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Chapter 1197 The First Battle is the Decisive Battle; One Battle Decides the Fate of the World
Currently, the internet portal website industry has virtually no rules or order, and licenses or similar permits are not issued.

The rule followed is that anything not prohibited by law is permissible. In other words, no one cares what news a website reports, and there is no law that stipulates how to regulate it. As for whether the news is true or false, there is no way to verify it.

But Li Dongling didn't want China.com to become a place where monsters and demons ran rampant. There were things that China.com could report, but there were things that it couldn't. This boundary needed to be controlled by someone!

Therefore, it is necessary to review the news that China.com reprints or publishes in order to prevent public opinion incidents from occurring.

Director Yang is the most suitable candidate, not only because he has rich industry experience and can mitigate risks.

More importantly, he comes from the mainland media industry and has worked for the State Information Administration, which is significant.

With him around, China.com has a connection with the Information and Government Information Office (IIO), and the IIO is aware of his existence, so they naturally feel much more at ease with China.com.

China.com can operate in mainland China, Hong Kong, and overseas, allowing it to survive longer!

Yang Jindong looked like a retired old man. He smiled and nodded in response to Li Dongling's words, but what he said made Li Dongling's eyes narrow slightly.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li, I will definitely do my best for China.com."

I believe the Inland Information Administration and other relevant bodies also support China.com!

Yang Jindong's acceptance of the position of risk control director at China.com and his coming to Hong Kong from the mainland clearly indicates that he obtained permission from his former department before arriving in Hong Kong.

Li Dongling glanced at Yang Jindong a few times, nodded slightly to him, and then looked at the computer that Wei Fang was working on.

After Wei Fang manipulated things, the website of China.com appeared before everyone.

"China.com currently has two versions of the website: one in Simplified Chinese and one in Traditional Chinese. The Simplified Chinese version is mainly for users in mainland China, while the Traditional Chinese version is for Chinese users in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and other places!"

"The two website versions will operate independently."

The companies under Dongling Hi-Tech have always required localization, and websites such as Himalaya FM, Tianya Forum, and China.com are operated independently both in mainland China and overseas.

It could even be said that the websites in mainland China and overseas are completely different. Li Dongling never demanded that the websites of Dongling High-Tech Group all over the world look the same, because that's unrealistic!
Li Dongling looked at China.com in front of him. Compared with the fancy websites of later generations, China.com was somewhat retro, with few pictures and mainly text.

The website style continues Dongling Hi-Tech's previous style, with the entire website focusing on simplicity and clarity, pursuing one-click operation, and wishing that users would not have to lift a finger, as if everything would be fed to them.

"China.com's news content mainly focuses on local news from Hong Kong, news from Southeast Asian Chinese communities, news from mainland China, and international news from Chinese communities in America and Europe."

Different local versions of China.com all allocate space for local news.

Wei Fang pointed to the computer page of China.com, "In addition, the homepage news, 24 hours a day, provides real-time reports on important and trending news."

The entire China.com website currently has several major sections and functions, including social news, finance, entertainment, sports, the China Library, personal submissions, and author columns!

"China.com supports leaving messages and comments, and users can comment on each other's posts!"

Wei Xiang said to Li Dongling, Lin Xianhui and others that these functions were developed by the technology department.

"Currently, China.com's advertising model mainly relies on web page ads and exposure rates."

As per your request, Mr. Li, China.com will place advertisements in appropriate locations on the right side of the webpage or elsewhere, while minimizing disruption to the user's reading experience. These advertisements will be clearly labeled to remind users that they are advertisements.

Wei Fang opened a webpage on his computer. The homepage featured news content in the center, while the right side of the page displayed advertisements for mobile phones from Cyberport, clearly marked as such.

This advertising model is unprecedented in the current Chinese internet industry. Tianya Forum has not yet been commercialized, and 3721 earns money from the website itself.

China.com's advertising model doesn't embed ads within news articles to prevent users from accidentally clicking on them. Instead, it places them directly on the right side of the page. Users might glance at them after reading the news, or they might pay attention to them. However, the actual effectiveness still needs time to be tested.

However, this type of advertising is launched without affecting the user experience. Compared to tricking users into clicking on ads and charging advertising fees based on clicks, it will probably earn less money, but it is the most user-friendly.

Listening to Wei Fang's words, Li Dongling tried it out himself. After clicking on the China.com webpage, he entered the news page a few seconds later. The response speed wasn't particularly fast, but it was already considered smooth compared to other websites.

The page looks simple, and Li Dashan felt it was acceptable. Even from the perspective of websites in the future, China.com's current page is not too bad.

"What about the servers? How many backup servers has China.com prepared?" Li Dongling looked up and asked Wei Fang.

