Before leaving the aunt's house, after the family's deliberation and consideration, Zhou Lei finally agreed to come to Zhuocheng...... This time I went back to explain the things in the factory clearly, and then I got my passport, and I was ready to go to Japan in March and April. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, in February of this ninety-nine year, QQ was launched!

When the newly established 8848 was extremely hot, the most familiar things of countless Chinese people in later generations were only quietly introduced. No flowers, no applause, not even a few people paying attention!

Seeing the familiar penguins on the computer, Yang Fan had a feeling that the curtain of the times had been opened.

What is different from the past is that after Yang Fan's reminder through the Shencheng office, this time TX did not use the OICQ name excessively, and it was named QQ as soon as it was launched, as for the function of the original version is roughly the same, network pager, public chat room, transfer files......

Speaking of which, the reason why TX initially considered OICQ and wanted to borrow some ICQ light also shows that not only the entire market has no confidence in instant messaging network tools, but also TX's confidence in QQ is not insufficient.

It's just that after being reminded by the Shencheng Office, TX thought about it carefully, and finally changed to the name that Yang Fan is most familiar with.

It's no wonder that there is a lack of confidence, these days, the hottest ones are still the major chat rooms. Many people, even if they use QQ, use him more as a chat room.

"Hello...... How old are you...... Where are you from...... What do you do......"

At this time, on QQ, everyone is cautiously exploring, and these words are definitely the hottest words, almost becoming a greeting routine!

Well, everyone is used to surfing the Internet for an hour, adding 5 or 6 people, after saying these, and then going offline, next time to re-apply for a QQ number, and add a few more people, the novelty at this time is an interest.

Yang Fan used to have a six-digit number in his phone book, and there were many seven-digit Q numbers, but unfortunately he couldn't find them later!

Everyone chatted about these things in purity, what kind of appointment, come to a shot, probably no one will talk about it. Even on the Internet, most of them carry a mask at this time. It's just that growing up in these cycles of bad and bad things makes everyone more and more open.

Yang Fan asked for several five-digit serial numbers through the Shencheng office, although whether it was now or in the future, this thing basically had no effect on him, let alone improving the quality or something.

If you have to rely on the five-digit Q pretend to be forced after being reborn, then it is indeed low.

"I have a five-digit Q!"

"Wow, good cow, good cow!"

"My Taobao crown ......"

"Wow, awesome, awesome!"

Thinking that TX and Al would talk like this, Yang Fan felt inexplicably happy.

In the follow-up of the Shencheng branch, Yang Fan didn't take it too seriously, but thought about the production of electric vehicles. It wasn't until March that Yang Fan learned from Ye Qingwan that QQ was extremely short of money, and he was contacting buyers at this time.

Three days later, when Yang Fan was in class, Ye Qingwan drove directly to Zhuocheng. The first thing I did when I found Yang Fan was to say the price at which QQ was sold, "I've inquired, and the price is about one million!" ”

Million! Buy QQ!

What does it mean that reality is more YY than fantasy, and this is that reality is more YY than fantasy......

Hearing this price that is said to be enough to make any future generation go crazy, Yang Fan is very calm, well, he once watched an interview, saying that TX had thought about selling QQ for one million in the early days of the business, but the other party was only willing to pay 600,000.

In Yang Fan's memory, QQ was launched in 99, and he didn't say which time he wanted to sell it before. Probably TX started looking for funding in June and didn't find investors until November, with a total valuation of $5.5 million with millions of registrations.

Correspondingly, AL was established a few months later, and there was investment the next month, with a valuation of tens of millions of dollars, and in another two months, by the beginning of next year, the valuation will be nearly 100 million dollars. At this time, it was not TB, it was just 1688. There is also a similar performance of 8848, which was valued at hundreds of millions of dollars in less than a year after its establishment, and will be valued at nearly $500 million in the coming year......

Similarly, Amazon has been in the limelight on the NASDAQ in the past two years, while ICQ has been slow to grow.

Everything shows that in this Internet tide, e-commerce is the hottest and most hyped direction.

Compared to e-commerce, IM tools are much more deserted...... However, it is not surprising that investors think so, compared with the clear profit model of e-commerce, the free operation of IM tools allows few people to see the specific profit model of IM tools.

At the same time, due to the limitation of the overall scale of the Internet, the scale of IM tools is not large, and the most significant characteristics of instant communication tools such as natural monopoly, ultra-high user stickiness, and traffic import have not been shown, so investors naturally have no reason to be optimistic about IM tools.

Yang Fan asked the Shencheng office to follow up before, and he has always been looking at similar opportunities, the company's money has been spent, and investors have not found the best time......

After thinking about it, Yang Fan asked, "Is one million a sale of the company, or is it QQ software?" ”

"Software ......," Ye Qingwan said.

In fact, listening to Yang Fan's flat tone, Ye Qingwan felt extremely weird. It's as if he's just waiting here for TX to sell QQ, and then swallows it in one gulp.

It's no wonder that Ye Qingwan felt that there was always something wrong with him when he spoke, and when it came to developing a similar tool, he was also unwilling. The reason is that cash is king, and she wondered at that time, at most, hundreds of thousands, is it really that important to Yang Fan now?

Looking back now, looking back on it, finding someone to develop an instant messaging tool by yourself is not to mention the trouble, and it will take a lot of time. Although it shouldn't take a million to find someone to develop something like this, now this million is not only a tool to get, but also to eliminate one of the biggest competitors by the way!

Otherwise, once there is competition between the two, the added troubles alone will not be enough to solve a million. As for the value of IM tools, Ye Qingwan has to look farther than ordinary investors, after all, Yang Fan has instilled in him countless times how useful this kind of tools will be in the era when almost everyone is online.

Now in Ye Qingwan's heart, the reason why Yang Fan insisted so much at that time was that he had a clear prediction of the market and a clear judgment of TX's strength, and firmly believed that QQ could not run out of his palm.

Yang Fan thought for a while, and finally said, "Then talk to them, we don't buy software, and directly inject capital into TX company......"

"Why?" Ye Qingwan asked incomprehensibly.

"What can we do with just the software? It is to invite technology and management, and the shares should be divided into a part to allot shares to retain talents. So why not invest directly in TX now, at least to keep this team that already has development experience. Otherwise, they will develop another one every minute, what is the difference between us and asking someone to develop it ourselves? Yang Fan said.

Although Yang Fan believes that even if he competes, it will be difficult for him to lose in the end, but it takes a lot of energy. If you inject money, you just need to pay attention to it from time to time, after all, the TX group has proven themselves. The extra energy you have can be invested in more similar enterprises!