Chapter 1397 Lessons from Fetion!

As ICQ became popular in Hong Kong.

As long as there is a computer at home or in the office, everyone will basically have one or apply for two or three ICQ numbers. These numbers may be used for work or in daily life.

For example, in terms of work, before this, the internal work of the Imperial Group was carried out through a regional network. Although it was possible, it was definitely not as convenient as ICQ now.

Now superiors, subordinates, and colleagues all use ICQ numbers to communicate with each other regardless of anything.

So much so that in the small city of Xiangjiang, the total number of ICQ downloads in April and May has exceeded 2 million. Some of them should be people with several ICQ numbers, and some may only have one number.

Even so, it can be said that it is still very crazy.

For example, the employees of the Imperial Group, and even family members, basically have one person per person.

Even Yang Jirong and his wife followed the trend, and with the help of Ah Zhu, they also applied for an ICQ number.

June 3, 1994.

Friday.

morning.

Yang Ming was in front of his chairman's office. He didn't notify Lin Xiuzhi and directly sent a message to Meris' ICQ number.

When the ICQ beeping sound came from the computer in Malice's office, he opened it and found that it was the ICQ number sent by his boss.

The current ICQ number is 8888 for Yang Ming and 2222 for Mailisi. They are both very good numbers.

After Meris saw the message, he replied OK.

Go upstairs.

When he saw the boss Sir Yang, he smiled and said: "Boss, this ICQ is really convenient."

"It will become more and more convenient in the future. When mobile phones develop to a certain extent in the future, you can directly contact them instantly through ICQ on your mobile phone."

"Boss, you changed the world."

“It wasn’t me, it was technology that changed the world.”

Yang Ming knew that he was not that capable. He just clicked on the technology tree in advance. Under his inspiration, ICQ appeared in advance.

From Meris' point of view, the boss, Sir Yang, was far more powerful than he imagined, and he didn't know when a more powerful communication might be revealed.

"Mailisi, I'm going to visit Pengcheng in two days."

Pengcheng?

Just go through customs.

Very close.

"Boss, are you going to Pengcheng?"

"I just went to see the newly established QQ company."

The one in Xiangjiang and abroad is called ICQ, but in China it is called QQ. The program codes of these two companies are the same at the beginning, but gradually they may become somewhat different, including in terms of functions.

The boss wants to see that new company?

"Boss, shall I go with you?"

"Need not."

Yang Ming just said to him.

For him, he still attaches great importance to QQ. Historically, QQ's profits have been very high, and its market value has exceeded one trillion, making it one of the top Internet companies in the country.

At this time, Yang Ming went to inspect this new company to show his importance.

However, in the view of Melis and others, the market and influence of ICQ as a company may be greater. This can be seen from the fact that ICQ General Manager Cage has established branches in various countries around the world.

Including M country branch, Dongyang branch, Korea branch, branches in various European countries, etc.

According to the current daily download volume of ICQ, if this company is listed on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong, New York or London, its future market value will be really high.

The most important thing is that Meris can also see that the higher the number of downloads, the higher the traffic, and the higher the number of users, the greater the value of the company.

As for the domestic market, although there are more than one billion people, Meris still cannot see the real value.

Finished talking to Melis.

Melis returned to his office.

This time.

Yang Ming planned to take He Chaoluo, Yingla, Alina and Huo Jianning with him, while Lin Xiuzhi stayed in the company.

That afternoon.

after get off work.

Yang Ming saw the ICQ message sent by his mother. It seemed that his mother had also learned to use ICQ.

I just don’t know, will this ICQ trigger an online dating situation?

Yang Ming thinks it's very possible.

Historically, around 2000, QQ not only appeared as a non-mainstream service, but also triggered the trend of online dating.

But now it's just triggered in advance.

Yang Ming replied to the message.

Zai and Alina, Yingla got into the car.

Taking the car back to the Repulse Bay Mid-level Villa, Yingla said: "Sir, my second brother said that the emergence of ICQ may damage his telecommunications business."

Thaksin is now one of Siam's telecommunications kings. Especially in the 1980s, after cooperating with the Imperial Group to introduce pagers and other businesses, Thaksin has grown bigger and bigger in the telecommunications industry from southern Siam to Nanyang. .

With the development of mobile phones, Taxin's telecommunications business is indeed getting better and better.

