(I made a mistake in the previous chapter, it should be that ICQ is not OICQ, OICQ is the earliest name of QQ, which was born after imitating ICQ, and was later renamed QQ because of the dispute.) ）

Liu Dong did not hesitate at all, and immediately downloaded ICQ after listening to Ma Teng's words.

Seeing the intimate registration guidance interface, as well as the operation and function introduction of the software, the faces of the two gradually began to be gloomy.

After a long time, the corners of Liu Dong's mouth flashed with a wry smile: "It seems that we really don't have a chance, from the software itself, the other party is obviously better than what we want to do, and they obviously have specialized in studying Huaxia's cultural diagnosis and user habits, this software is much better than the software we developed, whether it is entertainment, convenience or operation." ”

Ma Teng didn't speak, and his heart was extremely lost.

He is a very proud man, he was a well-known talent in the school during his college years, and more importantly, he not only has solid professional knowledge, but also has good business acumen.

Ma Teng's father is the CEO of a listed state-owned enterprise in Shenzhen, and there is no need for a family like him to work hard to start his own business, and his father can provide him with more development space and opportunities.

However, Ma Teng did not obey his father's arrangement after graduation, but took his good friend Liu Dong to start his entrepreneurial journey.

Ma Teng is very confident, he believes that in the future, he will be able to create a business kingdom of his own.

Since a chance contact with the Internet a few years ago, he believes that in the future, the Internet industry will be an emerging sunrise industry, and this industry will contain endless business opportunities!

OICQ is a product that Ma Teng developed temporarily after using the overseas version of ICQ, and it is precisely because he has experienced the new definition and change of ICQ for online social networking, so he is keenly aware of the business opportunities.

At present, there is no similar product in Huaxia, and in Ma Teng's opinion, this is his best opportunity! As long as they can be the first to launch their own instant messaging software, then success is not far from them.

But who would have thought that just before they launched the product, ICQ preemptively launched the Chinese version!

This is really disappointing and even more frustrating, months of hard work have been in vain, and all expectations and longings in my heart have come to naught at this moment.

If ICQ is just a Chinese version, then Ma Teng still has the confidence to fight with it, after all, his product is derived from ICQ, and some changes have been made on it, both the operation and the interface style are more suitable for Chinese people than ICQ.

But after watching the Chinese version of ICQ, the last glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered.

In all fairness, the Chinese version of ICQ launched this time is indeed much better than the OICQ made by him and Liu Dong, and the OICQ developed by him and Liu Dong is like a beggar meeting a local tyrant.

Even some of the new features that appear on the ICQ make Ma Teng have a feeling of brightness, such as supporting multi-person chat, and even supporting voice chat, which is absolutely attractive to users, just imagine, with this software, then relatives and friends who are in different places can chat and call through the guò network platform, which is much cheaper and fresher than making long-distance calls.

After a long time, the corners of Ma Teng's mouth flashed with a wry smile: "It seems that we are underestimating the world, we are not only smart people in the world, this Dragon Network Technology is obviously also aware of the prospects of the future Internet industry." We are not wronged if we lose to them, and we don't say anything else, just talk about the applicability of the software, and people are much better than us. ”

"You're going to give up?" Liu Dong frowned and looked at Ma Teng.

"What if you don't give up? What else can we do? In terms of software, people are better than us, and in terms of timing, people have seized the opportunity. How much market share do you think our products will gain even if they are put on the market? ”

Liu Dong opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he shook his head with a wry smile, he also understood that they had no competitiveness in this situation.

Ma Teng stared at the payment of Longwang Technology under the software on the screen, and he said: "I'm very curious about this Dragonnet Technology now, are they just cooperating with second-world Internet companies in the United States, or are they originally subsidiaries of second-world?" ”

"Do you still care about other people's affairs?" Liu Dong rolled his eyes and said.

"The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles! If we don't even know the details of our competitors, then what do we do to fight with others? Ma Teng looked at Liu Dongdao.

