Overbearing Immortal Doctor Chapter 1746 - 1845: The Same Concept

"You all recognize this thing, right? Little Ma, you should have a mobile phone too, right?"

Su He looked at Ma Dateng. Ma Dateng nodded, but his expression was a bit awkward. He did indeed have

a mobile phone, but it was a big brick phone his old man had eliminated and passed down to him. It was like a chunk of brick, so he usually just

left it on his desk. Carrying it around was just too embarrassing. But Su He’s Nokia was different:

he carried it with him, incredibly convenient. Besides making calls, a mobile phone had another function, and that was sending

text messages. Even if you don’t have a phone, you must have heard of that. It’s the same concept as the messages on a pager!

All five people present knew pagers

and carried one with them

Back in ’98 when Tencent Company opened for business, their initial direction wasn’t Q A Q at all. Q A Q was something they did in 2019 to follow the trend of c A Q.

So what were these five people doing before that?

They were working on a system related to communications—a wireless network paging system. Even now, Ma Dateng

had been in charge of this project all along, still making ten or twenty thousand yuan a month off it. Penguin was also relying on this money plus

the few of them writing programs to earn some extra cash to keep things going. What was the point of this system?

It could link the internet with the extremely widespread pagers, allowing BP machines to receive

calls coming from the online end, and even receive news, emails, and so on. In fact, this system

was very powerful, but BP machines got eliminated by mobile phones. You have to admit, Ma Dateng’s idea was quite advanced,

just misaligned with the era. If he’d been five years earlier, he would already be a billionaire.

It was also because Ma Hua had tinkered this system into existence that he gathered Zhang Zhidong, Da Li, and the other two

together and founded this Penguin company.

Everyone thought this thing could make big money.

But the thing that eliminates you isn’t your competitor, it’s some emerging new thing.

Just like tape players were eliminated by MP3, Ma Dateng was eliminated by the Times too. Luckily, he stopped

the loss in time and developed Q A Q. "Little Ma, your wireless network paging system is a very good idea, but you used it in the wrong place."

Su He raised his Nokia phone: "Just imagine, if you transmit information from the internet, news,

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emails, and so on, to mobile phones or landlines, what kind of result would that be?"

Ma Dateng froze for a moment, not quite getting it.

The other few were actually also kind of confused.

Take the stuff that used to go into BP machines and stuff it into mobile phones and landlines?

This idea had actually crossed Ma Dateng’s mind, but compared with BP machines, mobile phones were undoubtedly much more complicated.

"SMS, ten cents a message. Q A Q chat messages are free. But what happens if you link Q A Q chat

messages with SMS?"

You use Q A Q and send messages via your mobile phone!

Su He’s words landed like a bolt from the blue, smashing straight into the minds of everyone present. With a

whoosh, Ma Dateng shot up from his chair to stand on the floor. He was too excited,

to the point of completely losing his composure.

Of course, Da Li, Zhang Zhidong, and the others weren’t much better. All four of them had wild

joy on their faces, shouting like crazy and already hugging each other.

They had found a path to profitability.

"Yeah, damn, how the hell did we never think of combining Q A Q with SMS?"

"Damn, something this simple, how did we never think of it?!"

Ma Hua was already so happy he didn’t even know what to say.

This monetization path absolutely could make big money!

Though Q A Q messages were free, SMS cost money, right?

In China right now, not every household could afford a computer, but everyone had Q A Q,

because there were internet cafés. But without a computer, how do you keep in touch with your Q A Q buddies?

Only via mobile phones and landlines.

Going back and forth like that, how many text messages could be sent?

Ma Dateng didn’t know.

But what he did know was, if Q A Q had one million users doing this, then those 3.8 guys would

have tens of thousands of SMS messages worth of revenue every single day.

"Alright, now that we know how to make money, let’s get to work!"

Su He, like a Great King, waved his hand grandly at the five guys in front of him:

"First, set the goal of

growing users to the hundred-million level."

Thud.

The five who had just jumped to their feet all collapsed onto the floor.

"Boss, are you freaking dreaming?"

What does "hundreds of millions" even mean? A hundred million users?

This was a number the five of them simply couldn’t wrap their heads around.

They didn’t even dare to think in terms of ten million.

But Su He just smiled:

"Hundreds of millions? Is that hard? I’ll give you three days. First, go kill off those four mangy-cat-and-stray-dog copycat IM products on the market for me!"

The five on the right side seemed like they’d taken some kind of growth hormone. Su Zhe couldn’t help laughing.

This was the magic power of money!

Once they saw a profitable direction, each of them was like they’d just chowed down a dose of stimulant,

fully fed and brimming with fighting spirit and passion.

Chang Zhidong was already seated at the computer, starting to recompile the client service according to the key points Su Kai had mentioned.

He knew that once the new program he’d developed went online, that would instantly make those other four

IM softwares obsolete in a flash. Li Weida also had a lot of work. He and Xu Chengye were converting Q Q’s data

formats. Although receiving samples from the server would increase the server’s load, they would be arriving on the new servers tomorrow,

carrying their worries with them.

As for Ma Huateng, he was sorting through the wireless network paging system from today.

First, it would be completely tossed into the trash, then he had to focus on Q Q’s maintenance and stability.

On top of that, he was still the key logistics chief in charge of software testing and detail control.

Next, with users skyrocketing, there was no other energy left, and in the end it seemed to have nothing to do with Chen Xiao.

For once, the office was really lively. Su Zhe stood there,

"Mm, I can feel the vitality of a startup team."

It was a pity that in 1999, the number of internet users worldwide was 200.6 million, with the United States at 100 million,

while Hua County currently had only 630,000 users, so it was already lagging far behind. This year, Q Q could only reach the level of 50,000 users.

Among those, that even included users who had registered multiple Q Q numbers!

So Su Zhe’s goal of 100 million users looked simple on the surface, but in reality, it was still very far away.

Constrained by China’s economy, the internet environment, and the creativity of many companies, for now

the development environment was the top priority!

Aung San Suu Kyi thought of his 2G plan. Actually, when he talked about Penguin’s profit direction, there was still

one extremely important critical link he hadn’t mentioned.

That was: the internet, mobile internet,

and mobile users.

Q Q and mobile SMS might sound simple, but they had to have network support between them.

Because from the computer internet to the mobile phone, user identification required the mediation of a 2G mobile network,

a medium called "Mobile Dream Net"!

In other words, if Penguin wanted to make money, they had to obey Su Zhe. This was also a way for him to feel at ease,

and the reason he shook hands with the manager was because he held such a core trump card.

If they wanted to have 2G’s weight behind them, Penguin had to be tied to him.

Su Zhe opened his laptop, connected it to Penguin’s backend, and watched as

Q Q users increased. Suddenly, he realized a major problem.

Su Zhe shouted to the two busy guys: "Don’t send out five-digit Q numbers anymore!"