Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

After rushing back to the hotel, he specially rented a multi-functional room, connected the computer to the Internet and the projector, and debugged all the software and hardware before Ning Zimo sat down. In order to win the last piece of the puzzle this time, he

I still put in a lot of effort, and now I'm just waiting for this "sleeping" master to arrive at my door.

Ning Zimo and Li Ying didn't have to wait too long. As soon as they sat down and chatted for a few words, there was a knock on the door.

After hearing Ning Zimo's reply, Li Ying saw a dark-skinned short-haired man walking in with a young girl. This man looked to be in his forties, but the girl next to him was young and beautiful.

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Could this be...

"Brother Long, I am Ning Zimo."

"Zimo, I am Zhang Xiaolong, we finally meet."

Li Ying followed Ning Zimo, and after seeing the two greet each other, she learned that the girl who came with Zhang Xiaolong was called Chen Li. The two people opposite were also quite interested in her identity as a former McKinsey employee, and there were more

He glanced at her twice.

"I have been in contact with Brother Long on the Internet for more than a year. Before I went to the United States, I would often chat with Brother Long about the development of the flower planting software industry. When I came back this time, I was planning to ask Brother Long to do something together."

Ning Zimo said the first half of the sentence to Li Ying, and the second half of the sentence turned to Zhang Xiaolong.

After all, this is Zhang Xiaolong, the founder of Tencent’s 500 billion Weixin in his previous life, who has influenced the entire social field of flower planting. This is also an important role in the bing ecosystem set by Ning Zimo. He can play an important role in his own ecosystem.

Playing an important role in Chuan Chuan, Ning Zimo was still a little excited in his heart.

Ning Zi Mo Yi's usual state was a bit awkward compared with Zhang Xiaolong's plain expression, and Li Ying was slightly worried about the outcome of this negotiation.

After sitting down and Zhang Xiaolong's first words, Li Ying felt that her worries were even greater.

"You also know that the domestic software market is still bleak. Just like our head office, we have been reducing investment this year."

"This is the overall decline of the Internet and software industries. The less companies that have actual profits, the greater the impact." Ning Zimojing said directly, "In the past few years, the U.S. Nasdaq Index was originally dominated by high-tech sectors such as the Internet.

It spurred rapid growth, even rising to 5054 points on March 20, 2000.

But this false prosperity fell below 2,000 points on March 9, 2001. This was a 60% drop, which was a direct response to the Internet’s former myth turning into a bubble. After all, the United States is the leader of the Internet and software, so

To a certain extent, this is because the American Internet bubble has brought the global Internet and software into a cold winter." Zhang Xiaolong was stunned by Ning Zimo's words. He had heard many people say the term Internet bubble. But like Ning Zimo,

This is the first time that the causes and consequences are analyzed in an easy-to-understand manner. Only when I saw him did I realize that he is so young, but he can have such insights?

Sure enough, at this stage, it is still more rewarding to go abroad for experience than at home.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaolong looked at Ning Zimo and sighed, "There has been no contact for a year. You have experienced a lot in the United States and have changed a lot. On the contrary, I am still stuck in this shackles, and I still can't lead the team there.

Take even one step forward. Except for the version update of foxmail, we have not found a good development direction."

"You and your team actually created foxmail?" Li Ying looked at Zhang Xiaolong in surprise.

Ning Zimo smiled, "Of course, Brother Long is the pride of China's free software, which is also an important reason why I found him."

"Hey, what is there to be proud of? We can't protect ourselves now." Zhang Xiaolong laughed at himself, then smiled again and said, "Looking at you, you said you were going to the American Beibao Company, and I have been paying attention to your development this year.

Soon, you were promoted to a senior executive position like coo.

I don’t know what you think when you return to China this time to start a business and give up a promising job.”

Ning Zimo shook his head, pointed to the computer on the table and said, "I went to the United States this past year to accomplish three goals. First, I completed the first step of accumulating funds, which is enough for me to start a business and do some things.

Second, my working experience in Beibao has established a foreign circle and I can set up foreign companies.

The third thing is that I have used the three softwares [Nuwa], [Pangu], and [Magpie Bridge] in my hand to verify a path for planting flowers inside the wall and opening it outside the wall."

"rather……"

"Just call me Zimo."

Ning Zimo saw Chen Liyue Yuesheng brought by Zhang Xiaolong but didn't know what to call him, so he passed him the way.

"Zimo..., that [Nuwa] software was actually made by you? Our boss also said that we bought several sets of genuine English versions because we found that although your Chinese version was free for another period, it was not fully functional. And the genuine English version is with us.

We used it when we were working on the new version of Foxmail, and we found it very useful." After Chen Li passed the title hurdle, he was very excited when he spoke.

She was so excited that Ning Zimo was overjoyed. Zhang Xiaolong's foxmail team was so poor that they might not be able to expose it, but they were still paying users of [Nuwa]?

Sure enough, software people can best understand software people.

"[Nuwa]'s current income comes entirely from abroad, because Omi users still have the habit of consuming genuine software at this time. However, the domestic environment for flower cultivation is different. Even if Chinese people want to use a certain software at this time, they will more consider using the so-called

Cracked version.

Especially for Nuwa, the enterprise version is priced at US$999 abroad, and the professional version is slightly cheaper but still costs US$599, which is hardly within the reach of domestic consumers. Therefore, I am focusing on the Chinese experience version open in China.

Leaving some differences can be regarded as saving some face for foreigners, and it can also be used to cultivate the usage habits of domestic users."

The so-called cracked version is a pirated version, and some people even bought the cracked version for hundreds of dollars. Han Qinghua and others told Ning Zimo, but Ning Zimo didn't care at all.

Seeing Chen Li's excitement, Ning Zimo took this opportunity and said, "The sales of the three software currently add up to a profit of about 150,000 U.S. dollars. Next month, the sales profit is estimated to increase to 200,000 U.S. dollars per month."

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The profit of 150,000 or even 200,000 US dollars is not much, but for the foxmail team that has not yet made a profit, it is a bit tempting.

"You actually sold the software abroad!" Zhang Xiaolong said in surprise, his eyes widened a bit.

"Brother Long, everything I said to you more than a year ago was not bragging. I just want to make things that you think are bragging come true through results one by one." Ning Zimo nodded.

Changing the topic, he said, "Brother Long, I think you and even most people in the free software industry have a wrong understanding of free software. Although free software in English means free, it does not mean free.

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It is because many people have misunderstandings and at the same time promote their software as free, so free software has become free software here. And users are also affected by the word "free" and think that all software is free.

, which puts you people in trouble.

Therefore, including foxmail and flashget, you free software people have defined the wrong direction from the beginning. The original intention of free software is to allow users to have free choice. All basic services are used to experience the quality of the software.

As for more advanced functions, they can be achieved using paid functions.”

If you want to bring Zhang Xiaolong into the team, you can't just rely on words and phrases. You also have to give this big shot a lesson in placement and placement.