However, unexpectedly, the Imperial Group suddenly released ICQ instant messaging software to the world, which immediately shocked many people.

"The general trend is inevitable and no one can avoid it. Even if he wants to ban this thing, he can't."

This reminded Yang Ming of Feixin in his previous life.

Historically, Fetion was the latest mobile phone launch, and it also sent text messages directly for free. It was developed earlier than WeChat in Tangxun, and even had a peak user count of more than 500 million.

However, in the end, it was still vulnerable to WeChat.

In fact, this is how China Mobile did other businesses in the early years. From the SP business back then to various school communications, rural communications and other businesses, they were all introduced and developed from the original old users, and All achieved small success.

When there was no WeChat in the Fetion business, Fetion was not bad. However, after WeChat was introduced, Fetion declined.

Why is this? It can only be said that China Mobile does not have Internet genes after all, and products that require refined operations are obviously not good enough.

Because of the nature of mobile, these value-added services of mobile are outsourced and basically completed by partners.

How could the partners go all out to do this kind of Internet-based operation?

It’s enough to be able to complete tasks and get income.

Besides, the level of the partners cannot be too high. Otherwise, if your company goes it alone, it will not be able to take advantage of the mobile market.

In addition, Fetion also made many mistakes in the early stage. For example, it was initially limited to mobile users and could not be used by China Unicom and China Telecom users. China Mobile made Fetion a threshold for competition with China Telecom and China Unicom and closed itself off.

Second, there is a limit to the number of free messages users can send, and they are not unlimited.

So when WeChat came out and could be installed and used on all mobile phones, regardless of China Telecom, China Unicom, or China Mobile, and when there were no restrictions on sending money and only consuming data, WeChat became popular.

In addition, WeChat's user experience is very good, and various innovations are constantly emerging. However, due to its operation and development model, all operations and development are done by partners, and the pace of innovation is slow, so the gap with WeChat is getting wider and wider.

It has to be said that Mobile, which relied on monopoly, obviously had a good hand, but in the end it played so poorly.

In Yang Ming's view, it is not only a pity, but also a wake-up call for business.

Yang Ming felt that neither he nor the Imperial Group should have such a problem.

Now it is obvious that Thaxin has also encountered this problem. Faced with the emergence of ICQ, Thaxin may feel that it will affect the development of its telecom market.

Of course, if it weren't for the Imperial Group's relationship, Thaxin might have teamed up with others to ban ICQ directly.

However, good things cannot be banned at all.

Nowadays, it costs a few cents to send a text message, but now ICQ can send messages instantly and for free. Although there are still not many people who can afford computers now.

Therefore, in fact, it does not have a great impact on telecommunications kings such as Taxin.

However, if the other party is worried about this, their mentality may be very similar to the move back then.

"Sir, I think so. ICQ is a development of Internet technology. How could my second brother ban it? I'm afraid not only ICQ will appear, but more instant messaging software will follow suit."

Nowadays, science and technology are developing faster and faster.

However, the wealth created and brought is increasing.

. . .

Yang Ming's Rolls-Royce was parked in front of his home.

When I got off the car, I saw Yang Jirong and his wife, Azhu, and Lin Dezhong already waiting.

"Peter, your dad and I have made friends online through ICQ."

"Mommy, making friends online is not that simple. Don't expose your identity. However, if you are a powerful computer expert, you can easily find us through the network IP address."

In the 1990s, Internet and even telecommunications scams actually began to appear, but they were not as rampant as they would be in the future.

In other words, something like this does have advantages and disadvantages.

It seems like we need to remind the company.

Yang Jirong and his wife couldn't believe that such a thing happened.

Yang Ming himself was a computer expert in his previous life. Of course he knew that it was easy to check the other party's messages through the IP address.

Therefore, some wealthy people in Hong Kong may feel that ICQ will leak their information, and may not be willing to communicate through ICQ.

night.

Yang Ming, Yang Jirong and his wife finished breakfast.

I didn’t come to see Teresa for some time, and I didn’t go to Qionghai with her during the Spring Festival.

When Yang Ming came to the mountainside villa where Deng Lijun lived.

Now, in addition to Teresa Teng, there are also her good friend Lin Qingxia and her two apprentices, Nakamori Mingcai and Zhuo Yiting.

Now Mingcai Nakamori has already retired from the entertainment industry.

