Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 488: 5.5 million red envelopes, a sure win over Alipay!
"At the end of March?" Mr. Ma looked a little unhappy. "The Chinese New Year will be over by then. Why would we need a red envelope function?"

Zhang Long was also helpless: "..."

Redeveloping a major function is much more difficult than adapting it to the XOS system.

To adapt to the XOS system, you just need to copy and paste.

The development of the red envelope function was developed from scratch, from nothing to something!

Seeing the chairman frowning, Zhang Long had to explain:

"Chairman, the red envelope function may seem simple, but it involves social interaction and payment, and we have to develop them one by one, which will take at least 20 days. We will have to continue testing later, which will take more than half a month."

“Then can we shorten the testing time and launch it directly after development?” an executive couldn’t help but ask.

"Absolutely not!" Zhang Long decisively retorted:
"Red envelopes are different from other functions. If there is a bug in this function related to money, it will be a big problem! We must be careful and test it many times to make sure there are no problems. The server must also be prepared."

"Mr. Zhang is right. We cannot put the product online without proper testing." Mr. Ma also echoed.

As Zhang Long said, any function related to money should be handled with caution.

If something really goes wrong and the user’s money is lost, that would be a big deal!

By then, it won’t just be the WeChat red envelopes that will be ruined, I’m afraid the entire WeChat will be ruined!
Even the entire Tencent suffered heavy losses.

Any company that dares to joke about the money of tens of millions of users will be doomed.

The reason why Changliao Red Packet was launched so late is that the BAT companies were on holiday during the Chinese New Year and had no time to copy.

The second is to conduct multiple tests to ensure that there are no bugs before launching it.

"Mr. Zhang, regarding the WeChat red envelope issue, please develop it as soon as possible after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year and test it properly."

"There are also QQ red envelopes, which will also be developed. The meeting is adjourned."

Mr. Ma sighed and was too lazy to say anything more.

But the disappointment on his face was not concealed, but he was helpless.

It’s impossible that an employee has just returned to his hometown, or is even on the train, and then is brought back on New Year’s Eve, working 996 on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and developing a red envelope function?
This is so inhumane!

And even if it is so inhumane, it doesn't make much sense.

Even if we start a week earlier, it will still be online in mid-March, which is not much different from late March.

After all, the New Year was over, the Lantern Festival was over, and the second day of the second lunar month was over...

Jack Ma was equally angry!
"Wang Yi is too mean. The day before New Year's Eve, we were all on holiday, and they suddenly launched the red envelope function. It's to prevent us from cheating!"

"That's really mean!" Jack Ma cursed.

He also saw the power of the red envelope function for the first time.

"Chairman, why don't we at Alipay call on some employees to work overtime during the New Year and develop a red envelope function?" the subordinate couldn't help but ask.

Jack Ma thought about it and waved his hand:
"Forget it. We have to make red envelopes, but we can't be too hasty. We can develop them slowly after the new year. Tencent is the most anxious now. If WeChat red envelopes are launched first, users will definitely criticize WeChat red envelopes for plagiarizing Changchat red envelopes. When the time comes, we can slowly launch Alipay red envelopes, and not many people will criticize us."

"The chairman is wise!" the subordinate said with a smile.

But we have to admit that this is the fact.

WeChat was the first to copy the Chat Red Packet feature and was definitely criticized the most!
Alipay was the second to copy, so users became much more immune to it and were criticized less.

Later, Baidu is the third to plagiarize, and I’m afraid users are too lazy to scold it!
But Jack Ma still looked unhappy: "Wang Yi is too mean to release such a powerful core function before New Year's Eve. He just doesn't want us to have a good New Year!"

The subordinate was a little puzzled: "Chairman, isn't the chat red envelope aimed at WeChat? It won't have much impact on our Alipay, right?"

"Idiots!" Jack Ma shouted angrily, "Chatting about red envelopes, on the surface, they are going for WeChat, but in fact, they are going for Alipay! Alas!"

A sigh of helplessness.

"This..." The subordinate's face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but said: "Chairman, you mean to say that the chat red envelope is for payment!"

Jack Ma nodded: "In the current payment market, Alipay has over 4 million registered users, but only 2 million real-name users, and most of them are on PC. There are only million mobile Alipay users."

