The five generals of entrepreneurship were embarrassed, mocked to their faces by a beautiful woman. Zhang Tianxing coughed lightly, "Don't build your happiness on the suffering of others."
Guo Jiajia immediately reined herself in. Her smile vanished, and she reverted to the dignified and beautiful lady.
"Little Ma Ge, I have a few suggestions for you regarding the Q instant messaging software," Zhang Tianxing said seriously. He had some ideas he wanted to share with Little Ma Ge to help him along his path.
"President Zhang, please speak freely. Let me hear your profound insights," Little Ma Ge said with a smile, his face filled with curiosity. He wondered what suggestions President Zhang had. He hadn't been working on anything else significant lately.
"It's like this. Currently, Q instant messaging can only transmit text. I was thinking, could you add a feature to create a series of emoticons? This would make communication more convenient, by having cute expressions to convey our joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness," Zhang Tianxing slowly voiced his first idea.
Zhang Tianxing had been holding this in for a long time. Seeing Little Ma Ge and his companions, he was inspired to share improvements from later Q instant messaging versions.
Little Ma Ge's eyes lit up. This was a great idea, and it was feasible. "This is good. I'll get it done as soon as I get back. The problem isn't big, but the expressions themselves are the challenge."
"Haha, the key is to make the expressions cute. That will captivate a large number of people," Dongzi's eyes widened. How had he never thought of this before?
"Another idea is to launch an email function, where the Q number plus a domain name becomes an email address. What do you think of this?" Zhang Tianxing directly unleashed his second killer move.
At these words, Little Ma Ge was utterly astonished by Zhang Tianxing. What a brilliant idea, how had he never thought of it? This would allow Q instant messaging to operate on two fronts.
"President Zhang, please share another suggestion. This one is truly inspired! It opens up new business avenues for us that don't overlap with our existing ones. This will truly achieve a synergy effect of more than one plus one equals two," Little Ma Ge said eagerly.
He had initially expected Zhang Tianxing to offer some trivial suggestions. He never imagined that these two ideas alone would make Little Ma Ge see Zhang Tianxing in a completely new light.
Good heavens, he had thought Zhang Tianxing was speaking from the eighteenth floor, but it turned out he was already on the ninety-ninth floor.
He truly wondered what material Zhang Tianxing's brain was made of. Why did his mind harbor such strange and ingenious ideas, and yet they were so feasible?
Little Ma Ge and the other four were discerning individuals. Hearing Zhang Tianxing's words, they immediately envisioned the scene. If they could achieve what Zhang Tianxing described, their product's competitiveness would rise by more than a notch.
At that point, even if all the instant messaging software on the market were combined, they would still be no match for Q instant messaging. Fortunately, Zhang Tianxing had taken a liking to Q instant messaging; it was a gift from heaven.
Zhang Tianxing burst into laughter, "Of course, I have many ideas, but you can't get fat by eating just one bite. We have to take it slow."
He had many ideas. The current Q instant messaging couldn't transmit pictures or files yet. All these issues hadn't even begun, let alone various methods of monetization.
Once Q instant messaging reached a certain customer base, releasing games and copying others would surely result in overflowing coffers. Making money would be incredibly easy.
Little Ma Ge and the other four exchanged glances, all of them utterly shocked. "Little Ma Ge, it's a good thing you agreed to President Zhang's investment and brought him into the fold. If these development features were to be released by a competitor first..."
Dongzi didn't even finish his sentence before Little Ma Ge's expression turned grim. "In that case, we would suffer a terrible fate. Our market share would be lost step by step, taken by competitors."
Those who adapt to the market live; those who lag die.
"President Zhang, how about this? I'll give you a distinguished account number. Do you want five sixes or five eights?" Little Ma Ge decided to reciprocate. Besides, the account numbers belonged to the company. Only a few five-digit numbers had been released, and six-digit numbers were rare outside.
"Adults don't choose. I want them all!" Five sixes and five eights. Zhang Tianxing hated making choices; he decided to have them all.
Hearing Zhang Tianxing's shameless answer, Little Ma Ge and the others were stunned. They had never expected such a response. How could a person be so shameless?
Guo Jiajia was left in a daze, wishing she could distance herself from Zhang Tianxing. She wanted to draw a line between herself and him; this was too embarrassing.
"It seems it's not time to charge fees yet," Little Ma Ge sighed. The path to monetization was long, and Little Ma Ge worried that the funds on hand wouldn't last until then.
"Little Ma Ge, don't stride too far. Take it one step at a time. Prioritize things. Let's see which feature can rapidly increase our user base, and we'll launch that first," Zhang Tianxing said, offering comfort.
"I know, but there's still a difficult problem," Little Ma Ge voiced the issue that had been bothering him. "Q instant messaging now has a large number of inactive users. They all register multiple accounts. What should we do?"
Everyone turned their gaze to Zhang Tianxing, curious to hear what he would say. This was a problem they also couldn't solve.
Zhang Tianxing stood up and paced a few steps, then his brow unfurrowed. "Does the account number currently belong to the individual or the company?"
Little Ma Ge was taken aback. "Does that make a difference?" The five of them had never considered this question. Yi Dan looked at Zhang Tianxing differently than before. This was a very important issue that could potentially lead to legal disputes.
"It does make a difference," Zhang Tianxing stated with absolute certainty.
"We haven't made any regulations," Little Ma Ge replied truthfully. He was just a technician, only solving technical problems.
"You should draft a statement as soon as possible stating that the company owns all account rights, and users only have the right to use the accounts. You can set an inactivity period for accounts. If a zombie account remains inactive for too long, the company can directly reclaim it," Zhang Tianxing provided Little Ma Ge with a simple and direct solution.
Everyone's eyes lit up. This was very feasible. Little Ma Ge excitedly hugged Zhang Tianxing. "President Zhang, if I had known you possessed such capabilities, why don't you come work here? I'll offer you a salary of 500,000 yuan per year. What's the point of going to college? We look at qualifications here."
"Little Ma Ge, you're getting ahead of yourself. I'm your investor. You want me to work for you? Wake up and stop dreaming big dreams," Zhang Tianxing refused Little Ma Ge without hesitation.
A salary of 500,000 yuan sounded like a lot, but was he someone who lacked money? Did they know how much income "Legend" brought him daily? He wasn't short of money!