"I didn't expect Qingsang, you also took the initiative to ask me for dinner." Son sat across the table, crossed his legs and said with a smile.

After arranging the company's future plan with Chi Sai Jian last time, Qing Zhiyuan's actions were very fast, and he immediately pulled Sun Masayoshi out for dinner.

Qingzhiyuan thinks that the content he is good at is in games, film and television and other products, but in some high-latitudes, such as when it comes to national network construction, world enterprise contact, online banking, and the financial field, it seems to be a little inadequate.

But fortunately, there is a partner like Masayoshi Son, and Masayoshi Son also has his own good parts, which can just complement Qing Zhiyuan, which is very good.

The two of them drank a little wine first, and soon talked about the topic.

"Didn't I get a live chat app before?" Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"Well, that's a really good thing." Son Masayoshi nodded seriously, "I'm still using it now, how many users does RTT have now?" ”

"Neon has 3 million in China." Qing Zhiyuan said.

3 million may seem like a very small number, but in '97, it was a very exaggerated and remarkable number for Neon computer users.

You must know that there are only more than 10 million neon computer users now, accounting for one-tenth of the total population.

In other words, one out of every three computer users uses RTT.

However, this figure is still in the case of Pokeni operating for almost two years.

In this era, the instant chat tool made by P-net is equivalent to a dimensionality reduction blow, almost monopolizing the entire neon computer instant messaging market, but even in the absence of competitors, the penetration rate is still not very high.

It can only be said that there is still a long way to go, and there is still a long way to go.

Of course, there are reasons why others are reluctant to enter the world of live chat.

One of the most important reasons is that there is no return in sight.

According to the general business thinking, RTT should be made into paid software, and you need to pay a certain amount of money to be able to use it, but what?

P-net directly destroyed this iron rule in the form of free, and everyone was confused all of a sudden.

If you open a house for users to use for free, how can you make money?

And you have to pay high network fees, server maintenance fees, and a whole lot of fees every month.

P-net's RTT software has been specifically evaluated:

As long as the number of subscribers increases by 1 million, P-net will incur a loss of more than 100 million yen per month due to RTT.

The number is simply terrifying.

In other words, P-net is losing money at a rate of 300 million yen per month, and no matter how much pokeni earns, it always feels like one day it will not be able to keep up with the speed of this bottomless pit of gold swallowing.

The $100 million in financing given by Son (which is almost equivalent to 11 billion yen) will be almost exhausted by the end of next year.

If the user growth rate is fast enough, it is unlikely that the bottom will be seen in the first half of next year.

The rest will have to rely on the parent company to continue its life.

Based on this situation, many people are afraid to enter the field of live chat again, but turn to other tracks.

Seriously, up to now, not to mention that other people can't understand the value of this thing, even Son himself has some doubts.

"It's already 3 million, that's amazing." Sun Zhengyi took a sip of wine with a smile, then raised his head to look at Qing Zhiyuan,

"So how are you going to monetize RTT in the end?"

"Let's have users first, and then wait for computers to become popular, and then slowly consider turning users into the field of making money in the future." Qing Zhiyuan said.

He paused, then laughed evilly, "Actually, when it comes to Internet products, we are preparing to make a game platform, which can also be understood as a game supermarket." ”

Since it was already working on the content, Qing Zhiyuan told Son Zhengyi some of the ideas of the game platform.

However, Qing Zhiyuan only mentioned the part of the company's use of point cards to pay in the early stage, and how to monetize the game in the end, Qing Zhiyuan only mentioned it in passing, and did not tell the details so clearly.

After listening, Son clapped his hands.

"It's so interesting, this thinking is actually a little bit similar to our SoftBank," Son said, "We're selling all kinds of software, but you're thinking about selling games."

Ah, of course, we don't conflict with each other's business, so Qingsang, you can rest assured. ”

The name SoftBank is actually quite sloppy, and at first Son named the company this name, but because the company's business is to sell all kinds of software, just like a software bank, and it actually has nothing to do with the financial industry.

However, with the continuous expansion of the company's business, SoftBank now undertakes a very important business function in addition to continuing to sell software.

Investment.

Masayoshi Son is a natural gambler with a set of investment theories that have been tried and tested.

As long as he has money, Son will always find ways to invest it and buy shares of potential companies that he thinks are worthwhile.

After that, it can be sold to earn the difference.

The main reason why we have not sold our equity in P-NET is that P-net is not yet profitable and it is difficult to assess the value.

Son was going to hold it for a while longer and take a look, so as not to sell it out in advance.

If there is anyone in this world who is looking forward to P-NET better than Qing Zhiyuan, then this person must be Masayoshi Son, after all, SoftBank has invested 100 million US dollars in P-net, which is not a small amount.

