The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 67 Turning into a Dragon
Someone actually wanted to buy a fox mailbox. Lin Haiquan was really moved to cry. When it comes to fox mailboxes, it is really a complicated thing for Boda Company.

In fact, Boda's acquisition of Foxmail is not a far-off thing, that is, it is only in the beginning of a year.

A year ago, Boda used an amazing betrothal gift of 1200 million yuan to marry the fox mailbox home. At that time, it was definitely the most amazing news in the entire Internet industry. After all, in 1999, most of the QQ users were also It only sold for 120 million US dollars. It can be said that in the eyes of Boda, Foxmail is a product with the same status as QQ.

In fact, the same is true. In 1997, Foxmail was launched, and the English version was released at the same time. When it was acquired by Boda Network in 2000, Foxmail already had 400 million registered users in China.

what is this concept?

Tenda in the early 2000s only had so many users.

At the same time, Foxmail is also loved by many users in the world. After the English version was launched, hundreds of thousands of users in more than 20 countries around the world, which is an amazing achievement for the domestic software in 2000.

Therefore, the fox mailbox in 2000 was an absolute favorite in the eyes of Boda, and the concept of mailbox at that time was more hyped than the concept of instant messaging software.

Yimeier, the English transliteration of this mailbox, has directly become synonymous with the Internet in China. Basically, when you mention the Internet, you will definitely mention Yimeier.

Therefore, the fox mailbox at that time was Jinshan in the eyes of many people, and Boda Network did win the fox mailbox with the greatest love.

However, when Boda really started to replace Zhang Xiaolong to run the project of fox mailbox, Boda discovered the pitfalls of fox mailbox, that is, although the user base of fox mailbox is very large, but there is no profit point.

At the beginning of the design, the fox mailbox was designed according to the free mailbox software. After all, Zhang Xiaolong didn't think about making money at that time. Now Boda has begun to take over. If the real money of 1200 million is smashed, it must be profitable, and then They found that they could not find a reasonable way to make money on the fox mailbox.

Some people say that this is nonsense. You can directly announce that the mailbox charges a monthly membership fee!
It is a pity that this is completely impossible. First of all, there is no convenient online payment tool these days. Online payment can only be paid by phone or card payment. It is very difficult to buy a monthly card.

The second is that users are already used to the free model. If you suddenly charge, then these 400 million users will absolutely run out. After all, NetEase mailbox is now eyeing the fox mailbox!

At that time, all of China's Internet products were developed for free, and none of them could survive by charging...except for the online games at that time.

However, online games, a pure land where monthly card fees are charged, will soon be poisoned by a guy who sells melatonin.

If Foxmail can't make money, but it has been able to grow at a high speed, it doesn't matter. The company can rely on listing and live by making cakes. Now most of the Internet companies in China are like this, all relying on financial blood to live.

However, the users of fox mailboxes have begun to decline. This is the most fatal problem. In the eyes of later generations, the failure of fox mailboxes is multi-faceted. The most important reason seems to be Netease mailboxes, Sina mailboxes and other peers. Competition, but in fact this is Zhang Xiaolong's own failure.

First of all, Zhang Xiaolong refused to embrace the web mailbox, but still sticks to the client-side mailbox, which makes the fox mailbox lose the support of the convenience of the web page. For users, the reason for choosing a certain mailbox is usually very simple, that is The opening speed is fast, and the last is a click to open.

Secondly, the fox mailbox has become more and more bloated. Zhang Xiaolong insists that the development of mailboxes is to develop towards security. Many subsequent upgrades are developed around anti-spam, anti-hacking, and anti-theft, which leads to more and more clients. It's getting bloated, and the startup is getting slower and slower. Not to mention, there are not many convenient functions in the eyes of users, such as the mailbox attachment function, such as the password-free login function and so on.

Finally, there is the weakness of Boda itself. In the future, whether it is NetEase mailbox, Sina mailbox, or QQ mailbox, there will be a huge network company and product network behind it.

However, Foxmail has always fought alone, and Boda Network has never allowed Foxmail to open up new businesses. In the end, it was self-defeating step by step, which led to Foxmail's death.

Although the current fox mailbox is still a long way from death, Boda Games has felt that it is difficult to support it alone, and it is difficult to support the fox mailbox to continue.

After discussion, the management of Boda found that there are two best ways for Foxmail to continue its journey. One is to find another product line to realize the two-legged walk of Foxmail. The acquisition of OO is an important decision for them. Of course Yes, this is also what Zhang Xiaolong fought for. After all, Fox Mailbox is his own son, so he can't give up.

The second one is to sell the fox mailbox while the fox mailbox seems to be still valuable, so that the company can recover blood.

When Lin Haiquan and others came to Jiangnan, they originally planned to take the first road, but they didn't expect that this road would be completely impassable. Just when they were depressed and wanted to go home, who would have thought that the road would turn around and the second road would appear? Someone was willing to spend 2000 million to buy Fox Mailbox, of course, Lin Haiquan was instantly moved.

Of course, Lin Haiquan didn't shamelessly go back and talk to Huang He about selling the fox mailbox. After all, it was really shameful, and he didn't have the right to make this decision, so he had to ask Zhu Yue for instructions!

So Lin Haiquan hugged Zhang Xiaolong and said that this is our non-sale product. After returning to the hotel, he immediately called Zhu Yue and asked him how to deal with what happened today.

"Will this be bad for Xiaolong?" Zhu Yue said hesitantly after listening to Lin Haiquan's request, "And I asked Master Lin from Hong Kong to do the math. He said that Zhang Xiaolong is a hidden dragon in the abyss. The talent that turns into a dragon!".

Yes, not thinking about whether it is not good to sell, but directly asking if this is not good for Zhang Xiaolong, Zhu Yue's attitude is already very obvious, after all, fox mailbox is really a losing business, they can't see any profit Dawn and hope! "

"Boss, this is our only chance to escape!" Lin Haiquan actively persuaded him, because as long as the list was completed, the commission alone would be enough for him to buy a bedroom in the imperial capital.

"It's rare now that there are people who are taking advantage of this mess. After this village, there is no such store. Also, we don't have to worry about Xiaolong's problem. They specifically said that they would pack Zhang Xiaolong away, so that Xiaolong is still with him. It's best for him to be with the baby boy."

"Besides people, it is also a good thing that people are willing to buy Zhang Xiaolong. To be honest, Xiaolong is a good player in development, but it is really not suitable for business operations. Such people can no longer keep up with the trend of the times. It's something he got by accident, his achievements are there, and he can't come up with anything good again."

"What happens when the wind and cloud changes the dragon, this is all made up by the people who wrote the novel. Besides, didn't the wind and cloud kill Xiongba in the end? This little dragon, he's just like this in his life, you don't have to worry about him. It's over!" Zhang Xiaolong couldn't think of it anyway, just hugged himself Lin Haiquan who said it was not for sale, turned his head and persuaded the boss to sell him.

(End of this chapter)