Reading the comments, they said this was a mobile game. But the problem was, the only games on my own phone were simple ones like Snake, Tank Battle, or Tetris. I hadn't seen this damned bird anywhere! And it was impossible for games on my own phone to have a "global ranking"!
Facing the widespread confusion of their fans, enthusiastic netizens continued to exercise their initiative, posting a series of strategy guides on Weibo, teaching players step-by-step how to play this game called "Damned Bird."
First, you needed to have your own mobile phone. This was essential. If you didn't, then everything was hopeless. Of course, it wasn't that there weren't other ways to solve the problem; you could just borrow a phone to play.
Second, you had to determine your phone model. Here, dozens of different phone models were listed at once. You could choose to immediately buy a new phone of these models, as they would all come with the "oo game platform" pre-installed.
If you had one of these phones but it wasn't the latest model, you could also log into the "oo game platform," find the "I want to install on my phone" page. It had detailed tutorials teaching you how to download the corresponding version of the client from the website and then install it on your phone using special software.
However, 95% of users would still be stumped at this point. As mentioned before, the phones that occupied 95% of the mobile phone market refused to join the alliance, so these phone models would never appear on the official website.
Therefore, technically, these phone models could install the "oo game platform." But the problem was that these installation packages and installation programs were not allowed to appear on the official webpage, as that would be illegal.
Although it wasn't illegal for users to install various programs on their phones, it was illegal for any company to provide assistance in installation. Therefore, the official website could never provide a way for users to install the "oo game platform" on non-alliance phones.
However, if a user found a way themselves and installed the "oo game platform" on their own phone, that would be legal. After all, how could installing something on my own property be illegal?
So, the online guides continued to guide users, stating that if your phone didn't belong to the aforementioned dozens of models, it didn't matter, as long as it belonged to one of the following 500+ models...
That's right, perhaps worried that users might find it too troublesome to search themselves, this guide helpfully listed over 500 different phone models, even categorizing them by phone brand and release year.
Users only needed to find their model based on their phone brand and approximate purchase time. Of course, these models were basically released after the year 2000. Phones before 2000 had tiny screens the size of a fingernail, and such phones couldn't install the "oo game platform." At least a mid-sized screen with relatively complex functions was required.
This point was a hardware limitation. If this were in China, this hardware line could disqualify over 80% of the phones on the market. But in the United States, Americans were generally more affluent.
Moreover, due to the US mobile phone contract system, this system encouraged users to replace their phones every 2-3 years, as the cost of replacing a phone combined with a contract was relatively low.
After all, the cost of using an old phone with a new contract package might be higher than directly buying a new phone and getting a contract package as a bonus.
So, over 70% of Americans had phones that fell within these 500+ different models.
Then, an even more thoughtful situation arose: as long as you found your phone model and clicked on it, it would automatically redirect you to a post on a small forum that appeared out of nowhere. This post detailed how to install the "oo mobile game platform" on that phone.
It was actually quite simple: just download a program package, connect the phone and computer with a data cable, and then run the program package, which would automatically install the "oo mobile game platform."
To be honest, this data package wasn't too complicated. After all, apart from Apple, none of the mobile phone manufacturers had ever thought about preventing third parties from installing programs on their phones. Therefore, there were basically no technical restrictions. It would only take about ten programmers a day's hard work to create such an installation package.
But the problem was that for 500 phones, even within the same brand, different models required basically different installation procedures. Thus, for these 500 phones, more than 300 different installation packages had to be designed and created.
This was very difficult. The technology wasn't high, but the human cost was high. After all, Boss Huang only had less than ten days. To complete such a large amount of work in such a short time would require at least a thousand programmers.
Although Jiangnan Group did have so many programmers, these programmers also had their important primary responsibilities and could not be temporarily taken off their regular duties for ten days to do such mechanical work.
Having top researchers do the work of digital farmers was a complete waste of talent, and it could also interrupt the research progress and inspiration of these proud researchers, even causing serious dissatisfaction among them, which would be counterproductive.
Therefore, using their own researchers was absolutely out of the question. They had to find cheap coders. But the problem was, where could they find 1000 such coders in such a short time?
