Top of the big era

With WeChat gaining a foothold in the domestic market and opening up a huge gap with Penguin's QChat, Zhou Buqi is full of confidence in Ziweixing's domestic business.

It was accumulated in the PC Internet era and exploded in the mobile Internet era.

This is already an inevitable trend.

Therefore, Zhou Buqi basically decentralizes Ziweixing's domestic business to an extreme extent. Regardless of whether he is in the company or not, all business-level matters will not be reported to him.

Unless the disagreement is serious and the people below are quarreling, they will come to him.

In contrast, Zhou Buqi is more concerned about Ziweixing’s overseas business.

Competitors in overseas markets are too strong. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, etc., none of them are easy to compete with technology giants.

Even though Helo and Ucgram are already one of the two most popular social application products in overseas markets, their future prospects are unclear, and their insurance coefficients are far inferior to the three major businesses of cloud computing, artificial intelligence and investment.

Therefore, Zhou Buqi is more familiar with apps in overseas markets and will often read the materials when he has time.

For example, he can casually name the top 10 downloaded free apps in overseas markets, which are Helo, Facebook, Angry Birds Free Edition, Crossword Puzzle, Ucgram, Skype, Netflix, and Angry Birds Rio. Free version, Fruit Ninja, Twitter.

In fact, the overall situation is similar to the top 10 in China.

It mainly focuses on social products and has several free games.

The difference is that the overseas market is dominated by "Angry Birds", which almost dominates the list. In the top 10 of the free list, it occupies two seats, and the paid list is even more exaggerated, occupying three seats, namely "Angry Birds" ranked first, "Angry Birds Seasonal Edition" ranked third, and "Angry Birds Seasonal Edition" ranked third. The sixth "Angry Birds Rio Edition".

In the first three quarters of this year, the total number of downloads of the paid version alone reached 180 million times, and the cost per time was US$0.99.

The fact that Ziweixing International's game division can sell such a high price is inseparable from the "Angry Birds" status as the "big brother" in the mobile game market.

However, the domestic market is different.

"Angry Birds" is also very popular, but it ranks more highly on the iPad. The most popular mobile game on smartphones is "Talking Cat."

"Talking Cat" is also very popular in overseas markets. It is in the top 10 in the game list and the top 30 in the overall list, but it is still incomparable with the popularity in China.

And this game has nothing to do with Changyou.

Zhou Buqi was immediately moved.

This game should be won!

It’s not just that this game can make money, because with the development of the times, super IPs like “Talking Cat” have multiple attributes for diversified development and are extremely vital.

There is also a more important point, which is some ideas on gameplay.

The future is the era of artificial intelligence.

In the early days of AI, it was actually a simple conversation between AI and humans. If a large AI model is added behind the "Talking Cat Family" so that pets can interact with users more intelligently, it will have the potential to be a super hit.

Zhou Buqi has now officially taken over Changyou.

Next, he was going to do something drastic.

These little secretaries unanimously provided a game like "Talking Cat", which is considered to have successfully completed the task of "product experience officer".

very nice!

However, this is not over yet.

Zhuo Wensi, a senior intern at Beijing Normal University with a cute round head and small tiger teeth, provided a new and unique material, which is a list of 20 apps that are not ranked high but are very interesting.

No matter how well these 20 arrangements were selected, Zhou Buqi felt that she deserved praise just for this idea.

Take another look at the content...ho!

It’s really available!

These 20 apps are Symbian Netdisk, ProcessManager, Yiyangzhi, iReader, Tinder Address Book, Amy Video Chat, Momo, Amap Navigation, Cartoon Desktop, Volcano Weather, Telecom, Give, and Tiantian Dongting, R66+ map pack, Jinxiaofeng, Autostarts, mobile phone cutout, etc.

Zhou Buqi took a look and found that it really had some background!

Most apps actually have obvious characteristics of the times, such as Tinder Address Book, Volcano Weather, Call Call, Autostarts, task manager ProcessManager and other products, all of which have insufficient functions on smartphones. It was okay in the early days.

After a few years, there will be no room for survival.

There are also some apps that are so niche that they have not developed at all and have quickly gone silent.

Starting a business is not easy.

Even if you make a very good product and get a certain amount of praise and attention in the market, it may soon die in the big wave.

However, there are two products that left a deep impression on Zhou Buqi.

One is AutoNavi and the other is Momo.

They are all famous!

"Yes, yes, this material is very good. Thank you for your hard work, Wensi!" Zhou Buqi took the two A4 papers from Zhuo Wensi and was full of praise.

Zhuo Wensi smiled like a flower, "Did I do the right thing?"

