Rebirth 2010: I'll be a big shot

Chapter 122 Unify the domestic market and look forward to 10 billion revenue!

Author: This month once Teru Furukawa

Chapter 122 Unify the domestic market and look forward to 10 billion revenue!

Heron Island.

The sky was gray and drizzling.

Wu Xin, the big boss of Meitu, was restless in his office. His mood was like the weather outside, which was overcast and chilly.

"Beep bell bell~"

The phone rings suddenly!

"Hey, what's going on?"

Wu Xin said solemnly, in the past year, the company's market share has dropped by 70%. Will the remaining old users still stay in Meitu after their membership expires?

Or, fall directly into the arms of Mosi.

He didn't dare to think about it. Every time he thought about this problem, he got a huge headache.

What kind of future technology, you idiot, don’t give me a chance, why don’t you go so far!

"Mr. Wu, our own AI painting robot has finally been built. Please come to the conference room on the second floor."

The technical leader of the artificial intelligence team said excitedly on the phone.

"I'll be there soon."

Wu Xin put down these words and hurried to the elevator. In order to combat future technology, Meitu invested heavily in setting up a research group to develop artificial intelligence painting software.

Spring turned to autumn, and in nine months, I finally saw results.

In the elevator, he took a deep breath, hoping for a surprise.

Even if he is only half as good as Moss, he is still confident that he can make a great turnaround by cooperating with the marketing side.

"Mr. Wu!"

"Mr. Wu!!"

"Boss, here, this computer can be used for demonstration."

Technical Director Yuan Zhe said.

Wu Xin walked over and sat down, looking at the software with a starry sky blue background in front of him, which maintained the consistent UI style design of Meitu.

The functions are divided into: beautifying pictures, portrait beauty, one-click comics, and AI classroom.

Click on the first functional area, import a test image, check the corresponding filter, and the new image will be generated in seconds. The effect is good. He nodded with satisfaction.

At a glance, there are more than fifty filter templates on the menu bar.

Then he skipped the second module, clicked on the "One-Click Comic" function, imported a photo of a beautiful woman, and clicked on the comic style on the right to generate a comic version of the image in different scenarios.

After trying two illustration styles, the results were unsatisfactory.

Wu Xin frowned and said nothing. After thinking for a while, he opened the AI ​​classroom directly. The layout of the interface was very similar to Moss's.

From top to bottom.

Model selection: hundreds of styles such as two-dimensional, real-person, science fiction, comics, landscape, ancient style, etc.;

Picture description: Short sentences and short words are preferred;

Drawing ratio and size: 1:1, 1:2, 4:3, 600*800, 720*1280, 900*1600;

"Wu Song beats the tiger."

Wu Xin entered the keyword and pressed the generate button.

The system responded immediately, and the progress bar moved forward little by little. Three seconds later, a picture of two tigers fighting each other was born, with several pine trees in the background.

Where is Wu Song?

He raised his head, with anger in his heart, and stared at Yuan Zhe, hoping that the other party would give him a reasonable explanation.

"Mr. Wu, this is because the system has not gone through in-depth training. This is also the case when Moss has just come online. It will be solved by slowly increasing the number of trainings later."

Yuan Zhe explained quickly.

Wu Xin thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that there was such a thing, so he continued to test Ai's painting ability.

"Athlete, raised eyebrows, half-closed eyes, thick lips, goatee, serious, evil smile, short hair, T-shirt, bucket hat, Pikachu tail, beach."

Click Generate again.

A few seconds later, an evil man with a goatee, wearing sportswear and a fisherman's hat, stood in front of the beach. Surprisingly, he also had a Pikachu yellow tail.

After half an hour of continuous testing, except for some complex words that the system could not respond to accurately, everything else could be drawn perfectly.

This level is not inferior to that of Moss Ai!

"Crack!"

"Pah! Pah!"

Wu Xin stood up and took the lead in applauding. Others responded one after another, and the room burst into thunderous applause.

"I announce that technical director Yuan Zhe will be promoted to general manager of Meitu Artificial Intelligence Research Institute starting from today. He will receive a salary increase, allotment of shares, and bonuses for other staff will be doubled!"

He grinned, waved and announced loudly.

"Wow! Thank you, Mr. Wu, you are such a proud boss!"

"Brother Hong is domineering, and Meitu will create greater glory again!"

"Kill the future technology and return to the first place in the market!"

The office immediately burst into cheers. Everyone was excited and excited under the stimulation of the bonus, but no one noticed the unnatural look that flashed across Yuan Zhe's face.

The next day, Meitu’s intelligent robot Andy was officially launched, with a very beautiful slogan: China’s No. 1 AI painting software!

Good guy, just pretend to be blind, right?

