Because the Firefox browser was developed based on the gecko kernel in that life, most of the developers of the Luzhu overseas R&D center at this time were the original team of the Firefox browser, and there were two senior engineers and other personnel such as IE to join, Lu Xi has always maintained an optimistic attitude about this, he never thought that it would fail, if it wasn't for Hong Xuedong to talk about it, he wouldn't have thought about it.

Hong Xuedong said again: "But even if it fails for the first time, there will be a chance in the future, the result of a monopoly is degeneration, Netscape is an example, as long as you are willing to continue to invest, you can always grab a piece of your own market." ”

"You're cursing me, aren't you?" Lu Xi smiled, even if he hadn't thought that he would fail before, he couldn't help but think about it when he said this to Hong Xuedong, "Even if it fails, if the first version loses is not ugly, it's nothing, I have the confidence to stick to it, I'm afraid that Brian and they will all take the initiative to resign." ”

Hong Xuedong said with a smile: "The market that was so big before Netscape was defeated by IE, Brian is not alive and well, he is not as fragile as you say, if you are willing to continue to invest, they should be fine." ”

Lu Xi said: "The failure of Netscape has nothing to do with their developers, almost the same functional things, paid and free, you can win or lose in a battle, this time I let him develop according to his own ideas, if the product developed fails, I must feel sorry for the annual salary of 200,000 US dollars." ”

Brian, Zhou Yi, and Gao Fei all have an annual salary of 200,000 US dollars, Sancho 120,000, the remaining seven people from Mozhi are also 120,000, and the six ordinary technicians poached from Microsoft are also 120,000 yuan, after arriving in Seattle. The two general technicians recruited after the annual salary is 80,000 yuan. There are also four low-paid technical clerks. The annual salary alone is close to three million dollars a year, and there will be more people coming in in the future.

Hong Xuedong chuckled: "People are different, some people who don't pay will think that it is natural to eat others and take other people's for granted, who knows if Brian is such a person?" ”

Lu Xi smiled and said: "No matter who they are, it will take at least a year to see the results, it's too early to say anything, you still don't let me be distracted." Let's go back to China. ”

Hong Xuedong no longer talked to Lu Xi about topics that had nothing to do with him, glanced at his watch, and said, "Yes, I'll go back to sleep, and I'll hurry up and work when I go back tomorrow." ”

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ICQ accounts for the majority of the instant messaging market in Singapore and Malaysia, followed by MSN, a powerful rising star, followed by WeChat, which has just launched in both markets, and finally Yahoo Instant.

Due to AOL's short-sightedness, the former overlord icq is no longer fearful at this time, and Weixin will communicate with msn and Yahoo in the future. Jointly cannibalize its market share and open up new markets.

Yang Wenfang manages the company in an orderly manner. After staying in Singapore for a few days to reverse the jet lag and meet with the employees of the Singapore company, Lu Xi returned to China with confidence.

After returning to China, Lu Xi did not rest, and immediately started work, in addition to the browser, Weixin should immediately start important projects, which will also affect the future trend of Weixi.

The sub-camp of the mobile company has been put on the agenda, and after the official sub-camp, the Monternet mobile plan will be launched soon, and in the future, Luzhu will focus on mobile projects.

The first thing to do is to negotiate with China Mobile and Unicom, come up with a feasible plan, and launch the STK mobile phone card embedded in the micro-message service, so that the micro-message registered on the network is bound to the mobile phone number, and users can communicate with friends on the PC side through SMS from the mobile terminal, query the online status of friends, search for friends, etc., which is the beginning of the micro-message from the PC to the mobile terminal.

Statistics at the beginning of this year show that as of the end of December last year, the number of mobile phone users in the country has reached 25 million, which is half of the population of neighboring South Korea, and with the relaxation of the mobile phone threshold, domestic mobile phones have entered the market, mobile phone prices have dropped a lot, and mobile phone users may double this year.

Although the number of mobile phone users is soaring, the voice communication business occupies a large share in the communication business, and the share of the SMS business is pitiful.

The second is to launch download services such as Tuling, the current CSD dial-up access mode of mobile phone Internet access is much slower than the future GPRS and WAP, and it cannot bring revenue to WeChat, but this step is to prepare for the mobile Monternet launched after the mobile company is divided, and mobile value-added services will be the key to the profitability of Weixin in the future.

From the first day of contact with Lu Xi, Sun Mingwei heard him say that the future of mobile value-added services will be a means of making profits in micro-messaging, last year she searched for information everywhere, and had a simple understanding of the development of foreign mobile Internet, the development of mobile Internet in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea is far better than that in China, in which the promotion of CDMA technology plays a vital role, but at this stage in China, the mobile Internet is still csd dial-up access mode, which cannot be compared with fast and stable CDMA.

