Many years later Stephen settled in New York, but every time he talked about San Francisco, he would always mention: "August in San Francisco is extremely hot."
On the day when Riot Games’ official website was launched, no one was interested in working. They squatted in the background and watched the number of clicks on their page and user retention.
Of course, there is currently no measure of user retention, only the user’s connection duration.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou? Your account has received the first transfer." Ten minutes after the website went online, Zhou Xin received a call from the person in charge of the business department of the San Francisco Branch of China Bank.
The reason why Wu Shiqiang agreed to cooperate with Zhou Xin was because he accidentally saw a report about Zhou Xin when he returned to China in the summer.
As the top student in Yan University, I transferred to Berkeley and studied for a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a Ph.D.
Under the propaganda of New Oriental, this incident spread very quickly in China.
Even half a year after the hot news had passed, Wu Shiqiang could still see sporadic reports when he returned to China.
Therefore, after Zhou Xin's visit, he deliberately searched for news related to Zhou Xin in China.
After confirming that the other party was Zhou Xin himself, Wu Shiqiang decided to start this cooperation with Zhou Xin.
He did not understand Zhou Xin's business model, nor did he think this business would bring much performance to the San Francisco Branch of China National Bank.
Simply because they are both Chinese, and the other person is from a prestigious school, he quickly started his own business after coming to America. Under the superposition of various auras, Wu Shiqiang wanted to maintain a good personal relationship with the other person.
Let Zhou Xin handle business here so that he can follow up on the other party's development.
So when Zhou Xin made a small request: "Mr. Wu, when the first transfer occurs, please send me the specific information and time of the transfer."
Wu Shiqiang agreed without hesitation.
The information that needs to be provided here is only what the transfer party fills in the attachment, and does not involve user privacy.
Not to mention that currently, there are no laws and regulations on user privacy protection.
"Friends, we have received our first transfer! US$19.99!" After Zhou Xin finished speaking, the other three took paper sticks rolled out of white paper and knocked them to make noise, creating a party atmosphere in the garage.
As the head of the business department, Wu Shiqiang has little presence in the San Francisco branch of Huaguo Bank in the San Francisco area, but this does not mean that he has little experience.
Because he has stayed long enough, he has worked in the San Francisco branch for almost eight years. What kind of situation has he not seen?
There are also many Chinese entrepreneurs who come to them to handle business.
But there were so many small transfers and remittances, and the phone numbers in the attachments were all different. It was definitely the first time he had seen them.
Wu Shiqiang didn't even go to the lobby once. He watched silently in the background as the amount on the bank account increased little by little.
A transfer.
Ten transfers.
One hundred transfers.
A thousand transfers.
It only took an hour from the first transfer to the thousandth.
Not even an hour.
Wu Shiqiang was completely shocked. One thousand transfers was equivalent to 20,000 US dollars, which was already a large sum in this era.
He instantly thought of the joke he often made after working in a bank: if everyone transferred one dollar to you, you would soon become a billionaire.
Now instead of transferring one dollar to Zhou Xin, people are constantly transferring US$20 to Zhou Xin, US$19.99 to be precise.
He quickly called Zhou Xin and tried to find out what the other party did.
If he does anything illegal, he will be implicated.
He now regrets that when Zhou Xin came to talk to him, he didn't ask clearly about the real purpose behind the other party's needs.
"Mr. Zhou, the number of transfers on your bank card has exceeded 1,000, and the number of transfers is still increasing.
I'd like to know more about your business. Could you please tell me a little bit?
This is also to avoid unnecessary trouble. "
"Mr. Wu, I'm sorry to trouble you. Our company's official website address is. You can go to our company's official website to take a look at our products.
This is more intuitive and efficient than me explaining it myself. Zhou Xin said.
After Zhou Xin hung up the phone, he told everyone: "The number of paying users has exceeded a thousand.
In other words, in just one hour, our game has gained a thousand paying users.
And this is based on the fact that our payment method is a completely new thing.
Many users have concerns about our game.
It has already brought us $20,000 in revenue!
This is a memorable day in gaming history.
But we cannot take this lightly.
At one o'clock tomorrow morning, after the San Francisco branch finishes the approval process, they will email us all the bank's postscript as an attachment.
Louis sent the SMS verification code to the users as soon as he received the email.
It must be sent to the customer at the time we agree.
I will now go to Huaguo Bank to confirm this matter with them again.
There must be no mistakes in this.
Then Stephen, you need to communicate with the server lessor. The scale of the server we rent needs to be expanded.
Now three IBM minicomputers are far from meeting our needs.
Whether it is an IBM minicomputer or network bandwidth, it needs to be downloaded according to the estimated amount of one million users.
We can prepay thirty percent of the cost.
Then try to get the best deal possible.
Finally, Ashley is responsible for improving the user forum. The user forum must be completed within three days.
I'll do this with you when I get back from China National Bank.
This will be our busiest period of time, with offline payment and online downloading, whether this new model can be successful.
These two weeks are extremely critical! "
One million users is a conservative estimate. You must know that Angry Birds has topped the App Store in 69 countries all year round, with global downloads exceeding 50 million.
Operating Angry Birds on a computer is not as convenient as a mobile phone, but with smartphones, users’ entertainment options are rapidly increasing.
You must know that this was the late 1990s when entertainment was scarce.
After Zhou Xin arranged the work, everyone moved quickly.
The team management of four people is extremely efficient.
Not to mention that Ashley and Stephen are both shareholders, with 30% of the final profit.
According to estimates of one thousand paying users an hour, Angry Birds is enough to make them lie down together.
On the other side, Wu Shiqiang returned to his work station and opened the link given to him by Zhou Xin. After clicking on it, he saw that the homepage showed a red bird head surrounded by a green pig head.
Under the bird's head are two words: angry birds
After clicking it, he discovered that it was a game.
The color combination of the game stood out to him. Such a bright animation style was very rare in this era.
The game is very simple and has almost no learning curve. Just put the bird on the slingshot, adjust the angle, and knock down the fat green pig hiding in the illegal building.
After playing the first ten simple levels, Wu Shiqiang saw the payment instructions.