When Chen Heyu saw this news, he almost couldn't hold himself back. Damn it, Ah Q, you win.

Under his interference, this time and space began to become different. Even Mei Tu was able to create AI ten years in advance.

It's... quite unacceptable!

Why!

He spent more than a billion to achieve today's results. Is Mei Tu the chosen one?

"Mr. Zhang, let the institute produce a research report. I want to know the gap between Andy and Moss."

He specifically called Zhang Nan and told him that he should not take it lightly when facing competitors.

"Mr. Chen, I will reply to you as soon as possible. In addition, the third round of sales of Moss speakers is scheduled for the 25th, and the inventory is 600,000 pieces."

Zhang Nan replied.

"No problem, we will do another pre-sale with the inventory set at 1 million units to combat the arrogance of scalpers and let fans see that the company is doing something good."

Chen Heyu ordered.

…

The challenge of Meitu is coming fiercely. There are many paid promotion channels, including advertisements of Andy's paintings, paper media, streaming media, and even their posters on buses and subways.

The Battle of the Cauldron!

People in the industry joked that Wu Xin went crazy this time and spent 100 million on marketing expenses alone. It is said that he is still negotiating with Mango Channel to sponsor the variety show "Where Are We Going, Dad?"

"Lao Wang will report the data after Andy goes online."

Wu Xinchong, the head of the data department said.

"Mr. Wu, as of yesterday, the number of registered users of Andy has exceeded 8 million, the payment conversion rate is 11%, and the total revenue is 19.6 million."

Lao Wang fished out a set of core parameters from the data pool and synchronized them to the participating department directors.

In just seven days, the number of new users in a single day increased by one million. Calculating the purchase cost alone, tens of millions were consumed every day.

During this period, the advertising sales departments of Qiandu.com, Penguin Channel, and Mango Channel were having the happiest time. If they spent money on Meitu for a month, their bonuses would be guaranteed.

After using Andy to draw, some users found that its intelligence was not inferior to Moss AI, and a wave of competitions started online to see which software was better.

Meitu has also successfully regained a small amount of market share!

…

"Boss, Director Wei discovered last week that someone had registered a large number of Moss AI accounts and used free simulation times to make profits."

Reported by Zhang Nanhui.

"Did you get any results from the research I asked you to do last time?"

Chen Heyu heard this and took the initiative to ask.

"It was this report that allowed the institute to discover anomalies in recent data. The number of such accounts is as high as more than 5 million. After investigation, most of the registered mobile phone numbers and IP addresses are concentrated in Ludao."

Zhang Nan said slowly, with deep meaning in his words.

"What do you mean?"

Chen Heyu reacted and asked with a smile. It was a bit unbelievable. The other party wouldn't do such a shameless thing, right?

"I can't believe it either, but judging from the results of technical investigation, the truth may be close to ten."

Zhang Nan's tone was very certain, and she had obviously obtained sufficient evidence.

"Call the police."

Chen Heyu decided calmly.

There are millions of fake accounts. You need to know that Moss AI registration requires a mobile phone number. This kind of behavior has violated the law.

The other party's methods were very covert, and even Wu Chen didn't notice it. The data department also regarded these users as natural traffic. If it weren't for Wei Gang, Future Technology would not know how much money it would have lost.

"I will give Lao Wei an additional bonus. I see all those who work hard for the company."

he added.

"Okay, boss, I will arrange it."

Zhang Nan replied.

…

Future Technology is a pacesetter in tax payment in Yancheng and has attracted much attention from the superiors. After Zhang Nan submitted the evidence to the relevant departments, the investigation results were quickly released.

The truth is shocking!

Meitu's Andy drawing actually uses the Moss AI program!

What a great move!

Users of the two companies were quarreling online and wanted to compete. After hearing the news, they were stunned in place!

"Who can tell me? What does this mean?"

"I thought you were making progress, but I didn't expect that you didn't even bother to plagiarize and just stole it!"

"Such a sexy operation would be impossible to imagine without decades of cerebral infarction!"

"This kind of rubbish company should close down as soon as possible, bah!"

"Hahaha, don't ask why, I just want to laugh, and I don't even dare to write like this in novels."

"Real business war turns out to be so simple and unpretentious."

"..."

The comments from netizens were completely one-sided, and the melon-eaters picked up their keyboards and began to use their strength to angrily criticize Meitu's shameless behavior.

Three days later, the inspection director announced the results of the investigation!

The facts are basically consistent with the rumors circulating on the Internet. Andy turned out to be just a porter in the AI ​​industry.

Main participants:

Technical Director Yuan Zhe;

Zhang Weiye, the second largest shareholder;

Technical Director Liao Qiao;

Treasurer Tang Jiao;

…

A total of dozens of participants, without telling the big boss Wu Xin, did such stupid things. They even modified the payment data and secretly divided the proceeds.