Sun Mingwei has no opinion on negotiating with China Mobile and Unicom, launching a mobile phone card embedded in the micro-message service, making the micro-message from PC to PC, to the development of the PC to the mobile terminal, but before the mobile branch is over, the Tuling download business was launched, she has reservations, at this stage in China, PC Internet access has not yet been popularized, and no one knows when China Mobile and Unicom will be able to adopt new technologies.

Lu Xi said: "The development of the domestic mobile Internet is the trend of the times, the download of the bell can be slow, and when we negotiate with the two companies, by the way, we will know when they will use the new technology, and then it is not too late to do it, and now the focus is on the launch of the STK mobile phone card embedded in the micro-message service." ”

Sun Mingwei learned from Li Zhijie to turn the pen, raised his head and said: "I'm not against you, I'm just thinking that our recent pace is a little too fast, Weixin has just marched to Southeast Asia, and a R&D center has been set up overseas, and it will be ...... again." ”

Lu Xi interrupted her words and said with a smile: "The pace is not fast, the first person to eat crabs is not us, this is the key to our profitability, to what extent can micro news go in the future, it all depends on this step, micro message users Xingang, Yanjing, Suizhou three places are the most, we have to come up with a feasible plan as soon as possible, first start negotiations with the three mobile and Unicom companies, I hope to be able to launch STK mobile phone cards embedded with micro message services in the three places by the end of this year." ”

After speaking, Lu Xi looked at Li Zhijie again and said: "You have to do a questionnaire survey as soon as possible, just use the launch of the second generation of password protection as an excuse to see how many of the WeChat users have mobile phones." ”

Li Zhijie wrote it down, Sun Mingwei also put down the pen in his hand, and said: "I'll draft the plan now, you still have to do the technical details, give it to me as soon as possible." ”

Sun Mingwei got up to leave, but Lu Xi asked her to sit down again, and said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry at this time." ”

Sun Mingwei smiled helplessly and said: "You are not in a hurry at this time, I am also busy with other things, don't you have to recruit, Wen Fang is not here, and I still have to do a lot of things." ”

Lu Xi scratched his head and smiled, and said, "This time, let's recruit everyone, don't always be busy in the future." ”

Sun Mingwei went out of the conference room with a smile, Li Zhijie went over to close the door, turned around and asked with a smile: "Lu Shao has been abroad recently, I don't know the news in China, right?" ”

I don't know what Li Zhijie wants to say, Lu Xi said: "What's the good news?" ”

Li Zhijie threw over the computer newspaper that he had held in his hand since he came in, and said: "Zhonggong Network has been released by Yingke Digital, and Xie Wen has been dismissed." ”

After reading the newspaper and looking up at Li Zhijie's somewhat gloating expression, Lu Xi was slightly silent for a while, this had long been expected by him, no matter how rich Yingke Digital is, its leaders will not be as neurotic as the leadership of AOL, and the China Public Network as a whole is not worth 10 million US dollars, how can it be possible to raise 60 million US dollars, even if Haiyun Holdings is a Hong Kong-funded enterprise and has a close relationship with the Li family, as long as the head is not squeezed by the door like Yao Libin, it is impossible for the people of the Li family to invest 60 million US dollars in the China Public Network.

Li Zhijie took back the newspaper and said with a smile: "Wu Zhonghui's current situation is a little embarrassing, the funds cannot be in place, Xie Wen has been dismissed again, and those plans of Lianzhong cannot continue." ”

After reading the newspaper, Lu Xi tried to recall the actions of Haiyun Holdings in the Internet behind the China Public Network, the establishment of the China Public Network, and the acquisition of the Lianzhong platform, although the portal of the China Public Network failed, but then made games, and established the Xiaoao Jianghu website, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Disney Internet Group, obtained authorization to build and operate the Disney China website, and finally entered the field of pharmaceutical e-commerce, although the development is very embarrassing, but there is also a lot of investment in the Internet.

"Not necessarily, VC is in vain, isn't there Haiyun Holdings behind China Public Network." Lu Xi said, "Wu Zhonghui contacted you?" ”

Li Zhijie shook his head with a smile: "At the beginning, he said that Luzhu is not as good as the public network, how can he still have the face to contact me?" ”

The $60 million VC of China Public Network was in vain, Xie Wen was dismissed, and Lu Xi is not clear about the future development of Lianzhong, but it is foreseeable that Wu Zhonghui should not be too happy now, he just left Weixin for a month, and he fell into this situation, I am afraid that he should regret it now.

Li Zhijie laughed again: "Wu Zhonghui thinks that China Public Network can give him a better development platform, how can he never imagine that he will go, it will be the same as a child urinating in the crotch of his pants in winter to keep warm, it will only be hot for one minute, and then it will be cold all day, freezing so painful that his eggs hurt, no different from jumping into the ice abyss." ”

Lu Xi smiled, feeling that this analogy was very close to Wu Zhonghui, and people who had similar experiences to him, they stood on a higher mountain and looked at a higher mountain and jumped over, but they jumped into the ice cellar. (To be continued......)