At this time, ICQ was welcoming their new boss, and almost all ICQ employees were coming out of their busy schedules.

"I heard that the new boss is a singer, and he is very popular, it seems that I will have to pay attention to the entertainment industry in the future, but why should we come out to meet the new boss?"

"You really should pay attention to the entertainment industry, our new boss is a Chinese person, and Chinese people like pomp and circumstance the most, and if you don't give pomp, you will be dismissed."

"That's terrible, it's hard to find a job now, and if I get fired, I'll have to cry to death."

"Here we are."

There was a commotion in the crowd, and everyone's eyes fell on a bright silver gallop.

"Why are they all here? Is it to greet whom? Li Lin pushed open the door and walked down, and at first glance he saw the company's employees gathered outside the door, "Or are you dissatisfied with my new boss?" ”

"Welcome new boss."

About thirty years old, Goldfinger walked up with a smile on his face, "I'm Goldfinger, the technical director of ICQ. ”

"Let them go to work first!"

Li Lin waved his hand, ignoring Goldfinger's gradually stiffening face, "I don't like that here." ”

"As for Mr. Weisger, the president, please take me to your office."

After walking for a few minutes, Li Lin came to Weisge's office, he sat directly on Weisge's seat, and said bluntly: "Mr. Weisge, ICQ has fallen from tens of millions of users at the peak to just 10 million users now, and ICQ's efforts are really commendable." ”

Without waiting for Weisge to defend, Li Lin said to himself: "I don't care what the reason is. Since it has been done, then find a way to redeem it. ”

"Can you sue me about how to deal with MSN's attack? Or even to turn the tide? ”

Weisge was speechless, MSN was backed by the banner of Microsoft, and ICQ was defeated just by offering a bundled strategy, but he was still a little unconvinced, "It seems difficult at the moment, but as long as we work hard, users will definitely choose us!" ”

"Naive."

Li Lin said without hesitation: "You are not suitable to be the president." You're better suited to technology. ”

"If you want to fry me, I'll just say it."

Weisge's stubborn temper came up, "I sue you, I don't want to do it for a long time." If it weren't for the fact that I was reluctant to give up ICQ, the child I created, I would have left ICQ a long time ago to do what I love. ”

"Now you fry me, and if you fry me, you will fry it."

"But remember. I left on my own. It's not that you fire me. ”

Veesg turned to leave.

"Looks like you're not convinced?" Li Lin's voice floated up from behind Weisig, "You sue me, why do you know that the built-in ads in the ICQ software will cause dissatisfaction among ICQ users, why do you still have built-in ads?" “

"You sue me, you know that users don't like bloated interfaces, why do you have a lot of software built into them that users don't like?"

"Have you really seriously considered the user's feelings under the user's complaint?"

At the moment when Weisge turned around, Li Lin spoke again. "I sue you, you've thought about it."

"But you didn't do it. Or say you did it but it didn't work, because AOL Time Warner didn't allow it, but anyway, it's a fact that you failed to fight, and if I were you, I would choose to resign. ”

"As for now, just because of a word, you turn around and leave, instead of thinking that you are really suitable for the position of president?"

"Proud, impulsive, succumbing to oppression, you're not fit to be president."

"What are you talking about?"

Li Lin didn't answer immediately, just turned on Weisge's computer and searched a few times, "Bill. Gates, the founder of Microsoft, but he is very smart, the company's specific affairs are handled by professional managers for him, and he is at most to grasp the overall situation. ”

"I'm also such a person, I'm not good at management, so I'm looking for someone to help manage it in Huaxia."

Li Lin pulled up a picture and showed it to Weisge, "His name is Qi Xiangdong, I dug it from potatoes, and he is currently the president of the Gold Medal Group, he keeps the company in good order, and with his help, the Gold Medal Group is thriving." ”

"What are you talking to me for, showing off?" Weisig's face turned pale.

"It's not."

Li Lin put away the picture and said sincerely: "I just want to tell you that the right position should be given to the right person, you are suitable for technology, but not for president." ”

"At least for now, it seems that you are not suitable."

Weisge understood that Li Lin was not going to drive him away, but to drive him to the technical department, and then parachute a president over, so that he could not only subdue ICQ bloodlessly, but also take ICQ in his hands; And it can not cause turmoil.

After all, directly expelling the president of the company, especially the president or the founder of the company, will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

However, knowing is knowing, Weisge is a little reluctant to go.

It's not that he can't afford money, because he has enough money, and he can't spend it all his life, what he can't bear is ICQ, which he created with one hand, brought glory with the other, and watched it decline.

He was not reconciled.

