I lost my vegetative state, and I became the richest man in the world

After Wang Shi and Yang Ming met.

Wang Shi found that he was still a lot immature in the shopping mall. Compared with Mr. Yang's series of successes in Hong Kong business, it was indeed incomparable.

When Wang Shi left Xiangjiang and returned to Vanke's headquarters in Pengcheng, he immediately announced that a series of subsidiaries would be disposed of, either sold or directly disposed of.

These subsidiaries basically do not make money, but have high costs.

It was announced that these subsidiaries would be disposed of and the company would focus on the real estate industry. In other words, from this moment onwards, Vanke would focus on the real estate industry.

Wang Shi's series of actions immediately won the support of large and small shareholders, but Zhang Guoqing of Jun'an Securities Company knew that he had lost, and he had lost miserably.

soon.

The time has entered April.

The time came to October 1994, 4.

Wednesday.

Yang Ming came to Xiangjiang Science and Technology Park.

Because today, there are new results coming out.

It's exactly related to instant messaging software.

In the early 90s, Yang Ming proposed to develop his own instant messaging software.

In fact, he was thinking of QQ in history, and the predecessor of QQ was ICQ, which was imitated by Israel.

Historically, in 1996, three Israelis, Visig, Vardy, and Goldfinger, got together and decided to develop software that enabled people to communicate quickly and directly on the Internet.

They named the new software ICQ, which means "I SEEK YOU".

ICQ supports functions such as chatting, sending messages, and transferring files on the Internet.

They established Mirabilis, a company that provides Internet instant messaging services to registered users.

The number of users using ICQ grew rapidly. Six months later, ICQ was announced to have become the instant messaging software with the largest number of users in the world at that time.

In the seventh month, ICQ's official users reached 7 million.

In 1998, ICQ was acquired by M Country Online for US$4.07 million. At this time, its number of users exceeded 1000 million.

In 1998, America Online (AOL) purchased ICQ and later launched 99a, 99B, 2000 and other versions with more functions, but at the same time, advertisements were inserted into ICQ.

The built-in search function has made the software bloated, coupled with the unpopular advertising column, and the launch of MSN Messenger, SkyPE and other software, the number of people using ICQ has declined.Later, Mirabilis launched a simplified version of ICQ lite, which only contains the most basic functions of ICQ.

Historically, OICQ, an Internet-based instant messaging network tool, was independently developed by Tangxun of Mahuateng in February 1999. In October 2, just as OICQ was sweeping the domestic instant messaging market, a lawyer's letter was sent to Tangxun Company, which had just been established three years ago.

ICQ's parent company, M Country Online (AOL), sued Tencent for infringement and asked OICQ to change its name.Mahuateng was so anxious that he changed OICQ's name to QQ.

However, after infringement was pointed out, Tangxun launched the QQ2000 version in November 11, and OICQ was officially renamed QQ.

In addition to the name change, the logo of Tangxun QQ has not changed. It has always been a little penguin.Because the little penguin in the logo is very cute and charming and is very popular among girls, it is called cute in English. Because cute and Q are homophonic, so the little penguin paired with QQ is also a good name.

At this time, the three Israelites had naturally not yet developed ICQ.

However, here in Xiangjiang Science and Technology City, a technology company under the Empire Group has successfully developed ICQ Company, which is an instant messaging software.

This instant communication software has been tested internally and can be used internally, but it has not yet been announced to the public.

When Yang Ming came over, he saw the current ICQ at first glance. He felt that it was more like QQ that would appear more than ten years in the future. This may be because after Yang Ming told about QQ in his previous life, these programmers followed Yang Ming's instructions. Ming said it was necessary to design.

"Boss, you are really a genius. I didn't expect that the instant messaging software you came up with is really very convenient. As long as you have a computer and the Internet, you can communicate instantly. It's more convenient than text messages on mobile phones. The most important thing is that it doesn't cost money. It's free. of."

However, they don't understand that a free instant messaging system is equivalent to revolutionizing their own lives.

After all, Xiangjiang's telecommunications company is now the property of Yang Ming and the Imperial Group.

Yang Ming looked at them and said: "In the future, traffic is money, and it is a steady stream of money, and traffic is customers."

Yang Ming has explained this sentence to many people. If you can't understand it, of course you know what it is.

