"I don't understand these things, but my friend does, and he specializes in servers. He told me that the stability of these domestic servers during actual operation is no less than that of foreign servers!" Fan Jie insisted.
"Heh heh," Brother Ma was unwilling to speak.
"Old Fan, is what you're saying true?" However, other investors were very concerned about this issue. After all, it could save three hundred million yuan in expenses. If this were true, then Brother Ma would be making a fool of them with their money.
"Whether it's true or not, I don't know, but as far as I know, there's a domestic company that uses their servers, and it has been running for over three months without major issues!" Fan Jie said.
"Mr. Fan is probably talking about some small websites, those websites that only post a few pictures. They really don't need such good servers. Let alone domestic servers, even a home computer can meet their needs!" Brother Ma said irritably.
"No, the company I'm talking about is larger than our Tengda, and it's also in the network business!" Fan Jie said coldly.
"..." Brother Ma was stunned for a moment, and Fan Jie immediately continued, "Alright, I won't keep you in suspense. What I'm talking about is actually Jiangnan Group!"
"As far as I know, all the network services of Jiangnan Group are currently using those domestic servers. From three months ago until now, including the operation of oo and Facebook, they have all relied on these servers!"
"At the same time, I believe everyone is also very clear that Facebook and oo have been running very smoothly during these three months, with almost no major incidents. On the contrary, QQ Space, which uses all foreign high-priced products, crashes more than ten times a day, and users jokingly call it 'watch for one minute, wait for five hours'!"
"So, I'd like to ask you, Mr. Ma, what right do you have to say that this company's domestic servers are not usable?" Fan Jie questioned coldly, and Brother Ma's forehead was covered in sweat.
"Fan Jie, did you take benefits from Huang He!" Suddenly, someone slammed the table and pointed at Fan Jie's nose, scolding. This person was none other than Zeng Qing.
"What do you mean?"
"If you didn't take benefits from Huang He, why are you always speaking up for Huang He and exaggerating so much for him? I, Zeng Qing, also come from a server background. I know every brand of server in the world like the back of my hand. There are only three manufacturers in China that can produce servers, and almost all of them are garbage. There is no company that can provide enterprise-level servers for Tengda!"
"If you insist there is one, then tell me, which server company is it? I'll call them right now and ask them to bring their servers over, and we'll conduct an experiment on the spot!"
"Also, what you're saying is just hearsay. Jiangnan Group would never use any domestic servers. You're just trying to force us!" Zeng Qing said angrily.
"I know the three companies you're talking about, but this one is not among them. It's China's fourth server manufacturer!" Zeng Qing smiled slightly. "This fourth server producer is the Jiangnan server, which is the server produced by Jiangnan Group itself, and it just started production at the end of last year."
"Isn't it very normal for Jiangnan Group to use the servers they produce themselves?" Fan Jie snorted coldly. "As for whether what I'm saying is true or false, you'll know if you look at this!"
After speaking, Fan Jie placed a brochure-like item on the table. Someone next to him curiously opened it and exclaimed, "This is an invitation letter for an open tour from Jiangnan Network Center and Jiangnan Server Company!"
"That's right. It was sent to our investment company two weeks ago. Jiangnan Group is completely open. They have opened their two network centers in Cao County and Wenzhou, as well as their server production workshops, to those who received the invitation!"
"I went last week. I saw with my own eyes that both the northern and southern network centers of Jiangnan are using servers they produced themselves. As for the HP servers their company originally purchased, they have all been sold as second-hand."
"Also, regarding their server production center, although I didn't have time to go, other colleagues from our company did. They are indeed mass-producing three different models of servers, and we have seen all of this with our own eyes."
"In fact, similar invitation letters should have been sent to your companies as well. You can look for them. See if what I'm saying is true!" As Fan Jie finished speaking, many people started calling their secretaries, and soon after, they received confirmation.
Their companies had indeed received the relevant letters, but their companies were all investment companies, and no one was interested in servers. Therefore, such invitation letters were put aside and never reached these bosses. It was probably only Fan Jie who actually went to see them.
"Mr. Ma, what do you say?" Fan Jie asked finally. "Oh, by the way, when I visited there, I specifically asked them which companies they had sent invitation letters to. They said all network companies, investment institutions, etc., any large-scale company that might use computers or servers, were all sent invitation letters."
"Then I also asked them if they had sent an invitation letter to Tengda, and they formally told me that the invitation letter to Tengda was sent in the first batch, half a month earlier than mine!"
"But these are just invitation letters. In fact, as early as last December, they had mailed the relevant server product information to Tengda. I remember that Tengda had not yet received our investment at that time."
