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Meng Houkun is now the vice president of the software business group and usually does not work at the headquarters.

Come here this time, it seems that there is something special.

"Liu Wenbo has been arrested."

"Didn't I tell you?"

"Sentenced, Professor Chen was sentenced to three years, and he was sentenced to one year."

"oh."

Zhou Buqi was a little puzzled.

That's it?

This Meng Houkun doesn't have any thoughts about Liu Wenbo, does he? They have parted ways long ago! Moreover, I have gone in three times, and my temperament has changed. I dare not want this kind of person.

Meng Houkun said: "In the past two years, Coral QQ was warned, and Professor Chen was not punished. The main reason was that Coral QQ was a public welfare software, and Professor Chen did not rely on this software for profit. The version is different, the plug-in is embedded, and there is income, the nature of this has changed.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, and said "hmm".

Meng Houkun went on to say: "In the past few years, Coral QQ has been very popular in the market. When you go to Internet cafes to surf the Internet, everyone basically uses Coral QQ. There is no pop-up news, you can see your friends' IP, and you can also enjoy some membership services. This shows that There is a reason, in this market, users have needs.”

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "You have to pay for the genuine version, and there is no cost for the pirated version. Of course there is demand. Everyone wants to be free."

"Right, that is it."

"What do you mean?"

"You know 51, right?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, the 51 community is built by imitating QQ Zone. All products, functions and gameplay are basically imitating QQ Zone. Speaking of which, 51 and Penguin have fought a lot in the past two years. Always attacking each other in the media."

Meng Houkun said: "Yes, the 51 community focuses on young people, which is a bit non-mainstream. The product positioning and functions are very similar to Qzone. It is developing very well. I heard that there are 40 to 50 million registered users."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, not thinking that this was a way out, "It's nothing more than a lot of thunder and rain. Even QQ Zone can't find a profit model. How does the 51 community make money? At most, it is a strong momentum."

Meng Houkun laughed and said: "In the past few years, 51 has received many lawsuits, saying that they have violated intellectual property rights and copied other people's products."

"Ha ha!"

Zhou Buqi laughed.

Meng Houkun said: "At the beginning of the year, 51 also released an instant messaging software called 51 Hanghang. From design, function to operation process, it is exactly the same as QQ. QQ launched some new functions, and they followed up immediately. Pixel-level imitate."

"51 hanging?" Zhou Buqi shook his head, "It's definitely not good."

Meng Houkun said with a smile: "It is mainly for the 51 community, and the downloads have reached six to seven million. The business is not doing very well, mainly because of disgusting people."

Zhou Buqi sighed, and said with emotion: "The chat software market is not so easy, UC, Baidu HI, Lava, NetEase Bubble, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger... so many big companies can't play, 51 relies on It is impossible for a company that starts from a marginal business to make any achievements.”

"Yeah, so they are going to change the version."

"Is 51 hang up?"

"right."

"You even know this?"

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised and looked at him intently.

Meng Houkun moved his butt, leaned closer to him, and said in a low voice, "A vice president of 51 quietly came to the door yesterday, wanting to cooperate with us."

Zhou Buqi frowned, "Cooperation? Ziweixing doesn't need to cooperate with such a low-end company."

Meng Houkun winked, "An enemy's enemy is a friend."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "51's reputation is too bad."

51 started out purely by plagiarism and imitation. All its products are copied from others. There is no technological innovation, not even business model innovation.

Suffered a lot of lawsuits.

That is to say, there are too few Internet companies in Shanghai, so they need more protection and support, otherwise they may be sued.

Meng Houkun said: "Let's provide some technical support behind the scenes. It's actually a transactional relationship. They pay a symbolic amount of money, and we provide technical assistance."

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "What are they going to do?"

"Upgrade 51 hanging!"

Meng Houkun's eyebrows showed a bit of excitement and a little excitement.

Zhou Buqi tasted what happened, "Is it related to Coral QQ?"

Meng Houkun smiled and said: "Yes, this market is just in demand. The users of 51 community and QQ space are highly overlapped. The reason why 51 hanging up can't be done is because users are all using QQ. But QQ charges are not low. I like to play QQ. Most of the space users are minors and have little money. If users can use some membership functions for free, there will definitely be a market.”

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Both Professor Chen and Liu Wenbo have been arrested!"

Meng Houkun said: "That's different. Coral QQ is made by an individual. A computer teacher, what kind of law does he know? 51 is a regular company and has its own legal team. It has been sorted out a long time ago. Anyway, 51 cannot do it. When I got up, I simply broke the jar, imitated Coral QQ, and launched a new product-Rainbow QQ.”

"Tell me specifically?"

"Coral QQ will violate the law, mainly because of three things. First, the underlying code of QQ has been modified, which is a serious infringement; second, the advertising pop-up window of QQ has been canceled, which has caused economic losses to Penguin. The most important thing The third point is that it embeds its own plug-ins and generates illegal income.”

