Chapter 448 Mr. Fang Is Right
The Spring Festival has passed, and the Year of the Monkey has arrived.
The Year of the Monkey in 2004 belongs to the Jiashen Monkey, which belongs to the Spring Water in the Jiazi Na Yin Table. The Heavenly Stem is Jia, which belongs to the Wood in the Five Elements, and the Earthly Branch is Shen, which belongs to the Gold in the Five Elements.
Therefore, this year's fortune is endless, and it is suitable for stability and development.
Fang Xingdong, the president of Blog China, believes this, and has also led many people in the company to believe this. Everyone's understanding of the company this year is to develop rapidly and steadily.
Since its establishment in 2002, Blog China has developed very quickly. Not only has the number of users increased rapidly, but the company's employee size has also increased from less than 40 to nearly 400 now.
In particular, in January, before the Chinese New Year, an investment intention of tens of millions was finalized, which made the company very excited.
President Fang Xingdong gave a speech on the stage of the annual meeting with high spirits.
"Sina, Sohu, NetEase, portals like them are web1.0."
"Our blogs are web2.0! It will open a new era!"
"We will create millions of free blogs and thousands of columnists within a year!"
"Internet users are not just objects on the Internet, they must become subjects. This is the general trend of the future!"
"Just as the people create history, the people should also become subjects on the Internet. This is the real new media!"
"Sina is just the online version of traditional media. We must defeat it like Sina defeated traditional media."
"Overtake Sina within three years!"
Fang Xingdong's words at the annual meeting were passionate, and he put forward specific annual goals and mid-term visions.
-Thousands of columnists, millions of free blogs.
-Overtake Sina within three years.
All employees of Blog China were encouraged and felt that the president's judgment on the trend of the Internet made sense.
As a content phenomenon that has attracted more and more attention on the Internet, Fang Xingdong's words have also been heard by the managers and employees of other websites and projects. The general feeling is that Blog China is indeed developing very fast and is very courageous in targeting Sina.
As for the analysis of Fang Xingdong's speech, many people found it interesting and worth analyzing after reading the text version.
As for Sina, which was targeted, there was actually no fluctuation in my heart when I heard such a thing. Previously, TOM.com in the wireless market also said that it would surpass Sina. As the leader of the Internet industry, it is destined to be surpassed...
However, after the first day of the Lunar New Year, the project team that had been preparing for a period of time within Sina officially started, and worked overtime to launch Sina Blog, becoming the first portal website to fire at professional websites.
Along with Sina's brazen launch, an open letter from Sina's internal chairman also spread from inside to outside.
Mr. Fang Zhuo, the newly-crowned richest man in mainland China and chairman of Sina, only said one sentence in the open letter.
—— Mr. Fang is right, the people should become the main body of the Internet, listen to him.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Sina came and Blog went online.
Most of the employees of Blog China were on annual leave. When Fang Xingdong and the management heard the news from Sina, they immediately began to urgently notify them to return to work and actively respond to the challenge from the industry giant.
Fang Xingdong also wanted to publish an open letter, but considering that the swear words would affect his image, he held back.
But he knew clearly that Mr. Fang had definitely made a lot of preparations in advance, and this time Sina was definitely coming with great momentum.
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Sina raided Blog China, and Mr. Fang declared war on Mr. Fang.
Along with Mr. Fang's impressive open letter as always, Sina announced its second move on the third day of the Chinese New Year.
——Officially acquired Foxmail software and related intellectual property rights, and will work with Mr. Zhang Xiaolong, the founder of Foxmail, and 20 members of the Foxmail team to continue to provide free and easy-to-use email to the majority of users.
It is rumored that the price of this acquisition is around 40 million.
At present, NetEase still occupies the largest market share in the field of e-mail. Sina's efforts in 2003 did not shake NetEase's position. Therefore, industry insiders analyzed that this situation prompted Sina to challenge its old rival NetEase by acquisition.
The acquisition news was released on Sina.com at 9 o'clock in the morning, and the relevant inside information spread at noon. After all, it involved 21 people in Foxmail, and it was difficult to keep the news completely.
One thing that can be confirmed is that the acquisition of Sina and Foxmail was instructed by Sina Chairman Fang Zhuo.
An employee revealed that the newly-crowned richest man in mainland China personally called Zhang Xiaolong before the New Year. The specific content is unknown, but judging from the result, it is likely to greatly promote the progress of the acquisition.
The news on the third day of the first lunar month was discussed by many Internet people and the blog on the second day of the first lunar month, but after only discussing it for an afternoon, Sina.com launched a new news in the evening.
- The official acquisition of 263 mailbox will change the service strategy of 263 mailbox from the original fee to free, and continue to provide high-quality services.
In half a day, another e-mail was taken down!
263 Mail once claimed to have 20 million users, but its user base has dropped sharply due to the switch to paid services. However, its corporate email service still has a fairly good market, and its brand influence has more or less remained.
When 263 announced its charging plan, Sina was the first to respond by offering free services. It can be said that Sina is largely responsible for the sharp drop in 263 users.
Therefore, Sina's acquisition of 263 shocked the industry.
Two acquisitions in one day!
First Foxmail, then 263 mailbox!
At the beginning of the new year, most Internet companies are on normal annual leave. Sina chose this opportunity to pull the trigger of competition, and the sound of the gun made all practitioners look sideways.
Such continuous actions, such ambition!
Sina, which has been stable for a whole year, seems to be more impactful with the return of the chairman from NASDAQ!
Sina is so impatient that it did not wait until the third day of the Chinese New Year to release a notice on the user interface of Sina, Foxmail, and 263 mailbox.
"Sina's mailbox brand has been fully expanded to 2G, and the attachment loading capacity has been expanded to 20M. It will continue to provide the best user experience for the majority of users and will create a new standard in the email market."
The sentence of creating a new standard in the email market has set off the industry!
The undisputed leader of the email market is NetEase 163. Moreover, NetEase has surpassed Sina in market value thanks to its outstanding performance in games. Why do you dare to be so aggressive?
The richest man in mainland China succeeded in listing Yike, not Sina!
Many NetEase employees who worked overtime silently complained in their hearts. They are old rivals. Why are you pretending to be ridiculous? There is no suitable way to make profits in the email market. What's the point of choosing the third day of the Chinese New Year? It's better to take a good vacation...
Despite this, NetEase announced the upgrade of its own email the next day to fully match Sina's new move. As the leader of the email market, it only needs to keep the same pace as the second place.
On the same day, major email brands expanded their capacity and actively prepared for the battle.
The New Year atmosphere of the fourth day of the Chinese New Year has not faded yet, and the Internet world has become lively.