Chapter 156: Blazing Front
Early on the weekend morning, Blazing Edge,
Han Zhifeng, Zhang Mingxiu, Haide Lee, David Chen, Gao Yu, Zhang Zeng, and the three senior brothers found by Gao Yu sat in the conference room of the studio.
Everyone greeted each other and briefly talked about their understanding of the Internet, mainly Liu Ziqing and others from Gao Yu asked about the situation of American Internet companies, and Hyde Lee and David Chen answered briefly, which made Liu Ziqing and others very impressed, giving them the feeling that American Internet companies are running on the highway, and the country is still bumpy on the national highway, and the distance is getting bigger and bigger.
'You may be seated. ’
Han Zhifeng made a gesture, several people found their seats, although the company is small, but very formal, everyone has their own name tag in front of their seat, everything is Zhang Mingxiu is in charge.
"Senior Brother Liu, don't be envious, I'll put my words here, when you go to the United States for exchanges in the future, just don't shout tired when the time comes. ”
Everyone laughed, they didn't doubt that they could visit the United States, for Internet companies, China was about a few years behind the United States at this time, that is to say, there was a type of enterprise in the United States, and similar enterprises appeared in China about a few years later, so many people from companies were sent to observe and learn from the experience and trajectory of the United States.
However, it would be an exaggeration for Han Zhifeng to say that he was so tired that he vomited.
"Okay, we're getting the personnel ready for the first time,"
Han Zhifeng looked around at everyone,
"Our studio is just a few guns, although it is simple, but the starting point is not low, don't forget that a big guy like Gates also started from a garage,"
There was laughter around again, and several people thought that although Han Zhifeng was young, he could control the scene, and they had to be convinced by talking to them about the trend and development trend of the Internet in the past few days.
"Everyone knows that our company is about to enter the domestic instant messaging industry, the so-called know yourself and know the other, first ask Haide Li to talk about the opponent's situation. ”
Hyde Lee straightened up when he heard the voice,
"I've been browsing with David these days about domestic companies and their products, first of all, the PCICQ of Yangcheng's non-flower company is just a supplement to their company's call machine service, they didn't continue to dig deeper, it's very simple, they are your state-owned company, hehe, this response is a bit slow,"
Everyone has no choice but to admit this fact, let the state-owned company innovate Nabi to the sky, they only want stability, just don't have an accident.
"Then the instant messaging software share of Xingchen Company in Qianjiang Province can also be, but they are a supplement to the main business of the game, more like the nature of a chat room, and their main purpose is to expand the influence of the game industry, so, well, they don't regard ICQ as their main business, and now it seems that we are the only company that regards ICQ as their main business, and of course we have not launched our own products,"
Hyde Lee shrugged and ended his words.
Hyde's investigation is quite comprehensive, but Han Zhifeng knows that the giants of the future generations will also enter this industry in these two months, the penguin five tiger generals are all highly talented, and the competition will immediately enter the white heat, but in this life his strength is stronger, no more than the five tiger generals who are a little confused, he can know the future trend better, he firmly believes that he can have the last laugh, but it will be very hard, very hard.
"Mr. Han, can I ask a question, why our studio's products are aimed at instant messaging, I think Yahoo, Google, Amazon's model is also good. ”
A senior brother named Zheng Han asked.
Several other people also looked at it with concern, they were found that it was Han Zhifeng who decided to make this product, they did not deny it with all their might, but in their hearts they had different opinions, in their opinion, search engines and online commerce have better prospects.
This has proven to be a successful model in the United States, not of course, not to make a profit, but to shape the prospect, that is, as long as Joshua Han can draw a fairly promising prospect, he can raise funds, and at a certain time he can sell the company and retire.
Although ICQ's listing is a legend, from obscurity to becoming a company with a market value of hundreds of millions of dollars, it is also a landmark event of the American Internet, but after the listing, ICQ's parent company AOL focused on the business and conflicts of Microsoft and other companies, and did not continue to expand ICQ, and it has stagnated for the past two years, and this instant messaging software does not see how to compete with search engines or companies with clear profit expectations like Amazon.
The profit model of this kind of software is simply a mystery, search engines can bid ranking, can introduce traffic advertising and other revenue, and Amazon can make money through online stores.
But what about ICQ, so it is normal for a few people to have doubts about the company's main business, at least ICQ, the benchmark in the United States, does not have a clear profit expectation itself.
