Another lazy weekend afternoon.

At the Beverly Hills estate, a female bodyguard hired from China made a cup of tea for Felilo - only a few tea leaves, jasmine and chrysanthemums. Then Fei Liluo quietly found a place facing the window on the side and could see the mountain view, reclined down, put the notebook on the special desktop, and opened the "First Meeting" to prepare and Gu Mojie video.

This is already a compulsory course for her every day. When Gu Mojie is empty, he will be on the video with her for half an hour, if he is not empty, maybe it will be over in five minutes.

After using it for a while, Fei Liluo has fully realized that the smooth video chat of "First Meeting" is really better than QQ, the picture quality is slightly better, and there are fewer frame drops.

Behind every slight progress is the result of the bloody struggle of engineers on both sides to optimize the code, and the result of the operators of both sides constantly throwing money and upgrading server traffic.

Gu Mojie's "first sighting" avatar is still dark, indicating that the other party is not online. Like QQ, today's "first sight" has a stealth function, and it is more humane than QQ.

Before the launch of "First Sight", QQ was still relatively rigid in terms of stealth function, either choosing online mode or stealth mode, all of which were one-size-fits-all and could not be treated differently.

On version 1.0 of the National Day, "First Meeting" has made a very careful setting for this - in addition to the one-size-fits-all incognito/online settings, you can also set up some friends separately "online incognito" or "invisible to them". The former is used to deal with people who don't want to be seen, or those suppliers, customers, and leaders who are on business at work. The latter is used to show to those close to you, those close friends who want to see you even if you are invisible.

Not surprisingly, the two settings of "stealth online" and "stealth visible to it" were learned by QQ less than a month after the launch of "First Sight", and it can be regarded as Gu Mojie's copycat of many details of Ma Huateng, karma was reversed.

Therefore, as long as Fei Liluo sees Gu Mojie's avatar black, it is really not online, and it is definitely not invisible. Gu Mojie will be invisible to outsiders, but never to his own women.

Feliro didn't want to disturb Gu Mojie when he was busy with business, so she chose ↑dǐng↑diǎn↑小↑ and said, .●.o≧s_(); I waited patiently, and I couldn't help but open my Hatsune mailbox, look at the company's internal email, and learn about the latest results of "Hatsumi".

"The number of registered users is growing so fast...... There are more than 35 million accounts, and the average daily simultaneous online account is only 6 million. Alas, it seems that what Mr. Ye said is indeed true - Telecom and Unicom are pressing the P assessment indicators internally, and all levels are frantically registering empty numbers that no one uses to make up the numbers. ”

After only a few glances, Feliro sharply judged that the growth of "First Sight" in the first 20 days of November was only half of that of the whole month of October, and it was estimated that the final total score would be about 30% lower than that of October. Although Hatsune is constantly improving its technology, there is still a long way to go to form an ecosystem and user habits.

She just had a little anxiety in her heart, and immediately forced herself to calm down - her physical condition was not suitable for thinking about these unpleasant things, since the email was not good news, it was better not to look at it. She decided to get up and go for a walk in the yard, bask in the sun and forget about what had just happened.

Southern California has exceptionally good sunshine, and perhaps only Florida, the "Sunshine State", is better in the whole of the United States. At the end of November, it was still as warm as early autumn in the north. Outside the window, the one-acre garden is filled with subtropical flowers such as the Crane Orchid, as well as lavender that can only be found elsewhere in autumn.

"Miss, I'll help you."

The female bodyguard immediately stepped forward to greet her, but was ordered to retreat by Felilo.

"I need someone to help me now, how can I spend the next half a year in the future - it's not too late for you to restrict my movement in three months."

The female bodyguard hesitated for a moment, feeling that Fei Liluo's figure was not out of shape at all, and she was in her own garden, so she gave up her plan to disobey.

"Ding Dong~" Feliro shook around the garden twice, the electric bell at the gate of the manor rang, and the people in the security room confirmed the identity of the person who came, and quickly chose to let him go.