"So, at that time, you only needed to pay a little attention to these unsolicited advertisements, and you could immediately learn that there was such an affordable server manufacturer on the market. Wouldn't that save you more than three hundred million yuan in expenses?"
"You..." Zeng Qing was so angry that his mouth was crooked. He didn't know if the company had received such letters and product catalogs, but given Tengda's relationship with Jiangnan, as soon as they saw anything starting with Jiangnan, it would probably be thrown into the trash. How could Tengda do business with Jiangnan? Wouldn't that be sending money to their competitors to earn?
Thinking of this, Zeng Qing was about to retort when Brother Ma patted his shoulder and then said to Fan Jie and the others, "I am very sorry. It is indeed my oversight. We will send people to visit Jiangnan's exhibition now. As long as their products can indeed reach the advertised level, we will definitely purchase all Jiangnan servers in the future and will not choose to buy expensive HP servers!"
Brother Ma said with a serious expression. He didn't say this to fool the investors, but he truly intended to purchase Jiangnan servers.
Although there was deep hatred between the two companies, hatred and making money were two different things. If Jiangnan's servers were as good as advertised, why wouldn't he save this money to defeat Jiangnan Group in the future?
Using the enemy's money to defeat the enemy, doesn't that sound even more exciting?
"That has to wait until the future!" Fan Jie snorted coldly. "Then let's talk about the second issue, which is the matter of spending a huge sum to invite celebrities."
"Giving 200 million yuan to these celebrities for nothing, Mr. Ma, you are truly generous with your money!"
"I don't know why Mr. Fan thinks this 200 million yuan is given for nothing, but in fact, these celebrities have brought huge value to QQ Space. We have basically monopolized the mainstream celebrities in China, and every day more than 2 million people revolve around the dynamics and lives of these celebrities. These celebrities have brought us huge profits, and I think this expense is completely worth it!" Brother Ma said without hesitation.
"Alright, I'll take Mr. Ma's word for it!" Fan Jie sneered, and at the same time opened his laptop, opened a webpage, and turned the page towards everyone, saying, "Everyone, you can look at the news on this page!"
Everyone immediately looked over, and found that what Fan Jie opened was actually the Facebook page, and the content of the page was an official message celebrating that Facebook had more than 100 celebrities join.
"Old Fan, what do you mean by posting this?" someone beside him asked confusedly.
"It doesn't mean anything, I just want to tell everyone that Facebook also has 100 celebrities who have joined!" Fan Jie said.
"So what?" Zeng Qing snorted disdainfully. "Looking at this list of 100 celebrities, except for Zhang Rong and five other celebrities who are somewhat famous, most of the other celebrities are unknown, young actors who have only appeared in one or two TV series. These 100 celebrities combined are not as good as our 10 big celebrities. It's just that the number allows them to be proud!"
"Mr. Zeng, I didn't say that these 100 celebrities are very famous. Then I'd like to ask, did Facebook spend money to invite these 100 celebrities to join?"
"..." There was a moment of silence. Although the first wave of celebrity endorsements was a trend started by Facebook, as everyone knows, Facebook only used its reputation to invite celebrities and never spent a penny. This is why Tengda was able to attract 300 celebrities in an instant, because Tengda was willing to pay!
"Yes, I believe everyone knows that Facebook never spends money to invite celebrities. But I can't understand why, since Facebook has so many celebrities who don't charge a fee, why are all the celebrities on our QQ signed contracts and paid to join? Why isn't there a single celebrity who joined our QQ Space without asking for money?"
"This is very unfair. Later, I interviewed some of these celebrities, and only then did I know that their thoughts were very simple. QQ Space spent money to ask them to join, so in their eyes, QQ Space is a weakling that can only spend money and is definitely not as powerful as Facebook! Therefore, if they want to join a social platform, they must join Facebook."
"Besides, they also told me that those celebrities who joined the QQ platform were paid, so they would never join QQ Space voluntarily. Because once they join, compared to those celebrities who received money and signed contracts, their status would be greatly different, which they were unwilling to accept."
"Conversely, Facebook doesn't have such a gap, after all, everyone joined on their own, and it has nothing to do with their status."
"So everyone, you can imagine the future. If our QQ Space still wants to maintain its celebrity advantage, then we will have to continuously sign contracts with these celebrities every year, give them money, and buy them to stay on our territory."
"If we are unwilling to pay, then these celebrities will definitely withdraw from QQ Space one after another, and then they will go back to Facebook on their own, because their status will be completely reduced by continuing to stay in QQ Space!"
"Everyone, this is simply the worst policy in history. If we don't continuously spend money, these celebrities will actively join our competitors. This is simply making us the biggest fools!"