Liu Dong was a little stunned, and then frowned slightly and said, "Didn't you say you gave up?" ”

Ma Teng smiled, patted Liu Dong on the shoulder and said, "Dongzi, it's not been a day or two since we met, don't you know my personality?" Am I, Ma Teng, the kind of person who retreats at the slightest setback? I've decided to give up on ICQ because we've lost in this area, and if we keep going, we're going to lose even more. But I didn't say that I would give up the Internet industry, this emerging industry will definitely become a national industry in the future, and the business opportunities contained in it are unimaginable. Just because we've lost in instant messaging doesn't mean we've lost in other areas as well! I have a hunch that this Dragon Network Technology will be a big rival in our industry, so we must understand him first. ”

Liu Dong looked at Ma Teng in a daze, and after a while, he smiled bitterly: "Ma Teng, I admire your decisiveness and ambition, but don't you think you are a little too optimistic?" ”

Ma Teng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you say?" ”

"I think you've forgotten what we're doing, right? So far we've put all the money into software development, and now we don't even have 1,000 dollars in our pockets combined! The only bargaining chip we had was the instant messaging app in our hands, but now it's something of no value. Just this 1,000 yuan, do you still want to leverage the Internet industry? Don't you think it's a bit ridiculous? Liu Dongdao.

Ma Teng nodded, and said with a little hatred in his eyes: "Yes, the biggest problem now is the source of funds, and now we need funds to invest in new projects." ”

"So it's very likely that your idea won't be realized, and during this time, we have been looking for investors everywhere with OICQ, and no one has taken care of us, not to mention that we don't have any chips in our hands now, so it is even more unlikely that anyone will take care of us. Where do we get the money? ”

Ma Teng didn't speak, a penny was hard to beat a hero, even if he was ambitious, but without enough R&D and operating funds, the ambition in his heart had no chance to be realized.

"Or ...... Looking for your dad to figure it out? It's not that I said you, why don't you just refuse to talk to your family when your family conditions are so good? Even if it's just to borrow some money from your dad first, and when we make money later, we can pay him back with interest. If you were willing to do this, our OICQ would have been listed a long time ago, so why would we have wasted all our months of hard work like this? Liu Dong looked at Ma Teng, with a little resentment in his eyes.

In his opinion, Ma Teng is completely the temper of the eldest young master, and he always wants to prove his worth through his own ability, so he refuses to open his mouth to his family, with his family's conditions and connections, if he borrows a sum of money from his family to operate, OICQ is it like this?

Ma Teng was a little hesitant when he heard this, but it wasn't that he didn't want to open up to his family.

After graduating, Ma Teng's father had already made corresponding arrangements for him, but Ma Teng rejected his father's kindness and insisted on developing according to his own wishes.

This made Ma Teng's father very angry, and the father and son even had a big fight, and in the end, they made a lot of trouble.

Ma Teng moved out of the house, and before he came out, he told his father that he would prove to his father that he could make a career without the help of his family!

How could he go back to his father for help in such a situation? If he did, wouldn't that mean he had thrown in the towel?

Liu Dong sighed lightly when he saw this, sometimes he really didn't understand the psychology of Ma Teng's rich children, they had an enviable family background, but they still liked to find guilt for themselves.

Standing up and looking at Ma Teng, Liu Dong said: "Ma Teng, you should think about what I said, this may be our only way." If I can't find a solution then I have to go back to work, I'm different from you, you're a rich kid, even if you struggle for ten years and fail, you still won't have any losses. But I'm different, my family is still counting on me. ”

After speaking, Liu Dong turned around and left Ma Teng's house.

Seeing Liu Dong leaving, the look in Ma Teng's eyes became even more complicated.

After a long time, he rubbed his somewhat numb face, looked deeply at the ICQ software on the screen again, and then turned around and went out to a bar not far from home.

At the moment, he really wanted to drink, and he didn't know why he wanted to drink so much.

The name of this bar is very distinctive, it is called ruined miè bar.

The boss is two young people from other places, I heard that they only graduated from university last year, but they didn't like to develop in Shenzhen, so they finally quit their jobs and opened this bar here.

Since it is not a busy area, business has been average since the bar opened, but Ma Teng likes to come here when he has nothing to do.

"Yo, Mr. Ma, you're so early today." The bar was not open at the moment, and the two owners were sitting at the bar and chatting with a drink.

One of them saw Ma Teng come in, and his eyes were a little surprised.

Ma Teng chuckled and said, "I suddenly want to drink two glasses, it won't bother you, right?" ”

"Hey, look at what you said, what bother, please sit down, it's not business hours yet, you can drink whatever you want, count us brothers as a treat." The boss who spoke said with a big grin.

"That's not good, right? You are open for business, where can you be treated? Ma Teng smiled as he stepped forward and sat down at the bar.

The boss waved his hand and said, "How much money can I have for a few bottles of wine?" Besides, you come here often, even if you give back to your old customer today, you won't see us tonight, and you can come at this time to be considered to be fated with us. ”

"Oh? What do you mean? Ma Teng frowned at the man who spoke.