Feliro looked intently, and it turned out that Quan Bao'er had come to visit her. The other party was wearing jeans and carrying a large insulated box.

"Sister, it's okay for a while. Today's album is over, there is diǎn empty, by the way, come and see you. As soon as Bao'er entered the door, she greeted Feliro generously.

After a while, Fei Liluo has broken her guard, after all, Bao'er and Gu Mojie have known each other for a year, but they are indeed frank and selfless. The other party was willing to come to chat with her to relieve her boredom, and Feliro was also happy to talk.

"It's good, but I'm in a hurry, I don't want to find a trainer, and pick a diǎn range suitable for my yoga activities. If you keep it like this, your bones will stiffen. ”

"Yoga...... Sounds good, but unfortunately I don't understand. You know, I've been dancing since I was a kid, and I'm not good at chronic aerobic exercises like yoga. ”

"I knew you would say that," Feliro jokingly twisted the skin of Bao'er's abdomen, "I'm really drunk too, and I haven't seen a girl who has six-pack abs like you." ”

Boa let Feliro tease her, while taking out a beautifully packaged disc from her coat pocket and handing it to Felilo, which was her first self-titled album "BOA" after her debut in the United States. A considerable part of these songs were written and recorded in Japan and South Korea, and only those that were to be filmed had to be filmed in the United States.

"My new song, keep it for listening. These are the kimchi that my assistant made for me. I know you've been eating sour lately, so I picked radishes, asparagus, pickled cucumbers, vinegar ginger, and kelp for you. Except for the radish and kelp, which were slightly spicy, nothing else dared to be spicy. ”

For the latter half of the kindness, Fei Liluo suddenly felt a little insensitive: "Eh? Kimchi is not ...... Isn't it for me? We Chinese say that kimchi causes cancer. ”

Bao'er was suddenly anxious: "How could it be!" You're talking about excessive nitrite – it's a kimchi that has just been marinated for a few days, and it will only exceed the standard when the altar is opened early. I specifically asked people, as long as it is well sealed and marinated for half a month, it will not be like that.

These are all made at the beginning of autumn, and there will be absolutely no problem, but once opened, it is still best to eat them all at once, so I have divided small jars for you. There are also some that are fresh and freshly condimented, not sealed, and can be eaten on the same day. ”

While the two were talking, they walked into the house and put down their things, Quan Baoer seemed to be afraid that Feliro would be suspicious of her, and took the initiative to open a small box of fresh vinegar ginger and sour radish, and ate a few pieces in front of Feliro.

Fei Liluo's physique is acidophilic, and she usually eats a little diǎn greasy and nauseous, so that her recent diet is a bit biased towards Japan and South Korea - you are not allowed to fry in oil in roasted dishes, or at most you can only put diǎn olive oil slightly. When I asked about the fresh and sour taste of radish and vinegar ginger, I couldn't help but be a little moved.

Bao'er only has a high school education, but she knows the chemical relationship between the so-called "anaerobic bacteria anaerobic respiration and excessive nitrite", which is obviously a temporary and deliberate make-up class. With this intention alone, you can see that you are prepared.

Feliro didn't want to save face, so she put down the shelf and tasted some of everything. Bao'er chose as much as possible only sour and not salty, slightly spicy flavors, and Feliro suddenly felt refreshed.

"I always thought that Korean food, Japanese food, and clear soup were not watery, and there was no taste at all. But now I envy you, at least you can cook without oil - I want to vomit when I smell greasy lately. ”

The two chatted for a while, gradually speculating, and Feliro did not feel that time had passed. Seeing that it was getting late, I heard a few crisp prompts popping up from the notebook that was resting on the side.

Bao'er glanced suspiciously: "What's ringing?" ”

Feliro gestured to the computer, "It's the first time we've met—it's Applejack's chatbot." I went to take a look, and I guess I didn't take the initiative to find his video today, so I came to the door. ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? I don't know, I thought you Chinese still use QQ. ”

"It's only been more than 50 days since you came out - you were already in the United States by then, and it's normal to not know."

"I'll go back in a while, and I'll go to Google the next one."

