The sky was gloomy, as dark as a dirty rag, and the entire Lianxiang Building was gloomy.
Yang Yuanqing knocked on the door and walked into the chairman's office, "Mr. Liu, Xu Lei's resignation letter has been delayed for almost five days. Should we approve it?"
"Did he sign the non-compete agreement?" Liu Chuanzhi looked away and looked at the sky.
"Signed, pretty straightforward."
Yang Yuanqing handed over his resignation letter, "After all, I switched jobs to Donglu to engage in online shopping. There is no direct conflict with Lianxiang's business."
Liu Chuanzhi's eyebrows furrowed, and there was a hint of sternness in his eyes.
This Lu Fei, from the very beginning of his domain name registration, not only wanted their money, but also wanted to poach their people. He was such a cutie.
"I don't understand why Xu Lei jumped ship at this juncture. If Feigou.com had just completed its Series A round, I would understand."
Yang Yuanqing adjusted his glasses, confused, "But now that Penguin has been acquired..."
"What does this penguin do?"
Liu Chuanzhi raised his eyebrows when he learned that it was the company that developed QICQ, "It's a kid's thing, Lianxiang Investment Department didn't invest in it, right?"
"No, they don't even let you in. This doesn't make any money at all!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled like a lotus flower blooming, "Everyone outside is waiting for Lu Fei's joke. The Internet is in the middle of winter, to see how he can support these two bottomless pits of money."
"Is Xu Lei so stupid? I can't see, right? Apart from Lu Fei, who else has he seen in the past few days?"
Liu Chuanzhi asked Yang Yuanqing, but he didn't know, and called his secretary to investigate. After a while, he brought back the answer, which made people even more surprised.
"Playing golf with Mr. Li from China Mobile? After just one round of golf, you suddenly want to resign?"
The secretary said weakly: "Also, Mr. Xu asked me to give you a message before he left. China Mobile has a plan. If FM365 wants to make a profit, it can go to Mr. Li."
Liu Chuanzhi glanced at Yang Yuanqing and looked at each other.
FM365 is a worry for Lianxiang. The investment is very large. The 2.8 billion Hong Kong dollars raised on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange cost FM365 100 million. He originally planned to speculate on a wave of Internet concepts and drive up the stock price. As a result, he was hit by the Internet winter and planned to go bankrupt. , the tens of millions invested in the early stage were wasted.
I understand, this is a deal, an idea is exchanged for Xu Lei, it’s easy to get together and get together, no one owes anyone!
This idea definitely didn't come to him, and it was that Lu Fei!
Why is it always you?
Liu Chuanzhi turned his back, put his hands on his hips, and looked at the gray autumn sky, as if it was about to rain.
"Then let's approve it. It's going to rain, my mother wants to get married, and the person who wants to leave can't stay even if he wants to."
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"I am Xu Lei, the vice president of Feigou.com."
Before Xu Lei had completed Lian Xiang's resignation process, he was unkindly pulled by Lu Fei to see Jin He Zai.
As soon as he sat down, he remained silent, silently watching Lu Fei's coquettish words and actions, and his output was all over the place.
What about "Zhu Bajie is an undercover agent of Heaven", "the Buddhist scripture collection team killed almost monsters with no background", "Buddha turned a blind eye to the pile of corpses in Shituoling for 800 miles"...
He was stunned for a while after listening to this Journey to the West conspiracy theory summarized by later keyboard masters, doubting his life.
Is this really the "Journey to the West" I watched? It seems like I watched for nothing!
Jin Hezai also opened his mouth, "Why is this girl's brain bigger than mine?"
I was immediately deeply impressed and became a confidant, so I gave you the pen to write the follow-up to "The Legend of Wukong"!
"Then we decided like this. The manuscript fee will be calculated as 8% of the price (price * number of prints). The first printing will be 50,000 copies, and Kyoto University Press will correct and publish it."
Lu Fei was full of sincerity, but now He Zai readily agreed.
Generally speaking, only best-selling authors can get royalties for publishing, which can be more than 8% of Ma Yang. The unit price of a book is 20 yuan, and if it is 50,000 yuan, you can get 80,000 yuan. Plus the full copyright fee of 80,000 yuan, it is a full 160,000 yuan.
What's more, the publisher is Kyoto University!
"We will wait for the masterpiece to be released in March or April next year."
Lu Fei shook Jin Hezai's hand, smiled and then turned to Xu Lei, leaving the matter to him for follow-up.