"There are 2000 million Changchat users, and only million users of Changchat payment. WeChat payment has even fewer users, about million."

"The future is the era of mobile payment. With 5000 million users, Changchat Payment is already the second largest in the industry, but it is still far behind Alipay, which has million users."

"But this time, once the Changchat red envelopes are released, the number of Changchat payment users will surely increase rapidly."

“Not only will it continue to beat WeChat Pay, it will also have a serious impact on Alipay!”

“Maybe a red envelope function can bring tens of millions of new users to Changliao Payment.”

"Then we will be in trouble."

The subordinate's face turned ugly: "I see, then we, Alipay, must also launch the red envelope function as soon as possible, even if we are accused of plagiarism."

Jack Ma sighed, "It's difficult. Changchat's red envelopes are tied to social networking, so WeChat red envelopes can be copied, but we can't copy Alipay. Alipay doesn't have social networking functions, so we have to develop a completely new set of red envelopes."

"That's right, I'll arrange it as soon as possible and start developing it on the eighth day of the first lunar month."

"Yeah." Jack Ma nodded and sighed: "I just hope that I am worrying too much. Changchat red envelopes will have an impact on Alipay, but the impact will not be significant."

"If Changchat Pay adds 10 million users, it's still acceptable, but if it adds 20 million users, it will be a big problem. After all, our Alipay mobile payment users only have 100 million!"

The subordinate shook his head and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! Alipay has been developed for eight years, and there are only 100 million mobile payment users. How can Changchat Pay add 20 million users all at once? Absolutely impossible!"

Hearing this, Mr. Ma also breathed a sigh of relief: "That makes sense. There shouldn't be so many new users. Don't worry about it. Enjoy the New Year peacefully. We can talk about other things after the New Year."

"Yes, Chairman, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."

However, just as Jack Ma was preparing to celebrate the New Year, a piece of news once again shocked the entire Internet:

[During the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Snake, Xingyi Technology will give 5.5 million cash red envelopes to people across the country! ]

[Chat and shake, watch the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Snake, and grab 5.5 million cash red envelopes! ]

【Activity Rules:】

[Red envelope warm-up: Tomorrow at 5000 pm, there will be a warm-up activity. Users who open the chat app on time at 10 pm and shake their phones will receive the first wave of warm-up red envelopes from Xingyi Technology. The size of the red envelope depends on luck, with a total amount of million in cash and billion worth of discount coupons for various categories! ]

【5 million coming: After the Spring Festival Gala starts tomorrow night, the CCTV host will announce that everyone will use the chat and shake function to grab 4999 million yuan in cash red envelopes and discount coupons worth billion yuan. The upper limit of a single red envelope is yuan, and the total cash is million. It all depends on luck.】

[Special reminder: During the event, users need to download or update the chat 3.0 version, log in and complete the real-name authentication. ]

As soon as the news came out, the whole network was boiling:
"WTF! 5.5 million free-chat red envelopes!"

"President Wang is mighty, and Xingyi Technology is domineering!"

"The upper limit of a single red packet is 4999, with a total of 5.5 million red packets and billions of discount coupons! Xingyi Technology is really giving benefits to people."

"No, download Changchat right now. It costs 5.5 million. We can't miss it."

"I love chatting about red envelopes. Is this really a magical function?"

"The red envelopes were released tonight, and the family group grabbed a red envelope of 67.26 yuan. Tomorrow there will be another big envelope of 5.5 million yuan, so we must grab it!"

"I have become a fan, thanks to Mr. Wang, I have downloaded Changliao, registered, and verified my real name, just waiting for the 5.5 million!"

"People who didn't watch the Spring Festival Gala before have to watch it this time, just for the 5.5 million red envelopes for free chatting."

"Goodbye, WeChat. I'll use Changliao from now on. There's no reason to use it. Just for the 5.5 million users, I have to use it!"

"Other companies treat users as leeks, but only Mr. Wang treats users as brothers. I have nothing to say, I must support him."

"I didn't download ChangChat before. It's my fault. I have registered with my real name now. I beg Mr. Wang to bless me and let me get the big red envelope!"

"I just registered to chat, I hope I can win the big red envelope!"

"I have mobilized my whole family, all of whom have registered for the chat, and are working together to grab the big red envelopes."

"How clever! One more person means one more chance!"