This is also the reason why Qing Zhiyuan dares to rest assured and boldly tell Sun Zhengyi about the company's secrets.

"If we can succeed and get through this link, users in RTT can import it to the game platform." Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile, "And in the future, the scale will become bigger and bigger, and we will not only be able to make money by selling games, but also by paying in-game money."

To a certain extent, RTT, P-NET's portal, or the future dandelion platform actually have a strong channel role.

You can get a certain amount of return through advertising.

If you make a profit, it's just a matter of time. ”

Qing Zhiyuan's words gave Sun Zhengyi a strong encouraging effect, like a shot in the arm, which directly made him excited.

Son was a very brilliant businessman, and he quickly realized the possibilities.

If it can be done well, then it will be a great initiative, and it will generate countless monetary benefits in the future.

"But there's a problem." Son frowned and said, "How to do online payment?" You can't sell the game online. ”

"It's worthy of Sun Sang, and he quickly figured out the key to the problem." Qing Zhiyuan laughed.

Seeing Qing Zhiyuan's sly smile, Son Zhengyi's heart also settled down.

"Looks like Qingsang has a solution?"

"Hmm."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously, "But, only Sun Sang can do this." ”

"Huh?"

Son held out his finger suspiciously and pointed to himself, "Me? ”

"If I can't push you, I don't know who to go to." "What I want is that SoftBank will take the lead, and then find Neon's bank to cooperate and launch an online payment function." ”

"Online payment function?" Son's heart was pounding, and although he hadn't figured out the key to it, the word had great appeal.

"Yes, the online payment function."

After the bursting of the neon economic bubble, from March 1993 to 1997, the non-performing loans of the neon banking industry as a whole showed an overall growth trend.

It is precisely in order to stimulate the vitality of the financial industry that the Neon government has carried out a series of reforms.

For example, amending the banking law, relaxing restrictions on banking business, and allowing foreign-funded enterprises and enterprises in other industries to participate in banking business, Neon's online banking came into being in this context.

Nine's first online bank, Japan Net Bank, was established by Sumitomo Bank, Sakura Bank (later merged to become Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation), Fujitsu, Neon Life Insurance, and other companies.

In other words, in order to change, the traditional bank of Neon took the initiative to reform its own life at that time.

Now, at this point in time.

The tide of the times is silent, and it seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact, there has long been an undercurrent underneath.

However, Qingzhiyuan does not plan to get involved in the corresponding business, mainly because the water in it is too deep.

Any business related to the National Bank is actually quite deep.

He couldn't handle it, so it was better to hand over this difficult task to the right person.

In this world, there is no one who understands the value of online payment better than Son Masayoshi, so as soon as he heard Qing Zhiyuan's explanation, he immediately became moved.

"If you want to realize the online payment function, I think so, the client can have access to the bank account, and this function should not be difficult in today's computer full access to the financial system."

Last year, in 1996,

XeNtrex, the first batch of online securities brokers in the United States, was launched, providing investors with functions such as online stock trading, stock quotations and market news, which greatly facilitated investors' trading operations.

The realization of online stock trading corresponds to the bank account access function.

"The problem lies in the encryption algorithm and network permissions, which can be consulted by more powerful encryption experts." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Uh-huh." Son nodded.

"Then as long as the access rights of individual or corporate users to the bank are opened, and then the corresponding user encryption system and payment password system are set up, the online bank can be established."

Qing Zhiyuan said, "The interaction between these data, although the transaction behavior occurs online, but it simulates the real offline transaction behavior, how much should be transferred out of the bank, where the funds flow, and then deposited into the corresponding account......

These are all traceable.

In the same bank, it should be possible to query in the database. ”

"I see."

"I'll figure it out and see if I can push it around."

Son's eyes lit up.

In fact, this matter is really a windfall for SoftBank, and the news released by the Neon government is really good for other companies and gives many people who want to enter the financial industry an opportunity.

The most profitable thing in the world has never been a game or an industrial product, but the most profitable is finance.

As long as you can set foot in this field, it is equivalent to opening the door to the financial industry, which is a dream thing for SoftBank.

Then they are a veritable software + bank.

To some extent, SoftBank's investment business is also equivalent to the bank's work.

"But why don't you do it?" Son Masayoshi came back to his senses and wondered.

At today's dinner, Qing Zhiyuan directly gave him a big gift.

Even Son didn't know how to thank him.

"I don't have the ability, or do you think I don't want to?" Qing Zhiyuan pursed his lips, "How deep is the water inside, I don't need to tell me, Mr. Sun, you can understand, right?" ”

Thinking of this, Son couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

It's quite troublesome, and if you want to get through the joints, it's never the product or the business case that needs to be done, it's the people who really need to get it.

