When Chen Zishan woke up from her deep sleep the next morning, she found that Judy had fallen asleep on the desk where the computer was placed, and it seemed that she had actually played ICQ all night.

Chen Zishan got out of bed, went to the bathroom lightly to wash up, and when she came out, she found that Judy had not woken up yet, she sighed, took a thin blanket from the bed, and covered Judy's body. There didn't seem to be any rain outside the window, but Chen Zishan still came to the window and looked out, the sky outside looked really good, and then she came to her bed to take her backpack, and then walked to the coat rack and took off the coat and put it on.

After breakfast, Chen Zishan walked outside for a while, and did not return to the dormitory until after nine o'clock, when Judy was no longer in the room. Back in the room, Chen Zishan picked up the phone and called her mentor Jay McInnerny, but unfortunately no one answered there, so she had to leave a message for Jay McInnerny, saying that there was something important to discuss. Putting down the phone, Chen Zishan didn't go out, in order to wait for the tutor's callback, she simply stayed in the room to read a book to pass the time. It was not until after lunch that Chan received a call from her mentor, Jay McInnery, and arranged for the two to meet at a Starbucks café on Boylston Avenue across the Charles River at half past three in the afternoon.

When she was about to leave the house, Judy returned, and she was still excited. As soon as she entered the room, Judy wanted to turn on her computer and start the ICQ. Chen Zishan only learned after asking, it turned out that in the morning, Judy went to her boyfriend Ken again, and taught the ICQ she just learned yesterday, of course, Judy didn't forget to install an ICQ on Ken's computer, and she had to keep the ICQ open before leaving, so as soon as she came back, she couldn't wait to try it.

Seeing Judy knocking excitedly, Chen Zishan shook her head helplessly, put on her backpack and went out, planning to go to the appointment. After leaving the dormitory, Chen Zishan got into a taxi, crossed the MIT Bridge, and turned onto Boylston Street, where it stopped near Starbucks not long after. After taking out some change from her body, Chen Zishan paid the fare, got out of the car and walked into Starbucks.

Chen Zishan looked at her watch, there were still five minutes before the appointed time, and the tutor should not have come yet, but she still looked around the store, and sure enough, she didn't see the tutor. Chen Zishan found a more conspicuous seat by the window and sat down, ordered a glass of caramel macchiato, and waited while tasting it slowly. After drinking a little half of the coffee, Chen Zishan finally saw her mentor Jay McInnanny appear at the door of the café, she hurriedly stood up and waved her hand, and Jay McInnanny's eyes were immediately attracted.

Jay McInnanny walked to the seat opposite Chen Zishan and just sat down, when the waiter came over with a list and asked, "Excuse me, sir, what do you need to drink?"

"A glass of daily picks, thank you. Jay McInany smiled and nodded to the waiter.

"Okay, please wait. The waiter made a note of it, nodded and left.

Seeing the waiter walk away, Jay McKinnanie looked back at Chen Zishan and said, "Susan, what is the important thing you are talking about?"

"Jay, I heard from others yesterday that our research project has a problem with funding, is it true?" Chen Zishan said the question in his heart, which is the first thing to understand today.

Jay McInnerney's face changed, hesitated for a moment, sighed and said, "It's possible, but I'm still negotiating with the funders, maybe the situation is not as bad as you think." ”

"Jay, I have a friend who has an investment fund in his hands, and he's interested in our research, I wonder if you'd like to talk to him. Chen Zishan said what he meant today.

"Oh," Jay McKinany's eyes lit up, maybe this was a good opportunity to solve the problem of funding sources, he nodded again and again, "Of course we can talk, but do the other party have any conditions?"

"Well, he wants us to set up a lab in Hong Kong. ”

"How is this possible, how can Hong Kong have the research conditions and atmosphere here. Jay McInnanie shook his head repeatedly.

"He is willing to provide us with the necessary space and related facilities for research, and also provides a certain amount of research funding every year. Chen Zishan continued.

At this time, the waiter brought a cup of coffee to Jay McInnerney, smiled and said, "Sir, this is the daily selection you want, please use it slowly." ”

Jay McInany nodded at the waiter, picked up the cup and took a sip, the taste of the coffee was pure, and the sourness was also very light. For what Chen Zishan said, to be honest, Jay McInnanny is still a little moved, although he doesn't know how much investment he can get, but in terms of the current conditions, the other party seems to be very sincere, not that he can't talk about it at all, and the key is that the original investors of the research project have lost patience, and the efforts to find new sources of funding have not made progress during this time.

