Although Li Mu has full respect and awe for the Internet industry, it does not mean that he will have any fear of the current industry leaders.
This is true for Yahoo, it is true for Google, it is true for Microsoft and Apple.
In today's Internet field, Makino Technology's product capabilities are unparalleled. YY is a nail that wedges itself into the US market. Now that YY is rapidly sweeping users across the United States, Li Mu can already tell all similar products in advance Bye-Bye.
In Li Mu's view, YY's success is unstoppable. If you give him another month, the daily active users of competing products such as MSN and ICQ will plummet by at least 80%, and the vast majority of users will move closer to YY and gradually abandon other similar products. Competing products, in this case, what Li Mu has to consider is how much he can do in the U.S. market around the indestructible YY ecosystem, and he is not worried that any industry giants can cause damage to YY's foundation.
Under such circumstances, how could Li Mu bear the anger of a Yahoo reporter
I don’t care if it’s a purely personal behavior or if you secretly represent the entire Yahoo attitude towards Makino Technology. Since you’re pretending to be cool with me in front of the world’s media, don’t blame me for being serious with you, a little reporter.
What's more, Li Mu has realized that the Yahoo reporter who hit him today has brought him an excellent publicity opportunity. How could he let go of such a good thing
Li Mu is well aware of the preferences of media people. No matter what industry or group they are in, news such as conflicts attract the media's attention the most and can touch the media's excitement the most. Therefore, it is for Li Mu to publicly confront Yahoo reporters directly. , is an excellent promotional opportunity delivered to your doorstep.
So, for the first time, Li Mu lost his grace and got into a fight with an ordinary reporter.
In Li Mu's words, he did not hide his anger at all. First of all, he conveyed an tone of absolute contempt for Yahoo: Even if Yahoo is the number one in the industry, it will not be able to influence me; secondly, Li Mu has already said what he said later. It's very clear that you can't influence me, but I can influence you. Yahoo's two major business segments with the largest number of users are portal and mailbox. It just so happens that these two directions are the first echelon of YY ecosystem.
Because of being criticized by Yahoo reporters, Li Mu announced in front of the world's media that Makino Technology would increase its development efforts in portal and mailbox businesses, which shocked all other media in the audience.
The young man is indeed very energetic. If you say something to him, he will be eager to adjust the strategy of the entire army to counterattack. It may seem like making a fuss out of a molehill, but the meticulous thinking behind it is also terrifying to think about.
For the US market, YY is an instant messaging software that starts from the perspective of a "tool". Therefore, the elite group who originally regarded it as a tool have a very in-depth understanding of the overall functions of YY. Many elites use YY to improve office efficiency. Groups of people have changed their common mailboxes to YY mailboxes, or used the YY mailbox function to send and receive messages on their behalf, which is equivalent to YY itself integrating a Foxmail function.
However, for ordinary users, they switched to YY because of "Paradise Town", so they directly used YY as an instant messaging product. In this case, YY is about communication, social networking, group chat, The group video function has attracted great attention from ordinary users, but the business-oriented function of YY Email is somewhat weakened for them. Li Mu was not planning to launch email products for ordinary users at this time, but now is the opportunity.
After angrily quarreling with the Yahoo reporter, this little episode will definitely be treated as big news by the media and make a big fuss, especially since in order to retaliate against a small reporter, I directly announced to adjust the strategic plan of Makino Technology and speed up the promotion of YY network and YY mailbox. , the rhythm of going online, as long as this news is exposed, it will inevitably increase the overall exposure of YY, YY.com, and YY mailboxes, and there will be so many media competing to report it, which is definitely a good opportunity that cannot be bought with money.
On the other hand, the Yahoo reporter looked like a sunken dog at this time, with a face full of pain.
He didn't expect that, taking advantage of Yahoo's No. 1 position in the industry, he would mock Li Mu with a few words and try to be clever, but Li Mu would retaliate so directly. The most important thing is that Li Mu would even elevate his cleverness to an infinite level. It frightened him to have to directly adjust the company's strategy.
Although he is just a reporter, he comes from Yahoo after all and has a very deep understanding of the industry. He knows that what Li Mu said is absolutely correct. Although Makino Technology is many levels weaker than Yahoo in terms of market value, Makino Technology's business , The product line barriers are so high and solid that they are unprecedented in the entire industry. Therefore, Makino Technology has always been an attacker in the industry, not a defender. Yahoo cannot do anything about Makino Technology at any level.
