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Chapter 198 Product Managers Are Worse Than Dogs

The "Sailing Launch Hall" on the 18th floor has hosted all sorts of press conferences.

But this is the first time ever that a dog has held its own press conference.

The press conference had barely started when a lot of unrelated people gathered around.

A 50-story super office building can accommodate a huge number of people, and the 18th floor is a public floor with a press conference hall, coffee shop and public meeting room, which is a leisure place that many people like to come to.

Even the building management and security guards were shouting to each other on their walkie-talkies: "Come quick! 18th floor!"

"Come to the 18th floor to see what's going on!"

The property manager glared at them a few times, then shook his head helplessly.

Who wouldn't want to see such a lively scene?

"Alright, everyone's fine now, come over to the 18th floor... help maintain order!"

A lot of people are indeed needed here to maintain order; additional security would normally require extra money.

But now these people are clamoring to come and do the work themselves.

The property manager sighed.

On stage, the husky wearing a tie was pacing back and forth.

"Awoo awoo~ As per the boss's instructions, I'll align myself with everyone."

"The core value of the Diting product, Aowu, is to empower deep communication between different species, woo-chirp woo-chirp... creating a brand new communication loop."

He made a "woof woof" sound, while the voice of the simultaneous translator was playing from the speakers next to him. On the large screen behind him, the "Listen" interface was on the left, with extremely cool explosion effects audio and video, and the bilingual simultaneous explosion of the screen was very impactful.

"We, woof woof, there's a discrepancy in the granularity of information between humans and dogs, and the communication channels are broken. This is the core pain point for users..."

"We found the key to solving the problem, which is the FOCU solution. It opened up communication channels between us, woohoo!"

“But FOCU’s application scenarios are too small. A user asked us to try a completely new application scenario and productize it.”

The reporters in the audience were completely bewildered as a dog on stage spouted off about empowering alignment, granular review, key points, and pain points in the supply chain.

My first thought was, "Can't he speak like a human being? I can't understand him!"

Wait, this is a dog! Isn't it normal for it not to speak human language?

If it could speak human language, then we should be worried, right...?

But why do I feel like some people talk like that too?

On the big screen, to the right of the cool and impactful image, a photo was displayed.

The photo shows a delivery driver in a yellow uniform sitting on the steps by the roadside with his back to the camera, holding a dog in his arms.

"This is user number 1, Toto, which represents a completely new application scenario. Its needs validated the value of our product and provided valuable methodological insights for version iteration..."

"Now, let's review this case..."

Wait, what?
Is it planning to give us a case review?
Oh right, is this the storytelling segment of the press conference?

Holy crap! Even the dog can tell stories now!
If even dogs can tell stories, then what are we for?

Are journalists really treated worse than dogs?
No, no, no, is that just a dog on stage?

Is this really a dog? If it's a dog, then what am I?

Am I not even as good as a dog?

In fact, the "Listen" project is already very popular, and it has been popular for several waves.

The first wave of popularity stemmed from programmers, but this wave of mainstream attention was due to "Lonely Ashtray." For a few days, the entire internet was searching for this veteran programmer who had once written amazing code but remained unknown. The subsequent flood of traffic directly led to the revival of a nearly dead forum that was entirely maintained by the founder paying for servers and domain names out of his own pocket, transforming it into one of the top three discussion sections in the industry in terms of traffic.

Although it's unclear how long this surge in traffic will last, it clearly demonstrates the terrifying power of online traffic.

The second wave of traffic truly came from the features of the "Diting" project. Some extremely lucky or forward-thinking users had already posted videos of their dogs talking to them, attracting a second wave of traffic.

Many content creators have amassed hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers in a short period of time. Now, these creators are consuming and fueling the second wave of popularity. Discussions about "Diting" are currently at an all-time high, and it's said that a beta test slot can now be sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan.

After all, a single beta test slot is essentially equivalent to millions of fans across the entire internet; who wouldn't be envious?