And who exactly to find, what relationships to use, and what things to do, Son already has a rough idea in his brain.

"Okay, I see."

"By the way, there is one more thing, I also hope that Mr. Sun can help promote it." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Huh?"

"The online game supermarket I mentioned just now, being able to realize online payment is only the first step, the most important thing is the network transmission speed, if the speed does not go up, the game will not be able to be downloaded in a short time, so I hope that Mr. Sun can improve this piece as soon as possible."

"Hahahaha, I see." Son laughed, only to feel that it was a pleasure to meet a partner like Qing Zhiyuan.

"We are now working in the lab not only on network protocols, new protocols for packets, and more confidential encoding, but also on how to improve network speeds.

Although it is still in the experimental stage, the progress is still relatively ideal, and it is estimated that in the next one to two years, the network speed should be able to increase to about 8M per second. ”

In fact, in 1989, ADSL was born at Bell Labs.

The asymmetric digital subscriber line loop is known as the "express train on the modern information superhighway".

It is deeply loved by customers for its high downlink rate, frequency bandwidth, excellent performance and other characteristics, and has become a new, faster and more efficient access method after MODEM and ISDN.

In 95 years, international standards have been formulated, and theoretically can be applied to real life on a large scale.

It's just that so far, it hasn't been popularized in neon.

This also involves some disputes over rules and standards, as well as the interests of operators.

Fortunately, SoftBank is promoting this matter, and 2 years is actually not a long time, and it has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the previous life, at the end of the 20th century, that is, almost in 1999, Neon had actually completed the portal, e-commerce, mobile Internet, these super tracks on the Internet road, even beyond the imagination of many people, can be said to be quite advanced.

Of course, the leading country is still in the lead, and the coverage of ADSL in the United States has almost reached 15 million computer users, and this number is still growing.

In other words, for Qingzhiyuan, the best way to operate is actually to take the route of the United States first.

There are enough computer users, bandwidth, and advanced technology support.

From the perspective of the development of the Internet industry, it is most effective to develop to the United States, and then turn to China after 2000, so the Internet is almost the same.

However, entering the rice market, there will be a relatively big problem, that is, [data security]

If you are a neon company and engage in social chat tools in the United States, you will definitely be investigated, and there is a high probability that you will end up losing all your money.

Thinking about doing RTT and Facebook or something in the United States, Qing Zhiyuan estimates that it is unlikely, and can only see if it can be sold at a good price.

As for the dandelion game platform, there is no restriction in this regard, so Qingzhiyuan plans to go to the United States to open a P-net subsidiary to provide platform services.

And as early as 2 years ago, in October of '95, the first online bank in the United States was born - Secure First Internet Bank, which is the world's first open bank that handles all of its banking operations through the Internet.

Online banking is also readily available.

……

Qing Zhiyuan has always been a man who wants to do it when he thinks about it, and he has to do it best.

So after chatting with Son Masayoshi, I also have a bottom about the future network development of Neon.

Qing Zhiyuan, this guy is really sparing no effort to promote the whole world.

Then, he began to rush to his subsidiary, P-net, to find the head of the company, the current president of P-NET, Yosuke Higashiki, and at the same time pull Ken Akanishi together.

"I want P-Net to set up a new subsidiary in the United States."

"Huh?" Yosuke Higashiki was stunned for a moment, and didn't react too much at first.

Subsidiaries of subsidiaries......

Matryoshka dolls, right?

Or is it a foolish man who moves mountains, and his children and grandchildren are endless?

"This company is very strategic."

Qing Zhiyuan reexplained his plan, and the two of them suddenly realized.

Compared with Neon, it is obvious that the United States has a better game platform soil.

Since this is the case, it would be a pity not to make the dandelion game platform in the United States.

"Okay, I see, President." Yosuke Higashiki nodded earnestly.

Set up a subsidiary, set up a game platform, access the United States network, support online game download and payment, and provide some long-term online games with social attributes in the game platform.

That's what it looks like.

The process may take some time, but it shouldn't be too difficult.

"If that's the case," Qing Zhiyuan thought, "then on the game platform of the United States, the games that need to be put on the shelves will change." ”

"Huh?" Akanishi's heart jumped for no reason.

What do you mean?

The versions on both sides are still not the same?!

……

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By the way, I'm not going to write about the Asian financial crisis in '97.

On the one hand, in order to avoid risks. It's easy to write 404 badly

On the other hand, I'm not good at writing about finance, so I'll just assume that nothing happened in this timeline.

There is no update tonight

Thank you

See you tomorrow

(End of chapter)