July 29, 1998, was a big day for Mo Shaokun.

Because on this day, the Chinese version of ICQ is finally officially operational! The success or failure of ICQ determines the success or failure of Longwang Technology, and the success or failure of Longwang Technology will determine whether Mo Shaokun's business territory is complete!

In fact, as early as when the Huaxia network was just opened, and when overseas ICQ was just emerging, some high-end users in Huaxia were already using this instant messaging software, but unfortunately they used the overseas version, which was complicated and not easy to promote, but now the Chinese version of Huaxia has finally come out, which is the ICQ really meets with Huaxia users!

For today's software online operation, Mo Shaokun and Long Yufei and Shen Yuechan attach great importance to it, the Huaxia version of ICQ is different from the overseas version, and some special features have been added for the habits and traditions of the Chinese people, and at the same time, in order to make netizens use this chat software faster and more conveniently, Dragon Network Technology has also launched a concise, easy-to-operate pinyin typing software, so as to facilitate everyone to be familiar with and use ICQ for online chat.

As a person who has come over, Mo Shaokun knows very well that this instant messaging software is very addictive at the beginning of its birth, after all, this is a new experience for the public, you can wantonly chat with people you don't know on the Internet or disguise yourself as strangers to talk to people you know, you don't have to have realistic scruples or wear a mask of hypocrisy, you can say whatever you want.

Mo Shaokun vaguely remembers that in his previous life, when he first came into contact with QQ, he was very fascinated by it, and whenever he was free, he ran to the Internet café to chat with netizens, and many words that he couldn't confide in people in his heart finally found the object to confide in.

Perhaps, this is one of the biggest reasons why instant messaging software can be successful.

But it's a pity that with Mo Shaokun's storage zài,The brilliant and infinite QQ in the previous life is only afraid that most of this life will not appear,The original QQ was because of the prospect of instant messaging software,Plus there was no similar software market in Huaxia at that time,They took the lead in launching the Chinese instant messaging software that belongs to the Chinese people,So that a huge Internet business empire rises。

But this kind of opportunity will definitely not be there in this life, because Mo Shaokun has already seized the opportunity, even if QQ will still appear, it will definitely not be as brilliant as in the previous life.

In addition to the ICQ will be officially launched today, dozens of Internet cafes under Dragon Network Technology also officially opened their doors early this morning.

In 98 years, in fact, there have been many small Internet cafes in Huaxia, but at that time they were not called Internet cafes, but called computer rooms, and the greater role was to use computers to play games, and there were not many people who could really surf the Internet.

Moreover, that kind of Internet café is usually very small, and the environment is also very ordinary, and many of them even start business directly by making a room in their own home, and the entire three or five computers are opened.

Even if it's a bigger one, it's a special rental storefront, and it's amazing to have one or twenty computers.

Although the Internet café at that time seemed to be pitiful, the cost was really not low, usually 10-15 yuan an hour!

The Dragon Network City is different, Mo Shaokun directly followed the layout and scale of those network clubs in his previous life, simple and tidy but luxurious decoration, huge area, configuration of one or two hundred computers, and uniformly dressed network management attendants, which have created a precedent at the moment.

In order to attract customers, all the company's Internet cafes will be open for free for three days from today until August 1st!

At this moment, it was noon, and Mo Shaokun and Shen Yuechan were both guarding the computer room waiting for the first-hand report of Jù.

After a while, Shen Yuechan's secretary walked in and said with a slight red light on her face: "Mr. Shen, the attendance rate of the Internet cities in various places has been counted. ”

"How? Are there many customers? Shen Yuechan asked, with a little nervousness in her eyes.

After all, this is her first time starting a business, and she hopes she can succeed.

The secretary nodded: "Not only a lot, but a lot, so far there is not a single empty plane in all the net cities, not only that, but there are also many guests who have not been able to grab the plane are waiting in line." ”

"All full?" Shen Yuechan asked with a glint in her eyes.

"Yes."

"Great!" Shen Yuechan clapped her hands.

The secretary smiled bitterly: "Mr. Shen, I don't want to discourage your enthusiasm, but I have to say that the reason why there is such a high attendance rate is entirely because our online city is open for free, and it is not necessary to officially charge for operation after three days, free things will always be more attractive." ”

Shen Yuechan smiled when she heard this, yes, this is indeed a problem. Now it's free, everybody's coming, and who knows how many people will come after the charge? After all, Internet access is not cheap now, and it is a luxury for most people.

"Our goal is not to make money from Internet cafes, but to make more people aware of and familiar with the Internet through guò Internet cafes. The existing Internet cafes have poor conditions and few machines, but they can easily start at ten yuan an hour, which is completely profitable! And since we don't expect Internet cafes to make money, then the fees can be relatively cheaper. I've calculated that if we charge five dollars per hour, then we won't lose money if we only need to reach half of the attendance, and if the attendance rate is more than 50%, then we will make a profit. Our pricing is so low, and the conditions and environment are so good, do you think the guests will still choose those small Internet cafes in the district? Mo Shaokun said with a smile.

Shen Yuechan nodded.

Mo Shaokun continued: "Besides, our Internet café also provides meals and drinks, etc., which are also considered additional income, and guests will always be thirsty and hungry after a long time online, so we don't even need to have half of the attendance rate to protect the capital, which means that the possibility of losing money in the Internet café is almost none." ”

After a pause, he added: "Inform all Internet cafes that the experience time of each free user is limited to two hours. ”

"Why?" Shen Yuechan looked at Mo Shaokun and said.

