Li Mu's words of relief completely broke the superficial politeness between him and Bill Gates.
Bill Gates' already strong competitiveness was quickly amplified under Li Mu's stimulation.
In his opinion, it is indeed time to break up with Li Mu. Starting tonight, Microsoft will officially announce to the world its return to the social field. This is not a comeback, but the return of the king.
However, in the eyes of Bill Gates, the return of the king is tantamount to an imminent suicidal charge.
Li Mutai understands the importance of social ecology to users. Once a user becomes dependent on a certain product ecology in the social field, this level of loyalty is beyond everyone's imagination today. It will make a deep YY user abandon his own life in YY. All the connections, habits, and accumulation of the ecology are completely transferred to another brand-new ecology. This kind of difficulty is equivalent to asking a person who has lived in the motherland for decades to leave his family and career to open up wasteland in Africa.
Unless huge resource subsidies can be given to users, it is absolutely impossible to achieve.
The problem is, each of the hundreds of millions of users needs huge subsidies. Who can afford the subsidies
Take Microsoft as an example. If the cost to acquire customers from Makino Technology is US$1, they will naturally be able to poach all of Makino Technology’s users. However, if the cost to acquire customers is as high as US$10, Microsoft itself will have to weigh it. I will not be sure for a while whether I can get so much cash flow to invest in this matter. However, the reality is that even if the user is given a subsidy of 100 US dollars, the user will at most become a joint user of Makino Technology and Microsoft. It is impossible to let the user Completely abandon Makino Technology's products and completely switch sides to Microsoft.
When Li Mu poached MSN users, he relied on the fact that Microsoft had no ecological awareness at all. MSN itself was very mediocre and its user base was not strong enough. However, YY built an ecosystem for users as soon as it came out and developed step by step until now. Solidity is beyond what Microsoft can imagine.
Therefore, under such prerequisites, Li Mu is not afraid of Microsoft's provocation at all. He has a three-dimensional three-dimensional defense. The possibility of Microsoft trying to break in is extremely slim.
What's more, he still has a new product like a nuclear bomb in his hands, and that is Twitter.
Within China, it is called Weibo, and outside of China, it is called Twitter.
The speed at which this product will take the world by storm will be beyond everyone’s imagination. Twitter was able to become popular around the world overnight, and its copy, Weibo, became popular overnight in China. The fundamental reason is because of Twitter’s The product model has completely changed the way users express their voices on the Internet.
In the early days, users spoke in front of a small group of strangers, represented by BBSs. There were so many BBSs around the world, and they were almost completely isolated from each other. They were like loaches in countless small ponds. It was difficult to integrate with each other. Even if you can make one or two of them merge, you can't make all the loaches in the mud ponds in the world merge.
Later, users began to have sex in front of their relatives and friends, and their representatives were naturally MSN, OICQ, QQ, and YY, which now dominates the martial arts world. YY relies on social ties, so it is equivalent to giving all people in the world living in different small mud ponds It is a way to establish contact with relatives and friends.
When Facebook began to globalize and Twitter came out one after another, users really had the possibility to appear in front of netizens all over the world, because these products were like a heavy rain around the world, and this heavy rain made the world All the independent mud ponds in the world have converged and merged together. A loach in a small mud pond in far away China can see the life of an American loach and even establish a direct connection with an American loach. This is the first time that the Internet world has become so close. .
Now, Facebook is still taking root in North American universities, and Twitter will become the world's first Internet platform that can closely connect users around the world, which will bring huge innovation to the Internet.
Therefore, Li Mu is very sure in his heart that no matter what kind of attack method Bill Gates is brewing, as soon as Twitter goes online, all his social dreams and all his efforts in returning to social media will be in vain!
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At this moment, Bill Gates didn't know that Li Mu was secretly holding a real killer weapon in his hand, but he was confidently waiting for his "killer weapon" to make its debut.
Facing the aggressive Li Mu, he finally tore off the hypocritical mask of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and told Li Mu with a cold expression: "At ten o'clock in the evening London time, that is, five o'clock in the afternoon New York time, Microsoft will release us to the world. The new ecology. If Mr. Li has not rested yet, he can learn about it as soon as possible."
After that, Bill Gates smiled confidently and said to Li Mu: "Microsoft's new ecosystem is named Windows-Live. I believe it will become an indispensable part of people's Internet life in the future."
Li Mu smiled and asked him: "Mr. Gates, you just said the future, so I would like to ask, how long is your definition of 'future'?"
Bill Gates said confidently: "At least fifteen to twenty years."
Li Mu smiled and asked: "You mean, Windows-Live will be an indispensable part of people's Internet life in the next fifteen to twenty years?"
"Yes, that's what I want to say."