The two were chattering, Fei Liluo had already opened the chat window, and sure enough, Gu Mojie sent a video application, she accepted it, and just five seconds later, the video was established.

"It seems to be faster than SN's video build. And the first time I use it, can I just do this video? You don't need to manually set which camera to use? ”

In the face of Bao'er's question, Fei Liluo was not without pride: "Haven't you ever had a QQ video with Ajie?" QQ doesn't need to be set up. The software made by us Chinese, in terms of foolish convenience of operation, American goods are completely incomparable. ”

Bao'er thought about it too. The developed countries such as the United States and Japan, because netizens are relatively professional, the demand for these simplified operations is not obvious, and software companies have also raised big names, and there are not a few giants like Microsoft who hold the shelf.

This can be seen from the complexity of the video chat setup at the time: even if a computer only has one camera, Microsoft's SN will ask the user to "manually select the device" to confirm which camera to use to capture the video count.

And the things made by Hatsune and Fuji Xun don't ask such stupid questions at all: one of your computers is just a camera, and you also ask for yarn! Isn't it enough to call it directly after it is automatically detected!

Chinese netizens are unprofessional, but unprofessional has the advantage of being unprofessional, which can force software companies to optimize the human-machine interface as much as possible and make the operation as user-friendly as possible.

One inch of optimization, one inch of code. When it comes to the number of segments like Hatsune and Fuji Xun, users are required to make every less mouse click and one less keystroke, and behind the scenes, several programmers are working day and night to solve the code.

Gu Mojie, who is in China, obviously has to endure much slower internet speeds than the Americans. The image on his side has been sampled and uploaded, while the other party's image download buffer is much slower - among them, the storage of the "wall" is also a big contribution.

Feliro and Bao'er had already seen Gu Mojie appear for ten seconds before Gu Mojie saw this. Seeing the faces of the two girls huddled together on the screen, Gu Mojie was very surprised.

"Huh? Boa is coming to see you? ”

"When she finished recording her album, she sent me a disc along the way. By the way, I took diǎn kimchi. Pleasantly surprised? Do you want me to let her talk to you? ”

"No, she wants to talk about whether she will apply for an account by herself. It's been okay these days......"

Gu Mojie and Fei Liluo chatted naturally as if there was no one around. Boa makes herself invisible, occasionally showing her sense of presence, and more often than not, she is secretly observing the video chat software, comparing it to the QQ she used when she was at home in Seoul at the beginning of the year and Koo Mojie.

Occasionally, she couldn't help but be curious and asked about some features, and of course Feliro and Gu Mojie would answer kindly.

"Huh? Is your chat history roaming storage a free feature? I remember that QQ seems to be a charging function - oh, yes, it should be Sister Fei, you use the number to charge money. You're so p......"

"No, at present, the so-called member recharge service has not been opened for 'Chujian', and all 'Chujian' users are free. However, we imitate QQ's hierarchy system, apply and use it as soon as possible, accumulate online time and increase the level, and you will unlock membership privileges such as 'Top Ranking', 'Chat History Roaming Storage', 'Offline Text Jiàn Time and Capacity Increase', 'Hatsune Mailbox Capacity Increase' and even 'Hatsune Video Closes Ads Faster' for free.

This is currently the new launch period, from October 1 to December 31, 2007, all users who are online will get an upgrade rate equivalent to 3 times the length of the next year. And we don't pursue the time of hanging the network like QQ, we only pursue the number of active days, according to the current activity, after being active for 7 consecutive days, as long as the activity is not interrupted, you can also get an additional bonus of upgrade speed - if you are online for two consecutive weeks, the daily active points in the second week are 1.2 times, and the third week is 1.4 times...... It can be active for more than a month, and it can eventually reach 2 times. And this double is not limited by time periods, oh, it is valid permanently, and it will be the same next year. ”

Quan Baoer's IQ is still quite high, and after listening to Gu Mojie's explanation, he immediately discovered the power of this method: this is to force netizens to stay active as much as possible after registering, and keep going to "first meeting" every day, because once it is broken, it will lose the acceleration of the upgrade in the next month.

