Chapter 30 From Tumors to Cancer Cells
In Xiaguang CBD's high-end cafe, Zhang Zhicheng signed a cooperation agreement with Mr. Wang from the wheat mobile phone market. The assistants discussed the details of the joint press conference, while the two chatted.
"Teacher Gongsun is really a model in the industry. He is still working so hard to entertain everyone by the end of the year."
"He is not talking about crosstalk, but playing with fire. You see, the penguins have been burned back then, so he still plays this trick."
The two talked about the second statement of Walnut mobile phone. Walnut said that if the user fails due to the installation of Prometheus, the official will not provide after-sales guarantees such as warranty and return and exchange. It also stated that it will upgrade Walnut OS in the near future to detect software like Prometheus. If the user installs Prometheus, Walnut mobile phone will have to take "countermeasures" to ensure the safety of the user.
This statement from Walnut triggered a more fierce war of words than the first statement. Not only did many people laugh at the after-sales service of Walnut mobile phones as a scum, but now they want to use Prometheus to blame. Some people accused Walnut mobile phones of this unfair competition and attempted to imitate the behavior of Penguin asking users to choose "I don't have him" a few years ago. As we all know, Penguin failed.
There are also many people standing on the side of Walnut, but according to the investigation by the media, most of these supporters do not use Walnut mobile phones. To put it bluntly, they think the matter is not big enough and are making excuses. However, real walnut users have run away because of this statement. Walnut Bar and Walnut official blog "smashing walnuts to ensure safety". Regardless of whether there is any problem with Prometheus, you still care about so many mobile phones. You really think that you are the user's parents.
The greatest effect of this statement is that Prometheus' official website posted a celebration sign the next day, with sales exceeding 150,000...
Zhang Zhicheng was puzzled: "Teacher Gongsun won't see the harm this statement has done to him, right?"
Mr. Wang shook his head: "He can see it, but since he has already jumped out first, he has to rush to the end, otherwise how can he stay in this industry?"
Zhang Zhicheng asked: "Then you, Xiaomai, aren't you going to do something? Walnut Mobile is just a small character. If you were defeated by Prometheus, it would be a great threat to you."
Mr. Wang smiled and said, "We have discussed Prometheus. To be honest, I have it on my phone now. This is a good thing. But it is born a niche software. Only people who are very sensitive to technology and privacy can use it. If users can reach a million, they will be able to reach the level that affects us. If we end up, we will make the topic bigger and it will not be worth the cost."
Zhang Zhicheng was about to speak when he suddenly received a text message. He glanced at him indifferently, his face changed a little.
After pondering for a while, Zhang Zhicheng asked as if he was worried about Xiaomai: "I believe you Xiaomai and chrysanthemums can see clearly, but if other first-tier manufacturers can't help but end up, will things be troublesome?"
Mr. Wang smiled and said meaningfully: "We are the ones who are the ones who are in a position to do things. I don't know what others will do if they end up in the end, but they will definitely not be like Teacher Gongsun, but they will only speak crosstalk and self-harm."
"To be honest, Prometheus has been regarded as a cancer in the industry by everyone. Even if he can pass the level of Teacher Gongsun, the final outcome will be bad. If it earns small money honestly, it will not be a chance to survive..."
Then Mr. Wang said it very thoroughly: "If Mr. Zhang knew the boss of Chandong, he might as well pass a sentence. Prometheus's philosophy is to create our rebellion. In the words of the people of the martial arts world, this is to cut off everyone's life. Of course, I don't think he has such a lofty ideal. He used Prometheus to block everyone's way, just to collect some money for buying the road? Wheat can pay for it and ask him to remove this card."
Zhang Zhicheng touched his nose and smiled, "I know each other, but I don't know each other well. I will definitely talk about it if I have the chance."
After that, the two of them did not talk about this topic again. After the agreement was settled, the press conference was also agreed. The two shook hands and said goodbye. Watching Mr. Wang leave, Zhang Zhicheng muttered: "That kid is a scientist, not a roadblock..."
Prometheus was played by Xia Ming. Zhang Zhicheng knew that he had mentioned this thing when he was trying to win over Xia Ming before. He didn't care too much, but he didn't expect Prometheus to create such a big battle.
