Huang He didn't know that his younger sister-in-law was plotting against another younger sister-in-law. After taking a bath, Huang He went to find Leng Zhimeng. The purpose, of course, was oo, as Huang He hadn't managed or inquired about oo's situation much for the past week.
So the first question upon meeting was, "How is oo's situation?"
"It's better than we anticipated!" Leng Zhimeng said with a wry smile. "According to our estimates, we would lose 350,000 to 500,000 active users. However, unexpectedly, after the first day passed, some users returned, so we currently have 300,000 active users, with a total loss of about 250,000 active users."
"That's good news!" Huang He smiled instead. "Under QQ's strong offensive, we still managed to retain a basic user base. This means our oo still has its own charm and has attracted a portion of loyal users. What we need to do next is to figure out how to win back those wavering users!"
"Teacher Chen, how is your progress?" Huang He then asked Chen Shoufu, who was beside him.
"We have fulfilled our mission!" Chen Shoufu, with dark circles under his eyes and yawning, said to Huang He, "With the efforts of the entire R&D department, we have finally completed the development of new features within a week. However, this is a feature that even QQ doesn't have, and it's designed to handle a massive amount of traffic. We don't know how many bugs there will be in actual operation; it's entirely possible that it might crash several times a day. Are you sure you want to launch it so hastily?"
"We have to. Time waits for no one, and if we delay any further, no one can afford it," Huang He sighed. "Prepare yourselves, and we'll launch it tomorrow!"
"Yes!" Chen Shoufu nodded.
"Zhimeng, please give Teacher Chen and all the R&D team members an extra month's salary later as compensation for their hard work these past few days!" Huang He added.
"Thank you, boss!" The drowsy Chen Shoufu immediately perked up, repeatedly thanking Huang He and marveling at having such an excellent boss.
As they were talking, Huang He suddenly noticed someone peeking their head around the door, their gaze occasionally falling on him.
"Who are you?" Huang He's gaze immediately sharpened, and Leng Zhimeng shot up and quickly apprehended the person peeking into the doorway.
"Are you a commercial spy from Tengda?" Huang He asked impolitely.
"No, I'm not. I'm a programmer under Teacher Chen!" the person quickly replied. Huang He looked at Chen Shoufu, who nodded. "That's right. Xiao Huang was my online friend. He's technically very capable. Upon learning that he's a student in Zhejiang University's Computer Science department and is currently in his internship period, I proactively invited him to intern with us!"
"Xiao Huang has already received an offer from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US. After he graduates next year, he can continue his studies there."
"At the same time, Xiao Huang works very diligently and is often the last to leave the office!" Chen Shoufu added proactively.
"So that's how it is. Have a seat!" Huang He's face broke into a smile. He liked employees who voluntarily worked overtime.
Frankly speaking, when he was an employee, Huang He hated involutionary overtime the most, but there was no other way; if you didn't work overtime, you couldn't stay at the company. Overtime was a last resort.
However, after becoming a boss, Huang He found employees who liked to work overtime more and more pleasing. So, upon hearing that this guy often worked overtime, Huang He became much more amiable.
"You're also surnamed Huang. We're of the same clan!" Huang He chuckled. "My little kinsman, tell me, why were you peeking outside the door? Is there something you need to tell Teacher Chen?"
"No, I just saw a news report that I thought might be beneficial to our oo, so I wanted to come and ask for your opinion!" the young man said nervously, looking at Huang He.
"Oh! What news?" Huang He's smile remained, but he felt a slight displeasure deep down. It wasn't that ideas couldn't be reported, but rather that they shouldn't be reported above one's superior. Doing so showed too much ambition.
In movies and TV shows, such people might gain the recognition of a big boss and soar to the top of their careers. But in reality, such people would likely be suppressed in large corporations. As for their ideas and opinions, even if recognized, they wouldn't receive much credit because the boss wouldn't like them. xxs壹贰
Do you think bosses like to have their normal life rhythm disrupted by some random person?
Bosses prefer suggestions and ideas to be submitted through the company's internal procedures. Although such internal procedures are often the culprits that stifle innovation, without such a system, large companies would become chaotic.
Conversely, this is also why large companies find it difficult to innovate. After all, this is a double-edged sword; it depends on how the boss wields it.
As for our Boss Huang, his idea was simple: ambition should match ability. If this little Huang's suggestion was excellent enough to match his ambition, Huang He wouldn't mind giving him a chance.
But if it was just a garbage suggestion, he definitely wouldn't be fired. After all, what boss would be willing to fire someone who likes to work overtime? He'd just be made to work overtime for a lifetime.
"This!" The little Huang handed a small notebook to Boss Huang, which contained a handwritten news report. In those days, there were no smartphones with large screens, so it was impossible to directly screenshot or photograph news to share. It could only be copied by hand.
"Online Couple Meets by Chance, Only to Discover They Are Coworkers; Both Arrested After a Brawl!" This was a rather comical news report about a man who had been dating online, constantly calling his girlfriend "husband" and "wife" and even transferring money several times.
Since both were from the same area, they agreed to meet, but the other party kept refusing.
Later, the man went to an internet cafe with his coworkers. He discovered that the QQ number his coworker was using was the exact QQ number of his online girlfriend. After that, the man, suppressing his disgust, chatted for a bit and confirmed that his coworker was impersonating his girlfriend. They then got into a brawl in the internet cafe, damaging five or six computers, and were all taken to the police station.
"This is a news story that happened in Shanghai. Currently, only the Shanghai local news website of Sina has reported it. Not many people know about it. I only found out about it when my friend told me about it as a joke!" Xiao Huang said excitedly. "I believe this is an opportunity, a great opportunity, a perfect chance to defeat QQ!"
"This won't do!" Chen Shoufu, standing nearby, couldn't help but interject. "News like this doesn't destroy QQ, but the reputation of all online chat. I understand your intention; you want to focus the attention on QQ, but this kind of news is a case of 'rise together, fall together.' You can't have this idea when our own users are at risk!"
"From a common sense perspective, that's true. But what if this news is promoted in conjunction with our new feature? And I have a bold idea: why don't we use television to promote us..."
At first, Huang He showed some disdain as Xiao Huang spoke, but as he continued, Huang He began to ponder. By the end, Huang He's face was full of smiles.
"What's your name? My little kinsman!" Huang He smiled like a strange uncle.
"My name is Huang Zheng!" Xiao Huang raised his head and proudly stated his name.