Countless people, suffering from a thirst for traffic and desperately waiting for it to arrive, waved their money, and then...

People eagerly take turns being deceived and cheated, and countless people have lost everything.

Of course, those who capitalized on the initial surge in traffic are now making a fortune.

Because of the second wave of traffic, most people have already gained a deep understanding of the functions of "Diting". Diting can translate dog language, and you can hear your dog say to you: "Mommy, Mommy, I love you!" or "I've been waiting for you for so long before you came back" or "I miss you". This can warm your heart and make you feel that the whole world has turned into a warm color.

Therefore, they always thought that Diting was a loving application.

But now they've discovered that's not the case.

Diting is an app for overworked office workers.

It turns out that by adding the "Di Ting" (a popular audio-visual novel) to a dog, one can give a long talk at a press conference about empowering alignment particles, reviewing key points, and addressing pain points in the supply chain.

Listening to Stoka on stage, speaking in a language that was not even human, telling a story of an old dog and a boy that seemed to have many ups and downs, the reporters felt a mix of emotions.

is this real?
This looks like dubbing.

Why is this dog talking and gesturing so animatedly? It can't possibly have such expressive facial expressions too, can it?

From the audience, Lu Mingyuan watched Stoka conduct the press conference in a language that was not easy to understand, and he was a little nervous, fearing that things might go wrong.

Today's press conference didn't just fall from the sky. Lu Mingyuan realized that things weren't going to work out this way. Others were getting all the traffic while we weren't getting any. That wouldn't do.
So the company's only remaining graphic designer rushed to launch a product page, which was how they managed to claim the traffic from "Diting" and bring a portion of that massive traffic back to their own company.

Although it is only a very small part, it has already created the current grand occasion.

Lu Mingyuan suddenly felt a little apprehensive about this.

Did I start using mobile data too early?
He's no longer a young entrepreneur; he knows the power and ferocity of online traffic. He's seen people soar to great heights because of traffic, but many more companies, pushed too high by the impact of traffic, crash and burn.

However, letting these people dig deeper isn't a solution either. What if they actually find out that the mastermind behind it is Tang Yiping? That wouldn't work either.

That's right, I'm not doing this for the views, I'm protecting Ping Ge, I'm shielding Ping Ge from the storm!
However, to everyone's surprise, they actually had Stokka hold the press conference...

Stoka speaks fluently and expertly, he's really good at it.

he thinks.

At the back of the press conference hall, Brother Ban and Tang Yiping also hid in a corner; after all, the two of them couldn't completely relinquish their responsibilities as managers.

Nearby, several products from different floors were being discussed:

The guy on the 22nd floor said, "Wow, even though this dog doesn't speak human language, it talks about empowerment, alignment, particle review, key points, and pain points better than I do! It sounds like an old product!"

The guy on the 16th floor said, "No way, we absolutely can't let our boss know, otherwise he'll fire us all tomorrow and start a dog farm! After all, that's all I can say, I can't say anything more than that."

"Sigh, product managers are worse off than dogs!" sighed the guy on the 8th floor, feeling very melancholy.

"It's a shame this dog is only good for holding press conferences. If it were to sell products online, it could make so much money!" lamented the guy on the 22nd floor.

"Luckily, he can't speak 'human language'." The guy on the 16th floor was a little relieved.

"If you can teach the empowerment alignment particles to review the pain points of the link, you can teach your babies, family members, and sisters to softly link to the yellow cart..." The guy on the 22nd floor said that the dog still has potential that can be developed.

"Oh yeah..." The guy on the 16th floor fell silent and started imagining the scene.

"That dog must be from the 8th floor. I'll go train it when I have time. Let it steal the jobs of those livestreamers. Our line of work is already worse than a dog's, and now a dog is trying to steal our livelihood! Unbelievable!"

Listening to their conversation, Brother Ban thought to himself:

If you knew that this dog was deliberately not speaking human language, you probably wouldn't be so happy.

Ban Ge was even more distressed.

Product managers are really worse off than dogs!
(End of this chapter)