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"Boss, don't worry!"

Benier nodded excitedly and said, "With these good methods, if I can't change the current problem, then I will simply die headlong!" ”

Benier's words are not an exaggeration, but he is really confident, if there is no Lin Zheng's methods, in the face of the threat of the new instant chat software launched by AOL, he really has no good way, after all, AOL's strong connections and impressions make Benier unable to use some shady means, but if it is only based on creativity and competition, with these methods, who else does ICQ have to be afraid of?

He knows very well that the number of AOL users is still too small to support them to use charging methods, but ICQ is different, with a huge user base and active chat rooms, group functions, etc., which is enough to expand ICQ into a software with a complete ecological chain according to the boss's vision. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Oh, that's right," after thinking about it, Lin Zheng decided to release another big killing weapon: "After these are all done, if AOL is still chasing after us, we will open a personal space." ”

"Personal space?" Benier frowned: What is it at this time?

"Well, personal space, you can think of it as a simple personal web page based on the existence of ICQ, ICQ provides several standard templates, as long as ICQ members can create their own personal web pages with the support of these standard templates, but at the same time, ICQ will also launch a member-exclusive 'luxury' personal space...... You know what I mean, right? ”

"Yes, I understand." Benier nodded repeatedly, his face flushed with excitement.

He did immediately understand the meaning of his boss's words: although ordinary users can also open a personal space, but it is only a "junior version", but members can have a better template, for high school and college students who are good at accepting new things, as well as young people who have just worked for a short time, this will be the best stage for them to show their image and personality to their friends, when you see that your friends have a much more luxurious personal space than your personal space, can you still bear it?

Benier can almost be imagined, and there will inevitably be a large number of ordinary users who will be upgraded to members, which is a lot of money!

At this moment, he simply admired his boss: he was still worried about ICQ's next source of income, and it turned out that the boss had already solved it.

"And that's not all, we can also launch a space décor for members, sold separately, well, my personal idea is to be more feminine, you should understand, girls, more pretty, shiny little things, girls always make the best money."

"Great idea!" Benier's eyes are not just shining, but they are scary.

Yes, in addition to launching exclusive space templates for members, we can also launch some paid decorative parts! Lin Zheng's words opened a whole new window for Benier, and he immediately realized the subtlety of the idea: compared to boys, girls are undoubtedly more comparative, they will compare clothes, compare tidying, compare their boyfriends...... Compare everything you can, but now, the great boss has given these girls who like to compare a new way to compare: to see whose personal space is more beautiful!

There's no doubt that a prettier personal space costs more money!

And as a girl's boyfriend, it is completely understandable and necessary to spend a little money to help your girlfriend or the girl you like buy some small decorations for the space, right?

"Boss, you're really a brilliant idea!"

Benier, with a thumbs up, was excited to immediately gather the company's technical staff to start the development of these three projects: a paid membership system and ICQ games, and then a personal space later...... As for what new tricks AOL will have, Benier is not worried at all: the smart boss will definitely have a way to deal with it.

"Less sycophants!" Lin Zheng said lightly.

"It's not a sycophant, it's that I really think so," Benier straightened his face and said to Lin Zheng with a serious face: "Boss, although I was very confident in ICQ before, at this moment, I suddenly found that I still underestimated the greatness of our product." ”

"It's right that you can think so," although he knew that Benier was still a sycophant, Lin Zheng was still very happy, and punched Benier, Lin Zheng smiled and said: "Lao Bei, look at it, it's just the beginning now, and you will find out in the future that in fact, free ICQ is the most powerful money-making machine in the world...... Speaking of which, you must remember that no matter what time it is, ICQ will always be free, and the slogan of ICQ will always be free must be shouted out for everyone to know! ”

"Okay, boss, I'll let the whole world know!" Benier nodded heavily!

In the United States, it is the consensus of the whole society that you need to pay money for any product, and even the software launched by AOL needs to pay 10 cents to be able to apply, ICQ's impact on American society can be imagined, but you can't say that ICQ is making false promises, you know, even if you don't spend a penny, ICQ can also provide some basic functions to you, but if you want to play better, more face in front of friends, hehe......

"Good, one more thing to remember: keep it secret."

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"Boss, this is the latest information we've collected from Blizzard, and they've just launched their own Battle.net."

"Blizzard launched its own Battle.net?" Pony's words made Lin Zheng's brows furrow into Sichuan characters: Blizzard actually launched its own battle network at this time? Now it's a problem.

"Yes," Pony nodded, knowing his company's next development plan, and feeling troubled by Blizzard's move, "It was last week, but the number of online users is not very large right now......"

"It's not a problem now," Lin Zheng raised his hand to interrupt him without waiting for the pony to finish speaking, and said in an extremely serious tone: "Look at it, if there is no influence from external forces, Blizzard's battle network will definitely become popular all over the world with their superb game quality...... Blizzard's people are still very discerning. ”

"Shall we still engage with them?" After hesitating for a moment, the pony asked Lin Zheng cautiously.

"Contact, why not?" Hearing Xiaoma's question, Lin Zheng smiled: "It's one thing for Blizzard to launch its own battle.net, but it's obvious that they don't even have much confidence in this battle.net, otherwise how could Blizzard not promote it?" And I believe that ICQ is the attraction of this platform to Blizzard, otherwise they would not have had to agree to our request for access. ”

Seem...... That's really the case. The pony who was a little confused by the news of Blizzard's own formation of Battle.net realized that the matter was far from being as serious as he imagined, so he touched his head embarrassedly, and at the same time glanced at his boss with great admiration: How can the boss keep himself calm enough in the face of such a big event?

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While Lin Zheng, Xiaoma, and Xiaoding were discussing how much influence Blizzard's Battle.net would have on ICQ's next moves, it was a coincidence that Blizzard's three co-founders: President Allenadham, Vice President Mike Morhaime, and Chief Programmer Frankpearce were also discussing Lin Zheng and ICQ.

As Blizzard's president and CEO, Allenadham is not afraid to use the worst to figure out what Lin is trying to do: "Hey guys, I think the chairman of ICQ seems to have bad intentions. ”

"We at Blizzard are the best companies in the industry, ICQ is the best IT company right now, it's normal for them to have some thoughts about us, Allen, you know, the number of registered users of ICQ in the world is about to reach 130 million! Man, that's 130 million! As the chief programmer of Blizzard, Frankpearce values ICQ's huge user base more, "Do you know what such a large user base means to us at Blizzard?" ”

Of course, you know what this means, which means that if Blizzard can reach a win-win cooperation with ICQ that everyone will be satisfied with, Blizzard will leap from the self-proclaimed "best company in the industry" to a real and recognized "best company in the industry", rather than looking at the faces of established game manufacturers such as EA, Ubisoft, Sega, etc.

"Of course, Frank, you're right, but Allen's concerns are real," said Mikemorhaime, the company's vice president, who has often acted as a lubricant for both Frankpearce and Allenadham, as he does now, "We all know that a win-win partnership with ICQ would be great news for Blizzard, but there are also real problems. Blizzard only has the autonomy to develop games. ”

As soon as Mikemorhaime's words came out, Frankpearce and Allenadham, who had planned to quarrel routinely, fell silent: Blizzard let Davidson※associates buy it, and although Blizzard still retains the development autonomy of the game, it is acquired by someone...... r1152

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