The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 82 I Have a Gold Swallowing Beast

The two comedies "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Charlotte Annoyance", as Dunhuang's next "double-gun", it is not difficult to continue to maintain the upward momentum of Dunhuang.

But Wang Wei knew that what really allowed Dunhuang to overtake in a corner was another sharp weapon in his hands, er, it could also be said to be another gold-swallowing beast.

After leaving the crew, Wang Wei drove to Weibo Technology.

Almost all of the 3400 million director's dividends he received from "Peking Holiday" were invested in Weibo Technology after deducting personal taxes.

However, Weibo Technology, which is finally rich, still works in that ordinary small building, and the company signage is still ordinary and unremarkable.

In the office of the co-founder Jiang Lei, who is extremely concise, he grinned and congratulated Wang Wei first: "Congratulations to the movie for another big hit, my great director!"

Wang Wei smiled and didn't answer.

It's not that Jiang Lei cares much about his movies, but because——

"The effect of placing advertisements in "Genius Gunner" is too strong! As soon as Penguin Newsletter was launched, the number of users increased by leaps and bounds, and the number of users skyrocketed to 60 in one month!"

"When "Genius Gunner" is released, the number of registered users will exceed 100 million, which is almost a certainty." Jiang Lei smiled brightly, saying that the advertisement was too worthwhile.

Wang Wei heard the words, but felt a little guilty.

As mentioned earlier, in "Genius Gunner", the instant messaging software used by the protagonists to transmit answers across borders is Penguin Messenger.

He gave this naive "penguin" more than one shot in the movie.

So far, the effect of this wave of advertising seems to be really good.

The problem is, he didn't pay Dunhuang a penny for advertising!

To put it simply, he purely bullied Pharaoh who didn't understand Internet products, and came to "fake public affairs for personal gain".

If Lao Wang knew that the effect was so good, but he didn't give him any sponsorship, wouldn't his nose be crooked?
Of course, the rapid increase in the number of users of Penguin Communication is not entirely due to the placement of advertisements.

This in itself is an excellent product.

——Wang Wei is an experienced person after all. From the development to the launch of Penguin Communication, I don’t know how many detours have been avoided.

Such as its ultra-small size.

Although China is vigorously building Internet infrastructure, the speed of the Internet in the early days of the Internet era is just like that. It is common to spend an hour or two to download and install a software.

However, the penguin communication developed by Jiang Lei has actually reduced the size to only 220KB, and it can be downloaded in three to four minutes.

Another example is saving the friend list.

For similar products of Penguin Communications, the friend list and chat history are saved on the personal computer. If you change another computer, the friend list and chat history will disappear.

Don't laugh, the current domestic computer penetration rate is still quite high, and most netizens have their own computers. Naturally, colleagues have not considered this issue.

And Penguin Communications saves the friend list and chat history on the company's server, no matter which computer the user logs in from, they will not be lost.

There is also sending offline messages.

Other similar products can only chat with each other when they are both online.And Penguin Communications is the first to allow users to send offline messages to each other...

In short, each point seems to be a very small innovation, but the combined result is that all users who touch it will abandon other similar products without looking back, and invest in this chubby, big-eyed, thick-lips product. "Penguin" embrace.

Of course, another consequence is that the expenditure on Weibo technology has also skyrocketed.

Every time an additional [-] users are added, the cost of server hardware facilities will rise to a higher level; with the current steep user growth curve of Penguin Communications, the capital requirements required are also terrible.

This forced Jiang Lei to think after laughing: "How can a chat software make money?"

"..."

Faced with this question, Wang Wei paused, but swallowed the words in his mouth.

Of course I know how to fatten up this "penguin", such as the evil-free products attract you, and paid props empty your pockets.

But, again, if all the problems are solved by the boss, what are the employees doing?
In many cases, the boss is too capable and will really raise his employees to waste.

Well, I'm sure I'm not boasting that I'm too capable.

Naturally, Jiang Lei couldn't brainstorm an answer every minute, and quickly chuckled: "Fortunately, after the movie is released, the growth of users will definitely slow down, and the current funds can last for a long time, let us think slowly. The question of profitability."

Wang Wei looked strange: growth slowed down?
Jiang Lei continued to laugh and said, "By the way, didn't you ask me to reserve the previous numbers for the new employees I recruit in the future? I reserved the first 500 numbers, which should be enough for the company for at least 10 years."

Wang Wei's expression became even more strange: 500 numbers, enough for 10 years?
He has discovered that, even if Jiang Lei is technically a bigwig, facing the miracle of Internet growth that has already begun.

The actual development of Penguin Communications will probably be a little bit faster than he expected.

And 500 employee numbers are probably not enough for even one department.

As for more than 3000 million, it can last for a long time, hehe...

Wang Wei thought, if more than 3000 million people can support Weibo technology for two years, I can laugh out loud in my dreams!

Uh, it doesn't seem right. If it can last for two years, it means that the development of Penguin Communications is not as good as expected, and maybe I should cry.

Anyway, although there is no subsidy for users in the later generations, literally burning money is so crazy, but when it comes to funding needs, this is so far away, it can't even be called the initial stage...

Wang Wei made a decision almost instantly - let's make more movies.

Only by getting more dividends can we have sufficient confidence in the expansion of Weibo Technology, and will not be overwhelmed by various money-burning wars.

Of course, he does not intend to rely on his own power to bear all the expenses of Weibo technology that may become a behemoth, which is unrealistic.

But he hopes that Weibo Technology can reduce the fetters brought about by financing in the early stage of expansion, and develop in a more calm manner.

However, Jiang Lei was obviously unaware of the pressure from the partners. He seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and asked Wang Wei, "Can you get another dividend after filming "Genius Gunner"?"

Wang Wei was interrupted by him, and nodded subconsciously: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Jiang Lei smiled, rubbed his hands together and said, "I know a few Internet entrepreneurs who are short of investment. Don't they just want you to understand the Internet and be rich? Well, the key is that rich people open their pockets to them ?”

"If you have a lot of idle funds, you might as well consider their project..."

Wang Wei was speechless again, looking at the sky.

Hong Kong, I have never seen a gold-swallowing beast that pushes its own benefactor out.

Brother, it cannot be said that you are ignorant of the future, but it is not unfair to say that you are ignorant.

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　Daily pursuit of reading, refill~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)