After hearing these words, Zhou Buqi's heart was greatly moved.

When the two armies confront each other, if they want to win, they have to start from two aspects.

First, make yourself stronger.

Second, make the enemy weaker.

Company 51 is trying to make trouble, it's detrimental to others... Well, you can't say that. If Rainbow QQ is legal, users will all use this product, and as the number of users increases...at the right time, it can help divert traffic to the 51 community instead of diverting traffic to QQ space like genuine QQ.

This is a very strange idea.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "This 51 really came out of the crooked way to innovate. Well, this Rainbow QQ, how can it not violate the rules?"

Meng Houkun said: "First, the underlying code will not be changed. Second, the pop-up window of advertisements cannot be cancelled, and cannot cause economic losses to Penguin. Third, no plug-ins are embedded. Only some QQ membership functions are released, such as QQ Clairvoyance, QQ Members are invisible."

Zhou Buqi was surprised, "Aren't membership functions all paid services? Isn't this also infringing on the interests of QQ?"

Meng Houkun waved his hand, "This is the user's choice, and this matter has nothing to do with us. The vice president Huang who came over said that they have already consulted the legal affairs. As long as these three items are done well, it will be difficult to identify legally. This is It seems that posters were pasted on the windows of the neighbor’s house, and people were very angry, but it’s not too much to say that they broke the law.”

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "It's really knowledgeable, and you can be so righteous when you're playing a rascal."

Meng Houkun said indifferently: "Anyway, it has nothing to do with us. In fact, there are many such things, such as MSN. There are many strange versions of MSN in foreign countries. They all add some new functions that users like on the original software."

Zhou Buqi nodded, now he understood.

Plug-ins are also divided into legal cheats and illegal cheats.

Coral QQ is an illegal cheat, and Rainbow QQ is a legal cheat, adding some supplementary functions to the genuine software to meet the needs of users.

If the weapon of law cannot be used, then only technical means can be used.

In order to ensure that QQ's value-added income is not affected, QQ will definitely come up with various means to restrict others from adding auxiliary functions to its products.

That is to build a wall around your yard to keep those who want to stick posters on their windows from entering.

51's technology is not enough.

Will not climb over the wall.

Only then did they find Ziweixing, which has strong technology, and look for technical support from the software business group. Help them climb over the wall, cross the technical blockade of QQ, and continue to put posters on the windows of their homes.

Meng Houkun further explained that he had already consulted his own legal counsel. Even if something happens to Rainbow QQ, the person in charge of the project will be arrested like Coral QQ.

This matter has nothing to do with Ziweixing.

In this process, 51 is the technical support purchased from Ziweixing.

As long as Ziweixing's technology is legal, then this transaction is legal. As for what 51 does with legal technology, it has nothing to do with Ziweixing.

You can't commit crimes with a knife alone. You should arrest the person who sells the whetstone?

Seeing that Zhou Buqi was pondering, Meng Houkun said decisively: "Ji Zi'an disagrees with this matter, Ji Junzi, he has a very high style. Fortunately, I am in charge of external relations, and I handled this matter by myself, otherwise he will be punished." I’ve suppressed it. I’ll just say a few words. First, the enemy’s enemy is a friend; second, to weaken the enemy is to strengthen yourself. The success of Helo cannot be separated from the side cover of Rainbow QQ.”

Zhou Buqi didn't hesitate, "Well, I can do it!"

Meng Houkun's eyes lit up, "Really? Did you agree?"

Zhou Buqi said: "This kind of thing can't be done for a long time. At most, it's a disgusting person, and it can't be hurt."

Meng Houkun didn't think so, and snorted, "Why can't we do it for a long time? After this plan is implemented, Rainbow QQ will be able to take over Coral QQ. Word of mouth will spread the word, and if there are recommendations from Internet cafes, it will be launched soon. As for technology, it will not be a problem." Let them take strict precautions, don’t talk about building walls, even if it’s the Great Wall, we can dig tunnels to get in and put up posters.”

Zhou Buqi couldn't laugh or cry, "It's too bad."

Meng Houkun curled his lips with contempt on his face, "Stop pretending to be serious with me."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Ziweixing is different from 51. They are barefoot and are not afraid to wear shoes. Our family has a big business, and our image in the industry is very important. Well... let's do it for a year or two and see the situation. Three years. After three years, stop providing them with technical support."

Meng Houkun was very satisfied, and said excitedly: "Let's fight on the frontal battlefield with the light and the dark, and then support 51 to open up a new battlefield behind the enemy, and attack front and back. This is almost done! It's hard for Helo to fail!"

Zhou Buqi sighed, with a sympathetic expression on his face, "I'm not thinking about Helo, I just want those middle school students to use the chat software fairly, and don't have to show the gap between the rich and the poor and the class gap in the process of chatting online. It's a minor..."

Meng Houkun fled.