As things stand, it seems that this investment is the only opportunity at hand, but Jay McInnany is not a rookie looking for an investment for the first time, and he will not just say yes in a vague way. Jay McKinany pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Well, it's okay to talk, but I don't know when the other party will be convenient?"

Chen Zishan sighed secretly in her heart while drinking her cup of caramel macchiato, it seems that she still thinks about the problem simply, thinking that it can be negotiated by talking about it like this, but now it seems that things are not so easy to do, and she is still too tender. Of course, she is not a person who is easily discouraged, although there is no result this time, but she still secretly vows in her heart that she must work hard to learn more experience in business management, negotiation and communication in the future.

But at the moment, Chen Zishan has no better way to do this, and after thinking about it in his heart, he said: "Jay, he should come to the United States next week, after dealing with his own affairs, maybe there will be time on the 20th, but I still have to ask about the specific day, or wait for him to come, let him contact you by phone first." ”

"That's fine. Jay McKinany nodded, taking his cup of coffee as he continued to sip his cup.

……

After dinner, Chen Zishan returned to the dormitory and found that Judy was still happily chatting with ICQ, but there were a few more people chatting, and it seemed that she had used all the numbers she got yesterday.

"Judy, you won't be out all the time when you come back. Looking at Judy who was concentrated, Chen Zishan couldn't help but ask.

"Well......" Judy swallowed the bread in her mouth, and said without looking back, "No, I went out to buy something to eat." ”

Chen Zishan shook her head helplessly, came to the desk, turned on the lamp, took out a book from her bag that she bought in the afternoon to introduce the operation of the institute, and read it carefully. She had never thought of managing a research institute by herself before, but in the past two days, her mind has changed a little, but she also found that her strength is insufficient, and there are still many places to learn.

After reading the book for a while, Chen Zishan felt more and more dizzy, she didn't expect that it would be so complicated to do a good job in a research institute, the introduction and training of talents, the development and construction of the research institute, the rationalization of the research direction, the raising and use of research funds, the application of patents and the commercialization of many things, there are many things that need to be considered. When she thought of this, Chen Zishan's heart couldn't help but feel empty, but the trust shown by Zhang Lexing made her unwilling to retreat or retreat. In fact, Chen Zishan thought badly in this regard, Zhang Lexing's original intention was just to help her find something to do, and she didn't want her to have nothing to do every day after she came back, and she felt too bored.

Seeing that the time was almost nine o'clock in the evening, Chen Zishan opened her laptop, connected to the Internet and logged in to her ICQ, and a "uh-oh" sound came, and Zhang Lexing's news came again.

freedom: "Good evening!" ^_^

Susan: "Hi, good morning!^.^"

freedom: "What's the weather like today?"

Susan: "It's so much better than yesterday, it's still sun." By the way, I talked to my mentor today. ”

freedom: "How's it going?"

Susan: "It's not good, but the mentor is still a little interested, and when you come, I may want you to talk to him personally." ”

freedom: "That's fine, let's talk about it when I come." ”

Susan: "Okay, we'll talk about that then. ”

……

After chatting, Chen Zishan let go of a matter, but Zhang Lexing was a little more depressed, in fact, the reason why he said that yesterday was just to find an excuse to let Chen Zishan come back, even if it was a lot more convenient to stay in Hong Kong, so that he didn't really want to set up a large-scale microbiology research institute, but now it seems that the development of the situation is a little beyond his imagination. However, Zhang Lexing is quite interested in entering the biological industry, after all, this is also a very promising industry in the future, although it is a little earlier than the planned time, but if the strength of the research team of Chen Zishan's mentor is good, it is not a bad thing to win over, of course, the next priority is to figure out the real strength and past achievements of this team, so that it is convenient to choose, this task Zhang Lexing is naturally handed over to Russell Market Research Company.

On November 15th, Zhang Lexing had rushed to San Jose from Beijing, and the main purpose of this trip was to officially launch ICQ. Yang Xinxin didn't understand Zhang Lexing's nervousness at all, although under Zhang Lexing's repeated recounting, she had a preliminary understanding of the development prospects of ICQ, but she didn't understand it for the official operation of such a small company, and in her opinion, she could send at most an assistant to take a look, which would be the most efficient.

