The sunny weather in August makes people not want to go out much. However, humans are social animals after all, and the need for socialization and entertainment is unavoidable.

But braving the sun to go out is really not a smart choice. As a bridge fan, Paul already felt like he was itching to chop his hands. It's not that chopping started to be popular in the United States 20 years ago, but it's a joke circulating in their circle of friends, describing Paul as having flexible fingers like an octopus when he plays cards. Since Paul the octopus has a lot of hands, he can naturally pretend to be a snake if he chops more.

Ah, God knows, how much he misses the days when everyone got together and played bridge happily.

However, since the temperature rose to 37 degrees, he could no longer gather a table of people to play bridge. People would rather stay bored in an air-conditioned room than come out and meet their friends. If you don't play bridge, you won't die, but if you go out to bask in the sun for a while, you'll shed a layer of skin like a snake.

In this boring time, Paul had to turn on the computer, connect to the poor 28.8Kbps network, and wander around the network boredly.

"Hey, what is this?" A floating window popped up in the lower right corner of Paul's computer screen, pushing a software called "Lianzhong Chess".

"Lianzhong Chess!" The bridge nerve in Paul's body was triggered, and he quickly clicked on the advertisement.

The introductory text on the download page really piqued Paul's interest, as long as you can have a six-ear IM account, you can find someone to play bridge? This is a long drought and a rainy day, and a foreign country meets an old acquaintance!

Paul was so excited! What could be better than an app that allows him to play bridge with other people on the web? It's a boon for those who can't find a poker buddy! He couldn't believe that there really was such software, it must have been a miracle that the Lord heard my cry!

This software, this company must be the spokesperson of the Lord in the world!

This moment. Paul burst into tears.

The launch of Lianzhong Chess is not just a separate event. As a matter of fact. Its existence has solved even the biggest crisis since the operation of the six-eared IM.

The spirit of free sharing and other things that the Internet has always upheld has made it develop very fast. However, since its birth, the profit model of the Internet has become a serious issue.

Advertising is the main means of income in the Internet industry, but on the one hand, Internet advertising is cheap, and on the other hand, visitors are very disgusted with it. As a result, the vast majority of websites have a very lack of profitability in the early stage. In the later stage, if the advertising is greatly increased, it is easy to be replaced by later competitors.

How to explore a road to profitability is an obstacle in front of operators in the Internet industry.

If you can't find this way, then no matter how popular the website looks, after burning out the enthusiasm of investors. It is inevitable that it will end up being closed.

Although Liuer IM has launched a lot of novel operating methods at the beginning, and has also made a lot of profits through the sale of agency rights, these are ultimately a lot of income in the nature of one-shot trading and investment. To put it bluntly, what is sold is still the vision and market for the future. If it can't provide user-oriented value-added services, then these will inevitably be beach bunkers and water moons in the mirror.

Under Zhou Shuo's urging, Lianzhong's server was set up very quickly. Especially when a large amount of money was sprinkled, soon the Las Vegas branch of the casino in the Nevada desert was also quickly launched.

Laws vary from state to state in the United States, and so do attitudes towards gambling. If you want to involve recharge, virtual currency and other businesses. Having a server in Las Vegas is the best option.

Although it is said that as long as the recharged virtual currency does not have an exchange relationship with money, it cannot be regarded as a gambling behavior. In the chess and card games of Penguin in later generations, there is also a "precedent" of recharging to obtain virtual coins for the game, but Zhou Shuo, who is careful in everything, still chooses to take precautions. After all, China and the United States have different conditions. Even the state of the United States is different, so it is prudent to leave room for legal redundancy.

In the early days of the Internet, pornography and gambling were the most popular online services. In the United States. The two industries with the highest online consumption rates are not popular search or social networking. Rather, it's pornographic sites and betting sites. In both respects, the generosity of the people and the stinginess of the others. The contrast is striking. Of course, this throne has now been ceded to eBay and e-commerce companies such as Amazon.

If you can pay to watch a small movie, no matter how complicated the procedure, people will take the trouble to try it. And if you pay for other pastimes, such as reading novels, people will go out of their way to find free shared resources. Human nature is like this, and there is no need to say more.

As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and Liuer Software Company is famous, and now almost any move is under the watchful eye of the entire Internet industry.