If you can’t figure it out, you probably still can’t figure it out.

However, Yang Ming knew that historically it was too easy for QQ to make money. In addition to memberships, skins, and introduced games, advertisements, etc., they were all very profitable.

Especially games. When games were introduced at that time, they immediately made money that many companies could not make.

Because the QQ traffic in history is really huge, basically every computer and every mobile phone will install it.

At this time, Yang Ming took a look at the instant messaging system developed by his company. He found that it was really good, and it was not much different from QQ after 2000.

"Very good, just like I imagined."

At this time, Yang Ming planned to divide ICQ into two parts.

Some are foreign and some are domestic.

Overseas, ICQ is the main one, while domestically, it is changed to QQ.

Of course, domestic QQ will be an independent company and equal to ICQ.

Historically, ICQ companies did not develop and even missed the opportunity to develop instant messaging. Although they were the first to become popular, they were quickly defeated by other companies.

QQ has always been the dominant player in China, and no instant messaging software has ever been able to surpass it.

Even if WeChat appeared later, in fact, WeChat was developed on the basis of QQ.

"ICQ company will be divided into two parts. One part will be based in Xiangjiang as the parent company, but it will establish branches in various countries, focusing on Japan, M country, and European countries. The other part will be domestic, and will establish a parent company in Pengcheng. The main market is domestic. Moreover, these two companies are independent, financially, legally, etc. As for you, you can go to the company in Pengcheng, China, or you can stay at ICQ."

They couldn't figure out why the boss divided things like that, but they knew there must be a reason why the boss divided things like that.

Although Xiangjiang now has the Internet gene, its population is still small. Even though it now has a population of nearly [-] million, it is still far behind.

The domestic population is more than one billion, while other overseas countries have large populations.

In other words, they feel that the boss’s division may be to distinguish the domestic market from the foreign market.

Now separate the two parts.

Yang Ming left two people in charge.

Both of these people are responsible for the development of ICQ.

One is General Manager Cage, a typical white man from Country Y, but he has worked for the Empire Group for many years.

One is deputy general manager Lin Sheng. He is a native of Xiangjiang, but he returned from studying abroad.

"Cage, you continue to serve as the general manager of ICQ's parent company, but what you have to do next is to expand overseas markets as much as possible in addition to country Z. The key markets are Japan, country M, and European countries. In addition, other countries cannot ignore it.”

"Yes, boss."

"In the early stage, it will definitely cost money. But, you don't have to worry. When the download volume of ICQ becomes higher and higher, then this is traffic and money. When it breaks through 1000 million, [-] million downloads, and even more and more , then ICQ will become more and more important.”

You can imagine that if more and more people among the billions of people in the world are using ICQ, an instant messaging software, you can imagine the horror it will bring.

Of course, you absolutely cannot think about making money in the early stage.

Historically, ICQ failed because of this. Moreover, too many advertisements were inserted at the beginning, resulting in bloat. Then customers will definitely uninstall it, and there will even be a new instant messaging system to replace this software.

Therefore, in the early stage, the main focus is to obtain download users, and only when the downloads are almost complete, do you think about making money.So it’s important to burn money upfront.

As for whether to raise funds at that time, Yang Ming thinks it’s clear.

As for domestic and foreign countries, it is different.

Historically, Mahua Teng and his friends from Tangxun were able to use QQ to monopolize the domestic instant messaging software. Of course, they had their own reasons.

However, in fact, Mahuateng almost couldn't survive in history and almost sold Tangxun, but it survived after finally successfully raising funds.

In other words, Mahuateng is still very powerful.

His success is not only due to luck, but also due to his good personal ability.

And when Yang Ming saw Li Zairong of the Samhung Group in Goryeo, why did he think of Mahua Vine when he saw him?

In addition to the fact that the two of them look similar, Yang Ming remembers this person deeply because of the success of Mahua Vine in history.

Now after Yang Ming and Cage finished talking, he said to Lin Sheng on the side: "There are various reasons why I separate the domestic market from the foreign market. Of course, the domestic population is more than one billion. Now It is also gradually developing. There are more and more personal computers and even Internet cafes. By then, the number of domestic QQ downloads will be higher and higher. Therefore, I will let you be the person in charge of domestic QQ, but you must not underestimate it. Domestic talents, when you come to Pengcheng, you must localize and domesticize, so that QQ can develop in the country. In addition, Pengcheng is still one of the most dynamic experimental areas in the country. There are a lot of talents, so you don’t need to bring anyone to Pengcheng this time, you can recruit a group of new talents in Pengcheng and other places.”