At this point, Boss Huang's forward-looking strategic vision and layout advantages came into play. Boss Huang remembered that he also had a university, and there were thousands of students in the university.
These students basically had solid programming skills, as they were specifically trained in that direction.
So, with a command from Boss Huang, the school gathered all the students and told them that they had secured an opportunity for them to experience the research and development challenges faced by world-class mobile phone manufacturers. They could take this opportunity to experience the work and R&D experience of the world's top companies.
Then, hundreds of different study groups were established. To prevent cheating between groups, each group was given a different phone model as a subject, along with corresponding technical guidance, tasking them to create the simplified installation packages for these phones within ten days.
This was also considered an exam. If they failed to produce a qualified product, they would fail a course.
Under the threat of failing, the students' potential was limitless. Moreover, these students were the best talents in the country, and the teachers provided their utmost help. The vast majority of students completed their work on time. In fact, this wasn't difficult, it was just some mechanical work.
As for the few phone models for which the tasks were not completed, they were directly handed over to the professionals responsible for this area. Anyway, as long as most phone models were handled, it was fine even if some phone users couldn't be catered to, because nothing in this world is perfect.
Thus, within ten days, Boss Huang successfully completed the installation packages for the companies that did not participate in the "oo game platform" and their phone models, and directly released them onto this unknown forum for all mobile phone users to download.
Since they were simplified installation packages that could be installed with a click, and most users who could find this step would not lack the ability to click and install, these users quickly installed the "oo mobile game platform" on their phones.
The rest, as they say, was self-explanatory. The "oo mobile game platform" contained a comprehensive beginner's guide. Even users who could read and had average intelligence could easily complete the game installation.
Thus, in just a few days, those users who were eager to experience the same game as their idols collectively installed the "oo game platform" on their phones.
Well, because users voluntarily installed it on their own property, this did not violate the law and had nothing to do with their Jiangnan Group, unless they could find evidence that Jiangnan Group designed and developed these installation packages.
However, this was basically impossible, as the design and manufacturing were done by students from Jiangnan University, and most of these students would eventually join Jiangnan Group, making it impossible for them to leave evidence for anyone.
Even if one or two students left Jiangnan Group and happened to be found, all their assignments were collected by the school, so they wouldn't have any proof that they made these installation packages back then. In fact, it would be four years later when these students graduated from university. Who would care about phone installation packages from four years ago?
Therefore, these mobile phone manufacturers had no recourse against these installation packages. They could only watch as their users could still enjoy the "oo game platform" on their phones, even if they didn't join the "oo game platform" alliance.
Oh, and because these users installed the public version of the "oo game platform" themselves, not the versions customized for each platform, only 50% of the charges and payments needed to be given to the game developers. The remaining 50% was all earned by Jiangnan Group itself, and had nothing to do with these mobile phone manufacturers.
However, this situation was only applicable before the release of the iPhone.
After the release of the iPhone, not only would other manufacturers crack and jailbreak iPhones, but even if users themselves jailbroke their phones and installed programs, it would be illegal. Apple would have the right to sue and demand compensation for all losses from the users.
Some might wonder, "I bought the phone myself, it's my property. How could installing a free program on my own property infringe on Apple's rights?"
This requires a careful study of the user agreement that everyone must agree to when activating an Apple phone.
According to this user agreement, what users purchase is merely the Apple phone, not the Apple system within the Apple phone. This Apple system is provided to users by Apple with restrictions, so the Apple system within the user's Apple phone still belongs to Apple.
If you tamper with Apple's system to install programs, you are damaging Apple's property and naturally have to compensate.
What?
You think this statement is absurd?
You think Apple wouldn't be so shameless?
It's simple logic: when you activate an Apple phone, don't you have to click "Agree" to Apple's user agreement before you can activate it?
If you don't click agree, then the Apple phone cannot be activated and becomes an unusable brick.
Most people are used to this, but the problem is, Apple phones are not like some free software that you download for free from the internet.
Instead, you have spent thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan to buy it, and it is your private property.
Yet, for such a piece of private property bought for tens of thousands of yuan, if you disagree with Apple's terms, you cannot use it and it becomes a brick in your hand!
This is simply ludicrous!