"Scientists cannot play business, but it should be fine to make trouble. The world should indeed change," Zhang Zhicheng said to himself and called Xia Ming's phone number.
"Lawyer You, please come in. The company has just started a business and the conditions are too simple."
Xia Ming welcomed a thin middle-aged man into the office of Cicada Technology. Before, he just sent a text message to Zhang Zhicheng to ask him about industry management regulations and see what Prometheus would have in this regard. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhicheng introduced him to a lawyer directly, and even more so, the lawyer named You Kuang ran over to have an interview after receiving his call.
You Kuang didn't care at all: "I just like to communicate with startups, and I have nothing to do."
Xia Ming and You Kuang were chatting, while Li Diluo had a small meeting with Xiaohuan and Gu Mingli on Q.
[Yu Kuang? What about gold medal lawyers? It’s very expensive. Can we afford it?]
[Mr. Li, don’t be so petty. We will earn 4 million in one day and a half!]
[They are not the kind of unscrupulous lawyers. Just check it online and you will know that they are specializing in helping start-ups sue.]
[Is it four million? We have to change office buildings! I have to have a special general manager's office! I also have to have a beautiful girl as my assistant!]
[I am a not-beautiful tomboy!]
[Mr. Li, you are queuing up, and the assistant must be left to the chairman first.]
You Kuang said here: "I run so fast because I am also a technical mate and a fan of Prometheus."
Xia Ming felt warm. Not only Liu Siru, but Wudaoxia, who had dealt with before, also led an advisory group to do popular science in Cialis. Now, there are You Kuang, and there are quite a few people who agree with Prometheus's philosophy.
You Kuang praised: "You have turned Prometheus into pure stand-alone software. This step is very good, which cuts off the way for others to find you in terms of data and privacy security."
Xia Mingxin said that Prometheus was originally written by Lin Cheng for himself, and of course there was no network function. When it was improved, he added online updates to facilitate users to update. Now removing online updates is more in line with Prometheus's concept and has also gained a foothold in the public opinion war.
"Mr. Gongsun's threats don't have to be taken seriously. If he wants to report or complain, there must be evidence. I have also read the information and want to make Prometheus a malware, he cannot get the exact evidence. In fact, Walnut phones not only do not threaten you, but are helping you advertise..."
You Kuang's words made Xia Ming deeply feel the same. After the second statement of Walnut Mobile was released, less than a day, Prometheus' sales exceeded 150,000 mark and revenue exceeded 4 million. Although this amount of money was just a drop in the bucket for the institute's restart plan, at least he had seen hope.
Then You Kuang's expression became serious: "But have you ever thought about knocking down the Walnut phone, who will be next?"
Xia Ming sighed. Of course he knew that the next one would be a first-tier mobile phone manufacturer, and the method would not be like walnut mobile phones.
He smiled again and said, "If Lawyer You came for this, then I will feel at ease."
You Kuang shook his head: "I am just helping you solve legal problems. For concepts and morality, I can also help you find out the news. The key is to see you and how far you can stick to it."
Xia Ming asked: "Is Lawyer You not optimistic about Prometheus's prospects?"
You Kuang said: "Prometheus is now a cancer in the entire mobile phone industry. It is just developing in a niche and may not be able to survive. But now that public opinion is so fierce, it will trigger other problems and become cancer cells in the eyes of giants. It is hard to say at that time."
"We are not here to be a martyr. Things will always be discussed at that time." Xia Ming's words made You Kuang both regret and relieved. Unfortunately, Xia Ming didn't seem to want to fight to the end. The banner of concept raised by Prometheus seemed to be just a guise to buy money. Fortunately, Xia Ming's attitude gave his work a relaxed space. If he did this case well, his influence in the industry would also increase greatly.
Xia Ming was sighing that Prometheus's enemy was also the whole world.
While the two were sighing, Xiaohuan discovered again: "Samsung mobile phone released a report saying that Prometheus was tampering with the system log!"
Samsung!?Enter so soon?
Everyone gathered in front of Xiaohuan's computer screen. Samsung mobile phones can be said to be the leader of the Android camp, but in China, they are no longer considered a first-tier brand, but compared with Walnut, their influence is much greater.