Zhuo Yiting is only thirteen or fourteen years old now, but under the training of Teresa Teng and her good voice, she has gained a lot of market in Hong Kong, Wanwan, Nanyang, and even domestically by relying on cover songs in recent years.

In fact, some records sold very well.

However, in Teresa Teng's view, it is always difficult to become truly famous in the entertainment industry if you keep covering other people's songs. You must have your own masterpiece.

At this point, Teresa Teng and Mingcai Nakamori know very well that without their own original works, it is indeed difficult to become popular.

Teresa Teng has always hoped to tailor-make new songs for each other, but there is no suitable one yet.

Now, when she saw Yang Ming coming, Teresa Teng was very surprised.

"Sir, why do you have time to come over?"

"As you know, I basically go to and from get off work normally and have Saturdays and Sundays off."

When Yang Ming was in Xiangjiang, he commuted to and from get off work during normal hours, and only rested during the rest of the time. Teresa Deng also knew this.

"During the Spring Festival, I heard that you brought back two singers from Qionghai."

It was Luo Lin and Zhu Mei that Teresa Teng was talking about.

However, now these two people have been studying music in Xiangjiang, especially Luo Lin, who is really talented in music. When taught by many teachers, he learned a lot. In just a few months, Xiangjiang entertainment circle His name has been spread.

However, now Luo Lin still has not made his debut. On the contrary, Luo Lin feels that the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang is definitely not simple, and this is not simple mainly because he feels that many singers have very good singing skills.

Whether it is the top ten kings of Hong Kong or the top ten queens of Hong Kong, or even many singers who have not become kings or queens, he feels that it is not easy.

Nowadays, Liu Dehua, Aaron Kwok, Zhang Xueyou, and Li Ming from Xiangjiang are all beginning to reach their peak. Their new songs are very popular in Xiangjiang, in Bayan, in China, in East Asia, and even in Southeast Asia.

There are also Chen Bailu, Zhang Guorong, Huang Jiaju, Principal Tan, etc., and their results are also very good.

Especially Chen Baiyi, Leslie Cheung, and Wong Ka Kui have very, very many fans.

These singers are not only good at Cantonese songs, but also English songs and Mandarin songs.

At this point, Luo Lin noticed that it was not easy for anyone to become famous in the Xiangjiang music scene, and he not only really studied composition and lyrics, but also learned various Eastern and Western musical instruments.

As for his girlfriend Zhu Mei, she is a little behind him in terms of talent, but if she is trained by an Asian record company, she can still become a well-known female singer.

Teresa Teng has never met these two people, but she has heard about them and knows that Yang Ming accidentally discovered them in the bar when he went to Qionghai for vacation.

This surprised Teresa Teng. How could Yang Ming discover such a potential singer when he went to the bar?

"You mean Luo Lin and his girlfriend? Luo Lin, I am more optimistic about him, but he is not suitable for the entertainment and music circles in Xiangjiang. I will let him come to Xiangjiang to study now, and he will return to China to develop."

"Like Zhang Qiang?"

By this time, Zhang Qiang had become popular all over the world.

Because Zhang Qiang is now a relatively powerful singer in female rock music and is very popular with fans at home and abroad.

"No, he is more suitable for China than building a wall."

Yang Ming thought that it would be better to let him return to the Northwest by then.

In his opinion, Luo Lin is still more suitable for Northwest China.

Although the atmosphere here in Xiangjiang is very good, it is difficult to cultivate a unique Taoist.

Teresa Teng couldn't understand and didn't say anything more.

The two were chatting in the room.

"Sir, you haven't written a song for a long time."

Writing songs?

Yang Ming doesn't have time to write or think now.

Of course, there are still good songs.

Even, a lot.

However, he couldn't remember everything.

"You still want to release a new album?" Yang Ming was a little surprised.

Now he is 41 years old.

Of course, she still looks about thirty years old now, but Teresa Teng has long since retired and no longer appears in public.

"Sir, I don't plan to release a new album. I just want you to write a song for Zhuo Yiting."

Yang Ming knew that Zhuo Yiting was a close disciple of Teresa Deng, who had been training him since he was a few years old. Zhuo Yiting usually attended classes in Xiangjiang, and was being trained by Teresa Deng after class.

In addition, the Asian record company has already signed Zhuo Yiting, who is the most famous child star in the Asian record company. (End of chapter)