Chapter 547: Plagiarism Controversy

Ring-a-ling!

Accompanied by a crisp, pleasant ringing sound, the originally quiet classroom instantly became noisy.

Those girls who had been suppressing their excitement for a long time swarmed toward Shen Yan all at once.

"God Yan, I like you so much. May I ask if you have a girlfriend?"

"God Yan, when will Scan be promoted to third-tier cities?"

"God Yan, can you develop a navigation app? I'm terrible with directions."

"God Yan, what should I do if I can't grab a Xiaogu Mobile?"

"God Yan, can you add a mini-program for booking hotel rooms to Easy Pay? Every time I go out with my boyfriend on the weekend, we can't book a room."

These girls' remarks were strange and varied; some even blurted out that they couldn't book rooms with their boyfriends, which was truly embarrassing, and everyone cast surprised looks at her.

The girl blushed: "What are you looking at? Are you jealous because you don't have boyfriends?"

Everyone covered their mouths and giggled; such a bold girl was impossible to dislike.

Shen Yan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said softly: "I have received all your suggestions. A navigation app, right? I'll think about it later. The mini-program for booking hotel rooms will go online the day after tomorrow. Don't worry, let your boyfriend catch his breath."

Honk honk honk!

The sound of honking rose one after another at the scene.

"As for promoting Scan to third-tier cities... and not being able to grab a Xiaogu Mobile..."

Shen Yan responded to these people's remarks one by one.

It must be said that many of the suggestions were refreshing to him, which just confirmed that saying: only when there is demand is there a market.

Shen Yan still had a long way to go to realize his ideal ecological industrial chain.

After finally managing to deal with these young girls, the class bell rang again. Golden sunlight shone in through the window, making Shen Yan's expression look even more helpless.

Sigh! Can't even have a moment of peace during class.

Wu Yue'er nudged him with her shoulder: "Hey! Are you really going to make a navigation app?"

"I am, I have to. Who told me I have a hopeless direction-challenged person by my side," Shen Yan said, not without doting.

Wu Yue'er felt sweet inside after hearing this and raised her eyebrows at Chen Shanni and Luo Qiqi, as if saying: "See? I'm the one who is most favored."

If it weren't for the public setting, Wu Yue'er would have pounced on Shen Yan right then and there.

"Do you dare to be any more obviously biased?" Chen Shanni pinched Shen Yan's waist sourly.

There wasn't much force behind it.

Shen Yan, who knew how to read the situation, hurriedly bared his teeth and begged for mercy.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Damn it, he just said it off the cuff.

Was it really necessary!

It is reported that neither Gaode nor Baidu has released a mobile navigation app yet.

It should be going online next year.

I remember in my previous life, when navigation apps were first released, they weren't free; Gaode sold for 50 yuan, Baidu for 30 yuan, and Careland was even more expensive.

You have to know that navigation is closely related to people's livelihoods. In the next few years, the role of navigation technology will become increasingly important, and many popular apps will be inseparable from it, such as bike-sharing, Didi Chuxing, etc.

Furthermore, considering the functional development of Kuaida Delivery, navigation is an indispensable link.

Shen Yan specifically searched online and found that Gaode's current market value is 900 million USD, so acquiring it is not cost-effective; he decided to recruit people himself to develop a navigation app.

At this time, Luo Qiqi, who was leaning against the wall, said: "Some of what those people said just now is quite right. I think the business of Kuaida Delivery shouldn't be limited to meals; for example, pharmacies, supermarkets, flower shops... are all potential partners."

Wu Yue'er echoed: "Yes, yes, I wanted to say that too. Also, I don't think we should let Ctrip enter Easy Pay. We can totally do our own ticketing app, which would be convenient for travel and such."

Actually, Chen Shanni had similar thoughts, but the two girls had already said it all.

She could only pout and worry on the side.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener did.

From the fragments of others' words, they keenly unearthed business opportunities.

Shen Yan looked up at the sky, speechless.

Damn it!

He only came to class to steal some time from his busy schedule, so how did he end up taking on so much work for himself?

For the next period of time, Shen Yan began to recruit talent and set about expanding his business.

After completing the Series A financing, there were billions in funds in the company's account, so he had the confidence to do anything.

November 26th.

At 10:00 AM, Fang Xiang ran into Shen Yan's office in a hurry and handed over her phone. On it was the main page of Alipay, and her finger pointed to the top right corner of the interface, where the three large characters "Code Recognition Payment" were exceptionally conspicuous.

"Boss, five minutes ago, Alipay released an updated version with 'Code Recognition Payment'. Although the name was deliberately changed, the function is exactly the same as Scan."

Shen Yan's eyes became solemn.

This day had finally come; clashes between similar types of software were inevitable.

Since the release of the Easy Pay app, in just one month, the number of users had skyrocketed like a rocket, reaching an astonishing 180 million.

You have to know that Alipay's user count was only 250 million.

And in terms of transaction volume, Easy Pay might have already left Alipay far behind.

Alibaba couldn't just sit by and watch Easy Pay rise.

Shen Yan had envisioned various countermeasures that Boss Ma might take, including copying Scan or developing substitute technology; a simple and convenient payment method was the fundamental reason for Easy Pay's rapid rise.

Analyzing from a legal perspective, after all, infringing on technical patents doesn't reach the level of criminal liability; a lawsuit would take at least half a year, and at worst, he would just pay money to settle it.

Compared to losing market share and losing the throne of market leader, this bit of money was completely insignificant.

After pondering for a moment, Shen Yan dialed He Yichen's number. After explaining the situation, he requested: "Send a lawyer's letter to Alibaba, strictly ordering Alipay to switch back to the old version within three days and compensate for the relevant losses, otherwise we will formally sue them."

This was only the first step of the countermeasure; Shen Yan still had a big move reserved for Alipay.

"Understood!"

Putting down his phone, He Yichen took a deep breath; he had to know that the Scan technology was something he had personally negotiated with Yirui Technology back then, and he hadn't expected Shen Yan's vision to be so far-reaching, having foreseen this day long ago.

The result of the lawyer's letter was just as Shen Yan had expected, like a stone sinking into the ocean.

Ali did not provide any reply.

At the same time, this matter began to ferment online, and many netizens left comments on Shen Yan's Weibo.

"God Yan, you should quickly take a look at Alipay; they are actually shameless enough to copy your technology."

"Son of a bitch! I hate copycat dogs the most."

"I used to quite admire Boss Ma, I didn't expect him to do something like this."

"Go for it, God Yan! Take down Alipay."

"By the way, does this technology have a patent? Otherwise, there's nothing to be done about plagiarism."

Besides these condemnatory remarks, there were also quite a few keyboard warriors clamoring there, saying things like good technology should be shared, technology serves the people, don't be so petty, Kuaida Delivery started by copying Ele. me anyway...

Often, these brainless remarks were quickly drowned out in the sea of people.