The amount of money involved was high, the influence was bad, a large amount of false information was misappropriated, and several crimes were grouped together. It would be difficult to regain freedom without working on the sewing machine for a few years.

After this incident, although Wu Xin escaped, he could no longer arouse the spirit of competition. After Future Technology took the initiative to open the interface, Meitu also voluntarily paid to call and became a member of the Moss Ai Alliance.

The former industry leaders have surrendered, and other P drawing and painting companies have all chosen to join the Moss AI Alliance.

Future Technology gives up a portion of its profits, classifies each company based on its sales data, and sets membership discount standards, with up to 20% off dealer rights.

More than 30 companies have suddenly transformed into the younger brothers of future technology. They simply changed the skin of their own software, and an artificial intelligence painting robot was born.

Dong Yun!

Super thought!

No boundaries!

Hualing!

The names are all extraordinary and full of style, which has completely confused domestic AI painting enthusiasts. What is going on!

Could it be that 2013 is the first year of love in China?

Gradually, everyone discovered that the membership prices of these dozens of software were exactly the same. With the revelations from insiders, they realized that these companies had all been "acquired" by Future Technology!

To put it bluntly, they are all calling Moss’s interface, and it doesn’t matter which software you use!

This incident also allowed Chinese entrepreneurs to see the terrifying power of future technology, its strong resource integration capabilities, and its huge ambitions.

Excluding Adobe, China's digital photo editing industry has ushered in a golden era of one dominant company.

Although these companies are inconspicuous, after being tied together, the total number of users covered in the vertical field exceeds 300 million.

The number of users of Moss Ai in China has expanded sharply to 260 million, leading the international version of Moss Ai for the first time.

“Boss, alliance members have brought 150 million new users to the company, 13 million paying users, and total revenue of 370 million Chinese dollars.

The Finance Department estimates that Mos AI’s domestic revenue this year will exceed the 1.5 billion mark!”

Zhang Nan reported on the phone with a smile.

"Mr. Zhang, congratulations on becoming famous in one battle and winning the domestic market."

Chen Heyu leaned on the sofa and replied cheerfully.

After all the turmoil, Zhang Nan managed to dominate the photo editing market without losing any blood, and established a firm foothold in the business world, leaving the impression that he is a very talkative person.

Her strategy also made Chen Heyu very satisfied. If future technology kills all its peers, it will leave no room for error.

First, it will cause a shock to the industry and will inevitably cause a large number of employees to lose their jobs;

Second, the appearance is too ugly. When encountering antitrust in the future, Future Technology will be the winner;

Third, the users that these dozens of companies have worked so hard to manage will be worthless if they are lost in vain. It is better to seize the waste in hand and use it.

Chen Heyu's idea is to make the market bigger and stronger, focus on developing overseas markets, and make money from foreigners.

Instead of relying on leading technology to dominate this "small stream" in China and starve others to death, this approach is meaningless and is just a cancer in the industry.

What he wants is to create new industries and new opportunities, not to destroy the original things.

The results were in line with his expectations. Taking on these guys would help the company earn hundreds of millions more every month, plus overseas revenue.

Next year, in 2014, the total revenue of Future Technology can easily reach 10 billion Chinese dollars!

Future Technology is a software company, and most of it is research and development costs and labor costs. No matter how high the salary they offer, they can't consume 10% of it!

The rest is all profit!

This is why major venture capital institutions are jealous. Although Kangaroo Flash Delivery is large in size and has millions of people serving it across the entire chain, the net profit remaining every year is not as high as the outside world imagines.

"It's all the boss's fault. How dare we take credit for beating the workers?"

Zhang Nan knew his temper, and when he saw that he was in a good mood, he also tried to make jokes.

"You will host the annual meeting, and I will not join in the fun. I will reward you with 50,000 equity shares. I will let Zhou Zi arrange this matter."

Chen Heyu smiled slightly and threw out equity worth tens of millions. Zhou Zi was the chief financial officer and needed his intervention.

Zhang Nan is in charge of domestic business. He cannot favor one person over another. This move is to tell her to do a good job.

What Zhou Zi has, she also has.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen. Don't worry, I will handle it properly."

Zhang Nan thanked him repeatedly.

"Well, I believe you. Let's stop here. I have something else to do today."

Chen Heyu hung up the phone and put on a set of luxurious gifts. On his wrist was the thousand-yuan mechanical watch given by Luo Wenwen. He glanced at the time and smiled knowingly.

Get in the car and head to the "Manslaughter 2" celebration party!

Gentlemen, just enjoy watching it. I will work hard to code and wish everyone a happy May Day and get rich soon.

(End of chapter)