In Yang Ming's opinion, Pengcheng is still a very dynamic city.

And it is unmatched by other cities.

Therefore, he still left QQ's headquarters in Pengcheng.

In addition to having Lin Sheng as the person in charge, he hopes that other talents will be recruited locally in Pengcheng, which will make it easier for the company to develop.

Yang Ming talked a lot with the two of them.

When Yang Ming leaves here.

He Chaoluo and others were still surprised.

They didn't expect that their boss would actually let people develop such an instant messaging system.

I'm afraid that as long as you have a computer with you and an Internet connection, you really don't need to send text messages or even make phone calls.

Of course, at home, it may be more convenient to use this instant messaging directly because you can leave messages at any time.

Some people don't like to make phone calls by nature, but they still have to contact them. The emergence of instant messaging can undoubtedly solve many problems for them.

Moreover, this instant messaging system can not only solve work problems, but also solve problems in life, which is very useful.

. . .

1994 4 Month 10 Day.

Sunday.

The newly established ICQ company held a press conference in the Xiangjiang Science and Technology Park to announce this instant messaging software.

During the press conference, ICQ General Manager Cage personally announced that this instant messaging software would bring convenience to people's work and life.

The most important thing is that for instant messaging now, as long as you have a network and a computer, it doesn't cost money.

This news spread quickly and shocked many people.

After Cage announced the news, he immediately established branches in various countries around the world. In addition to recruiting various talents, he also conducted advertising.

Let many people know about this new instant messaging software.

Besides.

Lin Sheng just took a few people and crossed Pengcheng on the opposite side.

Rent a floor in a building in Pengcheng.

Then set up QQ company.

In addition, we also recruit various talents from outside, including computer programming, computer design, etc.

Because this company is invested by the Imperial Group, it is still very popular in Pengcheng.

And there are really many people who come to apply.

Lin Sheng spent about a week personally recruiting fifty of them.

Then QQ Company was formally established. QQ Company looks very similar to ICQ in all aspects, but in fact it is still somewhat different.

Including functions and other aspects.

Moreover, in China it is mainly simplified Chinese, while abroad it is either English or other foreign languages. The design of this software is also different in all aspects.

Moreover, Yang Ming has already proposed that the QQ logo should be replaced by a little penguin.

As a result, QQ and Little Penguin logos and advertisements can be seen in Huachengbei in Pengcheng, Tianhe Science and Technology City in Yangcheng, Zhangqiao Science and Technology Park in Shanghai, and Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park in Yanjing.

Besides.

There is also an advertisement.

There is ICQ abroad.

There is QQ in China.

Instant messaging is convenient for you, me and him.

When QQ was established in China, the number of downloads exceeded 50 that month.

Basically, they are home personal computers.

In addition, some people install it in Internet cafes.

As we enter May, more and more people are aware of the emergence of QQ, especially middle school students and college students. They really like this instant messaging tool.

For these people, mobile phones are still a luxury product and may not be affordable.

However, some people can afford computers, but most people still can't afford them. Because of the emergence of Internet cafes, some college students can save food expenses and still spend money in Internet cafes.

Internet access is a luxury these days.

However, the Internet can really bring a lot of novel things.

Like the current instant messaging software QQ.

The most important thing is that many people have heard that it is still easy to apply for a QQ number now. Moreover, they heard that the numbers in the QQ number will become longer and longer in the future. Naturally, it is more convenient to apply early, just like those with mobile phone numbers.

So in May, more college students and middle school students tried to apply for a QQ of their own. Even if they couldn't use it now, they felt that they would definitely use it in the future.

When foreign ICQ users download more and more, domestic QQ users also download more and more.

Of course, now with the emergence of ICQ and QQ, instant messaging software has once again triggered the development of global Internet instant messaging, and other companies have also begun to study it.

However, many companies know that it is difficult to surpass Imperial Group in this regard.

In addition to following the trend, their investment in various aspects of capital cannot be compared with the Imperial Group. (End of chapter)