"Xingyi Technology has already given out a 5.5 million yuan bonus. What about Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent?"

"BAT is rubbish, it's nothing, it doesn't even have a red envelope function, let alone 5.5 million."

"Sure enough, Xingyi Technology is the only one that treats users as brothers."

"Thanks to Xingyi Technology, just for 5.5 million, I turned from a hater to a fan. I was ignorant before..."

……

Looking at these comments, Mr. Ma was shocked and had to hold another high-level video conference.

"5.5 million cash bonus, linked to the Spring Festival Gala!"

"It's strange that Changliao is not popular." A senior executive spoke first:
"With this wave of chats, which already have 4 million users, I'm afraid it will directly break through the 4.5 million mark!"

The vice president waved his hand and said, "4.5 million is too little. I'm afraid it's at least 5 million!"

"Damn! Doesn't that mean it has surpassed our QQ? Our QQ only has 6 million users, and after removing duplicates, it's only around 5 million."

"If Changliao reaches 5 million users, that will be the ceiling. Currently, there are only about 5.5 million smartphone users in China."

In the past, at the beginning of 2013, there were more than 4.2 million smartphone users in China.

But this time, with Xingyi Technology, Xingyi mobile phones have become wildly popular, greatly promoting the growth of domestic smartphone users, making the current number of domestic smartphone users exceed 5.5 million!
"If a software can reach 5 million users, even if there are only one user with two accounts, it is considered to have reached the top!"

Mr. Ma sighed: "With the launch of Changchat red envelopes, it will not be a problem for the number of users to exceed 4.5 million. WeChat will never have a chance to surpass Changchat. Even QQ may have to take second place."

"Our social empire is about to collapse!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions turned extremely ugly.

Everyone knows that many of the current 6 million QQ users have multiple accounts.

Especially for those who play games, it is normal to have N small accounts.

After true deduplication, I’m afraid there won’t be any even 5 million users.

As for chatting, there may be one person with two or even three accounts, but the proportion is very small.

It’s simple. You need to bind your mobile phone number to chat, and one mobile phone number can only register one account.

Just this point can eliminate 99% of the small trumpets.

Not many people would spend hundreds of dollars every year to buy a phone card just to open an extra chat number.

Not cost-effective.

The vice president was also on high alert: "Although I don't want to admit it, this is probably the truth."

Mr. Ma nodded and said, "Now our foundations are about to be shaken, and our pillar industries are about to suffer a critical blow. We must think about how to deal with it. We must not sit idly by and wait for death!" But unfortunately, all the senior executives in the video conference looked at each other in confusion, with no idea what to do.

The same scene happened at Alibaba.

During the video conference, Jack Ma looked solemn, his eyes full of anxiety:
"There are currently 5000 million Changliao payment users, and our Alipay mobile users are only 1 million. Now that Changliao red envelopes have been released, with 5.5 million cash red envelopes, I'm afraid that most Changliao users will open Changliao payment and use Changliao payment in order to grab the red envelopes."

"How many new users do you think Changchat Payment will add in this wave?"

"This……"

Everyone was silent. Although they all had guesses in their minds, no one dared to speak out.

"Speak!" Jack Ma shouted.

The vice president sighed: "It will definitely be more than 5000 million, or even million!"

Others nodded: "After all, with 5.5 million in cash, I think we can add about to million new users."

Jack Ma frowned and said, "Changliao payment users already number 50 million. If we add another 50 million, that will be 100 million!"

“By then, the number of Changchat payment users will have caught up with the number of Alipay mobile users!”

"Alipay, which started as a payment platform, is about to be surpassed by Changchat!"

"This……"

Everyone's faces turned pale, but they had to admit that this was the fact.

5.5 million red envelopes, linked to the Spring Festival Gala, at least million people scrambled for them.

If you grab a red envelope, you must withdraw the money.

But if you want to withdraw cash, you have to activate Changliao Payment and bind your bank card before you can withdraw cash to your card.

To this end, adding 50 million new users is a matter of course.

Alipay struggled for 8 years to reach 1 million users, but Changchat got it in an instant!
There is no place to seek justice at all!
The impact behind it is even more terrifying!
The vice president slammed the table and said, "No, we must not let Changchat succeed. Otherwise, our Alipay will be in danger, and Alibaba's pillar industry will also be in danger."

