As soon as I turned on the computer, a message popped up in NetEase's mailbox, the time was half past 10 yesterday, that is to say, as soon as NetEase went to work, I noticed his emoji plug-in that exploded in the middle of the night, and invited him to discuss business cooperation on MSN.

MSN, the hottest instant messaging tool at the moment, is backed by Microsoft and is used by business people, so it is often used to negotiate business cooperation. It wasn't until 04 that QQ went to war with MSN, and after several years of fighting, MSN began to decline.

In the face of NetEase's invitation, Lin Yiming was unmoved, because Sina and Sohu had not moved.

He still needs to wait, and wait for the three to form a bidding relationship, so that he can get the maximum benefit.

He logged on to three forums to check the number of downloads.

NetEase has 100,000 downloads.

Sina has 30,000 downloads.

Sohu has 20,000 downloads.

It seems that it's time to update the "memes 2.0"!

The first version is due to time constraints, and the emoji pack only has a few basic expressions, and it is actually difficult to cause a sensation by taking advantage of this, and even NetEase's downloads are still borrowed from the trolls.

If he wants to make a sensation, he needs to make another good emoji, not too much, just a few words that can be combined with the most used hot words at the moment, and pictures that look very sand sculptures.

Because—

Times are changing, but sand sculptures never go out of style.

So he hacked the billing system of the Internet café again, tossed for five or six hours, and finally got the "Sand Sculpture Emoji 2.0" online.

This time, he learned smartly, and it was launched at the same time, and then he went to the hottest room, pretending to be a water army, and throwing the link after posting the picture.

When the hot chat room was occupied by new memes, he went offline.

After that, let the sand sculptures grow savagely on the Internet!

Judging from the spread speed of "Sand Sculpture 2.0" this time, the number of downloads of the three is the same - it seems that he should be able to negotiate a good price next time he goes online.

……

Qiantang, NetEase headquarters.

Ding Shi didn't wait for a reply to the email, but waited for an even more terrible news.

The ID called "Out of Print Lady" has released a new emoji plugin on the forum!

What does sand sculpture mean?

Ding Shi didn't know, but the first time he saw the new version of the emoji, he was deeply shocked by its expression!

Are you GG, or MM?

56, is anyone there?

Wave goodbye: 886~

The expression of ecstasy: pain and happiness~

Cuihua, sauerkraut!

All of them are the most commonly used hot words by current netizens!

Even if you don't look at the reaction of the Internet, Ding Shi has an intuition at the first time with the sensitivity of Internet people to the market: this "sand sculpture 2.0" can definitely be more popular than "mediocre 1.0"!

What is the out-of-print lady having?

Don't want to talk to him on business, but instead release a new meme?

"That's it, maybe she's just a program enthusiast, if she likes to share for free, then share it for free, and it's also good to help us drive traffic to our website." Ding Shi muttered.

In these years, there is no money to be made on the Internet, and many Internet people are out of hobbies to create websites or sharing software, so Ding Shi thinks that the out-of-print lady is a hobbyist.

Someone is willing to help the website drive traffic for free, and he can't ask for it.

So in the next hour, Ding Shi watched with satisfaction the growth of chat room data: the number of people online at the same time gradually increased, and finally exceeded 80,000!

That's more than the previous highest number of people online!

And the data is also showing an upward trend, maybe it can break through the 100,000 mark!

Just as Ding Shi was staring happily at the background data, a technician walked up to his stage: "Boss, 'Sand Sculpture 2.0' is also online in Sina Sohu!" ”

"What?" Ding Shi was taken aback.

The technician said: "And the number of downloads broke 50,000 within an hour, which is about the same as the number of downloads on our website!" ”

At this time, Ding Shi understood why the out-of-print lady ignored herself, it turned out that she still wanted to win over other merchants!

No, if the patent of the emoji is grabbed by two other websites, then the traffic that NetEase has managed to pull up will fall again!

"Contact the out-of-print lady right away! No, go check her IP address, I'll visit her at her house in person! Ding Shi realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately ordered the technicians.

The technician shook his head and said, "The IP has been checked, and it is an Internet café in a remote town in Gui Province." ”

In other words, there is no way to find the out-of-print lady herself based on the IP address.

"Then there is no choice but to continue to send emails to contact the out-of-print lady." Ding Shi said helplessly, and at the same time, his hands were already sweating, because he was very worried that the emoji patent would be won by the other two!

But how can he attract the attention of the out-of-print lady?

It's just an ordinary email that doesn't seem to impress her.

Then, you can only make a direct offer!

What Danteshi didn't know was that the other two also thought the same way......

……

On the third day of the emoji launch, Lin Yiming went to apply for an agricultural bank card and prepared to collect money.

His hunch was very correct, and as soon as he opened the mailbox, more than a dozen emails popped up.

So he opened the latest email recently, to the effect that he was invited to add MSN friends to talk about the cooperation in detail, but the email also added a clear price.

Sina out 100,000.

Sohu out 120,000.

NetEase out 150,000.

Is his plugin only worth this penny?

He was not satisfied with the price and did not reply to any emails for the time being.

I checked the number of downloads on the forum, and as expected, the response to "Sand Sculpture 2.0" was excellent, and the 24-hour downloads of all three websites exceeded 200,000!

So, he added a charging code to the plugin: if you want to download the sticker, you have to pay 1 cent with your mobile phone bill.

Yes, 1 cent, he's not greedy.

He knows netizens too well.

In this era, netizens' consumption concept has not yet been cultivated, so pirated novels and pirated music are flying all over the sky, and once it comes to money, people run out.

And 1 cent is the minimum amount of the RMB coupon, I believe netizens should be able to accept this price.

If all the downloads are converted into money, wouldn't it be 60,000 yuan a day?

At that time, even if the three can't open his psychological price, he can use this money to buy computers, servers, and make his own website!

After doing this, Lin Yiming replied to three emails.

"One price, 1 million!"

After saying that, he went offline coldly.

Day 4.

Lin Yiming first went to the bank to check the deposit, and the balance in the card: 50,123.4 yuan.

It's a little less than I imagined, but it's understandable, after all, in this era, the consumption concept of netizens has not been cultivated, and it's good that they are willing to spend a dime to download plug-ins.

He took out five hundred cash, and when he had money in his pocket, he couldn't help but float when he walked.

When passing by the newsstand, he couldn't help but buy a pack of cigarettes, the cigarettes at this time were quite cheap, 2 yuan a pack of hard Chinese, or genuine.

The newsstand owner took out a version of the number and asked enthusiastically: "Classmate, are you going to an Internet café to surf the Internet?" Do you have a QQ number? Do you want to buy one? One dollar, the number is as you choose! ”

"No, I'll sign up myself." Lin Yiming smiled, turned around and walked towards the Internet café.

He thought it was time to register a QQ number.

Everyone in the classmate directory filled in the QQ number, but he didn't.

He wanted to add Su Chun's friend now and tell her the joy of the harvest, and at this moment, he just wanted to share it with her.

With joy in mind, he turned on the computer.

This time, he didn't check the number of downloads of the three companies, after all, the money in the bank card speaks for itself.

And the fact that the three websites have not banned this paid plugin shows that they are no longer high-minded acquirers, but are very much looking forward to working with him.

He opened the mailbox.

All three agreed to his offer and cordially invited him to add MSN friends to discuss the cooperation in detail.

He smiled with satisfaction and began to sign up for an MSN account.