Chapter 107 The tAt Chat Room is Ready

It only takes a few minutes to travel from the rented apartment to tAt Network Company.

For safety reasons, the bulletproof version of the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur that Su Laodie purchased has arrived and was delivered directly to Hong Kong City for immediate registration.

When Su Yehao skipped class to see the car at the pier a few days ago, he was actually tempted by another bulletproof Cadillac.

For no particular reason.

Mainly because the Cadillac has more space, and the rear seats can be laid flat. It's a very practical feature, only missing a mattress to be perfect.

But after hesitating again and again, Su Yehao ultimately couldn't resist the charm of the golden Flying Lady, proving that he is indeed a materialistic person.

He arrived at tAt again.

Su Yehao sought out Project Director John Zhou. This middle-aged man, who had worked at Microsoft for many years, had recently tanned several shades darker. It had nothing to do with work. Since returning to work in Hong Kong City, he'd been spending his free time fishing at sea, playing golf, and hiking.

Naturally, he got tanned in the summer heat.

The climate in Hong Kong City is really not conducive to nurturing beauty, lacking the gentle charm of the Jiangnan water towns.

Nangong Tian doesn't sunbathe, and neither does Nong Qingying. Their fair skin is carefully maintained.

As for Yin Liuli, she's from Treasure Island, which is known for producing delicate young women, so her natural foundation is already exceptional, making her situation different.

John Zhou guessed that the young boss was going to ask about progress, so he proactively reported:

"We spent $75,000 US dollars two weeks ago to bring in a consultant from the United States, and the effect is very obvious, saving us at least a month of research and development time. That guy is an algorithm expert from the AoL chat room itself. Once this major hurdle is overcome, the rest will be much easier. I estimate that the product can be made in another month and a half, and its functions will be more complete than the iCQ instant messaging program."

Su Yehao paid for the consultant, spending more than 600,000 Hong Kong dollars. The consultant only spent a few days and easily earned it.

There was no other choice.

To persuade a Silicon Valley big shot to do freelance work, you have to pay them enough money, or they won't be happy. He also paid a $10,000 US dollar agency fee, but fortunately, the result was practical enough.

After learning more about it, Su Yehao already knew that the current development work was nothing more than a tAt client + access server + storage server. His requirement was to initially accommodate 500,000 people online simultaneously, so the architecture was relatively simple.

The difficulty lies in integrating the iCQ one-on-one instant messaging function with the chat group function.

With tAt's current staff of twenty or so people, it's taking a bit of time to explore and develop according to high standards, so tAt Show and tAt Space can't be launched for the time being. They can only start with avatars, personalized signatures, and login levels.

He originally thought that he only needed to invest a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars to test the waters, but now he has spent more than three million, and the product is still nowhere to be seen.

Su Yehao tapped his fingers on the desk and told John Zhou:

"How is the server that I paid for going? I suddenly thought last night, what if we temporarily put aside the one-on-one instant messaging function and promote the chat room first? Would that be easier? I don't know where, but there may be competitors. If we can't seize the market and users as soon as possible, I'm always uneasy. AoL chat rooms and iCQ are expanding at an amazing rate, so we can't keep waiting."

"...If we cut off some functions and only launch the chat room, that part is basically developed."

John Zhou continued to say:

"It's on my laptop. My colleagues use it to communicate, which also serves as an internal test. The server has already started to be assembled and debugged. Wouldn't that mean we need to find some promotion and planning teams?"

"I've thought about the promotion. For example, I'm in the Department of Business Administration at Hong Kong University, so I'll register a chat room for the Department of Business Administration at Hong Kong University, allowing others to join by searching for the name. And it can limit the number of people. The creator also has the right to prohibit speaking, kick someone out of the chat room, and allow or reject others from joining. Moreover, this management authority must be transferable, or one chief and two deputies, to facilitate maintaining order and avoiding troublemakers."

The inspiration for Su Yehao's plan is obvious.

He knows the rules very well, without even having to think about it, saying:

"As this develops, relationship networks and small circles will be established. It's equivalent to a virtual social circle. If you know some members in real life, you can also make new friends and won't easily leave the group. At that time, we can use these chat groups to promote the upgraded one-on-one individual chat function, and retain personalized signatures and other data, so that we can create a private blog later and add some small games. If I have a crush on someone, or have a good relationship with a friend, I will definitely be willing to see what they have been up to recently."

Facing a project director like John Zhou, Su Yehao can only break down his ideas and make him understand his needs.

Otherwise, if they develop something that is neither fish nor fowl, it will be Su Yehao, the boss, who suffers.

He can't worry about keeping his ideas secret for the time being. Moreover, the company has just started, and there are similar ideas on the market. Su Yehao is simply integrating many functions, so there's no need to be secretive.

John Zhou is a smart man and understands immediately. He took out a small notebook from his pocket and carefully recorded everything.

Middle-aged people have their advantages. They have suffered and been beaten by society, so they are more serious and down-to-earth in their work. Many of the sharp edges of their youth have been smoothed out.

Clearly facing a young man, John Zhou didn't slack off at all. He flattered him, saying:

"That's right. If I and a group of old friends are in the same chat room, then I will definitely go up and take a look from time to time. People are social animals. It can't be said that there are no people who live alone, but there are very few. The search and management authority functions are simple and can be developed in a few days. Boss, you're really brilliant!"

Standing on the shoulders of others saves a lot of trouble. You don't have to worry about taking detours, just develop towards the goal.

This feeling is wonderful.

Su Yehao was wondering if he took this path, would Little Ma still have a way to survive?

Maybe when he sees tAt, the other party will think that someone is already trying it, so he will give up the idea of following suit.

In this way, the butterfly effect is inevitable...

He went to John Zhou's office to try the improved chat room first. Compared with Glasses Boy A Qiang's product, the interface and fonts are obviously more comfortable, and there are also online and offline display functions.

Su Yehao sent a message "The boss is treating tonight, a barbecue dinner", which quickly attracted cheers from the lurking parties.

Then he sent another message, "Slacking off at work, deducting wages for those who reply?"

It attracted many "?"

Through the glass, Su Yehao could hear employees wailing. He was using John Zhou's account.

Even if he was scolded, John Zhou was the one taking the blame, and it had nothing to do with Su.

The so-called wage deduction was, of course, a joke. tAt's chat room function has not yet been opened to the outside world, so even if they are slacking off, they are just chatting with colleagues.

He asked John Zhou to arrange for the employees to eat dinner, with a budget of 10,000 yuan, and they could also go to sing after eating.

The first weekend of the new semester.

Su Yehao made up a reason and took Nangong Tian back to Hong Kong City by helicopter.

She definitely had to live at home, so Su Yehao had time to accompany Yin Liuli. He wasn't idle for two consecutive nights, and he was even more tired after the holiday.

His cohabitation life with Nangong Tian is colorful.

Occasionally, he still finds opportunities to see immediate results, and his time is becoming more and more reasonably allocated.

Not long after.

John Zhou called and said that the public beta version of the tAt chat room was ready and could be tried on the market.

The initial market that needed to be developed was set by Su Yehao in Hong Kong City, and the problem followed – how to attract enough users...