He has always thought that the decline of ICQ is the fault of AOL Times Warner, it is the fault of MSN, and they are not wrong, but Li Lin's words have shattered the perception that he has always thought that AOL Times Warner is wrong, but he is also wrong.

It was he who did not argue with reason and watched AOL Time Warner take ICQ in the wrong direction, and it was his inaction that made ICQ decline more and more.

Now let him go, he is not reconciled.

No founder wants the products he created to come out of decline by himself, especially the products that have been brilliant.

Under Li Lin's gaze, Weisge sighed, "Mr. Li, do you have any thoughts after acquiring ICQ?" ”

This sentence was originally what he wanted to say to Li Lin as president, but now. He could only ask Li Lin as a founder.

"I ...... ICQ is my child and I don't want to see him go down. ”

"Me too." Li Lin said: "I understand your feelings, and I spent $300 million to acquire ICQ not to let him decline." ”

"In my thoughts. The current ICQ should maintain its own users, at least not fall below 10 million users, otherwise it will be useless. ”

"As for the future development, I can only say that I am waiting, waiting for an opportunity, and waiting for this opportunity to bring ICQ back to its peak."

"What chance?"

Weisg pursed his lips and asked.

"An opportunity for change, just next year (seems to be wrong. The first generation of the iPhone should have appeared in '07, here's a correction) if ICQ can grasp it. Then you can turn over, and as for beating MSN, that requires luck. ”

Li Lin said: "As for now, you should send a new version of ICQ. No built-in ads are required. There are not many unrelated programs, users only need a simple and convenient chat software, and of course, don't forget the link to our group, just a hyperlink. ”

"Okay."

……

ICQ President Wisger stepped down and was replaced by Apple Vice President Bruce Brown. Sewell jumped to ICQ as president, and the Apple president began with a major effort to streamline the organization, recruit new people, and develop a mobile version of ICQ.

When interviewed by reporters. Bruce. "It's not that I'm leaving Apple because I'm not having a good time at Apple," Sewell said. It's just that Lee offered me a price that I couldn't refuse. ”

"As for defeating MSN? I'm sorry, I don't have this opportunity at the moment, for me, the world number one is easier said than done. ”

"Microsoft is a tough opponent, he doesn't make mistakes to get us ahead, but luckily Lee didn't care about that, he said to me: don't put too much pressure on us, our goal is just to survive under the aura of MSN."

After the turmoil in ICQ, the head of Microsoft's MSN also told reporters: "We are glad that the new president of ICQ has such self-knowledge, because MSN is unbeatable. ”

"As for the mobile version of ICQ? I don't think it's a good idea, there are a lot of problems with the phone's network, configuration, etc., which are very difficult, and ICQ will fail. ”

Three days later, the new version of ICQ was quickly launched, and the refreshing interface immediately attracted many ICQ users, with no built-in ads, no built-in software, and some were just a hyperchain, which occupied a negligible capacity compared to the entire ICQ software.

This kind of freshness has been unanimously praised.

"Finally there is a refreshing version, ICQ is finally small, if there is a refreshing version, why would I go into the arms of MSN."

"I don't like Microsoft very much, it's too domineering, and the Netscape I like is stifled by them, but the previous ICQ was too uncompetitive, with a lot of ads, bloated software, and unimaginably slow running speed, but now it's okay, I can finally use ICQ, and I'll wait and ask my classmates to use ICQ."

"It seems to be switched back, but everyone is using MSN, what should I do?"

In the midst of the positive reviews, the number of ICQ users has increased slightly, and many former ICQ users have begun to tentatively return to ICQ and send out invitations to their friends.

At Brown University in the Ivy League, an ordinary college student is chatting with his friends with a refreshing ICQ.

Suddenly, the ICQ beeped and a window popped up.

"At 8 o'clock tonight, Li Lin was a guest on the ICQ gem channel, chatting about the idea of a new song, those who like Li Lin's gems should not be missed, and you can get a mysterious gift by forwarding this message to your friends."

"Li Lin? ICQ Gem Channel? ”

The college student was stunned, then searched for it, found the ICQ gem channel, and immediately joined in, and found that it was a voice chat channel.

It reads big Li Lin's official fan channel.

He glanced at it and found that the number of people in this channel had exceeded 100, and the number was still growing rapidly, not in single digits, but in tens of digits, that is, dozens of people joined the Gem Channel every second.

In the channel, there are also many people who are constantly brushing the frequency, and some people are asking what the mysterious gift is, and they plan to recommend their friends to come over and have fun.

The college student thought for a while, immediately logged in to his MSN, copied the recommendation link on the gem channel, and then sent it like his friend, "Li Lin's official fan channel, if you are interested, you can go and see it." (To be continued......)