【QQ Flying Pigeon Messenger Launches Closed Beta Today, Where is Your Pigeon and Mine?】
"Who came up with this advertising slogan, it's so damn disgusting. Anyone who can write such a slogan doesn't even qualify to write online novels in the future!" Huang He slammed his mouse forcefully, cursing. It was evident that Huang He was in a very bad mood.
"Brother-in-law, what happened?" Leng Zhiruo asked curiously from the side.
"Nothing much, just that Tengda is finally reacting!" Huang He said with a wry smile. "Actually, I shouldn't complain, because the reality is much better than I predicted. I originally thought Tengda would react half a month ago, but who knew they would only launch their own Flying Pigeon Messenger now. This has given us enough time!"
"Yes, Zhimeng gave me the latest report yesterday. Our registered users have already exceeded 30 million, and active users have reached 1.88 million. Zhimeng was so happy she almost went crazy!" Leng Zhiruo said.
"30 million registered users! That's exaggerated!" Huang He smacked his lips. But then he thought, because of oo's peculiar registration method, even installing a small adult game would also install oo. As long as you opened oo, you would be instantly registered. Therefore, the number of registered users for oo was indeed exaggerated, but it didn't have much reference value, as most of them were inactive accounts or duplicate registrations.
"Brother-in-law, QQ Flying Pigeon Messenger is out. What do you think we should do?" Suddenly, a hurried figure rushed in and shouted carelessly.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Huang He gave his sister-in-law a sidelong glance. "QQ is going to create a feature similar to a drift bottle. These were all within our expectations, what's so strange about that?"
"No, it's just that I'm indignant. How can QQ be so shameless to copy our stuff? It's simply too shameless!" Leng Zhimeng said unhappily.
"Come on, weren't we just as happy when we copied QQ back then?" Huang He said with a slight smile. "But this is also good. I felt a little uneasy initially because I started my business by copying QQ, but now it's fine. He's copied me too, so that tiny bit of unease in my heart is gone. We can just have a real fight from now on!"
"But the problem is, we really can't beat QQ!" Leng Zhimeng suddenly became even more dejected. "According to the backend data, after QQ's Flying Pigeon Messenger was launched, our active users dropped by nearly two-thirds!"
"You don't know, I was sitting in the backend, staring at the data, and I was completely stunned. The more than 1.8 million accounts that were previously active started to decline rapidly in less than an hour. The speed was even more thrilling than a roller coaster. By the time I looked again, there were only over 600,000 active accounts left."
"Brother-in-law, QQ's first-mover advantage is too huge. They directly took away two-thirds of our users just by copying our stuff. It's truly terrifying. I'm actually a bit scared..." Leng Zhimeng's voice grew softer and softer. Huang He looked down and found that the little girl had shrunk into a ball, with a crystal tear in the corner of her eye.
"Silly girl, you're still in high school..." Huang He reached out his hand, intending to wipe away the tears from Leng Zhimeng's eyes.
"Silly sister, with brother-in-law here, there's nothing we can't overcome!" Leng Zhiruo's handkerchief preemptively dabbed at the corner of Leng Zhimeng's eyes, wiping away her tears.
"That's right! With brother-in-law here, nothing is impossible!" Huang He smiled slightly and withdrew his hand. "Zhimeng, you can go home and rest today. Tell your team members too, except for the maintenance team, everyone else can go home and rest."
"Brother-in-law, you're not planning to give up, are you?" Leng Zhimeng asked fearfully.
"Hahaha, how could I give up? I'm letting you go home early to rest for a day because for the next few months, our entire team probably won't have any holidays!" Huang He looked at his computer, where QQ and oo were running simultaneously.
"Whether our oo can survive under QQ's onslaught depends on this battle. This is equivalent to our war of independence. If we can hold on, then we will have an infinite future to look forward to!" Huang He said in a deep voice.
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"Boss, our various data have surged across the board, surpassing any previous period. The number of concurrent online users has broken historical records, reaching 2.8 million people online simultaneously. Everything that oo stole from us has been returned!" In Little Ma Ge's office, Cai Xin excitedly reported the good news to Little Ma Ge.
"This is within expectations!" Little Ma Ge was very calm. "With our current scale, these figures are actually normal. However, you need to keep a close eye on oo. We took away the market they had spent three months building in just one hour. They might do something desperate."
"Yes!" Cai Xin nodded with a smile and left the office. Little Ma Ge looked at the data on his computer, his body vibrating with excitement.
"I was right. The internet is an era of scale. As long as the scale is there, then without any tricks, just using your body to overwhelm them is enough!" At this moment, Little Ma Ge had an epiphany. He had grasped the unbreakable truth of internet companies that had endured for decades.
"Then, Miss Leng Zhimeng, as the weak one, how do you plan to resist us?" Little Ma Ge's face showed a trace of curiosity. He had a feeling that oo would definitely not admit defeat so easily. However, he was very interested in what methods oo would come up with.
At this very moment, Leng Zhimeng, whom Little Ma Ge was talking about, was lying in bed, unable to sleep all night, thinking about how to deal with QQ's strong counterattack. As for our boss Huang, Huang He, he was still sitting in front of the computer.
Leng Zhiruo was in the secretary's room next door, looking worriedly at her brother-in-law. Huang He had not left the computer for a full six hours.
And he was acting very strangely. For these six hours, he had been playing QQ's Flying Pigeon Messenger, and not stopping for a moment. After six hours, Huang He's QQ personal charm value had even reached 60 points. If there was a ranking, then our boss Huang would definitely be among the top.
Playing someone else's product so seriously, a boss like Huang He was definitely rare. He hadn't even been as diligent when playing his own oo Drift Bottle.
"Brother-in-law!" Leng Zhiruo accompanied Huang He, staying up until eight o'clock the next day. She couldn't help but doze off a few times in between, but Huang He was still sitting in front of the computer with full energy, even though his eyes were bloodshot.
"Brother-in-law, it's okay if you can't think of anything. Actually, our oo already has a group of loyal users, and our blind box business is also doing very well. By the end of this year, once all our inventory is cleared, we will be able to repay the 350 million yuan debt."
"That QQ has never made a profit from beginning to end. They don't have as much money as we do. They are far inferior to us!" Leng Zhiruo comforted him.
"Uh... Zhiruo, did you just say that they are far inferior to us in terms of wealth?" Huang He, whose fingertips were somewhat stiff, heard this and seemed to recall something, repeating the question.
"I think we are richer, after all, our cash on hand is approaching 100 million yuan. The bank manager from GS Bank is coming over in a few days to discuss repayment matters. Our Jiangnan Leather Factory has completely come back to life!" Leng Zhiruo said.
"That's right, it's me who is richer! If you count what I discovered and the ideas I thought of tonight, things might not be so difficult. I have a way now!" Huang He nodded, a smile finally appearing on his face. Then, without washing his face or taking off his socks, he collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.
Leng Zhiruo showed a relieved smile, then silently took off Huang He's outer clothes, washed his hands and feet with water, and finally covered him with a quilt before slowly withdrawing from the office.