Li Mu said seriously: "Let me tell you this, Mr. Gates, in not fifteen to twenty years, but in the next five to ten years, Windows will gradually fade out of people's Internet life. Even Windows will not be able to hold this position. You Do you really expect your so-called Windows-Live to turn the tide?"
Bill Gates was angered by Li Mu's words and asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, why are you talking about this? Is it based on the Apple MacOS system you just acquired?"
Li Mu waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is an old Chinese saying that secrets cannot be revealed. If you can't figure it out, just wait and see."
After that, Li Mu said to Bill Gates: "By the way, Mr. Gates, I just decided that since Microsoft has such a big move tonight, I might as well launch a small product to play with you tonight. Let’s help Microsoft. As for the launch time, it will be an hour later than you.”
Bill Gates had a stern look on his face. He ignored the hidden provocation in Li Mu's words and asked, "Is the new product you want to launch created by the 'Twitter' division that you have been hiding?"
Li Muxiao asked: "It's really strange. We have openly announced the affairs of the Twitter Division to the public a long time ago. How come you are hiding it from me?"
"Speaking of hiding, it should be you, Mr. Gates, right? You Microsoft restarted MSN, used shell companies to secretly acquire several online game development companies, poached a large number of media workers across the United States, and also We quietly invested in building a large-scale data processing center in Chicago, but did not disclose it to the outside world at all. You can touch your conscience and ask, who is the one who is hiding it?"
Bill Gates' face was already very ugly at this moment. He never expected that all his secret preparations would have been known to Li Mu in advance. No wonder he didn't show any concern for all the information he had deliberately leaked before. surprise!
At the same time, Bill Gates looked a little confused. Li Mu's words seemed to have lifted his fig leaf, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.
At this time, Wendy, a member of the Goldberg family, rushed to the rescue. She picked up the wine glass and said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, this is our first time meeting you. I would like to toast you with this glass of wine."
Li Mu glanced at Bill Gates playfully, raised his glass, and said to Wendy, "Wendy, you majored in firefighting at Cambridge, right?"
In one sentence, Bill Gates became even more shameless. He had no choice but to stand up and said to Li Mu and Wendy, "Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom."
Bill Gates left with a dark face. Li Mu clinked glasses with Wendy and said with a smile: "Miss Wendy, Mr. Gates will be grateful to you."
Wendy smiled helplessly and said, "Mr. Gates may have been a little presumptuous today, but please forgive me, Mr. Li."
Li Mu took a sip of red wine, nodded, and said, "Don't worry, I won't argue with him again today."
Wendy smiled with relief and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Li!"
As a member of the main family, Wendy knew very well that Li Mu was an honored guest, and Bill Gates was also an honored guest. The Goldberg family naturally did not want them to have conflicts here. This would not only embarrass the Goldberg family, but also bring trouble to the family. Cause unnecessary trouble.
If the two are evenly matched, it would be a good idea for the Goldberg family to find an opportunity to mediate. If one of the two wins with a big advantage, the other will most likely never come to the Goldberg family for any kind of party or salon again.
Li Mu asked Wendy: "Miss Wendy, where has my personal assistant been arranged to dine?"
"It's right next door." Wendy said, "The assistant and the entourage are dining next door. If Mr. Li needs anything, I can have someone call her over for you."
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Then I'll bother Miss Wendy."
Before entering the banquet hall, out of etiquette and politeness, Li Mu gave his mobile phone to Li Ziwei and asked her to answer the phone on his behalf. If there was no emergency call and anyone called him, just say that he was temporarily busy and would reply later; if If there is an emergency call, Li Ziwei will come in at any time to inform herself.
"You don't have to be so polite." Wendy waved her hand with a smile, then called a waiter, whispered a few words in his ear, and he immediately turned around and left the banquet hall.
A minute later, Li Ziwei, led by the waiter, jogged all the way to Li Mu, bent down and whispered in Li Mu's ear: "Mr. Li, what are your orders?"
Li Mu said: "Call Qingya right away and tell her three things."
Li Ziwei immediately took out her pocket notebook and pen and said seriously: "Please tell me."
Li Mu said: "The first thing is to tell her that Microsoft will launch a new ecosystem at 5pm New York time tonight. It can basically be concluded that it will imitate YY's ecological gameplay;"
"The second thing is to tell her that since Microsoft is interested in competing with us, we can't disappoint them and ask her to start preparing for the global launch of Twitter now, including the launch of the Chinese version, which she will be fully responsible for. It must be Achieve simultaneous global launch.”
"Third, let the North American company contact the top 100 singers in terms of sales and playback on YYtunes, and invite them to join Twitter as soon as possible. Anyone who joins in the first place will be promised to give recommended resources in the future; at the same time, let Kong Lingyu be in China Be prepared and immediately contact all of Makino Image’s contracted artists, friends in the entertainment industry, and post bar owners, and ask them to join in as soon as possible. The momentum this time must be bigger!"
(End of chapter)