But Makino Technology is different. Makino Technology is more or less a threat to any Internet company in the world. Its instant messaging software not only gives a huge blow to similar competing products, but even threatens all Internet products.
Especially Internet companies like Yahoo, which have not laid a solid foundation in the field of strong demand, are like building towers on sand. The higher they are, the more dangerous they are. Once Li Mu uses strong demand products as a foundation to launch an attack on its core products, Yahoo will It is difficult to withstand this impact. Even if Li Mu is not strong enough to completely defeat Yahoo, the interference he brings is enough to cause a huge blow to Yahoo.
After thinking about this, the reporter was naturally very frightened. When he came back to his senses and wanted to say something to make up for it, Li Mu had already instructed the staff to take away his microphone and hand it to the next person.
Seeing that it had caused a catastrophe, the reporter looked extremely depressed. It was not a wise choice to confront Li Mu at the press conference. It might bring him some fame, but the price of losing was too high. If If everything Li Mu said comes true, then his stupid move will bring an enemy that Yahoo cannot afford to offend, and at the same time bring an unimaginable impact to Yahoo's business.
Because he caused so much trouble for the company because of his bad mouth, he basically cannot escape the fate of being killed by Yahoo. And what he did today will probably become notorious soon, and it will be difficult for him to return to it by then. Any company dares to recruit him as an employee.
Li Mu saw the reporter sitting in his seat and crying sadly after the microphone was taken away. He sneered in his heart and simply turned his eyes to the side, keeping out of sight.
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Before the press conference ended, the news about Li Mu's confrontation with a Yahoo reporter at the press conference had already been distributed through the reporters present.
Although the headlines used by major media outlets are different, the core points expressed in the headlines are highly consistent: Yahoo reporters confronted Li Mu and was slapped in the face by Li Mu. Later, Li Mu announced that he would compete with Yahoo in advance in the portal and e-mail market.
The American media still have professional ethics. They did not deliberately conceal part of what happened at the scene, but reported all the causes and consequences. For a time, public opinion on the American Internet continued to support Li Mu.
The values of American society have more obvious likes and dislikes for good and evil than China. This can be seen through the various superhero comics that are popular in the United States. Moreover, American law, to a certain extent, highly supports the defense of the offended party. And to fight back, so when Li Mu faced the Yahoo reporter's confrontation, he immediately responded angrily, which is completely in line with American values, and is enough to make every American applaud.
What’s even more interesting is that no one thinks there is anything wrong with Li Mu’s approach of rising to the corporate level. On the contrary, everyone thinks that the Yahoo reporter is a typical example of someone who will not die unless he seeks death, even though he works for a company with a market value of over 100 billion US dollars. Yahoo, but he himself is countless levels behind Li Mu, who is worth tens of billions of dollars. Therefore, even if he does not show due respect to Li Mu, he must not rely on the company's reputation and status to cynicize Li Mu and Makino Technology , so in the eyes of the people, Li Mu should give him some color and teach him a lesson.
At the same time, Li Mu, a domineering CEO who is not used to the other party's faults at all, suddenly gained him countless fans in the United States. There are few CEOs as young as him. The key is that this CEO is so domineering, which is really suitable. The appetite of young people.
When this news was promoted, the news that Li Mu wanted to convey was quickly released by the media.
When Yahoo's top executives heard the news, their lungs almost exploded with anger.
Although they have regarded Makino Technology and YY as potential rivals, they have always felt that Li Mu should focus on YY now and will definitely not have time to compete with Yahoo for the time being.
But they never dreamed that a reporter affiliated with the Yahoo portal would take the initiative to provoke Li Mu, so that Li Mu publicly stated that he wanted to compete with Yahoo in email and portal websites. This was completely bad news for Yahoo. They are not worried about the impact that YY's English portal will have on Yahoo. What they are most worried about is the YY mailbox that is so powerful in the eyes of industry insiders!
YY Mailbox itself is indeed the most useful mailbox service in the world. At the same time, because it has built-in complete sending and receiving functions, users can use various functions of YY Mailbox without giving up their original mailbox accounts, especially the online preview function. , this approach makes the product more inclusive.
What's more, YY itself is sweeping the entire Internet, and if YY users use YY mailboxes, the convenience will be even more impeccable. Therefore, once YY vigorously promotes its excellent mailbox services, it is certain that a considerable number of other mailboxes will Users will switch to YY, and some users will choose YY's sending and receiving services even if they do not give up their original email accounts. In this way, YY mailboxes will inevitably rise rapidly in the future, which will inevitably bring huge benefits to Yahoo mailboxes. impact.
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