The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 82 I have a gold-eating beast

The two comedies "My Sassy Girl" and "Charlotte Trouble", as the next "double bangers" of Dunhuang, will not be difficult to maintain Dunhuang's upward momentum.

But Wang Wei knew that what could really enable Dunhuang to achieve overtaking in corners was another sharp weapon in his hand, well, it could also be said to be another gold-eating beast.

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

Almost all of the 34 million director's dividend he received from "Peking Holiday", after deducting personal taxes, was invested in Weibo Technology.

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

In the ridiculously simple office of co-founder Jiang Lei, he grinned and first congratulated Wang Wei: "Congratulations to my great director for another successful movie!"

Wang Wei smiled and didn't answer.

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

"The effect of advertising in "Genius Gunslinger" is so powerful! As soon as Penguin Communication was launched, the number of users increased by leaps and bounds, with a surge of 600,000 users in one month!"

The problem is, he didn’t pay a penny of advertising fees to Dunhuang!

Well, it doesn't seem right. If it can really last two years, it means that the development of Penguin Communications is not as expected. Maybe I should cry.

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

Jiang Lei smiled, rubbed his hands and said: "I know a few Internet entrepreneurs, but they all lack investment. Don't they just want you to understand the Internet and be rich? Well, the key is for rich people to open their wallets to them.

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Wang Wei was interrupted from his thoughts and nodded subconsciously: "Yes, what's wrong?"

The actual development of Penguin Communications is probably a few hundred million points faster than he expected.

As for more than 30 million, it can last for a long time, haha...

Also send offline messages.

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

Another example is saving the friend list.

But he hopes that Weibo Technology can reduce the fetters associated with financing during its early expansion and develop in a more leisurely manner.

To put it simply, he simply bullied Lao Wang because he didn't understand Internet products, so he used "faking public benefit for personal gain".

However, Jiang Lei obviously didn't know about the pressure from his partners. He seemed to suddenly remember something and asked Wang Wei: "You filmed "Genius Gunslinger", can you get another dividend?"

Well, I'm definitely not praising my ability.

Of course, he does not intend to single-handedly bear all the expenses of Weibo technology, which may become a behemoth. This is unrealistic.

Don’t laugh, the computer penetration rate in China is still quite high now. Most netizens have their own computers. Naturally, my colleagues have not considered this issue.

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

"..."

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

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

Anyway, although there are no tricks to subsidize users like in later generations, and the literal money burning is so crazy, but in terms of funding needs, where is it? It can't even be called the beginning...

Wang Wei looked strange: Is growth slowing down?

Jiang Lei continued with a smile: "By the way, didn't you ask me to reserve the first numbers for new employees to be recruited in the future? I reserved the first 500 numbers, which is enough for the company to use for at least 10 years."

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

Wang Wei thought to himself, if Weibo Technology can sustain more than 30 million for two years, I can laugh even in my dreams!

——Wang Wei is a veteran after all. Penguin Communication has taken many detours from development to launch.

In short, every bit seems to be a very subtle innovation, but the combined result is that all users who come into contact with it will abandon other similar products without looking back and invest in this chubby, big-eyed, thick-lipped product.

The embrace of "Penguin".

"When "Genius Gunslinger" is released and the number of registered users exceeds 1 million, it is almost certain." Jiang Lei smiled brightly and said that the advertisement was worth it.

This is an excellent product in itself.

Wang Wei looked even weirder: 500 numbers, enough for 10 years?

He finally discovered that even though Jiang Lei was a big boss technically, he was facing the miracle of Internet growth that had already begun.

"If you have a large amount of idle funds, you might as well consider their projects..."

But, again, if all problems are solved by the boss, what else will the employees do?

Many times, the boss is too capable and will really spoil his employees.

For every additional 100,000 users, the cost of server hardware facilities will rise to a higher level; with Penguin Communication's current steep user growth curve, the funding requirements are also terrible.

This forced Jiang Lei, who had laughed, to think: "How can a chat software make money?"

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

For example, its ultra-small size.

Wang Wei felt a little guilty after hearing this.

Faced with this question, Wang Wei paused and swallowed his words.

Similar products of Penguin Communication, the friend list and chat history are saved on the personal computer. If you change the computer, the friends and chat history will disappear.

If Lao Wang knew that the effect was so good, but wouldn't give him any sponsorship, wouldn't he be so angry?

Of course, the rapid growth in the number of users of Penguin Communications is not entirely due to the placement of advertisements.

Penguin Communication, developed under the leadership of Jiang Lei, has actually reduced its size to only 220KB and can be downloaded in three or four minutes.

Of course, another consequence is that Weibo’s technology expenses have also skyrocketed.

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

It’s a question of profitability.”

So far, the results of this wave of advertising seem to be really good.

Wang Wei made the 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 not be overwhelmed by various money-burning wars.

Wang Wei was speechless again and looked at the sky.

Hong Kong Zhen, I have never seen a gold-eating beast who only wants to push his own financial lord out.

Brother, I cannot say that you know nothing about the future, but it is not unfair at all to say that you are ignorant.

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Daily pursuit of reading, pen refill~

(End of chapter)