record of 5.9 million yuan within six hours of its launch.

After firmly establishing himself in Huian, Sujiang, Shanghai, and the Jiangzhe region, Pei Yi immediately "marched north," using Beijing, Tianjin, Changshan, Tangcheng, and other places as centers to rapidly expand to surrounding prefecture-level cities, preparing to seize the North China market in one fell swoop.

The businesses of Gaode, Kuaidi Dache, and Kuaidi Dache complement each other, and the three products have achieved ecological complementarity in terms of traffic and commercial monetization, resulting in significant progress in daily active users and user stickiness.

Before leaving get off work, Chen Yansen received a call from Ma Wenteng. He looked puzzled and wondered to himself: What is this guy doing in Xucheng?
Without thinking twice, he pushed open the door and walked out, calling Zhou Shouzhi, Ye Qiuping, and Gao Weilin to accompany him.

Three minutes later, a Rolls-Royce Ghost in a panda-themed color scheme and a Bentley Mulsanne drove out of the science park one after the other, speeding towards the city center.

at the same time.

Chen Yizhou of Renren.com only realized he had been tricked by Robin Li when he saw the news of Baidu's acquisition.

"Damn it! You've dragged this out for a whole month."

Overwhelmed with emotion, Chen Yizhou spoke in his long-lost hometown accent. After a moment's thought, he called Chen Yansen again.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds, and still no one answered.

Did Chen Yansen also abandon his plan to acquire group-buying websites?

Chen Yizhou immediately panicked. Nuomi.com was losing two to three million US dollars every month. If the sale was delayed by a month, he would lose a villa in Shanghai.

Aside from Chen Yansen, he really couldn't find any decent buyers in the country.

It's worth noting that venture capital firms confident in the group-buying business entered the market as early as the beginning of 2011.

At this point, it's already the final round of 'five to four', so how could an investor possibly change the group-buying product at the last minute and switch to a new product?

On the other side, Chen Yansen had just gotten out of the car and stepped into the rooftop garden when he saw Ma Wenteng walking towards him.

(End of this chapter)