This kind of marketing method may not be a big deal in the future when various apps will do whatever it takes to compete for users. But in 2007, it can quite reflect the careful planning of the "first meeting" operation team - you know, QQ has been rectified for so many years, and the QQ hierarchy is nothing more than the number of online hours before 05 years to the number of active days later. However, the incentives for various progressive acceleration are never mentioned. As for the "sign-in + membership level acceleration" business in later generations, there is no shadow now.

All in all, in order to pursue the user experience, Hatsune has carefully set up a set of "the sooner you use the 'Hatsumi' software, the more cost-effective", although it is not effective at first, but as these privileges are analyzed by users, the user stickiness and the virality of the form of "tap water" are very exaggerated.

When the time comes, as long as netizens feel that "we will have to use this software sooner or later", then it is equivalent to directly saying "Since this is the case, it is better for us to use it immediately".

"It's amazing...... Quan Bao'er was secretly speechless, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "What if there are really users who have been active for days?" Isn't it possible to remedy it? Will you be selling upgrades in the future? And since there are no upgrades for sale now, isn't there no one who can experience these new features yet? So how do you promote it? ”

"Of course, the new features can be experienced, and this year will be open to experience from time to time, and each user will have a one-month free trial period for each new feature, which will be canceled after expiration. And if you bind a mobile phone number and a user who has been verified by SMS, you can give an additional half a year of membership privileges.

In addition, the company also sent a batch of high-end 'first meeting' accounts to VIPs, probably there are tens of thousands of accounts nationwide. First of all, all the middle-level and above management personnel of China Unicom and Telecom, the company's employees, and some personnel of several cooperative units, probably send out tens of thousands of privilege numbers, from the equivalent of P1 to P5. If you want to upgrade to P5 without spending money at all in the future and purely relying on hang-up, it will take more than ten years......

As for the interruption of the active days you mentioned, at the beginning of next year, we are going to launch a fee prop called 'Replacement Card', if there is a situation where the active days are broken, you can make up for one day for 5 cents, and if you break it for many days in a row, it will double every day, up to 2 yuan to make up for one day, which is considered a seal. In other words, if someone hasn't been on the 'first meeting' for a month, giving more than 50 yuan is equivalent to you being on this month, but it is estimated that no one will burn money so much.

In the second half of next year, if the market is good, I will launch experience card items that directly sell levels. And when the time comes, there will definitely be more and more membership privileges, and they will get better and better. ”

"Wow, this trick is too vicious. Who came up with it? Fei Liluo, who was listening, had not interjected before, and now she couldn't listen to it anymore, so she couldn't help but complain.

"Vicious? If I sue you that this trick was come up by Junjun, do you still think it is evil......

"Shhh...... Well, it doesn't seem to be vicious, you let me go eat two pickled cucumbers first to calm down. Feliro was speechless for a while, copied the kimchi sent by Bao'er, and ate a few pieces to suppress the shock.

Gu Mojie said proudly: "I found that to do the planning of 'user experience', I still have to let women do it. Most men don't know what an experience is. I think Lao Ma and I have a tacit understanding - his Taobao, there are more and more women at the operation planning level, and every day ******** studying how to induce other women to buy, buy, buy, buy. Ma Huateng has always been using men to study how to cheat money, but after all, it is still not enough experience. ”

Gu Mojie was there full of sympathy for his crooked reasoning, Quan Bao'er tilted his head and thought about it, and asked, "Eh." Can you introduce a kind of 'first sight' membership privilege that automatically helps users with p-picture beautification when using the video chat function when the level is raised to a certain level? That way, you can save a lot of money on cosmetics when you video. ”

"......" Gu Mojie was embarrassed, "At present, there are technical difficulties. Perhaps, in a few years, the kind of thing you are talking about will appear. If I can technically do it, I'll definitely add it to the membership privilege feature. ”

Sure enough, the girl's imagination can't be detonated casually, otherwise it is very likely that something terrible will grow. (To be continued.) )