"Mr. Chen, as of now, Penguin Chat has a total of 12,365,425 downloads, and the total number of registered users is 11,536,033."
"Over ten million registered users!"
Chen Guowei was stunned by the latest download data reported by his secretary.
Before the software's launch, he had a meeting with the company's senior management yesterday to predict today's download and registration numbers.
All the executives believed that with Boss Gao's fame and promotion, the download count should surpass ten million, while the registered users might hover between seven and eight million.
Even Chen Guowei, who had immense faith in Gao Fei, accepted the executives' prediction.
After all, for a new chat software without extensive promotion and marketing, having over a million registered users would already be a record-breaking achievement.
However, they had all underestimated Gao Fei's marketing strategies, popularity, and influence.
His first novel, "The Two-Faced Man," had been online for over a year, and its readership had long surpassed the initial figures.
After the novel was adapted into a movie and became a massive hit, the number of people following him now was at least over ten million.
The single-year sales of "The Two-Faced Man," both digital subscriptions and physical copies, exceeded one hundred million, which was enough to show the size of Gao Fei's fan base.
Furthermore, Gao Fei had not been idle in the three days leading up to the software's launch.
He had specifically established a channel between Feiyue Novel Network and Tengxin Technology Company.
By registering for Penguin Chat and logging into Feiyue Novel Network with a Penguin account, users could read all the books on the network for free.
Thus, Gao Fei leveraged his ten million fans to promote Penguin Chat with his new novel.
As soon as the studio's account posted, fans, attracted by screenshots of the new novel's content, immediately downloaded the Penguin Chat software as instructed in the caption.
Surpassing ten million downloads and registered users was all within Gao Fei's expectations.
This was not some form of scarcity marketing; it was purely promotion driven by the novel's compelling content.
At this moment, Chen Guowei, sitting in his office, was full of admiration after understanding his junior's marketing tactics.
Only his junior, Gao Fei, could so masterfully leverage his own fame and influence.
As he was reflecting, the head of the data team hurried into the office.
"Mr. Chen, it's broken, it's broken again! The number of software downloads has exceeded twenty million, and the registered users have reached nineteen million."
Chen Guowei blinked in surprise and glanced at the clock on the wall.
Only an hour had passed since Gao Fei posted.
A new online chat software reaching over twenty million downloads and nineteen million registered users in just one hour.
Across the entire software market, Penguin Chat's first-day data was an achievement no other software could match.
Chen Guowei believed that after twenty-four hours, the software's download and registration numbers would surely break the hundred million mark.
With such data, it was likely already the peak in Longguo, insurmountable.
...
Feiteng Investment Company.
Three hours had passed since the release of the new novel and new software.
Currently, Penguin Chat's download count had surpassed thirty million, with registered users reaching twenty-five million.
Gao Fei briefly scanned the data on his computer and instructed Jin Qiqi, "Sister Jin, inform Old Chen not to activate premium services like Yellow Diamond or Membership for now. I'll let him know when to open those channels."
"Okay!"
Jin Qiqi, surprised by the data, nodded and turned to walk out of the office.
After she left, Gao Fei opened his social media page to check the comments section of his studio's account.
[I just have to say, Comrade Xiao Gao, how do you come up with such ingenious ideas? The Heavenly Court of the Immortal Realm, Buddhist Mount Ling, the Three Pure Ones, Patriarch Bodhi, and the peerless demon king, Wukong! Where did you get these from? I'm curious!]
[I've read half of the novel. To spoil it a bit, the Great Sage was recruited by the Heavenly Court for the sake of his monkey descendants, but then his descendants were still killed. It made me so angry. Even after the Great Sage worked for you, you still targeted him so relentlessly. If it were me, I'd flip the table too.]
[I've finished reading it. To give a spoiler, the plot ahead is very exciting, but also very tragic. You guys should hurry up and read it.]
[As a ten-year veteran reader, I have only two words to describe Gao Fei's new novel: Awesome! Fucking awesome!]
[Why don't we all pool money and ask Gao Fei to make the novel into a movie? For the sake of the righteous and loyal Great Sage Equaling Heaven depicted in the novel, I'd even pay a hundred yuan per ticket to watch it.]
In the comment section, whether from fans, casual readers, or even detractors, there was unanimous praise for the new novel "Wukong."
Such a unified and harmonious comment atmosphere only appeared when Gao Fei released new works.
Scrolling down, the comments were no longer about the novel but about the Penguin Chat software.
[The chat software developed by the tech company invested in by Gao Fei is quite fun.]
[More than fun, I just downloaded it and looked at "People Nearby." They're all girls. Spring has arrived for us brothers!]
[Penguin Show, Penguin Pets, massive file transfers, chat history, etc. With all the features on the chat interface, it's enough to crush other chat software.]
[Other chat software has indeed developed mobile apps, but logging in is too troublesome, and chatting still requires SMS. My phone bill and data usage add up to over a hundred yuan each month. In comparison, Penguin Chat only uses data, remembers your login permanently, and is incredibly simple. Plus, it has its own chat interface and various emoticons. I love this software.]