"These data are not right..."
Xia Ming now looks at things with a veritable look at a hundred lines. At a glance, he can tell that the report on Samsung's mobile phone is lying, and it was verified by Samsung as the process and service of tampering with the system logs, and it is not from Prometheus.
What happened still needs to be checked. Xia Ming went back to the institute to find Lin Cheng, and Lin Cheng felt inexplicably. Which one did Samsung sing?
At night, the answer was revealed, and it was the first news sent by Wudaozhai.
[Our consulting team has done a comparison and analysis and confirmed that the people who were doing the evaluation on Samsung made a big fuss! They put another system monitoring software together with Prometheus, but they didn't expect that Prometheus's authority was higher than it, and the report was actually from Prometheus!]
In other words, what is really tampering with the system logs is the monitoring software, not Prometheus?
[That's right, using other system management software to run with Prometheus can also expose all the tricks of other software! The way to judge is very simple. Prometheus does not request network services now, but Samsung's report contains the project that software requests network services.]
I'll take a break! The stick is really a stick. Even such a bad guy can be made!
[Can the report be our friendly forces?]
Wudaoxia was still joking, of course this was just a joke. Most Prometheus users who used Samsung phones were worried about safety issues and went to find Samsung's official test. The Samsung headquarters did not know that Prometheus was doing the test at all, so he just wanted to fool it and press it down layer by layer. The people below were too careless and threw it out when there was a result. Unexpectedly, he slapped himself in the face.
Lin Cheng complained all over, which made him scramble for a long time. While sending the statement to the official website, Xia Ming comforted Lin Cheng: "Everyone said that he was not afraid of a god's opponent but was afraid of a pig teammate. Now we met all pig opponents, so why are we complaining about?"
Lin Cheng scratched the lion's head and said dissatisfiedly: "It's not a big deal to always wait for others to take action. We can't spend all our energy on a gadget like Prometheus. The thing you are talking about is at a critical moment."
Kitty... Just earnestly, you can earn 100 million yuan. Senior brother, you have too much appetite.
Xia Ming complained in his heart, but he couldn't talk back. After all, he still kept Lin Cheng busy with another matter.
However, Lin Cheng is right. Always defending is not a big deal, and Prometheus is not the ultimate goal. You cannot always spend your energy on it, so you have to make a decision.
Xia Ming thought for a long time on the surface, but in fact he entered the management mode and was disturbed by the vast amount of information.
In the space of consciousness, the big words that Li Diluo had said before flashed by.
Xia Ming sighed, and it seemed that he had to advance the plan: "Let's do this, let's just go straight to the tiger's den."
He pulled Lin Cheng to the computer: "That's it..."
After hearing this, Lin Cheng said suspiciously to Xia Ming: "That's all?"
Xia Ming nodded, and Lin Cheng said helplessly: "Okay, let's put the matter aside and get this done. Make a statement. Don't think about me tinkering with Prometheus again in the future."
Sure enough, in the eyes of technical geniuses like Lin Cheng, playing with gadgets like Prometheus is a waste of life.
The next day, You Kuang called: "The consulting group did a good job. Samsung's report was revealed and the Internet exploded again."
Not only is it exploded online, Li Diluo is also excited to report the latest sales figures.
After Samsung's report was released, sales stagnated for a while, and it would be nice to have three or five rises in an hour. Last night, Prometheus' official website issued a statement, revealing the original background of Samsung's report, by the morning of this morning, the sales figures had approached the 200,000 mark!
What’s even more gratifying is that among these sales figures, the proportion from Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea has increased significantly. Samsung’s report has simply paved the way for Prometheus to the overseas market.
"but……"
You Kuang's voice fell: "When Samsung comes, Prometheus is in a bigger light. Now the Internet boom is no longer as simple as Prometheus itself. Weibo big Vs, Cialis and other places, and many big names in self-media are using Prometheus to launch an online campaign against mobile phone manufacturers. I answered calls from several major media early in the morning, wanting to contact you from me and make this trend more popular. What do you think?"
He did not make any suggestions directly, but there was a hidden concern in his words: "My expectations yesterday became a reality today. In the eyes of mobile phone bosses, Prometheus has become a cancer cell."
Chapter completed!