Mark. Anderson locked himself in his office all morning. It wasn't until the assistant knocked on the door and came in that he raised his head slightly.

"This Lianzhong chess card is really amazing!" He pointed to the computer screen and complained to his assistant: "Do you say that Chinese have such powerful heads?" Why is this person always able to come up with such amazing ideas? ”

"I guess it's just a special case." The assistant said cowardly: "Not everyone has this kind of vision and skill. ”

"The company is full of stupid and echoing bugs!" As if thinking of the pain of being forced to hand over 20% of his shares, Mark . Anderson said with a distressed accusation: "Why can't anyone come up with such a plan, only to know that the old book of Netscape Browser and the creativity that Americans are proud of?" Sooner or later, I'm going to kick all those incompetent guys out of the company! And then from this Chinese, take back what I deserve! ”

The assistant's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly admonished: "Mr. Anderson, there are many voices in the company that are dissatisfied with you now. In this case, let's say less, otherwise it will be a lot of trouble if the board of directors knows about it......"

The two were talking, and Mark. Anderson suddenly slammed his mouse on the table and yelled, "F**K! Lost my 10.6 Ear Coins again! ”

He angrily stood up and spun in circles behind his desk like a tiger trapped in a cage. Pointing at the assistant, he shouted, "Go find me a bridge player in the company, I have to win my money back!" ”

As a result, even Mark. Anderson himself was unknowingly addicted to ......

Once Lianzhong Chess was launched, its strategies such as bundling with Liuer IM accounts and giving virtual coins upon registration quickly attracted the first batch of players.

Before that, it was not without entertaining games on the internet. The word online game, known as MUD, has long been all the rage. However, its complex operation and barren form of expression make the audience not wide. The emergence of Lianzhong chess and cards fills this gap.

Advertisements endorsed by last year's Las Vegas Bridge champions have been hung in almost every corner of the Internet. Six-ear IM, six-ear browser, and even Netscape and AOL-OL are also on board. No way, Mark. Anderson's life is in the hands of Zhou Shuo, and AOL and a number of well-known Internet websites are also in the honeymoon period of cooperation with Six Ears Software.

Zhou Shuo's influence in the Internet field, it may be too much to say that he is a "super god", but there is definitely no problem with "killing and killing".

At this time, the advantages of the huge user group of Liuer IM are revealed. Like IM software, Lianzhong chess and cards are a multi-party interactive game that is very beneficial to the user's viscosity and expansion speed.

If a user wants to play a game of bridge with his friends, first of all, both of them need to download the client of Lianzhong Chess, and secondly, it is best to have six-ear IM software. If one of the parties does not have a six-ear IM or Lianzhong chess client, then he has to download one.

As long as the software is attractive enough to users, this kind of one-to-ten-hundred-to-hundred-to-the-one effect will be very terrifying. Maybe a friend's invitation is nothing, but with the increase of time, the friends around me are gradually talking about this "Lianzhong chess" thing, who can still sit still?

The recharge of virtual currency has ignited the enthusiasm of players. With a dollar top-up, you can buy 100 points of Six Ear Coins. Although these virtual currencies cannot be exchanged in kind, they can be used to place bets in Lianzhong Chess and Card games, or to purchase value-added services in Liuer IM.

Want cool contact list username effects? Want to increase the number of invisible users? Want to increase the maximum number of admins in a group? Want to use special animated emoticons in your chat?

A value-added service has been developed on the Six Ears IM, and the normal use of users will not be affected if the six ears are not recharged. But it's right in front of you, constantly seducing you, tempting you, watching other paying users show off their privileges, whose vanity isn't shouting wildly.

The Six Ears are not without value, they just can't be exchanged. But this is not difficult for the hard-working and intelligent American people. Offline six-ear coin transactions soon appeared on major websites and forums, and one hand of cash and one hand lost to you of six-ear coins. This not only did not reduce the deposit volume of Liuer coin, but aroused the enthusiasm of the majority of users because of the realization channels it has.

Of course, it's not that there is no existence that dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head. The skills of Lianzhong chess and cards are not complicated, and even a programmer can make a set of chess and card games themselves. Adding web interaction and server-side programs is something that software companies above the level can do.

It has only been half a month since Lianzhong Chess was launched, and imitation programs have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. (To be continued......)