After all, Lianxiang is responsible for brand marketing, so he is definitely good at marketing. But if "The Legend of Wukong" wants to be launched and sell well, it still needs marketing and hype.
"No problem, I can also familiarize myself with how the entire Feigou.com operates."
Xu Lei smiled knowingly, knowing that this was both a heavy responsibility and a great gift. Although it was undisputed that he was parachuted into the position of Vice President of Feigou as the manager of Lianxiang Department, he had to achieve solid results if he wanted to truly convince the public.
"After this is done, I will transfer the seller's and buyer's accounts in Monternet to you."
Lu Fei patted him on the shoulder and returned to the office. While I was making tea, I opened the beta version of QQ2000 sent by Lu Huateng. The interface design was completely transformed, and the style and functions seemed to be that of later generations.
Avatar, signature, status bar...
Especially the levels, stars, moon, and sun, I can’t help but recall the days when QQ was idle and upgraded 24 hours a day.
He fiddled with it for a while, and the teapot made a boiling sound, and white steam came out of the spout. He poured tea and made a phone call.
"Lao Lu, why don't you have a super member?"
"Mr. Lu, the super membership has been online for half a month, but there are too few people who have activated it. After all, it is 10 yuan or 20 yuan a month. Users think it is expensive and won't buy it."
Lu Huateng and others gathered in the office, sitting upright and ready, across the phone.
The time to test life and death is not far away. The $300,000 is only enough to burn for two to three months. If no more money is made, the penguins will really freeze to death in the cold winter.
"That's because super membership is not attractive enough. It can be linked to QQ level. Super members can obtain more active points online than ordinary users, upgrade faster, and can also obtain active points offline."
As someone who has been around, Lu Fei understands the thoughts of QQ users very well. Most of them will be like old scalpers, hanging up diligently, but there are always a small number of people who are impatient and like to overtake in corners.
"QQ occupies the social track. Since it is social, it is indispensable to have circles and hierarchical differentiation. If there are levels, we will provide services corresponding to the levels..."
"Mr. Lu, you are really talented." Lu Huateng was immediately enlightened and even contradicted him.
The QQ level can be bundled with a super-premium account. Not only can you customize a QQ account, but you can also be given 2 or 3 stars right after you create it, so you can be ahead of the starting line from the beginning.
You are genius!
Lu Fei was so excited that Lu Huateng was rushing towards enlightenment. He was so darkened that he could see with the naked eye that "how can you become strong without recharging money?"
He cleared his throat and asked: "How are you preparing for Monternet's business?"
Looking at the phone whose voice was playing out, Lu Huateng and the five of them made eye contact.
When I heard about Monternet for the first time, I had a very complicated mood. I never thought that I would be able to move to China Mobile to break the situation.
We can also win two spots for Penguin and Feigou!
"Mobile QQ SMS has been completed."
This service launched by QQ is that a message sent by a computer can be received at any time on a mobile phone. The same message sent by a mobile phone can also be received by a computer, allowing for two-way interaction.
In fact, it is a network pager. The mobile platform is like a paging station, relaying the information from both sides and sending it out.
This is not unusual in the era of smartphones and mobile Internet, but in the millennium, it is definitely technological power!
This alone is enough to keep Penguin alive in the cold winter of the Internet, thanks to a reliable and stable payment method now——
Call charges.
Mobile phone users can see and count how much they charge and spend.
Perhaps the five Penguin generals were unable to find ways to make money before, and they were all frustrated. Now their eyes are glowing green and they are talking non-stop about how to cooperate with Monternet.
Still talking about rmb!
Lu Feiguang refused to listen and drank hot tea. At this moment, Tao Yao's voice came from outside the house:
"It's snowing! It's snowing!"
Looking through the glass window, there are dark clouds, and white snowflakes are flying down from the sky in scattered pieces.
December 30, 2000, a little earlier than 1999, was the first and last snow of the millennium.
"Hey, where are you today, my excellent Chen Nian, I would like to ask how you are thinking about signing the contract for "The Legend of Wukong"?"
Lei Jun came close to Chen Nian and listened.
Jin Hezai said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I have signed a contract with Feigou.com. Please don't call me for the time being. I'm afraid Mr. Lu will misunderstand."
Click, the microphone sounded "beep beep beep".
Lei Jun's smile froze, but Feigou.com got the first step.
Damn it, Lu Fei, why is it always you!
I saw outside the window, snowflakes were floating, and the north wind was blowing~