[Stop talking, 7*****, this is my Penguin account. Let's add each other, leave a message in my space, and don't disappear.]
The reviews for Penguin Chat, like the novel, were overwhelmingly positive.
In terms of chat software, Gao Fei hadn't made too many innovations; he had directly copied the Penguin from Mr. Ma's era.
However, the software he copied was not the early version programmed by Mr. Ma, but the mature Penguin.
Therefore, as soon as the software was launched, its various sophisticated features were highly favored by netizens.
After reading the comments on the social media, Gao Fei closed the web page and opened a document to start planning the future of Penguin Chat.
For instance, when to launch account memberships, Yellow Diamond for space customization, Red Diamond for Penguin Show and Penguin Pets, and Penguin Music, etc., and when to open those channels.
As Gao Fei was writing the plan, news of the new novel and Penguin Chat immediately topped the hot search on the three major social platforms.
As a "missing person" who had been away for nearly half a year, he dominated the top search on the three major platforms within three hours.
This once again proved that Gao Fei was still the traffic king of the internet he was six months ago.
If it were any other celebrity, let alone dominating the charts for three hours, even pouring a lot of money into buying hot searches would be difficult to reach the top spot.
In addition to the official accounts of Feiteng Investment Company's subsidiaries, Hollywood Pictures, Paramount International Pictures, and numerous famous celebrities and directors, almost the entire entertainment industry was reposting Gao Fei's posts.
Why could Gao Fei's posts garner such strong support from the entertainment industry?
It was simple; some of his affairs in Hong Kong had inadvertently spread domestically.
His relationship with Director Zhang was gradually becoming apparent to the major players in the entertainment industry.
Now, in the entire entertainment industry, even if Gao Fei were to "flip the table," other industry bigwigs would greet him with a smile and applaud, saying, "Well flipped."
No matter how much influence you have in the industry, or how noble your status, compared to the current Gao Fei.
You talk about background with me?
I can crush you with a single finger!
This is reality!
Besides the entertainment industry, big names from the scientific research community also made an appearance.
They also reposted the studio's posts, but without mentioning the novel.
Instead, they praised Gao Fei's chat software as a groundbreaking product.
They even claimed that the scientific research community had been using this chat software even before it was officially launched.
The big names in scientific research were helping Gao Fei promote because he had once again unreservedly contributed his high-priced confidential information to the authorities on New Year's Day.
He had originally planned to give a big gift to the authorities on New Year's Day, as his request for He Dong Gong's promotion had been met.
However, unable to resist Zhang Ziheng's persistent pleas, he had no choice but to contribute it on New Year's Day, considering it an auspicious start to the year.
Thus, it led to the strong promotion from the leaders in the scientific research community.
The reposts from the entertainment industry giants had already shocked millions of netizens.
The strong support from the scientific research community leaders left netizens stunned.
However, netizens quickly realized that it was reasonable for the scientific research community to offer assistance, as Gao Fei was the chief engineer of the navigation system.
With the emergence of major players from these two industries, big names from the business and online literature circles, and various unrelated fields, all came out to advertise for Gao Fei.
This move directly sent over a hundred million netizens into a frenzy.
And Gao Fei, at this moment, was hailed by netizens as a top-tier celebrity who crossed industry boundaries.
As the internet buzzed with shock and netizens continued to boil with excitement, Gao Fei finally finished writing the plan for Penguin Chat.
After sending the email, he no longer paid attention to the online buzz and headed to the newly acquired film special effects base of Feihe Pictures with Jin Qiqi.
Months ago, after he acquired the number one special effects company in the United States through the system mall, Chairman Smith had become a president. Under Gao Fei's plan, a dramatic play of unequal profit distribution and company dissolution was staged.
After various maneuvers across countries worldwide, Smith brought the special effects team into Longguo through Hong Kong. With Zhang Ziheng's cover, the group finally arrived in Longguo.
Upon arriving in Longguo, Gao Fei, Liu Weiqiang, and Smith's team held a secret meeting.
The meeting's agenda was the newly released novel "Wukong."
After three consecutive discussions, "Wukong" began filming in late October last year.
Gao Fei's visit to the base today was because the special effects for the movie were already about half completed, and he needed to personally inspect them.
Additionally, he needed to shoot a few scenes.
Gao Fei's role in this film was the human form of Wukong.
He had to reshoot due to flaws in the special effects.
At eleven o'clock in the evening.
After watching the half-completed special effects, Gao Fei was very satisfied; the various stunning battle scenes looked incredibly realistic.
Finally, after discussions with Liu Weiqiang, the movie was scheduled to be released during the summer vacation this year.
With the schedule for "Wukong" finalized, Gao Fei suddenly received a call from Hank, who was cooperating with him secretly in the United States.
As soon as the call connected, Hank said directly, "Mr. Gao, your three films, 'Transformers,' 'The Avengers,' and 'Chainsaw Massacre,' have been nominated for the Birdlewood in the United States."