Zhang Lexing also has his own reasons for doing this, he knows very well that the real ICQ was born in the hands of a small Israeli company called Mirabilis, the time is the end of next year, although due to his early birth of ICQ in his hands, but no one knows whether the magic company will be born, whether it will launch better instant messaging software, so Zhang Lexing wants to use this gap time, as much as possible to make his ICQ as strong, as long as he grabs enough users, with the Matthew effect and some of the instant messaging software operation methods he knows, his ICQ will be able to develop very strong, which brings a very good platform for the development of the game industry.

Zhang Lexing knows very well how ICQ failed in China that year, the main reason is that the Chinese version was launched too late, plus it is not as convenient and fast to use as Tencent OICQ, so he did not come to the United States alone, and also brought a team of 12 people from Le Yiyang, who will join the update of the subsequent version of ICQ, and at the same time have a more important task is to be responsible for the development of the Chinese version of ICQ. In addition to the first English version and the planned Chinese version, ICQ will also be launched in other languages next year in order to achieve the goal of occupying market share as quickly as possible.

After coming to San Jose, settling in the development team from Beijing, and making an appointment to meet with Chen's mentor, Jay McKinnany, Zhang came to ICQ to learn about the readiness for the launch. As early as two weeks ago, the final official version of ICQ1.0 has been released after repeated testing, and the time after that is mainly the server setup and testing. According to the ideas of Yang Xinxin and ICQ company, it should be enough to get two servers in the early stage, one for registration and background data, and the other for login, but Zhang Lexing, who understands the popularity of ICQ, does not see it that way, and when ICQ is officially launched, maybe two servers will be full in a week, in order not to affect the initial experience of users, in the case of repeated negotiations, Zhang Lexing arranged for people to buy back 20 IBM high-performance servers in one go, and put them all into the computer room of ICQ company. The servers were bought, and the people of ICQ could not let these machines idle, so they had to change the original two-server model to a larger scale according to Zhang Lexing's requirements.

When he really walked into the computer room of ICQ company and saw the cabinet that slipped away, Zhang Lexing still felt a shock, of course, the bigger feeling was that "the server occupies a lot of space" ,A cabinet can be stuffed into a maximum of 4 tower servers,This can be replaced by a rack server that can more than double the number,If it is a blade server, the density is greater,Unfortunately, there is no such thing at this time,I had to use a tower server to make do with it first。

"How's the preparation for the ICQ launch?" Zhang Lexing asked Michael Dyson, the head of ICQ who followed him.

"Mr. Zhang, everything is ready, the official homepage of ICQ has been prepared, if it weren't for the midnight on the 18th, we would be able to provide ICQ services now. Mike Dyson replied.

"Well, it's worth the wait, and it's a time when we can use proper publicity to get more people to know about ICQ. ”

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think we still need to improve?"

"Before going online, the server will check it well, and after the ICQ is officially launched, there can be no more problems, and we must ensure that users have a good initial experience, so that our users will have more and more. In addition, the registration number should start from 6 digits, and those below five digits will not be provided with registration ...... "In fact, Zhang Lexing originally wanted to keep things such as serial numbers and auspicious numbers, but then considering that ICQ has to face the whole world, the customs and habits of various countries are different, if they are all comprehensive, the number segment will become too fragmented, so he gave up, anyway, he didn't expect to make money by auctioning numbers."

After saying some details about the operation of ICQ, Zhang Lexing ended his visit to ICQ, everything was ready, and it was time for the promotion department to work hard.

Beginning the next day, a special advertisement appeared in some well-known computer newspapers and periodicals, with only one domain name "www." , the huge three letters "I, C, Q" and a time "0:00 on November 18, 1995", for a while readers have speculated what it is, and some readers who can access the Internet go to the domain name "www." I looked at it, but there were only three huge letters "I, C, Q" and the time that was counting down.

Unclear advertisements and incomprehensible websites, on the contrary, to stimulate people's interest, for a while ICQ has become the focus of people's heated discussions, many people are speculating "what is ICQ", in the midst of this great anticipation, time gradually came to the zero on the 18th, the ICQ server was officially launched, and the official website of ICQ was also launched......

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