Others also spoke up: "Yes, mobile Internet is the future, and mobile payment is also the future. We must not let Changchat payment succeed. We must take some measures."

"How to deal with it?" Jack Ma laughed: "How to deal with it? Don't say that Alipay also sends red envelopes!"

"Tomorrow night is New Year's Eve, and our employees are all on vacation, so we can't develop the red envelope function in a short period of time."

"Don't even mention the idea of ​​cutting off cooperation. Xingyi Technology spent 6000 million to get the chief sponsorship of the Spring Festival Gala. Last year, it only cost 3000 million!"

"This……"

Everyone was silent.

After a long while, someone spoke:
"No wonder Xingyi Technology raised the price of the 6000 million sponsorship to million to get it. It turns out they wanted to chat about the red envelopes!"

"When Xingyi Technology acquired the deal at a 100% premium, some people said that Xingyi Technology was crazy and that Wang Yi was stupid and had a lot of money. Now it seems that Wang Yi is really smart!"

"Yes, just based on the tens of millions of new users brought by this wave of chat red envelopes, let alone 6000 million, even 1 million is worth it."

"It's a pity that we don't have such advanced ideas."

"It's too late to say these now. We should think about how to curb the development of Changchat Payment and maintain the position of our Alipay." Jack Ma said coldly.

Everyone fell silent again.

After a long while, Cao Yanliang, the head of Alipay, broke the silence:
"Chairman, since we have no chance at other levels, we can only start by discrediting Xingyi Technology and Changliao."

"Oh? Lao Cao, do you have any good strategies?" Jack Ma was full of anticipation.

"Chairman, think about it, in order to issue the free chat red envelopes, Xingyi Technology forced the free chat department employees to work overtime during the Chinese New Year and stay up late to work overtime. They don't even take the statutory annual leave. Isn't this very inhumane? Too much?"

Jack Ma nodded: "It's a bit excessive. BAT is not to the extent of not taking annual leave."

Cao Yanliang continued: "Then can we make a fuss about Xingyi Technology exploiting Changliao employees? We should label Xingyi Technology as an unscrupulous company that exploits its employees!"

"As long as we guide public opinion, use it to discredit Xingyi Technology, and cause the public to boycott Changchat Payment and condemn Xingyi Technology, then Alipay will win!"

Jack Ma's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea, but we have to proceed cautiously and not involve the Spring Festival Gala."

Cao Yanliang nodded: "Then let's prepare in advance and wait until the first day of the new year. No, the first day of the new year is still too sensitive. The Spring Festival Gala is still being replayed, and most people stay up late to watch the Spring Festival Gala. They can't get up on the first day of the new year. Those who can get up have to go to pay New Year's greetings."

"Why don't we wait until the second day of the new year and then make a move. Let's have a critical strike and strike a critical blow to Xingyi Technology!"

The other senior executives' eyes lit up and they all echoed:
"Good idea, the second year of junior high school is the most suitable."

"That's right, let's do it!"

"Let Xingyi Technology boast for two more days, and we will deal with them on the second day of the Chinese New Year!"

"Unscrupulous companies exploit their employees, and even Xingyi Technology can't handle it!"

For a moment, all the senior executives of Alibaba smiled.

Jack Ma's face, which had been gloomy all day, finally looked much better.

Cao Yanliang continued, "For the sake of safety, we can't do this ourselves, nor can we use domestic media. We might as well use foreign media to promote it! And since it broke out on the second day of the Chinese New Year, the timing is in line with the timeliness of international media, and the effect will be better."

Jack Ma couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Lao Cao is right, this is foolproof!"

"Next, we will wait for the second day of the Chinese New Year, when there will be a violent storm and Xingyi Technology will be spurned by the masses!"

"Hahaha, I'm really looking forward to it."

Everyone burst into laughter, as if they were seeing the tragic day of Xingyi Technology.

Unscrupulous companies and exploitation of employees have always been the best weapon of public opinion!

Overnight, Alibaba carried out a series of deployments.

The next day, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, was New Year’s Eve.

In the morning, Wang Yi and Song Si Ning returned to Jeju, and their first stop was the Changchat Department.

The Changchat red envelope was released yesterday, and today all the staff in the Changchat department are still on duty.