Zhou Buqi praised: "Yes, very good. Well, is Amap Navigation the most popular navigation application on mobile phones now?"

Zhuo Wensi said briskly: "No, it should be Kaili De Navigation."

Zhou Buqi looked at the slightly disappointed girls next to him. They all agreed with this statement, saying that the two most popular navigation products in China are Kaili De and Amap.

"What about us?" Zhou Buqi then asked, "Does our company have one?"

"this……"

Zhuo Wensi and the sisters looked at each other for a few times, then looked at each other a little bit.

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "No?"

Mai Feixue plucked up the courage and said proactively: "It seems not, um... no! It shouldn't be! I checked it specifically!"

Zhou Buqi was very surprised, "Don't we have a micro-dot map?"

Mai Feixue said weakly: "A map is a map, and a navigation is a navigation, right?"

Zhou Buqi pondered for a moment.

It may be that the performance of current smartphones is too poor and the functions cannot be integrated too much; it may also be that the navigation function is too complicated, not at the technical level, but because the road conditions require on-the-spot inspections and continuous updates. This is a huge offline project.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Buqi asked: "Is there an app for Microdot Map?"

"have."

The girls spoke in unison, their clear voices very pleasant to the ear.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "But the micro-dot map does not have a navigation function, right?"

"right."

The girls laughed happily and spoke in unison.

Zhou Buqi raised his head, looked at Ning Lu sitting on the sofa, and ordered: "Go and ask to see if our team is working on navigation products. If they are doing it themselves, forget it; if they are not doing it, , why not just acquire AutoNavi. Navigation should be a must-have feature for smartphones.”

Zhuo Wensi was particularly excited, and his eyes were like two clear springs.

Unexpectedly, my suggestion actually worked.

There is a huge sense of accomplishment.

Unexpectedly, there would be something even more powerful later. Zhou Buqi pointed to a name on the document with a smile, "What's going on with Momo? Do you like to use it?"

Zhuo Wensi's face suddenly turned red.

Zhou Buqi couldn't help laughing and said jokingly: "Why are you blushing?"

Zhuo Wensi looked dizzy and said, "I just tried it."

After all, she is still a young lady, so she is a little embarrassed.

At this stage, Momo has not been online for long.

Such a chat product competes with top products such as WeChat, QChat, and Fetion, and then grabs the position as soon as it comes out. Why?

Because long before the product was launched, the operation behind the product was already in place, and a large number of young girls such as hair salon girls, nightclub dancers, and bartenders were already organized.

A beautiful girl is your greatest asset.

After the product was launched, male users discovered that there were so many beautiful girls who were willing to chat and be able to date them, so they spread the word about it and quickly opened up the market.

There is a well-known "School Beauty Selection" section on the school network, which has a similar function.

Mai Feixue was no longer a girl, so she became bolder. She said very positively: "I have also used Momo. It seems that it was launched only last month. It is very powerful."

The topic started, and other girls followed suit.

After all, social interaction is Ziweixing’s natal domain.

Therefore, when girls experience products, what they pay most attention to are social products. Momo is the product with the fastest growth momentum in the social sector in the past month or so.

Zhao Li Muge said quickly: "Yes, I have tried this product, but it's smoky inside. I don't like it, so it's useless. But the results are good, and it seems to be very popular."

School girl Yan Qiqi was even more rigorous, and even blurted out a set of data, "I have also researched it. This product was launched in early August and was in the social section. The number of downloads in the second week was 11th and 3rd." It was ranked 6th in the third week, and ranked among the top three in the fourth week, second only to WeChat and QQ. Now it seems to have accumulated hundreds of thousands of users."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Have you paid attention to this product?"

"Um."

As expected, except for Guan Nanqing who did not participate, the other girls nodded gently.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Then why didn't you recommend it? Only Wensi recommended it?"

Zhao Li Muge bit his lip and said, "This product is not good and the atmosphere is not right."

"Is the atmosphere unhealthy?"

"Well, there are all bad people in there, and they talk dirty words."

Zhao Li Muge rushed to the front line.

With her taking the lead, the other girls also commented on each other and dismissed this product as useless, thinking that this product has nothing worth paying attention to... There is no way, the current Momo is just stepping on the transaction between men and women. If it develops on the sidelines, no serious girl will give it good reviews.

Many people have even downloaded Momo on their mobile phones, but they are too embarrassed to put it on their desktop and have to hide it. Even when many people are in love, they have to check the other person's mobile phone. If the other person has Momo downloaded and installed on their mobile phone... humph, then bye bye!

However, the road to human relations is a necessity.

The more controversy there is, the more attractive Momo will be and the faster it will develop. The worst thing is that when you grow up, you can just find a way to transform.