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The two continued their enthusiastic discussion.

Li Haoyu said seriously, "Xishan Province is just a tiny place in the national context. Once we've established a foothold, we'll use it as a base to radiate across the country. The battle for internet users is a battle for users. We need to seize the market share of university students first."

"Reaching across the entire country?"

Huang Qingsen was somewhat incredulous; he was actually quite content.

Li Haoyu laughed and said, "How can a grown man have such limited ambitions? Don't worry, as long as the pilot city is established and a standardized process is in place, it won't take more than two or three years to replicate and promote it nationwide."

"In the future, we'll all be men who make it onto the Forbes list!"

Li Haoyu hung up the phone, lost in thought.

It seems the mobile app development process can't be delayed any longer.

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Young people in their twenties are often full of energy, and those who have seen the glitz and glamour of Shanghai often consider themselves to have some talent.

I've even seen luxury cars picking up and dropping off girls outside schools in Shanghai. I couldn't help but fantasize about replacing them.

Guan Weiguang, 23, thought so too.

In the office of the computer club in the teaching building of Shanghai University, a young man with a youthful face turned off the computer, closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and rested.

He had gained some weight, his hair was thinning and greasy, and he looked very tired.

Guan Weiguang will graduate from Shanghai University in less than a year. He currently works part-time as an outsourced programmer for small companies, focusing on software and website development and maintenance.

Thanks to his excellent software development skills, although his part-time job is tiring, he still lives a comfortable life.

But as he prepares to graduate, he also needs to start thinking about his future career path.

Compared to some classmates who were busy preparing for postgraduate entrance exams, he gave up the option of pursuing further studies much earlier.

Because he wasn't good at publishing papers and didn't know how to flatter his supervisor, he felt awkward getting along with him. He thought it would be better for him to continue down the path of a programmer.

"Old Guan, I'm going back to the dorm."

A friend passing by called out to him, "Let's go to the cafeteria for a meal together."

Guan Weiguang politely declined, saying, "Thanks, but I have plans with my junior today, so I won't be going."

"Okay, I'll definitely do it next time."

Seeing his friend leave, Guan Weiguang glanced at his watch, then tidied up his desk and prepared to leave as well.

He's meeting with a junior from his university who works in software today, and they'll also discuss his salary.

He had taken on many similar orders before.

Many college students impulsively start their own businesses, and he has personally witnessed many failures.

Campus dating apps; music apps; niche websites...

The sheer variety of failures made it difficult for him to recall the details.

"I don't care if the business succeeds or not, as long as I can get my hands on a lot of hard-earned money."

Guan Weiguang muttered something to himself, packed up his laptop, and went downstairs straight to Li Haoyu's new home address.

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Upon meeting Li Haoyu, I was struck by how young he was.

Guan Weiguang still questioned his financial strength.

Ultimately, he's just a junior student; how much money could he possibly have?

Making software is not difficult and doesn't cost much.

However, the cost of operating an app, including the required server bandwidth and security costs, is much higher than the cost of developing it.

The biggest expense is still marketing and promotion. The main operating cost of an app is promotion cost, since users need to know about the product. There is no specific figure for operating expenses; they can range from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions, with no upper limit.

App development is a one-time expense, but operation and maintenance costs are long-term.

Operating a website and developing a website are completely different concepts. Maintenance costs, server rentals, and website upgrades all require regular expenditures.

However, after reviewing the backend data provided by Li Haoyu, it was learned that there were already tens of thousands of registered members.

He instantly perked up and no longer dared to underestimate the young junior in front of him.

He learned during a conversation with Li Haoyu that the house was not rented by him, but was a house he had bought specifically to be closer to his school.

Guan Weiguang was completely convinced.

The operation and maintenance costs are not low, but those are for ordinary people. Li Haoyu has such strong financial resources that it is more than enough for him to make software.

"Boss..."

Guan Weiguang was very perceptive and changed the way he addressed her without making a sound.

"What are your requirements for the software?"

Li Haoyu pointed to the data on the computer screen, "Although the main user group is currently students, the software's future goal is to become a lifestyle service app that integrates food, takeout, hotels, travel, movies, and more. At the same time, it will incorporate review features to provide users with a weak social experience, helping them find suitable restaurants."

In Li Haoyu's view, the software currently on the market does not have a very reasonable and efficient page layout.

"The page should be simple and clear, roughly divided into four parts: Home, Discover, Messages, and My Profile. For example, the Discover section is mainly for users to post information related to food, drinks, and entertainment."

"To maintain user engagement, when users want to watch a movie, they can browse the reviews below the movie. Use content to retain users."

Li Haoyu stood to the side, talking incessantly about his needs.

Guan Weiguang, who was standing to the side, took out his computer from his bag and wrote down the software development requirements.

Even as a professional programmer, he felt inadequate in the face of Li Haoyu's endless stream of ideas and creativity.

"Guan Weiguang, the page layouts you just mentioned aren't the most fundamental ones."

Li Haoyu said seriously, "When you're developing software, there's another core principle: to ensure that most users can quickly find the service they want."

Indeed, the software Li Haoyu cited was Meituan.

The reason Meituan was able to rise to the top in its previous life was because it cared a lot about the user experience.

The repeated adjustments to many page layouts are all aimed at maintaining a clean and uncluttered user experience.

Li Haoyu, on the other hand, did not have this problem. He cut all the sections that were later proven to be useless, leaving only the core content that users cared about.

"Should we reserve space for GG's display?"

After the two talked for a long time, Guan Weiguang raised the most common requirements of ordinary entrepreneurs.

Currently, the mainstream profit models in the market are membership fees and Google's merchant recruitment.

Li Haoyu shook his head and said, "Not a single one. Remove all the 'GG' tags. At least until we've completely captured the market, we absolutely cannot let these 'GG' tags negatively impact the user experience."

Li Haoyu got more and more excited as he spoke, covering everything from page display and feature additions to even the logic behind merchant rankings.

An afternoon wasn't enough time, so Li Haoyu invited him to have dinner at his home.

Guan Weiguang categorized the recorded requirements into several documents.

Then he closed the computer screen.

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