It's hard to say how many users China.com will attract on its first day of operation, but the server needs to be prepared. It can't crash due to the overwhelming number of users right after the launch, or China.com will become a makeshift operation.

"When China.com was preparing to launch, it planned to deploy a total of 32 servers in mainland China and Hong Kong, with an additional 40 servers as backup. China.com was expected to be able to handle two million visits!"

Wei Fang felt that such preparations had already involved a huge investment of resources. For a newly launched website to attract two million visitors on its first day was already a groundbreaking event in the global internet landscape. Even in Silicon Valley, it could be said that a new internet giant had emerged.

However, Li Dongling felt that Wei Fang's preparations were somewhat unreliable. In his previous life, when eBay went public, it also prepared eighty servers to cope with the surge in user traffic, but the website couldn't even handle it in one morning and crashed, and the downtime lasted for more than 22 hours.

"We will also prepare to lease some servers as a precaution, to increase China.com's daily access capacity to over three million visits!"

Li Dongling's words made Wei Fang gasp.

Wei Fang felt that the technical department's estimate of China.com's daily pageviews was already too high, but compared to Li Dashanren, the technical department was far too conservative.

Wei Fang looked at Lin Xianhui and the others, but upon seeing them, he showed no intention of refuting Li Dashanren.

How could Lin Xianhui and the others dare to refute? China.com was a project personally managed by Li Dashanren, and they had all witnessed Li Dashanren's methods firsthand.

Although having more backup servers will cost a lot more money, what if tomorrow, the number of users visiting China.com exceeds expectations? If the servers are insufficient and the website crashes, who will take the blame?
After leaving the technical department of China.com, Li Dongling and his colleagues went to the editorial department.

"Currently, the editorial department of China.com is mainly divided into the Inland News Editing Group, the Port City News Editing Group, the Southeast Asia News Editing Group, and the Overseas News Editing Group, which are responsible for editing, reviewing, and uploading news in different regions respectively."

"The editorial department spent a lot of money to prepare some exclusive news for the launch of China.com."

Li Xiao said to Li Dongling that China.com spent a lot of money contacting social and paparazzi reporters in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places to buy some sensational news to attract users.

After touring the office areas of all departments of China.com, Li Dongling arrived at the conference room of China.com.

"We cannot underestimate any opponent. If China.com wants to become the world's number one Chinese portal website, we must fight with all our might, like a lion hunting a rabbit!"

"No matter how many Chinese portal websites there are in mainland China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, America, etc., we must directly overpower any of them that China.com needs to do!"

Giving it your all is the only way to show respect to your opponent!

"This battle is the first and the decisive one, a battle that will decide the fate of the world. I need to let Chinese people all over the world know which websites they should visit to read news about Chinese people!"

Li Dongling addressed Lin Xianhui, Li Xiao, Wei Fang, Yang Jindong, and other senior executives of China.com.

Lin Xianhui, Li Xiao, and others are all "veterans" of Dongling High-Tech and are familiar with Li Dongling's style.

Some of the newly joined executives, as well as Yang Jindong and others, were somewhat surprised by Li Dongling's skill.

Li Dongling's actions are completely unconventional. Normally, when facing an opponent, companies gradually increase the level of confrontation based on the opponent's situation. How could someone like Li Dashan (Li Dongling) immediately try to crush his opponent with absolute strength? He has no sense of martial ethics at all.

This is about not waiting for the opponent to develop, but going straight for the kill with one blow, going in with a royal flush!
Time waits for no one. The Silicon Harbor project in Cyberport needs to be implemented, and the internet boom will only last for one or two years. The China.com project cannot be delayed at all, nor can it be delayed in finding opportunities.

If there are no opportunities, then create them yourself. When the times are right, opportunities can be created!
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The next day, the Dongling High-Tech Port City Building and even the surrounding streets were completely congested with vehicles.

The Hong Kong government's top leader, along with the Chief Secretary for Administration and other officials, arrived at the East Coast High-Tech City Tower to attend the launch ceremony of China.com, as it is the first local internet company in Hong Kong.

Regardless of who developed the website or where the technical staff responsible for operating China.com came from, China.com is known as the number one internet concept stock in Hong Kong, representing the highest level of local internet technology!
In addition to the Hong Kong government officials, Chen Guoan and others from the mainland's Hong Kong office also came to the scene.

As for the science and technology delegation from the mainland, including Zhang Xiaocheng, Qiu Bojun, Lei Jun, Zhou Hongyi, and Wang Jiangmin, they all naturally came to show their support.

Many media outlets and reporters were also present, including those from the Hong Kong government and those hired by China.com's public relations department.

This is also the first time that the technology industry has received such high attention in the port city!

(End of this chapter)