Reborn 2005: The Internet Myth

After a ten-minute break, Cheryl once again led the media to quiet down.

This time Wang Zheng came on stage, and before he spoke, there was a burst of warm applause.

Wang Zheng smiled and said: "I hope you won't bother me. I have a lot of products to release today."

"The following is the social networking site Meta. As I said before, it is a site for sharing and browsing beautiful things."

Meta's page was displayed on the screen, and Wang Zheng explained in detail: "Users can post pictures and text in a simple way, and video and music functions are also under development.

In short, all content about the beautiful world can be posted here and shared with the world."

"At the same time, if you see content you like, please don't hesitate to give the creator a like or comment to help the creator do better."

"You can also become a fan of the creator, follow the creator you like, and give him enough motivation to create better content."

"For outstanding creators, we have a complete reward plan to support you in creating better works."

"The Metaverse is still a desert. We are committed to creating a beautiful growth environment and growing together with creators around the world."

After saying that, Wang Zheng took the camera and took a few photos of the auditorium. He operated his laptop and quickly imported it into Meta's creative space. He simply added a filter and wrote "Meta, with everyone."

With the phrase "Grow Together", I clicked Publish.

Soon, this piece of content was displayed on the originally empty homepage. Wang Zheng clicked in, browsed the group photos of media people, and then gave himself a like amidst cheers.

The final WeChat release is relatively routine. Although the group process management function is the first of its kind, whether it can be recognized by users depends on future feedback.

Moreover, you can tell at a glance that this product is going to compete with MSN. I don’t know whether it will work or not.

The press conference finally came to an end at 4:40. Overall, it was very successful.

The feedback from the media people at the scene was very positive, and after paying some royalties, they all said that Meta is great and will definitely write the most exciting reports.

After the press conference, Catherine drove, and Wang Zheng and Cheryl rushed back to the company together.

"Shirley, what do you think of my performance today?"

Cheryl was obviously very excited: "Perfect! Justin, your explanation is very contagious!"

Wang Zheng smiled and said: "Thank you for your help, otherwise Meta would not have been able to launch the product so quickly."

Cheryl said with an exaggerated expression: "Meta's products are so good, Justin, you are simply a genius! Believe me, these products will be popular, I guarantee it."

"I'll leave the operational matters to you. I plan to take two days off and then continue to develop new products. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Cheryl thought seriously for a while and said: "I noticed that YouTube is very popular now. Professional online video websites will be a big trend. I think this business can improve Meta's ecological environment."

"The Metaverse should not only have text and pictures, music, videos, and games should all become its business scope. At the same time, electronic shopping should not be ignored."

"We should be user-centered, create an ecosystem belonging to Meta, and eventually integrate it to form a true metaverse."

What she said was very comprehensive and exactly what Wang Zheng thought.

Huorong will quickly accumulate users for Meta, and it should use one business after another to retain and digest these users, forming an ecological closed loop, and eventually forming a super network social group.

However, he has not forgotten another important goal of coming to Midland, the Hongmeng system and equipment related to chip manufacturing - it is not just the photolithography machine, manufacturing chips is not just about putting sand into the photolithography machine.

Thanks to the clean $20 million that Justin brought with him, Meta rented a sufficient amount of servers and bandwidth in the early stages of business launch.

A monthly consumption of 4 million is enough to support the company until it starts to make a profit.

Don’t just leave the remaining money alone. Spend it as early as possible to get more returns.

Unlike other Internet startups, Meta can inherently create traffic, so it spends very little on advertising and traffic.

Therefore, the purpose of these funds is the same as domestically, and can be used for IDC construction.

"Justin, the company's funds are still sufficient. I hope to start building our own data center as soon as possible. Our customer data should not be stored with service providers. As there will be more and more data in the future, migration will be huge.

Trouble."

Wang Zheng agreed with Cheryl's words, but he didn't want to put it into Meta, the asset-heavy business of the data center.

He immediately said: "Shirley, I hope to spin off the data center business. Its construction and operation are too expensive."

Cheryl understood.

Now he doesn't need to worry about other things in the company for the time being. After being busy for more than twenty days, Wang Zheng decided to take a short vacation for himself.

After the company got off work, Wang Zheng said to Catherine, who was looking forward to delicious Chinese food: "Catherine, I want to relax. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Catherine's eyes lit up: "Boss, do you want to go to a party? There is an April Fool's Day party at Stanford tonight, it's great."

Party?

Wang Zheng has heard about the party culture in the American League, which roughly means that no matter what, you can throw a party.

Birthdays, moving, break-up, love, bad mood... you can have a party for any mess.

Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day, April 1st?

Wang Zheng then remembered and was speechless for no reason. Why did he choose to hold the press conference today? Many news about Meta will not be reported until tomorrow. These people don't think it is an April Fool's Day program, right?

Then curiously asked Catherine: "Didn't we release the product today? Why is there no party in our company tonight?"

Catherine was stunned: "You are the boss, shouldn't you be the one to organize the party? When everyone saw that you had no intention, of course they went home from get off work."

...Wang Zheng was speechless.

He really hasn't adapted to the American League lifestyle yet.

"Catherine, you have to remind me if there is a need to hold a party in the future. I just returned to the American League and I haven't adapted to the culture here yet."

Catherine shrugged and said, "Okay boss. Will you go tonight?"

"Isn't it a party at Stanford? Isn't it appropriate for me to go?" Wang Zheng hesitated.

His impression of parties is probably alcohol, disco music and sex, which are hard to describe.

Catherine shook her head and said, "It's just that it's relatively close to Stanford. I have two tickets. Boss, you can be my male companion."

To be honest, Wang Zheng is really a little curious about this party culture.

He has to stay in the American League for a long time, so it is better to integrate as soon as possible. This will reduce a lot of risks, so he happily said: "Okay, is it appropriate for me to dress like this?"

"Of course! Very cool!"

Catherine drove to a bar near Stanford. An April Fool's Day party sign had been hung on the door. Young people kept pouring in, making it very lively.

Catherine went to park the car, and Wang Zheng was standing at the door observing, but he heard someone calling "Justin?!", so he turned around to look.

"Elizabeth?"