Mo Shaokun said with a fox-like smile in his eyes: "If 100 guests will stay 10 to become our long-term customers after their experience here, then 1000 guests can leave 100!" I didn't expect the trial opening of the Internet café to be so popular, so of course we want to provide more guests with the opportunity to surf the Internet, so that more guests can experience our benefits and the charm of the Internet. This can be regarded as a general casting of the net, focusing on training. ”

Shen Yuechan looked at Mo Shaokun in astonishment, and then said: "It is said that every successful businessman was a fox who cultivated to perfection in his previous life, and I don't know about others, at least this is absolutely right for you." ”

When Mo Shaokun heard this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, in his previous life? In his previous life, when he was at this age, he was just a poor ** silk working in a restaurant.

"What is the number of registrations for ICQ?" Mo Shaokun looked at the person on the side of the server and asked.

This is a middle-aged man with glasses, an engineer of the World Internet Company in the second world of the United States, Long Yufei specially sent him to Huaxia, after all, there are still very few relevant talents in Huaxia in this era, and most of them have been admitted by some state-owned government departments.

"There are currently more than 25,000 registered users."

Mo Shaokun nodded, although 25,000 people is not much, but it has only been a few hours since the ICQ was launched, and it is good to have this result.

Of course, at least half of these registered users are from the company's Internet café users, as early as the Internet café computer installed in the ICQ software, users will automatically pop up the ICQ registration interface and brochure after logging in to the computer.

The brochure is very simple, and it introduces the usage and some functions of ICQ in general, focusing on the software that can make more friends you don't know and shorten the distance between people.

Most users will be curious to sign up for one after seeing this, and then the software will automatically match some random users to create friends for him to start chatting.

This mode is nothing in the eyes of later generations, and many people will turn off similar pop-up windows whenever they see them, but at the moment it is definitely a new thing, especially for those who are new to the Internet, and the qiē here is so fresh and curious.

Raising his wrist and looking at the time, Mo Shaokun said: "Let's go, I have already booked a banquet hall in the hotel to celebrate everyone, and at present, the listing of the product is still relatively smooth, and there are no accidents." As for the rest, it's too early to say, so let's wait to see how many jù will be reported in a month's time. ”

Shen Yuechan nodded, except for a few staff members who stayed on duty, all the employees of the company rushed to a nearby five-star hotel.

Mo Shaokun will never be stingy with his employees, he used to be a worker, he is very aware of the psychology of employees.

As long as you do things well and can create corresponding value for the company, then you can enjoy the benefits and treatment you deserve. Mo Shaokun disdains to do that kind of thing to squeeze employees, and in his opinion, only those unscrupulous businessmen can do that kind of thing, how much cost can be reduced by squeezing employees alone? Instead of letting employees complain, it is better to make them happy and willing to work hard for you and improve the value of the zào, which is the right way for the development of the enterprise.

In the past, people pursued to enter state-owned enterprises and factories, in their opinion, it was an iron rice bowl, but in recent years, more and more fresh graduates and young people have squeezed their heads and want to work in Xinghai Group.

At the same time as the staff of Longwang Technology went to the hotel to celebrate, in Shencheng, in a unit building.

A fair-skinned, bespectacled young man had just eaten lunch and turned on the computer on his desk while drinking coffee.

There was a sudden knock on the door, and the young man put down his coffee cup and got up to open the door.

"Ma Teng, it's not good!" The person who came had a slightly dark complexion, and as soon as he shaved his head and entered the door, he said with an anxious face.

"What's wrong? Don't worry, say something slowly. Ma Teng asked with a slight frown.

"Let's go to your study first."

When I came to the study, I saw that the computer had been turned on, and the young man with the inch head sat in front of the computer without saying a word, and started to operate on the keyboard with ten fingers.

After a moment he pointed to the screen and said, "Look. ”

"ICQ is out of the Chinese version?" Ma Teng looked at the computer screen and was stunned.

"Alas, we're still a step slower after all, what now? Our efforts for so long have been in vain. ”

Ma Teng didn't speak, his face looked particularly ugly, not long ago he and his friend Liu Dong, that is, the inch-headed man in front of him, thought this was a good business opportunity after contacting foreign instant messaging software, both of them are high-achieving students majoring in computer science, and they are very familiar with this.

The two felt that if they could take the lead in launching a Chinese version of the instant messaging software to seize the Chinese market, which was still in a blank space, it should be a very interesting thing.

After a few months, they finally developed a similar product, tentatively named ICQ.

At this time, Ma Teng was in contact with some investors, hoping to get a sum of money to run their software, but before there was a reply, the same product was already available!

This is obviously a blow to them.

"You said something, months of hard work, just wasted?" Liu Dong said anxiously.

Ma Teng stared at the screen and shook his head, took a deep breath and said, "Have you used this software?" ”

"No, the software was released this morning, and as soon as I got the news, I rushed to find you, where is the use of it."

"It's useless to say anything else now, try the app's operability first. ICQ is a foreigner's product, and its operability is very characteristic of foreigners, which is not suitable for the habits of Chinese people. If they simply launched a Chinese version, other functions and operation methods are the same as the overseas version, then we still have a chance, after all, although the software we designed is simple, it is definitely the most suitable software for Chinese people! Ma Teng's eyes were full of confidence, but he was also a little apprehensive in his heart.