"Oh!" Huang He let out a soft hum. Leng Zhiruo's face showed a look of indignation, but no one paid attention to these two somewhat transparent figures. The focus of the entire room was naturally on our Little Ma.
"Mr. Ma, according to some simple intelligence my secretary has just gathered, since oo was born four months ago, it has been constantly growing and continuously snatching customers from QQ, achieving excellent results. It may already have over 2 million active users."
"Especially the recent voice battle you initiated, oo was victorious, their oo voice has been running smoothly for nearly two weeks. However, on the day your QQ voice was launched, serious problems occurred, and in the end, you could only resort to a queuing system for voice functionality.
"But oo can be used without any restrictions, any user can use it. As a result, your users have started to hemorrhage. Is that the situation?" Sun Zhengyi continued to twist the knife in Little Ma's heart. xxs1
"This is exactly why I'm here. As long as this problem is solved, oo will naturally be insignificant!" Little Ma said very sincerely, "Mr. Sun, our QQ already possesses very mature voice chat technology, several times superior to oo's technology. It's just that we lack the funds to prepare the servers we need, which has led to the current situation. As soon as 50 million US dollars arrive, I guarantee oo will be no match for us!"
"Mr. Ma, what makes you so sure?"
"Because we are destined to win!" Little Ma said with a smile. "That's right, oo has gained some popularity these past few days, but everyone seems to have forgotten that QQ's user base is still several times larger than oo's."
"And in the instant messaging software domain, there is a very powerful network effect. Users of instant messaging software need to communicate. If their friends are distributed across different platforms, it becomes very inconvenient. People inherently pursue convenience, so these users will gradually converge onto a single platform, and in the end, there will inevitably be a situation where one dominates."
"And our QQ, with a user base several times larger than our competitor's, also has a network effect several times stronger. As long as we can quickly restore our servers and there are no significant gaps in functionality, the network effect will reoccur, and the customers who have left will return."
"This point has actually been well validated in QQ's Pigeon Post. oo, from wherever they stole it, stole the QQ Pigeon Post function that QQ was developing and released it on their software first, causing over 600,000 active users to be lured away in a short period. However, with the release of QQ Pigeon Post, these active users all returned within a few days. Because their old friends are on QQ, they are bound to return!"
"I see!" Sun Zhengyi nodded thoughtfully.
"This shameless..." Leng Zhiruo was furious and was about to explode, but Huang He pulled her back.
"Calm down, mind your manners!" Huang He said calmly.
Well, Little Ma was speaking English just now, and Huang He hadn't understood a word of what Little Ma said.
"Brother-in-law, he's saying we copied his feature..." Leng Zhiruo quickly translated Little Ma's words concisely.
"I'll Q your mother's ass!" After hearing the translation, Boss Huang immediately rolled up his sleeves. However, at this moment, Old Ma spoke up, "This is really interesting. The one who came later is saying the one who came first copied. Interesting!"
"Mr. Ma, do you have any prejudice against me?" Little Ma's expression froze, and he retorted.
"Not at all, I'm just stating facts, Mr. Ma!" Old Ma quickly smiled.
For some reason, every time Old Ma saw Little Ma, he felt an urge to pick a fight. This urge was inexplicably strong!
"It's common knowledge that oo plagiarized QQ. From their icon, UI layout, to various functions, they all started by copying QQ. This is something all netizens in the world know. What's so unusual about them copying our Pigeon Post?" Little Ma retorted forcefully.
"That's complete nonsense. oo has never copied QQ from start to finish!" Our Boss Huang finally couldn't hold back and said. At the same time, Leng Zhiruo loudly translated this sentence into English, and Huang He, for the first time in this reception hall, spoke out loud.
"Who are you?" Old Ma was somewhat surprised. When he first saw Little Ma and Huang He sitting together, he thought Huang He was Little Ma's subordinate. He didn't expect Huang He to retort to Little Ma.
And Sun Zhengyi beside him also looked curiously at our Boss Huang He.
"Sir, how can you tell lies with your eyes open!" Little Ma said angrily to Huang He. Earlier, when they were chatting together, hearing that Huang He was interested in investing in Tengda and had said that Tengda was the best two internet companies in China, Little Ma's good impression of Huang He had skyrocketed.
But he never expected that this Huang He would actually retort to him, which made Little Ma's existing anxiety even more intense.
"I'm just stating facts!" Huang He said indifferently. "oo did not copy QQ, that's a fact. Why can't I tell the truth?"
"It's simply ridiculous. It's common knowledge that oo copied QQ. This gentleman must not have even used oo and is spewing nonsense here!" Little Ma retorted unceremoniously.
"No, there is no one in this world who understands oo better than I do!" Huang He sighed.
"Oh, then I'd like to know how long you've used oo and how many investigations you've conducted on oo!" Little Ma regretted these words as soon as he said them. Since this person wanted to invest in Tengda, he must have also investigated oo, his competitor, so it was possible he actually understood oo quite well.
However, if he truly understood oo, he would never have said that oo did not copy QQ, as it was something even a fool could see!
"I have not conducted any investigations on oo!" Huang He shook his head, then took out a plain printed business card from his jacket pocket and handed it to Little Ma, smiling as he said, "It seems I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Huang He, Chairman of Jiangnan Group in wz City, and oo is our subordinate product!"
The moment these words were spoken, the entire venue fell silent. Old Ma and Sun Zhengyi wore expressions of smug satisfaction, as if they had overheard a juicy piece of gossip, while Little Ma was so embarrassed he could have dug his heels into his prostate.
No wonder this guy had such a strong reaction. After all, he was slandering him to his face. However, with the enemy right in front of him, Little Ma could not back down.
Moreover, in Little Ma's understanding, oo 100% copied QQ. It was something even a fool could see. After calming down, Little Ma once again questioned, "So it's Chairman Huang himself who has come. Then I'd like to ask Chairman Huang, can you put your hand on your conscience and tell us that oo did not copy QQ?"
"Of course!" Huang He touched his conscience and said sincerely, "I swear to heaven, my oo has never copied QQ!"
"Haha, that's good. I won't even mention the UI copying and feature copying. I'll just ask you, isn't the name oo of your company also copied from QQ's name? You even copied the name. What right do you have to quibble here?" Little Ma questioned with full of momentum.
"Ahem, our oo truly did not copy QQ, because we copied oiCQ!" Huang He replied seriously. "Also, our oo's name is derived from the letter 'o' in oiCQ, and your company's 'Q' is derived from the 'Q' in oiCQ. To some extent, we are both like brothers!"