"The reason is that the stickiness is the highest, let's imagine that if we occupy the majority of the domestic instant messaging market share, then we use this customer advantage to build social, gaming, payment, film and television entertainment, shopping and other functions around it, and build a complete ecosystem, then,"
Han Zhifeng spread his hands, everyone was a little stupid, just now they thought that Han Zhifeng's appetite was a little small, making it difficult for instant messaging software to be financed and expanded, because there was no big profit expectation, but when Han Zhifeng said this, they felt as if Han Dong's heart was too big, this is to wrap most of the business core of the Internet.
Han Zhifeng looked at the silent crowd and smiled faintly, the penguins and Facebook of later generations proved everything, the adhesion of social networks is invincible, the question is whether they can be fully utilized, some companies are at a loss, and some companies have completed the mutation and laughed to the end.
"Okay, not to mention, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, no matter how big the cause is, we have to sit up from the beginning, starting today, we officially develop instant messaging software,"
Han Zhifeng's words shocked everyone's spirits,
You are professionals, and I believe that you are more proficient than me in many specific procedures, and I just want to ask one question, whether the Chinese network environment is suitable for the architecture of the ICQ software directly. ’
Han Zhifeng looked at everyone, everyone thought about this question, obviously, Han Zhifeng's question was targeted, it was for the development of software architecture scheme, so everyone used their brains to think.
"First of all, we should note that more than half of the microcomputers in Europe and the United States are owned by individuals, and we here are the opposite, ninety percent of Internet users do not have their own computers, they either use the unit, or go to friends or Internet cafes,"
Everyone nodded in agreement, but what does this have to do with the software they develop.
"We think, now instant messaging software has a fatal flaw, you can only leave your mark on the machine, such as your friends column, communication messages, etc., can only stay here, you change the computer, then it will all disappear,"
As soon as Han Zhifeng said this, Gao Yu immediately agreed,
"I sometimes want to carry my computer on my back, and that's really the biggest flaw in the chat room. ”
The room was lively, and everyone complained about this defect.
"So if we want to stand out, we have to solve this problem, and I think we're all on the same page. ”
Everyone nodded,
"In addition, our Internet speed is very slow, and the current ICQ software download computer application takes 30 to 40 minutes no matter how fast it is, and one or two hours if it is slow, so we have to try to make the software as small as possible, so that customers can quickly end this painful and long wait, which is too abusive. ”
Han Zhifeng's words made everyone laugh, yes, they all went through such suffering, and some even waited for two or three hours, that kind of situation was sadistic to madness.
Maybe some people have contempt for Joshua Han when they come, and in their experience, many bosses just invest money and hire professionals to enter the market, and other professional knowledge is pitiful.
So they thought that Han Zhifeng was also such a person, but Han Zhifeng talked about the structure twice, which made everyone understand that Han Zhifeng's vision was definitely first-class, far above them, and they immediately put away their contempt.
"Lao Gao, our junior brother is powerful, you don't know any of this. ”
Liu Ziqing said in a low voice with emotion.
'To be honest, I don't know at all,'
Gao Yu rolled his eyes, he was as white as Liu Ziqing at this point.
Next, everyone talked about their ideas one by one, and the atmosphere became warm, and Han Zhifeng realized that this place finally looked like an Internet company, which was very good.
Next, David Chen divided several people into three groups, three major items of public relations,
"Boss, there are still few people, and there are far from enough people here. ’
David Chan made a request to Han Zhifeng.
"How many people do you estimate are still lacking,"
Han Zhifeng asked.
"I estimate that if the results are produced in two months, there will be at least 20 people, which means that we still lack more than 10 people. ”
David Chen estimated.
"Okay, this problem, I can solve it,"
Han Zhifeng sighed, it seems that this eleven must not stop.
"Han Dong, if the goal is as ambitious as you said, our funds will be a problem, a big problem. ”
David Chen said in a low voice.
'There is no problem for the time being, I have nearly a million dollars in reserves here, and there will be more later, if it is not enough, you can start financing, but the key is whether our products can occupy the majority of the share, which determines the scale of financing. ’
Han Zhifeng said in a deep voice.
Han Dong rest assured, this little social software is not very difficult, what is difficult is the two requirements you put forward. ’
David Chen said confidently.
"Very good, I will give you another condition, after the software development, you can go to the Internet café to try, there is our own Internet café in the city, and you can test it at any time when the time comes, I believe it will greatly accelerate the progress of the entire research and development,"
Han Zhifeng's words made David Chen overjoyed.