Chapter 22 Momo is officially launched

The world is counting down the last 10 seconds of the new millennium. PEN "FUN" PAVILION www.biquge.info LI YUE UPLOADED THE MV OF THESE SONGS TO THE YOUTUBE WEBSITE.

After the song was uploaded, Li Yue attacked dozens of forums with social attributes in the United States in one go. Although there are a large number of them, fortunately, they are all small targets, and such a small forum will not attract special attention, at least not to arouse the alarm of the relevant departments in the United States. All of them attacked some forums with social attributes, and Li Yue just wanted to get the customer's email address. People who like to engage in social activities online are relatively active users.

Li Yue obtained a total of 350,000 valid email addresses from these websites. Within minutes, these mailboxes will receive a promotional video from the YouTube site with the virus.

The Storm Band, who had finished the party, were hugging each other and crying excitedly.

"TMD is worth it in this life. Chen Tianren roared angrily.

"For the sake of dreams, ah... Ahh

"NM, rock 'n' roll. Wang Lixing used scolding the street to vent his depression over the years.

"Let's fly higher. Li Ming roared with the strength of his whole body.

These men did not ask Li Yue to celebrate with the Migratory Bird Band again, but a few of them silently returned to the small bar! Tonight was destined to be sleepless, so they simply got drunk and rested. The clashing of wine glasses, the crying of men like children, and the sound of hearty and senseless laughter. The dream of more than 20 years is worth seeking.

While the Storm Band celebrated, the Migratory Birds Band was reminiscing about the program on TV just now. What a scene, what a moment per second. I believe that one day, I will also walk on such a stage.

"Let's go, let's sing too, fly higher. Liangzi said righteously.

"Let's go. The fat man and Jie Shao also got up at the same time and walked to the rehearsal room.

While the whole world is fading in the excitement of the fireworks show, the virus on the Internet is spreading wildly. When people turn on the computer, they find that their close friends, classmates, and colleagues have sent a mysterious email, and after clicking on it, it is actually a music online audio-visual website, some people close it casually, and some people are curious to click on the video, they want to know what their friends have recommended to them.

Simple and beautiful pages, friendly human-computer interaction. When people hear and see the content of the video, they are attracted to its content. Sweet singing, rhythmic melodies, and wonderful special effects.

Some people clicked on the registration and started leaving a message at the bottom of the video.

"Oh my God, who are they?"

"Which band is this?"

"Who is this girl?"

"Does anyone know their names?"

Underneath several videos, there are all comments with question marks. After a few hours, as the traffic increased, people slowly went from doubts to amazements. Some people clicked on the retweet and emailed it to a friend. Some people tell their friends on the phone that they have sent out an amazing music website, and although it only has a few videos, it is very, very good music.

When ordinary people click on the playback audition, they just smile and like it, while those who like music download it and start learning to practice these songs. Soon, the video spread to some well-known record labels. Professionals within the record company are obviously more puzzled than surprised by the attitude of these music videos. They have been working in this circle all year round, and they know the market value of these MVs, and they can't believe that someone would put these well-made songs on the Internet for free. These songs are worth at least a few million dollars. Whoever puts them on the Internet must be crazy. Or maybe it's a prank by some hacker who hacked some unreleased records from record labels and posted them all online.

Although there is a lot of doubt and confusion. However, when they saw that the website had contact information, the music directors of many record companies still sent emails to the mailbox left by Li Yue.

For the general public, these MVs are a small embellishment of the day. But for cybersecurity firms, they're seeing an explosion of a supervirus.

The virus did not maliciously destroy the computer's information, but spread an audio-visual website. But as experts in safety, people are aware of the dangers. Soon samples of the computer virus were deciphered, and the relevant security patches began to be compiled. BUT BEFORE THE SECURITY PATCH WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED, THE VIRUS WAS STILL EXPANDING, AND THOUSANDS OF SCREEN NAMES DISCOVERED THE YOUTUBE SITE.

BJ time, January 1, 2000. On the first day of the new millennium, Yeltsin resigned, and Putin the Great came to power. And today is also the day of the official opening of Momo Company. Li Yue came to the company early, and the signboard with the company's website had been hung on the roof of the second floor last night and covered with a red cloth.

The Storm was very drunk, but they came over early in the morning. The Migratory Bird Band also came to Zhongguancun early. Mo Ning was dressed in a festive red.