"The red envelope chat was a great success, and everyone has worked hard." Wang Yi said with a smile: "But the Chinese New Year is tonight, and I don't plan to give you a New Year's holiday."

Hearing this, everyone laughed:

"It's okay, Chairman. I received eight months of year-end bonuses, an extra 8 yuan, so I don't need the annual leave."

"I also received an extra 100,000 yuan in year-end bonus, which is equivalent to the annual salary of the big factory next door. It allows me to work overtime every day."

"Yes, let's keep up the good work, work overtime, have a good chat, and strive to get another 8 months of year-end bonus next year!"

Everyone spoke up, and no one was angry. Instead, everyone was filled with joy.

There is no way, Xingyi Technology gave too much.

In 2013, in Jeju, an annual salary of was the ceiling.

Graduate students at Inspur University next door only have an annual salary of 985 to yuan, while only master's and doctoral students from universities can get an annual salary of yuan.

Xingyi Technology’s year-end bonus is higher than the annual salary of Inspur’s 985 master’s and doctoral students.

The salary in the Changliao department in Jeju is over 985 or , which is three or four times that of ordinary undergraduate and master's degrees from Inspur, and two or three times that of master's and doctoral degrees from Inspur's universities!
The envious Inspur employees are thinking about switching to Xingyi Technology every day!

With such good treatment, no one cares even if there is no annual leave.

Wang Yi changed the subject and said, "The reason why we don't give you the annual leave is because tonight is New Year's Eve, and you won't be able to make it back in time, so I simply signed you up for two tour groups. Everyone will be divided into two teams, and you can choose one of the two and take turns on duty and travel!"

"The first tour group, a seven-day tour in Erbin, including the Ice and Snow World, Sun Island, and Snow Town...skiing, admiring ice sculptures, eating pig-killing dishes, and taking a bath!"

"Tickets, round-trip air tickets, accommodation, meals, etc., all expenses are covered by the company, so that everyone can have a great time all at once!"

"Wang Dong is mighty!"

"Wang Dong is mighty!"

For a moment, everyone was excited.

I thought we would have to work overtime and not have a break during the New Year, but it turned out we had to take turns traveling on public funds!

Ice and Snow World, Sun Island, Snow Town...

Who wouldn’t want to go except people from Northeast China?

I'm just usually busy and don't have that much time.

Plus, it’s the Chinese New Year, and the prices for tickets, air tickets, accommodation and the like are all expensive, and together they would cost at least 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

But now it’s good, the company covers everything and I can travel for free.

To put it bluntly, as long as it is a green project, it is free throughout the process.

All I can say is YYDS!

Wang Yi continued, "Tonight's Spring Festival Gala is a tough battle, and everyone needs to work hard. The trip to Erbin will depart tomorrow morning and return to work on the eighth day of the first lunar month!"

"The second tour group, a ten-day trip to Sanya! We'll leave on the morning of the ninth day of the first lunar month and return to work on the nineteenth day of the first lunar month!"

"Everyone can make a choice based on their own situation. But the number of people who choose the second tour group cannot be less than half. After all, the chat red envelope has just been released, and at least half of the people need to be on duty during the Chinese New Year!"

Hearing this, everyone understood what Wang Yi meant.

Someone has to be on duty during the Chinese New Year, so I can only take a break on the ninth day of the first lunar month and go to Sanya for fun.

Moreover, it is a direct ten-day holiday, three days longer than that in Erbin, to compensate this group of people for working during the New Year.

Everyone was excited immediately:

"Even though Erbin is nice, a ten-day vacation is even better. I'm going to Sanya."

"I went to Sanya too. It was freezing cold in the winter. Sanya is a great place to spend the winter."

"I'm going to Erbin and will leave in the afternoon. As a southerner, I love the Ice and Snow World so much."

"That's great, brother. I'm from the Northeast and I want to go to Sanya."

"I don't care whether it's Erbin or Sanya. You choose first, and I'll fill in the spot with the least people."

"I worked overtime for a few days during the Chinese New Year, and I was able to travel on company funds. It was great!"

"This kind of overtime is what I want, and it also saves me from being urged to get married when I get home. It's great! Work hard for a week, and see you on the 9th and 3rd of the lunar calendar!"

(End of this chapter)