The company's suit security was arranged outside, and Ye Zijun received some people who came to congratulate him. There are many stores in Zhongguancun, but there are also many technology and network companies. Everyone eats here with mixed rice, so many people politely sent flower baskets.

"Did they send someone over to the companies I asked you to pay attention to?" asked Ye Zijun, who was busy in a mess.

"SOHU, NetEase, Sina, all sent people to send flower baskets. Ye Zijun checked the registration form and replied to Li Yue.

Li Yue only remembered that these three companies were here, and Baidu should have just started its business, as if the venture capital of $1.2 million had not yet arrived. There is also a rumor that the boss of Jingdong, Liu Qiangdong, is also opening a store in Zhongguancun now, but I don't know if he will come to join in the fun today.

10:10 a.m., for this perfect blessing.

When the red curtain was torn down from the signboard on the second floor, firecrackers rang out and gongs and drums were loud.

When people open this website, they find that the main business of this network technology company called Momo is actually online social networking, games and Internet café management. Curious people downloaded the Momo installation software. When people finished installing it, they found that there were three more icons on the desktop: Momo, Momo Game, and Momo Battle Platform.

Momo, let you and I no longer be strangers. Since then, this advertising slogan has begun to fly into thousands of households.

When people open Momo, they find that this is a social software with a simple and elegant interface and a reasonable functional layout. When chatting and chatting between friends, you can also directly click on the Momo game, and two people can watch the battle again and again or find faults. This functional design immediately attracted the attention of many Internet companies.

Brother Xiao Ma looked at the Momo software in front of him blankly. Brother Pony's QQ is now in the most difficult moment, and at this time he almost sold QQ for 300,000. Seeing the unprofitable model, the increase in the registered population, increases the pressure on the server. Without financial support, the server would not be able to sustain itself.

In 1998, Tencent was just a small company engaged in value-added service software and system integration, owned by five or six young people full of entrepreneurial enthusiasm. All the business profits are meager, and they live an embarrassing life without three meals. In 1999, they made an instant messaging system, bid for GD Telecom, and later sent it to several other places, but it was not taken seriously. In addition to being frustrated, several people looked at the ugly ducklings they had worked so hard to hatch and were reluctant to throw them away. Thinking about it, I put it on my website as a free service for users. This was the beginning of OICQ. One day, when several people found out that there were 100 people online at the same time, they were surprised and delighted. However, with the increase in the number of users, the company needs to invest more and more in this system, which accounts for half of the company's cost, but does not bring any profits. Life is already tight, how can there be spare money to invest in such a luxury gadget?

At that time, this similar product was very ***ICQ, TICQ, CICQ, GICQ, and they were actually all followers of ICQ. Shortly after Tencent's launch, Sina also launched Sina Paging, and Sohu, NetEase, and Yahoo have all launched similar services in the domestic market. The biggest rival, ICQ, did not have a Chinese version at the time. Surrounded by many competitors, Tencent never thought that one day the company would survive with this product.

Zhang Zhihao, general manager of Tencent BJ, was originally at the headquarters of Zhongbei Paging Group. In 1999, Tencent's chairman and CEO, Pony Ma, pretended to be an engineer and came to Zhongbei to debug the equipment, because Tencent could not afford to hire an engineer at that time. In the computer room, Ma Huateng taught Zhang Zhihao how to use OICQ. Zhang Zhihao, who studied computer applications, sensitively felt that this was likely to be a huge market opportunity, and afterwards instigated the CEO of Zhongbei to buy Tencent. It's a pity that the people in Zhongbei at that time only thought that he told a joke that was not funny. But just a few months later, Tencent began to rejoice that no one wanted to buy it at the time, because OICQ's user base was growing at an incredible rate, and the user growth curve had almost become a steep straight line. They themselves don't know exactly what happened!

But the number of users can't be used as a meal, and 28-year-old Ma Huateng found a bank. However, banks have never heard that the number of registered users can apply for mortgage loans, and domestic investors are concerned about how many computers Tencent has and how many fixed assets it has. Ma Huateng inhaled a cool breath and said: Sir, my value is not Tencent's present, but Tencent's future. Finally, IDG and Hong Kong Pacific Century Digital took over Tencent's revised six versions of the business plan, each investing $1.1 million, on the condition that Tencent grow to 4 million registered users by the end of the year. In the first half of 2000, Tencent expected the number of users to reach 15 million by the end of the year, then changed the forecast to 20 million, and soon again estimated 40 million, and then did not expect it because there was no way to predict it.